What's the worst meal you've ever eaten

[Zah1]

at someone's house & out of politeness you finished it, or

something at a restaurant/takeout?

[Devill]

Remember I had take aways from the Chinese place below Stones in Durbanville.

It cost me +- R45 for sweet and sour something...... I did not eat more than one bite before I dumped it in the rubbish bin.

[Chaos247]

Spur, last night. Surf and turf. Fish was not cooked, was a little slimy. :sick: Prawns were still a little pink and steak was cremated. Luckily i didnt take a bite.

[Ancalagon]

I remember going for pizza in Blackheath that was so bad that my Mom and I walked out, and the restauranteur didnt accept our payment. Ie, we got up to leave, went to settle the bill, and the manager/owner knowing we were unhappy, said its fine just go.

I cant remember what was so bad about it, now that I think about it. I think the service and food both sucked. thats the only time I've ever walked out of a restaurant.

[waynegohl]

A familys house.

Eating a meal and there is a long hair in the food and I am too embarrassed to tell anyone. I take my time by pushing the food around the plate to avoid the hair but it does not work. I end up being the last one with food on my plate and they say finish up cause there is dessert.

I ate it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nerfherder]

Chinese take out.... was calamari that was pretty much rubber bands, the taste was also horrible.

I eat pretty much everything but turfed this.

[Sinbad]

I had some kind of portugeuse sausage thing at Adegas once. (No not chorizo).
It was half cooked, slimy, looked like it was made of minced intestines and eyeballs.
I did not eat it. I still feel nauseous thinking of it.

[Voicy]

Mike's Kitchen in PE

My mate had a surf & turf, the steak was so rotten when he cut it the inside was green. He only realised this after a few bites. When he held out a piece to me to smell if it was still ok I started dry heaving. :(

[Mike Hoxbig]

Duck 'stew' at someone's house. Was basically boiled duck in warm water with some peas and carrots.

[Picard]

Ate a steak at a local place. The steak was sinewy and tough and the pumpin and broccolli stank.

Incidentally the place where I've the best meals, were at the same place as the above.

[hungrybeaver]

A familys house.

Eating a meal and there is a long hair in the food and I am too embarrassed to tell anyone. I take my time by pushing the food around the plate to avoid the hair but it does not work. I end up being the last one with food on my plate and they say finish up cause there is dessert.

I ate it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just pick the hair out and be done with it!! Why eat it?!?! :confused: :sick:

[hungrybeaver]

Gave a mate R100 to go buy wors for a braai, so I was expecting something pretty good. He comes back with this pink "wors" that cost R25 for like 1kg.

No one had more than a bite or 2 of their rolls, and a few threw up To this day we still don't know what "meat" was in this "wors".

[DarkSpectre]

Ordered a seafood pizza from a local Elmo Pizza. It was a waste of money :( It tasted like crap.

[b_crazy]

A familys house.

Eating a meal and there is a long hair in the food and I am too embarrassed to tell anyone. I take my time by pushing the food around the plate to avoid the hair but it does not work. I end up being the last one with food on my plate and they say finish up cause there is dessert.

I ate it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh hell NOOOOO!!!!!! Why didn't you say, "THERE"S HAIR IN MY F&@&@ING FOOD!", proceed to throw your plate at whoever cooked, then walked out. Don't ever tip them man don't. They are family, they'll understand.

[samr1wp]

if you eat at a resturant ....you dont complain you throw it back at them

but yeah iv eaten alot at peoples houses where i just shove it down ....not the best when you fussy

[DrYes]

The wors rolls at Ushaka which were basically stale raw meat.The worst part was the plastic wrapping still firmly encased in this sausage.
And no I don't eat sausage wrapped in rubber.

[cbrunsdonza]

My ex-wife's cooking - it was terrible.

[MickeyD]

Got home pissed from cricket practice (when much younger)... my supper was burnt offerings by then. I did not dare NOT eat it!!!!

[waynegohl]

Just pick the hair out and be done with it!! Why eat it?!?! :confused: :sick:

The hair was long and it was pasta. there was no way to get the hair out without making a scene.

