I've just had lunch in Wetherspoons

[borcy]

Eaten out on my own in pubs and restaurants, doesn't bother me at all.

[jfis89]

Cotty said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Come to London for the week. There are 80 Weatherspoons across the 32 London boroughs. Or if down for the day, 12 in Central London you could visit easily.

It used to be this 12 but I don't think the The Knights Templar is a Wetherspoons any more.
https://www.mylondon.news/whats-on/whats-on-news/r...
1.The Lord Moon Of The Mall - Whitehall
2. The Moon Under Water - Leicester Square
3. Montagu Pyke - Soho
4. Shakespeare’s Head - Holborn
5. Penderal’s Oak - Holborn
6. The Knights Templar - Chancery Lane
7. The Sir John Oldcastle - Farringdon
8. Hamilton Hall - Liverpool Street Station
9. The Goldman’s Field - Whitechapel
10.The Liberty Bounds - Tower Hill
11.The Crosse Keys - Leadenhall Market
12.The Sir John Hawkshaw - Cannon Street

Lord Moon of the Mall is no more, it’s now a pub called the Horse and Guardsman

[Cotty]

A couple have just visited all of them
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13046193/...

[Lotobear]

Cotty said:

A couple have just visited all of them
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13046193/...

Keswick spoons is actually called Chief Justice of The Common Pleas

...not a bad spoons but much more expensive than the others in the County, ...probs cos its Keswick and they can get away with it.

[Brianstorm]

Went to my 52nd Wetherspoons yesterday The Winter Gardens in Harrogate and it is now the best one i have been to. My previous favourite was the Wallow in Blyth but the interior of the Winter Gardens is fantastic.

[loskie]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0MaouYgnyw


I've just been "re" listening to GLC and came across this.

[ambuletz]

anyone know what curry sauce and chips wetherspoons use?

some sources say the chips are McCains (unsure which variant/cut. although I have no idea what they use for the curry sauce.

[Superflow]

ambuletz said:

anyone know what curry sauce and chips wetherspoons use?

some sources say the chips are McCains (unsure which variant/cut. although I have no idea what they use for the curry sauce.

They say McCains but apparently you cannot buy them in supermarkets or shops so who knows.

The Jalfrezi with the rice and thick chips and free drink for £6.45 is superb value at Spoons.

[RayDonovan]

Superflow said:

ambuletz said:

anyone know what curry sauce and chips wetherspoons use?

some sources say the chips are McCains (unsure which variant/cut. although I have no idea what they use for the curry sauce.

They say McCains but apparently you cannot buy them in supermarkets or shops so who knows.

The Jalfrezi with the rice and thick chips and free drink for £6.45 is superb value at Spoons.

The chips are catering only, but yes, McCain supplied. Can probably pick them up from Brakes / Bidfood if you have a trade account.

[WhiskyDisco]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0MaouYgnyw

GLC rapping about the delights of Wetherspoons...or is it Withaspoons?

[Gladers01]

RayDonovan said:

Superflow said:

ambuletz said:

anyone know what curry sauce and chips wetherspoons use?

some sources say the chips are McCains (unsure which variant/cut. although I have no idea what they use for the curry sauce.

They say McCains but apparently you cannot buy them in supermarkets or shops so who knows.

The Jalfrezi with the rice and thick chips and free drink for £6.45 is superb value at Spoons.

The chips are catering only, but yes, McCain supplied. Can probably pick them up from Brakes / Bidfood if you have a trade account.

The Spoons spring beer festival starts tomorrow for 12 days with up to 30 real ales on offer, worth a visit if you enjoy quality inexpensive beers (and tasty chips) also work due to start this month on the Marlow branch which should be completed and opening sometime in July according to the local paper, been a long time coming

[ambuletz]

RayDonovan said:

Superflow said:

ambuletz said:

anyone know what curry sauce and chips wetherspoons use?

some sources say the chips are McCains (unsure which variant/cut. although I have no idea what they use for the curry sauce.

They say McCains but apparently you cannot buy them in supermarkets or shops so who knows.

The Jalfrezi with the rice and thick chips and free drink for £6.45 is superb value at Spoons.

The chips are catering only, but yes, McCain supplied. Can probably pick them up from Brakes / Bidfood if you have a trade account.

then what differentiates the catering ones? I remember watching some video way back about frozen chips. the supermarket and branded ones were exactly the same apart from the fact that the supermarket ones might have a higher % of smaller chips (from the edge of the spuds) in the packet where as the branded ones might have a higher amount of the full sized/longer stuff from the core. perhaps the catering ones are like this? with a higher amount of full length chips. (although having said that, there's always some small chips in a portion).

[RayDonovan]

ambuletz said:

RayDonovan said:

Superflow said:

ambuletz said:

anyone know what curry sauce and chips wetherspoons use?

some sources say the chips are McCains (unsure which variant/cut. although I have no idea what they use for the curry sauce.

They say McCains but apparently you cannot buy them in supermarkets or shops so who knows.

The Jalfrezi with the rice and thick chips and free drink for £6.45 is superb value at Spoons.

The chips are catering only, but yes, McCain supplied. Can probably pick them up from Brakes / Bidfood if you have a trade account.

then what differentiates the catering ones? I remember watching some video way back about frozen chips. the supermarket and branded ones were exactly the same apart from the fact that the supermarket ones might have a higher % of smaller chips (from the edge of the spuds) in the packet where as the branded ones might have a higher amount of the full sized/longer stuff from the core. perhaps the catering ones are like this? with a higher amount of full length chips. (although having said that, there's always some small chips in a portion).

Designed to be deep fried (and deep fried only, no oven, air fryer etc). From memory, they have a slight coating to make them crispy but it's been years since I worked in foodservice

[mikey_b]

RayDonovan said:

Designed to be deep fried (and deep fried only, no oven, air fryer etc). From memory, they have a slight coating to make them crispy but it's been years since I worked in foodservice

So do quite a lot of oven chips, these days. We have to watch for that, as my wife mustn’t eat gluten.

[Cotty]

Brianstorm said:

Went to my 52nd Wetherspoons yesterday The Winter Gardens in Harrogate and it is now the best one i have been to. My previous favourite was the Wallow in Blyth but the interior of the Winter Gardens is fantastic.

Just come back from a weekend in Harrogate and popped into the Winter Gardens for a couple of pints on Friday evening.
£3.75 for a pint of lager is a nice surprise when I am used to £6 and upwards in London.

[SmoothCriminal]

Not mine but anyone fancy batter and chips

[markiii]

hope that got sent back

[paulguitar]

SmoothCriminal said:

Not mine but anyone fancy batter and chips

Almost up there with this from last year:

Brianstorm said:

Small Fish & Chips at the Stanley Jefferson, Bishop Auckland, Saturday. £8.01 inc the pint and the fish was actually quite good.

[The Mad Monk]

SmoothCriminal said:

Not mine but anyone fancy batter and chips

I think that was advertised and ordered - I guess - as a small meal.

It's small, what's wrong with it?

[paulguitar]

The Mad Monk said:

what's wrong with it?

Really?