The Return of the Rolling Roadside Eaterie Thread: Or The End of Little Chef Part 2.

We went in and ordered an Omelette.

LC: "We can't do Omelette, the suppliers didn't ship us any".
Us: "You have eggs though"
LC: "Yes, but we haven't any omelettes"

(Basically, they put them in the michaelwave, zap, that's it. Thanks, chef)

a) all but empty, apart from a couple of teenage goths, a very fat woman and her pal in what looked like a wig, and a bored-looking couple next to us. oh, and a dude sitting by the bogs eating a baked potato. BAKED POTATO? ponce. it's a little chef. have something fried. (mädchen: "if it's deep-fried, at least you know it's properly cooked.)

b) not cheap. two quid shy of 50 smackers for four olypmic breakfasts, eight teas, four pancakes and stet's "extra hash browns" (in a little bowl).

c) surprisingly tasty, although the pancakes (freshly made!) were thicker than breezeblocks and none of us could finish them. (stet: "aw fuck, it's got cherries in it. i hate cherries." everyone else: "WHY ORDER A CHERRY PANCAKE, THEN, YOU TIT?")

mädchen did find something dubious attached to her egg, and my sausage tasted, just for a second, of cigarette ash. but ... well, i've had worse.

i've had substantially better, though.

i can't quite put my finger on what's wrong with the place. whoever pointed out that the only papers you can buy are richard bloody desmond's might well have summed it up. that's just morally corrupt.

then we went to aberfoyle and made our own impromptu pub quiz, much to the consternation of the pub's owners. attempts to involve alext by phone were unsuccessful.

wish we'd thought to take pictures. the only one i think we've got is of an old chip van in aberfoyle. for sale, too. hmmm. a career change beckons ...

http://www.roadsidefans.com/late40s1.jpg

Asking around I've found a surprising amount of love out there for the LC, but it mostly comes from people who don't actually eat in them.

i'd like to go the truck cafe at Alconbury on the A1, but somehow have never been

http://www.seaswirlofmystic.com/images/ss_clamroll.jpg

With many Little Chef's closed or up for sale have any of their replacements caught your attention. Is there anywhere worth eating in on the British road system?

worth?

no.

Mark's talking crap, £9.50 for reheated burger and chips is a bargain.

Revive!

Which is what Heston Blumenthal is hoping to do for Little Chef.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2008/nov/27/heston-blumenthal-little-chef

Here's the menu...
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2008/11/28/Little_Chef_Blumenthal_temporary_menu.pdf

The All New Ol ympic Breakfast £6.95
Served all day
Two Little Chef outdoor-bred British pork sausages,
two rashers of Wiltshire-cured back bacon, two griddled
free-range eggs, a slice of Ramsay of Carluke black pudding,
a roasted field mushroom served with either Heinz baked
beans or a char-grilled tomato. A slice of toasted bloomer
bread and butter.

Ramsay of Carluke!

(I thought this might have been an in-joke but on Googling the firm exists!)