Friends of Ham (Leeds City Centre)

• Muslims breaking their fast are a demanding bunch of folks
• Well aware that it is kind of my job to find superstars whose passion is to offer guests way more than the above
• Maybe I am in the wrong industry but I firmly believe that the role of the server is primarily to help people relax
• One personal horrific memory was asking a cantankerous old lady in Bella Pasta what exactly she meant when she had beckoned me over and ordered a &ldquo
• Being a waiter is largely dealing with nonsense like this
• T do much much to detract from what is essentially a repetitive
• All I would reply to the naysayers was that his bad day didn&rsquo
• The hotel I was staying in AND the train station
• Or on smaller tables with bench and cushion seating
• Murals of swine and cracked tiles are suitable eye candy
• A friend of ham is a friend of ours&rdquo
• The alcohol was loosening my tongue
• The place is exactly as you are imagining it
• What happened next is the only reason I could fathom for the complete flatlining of service afterwards
• The welcome was the last piece of discourse we had with Grumpy
• If you had to guess what the menu was printed on
• The second one is the only one on&hellip
• The system is far from clear if you&rsquo
• When I asked for a pint of lovely looking chocolate stout which was inconveniently third in accession to the tap
• What was more likely was the awesomeness of the beers providing what was in hindsight a welcome distraction from the increasingly negative atmosphere
• Stout from London was basically like drinking espresso
• My friend had some kind of strawberry pilsner which was basically like turbo Fruli
• All the drinks were sat down without a single word from Grumpy (the food was brought over by a cheery
• She even held the door open for us with her one good hand
• I keep coming back to my gut feeling that he is someone just not made for the industry
• Being diligently looked after by waiters who professionally overlook this nightly nonsense to deliver a level of service that our bearded friend couldn't even offer on his best night &mdash
• Not even if the room was full of paired up blondes giving him a hell of a lot of eye
• One place I keep going back to is Friends Of Ham
• Essentially a croque monsieur made with chorizo and cheddar bé
• Nduja Toast with Avocado Lime &
• M particularly obsessed with avocados and have developed a worrying addiction to spicy Italian sausage nduja over recent years too

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