[waynegohl]

Oh hell NOOOOO!!!!!! Why didn't you say, "THERE"S HAIR IN MY F&@&@ING FOOD!", proceed to throw your plate at whoever cooked, then walked out. Don't ever tip them man don't. They are family, they'll understand.

I wanted dessert.

[S.T.A.L.K.E.R]

UWC 1998, student on tight budget. Went to get steak n kidney pie, chips and a fruit juice. First bite was just awesome. before I took the second bite, see theres something like a short hair in the pie, so I decide to take it out only pull out a wing and probably the greenest ***** fly I've ever seen attached to it. :sick: Instant projectile :sick:. To this day not eating any pies no matter how good it might smell or look.

[samr1wp]

UWC 1998, student on tight budget. Went to get steak n kidney pie, chips and a fruit juice. First bite was just awesome. before I took the second bite, see theres something like a short hair in the pie, so I decide to take it out only pull out a wing and probably the greenest ***** fly I've ever seen attached to it. :sick: Instant projectile :sick:. To this day not eating any pies no matter how good it might smell or look.

furk buddy ....i used to only eat pieman pies at the resturant on top of the caf ...but that was from 05

[The_Librarian]

On my way to Nelspruit.

Grabbeth a sausage roll at the Rose 1stop after the Diamond Hill toll plaza.

It was horrible, didn't even taste like a sausage roll was supposed to taste.

Dumped it, and emailed st pie - to this date no reply.

[wily me]

Spur Restaurant. Hot rock meat rotten, smell so bad that surrounding tables emptied quick and then manager claimed it's how it should be and maybe it was the pepper corns burning on the rock. I decided to leave without paying and they brought us a different order and gave us free coupons for the next visit. I gave the coupons away and never visited another Spur again.

[porn$tar]

Can't remember name of a seafood place in Canal Walk where Ocean Basket or Jimmy's Prawns is now.

SO had a waffle that tasted like they put a slice of bread in the waffle-maker. The "ice-cream" was frozen milk.

[grantza]

picking my nose .......

[McT]

Tripe curry when I was a kid at my aunt's house.

I ate a bit, but really slowly. I was rescued by a power failure. I swapped my plate with my cousin who had already scoffed and decimated his helping. I got his empty plate and he got my semi-full plate.

Win! Win! :D

[waynegohl]

Tripe curry when I was a kid at my aunt's house.

I ate a bit, but really slowly. I was rescued by a power failure. I swapped my plate with my cousin who had already scoffed and decimated his helping. I got his empty plate and he got my semi-full plate.

Win! Win! :D

my family love that except me.

[mmmig]

Mixed Veg curry at my granny's prayer, took a bite of it then all I could taste was dried fish (snoek):sick:

[McT]

my family love that except me.

I would rather raw fish than tripe... but that's just me :)

[AnonISock]

Worst meal for me was something my last roommate cooked up: baked tuna and pasta dish, complete with BBQ sauce, cherry tomatoes, apricot pieces and grapes that had been cut in half. All ingredients had been mixed together and then nuked in the oven for half and hour :sick:

[AnonISock]

furk buddy ....i used to only eat pieman pies at the resturant on top of the caf ...but that was from 05

same here man, used to hit them every day for lunch when i first started working. then i over did it a bit and ruined pies for the next year or so.

[Dom1n8tr1x]

Chicken from the local Kentucky, the meat was very bloody close to the bone. Didn't finish it and never bought anything from them again.

Sent from a galaxy far, far away...

[DarkSpectre]

I will never forget that urine-smelling Steak n Kidney pie :sick:

Steak n Kidney pie...

Kidney... :sick:

I hate tripes. They taste like a wet dishwashing clothe.

[Captain Beer]

Can't remember the name of the place, I was still a kid. I ordered pizza and got two pieces of toast with tomato sauce and olives, didn't even have cheese on.

[Picard]

I would rather raw fish than tripe... but that's just me :)

Done properly (cleaned and spiced) there are few things tastier than an "afval" potjie.

