Working away from home and eating out

[Pete999]

Working in Canada on a three month job, 6 of us including a rather snobby Team Leader/
We were working 6 or 7 days a week 12 to 14 hour days, so to say we were hungry at the end of the day is an understatement. Started going out as a team but after a while you get fed up after seeing the other Guys at work all day and then going out for a meal after work, so inevitably we started going our own ways.
The team Leader was always on about how he liked Past and "why don't we go out for an Italian" well the Carpenter informed him quite politely that after a hard day at work he didn't fancy eating wallpaper paste, so that klled the conversation stone dead for starters.
Any how occasionally we all got invited to eat out at some of the office staff's house's, one particular time the Boss of the offices we were converting asked us out, or rather asked the Team Leader, if we would like to go round to his Gaff for a meal one evening, well it was free so we all agreed.
Imagine our dismay when we got there to find that the TL had been asked what we would like to eat? you've guessed it Pasta was the main course, to say we weren't happy was the subject of discussion, but being nice blokes we never said anything, this chap's Wife said She was going to get some Salad, that's better I thought, Tomatoes, Cucumber etc the normal stuff you get at Home, well no not really, I think we were all surprised at how many different types of Lettuce you can get, pudding was fresh Strawberries wit Balsamic Vinegar, not really up to our usual Pallet of Bacon Sandwiches and Maccy Dees, bluudy horrible it was.
After saying our thanks and how nice the meal was we all trooped off to our Truck to go back to the Hotel, the Chippy said to the TL can we stop at the Burger Joint on the way home because we were all starving, and after a hard days work Wall Paper paste and Lettuce leaves just didn't cut the Mustard, quite outspoken he was, well we described as Plebs, Cretins, uneducated and lots of other Metaphors , by the TL, to say he was disappointed in our reaction, was again, an understatement, he never asked us again if we wanted to go to an Italian restaurant again.

Sorry for the long thread just thought you might find it funny. How the other half live.

 

[JOURNEYMAN]

Nice one Pete. Wallpaper paste and rabbit food doesn't do it for me either especially in Canada where they do a tasty steak!

 

[Pete999]

Nice one Pete. Wallpaper paste and rabbit food doesn't do it for me either especially in Canada where they do a tasty steak!

Yes, I found a brilliant Steak House on my wanderings, they would let you watch the chefs cooking the meat, expensive, but very nice thank you.

 

[telectrix]

went to a pasta farm once. it's so cruel. the poor little pastas are forced to grow round weird shaped sticks to make them grow into strange shapes, then when they reach maturity, they are chopped into little pieces with no anaesthaetic.

 

[Midwest]

Me, I love parstar and rabbit food. You plebs should of insisted on some spag bole (not proper Itai) if you wanted some animal protein.

 

[Pete999]

Me, I love parstar and rabbit food. You plebs should of insisted on some spag bole (not proper Itai) if you wanted some animal protein.

No Middy you have it all wrong, Pasta, just a bowl of long stringy white stuff, no sauce, or meat, just congealed wallpaper paste, like a bowl of fishing bait only it didn't wriggle, just sat there waiting for someone to dig a spoon in it, looked like a night of to much booze, steamy and luke warm, nothing at all like Spag Bol I can handle that muck no worries.

 

[Midwest]

Arrh, you mean this stuff;

 

[Pete999]

went to a pasta farm once. it's so cruel. the poor little pastas are forced to grow round weird shaped sticks to make them grow into strange shapes, then when they reach maturity, they are chopped into little pieces with no anaesthaetic.

And there was I thing Pasta was made from flour and water, still you live and learn, thanks Tel, for those words of utter Bulls--t

 

[littlespark]

I swear I saw documentery once where pasta grew on trees.
Flour and water?? don't be daft

 

[westward10]

John Cravens Newsround many years ago did an April fool's joke showing spaghetti trees.

 

[littlespark]

April fools? You mean??? Ah.... now I look like a real idiot

 

[Midwest]

Crab ravioli; yum.

Incidentally, have tried unsuccessfully many times to make pasta. Apparently its very easy.

 

[Pete999]

Crab ravioli; yum.

Incidentally, have tried unsuccessfully many times to make pasta. Apparently its very easy.

Simples, just need a tin opener.

 

[Midwest]

Simples, just need a tin opener.

Shirley you can't be serious.

 

[telectrix]

Arrh, you mean this stuff;

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YUK.!.&*%*

 

[Pete999]

YUK.!.&*%*

Avin Carbonara for tea tonight Garlic Bread coupled with some nice Red Vino nice

 

[Pete999]

YUK.!.&*%*

Avin Carbonara for tea tonight Garlic Bread coupled with some nice Red Vino nice

 

[Midwest]

Nice.

