The Foodie thread

[YorkshireRed]

Just now, Bjornebye said:

Just made us some gazpacho. She didn’t want warm soup but neither of us have an appetite and we need some goodness. Bloody lovely 

 

 

Cold soup eaters make me suspicious. I put them in the same category as non drinkers and men who have no interest in the unmentionable. 
 

I’m sure they could be upstanding citizens but they probably aren’t. 

[Bjornebye]

5 minutes ago, YorkshireRed said:

Cold soup eaters make me suspicious. I put them in the same category as non drinkers and men who have no interest in the unmentionable. 
 

I’m sure they could be upstanding citizens but they probably aren’t. 

I've made quite a bit, jump in the car and come and try some. You'll change your mind. Bring the lesbo's. Or the missus and I'll stick The Sweeney on. 

[Anubis]

7 minutes ago, YorkshireRed said:

Cold soup eaters make me suspicious. I put them in the same category as non drinkers and men who have no interest in the unmentionable. 
 

I’m sure they could be upstanding citizens but they probably aren’t. 

Agreed. It’s disgusting and very much deviant behaviour.

[Captain Willard]

15 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

I've made quite a bit, jump in the car and come and try some. You'll change your mind. Bring the lesbo's. Or the missus and I'll stick The Sweeney on. 

He won’t share the lesbos. Or the coke. Not even the magician. I’d keep the soup to myself. 

[Tony Moanero]

2 minutes ago, Captain Willard said:

He won’t share the lesbos. Or the coke. Not even the magician. I’d keep the soup to myself. 

Homemade soup > drugs

[Captain Willard]

There’s a little Italian place near us in an unpromising part of town but seemingly always packed when we drive past. We decided to try it out for lunch today, £14 each for 3 courses. Absolutely brilliant, huge courses, fantastic food and only £44 for 2 including  a bottle of red wine. There’s a reason it’s packed. Mrs Willard banned me from taking pictures of my food so I got the menu on the way out. That’s me in reflection. 

[Captain Willard]

2 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

Homemade soup > drugs

That belongs in the signs you’re getting older thread. 

[Tony Moanero]

 

7 minutes ago, Captain Willard said:

There’s a little Italian place near us in an unpromising part of town but seemingly always packed when we drive past. We decided to try it out for lunch today, £14 each for 3 courses. Absolutely brilliant, huge courses, fantastic food and only £44 for 2 including  a bottle of red wine. There’s a reason it’s packed. Mrs Willard banned me from taking pictures of my food so I got the menu on the way out. That’s me in reflection. 

The baked aubergine and homemade Tiramisu sound nice but that menu is pretty shit. A distinct lack of pasta dishes and no pizza. Shove it up your bum.

[YorkshireRed]

8 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

Homemade soup > drugs

My mum makes the greatest homemade soups ever. Even in her dotage she can still do wonders with a finished leg of lamb. 

[TheHowieLama]

37 minutes ago, YorkshireRed said:

Cold soup eaters make me suspicious.

 

30 minutes ago, Anubis said:

Agreed. It’s disgusting and very much deviant behaviour.

 

Embarrassing takes from what I considered to be gourmands.

 

Vichyssoise is another tremendous cold soup.

[YorkshireRed]

10 minutes ago, Captain Willard said:

There’s a little Italian place near us in an unpromising part of town but seemingly always packed when we drive past. We decided to try it out for lunch today, £14 each for 3 courses. Absolutely brilliant, huge courses, fantastic food and only £44 for 2 including  a bottle of red wine. There’s a reason it’s packed. Mrs Willard banned me from taking pictures of my food so I got the menu on the way out. That’s me in reflection. 

 Chicken wings and pork for me. 
 

The zesty lemon tart sounds like something that would be on offer in stockbroker belt Surrey. I’ll have two. 

[Captain Willard]

2 minutes ago, YorkshireRed said:

 Chicken wings and pork for me. 
 

The zesty lemon tart sounds like something that would be on offer in stockbroker belt Surrey. I’ll have two. 

I had the Cannelonni, Mrs Willard the calves liver. She made the better choice, very tasty. 

Ps I’ve had a few zesty tarts in my life and they’re good fun for about an hour but a nightmare in the longer term. 

