Ribeye or sirloin for me, sometimes I fancy a change. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by rmcin626
With a sirloin it starts vertically, fat side down in the pan for a good minute to render it down.
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Ribeye or sirloin for me, sometimes I fancy a change. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by rmcin626
With a sirloin it starts vertically, fat side down in the pan for a good minute to render it down.
Yeah, 'lager' for me is for necking at home, ice cold, on hot summer days, or drinking on draught abroad. I don't really entertain it in UK pubs, as the quality is more often than not piss-poor.Quote:
Originally Posted by rmcin626
Pils beer (lager) is a foreign creation (German in origin), and we simply don't do it well here. Plus, most of the foreign lagers sold in draught in UK pubs are a poor relation of the same ones found in their country of origin. Stella Artois being a prime example! Drink the cats piss that they serve here, and compare it with what's sold in Belgium - there is NO comparison!:doh:
San Miguel is exactly the same, as is Kronenbourg, Grolsch, etc, etc.... Therefore, I prefer drinking something that we DO do well in the UK, such as real ales, especially when it hasn't had to travel far...:)
Totally agree about wine, which is why when I do order it in a restaurant, it's only in places where the owner/management has assembled a collection of wines, usually from small specialist producers, that offer superb quality and genuinely good value for money, or as I call it 'slurp-per-pound value', otherwise as you say, paying through the nose for something a step up from supermarket dross goes completely against the grain, or in this case the grape!;)
Marco.
Looks a lovely old place, Roy! I'd guess probably 18th century? Next time you go, snap a pic of the grub, as I'd like to see the standard of what's served:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
Marco.
My beer taste changed when I lived in Germany for a couple of years in the early 80’s, then I returned to Scotland and the joys of Tennent's. After Germany beer was never the same for me, I just loved the smaller fresh pils they served.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
After that my drinking habits changed.
Tennent's/Skol/McEwans, lol - aye those were the days!:D:doh:
Pure tramp's juice in comparison with proper German beer, or TBH pretty much any good Pils-style lager from any beer-drinking country, worldwide. You can travel through France, stop at a nice little bar by the roadside, and drink something on draught, such as Jupiler (which admittedly is Belgian), or Ch'ti, which is French, and it's stunning - ditto in Italy, when you taste proper Peroni and Moretti...
Next time you're in France, and Ch'ti is available on draught, try some [it's one of the best beers I've tasted]: http://brasseriecastelain.com/en/our-beers/chti/
So now you know why I prefer real ale, or something else we do very well in the UK, cider! I mean the proper stuff, not 'White Lightening', or such like, which has never seen an apple in its life!:eyebrows:
Marco.
16th century grade 2 listedQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...61ec746a12.jpg
In a village called Herongate near Brentwood.
Ah yes, the interior (especially the ceiling beams) now gives it away... Looks fab - just my kind of place!:cool:
The only thing that spoils things 'darn sarf' are the prices... It's so much more expensive to eat out there, than it is here. That meal I had today with my dad, which was preceded by two starters of deep-fried whitebait and goujons of sole, then two pints of real ale, both main courses, and two double espressos afterwards, came to just under £43.
No way would you get that quality of food in pubs down where you are for that price, at least not in my experience!
Marco.
That’s the strangest thing Marco, I lived in Aachen, but many of the bars sold Jupiler beer, including a bar I spent probably too much time in, they invited us to the Brewery and after the visit we drank their visitors bar dry, happy days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Nice lookingQuote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
Nice one, Robin. It's awesome stuff! What makes it too, is how beer is served abroad, in really nice glasses [usually thin, 'fluted' types, designed to accompany the specific beer in question], and with a proper head! Not the boring, nondescript 'pint pots' mostly found in UK pubs, filled to the brim, so there's no room for a nice creamy head...:doh:Quote:
Originally Posted by rmcin626
As usual here, it's all about quantity, not quality!
Oh, and when I drink real ales in pubs here, if it's available, I always ask for a traditional glass with a handle, or preferably, a tankard... For me, just like with food, how drinks are presented is just as important, in terms of their likely appeal:)
Marco.