While surfing I came across this story on a site called Chow... it's a cracking site, but this post reminded me of a story we ran recently on Novotel introducing TVs to its dining room for stressed execs travelling alone. I hate the thought of this - what's wrong with room service! I mean which sane man would want to be watching Eva Longoria while eating in any case! Anyway here's the post from Chow... it's a US -site by the way if you hadn't guessed!
I'll Have the Duck and Desperate Housewives
We haven't reached the end of society as we know it--but you can see it from here! At least according to fellow Grinder James Norton, whose commentary in the Christian Science Monitor is a masterpiece of skirt-gathering.
Built around the truly horrifying piece of information that a large percentage of diners would "like to see table-top TVs installed at their favorite eating joint," Norton's article defends that idea that eating together is an age-old communal experience, one that might be threatened by having a TV blaring 12 inches away from your plate.
But he also sees other "in-your-face" signs of the Apocalypse:
Exhibit No. 1: Hardee's 1420-calorie Monster Thickburger. Exhibit No. 2: the new, horrifying line of appetizers at TGI Friday's-a group of items that includes Fried Mac and Cheese, and the new Sizzling Triple Meat Fundido, which is essentially a molten, crustless pizza eaten with breadsticks. Exhibit No. 3: Coca-Cola Blak, the blasphemous coffee/cola combination that gives battery acid a run for its money in terms of flavor and subtlety.
If the Rapture comes, somebody grab my cherry pie, 'kay?
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