Mahow's all new, all new, all new food thread

[Giggles]

I didn't have mine til this morning. I'd nothing to put on them though so didn't really enjoy them.

[niko_cee]

It'll be Irn Bru and Buckfast in the mix next.

[Disco]

You don't put sugar in the mix you maniacs, what if some people are having savoury toppings/fillings?

[Jimmy Floyd]

People do savoury crepes here. I tell them to get to fuck and pass the Nutella.

La fromage dedans always tastes like sugary bollocks anyway.

Nutella though. Ugh. Ferrero Rochers were ruined for me recently when I was informed that the stuff inside them is literally Nutella.

[Toby]

You don't put sugar in the mix you maniacs, what if some people are having savoury toppings/fillings?

I make pancakes for me, not "some people", and invariably have them sweet. If I want savoury I'll make an omelette.

[Giggles]

You'll have then the way this shower of cunts says you should have them Tobes.

[Disco]

You'll have then the way this shower of cunts says you should have them Tobes.

I'm surprised you don't just eat the raw ingredients, cooking something risks you actually enjoying it.

[Giggles]

I'm surprised you don't just eat the raw ingredients, cooking something risks you actually enjoying it.

I enjoy them immensely. Why would you think I don't? I would hardly make them at all if I didn't you silly boy.

[Toby]

I'm surprised you don't just eat the raw ingredients, cooking something risks you actually enjoying it.

It's you lot who can't enjoy your sugarless pancakes for what they are.

[wullie]

Pancake Day pancakes are little thin fellas with lemon and sugar. I don't think I have them any other day, thinking about it. I've had the big stack of pancakes with syrup in the US, but that's more of a 'when in Rome' thing.

[Disco]

It's you lot who can't enjoy your sugarless pancakes for what they are.

I'm advocating not adding sugar precisely so I can have savoury pancakes. :cab:

[Disco]

I enjoy them immensely. Why would you think I don't? I would hardly make them at all if I didn't you silly boy.

Because the way you post makes you appear as a joyless git with no imagination.

[Giggles]

And that stretches to pancakes? Jesus Christ.
I wouldn't mind if I'd said I refused to ever try them with anything on. I can be sour as fuck but lot really need to thibk for yourselves and change the record when it comes to absolutely everything. This place isn't the gospel according to John you know.

[Toby]

I'm advocating not adding sugar precisely so I can have savoury pancakes. :cab:

Hey, if you need all those toppings to make your bland panbread edible, I'm not one to judge, but me and Giggles here are cheerful enough to appreciate our pancakes for their own qualities.

[Jimmy Floyd]

And that stretches to pancakes? Jesus Christ.
I wouldn't mind if I'd said I refused to ever try them with anything on. I can be sour as fuck but lot really need to thibk for yourselves and change the record when it comes to absolutely everything. This place isn't the gospel according to John you know.

No, but as Mark 16:15 clearly states: 'Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation ;)'

[Disco]

Hey, if you need all those toppings to make your bland panbread edible, I'm not one to judge, but me and Giggles here are cheerful enough to appreciate our pancakes for their own qualities.

No you're not, you're adding sugar. :dc:

The point of not sweetening the mixture is that you can have both in the same sitting. I thought you'd be all for a bit of diversity, not so progressive when it comes to pancakes though eh?.

[Giggles]

I've just put a beef and stout stew on. Smells fucking class already.

[Toby]

#PlainPancakesMatter

[Disco]

I did my thesis on pancakes but only my mum and next door neighbour have read it, does that count?

[randomlegend]

Was it reviewed by a panel of pancake experts?

[Toby]

:D

I was going to make a joke on those lines when RL chucked up his Google results.

[Giggles]

Pancakes were Googled? I missed that.

Oh dear.

[randomlegend]

:D

I was going to make a joke on those lines when RL chucked up his Google results.

Presumably you realised you'd be questioning the credibility of Delia and bucked your ideas up sharpish.

[Disco]

Was it reviewed by a panel of pancake experts?

I'm not sure about peer review but mum did meet the Earl of Shaftesbury once.

[Lewis]

Your dad sounds rather full of himself.

[Disco]

My dad is more credible than your dad.

[Toby]

Presumably you realised you'd be questioning the credibility of Delia and bucked your ideas up sharpish.

Her and Mary Berry, so on your side you've really just got senile old biddies who probably learned how to make them before sugar was actually available in this country.

[randomlegend]

What an absolute fucking heathen.

[Lewis]

I decided that I'm going to use Hollywood Paul Hollywood's soda bread recipe, but it requires buttermilk. Nowhere in Hedon sells that, Asda don't sell it, and the big Tesco doesn't sell it (they also don't sell gold top so their milk game is appalling). I bet Morrisons sell it; but if I'm there I could just buy the soda bread and save myself the aggro. This is why nobody fucking bakes.

The internet sez that you can just sour milk with lemon juice as a buttermilk substitute, but I am wary of things like that. Please advise.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Did you ask someone or just go to where the milk is and look yourself?

I've found that buttermilk is usually with the single/double/clotted cream etc.

