Umm, KFC in England is the same as KFC here in North America right? I mean you can have original or extra crispy and a variety of other things to help you get full so you don't eat the entire 20 piece bucket by yourself. What? You have never done that? Well, I am not proud to say that I have which is why I keep it to 12 now and have biscuits to make up the difference.
Anyway, John Travolta was in West Sussex this past weekend to attend some Scientology thing. After a full day of auditing and pretending he is not gay, a man gets hungry. Chicken would definitely hit the spot and if you are throwing in a side of Krispy Kreme even better. So, John's people actually called a KFC and tried to reserve a table. Seriously. Maybe he would like waiter service and a printed menu while he enjoys an aperitif too. I am surprised the worker did not fall down laughing. It is KFC. The worker said no, that John would have to wait in line like everyone else. The caller then reiterated this was going to be John Travolta. The worker did not care. Yay for the worker, but the manager of the KFC was contacted later and said in the future they would reserve a table for any celebrity. Why? How often do they eat there and how often do all your regular customers eat there?
Reserved table? Puhleese.
ReplyDeleteGrab your bucket, biscuits, large Pepsi and sit the eff down.
"Don't you know who I am??" Gross. He and KFC deserve each other.
ReplyDeleteBAH HAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!
ReplyDeleteCouldn't a lackey have gone to get take-out for him?
LOL That reminds me everytime I am in London, the only thing I eat is Fish and Chips and KFC, cus English cuisine just does not bode well with me, YUCK
ReplyDeleteMontana, what is English cuisine anyway?
ReplyDeleteIf I'm going to stuff myself with KFC (extra crsipy, please) I'd much rather my flunky pick it up so I can pig out in the privacy of my hotel suite.
ReplyDeleteKrispy Kreme doughnuts for dessert sounds excellent!
Bangers and mash, bubble & squeek, yorkshire pudding and anything else cooked in lard lol or do they even have a cuisines?!?! lol @califblondy
ReplyDeleteI miss extra crispy KFC, when they took it off the menu in Canada I stopped going there :(
ReplyDeleteBut seriously, I'm surprised John Travolta would want to close down anywhere just because of who he is. He seems like a very likable guy who truly appreciates his fans.
The Naked Chef is trying to change the misconception that British cuisine is terrible. But I still love fried bread and probably always will.....
ReplyDeleteExtra crispy. Sigh. Oh The first time I saw fries at kfc I had to turn and walk away.
ReplyDeleteI still think Enty would love the bacon (rashers) here!
funny story in my opinion
ReplyDeleteOT:when Travolta came in France to do FROM PARIS WITH LOVE,he eat at his bodyguard's home a couscous cooked by the bodyguard's mum
I really like traditional British cuisine, particularly Cornish pasties (not pastries, pasties). Actually learned how to make them at home because I missed them after leaving Britain.
ReplyDeleteAnd a good fish and chips is awesome.
Is it that hard to get into KFC?
ReplyDeleteI've been to London. My best friend and I toured Europe after graduation and we were determined to sample the local cuisine everywhere we went. And then there was London. We often ate takeout Chinese or we ate at one place that had "jacket potatoes and toasted cheese sandwiches." Everything else was brown and greasy.
How out of touch can you be? Seriously: join society, you big turd.
ReplyDelete@Cheryl. Not sure when you were in London, but things have improved a lot in the past 10-15 years. Immigration has helped. Lots of good Indian and Pakistani food in Britain these days.
ReplyDelete@Nutty_Flavor. I was there about 20 years ago. Not dissing the country. We had a great time, but our culinary choices were limited and we didn't have the money for fancy dining.
ReplyDeleteI love Cornish Pasties! I used to get a lamb and potato one. Can't find good ones here - the supermarket has one from a company is Wisconsin, but they don't have enough flavors.
ReplyDeleteI still say "paste-ty", though my friend told me it's technically pronounced "past-ty".
"pretending he's not gay"?? Oooh, SNAP Enty!
ReplyDelete@Lian, the best pasties are made here in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. You can make your own too, I do. And yeah, it's *definitely* pronounced PASS-tee!! :-)
Stupid managers. At my local supermarket the manager came out and not only bagged the groceries but walked the cart to the car... for Julia Roberts and her hubbie. I asked the cashier if the guy was gonna come back and do the same for me. She just laughed.
ReplyDelete@ Figgy..My husband's fam is Cornish and they have THE "PASS-tee" rescipe that his dad got from Gran. His father has since passed and he makes it for the rest of the family (poor guy, all surrounded by women). However,my friend Foy tells me the same thing as he went to school up there and he knows the entire history as does the hubby, about the pasty. Apparently the UP has a very good and authentic pasty. As a veggie, he makes mine with portobellos and I love them. That reminds me; he left my pastry cutter at moms.
ReplyDeleteI've never been to England (damn it...hopefully I'll get the money some day and go), but a musician friend of mine told the tale 25 years ago of how he and his side project band were touring in Europe, and how they ended up eating in Indian restaurants morning, noon and night because they couldn't stand anything else there. (Needless to say, when they got to Italy, they happily nommed their way up and down the boot, and probably ended up needing bigger clothes by the time they were done.) Times have apparently changed, because a couple I know spent 3 years in Durham, and she's told of us how she could actually eat dairy products in the UK because, unlike here, they weren't full of hormones, antibiotics, and God only knows what else, and that overall the quality of the food was very good. I think it may depend on whether you're cooking for yourself/eating someone else's good home cooking, or eating in a cheapass restaurant, but these days it's quite possible to eat well over there.
ReplyDelete(Oh, and it's definitely PAHS-TEE; PASTE-EE is the spangly patch, often with tassles, that strippers wear on their nipples, and in spite of some idiot supposedly choking to death on one a few years ago, one doesn't normally eat the latter. ;-)
Can the Yooper send some Pass-tees down this way? LOL
ReplyDeletehaha, well @Amy in MI, you can order them at www.pasty.com ! They're good too.
ReplyDeleteWow. Robin The Long Winded Photographer is so captivating. Maybe she should start her own blog called crazy days and boring.
ReplyDeleteWTG, KFC employee! Though the manager is stupid for acquiescing to all future demands for special service.
ReplyDeleteI can't stand KFC, BTW. It's entirely too greasy for me. But I love bangers and mash, fish and chips with mushy peas, beans on toast, a Sunday roast dinner, the old school English fry up, etc. British cuisine is way awesome/yummy. Marco Pierre White did this amazing special called "The Great British Feast" and I drooled at all the yummy stuff he featured. I want to try potted shrimp and venison tartare SOOOOOO bad.
BTW, I can't stand alcoholic beverages EXCEPT FOR the occasional pint or two of a good old fashioned British/Irish stout such as Guinness. Super yum.
Robin- I've heard that too from someone with Crohn's disease (spelling probably incorrect)
ReplyDeleteFirst off...ewww, KFC?? Secondly, it's fast food, so it's not like he would have had to wait in line more than 10m. Who wants to actually dine in anyway? Fast food is usually eaten out of convenience & not for the ambience. What a dumbass.
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