Dinner purgatory

We’ve all been there– there’s a snazzy new restaurant in town. You read about it in just about every newspaper and blog. You’ve finally managed to snag a table at 5.30pm (because ‘Madam we have no tables free after 6pm until the next millennium’). You can’t search the menu online because the dishes are prepared by artisans  who decide what to cook depending on the phases of the moon.Come the fateful day, you get all gussied up and skip all the way to the restaurant.

An hour and a half later, you are £150 poorer and starving to death (Madam, we will need the table by 7pm at the latest for the next seating cycle. No, I’m sorry you can’t sit at the bar). You are shaking with hypoglycaemia and your vision is blurred. You then do what you ought to have done all along–search Google for the nearest branch of Patty&Bun/Shake Shack/BurgerKing/KFC. (Delete according to level of desperation).

This excellent menu above is provided courtesy of my friend Sarah who can always be relied on for good stuff. Take it everywhere lest your dinner become a cautionary tale. If you find more than 3 items that remind you of this menu, fake an attack of botulism and get out of Dodge. In the meantime, here are some dishes providing actual sustenance (Recipes at Design Sponge blog)