Albeit after 5 pints, but I think my typing is up to scratch for this! So...some housekeeping...
Firstly, thanks to Nicola for naming this blog. When asked 'What shall I name my blog?' she refrained from calling me a sad nerd, and helpfully suggested this name.
Secondly, these views are the views of my own, and should in no way reflect upon any professional bodies to which I belong - this seems to be something important people say?
Thirdly, thanks to google's integrated spell check, without which my drunken ramblings would be nothing more than incomprehensible bollocks.
So what's this all about then?
Starting from the beginning, I decided that as a New Years Resolution, I would forgo the tempting treats that chain restaurants have to offer. That is to say, where possible, I will only try to eat at independent restaurants. My reasons? Well, it occurred to me that even though I live in a capital city, I have not eaten at many of the restaurants around and instead, rely on the comfortable familiarness of a well known brand. For shame!
And so, with a wallet that hates me, and a belly that shows its expanding disgust, I try and avoid eating at any known-national chain.
I must point out here however, that I am not an arsehole. Of course I will eat at a chain if it is part of someone else's event, their birthday for example. I simply state that, if given the choice, I will not choose to eat at a chain. I also add the disclaimer that this does not apply after a night on the beer, In which case I will be happy to chuck a Big Mac down my face!
This blog is to document my experiences of eating at these independent places, hopefully providing helpful reviews to those who are interested, or just a way to pass some time to those with nowt better to do. Either way, I am hoping it will be a way to sober me up before I'm put to bed.
And so concludes the introduction to possibly, a well drafted account of the independent restaurants that I have eaten at. Or just as likely, a pissed rambling about how I found a fly in my soup.
This blog is to document my experiences of eating at these independent places, hopefully providing helpful reviews to those who are interested, or just a way to pass some time to those with nowt better to do. Either way, I am hoping it will be a way to sober me up before I'm put to bed.
And so concludes the introduction to possibly, a well drafted account of the independent restaurants that I have eaten at. Or just as likely, a pissed rambling about how I found a fly in my soup.
