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Title: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: OMK on April 23, 2008, 11:58:33 pm
"...so at least you can enjoy the beautiful smell of a true home made Caribbean curry..."

Caribbean curry? Now that is intruiging. We're all familiar with Indian and Chinese curries, but a Caribbean is a new one.
Any idea where can I buy/sample one? Or where can I get the recipe?
Title: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: Martin (Admin) on April 24, 2008, 07:41:26 am

"Curry Goat" is a great traditional Caribbean / Jamaican meal that is made for special occasions such as weddings
or dinner parties etc. It's one of those great meals that you always hope for and never disappoints!

Many people substitute Lamb for goat.... Tesco's and Sainsbury's don't readily stock goat meat!
It's not a very strong curry but heaps and heaps of flavour.
I went to an engagement party recently and had a Shilankan version of Curry Goat,
more pepper than the Jamaican version...Yum yum!!

http://www.caribbean-food.co.uk/recipe.php?id=98
http://www.channel4.com/food/recipes/chefs/hugh-fearnley-whittingstall/curry_goat_p_1.html
http://www.jamaican-recipes.com/currygoat.html
http://www.jamaicatravelandculture.com/food_and_drink/curried_goat.ht

No, it's not goat curry, or curry with goat or goat meat curry but Curry Goat!
I can sence a toplic split coming on - "Great meals of our time!"
Title: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: andygh on April 24, 2008, 07:44:37 am
Don't forget the rice and peas and a bit of plantain, rum punch to wash it down  O0
Title: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: OMK on April 24, 2008, 07:59:48 am
Okay, okay - now before I click either of those four URLs, just two questions first.....

What is Shilankan, and what is plantain?
Title: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: Martin (Admin) on April 24, 2008, 08:41:34 am
Oops! Typo - Srilankan ( Sri Lanka )

Plantain is a bit like banana but a bit more firm. Fried or roasted as you would Turnips etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantain - Fried and dried it's like thick crisps.

Most West Indian food is either fired or boiled to death, much of the day to day meals can be quite bland.
Most of the islands of the west Indies has there own pepper sauce, not like that Reggae Reggae sauce on BB C's
Dragon Den, real 'can't catch your breath' pepper sauces! My personal favourite is Barbadian   Yellow sauce, which
 is a bit like Piccalilli dressing ... with nuclear waste thrown in!  :o

When fellers from our Mumbai, India come over, we always ask them to bring over Banana pepper chips,
a bit eggy but again take your breath away stuff, wonderful!

'Rice and peas' is not peas as in garden peas but peas as in red Kidney beans, soaked over night  to make them soft and
tender and then cooked in the rice and turns it a reddy/brown colour. Best cooked with a little 'desecrated' coconut...
....a bit like desiccate coconut but from stolen from grave yard trees!  ::)




Title: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: Roger in France on April 24, 2008, 09:31:07 am
Dominican Red Pepper sauce, every time!

Don't forget the dasheen, Martin. (vegetable which is used rather like a potato or a plantain, sold at the roadside by the "heap")

Wash it all down with a "Step-up"! (rum and ginger wine)

Roger in France.
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: mogsy on April 24, 2008, 11:40:50 am
That's just great, I've gone and eating my sarnies that were supposed to be for lunch now.
 It'll have to be the works canteen now.....hurrah!!!  it's Thursday and that means curry. The joke here is that since we've been taken over by Tata every day is curry day.

A discovery I've made since becoming a father is Butternut Squash. This was in some baby recipie book and SWMBO and I had never tried it but my kids liked it so much as babies it has become a staple in our house my favourite treatment of this being Butternut Squash and prawn risotto. Yum.

It's also good roasted in with a joint or potatoes, parsnips etc....  YUM!!!

Anyone with any advice on how to grow BNS in a Welsh allotment please PM me.
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: Roger in France on April 24, 2008, 04:39:11 pm
Mogsy, glad you found squashes. They are a great source of fibre in the diet (may cause an antisocial response after consumption!) and very nourishing. There is a wide range of sizes, colours (including multicoloured), textures and varieties of squash. They make a great addition to meals and are easy to grow from seed. May have to be protected from slugs etc. by slipping a brick under them as they grow.

