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UK: The dark arts of our restaurants: How they trick diners into paying more
The Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | June 4, 2010 | Andrew Levy

Posted on 06/03/2010 8:10:12 PM PDT by Stoat

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To: yorkie

Well, I have always hated salads, and you have just given me a very good reason not to touch one again.


41 posted on 06/03/2010 9:05:48 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady (If one racist Tea-Partier proves all conservatives hate, what do 500 Muslim suicide bombers prove?)
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To: MediaMole
Always order the specialty. Steak from a steakhouse, fish from a fish restaurant, Eggs and waffles from a Waffle House, etc.

Amen, bro.

Every time I take my wife out for a fancy dinner I always remind her, "Now, remember, don't order the Filet-o-Fish."

42 posted on 06/03/2010 9:06:32 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
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To: shibumi

No shirt - good thinking. Can always shower off breakfast faster than washing a shirt!


43 posted on 06/03/2010 9:06:38 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

Zactly!

(And I’m nekkid when I get up anyway.)

You all wanted to know that - right?!?


44 posted on 06/03/2010 9:08:22 PM PDT by shibumi (Pablo (the Wily One) signed up for the "Hippo Attack" ping list!)
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To: yorkie

You know? I love salad, I had a nice tomato based one today.

But I rarely find a place, even a 4 star place that gives a darn about salad prep.

I hate when they bring you a bowl of stuff that won’t even fit in your mouth.


45 posted on 06/03/2010 9:08:31 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions: $1 Halfbaked: 50c)
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To: mylife

Well, OK, then.

Find restaurants that sell wine by the carafe or half-carafe. Right now, due to a huge ‘09 high-quality Napa Cab glut, you can come across some exceptional values. Ask to see the house wine 1.5 bottles they’re decanting.

Go in fours. Share everything. Order some good cheese-bread appetizer so that any lapse or tardiness in service isn’t noticed. Your server will love you, and if you tip them lavishly, you are now a pet and will be pampered whenever you return, and don’t forget to request your server by name when you do.


46 posted on 06/03/2010 9:09:04 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: Texas Eagle

Why don’t people understand that?


47 posted on 06/03/2010 9:09:35 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions: $1 Halfbaked: 50c)
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To: txhurl

I like a nice place but usually the best places are very basic.

I’m no snob.


48 posted on 06/03/2010 9:12:08 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions: $1 Halfbaked: 50c)
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To: mylife

I don’t know. You’d think it would be common sense.


49 posted on 06/03/2010 9:12:20 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Texas Eagle

Took my brother to a Texas BBQ in Houston and he ordered like some Santa Fe Chicken salad or some such.

I was shaking my head.


50 posted on 06/03/2010 9:16:40 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions: $1 Halfbaked: 50c)
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To: mylife
"Thats because 90% of prep chefs in country are foreigners from 3rd world countrys"

No poop, Dick Tracy! /s

51 posted on 06/03/2010 9:17:04 PM PDT by yorkie
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To: Texas Eagle

I never understood folks that go to foreign country’s and order stuff from home.

Worst pizza I had in mylife was in tokyo


52 posted on 06/03/2010 9:18:47 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions: $1 Halfbaked: 50c)
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To: A_perfect_lady

And, I should add - lettuce on anything - should be avoided. (Sandwiches, Mexican dishes, hamburgers, etc.)

Also - most restaurants put a preservative on lettuce - that is not exactally a ‘good thing’.


53 posted on 06/03/2010 9:19:31 PM PDT by yorkie
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To: yorkie

Unnghh....


54 posted on 06/03/2010 9:19:36 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions: $1 Halfbaked: 50c)
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To: yorkie

We call the preservative “water”


55 posted on 06/03/2010 9:22:46 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions: $1 Halfbaked: 50c)
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To: mylife

My, I know you like salads - but I recommend you buy your salad fixin’s at the health food store (still not guaranteed), wash it thoroughly in lemon juice, dry it, and then prepare your own salad. I am very series here. This is a hugh problem.

I will tell you something - without mentioning the name. I worked in a wonderful resort restaurant that had chefs from Europe - (very expensive.)

I was furious - but couldn’t do a thing - except quit. Which I did.

One evening, the sewer system backed up - and we had a tour of over 200 Germans to serve. The kitchen staff was ordered not to touch anything below their waist (I almost spelled it ‘waste’), and they prepared the food for 200 people, as they sloshed around in sewage. (They would have had to shut down if the Health Dept. knew, and would have faced MAJOR fines.)


56 posted on 06/03/2010 9:27:50 PM PDT by yorkie
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To: yorkie

OMG!


57 posted on 06/03/2010 9:29:09 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions: $1 Halfbaked: 50c)
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To: yorkie

Believe me the rest of the food chain aint pretty either


58 posted on 06/03/2010 9:29:56 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions: $1 Halfbaked: 50c)
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To: yorkie

200 German salad shooters....


59 posted on 06/03/2010 9:31:08 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions: $1 Halfbaked: 50c)
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To: mylife

ROTF!!!!!


60 posted on 06/03/2010 9:33:12 PM PDT by yorkie
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