{"id":340,"date":"2008-07-20T11:38:47","date_gmt":"2008-07-20T11:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/credit-squeeze-or-not-now-is-a-great-time-to-eat-out\/"},"modified":"2008-10-03T20:31:05","modified_gmt":"2008-10-03T20:31:05","slug":"credit-squeeze-or-not-now-is-a-great-time-to-eat-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/credit-squeeze-or-not-now-is-a-great-time-to-eat-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Credit Squeeze or Not, Now Is A Great Time To Eat Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Now Is A Great Time To Eat Out <\/h2>\n<p><em>Helen Forrest lets us have her thoughts on Food, Dining and Value For Money &#8211; amongst other things&#8230;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The only thing better than an enjoyable meal is being able to<br \/>\nshare your enthusiasm of that meal with other prospective customers. <strong>And<br \/>\nof course it is a pleasure all of its own to really hold court over a less<br \/>\nthan favourable dining experience.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a 28 yr old charity worker who writes in her spare time. I have found<br \/>\nI particularly enjoy writing about food, and as a member of top table have<br \/>\nwritten a number of short reviews of meals booked through the site.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I think that this is an exciting time for British food, despite the credit<br \/>\nsqueeze.<\/strong> There are a several television series dedicated to a celebration<br \/>\nof traditional and fusion British cuisine, and food as the new rock and<br \/>\nroll has yet to lose its momentum. London is one of the greatest cities in<br \/>\nthe world for sampling a huge variety of dishes, and it is just as<br \/>\npossible to have a memorable meal on a budget as it is to splash out at a<br \/>\n&#8216;name&#8217; establishment.<\/p>\n<p>I love perusing a good menu, and always like to look over the dishes<br \/>\nbefore I good to a restaurant. I think that sites such as &#8216;<strong>toptable.com<\/strong>&#8216;<br \/>\nhave made more expensive restaurants affordable for less than minted<br \/>\ncustomers, which can only be a good thing. So you may encounter the odd<br \/>\nsnooty waitress, or the disapproving gaze of the management, but that can<br \/>\nbe overlooked &#8211; snobbery and the influence of class has always surrounded<br \/>\nfood, especially in the UK. However, I love the fact that one can always<br \/>\nfind a good eating house in London, and that often the simplest meals can<br \/>\nbe the best. Good bread, better oil, perhaps some balsamic vinegar&#8230; <strong>I<br \/>\ndon&#8217;t think there is a better appetizer, and it is usually a very good<br \/>\nsign if you are served such delights at the beginning of a meal.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now Is A Great Time To Eat Out Helen Forrest lets us have her thoughts on Food, Dining and Value For Money &#8211; amongst other things&#8230;. The only thing better than an enjoyable meal is being able to share your enthusiasm of that meal with other prospective customers. And of course it is a pleasure&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/credit-squeeze-or-not-now-is-a-great-time-to-eat-out\/\"><span>read more&nbsp;&#8230;<\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}