WARNING: JK's bar, Lapta serve off sausages

LaptaMike


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Message Posted:
25/10/2010 22:54

My parents visited said establishment the other day and were served off sausages. When they told the guy who was serving he couldn't care less. As I wasn't there I can't comment further.

LeYLeY



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Message Posted:
25/10/2010 22:55

Oh dear...

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
25/10/2010 22:58

Well, that's not a good recommendation. Trust all was true in your post, Msg1.



Richard

LaptaMike


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Message Posted:
25/10/2010 23:01

Richard, I kept it short and to the point. Would have posted about it earlier but it slipped my mind until I saw their own ad post.

HotHippo


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Message Posted:
25/10/2010 23:03

Well, all that I can tell you of is my experience of having taken my family there for Sunday Roast Lunch yesterday. The three-course lunch was amazing value, for 20 TL, and also of very good quality. The service was superb, especially considering how busy they were at the time.

Tootie


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Message Posted:
25/10/2010 23:03

What kind of sausage? was it a so called breakfast sausage or a proper sausage with meat...

LaptaMike


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Message Posted:
25/10/2010 23:06

Tootie, I don't know I wasn't there. I'm just repeating verbatim what my parents said.

rowlo



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Message Posted:
25/10/2010 23:06

no more sausage and mash then at JKs?

LaptaMike


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Message Posted:
25/10/2010 23:14

rowlo, you could always have sausage and mash rounds ours sometime, I make my own sausages from fresh pork. ;-)



I've got nothing against JK's. We went and had a very nice lunch a few weeks ago, thats why my parents went back. Just dissapointed on this occasion.

nurseawful



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Message Posted:
25/10/2010 23:14

Laptamike,



I think your best course of action is to either phone or e-mail the owner Daren as i am sure he will be upset to hear this.



Chris

LaptaMike


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Message Posted:
25/10/2010 23:20

Chris,



What if it was Darren who couldn't have cared less in the first place? (I don't know, I wasn't there, I don't know Darren)

boglefan



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Message Posted:
25/10/2010 23:20

Have had many lunches in JK's and never had a complaint other than the norm in NC, too much and hate to leave any food on my plate. Did your parents say at the time? Did they consider it might not have been off just flavours in the sausages they were not used too. I love most sausages but hate cumberland and some of the specialist ones sold in the supermarkets in the UK. Sorry that your parents had a meal they did not enjoy, I am sure Darren will try to fix it. I do hope if your folks are on holiday they enjoy the rest of their stay.

LaptaMike


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Message Posted:
25/10/2010 23:28

boglefan, they both agreed the sausage was off. My dad will eat just about anything, even slightly out of date sausages. As I said in msg1 they did tell the person serving. (Whoever the man was)



As regards to not liking certain sausages from supermarkets, you should never buy say for example Cumberland sausage from a supermarket and expect it to taste anything like the real thing. I was born in the Lake District so I know what it should taste like, supermarket 'copies' are no where similar. I'm sure it's the same with other specialist sausages.



My dads on a mini break here so thanks, just hope the weather holds out for him ;-)

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
25/10/2010 23:29

Could have been the prat of the waiter's ignorance and attitude and nothing to do with the owners or the chef. Mistakes do happen in the kitchen but should be negated by well trained 'front of house' staff. Hard one to call not being there yourself in person.



Richard

LaptaMike


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Message Posted:
25/10/2010 23:33

so true Richard I totally agree.

arrry



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Message Posted:
25/10/2010 23:53

Message 1............What a pathetic post !!!! You weren't there but you can post crap like that on here. Maybe there was a spice or something in the sausage that made it taste different . Why tarnish a restaurants reputation on here say ?

LaptaMike


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Message Posted:
26/10/2010

arrry. There is one thing between having a different spice in a sausage and it actually being off. Off meat can contain botulism, e.coli and other nasty such things.



Thanks for bringing it to the top again by the way

mistress


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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 00:03

Are we discussing Nobo or a pub on a dirt track in North Cyprus? Darren, I love your sausage and nothing will stop me eating them at any opportunity!

yorgozlu



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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 00:05

Chas&Dave sung a song few years back:No pleasing you.



You let people know is a problem,you dont,still a problem...............if you like the place and happy to still carry on going there,whats the problem?

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 00:07

Off is off, spiced not to ones taste is another matter. This is a case of a rouge sausage in TRNC, not a boutique sausage shop in the West End of London which specialise in all sorts of exotic flavours!