[Lewis]

I know they used to have it, because I picked some up a while back and it was open and it made my hand stink, but tonight it was missing and the person on the fridge told me they've stopped selling it. WELL THAT'S FUCKING HANDY ISN'T IT MATE?

[Lewis]

So I bought some white Milka and a couple of egg custards for the dog and left. Bastards.

[niko_cee]

I'm not sure the buttermilk really does anything that yoghurt, creme fraiche, cream or milk wouldn't. it's just one of those things for awkwardness.

[John]

Feeding egg custard to a dog sounds like a recipe for a nuclear disaster.

[Lewis]

My mother dropped one once and he had practically inhaled it before she could stop him, so they're probably his favourite thing now.

[Boydy]

I thought ice cream was his favourite.

[randomlegend]

I'm not sure the buttermilk really does anything that yoghurt, creme fraiche, cream or milk wouldn't. it's just one of those things for awkwardness.

No it isn't, it's acidic to react with the bicarb.

You can apparently use some milk soured with lemon juice.

[Giggles]

I'm not sure the buttermilk really does anything that yoghurt, creme fraiche, cream or milk wouldn't. it's just one of those things for awkwardness.

Fucking hell, if I posted that we'd be on post 635 by now.

[Spoonsky]

Oreo Thins are a game changer.

[Lewis]

The soda bread is in the oven. I'm already never bothering again (the fucking buttermilk cost more than the Morrisons loaf), but if it's shit I'm going to be seething.

[igor_balis]

soda bread is quality

[randomlegend]

I sort of hope it's shit just because the seethe will be more entertaining than if it's gone well.

[Giggles]

It will be immense :drool:

[Lewis]

Five minutes to launch...

[Lewis]

Maybe more. I'll protest Hollywood Paul Hollywood's next 'baking and banter' tour if it fails.

[Lewis]

'You know that terrorist who won last time? Well, I remember when Mary first saw her...'
'WHAT ABOUT MY BREAD, HOLLYWOOD, YOU SCOUSE BASTARD?!'
'.....'
'WHAT ABOUT MY FUCKING BREAD?!'

[Lewis]

It's looking good (it looks like bread, so I'm not pissing about with pictures), so the seethe will have to wait until it cools.

[Lewis]

It's pretty great. I'm officially TTH's best baker now.

[igor_balis]

Isn't that smiffy?

[Giggles]

Isn't that smiffy?

Difference between baking and baked.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

http://metro.co.uk/2016/02/09/michelin-starred-chef-tells-customer-who-wrote-scathing-review-shed-be-better-off-watching-man-v-food-5671342

Purnell :cool:

[Magic]

Two venison sausages and a tattie scone for tea. Am I legible for food bank visits now?

[Spammer]

As part of giving up meat for lent I'm having a tofu spag bol :uhoh:

Will report back.

[Disco]

I've never really understood the fascination with trying to recreate meat based dishes without the meat, it's almost always disappointing. Why not just make one of the million things that don't have any meat in them?

[Spammer]

Like what?

[simon]

A salad.

[Spammer]

Indeed.

I want something hefty. Something that'll fill me up properly. I also batch cook a few days' worth of food at once. Best way of doing all that as far as I can see is cooking something proper but with a meat substitute.

[randomlegend]

Christ.

[Lewis]

One of my housemates in Norwich was a vegan (he was just an embarrassment all round really) and he seemed to spend all afternoon preparing his wanker meals. I would live on cheese and onion pasties and crisps.

[randomlegend]

One of my housemates in Norwich was a vegan (he was just an embarrassment all round really) and he seemed to spend all afternoon preparing his wanker meals. I would live on cheese and onion pasties and crisps.

You'd not make a very good vegan.

[Toby]

I've never really understood the fascination with trying to recreate meat based dishes without the meat, it's almost always disappointing. Why not just make one of the million things that don't have any meat in them?

Yeah it really is crap, even more so when people use straight meat substitutes like Quorn instead of adapting even so far as to replace it with veg or pulses or whatever else.

Sadly hasn't been updated in ages but there are some great vegetarian recipes through the archives here: http://www.foodhappy.ca/

[Spammer]

It's worked for me so far. Quorn is decent but quite expensive so I'm trying tofu instead. I can't imagine it fucking the meal up that much, but we'll see.

[Boydy]

Just get supermarket own-brand veggie mince.

[Lewis]

You'd not make a very good vegan.

Nobody would know.

[Spammer]

Morrison's don't do it, as far as I'm aware.

I've only ever seen Quorn veggie mince tbh.

Edit: oh my shit https://groceries.morrisons.com/webshop/product/Morrisons-Meat-Free-Mince/248429011?from=search&tags=%7C105651%7C19996&param=mince&parentContainer=SEARCHmince_SHELFVIEW

[Giggles]

I like most of the Quorn stuff but the mince is woeful.

[Spammer]

I don't really get that. Mince is usually used amongst other things which would mask its taste, so I'd have thought you'd notice the difference less. Like in spag bol, for example. I've had a Quorn burgers which are nice but you can obviously taste the difference, whereas in spag bol it isn't really noticeable to me.

