Eating out in fancy restaurants

Maybe this is why I am such a failure with the women but I hate it

Dressing up posh , listening to poncey piped classical music whilst waiting for some overpriced three course meal to arrive

Sod that , give me a pub grub type meal or a beefeater steak house or a good curry or better still a Chinese takeaway in front of the telly

Pretentious nonsense but it seems women like to be wined and dinef

Well not by me , egg fried rice , noodles , spring rolls and sweet and sour pork followed by a good old chat about politics and the most influential heavy rock albums of the last thirty years

What modern woman could resist that ?

I don't think there is anywhere in Cardiff that you can't get in with jeans and trainers on i might be wrong.
I'll decode your message - I'm a skinflint.

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Maybe this is why I am such a failure with the women but I hate it

Dressing up posh , listening to poncey piped classical music whilst waiting for some overpriced three course meal to arrive

Sod that , give me a pub grub type meal or a beefeater steak house or a good curry or better still a Chinese takeaway in front of the telly

Pretentious nonsense but it seems women like to be wined and dinef

Well not by me , egg fried rice , noodles , spring rolls and sweet and sour pork followed by a good old chat about politics and the most influential heavy rock albums of the last thirty years

What modern woman could resist that ?

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Now show me a woman with whom I could talk Politics, Heavy Metal and Dirty whilst eating a Chinese or Curry then I'm there like a flash. None of this Celebrity Big Brother, In The Jungle or soppy romantic films please.

Sludge my sort of woman is the sort who prefers eating in places like the ones you like. They're out there and they're the only ones worth bothering with.

I was at the Mercure hotel last night for a meal, not poncy but was a jacket & tie evening, the dinner part of the evening and whilst the meal actually being hot which is a refreshing change had, and I shit you not, 4 (four) :hehe: green beans, there was some other veg!!, TBF the meal Was O.K and i enjoyed it but it was no Patrice Grill.

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Originally Posted by simonp_ccfc

Sludge my sort of woman is the sort who prefers eating in places like the ones you like. They're out there and they're the only ones worth bothering with.

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The cwm ciddy on weycock cross , Barry , is my kind of place

Cheap , get in , scoff your food , get out

Its the lidl for diners who like things simple

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Originally Posted by Dorcus

Now show me a woman with whom I could talk Politics, Heavy Metal and Dirty whilst eating a Chinese or Curry then I'm there like a flash. None of this Celebrity Big Brother, In The Jungle or soppy romantic films please.

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Or strictly come dancing

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Originally Posted by Nelsonca61

I was at the Mercure hotel last night for a meal, not poncy but was a jacket & tie evening, the dinner part of the evening and whilst the meal actually being hot which is a refreshing change had, and I shit you not, 4 (four) :hehe: green beans, there was some other veg!!, TBF the meal Was O.K and i enjoyed it but it was no Patrice Grill.

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I like those microwaveable mashed swede and carrot packs you can get at the co op , perfect for the likes of me

Keeps you regular

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

The cwm ciddy on weycock cross , Barry , is my kind of place

Cheap , get in , scoff your food , get out

Its the lidl for diners who like things simple

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Ha that's a bit too far in the wrong direction

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Originally Posted by simonp_ccfc

Ha that's a bit too far in the wrong direction

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Where to are you ?

There's sure to be a beefeater or Toby inn nearby

Its always a winner

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

The cwm ciddy on weycock cross , Barry , is my kind of place

Cheap , get in , scoff your food , get out

Its the lidl for diners who like things simple

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I reckon 90% of 'restaurant' food comes from the likes of Castell Howell. Microwaved up, add the sachet of sauce provided, and plate up. Curry the same. Remember [for those old enough], that agonizing wait for your curry to come to the table. Nowadays they all buy the sauces in, add the meat [again pre-ordered - very few have 'tandoori ovens noways'], and chuck in a couple of extras just to make it authentic..

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Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish

I reckon 90% of 'restaurant' food comes from the likes of Castell Howell. Microwaved up, add the sachet of sauce provided, and plate up. Curry the same. Remember [for those old enough], that agonizing wait for your curry to come to the table. Nowadays they all buy the sauces in, add the meat [again pre-ordered - very few have 'tandoori ovens noways'], and chuck in a couple of extras just to make it authentic..

