THE GOOD GOURMET DELIVERY GUIDE...

BEWARE the Valentine's Day restaurant trap, however tender- hearted you may be. It is one of the worst occasions to eat out.

For most restaurateurs, it represents the first opportunity to make some money in the lean, mean post-New Year period, when people rein in their spending.

When that Valentine's button is pressed, men can be persuaded to override the "hard up" switch in their brains and start forking out for five-, six-, even seven-course packages with, at worst, brazenly overpriced champagne cocktails - and a clappedout Kenyan hothouse rose thrown in for good measure.

Since restaurants really want to pack us in, don't be surprised if you are so close to the couple at the next table that you can eavesdrop on their most intimate conversation.

You can also take it as read that you will be given an antisocial choice of a table at 6.30pm or 9.15pm. Just like conveyor-belt weddings and funerals, you'll be eating in shifts so several lucrative sittings can be fitted in.(Continue Reading)

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