Review of the Review of Broad Chare, Newcastle upon Tyne

We recommend you read the review here first > http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/aug/05/jay-rayner-broad-chare-newcastle-upon-tyne?commentpage=last#end-of-comments

Our darling of the radio - big-boned Jay Rayner is back to plug his radio show and crowbars it in to another "Restaurant Review" (actually this one is a pub (with a room) but this review doesn't seem to be too choosy). We are enthralled with the tale of how a pub was pleasantly surprised when the reviewer and his entourage piled in - oh what fun it must be to shock the punters every now and again with an impromptu, small venue concert. Big fish, small ponds yadda yadda yadda.

We are informed that waiting staff are akin to soldiers (of war nonetheless) and even that a poor lady "suffered a seizure" (we at WRFW are please however the lady recovered and walked to the ambulance). Surely Jay must get young ladies swooning at his feet on a regular basis (we certainly would) and be quite used to it by now?

From here we are hurried through a few foods as the reviewer must have been reminded he is supposed to talk about the food and the restaurant - a pie, cheese-on-toast, but we're not told what cheese or even what mustard, bubble and squeak, but we're not told what was in it (different places make it in different ways and out of different left-over veg), fried duck eggs but we're not told whether they were fried in lard, butter, olive oil or vegetable oil. HP Sauce - was it in the bottle? We're not even told whether the Lindisfarne oysters are any good. Jay didn't try all the foods so we're left wondering if the kippers are any good and if the salt in the "salted caramel sundae" was "smoked Maldon salt" or "Aldi LO".

One nugget we are treated to is being told that "there are few stews that will not benefit from the early addition of a foot" - just try telling that to the kids when they're all sat around the table demanding their fair share of the family Tuesday evening left-over chicken and rice stew with mash Jay darling.

Finally (pause for effect) Oh come on Jay, you're better than this, "proper" and honest" may be in the "eye of the beholder" but you could at least give use your opinion on them.

Not everyone will think this, however we think this is a lazy review from a reviewer who [Could do better] and if we were to rate this - it wouldn't get much of a rating at all. Pffft Mr Jay, just Pffft.