Ticked off the list: every single item of fare on the Whetherspoons' menu

**Neverna** · 09-03-2015, 04:11 PM

The chips look awful. The all day breakfast looks OK - apart from the chips. Everything else ...... looks like I won't be venturing into a Wetherspoons any time soon. Thanks for the heads-up, Slap.

**blue** · 09-03-2015, 05:23 PM

Looks like Mr Somtam -Ticked off every single item - slap
has been economical with the truth and
has been going for the ''healthy'' options and studiously avoiding the dog.

On my last visit, this dish was particularly popular with the Wetherspoons clientele .
Introducing the ''Gourmet hot dog ''
price ? unknown
It appears to be a foot long monster, that would not be out of place in some - Mississippi road-stop diner in a ''finish it and it's free'' eating challenge offer .

Looks a tad dry to me , but I guess it being Wetherspoons no one would bat an eye if you simply dunked it in the Guinness.

Google image - it was not my lunch..honest.

Another photo of the beast, I've not seem this variation , but apparently delicious add-ons are available:

the Gourmet hot dog which was served with chilli con carne, cheese, six beer-battered onion rings, chips and a drink.

Further research finds that a British newspaper sent one of it's reporters to test it out -

Beware of the HOT DOG: Wetherspoon's meal has 1,778 calories

PUB chain JD Wetherspoon is serving up what is believed to be Britain’s most fat-laden high street hot dog – at a staggering 1,095 calories.

EXCLUSIVE: JD Wetherspoon's hot dog meal has 1,778 calories | Latest News | Breaking UK News & World News Headlines | Daily Star

Jessica - mission acomplished

**taxexile** · 09-03-2015, 05:45 PM

i'd be making sure i wasnt standing downwind of her for the foreseeable future.

**somtamslap** · 09-03-2015, 06:09 PM

Originally Posted by blue

Looks like Mr Somtam -Ticked off every single item - slap

Every item, Blue.

EVERY item.

**baldrick** · 09-03-2015, 06:47 PM

I walked into a pub one day and asked for a hot dog.The waitress went out the back and came back with a plate and took a half a bun from under each armpit.

I asked her "why are the buns were under your arms?"

She said " I am just keeping them warm "

I said "well you can forget about the hot dog "

With thanks to rodney rude

**thaimeme** · 09-03-2015, 06:49 PM

And you people wonder why you have such inconsistent health.....

**sabang** · 09-03-2015, 07:28 PM

I've only ever been to one Witherspoons, in Swindon- it used to be the fire station. It's quite alright. The beer is cheap and several choices, the food common or garden pub grub as you would expect, it ain't that bad. Certainly ain't that good either- but I wasn't there for the banquet. Not the food banquet, anyway.

I think it's fashionable in the UK to slag off Witherspoons because of it's success. So they must be doing something right.

**taxexile** · 09-03-2015, 09:06 PM

So they must be doing something right.

well, it is certainly a good business model, but it lowers standards rather than raises them and by promoting food of undoubtedly poor quality it does nothing to improve the appallingly low standards of taste that seem to exist on high street britain these days.

i doubt if the french, italian or german public would patronise restaurants that served up such dross, even if it did seem like good value.

**Silverback** · 09-03-2015, 09:28 PM

Blimey, prices have ballooned (alongside the punters no doubt) massively since 4/5 years ago. Back then a beer and a burger were 1.99

Obviously I only knew this as I passed by the signs in my Jag on the way from my penthouse to City Airport to eat sushi of naked young minxes in the VVVIP lounge.

**wasabi** · 10-03-2015, 01:44 AM

Originally Posted by sabang

I've only ever been to one Witherspoons, in Swindon- it used to be the fire station. It's quite alright. The beer is cheap and several choices, the food common or garden pub grub as you would expect, it ain't that bad. Certainly ain't that good either- but I wasn't there for the banquet. Not the food banquet, anyway.

I think it's fashionable in the UK to slag off Witherspoons because of it's success. So they must be doing something right.

Right , I would rather be indoors, than chatting to some Boreing drunk in Weatherspoons, Teakdoor is so much more intellectual than English pub talk, commoners the lot of them.

**khmen** · 10-03-2015, 02:13 AM

Working away in London last year me and a workmate went to the Edgeware Rd/Marble Arch 'Spoons for a feed for lack of any other pub we could find in the immediate vicinity, and the burger I had was literally fucking inedible. I'm no fussy eater and I was starving after a days work but after two pints I literally wanted to throw up it was that bloody awful.

Originally Posted by taxexile

The boy and I checked out the one nearest to us, which happens to be in Victoria Station. It also happens to rejoice in the actual Wetherspoon’s name, but while you might’ve expected it to live up to its flagship status, we found a poky joint crammed with tables.

Went to this one on a trip to London to see a gig in Hyde Park - I was supposed to get the last coach home from the nearby Victoria Coach station and ended up here with a mate for a last pint before heading home.

We met a couple of tarts in there and instead of getting the coach back home we ended up in fucking Balham, off our tits and getting ball deep. Fun at the time, not so fun the next morning when I woke up south of the river with a monstrous hangover needing to get my arse back home...

So yeah, aside from the utter fucking bilge they serve they can have their uses.

**wasabi** · 10-03-2015, 02:20 AM

Balham eh, them black tarts have found easier takings in Croydon instead of standing in the cold on Streatham Hill, my how they have moved up market.
Was the Mini cab fare worth it.

