Food Pet Peeves

[NordicCrankShaft]

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 phone

Edited by NordicCrankShaft on Thursday 23 February 18:53

Edited by NordicCrankShaft on Thursday 23 February 18:54

[NordicCrankShaft]

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.

[NordicCrankShaft]

Colonial said:

Grow up.

Not having any decent veggie/vegan options is the mark of a lazy chef. It's really not that hard.

Not really, when I was running kitchens there was a tiny percentage of vegetarians that would come in. There for I wouldn't waste my time creating anything special.

Also 90% of chefs find vegetarians a bit annoying and pretentious. I don't go into the fat duck demanding curry and then complain when they don't have curry on the menu.

[NordicCrankShaft]

ZedLeg said:

What a ridiculous thing to say. Do you mean that you find vegetarians a bit annoying and pretentious and you just assume everyone thinks like you?

I know a few chefs and they've never made broad sweeping statements about vegetarians that I've noticed.

I guess you must know more than I do then as a 15 year career working in many top restaurants around the UK and Europe must mean most of the chefs I've met and worked with were also liars.

[NordicCrankShaft]

ZedLeg said:

So you know 90% of all chefs? Is that just UK or worldwide? Does it include vegan/vegetarian chefs?

What you said was nonsense hyperbole, at least you're keeping the shouty prick chef stereotype alive though.

Oh look, two people I've never met before coming forward confirming what I said.

Stick to your butternut squash soup pal.

[NordicCrankShaft]

ZedLeg said:

Where did I say I was vegetarian?

I do make a pretty good butternut squash soup though.

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