There Will Always Be an England (Dog's Breakfast Department)
Nicholas Roe in the Torygraph:
Animal friendly restaurants: a dog's dinner - Telegraph: The venue for our unusual date is The Tempest restaurant in Christchurch, Dorset.... So off I go on my blind date, me and a sweet little 18-week-old pup called Muffin: part spaniel, part bichon frisé.... [R]estaurateur Alison Ferhi.... "We recently decided to welcome the whole family," she explains, "and it occurred to me that the whole family includes the dog. We have a child's menu so why not have one for dogs as well?"
Why not, indeed. And here are Muffin's choices as she finally lopes back to my side: chicken pieces with rice, vegetables and reduced-stock gravy, garnished with dog biscuits, £5; tuna chunks served with all the above, £5; or, for the discerning dog with ethical tastes, a vegetarian option at £3: rice, cheese and cream sauce, vegetables and cheese nuggets.
Muffin and I both opt for chicken from our separate menus - we are getting on like a house on fire now - though what follows is something of a dog's dinner, inasmuch as I try forcing Muffin up on to a chair so we can photograph her while eating my own chicken sfiria one-handed… and it is a challenge. She wolfs her food far too quickly then hurtles around the room sniffing chair legs, so Muffin's kind owner, the lovely Allyson Currie, has to step in and help...
