Nandos. Please can we all agree that there is nothing that special about Nandos. At the end of the day, it is just chicken. Yes it is nice, I'm not going to pretend that I don't like a chicken pitta or wrap but what makes it pop? I can take a trip to my local …
Tag: restaurants
Service Charge
Today's post takes on a small niche part of restaurants bills, service charge. I'm not too sure how I feel about service charges. I tend to find restaurants that add them to bills reduce their quality of service as they know they are getting a tip, however, others are so poor at offering good service …
Problematic Pizza
Alliteration seems to be a bit of a theme for titles recently, so I've continued this trend today to talk about pizza. The problem I have is how to eat it. Get a takeaway and it comes sliced so I eat it slice by slice. The difficulty comes in a restaurant scenario. Do you slice …
What’s lurking in the water?
Today's post could almost be my first review of a specific place. This weekend, a group of us went to The coal shed for dinner - this is a steak place. I've put the receipt below and I'd just like you to see if you can spot what is up with this - hint it …
Dinner for 1
Last week I spent a few nights staying in hotels as I needed to travel for work. This resulted in walking to the adjacent restaurant and requesting a table for one. This has a small perk, as I don't have any physical human contact I managed to reach out to friends who had been somewhat …
What’s wrong with water #2
As the title suggests this is follow-up to a previous post centered on the idea of water, but this time with a sprinkling of glitter. Or you could say sparkle. You guessed it today's post is about sparkling water. I'd like to know whoever drank a glass of water and thought, "you know what this …
What’s Wrong With Water?
It has come to my attention people aren't happy with plain old water. Don't get me wrong, I do like squash. In fact, I like a good variety of squashes and tend to alternate between and orange coloured squash and a pink/red coloured squash, but I can also appreciate water. When I ask for water …
Can I have some Mayo?
Asking for mayo is something that happens the vast majority of times I go for a meal out. Asking for such a basic accompaniment to my meal doesn't always leave me certain as to what I will receive. Some places leave bottles of sauce on the table at all times. A part of me wants …
Pronouncing foreign words
In a similar vein to last week's post, check it out here. Today's post is about the unnecessary pronunciation of certain words in a foreign language. Picture the scene, you're in a cafe of a morning and want to grab breakfast on the go. You, in a broad regional English accent, ask for a black …
6 Months In
A slightly different approach for today's blog, but I hope you enjoy this slight deviation in direction. I've been blogging now for just over 6 months, with the last 4 of these having a post a week. Now is the time to reflect on how it has been going so far. I think this blog …
Catherine's Corner 