[YorkshireRed]

4 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

Vichyssoise

This confirms it. A cold soup named after some Nazi collaborators. 

[A Red]

20 minutes ago, Captain Willard said:

There’s a little Italian place near us in an unpromising part of town but seemingly always packed when we drive past. We decided to try it out for lunch today, £14 each for 3 courses. Absolutely brilliant, huge courses, fantastic food and only £44 for 2 including  a bottle of red wine. There’s a reason it’s packed. Mrs Willard banned me from taking pictures of my food so I got the menu on the way out. That’s me in reflection. 

That looks like my type of place, plenty of choices and cheap.

[Captain Willard]

16 minutes ago, A Red said:

That looks like my type of place, plenty of choices and cheap.

And massive portions of well cooked food. Full of pensioners. Reminded me of the scene in the Sopranos when Arty had to start  doing 2 for 1 lunch specials, me and Mrs Willard are now “2fers”

[Anubis]

All looks quite tasty, Willard, although I can’t be the only one wondering what constitutes the unpromising part of town in your neck of the woods

 

Brownie points to the restaurant for their commendable dedication of trying to typeface and space their own lunch menu on notepad, that used to be so beloved of all small restaurants everywhere.

[Captain Willard]

3 hours ago, Anubis said:

All looks quite tasty, Willard, although I can’t be the only one wondering what constitutes the unpromising part of town in your neck of the woods

 

Brownie points to the restaurant for their commendable dedication of trying to typeface and space their own lunch menu on notepad, that used to be so beloved of all small restaurants everywhere.

Ha ha. Good spot re the typeface.
 

The restaurant is in a tired parade of shops that’s mainly takeaways and charity shops. That said, there’s a shop that only sells old cricket books. Big piles of musty Pre war Wilsdens fading away in the winter sun. You never see anybody go in. I’m convinced it’s actually the entrance to a secret underground Mi5 bunker like something out of James Bond.

 

Mrs Willard thinks it’s just a bookshop but what the fuck does she know ? 

[Bjornebye]

8 minutes ago, Captain Willard said:

Ha ha. Good spot re the typeface.
 

The restaurant is in a tired parade of shops that’s mainly takeaways and charity shops. That said, there’s a shop that only sells old cricket books. Big piles of musty Pre war Wilsdens fading away in the winter sun. You never see anybody go in. I’m convinced it’s actually the entrance to a secret underground Mi5 bunker like something out of James Bond.

 

Mrs Willard thinks it’s just a bookshop but what the fuck does she know ? 

Have they got Winnie the Poo? 

[General Dryness]

6 hours ago, Captain Willard said:

There’s a little Italian place near us in an unpromising part of town but seemingly always packed when we drive past. We decided to try it out for lunch today, £14 each for 3 courses. Absolutely brilliant, huge courses, fantastic food and only £44 for 2 including  a bottle of red wine. There’s a reason it’s packed. Mrs Willard banned me from taking pictures of my food so I got the menu on the way out. That’s me in reflection. 

Far too much on that menu.

 

Gordon Ramsey would have a fucking fit.

[Captain Willard]

2 minutes ago, General Dryness said:

Far too much on that menu.

 

Gordon Ramsey would have a fucking fit.

Ha ha. We used to have Gordon as a client. Massive and I mean proper massive coke head. He’ll be dead within 5 years.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Put some mozzarella on top of a pasty, pop it in the microwave for a minute, and you have what I like to call "a mozzarella pasty".

 

You can thank me later.

[TheHowieLama]

2 hours ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

Put some mozzarella on top of a pasty, pop it in the microwave for a minute, and you have what I like to call "a mozzarella pasty".

 

You can thank me later.

Pizza Pasty has a better ring to it.

 

Marketing - touches nose.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

12 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

Pizza Pasty has a better ring to it.

 

Marketing - touches nose.

Invent your own haute cuisine, buddy. The mozzarella pasty name is already established.

[TheHowieLama]

4 minutes ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

Invent your own haute cuisine, buddy. The mozzarella pasty name is already established.

See you in court.

[Bjornebye]

33 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

Pizza Pasty has a better ring to it.

 

Marketing - touches nose.

Pastarella?