 

[telectrix]

Avin Carbonara for tea tonight Garlic Bread coupled with some nice Red Vino nice

WTF is that sh8t. sounds like a poofy opera singer.

 

[Pete999]

WTF is that sh8t. sounds like a poofy opera singer.

Tagliatelle, Carbonara Sauce, Garlic Bread and Red Wine, self explanatory Tel, Get with the Programme.

 

[telectrix]

garlic and red wine i understand. is tagliatelle a form of bar billiards in Italy?

 

[Pete999]

garlic and red wine i understand. is tagliatelle a form of bar billiards in Italy?

That 's bagatelle Tel you plonk.

 

[telectrix]

That 's bagatelle Tel you plonk.

can you get that with chips?

 

[Pete999]

can you get that with chips?

If you're a betting Man, as a Scouter I should think you could get chips with anything Mate.

 

[Squid]

Crab ravioli; yum.

Incidentally, have tried unsuccessfully many times to make pasta. Apparently its very easy.

Veal Cannelloni, Yum......


1932 IMPERIA - machines for homemade pasta - http://www.imperia.com/english/

 

[littlespark]

And some people say that electricians aren't cultured.

Whats wrong with chips and beans? ( that's crinkle cut chips and Heinz baked beans.... see, jocks can be posh too)
And for protein, a sausage roll.
Not from Greggs though... has to be the local bakers finest

 

[ruston]

[QUOTE=" is tagliatelle a form of bar billiards in Italy?[/QUOTE/]

No it is hide and seek in the TV room. [/QUOTE]

 

[pirate]

Went to Stockholm last year...crap food, very expensive. Went for a walk near the hotel and found not 1 but 4 tapas bars...sorted!

 

[telectrix]

what the FFFs are tapas bars? is it chinese fake mars bars?

 

[Pete999]

what the FFFs are tapas bars? is it chinese fake mars bars?

Continental Maccy Dees

 

[pirate]

No Tel...it's where you go when you want some male attention...if someone fancies you they head for the loo, and as they pass by your stool (ooh err, missus!) they "tap your ---"...
Mr Michael had a problem with that, cos a man he "tapassed" ended up in hospital with a chocolate bar up his bum...when questioned, Mr George said it was just a Careless Wispa

 

[Pete999]

No Tel...it's where you go when you want some male attention...if someone fancies you they head for the loo, and as they pass by your stool (ooh err, missus!) they "tap your ---"...
Mr Michael had a problem with that, cos a man he "tapassed" ended up in hospital with a chocolate bar up his bum...when questioned, Mr George said it was just a Careless Wispa

Good job it wasn't Snickers bar, especially if you had a nut allergy, crikey just imagine one of those stuck up yer rear end, hard to digest those peanuts. Or a Crunchie bar, all them bubbles would play havoc with your social life.

 

[pirate]

Very true, Pete....a friend told me that!
Mind you, remember Patrick Moore, the astronomer guy...he always said he was a fraud...couldn't tell Mars from me elbow

 

[Pete999]

Very true, Pete....a friend told me that!
Mind you, remember Patrick Moore, the astronomer guy...he always said he was a fraud...couldn't tell Mars from me elbow

Bet Mr George could.

 

[pirate]

oi! where's the Post New Thread button gone?

 

[littlespark]

Is that what's known as a "fun size" mars bar?

I suppose all them mentioned so far is better than a toblerone.

Anyone feeling peckish?

 

[pirate]

Aye, remember Billy Connolly:
"Toblerone? WTF that all about? A sweetie that hurts you!"
Many years ago I started a thread on another forum about Mars Bars, how do you eat yours?...
It got closed down after a short while...too many references to Marianne Faithfull, allegedly

brings a whole new meaning to a Cadbury's Chocolate Finger...
or the song about a Finger Of Fudge...

 

[Pete999]

Bet Mr George could.

Just remembered another story from my travels if you are interested, The former Soviet Union, just prior to Perestroika and Glasnost. Went with 3 other lads as a sort of scouting party, booked into the Hotel, and because I had been posted there previously, and could speak pigeon Russian, I had become a sort of tour guide, crikey imagine that?
Anyhow ends up at one of the pedestrian areas looking for somewhere to eat, not many Restaurants about in those days, at least none you would want to take your Wife to.
Ends up at this little place, couple of Local Lads drinking there, and did we want any help reading the Menu, no thanks think we can manage.
Turns out you could have Fish or Biff (steak) and believe me after ,Chernobyl leave the Fish alone, Mick the largest of our party was starving, and we had all decided on Biff, is it Big says Mick and can we have chips, oh yes very big and you can have Pomme Frittes, WTF are Pomme Frittes Mick says, don't worry Mick that's Frog for Chips, anyhow the Biff may have been big before Matey had cut it into 4, Mick was no a happy chappy, never trusted me to order the food for a long time.