Here in France they are readily available and most vegetable sellers in markets will cut you an appropriate size chunk off the larger ones if you do not want all of it.

Roger in France.
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: malcolmfrary on April 25, 2008, 11:03:14 am
Cyprus - Kleftiko.    Everything after is an anti-climax.  Not an island for vegetarians.
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: kiteman1 on April 25, 2008, 06:44:56 pm
Ginormous cherries bought from the roadside orchards down near Albany Western Australia.....food from the Gods...... :kiss: :kiss:
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: sweeper on April 25, 2008, 09:23:09 pm
Good to see you back PMK, considering this topic, your insides must be well on the mend!

The local food in the islands is largely based on goat (often refered to as goats milk when sold at fetes etc). Not to my taste at all, I much prefered best Aussie beef sold at give away prices (and I'm not joking - it was less than a quarter of the price in the UK at the time). When washed down with Bajan rum (much lighter in colour than the dark stuff we get here) most things become eatable. If you can source it, try Mount Gay or Cavilleer but be warned, it is very deceptive - will lift the polish of furniture.....

It would appear that I didn't learn much in a two year tour except what drinks are nice, better or just delicious (at their prices you could be seriously ratted for a couple of bob).
The exception has to be local homebrew, rather like duplicating fluid with a serious and deadly effect (only tried it once and learned quickly -NO)
For food, the local mango takes some beating, absolute nectar. The jelly from a coconut mixed with rum is very enjoyable.
Oh happy days, like being persuaded that you should drink Kirsch in half pint glasses. My head the next morning in a three hour workshop class with ten students beating hell out of metalwork was another matter.
Let's turn the clock back and try it all again.
Stay well
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: FullLeatherJacket on April 30, 2008, 08:37:19 pm
Went to Nice last week and fell in love with Salad Nicoise, so brought back some of those little black olives with oil and herbs. Threw some mustard vinaigrette together this evening and chucked it over Little Gem leaves and celery; dumped in a can of tuna, some capers, tomatoes, aforementioned olives, hard-boiled egg and anchovies and scoffed the lot with Ciabatta bread and a bottle of chilled Sancerre......................

Mr K - it will be my pleasure to introduce you to this delicacy as/when/if we ever get head-to-head. Like having angels in your tummy  :angel:

FLJ
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: Roger in France on May 01, 2008, 06:12:24 am
FLJ,

If you are ever looking for a good meal in London and enjoy salad niceoise try the restaurant chain "Chez Gerard". There are several of them and I believe they are spreading beyond London. My favourite was in Charlotte Street. Not only is their salad niceoise excellent but also their French cuts of beef and lamb are a treat. They claim to do the best French fries in the UK. Not cheap but you get what you pay for.

Roger in France.
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: Damien on May 02, 2008, 01:17:06 am
Traditional Lamb roast with spuds, pumpkin and carrots top my list followed closely by steak and chips.
As i'm the household cook it's my nightly choice roast chook tonight.
D.
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: OMK on May 02, 2008, 01:24:25 am
Man, I so wish I could cook. I mean, it's no sweat to whip-up a succulent Sunday roast, or even a simple tuna-melt (U.S), or....
But when it comes to the REAL cooking, I'm left miles behind.
I'm also the world's fussiest eater. Cucumber is one of my pet hates - tomatoes, too. But when I see it all together, mixed in a salad bowl.... delicious!
I've made a mental note to have a stab at one of those Caribbean curries one day. But, unlike Hugh Fearnly-Whittingstall, I like food that doesn't resemble road-kill.

"Good to see you back PMK, considering this topic, your insides must be well on the mend!"

