Comments on: Slow Cooking Vs Chemical Cooking http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/slow-cooking-vs-chemical-cooking Cooking - Photography & More Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:23:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/slow-cooking-vs-chemical-cooking#comment-3980 Wed, 21 May 2008 08:19:39 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/slow-cooking-vs-chemical-cooking#comment-3980 Miles, The credit crunch is affecting lots of local businesses here but strangely enough more tea rooms have opened in the last six months. No matter how bad things get, tea and a bun is always popular. Those who rely on fish and chips will remain loyal I suspect and those who can afford the high end restaurants on a regular basis, will probably continue to do so. It's hard to see just who is supporting the large number of small restaurants in my little town (sounds like a Paul Simon number!) ..... certainly not those who are scraping together the rent. On closer inspection it could be the older population who moved in from the wealthier south some years back with good pensions. As you predicted some time ago, food prices have increased substantially and yet places around here are still able to fill tables..... presumably the gap between supermarket prices and a cafe meal for under £10 is shortening? Cid Miles,

The credit crunch is affecting lots of local businesses here but strangely enough more tea rooms have opened in the last six months. No matter how bad things get, tea and a bun is always popular. Those who rely on fish and chips will remain loyal I suspect and those who can afford the high end restaurants on a regular basis, will probably continue to do so.

It’s hard to see just who is supporting the large number of small restaurants in my little town (sounds like a Paul Simon number!) ….. certainly not those who are scraping together the rent. On closer inspection it could be the older population who moved in from the wealthier south some years back with good pensions.

As you predicted some time ago, food prices have increased substantially and yet places around here are still able to fill tables….. presumably the gap between supermarket prices and a cafe meal for under £10 is shortening?

Cid

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/slow-cooking-vs-chemical-cooking#comment-3971 Tue, 20 May 2008 20:21:04 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/slow-cooking-vs-chemical-cooking#comment-3971 Cid, El Bulli will always be popular, I have read that he is thinking of narrowing the opening times even more, it will soon be easier to see the Beatles! How do you see the 'credit crunch' affecting the restaurant trade? Miles Cid,
El Bulli will always be popular, I have read that he is thinking of narrowing the opening times even more, it will soon be easier to see the Beatles!
How do you see the ‘credit crunch’ affecting the restaurant trade?

Miles

]]> by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/slow-cooking-vs-chemical-cooking#comment-3970 Tue, 20 May 2008 17:26:49 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/slow-cooking-vs-chemical-cooking#comment-3970 Miles, <i> personally I have my reservations </i> .... well what are we waiting for then, hurry up or we'll miss the bus :) If only it were that easy but El Bulli is reputed to be booked up a year ahead and all the journalists who have reported on the experience, give glowing accounts. Apparently some of the ingredients used are available to buy on line but I'd need a personal trainer as well judging from the brief insights into the culinary molecular world. Cid p.s. Elsie and I have purchased new Flamenco outfits to celebrate your birthday so don't forget to wear a tie and cufflinks, we don't want to be turned away at the door :) Miles,

personally I have my reservations …. well what are we waiting for then, hurry up or we’ll miss the bus :)

If only it were that easy but El Bulli is reputed to be booked up a year ahead and all the journalists who have reported on the experience, give glowing accounts. Apparently some of the ingredients used are available to buy on line but I’d need a personal trainer as well judging from the brief insights into the culinary molecular world.

Cid

p.s. Elsie and I have purchased new Flamenco outfits to celebrate your birthday so don’t forget to wear a tie and cufflinks, we don’t want to be turned away at the door :)

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