hendersons Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 I work in a restaurant when i'm not out shooting. Over the past few months we have noticed less and less people are eating the bread rolls that we make nor they are just eating the one instead of two. So I was wondering is the entire population now scared of eating carbs. Do we all think that by eating a couple of bread rolls before dinner we are going to end up the size of an American. So how many of you have started to eat less bread and have you noticed any difference? I just realised it could just be that we make **** bread! Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J@mes Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 I've cut a fair amount of bread out of my diet - used to have toast in the morning and then sarnies for lunch, but found it was giving me indigestion. I do feel better for not having it! BUT when I'm out for dinner I do my best to get through the whole roll basket before anyone else does! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 If you order a really nice meal then why fill up on the free bread and find you cant finish your meal? shaun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendersons Posted June 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 If you order a really nice meal then why fill up on the free bread and find you cant finish your meal? shaun We really aren't talking a loaf here. It really is just a couple of small rolls. But this could be the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semiautolee Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 im finding im eating more and more bread every week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semiautolee Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 We really aren't talking a loaf here. It really is just a couple of small rolls. But this could be the issue. even a couple of small rolls is enough to fill you just before a meal as bread swells in your stomach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mk1 Man Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Nowt wrong wi a bit o bread n butter with yer dinner. Too many worry mongers about these days scaring people into not eating all sorts of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barn_Owl Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Quite a few resteraunt's have the bread already on the table but provide frozen butter when the meal is served. By the time I've eaten my starter the butter has just about thawed I don't eat bread when dinning out with a main meal, for no reason other than spoiling the taste, because I love butter. Different story at home .... it's bread roll's with everythink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 I love fresh bread and can't get enough of it. Mind you I'm a fat 19 stone ****** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSPUK Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 The reason they give a load of bread is because they cut down on size of meals they give and you think you have had a good meal.- don't eat bread and complain you didn't get value for money on meal. dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendersons Posted June 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Quite a few resteraunt's have the bread already on the table but provide frozen butter when the meal is served. By the time I've eaten my starter the butter has just about thawed I don't eat bread when dinning out with a main meal, for no reason other than spoiling the taste, because I love butter. Different story at home .... it's bread roll's with everythink. No such butter issues at our place fortunately, we get it out nice and early.The reason most places you go give you cold butter is because they buy it in frozen and more often than not in a nice little shape. It is just another thing that winds me up, are the skills of the chefs of this country depleting that badly that they can't even cut up a block of butter, that along with chefs buying frozen ready made omellettes, precooked baked potatoes and even ready cooked cheese on toast. If you put a whole fish or pig on their chopping boards they would run a mile but they still claim to know everything because they wear the uniform and watched Ramsay on tv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mk1 Man Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 So, let me get this right...... The Bread is Free, but you pay for the meal. So technically i could help myself to the bread rolls and have them for my packed lunch at work the next day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendersons Posted June 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 The reason they give a load of bread is because they cut down on size of meals they give and you think you have had a good meal.- don't eat bread and complain you didn't get value for money on meal. dave Please don't suggest we are all like this, generosity in our food is something we pride ourselves on whether it be quantity or quality you definitely get your moneys worth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbbingfinger Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 I eat loads of bread, I love it. I make it at home every day but I buy it when I have too. It fills people up, it makes meals go further and it tastes great. I don't eat much **** so I suppose that offsets my carb intake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendersons Posted June 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 (edited) So, let me get this right...... The Bread is Free, but you pay for the meal. So technically i could help myself to the bread rolls and have them for my packed lunch at work the next day. It's a set price for 3 courses it's up to you what you do with the food. But it's not the sort of place you would do that sort of thing.We really aren't the local wetherspoons Edited June 8, 2011 by hendersons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 I live in the Cotswolds and might like to eat at your place, you sound like you care about food and customers. Could you PM me the details? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendersons Posted June 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 I live in the Cotswolds and might like to eat at your place, you sound like you care about food and customers. Could you PM me the details? Thanks. With pleasure but this really wasn't a advertising exercise. I was thinking about inviting a few of the local pw'rs over one sunday evening for a bit of a social and I would lay on a bit of food but will have to discuss it with my business partners first as I don't want to be seen to be taking the wee but I can't see it being a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Sounds like a very fine idea to me.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendersons Posted June 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Lets see if we get enough interest from the locals and then we will try and set a date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J@mes Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 If you order a really nice meal then why fill up on the free bread and find you cant finish your meal? shaun I can honestly say I have NEVER been out for a meal and not been able to finish what had been served. Apart from in the all you can eat Chinese, mainly because they never stop serving it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 I think it's a tough one regarding the bread, I went for a very fine seven course 'tasting' menu (with wine pairings) not so long ago and to be quite honest were it not for the bread (which was home made, loads of different types, and frankly stunning) keeping coming, I would have left that table hungry. Not that it wasn't good, but there was just not suite enough food for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendersons Posted June 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 I think it's a tough one regarding the bread, I went for a very fine seven course 'tasting' menu (with wine pairings) not so long ago and to be quite honest were it not for the bread (which was home made, loads of different types, and frankly stunning) keeping coming, I would have left that table hungry. Not that it wasn't good, but there was just not suite enough food for me. Where was it and was the rest of the meal any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beretta28g Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 I eat tons of bread to try and sop me feeling hungury and snacking. Rolls and butter when out can be delicious. If you go to my local good eatery it is your duty to starve yourself first. Starters Garlic Prawns 12 Hevily garlic'd prawns with bread rolls. Main I had a Mixed grill the other week, you can have with or without offal, i had without. 2 Large steaks 2 Pork chops 2 lamb chops 2 Sausages Gammon Bacon Chips Boiled Potatoes Green Veg Cauli Carrots I did not bother with desert. It was faboulus though. With 2 pints of beer £35 not bad id say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerboy Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Bread well made and presented is an important part of any good meal. Many restuarants serve part baked bread and forget that they have the other part of the baking process to complete. Rolls can be off putting as no matter how small, they look a lot to eat, why not make a loaf, cut the slices about 1" thick and then cut the slice into 3 so that you have a finger of bread about 1" square and a few inches long, this will show little or no crust, look less to eat, and more appealing especially if the bread has some inclusions, Olives, Seeds, Apricots,Sultanas or Grains for example. Please let me know when you have this get together, and if I can make it, perhaps you will allow me to assist you prepare the bread. bakerboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 (edited) Where was it and was the rest of the meal any good? It was the Bybrook restaurant at the Manor House in Castle Combe. One star I think. The meal was good but not quite as good as I had hoped. Edited June 8, 2011 by Thunderbird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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