And on that note, tofu was alright in the spag bol. I do prefer mince, but it's lent innit.

[Giggles]

I don't really get that. Mince is usually used amongst other things which would mask its taste, so I'd have thought you'd notice the difference less. Like in spag bol, for example. I've had a Quorn burgers which are nice but you can obviously taste the difference, whereas in spag bol it isn't really noticeable to me.

And on that note, tofu was alright in the spag bol. I do prefer mince, but it's lent innit.

I was surprised too. I just found I had to add absolutely loads to it to get any flavour. I regularly eat the lamb style strips and Swedish balls though, they're so handy for a quick tea. The family roast is :drool: too.

[Giggles]

Also, do you (as in English) do lent? I didn't realise you did.

[Spammer]

I think it's a general Christian thing, rather than any particular country. I'm not a Christian but my housemates are and they're getting on it so i've jumped on the bandwagon.

[Giggles]

I think it's a general Christian thing, rather than any particular country. I'm not a Christian but my housemates are and they're getting on it so i've jumped on the bandwagon.

Ah right, I thought it was only a catholic thing.

[John]

A good bolognese should build on the flavour of the meat, not mask it to such an extent that non-meat can replace it seamlessly.

There's a bar/restaurant/shop in Glasgow with an entirely vegan menu in which I tried a substance called 'seitan'. It's a meat replacement which doesn't make you immediately want to kill everyone involved in the supply chain and is actually quite close to beef in terms of consistency, in comparison to Quorn and the like at least. I had a burger of it and tried some chilli that a friend had ordered, both of which were like versions of those dishes produced with slightly lower quality beef.

[randomlegend]

There was a meat substitute my girlfriend got a couple of times which was actually pretty decent imitation for chicken, at least texture-wise. I think she got it from Waitrose but they stopped it. Can't remember what it was called.

[phonics]

It's controversial but I think that a three bean burger is superior to an actual burger. You can't replicate that crunch and this serialising of burger restaurants is proving that no matter what one you order it's going to be 7/10 fare.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

As part of giving up meat for lent I'm having a tofu spag bol :uhoh:

Will report back.

http://www.sbs.com.au/food/recipes/crisp-tofu-cooked-tomato-pepper-sauce-dau-hu-sot-ca

I've made that a few times and it's damn tasty.

[Ian]

There was a meat substitute my girlfriend got

I bet there was/oioi.

[Ian]

Went to the Brewdog place in Merchant City yesterday and shared their "Trinity sampler" (https://www.brewdog.com/admin/js/libs/tinymce/plugins/moxiemanager/data/files/Menu.pdf).

Was absolutely delicious and I'm not sure I really want to eat anything else ever again.

[Giggles]

That menu looks amazing. I never knew that's what those places did.

[Adamski]

Went to the Brewdog place in Merchant City yesterday and shared their "Trinity sampler" (https://www.brewdog.com/admin/js/libs/tinymce/plugins/moxiemanager/data/files/Menu.pdf).

Was absolutely delicious and I'm not sure I really want to eat anything else ever again.

I got that when I went there too. Plus burnt ends :cool:

[Giggles]

I've just done up my paste for a vindalu for tomorrow. Smells so good.

[Giggles]

I got that when I went there too. Plus burnt ends :cool:

http://bisonbar.ie/bbq/

This place here has a similar menu but those prices are awful and it's hipster central. For some reason, all the Texas BBQ spots attracted them in droves from day one.

[Adamski]

Insert party line.

[Giggles]

The main practical reason it's a pain is because they tend to like to sit for a very long time over the end of a drink after their meal, which makes it a lot harder to even get a table in a place that doesn't do bookings.

[Boydy]

Not doing bookings does seem to be a hipster thing and it's fucking stupid.

[Disco]

That's the fault of the restaurant though, not the customers.

[Giggles]

None of the three bbq places will take a booking. One of them is totally off the scale with drinks in jamjars, soap in sauce bottles, and all that shite, but it's probably the meanest and worst of the them anyway.

[Dquincy]

It doesn't matter how many times i have it, whenever i eat asparagus the next time i pee the smell always catches me off guard.

Not sure if i like it or hate it.
Giggles - Vindaloo Paste? Nice. Have you toned down the spice, or will it blow your bollocks off?

[Disco]

Sugar Puffs do that too.

[Dquincy]

Sugar Puffs do that too.

Does it? Because I know i've experience my piss smelling ok sugar puffs, but not necessarily after I've eaten them. Doesn't taste like sugar puffs.

[randomlegend]

The asparagus piss smell thing is genetic apparently.

Only some people produce funny smelling piss after eating asparagus, and only some people can smell the smell.

[Giggles]

It doesn't matter how many times i have it, whenever i eat asparagus the next time i pee the smell always catches me off guard.

Not sure if i like it or hate it.
Giggles - Vindaloo Paste? Nice. Have you toned down the spice, or will it blow your bollocks off?

6 dried birdseyes in the ground spices which is conservative enough on heat considering the whole curry will have 4 servings. 3 green chillies (seeds out) will be added in cooking.
I definitely prefer them to have a good vinegar twang as opposed to a mad chilli heat. Can taste the cinnamon and cloves better with less chilli heat too.