[stoymigo]

A debonairs chicken tikka pizza.
First it looked ****, cheese sprawled over the base but I can forgive that(appearances).

The mushrooms were dry, the sauce in the pizza seemed like something diluted and overall I didn't feel like I had a good meal.

[satanboy]

Done properly (cleaned and spiced) there are few things tastier than an "afval" potjie.

What? Like dirt?

[DarkSpectre]

A debonairs chicken tikka pizza.
First it looked ****, cheese sprawled over the base but I can forgive that(appearances).

The mushrooms were dry, the sauce in the pizza seemed like something diluted and overall I didn't feel like I had a good meal.

Debonairs pizzas always taste like crap.

[fred1]

Steers ribs! Sure it was soup bones. Barely had meat on and cost the same price as spur!

[porn$tar]

Steers ribs! Sure it was soup bones. Barely had meat on and cost the same price as spur!

Seconded. The little meat on it was blue.

[porn$tar]

I will never forget that urine-smelling Steak n Kidney pie :sick:

Steak n Kidney pie...

Kidney... :sick:

I hate tripes. They taste like a wet dishwashing clothe.

You've tasted wet dish rag?

[Mephisto_Helix]

Can't remember the name of the place, I was still a kid. I ordered pizza and got two pieces of toast with tomato sauce and olives, didn't even have cheese on.

I rofl'ed so bad just now ......

[DarkSpectre]

You've tasted wet dish rag?

Indirectly, yeah.

[wily me]

I would rather raw fish than tripe... but that's just me :)

Sushi is good, I just hate that black sauce.

[supersunbird]

Chicken Mayo (Piemans) from a garage who had obviously had it in the oven too long (not too hot, just too long).

The thing was totally dried out, like eating pieces of cardboard, 2 bites and I threw it away...

[Thugscub]

Dog in Tete Moz. Around 1991. There was no other food and I was very hungry. Rats grilled on sticks about 1995 in Zim. The other option was sand.

[Hemi300c]

SAGO Pudding at SADF

[Xmailer9]

probably any KFC with lots of oil in it.

[Picard]

probably any KFC with lots of oil in it.

Excuse me, that counts as one of the best meals I've had ever. And it's not oil, but rather fat you're thinking of.

[fred1]

Sushi is good, I just hate that black sauce.

The soy sauce? Think it helps in killing the bacteria that the heat of cooking normally kills.

Could be talking crap tho!

[Xmailer9]

Excuse me, that counts as one of the best meals I've had ever. And it's not oil, but rather fat you're thinking of.

I'll say again..... oil..... i've had way too many meals, where the oil is in surplus and drips like a tap not closed properly.

[b1scu1t]

Was craving a KFC krusher on a hot summer day this December, so I got in the car and drove to the nearest KFC about 1km away. Went through the drive through and ordered an oreo krushers, put it in the cup holder but not taking a sip yet.
Got home and I thought to myself, this is gonna be the best ever on such a hot day.
Took a HUGE sip and then it kicked in.
Either the milk or ice cream was off like crazy!!!
Sickest thing ever!

[Lino]

Excuse me, that counts as one of the best meals I've had ever. And it's not oil, but rather fat you're thinking of.

there are some of us that can tell the difference between fat and chicken dripping in oil!

[lilggg]

Had a few pizza's with extra toppings i never ordered, such as steel wool and fly. Oh and wool i presume from a mop.

[lilggg]

Chicken Mayo (Piemans) from a garage who had obviously had it in the oven too long (not too hot, just too long).

The thing was totally dried out, like eating pieces of cardboard, 2 bites and I threw it away...

I have had that almost every time i've bought those, disgusting :(

[Schwartz]

I was once staying at a friends house and his mom fancies herself a good cook. She made some lamb dish that felt like slime going down your throat. It came up after the first mouthful and I had to re-swallow it. I then faked feeling sick so my mom could come fetch me as I could not see any way of getting out of eating it. The second worst part about it? Her kids(my friends) were chowing it and loving it! Not just faking it!

