What are you eating and drinking tonight?

[Bruce Rioja]

Slow cooked lamb served on the bone. Few things are finer.

[LeverEnd]

Slow cooked lamb served on the bone. Few things are finer.

Agreed. Had a lamb shank with saffron rice at that Braza Persian restaurant in town, delicious.

[Bruce Rioja]

Slow cooked lamb served on the bone. Few things are finer.

Agreed. Had a lamb shank with saffron rice at that Braza Persian restaurant in town, delicious.

Yowzers - That place next to Oggi's? I don't think that I've ever even given it a second thought. Just looked it up and it has some excellent reviews. Do you go there often, LE?

[bobo the clown]

http://www.braza.biz/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Well rated. I admit it hasn't look interesting enough to dally at.

[LeverEnd]

Slow cooked lamb served on the bone. Few things are finer.

Agreed. Had a lamb shank with saffron rice at that Braza Persian restaurant in town, delicious.

Yowzers - That place next to Oggi's? I don't think that I've ever even given it a second thought. Just looked it up and it has some excellent reviews. Do you go there often, LE?

Oh yer smooth talkin bastad yer!!

No, only been once. Mum went and enjoyed it also, and she's bloody fussy.

[Bruce Rioja]

Slow cooked lamb served on the bone. Few things are finer.

Agreed. Had a lamb shank with saffron rice at that Braza Persian restaurant in town, delicious.

Yowzers - That place next to Oggi's? I don't think that I've ever even given it a second thought. Just looked it up and it has some excellent reviews. Do you go there often, LE?

Oh yer smooth talkin bastad yer!!

No, only been once. Mum went and enjoyed it also, and she's bloody fussy.

Will have to bear it in mind then.

[clapton is god]

Damas the Art of Meze in Chorlton tonight with friends. No doubt will be having the special veg meze. Unbelievably good grub!

[boltonboris]

Heard good things about it, but the name of it sounds so utterly pretentious "The art of meze"..

[LeverEnd]

Heard good things about it, but the name of it sounds so utterly pretentious "The art of meze"..

Possibly the polar opposite of this steakhouse in hindley...

http://www.summat-to-ate.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Bruce Rioja]

Had a look to see if they served the food on proper plates: they don't.

That's all you need to know about a place to decided whether it's pretentious or not.

Proper plates = alright
Funny slates and that = pretentious

Only ever had steak served on a 'hot rock' in Frankfurt. It was excellent.

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

The quality of the food in the pretentious places usually is top notch, I just find the faffing that goes with it a bit unnecessary.

Agreed. All that really spoils it for me.

That and the price, of course.

[William the White]

Cosmopolitan tonight. First cocktail for a good while, and it was cold, and crazily alcoholic and very pink, and puts me in an even better mood. Come on you whites!!!

[Prufrock]

Made a tomato pasta sauce and froze it a few weeks ago. Question: as it has no meat in it (tom, garlic, onion, celery, chick peas, chili) can I cook it from frozen? Forgot to defrost anything this morning.

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Yes you can Pru. Gently heat until melted, then a bit more heat can be applied. Works equally well with a frozen bolognese, just don't let it catch on the pan.

[bobo the clown]

Made a tomato pasta sauce and froze it a few weeks ago. Question: as it has no meat in it (tom, garlic, onion, celery, chick peas, chili) can I cook it from frozen? Forgot to defrost anything this morning.

You can always defrost by (assuming it's bagged up) putting the bag into cold tap-temperature water. It defrosts pretty quickly without cooking in any sense.

[Annoyed Grunt]

Jaffa Cakes......

[thebish]

Cosmopolitan tonight. First cocktail for a good while, and it was cold, and crazily alcoholic and very pink, and puts me in an even better mood. Come on you whites!!!

it's Thursday Will!!

[William the White]

Cosmopolitan tonight. First cocktail for a good while, and it was cold, and crazily alcoholic and very pink, and puts me in an even better mood. Come on you whites!!!

it's Thursday Will!!

I know. But it wasn't when I posted that shortly after the victory away at Boney...

Anyway, tonight was a veggie chilli and about a thimble of wine cos tonight - yippee - I'm designated driver...

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Just made a new batch of cumberland sausages, so bangers n mash for tea tonight

[bwfcdan94]

Pasty Barm, haven't had one in several years.