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Charles the Enigma

Denham Mohawk MT Army ChinoIf you’re a regular at Kasa, then you’ve probably met Charles, our ultra calm, handsome, beautifully mannered manager. What you may not know is that he is leaving us, heading off to Morocco for an art internship.
It’s our loss, because his personality shines through his work.  Every Kati Roll is rolled to perfection, artistically placed on a plate at speed, while he gives his undivided attention to his customer, all whilst looking like he just got off the catwalk!
The insanity of the Mission Street Food Festival did not show an iota on him.  He remained precise and well mannered no matter how much of a tornado we were all in!  He was able to effortlessly make things look a beautiful dance, and (I know I’m repeating myself) all whilst looking like he had just finished a photo shoot.
And behind the scenes, the Kasa team adores Charles too!  Case in point, when he walked into our holiday party, a spontaneous round of applause broke out for him.  He simply has a way of making everyone feel understood and completely at ease in his presence.
I’ve been meaning to shine the spotlight on Charles forever, but have had some difficulty really capturing his depths and contradictions, and he is not an easy read!

So instead, since he is an artist and entertainer to the core, his visuals and videos may do far more justice than my words.
Check Charles out on the right as a fashion model, in drop dead gorgeous drag!
And here in his own music video:

Good luck and much love to Charles as your exotic Morrocan Art adventure awaits you.  We will all miss you here in SF and especially at Kasa.

Kati Roll Madness At the Asian American Film Festival

Deepa Mehta?  I’d never heard her name until Saturday night just gone (though I’d seen her controversial movies Water and Fire). I guess she may never know just how exhausted she got us all at Kasa. 

Our naivety as first time restaurant owners shows up despite the leaps and bounds we’ve made learning the trade.  The Asian American Film Festival (of which we were totally unaware) with Deepa Mehta’s new movie Heaven on Earth drew in crowds with lines out the door at Kasa.   We were perfectly well staffed up for a normal Saturday night, but multiply that by 3 and craziness ensued.  Our entire crew worked like super heroes, bringing out food, rolling Kati Rolls, washing silverware, bussing tables, taking deliveries and pouring out drinks all at the speed of lightening. 

At one point our roti stock was totally depleted…it is hand made after all!  The panic in all of us struck in.  That’s when I started to make frantic calls to Tim and Suresh for HELP.  I’m not sure what kind of crazy babysitting arrangements were made between them, but soon thereafter Tim swooped in to save the day.  All in all, it was a lot of fun though, and the entire work crew bonded.  

Needless to say we researched the festival and were well prepared for the Sunday night showing at the Castro of Shah Rukh Khan’s movie Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.  Things were fast, furious, buzzing yet SMOOTH.  

Lesson learned: know the events going on in the Castro really well.  I’m Indian though…how did I not hear about these movies? I really want to watch the Deepa Mehta movie.  Someday when I have a little time.

Anamika