Faster Than a Speeding Snail

Well ramadan has ended, Eid is over and we are finally back to regular hours and work times, except of course for the fact that our construction guys can't work between 12noon and 4pm due to the heat. (fair enough).
This week we have seen significant moves forward with the site, drains are down, walls are up and we are marking for all electrical this coming Sunday. After this we need only add 12cm of concrete to the floor, to give us the elevation required for the drainage and then when the concrete is set we are all hands down for tiling floors and walls. Next comes doors and equipment.
A speeding snail could not move faster than us right now ! Take that how you will for me this has been a slower than expected process but still an enjoyable one, and especially now since we are baking at night in a borrowed kitchen we are moving forward too with food trials and again this week will sampling bout 20 cakes and concepts. After this week, we will narrow the list down to about the top 10 or 20 and retrial those to ensure we have the right mix for opening, which of course remains months in the distance.
I mean, we still don't have a front of house, just a kitchen. ha ha ha...But next week i am expecting things to burst harmoniously into action on all fronts and praying hard that the December deadline i have set myself will not be passed without the realization of an amazing Bakery/ Cafe on this gorgeous island we call home.
See you soon at the new home of amazing cakes and pastries in Bahrain.

STEP 1 dig the floor and add the pipes while marking out the walls with bricks and using piping for the future electricals

and here will stand my deck oven with steam connections into the wall

My future office for discussing cakes and functions

And this little baby section is what I call "Lance's Domain"...and only one person on the planet will know what that means..but yes my friend this is all yours.