So, as I’m not allowed to have an opinion writing news, I thought I’d do something where my opinion is valid and do some reviewing! I’d like to do travel writing, but I’m a poor uni student so I don’t have the means… (Free holiday, anyone? Please?)
I’ll start with a restaurant review, I think, and then review the last 4 series of Red Dwarf (i.e. series 5-8). I’ve never written a restaurant review before, so constructive feedback would be greatly appreciated! Though quickly, before I do, just want to ask if it’s acceptable for a man to wear a t-shirt with the neck cut so low that his boobs were almost falling out and jeans so low his boxer-clad bum overhangs the top… it’s not is it? Though, what’s probably worse was that this guy was a waiter (at a totally different restaurant, I hasten to add) and every time he went to serve the customers outside he appeared to me smoking! I mean jeez, surely you can wait for your break before you light up…
Anyway, reviewing... I would like to point out that all opinions are indeed my own and that everything was paid for by myself and not someone trying to make me write nice things about their stuff (because even if I do get free things, I refuse to say nice things about them if I didn’t think they deserved it… please give me a free holiday please?)
Today I ate at the Slug and Lettuce in Winchester for the first time. The front of the restaurant made it look quiet and unassuming and the décor, upon entry, was nothing of particular significance. The wooden floor gave it a slight rustic feel and reminded me of my friends & my favourite pub from back home. We were seated in the restaurant very quickly by our incredibly friendly and helpful waitress. Our order was taken and filled quickly too, which was nice. The food itself was good; the tuna melt was well toasted without becoming too crispy and the ratio of tuna to cheese was about right, however I personally found that the sautéed red onions inside were a little over done and felt they should have been cut smaller too. My friend Emma (whose blog can be found here: http://emmahblog.blogspot.com) enjoyed her food too, having opted for sausage and mash but changing the mash to chips, which they were very accommodating of. In fact, we ate there at her recommendation as she said: “I’m never disappointed when I go there.” The food seemed relatively reasonable in terms of pricing too, though it’s not somewhere I could afford to eat out at too regularly as a student.
Over all, I’d give it four out of 5 stars (see, right here: * * * * … ta-dah) which, technically means nothing because I have no background in food, apart from living off of it for the last 19 years of my life like the rest of humanity. That and the fact that I have nothing to go by star-wise and you have nothing else starred by myself to compare it to.
Moving on to Red Dwarf! (I’ve lost my professional/hoity-toity voice for now, I’m sure you’ll be glad to know). Warning: SPOILERS!
Having thoroughly enjoyed every episode of series 1-4, despite the continuation errors, I found myself feeling a little disappointed towards the end of watching series 5-8. Series 5 followed on relatively well from series 4 and ended with one of my favourite episodes (though I could say that about a lot of the series). However, Series 6 begins with the crew in pursuit of Red Dwarf in one of the smaller ships but it is never explained how they lost it. At the end of series 7 we discover that Kryten’s nanobots (which live inside him to repair him) have somehow shrunk the ship and are flying around Lister’s laundry basket but it’s never established when they managed to do this or where the crew and Starbug were when this took place. Perhaps I’ve missed something somewhere whilst I’ve been too busy laughing.
Anyway, I begin to lose some of my love for the series after losing Rimmer mid-series 7. Although the scripting is still good and the plots interesting and funny, I feel the novelty of him being gone and replaced my Lister’s love interest, Kristine Kochanski, rather wears off after the first two or three episodes. He returns in series 8 after the nanobots recreate both Red Dwarf and its entire crew but the show doesn’t feel the same; the set is completely different and although the additional characters may make for a greater number of possibilities in terms of plots and scripts, they change the shows entire dynamic. And don’t even get me started on the ending of series 8! Leaving Rimmer trapped on Red Dwarf as it completely corrodes and the ending with the words “The End” changing into “The smeg it is” is both thoroughly unimaginative and incredibly annoying. After all, what happens after that? And how does that link to the latest special episodes in “Back to Earth”? I think when I watch Red Dwarf next I’ll just make sure I don’t bother with Series 8, at least not the second half of it anyway.
So, there you have it; my reviews of various things.
Until next time, thanks and keep reading!
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