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Originally posted by norrahe View PostHmmm current clientco usually has:
2 types of tinned soup
Some random salad with lots of leaves and very little meat or veg
Some tinned salads for the salad bar
A selection of frozen deep fried Dutch food
And of course lots of bread, meat and cheese to make your own sarnies
Some large chunks of fruit to fit into a tiny bowl that they overcharge you for
It all tastes cak and costs a small fortune.
It doesn't help that there's nowhere to get summat to eat locally as the office is in the ar$e end of nowhere.
Citentcos in London had way better canteens with much better selections, and at least the salad bars had fresh veg.
If so, walk 200 metres up the road to this place;
La Fortuna - Bistro Restaurant in Den Haag op iens.nl - Overzicht
It's not posh, but simple, straightforward home cooking, and very friendly. Alternative is Het Pleidooi. about 5 minutes walk in the same direction on adelheidstraat Het Pleidooi | Restaurant Het Pleidooi . Not much choice, but tasty pasta, usually either with salmon or chicken; I prefer the chicken.
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Apparently, the Natwest tower restaurants used to be good. Silver service for the directors...
My experience has been slightly more lacklustre.
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Hmmm current clientco usually has:
2 types of tinned soup
Some random salad with lots of leaves and very little meat or veg
Some tinned salads for the salad bar
A selection of frozen deep fried Dutch food
And of course lots of bread, meat and cheese to make your own sarnies
Some large chunks of fruit to fit into a tiny bowl that they overcharge you for
It all tastes cak and costs a small fortune.
It doesn't help that there's nowhere to get summat to eat locally as the office is in the ar$e end of nowhere.
Citentcos in London had way better canteens with much better selections, and at least the salad bars had fresh veg.
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Can't remember any previous ClientCo having a good canteen, several didn't have any at all.
At one gig the ClientCO paid for food if a meeting was booked over lunchtime, as you can imaging all the meeting rooms were booked every day and the pizza delivery came in a van.
Free beer in Belgium was a nice touch but only ever indulged in on Friday afternoons.
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Are there any other sizes of German meal?
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Leberkase is the reason I don't try to translate the menus in DE anymore.
LiverCheese bears no resemblance to the foodstuff.
It's a bit like trying to translate sweetbreads and deciding to have it for pudding.
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostLeberkase etc is a sort of patélike meatloaf with onion gravy, mash and apple sauce.
Kalbshacksteak is veal meatball, with an 'aromatic sauce', probably a spicy sauce.
You should understand the rest.
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Originally posted by CheeseSlice View PostNo sauerkraut?
I thought they had that stuff with everything
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Originally posted by original PM View PostWell I guess would go for the Chilli - cos I have no idea what anythng else is!!!
Kalbshacksteak is veal meatball, with an 'aromatic sauce', probably a spicy sauce.
You should understand the rest.
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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostTomorrows menu, with prices:
Tellergericht Leberkäse mit Zwiebeljus, Püree und Apfelmus (880 kcal) 1,90 EUR
Angebot Kalbshacksteak mit aromatischer Sauce (420 kcal) 2,70 EUR
Eintopf Chili sin Carne 1,50 EUR
Aktion Gebratene Champignons mit Dipp (450 kcal) 2,50 EUR
Suppe Fischsüppchen 0,50 EUR
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