tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513470670765405287.post8292575896920422644..comments2024-02-28T01:43:54.906-08:00Comments on Terry Tyler: If I owned a restaurant I would....Terry Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077413235902203848noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513470670765405287.post-9798087530779100432019-03-29T04:23:28.721-07:002019-03-29T04:23:28.721-07:00Hi, Terry:
You hit on my #1 pet peeve in restaura...Hi, Terry:<br /><br />You hit on my #1 pet peeve in restaurants (and anywhere, really: "You guys!" Just NO!! I also really hate when grown women are addressed as girls. <br /><br />I'm totally with you on the "No problem, too." Saying "no problem" takes one's mind TO a problem. It's like saying, "Don't think of a pink elephant."<br /><br />I think one of my biggest pet peeves in restaurants is when some over-eager server comes over and says, "How are WE tonight? What will WE be having?" Just NO!! I hate that so much I can't get past it and like the server.<br /><br />I'm not a vegan, but I am a vegetarian. And even though we look a a huge menu, for vegans or vegetarians, the menu is usually pretty small.<br /><br />Anyway, loved this post! I'm sure I've forgotten a lot, but it's interesting to know that the same annoying things happen in the UK as they do here. Lisette Brodeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00021324250266879948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513470670765405287.post-87467425603046585832017-12-07T02:07:38.603-08:002017-12-07T02:07:38.603-08:00We were living in the north of England, and going ...We were living in the north of England, and going out to dinner was torture. The wait staff were indignant that they were expected to "serve" us...so they didn't. We'd wait literally for hours for service, only to be informed that there could never be any deviation from the menu, ice in any form, or anything resembling a friendly face. When we finally realized that we were leaving the country to go out to dinner, we gave up an moved to Scotland. There (and I'm so not making this up) in the first restaurant we entered, the smiling waitress told my hesitant Hub, "You can have it however you want." I thought he might kiss her. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513470670765405287.post-78892232424458420082017-12-07T02:07:28.479-08:002017-12-07T02:07:28.479-08:00Yes, it drives me nuts that you can't just get...Yes, it drives me nuts that you can't just get a decent, well cooked mean without it being 'ponced about' with!!!!Terry Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077413235902203848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513470670765405287.post-50591119976646236952017-12-05T04:28:06.192-08:002017-12-05T04:28:06.192-08:00I LOVE this blog. I was brought up in the caterin...I LOVE this blog. I was brought up in the catering industry where you had your fingers chopped off if you wore nail varnish and had your hair tied back at all times. I see a lot of cookery programmes on TV where people don't even follow basic hygiene rules and it drives me insane!<br /><br />I digress...it seems that the industry can't just provide us with our meal any more. Even Subway advertises for 'Sandwich artists'. What is that all about? I blame nouvelle cuisine.<br /><br />I also have to admit that, after being veggie for 2 years, last Christmas was my downfall...I missed the turkey too much and am now a pollotarianK9-Dreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16882829247049805585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513470670765405287.post-12221190027009970632017-12-05T02:28:07.734-08:002017-12-05T02:28:07.734-08:00Thanks for reading and commenting, Mareth! And go...Thanks for reading and commenting, Mareth! And good for you - you have a right to know what you are putting inside you, especially if paying OTT prices for it. Before I was a vegan I always had fish when eating out, too. Just because I loved it!Terry Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077413235902203848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513470670765405287.post-11197642248936312452017-12-05T02:26:08.174-08:002017-12-05T02:26:08.174-08:00Too right, tips should be deserved! Eating out is...Too right, tips should be deserved! Eating out is usually a disappointment, I find. I always did with Dad, but we had two places we went to, and that was that.Terry Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077413235902203848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513470670765405287.post-43805803568725476192017-12-05T02:25:10.831-08:002017-12-05T02:25:10.831-08:00Perhaps he just sees it as a job that he can do we...Perhaps he just sees it as a job that he can do well, and switches into 'waiter mode' when he gets to work!