The worst part you ask? I went to him months later and it was the same meal again...
:sick::sick::sick:

[DrewChan]

Remember I had take aways from the Chinese place below Stones in Durbanville.

It cost me +- R45 for sweet and sour something...... I did not eat more than one bite before I dumped it in the rubbish bin.

Hahahaha Tong Lok - its food is freaking terrible- sad though Tong Lok in Parklands (restaurant) is pretty decent

[biena]

Spur, crammed our party of 9 into a small booth, 15mins past not even drink orders, 30 mins later drinks ordered, a freaking half hour later the waiter rocks up to take the food order, at least the food only took 20mins arrived stone cold. when we finally left that was when the drinks came.

I wanted to walk out after the first 20mins, family convinced me to stay, was the last little straw, I now never visit any spur ever again. Manager did not care, head office did not respond.

My last memory of spur is cold disgusting food and pathetic service.

[Devill]

Hahahaha Tong Lok - its food is freaking terrible- sad though Tong Lok in Parklands (restaurant) is pretty decent

I must say it is really hard to Fsck up Noodles and fried whatever (meat).....

Think I will rather stick to the place above Slug and Lettuce (think it is a Simply Asia) :D

[Splice]

Any McDonalds

[House]

Debonairs - Nachos Pizza

[The_Librarian]

Spur, crammed our party of 9 into a small booth, 15mins past not even drink orders, 30 mins later drinks ordered, a freaking half hour later the waiter rocks up to take the food order, at least the food only took 20mins arrived stone cold. when we finally left that was when the drinks came.

I wanted to walk out after the first 20mins, family convinced me to stay, was the last little straw, I now never visit any spur ever again. Manager did not care, head office did not respond.

My last memory of spur is cold disgusting food and pathetic service.

Same thing happened to us. Went to Spur in Menlyn (some time last year). Got a table, then ordered drinks. After 10 minutes' waiting, we left.

[HapticSimian]

Primary school tour of the (then) Eastern Transvaal. Dinner at Merry Pebbles in Sabie. We were told we were having spaghetti bolognaise. What we were served smelt like Epol and tasted like sick... Don't think anyone had more than 2 bites; the second out of sheer desperation because we hadn't had anything to eat since morning.

[The_Librarian]

Any McDonalds

:D:D:D

Do they brainwash you, or what? Because you get a craving for that even though you know it taste :sick:

[mmmig]

the most vile and disgusting thing I ever tasted was the Fry's Pies cannot even believe they where selling such a foul tasting product

[MightyQuin]

Cantina Tequila in Edward Street, Tygervalley. "Mexican" food cooked by whomever had their finger raised next to the road that morning looking for casual work. I threw up in my mouth to get rid of the taste.

[BLIXEMPIE]

Any anchovy pizza. It's just wrong. The very smell makes me want to hurl.

When I was a small child, like 6 years old, I had an avo sandwich in the bath. I accidentally dropped the plate with food in the filthy bath water. Not wanting to disappoint my mom I ate the whole damn thing without her knowing. To this very day I HATE avo's.

And in the Spur in Menlyn we once had a salad valley dish, with whole pieces of glass inbetween the food. Chipped a tooth to nothing. Law suit followed.

[Devill]

Any McDonalds

I don't know.... at 3am after many drinks I think the sauce on the Delux burger hides the taste of the patties sufficiently.

[Korn1]

Some fish dish that a mates mom made,scoffed it quick only to get a 'you like' then another dunk of the stuff

[MartyMarts]

I'm amazed that Spur still exists. Spur has never failed to disappoint me on several occasions at various locations.

[Xmailer9]

i've never really been dissapointed by Spur. Always a good experience.

[MartyMarts]

i've never really been dissapointed by Spur. Always a good experience.

Seriously? Hmmm... any specific one you recommend? (in JHB)

[Devill]

i've never really been dissapointed by Spur. Always a good experience.

Had some good food there and some terrible food. They are very over priced though.

[b_crazy]

I'm amazed that Spur still exists. Spur has never failed to disappoint me on several occasions at various locations.

