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London's first "Reality Cuisine" restaurant closed down yesterday, its manager citing "poor public response" as the reason for the closure. The establishment had courted controversy due to its unorthodox methods of preparing food for its customers. A collection of vegetable and herb allotments was kept in view of the restaurant's clientele and staff, next to a grouping of enclosures containing various farmyard animals. Customers would be allowed to enter, make a choice from the menu, and would then have a selection of animals appropriate to the specified dish paraded in front of them. The selected animal/s would be slaughtered, butchered and then cooked in front of the customer. The choice of chef and kitchen utensils used would be dictated in similar fashion.
Aside from the obvious objections of the Vegetarian community, the restaurant was beset by other problems from the outset, including the short-lived popularity of most of their meals. "Nice, but uninteresting after the first course," was the objection of one top-ranking food critic, while another stated that the establishment was "simply re-hashing recipes that have been done a thousand times before". Other, famous figures from the food industry were equally scathing: "Well, it's not proper food, is it?" remarked popular TV chef Jamie Oliver, 16, "so I ain't interested mate. Pukka." Meanwhile, Gordon Ramsey, 87, told reporters that he thought the whole idea was "*******!!! A load of *****-******ing ********!!!!"
London's first "Reality Cuisine" restaurant closed down yesterday, its manager citing "poor public response" as the reason for the closure. The establishment had courted controversy due to its unorthodox methods of preparing food for its customers. A collection of vegetable and herb allotments was kept in view of the restaurant's clientele and staff, next to a grouping of enclosures containing various farmyard animals. Customers would be allowed to enter, make a choice from the menu, and would then have a selection of animals appropriate to the specified dish paraded in front of them. The selected animal/s would be slaughtered, butchered and then cooked in front of the customer. The choice of chef and kitchen utensils used would be dictated in similar fashion.
Aside from the obvious objections of the Vegetarian community, the restaurant was beset by other problems from the outset, including the short-lived popularity of most of their meals. "Nice, but uninteresting after the first course," was the objection of one top-ranking food critic, while another stated that the establishment was "simply re-hashing recipes that have been done a thousand times before". Other, famous figures from the food industry were equally scathing: "Well, it's not proper food, is it?" remarked popular TV chef Jamie Oliver, 16, "so I ain't interested mate. Pukka." Meanwhile, Gordon Ramsey, 87, told reporters that he thought the whole idea was "*******!!! A load of *****-******ing ********!!!!"
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