This
just opened down the road from me in Oldham.
It
sits over the road from The Taj Mahal takeaway. You know, next to the
other Indian takeaway. And the Chinese. Which leads onto the Subway,
the Pizza Hut Delivery, the chippy and a number of other Asian
takeaways. In fact, after chowing down in the Colonel's new outlet, I
did a quick count-up of fast food joints on that section of
Huddersfield Road. Within about 100 metres, there's a grand total of
17 fast food eateries.
There
are plenty of other takeaways like this across the borough. There are
plenty other nearby streets like this as well. In fact, you could say
the whole town is “saturated” with them. Boom boom.
Is
this why “41,000
people in Oldham are obese (Body Mass Index (BMI) >30), with an
additional 36,000 men and 31,000 women overweight (BMI 25 – 30).”
http://www.oldham.gov.uk/jsna_5_health_related_behaviour.pdf
The
other question is, why do I keep banging on about fast food on my
blog? And why do I keep trying out these outlets as they open? I
especially shouldn't, seeing as I spend a large portion of my life in
one gym or another, trying to get back to the (pretty impressive)
shape I was in before I moved out. And it's not like I don't know
what I'm going to experience in these restaurants. Also, a good
number of my posts are about working out, and aside from that I write
about Manchester, not Oldham. Hmm.
Regardless,
I gave the Colonel one chance to redeem himself. The new restaurant
is clean and smart. The staff are friendly. The food tastes good.
I've no complaints. KFC is KFC. But seriously, that's quite enough
fast food joints on Huddersfield Road, thanks. There might be one
space left for a liposuction clinic. If it keeps its prices modest,
it will have a LOT of business.
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