<br /><br />The vegan thing - we're lucky there is so much at all now. I remember having vegan friends 30 years ago, and practically all they could get to eat was sawdust, even in shops, ha ha! I became a vegan when I found out that the animal agriculture industry is 90% of the cause of climate change and destruction of the planet, so I don't want to support it.Terry Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077413235902203848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513470670765405287.post-12048648857427414222017-12-04T08:41:02.076-08:002017-12-04T08:41:02.076-08:00I couldn’t agree more with Judith, Terry and every...I couldn’t agree more with Judith, Terry and everyone else who commented today. I’m not vegetarian, but mostly eat fish, especially when eating out - don’t know why. So last year when we visited the family in Italy, I thought I’d break the fish routine and have something different - well, my daughter still gets uppity with me about my ‘behaviour’ at this quaint little Italian Restaurant, because I wanted to know what I was actually eating. I could not follow the Italian, or English. The menu, duly translated in both languages read something like this: “Costoletto di agnello aglio, olio pepperoni su lattuga stufata e speak” Roughly translates into garlic lamb chops with pepper, stewed lettuce and Speack (English translation). I couldn’t find more than a slither of lettuce and after insisting to check Google SPEACK (misspelled on the English menu) turned out to be some Special German lard which stayed white and unmelted on my plate.<br />Needless to say I SPEAKA TOO MUCHE, UPSETTE THE ITALIAN PERSONA and my family, but the meal cost a lot and I didn’t really get what I thought I would get. Maybe I’ll tell you another time what my cotoletti looked and tasted like ... should have stuck with something fishy. Thanks for a lovely post, Terry!Marethahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03087894690081431622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513470670765405287.post-87361456016127475932017-12-04T07:48:57.006-08:002017-12-04T07:48:57.006-08:00Don't often complain in restaurants but went t... Don't often complain in restaurants but went to a really expensive one in Manchester when last there. To the question,'Everything all right with your meal?' and I answered,'not really, the vegetables were extremely sloppy.', the waiter said,'oh dear' and walked away. Had words with daughter and husband who wanted to give, "as is usual", I was told, a ten per cent tip! Will not be eating out now until January when the dreaded festivities are over... unless I can wear my Bah Humbug hat.https://www.judithbarrow-author.co.uk/https://www.blogger.com/profile/11916706180945300075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513470670765405287.post-49489006641958131332017-12-04T03:27:57.073-08:002017-12-04T03:27:57.073-08:00Ha ha!
I've related this before, but you will...Ha ha!<br /><br />I've related this before, but you will like it. A while back I was in a restaurant with my father, and our main course was very late; every time we asked for anything we got the response 'no problem'. To which my father said, in the end, 'well, there clearly is one because we haven't got our food yet'. To which the waiter said, 'Sorry sir, no problem'. I don't think they even know they're saying it!Terry Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077413235902203848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513470670765405287.post-51348285074953088132017-12-04T03:26:17.361-08:002017-12-04T03:26:17.361-08:00I didn't/don't feel that; I'm actually...I didn't/don't feel that; I'm actually a bit snooty myself with crap waiters. But if they're good, I tip very well :)Terry Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077413235902203848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513470670765405287.post-8086317780806135142017-12-04T03:25:35.895-08:002017-12-04T03:25:35.895-08:00Thanks for reading, Linda!Thanks for reading, Linda!Terry Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077413235902203848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513470670765405287.post-60939652409828293692017-12-04T03:25:19.572-08:002017-12-04T03:25:19.572-08:00It was okay... just completely different from last...It was okay... just completely different from last time I went there!Terry Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077413235902203848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513470670765405287.post-13420521517504708232017-12-04T03:24:51.208-08:002017-12-04T03:24:51.208-08:00Well, you can stop going to MacDonalds for a start...Well, you can stop going to MacDonalds for a start - we'd have much more rainforest without them and their ilk!!!!!!!!<br /><br />Generally, Val, I am disappointed every time I eat out. Apart from The Half Moon at Grendon in Northants, which is wonderful. Just a small village pub, but the food is always outstanding. Terry Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077413235902203848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513470670765405287.post-10426870283171128292017-12-04T03:24:42.586-08:002017-12-04T03:24:42.586-08:00My eldest son works at a restaurant, I often wonde...My eldest son works at a restaurant, I often wonder how people put up with him and how he managed to be made to supervisor this year.<br /><br />Now he could be completely different when at work, He is forever moaning when at home and he can be incredibly lazy (I have to tell him to move his pots/washing etc).