On holiday, in a tent, very wet, Pizza Express saved us
Surely, nobody wants to cook in a tent when its P** it down with rain and the kids are bored.
Well, not us anyway, so it was off to Monmouth to the delights of civilisation the Pizza Express way. Problem was, we'd never taken our 5-year-old there before, and he had fixed ideas of what a good restaurant comprised - there was only one and it had one location and one name!!!
Not to worry, one marguerita pizza later and he had a new favourite restaurant. Hope he doesn't insist we drive 100 back here from home every time we go out
The restaurant, like most Pizza Expresses we've been to is chic and in some way unique. This one is situated in the site of an old car showroom (1920's Morgan in fact). Rather than gloss over this with a corporate sheen, PE took it to heart an fitted the place out with large blue-print style piccies of said ancient jalopies.
So there you have it, you don't just have to stare at your pizza, your family and your eyebrows, you've got some nice vintage cars to look at as well.
Well done Pizza Express for helping to preserve a bit of history and not drowning us all in corporate land.
And, there was absolutely no engine oil on my pizza ;-) read more