Cafe Rouge

Richardj

^ There has been a lot of scandal over here when it was discovered that a lot of expensive 'chef' restaurants were found to be using bought in pre prepared food.  Main dishes, not just veggies etc. French food is definitely overrated and really not worth the bother.

monquixote

chillidoggy said:

Have you failed to realise that it all comes out of a plastic bag?

No because as I mentioned I used to work in a Cafe Rouge so I know exactly how the food is made. 

Cirrus

Cafe rouge is shit, overpriced shit from an era before service and quality were attributes known to the common man. Pizza express is to Cirrus in his 20s what Pizza Hut was to cirrus in his teens so it's all good for me. Prezzo has always been good for me, no complaints there.

randomhandclaps

Drew_fx said:

I lived there when I was a kid. Got hit by a car. School was shit.

Really after being run over you should have taken the day off school.

jonnyburgo

randomhandclaps said:

Drew_fx said:

I lived there when I was a kid. Got hit by a car. School was shit.

Really after being run over you should have taken the day off school.

In soft London yeah but in Grimsby - no. You would get beaten up for being a poof.

chillidoggy

monquixote said:

chillidoggy said:

Have you failed to realise that it all comes out of a plastic bag?

No because as I mentioned I used to work in a Cafe Rouge so I know exactly how the food is made. 

I mention this because the missus used to work in a reasonably posh motel, where even the breakfast omelettes came in in bags. You could have a tomato omelette, as they were the ones supplied, but not a plain one, as there were no eggs on the premises, and no-one to cook them even if there were!

mike_l

chillidoggy said:

I mention this because the missus used to work in a reasonably posh motel,

In Margate? Posh?

monquixote

chillidoggy said:

monquixote said:

chillidoggy said:

Have you failed to realise that it all comes out of a plastic bag?

No because as I mentioned I used to work in a Cafe Rouge so I know exactly how the food is made. 

I mention this because the missus used to work in a reasonably posh motel, where even the breakfast omelettes came in in bags. You could have a tomato omelette, as they were the ones supplied, but not a plain one, as there were no eggs on the premises, and no-one to cook them even if there were!

Cafe Rouge isn't like that. 

Most of the food made made up fresh with certain disappointing things like use of packet mash. 

The main problem was just that the food was overpriced and it wasn't clear from the menu that the main courses didn't come with anything so for example if you ordered salmon you just got a piece of salmon and had to order veg and potatoes and bread etc separately at your cost.

Jalapeno

I like our local Pizza Express, provided you can avoid the chimps' feeding time (5pm-7pm) - squaky spoilt brat hell !!!!

Col_Decker

Gosh I never realised life was so hard darn sarf. We've got a Mr. Raja's by us, they do a cheese burger with donner meat on top. Proper lush it is.

Jalapeno

It's grim dahn Sarf !

breakstuff

Grimmer in Grimsby.

Jalapeno

No you're right, it is - the seagulls there are mutants, flipping enormous !

mike_l

Col_Decker said:

Gosh I never realised life was so hard darn sarf. We've got a Mr. Raja's by us, they do a cheese burger with donner meat on top. Proper lush it is.

Well, we gotUncle Franks (Yeah get te smutty jokes out Decker) who does a double cheese burger with 'bab meat. Or a messy burger which is burger, egg, 'bab meat, and a shed load of chilli sauce.

 

Therefore Cambridge wins.

Col_Decker

But Mr. Raja also does the Donner Kebab Pizza. In your face!

Richardj

And the people here think it is acceptable to crack an egg onto your pizza as it goes into the oven which isn't quite cooked when it gets to the table - right......

chrispy108

monquixote said:

Cafe Rouge isn't like that. 

Most of the food made made up fresh with certain disappointing things like use of packet mash. 

The main problem was just that the food was overpriced and it wasn't clear from the menu that the main courses didn't come with anything so for example if you ordered salmon you just got a piece of salmon and had to order veg and potatoes and bread etc separately at your cost.

I used to go to the one by my old place pretty frequently, and the sides were always included. This was from 2011 onwards. Maybe it's changed?

Fuck Prezzo though, £2.50 for a San Pelligrino and they don't even refrigerate them. First time I went to one we had the worst service ever, got ignored for half hour at a time, complained at got a very apologetic manager and a £20 voucher. Got treated exactly the same the second time!

Cirrus

Richardj said:

And the people here think it is acceptable to crack an egg onto your pizza as it goes into the oven which isn't quite cooked when it gets to the table - right......

Yeah I had that in Biarritz, I didn't know where to look when the pizza with a thin pastry crust and barely-cooked egg on top was presented to me.

monquixote

chrispy108 said:

monquixote said:

Cafe Rouge isn't like that. 

Most of the food made made up fresh with certain disappointing things like use of packet mash. 

The main problem was just that the food was overpriced and it wasn't clear from the menu that the main courses didn't come with anything so for example if you ordered salmon you just got a piece of salmon and had to order veg and potatoes and bread etc separately at your cost.

I used to go to the one by my old place pretty frequently, and the sides were always included. This was from 2011 onwards. Maybe it's changed?

Fuck Prezzo though, £2.50 for a San Pelligrino and they don't even refrigerate them. First time I went to one we had the worst service ever, got ignored for half hour at a time, complained at got a very apologetic manager and a £20 voucher. Got treated exactly the same the second time!

I worked in one in 1998 so I imagine it's changed a lot since. 

It got a very bad reputation for being overpriced shit and closed down about 6 months after I left. 

I expect your experience with Prezzo is to do with the franchise holder. My local one has excellent service and cold beer, but perhaps it is the exception. Certainly I've found it to be a cut above Ask and Bella Pasta, but again perhaps it's just luck of the draw.

maltingsaudio

Whats so wrong about tupperware for your sandwiches and a thermos flask if you want to eat out?