Food Pet Peeves

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NordicCrankShaft

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1,721 posts

114 months

Thursday 23rd February 2017
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When you go out whether it be to a wetherspoons for a light cheap lunch or somewhere fancy, one of the things that always really bugged me is if I had a burger or sandwich and got given either end of the tomato, especially the part with the green bit.

The other thing that bugs me is when you order king prawns and the sts sacks haven't been taken out of them, hanging.

EDIT: Hahaha sorry, combination of norwegian keyboard, fat fingers and autocorrect on my phonebiggrin

Edited by NordicCrankShaft on Thursday 23 February 18:53


Edited by NordicCrankShaft on Thursday 23 February 18:54

colin_p

4,503 posts

211 months

Thursday 23rd February 2017
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NordicCrankShaft said:
if I had always and which or always burger and got given either end of the tomato, especially the part with the green bit.
Say that bit again? Whatever it is it sounds nice.

rds64

25 posts

146 months

Thursday 23rd February 2017
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craigjm

17,909 posts

199 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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Being served chips that are not fresh from the frier

Sauces already poured over steaks


Du1point8

21,604 posts

191 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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Anything that should be served on a plate that is served on something else.

craigjm

17,909 posts

199 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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Du1point8 said:
Anything that should be served on a plate that is served on something else.
fking steaks on chopping boards grr!

HarryFlatters

4,203 posts

211 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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NordicCrankShaft said:
The other thing that bugs me is when you order king prawns and the sts sacks haven't been taken out of them, hanging.
Agreed, it's lazy.

Frozen chips in restaurants. Lazy.

Bought in mayo/tartar sauce. Lazy.

Slates and chopping boards.

Not supplying a fish knife when I'm having fish. I get a steak knife when I'm having a steak, why no fish knife?

Probably loads more, but these are the ones that instantly came to mind...

anonymous-user

53 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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Coriander. Seems to be the norm now, in everything.

Makes everything taste like perfume. Go away.

bluelightbabe

297 posts

167 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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The lack of salad cream in the selection of sauces in pubs/restaurants. Chips and salad cream is amazing!

new_bloke

452 posts

283 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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OpulentBob said:
Coriander. Seems to be the norm now, in everything.

Makes everything taste like perfume. Go away.
Same here. Tastes like soap. It seems our genes are to blame (apologies for the daily wail link):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-313...

colin_p

4,503 posts

211 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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bluelightbabe said:
The lack of salad cream in the selection of sauces in pubs/restaurants. Chips and salad cream is amazing!
Yes.

Salad cream is special and makes any meal taste very 1976. Much nicer than mayo and less chance of tummy ache.

Cotty

39,389 posts

283 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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Overcooked bacon. Not everyone likes it burnt to a crisp.

Edited by Cotty on Friday 24th February 13:51

craigjm

17,909 posts

199 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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Paddy_N_Murphy said:
Kids food coming out with Adult food to the table : everyone Hank Marvin - and the Kids food is Nuclear Hot too.

I.e. inedible for a 4 year old.....
Easy solution to that and solve a pet peeve of many people.... Ban children from restaurants until they reach 16 hehe

craigjm

17,909 posts

199 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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It annoys me when you go in and there are lots of tables and they stick you in the window next to the fooking door or right next to the bogs.

Also annoys me when -

Waiters pour wine from a new bottle into the glass that already has some in it
99% of burgers come with bacon and I really don't think beef and bacon work
Forcing you to order from a set menu once youre a group of a certain size
Covering everything in rocket
Not describing on the menu what accompanies the dish so you have no idea if you have to order sides
Anything "deconstructed"
Korean BBQ / hotpots / steak stones etc. If I wanted to cook my own food I would have stayed at home
Service charges. Let me decide if youre worth it and how much and make sure the money goes to the staff

bingybongy

3,858 posts

145 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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Salad sodding garnish.
Sit down chippy, which is excellent, near me does it.
fk off with your crappy bloody salad.

Cotty

39,389 posts

283 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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craigjm said:
It annoys me when you go in and there are lots of tables and they stick you in the window next to the fooking door or right next to the bogs.
Or you sit at a table in an empty restaurant and the next couple that come is get put on the table right next to you.

craigjm said:
Also annoys me when -
Not describing on the menu what accompanies the dish so you have no idea if you have to order sides
I had lunch at a place that does this, ordered a steak pie, I got a steak pie. They could have said "that comes on its own, would you like to order some mash, chips or veg?"

monoloco

289 posts

191 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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anything garnished with raw onion YUK! YUK! YUK!

knotweed

1,979 posts

175 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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I agree on the onion garnish. Raw onion flavours everything. Actually, I don't see the point of garnishes at all. There's the thing with mint leaves on desserts. I hate mint. I hate the smell of mint. yuck

Vegetables that aren't cooked. I don't want crunchy sprouts or broccoli or potatoes.

Reduced salt everything.

Chips served in baskets or plant pots or whatever. All I'm going to do is tip them out, and usually watch them scatter all over the place because my food's been served on a flat lump of wood.





craigjm

17,909 posts

199 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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knotweed said:
Chips served in baskets or plant pots or whatever. All I'm going to do is tip them out, and usually watch them scatter all over the place because my food's been served on a flat lump of wood.
I was given chips in a little mini shopping trolley once rolleyes

Lucas CAV

3,021 posts

218 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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Fat, stodgy slug-like chips.
Sauce in sachets.
Overloaded burgers.
Ice in drinks by default.