https://www.google.com/amp/s/uk.style.y ... 04757.html

I reckon that's an at home 3 course meal, not a restaurant one.
My 3 course at home would be
Starter, black pudding with scallops in a light mustard sauce
Main rare rib eye steak with peppercorn sauce, chestnut mushrooms, skin on chips ,grilled tomatoes.
Pudding (Desert for our Southern Clarets) Lemon meringue pie.
Restaurant
Starter, chicken liver pate on melba toast with side salad and cranberry sauce
Main, pan fried duck breast in a drambuie sauce, dauphinoise potatoes, savoy cabbage with some pomegranate seeds mixed in.
Pudding, vanilla panna cotta with a strawberry coulis and a couple of strawberrys and a shortbread biscuit.
Try putting that in the pre order screen at the Turf .
What's yours ?

Home starter: Prawns in garlic butter with toasted French Stick
Main: Cod wrapped in bacon with a cheese sauce with chilli new potatoes
Pudding: Jam roly poly and custard
Restaurant starter: Chorizo&Black pudding in a mustard sauce
Main:Beef Wellington, triple cooked chips and seasonal veg
Pudding: Syrup sponge and custard
Finish off with an Irish coffee

That article was not written by a mathematician! Shouldn't the percentages in each category add up to 100?

jtv wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 13, 2023 9:41 pm

That article was not written by a mathematician! Shouldn't the percentages in each category add up to 100?

Just give the meal selection

Starter.
King Prawns with smoked salmon and avocado.

Main
Angus fillet steak, rare to medium. Home made thick chunky triple cooked chips, sugar snap peas, seasonal vegetables and a peppercorn sauce on the side.

Dessert
Got to be home made Jam Roly poly and thick old school custard.

Lastly just to bust the gut... A cheeseboard of local and continental hard and soft cheeses, marmalade and blackcurrant jam with a bottle of Taylor's 10 year old Port.

Bliss.

Berni Inns would be proud!

If I'm going to the trouble of making roast lamb with roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, carrots, cabbage, beans, and gravy, then they can whistle for a starter or a pudding. Fil up on the main course and have the pudding for tea.

It Is What It Is wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 13, 2023 9:51 pm

Starter.
King Prawns with smoked salmon and avocado.

Main
Angus fillet steak, rare to medium. Home made thick chunky triple cooked chips, sugar snap peas, seasonal vegetables and a peppercorn sauce on the side.

Dessert
Got to be home made Jam Roly poly and thick old school custard.

Lastly just to bust the gut... A cheeseboard of local and continental hard and soft cheeses, marmalade and blackcurrant jam with a bottle of Taylor's 10 year old Port.

Bliss.

And a nice glass of Armanac brandy. With a Partagas.
And a blowie off Megan Fox.


Paradise.

Worst thread ever?............Just asking for a friend.

Starter
Yorkshire pudding and onion gravy
Main
Roast Beef with horseradish sauce, Yorkshire Pudding, Roast potato, Mash, Veg, onion gravy
Pudding
Cold Yorkshire pudding with sugar and custard

Home.

Buffalo Mozzarella caprese

Roast lamb, all the trimmings and yorkies

Eton mess

Away

Scallops and black pudding, light mustard sauce

King prawn linguine with cherry tomatoes and chilli. Basil pesto to dress.

Raspberry and white chocolate crème brûlée

1) Curry
2) Curry
3) Curry

Crispy duck with cucumber and hoi sin sauce with the pancakes
Steak and kidney pudding , chips, mushy peas and gravy
Rhubarb crumble with vanilla ice cream

Why do people like thick cut chips?

Nori1958 wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 14, 2023 10:05 am

Why do people like thick cut chips?

I think we're mainly talking triple cooked chips, which need to be thick for the process to work.. They're amazing when done properly. Fence Gate were one of the first places I was aware of who did them...

I don't really have any favourites when eating out, but I rarely opt for steak. I can cook a decent steak, so I tend to go for things that I wouldn't ordinarily have at home, or something that takes a bit of care to get to 100% perfection. If we're eating at the White Swan in Fence and fish is on the menu - I'll go for that as long as it's not salmon.

Anyhow, if I have to pick three, it would be something like this.

Starter. Something, something with scallops.
Mains: Something, something with fish.
Afters: Please bring me the cheese board.

jtv wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 13, 2023 9:41 pm

That article was not written by a mathematician! Shouldn't the percentages in each category add up to 100?

No, they're just highlighting the most popular choices, it's not an exhaustive list.

Leon_C wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 14, 2023 12:39 pm

I think we're mainly talking triple cooked chips, which need to be thick for the process to work.. They're amazing when done properly. Fence Gate were one of the first places I was aware of who did them...

The old chippies used to do triple cooked chips back in the day.

You just had to go at the right time. Get the first of the lunchtime batch and they were last night's chips put back in the fryer: Triple cooked chips!

