The best value takeaway I've been to in my life is in Portsmouth
Anyway, today I'm going to write about somewhere remarkable in Portsmouth that sells great food and happily put my name to it. I don't do this in order to get a free meal next time I go there; indeed, I do it because the Dish Detective never writes about takeaways. And Kam Too, in St Mary's Road, Fratton, is the place voted 'the best canada goose parka uk value takeaway I have ever visited in my entire life'. And as in less than two months time I will blow out 50 candles on my birthday cake, I have been to a few.
As I'm typing this I've just told my partner that had I spent more than just nine weeks of my life living in Portsmouth, seemingly the takeaway capital of the south coast, I would have been to quite a few more!She thinks I'm joking, but I'm not.
Sue told me not long after we first met 'there's this fantastic Chinese takeaway near Fratton Park. It's ridiculously cheap and ridiculously popular. Every meal is less thanthree quid and you can buy a battered sausage for 30p. It's a nightmare to park canada goose outlet miami near, but the queues snake out the door.'
Since I moved to this city in Septemberwe've been there three times and I've discovered Sue was not joking (unlike me a minute ago). Yes, it's not easy to park near, but Kam Too is in Portsmouth so that goes without saying. The queues DO snake out the door one online review on Trip Advisor said they once counted 53 people either in the shop or queuing to get in and the food canada goose jacket outlet uk is ridiculously cheap.
And, what's more, a battered sausage IS just 30p. It's been paypal acquisti viagra, paypal acquisti viagra, paypal acquisti viagra, paypal acquisti viagra, paypal acquisti viagra, paypal acquisti viagra. 30p for ages. Sue tells me she can't remember when Kam Too last raised their prices. Possibly 1992, but she wouldn't swear on that.
canada goose uk outlet On our last visit, when my two teenage kids were visiting, we ordered five main dishes, large chips (a quid! worthy of two exclamation marks, surely? No, steady on, just the one. ED) a pancake roll the size of a loaf of bread, and a bag of prawn crackers which had I left them to go hard and stale would easily have served canada goose outlet eu as sledges when it next snows. They were that large. And the total price? Under 19. Truly ridiculous indeed. canada goose uk outlet
Now it goes without saying that cheap prices does not always equal a) good quality food or b) good sized portions. And if Kam Too fell down in either of those key categories, I wouldn't be singing its praises from the metaphorical rooftop. The portions were more than reasonable and the quality impressive. For less than19 four people (well, five really, as my 16 year old son has the constitution of a whale) had a massive feast on a Saturday night, while there was still enough left over for two good sized portions a day later, and a final portion I hoovered down for canada goose outlet florida my lunch the day after that. How canada goose jacket outlet store many takeaways for THAT price last THAT long?
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After just a few weeks of living in the city, none of those figures surprises me.
(Here's another fact Portsmouth also has the fattest seagulls I have ever seen as well again, no surprise if they've lived on Portsdown Hill for a few months feeding off scraps).
Of course, this city is not alone in all this. Since 2014, more than 4,000 new takeaways have opened in England. God knows what Jamie Oliver must think of that.
canada goose store Do not expect the figures to fall either. Thousands of takeaways have opened for one good reason thousands of people enjoy filling their stomachs with foods bought from them. I am one of those thousands, so I am part of the problem. I freely admit that. canada goose store
I have no solutions either. canada goose outlet online uk You could give every parent an extra 10 a week to spend on healthy vegetables for lunches and teas, and a percentage would no doubt use it to buy an extra takeaway. If they went to Kam Too their tenner would feed them for a few days (33 battered sausages for a start, and still have 10p change).
Jamie Oliver tried his best to educate a generation on prime time television, and he failed. Rotherham, in south Yorkshire, now has more takeaways than when he visited a decade ago. His was a valiant attempt, but doomed from the start.
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