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That thread is getting a bit big
So what shall I cook for dinner?

Assume money isn't an object, (no rent this month so I can splash out)
I'm cooking for myself and the ingredients must be purchasable from waitrose and carried home.

winner will get me saying something very nice about them.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:05, 126 replies, latest was 16 years ago)
Do a Phad Thai
With chicken (making it Phad Thai Gai).
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:07, Reply)
I've never made one myself...
I'll look into the recipe.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:09, Reply)
I'm terrible at recipes
But i know the basics involve ginger, lime, chili (birds eye chilis) and garlic. It's then like a stir fry, with some peanuts chucked in, and some chopped up omelette.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:12, Reply)
seafood linguine (not sure if correct spelling)
clams, squid, prawns, challottes, garlic, linguine, white wine mushrooms, etc etc, NOM NOM NOM

if you don't like seafood. Cheese on toast.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:07, Reply)
hmm, tempting, I could go to the fish counter and go "that lot"

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:08, Reply)
It's so nice, or alternatively a nice chowder.

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:09, Reply)
it does sound nice

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:10, Reply)
lack of lobster fail

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:08, Reply)
I have never had lobster in it but sounds like a plan. Not sure how much lobster costs at the supermarket
can you buy it in bits or do you just get a whole fucking rock hard armour fish.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:10, Reply)
you might be able to buy a half lobster
which would probably set you back about £15

you can get frozen imported pre-cooked ones from Lidl or Aldi for a fiver, but they are shit, so don't bother
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:11, Reply)
That raises the cost of my linguine significantly!

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:12, Reply)
you might be able to get lobster tail cheaper
or use crayfish tails perhaps
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:13, Reply)
well fucking worth it tho
plus, I wouldn't put in in with the rest, maybe on the side
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:14, Reply)
so you want me to buy an ingredient that I'm just going to plonk on the side?
I may as well just get a bread roll.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:17, Reply)
you fail to grasp that eating a lobster is a bit better than eating a breadroll

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:18, Reply)
hey if you want lobster linguine go for it. I want seafood linguine. You crazy internet fucks.

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:22, Reply)
all that other shit will ruin it
you want lobster that tastes of crap fish or of lobster?
you can pluck off a piece to put with your pasta before you shove it in your gob
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:20, Reply)
far too much work

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:22, Reply)
tru dat i jus tro da lobstah in wiv mi psta n eet da shell and evryfink

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:27, Reply)
Toad in the hole made with Venison sausages, mash and a red wine & onion gravy

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:08, Reply)
good good, but I only like venison cooked slowly
so maybe not.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:09, Reply)
Venison is best 'cut' with beef, I've found.
If you're doing a stew a 50/50 mix is perfect.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:24, Reply)
stuffed pasta shells

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:09, Reply)
carpetbag steak
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpetbag_steak

I've got a real hankering for steak.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:09, Reply)
That sounds a bit too rich for me.
Plus I only like oysters raw.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:10, Reply)
fair enough. I've only had them once I think.
I'm intending to go out tonight, and was thinking I could get a cheap, servicable steak at the local beafeater, but I've just looked at the prices and cheap is not the word.

:-(
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:12, Reply)
The MK Beefeater is more expensive than Raymond Blancs place down the road

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:13, Reply)
that's outrageous

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:14, Reply)
Well you could spend as much as you wanted in Brasserie Blanc,
but they have some cheaper meals and more expensive meals.
Beefeater the cheapest main is about £12
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:15, Reply)
I think I've been put off it
I have found somewhere else though, so all good!
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:17, Reply)
That is insanity.

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:22, Reply)
2 courses and a glass of wine for £16
www.brasserieblanc.com/offers/milton-keynes-dine-with-wine.shtml
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:35, Reply)
hello
how was sonisphere?

I went to an all you can eat steak restaurant on Saturday, it was so full of win.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:14, Reply)
afternoon
sonisphere was fucking ace. Weather was great which helped, only rained at night.

