Eating Out
‘Menu-Hacking’ Picky Eaters Are Taking Over Britain’s Restaurants
A new survey of British diners has found that 57 percent would ask for a dish to be adapted when eating out and 28 percent order dishes that aren't even on offer. Apparently it’s called “menu hacking.”
This Restaurant Is Charging Diners Who Don’t Order a Main Course
A Swiss restaurant has come up with a simple way of dealing with time-wasting table hoggers: charge ’em.
More Brits Than Ever Are Dining Out on Christmas Day
Given the pressure of simultaneously cooking for a group of relatives and feigning excitement after unwrapping a “lovely winter scarf” for the third year in a row, is it any wonder Brits want to eat out on Christmas?
How Police Caught Two Dine-and-Dashers Using Drinking Straws
Earlier this year, two friends enjoyed a meal at a Manchester restaurant, racking up a bill of £57. But instead of stumping up the cash, they made a run for it.
This Is Britain's Most Popular Restaurant for First Dates
According to a new survey, a chain restaurant specialising in chicken is the UK's most popular destination for first dates.
Restaurants Are Confusing Everyone with Their Weirdly Named Dishes
According to new research, 79 percent of British diners feel menus can be “overly confusing” and over half admitted to having asked a server to explain a dish.
Lazy Americans Are Blowing Tons of Their Money on Food Delivery
An industrial vat of glow-in-the-dark sex jelly, a dime bag of what are supposedly John Goodman’s toenail clippings, and a half-eaten dinner roll found in Betty White’s cryo-chamber. The year is 2015, and pretty much everything is readily available for...
It’s Official, No One Really Likes Using iPads to Order in Restaurants
A new report has found that most of us are pretty ambivalent about technology in restaurants, with 37 percent of British adults saying they prefer to eat out in a tech-free environment.
You Can Blame Millennials for the Rise in Wannabe Restaurateurs
The number of people applying for loans to start food and drinks businesses in the UK is on the rise, a spike many say is in response to twenty-somethings’ penchant for eating out.
The Fine-Dining Etiquette of a High-Class Dutch Escort
Marike van der Velden, owner of the number-one high-class escort agency in the Netherlands, explains some of the many challenges that her employees must navigate at dinner—long before they head to the bedroom.
Here's Why UK Supermarket Sales Are Falling
Food sales are falling at all the major supermarket chains—so what are Britons eating?