The day we all took a trip to the Roman Baths I had a great
meal at the Roman Bath Kitchen. It was full service, as in we had a server. I
noticed that when a server brought us our drinks, they all had ice in the
water, but the other people eating around me didn’t have ice in their water. It
was interesting because I hadn’t asked for ice in my water; she just kind of
gave it to us possibly because of our accent. I like ice in my water, so I’m
not complaining. I just thought it was interesting that she tried to adjust to
what we are accustom to. So of course I got the most American thing on the
menu, chicken with green beans and mashed potatoes. Then I also asked them to
take off the mushroom sauce it originally comes with, I’d rather be safe than
sorry. When the food came out it looked amazing, it was half of a roasted
chicken lying on a bed of mashed potatoes with green beans wrapped in bacon.
The first thing I tried were the mashed potatoes, they were very good. Compared
to the U.S. the mashed potatoes were a little more mashed rather than a little
more solid. They were very good though. The next thing I tried was the chicken,
and it must have been the way it was prepared but it almost looked like there
was a hint of pink throughout the whole chicken, not like a white meat chicken.
It was still attached to the bone, so I had to peal it away from the bone to
eat the chicken, but after working to peal it all off the bone, the taste was
totally worth it. It tasted a lot like something I would get in America, but it
was also a little different. The chicken pealed right off the bone, which was
good. By this time I had noticed that my water was getting a little low, but I
kept eating. Next was the green beans wrapped in bacon. I’m generally not a big
bacon fan, but I went ahead and tried it. The green beans tasted completely
different from what I am used to, they weren’t cut or seasoned much. It was
almost like they were baked in with the bacon. When I took my first bite it the
texture was normal but it seemed like they were rubbery and very chewy. I took
another bite, then tried to eat some of the bacon, but all I could see was a
lot of fat in the bacon. I just didn’t want to be digesting fat into my body so
I put the bacon wrapped green beans down and drank the last of my water. I was
surprised to see that the server had not refilled any of our glasses. Although
they were all close to being empty, the server still didn’t fill them up. I was
probably the only one to notice because I’ve been a server and a main task is
to always make sure the guests have a full glass to drink from. I didn’t ask
for more water, but it still makes me wonder, maybe they only gave one glass to
drink…
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