chefkicker Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 I remember going there a few years ago and everything about it was pleasant. The food was a bit heavy granted but I liked the Escoveitch particularly. The fried sweet potatoes and plaintains were tasty accompaniments if a little small in portion size. Reading all these negative reviews makes me want to check the place out for myself and see if the guy really has lost his marbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myduskyqueen Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 hi guys i have been to this restaurant and yes service can be hit and miss but i assume this is because he tries to give students a chance at work experience but the food is always lovely as he cooks it alone ,just give it a try and if you mention to him that you are not happy he normally does the job himself . I hope this helps dusky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2gr82btrue Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Restaurant fined for serving up 'poisonous' curry dish Magistrate Jacqueline Bevan told the restaurant owner though he was not at the restaurant when inspectors visited, a regime should have been in place to prevent any unsafe food being in the kitchen. Paul Barber, prosecuting, told the court inspectors visited the specialist African and Caribbean restaurant on July 23 last year after a complaint from a diner who had eaten there the previous evening. Various food samples were sent for testing at the Health Protection Agency's labs in Leeds and results showed poisonous bacteria in the mutton curry. Mr Barber said inspectors re-visited the restaurant in October last year, and found its food safety management system was not adequate and the chefs had failed to keep food temperature records. Dr Ogwudire, aged 43, of Fulwood Road, pleaded guilty to placing unsafe food on the market. Andrew Dalrymple, defending, explained Dr Ogwudire had to speak to inspectors on the phone when they visited in July 2009 as he was seeing a relative in hospital in Birmingham. He added this was his first offence after 16 years of running the business, and that the council had previously awarded the restaurant four stars out of five for hygiene. The court also heard Dr Ogwudire and members of staff had eaten the mutton curry the previous day and had not been ill. Mrs Bevan fined Dr Ogwudire £1,000 and ordered him to pay costs of £800 and a £15 victim surcharge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2gr82btrue Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 hi guys i have been to this restaurant and yes service can be hit and miss but i assume this is because he tries to give students a chance at work experience but the food is always lovely as he cooks it alone ,just give it a try and if you mention to him that you are not happy he normally does the job himself . I hope this helps dusky We told him we wasn't happy. But we had the sense to leave the premises. Even the promise of free food, which he even said we could cook ourselves didnt make us want to ever go to that place again. We are of carribean heritage and we expected at least a decent African/Carribean meal, but that wasnt the case. I dont know why that place is still open to be honest. It has to be the worst paid for meal we have ever eaten. Plus we found the boss to be very rude which didnt go down well. Dont ask us if i liked the food and then to argue with me over our opinion. I didnt see the article until after our visit. If I'd have known i woulds never have gone in the 1st place. A freind tried to warn us abut as i had already purchased vouchers we had to see for ourselves. What a mistake. I asked for our money back via telephone message but that was ignored. Honestly......dont go there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2gr82btrue Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 hi guys i have been to this restaurant and yes service can be hit and miss but i assume this is because he tries to give students a chance at work experience but the food is always lovely as he cooks it alone ,just give it a try and if you mention to him that you are not happy he normally does the job himself . I hope this helps dusky I dont go for a meal and expect it to be a hit or a miss. I expect a decent service. Isn't that what you pay for. We was shocked with the whole experience of UK Mama. It was truely embarassing, thats why we left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARDY1 Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 So now everyone has established that UK Mama is the place to avoid, can anyone recommend an African / Caribbean restaurant worth visiting ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2gr82btrue Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Perhaps The Star would like to know UK Mama has not improved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2gr82btrue Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 After allowing adequate time for Dr Godson Ogwudire to re-contact us in regards to a possible revisit. I have informed the Star Newspapers of our experiences via fax. Ogwudire also said we could have anything off the menu and let let us know so he could book us in. I rang on more than one occasion but he has decided to screen our calls. After hearing about the incident last year with a case of poisening myself and my daughter believed that a full refund is not unreasonable. Lets see what happens now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahiri Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 I tried this place once, it was decent but after reading the reports on here I wouldn't go back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ousetunes Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 I've only been once and that was years ago. The food was so dry I thought I was eating sand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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