what's your favourite meal out?

[merciasounds]

Many years ago when Berni Inns were about, it was said that the country's fav meal was prawn cocktail, then rump steak followed by black forest gateau. Now they reckon it's chicken tikka masala or sweet and sour pork!

[wiggal]

Mine is Lasagne! I always have it when I go out :-) Could eat it everyday!

[tamborine]

ethandron - dont wanna be sued

[funnygirl]

I regard going to TGI Fridays as a treat as we have to go far for one.

I love their ribs and prawns, absolutely delish!

[lucca]

Most of that sounds absolutely disgusting!

[ethandron]

is that the tasting menu? sounds great, just what we're hoping for :)
i thought you had to book years in advance but they don't actually take bookings too far in advance do they? something to look forward to in a couple of years...along with my bus pass :(

[boxtops]

Sounds truly fabulous - as well as weird, but you'd expect that of the Duck I believe! We like good old Café Rouge, particularly as you can use the Tesco vouchers there and eat for nothing (in effect) - and if I've no Tesco vouchers then I get a 20% discount there from work anywhere. Food is good, hot and wholesome.

[boxtops]

* that should be "anyway" not "anywhere".

[piggynose]

what about a nice greasy dona kebab after a good skin full

[Backdrifter]

I couldn't name a single 'favourite' but my local French restaurant, The French Table in Surbiton, is pretty dependable and they usually have a 'pork trilogy' dish on the menu - always pork belly done 3 different ways that vary from time to time. It often includes a pork and fois gras 'burger' that is beautifully, silkily lovely. There's a Malaysian on Charing Cross Rd in London that we always look forward to visiting, lovely fresh zingy food. And for some good old fashioned but high-end British, St John near Smithfield - their signature dish of roasted bone marrow on toast is heaven.

But sometimes it just depends on the circumstances at the time. One of my most fondly remembered meals was when we were in Cadgwith Bay in Cornwall; a lady ran a shop selling freshly caught & cooked crabs, and also made sandwiches from them. We took our sandwiches - regular shop-bought sliced white but packed with white & brown meat - down to the water's edge, and sat on the rocks, in the sun with a cool sea breeze, eating these delicious sandwiches containing rich, sweet crab from just out to sea from where we were. Normally I don't like eating outdoors but this was perfection.

Anyone else have a specific meal they always remember, even though it might be something very simple?

[piggynose]

on a serious note, a good old brummie balti, my favourites is in balsall heath, the dewan

[ethandron]

ooh you've just made me remember eating fresh oysters, bought on the quayside at a little northern french port whose name escapes me. it wasn't a fancy shop or stall, just a couple of wooden boxes with a plank across, and the lady selling them opened them for me and chopped a couple of lemons in half for me to squeeze over them - absolute heaven!