Monday 18 February 2013

Not Washed or Cooked, # 11

Takeway menus are often not spellchecked or proofread, resulting in oddities like this:


Not the end of the world: if you like Butter Chicken Tikka, you'll recognize it here.

However, given the recent and continuing revelations regarding British food, it might be wise for curry houses to start being very specific about their ingredients if they are hoping to attract and keep customers:



The examples above come from the menu of a takeway that's opening for business today. Given the fact that some food outlets seem to be suffering from the fallout,* it would probably have been wise to be less vague. Errors like this don't inspire confidence either:


Or do they? Perhaps it's blatant honesty.


* See, for instance, the reports in Modern Farmer, Big Hospitality, and the London Evening Standard.

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