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  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #750 - April 26, 2010, 07:50 AM
    Didn't the English get their first 5 star a few years ago and only after 'extra' checking from the Michelin guide?
    So once again I'm left with the classic Irish man's dilemma, do I eat the potato or do I let it ferment so I can drink it later?
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  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #751 - April 26, 2010, 08:44 AM
    Quote from: Iraqi Atheist on April 25, 2010, 11:36 PM
    I hate fancy food. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fat_Duck#Food_Gallery

    What!  mysmilie_977

    Thats the only restaurant in the UK that I would cut my right arm off to go to.  In fact I would have gone there by now, had it not been for the fact that its so far away from my home.
    I love this new wave of experimental cookery, it makes food far more interesting.
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  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #752 - April 26, 2010, 08:59 AM
    Quote from: Ferrero on April 25, 2010, 11:42 PM
    Why'd you hate fancy food? Most chefs see food as an art form and not just something to fill your tummy. Chefs like Heston Blumenthal do not get Michelin stars for nothing.

    Would be nice if they actually gave you more food though. Being arty doesn't stop you from adding more food to the plate.

    Quote from: Iraqi Atheist on April 25, 2010, 11:36 PM
    I hate fancy food. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fat_Duck#Food_Gallery

    That food seems pretty damn cool. Wish I was rich....
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  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #753 - April 26, 2010, 11:27 AM
    @IsLame, believe it or not I was invited to dinner at this restaurant. But I suggested they take me some place else.  grin12
    I don't know, I just thought it was too experimental and too fancy. Plus, it's a relatively long drive from London for someone who was starving! So we ended up going to a bar where I had the greatest steak ever.
  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #754 - April 26, 2010, 11:31 AM
    Quote from: Iraqi Atheist on April 26, 2010, 11:27 AM
    @IsLame, believe it or not I was invited to dinner at this restaurant. But I suggested they take me some place else.  grin12

    OMG!  You do realise this is the best restaurant in the country and arguably Europe (according to Michelins stars, the only universally recognised method of measuring them) and that this restaurant is on the international radar as one of the most innovative restaurant in the world?
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    I don't know, I just thought it was too experimental and too fancy. Plus, it's a relatively long drive from London for someone who was starving! So we ended up going to a bar where I had the greatest steak ever.

    And you went for steak, that you could have made at home by sticking a slab of meat in an oven  lipsrsealed  finmad
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  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #755 - April 26, 2010, 11:35 AM

    I hope Ferrero keeps posting pictures of her mouthwatering looking meals whenever she feels like it  Afro

    Now, I have to admit I'm not really a fan of Heston Bluemnthal's type of cuisine. I've never tried it though, but I know someone who has. There is like a long waiting list for tables, and its all very weird and avant garde. When they serve that 'taste of the sea' dish, a waiter comes in and sprays salt water in the air around you so it feels like you're at the ocean, stuff like that. Meh, whatever.

    Also, Mixu said you never see Indian, Thai or Chinese restaurants with Michelin stars. There are quite a number of Indian restaurants in London with Michelin stars, one is called Benares and is meant to be astonishing. I'm sure there are Chinese restaurants with stars, not sure about Thai, though.



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  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #756 - April 26, 2010, 12:06 PM
    Quote from: IsLame on April 26, 2010, 11:31 AM
    OMG!  You do realise this is the best restaurant in the country and arguably Europe (according to Michelins stars, the only universally recognised method of measuring them) and that this restaurant is on the international radar as one of the most innovative restaurant in the world?

    I know. That's why they wanted to take me there.
    Like I said, I was very hungry and hadn't eaten breakfast that day. We were in Central London and they told me the drive was about 1 hour. I didn't want to go all the way just to have a microscopic piece of something I have never heard of.


    Quote from: IsLame on April 26, 2010, 11:31 AM
    And you went for steak, that you could have made at home by sticking a slab of meat in an oven  lipsrsealed  finmad

    The steak was out of this world.
  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #757 - April 26, 2010, 12:11 PM
    Quote from: billy on April 26, 2010, 11:35 AM
    I hope Ferrero keeps posting pictures of her mouthwatering looking meals whenever she feels like it  Afro



     Afro

    Quote from: Iraqi Atheist on April 26, 2010, 12:06 PM
    The steak was out of this world.


    What was the name of the bar?
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  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #758 - April 26, 2010, 12:13 PM
    Yeah, her meal pictures inspire me with ideas of what to eat.

    Quote from: billy on April 26, 2010, 11:35 AM
    Now, I have to admit I'm not really a fan of Heston Bluemnthal's type of cuisine. I've never tried it though, but I know someone who has. There is like a long waiting list for tables, and its all very weird and avant garde. When they serve that 'taste of the sea' dish, a waiter comes in and sprays salt water in the air around you so it feels like you're at the ocean, stuff like that. Meh, whatever.

