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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Paralysed mussels...Covent Garden 1987 - my wife and I ate at a small restaurant and I had a mussels and other sea creatures dish, my wife had pasta (she doesn't like seafood.)
Several hours later I noticed a strange odour which appeared to be coming from my increasing levels of sweat. Then the stomach cramps began.
Then an actually pleasant all over tingling sensation started - followed closely by a swollen tongue nearly blocking my airway and then a terrifying full body paralysis.
Initially I didn't make the connection with the seafood and I truly thought I had some dormant disease that was now going to render me a quadraplegic for life.
The paramedics arrived and gave me adrenaline, salbutamol and phenergan - most likely saving my life.
An unforgettable meal indeed, but one which did eventually lead to me changing careers to become a paramedic.
edit: Not allergic to seafood.
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