Hey! So now i’m back to blogging a little more, I can tell you about our experience on Sunday night! We went to Frankie and Benny’s and it was.. well, take a read.
On Sunday night Dan and I wanted to go out for dinner. As usual we did the whole where do you want to eat, where do i want to eat etc. Somehow we ended up between Chiqutos and Frankie and Benny’s. After flipping a coin 5 times we went to Frankie and Benny’s.
Once we got there the menu actually looked pretty good! There was starters, quite a few different mains and desserts too!
I had bacon, cheese and bbq sauce potato skins to start. They missed the BBQ sauce but I had sour cream (my all time fave) so I wasn’t bothered and more than happy.
For our mains, Dan ordered a Spaghetti Bolognese and I ordered a Carbonara.
When the food came out, his looked great, but mine didn’t look amazing. Either way, it’s carbonara which is one of my “Go To” meals if I eat out at an Italian.
I bit into the pasta and it was SOLID. It literally crushed and fell apart in my mouth.. Dan tried a bit too, to make sure it wasn’t just one bad piece.
It was cold, solid, and AWFUL!
We were super polite and sent it back – then he manager came over..
As the manager got to the table, instead of telling us he’d make a fresh one, or even cook it for a little longer…
He decided to tell us it wasn’t made here. We were both pretty puzzled.. Until he explained that the gluten free food was “Pre Cooked” before it got to the restaurant and microwaved.. his exact words!
SO hold up a minute, i’m paying £9.99 for a microwave meal (with no sauce)?! How can they possibly justify that?!
IT’S PASTA – you just boil it! My Italian Grandmother would be going absolutely crazy right now if she heard this..
So yeah, long story short, he told us that it was pre cooked before it arrive, no wonder it was pretty gross!
I posted in a GF group on facebook about it and they recommended a burger – it’s safe to say we won’t be going back any time soon though!
If i wanted a microwave meal, i’d nip to Morrisons and eat it in front of the TV in my PJ’s!
I am currently a very bored Bees when it comes to eating out.
Have you got any good ideas, or found any amazing places?
Let me know!
Bees xo
I don’t know where you live, Bees, but have you tried LEON? There are lots of branches here in London… Maybe not as a dinner out, but certainly for a lunch/fast food date. Fab food and so much of it is gluten free, dairy free, low GI. Hope that helps.
P.s. My Grandparents were Italian too! 🙂