Food Pet Peeves
Discussion
matrignano said:
craigjm said:
99% of burgers come with bacon and I really don't think beef and bacon work
Highly controversial statement. You might get some backlash for this...some others that boil me.....
Cream in carbonara
Pasta where the sauce has been poured over the pasta not the pasta taken into the sauce
Lucas CAV said:
Overloaded burgers.
Ice in drinks by default.
Agree with you there. Burgers with so much in them you either have to cut them with a knife and fork, or everything comes squishing out over your hands when you take a bite.Ice in drinks by default.
Ice in drinks - I always ask for no ice by default when I order my drink. If they put it in by mistake it gets sent back and asked for another without ice. Why would I want to pay full price for half the volume of what the glass holds because it's full of ice? Soft drinks are either refrigerated or draught so are cold anyway, no need for ice.
king roof tile or a plank of wood, I just ask for it to be put on a plate. No one has ever refused...yet. Ordering a hot drink to go with my food. Drinks come first, and usually the drink is stone cold by the time the food arrives.
Huge chunky chips placed in a jenga style pile. I once got 6 chips in this style. Undercooked too because they were so big.
Each part of your meal arriving on a different plate. Steak or chicken on one plate, chips then came in a bowl, salad or veg on another smaller plate. There were 6 of us at a table and our respective meals all came in this fashion. We were tight for space at the table as it was until the 6th meal arrived, which was fajitas a diy meal kit at the best of times. We ended up having to split into two tables to fit all the dishes on!
Huge chunky chips placed in a jenga style pile. I once got 6 chips in this style. Undercooked too because they were so big.
Each part of your meal arriving on a different plate. Steak or chicken on one plate, chips then came in a bowl, salad or veg on another smaller plate. There were 6 of us at a table and our respective meals all came in this fashion. We were tight for space at the table as it was until the 6th meal arrived, which was fajitas a diy meal kit at the best of times. We ended up having to split into two tables to fit all the dishes on!
Jenga chips is one. A stupid array of chips that are far too fat so that they can easily be arranged in a stack. What rubbish, chips should be thin and crisp unless you're in a chip shop, in which they should be fat and crisp.
Whilst I'm on chips, I can't stand the recent trend for pale, flaccid chips. I don't know if it's to do with cooking them in hopeless oils that aren't hot enough. I bought some from a chip shop in Heaton a few weeks ago and they looked like they had been dipped in a light oil and then warmed up under a lightbulb. They were complete crap. I would prefer all chips to be done in beef dripping but that'll never happen.
Also, vegans in restaurants. Usually can be heard loudly proclaiming to everyone that they are vegan.
Whilst I'm on chips, I can't stand the recent trend for pale, flaccid chips. I don't know if it's to do with cooking them in hopeless oils that aren't hot enough. I bought some from a chip shop in Heaton a few weeks ago and they looked like they had been dipped in a light oil and then warmed up under a lightbulb. They were complete crap. I would prefer all chips to be done in beef dripping but that'll never happen.
Also, vegans in restaurants. Usually can be heard loudly proclaiming to everyone that they are vegan.
Loyly said:
Jenga chips is one. A stupid array of chips that are far too fat so that they can easily be arranged in a stack. What rubbish, chips should be thin and crisp unless you're in a chip shop, in which they should be fat and crisp.
Whilst I'm on chips, I can't stand the recent trend for pale, flaccid chips. I don't know if it's to do with cooking them in hopeless oils that aren't hot enough. I bought some from a chip shop in Heaton a few weeks ago and they looked like they had been dipped in a light oil and then warmed up under a lightbulb. They were complete crap. I would prefer all chips to be done in beef dripping but that'll never happen.
Also, vegans in restaurants. Usually can be heard loudly proclaiming to everyone that they are vegan.
Agree with the chip thing... As thin as possible. Chip shops ones are disgusting.Whilst I'm on chips, I can't stand the recent trend for pale, flaccid chips. I don't know if it's to do with cooking them in hopeless oils that aren't hot enough. I bought some from a chip shop in Heaton a few weeks ago and they looked like they had been dipped in a light oil and then warmed up under a lightbulb. They were complete crap. I would prefer all chips to be done in beef dripping but that'll never happen.
Also, vegans in restaurants. Usually can be heard loudly proclaiming to everyone that they are vegan.
Neat virtue signalling on the vegan thing though!
Cotty said:
Overcooked bacon. Not everyone likes it burnt to a crisp.
Undercooked Bacon! I like a bit of colour to the fat, not undercooked, white and greasy and cold! Have to ask for well done in my local Sainsbury's if I want it cooked properly! Edited by Cotty on Friday 24th February 13:51
Speed 3 said:
Restaurants/pubs that can only do roast on a Sunday despite a full menu on every other day.
Brioche buns on a burger.
Unnecessarily over-sized portions.
Steak knives - if its decent meat properly cooked you don't need a special saw.
Skin on in a battered fish.
On that last one I noticed that in Manchester it was skin off but back in Essex it's skin on. Where's the changeover point in the country?!Brioche buns on a burger.
Unnecessarily over-sized portions.
Steak knives - if its decent meat properly cooked you don't need a special saw.
Skin on in a battered fish.
Speed 3 said:
Restaurants/pubs that can only do roast on a Sunday despite a full menu on every other day.
Brioche buns on a burger.
Unnecessarily over-sized portions.
Steak knives - if its decent meat properly cooked you don't need a special saw.
Skin on in a battered fish.
To be fair as a former chef to do a decent roast fresh everyday running alongside the normal menu is quite a big ask especially when the freshness of the ingredients is quite important in something like a roast even on a Sunday it used to be a ball ache.Brioche buns on a burger.
Unnecessarily over-sized portions.
Steak knives - if its decent meat properly cooked you don't need a special saw.
Skin on in a battered fish.
Speed 3 said:
Restaurants/pubs that can only do roast on a Sunday despite a full menu on every other day.
Brioche buns on a burger.
Unnecessarily over-sized portions.
Steak knives - if its decent meat properly cooked you don't need a special saw.
Skin on in a battered fish.
Just goes to show how one man's pet peeves is another man's...erm...whatever the opposite of pet peeves is Brioche buns on a burger.
Unnecessarily over-sized portions.
Steak knives - if its decent meat properly cooked you don't need a special saw.
Skin on in a battered fish.
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