Public Address | Cafe | Random Play: Tune in, turn off and drink up https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address 3410 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-tune-in-turn-off-and-drink-up/?p=125228#post125228 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-tune-in-turn-off-and-drink-up/?p=125228#post125228

It's interesting to me that in most of the UK, the small private cafe typically provides food and service that are way worse than a typical chain.

I heard they make scrambled eggs with a coffee machine milk steamer!

]]> Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:10:34 +1200 Ben Austin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-tune-in-turn-off-and-drink-up/?p=125225#post125225 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-tune-in-turn-off-and-drink-up/?p=125225#post125225 I would agree somewhat Rich. I've found very few good cafes without a good deal of hunting about, so during the working week in the outer ring of London I have to go to places like Pret, Cafe Nero or Costa.

The NZ style of cafe just doesn't exist over…

]]> Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:20:47 +1200 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-tune-in-turn-off-and-drink-up/?p=125224#post125224 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-tune-in-turn-off-and-drink-up/?p=125224#post125224

never once a Pret a Manger

Why not? They do an excellent crayfish sandwich. You wouldn't get that for 10 bucks in NZ.

It's interesting to me that in most of the UK, the small private cafe typically provides food and service that are way worse than a typical chain.…

]]> Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:03:37 +1200 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-tune-in-turn-off-and-drink-up/?p=124626#post124626 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-tune-in-turn-off-and-drink-up/?p=124626#post124626 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:08:50 +1200 andin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-tune-in-turn-off-and-drink-up/?p=124586#post124586 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-tune-in-turn-off-and-drink-up/?p=124586#post124586

if you showed me a Spanish sitcom, or some Japanese current affairs, or an Israeli crime drama, I wouldn't have the faintest idea what was going on.

But you'd be able to tell it was a "sitcom" or "current affairs" or "crime drama" (usually they have guns)

But if you…

]]> Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:28:50 +1200 John Fouhy https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-tune-in-turn-off-and-drink-up/?p=124579#post124579 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-tune-in-turn-off-and-drink-up/?p=124579#post124579 At the risk of being obvious: if you showed me a Spanish sitcom, or some Japanese current affairs, or an Israeli crime drama, I wouldn't have the faintest idea what was going on.

But if you show me some guys playing sport, even if the commentation is in foreign and…

]]> Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:12:40 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-tune-in-turn-off-and-drink-up/?p=124578#post124578 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-tune-in-turn-off-and-drink-up/?p=124578#post124578 Discussion from blog post.

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