[Dining Review]

[crabapple]

Ass goblins and eccentricities aside, fish 'n' chips is a neat regional-style dish and I am interested in trying more of it. I found an H Salt Fish and Chips restaurant just a short while ago...it is just on the other side of the boulevard. H Salt is a chain that I recall at least from the 70's here in the US. It has declined in popularity but evidently a few still exist!

[ferretchucker]

Always nice rediscovering a seemingly extinct old hole. Wimpy Bars are few and far between, as are the Harry Ramsden's Fish and Chip shop chain.

[BookZombie]

I have never heard of dehydrated onions, I always use fresh one, but then my burgers do not taste like Macdonald's burgers as they are just pure meat, a bit of onion and egg and nothing else fried in real butter. with salt, pepper and garlic spices.

I have only had fish and chips once, at the harbor down here in Bergen. I thought it was delicious, and I agree that a dish do not have to be complicated to be good. Steak with baked potato is not complicated but it is really good.

[Sistinas666]

Originally Posted by The_Return

You want gimmick restaurants? Hit up New York City - its crawling with them.

My favourite by far: Jekyll & Hyde's. Whole thing's themed like an old-school monster movie...creepy Maître d' escorts you to your table, checks in on you from time to time to weird you out...picture frames on the walls that move...skeletons everywhere...classic horror trailers playing on screens...all kinds of awesomeness.

Its cheesy tourist stuff for sure, and the food wasn't anything special...but the atmosphere is just too damn cool to pass up.

I just saw the Jekyll & Hyde Club on a rerun of The Girls Next Door, looks freakin awesome!

[ferretchucker]

Originally Posted by BookZombie

I have never heard of dehydrated onions, I always use fresh one, but then my burgers do not taste like Macdonald's burgers as they are just pure meat, a bit of onion and egg and nothing else fried in real butter. with salt, pepper and garlic spices.

I have only had fish and chips once, at the harbor down here in Bergen. I thought it was delicious, and I agree that a dish do not have to be complicated to be good. Steak with baked potato is not complicated but it is really good.

The dehydrated onions are just that. They come in small sachets we keep in the back room and just have water added a little while beforehand. Good for storage.

And yeah, fish and chips is definitely the idea sea side food. Until the seagull bastards start gathering...

[BookZombie]

I have never seen dried onions in stores in Norway, but if I see it I will have to pick up a package and try it out.

Seagulls are in permanent residence on the harbor in Bergen, however they are more interested in the fishermen gutting their catch a way further down the harbor than in people eating fish and chips. That reminds me that it is probably possible to get fish and chips again on the harbor now that spring have come, perhaps I should drag my hubby out to get some one of these days.

Oh and that reminds me of another harbor delicacy, fresh shrimps which where in the sea a few hours before, just boiled and eaten as is, very simple food, but extremely good.

[Fearonsarms]

Has anyone ordered something from a restaurant and got loads more than they bargained for? I went to one and ordered cheese on toast and a spicy bean burger just for myself before a night out on the booze to fill up on much needed grease. I ended up with two massive plates of food. The cheese on toast came with salad, pasta, cous cous, pulses and coffee, the bean burger also came with more salad, pasts, cous cous, pulses and two slices of pitta bread all covered in a spicy fresh onion sauce. I somehow managed to eat both dishes except for the pitta bread which I can't stand.

Oh and I'm going to my local "chippy" in a bit for mixed vegeatables in black bean sauce and chippy chips.

[ferretchucker]

Originally Posted by Fearonsarms

Has anyone ordered something from a restaurant and got loads more than they bargained for? I went to one and ordered cheese on toast and a spicy bean burger just for myself before a night out on the booze to fill up on much needed grease. I ended up with two massive plates of food. The cheese on toast came with salad, pasta, cous cous, pulses and coffee, the bean burger also came with more salad, pasts, cous cous, pulses and two slices of pitta bread all covered in a spicy fresh onion sauce. I somehow managed to eat both dishes except for the pitta bread which I can't stand.

Oh and I'm going to my local "chippy" in a bit for mixed vegeatables in black bean sauce and chippy chips.

I am most certainly an "eyes bigger than my stomach" person. I'd have made the same mistake - would have ended in me half dead from gluttony and my dad happily finishing my portions. There's a pub nearby which is terrible for it. One garlic bread portion can fill the whole table.

[ManchestrMorgue]

I love food. Really love it. Love trying new things, and love going back to old favourites.

Some favourites:

German food. Things like pork knuckles, dumplings, Jaeger schnitzel, Goulash soup, liver dumpling soup. Some of the greatest food to eat on a cold winter's day. Goes very well with a good German wheat beer.

French food. Its complexity and delicacy make it as much a work of art as a meal. Makes for a supreme dining experience when you want to admire as well as savour. And it is a great excuse to drink French wines :) Then, simpler fare such as grilled trout. Some of the best fish and chips that I have ever had was on the bonnet of a car from a roadside vendor in the south of France.

American food. Americans make some amazing food. Chili. Southern style barbecue. Cajun food. When I have people over for a barbecue at home, this is what I will often make. It shows that barbecuing is not just about burning meat to a crisp over hot flames.

Italian food. A great food when you want something simple but amazingly tasty. I prefer pizzas and pastas to mains.

Greek food. Fried haloumi, barbecued seafood, dips. Amazing stuff.

Middle Eastern. Again, full of flavour and the sort of food you just want to eat with a whole bunch of people in a very casual and comfortable setting.

Thai food. Spicy and complex flavours.

Korean BBQ.

Indian food. Such a huge range of flavours (unfortunately we mainly see a small portion of that in most Indian restaurants).

There are so many great foods. Unfortunately, there are so many bad restaurants.

[crabapple]

Manchester's droolingly descriptive post covers a lot of ground!