Hello again, Mr. Sweeper.
Not sure that 'mend' is the right word. It's called being too arrogant to heed the quacks. Truth is, it's still there. Some days good - some good'er. The secret is in moderation. These days I only smoke after meals (I'm down to just 120 cigs per-day now) and only eat curry at breakfast time, lunch time and dinner times - washed down with a few gallon of apple juice. (Burp!... Hic!).
Seriously though, you have to remember that we country bumpkins, we're not very adventrous when it comes to food. Leastways, that's how it seems around these parts. But whenever I see all that swanky nosh on those TV cookery programmes..... man, does it look GOOD. I used to date a Cumbrian girl. The two things I remember most about her are: 1) She loathed wearing panties, and 2) she had a thing for anchovies. (Yeah, I know what you're thinking!). Funny enough, she too mentioned that same brain-blowing juice as you yourself drank in the Caribbean. It had the same effect on her, too. A great cook, though. In fact, it was her that introduced me to a life other than fish and bleedin' chips.
So when I read FLJ's post, I'm already drooling at the thought.

Dave, if you're earwigging, I would dearly love to try that feast of yours. Just omit the anchovies though.
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: sweeper on May 02, 2008, 06:25:35 pm
Pull the other one PMK, the 'ole country bumpkin touch don't wash here!

I've just spent three weeks down in your part of the world,the belt buckle is now a couple of notches further out, so much for not being into decent eating. I've got no doubt you'll have tried the Buttery down on the dockside in Bristol, best reason to visit the city.
Stay with the diet, sounds good "only" 120 cigs a day? Report to the Chief Stoker and get a boiler clean!
Hang on in there.
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: FullLeatherJacket on May 02, 2008, 08:15:25 pm
Dave, if you're earwigging, I would dearly love to try that feast of yours. Just omit the anchovies though.

PMK
I is jus' a' waitin' for da invite, you l'il ole country pumpkin. I'll take care of all the anchovies, dude.

Sweeper
Lecturing PMK about a healthy lifestyle is about as much use as trying to teach a tortoise to tango. Give up NOW - he'll only out-Dude you in the end.

Roger
Info gratefully stored away in file marked "Brill Scoff". Gotta be better than Darvood's in Sherwood, innit, my man?

Doc Brown (aka MalcolmF)
I've never tried a vegetarian. Don't the Greek ones taste very nice, then?

Damien
"Roast chook"?? Should we know more?

Mogsy
How about a recipe for that BNS and Prawn Risotto? I can invite PMK................ :o

FLJ (Just finished 20 x P94s and a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc).
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: OMK on May 03, 2008, 05:03:59 am
"Pull the other one PMK, the 'ole country bumpkin touch don't wash here!"

Ah, but you're confusing Bristol Town with the Westcountry. I'm referring to the OTHER Westcountry, about 70 miles down the road, where they're still struggling with the concept of using cutlery.
Although, it's funny you should mention The Buttery. My eldest bro', he lives in Brizzle. I was at his place a few weeks ago, fixing his PC, but what should have been a simple 2-minute fix turned out to be a three-day job. So while I'm there we popped into town on the last day for a spot of lunch. Guess where?
Anyhow, if ever you find yourself around Taunton way and you hear the sound of "puff... puff... puff", it won't be me smoking - it'll be because I'm out of breath from all that boiler polishing.
By the by, did you grok Mr. Brunel's bridge while you were there?

Mr. J: Are you saying you've not heard of chook? Put it this way... just omit one of the O's and stick an E on the end. Like Marmite (ugh!), it's an acquired taste and nowhere near as nice-sounding as Sauvignon Blanc.
But help me out here, dude. What is Ciabatta bread? It has a vowel on the end, so I'm guessing it's maybe Italian?? Sounds nice. Can you get it from Sainsbury's?

So here's my contri' for a quick lunchtime snack...

Lightly butter two slices of bread.
Cover the first slice with an even layer of tuna.
Add a sprinkling of chopped, raw onion.
4 tomato slices.
Iceberg lettuce.
Cover with grated cheese.

Bung the second slice of bread on the top, then place the whole lot in a pan.
Lightly butter the outside of the top slice, turn it over, then do ditto on the other slice.
Gently crank up the heat and let the butter gradually melt.
Turn it over when the underside is a nice golden brown, then do ditto to the other side.
Make sure the cheese has melted, then serve while it's still hot.

You might want to add a splash of soy sauce.
Or even a sprinkling of curry powder.

