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    Adios Twinkie

    in Ready to Eat

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    I'm still not really sure what a Twinkie is, but every time I hear the word it reminds me of the Simpsons episode where a guy leaves the Kwik E Mart in disgust and throws a Twinkie on the floor and Apu says 'stupid man, you can't even hurt a Twinkie' or something to that effect :)

    Restaurant/Bar Annoyances

    in Food Traditions & Culture

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    I don't like it when the waiter/waitress waits at your table after bringing the bill. I normally go halves with whoever I'm with so we have to work out how much that is and I feel all harrassed with someone stood there. Plus you might want to decide amongst you how much tip you want to leave :rolleyes:

    Restaurant work – your most embarrassing moment?

    in Restaurant Life

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    I walked to a table carrying 3 scorching hot pan things. One of them slipped back onto my arm and burnt me. I had to practically throw the plates down on the table because it hurt so much. I now have a lovely scar to remind me of the incident :unsure:

    Another incident was when a wasp was near me (I would normally scream and run away, but I couldn't because I was at a table). It went up my sleeve and stung me and I had to keep a straight face whilse hoping the wasp would leave my T-Shirt!

    What is the WORST wine you've ever tasted?

    in Wine

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    Normally I stay away from drinking wine in a club because of how awful and cheap it normally tastes, but one time I did buy some because it was the cheapest thing on the menu and it was soooo disgusting. I actually gipped every time I sipped it and it took me ages to swallow it. I didn't want to throw it away because I couldn't afford a different drink :laugh:

    Berlin Restaurants

    in Elsewhere in Europe: Dining

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    Odd, I just got back from here, meant to post in this thread before I went.

    I actually did a day trip to Wolfsburg to visit Aqua - it's not exactly in the "reasonably priced" bracket but wow is it worth it (hopefully do my writeup this weekend)

    TI did go to a couple of places in Berlin:

    Monsieur Vuong - good, reasonably priced, great spring rolls. Not afraid of spice which is good for a german restaurant!

    The Bird - V disappointing burger. Insufficient bun meant that it ended up everywhere before it got to my mouth, and the fries were a real let down

    Oh and I did go to curry 36 - If you insist on eating currywurst you could do worse than go here, and it's certainly not going to break the bank!

    I went to the Bird about a year ago after my friends kept going on about it. It took forever to arrive (didn't help that we'd all just done a charity run so were starving :unsure: ). The meal was ok and I probably would've been satisfied with it if it hadn't been for my mates going on about it so much and making it seem a lot better than it was.

    Curry 36 is crazily busy! I used to work near there - the line is always massive! Opposite it is a veggie takeaway place which is also very popular - I've yet to eat there.

    Restaurant/Bar Annoyances

    in Food Traditions & Culture

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    Staff who haven't even tried the food and fall over themselves to admit it. I still remember a time over 15 years ago at a casual steakhouse, asking about an item on the menu. The waitress said, with no prompting at all, that she was a vegetarian and had not tried anything except the one lone vegy entree.

    I, too, am a vegetarian and used to work at a steak house. I admitted that I hadn't tried any of the meat dishes there and the whole table burst out laughing - they were really great customers. I will always give this answer as I find it worse to lie and pretend I've tried something when I haven't.

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