As far as I'm concerned the music couldn't have been much better. I was a bit disappointed with The Cult, and have been put off Pendulum for a while, but the rest of the stuff I wanted to see was fucking awesome.

We've got a place called Starz here, which does good steak and ribs and stuff and I've found it's cheaper than beafeater, so will go there instead.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:16, Reply)
I've never been to a beefeater
this was a Brazilian steak place where they just keep bringing cuts of meat to your table until you're crying meat juice. Wiggy was in his element. There were 11 different kinds of meat, I made it to 7. Wiggy made it to 13...tut. it was £21 a head which wasn't too bad considering the caliber of steak.

I am jealous of your festival attendance so I will pretend it sucked and ask no more about it.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:20, Reply)
I love that place
I haven't been there since I started the diet and I'm saving it for a treat.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 17:02, Reply)
Ah man I love oysters.

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:23, Reply)
^fuck yes!

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:11, Reply)
Lamb Shank
Served with minted gravy, mustard mash, and veg
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:11, Reply)
Oh yes indeed

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:38, Reply)
so did you win in the Landlord v Tenant wars?
I see through your question; I'm not helping you win Come Dine With Me.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:13, Reply)
No but I'm now living at home
and my parents are walkovers.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:14, Reply)

l n + l
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:17, Reply)
Haha!
wankovers would have been funny enough
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:29, Reply)
I was going to mock you for being a mummy's boy
but I don't think my parents would charge rent in that situation either
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:21, Reply)
linguine
with crab, red chili, tiny bit of shallot, parsley and lemon zest (and a little juice).

Piece of piss, quick to make, filling yet refreshing and not too unhealthy.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:21, Reply)
Is tinned crab meat acceptable?

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:24, Reply)
You can get away with it actually, yes.

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:24, Reply)
This shall be what I have for tea then.

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:25, Reply)
The whole thing is done in 10 minutes as tastes magic.
The lemon makes it light, the chili makes it interesting and the crab is quite meaty. It's a fucking winner.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:27, Reply)
I shall report back in due course.

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:28, Reply)
Please do. Hope you like it.
Don't be shy with the olive oil, it can cope with a good slug.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:37, Reply)
I don't like molluscs

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:48, Reply)
Heaux heaux

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 17:18, Reply)
Chorizo risotto
Sounds odd, tastes fucking fantastic!

Fry chorizo off and then remove from fat
Fry chicken in chorizo fat and remove, leaving lovely tasty chorizo juices.
Then make standard risotto using chorizo/chicken fat in the pan, add chorizo and chicken to warm though for last 5 mins

FUCKING NYOM!
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:26, Reply)
This is a fantastic, if disgracefully multicultural idea

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:30, Reply)
Its like the bastard son of paella!

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:31, Reply)
I was thinking this...

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:40, Reply)
Medium-rare ribeye steak with stilton sauce
with big fat chips
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:31, Reply)

stilton baby shit

would be nicer
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:33, Reply)
this
it's blue BECAUSE IT'S OFF
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:36, Reply)
Yeah, but I've met people who refuse to eat cheese full stop
because they consider it to be gone-off milk.

All food is disgusting if you think too much about how it comes to be.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:40, Reply)
fucking weirdos
cheese is amazing
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:45, Reply)
Innit.

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:46, Reply)
I actually just meant I FUCKING LOVE baby shit.

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:40, Reply)
oh fair enough
carry on.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:45, Reply)

stilton sauce

CHIMICHURRI. It rocks HARD.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:36, Reply)
I keep meaning to give that a go
but there are loads of different recipes for it on the intersplutt which I find confusing and scary
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:38, Reply)
If I can find the one my ex makes
I'll send it over to you.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:42, Reply)
Please do

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:43, Reply)
Lobster tempora with sw
Starter: Lobster tempora with sweet chilli dip.
Mains: Fillet of beef, medium-rare, with pepercorn and mushroom sauce, and home made chips.
Desert: An entire bowl of butterscotch angel delight, with some rich tea buiscets to dunk in it.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:33, Reply)
ffs that sounds fabulous

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:34, Reply)
Cheesy chips and ketchup and hot sauce
FOOD OF THE GODS
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:40, Reply)
I was in Nottingham once
(yeah I know like, right?!) and some man in a pizza shop made us some chips and cheese with garlic sauce.

