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Going out in Bracknell – a comparative analysis

december 1st, 2007

Looking back at the past week, it occurred to me that there is a somewhat qualitative difference in the various establishments in Bracknell serving food and drinks. Two examples need to be mentioned:

McDonald’s in Bracknell is most likely the least well-functioning McDonald’s I’ve been to (seconded, I believe, by Thomas and Lars). Usually, there’s some oddity to marvel at (which is kind of sad, since life should really be about more than marvelling at oddities at McDonald’s ).

The first time I was there, Lars had a Big Mac almost void of dressing. This time, I thought I would try the new McFlurry. It should be said to their credit that I actually got this free with my menu as a student discount, but anyways, the picture on the posters hanging around the place showed what you would expect from a McFlurry – some chocolaty-stuff that has been blended and is now having its existence as small pieces of something mixed with ice cream – yummy! However, what my serving McDonald’s employee did was to add ice cream, add chocolate sauce, add the chocolate pieces, add the spoon, and serve it to me. I tried asking if it shouldn’t go into that machine they had with the McFlurry-label on it, but to no avail. So I devoured the ‘McFlurry’, but felt kind of cheated. This is what it looked like after I had stirred it around:

In comparison, there does exist what appears to be a restaurant chain called Frankie’s and Benny’s, which happens to be in Bracknell as well. The atmosphere is great – you feel like you’re in a US movie with the whole diner-style concept, and the deserts are excellent. I believe pictures will here serve as better explanation than words (notice the happy (?) looks on Lars’ and Serina’s faces):

Judge for yourselves – personally, I will not rule out the possibility of going into Bracknell for ice cream and brownies tomorrow

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