Occasionally, Mrs. Bonnet accompanies me on my travels in the UK, and as it's closed season for the football, thought I might add some of the best (and worst) places to eat in the UK. Obviously, its OK to name the best, but just in case of some over eager legal git reading this thread, maybe its best not to name the worst. One of the best I have found, and although a tad expensive, has to be la Pergola Italian restaurant on the Southampton road just outside Lyndhurst in the new forest. Not only is the food superb, the staff treat you like royalty. Gets a 10 out of 10 from me. One of the worst we ever had was at one of the M1 services. We we both tired, but hungry, and went in to what we thought was a Burger King, but only realised our mistake on the way out. The bun was stale, the burger tasted horrendous, the salad was limp and tasteless, and the fries overcooked. It wasn't Burger King or Macdonalds, but has to rate as one of the most disgusting burgers I have ever eaten. Please feel free to add you best and worst.
You can't be sued for stating an opinion. You can only be sued if you tell a lie. For example if you said "I hate McDonald's because their burgers are made with Badger meat"... you're telling a lie- since they don't put any badgers in their burgers... Only Hedgehogs! If you said McDonald's food tastes disgusting... you're expressing an opinion not telling a lie about them- so they can't sue! Or "I always get cold food at xyz" - they can't sue you because they can't prove that you don't.
LOL... With a generic name like that no surprise. Here in the US... companies that have "no name" and sell bad food always go for the most generic sounding names possible (probably so you'll forget them easier and won't remember to tell everyone how bad they are). Any company that starts "Mr." is almost certainly going to be bad: "Mr. Waffle. Mr. Burger. Mr. Smoothee." Same with roadside diners that end with "House"... there's Waffle House- which is bad food chic- but then a bunch of crap generic places that end in "House"... "Huddle House"... "Pancake House"... I imagine just sticking "Co" on the end of a food item is same sort of generic idea.
You've ****ed it now. Can't believe you've named them. I'm going to report you and you'll be in so much trouble x
Another brilliant place is in Bicester. When i took the youngest to Wembley, it was going to cost over 100 quid each on the train, so stuff that, I drove down to Amersham & got the tube. On the way back I said where did he want to go for a meal, the options being Burger King or Chinese. thankfully, he chose chinese. Can't remember the name of the restaurant, but if you park on the car & bus station park ibn Bicester, and walk through the alley past Tesco express, turn left and its on the left. On a Sunday, its "each as much as you want" and the meal was superb. One of the courses was *****lian beef. Brilliant. Bloody hell, getting hungry now, but its far to drive to Bicester
I once had a decent burrito at a motorway service station - Some Mexican dude hooked me right up. Other than that all motorway service stations are good for is petrol and a quick ****.
Jamie Oliver's restaurant in Bath is pretty decent 9.5/10 I forget the name, I ate there when it had only just opened. Very impressed though.
I can recommend here as a truly superb Sunday dinner if any of you happen to be off the beaten track in a south Wales backwater. Brilliant ale too, Bass red triangle straight for the barrel. Highly recommended. For all you golfers, Royal Porthcawl and Pyle and Kenfig are a stones throw. http://www.princekenfig.co.uk/
Wow Chief, I used to visit a scheme in Pyle, part of the time I used to work in Cardiff. Hated the first year in Cardiff, they were pre sat navdays, but once I got used to the short cuts, and where the sites were I loved it. some great restaurants, esp chinese & italian in Cardiff. I used to stay at a hotel called the Winton, but had the piss taken because it had a club nicknamed the "parachute" club.
It's close to where I work, my office anyway, but not so much where I live. Still, it's worth the drive for a walk over the dunes and then a spot of beef dinner. Very nice bit of grub.
Just my luck Chief. I only have the one visit to Cardiff these days, and its a pressure trip with no spare time. One overnight stay in Hereford, then over to Carmarthen, then another overnight in Cardiff, then back home. We always used to pay a visit to Riverside Cantonese, and was always superb. but last year it wasn't anywhere near as good. Maybe we picked a bad day
Where do you stay in Hereford? I worked there all last year, might have a recommendation base don where you stay! Although it wasn't exactly blessed with decent boozers.
