tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796280848567346910.post361199202014671592..comments2024-03-18T07:41:35.073+00:00Comments on UNDER PRESSURE AT PEMBROKE: Formal Hall Menu Lent Term week 7Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10970421645047309201noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796280848567346910.post-27758511399336155312010-02-26T19:07:16.641+00:002010-02-26T19:07:16.641+00:00Culinary Connoisseurs Formal Hall was absolutely a...Culinary Connoisseurs Formal Hall was absolutely amazing. Being served that much brilliant food one after another. I think if would be very popular if it was repeated, perhaps twice a term. Sufficiently infrequent to make it special but frequent enough to allow us to indulge!<br />David JosephAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796280848567346910.post-59769016129394522652010-02-21T05:29:53.135+00:002010-02-21T05:29:53.135+00:00All sold out for Thursday! I have a friend coming...All sold out for Thursday! I have a friend coming pretty far for that night, and it's a shame. Any chance that more seats will be opened up again? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5796280848567346910.post-73275434209155695992010-02-19T12:58:41.540+00:002010-02-19T12:58:41.540+00:00Must say, I tend to enjoy formals and'm lookin...Must say, I tend to enjoy formals and'm looking forward to seeing what the Connoisseur formal has to offer!<br /><br />One thought - really, really good food is often (in my humble) slightly undermined by abysmal coffee. Watery-bitter, with an awful extraction. <br /><br />If only for one evening, might the college consider getting in some respectable / decent / fresh coffee for the connoisseur evening...? Something like Hasbean's dot com blend - admittedly - isn't the cheapest in the world, but it's a long way from the most expensive. And being fresh roast and well-blended can make a phenomenal difference... (i.e. within two weeks. NOT with a sell-by date that's in 18 months' time, urg...)<br /><br />I appreciate that might be a big ask.<br /><br />But if the evening's a connoisseur evening, and the rest of the food's having a load of effort go into it... then to write the coffee off as 'that stuff that kinda goes at the end of the meal and is the same as always' seems a real shame.<br /><br />It's possible to get organic, ethical, fair trade (or better - fair trade has some pretty massive problems in the coffee world) coffee without breaking the bank... If only once...?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com