<br /><br />I also wonder how he speaks to people as he's not a people person - he's prefers his own company. <br /><br />I've always told him that I would never eat where he works as I'd probably be the one doing the complaining about the service from the miserable lad, who doesn't know how to smile.<br /><br />Although in his defence he is incredibly polite and seems to enjoy his job - perhaps I need to have a sneak peek at him (though it would mean booking a holiday first, as he works air-side at the airport).<br /><br />I'm a meat eater, but I've got a few friends who are vegan. I can understand what you mean about the choice on the menu.Whispering Storieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05240594888727791665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513470670765405287.post-57762213335075251502017-12-04T03:23:12.319-08:002017-12-04T03:23:12.319-08:00They were polite, Hilary, just ... ghastly ;)They were polite, Hilary, just ... ghastly ;)Terry Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077413235902203848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513470670765405287.post-6911543148552508162017-12-04T03:22:37.096-08:002017-12-04T03:22:37.096-08:00Yeah, in other words, you just 'eat food'....Yeah, in other words, you just 'eat food'. You're either a vegan or you're not.Terry Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077413235902203848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513470670765405287.post-64949203622096846272017-12-04T03:22:01.607-08:002017-12-04T03:22:01.607-08:00And they seem to think that non-meat eaters want g...And they seem to think that non-meat eaters want garlic and mushrooms every time, don't they?!Terry Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077413235902203848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513470670765405287.post-33175243063006697082017-12-04T02:58:02.240-08:002017-12-04T02:58:02.240-08:00No problem is my bugbear in restaurants. I wouldn’...No problem is my bugbear in restaurants. I wouldn’t mind so much if I had asked to go off piste but if I’ve just given a straightforward order directly from the menu I should bloody well hope it isn’t a problem for them to deliver it (unless they’re really a shoe shop in disguise). Thanks for making me smile, Terry, and let me know when you open your restaurant.Anne Goodwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04184575753612760952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513470670765405287.post-65905861175394941962017-12-04T00:55:09.976-08:002017-12-04T00:55:09.976-08:00And the attitude that we are doing them a favour.....And the attitude that we are doing them a favour... ditch that too!anita daweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03872644106384365588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513470670765405287.post-61635621943743990852017-12-04T00:05:43.996-08:002017-12-04T00:05:43.996-08:00Thanks for the laugh this Monday morning. Oh, so r...Thanks for the laugh this Monday morning. Oh, so right.Linda Acasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03096791092366530129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513470670765405287.post-75392053914704989332017-12-03T22:23:13.857-08:002017-12-03T22:23:13.857-08:00Ouch! Not a good experience then?Ouch! Not a good experience then?Rosie Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05814740525740666516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513470670765405287.post-12622436535315117782017-12-03T15:39:20.609-08:002017-12-03T15:39:20.609-08:00Eating out is miserable for me anyway as there is ...Eating out is miserable for me anyway as there is nearly always too much fat or spices/flavourings in food all of which bring me out in flu like symptoms. Add to that I'm a veggie too, so unlike most people who get excited by the idea of French restaurants, I avoid them like the plague. By the way, being a vegetarian in France is really difficult and finding food that is tasty without being spiced up is nigh on impossible. I usually end up with a plate full of raw rabbit food. As regards service, well, I'm afraid that's not the best anywhere in these parts, except perhaps at McDonald's in France where they are unaccountably and inexplicably brilliant! You have my sympathies!! It must be even more difficult to be a vegan! Vallypeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08309284606572565277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513470670765405287.post-70712354704969458102017-12-03T14:59:45.646-08:002017-12-03T14:59:45.646-08:00Hi Terry - yes I can quite see what you're say...Hi Terry - yes I can quite see what you're saying ... and if I owned a restaurant - you'd be welcome and I would have some vegan foods on offer ... and happy, polite waiters and waitresses - cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513470670765405287.post-14687388755613431092017-12-03T10:15:34.855-08:002017-12-03T10:15:34.855-08:00I saw a woman on the 'Real Housewives of Sydne...I saw a woman on the 'Real Housewives of Sydney' who described herself as '80% vegan because sometimes I have burgers, and I like cheese'. WTF? And 'doing shots' - oh my God, that's terrible!Julia Gibbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04329377424036314411noreply@blogger.com