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Couldn't agree more

The chicken balls , perfectly formed ?

What's all that about ?

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Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish

I reckon 90% of 'restaurant' food comes from the likes of Castell Howell. Microwaved up, add the sachet of sauce provided, and plate up. Curry the same. Remember [for those old enough], that agonizing wait for your curry to come to the table. Nowadays they all buy the sauces in, add the meat [again pre-ordered - very few have 'tandoori ovens noways'], and chuck in a couple of extras just to make it authentic..

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Sounds like you're going to 'restaurants' instead of restaurants.

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Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish

I reckon 90% of 'restaurant' food comes from the likes of Castell Howell. Microwaved up, add the sachet of sauce provided, and plate up. Curry the same. Remember [for those old enough], that agonizing wait for your curry to come to the table. Nowadays they all buy the sauces in, add the meat [again pre-ordered - very few have 'tandoori ovens noways'], and chuck in a couple of extras just to make it authentic..

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Where the **** are you eating?! :hehe:

Go somewhere fancy occasionally as a treat. Take some Slipknot sheet music for the string quartet and ask them to serenade your date.
Meet someone who'll appreciate that and won't mind the pub grub at other times. Mix it up, avoid routine.

Signed,
Relationship expert Bluebirdman (single).

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Where to are you ?

There's sure to be a beefeater or Toby inn nearby

Its always a winner

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Ha in Barry. Love a Toby or Beefeater but not that place 😂

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Originally Posted by Nelsonca61

I was at the Mercure hotel last night for a meal, not poncy but was a jacket & tie evening, the dinner part of the evening and whilst the meal actually being hot which is a refreshing change had, and I shit you not, 4 (four) :hehe: green beans, there was some other veg!!, TBF the meal Was O.K and i enjoyed it but it was no Patrice Grill.

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Now there's a blast from the past,my stop off after town.

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Originally Posted by rudy gestede

Where the **** are you eating?! :hehe:

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I have eaten out in Nook, Heaney's, Porro [Llandaff] and the Lower Street Bistro, Stansted, in the past month. All excellent food prepared on premises. Step down a notch and you're getting Castell Howell.

It's easy to work out which ones. CH and others prepare for example a chicken breast or Lamb shank. and have around 20 different sauces and accompaniments such as sliced mushrooms, onions, to go into the sauce. Then a single portion of veg - again a large range - ready cooked to put in microwave. Even 'posh' mash. Right down to a little sachet of crispy onions for a garnish. The permutations are endless which create an impression of uniqueness for each restaurant.. Nice shop grub at restaurant prices..

The OP neglects to mention in his younger days he was a regular at posh nosh joints. His dine and dash escapades involved scoffing an enormous amount of grub before squeezing through a bog window to make good his escape before the bill arrived.

He does very occasionally cough for an expensive meal as a knicker-dropping inducement for 'a right sort' who simply refuses to do the biz in exchange for a rissole and chips washed down with a can of Stella.

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Originally Posted by Organ Morgan.

The OP neglects to mention in his younger days he was a regular at posh nosh joints. His dine and dash escapades involved scoffing an enormous amount of grub before squeezing through a bog window to make good his escape before the bill arrived.

He does very occasionally cough for an expensive meal as a knicker-dropping inducement for 'a right sort' who simply refuses to do the biz in exchange for a rissole and chips washed down with a can of Stella.

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I had a cheese and onion rissole the other day , bloody lovely it was

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Originally Posted by jeepster

Now there's a blast from the past,my stop off after town.

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On the lash in town, walk to the Patrice for cuisine at its finest, wholesome mixed grill and a plate of skinny chips, and at prices an apprentice welder could afford, but if we had a few quid spare which meant working a Sunday for double bubble, we went really posh to the Anastasia in Grangetown.

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Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish

I have eaten out in Nook, Heaney's, Porro [Llandaff] and the Lower Street Bistro, Stansted, in the past month. All excellent food prepared on premises. Step down a notch and you're getting Castell Howell.

