What are you eating and drinking tonight?

[Bruce Rioja]

To report on two outstanding eating experiences in Amsterdam

Febo, and the next Febo you come to (well, when chonged anyway!

[Lord Kangana]

I have a bit of a bad head today, because of the D.O. Valencia Gran Reserva consumed last night. My sis and BIL bought it for me for Easter, apparantly its on offer in Booths (1/2 price). Get it whilst you can, its nice stuff.

[CAPSLOCK]

To report on two outstanding eating and drinking experiences in Amsterdam - last saturday i and friends went to the 'Five Flies' restaurant on Spuistraat - http://www.thefiveflies.com/en/Home" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - which was as magnificent as almost all the reviews had promised... The food unbelievably good. We had a 'surprise' menu -we told them what we wanted to eat generically - fish, meat, seafood, whatever, they brought out four dishes, we paired it with the wines we fancied from an over-the-top but reasonably list... Two including me went for fish/veggie... So amuse bouche in a shot glass went crunchy, then sweet, then sour... first course seared tuna served cold with foam and carrot puree... second, grey mullet, also great flavoursome stuff on side... third cod with celeriac puree and orange sauce (v light) which was explosive and pistacchio ice cream and other things for dessert...

And on Sunday... this... http://www.bridgesrestaurant.nl/index.html.." onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. We chose the options where they served us three courses and paired the wines for us as well... All fish - it's a speciality restaurant - apart from the dessert... which, I'm pleased to tell LK was served with his recommended Frantignan... and was a winner (Previous courses with a Galician white and Pouilly Fuisse - also perfect)...

We have been doing this for years by saving a tenner a week each and putting it in premium bonds and spending pretty much every penny over four days... My wife administers the fund... We got back to find we've won £25 to start next year...

If you've more money than sense and enjoy an experience

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I prefer a curry meself but I used to 'do a night' for my customers in this place

[General Mannerheim]

when i went to Amsterdam the only thing i ate was Pringles and Stroopwafels, and some of that wacky cake.

[thebish]

when i went to Amsterdam the only thing i ate was Pringles and Stroopwafels, and some of that wacky cake.

stroopwafels are awesome - I could live on those!

[Bruce Rioja]

when i went to Amsterdam the only thing i ate was Pringles and Stroopwafels, and some of that wacky cake.

Nay Febo? Seriously?

[Lord Kangana]

Pah.

Eatings cheating in The Dam.

[P.O.S.]

M & S Chinese banquet tonight! beef in black bean sauce is always a firm favourite of mine

[CAPSLOCK]

Rag pud, chips, peas n gravy from Chips R Us

[Lord Kangana]

I really don't know where to put this, so I'll put it here...

So, I'm home for a few days and my mum suggests a visit to a TK Maxx-related thingy at the Trafford centre, but specifically for home and garden. She says "theres some nice copper pans there that seem to be a good price". Sceptical me thinking "yeah, yeah, civvies have absolutely no idea of the quality and durability of pans required for serious cooking, they'll be shit". But its something to do, so I'll humour her.

Sure enough, at first glance, most of them were. They were decorative pieces (only 1mm thick and likely to be fooked within a year). However (because theres always a however) on careful inspection, there a were a few 2 and 3mm "proper" ones mixed in with them. 6 to be precise. At the same (incredibly low for the better pans) price. Clearly whoever priced them had no idea what they were dealing with.

So I've just spent £120.00 on about >£500.00 worth of pans. I'd advise you to get yerselves down there before they go, but they've all gone. I've got them.

Well, I had to tell someone. Made my day.

[Bruce Rioja]

Fair play to you, Squire. Tret missen to a set of Circulon pans a few years back which seem to me to be ace. Still can't stop my scrambled eggs from sticking to the 4uckers, mind!

[Lord Kangana]

You'd think, after all this time, and all the effort expended on it, that they'd have come up with something to deal with scrambled egg detritus.

All the crap you see on Dragon's Den, and not a single one has invented the bleeding obvious. No wonder the millionaires are the ones sat down.

[BWFC_Insane]

You'd think, after all this time, and all the effort expended on it, that they'd have come up with something to deal with scrambled egg detritus.

All the crap you see on Dragon's Den, and not a single one has invented the bleeding obvious. No wonder the millionaires are the ones sat down.

Woll pans are the answer to everything!

[Lord Kangana]

I have no idea what a Woll pan is.

Could you safely beat someone to death with it and still comfortably get a lifetimes usage out of it?

[BWFC_Insane]

I have no idea what a Woll pan is.

Could you safely beat someone to death with it and still comfortably get a lifetimes usage out of it?

Undoubtedly. They're ace. Nowt sticks to em.

Heavy like, but still amazing.

[Lord Kangana]

Are they non-stick coated?

[BWFC_Insane]

Are they non-stick coated?

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Aye. Might not be good enough for you.

But if its good enough for Saturday Kitchen and Gordon Ramsay its good enough for me!

Had mine 7 years and can still melt a plastic bag in it without a trace being left on the pan!

[Lord Kangana]

I might add that the demonstration he's doing is bollox. Once you've dried cheese out in a pan it goes solid and sits on the fat ii exudes. Don't need a non-stick pan for that.

I want to know what scrambled eggs do in it. Thats the acid test.

[thebish]

I might add that the demonstration he's doing is bollox. Once you've dried cheese out in a pan it goes solid and sits on the fat ii exudes. Don't need a non-stick pan for that.

I want to know what scrambled eggs do in it. Thats the acid test.

i want to see what happens when he boils pasta dry in there and leaves it on for an hour and only notices when a plume of thick black smoke reaches him as he is down the garden mowing the lawn...

[Lord Kangana]

Puts it in the bin I suspect.