Gah I work in the City. Lunch options are scanty - throw a stone and you'll hit an identikit franchise serving variations on the same inedible theme - Pret, EAT., Chop'd, Tossed, Crussh. Bitter experience should have taught me that whenever one of these places launches a new dish, it won't be any good, yet foolish hope springs eternal and on occasion I will return. More recently I've come across instances of what might even be called cultural insensitivity. EAT. are by far the worst culprit - here are just three examples of how their R & D department are completely rubbish. Udon Ramen Exhibit 1: Their "Udon Ramen". Udon Ramen. UDON RAMEN. Udon is one type of Japanese noodle. Ramen is an entirely different type of Japanese noodle. This dish of theirs actually comprises a vague stock plus udon noodles. So it's udon. Not ramen. It's the equivalent of a restaurant serving a dish called Rice Pasta, or Spring Roll Cannelloni. IT MAKES ...
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