Why do you keep going back:wtf:

[Korn1]

Seriously? Hmmm... any specific one you recommend? (in JHB)

Try the one at peter place

[MartyMarts]

Why do you keep going back:wtf:

LOL good question. My SO and our friends usually convinced me that it was our best option at the time. I stopped "going back" eventually though :p

Maybe it's just me :o Maybe one of my ancestors had a bad day at Spur and I inherited that gene.

[MartyMarts]

Try the one at peter place

Hmmm... have to admit - it's a tempting idea :)

[Korn1]

Prob going on wed or sat with my sister and her bf :)

[The_Unnamed]

Prob going on wed or sat with my sister and her bf :)

I am not going anymore, let your sister know... :p

[MartyMarts]

Prob going on wed or sat with my sister and her bf :)

You see... It's like everyone goes to Spur and enjoys it so when I used to leave one feeling more than a little ripped off and didn't even lick my fingers - not even once, I kinda felt that maybe Spur isn't what everyone makes it out to be.

But like I said... maybe it's just me ;)

[The_Librarian]

offtopic posts moved to their own thread

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/400461-Good-places-to-eat

stay to the topic, thanks.

[samr1wp]

offtopic posts moved to their own thread

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/400461-Good-places-to-eat

stay to the topic, thanks.

just lay down the law :p

[Reiku_San]

Coming home from Splashy last year, we decided to stop off at a charming little eatery in Bulwer. Some local woman made these pies that are famous around the area. I ordered a pepper steak that was awesome until i noticed roach legs. Tugging at them with my fork i pulled out a whole roach.

Not knowing what to do and not wanting to freak out my 10 friends or so that were in the process of tucking in, i kept quiet until the end. Then of course i went bananas :)

[Elimentals]

Enterprize vienna with peanut butter.... Dont Ask, Oops you mean meal.

Where do I start.... lived in China for 3 years.

[MyWorld]

Was still a young 'un when we stayed over at this posh family.

The hostess had flu and could not smell a thing, she made us breakfast and this expensive pollony she used were off, bad, however you say it in English. The kitchen had a whiff of rotten meat, but I thought it should smell like that, until I took a bite... man was it bad! I forced my way through it (her husband was a doctor so I knew where the surgery was) while my mate just skipped it and went for toast.

She looked over at my mate: "Why aren't you eating your food?"
"Mam, I think the meat is off!"

She was so embarrassed that I finished it without a word. Had that after taste in my mouth for quite some time.
:(

[DarkSpectre]

Any Debonairs pizza. They taste bad. Chicken Tikka pizza... :sick:

[VernD]

Had Springbok Potjie at The Wild Fig last Thursday.

I'm not sure whether it was the combination of ingredients but it smelt off when it arrived. Despite that, I had some but it was :sick: . Since it was served in a small potjie, I left the rest of it. When the waitress came to collect the plates, she asked me whether there was something wrong with it because she saw that there was quite a bit left. To be polite, I just told her that I didn't fancy the taste :o

[syrrano]

1: Rice pudding made by a friend's mother :sick: :sick:
2: Wimpy burger :sick:

[ponder]

1: Rice pudding made a friend's mother :sick: :sick:


They should make a movie about this, novel concept. A pudding makes a human, kind like frankenstein in reverse.

[grantza]

Ok , so not my worst meal, but probably one of the most uncomfortable.
Ordered delivery from a fantastic italian restaurant - the best spaghetti bolognese on the planet - really heavy on the tomato.
Dinner arrives & i'm watching Saw V - not to be deterred i tried to enjoy both - but there is something that just does not feel right when long strands of spaghetti are going down your throat while someone's intestines are slipping out onto the floor !

[syrrano]

lol typo! fixed

[lilggg]

Any anchovy pizza. It's just wrong. The very smell makes me want to hurl.

When I was a small child, like 6 years old, I had an avo sandwich in the bath. I accidentally dropped the plate with food in the filthy bath water. Not wanting to disappoint my mom I ate the whole damn thing without her knowing.

