Crap meals outI'd chosen to take my in-laws to one of my favourite restaurants, only to discover it had changed hands the week before. We waited half an hour to get menus. The waitress broke the cork in the wine we ordered. She got our order wrong. The food was luke-warm, mine was overcooked, the rest was undercooked. After waiting another 40 minutes for the last course, we were told that we couldn't have any as the chef had "forgotten to de-frost the puddings".
Let's just say they didn't get a tip. Tell us of your crap meals out.
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chthonic, Thu 27 Apr 2006, 14:22)
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The evil twinIn north London there is a chain of pizza place called La Porchetta. The food there is fantastic quiality, very reasonably priced and the portions are huge. I have eaten at their restaurants in Islington, Finsbury Park and Chancery Lane and have had a fantastic meal each time.
However, there is the one that got away. Apparently two of the co-owners had an argument some years ago that led to the Muswell Hill restaurant breaking away from the rest. Since then, while my meals at other branches have only ever been pleasurable I've had two god awful experiences at the break away - both partially thanks to the harridan of a manageress.
First time my girlfriend got given a seafood dish with loads of bits of small sharp bits of shell in. "What do you expect?" the manageress said. "Shellfish has shells."
Second time we popped in with my girlfriend's sister and husband. All four pizzas came back with the crusts burnt to a crisp. Apparently we couldn't get them recooked as "The crusts aren't part of the pizza."
So, beware all you north Londoners. La Porchetta Muswell Hill may look like the others. It may even have the same menu. But no, it is in disguise.
(, Fri 28 Apr 2006, 8:09, Reply)
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