Just so many to choose from (vol.2)
In Hemel Hempstead there is some naff arty farty restaurant above a theatre in the "old town". I was there as part of a large group. The menu sucked (no chips) so I ordered a basic chicken dish etc.

During the starters the power went out when some plonker in the theatre over did it with the lights.

Begin a very long wait for main course. Out came candles to light the place (kinda nice) but it did nothing for easing things like seeing other people in the room etc.

Finally we track the waitress down and enquire, it emerges the chef is now cooking by candlelight on a gas stove.

Eventually I get my food which was missing a few key things, like potatoes, as "they were in the oven". I wolf it down but am still starving, so looking forward to pudding....

...but pudding never came. Not because they couldn't cook or defrost it but because they couldn't find it! It was too dark to locate it!

About this time an electrician turns up and the burglar alarms get triggered... We are evacuated and the police turn up etc.

Eventually I'm back at the table still fecking hungry and feeling a little odd. We all pay up and leave, about 3am I'm awake again... with food poisoning!

Trouble is, I'm not alone. My mum and girlfriend also have food poisoning! I'm sure you can imagine 3 puking invalids cannot share 1 bathroom... I got the kitchen sink half full by morning. (Should have taken the plug out before I started).
(golddust QOTW now revolves around being a cunt, Fri 28 Apr 2006, 12:17, Reply)