Starter; Deep Fried Breaded Brie on a bed of Salad with Cranberry Jam
Main; A nice Sirloin or Rib-eye with Chips, Onion Rings, Baked tomatoes and some mushrooms (in Garlic butter).
Pudding; A nice piece of Apple Strudel with Ice Cream.

Washed down with a good rioja....

Leon_C wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 14, 2023 12:39 pm

I think we're mainly talking triple cooked chips, which need to be thick for the process to work.. They're amazing when done properly. Fence Gate were one of the first places I was aware of who did them...

Some of the thick cut chips I've seen are bigger than roast potatoes, chips should be the size you get them in a good chip shop.... Anything else is trying to be posh, and failing miserably

Rowls wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 14, 2023 1:25 pm

The old chippies used to do triple cooked chips back in the day.

You just had to go at the right time. Get the first of the lunchtime batch and they were last night's chips put back in the fryer: Triple cooked chips!

Is that just twice cooked?.... Plus they were horrible

Nori1958 wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 14, 2023 3:12 pm

Is that just twice cooked?.... Plus they were horrible

They're "cooked twice" initially. All chippies "cook" twice, that's just how you make chips. Third time is the re-heat.

Rowls wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 14, 2023 3:21 pm

They're "cooked twice" initially. All chippies "cook" twice, that's just how you make chips. Third time is the re-heat.

Not sure all chippies cook twice.... Not from what I've seen in the good ones... Fresh, uncooked potatos, into the fryer, and out as chips, just like at home

IanMcL wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 13, 2023 10:08 pm

Berni Inns would be proud!

I really miss Berni Inns, they were fantastic I’d love them to come back. Perhaps a Private Equity firm might do this, I think sometimes restaurant food has become too cheffy!
Anyway back to the subject in hand , a three course meal:
1st Course - A small salad niciose,( using tinned Tuna)
2nd Course - Sole Veronique , with mashed potato and cream piped into mounds and then grilled with Grated Comte., served with spinach
3rd Course - Tiramisu with slices of Mango.
Voila!

Starter: Garlic Mushrooms
Main: Lamb henry
Dessert: Jam roly-poly and custard

SouthLondonexile wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 14, 2023 4:17 pm

I really miss Berni Inns, they were fantastic I’d love them to come back. Perhaps a Private Equity firm might do this, I think sometimes restaurant food has become too cheffy!
Anyway back to the subject in hand , a three course meal:
1st Course - A small salad niciose,( using tinned Tuna)
2nd Course - Sole Veronique , with mashed potato and cream piped into mounds and then grilled with Grated Comte., served with spinach
3rd Course - Tiramisu with slices of Mango.
Voila!

That's not a cheffy meal at all

Had the best Nicoise I've ever had in Greece last week.
I know what you mean about tinned Tuna, but this was well salted fresh.

Evidently, Bernice Inns was sold to Whitbread and became Beefeaters.

I used to go to Berni Inns with my girlfriend/wife, for a treat. 3 courses and bottle of Moselle or Liebfraumilch. Those were the days.

Dressed up too. Much more refined than the cas of today.

Nori1958 wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 14, 2023 4:12 pm

Not sure all chippies cook twice.... Not from what I've seen in the good ones... Fresh, uncooked potatos, into the fryer, and out as chips, just like at home

Nah, they have two fryers. Or more likely, one fryer with two separate pans. One should cook the chips at around 160 for 8 - 10 minutes. This cooks the potato.

Then they go into the second tub with hotter oil (around 180) for a couple of minutes to crisp up the outside.

Take a look next time.

Better still, if you've got your own fryer do it yourself. Just be sure to shake them well in between their baths and ensure the temp is hot enough before the plunges. It's especially important for the second plunge.

Beefeaters are probably just about the best of the Premier Inn linked places. The worst is probably the Brewers Fayre (like the Queen Vic).

Rowls wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 14, 2023 6:57 pm

Nah, they have two fryers. Or more likely, one fryer with two separate pans. One should cook the chips at around 160 for 8 - 10 minutes. This cooks the potato.

Then they go into the second tub with hotter oil (around 180) for a couple of minutes to crisp up the outside.

Take a look next time.

Better still, if you've got your own fryer do it yourself. Just be sure to shake them well in between their baths and ensure the temp is hot enough before the plunges. It's especially important for the second plunge.

Proper chippies cut the potatoes, which fall into a bucket... Then into one fryer, come out as perfect chips if cooked correctly..... Inferior chippies might do it differently

Never make chips at home tbh

dougcollins wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 14, 2023 6:58 pm

Beefeaters are probably just about the best of the Premier Inn linked places. The worst is probably the Brewers Fayre (like the Queen Vic).

Have stayed in quite a few Premier Inns around the country and you are quite correct Beefeaters tend to be superior than the Brewers Fayre ... but must admit to enjoying the meal deals in both of them... pity the prices are getting a bit silly for the rooms though.

Premier inns, Beefeaters/Brewers Fayre. Always classy BC.

