Tiny wrote:Thelawnet.
I stand by what I said, was it a fair plate of food for a fair price? if yes, then well done them. The attitude you seem to project is that it isnt "proper", I doubt most residents of India would recognise the contents of our "indian" resteraunts, but there are many that serve up a decent meal for a fair price.
Well we actually have several million South Asians in the UK, and it's not difficult to find authentic food, e.g., in places like Southall. I've had the same dishes in India, but I guess it depends what you order in the UK, I wouldn't order a Tikka Masala or a Korma, because they are too sweet, but a Madras is an Indian staple and perfectly recognisable to Indians.
If you visit a resteraunt and dont like there offerring then you can tell the world on sites like trip advisor, often the damaging reviews are made because it is easier to be rude and insulting from the anonymity of your keyboard than actually discuss what is wrong with staff and the management team. It irks me that in most cases restaurants are trying to give a decent meal and service and it is all too easy to decry this with harsh anonymous words.
Of course it is. But that applies to
all restaurants, so it's relative. No restaurant is immune, so it's a democratic process.
I actually find it bizarre that you would want to have a confrontation with the management about the quality of your food when trying to enjoy a quiet dinner.
I was asked in Nandos a while ago 'How was your food'. I said 'well actually this chicken is a bit red here'. And she said 'Well you've eaten it now'. So I just thought 'don't know why you asked if you just wanted me to say, yes it's perfect'. So you just say 'yes, fine', and leave quietly.
We've got a restaurant locally where the chef was a Masterchef contestant, and he's trying very hard, and he came out after the dinner and said 'How was it?', and you just say 'Yes lovely', because I've seen this guy online getting very upset about criticism of his cooking. You've gone out for dinner because you want to have a nice time, not because you want to get in an argument with a very defensive chef. There were actually a few things we didn't like, but we weren't going to share them because you could just tell that the guy actually doesn't want to hear anything other than 'yes, it was fantastic'
If you are going to open to the public you are going to get unjustified criticism, and that's just the way it is.
On this thread the original chap didnt like it, fair play but this doesnt mean that the restaurant is terrible. I think the "it isnt PROPER bbq" is neither here nor there these guys are serving bbq and it seems the good people of Leeds are queueing to get it, hope they make a fortune and open a branch near here soon.
I have no idea whether its proper BBQ, because I haven't tried it. But there's ''proper BBQ' and there's 'proper BBQ'. You can get 'BBQ ribs' in the Harvester, a lot of people like them. You can get 'Mexican' in Taco Bell, a lot of people like that. It doesn't mean anything. This is a general point, and absolutely not directed at this restaurant.