The meat is marinading in the paste in the fridge now. I'll cook it tomorrow evening.

[randomlegend]

Does minimal mean good?

[Giggles]

It autocorrected manimal.

[Dquincy]

Looks very tasty. Thumbs up from me.

[Giggles]

Was a tad too hot, I'll be cutting a couple of chillies next time. It's a solid 3rd on my list anyway. Nothing will ever beat the Stein one.

[Ian]

Which Stein was it? I need to do something from that book again.

[Giggles]

The beef one on page 266, the tamarind definitely adds a lot to it compared to the Madhur Jaffrey one I made above.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I just bought that book recently, I think I'm going to dip my toe in with the lamb dopiaza on page 238.

'Tip all the ingredients into a deep pan, mix together, cover with a tight lid and bring gently to a boil. Simmer over a low heat for 2 hours. Serve.'

Can't get much easier than that and I'd imagine obscenely good, might serve if with the dry fried okra. Will have to try the beef vindaloo next week too.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Only just started cooking the dopiaza and it already smells amazing.

Couldn't find any kashmiri chillies so I dropped 3 dried cascabel chillies in (the only thing I could get) as well as some paprika and a bit of cayenne.

[Giggles]

They won't make much difference. It's really nice.

The British Beef Raj one is well worth a try too. I'm going to try the Chettinad Chicken later in the week.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It wont but I've ordered 250g of the chillies for the vindaloo next week.

[Ian]

I didn't get any but loads of those Stein recipes ask for Kashmiri chillies so I Googled where to buy them.

Of course you can get them from Amazon.

[Giggles]

It wont but I've ordered 250g of the chillies for the vindaloo next week.

Need to get some ordered too. Actually I need to do a big order from South Devon as I'm near out of my dried Mexican type ones too.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I didn't get any but loads of those Stein recipes ask for Kashmiri chillies so I Googled where to buy them.

Of course you can get them from Amazon.

I went to our local Waitrose because they sell them on their website but ours don't sell them. It was only cascabel, ancho or habanero.

Decided I might as well order a load seeing as almost every recipe of Steins uses them.

[Disco]

Need to get some ordered too. Actually I need to do a big order from South Devon as I'm near out of my dried Mexican type ones too.

Out of interest (because I live there) where do you get them from?

[Giggles]

Out of interest (because I live there) where do you get them from?

South Devon Chilli Farm. They've a great selection of dried ones and loads more stuff too. Their chipotle sauce is gorgeous.

https://www.southdevonchillifarm.co.uk

[Disco]

Cheers, they aren't far away at all.

[Giggles]

Cheers, they aren't far away at all.

They might even have a physical shop. I'd never checked that end of it before but I'm buying from them for years and the stuff has always been good.

[Disco]

They do, there's all kinds of stuff by the looks of it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Take one for the team and go and try a Carolina Reaper chilli, Disco.

[Samadini]

I got a chilli growing kit from that South Devon Farm.

The plants grew pretty well, but I ended up not bothering to water them and they died. RIP

[randomlegend]

I can't say I'm surprised.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I can't say I'm surprised.

He was worried that the cardboard plant pot wouldn't hold up.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

As for the dopiaza, I'd say half the ghee and at least half the water.

Tastes brilliant though.

[Magic]

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/8178/stuffed-lamb-and-feta-peppers.aspx

https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/gnocchi-with-blue-cheese-bacon-and-spinach.html


https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/beef-and-black-bean-chow-mein.html

For teas this week.

[Magic]

Has anyone ever made Borscht before?

[Disco]

Homemade chow mein. :drool:

I would add some five spice to the marinade and put a handful of bean sprouts in near the end.

[Magic]

Homemade chow mein. :drool:

I would add some five spice to the marinade and put a handful of bean sprouts in near the end.

What a shout that is.

[Giggles]

I have ribs that I boiled last night that have been submerged in barbeque sauce since then in the fridge. Half hour blast in the oven later :drool:

[randomlegend]

Bean sprouts are so shit.

[Giggles]

Bean sprouts are so shit.

Joyless cunt.

[Toby]

Took my girlfriend here (http://www.boath-house.com/restaurant/dinner/) for her birthday last night, my first time in a proper Michelin star restaurant (I've been to Tim Ho Wan in Hong Kong but it's not really the same). I'd say it was well deserved as it was a brilliant meal.

Sadly started to get an upset stomach about midway through and ended up chucking most of it up, having barely managed to touch the last of our six courses. That's not a common occurrence for me and I've no idea what caused it, but it definitely wasn't the food. :moop:

[Magic]

That stir fry was delicious. Bean Sprouts and Five spice a great shout.

[Lewis]

The prices (I've made this exact joke before).

[hfswjyr]

I'm going to voice a potentially unpopular opinion here, but I've think I've come to find "fancy" western food very boring really. Other than the dessert course, the rest is just a big pile of meh.

Give me fancy asian food, or even good ribs/fish&chips/burgers any time.

