Restaurants in the UK with laminated menu's never fill me with confidence. I usually try and avoid these establishments, but occasionally and usually with a group of people from work, that I will end up in one of these well known "chain restaurants". If I know what is going to be on the menu without having to look at it, then where is the enjoyment or anticipation in that? Now if you go to a restaurant with a blackboard for a menu.. now we're talking. Seeing an item struck through because they have run out talks fresh food, which usually means it's seasonal and if we're really lucky - local.
Now there is one exception and that is if you are in the USA. If you are given a laminated menu here, then there is a good chance your are in a diner or a BBQ shack... and with these places you can sometimes hit the jackpot. Usually the gold mine is the place that has been run by the same family for generations. Good, home style food, but fresh ingredients that they turn it over in huge quantities. If only we get could get more of that style of mass catering here in the UK, then I would be very happy to be given a laminated menu.
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