I still maintain that you can't get a better chicken and chips in the UK than Fresh Fry Fish Bar on Charlton Church Lane. The chips are on another level
a lot of kfc are franchise aswell similarly we used to do contract works for rentokil and many of there sites were kfc ones absolutely grim in fact a lot of fast food places if you could see the kitchen you probably wouldn't want to eat in Chinese are by far the worse, grease up to 2 inches thick on surfaces.
It's probably best not to go inside the kitchen of a lot of places - food hygiene can be appalling.
that was what i stated, i think most would be appalled although it is worth noting that just because a place has a 1 out of 5 hygiene rating it doesn't necessarily mean that the place is awful just its failed some points, sink not being close enough to prep area, lack of fire extinguishers etc.
back on thread, double chicken in pitta no salad, garlic bread and peri salted chips hot.
Dude if a place has a 1 out of 5 hygiene rating you are playing very fast and loose with your rectal and gastric health!
I too have had the misfortune to do some maintenance in chain restaraunts and several I will never, ever eat in. Zizzi, Frankie and Bennies and pizza hut to name 3. However as someone else said, Chinese kitchens are on another level of disgusting.
I would have thought that each individual restaurant would have been run the way the manager wanted it, chain or not? Or do they issue franchise guidelines that suggest rat droppings in the rice container, cleaning the glass washer once a decade and three week old oil to cook everything in?
Haha I see what you are doing there
Put it like this, I've always found that regardless of who manages some teams or who the playing staff are they play a certain way
See I think Norwich have always been a footballing side, when they play they are good to watch and have a nice soft underbelly
Sheffield United seem to have always given me the impression they aren't that into the round ball game and prefer to spend 90 minutes acting out a ritual of who can kick what the furthest and hardest players and football's.
West Ham, well God knows what West ham are about but the point remains
Zizzi, Harvester, Frankie and Bennies are three that you could put Raymond Blanc in charge of and they would still cut their toenails on a food preparation table and wipe their genitals on the tea towels
Least with Maccy D's you know the food prep is clean and its fresh. KFC is just pure grease, sitting in those little hot plate windows for hours on end.
Mate your right and wrong
I have done installs at all the mc D’s in the west end and all of them are fucking minging by end of service and that means for large % of the time they are serving they are rank
KFC is the worst fast food outlet I have also installed equipment in there where I witnessed some of the most horrific food prep and standards and the worst hygiene ever
a lot of kfc are franchise aswell similarly we used to do contract works for rentokil and many of there sites were kfc ones absolutely grim in fact a lot of fast food places if you could see the kitchen you probably wouldn't want to eat in Chinese are by far the worse, grease up to 2 inches thick on surfaces.
It's probably best not to go inside the kitchen of a lot of places - food hygiene can be appalling.
that was what i stated, i think most would be appalled although it is worth noting that just because a place has a 1 out of 5 hygiene rating it doesn't necessarily mean that the place is awful just its failed some points, sink not being close enough to prep area, lack of fire extinguishers etc.
back on thread, double chicken in pitta no salad, garlic bread and peri salted chips hot.
Dude if a place has a 1 out of 5 hygiene rating you are playing very fast and loose with your rectal and gastric health!
I too have had the misfortune to do some maintenance in chain restaraunts and several I will never, ever eat in. Zizzi, Frankie and Bennies and pizza hut to name 3. However as someone else said, Chinese kitchens are on another level of disgusting.
I would have thought that each individual restaurant would have been run the way the manager wanted it, chain or not? Or do they issue franchise guidelines that suggest rat droppings in the rice container, cleaning the glass washer once a decade and three week old oil to cook everything in?
Haha I see what you are doing there
Put it like this, I've always found that regardless of who manages some teams or who the playing staff are they play a certain way
See I think Norwich have always been a footballing side, when they play they are good to watch and have a nice soft underbelly
Sheffield United seem to have always given me the impression they aren't that into the round ball game and prefer to spend 90 minutes acting out a ritual of who can kick what the furthest and hardest players and football's.
West Ham, well God knows what West ham are about but the point remains
Zizzi, Harvester, Frankie and Bennies are three that you could put Raymond Blanc in charge of and they would still cut their toenails on a food preparation table and wipe their genitals on the tea towels
So actually what you are saying is that it IS the "players" then? Regardless of who they play for, all the above always recruit people from the Hackney Marshes Sunday League Division V. Even if the manager is Helmut Schoen? I think I am getting your drift...