IN A FUCKING NAAN BREAD.

I SHIT YOU NOT.

It was proper mint.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:42, Reply)
CHIP NAAN
My sister loves those.
(she went to uni in Leeds. Fucking Northerners)
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:48, Reply)
Yeah I know, fucking Northerners from Nottingham and Leeds.

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:50, Reply)
IMO Leeds is North.

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:54, Reply)
Not to a Smoggy.
Where are you from?
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:58, Reply)
...Manchester :D

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 17:01, Reply)

Amuse bouche: Gazpacho topped with a watercress puree.
Starter: Chicken liver & cognac pate
Fish course: Cajun spiced mackerel fillet with a gooseberry compote
Champagne sorbet
Main course: Chateau Briande, rare, with rosemary infused soate potatoes & buttered baby carrots and bernaise sauce.
Dessert: Dark chocolate fondat with homemade clotted cream ice cream, served with a raspberry coulis
Dessert wine.
Cheese plate: Dolcelatte, smoked cheddar, cambazola.
Port.
Coffee & petit fours.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:44, Reply)
Sounds borring for the most part.
Just because something is poncy, it doesn't mean to say it's good.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:46, Reply)
I don't see that as boring, to be honest.
Cajun spiced mackerel sounds interesting, rare prime steak surely not boring and I love chicken liver pate, Italian blue cheese and fine wines matched to food.

I'm not bothered by the pud but that's just my personal 'sweet food = meh' issue.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:49, Reply)
I'll eat your dessert

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:50, Reply)
see below

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:52, Reply)

- Gazpacho topped with watercress puree: The watercress won't bring anything to the table, and would dull out the spicyness of the gazpacio, something like a peri-peri sauce or some sort of thickened tobasco would work; or even just tobasco by itself, keeping the loose texture.
- Chicken liver and cognac pate, you can more or less get that anywhere these days, minus the cognic, something like jewish chopped liver with motza would be more different and have more flavour.
- Mackerel fillet with the gooseberry compote, I can't see the compote working, something like a horseraddish sauce with smoked macreal would be nicer.
Champaign Sorbet: I think elderflower peri sorbet would be better, personally.
- Main cause; with you on that one.
- Dessert: Maybe, not to sure, don't like dark chocolate.
- Dessert Wine. Yup, nice, esspesh with the cheese plate.
- Cheese plate, you can get those cheese anywhere these days, needs more 'wow' factor.
- Port. yup, with you on this.
- Coffee and Petit fours - Not my sort of thing, but it's fair 'nuff.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:54, Reply)
Mackerel & gooseberry go together really well. I'd recommend fresh mackerel at the moment as it's in season rather than smoked.
You'd be surprised about the watercress puree - I think the pepper of it compliments the gazpacho.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:58, Reply)
I'd give them a go, and be prepared to be supprised.

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 17:00, Reply)
not had elderflower peri sorbet - tell me more

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 17:03, Reply)
I've only had it in jelly form*, but I think it would work as a sorbet. I also think, but not in this menu, Red Bull would make a good sorbet too.
I'll tell you how he did the jelly, to the best I can remember, but it would work just the same in sorbet.

Get some elderflower cordial, mix with periay (wait, I ain't spelt this right, to make sure we're on the same page, I mean 'pear cider'), add some geltine, pour over fruits like Apple, pears, a _few_ berries, into molds and set. I think I might have missed out something, but I can't remember.