Anchovies are optional. ;)
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: FullLeatherJacket on May 03, 2008, 08:34:05 am
Monsieur Roger will correct me if I'm too wide of the mark, but this delicacy from the wilds of Zummerzet sounds like a variation of Croque Monsieur (a sort of inside-out French cheese & ham toastie). I have a weakness for tuna anyway, so I'll give it a try.

Now - to the question you asked:
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-ciabatta-bread.htm

You can certainly get it from Sainsburys up here, as well as most of the other lot. We use Lidl, which is a) closest and b) much cheaper. My mate John slices a loaf if it in half length-ways, brushes it with Olive oil and sticks it in the oven until it gets crisp. Slurpy, slurpy! You can smother it with anything that takes your fancy - like making a long, flat pizza.

Off to see the Wombats this pm. Wonder if Sally knows about chook............

M. le Jaquet (Le croque vieux)
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: Roger in France on May 03, 2008, 11:43:42 am
Don't know about Zummerzet, I'm a Devonian, a Janner. But as well as clotted cream I have a taste for Cornish Pasties (my wife - from Somerset - learnt the art from my Mum). But who has ever eaten a true Cornish Pasty with a herring sticking out the end. Or a miners version of a pasty with savoury one end and jam the other. Main and dessert in one handy package.

Roger in France.
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: andygh on May 03, 2008, 10:18:34 pm
I thought the jam thing was an urban myth  :-\
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: OMK on May 04, 2008, 04:53:15 am
"Or a miner's version of a pasty with savoury one end and jam the other."

Interesting you should mention that. That chap Nicholas Crane from the 'Coast' TV series also reckons the real Cornish pasty used to have a sort of 'handle'. He didn't explain why, but my take is that is was likely the miners could hold the handle part with coal dust-riddled fingers without getting it all over the pasty itself.
Sound plausible?
By the by.... Janner? That's a new one. Grockel, yes - but never heard the term Janner before. What's the story there?

Dave J. You will have Rx'ed the PM sitting in your inbox by now, oui?

Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: Roger in France on May 04, 2008, 06:44:46 am
"A Janner" from "Jan Stewer" the character in "Uncle Tom Cobbley had a grey mare".

Never heard of a handle on a pasty. Rather more likely that a pasty would have been wrapped in a cloth.

Roger in France.
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: Timo2 on May 04, 2008, 10:28:31 am
Best meal break when on the road ( Long drive 400 miles plus ) ;).  was a coffee made by the hand of  " FLJ " himself O0 O0

Timo2

 
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: FullLeatherJacket on May 04, 2008, 10:31:06 am
Best meal break when on the road ( Long drive 400 miles plus ) ;).  was a coffee made by the hand of  " FLJ " himself O0 O0

Timo2

 

.........and the blueberry muffins...............  ;)
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: bigfella on May 05, 2008, 09:33:48 am
Now as mentioned before nothing beats an Australian leg of Lamb. Roasted to perfection (not that pink look inside like the TV chefs) Roast potatoes and roast carrots until they start to caramelise, add some peas  then smother the lot with gravy and lashings of mint sauce. YUM. The left over lamb cold in a sandwich the next day with mint jelly. Heaven. :angel:

Now for  giving your taste buds a treat the original "original recipe" of KFC Chicken not this fatty crap that they dish up now. If only you could get those secret 11 herbs and spices and do some yourself without all the fat so as not to get your arteries clogged.

Regards David
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: meechingman on May 05, 2008, 07:18:34 pm
My parents were Cornish and I've probably had more pasties than I've had hot dinners - if you'll excuse the expression! But I have to admit I've never heard of a herring in one! I learnt how to cook them from mum and dad, of course, and our familiy pasties are a 'proper job', as they might say down in the 'real' West Country - Hayle, Penzance, St Ives and other childhood haunts. Ours are also humongous - 18" long or thereabouts. Two meal's worth, usually. I've tried one of the double enders down in Helston, and it was both different and delicious, but I've never tried cooking one.