I know people moan about the grease that comes with KFC, but for me that's one of the attractions. Nothing I like more than putting my greasy bone in a messy box!
Agreed - once you’ve had the legs and the beast, there’s still a greasy box to put your bone in.
I know people moan about the grease that comes with KFC, but for me that's one of the attractions. Nothing I like more than putting my greasy bone in a messy box!
Agreed - once you’ve had the legs and the beast, there’s still a greasy box to put your bone in.
Went there last night and absolutely smashed a burger with the peri salted chips and some halloumi. My mate had a full chicken platter to himself because he is an absolute machine.
Love Nando's, and all the massive banter that comes with each visit. Proper ledge.
(All of the above did actually happen last night)
Nothing I can say to top this other than people who enjoy it have never had a properly seasoned chicken. I don't get the appeal it's blander than bland.
I put Nandos in the same category as Ikea: It was good when it first started, but rapidly lost its appeal once other people discovered it.
I can't see any reason to go nowadays. If you want that inauthentic peri peri experience why not go to Wetherspoons? Similar quality food, probably bigger portions and you get a free pint of beer. What's not to like? If you want real peri peri, then go to your locally owned and run Portuguese. That'll be far nicer.
Sorry but anyone comparing Nandos to Harvester needs their tastebuds and pretty much all their senses checked out.
Harvester are the experts of shit food and evene wgivk shitter service.
At least there is full waiter service which is more than you get at Nando’s. I dislike them both Immensely but if I had a gun put to my head to choose I will stick with Harvester.
Sorry but anyone comparing Nandos to Harvester needs their tastebuds and pretty much all their senses checked out.
Harvester are the experts of shit food and even shitter service.
The service at Harvester is amazing and I'm not saying that in a good way. If you enjoy waiting ages to get your order taken and then ages to get it brought to your table then Harvester is the way to go.
Nandos is for people that genuinely don't know what chicken should taste like.
It's absolutely shit.
What should chicken taste like and who decided this? I better make a note in case I’ve been eating it wrong.
Nothing like it does in Nandos. That's irrefutable.
Unless you buy free-range, corn fed chicken then chances are that you genuinely don't know what chicken should taste like and would go a long way to explaining why people like Nandos.
Nandos is for people that genuinely don't know what chicken should taste like.
It's absolutely shit.
What should chicken taste like and who decided this? I better make a note in case I’ve been eating it wrong.
Nothing like it does in Nandos. That's irrefutable.
Unless you buy free-range, corn fed chicken then chances are that you genuinely don't know what chicken should taste like and would go a long way to explaining why people like Nandos.
I agree with this, however this is bleeding into another subject entirely about the quality of food in general. I'll happily throw my 2 cents in and say I'm leading a silent revolution against meat products pumped full of water and I just don't buy them.
Free range chicken, dry cured bacon
Annoyingly it's difficult to find chicken or bacon that hasn't been injected full of water in a supermarket. When did this just become accepted?
Nandos is for people that genuinely don't know what chicken should taste like.
It's absolutely shit.
What should chicken taste like and who decided this? I better make a note in case I’ve been eating it wrong.
Nothing like it does in Nandos. That's irrefutable.
Unless you buy free-range, corn fed chicken then chances are that you genuinely don't know what chicken should taste like and would go a long way to explaining why people like Nandos.
I agree with this, however this is bleeding into another subject entirely about the quality of food in general. I'll happily throw my 2 cents in and say I'm leading a silent revolution against meat products pumped full of water and I just don't buy them.
Free range chicken, dry cured bacon
Annoyingly it's difficult to find chicken or bacon that hasn't been injected full of water in a supermarket. When did this just become accepted?
Probably when they started selling for half the price of the ‘proper’ Stuff.
Nandos is for people that genuinely don't know what chicken should taste like.
It's absolutely shit.
What should chicken taste like and who decided this? I better make a note in case I’ve been eating it wrong.
Nothing like it does in Nandos. That's irrefutable.
Unless you buy free-range, corn fed chicken then chances are that you genuinely don't know what chicken should taste like and would go a long way to explaining why people like Nandos.
