CT Hispanic Watch: Christian and Oscar (Chefs, El Salvador)
Christian and Oscar at the back of Restaurant Bricco.|Credit: Reynaldo Cruz Diaz
EN: Meet Christian (left) and Oscar (right), two Salvadoran cousins working in the kitchen of Restaurant Bricco West Hartford, getting back to action after the reopening last week. As Latinos, they have absorbed the cooking style of the Grant brothers and are two of the many pillars that make the restaurant’s cuisine one of the best of its kind. Billy Grant has a very international staff that functions like one big family, which is why Bricco is crowded every day.
SP: Conozcan a Christian (izquierda) y Oscar (derecha), dos primos salvadoreños que trabajan en Restaurant Bricco West Hartford, de vuelta a la acción tras la reapertura la semana pasada. Como latinos, han absorbido el estilo de los hermanos Grant y son dos de los muchos pilares qu hacen de la cuisine del restaurant una de las mejores de su tipo. Billy Grant tiene un staff muy internacional que funciona como una gran familia, lo cual es una de las razones por la que Bricco está lleno todos los días.
I met Christian and Oscar while running food at Restaurant Bricco West Hartford. They were very welcoming with me and started joking with me about Cuba and communism. The more I spent time with them, the more I grew fond of them and their sense of humor.
They both took their time to prank me more than once, and also spent time teaching me about the plates I had to serve and what the difference between some salads and some cooking times for things like salmon were.
I was convinced that they had to be some of my first subjects for this project. When I told them what I wanted to do, they were both very enthusiastic and did not hesitate to pose for a photo.
