A rant about cafe food

£2:50 so your point is? What's the flat white stuff about?

Nice to see that NZ is catching up with the rest of the world, it was like that in 1977 in the UK

So were the prices!

Now this is why we should just spend a few extra minutes in the morning, making our own wee deli delight...

It's not the value of the components, it's the added value that you get with it that's makes it worth while. And as long as most people are prepared to pay $7 for it they will continue to charge you what they think you are prepared to pay....

Protest with your feet...march right on out of there Deane..

So NZ has moved on from being stuck in the 1950s when I was there 1990's...

It was like 'All creatures great and small' when I was there.

F***ing paninis too.

Nothing but an Italian toasted sandwich.

Flat white is FLAT. Cappuccino has froth. Latte has froth. Flat white - no froth.

Good god, just ask for a coffee and put your own milk in. Problem solved.

I'm ranting. This is a ranting thread. If I solve my problem it will lose all focus.

Bacon well done and no snot on thee eggs!

I'm sorry, but well-done bacon is like well-done steak - it's overcooked.

The Cappuccino Conquests - as Hancock said in The Rebel: uno. cappuccino, no froth - I'm not paying 1s 9d for a cup of froth.

Sid:
We’ll just have to go into one of the coffee houses in the high street.

Hancock:
Never! I hate those things, Sid. 'The El Corrida', 'The Tropicana', 'The El Granada', all those horrible plants creeping up the walls. Bamboo canes. Plastic cactuses. There’re all leaves and froth, those places. And the grub? Nothing British in there at all. 'Shish kebab á la Constantinople'. 'Omelétte Valençiana'. In Cheam High Street, mark you! Can’t even get a roll and butter, it’s 'croissant au beurre'. Pardon me for living, I’m sure. And the waitresses: Pony tails and their brother’s sweaters, that’s them. Black-stockinged fools. Sitting there with their green finger-nails, and their omnibus edition of Ibsen....got no time for ‘em. Show me the piece of apfel strudel that compares with one of Fred’s stale cheese cakes.

Sid:
Yeah, I know what you mean. First time I went in one, I didn’t know the jargon, you see, so she comes up, she says "Would you like a cappuccino?" I said "Well, I don’t fancy the ‘Ccino, but I’ll have a cup of tea."

'Cafe bars, idiots and pigeons
There's far too many in this town'

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Originally posted by Deane F:
Picture this: A miniature french stick with a slit down the middle which holds three our four (thin) slices of salami, some slowly drying slices of brie, and some pesto.

Now picture this: $7.00

As if it's not bad enough already to get a flat white covered in froth...

The dirty, thieving bastards.

Ask for salami, brie and pesto in this part of God's Country and you'll get a blank look (or a punch in the face).

You could get cheese and ham in a teacake though.

Thanks Bruce

I was just sitting here wondering why I have spent my whole working life in London.

Yeah but you try asking for fish, chips mushy peas and gravy in your gaff mate!

Was there a gun pointed at you when you ordered this stuff?

Why don't you just point out that a flat white has no foam?

Haaaaannng on......

You were at Starbucks weren't you?!?

Serves you right!

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Originally posted by JoeH:

quote:

Originally posted by Deane F:
Picture this: A miniature french stick with a slit down the middle which holds three our four (thin) slices of salami, some slowly drying slices of brie, and some pesto.

Now picture this: $7.00

As if it's not bad enough already to get a flat white covered in froth...

The dirty, thieving bastards.

Cafes? Haven't got a clue.
This is how to do it:
Cafe 1 Check out the toasted ciabatta on the menu page
The ultimate cafe. I love this place and the girls are...I mean the food is great.
You see, sometimes we get something right.
Oh..and of course we have Carrot's Cafe, where you can have breakfast with Norm & Zoe who are regulars, and Macca too of course, although I think Long John Silver has the Hove house these days.
I'm feeling hungry now.