Nandos is HQ'd in South Africa. It uses a complex corporate structure to avoid paying UK corporation tax. Harvesters is owned by Mitchells & Butlers, which doesn't. My personal recommendation would be for you to eat in a Greene King establishment, like their Hungry Horse brand. (I've got shares).
How topical! Just got in after doing Nando's following an afternoon cinema session (Jungle Book - 3D IMAX, very good!). Only the second time I've ever eaten in one and it will definitely be the last! What's the fuss all about?
Nandos is HQ'd in South Africa. It uses a complex corporate structure to avoid paying UK corporation tax. Harvesters is owned by Mitchells & Butlers, which doesn't. My personal recommendation would be for you to eat in a Greene King establishment, like their Hungry Horse brand. (I've got shares).
Feel the tax point although didn't they start with their first branches in SA? Not that should be a reason not to pay pwopa tax
Hungry horse. I am sorry but I'd rather eat from a bin. Been to 2 venues and they were dirty and the food was disgusting. Worst steak I've ever had, it was only useful as a Frisbee
*1 piece chicken; 3 wings; 3 ribs; chips; drink, for like £3.49.
Anyway. Yeah, I enjoy a Morleys every now and then - same goes for those red, white and blue generic chicken huts that tend to be called something along the line of:
Piri piri chicken evolved into what we have today in Guia, in the municipality of Albufeira in the 60s. Restaurant Ramires claims to have been the first. It was based on old African recipes that came from the former Portuguese colonies Mozambique and Angola. Proper piri piri chicken is served on the bone (anything else is just "chicken breast in hot sauce") with chips and salad (either lettuce, tomato, onion and oregano, or just tomato and onion). Each restaurant will have their own special mix of sauce on the table that you can add yourself if the marinade is not hot enough for you. You should pay around €6 to €7 for it. Nandos is a South African fast food chain that serves chicken.
Actually Algarve piri piri "is a blend of aromatic spices, bonded together by the tears of Portuguese widows that have lost their husbands at sea, el hombre est á muerto".
Piri piri chicken evolved into what we have today in Guia, in the municipality of Albufeira in the 60s. Restaurant Ramires claims to have been the first. It was based on old African recipes that came from the former Portuguese colonies Mozambique and Angola. Proper piri piri chicken is served on the bone (anything else is just "chicken breast in hot sauce") with chips and salad (either lettuce, tomato, onion and oregano, or just tomato and onion). Each restaurant will have their own special mix of sauce on the table that you can add yourself if the marinade is not hot enough for you. You should pay around €6 to €7 for it. Nandos is a South African fast food chain that serves chicken.
Actually Algarve piri piri "is a blend of aromatic spices, bonded together by the tears of Portuguese widows that have lost their husbands at sea, el hombre est á muerto".
And to be eaten while listening to the plaintive lament of a fado singer, of course...
Made my own last night. Spatchcocked a chicken (that will traumatise me forever), marinaded it, put it onna George foreman BBQ I have in my balcony... When I came to put it on my plate I realised it was about 10 times the size of anything I've ever had from nandos.
Smashed it though. I can also do their rice better than them.
Will still probably go their again because it's so easy and convenient... But I'd rather do it at home.
Piri piri chicken evolved into what we have today in Guia, in the municipality of Albufeira in the 60s. Restaurant Ramires claims to have been the first. It was based on old African recipes that came from the former Portuguese colonies Mozambique and Angola. Proper piri piri chicken is served on the bone (anything else is just "chicken breast in hot sauce") with chips and salad (either lettuce, tomato, onion and oregano, or just tomato and onion). Each restaurant will have their own special mix of sauce on the table that you can add yourself if the marinade is not hot enough for you. You should pay around €6 to €7 for it. Nandos is a South African fast food chain that serves chicken.
Actually Algarve piri piri "is a blend of aromatic spices, bonded together by the tears of Portuguese widows that have lost their husbands at sea, el hombre est á muerto".
And to be eaten while listening to the plaintive lament of a fado singer, of course...
....and then go home and cheer yourself up with some johnny cash and Leonard Cohen party classics
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Harvesters is owned by Mitchells & Butlers, which doesn't.
My personal recommendation would be for you to eat in a Greene King establishment, like their Hungry Horse brand. (I've got shares).
Hungry horse. I am sorry but I'd rather eat from a bin. Been to 2 venues and they were dirty and the food was disgusting. Worst steak I've ever had, it was only useful as a Frisbee
Chicken George!
Smashed it though. I can also do their rice better than them.
Will still probably go their again because it's so easy and convenient... But I'd rather do it at home.