Hard Rock Cafe's

TrixieCat

When I was in Hong Kong we were stumbling home one night..late...and as we were walking past the Hard Rock Cafe, for whatever reason, one of us pulled on the door and it was open! :eek: But it was closed. We wandered around laughing, all drunk...poured ourselves a drink and left. lol

Mediocre food at best.

luxpjamer

Do be honest I like it. Maybe it's because we do not have HRC in my country. The food is better than McDonald or Burger King. I love the Hamburger with the guiness bread !!!! I remember that in paris there was a guitar from Soundgarden (or was it in Munich?).
Even if it is commercial, it's funny, what's funnier than to drink some beers, eating a Burger while singing along to some Rock music. And it's way better than Planet Hollywood.

luxpjamer

TrixieCat wrote:

When I was in Hong Kong we were stumbling home one night..late...and as we were walking past the Hard Rock Cafe, for whatever reason, one of us pulled on the door and it was open! :eek: But it was closed. We wandered around laughing, all drunk...poured ourselves a drink and left. lol

Mediocre food at best.

Seems that you had a great night!!!

dunkman

TrixieCat wrote:

When I was in Hong Kong we were stumbling home one night..late...and as we were walking past the Hard Rock Cafe, for whatever reason, one of us pulled on the door and it was open! :eek: But it was closed. We wandered around laughing, all drunk...poured ourselves a drink and left. lol

A drink!!! singular... are you kidding me?

p.s. thieving fuckers

Byrnzie

TrixieCat wrote:

When I was in Hong Kong we were stumbling home one night..late...and as we were walking past the Hard Rock Cafe, for whatever reason, one of us pulled on the door and it was open! :eek: But it was closed. We wandered around laughing, all drunk...poured ourselves a drink and left. lol

Mediocre food at best.

Just a drink?

Damn! I would have cleaned the place out - of booze, if nothing else. I'd have at least grabbed a few bottles of Jack or Jim from behind the bar.
I remember going to a house party in a small village in Hertfordshire once and a few of us walked down to the local village shop at about 3am or something for reasons unknown. It turned out that the shop door was unlocked so we went inside and had a blast. I remember carrying boxes of ice-creams back to the party.
Those were the days.

TrixieCat

dunkman wrote:

A drink!!! singular... are you kidding me?

p.s. thieving fuckers

We were already drunk.
Why be obnoxious about it.
And I didn't need to be sent to the Chinese equivilent of Sing Sing. :eek:

It wasn't about looting the place. Just having it to ourselves.

redrock

Byrnzie wrote:

Just a drink?

Damn! I would have cleaned the place out - of booze, if nothing else. .

I would have walked out with memorabilia... forget about booze! Well.. OK, maybe a bottle or two as well.

Byrnzie

TrixieCat wrote:

We were already drunk.
Why be obnoxious about it.
And I didn't need to be sent to the Chinese equivilent of Sing Sing. :eek:

It wasn't about looting the place. Just having it to ourselves.

Lightweight!

TrixieCat

Byrnzie wrote:

Lightweight!

Just not good at being a thief.
I think it was more along the lines of "Whoa! Someone forgot to lock the door!
Let's have a drink!"

You have to be careful in Hong Kong. There are roadsigns telling you to stay back from the curb or they will run you over! :eek:
This was a while back too...about 6 days before it was handed back to the Chinese...not as many English milling around, busting up the joint.

NOCODE#1

Byrnzie wrote:

Anyone else here completely baffled by the appeal of these money-spinning wank-joints that have absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with music, let alone 'hard rock' music?
I sat across the road from a new one that has just opened here in Seoul, and It occured to me that I wouldn't grace the place with my presence if they paid me.

Seriously, what's the deal? Am I missing something?

some great pj stuff in the one in NY (but that was 14 years ago on a field trip)

decides2dream

hard rock is like any other truly commercial/corporate restaurant. bland pseudo-american fare. i can think of hard rock, ruby tuesdays, fridays, etc...all in that same vein. i will admit, some of the corporate chains are FAR superior to others. we enjoy houlihans and pf changs, for example...and some smaller, regionalized chains too. they are not all 'evil'...and some have great food.


the only hard rock i've ever eaten in is the one in london. and sure, just as you describe...rather eh food, although cool enough memorabilia. funnily enough, i have never set foot in the one in NYC. just recently walked past it few weeks ago, closest i've been to it in years.

Heineken Helen

Hinny wrote:

Why would anyone go to these places in Paris when there's all that brilliant French food around?

:eek: I HATE the food in France... I lost about 2 dress sizes when I lived there cos I was on a liquid diet (ok, that's not completely cos the food was so bad). That was the skinniest I ever was and I hated it. Sure everyone was complimenting me and saying I looked great... but I could see my ribs :eek: It was horrible.

Anyway, lol, yip, we stayed in the hard rock hotel in Chicago... it was pretty cool. Nothing special, the rooms were quite grey and not very homely and the service and prices in the bar weren't great... but there was a good feel to the place, perhaps cos of the company. I think it was Jimi's guitar on our floor

redrock

Heineken Helen wrote:

:eek: I HATE the food in France...

:eek: Not enough boiled potatoes and cabbage for you?

Heineken Helen

redrock wrote:

:eek: Not enough boiled potatoes and cabbage for you?

There wasn't enough of ANYTHING for me . I really just did not enjoy it at all... and pretty much lived on panini's and salads. Eating out wasn't much fun at all there.

redrock

Bloody hell, Helen... you visit the country which is the epitome of true gastronomy and there wasn't anything you liked!!!! Damn girl... what kind of places were you trying to eat at!

Guess McDonalds and the Hard Rock for you everywhere then!

Heineken Helen

redrock wrote:

Bloody hell, Helen... you visit the country which is the epitome of true gastronomy and there wasn't anything you liked!!!!

No actually I've been to Italy a few times and NEVER had anything even half decent... it was ALL absolutely amazing

I ate out with friends quite a bit in France... the lady I was staying with cooked every evening traditional French stuff. I just literally did not have ONE nice meal in that city and I was there 4 months.

MattCameronKicksButt

Heineken Helen wrote:

There wasn't enough of ANYTHING for me . I really just did not enjoy it at all... and pretty much lived on panini's and salads. Eating out wasn't much fun at all there.

I must say, that is quite impressive, Helen. You sound like my mum. Next time, make sure you get MORE drunk and you'll enjoy the food much more.

redrock

Heineken Helen wrote:

the lady I was staying with cooked every evening traditional French stuff. I just literally did not have ONE nice meal in that city and I was there 4 months.

Remind me not to cook for you when you visit!

You do sound like a little old lady travelling and not appreciating anything, but saying 'I wish i was at home where I could get a decent cup of tea'!

Steve Dunne

LOVE HRCs. Love the ambience of it all. I also have a very small collection of pilsner glasses from different cities, which will look cool in my home bar someday.

Heineken Helen

redrock wrote:

Remind me not to cook for you when you visit!

You do sound like a little old lady travelling and not appreciating anything, but saying 'I wish i was at home where I could get a decent cup of tea'!

nope, I did eat the food for as long as I could til I realised panini's were much more enjoyable.

MCKB... trust me, I couldn't have GOT any drunker