And in the Spur in Menlyn we once had a salad valley dish, with whole pieces of glass inbetween the food. Chipped a tooth to nothing. Law suit followed.

Have u ever watched gummo? Should bring back some childhood memories. ;D

[Albereth]

I don't take crap from restaurants. No need to make a scene but they'll either do it until it is right or they can forget about being paid for it. That being said, I have had some decidedly average experiences - I just never go there again. The worst experience was glass in my food - big fat chunk and the owner of the restaurant expected me to actually pay for the meal too. They're not around any more.

Worst home meal was one that the maid cooked involving a really, really oily chicken. Vile. It wasn't her - it was the foodstuff. Parental units got an opinion on that one. Other than that food is usually fine with the odd average meal. Unfortunately I can't not go back :). Oh, the previous SO that used to boil chicken and boerewors is no longer around any more :p

And then, have I ever prepared a crap meal? Nope. Never. But I cannot bake a cake to save my life, I've made tiramisu that was runny and possibly made a sauce that was a tad too spicy for all of my guests. A bit of egg shell in the omlete is just part of it. And I'd suggest that if you are vegan you are well screwed.

A slight aside - when I was small I made my folks chocolate milkshakes first thing in the morning. Daft folk that they were insisted that I brought them coffee instead but I had used up all of the milk. Anyway, they got coffee made with some of the chocolate milkshake. Didn't get any complaints.

[HiToKiRi]

Anything Spur....

[The_Librarian]

A slight aside - when I was small I made my folks chocolate milkshakes first thing in the morning. Daft folk that they were insisted that I brought them coffee instead but I had used up all of the milk. Anyway, they got coffee made with some of the chocolate milkshake. Didn't get any complaints.

Interesting - must've given a different taste and texture to the coffee :D

As for the odd little bit of egg shell in food, you will get it & it's not life-threatening.

As for glass in food - no thanks.

[Devill]

Anything Spur....

I don't know. Their R20 Breakfast helps after a good night out :)

Saw someone else also mentioned the Steers ribs.... they are :sick:

[BGE]

Anything Spur....

Totally agree... was in JHB over Dec, went a Spur in Kempton Park... the idiots forgot to take one of the plastic interliners off the beef patty on my bil's burger, he said leave it, I said not a damn...

[biena]

anchovy anything :sick:

Place near me makes very nice pizzas one in particular that I like, the default is to put on this junk, forgot one order to tell them to leave it out, even after scraping the fish off I still couldn't eat the pizza.

why oh why do people contaminate any food with this !

[KingBel]

I don't know. Their R20 Breakfast helps after a good night out :)

Saw someone else also mentioned the Steers ribs.... they are :sick:

Those Steers riblets look so good on the menu... I had to try it...Big mistake!.. Worst ribs I have ever tasted.

[samr1wp]

Those Steers riblets look so good on the menu... I had to try it...Big mistake!.. Worst ribs I have ever tasted.

not sure how the non-halaal one tasted

but i had halaal ones and used to enjoy it other than the fact that for 600g of saucy ribs riot ...you get 500g bone

[Korn1]

not sure how the non-halaal one tasted

but i had halaal ones and used to enjoy it other than the fact that for 600g of saucy ribs riot ...you get 500g bone

True hahah.

Went to spur last night at Peter Place,was good! They ran out of the 350gram steak special so they gave (my dad and brother) the 500gram for the same price.

[Sinbad]

True hahah.

Went to spur last night at Peter Place,was good! They ran out of the 350gram steak special so they gave (my dad and brother) the 500gram for the same price.

Did you find that place hella noisy? The food there is decent but holy crap they overdo the "atmosphere"

[Korn1]

Did you find that place hella noisy? The food there is decent but holy crap they overdo the "atmosphere"

It can be,since when did they start the cowboy theme?

[Sinbad]

Ever since I've been there.

That stupid hodown all the waiters do makes me want to cry.

[Korn1]

Ever since I've been there.

That stupid hodown all the waiters do makes me want to cry.

Never noticed it before,maybe because we usually sit in the smoking section. Dude that hodown made me facepalm.