Pub annoyances #834

[Farway]

Apart from the concept being frankly ridiculous it concerns me that the things are not easy to clean and remnants from previous uses can seep into the wood.

Exactly my thoughts, but will admit having scoffed off one, think it was steak & chips sort of pub grub

PS did not realise the grub would turn up on a wooden thingy

[Aqualung]

Sorry if this has been mentioned before. Food being served on a wooden cheeseboard like object, rather than a plate. A daft fad which I hope will disappear in the not too distant future.

Anyone sad and pathetic enough ( Oh dear, that means me!! ) to watch daytime TV cooking shows will know that this is nothing new. Many of the Jamie Oliver 15 minute meals were served in this idiotic manner. Surely it's not as bad as the "fine dining" experience where you get served a few pathetic morsels that would happily fit on a saucer. Another stupid fad is to serve the food on a slate, the logical extension of which is to serve a meal on a giant boulder that requires a fork lift truck to deliver to the punter and causes the table to collapse half way through the meal.

[Lady Grey]

Laugh out loud.

[Maldenman]

My scampi in a Portsmouth pub some months back arrived in a dimpled pint jug.

[Aqualung]

My scampi in a Portsmouth pub some months back arrived in a dimpled pint jug.

Were the chips served in a Stein and your beer served in a soup bowl?

[Quinno]

I think one of the listed points was something along the lines of "don't patronise female drinkers". To illustrate, see this amazing rant:

http://www.xojane.com/issues/ladies-...edium=facebook

[ETA]

I think one of the listed points was something along the lines of "don't patronise female drinkers". To illustrate, see this amazing rant:

http://www.xojane.com/issues/ladies-...edium=facebook

Based on the choice of phraseolgy I would suggest 'lady' doesn't apply here.

[Mobyduck]

I think one of the listed points was something along the lines of "don't patronise female drinkers". To illustrate, see this amazing rant:

http://www.xojane.com/issues/ladies-...edium=facebook

Shes not confused she just needs some f*!^"*g anger management .

[Quinno]

Perhaps CAMRA's new slogan should be:

Does that mean I look down on those that enjoy their [crappy keg] neat? No. I don’t give a fuck what you like.

To be fair, I have a weakness for charismatic redheads

[NickDavies]

Were the chips served in a Stein and your beer served in a soup bowl?

Has anyone mentioned chips served in little metal buckets? I can only imagine some frozen food company - eg McCain's - acquired a container load from China on the cheap and every customer got a couple of boxes of them. They'll all start going rusty sooner or later and that, thankfully, will be that.