I’m thinking of becoming....

[derek kelly]

A food critic.
Just been to the Navigation in Wakefield, beautiful setting by the canal, ordered drinks peroni £5.75, Peroni shandy £5.75 so I went with the pint of peroni, Bacardi & coke for Bev, £4.95, chilli & rice with nachos £15, Bev had a bacon burger with cheese oozing over it (description) £15, kids meal for one of Grandkids, £10.95, comes with a toy, when it arrived the oozing cheese was actually a cheese slice, the bacon was almost raw & the burger was only just cooked, my chilli arrived with six nachos, a small ramikin of very bland chilli, kid’s meal of chicken nuggets & chips arrived, no toy, same with other two Grandkids, eldest Granddaughter asked for the toys & the waitress came out with three bubble wands.
When we’d finished the waitress asked “have you enjoyed your meal?” I said “no, not really” her reply “oh” then walked away, think I’ll stick to McDonalds in future.

 

[johnboy]

I would have spoken up earlier and rejected the food and waited until they got it right. Possibly difficult with kids in tow but a moan early on usually fixes it.

 

[derek kelly]

I would have spoken up earlier and rejected the food and waited until they got it right. Possibly difficult with kids in tow but a moan early on usually fixes it.

Normally I would but Bev says she’s fed up of me making a scene.

 

[andyBeaker]

Well you moan about everything else derek, why should food be exempt?



Those prices look way OTT by the way. I would expect dancing girls, a live performance by Barry Manilow and a view over The Serengeti to warrant them.

 

[Cougar377]

Well you moan about everything else derek, why should food be exempt?



Those prices look way OTT by the way. I would expect dancing girls, a live performance by Barry Manilow and a view over The Serengeti to warrant them.

What about Barry Manilow dancing round the Serengeti being chased by lions...?

 

[derek kelly]

Well you moan about everything else derek, why should food be exempt?



Those prices look way OTT by the way. I would expect dancing girls, a live performance by Barry Manilow and a view over The Serengeti to warrant them.

The prices are way over & when I queried this I was told every restaurant/pub etc had put their prices up to make up for what they’ve lost through lockdown, what they fail to grasp is that they have managed to keep open by providing takeaways whilst many of their customers are still on reduced wages, shot themselves in the foot as we certainly won’t be returning.

 

[slim63]

Being a picky bugger when it comes to food I try to only use restaurants where you pay the bill after eating, that way if your food comes and its crap/late/not what you ordered you just leave it and walk out

 

[derek kelly]

Being a picky bugger when it comes to food I try to only use restaurants where you pay the bill after eating, that way if your food comes and its crap/late/not what you ordered you just leave it and walk out

Unfortunately with pubs you have to pay up front.

 

[andyBeaker]

Being a picky bugger when it comes to food I try to only use restaurants where you pay the bill after eating, that way if your food comes and its crap/late/not what you ordered you just leave it and walk out

Easy to,do,when you have an assortment of bayonets sticking out of various pockets I suppose….

 

[andyBeaker]

Easy to,do,when you have an assortment of bayonets sticking out of various pockets I suppose….

How do you define ‘picky’? More picky than one of our friends who will dismantle dishes by the light on his mobile phone in restaurants to remove all the vegetables?

 

[slim63]

Unfortunately with pubs you have to pay up front.

Some you do but there are a few around her you don't as they have full waitress service

 

[slim63]

How do you define ‘picky’? More picky than one of our friends who will dismantle dishes by the light on his mobile phone in restaurants to remove all the vegetables?

Well I specifically ask for no veg apart from potato and if it turns up with it on then I wont pay or eat it, another favourite of some places is sticking half a fried tomato on a mixed grill or salad on the plate when I have specifically asked them not to, food has been known to hit the optics at a rate of knots before now (in my younger less subtle days)

I was going to say you wouldn't believe how many arguments I have had about this stuff but you know me quite well now so I guess you WOULD believe

I am sure I have recounted the story before where I was sat in a pub garden after asking for a plain cheese sandwich and had to explain ... bread... butter.... cheese.... AND NOTHING ELSE! What arrived was cheese and onion .... words were had lumps and bumps were threatened, waiter was made to read out the order in front of everyone chef and manager were told to do one sharpish followed by a fast moving plate and money was refunded

 

[slim63]

Ps you would think these places would be happy to serve half the food when i am happy to pay the full price but it is very much not the case

 

[Squag1]

On the other hand I was in a nice BnB in South of England, can't remember exactly where. I was there 2 weeks.
I was getting tired of breakfasts so I said I just want 1 egg 1 sausage 1 rasher.
"That's all you were getting" He sez.
Miserable git.

 

[derek kelly]

Was once in a nice steakhouse, I ordered my steak medium rare, Bev asked for hers well done,when they arrived mine was good but Bev’s was still bleeding, asked the waitress to take it back & re-cook it, she went to the kitchen & came straight back with it, I told her it still wasn’t done enough, she got a bit nervous & said “the chef won’t do it, he says it’s done enough, after a bit of offloading we (six of us) stood & went to leave the restaurant, as we were leaving the Manager was stood by the door, “was everything all right?” He asked he hot both barrels from the six of us, next thing we were seated at the best table & told to order what we wanted & it would be cooked just how we wanted it,the meal was excellent & even better when the chef came & personally apologised, when we asked for the bill we were told “no charge, please come again”

 

[Malone]

Where was this? Just asking for 6 friends

 

[derek kelly]

Where was this? Just asking for 6 friends

Wakefield, in a very famous building.

 

[Cougar377]

Wakefield, in a very famous building.

Wakefield has a MacDonalds...?

 

[andyBeaker]

Wakefield, in a very famous building.

Prison?

 

[derek kelly]

It was actually the building that inspired Joanne Harris to write “chocolat”