My mum also used to make what she called a 'wartime' pasty. Can't remember exactly what was in it now, but less meat (and not beef either) and more veg.

As for the 'handle' on the pasty, I'll explain. having rolled out your pastry into an oval and spread out the ingredients onto the half that's nearest to you, you fold the other half over the top and then roll and crimp a seal along the whole length of the pasty. Now that comes out as solid (well not solid but you know what I mean) pastry and miners gripped this with their dirty hands, using it as a handle.

A proper pasty has to be well up on my list of favourite meals!  O0

Andy
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: OMK on May 05, 2008, 09:48:37 pm
Hey, Andy -
So I wasn't too far off the mark regarding that handle, then. Thanks for the heads-up. Although, I neither have heard of the herring thing. Maybe it's one of those myths that gets bandied around from time to time... pretty much like the myth that REAL Somerset cider is made with all sorts of unwanted nasties in the brew - such as rat's tails and dead spiders, etc. Not true of course (unless, that is, you've ever seen how they make it down at farmer Mcfilthy's place just outside of Creech St Michael).

I know of a Spanish-speaking chick down Devon way who swears that the best-tasting pasty is produced in Exeter, by a chap by the name of Ivor....... nope - his surname eludes me right now. But, by all accounts, this Ivor chappie is none too popular with the Cornish folk on account of his pasties is supposedly better than the Cornish ones.
Ring any bells with you?

Being a Somersetonian, education and wisdom has always been a bit thin on the ground. But I vaguely recall a schoolyard chant regarding Uncle Tom Cobbly and all. Something about him riding a horse to Banbury Cross - but that's as far as my know-how goes.
And while were on the subject of nice nosh...
Like Bigfella, I love KFC -- just can't stand them vile things they call 'fries'.
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: bigfella on May 05, 2008, 10:54:29 pm
Fries do not exists in my vocabulary. When I go to McDonalds or any other US Burger barn and place my order I ask for chips (that is what they are) and the spotty person behind the counter who has been trained the MAC way says "you mean Fries"  "no" I say "chips" and so on.
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: Albion on May 06, 2008, 07:10:15 am
FLJ,

If you are ever looking for a good meal in London and enjoy salad niceoise try the restaurant chain "Chez Gerard". There are several of them and I believe they are spreading beyond London. My favourite was in Charlotte Street. Not only is their salad niceoise excellent but also their French cuts of beef and lamb are a treat. They claim to do the best French fries in the UK. Not cheap but you get what you pay for.

Roger in France.

I used to work near Holborn Tube station and there was, maybe still is, a sandwich shop in Sicilian path (might be alley or some other such thing), just up the road, they served Tuna nicoise sandwiches in a home made bread (was a huge thick thing). I would lay out the mornings paper on my desk and tuck into one of these with tie well out of the way. Was pretty messy from the olive oil, but tasted fantastic, never found anything so good since - Pretencious moi.



Also on subject of Tom Cobbley, my mother has a china ornament of tom cobbley and his gang all sat on a pub bench. 


Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: GaryM on May 06, 2008, 10:54:28 pm
Hi
I read somewhere that the reason for the 'handle' on the Cornish pastie was two fold. The first keep the pastie 'clean from dirty hands', and two something to hold on to and to prevent the cyanide deposits being ingested due to the copper mine activities / operation.

Andy, I would dearly love a recipe O0 being a chef like ;)

regards
Gary
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: Ghost in the shell on May 07, 2008, 03:12:30 pm
for me, it has to be Southern Fried Chicken!

however I have given tomato ketchup some zing by mixing in Woscester sause! tomato ketchup with BITE
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: Colin Bishop on May 07, 2008, 04:03:54 pm
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however I have given tomato ketchup some zing by mixing in Woscester sause! tomato ketchup with BITE