* On some telly show they had it, and my friend recreated that.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 17:08, Reply)
Dont' get me wrong, if someone made that for me, I'd be well made up.
But I wouldn't want that in a resturant where I would be spending a good £150 for a meal (which is the sort of price a meal like that would be there).
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:58, Reply)
I had an 8-course Michelin-starred meal once
that was

a) too much food even for a greedy-guts like me and
b) waaaay too salty for my palate

I've had £50 meals I enjoyed a great deal more.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 17:04, Reply)
I agree. Price does not equal quality & enjoyment.
Apart from with hookers (apparently).
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 17:08, Reply)
My goal is to have my first one this year =D
My best mate is a real foodie too, we've been planning since christmas to go, and our birthdays are both in october.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 17:09, Reply)
1. You're about to eat cajun fish: the pepperyness of watercress is heat enough.
2. Yes you can, but is that bad? I've not had chopped liver so bow to your expertise.
3. The pairing of mackerel with gooseberry is quite popular now: top chefs disagree with you Gonz.
4-9 Okey dokey
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 17:00, Reply)
I'm humming and imagining it.
I'm not sure peppery makes up for 'heat' really. They both have their places, don't get me wrong, but I'm just not sure.
Yup, true, the only reason things end up in supermarkets is because people buy them, I guess I was being a bit [donno word, twat?] by suggesting something else that most people wouldn't have tried. Needs some sort of toast with it though.
I'd be prepaired to be wrong on the gooseberry thing, but in my head I can't see that working.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 17:04, Reply)
I've cooked most of it (not all courses at the same time).The only one I was unhappy with was the chocolate fondat but that was due to my bad cooking not a lack of flavour.

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:50, Reply)
That's my kind of meal.

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:46, Reply)
Can I just have the dessert course 10 times?

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:48, Reply)
You can have mine,
I'd skip it and go straight to cheese, then have a line in the khazi and trade coffee for a large XO cognac.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:52, Reply)
I'd probably have room for cheese as well

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:53, Reply)
GET YOUR BEADY EYES OFF MY FUCKING CHEESE.

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:54, Reply)
I'LL FOOKIN FIGHT YA FOR IT

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:56, Reply)
You'll have to.
And I have a (cheese) knife.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:56, Reply)
Well I have a....

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:59, Reply)
...a hairy man's arm?
Poor you.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 17:06, Reply)
no need to dash off to have the line. Silver straws would be provided at the table.

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:53, Reply)
Bra-vo.
I like it here.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:56, Reply)
I could host a B3tan supper club like these secret ones that have sprung up.

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:51, Reply)
DO THIS NOW.

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 17:00, Reply)
I'll take that...
can I also have some ketchup, a mug of tea and a slice of bread & butter to wipe the plate?
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:51, Reply)
HP sauce would be better with the beef.

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:52, Reply)
Ok, as long as I can add salt before tasting the meal

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:59, Reply)
^ number one pet hate ^

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 17:02, Reply)
Fucking insulting isn't it?

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 17:03, Reply)
It's appalling - other than shitting on the plate I can't think of a worse insult to give a cook

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 17:06, Reply)
'where are the 'English Dishes'?'

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:54, Reply)
I'm not eating that forrin' muck
*reads the sun in a string vest*
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:58, Reply)
more poppadoms while you wait?

(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 17:07, Reply)
Yeah, and make it quick Gunga Dinn
*sparks up fag*
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 17:10, Reply)
How about the best steak sandwich ever?
www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gallery/2010/apr/07/how-to-make-shooters-sandwich#/?picture=360719874&index=0

I can't wait to try this myself!
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:51, Reply)
That looks awesome
but fuck if I'm waiting 6 hour.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:55, Reply)
Exactly.
It's always 10 past steak.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 17:01, Reply)
That looks pretty mighty
so hungry :(
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 16:56, Reply)
That looks great
although I am concerned that there might be too much bread in it.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 17:03, Reply)
I'm going to prepare it on Wednesday night
for Mark to eat on Thursday on his way to Worthing. He'll love me forever :)

Thanks!
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 17:14, Reply)
I'm going to try this I think:
allrecipes.com/Recipe/Acapulco-Chicken/Detail.aspx

Since I have all the ingredients already.

Dunno what I'm gonna do for sides, though.
(, Mon 2 Aug 2010, 18:26, Reply)

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