Jul 05, 2001 09:53 PM
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Never mind the stupid adverts; do you really think you have got the Edge over your rivals?
I think not!
Scenario.
Wednesday 4th July, and I had just been to the preview of High Heels and Low Lifes, hungry and thirsty, I walked across to the Pizza Hut restaurant which neighbours the UCI cinema in Poole.
Armed with my £30 of vouchers, I was looking forward to some decent fodder.
When we walked in and waited at the sign, which remarkably said, “Please wait to be seated!” when a young lady came up and asked,
“Table for 2?”
Always gets me that one, when there is two of you, would you want a table for 1?
I guess there could have been more of us hiding outside or something, so moving on quickly, we said “Yes”
“There is a fifteen minute wait” she replied.
Looking at the 4 or 5 empty tables and then at Sherry, my wife, we said not a problem, we will go and have a drink next door and come back!
“Sorry sir, but we don’t take bookings!”
“Excuse me!”
“You will have to wait here for a table”
Now call me fickle, (OK, OK I asked for that, now stop it!), but what difference does it make where I wait.
I said it was ok; we would go for a drink and come back, taking our chances then.
Sometimes you know to argue would be futile and this seemed like one of those times.
After a nice relaxing drink (Budweiser for me, Pina Colada for Sherry, in case anyone is nosey!) we returned to Pizza Hut and casually browsed at the ten or so empty tables. I could now see why they don’t take bookings!
I think you know where I am going here, but once your back is put up, you seem to find fault with everything.
So here is fault with everything.
We ordered from a nice young lady, a bit different to the one who had denied us entry earlier for not having the right papers!
I decided to have the salad bowl, something I had not done since my trip to Orlando last year.
First mistake.
What Salad?
There was about 20 items to choose from and 6 of those were dressings
No Lettuce, cucumber or cress.
Everything (almost) had salad cream on it, something I cannot say I am particularly fond of.
So I slumped back in my seat with a bowl full of Spring Onions, Green Peppers and some Bacon Bit things, Yummy
Sherry had the Garlic bread with Cheese, and that was nice. (COW)
Now pizza choice time!
There selection is pretty good, but how do you decide on which crust to have?
The Edge, not a guitarist from U2, but a pizza with no crust, handy if you don’t like crusts, which normally means Kids.
Stuffed Crust, sounds like something my mother would tell me off for! This is a crust with a layer of cheese running through it, quite a good concept for cheese lovers.
Pan Pizza, my favourite, traditionally the most popular of all pizzas as it is filling, therefore you can buy a smaller one and save some pennies.
The Italian, a light crisp hand baked etc, etc,
New! The Twisted Crust. This has a Cornish pasty style crust, fresh from Ginsters!
You get to twist this off and dip it in to various dips that they have (judging by the salad bar it will be Salad Cream!)
They do like their crust’s here!
They have many set Pizzas, or you can make your own.
Usual specialities include Vegetarian, Spicy Hot One with Spicy beef etc, Meat Feast, and all the standard toppings that pizza lovers would expect.
When our pizza came (Pepperoni, Onion and Chilli’s) we tucked into it.
If you have been to a Pizza Hut before, you will know that they have a sprinkler full of Chilli’s, and this is the main reason I go there.
I always have to take the top off, as the holes are too small to let the Chilli seeds out.
To my disappointment, they were as hot as a date with Ann Robinson.
Gutted
On the plus side of Pizza Hut, if you but a soft drink, all refills are free.
The ice cream factory is a kids dream, I always get my kids to grab me some of those small jelly sweets, we use to call them Dewdrops when I was a kid (naaaayyy).
They do some good meal deals for £10.99 for two, and as far as prices go, they are cheaper than a take away pizza from Dominoes!
Here is the Icing on the cake.
Our bill came to £23.15 including wine, not bad at all.
I gave her £25 in vouchers.
She came back and said that she was sorry but they do not give change.
I expected that, so I said “what about if you put the vouchers in the till, take out £25, deduct the meal and keep the difference as a tip?”
“Oh, thanks very much” she said, and went off with a smile.
It works both ways?
I think not.
Overall, a reasonable place to eat, but a McDonalds equivalent of the Pizza Industry.
More info can be found at https://pizzahut.com including full menus, prices, locations etc.
Do they have the Edge?
Only on their Pizza’s, nowhere else.
Angus
