what meals do you like when out?

spike7451

Here's the website from The Balloo House,a loverly place near me owned & ran by Chef Danny Miller,who was in the Great British Menu.
His food is lush!
http://www.balloohouse.com/

POSSETTE

Zazen999 wrote: »

My fave veggie pub meals are all served locally anyway [and we ARE near you]...in the Victoria in Beeston...go there and have a look at their food and you will get an all round idea of what good home cooked pub grub should be.

A sunday roast PLUS a good veggie roast, with roast spuds cooked in veg oil would have us visiting regularly.....it's one thing that pubs find so hard to get right and yet it's so simple to do!

We aren't backward in paying for good food; and one thing that drives me mad is the '40 options all done badly rather than 5 done well' pub, or the 'two for one' pub.....it's all too cheap and we would rather have better quality food at a decent price than cheap tat.

Also, have newspapers in the pub; it really makes a difference when waiting for good food to come!

Once it is through, PM me the details and we'll come over as well.

Totally agree, we do roast spuds/chips in duck fat..that is gorgeous,veg oil for the veggies though. We will only do around 12-15 mains plus specials.My partners signature dish is a slice of black pudding,with slice of haggis,and a crispy fritter with a special whisky gravy on it.It sells like the clappers as starter and main. He presents food fabulously.
We are going to put a small area in for drinkers also as there isnt one at mo, newspapers def will be there.
Will check out the Victoria,thanks. Not too far away.:j

POSSETTE

Wow Spike that Baloo place is fab..id be there all the time.Prices are really good for that standard also.. We are lucky enough to have a split pub.The garden room can be more bistro,as it has stripped pine floor and pews french doors to patio,and the restaurant can be more upmarket,with table cloths wine glasses etc..i will be keeping that Baloo menu on my computer,great ideas.Are you on a Raf site spike?

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I'm a vegetarian. I am fussy and don't like spicy foods which are often the vegetarian choice. I usually go for chips and salad or vegetables from the extras part of the menu. My husband will eat anything but rarely chooses chicken - usually goes for beef or fish.

spike7451

POSSETTE wrote: »

Wow Spike that Baloo place is fab..id be there all the time.Prices are really good for that standard also.. We are lucky enough to have a split pub.The garden room can be more bistro,as it has stripped pine floor and pews french doors to patio,and the restaurant can be more upmarket,with table cloths wine glasses etc..i will be keeping that Baloo menu on my computer,great ideas.Are you on a Raf site spike?

If you mean E-Goat,then yes.(same usename) Although I'm not serving in the RAF anymore.I done 12 years before redundency.
What's the camp near you?

lisa26_2

I love eating out and for me both chips and gravy should be 'proper'. I hate frozen chips and gravy should always be made with meat juices. Good mash is hard to find too these days! I find any pub which has a good fish menu always seems to be popular, its something that people are often a bit scared/unsure of cooking or like me, just don't know what to do with it so it seems to be popular when eating out. I'm in heaven in our local pub with a tuna steak, proper chips and a really nice side salad - not just a 'garnish' consisting of 1 piece of tomato, 1 piece of cucumber, a bit of lettuce and a load of 'awful flowers' (cress!!!) but a decent sized nice crispy mixed salad.

POSSETTE

The gravy will be proper meat gravy, (veggie available),We both love fish so we will do a great choice of fish with sauces to accompany.Mash HAS to have butter in it,no arguing. Salads willbe colourful and plentiful too.Radish/peppers/cuc/sweetcorn/crispy leaves/red onion etc...god im getting hungry now. Taking all advice on board.

Spike cant recall name of camp. We will be approx 5 miles east of Grantham and we drove from Newark direction,so its on the road between them! will look next time we visit,so i can see if there are many people we can attract from there.

foreign_correspondent

Nothing beats real chips - frozen chips are just poor quality fillers as far as I am concerned. A place near us does good food and real home made chips and they are superb - people always comment on them, and when I take friends they always go for chips once they have heard they are fresh and home made. Anywhere selling decent quality food who offer chips as an option should not spoil it by dishing up frozen chips - it lowers the tone of the whole meal. Some people may prefer frozen chips, but then some people actually like MacDonalds....

I like lots of meals... but if I was eating in a pub, I would be very happy with a good quality steak with a nice fresh salad and real chips, or salmon wrapped in pancetta, or steak pie...

arbroath_lass

Real chips as long as they are cooked twice. Fry them till soft on a lower heat then leave to cool. Fry at a high heat when needed - perfect. Proper steak pie - not stewed steak with a square of puff pastry obviously cooked seperately. Local ingredients are always popular. Mmmmm this is making me hungry. Oh, if you're serving families - proper kids meals not strange chicken dinosaurs :-)

Sorry I sound dead picky now.

prettypennies

Another vote for proper chips here. And you can't beat a good quality fish chips and mushy peas.
I would like the option of main meals to share but not the horrible deep fried platter things.
It would be nice to be able to order a whole cottage pie, stew and dumps or steak an ale for example and a big bowl of veggies to share as a family.

I am not a big pud person when I eat out, but eaton mess, cheesecake and apple pie and custard have been known to tempt me

This country pub is not too far from me. It is run by the chef Nigel Haworth

http://www.thebullatbroughton.com/