**khmen** · 10-03-2015, 03:26 AM

^I don't know London that well mate so you've lost me a bit there tbh! They were a pair of white birds, we ended up on the train to Balham and then in a taxi to their place. We'd had some MDMA at the gig so that may have played a part in that decision.

Next day I just woke up and got the fuck outta there to make my way back to Victoria, feeling like utter shit. Just left my mate there.

I poked my head in the room he was in and said "I'm off, now. You coming?" Him: "Urgggh, now? Not yet...". Me: "See ya later then mate!"

Yeah, it was well worth it, top night! Much better than just getting the coach home.

**November Rain** · 10-03-2015, 04:36 AM

Originally Posted by sabang

I think it's fashionable in the UK to slag off Witherspoons because of it's success. So they must be doing something right. __________________

They were better a few years ago. Food was edible, then.

Slap, I dare you to have their Philly cheesesteak next. If you produce evidence you ate that nasty piece of regurgitated effluence, I promise to donate £10 to the charity of your choice They put liquid processed cheese on it! It is truly, truly revolting.

**somtamslap** · 10-03-2015, 05:47 AM

Originally Posted by November Rain

Slap, I dare you to have their Philly cheesesteak next

Originally Posted by November Rain

They put liquid processed cheese on it! It is truly, truly revolting.

Do tell?

Originally Posted by November Rain

I promise to donate £10 to the charity of your choice

Just give it to... erm, let's see - yep, give it to The Ailing Isaan Farmers Foundation.

Ta muchly

**sabang** · 10-03-2015, 06:20 AM

Do they serve the lasagne with chips too? The curry? The chilli? Everything?
^Whatever that thing is, it isn't like any Philly cheese steak I've ever known.
Anyway, how was it?

**OhOh** · 10-03-2015, 12:13 PM

Originally Posted by taxexile

but it lowers standards rather than raises them and by promoting food of undoubtedly poor quality it does nothing to improve the appallingly low standards of taste that seem to exist on high street britain these days.

One of the reasons for their success was opening up the British pub to a larger clientele and longer opening hours.

The standards of service, product and cleanliness of the offering was enough to entice women, without their "handlers", into them. They also enticed older people for their food and other beverages.

Yes the food fits the price point, the clientel accept it and many go to the Curry Night, the Steak Night etc. Many of course go for the low priced beers. Some to get out of their bedsit and get warm.

To say that they lowered the standards is 180 deg. off compared to the old pubs they have replaced. Tim and John and the others, threw their grenade at a dying industry and have, along with their copy cat ex employees, rejuvenated the Pub trade - the old tied house system was crap.

Problems exist as always but the landlords are a strict as any other pub on over drinking.

Wetherspoons gets knocked like any sucessful British industry, some people can't handle a success story.

The UK high-street is not the place for gourmet food. Look elsewhere for that. It is readily available, but not in the same price bracket.

**Neverna** · 10-03-2015, 12:27 PM

It looks awful. Absolutely awful. Those chips, awful. The deep fried anus rings, awful.

The small redeeming feature is that plates look OK.

**OhOh** · 10-03-2015, 12:56 PM

Many British families live, every day, on much worse.

**Neverna** · 10-03-2015, 01:34 PM

^ But they don't need to. Home cooked food can be cheaper and better than that, and in some places, food in small cafes is better and cheaper than that. It's a lifestyle choice. Up to them, of course. Each to their own, but I'd have to be desperate to eat that stuff everyday.

**OhOh** · 10-03-2015, 02:02 PM

^ Of course they don't need too.

That doesn't mean they will stop, not be pressurised into going inside by their friends, want to join their mates in a nights "socialising" or go somewhere to forget todays mistakes at the office.

Sontam only eats it everyday to absorb some of his liquid intake.

his main attraction is the alcoho; gm / £ ratio and the "personal" acquaintances he befriends.

Wetherspoons business model is not the beer/food sales, that's the visible numbers measured, It's the city centre, real estate empire, it is allowing it's shareholders to invest in. Generally they purchase the freehold of the properties they buy.

**nidhogg** · 10-03-2015, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by November Rain

Slap, I dare you to have their Philly cheesesteak next..

Pretty sure Slap has been pointing out that he has already done the entire menu.

And God help him, because so far, I have not seen one thing that I would not class as "simply nasty". Those chips and onion rings. Good God.

**buriramboy** · 10-03-2015, 03:09 PM

There is no difference in the quality of food Weatherspoons serve (as in shit)compared to all the other massive pub chains, in fact they basically all have the same menu, but where Weatherspoons wins is the price of drinks and the selection of them and if it wasn't for Weatherspoons we'd all be paying a lot more for our drinks in all bars. Plus one thing Weatherspoons does that others don't is they support local micro breweries and will sell their beer, so good if you're an ale fan.

**Jesus Jones** · 10-03-2015, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by taxexile

you know you've hit the mother lode when you've still got lunch on the belch after dinner.

the belches are the least of ones problems, it is the steatorrhoeic flatus three days down the line that serve to painfully and messily remind one, and anyone in the same room or possibly in the same county, of the toxic nature of that greasy feast that seemed so satisfying at the time, when due to encountering that perfect storm of gnawing hunger, selfish gluttony and fist clenching parsimony one found oneself being willingly yet uncontrollably taken over by alien forces and sucked in through the portals of the nearest wetherspoons and into the gastronomic black hole within.

You beat me to it!

Last time I went it that shit hole was just after the bomb t!clean Manchester up, if just a little!

**somtamslap** · 10-03-2015, 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by nidhogg

so far, I have not seen one thing that I would not class

Hold on. I haven't even ventured into steak territory yet.

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