12.3.11 Little Chef

The menu in the Little Chef has taken arse-covering a bit too far.  At the bottom, there's a statement, as follows:

All of our dishes may contain nuts or nut derivatives.  Fish may contain small bones

Now, the first sentence is mad.  Is the company really saying that Apple Pie and Ice Cream may contain nuts?  That an Olympic Breakfast contains nuts?  The little Chef is NUTS.  Arse covering to a ludicrous level, and absolutely no help to anyone with an allergy who relies on decent information.  Basically, the company is saying to those with a nut allergy - "fuck off".

The second sentence is a bit more amusing.  I have always suspected that fish contain small bones.  Of course, Jellyfish don't, but I cannot imagine the Little Chef serving that up, can you?

The fry-up options included the phrase "Award Winning", for the sausages.  Now, anyone who has seen by previous posting on the use of this phrase will not be surprised to learn that I enquired of the waiter what award the sausages had won - and whether they knew they'd been successful.  Now, the chap was keen to help and quite likeable, but he had no idea.  He rambled on about they come from a farm, and that they tasted nice.  In summary, he hadn't a clue, and so the trading standards people should follow up on this because the Little Chef is touting sausages as award winners without providing any evidence or information to support the claim!  As far as I am concerned, 'An award winning British pork sausage' means nothing - did it win a bronze medal in the Discus at the 2008 Olympics?

Further Notes

Free Range Omelette
Filling Options: grated Cheddar cheese, ham, mushroom or ripe tomato.

I am so pleased that the Little Chef has decided to serve RIPE tomatoes rather than the inedible rock-hard variety !!!  Also, what the fuck's a 'free range' omelette?  Are omelettes allowed to roam free in a field?

Fish and Chips
A fillet of sustainably sourced fish in crispy batter with chips, Birds Eye Garden peas and a slice of lemon.

Amazing!  I have absolutely no idea what type/species of fish the Little Chef serves up - Cod, Haddock, Sea Bream, Barracuda?  How can you serve fish without saying what sort - unless sustainably sourced is a specific type now !?!?!

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