Things that piss you off that shouldn't

[Seat68]

There was a place near me in Stafford called Chindia. You can guess what it did. The indian element was ok, the chinese part was dog shit. It lasted less than 6 months. 

[Chindie]

19 minutes ago, Seat68 said:

There was a place near me in Stafford called Chindia. You can guess what it did. The indian element was ok, the chinese part was dog shit. It lasted less than 6 months. 

Don't disparage my people like that 

[villa4europe]

for clarity this isn't a takeaway thing, its a proper sit in restaurant

this is like your local Balti house also selling pizza and lasagne rather than an omelette option, that's how they roll in Germany, not sure if its because the demand for Indian food simply isn't there

[maqroll]

Women who spend hours shaping their eyebrows

[theboyangel]

1 minute ago, maqroll said:

Women who spend hours shaping their eyebrows

I find it odd that certain women spend ages plucking their eyebrows only to draw them back on!?!?

[Stevo985]

5 hours ago, villa4europe said:

for clarity this isn't a takeaway thing, its a proper sit in restaurant

this is like your local Balti house also selling pizza and lasagne rather than an omelette option, that's how they roll in Germany, not sure if its because the demand for Indian food simply isn't there

I got a bit addicted to Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares.
It's not exactly a scientific study

but

Some of the most common problems with the places he visits are the food isn't fresh (this is by far the number one reason. Literally everywhere he goes they don't cook food fresh) closely followed by the menus are too big.

He always tells them to choose a style and do it well. Don't try and do loads of different styles

[Xela]

1 minute ago, Stevo985 said:

I got a bit addicted to Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares.
It's not exactly a scientific study

but

Some of the most common problems with the places he visits are the food isn't fresh (this is by far the number one reason. Literally everywhere he goes they don't cook food fresh) closely followed by the menus are too big.

He always tells them to choose a style and do it well. Don't try and do loads of different styles

I think most of the top restaurants only have a very limited menu. Like you say, quality over quantity. 

[chrisp65]

6 minutes ago, Stevo985 said:

I got a bit addicted to Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares.
It's not exactly a scientific study

but

Some of the most common problems with the places he visits are the food isn't fresh (this is by far the number one reason. Literally everywhere he goes they don't cook food fresh) closely followed by the menus are too big.

He always tells them to choose a style and do it well. Don't try and do loads of different styles

My fave restaurant basically has about 6 main courses on the menu and they very rarely change any of them.

Originally, I was worried once people worked their way through the menu they wouldn’t return and the place wouldn’t survive.

Ignoring lockdown, the place has been open a good few years now and there’s still a 2 month waiting list for a table.

 

edit: 10 things on the menu, they’ve added 3 veggie / vegan dishes to what was a meat only restaurant

Edited June 23, 2020 by chrisp65

[Xela]

20 hours ago, Davkaus said:

The golden rule of takeaway food: The more of the below a takeaway does, the more shit it is at all of them. I've never encountered a place that does more than one of them well.

• Curry
• Pizza
• Burgers
• Fried chicken

 

Basically Big Johns (you may not be aware of them @Davkaus as i think they are a Brum thing)

https://www.mybigjohns.com/

[Stevo985]

3 minutes ago, Xela said:

I think most of the top restaurants only have a very limited menu. Like you say, quality over quantity. 

 

1 minute ago, chrisp65 said:

My fave restaurant basically has about 6 main courses on the menu and they very rarely change any of them.

Originally, I was worried once people worked their way through the menu they wouldn’t return and the place wouldn’t survive.

Ignoring lockdown, the place has been open a good few years now and there’s still a 2 month waiting list for a table.

I think the two things (freshness and menu size) are connected. If you have 100 dishes in 10 different styles on your menu then the amount of fresh ingredients you'd have to have every day would mean it would be impossible to cook everything fresh (and you'd waste ingredients for dishes you didn't make). So you have to resort to freezing and microwaves.

A small menu means less ingredients and the ability to cook things fresh

[Stevo985]

4 minutes ago, Xela said:

I think most of the top restaurants only have a very limited menu. Like you say, quality over quantity. 

Or a tasting menu where you don't even get a choice  

[tonyh29]

1 hour ago, chrisp65 said:

My fave restaurant basically has about 6 main courses on the menu and they very rarely change any of them.

Originally, I was worried once people worked their way through the menu they wouldn’t return and the place wouldn’t survive.

Ignoring lockdown, the place has been open a good few years now and there’s still a 2 month waiting list for a table.

 

edit: 10 things on the menu, they’ve added 3 veggie / vegan dishes to what was a meat only restaurant

They’ve added 3 veggie / vegan things to the menu so in other words their menu is still 6 main courses   

[chrisp65]

34 minutes ago, tonyh29 said:

They’ve added 3 veggie / vegan things to the menu so in other words their menu is still 6 main courses   

I didn’t even read what they were, I saw the words veggie, vegan and haloumi

I eat a fair bit of veggie stuff, but no way am I calling in favours to get a table at an award winning southern style meat place and then spaffing it all on a £15 tofu burger.

 

[mjmooney]

One of the best meals I ever had was in a little country place in France. We were on a cycling holiday, and rocked up at about 1.30 pm, by which time the locals had eaten everything and left. The lady that ran it went into an apologetic flap, and said she'd try and rustle something up if we didn't mind taking pot luck. We ended up with rillette (pork pate) and bread as a starter, pork chops, chips and green beans as a main, some camembert and fresh peaches for afters. It was all **** ing delicious. A carafe of local wine that kept getting replenished as soon as we got halfway down it. I think the whole thing came to about a fiver a head. And she kept apologising for it being an improvisation, and how if she'd known we were coming she'd have cooked us a proper meal. Magical. 

Edited June 23, 2020 by mjmooney

[Davkaus]

15 minutes ago, chrisp65 said:

I didn’t even read what they were, I saw the words veggie, vegan and haloumi

I eat a fair bit of veggie stuff, but no way am I calling in favours to get a table at an award winning southern style meat place and then spaffing it all on a £15 tofu burger.

 

Bit racist.

[chrisp65]

1 minute ago, Davkaus said:

Bit racist.

Nah, not having that, some of my best friends are veggies.

I had a nice Tesco soya chilli this evening. With some off brand Lidl Dorito lookalikes.

 

[KentVillan]

British celebs being interviewed on American TV who play up to whatever stereotype they've adopted.

[sharkyvilla]

The news this morning.

[Sam-AVFC]

LinkedIn is very quickly becoming Facebook.

[Genie]

1 hour ago, Sam-AVFC said:

LinkedIn is very quickly becoming Facebook.

I detest LinkedIn, the most needy people on the planet.