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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A Greek full-english ...A few years ago when I were but a young lass, my parents and I went to the beautiful Greek island of Kefalonia. While strolling around one of the little villages we saw a cafe with a board outside saying they did full English breakfasts. Woo! thought we, what better way to experience the culture of a foreign country than by eating food you can get at home? So off we went.
Hmm. I don't think they got the gist of the full-english entirely, it consisted of:
Two small pieces of boiled ham, which I think were meant to represent the bacon.
Two boiled eggs which looked like they had been carved out of polystyrene foam (heh, bouncy ... great fun!)
Two cocktail sausages, the kind you get on sticks at buffets.
Slices of raw tomato
Slices of raw cucumber (WTF?!! The tomato I can kind of understand, but cucumber?)
Now, this tiny meal was bought to us on massive plates, so it made the meagre portions look all the more meagre. The owners of the cafe looked so pleased with themselves for catering to the Eglish tourist market with such prowess, bless them. We ate it in the end. Then we went to get some breakfast ...
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Droog is too orangey for crows, Thu 27 Apr 2006, 16:17,
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