So that's what keeps you up all night Ghost!  ;D
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: Ghost in the shell on May 07, 2008, 04:18:31 pm
b*gg*r my secret is out, &^%^!! %^$£!! @@**!! lol,

that and coffee!
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: djrobbo on May 07, 2008, 08:35:58 pm
Hi guys......must admit i am rather partial to k.f.c.........but i will not go near mc.crap or any other fast garbage outlet ::) As for devon and somerset , i seem to spend half my life in one or the other , just come back from a weekender in tiverton , and could not fault any of the local goodies , the food is great O0.
    there is one of them there pastie shoppe thingy's in torquay , the choice of pasties is huge , couldn't eat my way through the choices :'( had a good try though ::) O0

                           regards....bob.
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: GaryM on May 07, 2008, 11:30:52 pm
If you want a Cornish Pastie and are in Evesham Worcs. theres a place in the centre that claims to have them delivered in direct from Cornwall daily. 
I've tried a few - plenty of root veg, meat and pepper and what a size!

I also really like a Double flame grilled whopper with cheese - plenty of salad!

Gary
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: malcolmfrary on May 07, 2008, 11:39:08 pm
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however I have given tomato ketchup some zing by mixing in Woscester sause! tomato ketchup with BITE
BITE???  ZING??  If you want an amusing piquancy from ketchup, add a shot of tabasco, as reccomended on the label.
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: banjo on May 07, 2008, 11:54:38 pm
 :)
The best "Big Eats" I have ever had was in Singapore, Bogis Street....
A normal thoroughfare by day but in the evening a gastronomic paradise.   The table, plates & "digging kit" were owned by one guy with a menu.  He employed several small boys, who scooted about the various stalls collecting whatever you ordered from his menu.  The adjacent tables were all owned by someone else and they  had the same set up.  It all worked on a "chit" system and they obviously had a settle up at some stage when the punters had all gone home.
There was no Health and Safety in those days but I never heard of anyone suffering lasting effects.
The best Chinese grub I have ever had.
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: Albion on May 08, 2008, 05:45:30 am
:)
The best "Big Eats" I have ever had was in Singapore, Bogis Street....
A normal thoroughfare by day but in the evening a gastronomic paradise.   The table, plates & "digging kit" were owned by one guy with a menu.  He employed several small boys, who scooted about the various stalls collecting whatever you ordered from his menu.  The adjacent tables were all owned by someone else and they  had the same set up.  It all worked on a "chit" system and they obviously had a settle up at some stage when the punters had all gone home.
There was no Health and Safety in those days but I never heard of anyone suffering lasting effects.
The best Chinese grub I have ever had.
I live in Singapore and unfortunately that bit was mostly flattened and a underground station and shopping centre built, however there are plenty of these types of eateries still here. Also they now have regular inspections and certificates issued.

We have what we call the "Supper Club" where a group of us meet every tuesday night at a bar. Each week someone gets to choose the eating place with the rule being meal should be something around S$40 a head (about 15 Quid), you could go cheaper or a bit more. Normally we pay around S$30 which is including beers, hard to beat ;)
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: Peter Fitness on May 08, 2008, 06:08:14 pm
:)
The best "Big Eats" I have ever had was in Singapore
I remember on my first visit to Singapore, back in 1990, we ate at a place called the Satay Club. It was an open air place with lots of tables, and once you found somewhere to sit, someone came and took your order, and disappeared into the crowd. I don't know how they remembered where we were sitting, as the tables had no numbers, but he eventually re-appeared with plates piled high with delicious satays, and by the time we were finished, I reckon you could have had a decent bonfire with the satay sticks. The price was ridiculously cheap too. I don't think the Satay Club is there now, I didn't see any sign of it when we were in Singapore during the QE2 trip.
As far as my favourite food goes, right now it would be a big Aussie barbequed steak, medium rare,  O0 but as we are in England at the moment, that will have to wait until we get home.
Peter.
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: Albion on May 09, 2008, 04:44:29 am
I don't think the Satay Club is there now, I didn't see any sign of it when we were in Singapore during the QE2 trip.
It was moved to Clark quay, occupying a street, was ok, not like the original, however it is now only in one restaurant, expensive and poor quality :(
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: GaryM on May 09, 2008, 09:12:11 pm
Well this certainly floats my boat  :D :D :D

