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[slemslempike]

dinner at giraffe. two courses.

1) bbq chicken quesadillla. realised several bites in that there was secret sweetcorn in it. survived by taking tiny bites and not really chewing.

2) decided to soothe self with pudding. bread and butter brioche with rum and raisin. and, it transpired, bananas. spat out mouthful and had to go without dessert.

after that trauma, horrid watery hot chocolate at euston seems like a treat.

Comments

[majea.livejournal.com]

Poor you. What is with the UK and the sweetcorn menace?

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

I don't know! There is no reason to put it in anything, as far as I can tell, and CERTAINLY no excuse for doing so without warning.

[cellardor.livejournal.com]

That happened to me when I had a tuna melt. Have you tried avoiding sweetcorn encased in melted cheese? I was so not happy. In short, I feel your pain about all of this.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

The deliciousness of melted cheese, tainted by the sweetcorn menace! URGH.

[katlinel.livejournal.com]

Much sympathy on the unpleasantly inedible stealth items appearing in your dinner. Ick.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

Horridius. Next time I am eating out I shall choose my establishments with more care.

[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

Ugh, sweetcorn. There needs to be a special symbol on restaurant menus for that. Little green "v" for vegetarian, big red biohazard symbol for sweetcorn.

[alltheleaves.livejournal.com]

Genuine laugh out loud which always looks a little weird in the workplace.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

This is the description: "toasted flour tortilla filled with shredded BBQ chicken, black bean chilli & oozing melted smoked cheddar, served with chipotle aioli & ranchera salsa dips" DOESN'T EVEN MENTION THE EVIL. Bastards.

[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

Indeed (chicken aside) it actually sounds NICE. The betrayal!

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

I have had it before at a different venue, and it IS. Without sweetcorn (as it is indeed DESCRIBED) it was delicious. I am actually getting worked up to the point where I might send an email to Giraffe.

[alltheleaves.livejournal.com]

Oh no! Yes, Giraffe like their sweetcorn, they put it in their nachos. I don't mind, I'm ok with sweetcorn, but I can see how it is very very out of place in a plate of nachos.

Poor you. Hope there was gin on the train home.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

I am reasonable enough to acknowledge that some people like sweetcorn and should possibly be allowed to have it. What should NOT be allowed, and instead possibly punished by DEATH, is to put sweetcorn willynilly into foods without proper warning.

I like both sweetcorn and bananas

[jinty]

...but I agree that unexpected items in one's food are horrid. My bugbear is salad dressing on salad when it's not explicitly mentioned, or relish/mustard/mayonnaise on things like burgers. My colleagues think I'm mad of course, because naturally those things "belong together" or whatever (whereas I agree that your items don't belong in their dishes naturally).

Re: I like both sweetcorn and bananas

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

Oh god, mayonnaise on burgers. I have now been burned so many times that I usually ask specifically for it without, but it's so gross. I also don't eat butter in sandwiches, so that rules out almost all pre-packaged sandwiches, and needs very careful ordering in cafes.