Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Review of the review of Revolution in Reading


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And then read our review of the review

Hi Caroline Cook, thanks for sharing your review of food at the pub - Revolution with us.

This IS a RESTAURANT review isn't it?

So, you leave work at 5 with the sun shining, go to a pub and order a “glass of wine”. Caroline, what wine did you have? Was it any good? Was it kept well? Was it from a bottle or one of those anonymous 'hose' devices pubs have for serving (seemingly) watered/tasteless/nondescript drinks?

So, into the menu and the interesting bit – oh how lovely – 15 new “dishes for the season” but oh Caroline you forgot to tell us what the new dishes are – how can we be enticed if we can't imagine the food in front of us on a plate? We can't sniff the air and catch a whisp of the flavours you yourself tasted on our behalf.

Nachos are actually Mexican and not Italian. Tortillas (again, Mexican) are either omelettes or a flat bread of maize or wheat flour – we can only presume you had either maize or wheat flour.

Mezze is a Mediterranean dish originating from the Turkish/Ottoman empire. Hang on – do they prepare all this on the premises? We bet they don't and there is a bank of microwaves out the back somewhere or a steady convoy of delivery scooters bustling to and from Revolutions back passage. We can only assume this as there is no evidence to the contrary.

Come on Caroline is this a review or a description of an evening out 'on the company' with a mate?

The only enticing aspect to this review is Carolines all to brief encounter with the unlikely 'Bakewell Tart flavoured Vodka'. In fact no, not even that – we shall never enter “Revolution” looking for food.


Thanks from WRFW (West Reading Food Writers) wrfw.blogspot.com


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