 

[littlespark]

Holidayed in France a couple years back. Went to a family type restaurant and tried to read the menu. (It was ok, there was pictures)
My wife recognised the French word for goat near a picture of a burger.
"Have that" she says... "Its goats cheese on that"

Fine... Ordered the meal... kids had cheese and ham toasties under a fancy name, wife had a seafoody thing and I got my burger with goats cheese.
Didn't taste like goats cheese.
In fact, the burger didn't taste of beef.

Goat burger is actually quite nice

 

[Pete999]

Holidayed in France a couple years back. Went to a family type restaurant and tried to read the menu. (It was ok, there was pictures)
My wife recognised the French word for goat near a picture of a burger.
"Have that" she says... "Its goats cheese on that"

Fine... Ordered the meal... kids had cheese and ham toasties under a fancy name, wife had a seafoody thing and I got my burger with goats cheese.
Didn't taste like goats cheese.
In fact, the burger didn't taste of beef.

Goat burger is actually quite nice

Just wait until you try Uzbekistan Kebabs, a joy to be avoided.

 

[MJPD29]

There was a stage when I never wanted to see mcdonalds or subway again. I'd blame working away on gaining weight, but realistically I was just too lazy to make anything

 

[Pete999]

There was a stage when I never wanted to see mcdonalds or subway again. I'd blame working away on gaining weight, but realistically I was just too lazy to make anything

You may think differently Matthew if you have worked in some of the places I have, sometimes MDs can be the difference between starving and getting the runs believe me I have a vast experience, weight increase can be the least of your worries.

 

[pirate]

I like goat...eat it quite often in Spain, but have never seen it on offer here. Knowing my luck, if I did see it and order it, someone else would get it...
as in get my goat?

Also, no joke, in Spain a goat is "cabra"
leg is "pata"
and nickname pata de cabra is a crowbar
but that's enough useless info for tonight

 

[Squid]

Worked in Milan years back and as I was working for a Japanese Comms company (in the 80's) they always flew you out business class and if staying overnight they would book you in to a 5* hotel, the food allowance was £15, try finding something to eat late in the evening at the Savoy for £15 luckily I found a Burger King around the corner, the concierge did give me a funny look as I walked back through the lobby carrying the BK bag........

Also watching Minder on the TV in Italian was interesting but not as interesting as running the bath, tipping out the bubble bath and pressing all the buttons and walking two minutes later to find the jacuzzi bath had frothed up the foam halfway to the ceiling...........

 

[billyblade]

We were in Bavaria some years ago and when we got back to the hotel they'd stopped doing food. The gaffer agreed to drive into the nearest town to find a restaurant that was open late. We stumbled across the "Restaurant Olympia" in Landsberg and decided to go in. It turned out to be a Greek restaurant with a menu in German and waiters that couldn't speak any English.
I said I might be able to get us by with my schoolboy German and promptly ordered 4 large beers. I struggled with the menu but seeing as the gaffer was there jokingly suggested the most expensive meal on the menu. It was before the Euro and was about £40 (this was back in around 1994). The gaffer was just about to go apeshit at my suggestion when I noticed that underneath it said it was for 4 people and there were 4 of us. I mentioned it might be a good idea then we wouldn't be arguing over whose meal looked best. So we ordered it.
At first they brought out a salad each and a tray of chips (result, I thought. At the very worst - salad and chips).
Then the kitchen door opened. 2 waiters staggered out carrying a plate between them that was about 3 feet across. There was all manner of meat piled on it into a mountain then on the very top was an orange with lit sparklers in it. A fanfare was played over the music system and the rest of the diners applauded. Just a bit embarrassing!!!

The same trip, my colleague needed the toilet in another restaurant and asked if I knew where it was. I didn't. He said "I'll ask". I said "do you know how to?" and he shot me a "really?" glance. He then got up and proceeded to ask the waitress "Wo ist der scheissen-hausen?". Just imagine a foreigner coming up to you and asking you where the shithouse is!!
On the way home we stopped in Luxembourg at breakfast time and stopped at a cafe. "Sheissen-hausen" bloke needed the Scheissen-hausen and disappeared. By the time he'd come back we'd already ordered off the french menu (2 omelettes and a "petit-dejeuner" continental). The waitress was waiting to take his order and feeling rushed ordered the only thing on the menu he recognised - Spaghetti Bolognaise! It was about 6.30am!!!!

 

[Squid]

Was in Madrid on a day trip working, the directors PA took me out to lunch and ordered me Paela I took one look at it and then we swapped meals...........

Another trip to Milan and the office administrator asked me if I have ever been to Italy before, I said no I hadn't but my Father was here in 1944 and I got that look that only women can do....... The Italians and the Spanish know how to do lunch, two hours food drinks.......