    I dont think thats so bad - I think if you stimulate all the senses, it can make a difference to your eating experience as well as subconciously affect how you enjoy the food.

    I just wish it was closer.
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  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #759 - April 26, 2010, 12:18 PM
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    The steak was out of this world.

    I am sure it was.  But a steak is a steak, and unless you are a connoiseur or its not been cooked wel, then its usually the sauces that make the most difference.

    Quote from: Iraqi Atheist on April 26, 2010, 12:06 PM
    I know. That's why they wanted to take me there.
    Like I said, I was very hungry and hadn't eaten breakfast that day. We were in Central London and they told me the drive was about 1 hour. I didn't want to go all the way just to have a microscopic piece of something I have never heard of.

    You wouldnt have got in in any case, if you had not booked.  You need to book the tables, sometimes months in advance!
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  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #760 - April 26, 2010, 12:31 PM
    Quote from: J4m3z on April 26, 2010, 12:11 PM
    What was the name of the bar?

    I don't remember but I'm pretty it was in a neighborhood called Mayfair. It was very busy and we had to eat our food at the bar.


    Quote from: IsLame on April 26, 2010, 12:18 PM
    I am sure it was.  But a steak is a steak, and unless you are a connoiseur or its not been cooked wel, then its usually the sauces that make the most difference.
    You wouldnt have got in in any case, if you had not booked.  You need to book the tables, sometimes months in advance!

    I'm not a connoisseur. I just wanted a big juicy steak.


    Quote from: IsLame on April 26, 2010, 12:18 PM
    I am sure it was.  But a steak is a steak, and unless you are a connoiseur or its not been cooked wel, then its usually the sauces that make the most difference.
    You wouldnt have got in in any case, if you had not booked.  You need to book the tables, sometimes months in advance!

    Months?  mysmilie_977
    They had a reservation. I was the reason they canceled. But now that you told me that it takes months, I really feel bad. They must've hated me for not wanting to go. It's  partly their fault too. They didn't tell me it was difficult getting a reservation. I swear if I had known, I would have definitely gone.

    God, they must hate me for it  grin12
  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #761 - April 26, 2010, 12:55 PM
    Quote from: Iraqi Atheist on April 26, 2010, 12:31 PM
    But now that you told me that it takes months, I really feel bad.

    Not in all cases, depends on whether they were taking you there during a popular time, such as a weekend evening. 

    If it was your uncle, I bet his wife was gutted if she's not been there before.  She missed out on the best restaurant in the UK, for what?  A blokey steak. 
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  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #762 - April 26, 2010, 01:04 PM
    Look at the effort he goes to making somethng as plain and simple as Fish & Chips.  

    He invented this precise Gastro-Chemistry cooking style.  He uses liquid nitrogen, and precise temperatures, testubes  etc

    Anyhow look at the finished result from 3.00 onwards Yum Yum

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  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #763 - April 26, 2010, 01:12 PM
    Quote from: IsLame on April 26, 2010, 12:55 PM
    Not in all cases, depends on whether they were taking you there during a popular time, such as a weekend evening. 

    If it was your uncle, I bet his wife was gutted if she's not been there before.  She missed out on the best restaurant in the UK, for what?  A blokey steak.

    I wish it was my uncle and his wife.

    It was a friend of mine and his fiancee visiting from Holland !! They stayed for two weeks in the UK during which, I really took care of them. Booked the hotel, picked them up from the airport, showed them around London, took them to many restaurants (and in a couple of times I paid), drove them in my car to Wales and Manchester to see some of his relatives......
    It was the last 2 days of their vacation and they wanted to express their gratitude so they decided to take me out for dinner. His fiancee arranged the booking which means she must have heard about it in Holland (and probably made the reservation from Holland). IOW, she REALLY wanted to go. 

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  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #764 - April 26, 2010, 01:15 PM
    Quote from: Iraqi Atheist on April 26, 2010, 01:12 PM
    *TRIPLE FACE PALM*

    You can take one from me.

    Make that a *QUADRUPLE FACE PALM*
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  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #765 - April 26, 2010, 01:17 PM
    Indeed.
  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #766 - April 26, 2010, 01:19 PM
    The average cost for a meal for 3 people is usually around £450
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  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #767 - April 26, 2010, 01:29 PM
    Yeah I figured. He's pretty well-off. I talked about him before here: http://www.councilofexmuslims.com/index.php?topic=8978.msg226214#msg226214
    Quote from: Iraqi Atheist on March 03, 2010, 01:37 AM
    Look I personally have a relative who has been smoking marijuana since he was 17. Ever since, he's been consuming 3 grams a week on average (that's what he admits to anyway). It never destroyed his life. He studied and worked part-time at the same time. He worked as a chef and a driving instructor while studying for a BSc in clinical laboratory sciences. He's now a partner in a Driving Instruction company, and works as a laboratory technician. He also owns a modern 2-bedroom apartment outright and has just bought a brand-new Mustang convertible and he hasn't hit 30 yet. He lives in Rotterdam.