Richard

LaptaMike


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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 00:11

thank you Richard. Couldn't have put it better myself.

mistress


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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 00:11

Mike, did you know that Botox is made of rancid sausages? are your parents looking more youthful after their experience?

arrry



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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 00:14

Brinsley...................explain to me how you know a sausage is off ?? Same question to Laptamike , who seems to be the local expert on sausages .....

LaptaMike


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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 00:22

arrry, meat, especially processed meat like sausages take on a 'certain' taste than I can't describe when they are off.



Not everyone can recognise the taste. I can, my parents can, I'm sure Richard can. Perhaps you can't. Richard can explain better I am sure.

proger1



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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 00:22

Now maybe I am jumping to worng conclusio here but isn't the main point of the post that Mike's mum and dad both foud something wrong with their meal and reported it to the staff but nothing was done.



Mike is reporting secondary information but he was honest about that part.

Richard is defending Mike's statements even though neither of them were there, arrry is getting stick for asking a question that I too would be asking, how do you know when a sausage is off, not saying it isn't possible but in my experience, meat is detectable before cooking for being off but rarely afterward especially with some of the stronger sopices that are added and some people don't recognise the taste of.



Here is the crunching question, given that JK's is rather popular and I would imagine so is the sausage meal, why is it that nobody else has mentioned anything. Every other post about restaurant criticism attracts both agreements and disagreements, here nothing, strange !!

Lilli



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Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
26/10/2010 00:24

mistress are you serious, i want botox i need botox so i eat sauages, no lines any more or do i rub them in my frrown lines ., see you xmas looking youthful xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx you not me xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

boglefan



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Posts: 511

Message Posted:
26/10/2010 00:25

Mike please go in and speak to Darren. I am sure it was a one off. Remember in the heat over in NC thngs go off very quickly - eg buying fresh milk and before you get it back to the fridge it is totally curdled. Agree that it should not have happened but please give them the chance to find out where the problem was, and the bar person involved asked why they dismissed the complaint. I am sure Darren would like to find out where the problem originated from and in the future make sure it never occurs again.

LaptaMike


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Posts: 1679

Message Posted:
26/10/2010 00:29

my post now is totally off topic, lilli, botox is from a form of e.coli injected into the area you want to get rid of wrinkles. It paralyses the muscles for several months so that no wrinkles show up. Too many injections kill you.



Hope you manage to get your flights sweetheart. xxxxxxxxxx

arrry



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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 00:33

message 25 Good post Paul ..................but why is it that when people have a complaint they don't go to the people concerned ???? Why come on to a forum to vent their anger and not to the owner of the restaurant, and let them know !!!!! Typically English !!!!

Brinsley


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Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
26/10/2010 00:38

I give up!

Sausages, synonymous with the 'traditional English breakfast' comprises of rusk and pork 'sausage' meat (stuffing for the Christmas turkey) which can have added herbs at the discretion of the butcher/maker. The so called sausages bought in the TRNC supermarkets consist of reconstituted beef product.



Richard

LaptaMike


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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 00:42

arrry, you obviously didn't read my original post.

arrry



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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 00:51

Mikelapta......your original post was " My parents visited said establishment the other day and were served off sausages. When they told the guy who was serving he couldn't care less. As I wasn't there I can't comment further."...... why didn't they complain to the management ??? Ask to see the manager and don't leave until you do and definitely don't pay the bill till you do !! What you don't do is make a slanderous statement , like you have after the event on a forum . As i said typically English !

LaptaMike


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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 00:57

arrry, before posting I consulted a few friends and was told it more than likely was the owner who served them and that he is like that on a regular basis.



If you don't like my original post why do you keep bringing it to the top for everyone to see????? If you just let it go it will slide into oblivion very soon unless someone decides to pull you up on your racist remarks.......

arrry



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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 01:00

Message 30......Richard .....exactly !!! An "off " sausage maybe tooo spicy for that particular person. To say the sausage was "off" could harm that establishment .Maybe they make their own and made them a bit toooooo spicy ........

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 01:01

Msg 32

Maybe his parents are old, frail and of the 'old school' not wishing to make a fuss.

For a person that can't spell his name in full, (Harry)? I suppose that everything is half-baked with you, 'H'appily going off 'H'alf-cock!



Richard

Tootie


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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 01:03

"My parents visited said establishment the other day and were served off sausages. When they told the guy who was serving he couldn't care less. As I wasn't there I can't comment further."



