Years ago when we were canalling we had a period of looking for a suitable pub for an evening meal every night. When you do that you become very familiar with the Brake Brothers reheats, and aware that nearly all pub food, cheap or dear, is very much based around the freezer, microwave, deep fryer and griddle. There was the occasional gastropub with proper cooking (as there were before the term "gastropub" was invented), but they were rare and expensive.
Although the idea had been to avoid cooking for ourselves, we soon decided we enjoyed it more.
Wetherspoons is predictably not brilliant, but how often do you get "brilliant" with a random pub meal?
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