It's easy to work out which ones. CH and others prepare for example a chicken breast or Lamb shank. and have around 20 different sauces and accompaniments such as sliced mushrooms, onions, to go into the sauce. Then a single portion of veg - again a large range - ready cooked to put in microwave. Even 'posh' mash. Right down to a little sachet of crispy onions for a garnish. The permutations are endless which create an impression of uniqueness for each restaurant.. Nice shop grub at restaurant prices..

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Yeah the trick is not to eat at average over priced restaurants. There are more good independent ones than ever and everything is so well reviewed it should be easy to avoid shit ones.

Went in Asadors last week and it was crap and bloody expensive.

Sludge steak club in spoons is a good start for you. Ladies that can handle a bit of meat.

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Maybe this is why I am such a failure with the women but I hate it

Dressing up posh , listening to poncey piped classical music whilst waiting for some overpriced three course meal to arrive

Sod that , give me a pub grub type meal or a beefeater steak house or a good curry or better still a Chinese takeaway in front of the telly

Pretentious nonsense but it seems women like to be wined and dinef

Well not by me , egg fried rice , noodles , spring rolls and sweet and sour pork followed by a good old chat about politics and the most influential heavy rock albums of the last thirty years

What modern woman could resist that ?

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Using a knife and fork is considered posh in most parts of Wales

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Originally Posted by Louth

Using a knife and fork is considered posh in most parts of Wales

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It would be for Sludge when he's noshing back a kebab.

Talking of things culinary, I went for a walk with a Bristol walking group on Saturday and the very garrulous but not unpleasant Bristol Rovers fan on the walk (his bobble hat and apparel declaring his allegiance to the aforementioned sporting entity) expalained that we was over on Cardiff on a dual mission last Tuesday i.e. to watch the Wales game (as he part-Hungarian) and to visit the home of Clark's pies. He explained that Mary Clark, the founder, was his great-grandmother (and I didn't realise that the company expanded to Bristol, Swindon, Reading, Newport and Gloucester - although he said that some of that empire fell apart due to a particular gentleman in the family being too fond of the sauce (and I don't mean the meat sauce).

By the way, he attended the game in the Wales end as the away tickets sold out in a jiffy and was blown away by our fans singing the Welsh National Anthem.

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

Talking of things culinary, I went for a walk with a Bristol walking group on Saturday and the very garrulous but not unpleasant Bristol Rovers fan on the walk (his bobble hat and apparel declaring his allegiance to the aforementioned sporting entity) expalained that we was over on Cardiff on a dual mission last Tuesday i.e. to watch the Wales game (as he part-Hungarian) and to visit the home of Clark's pies. He explained that Mary Clark, the founder, was his great-grandmother (and I didn't realise that the company expanded to Bristol, Swindon, Reading, Newport and Gloucester - although he said that some of that empire fell apart due to a particular gentleman in the family being too fond of the sauce (and I don't mean the meat sauce).

By the way, he attended the game in the Wales end as the away tickets sold out in a jiffy and was blown away by our fans singing the Welsh National Anthem.

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Hungry pie-eater?

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

Talking of things culinary, I went for a walk with a Bristol walking group on Saturday and the very garrulous but not unpleasant Bristol Rovers fan on the walk (his bobble hat and apparel declaring his allegiance to the aforementioned sporting entity) expalained that we was over on Cardiff on a dual mission last Tuesday i.e. to watch the Wales game (as he part-Hungarian) and to visit the home of Clark's pies. He explained that Mary Clark, the founder, was his great-grandmother (and I didn't realise that the company expanded to Bristol, Swindon, Reading, Newport and Gloucester - although he said that some of that empire fell apart due to a particular gentleman in the family being too fond of the sauce (and I don't mean the meat sauce).

By the way, he attended the game in the Wales end as the away tickets sold out in a jiffy and was blown away by our fans singing the Welsh National Anthem.

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They've been separate entities since the 1920's. Not sure if Clark's Pies in Bristol use the same recipe

Wetherspoons my level
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