why must every moderately successful store in the UK be immediately turned into a chain?

JFC

Posh dirty chicken

The start of this thread is awesome. It really sorts the good from the bad and the ugly.

^^solid, substantive argument, like it.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40871000/jpg/_40871308_cleese.jpg

i mean, i know and enjoy the pork buns at the vietnamese grocery across the street and they cost like £1.10 each, and they're delicious. not sure about the "hygiene" standards there of course, they might not be quite as diligent as the 17-year-olds who clean the pizza express bathrooms

basically what i am saying, is that you are all unimaginative, lazy bastards.

― Tracer Hand, Monday, November 5, 2007 12:07 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^with classic shit like this, how could we compete?

RIP

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/feb/22/casual-dining-crunch-jamies-italian-strada-byron-struggling

“I ate in the Liverpool Jamie’s two months ago and it was possibly the worst meal I’ve ever had. It was appalling. I ordered what was supposed to be sausage ragout. It looked like boiled tomatoes with overcooked pasta, and it tasted the same.”

quelle fucking surprise. His recipes are 90% garbage when you don't cut corners with them.

i'd be up for reading a full interview with this guy ranting about horrible chain restaurants.

Reaction to Tracer's original post itt pretty unfair imo.