I agree with this, however this is bleeding into another subject entirely about the quality of food in general. I'll happily throw my 2 cents in and say I'm leading a silent revolution against meat products pumped full of water and I just don't buy them.
Free range chicken, dry cured bacon
Annoyingly it's difficult to find chicken or bacon that hasn't been injected full of water in a supermarket. When did this just become accepted?
Agree wholeheartedly with this. I haven't bought generic chicken for years. You pay a premium for it but the difference between the crap that supermarkets sell and properly reared and fed chicken is massive.
I'd also passionately advocate buying whole chickens and undertaking the butchery yourself. Not only do you get more for your money but you've also got the potential to use the carcass for other stuff such as good stocks, that can then be frozen for later use.
This is what Nandos says about its chicken on its website: "All of our chicken is British and is fresh, never frozen. We use several suppliers including; Cargill, Moy Park, Faccenda and Freemans of Newent."
I find this more than a little disconcerting. I'd be much happier if it was frozen.
For fresh, read raw. As we all know raw chicken has to be handled carefully otherwise it's up there with with plague-infested rats as a really quite dangerous thing.
Nandos is for people that genuinely don't know what chicken should taste like.
It's absolutely shit.
What should chicken taste like and who decided this? I better make a note in case I’ve been eating it wrong.
Nothing like it does in Nandos. That's irrefutable.
Unless you buy free-range, corn fed chicken then chances are that you genuinely don't know what chicken should taste like and would go a long way to explaining why people like Nandos.
I agree with this, however this is bleeding into another subject entirely about the quality of food in general. I'll happily throw my 2 cents in and say I'm leading a silent revolution against meat products pumped full of water and I just don't buy them.
Free range chicken, dry cured bacon
Annoyingly it's difficult to find chicken or bacon that hasn't been injected full of water in a supermarket. When did this just become accepted?
Probably when they started selling for half the price of the ‘proper’ Stuff.
Chicken used to be expensive and a bit of a treat and it seems unlikely we will go back to that. You would need a huge shift in public opinion to change farming methods and accept higher prices.
If chicken prices went up it would wipe out an entire industry dependent on cheap costs - that may or may not be a good thing depending on your point of view but I can't see it happening soon.
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Put it like this, I've always found that regardless of who manages some teams or who the playing staff are they play a certain way
See I think Norwich have always been a footballing side, when they play they are good to watch and have a nice soft underbelly
Sheffield United seem to have always given me the impression they aren't that into the round ball game and prefer to spend 90 minutes acting out a ritual of who can kick what the furthest and hardest players and football's.
West Ham, well God knows what West ham are about but the point remains
Zizzi, Harvester, Frankie and Bennies are three that you could put Raymond Blanc in charge of and they would still cut their toenails on a food preparation table and wipe their genitals on the tea towels
Harvester are the experts of shit food and even shitter service.
I have done installs at all the mc D’s in the west end and all of them are fucking minging by end of service and that means for large % of the time they are serving they are rank
KFC is the worst fast food outlet I have also installed equipment in there where I witnessed some of the most horrific food prep and standards and the worst hygiene ever
Morelys over Nando.
I can't see any reason to go nowadays. If you want that inauthentic peri peri experience why not go to Wetherspoons? Similar quality food, probably bigger portions and you get a free pint of beer. What's not to like? If you want real peri peri, then go to your locally owned and run Portuguese. That'll be far nicer.
It's absolutely shit.
Unless you buy free-range, corn fed chicken then chances are that you genuinely don't know what chicken should taste like and would go a long way to explaining why people like Nandos.
Free range chicken, dry cured bacon
Annoyingly it's difficult to find chicken or bacon that hasn't been injected full of water in a supermarket. When did this just become accepted?
I'd also passionately advocate buying whole chickens and undertaking the butchery yourself. Not only do you get more for your money but you've also got the potential to use the carcass for other stuff such as good stocks, that can then be frozen for later use.
I find this more than a little disconcerting. I'd be much happier if it was frozen.
For fresh, read raw. As we all know raw chicken has to be handled carefully otherwise it's up there with with plague-infested rats as a really quite dangerous thing.
Moy Park? Well, it's difficult not to eat their product, it's everywhere. But....... https://lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/moy-park-fined-118000-after-162904
If chicken prices went up it would wipe out an entire industry dependent on cheap costs - that may or may not be a good thing depending on your point of view but I can't see it happening soon.