[Magic]

'Fancy' Asian food. :harold:

[Raoul Duke]

Took my girlfriend here (http://www.boath-house.com/restaurant/dinner/) for her birthday last night, my first time in a proper Michelin star restaurant (I've been to Tim Ho Wan in Hong Kong but it's not really the same). I'd say it was well deserved as it was a brilliant meal.

Sounds great - that menu looks very nice and the venue looks swish.

[Raoul Duke]

I'm going to voice a potentially unpopular opinion here, but I've think I've come to find "fancy" western food very boring really. Other than the dessert course, the rest is just a big pile of meh.

Give me fancy asian food, or even good ribs/fish&chips/burgers any time.

What would you classify as 'fancy'?

[hfswjyr]

This was the main course at the most expensive meal I've ever paid for. 7 courses at a castle in Scotland. It was nice, but that's about it.
http://i.imgur.com/bG8me7cl.jpg

Same goes for most other "fancy" western meals I've had.

[Giggles]

It may have been expensive but it's certainly not fancy. Looks like something you'd knock up from leftovers on December 26th.

[Magic]

That looks fucking shit. :D

[randomlegend]

Was there an angel delight course?

[Magic]

Pot Noodle starter? :harold:

[Raoul Duke]

A roast dinner is not fancy :D

Go somewhere like here: http://lyleslondon.com and actually taste some fancy food.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Buckfast aperitif.

[randomlegend]

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g186342-d6740910-Reviews-Ciscoe_s_Pan_Asian_Sushi-Norwich_Norfolk_East_Anglia_England.html

We went here for sushi a few months ago. I had never had sushi before so I don't have anything to compare it to, but it was seriously bloody nice.

[Raoul Duke]

The sushi platter looks nice. I find with sushi there's about three or four things I really like but a lot of it I can leave.

[John]

Buckfast aperitif.

I was at a wedding with Buckfast sorbet between starter and main. It was lovely.

[randomlegend]

Yeah we shared a few starters, then had that along with two other mains (http://www.ciscoes.com/menus.html 'Tokyo Tower' and 'Full-on Futomaki') between four of us. Tonnes of food and came to about £20 each from what I remember. Should definitely get back there.

[Raoul Duke]

I've never had Buckfast, but I had Haggis recently and it was fantastic.

[John]

The sorbet was quite sweet. When you get over the cough medicine consistency of Buckfast it's actually quite pleasant.

Battered haggis is the best thing chippies do.

[randomlegend]

On 'Scottish things', we tried Irn Bru when we were in Glasgow since you barely see it down here and it was ubiquitous there.

It's horrible to an extent which defies belief.

[Magic]

Haggis is disgusting. Irn is only good for a hangover.

[Mellberg]

Interested to hear how much that meal cost? If it's any more than £6 (rough price of a carvery) then they've had you and probably laughed about it after.

[Magic]

I love how you took a picture. :D

[hfswjyr]

Oh dear. It was 99GBP for the whole lunch, with wine being extra...

One of the many deserts:
http://i.imgur.com/3MEdAvRl.jpg

[randomlegend]

99 quid each?

[hfswjyr]

Yep.

[Magic]

Some squirty cream and digestive crumble? Christ, mate. Go somewhere decent next time. No wonder you've got a bad impression of European food.

[igor_balis]

:lol: :lol:

[randomlegend]

Bloody hell.

[John]

You'll be paying a premium on that for Christmas dining, but even then a hundred quid for that unless one of the courses was a cheateaubriand each is laughable. You've been done.

[niko_cee]

Is that a Christmas dinner featuring a pork pie?

[hfswjyr]

Christmas day surcharge doesn't help either.

Points to whoever can guess where I had the meal though. You already know it's in Scotland.
http://i.imgur.com/Aipc69bl.jpg

[igor_balis]

spoons

[Magic]

Ah Christmas day dinner. Yes I know how expensively shit that can be.

[Raoul Duke]

Fucking hell. Was it some kind of Xmas work lunch thing? Where was it?

[Baz]

spoons


:lol: :lol:

:lol:

[simon]

spoons

:D

[Ian]

I've never had Buckfast

Nor have I, though there's a new place in Glasgow called "The Pie Howff" which specialises in ale and pies and I saw that one of their specials last week was the "Duckfast", a pie of duck and a Buckfast stew. I'd have given it a bash.

Really, really need to go in there.

[Boydy]

spoons

:D

[Toby]

Fucking hell, vowels.

Menu we had was pretty different to the sample on the website, Raoul, as I think they change it daily. Only meat I had was duck (once as a canape with fig, and another as foie gras), with the rest of the menu being more seafood oriented.

[Samadini]

Going back to the last page, isn't Irn Bru available everywhere? Never not seen it in a supermarket wherever in the UK I've been.

One of the view pops that is acceptable in its 'diet' form, obviously I don't bother through choice, but if forced you'll find the sugar free one tastes closer to the real deal than anything else does.

[randomlegend]

Oh yeah it's in shops here, but I think it was on the menu of every restaurant we went to there.

[Samadini]

I've still not had a glass bottle of it, reckon I'd go there just for that.

