The Wine Theatre | YOUNG & FOODISH https://youngandfoodish.com Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:55:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://youngandfoodish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/android-chrome-192x192-1-100x100.png The Wine Theatre | YOUNG & FOODISH https://youngandfoodish.com 32 32 Guardian critic likens squid to a Durex https://youngandfoodish.com/guardian-critic-likens-squid-to-a-durex/ https://youngandfoodish.com/guardian-critic-likens-squid-to-a-durex/#respond Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:55:25 +0000 http://youngandfoodish.com/?p=2205 In his review of The Wine Theatre on London’s South Bank, the Guardian’s Matthew Norman quotes the expert opinion of his dining companion, who says the squid salad “was like eating a well lubricated Durex.”

Is Norman overestimating his readers? The analogy is of limited value to those lacking the worldly knowledge of his companion, a music critic with 30 years of experience under his belt. I, for one, have never tasted a Durex, lubricated or otherwise, nor has my tongue ever met latex. Come to think of it there was that one night in Madrid….

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