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Tuesday 3 March 2009

Where were you when you heard the news?

So Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck restaurant has had to close, albeit temporarily, due to numerous cases of VD. A story broken by this legend here. Ooops sorry, that should read V and D, vomiting and diarrhea. Crikey, that's not so good. The nation is of course divided at this sudden and shocking turn of events at the gastronomic holy place famed, as it is, for plates of snail porridge and sautéed monkey fingers. After some particularly in depth polling I can reveal some people are aghast and saddened at the news.

sick bag...

"I am aghast and actually now that I come to think of it I'm saddened too", said Stephen Butterbee-Tohill (42), a middle manager from Carryduff. "It's a 911 moment for the food world. Things will never be the same again. No, No, my partner and I have never been. But we do eat a lot of organic food and Sara insists on only eating free range chicken. Mr Blumenthal's body of culinary work has been an inspiration to us......", droned Mr Butterbee-Tohill for a good twenty minutes before finally finishing with, "Well must dash, this organic chickpea and mung bean soup wont cook itself."

Others surveyed by staff from the
Well Done Fillet Random Survey and Pointless Vox Pop Department were less upset by this apparently dramatic day in culinary history.

Lizzy Lipton (age withheld), a classroom assistant from North Belfast was one of those less upset. "I'm nat really upset at all about it. Who was it again?". When asked if she had ever eaten at the Fat Duck she replied, "Oh no I've never been......snail parridge, are yis mad? He likes parridge fer his breakfast but nat with snails in it.......He likes milk in his parridge. But it's sad fer him, whatchacallhim...Heston? Heston is it? Aye him, it's sad fer him n all his staff. Cos I liked dat show he did fer the Little Chef......but der fry's luked great. Anyways must go....gat his dinner til be making."

The Cousin was also asked for his opinion on Duckgate to which he replied, "Duck? I could eat some duck. Hell I could eat a whole duck. Do you have a duck?"

We did not have a duck. The Cousin soon lost interest in our line of questioning and went back to licking the inside of a packet of Tayto cheese and onion crisps. So whilst the foodies and writers of foodie websites and what have you get themselves all in a lather over a few cases of food poisoning at a well known restaurant, most people don't really care. Unless of course they are readers of the Observer Food Monthly magazine.

But when asked how they felt about Belfast City Council's decision to axe late night burger vans the good people of this fair city became quite animated.

"Wat d'fuck? No burgers? No burgers at d'end af the nigh? What d'fuck? Who d'fuck makes these decisions? Eh? I'll batter 'im", said a very upset Simon McChance, a local civil servant and late night clubber, whilst chewing the inside of his face.

Another late night reveler, Suzy McDancer, was so annoyed and vexed by the ludicrous decision of the city fathers that she has threatened to start a Facebook group and a MySpace page in support of the city's burger stall owners. "I'll call it, We want are(sic) burgers back, so we do". They'll have til give us back our burgers after that. We'll get Steven Nolan on the case. He likes burgers."

Rabbie Four Pies (not real name) didn't understand the council's decision to clear the streets of burger vans. "It's cos day are getting the blame for all the trouble an that at the end of the night is it? Nansense......it's the people liquored up on booze and flying off their tits on hard drugs that causes the anti-social behaviour nat burger vans."

And we at the Well Done Fillet
Random Survey and Pointless Vox Pop Department tend to agree with Rabbie Four Pies but we did decline his offer of, "a few wee lines and a can of spesh brew."

The Fat Duck has closed and they've taken our burger stalls away. Just where are we to eat? Where?!

22 People trying to get Manuel's attention:

Anonymous said...

I'm too pissed to continue after your fried monkey finger statement...

I'll read the rest tomorrow, but tonight I will dream of fried monkey fingers and snail porridge.

I guess I'll wake up feeling both hungry and unrefreshed.

Manuel said...

psychoknitter: sweet dreams you crazy monkey lover......

savannah said...

i think i just vomited a little in my mouth, sugar. xoxox (metaphorically, of course.)

Anonymous said...

The burger vans need to be brought back not put away. What is wrong over there after a good night out you need some grub like that to keep you going. As for whatchamacallit's restaurant he should be closed. Snails in porridge! Amazing he got away with it that long.

Megan McGurk said...

Their menu made me sick without even eating any of it.
Yack.

Anonymous said...

Rabbie Four Pies! I didn't realise toast's da was getting interviewed for this blog...

*hides*

White Rabbit said...

NO BURGERS?! THOSE BASTARDS!!!

Manuel said...

savannah: ooooh crikey!

steve: ah but I jest Heston is the master!

medbh: and we both have experience in that department eh....

Mrs Toast: boom boom!

le nord: I KNOW! DOES NO ONE ELSE CARE!? It'll be the off licenses next then the chippies then.....?

Quiet one said...

Burger vans??? What a great idea! I must start that tradition here...oh yeah.

Anonymous said...

We'll all starve! Must go stock up on Pot Noodles...

Anonymous said...

Here:

http://www.loopylornas.com/da/86375

Gotta go to Edinburgh, like. But it's well worth it. They even warm the scones through for you. Oh my.

Unknown said...

Doing away with the burger vans? Do they not know there's a recession on!?

Eating out = the burger van during a recession.

White Rabbit said...

They wouldn't take the chippies Manuel would they? They couldn't take the chippies on us?!

*cries into kebab*

Native Minnow said...

You're going to have to just stick with eating sausages. Even if it means going back to the butcher who mocks your portly stature.

Anonymous said...

What would Spongebob do?

An aul' prayer to Elvis, the patron saint of all things burger might not go amiss.

Barlinnie said...

Och, whit a load of oul pish! Council Shmouncil themselves reet up their own hole!

If you'se are after a good nose bag after closing time, try Raffos on the Springfield Road.
They do the best poke of chups in Belly-toon. Not only can you'se get a kerry-oot, but you can also get a special kerry-oot if you're wanting afters.

Reet?

Anonymous said...

Ah, how the meaty have fallen. I don't know much about the Fat Duck but a town without burger vans ain't no sorta town at all. This much I know.

Jenny said...

lalalalalalal

I'm a vegetarian.

lalalalalal.

Manuel said...

oh my I am a tardy blogger....I will respond soon to these comments......!

Anonymous said...

"Simon Mc Chance...." Oh dear, oh dear...

Manuel said...

bpc: simon? you know him? great big fat fella with jet black hair....heh

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