Quality shit from a proper cold can.

[Toby]

Do you mean desserts featuring Irn Bru or just that they served it as a drink?

I've seen Irn Bru ice cream, which was actually quite nice, but only in one restaurant.

[randomlegend]

As a drink. I don't think I've ever seen it on a menu down here.

[Lewis]

I've still not had a glass bottle of it, reckon I'd go there just for that.

Quality shit from a proper cold can.

Provided they sell it in the Middle East, them Muslim shops along Magdalen Street (where the mega Oxfam is) will have it in a glass bottle.

[igor_balis]

Provided they sell it in the Middle East, them Muslim shops along Magdalen Street (where the mega Oxfam is) will have it in a glass bottle.

Mirinda :drool:

[Samadini]

Was there last weekend, but didn't think about grabbing a dirty bottle.

Went into Aladdins Cave though.

[Lewis]

Looses Emporium down the road is good as well.

[Boydy]

Didn't think Lewis would go to Muslim shops.

[Lewis]

The newsagents were all thieves, and they sold glass bottle drinks, so I just held my nose.

[hfswjyr]

The answer was Carberry Tower, where Queen Mary of Scots surrendered.

[Jimmy Floyd]

'Queen Mary of Scots'? GS will not be happy about this.

[Magic]

:D

Hf's had a shocker here.

[hfswjyr]

Whoops, I was even warned about that one when I was up there. This whole history thing is hard work.

[igor_balis]

Got a raspberry magnum at the garage, pretty decent.

[Giggles]

I got a Lindt egg on the way home from Halfords. So nice.

Curry later on.

[Magic]

I made some delicious eastern European soup.

[Raoul Duke]

Had a banging takeaway last night: Saag aloo, lamb vindaloo, pilau rice and a garlic naan. Off the charts.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Went to a Chinese restaurant tonight, was pretty standard but they had soft shell crab which is always great and sizzling venison in black pepper which was fucking ludicrously good.

[John]

'Great' and 'fucking ludicrously good' don't really tally with the original 'pretty standard' assessment.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

'Great' and 'fucking ludicrously good' don't really tally with the original 'pretty standard' assessment.

Everything else that we had was 'pretty standard'.

That's why the but is there...

[John]

Were you using one of those stupid 'share' roulette things in the middle of the table? I hate those and always assume most sensible people will too, so I had that as you saying your starter and main were amazing, but the place was somehow standard overall.

I was hoping for an anecdote were your group left one member light or a triad sword fight had erupted.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Were you using one of those stupid 'share' roulette things in the middle of the table? I hate those and always assume most sensible people will too, so I had that as you saying your starter and main were amazing, but the place was somehow standard overall.

I was hoping for an anecdote were your group left one member light or a triad sword fight had erupted.
No only children like the roulette tables.

There was only three of us and it's an all you can eat place but not buffet style.

For three you order 5 starters, 2 second courses and 5 mains. If you want more you can request more from those selections but some you can only order once (the crab was one of those).

http://www.regentcottage.co.uk/wpimages/wpef73e2e2_06.png

We went for tempura prawns, squid in salt and pepper, seaweed, crispy beef and satay chicken for starters. Duck and crab for second course with venison, special fried rice, plain noodles, sweet and sour pork and chicken in black bean sauce for main. We only ordered noodles again (the portion was pretty tiny for three) and the venison although I'd have been happy to eat about 6 of those on their own.

[wullie]

http://i3.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/incoming/article11016604.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Pulled-Pork-Sundae-1.jpg

I tried this pulled pork sundae the other day. I thought the world's gone mad, but then I remember all the times I've had ice cream for breakfast.

It was alright, but huge.

[Magic]

That looks, quite simply, disgusting.

[randomlegend]

Christ, that Sundae looks grim. :D

There's a Chinese near us which works like that place Mahow posted, where it's all you can eat but you order rather than it being a buffet. It's the tits.

[wullie]

I was fearful about the onions on top, but they glaze them so that was a relief.

[Toby]

By 'roulette tables' do you mean the lazy Susan things? What about those is worthy of hatred?

[Spammer]

Made my ass a chilli con carne for this week.

Chilli :drool:

[John]

That's taking the fetish stuff a bit far, surely.

[Magic]

I made some delicious eastern European soup.

So I added some Dill, a boiled egg and some Polish sour cream to my Borsch. It's absolutely outstanding.

[Giggles]

Just made some burgers for later. They already smell :drool: raw.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Bought some kimchi on Amazon, it's damn tasty.

[randomlegend]

That looks properrr noice.

[Giggles]

Best I could knock up between the bottles. Chips could have done with 5 minutes more but all good overall.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Tried churros for the first time today.

Jesus fuck are they good.

[hfswjyr]

Tried them about 5 times. Had them in Auckland, London, and even Madrid.

What's the fuss? Dough in chocolate?

[Giggles]

Tried them about 5 times. Had them in Auckland, London, and even Madrid.

What's the fuss? Dough in chocolate?

What's the point in anything if it can be looked on that way?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Tried them about 5 times. Had them in Auckland, London, and even Madrid.