Fillet Steak, Wild Mushroom Sauce and Chips.
The sauce contains, butter, garlic, shallots, veg stock, dry vermouth, sweet sherry, paprika, double cream and of course mushrooms and lots of them. S&P to taste.
(just as good (99% anyway) with Tesco value mushrooms.
It's what "Duff" beer is to Holmer Simpson - drrrrooooooool {-)

Gary
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: herrmill on May 13, 2008, 04:30:26 am
I'll bring an American opinion to the table here & say some of the best, yet humblest, meals I've had the pleasure of enjoying is at IN-N-OUT BURGER when I am in California or Nevada.  They have BY FAR the best hamburgers, fries & shakes, & are still handmade-to-order with the same dedication to quality that this family run chain has followed since being founded in the late 40s.

For best culinary experience, it was at small outdoor restaurant on the shores of Lake Gorda outside of Brescia, Italy.  All tables were set with the finest service, but were on the grass lawn besides the lake; dinner consisted of local fresh fishes & seafood with all cooking done over an open grapevine fire & the wines weren't too shabby either.  A night to remember - fantastic! 

Chuck

 

 
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: tigertiger on May 13, 2008, 05:02:03 am
My best burger ever

I was returning to Germany and stuck on Dover dock feeling peckish.

Then I say it. Barnacle Bills restaurant. They did a Barnacle Bill's 1/2 pound Cheddar Cheese Burger.

It was not two 1/4 pounders in a tall bun. It was a large 8oz pattie in a large bap with about 20z of grated Cheddar and all the trimmings.

GREAT
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: herrmill on May 13, 2008, 07:15:05 am
Jeeze TT, did you have to sign a medical disclaimer & waiver before they started your order?  Sounds like that restaurant may have been a JV with Dr. Mahammod Hassan's Cardiology & Triple Bypass Clinic? {-)

I've always found it ironic where I grew up in West Virginia that it was the local doctors who were the first to buy into the McDonalds, KFC & Wendy's franchises when they started showing up in the late '60s & early '70s. But it wasn't limited to fast food - one of most prominent attorneys in our small town owned the largest beer distributorship. Talk about diversifying one's portfolio to ensure a guaranteed return!
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: FullLeatherJacket on May 13, 2008, 08:49:18 am
Well this certainly floats my boat  :D :D :D

Fillet Steak, Wild Mushroom Sauce and Chips.
The sauce contains, butter, garlic, shallots, veg stock, dry vermouth, sweet sherry, paprika, double cream and of course mushrooms and lots of them. S&P to taste.
(just as good (99% anyway) with Tesco value mushrooms.
It's what "Duff" beer is to Holmer Simpson - drrrrooooooool {-)

Gary

Gary - here's the deal:
I'll do you a full-colour wiring diagram for your Marie Felling if you let me have the full "how to" for that sauce.
Chacun a son gout, or summat like that, innit? ;)
FLJ
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: GaryM on May 13, 2008, 10:45:50 am
FLJ it's a deal O0

Gary :)
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: OMK on May 28, 2008, 01:42:52 am
Here's a good 'un.......

http://www.instructables.com/id/Curried-Goat/
Title: Re: Great Food and Meals of our time.....
Post by: bigfella on May 28, 2008, 09:35:56 am
MMMMMMMMMMMM Burgers

I used to work at a Hamburger place called Toucan Takeaways. The bread rolls where specially made by a local baker and measured 6 inches across and the meat patty was a smidgen under that. It was a meal in its self no need for anything else. Their stake burgers where butterfly rib fillet that was tenderised and marinated in a mixture of soy and Worcestershire sauces amongst other flavors. This was a fantastic place.

Now on the subject of Hamburgers I have a special pet hate for burgers being assembled the incorrect way. I know it sounds a bit picky but, in my oppinion, when you make a burger you must assembly it in the correct order otherwise you will end up wearing most of it. First you have the bottom of the bun with your selection of sauce then the meat patty then the fried onions then the salad starting with the lettuce (not shredded but a leaf) then Tomato, beetroot, carrot and if you want to take the healthy road alfalfa then the top of the bun. Enjoy O0 O0 O0

PS The bun must be slightly toasted.

Regards David