Wetherspoon is criticized for the most ‘basic food ever’ after serving anemic-looking bao bun and chicken finger: ‘People in Asia are crying’
The latest edition of Wetherspoon’s food menu has been criticized for being ‘incredibly boring’ and ’embarrassing’.
The pub chain introduced Bao Buns as part of its affordable Small Plates range, described as ‘traditional Asian steamed buns with spicy crispy chicken’.
Reddit user u/Yougotsnail posted image of their ‘pathetic’ serving of bao buns on the subreddit r/CasualUK, which has since received more than 220 comments and 1,500 votes from amused regulars who poked fun at the concoction.
The hungry guest at an unnamed Wetherspoons branch seemed distressed, but not entirely horrified, by the sandwiches, with the caption: ‘I didn’t even get coriander or chilli! Only one piece of onion! Nice.’
The photo shows a rather pale pair of steamed bao buns placed side by side in a basket.
The pub chain introduced Bao Buns as part of its affordable Small Plates range, described as ‘traditional Asian steamed buns with spicy crispy chicken’
Each bun is split open to reveal a strip of crispy fried chicken, sitting on dollops of Japanese katsu curry sauce.
Most alarming, however, as many Redditors noted, is the single measly piece of red onion placed beneath the chicken pieces – leaving many to wonder why chefs had bothered to include this in the meal in the first place.
Commenting on the photo, someone wrote: ‘Just the single strip of red onion in one, and f*** all of it in the other.
‘It’s that attention to things that makes me wonder what actually happens in the kitchen.’
Another surprised person joked: ‘F*****g, that’s depressing. A goujon in a cardboard fold,” while a third wrote: “I think that lone piece of onion may have been lost on the way to an even less tasty meal.”
One Brit joked: ‘This is why the rest of the world thinks we have no taste and that mayonnaise is spicy.’
Meanwhile, two people of Asian descent took umbrage at the outcome of Wetherspoons’ Chinese-inspired offering.
One said: “People in Asia are crying at this photo, so am I,” while another joked: “As a person of Chinese descent, I don’t want to have eyes right now.”
A hunger diner in a Wetherspoons branch seemed saddened but not entirely horrified by the sandwiches, with the caption: ‘I didn’t even get coriander or chilli! Only one piece of onion! Nice tbf’
The Wetherspoons customer’s post has since attracted more than 220 comments and 1.5,000 votes from amused regulars who poked fun at the brew
In other news, two avid Wetherspoons fans decided to sample what each branch has to offer – and embarked on a mission to visit every branch in Britain.
Alan and Agnes Forbes, 63 and 46, successfully completed their mission after visiting all of the chain’s 900 locations across the country in eight years.
The couple became addicted to finding Wetherspoons pubs wherever they went to view the beautiful architecture of many of the buildings, with the highest number of branches visited in one day being eight.
But according to the couple, it is the carpets that have a ‘huge appeal’, with each spoon having an individually designed pattern to suit the building, environment or person the pub is named after.
Each bespoke carpet is handmade on a traditional loom by Devon-based luxury carpet manufacturer Axminster Carpets and costs up to £30,000.