Excellent piece. I’m often uneasy eating out in Britain because although I like trying out different food to anything I’d cook for myself at home, I don’t much like being served (that class problem again, it wasn’t part of my childhood). In Spain, for example, it all seems much less fraught, because there’s a general respect for bartenders and waiting staff as having valuable skills, or at least there was, maybe that’s changing. In a few London restaurants it’s been great, a real feeling of hospitality between equals. Eyre Brothers, sadly no more, comes to mind.
Great piece, Thom - lovely to hear your voice on the page!
Excellent piece. I’m often uneasy eating out in Britain because although I like trying out different food to anything I’d cook for myself at home, I don’t much like being served (that class problem again, it wasn’t part of my childhood). In Spain, for example, it all seems much less fraught, because there’s a general respect for bartenders and waiting staff as having valuable skills, or at least there was, maybe that’s changing. In a few London restaurants it’s been great, a real feeling of hospitality between equals. Eyre Brothers, sadly no more, comes to mind.