Guest Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 (edited) just rang a Thai restaurant to book a meal for hubbie's b'day and I asked them if their eggs were free range. I was going to go for the veggie option but wanted to check the eggs because of the tempura batter etc. So, anyway, I asked the question and the guy said no but he also asked me if this was important to me. I explained about our girls and that it was extremely important to us and he said he would order some free range eggs in just for us and he would make sure that anything made for us was made with the free range eggs! He went on to say that all their chicken meat was free range but not the eggs. We're going to take a couple of photos with us on the night and have a little chat with him, he seemed really nice and interested in our girls so you never know, hopefully we can convert him! If not, it's nice to see that a restaurant cares enough to cater for the individual requirements of its customers. Just goes to show how important it is to ask that all important question! Edited February 4, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Good for you and im sure the pictures of your girls will persuade him to go the 'whole hog' and go totally free range Have a wonderful night out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanbb Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could get them to be completely free range Can't wait for you to tell us all how you got on. Well done on your work so far Poet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 that is a very nice and wonderful interaction, on both sides... Poet, I have a special request for you too, and if that's alright I'll pm you soon about it... will explain all in time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little chickadee Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Wow - that's brilliant Poet. Tell him to advertise the fact that his meat is all free range - that's a really good selling point. Hope you can convert him to free range eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 we don't eat out very often these days so it had to be right! I'll let you know how it goes and thanks for the nice comments Ziggy, I'm on tenterhooks now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Well done Poet . Just shows what you can achieve with a bit of polite communication . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatsCube Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Thats brilliant, someone who actaully values their customers as well. Funny though to have the expense of using free range chicken but not use free range eggs too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I think that there is a real market out there for restaurants and takeaways to introduce freerange options and advertise on the back of that. Enjoy your meal. I love Thai food Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little chickadee Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Just read a newsletter from Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall (or however you spell it) and the news is very good about people changing their buying habits. Apparently a lot of restaurants have had lots of people asking about where the eggs/ chicken comes from Keep it up everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMO Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Yey - great result Poet! Have a great evening! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 That's greta news and I'm glad this restaurant care so much about their customers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krysia Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Well done Poet and well done to the restasurant for caring enought o ask and be open to change. Does anyone one know about Turkey's? Are they kept the same way as chickens? We went out last week I asked if the turkey was free range they didn't know so I assumed it wasn't and had beef instead. Just wondering what the deal was? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannie Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Amazing Poet! I asked a waiter whether his chicken was free-range last night, and he said yes but I didn't believe him! Its a really easy thing for them to lie about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 well, we've just got back- had a table booked for 9pm and didn't leave till 11.50pm! You'd have thought we were some sort of VIPs! We were treated so well by the waiters and waitresses who were all asking about our girls and the owner, Mike (who I'd talked to on the phone) came over at the end of our meal to have a chat and look at the photos of our girls. Turns out he's a very ethical chap anyway (he mentioned some sort of water saving system they'd had installed in their loos and that their menus were printed on recycled paper and that he's trying to source biodegradable cartons for their take away meals etc etc) and has been thinking about going down the free range route for a while, some of the chicken they use is free range from a farm in Alderley Edge but they can't get enough from there so they get some from a farm with ndoor reared birds but higher standard. However, their eggs were not free range but he's going to speak to his suppliers on Monday about going free range! He wants me to keep in touch and he's kept the photos of the girls AND he gave us a free dessert. Banana fritters, made with the free range eggs he bought in for us! He was so nice and genuinely cared. I told him that once he's gone free range I'd get him added to the BHWT list of ethical places to eat. So, how's about that then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Does anyone one know about Turkey's? Are they kept the same way as chickens? We went out last week I asked if the turkey was free range they didn't know so I assumed it wasn't and had beef instead. Just wondering what the deal was? thanks I'm afraid so "Intensive Turkey Rearing Many people don’t realise that a large number of turkeys sold in Britain are reared just like broiler chickens, says Leah Garces, from Compassion in World Farming. She says that intensively reared turkeys live in dimly lit windowless sheds with as many as 25,000 other birds. And as they grow bigger they have less space between them." http://www.juliahailes.com/z-turkey-BBC.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milly Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 It sounds like a really good place to go - and it doesn't sound like the owner was just paying lip service to the idea of using free range chicken, but was really doing it! Milly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 i forgot to say, he said they also recycle the oil from the restaurant and he uses it to run his cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Glad to hear you had a lovely meal and what a nice man he sounds . A chap after our own hearts (that looks weird when you type it - is that what I mean ). I have to say, Poet, you are certainly following the advice from Mahatma Gandhi . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krysia Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Well done poet and thanks for the turkey info too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 thanks he was lovely, he even gave us the address of the Asian supermarket where they get their supplies as I'd expressed an interest in trying some dishes myself. He also gave us some of their home made chilli dipping sauce in a little carton to take home! Next time I'm in Lark Lane, which should be soon as I need to take some cards to that gallery (the restaurant was 'Chilli Banana' on Lark Lane by the way http://www.chillibanana.co.uk/content/liverpool) I'm taking him some of my cards and will pop in to say hello. Might take him some of our girls eggs too, for his own consumption obviously If I had a bigger flock, I might offer to supply him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missuscluck Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 What a great sounding place to go. Well done for asking about where his meat and eggs came from. What a great experiance, him being so interested in what you had to say about chickens, and being treated so nicley when you went to eat. Go Justine GO!!!! Chicken champ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 I'm hoping he does commit to going FR, I'll certainly keep in touch to see if he does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 If I had a bigger flock, I might offer to supply him That sound like as good a reason as any to get loads more girls He deserves to succeed. Wouldn't it be wonderful if he could open a chain of restaurants across the country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 If I had a bigger flock, I might offer to supply him That sound like as good a reason as any to get loads more girls He deserves to succeed. Wouldn't it be wonderful if he could open a chain of restaurants across the country trust me, if we had the room, I'd have a massive flock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...