I've just had lunch at a branch of All Bar One where I ordered a Croque Monsieur priced at £4.95. Imagine my disappointment when I was served nothing more than a cheese and ham toastie garnished with a handful of crisps which I could have got from the local sandwich bar for half the price.
In my book a Croque Monsieur has lashings of bechamel poured over the top. I wouldn't have ordered it if it had been described on the menu as a cheese and ham toastie. Anyone had any similar experiences of food not matching the menu description?
As a cheese and ham toastie, that looks pretty good, but Croque Monsieur it aint. I believe this is the bechamel drenched snack your thinking of...
Now that's a croque monsieur
Mmmm, much more like it...
I once spent a night in jail in Singapore because of a green curry that quite simply wasn't a green curry at a rip-off Thai restaurant on Boat Quay. The saucer of greasy chicken gobbets in a tastless grey gravy that seemed to be one part oyster sauce to two parts water was so awful that I refused to pay. Queue angry chef appearing at my table brandishing a knife and screaming at me in Thai. The police arrived after a few minutes and I was whisked away to the station "for questioning". The questioning never took place - I was left in a cell until dawn and then released. At least I never paid for the curry. Ha!
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So what did you do about the cheese and ham toastie badly impersonating a croque monsieur?
Well the conversation with the waitress went something like:
"Oh, I ordered a Croque Monsieur"
"That is a Croque Monsieur"
"No, it's a cheese and ham toastie"
"No, Croque Monsieur has bechamel poured over the top"
"Well I wouldn't know about that, I thought that was a Croque Monsieur"
I ate it rather than order something else and wait another 20 minutes and the manager actually took it off the bill which I wasn't expecting. However, I do feel compelled to drop All Bar One a line to protest at the misleading description.