What a Lovely Meal

[Ashley]

Share your recent positive dining experiences!

 

I went for a meal with my housemate yesterday. It was just down the road at a pub but had a really nice risotto and red wine and was nice to just chat with her.

 

So yeah - good dining experiences, what makes them? Company, food, drink?

[Diageo]

Does my favourite Domino's Pizza while sitting at the computer watching Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood count? Because I absolutely loved it.

[Raining_again]

Milanos lunchtime special... best pizza in the world :3

[Pancake]

I sneaked a McDonalds banana milkshake into the Odeon the other week, and sipped it secretly in the back row. Was amazing.

[nightwolf]

I sneaked a McDonalds banana milkshake into the Odeon the other week, and sipped it secretly in the back row. Was amazing.

 

<3

 

I love McDonalds banana milkshakes.

[Ashley]

Urgh McDonalds milkshakes are horrible. So damn thick! Just like the staff... :p

 

Tell you where you wanna go for an awesome milkshake:

 

[Captain Falcon]

Does my favourite Domino's Pizza while sitting at the computer watching Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood count? Because I absolutely loved it.

 

Many a time I've ordered in Domino's and sat down to watch an episode of Gatchaman or two - and I enjoyed every single time. Pizza makes everything better

[Llama Juice]

What makes a meal awesome?

 

Pasta.

 

Pasta makes a meal awesome.

 

I'm a vegetarian, so there's been plenty of times I've had extremely awkward dining experiences....

Me: Hey! Can I have a Cheese quesadilla?

Server: Sir, we don't have those. That's not on the menu.

Me: Well can I have a chicken one, but just don't put the chicken on there? I'm a vegetarian.

Server: Do you want the chicken on the side?

Me: *facepalm* No thanks, you can keep it.

 

Then they put bacon on it.

 

Because bacon is a vegetable.

 

 

I honestly think restaraunts sometimes do that type of stuff just to spite me. It's always bacon too. Whenever I say I'm a vegetarian they always think they're clever or something and put bacon in there. (Not EVERY time... but it's happened a small handful of times so I'm going to exaggerate.)

[Captain Falcon]

I personally think eating is quite an intimate thing feel uncomfortable eating around people I don't know or who aren't used to seeing me eat.

 

But I do like going for a meal with someone I actually care about if I've not seen for a while like I did with folks from work and I will be in a couple of weeks.

 

So it depends on the purpose of the meal as to what's the most significant part. If it's really just serving as a venue for a meeting, providing the food and service is adequate, it doesn't matter too much.

 

I don't eat out very often but have enjoy it whenever I do. I think my favourite experiences have been at TGI's in Leicester Square. The food isn't fancy but it tastes good, the drinks are nice (though the milkshakes need to come in bigger glasses) and I know when I'm down there, I'm sure to be in excellent company.

[My Buttons are Magic!]

Urgh McDonalds milkshakes are horrible. So damn thick! Just like the staff... :p

 

Tell you where you wanna go for an awesome milkshake:

 

 

i never post here anymore but anyway some of my good friends work in mcdonalds :P so stfu dear

[Frank]

R_A, on the money baby! :p Milanos = heavan

 

Tonight though, I'm getting some sweet and sour Chinese. Yum

Let me tell you though, there's nothing like some good old beef casserole with a lot of carrots, especially in the middle of winter.

[ReZourceman]

i never post here anymore but anyway some of my good friends work in mcdonalds :P so stfu dear

 

Ashley's last job was at McDonalds. :p

[Happenstance]

I do love a good chinese buffet. Goafer and I had found 2 good ones, one in Milton Keynes which closed down and got replaced with a Red hot buffet (refuse to go there these days) and one in Oxford which the last time I went wasnt brilliant.

[heroicjanitor]

Dominos + anime ftw! Coming in knackered from football and sitting down to eat chicken curry is always nice

[ReZourceman]

I sneaked a McDonalds banana milkshake into the Odeon the other week, and sipped it secretly in the back row. Was amazing.

 

You might be allowed to anyway. You can eat outside food in my Odeon.

[Eenuh]

What makes a meal awesome?

 

Pasta.

 

Pasta makes a meal awesome.

 

I'm a vegetarian, so there's been plenty of times I've had extremely awkward dining experiences....

Me: Hey! Can I have a Cheese quesadilla?

Server: Sir, we don't have those. That's not on the menu.

Me: Well can I have a chicken one, but just don't put the chicken on there? I'm a vegetarian.

Server: Do you want the chicken on the side?

Me: *facepalm* No thanks, you can keep it.

 

Then they put bacon on it.

 

Because bacon is a vegetable.

 

 

I honestly think restaraunts sometimes do that type of stuff just to spite me. It's always bacon too. Whenever I say I'm a vegetarian they always think they're clever or something and put bacon in there. (Not EVERY time... but it's happened a small handful of times so I'm going to exaggerate.)

 

Might be an American thing maybe? Whenever I was in Texas, it was really hard to find anything vegetarian on the menu. Barely any options. And when you mention you don't really eat meat, you get funny looks. =P

 

As for good dining experiences, I think a lot depends on the company of course. You could go to the best restaurant with the best food, but if the company sucks the overall experience won't be great heh. One of my last great ones was in London over the summer, where Jim and I went to a lovely Italian restaurant. Had a delicious vegetable lasagne, and then a super yummy chocolate cake for dessert. Mmm.

[Diageo]

I had Milano's recently. The Pizza was smaller than usual, with a thin base and crunchy crust. Not the way I like it at all. Nothing compared to Domino's.

[EEVILMURRAY]

Most pubs which do a mix grill.

[The Lillster]

Nothing special but I went to Mackies the other day.

 

Got two of these chicken wraps, one was the Chinese style the other was Mexican style.

 

Also had onion rings with sweet chili dip and a hot apple pie.

 

I would have had a banana milkshake too but dam machine was broken (again!).

[Frank]

thin base and crunchy crust?

 

I want some now. My mouth is drooling at just the thought of it...

 

[Diageo]

I can't understand why people would like a thin base and crunchy crust. It's like Supermarket oven pizza.

[Frank]

I can't understand why people would like a thin base and crunchy crust. It's like Supermarket oven pizza.

 

Because it's nicer....duh

 

[Llama Juice]

Might be an American thing maybe? Whenever I was in Texas, it was really hard to find anything vegetarian on the menu. Barely any options. And when you mention you don't really eat meat, you get funny looks. =P

 

Well that's Texas... I don't see Texas being very vegetarian friendly haha.

 

Lately my favorite restaurant is Chipotle. It doesn't help that there's this cute girl working there that I really just gotta ask out.... but it's weird to ask a girl at a restaurant if she wants to go grab food sometime haha.

[Eenuh]

I can't understand why people would like a thin base and crunchy crust. It's like Supermarket oven pizza.

Because that's how real pizzas are. Mmm. The ones I eat in restaurants in Spain are like that, thin base and crunchy crust. Super delicious. None of that crappy doughy stuff you get in chains like Pizza Hut.

 

Well that's Texas... I don't see Texas being very vegetarian friendly haha.

 

Haha yeah that might be it. =P

[Diageo]

It's not nicer, if you want supermarket style pizza, go to Tesco and save yourself lots of money. Doughy pizza with dip for the crust is the nicest thing ever. Crunchy pizza is shitty pizza. Go eat a cracker. :p