Out for meal

Fish cakes or a good old fashioned Prawn cocktail

A well done steak, chips, pea's, grilled Tomato, mushrooms, onion rings, peppercorn sauce

Tiramasu, sherry Trifle or Eton mess

Out on the p1ss

Kebab

Kebab

Kebab, God knows why I think they put something in beer to make you crave one

Takeaway

Curry

Next time we are playing in London ? Good refuelling point for the Accy Clarets coaches
https://www.gordonramsayrestaurants.com/petrus/menus/
I'm sure they'd put a couple of barrels of ale on if you asked nicely enough.

My favourite three courses are: Garlic Mushrooms, Rib Eye Steak and Chips, my wife serving them in a baby doll nightie.

Three courses: That'd be a pie a pint AND a Cornish pasty

Jamesy wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 15, 2023 11:44 am

My favourite three courses are: Garlic Mushrooms, Rib Eye Steak and Chips, my wife serving them in a baby doll nightie.

Is your wife the dessert?

bfcjg wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:48 pm

Is your wife the dessert?

Of course! But have to save the desert for a while, especially if it’s a big steak and flat mushroom and onion rings etc. Gut bustin!

Nori1958 wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 14, 2023 8:43 pm

Proper chippies cut the potatoes, which fall into a bucket... Then into one fryer, come out as perfect chips if cooked correctly..... Inferior chippies might do it differently

Never make chips at home tbh

They’re always cooked first at a lower temp. Then reheated to order at a higher temp which crisps them. They’re nasty and flimsy after the first fry.

Dyched wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 15, 2023 3:20 pm

They’re always cooked first at a lower temp. Then reheated to order at a higher temp which crisps them. They’re nasty and flimsy after the first fry.

We must have worked at different chippies

The one I did, the range had two fryers, one for chips, one for fish.... Chips were only ever cooked once from fresh. Didn't have the space or time to cook chips twice.... It was about 50 years ago though

Dyched wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 15, 2023 3:20 pm

They’re always cooked first at a lower temp. Then reheated to order at a higher temp which crisps them. They’re nasty and flimsy after the first fry.

So if I see a chippy where they pour raw chips into the fryer and then pull out cooked ones and sell them to me ...

Some chippies might do what you say, but by no means all.

Rowls wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 14, 2023 6:57 pm

Nah, they have two fryers. Or more likely, one fryer with two separate pans. One should cook the chips at around 160 for 8 - 10 minutes. This cooks the potato.

Then they go into the second tub with hotter oil (around 180) for a couple of minutes to crisp up the outside.

Take a look next time.

Better still, if you've got your own fryer do it yourself. Just be sure to shake them well in between their baths and ensure the temp is hot enough before the plunges. It's especially important for the second plunge.

Note also....the chipped potatoes should have been soaked in a bucket of water to get some of the starch out first... Then what you said.

poncey and pretentious thread.
i distrust anything from foodies.

Taffy on the wing wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 17, 2023 12:14 am

Note also....the chipped potatoes should have been soaked in a bucket of water to get some of the starch out first... Then what you said.

Yes, spot on. I'd actually blanche them by soaking them in boiling water if I can be bothered.

I suspect well over 99% of chippies don't bother and just use dry white which makes for acceptable chips.

Wile E Coyote wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 17, 2023 12:28 am

poncey and pretentious thread.
i distrust anything from foodies.

Eat healthily and you'll be happier and healthier. This is well documented.

Rowls wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 17, 2023 2:07 pm

Eat healthily and you'll be happier and healthier. This is well documented.

Not true. Some people eat healthily and die young. If you eat healthily, you are more likely to live long enough to enter a nursing home trying to remember your own name, but there's no guarantee.

dsr wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 17, 2023 2:14 pm

Not true. Some people eat healthily and die young. If you eat healthily, you are more likely to live long enough to enter a nursing home trying to remember your own name, but there's no guarantee.

I'd never thought of it that way before.

Of course you're 100% correct. You could be killed by a crazed gunman or struck by lightning

So we might as well eat junk food, be miserable and suffer chronic I'll health before dying early. I've seen the light and am off to buy cheap ready meals this instance.

Rowls wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 17, 2023 4:09 pm

I'd never thought of it that way before.

Of course you're 100% correct. You could be killed by a crazed gunman or struck by lightning

So we might as well eat junk food, be miserable and suffer chronic I'll health before dying early. I've seen the light and am off to buy cheap ready meals this instance.

Common misconception. It's possible to eat junk food and be happy and healthy and live long enough to be able to enjoy life any more, and also common to eat junk food and be happy and healthy and drop dead without the period of illness.

dsr wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 17, 2023 2:14 pm

Not true. Some people eat healthily and die young. If you eat healthily, you are more likely to live long enough to enter a nursing home trying to remember your own name, but there's no guarantee.

Ah yes, the people of Okinawa should take a leaf out of those living in the inner City of Glasgow on all things diet and nutrition. After all, it doesn’t matter