What's the fuss? Dough in chocolate?

Fried dough (which was warm) with a shit tonne of cinnamon sugar and chocolate sauce. It's a perfect combination but what do I know, I've never spent £99 on a roast dinner.

I'm such a fat bastard though. I went to a restaurant today to eat some lunch before going to uni to get some work done. I had a 3 course meal and then had to go home to lay in bed for 3 hours :\

[hfswjyr]

Suppose it's one of those kind of foods for me. Same with doughnuts. I'll happily eat them to fill myself up, but I'm much happier to see just about any other snack.

[Giggles]

Unless they open a Cinnabon here any time soon then is take a doughnut over just about any sweet treat.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Unless they open a Cinnabon here any time soon then is take a doughnut over just about any sweet treat.

Never tried a cinnabon but doughnuts are absolutely glorious.

[Jimmy Floyd]

If you like greasy stodge and dying of heart attacks, and who doesn't, churros are basically the peak of the genre. Dip them in hot chocolate sauce for extra points.

I had them from a kiosk in Seville, which probably helped. No doubt other countries try and make them healthy.

[niko_cee]

Yeah, churros are mega. 'Cinnabons', on the other hand, are not.

Tonight I will mostly be using crushed cornflakes instead of panko breadcrumbs to make tonkatsu. It's on Nigella if it's shit.

[Boydy]

Doughnuts are good when they're kept simple. Like a plain sugar coated one (they get called gravy rings here - is that a thing in the rest of the UK?) and those glazed Krispy Kreme ones. The ones which try to do too much with loads of icing and flavoured shit inside are just too sweet.

A woman in work brought in some lemon drizzle cake she'd made today. It was fucking great. Maybe the middle aged women aren't so bad.

[Lewis]

Them Krispy Kremes being about fifteen quid each is worse than the wank some of them come with.

[Giggles]

Yeah, churros are mega. 'Cinnabons', on the other hand, are not.

Tonight I will mostly be using crushed cornflakes instead of panko breadcrumbs to make tonkatsu. It's on Nigella if it's shit.

I only had a Cinnabon once but the thing I got was the nicest dessert thing I've ever had. Not sure if it was their regular type thing but it wasn't cinnamony (which would be a big no for me).


Doughnuts are good when they're kept simple. Like a plain sugar coated one (they get called gravy rings here - is that a thing in the rest of the UK?) and those glazed Krispy Kreme ones. The ones which try to do too much with loads of icing and flavoured shit inside are just too sweet.

A woman in work brought in some lemon drizzle cake she'd made today. It was fucking great. Maybe the middle aged women aren't so bad.

One of the women in work brought in banoffee and red velvet doughnuts to work the other day which were amazing, though I do like the regular Tim Horton ones too.
Never heard the gravy ring thing in my time up there.

[niko_cee]

Aren't cinnabons a breakfast item (I know, it's America etc)?

[Giggles]

Also, I've no idea what tonkatsu is but crushed up cornflakes are better than breadcrumbs in most situations I've found that I'd need breadcrumbs.

[Giggles]

Aren't cinnabons a breakfast item (I know, it's America etc)?

I'm not sure. I had it in Krakow and it was a gooey mess of awesome caramel, near needed a shower after it :drool:

[mikem]

Cinnabon is without question the worst food product in America. Even worse than aircraft fuel gallon sized fountain drinks at gas stations. It is not a surprise that their outlets can be found almost exclusively in mall food courts or airports. All places where people are effectively trapped.

[Giggles]

I have never seen one in an American airport, or even America for that matter. Must be a regional thing.

[Spikey M]

He's right though, Cinnabon is fucking disgusting. Far too sweet and sickly for anyone over 7 to cope with.

[Giggles]

I liked the one I had anyway.

[mikem]

I travel fairly extensively for work and I've never seen one outside of those settings. They are among the least regional thing in existence. Our regional food is generally good and our generic stuff is horrid. Generic corporate copies of regional food like Cinnabon must violate the Geneva convention.

[Giggles]

I travel fairly extensively for work and I've never seen one outside of those settings. They are among the least regional thing in existence. Our regional food is generally good and our generic stuff is horrid. Generic corporate copies of regional food like Cinnabon must violate the Geneva convention.

Ah, you're one of them.

[phonics]

Cinnabon's are so popular in prison that they're the effective currency rather than cigarettes now. (I say that with a large apparently, I read it somewhere ages ago)

[niko_cee]

I had a cinnabon in a stand alone 'high street' outlet somewhere in California. Something beach, maybe Pismo?

Anyway, the cornflakes were awesome.

[Raoul Duke]

Churros are boss. There's a Cinnabon on Oxford Street that always smells great, but I've never been there.

Recently I've been eating shitloads of tapas in Barcelona. I've no idea how everyone in Spain isn't obese, I barely saw a vegetable whilst I was out there (aside from patatas bravas for dayz)

[igor_balis]

Office work is basically signing up for type 2 diabetes if you find it hard to resist free food. I don't think I ever went more than about a week in my last job like that without some middle aged woman bringing in about 10 cakes because it was someone's birthday or wedding or some shit.

