Happy Chinese New Year to everyone in The Shire, but I've just read about the Peninsula Restaurant in Charlton. They seem to have a hygiene record that could literally turn your stomach. Unfortunately, it's not the first time they've been caught out so I for one will be celebrating elsewhere.
I don't like to give negative news about a local business, but feel this could save people from praying to the porcelain alter all night long. And on that basis, I won't be investing in a meal there. I'm out [year of the dragon - ed.]
http://www.greenwich.co.uk/news/06970-chinese-restaurant-fined
I still bow my head in shame when I think of how I took my mother in law to the Peninsula - one of the rare occasions when I didn't look up a place on Greenwich's food inspectors list. Never ever again.
ReplyDeleteGot a business idea for you - food tourism in the form of a person to go to an ethnic supermarket with you and explain all ingredients / best makes to go for etc. What do you think? Bit mad?
Happy New Year!
Dear PM,
ReplyDeleteI think your business concept has legs but fear for anyone who listens to my ingredient advice.
[Points to bag of white crystalline granules]
"This is the finest sugar known to humankind."
[Back home the customer makes a cup of tea]
"Oh Heavens above!!!! My cup of fine dining PG Tips is sooooo salty!"
Actually, I think salty tea will go down well at The Fat Duck.
What do you eat on Chinese new year?
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