Berni Inn specials...
Berni Inn specials...
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A trip down memory lane...
Berni Inn Menu 1971
Starters:
Soup of the day (with bread roll).
Prawn Cocktail.
Melon Boat with Maraschino Cherry.
Chicken Liver Pâté with Melba Toast.
Egg Mayonaise.
Corn on the Cob.
Glass of Fruit or Tomato Juice.
Main Courses:
Steak Diane.
Mixed Grill.
Beef Stroganoff.
Chicken in a Basket.
Scampi and Chips.
Breaded Plaice with Chips and Garden Peas.
Lasagne and Chips.
Gammon Steak with Pineapple and Chips.
Quiche Lorraine.
Desserts:
Rhum Baba with freshly whipped cream.
Black Forest Gateau.
Sherry Trifle.
Fruit Cocktail.
Apple Pie and Custard.
Selection of cheese from the cheeseboard.
Coffee and mints.
Wine List:
Chianti Ruffino (in a straw basket).
Lambrusco.
Beaujolais.
Mateus Rose.
Liebfraumilch.
Blue Nun.
Luncheon vouchers accepted.
May I take your order, sir?
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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I'm paul.
Aah Beaujolais,was it a good vintage?
Soup in a basket
Those were the days
Bass Plonker
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I'm Simon.
What about the - Chicken Liver Pâté with French Toast.
Kuzma Stabi/S 12", (LP12-bastard) DC motor and optical tacho psu, Benz LP, Paradise (phonostage). Imac m1, gustard A18dac, Bruno Putzeys balanced pre, neurochrome 486 dual mono amps, Yamaha NS1000m with raal ribbons
Site Owner/Administrator
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What about it, daftee?
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Location: Weymouth
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I'm John.
I remember having a steak Diane and later the same night having a stake in Diane.
Pussy Man
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I'm Confused.
Be careful with your confessions - Charles sometimes visits this forum I'm toldOriginally Posted by prestonchipfryer
I remember having a steak Diane and later the same night having a stake in Diane.
DaveK.
My System:
Power: Belkin PF40, Custom.hifi.cables Hydra and DC PSUs.
Sources: Self built HTPC with Xonar ST sound card, NAD T585 multi disc player, Sony BDP-S350, Squeezebox Touch, Techncs SL1210 (mod'd) + Nagaoka MP30, Thomson Sky HD box.
Amps etc.: 2 x Mini-T amps, MF-X10D Valve buffer clone, StanDAC 7520/Caiman (mod'd).
Speakers: Mission 774s with added super tweeters
Cables: best I can afford and likely to change except Homar's RF attenuated co-ax's and Mark Grant USB and HDMI cables. I also like silver i/cs and speaker cable.
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Location: Sheffield
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I'm Simon.
Well i would hope the Pate was dead and 'live' as per your description...
Kuzma Stabi/S 12", (LP12-bastard) DC motor and optical tacho psu, Benz LP, Paradise (phonostage). Imac m1, gustard A18dac, Bruno Putzeys balanced pre, neurochrome 486 dual mono amps, Yamaha NS1000m with raal ribbons
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I'm Geoff.
Yes, I thought it looked rather scrumptious!Thats a nice 70's style desert Goeff
Actually, I seem to have buggered up the 'Bargains on eBay' thread continuity with my little gastronomic avatar, better change it soon.
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I'm ChrisB.
Nonsense - here's an Ebay bargain
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