    Plus, if you count all the money I spent on petrol and stuff, it would be much more than £150  Wink




    Anyway, the number 1 restaurant I want to go to is this:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Texan_Steak_Ranch
    http://www.bigtexan.com/  

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  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #768 - April 26, 2010, 01:34 PM
    If you like steak that much, then why dont you make them at home?  Its one of the easiest dishes to do.
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  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #769 - April 26, 2010, 01:37 PM
    Impressive looking fish & chips there.
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  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #770 - April 26, 2010, 01:45 PM
    Quote from: IsLame on April 26, 2010, 01:34 PM
    If you like steak that much, then why dont you make them at home?  Its one of the easiest dishes to do.

    Really? how? I don't have a BBQ !
  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #771 - April 26, 2010, 01:53 PM
    I make steak in a frying pan. Always turns out great. Put the juices into a saucepan of double cream, beef stock, whole peppercorns and add a teaspoon of mustard. Serve as a sauce over the steak. Comes out delicious everytime. Well apart from this one time where I let the cream cool down and added the hot juices from the steak to it. Bad idea. Makes the cream separate.
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  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #772 - April 26, 2010, 02:01 PM
    Do you mind teaching me James?

    Which cut do you get? do you boil it first? or just throw it the pan? how long do you fry it for? how thick should the steak be?

    If you're busy atm, reply later.
  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #773 - April 26, 2010, 02:19 PM
    Quote from: J4m3z on April 26, 2010, 01:53 PM
    I make steak in a frying pan. Always turns out great. Put the juices into a saucepan of double cream, beef stock, whole peppercorns and add a teaspoon of mustard. Serve as a sauce over the steak. Comes out delicious everytime. Well apart from this one time where I let the cream cool down and added the hot juices from the steak to it. Bad idea. Makes the cream separate.

    Milk proteins don't react well to fast changes in temperature, splitting / curdling usually being the result. For people not used to preparing sauces with dairy I'd recommend using cream with a higher fat content as it tends to be more forgiving.

    EDIT: Not that I'd recommend using dairy, of course.  mysmilie_977
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  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #774 - April 26, 2010, 02:21 PM
    Quote from: Iraqi Atheist on April 25, 2010, 10:08 PM
    Today's dinner. Made it all by myself. *

    Oven-grilled scampi and deep-fried Levantine-style kobbeh.


    I've had kobbeh
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    *Well, mum made the kobbeh and put it in the freezer. I just deep fried it !





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  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #775 - April 26, 2010, 02:46 PM
    Quote from: Iraqi Atheist on April 26, 2010, 02:01 PM
    Do you mind teaching me James?

    Which cut do you get? do you boil it first? or just throw it the pan? how long do you fry it for? how thick should the steak be?

    If you're busy atm, reply later.


    Ribeye is my favourite cuz it has fat rippling through it. Rump and Sirloin works too though. I wouldn't bother buying high quality cuts of beef if it isn't matured though. Beef that is going grey is tastier than beef that is bright red. I like a thick steak, about 3/4 of an inch to an inch. Season it with ground salt and pepper and then just put it straight into the frying pan. About 5 minutes on each side on quite a high heat and you should still have a pink centre.

    If you're going to make the peppercorn sauce (which you should try, it's really nice!) then you can use different types of whole peppercorns. Pink peppercorns give the sauce a sweet chilli kind of twist to it.
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  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #776 - April 26, 2010, 03:45 PM
    Thanks  Afro

    I'll make some wholes in it. I don't like it medium rare. It has to be medium/medium-well.
  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #777 - April 26, 2010, 05:28 PM
    Quote from: Iraqi Atheist on April 26, 2010, 03:45 PM
    I'll make some wholes in it. I don't like it medium rare. It has to be medium/medium-well.

    You can easily tell doneness without poking holes into things:
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  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #778 - April 26, 2010, 05:34 PM
    Quote from: Iraqi Atheist on April 26, 2010, 03:45 PM
    Thanks  Afro

    I'll make some wholes in it. I don't like it medium rare. It has to be medium/medium-well.

    You dont need to make holes in it - it should cook though if you leave it for a few extra minutes.  Find a videojug recipe you like, keep it simple & try it - you'll enjoy the process, Im sure. 

    In my experience true foodies like to cook, so they can make things just the way they like them.
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  • Re: Food, Food, Glorious Food - what you having for dinner?
     Reply #779 - April 26, 2010, 06:23 PM
    Quote from: thinkfree on April 26, 2010, 05:28 PM
    You can easily tell doneness without poking holes into things:
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     Huh?
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