[Raoul Duke]

Speaking of petty office politics/diabetes: we have free fruit delivered on Monday morning. Quite a few people take an absolute shitload (like, a bowl full - maybe 5-6 pieces). I'm going to put a snide note in to the anonymous suggestion box at our next company meeting that we should limit this to 2 pieces per person, just to make a load of people seethe :drool:

[mikem]

Yes, definitely one of those. I'm always going to choose a restaurant where they cook things instead of reheating something frozen or from a vat. There are always cheap local options that are better: taquerias, meat and threes, diners, or whatever.

[Giggles]

Yes, definitely one of those. I'm always going to choose a restaurant where they cook things instead of reheating something frozen or from a vat. There are always cheap local options that are better: taquerias, meat and threes, diners, or whatever.

Better if you prefer them. I always think there's room for both and just don't go to the ones you don't like.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Yes, definitely one of those. I'm always going to choose a restaurant where they cook things instead of reheating something frozen or from a vat. There are always cheap local options that are better: taquerias, meat and threes, diners, or whatever.

I think one of the best places I ate food at in New York was some shit house Mexican place. It looked the pits but the food was fucking incredible, you could tell that it was fresh.

[Giggles]

Lamb bhuna :drool:

[igor_balis]

Lamb karahi. :drool:

[Spikey M]

Lamb. :drool:

[Lewis]

My mother took me for some 'Italian tapas' (they have their own word for it, but who cares?) so I could TRY SOME NEW THINGS. I just stuck to small pizzas and pasta, because new things are crap, but what a brilliant idea.

[John]

The La Tasca near me closed and has been replaced by a Bella Italia. An upgrade in options, if not quality.

Antipasto has always struck me as a daft name for it. It sounds like you hate pasta.

[Byron]

Trying my hand at a joint of pulled pork. Had it marinating overnight in a wet marinade of bbq sauce, paprika, brown sugar, garlic and salt and just going to stick it in for 6 hours on a tray with some water underneath.

Wish be luck, it cost me about £20 tip buy everything for it.

[Giggles]

Slow cooker is a great job for this too.

[Byron]

Yeah don't own one unfortunately otherwise that's what I'd have used.

[Giggles]

Good idea with the water anyway. Is there vinegar in the bbq sauce?

[Lewis]

I just tried making a Victoria sponge (I think I've mentioned how bored I am), but when it said to 'fold' the flour in I just tipped it into the mixer. Is that why it was a foamy mess that failed to rise?

[Giggles]

I just tried making a Victoria sponge (I think I've mentioned how bored I am), but when it said to 'fold' the flour in I just tipped it into the mixer. Is that why it was a foamy mess that failed to rise?

Yes, you need to sieve in the flower and fold it in to keep air in it.

[randomlegend]

I just tried making a Victoria sponge (I think I've mentioned how bored I am), but when it said to 'fold' the flour in I just tipped it into the mixer. Is that why it was a foamy mess that failed to rise?

"I can't cook" really does just translate to "I don't bother following the recipe".

[Byron]

Good idea with the water anyway. Is there vinegar in the bbq sauce?

No not beyond a fraction anyway.

It's nearly ready anyway, just letting it rest to absorb all the juices before I start pulling that fucker apart.

[Lewis]

My friend in America is at some pizza gaff on his dinner break, and they have a challenge on the board that sez if seven of you can eat this fifty-four inch, two-hundred dollar pizza (http://viroola.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/big_mama_papa.jpg) in two hours you win a grand (and get the pizza free). Is this me giving it the large'un again, or is that not particularly daunting provided your team didn't have any birds/losers holding you back? On the other hand, if it was that easy you would expect LADS to be in there all the time eating for free, so fuck I don't know.

[Pepe]

54 inch per side? That's an area of 2916 in^2. The regular pizza you get over here is 14 inch (my missus and I usually share one), which has an area of 154 in^2. I reckon I could eat it all on my own plus probably half more if I was motivated. So my contribution would be 231 in^2. Seven me's would fall way short at 1617 in^2. Then again, I am 145 lbs. You basically need each person to be able to eat almost three full 14 inch pizzas each to make it.

It all depends how thick it is, really.

[Disco]

I'm with you, between seven that looks doable.

[Lewis]

If Pepe is correct (and when is he not?), I'm having second thoughts now.

[phonics]

2 people to dedicate themselves to each flavour and the seventh is the fattest cunt of the group who gets stuck with the Margarita.

[Jimmy Floyd]

If that has an American style doughy base there's absolutely no chance. If it's thin and the topping is most of the deal, then you could maybe have a dig at it with shrewd team selection.

[Lewis]

2 people to dedicate themselves to each flavour and the seventh is the fattest cunt of the group who gets stuck with the Margarita.

The pizza is two-hundred dollars, and each topping is fifteen, so you could just have it all plain.

[randomlegend]

You need a normal sized pizza near it for scale - I reckon it'd look fucking ginormous then.

[Pepe]

The real question is how to distribute the earnings. Would you divide it evenly, or based on who ate more?

[randomlegend]

By contribution, I reckon.