Will (King) was telling me yesterday about a dinner he had up in town earlier this week (at some cool eatery no doubt). He's a regular there and said how he's noticed the demise of bottled water on the tables, so much so that when he was there earlier this week there wasn't a single bottle of water in sight, just glasses of tap water. Maybe restaurants should start calling it "eau de robinet" (French for tap water), to make it sound a little more sophisticated.
So what's brought about this change, is it everyone's realised that £4.50 for a £0.80 bottle of water is just crazy, especially in these times of credit crisis. Or is that people are seeing that sometimes bottled water just doesn't make sense. Well let's hope so.
Certainly when I was young bottled water was something you drunk when abroad, as the foreign tap water just couldn't be trusted. Whereas back home or tap water was second to none.
I still drink tap water, although I must confess I have had an inline filter fitted (it stops the kettle scaling up honest!).
However, I did still have a penchant for carbonated water (mixed with Apple juice, very refreshing) and so did have 'bottled water' lurking in my fridge.
Anyway, I'm pleased to say those days are now over as I've ordered myself a soda siphon from John Lewis (who have a huge range of them). When I was a kid and used to go and stay with my grandparents, my granddad used to have one and as a special treat I got to use a whole cylinder of gas up during my visit, which at the time was fantastic as it certainly made orange squash a lot more exciting. So I'm looking forward to it arriving, albeit with a twist of nostalgia.
