What's wrong with a plate?
46 replies
Bugs replied on 29/08/2016 10:17
Posted on 29/08/2016 10:17
It's the small portions that wind me up. I'm happy to have it served any which way as long as there's enough to know I've had a meal. These gastro pubs with 6 fat chips or an egg cup of mash with 3 strips of meat is a complete bummer. No one should need to buy a takeaway on the way home from a meal with family & friends-it just ain't right
. Plate?, I'll take it on a dustbin lid if there's enough of it.
With you on that one Rocky!
I'm a big lad, and when I eat I like plenty of it!
Some of these places bring a massive plate with a tiny "work of art" in the middle which is meant to be a "meal".
Wierd!
Bugs
DSB replied on 29/08/2016 11:01
Posted on 29/08/2016 11:01
It's the small portions that wind me up. I'm happy to have it served any which way as long as there's enough to know I've had a meal. These gastro pubs with 6 fat chips or an egg cup of mash with 3 strips of meat is a complete bummer. No one should need to buy a takeaway on the way home from a meal with family & friends-it just ain't right
. Plate?, I'll take it on a dustbin lid if there's enough of it.
I'm with you on that one too Rocky, although I might draw a line at the dustbin lid!!
David
SteveL replied on 29/08/2016 11:04
Posted on 29/08/2016 11:04
It's the small portions that wind me up. I'm happy to have it served any which way as long as there's enough to know I've had a meal. These gastro pubs with 6 fat chips or an egg cup of mash with 3 strips of meat is a complete bummer. No one should need to buy a takeaway on the way home from a meal with family & friends-it just ain't right
. Plate?, I'll take it on a dustbin lid if there's enough of it.
With you on that one Rocky!
I'm a big lad, and when I eat I like plenty of it!
Some of these places bring a massive plate with a tiny "work of art" in the middle which is meant to be a "meal".
Wierd!
Bugs
With you on this one too. Once, when out for a meal we queried the lack of vegetables( thought a side dish hadnt been brought).
Son, who's in the food industry, replied when we told him what had occurred, "don't be silly mother, theyd have been self garnishing!" (We didn't even get a roll with the soup, which, thankfully, had come in a bowl!)
dennisd replied on 29/08/2016 11:39
Posted on 29/08/2016 11:39
It's the small portions that wind me up. I'm happy to have it served any which way as long as there's enough to know I've had a meal. These gastro pubs with 6 fat chips or an egg cup of mash with 3 strips of meat is a complete bummer. No one should need to buy a takeaway on the way home from a meal with family & friends-it just ain't right
. Plate?, I'll take it on a dustbin lid if there's enough of it.
I can't manage to copy it , but Flaming Grill Pub chain have a grill section on their menu and one of the meals is called a Trash Can Lid Challenge and is served on what looks like a dutbin lid, £19.99. It could feed a small family.
Rocky 2 buckets replied on 29/08/2016 12:25
Posted on 29/08/2016 12:25
Im not a big meat eater(but I love gravy) but I'm a massive veg lover-cabbage, broccol, cauliflower, & any salad on offer. If it's a small portion I ask for extra veg, I've not been refused yet. These places seem happy to give you extra veg but not the meat-works
for me. I find asking for a 'doorstep crust' to dip in my gravy does get me odd looks mind
IanH replied on 29/08/2016 15:29
Posted on 29/08/2016 15:29
Next time you eat out, take a plate with you ,and when they bring your food to the table just scrape the food off what they bring it on ( tile , wood, etc) and watch their reaction........
Better still, get a special big plate, like Alan Partridge going for the buffet breakfast at his hotel.......
IanH replied on 29/08/2016 15:31
Tammygirl replied on 29/08/2016 18:29
Posted on 29/08/2016 18:29
We don't eat out that often but have found that the Chinese restaurants always give good size meals, I'm with Rocky (and others) they can arrange my food however they like but just give me a decent portion, 6 chips in a mini chip frying basket ain't enough
to go with my 8oz steak
Takethedogalong replied on 29/08/2016 21:42
Posted on 29/08/2016 21:42
Talking portions, many years ago, I accompanied my OH to a Christmas do with his Firefighter Watch. They had chosen a posh, up market little venue to try, newly opened, very much on the expensive side. We all sat down and were served. There was a stunned
silence, as a couple of dozen big lads, used to around 5/6000 calories per day, doing hard physical work took in their artfully arranged slice of turkey, couple of twice roast potatoes, pea purée, stuffing ball and a smear of cranberry jous artfully arranged
on plates the size of a football field! Then the growls started, and the chef was called for! A near riot was only averted by almost all the kitchen larder contents put to good use! It was never visited again!
dennisd
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