Popular Culture
Nando's is mentioned extensively in a chapter of I Partridge: We Need To Talk About Alan, a comedic biography of fictional UK broadcaster Alan Partridge. Partridge reveals his love for the restaurant's food - he is notoriously fond of chicken and chips of any sort - and outlines his unique strategy for overcoming the inevitable delays in getting one's food at a Nando's, given the chain's (to him) over-complicated ordering system.
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