点评:At lunch time today my husband and I were passing the Herb Farm in Sonning Common and decided to buy a few herbs for our herb garden, and on the spur of the moment decided to have a quick brunch while we were at it. We wanted something quick and simple so settled on a baguette bacon sandwich and salad, and a piece of quiche, also accompanied by some salad. When I asked what came with the baguette I was told "a couple of crisps", and it did come with exactly two crisps and some crumbs. When the food was brought to our table the baguette turned out to be stale and salad very soggy. The Herb Farm was closed yesterday so it is highly probable some of the salad selection was a leftover from Sunday. It certainly wasn't fresh. My husband ate his salad and later said he had some stomach discomfort. I ate a spoonful of mine but decided not to risk the rest.
Interestingly, we also visited the same restaurant on Friday, 9 May and the food tasted fresh then. That is why we returned. When leaving the place today I commented on the food quality to the members of staff - one of them was apologetic, but the other one was rather unsympathetic.
Even if the bread you are serving isn't very fresh, there are ways to make it more appealing by toasting it - in this case not much effort was made to make it more palatable. And when you serve salad, it simply has to be fresh. Today's offering was bordering on kimchi, but kimchi wasn't on the menu.
Also, we found the toilets quite shocking. Not sure when it was last visited by a cleaner.
翻译:今天午餐时间,我和丈夫路过桑宁公园的香草农场,决定买些香草来种在花园里,一时兴起,决定顺便吃一顿快餐。我们想吃点简单快捷的早午餐,所以点了一份法棍培根三明治配沙拉,以及一块乳蛋饼,也配了一些沙拉。我问法棍配了什么,他们说“几片薯片”,结果确实配了两片薯片和一些面包屑。食物送到我们桌上时,法棍已经不新鲜了,沙拉也湿透了。香草农场昨天关门了,所以很可能有些沙拉是周日剩下的。肯定不新鲜。我丈夫吃了沙拉,后来说胃不舒服。我也吃了一勺,但决定不吃剩下的。
有趣的是,5月9日星期五我们也去了同一家餐厅,当时的食物味道很新鲜。这就是我们再次光顾的原因。今天离开的时候,我跟工作人员反映过食物质量问题——其中一位表示了歉意,但另一位却相当冷漠。
即使你提供的面包不太新鲜,也可以通过烤一下来让它更美味——但这次他们并没有花太多功夫去让它更美味。而且,如果你提供沙拉,就必须新鲜。今天提供的菜品有点像泡菜,但菜单上没有泡菜。
另外,我们发现厕所的情况非常糟糕。不知道上次清洁工来过是什么时候。