I was in the pub last night, I think it was approaching third pint time and 8 o clock. Food time. So I go to the bar, and my eyes scroll across to the 'Burger Menu'. I'm looking at the options. First up there is a 6oz Beef Burger, £6.00. "Hmmm - not bad I think", but maybe I'll treat myself, get something extra. An option called 'The Magic' presents itself at £6.50, 'A whole portobello mushroom, with caramelised onions' - wow, that sounds good. So I order, and get my food about 20 mins later. When it arrives, I think to myself it's a little bit on the small side, open it up and low and behold. It's a Mushroom, in a burger bun. And it's 50p more than a regular 6oz Beef Burger! It's daylight robbery!
OK, so the actual description does not mention a burger in the bun, with the said mushroom. But it's on the burger menu! And a mushroom is definitely not a burger. What is a burger?
Burg-er n. [Short for hamburger.]
1. A sandwich consisting of a bun, a cooked beef patty, and often other ingredients such as cheese, onion slices, lettuce, or condiments. Often used in combination: a cheeseburger.
2. A similar sandwich with a non beef filling. Often used in combination: a crab burger; a tofu burger.
You wouldn't put a crab in a bun and call it a burger. You'd have to make a crab patty first, one that had the appearance of a beef patty. The same, surely must apply for mushrooms. I would've accepted a mushroom-patty in a burger. Then at least it would be clear that they're trying to make it look like a burger. But slapping a mushroom in a burger bun and placing it on the 'burger' menu is clearly flouting the rules, especially when the price suggests it would be a beef-burger with a mushroom.
This is horrible. It reminds me of the time I had an argument in a chip shop the menu that stated 'Pineapple fritters - £1.50' and when I ordered I only got one! The menu stated fritters, plural! You wouldn't order chips and expect to get one, would you!?
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I think burgers can be non meat, though can’t they? You shouldn’t expect meat in a burger. You can get bean burgers for example. A Mushroom burger I would expect to have a mushroom in it not meat. Burgers are really things is a bun. People don’t say bun sandwiches so they say burgers. However I do think the price was a bit steep.
I think always best to try and avoid pub food!
Re: the pineapple fritters:
Sorry to come across as argumentative but I also think the plural argument doesnt’ stand up. eg, if you went to a cafe and it said milk shakes you wouldn’t expect to have more than one. A more similar food would be Gherkins. They may advertise Gherkins but i wouldn’t expect more than one. Pickled onions, the same. They’ll write pickled onionS as they have more than one to offer!
Charlie Kiss
Posted 1 day 1 hour after the item.
I’ve had people point out the pineapple fritters thing before. Normally, the word ‘each’ would come in to play on signs and things. “Gherkins, 35p each” etc. I suppose when something is a certain price you expect a certain amount automatically.
Burgers can of course be non meat. I’m a big fan of good vegetarian burgers. But my main issue here was that it was on the burger menu, but it wasn’t a ‘mushroom burger’ - it was just a mushroom. It hadn’t been made in to a mushroom patty, it was just a normal mushroom.
I didn’t mention the fact that the Mushroom ‘burger’ was really tasty.
:)
admin
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