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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2023 6:26:43 GMT -5
I recently heard a Gordon Ramsey quote: “When people eat out, you need to give them something special that they can’t get at home.”
I think that’s good advice. So, what do you look for while eating out?
I like a good steak on a skillet, which is practically volcanic in heat. I can cook a steak at home, but it never tastes like it does in a restaurant or pub. So that’s definitely something I’d look out for.
I don’t really pay to eat fish and chips in a restaurant/pub. I can do fish and chips easily at home - and it’ll taste the same. It would seem a waste to spend money on fish and chips while out when, for much less, I can cook the same meal at home.
I have never had a jacket potato in a pub. Hardly seems worth leaving the house. I can do that cheaper, with the same taste, at home.
I get that eating out is just as much about the communal aspects. But I feel if I am going to spend money on food, it has to be special.
What about the rest of you?
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Post by Cei-U! on Feb 5, 2023 7:24:11 GMT -5
Good food at a good price. Period.
Cei-U!
A comfortable atmosphere and friendly, efficient staff are also nice but pointless without the first two!
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 5, 2023 9:40:43 GMT -5
Steaks in a good place ,will always taste better because they marinade them for months before they use them. I look for a decent price and food I can't make at home without a lot of trouble. Eating out these days is too expensive.
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Post by Rob Allen on Feb 5, 2023 13:28:38 GMT -5
We have to look for a place that can accommodate my wife's many food intolerances. She currently has to avoid gluten, corn syrup, soy, dairy, nightshades (tomatoes, peppers, potatoes and eggplant), cruciferous veggies, beef, and pork. The list changes a bit from year to year but gluten and corn syrup are always on it.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Feb 5, 2023 13:39:31 GMT -5
We have to look for a place that can accommodate my wife's many food intolerances. She currently has to avoid gluten, corn syrup, soy, dairy, nightshades (tomatoes, peppers, potatoes and eggplant), cruciferous veggies, beef, and pork. The list changes a bit from year to year but gluten and corn syrup are always on it. Man, soy, nightshades *and* cabbage cultivars? That really takes a lot of vegetables off the menu. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 5, 2023 13:54:23 GMT -5
Something I can’t cook just as well at home for less. Take steaks. With my smoker and my grill (which I can get to about 750 degrees F.) I can do a steak every bit as good as I can get at any steak place I’ve been to for about 1/3 to 1/4 the price. Same with most barbeque (the exception being brisket). And burgers, in fact I’m not sure I can get a burger better than I can do at home.
So mostly that means ethnic foods. Particularly Asian (Thai and Indian in particular) because I don’t have the skill or the access to all the ingredients. I can do decent Italian, but not as good as a decent restaurant. Mexican is a little bit of a different story. I can do some really great Mexican. But for some things it’s just easier and cheaper to go out for it. And we have a ton of super good authentic Mexican here.
So by and large it just has to be better than I can do on my own. Which is why I eat little to no fast food.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 5, 2023 13:55:35 GMT -5
We have to look for a place that can accommodate my wife's many food intolerances. She currently has to avoid gluten, corn syrup, soy, dairy, nightshades (tomatoes, peppers, potatoes and eggplant), cruciferous veggies, beef, and pork. The list changes a bit from year to year but gluten and corn syrup are always on it. Man, soy, nightshades *and* cabbage cultivars? That really takes a lot of vegetables off the menu. Vegetables taste like sad. |
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Post by Rob Allen on Feb 5, 2023 19:37:02 GMT -5
We have to look for a place that can accommodate my wife's many food intolerances. She currently has to avoid gluten, corn syrup, soy, dairy, nightshades (tomatoes, peppers, potatoes and eggplant), cruciferous veggies, beef, and pork. The list changes a bit from year to year but gluten and corn syrup are always on it. Man, soy, nightshades *and* cabbage cultivars? That really takes a lot of vegetables off the menu. Actually, she just got the OK from her doctor to start eating cabbage again, but is still avoiding broccoli. |
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Post by Confessor on Feb 5, 2023 20:15:37 GMT -5
...but is still avoiding broccoli. Yeah...but thats just sensible though, irrespective of food intolerances. It's the Devil's vegetable (along with Brussels Sprouts). |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Feb 5, 2023 20:46:25 GMT -5
...but is still avoiding broccoli. Yeah...but thats just sensible though, irrespective of food intolerances. It's the Devil's vegetable (along with Brussels Sprouts). Heresy, heresy, I say! Garlic is the one that's straight out of the devil's garden. It even reeks of sulfur! Broccoli and Brussels Sprouts are just cabbage in different trappings. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Feb 6, 2023 3:42:52 GMT -5
Yeah...but thats just sensible though, irrespective of food intolerances. It's the Devil's vegetable (along with Brussels Sprouts). Heresy, heresy, I say! Garlic is the one that's straight out of the devil's garden. It even reeks of sulfur! Broccoli and Brussels Sprouts are just cabbage in different trappings. The only cabbage cultivar I usually avoid is cauliflower (although there's a few recipes where it works quite well). Garlic is divine. You guys have rocks for brains... |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2023 4:29:35 GMT -5
If we’re discussing what came from the Devil, let’s discuss…mayo. Don’t get that at all. Can’t even buy a sandwich in an airport or shop because EVERY one has mayo on it!
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Post by Cei-U! on Feb 6, 2023 5:19:01 GMT -5
Thumbs up for broccoli, cauliflower, and garlic. Thumbs down for Brussels sprouts and cabbage (cooked; raw is fine). Not crazy about artichoke or asparagus, either. Okra is simply beyond-the-pale horrid.
Cei-U!
I summon the veggie variety plate!
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Post by Rob Allen on Feb 6, 2023 12:33:49 GMT -5
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 6, 2023 13:53:18 GMT -5
...but is still avoiding broccoli. Yeah...but thats just sensible though, irrespective of food intolerances. It's the Devil's vegetable (along with Brussels Sprouts). I can doctor brussels sprouts to a point where they're edible if I do them in a Dutch oven with enough stuff to mostly kill the flavor. I don't like them, but I can make them edible. Broccoli is just a vile and hideous abomination that warns you off by its horrendous smell and taste. |
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