So its been playing on your mind till today, and @ 22.54pm, you decide to post a comment....!



Behave mike ! The best thing you can do is take yourself and the poor dog for a long walk.....

LaptaMike


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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 01:05

lol Richard.

Tootie


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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 01:09

brinsley, do you mean half cocked or "half cock" ?

proger1



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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 01:09

Richard, you missed out one of the r's in arrry

Tootie


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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 01:11

Mike did they pay for the said off sausage?

arrry



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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 01:11

Laptamike ...i am in Cyprus for three weeks from the 30th October give me a phone number so we can meet . I am not and have ever been racist and i will definitely be seeing you while i am in Cyprus !! Are you Welsh by any chance ?? Give me your phone number Mike You will find my e-mail address on my profile .

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 01:12

Best past my bedtime!



Richard

LaptaMike


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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 01:15

tootie, I totally forgot about it. Was meaning to say earlier if you had bothered to read any of my previous posts you would know that.



Why bother saying about a bad experience in a bar or restaurant on here if you just get shot down. Perhaps I'll not bother posting things like this in the future and a load of you moaners can come down with food poisoning.



If I (or my parents) have a very nice meal somewhere I post to say it was so. If I (or my parents) don't have a nice meal somewhere, I'm not allowed to post????????????????????????????????????????? PATHETIC

LaptaMike


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Posts: 1679

Message Posted:
26/10/2010 01:24

arrry, why would I wan't to meet you? Why should I give you my telephone number so you can give it out to everyone. I am not Welsh. I am English. If your post was a threat against myself, my family or my property this thread has been printed out as hard evidence.



By the way I wouldn't bother trying to find me, if you do, my friends who are over at the same time as you aren't as friendly as me.

proger1



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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 01:27

Mike, I think a little too much was made of the sausages, personally I would be interested to find out if the person they complained to was the owner and if so the doing nothing about it would not be a good customer realtions move however I doubt it was him, I could be wrong though.



Someone is always going to say that you should tell the manager but if that was the manager then perhaps you did the right thing, unfortunately I think it will always look bad when you are posting a complaint for someone else no matter how well intentioned it is and the places in NC are so easily destroyed by bad comments whether truethful or not it can appear harsh.

Stick to the sausages you know at home and drink alcohol while you are out, that is my system I still end up feeling sick but if I complained about it to early they might stop serving me

LaptaMike


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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 01:29

hehe proger

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 01:30

Mike

I'm soon off on my Worldly travels, yet again. I best leave my bazooka in your care and protection!



Richard

LaptaMike


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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 01:32

proger, I think this thread should be closed before it goes hot, I don't want to and never intended to give JK's a very bad name, it was just a bad experience that I thought was worthy of reporting.



Mods, close this thread please

proger1



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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 01:36

I understand Mike, If you wanted to give it a hard time you could just say it is full of those damn teddy bears (Glasgow Rangers supporters for thiose confused readers)

Sorry, I couldn't help it

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 01:49

Sorry Mike, I'm still in my apprenticeship for Paul's new, forthcoming forum!

I feel a 'hit' man coming on!



Richard

LaptaMike


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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 02:01

oh well Richard, now it's gone hot, I may aswell carry on posting. Proger, hehe.



Back to you Richard, if you are refering to post 44, you've got nowt to worry about, they're not hit men just hard men who are very loyal towards me (bigger than me, and I'm 6'2" heavy build) , as is our dog Efes. He's getting bloody big now, can drag me down the stairs now.

letty


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Posts: 360

Message Posted:
26/10/2010 02:12

What, Your Dog is 6'2, what sort of fikin dog is it.

arrry



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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 02:14

Message 51 ......i will be in Guidos on sunday 1-00pm for lunch . if you and your heavies want to speak to me feel free !!

letty


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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 02:15

Watch out incase he brings his dog!

letty


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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 02:16

Things may get a bit ruff

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 02:23

Msg 53

Never speak with your mouth full, especially in a cosa nostra restaurant!



Richard

arrry



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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 02:25

Guidos is ok with me Richard !!...............

RoxyBob


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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 06:43

Laptamike Msg 33



Some more hearsay.

'arrry, before posting I consulted a few friends and was told it more than likely was the owner who served them and that he is like that on a regular basis. '



I think that you should go and find out for yourself. Stop hiding behind your keyboard.

AlsancakJack



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Message Posted:
26/10/2010 07:38

This thread is now closed. Reason: Thread was addressed and no need for further posts.