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I’d had a bit of luck on the gee-gee’s so I thought I take the missus out for some posh nosh.
The waiter minced his way to our table, menus delicately held in a white-gloved hand.
‘Madam’, he said, ‘may I suggest our carpaccio of Maldivian long-line caught yellowfin tuna with a Japanese tamari and freshly foraged wild garlic glaze fanning an island of avocado creme fraiche, accompanied by our ambrosial thrice cooked Maris Piper Frites and an English country garden courgette flower beignet?’
‘Regrettably, for you sir we’re unable to provided those burger things, or pizzas’.
I should have stuck to McD’s!
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Thanks to Rochelle for hosting and Dale for the photo.
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Ah these posh restaurants! They don’t know good food.
You are so right Sadje!
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Thrice cooked potatoes? Yikes!
Highly recommended Neil, honestly!
I guess sometimes those things are obvious at a glance…
To most, but not all! Cheers Trent
Hmmm… Sounds a bit much even for me but don’t tell my former culinary instructors.
Me too even when I was wearing my whites!
That’s the thing about posh restaurants
Absolutely! Thanks Shweta.
Note to self: when fine-dining in England, take a dictionary.
Note to self #2: Avoid fine-dining restaurants. If they don’t sizzle you with the menu, they’ll skewer you on the profusion of cutlery. 🙂
Haha! I’m slightly guilty of having used pretentious descriptions when I was a chef in an English gastro-pub, but not ones that required your M-W! Cheers Christine.
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‘freshly foraged wild garlic glaze fanning an island of avocado creme fraiche’
An utterly appetising piece, Keith, I’m off for some mince n tatties now.
Bon app!
I wish I could join you!
Dear Keith,
I realize McD’s is know across the globe but, seriously, it doesn’t exist in my world. Bring on the more elegant fare, please. Appetizing piece well served.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Wherever I’ve been in the world I’ve always seen a McD’s! Definitely not for me either . Thanks Rochelle.
The huge grand name of the recipe! They should give a sample to try first and then place order if one likes it 🙂 🙂
Have a great week!
Good idea but I doubt they’d do it! Thanks Anita
This plate of posh nosh would switch my gastric taste buds off. But then so does a Mac. Instead with a pen to hand and a another cup of coffee. I will carry on trying to build a master piece. Mash and sausage any one
Now that’s proper food! Cheers Michael.
He he – if I had to choose, it would definitely not be McD’s! Nicely done, Keith.
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Love it Keith.
Thanks Di!
I’m somewhere between McDs and the posh nosh! Great fun, loved the description.
Me too, especially when I was cooking for a living!
You mean, McD’s isn’t posh-nosh? Well, if they wrote their menu out in French, bet they could charge twice as much!😂
Good point. I wonder what they charge in their French outlets!
Perhaps a order of KFC?
Now that’s an idea!
Now you’ve went and made me hungry 🙂
Best tuck into something then! Cheers Dee.
A fun story. Fine dining isn’t for everyone…
It’s not, I prefer something in between!
At the end of the meal, if you are satisfied, it really doesn’t matter much what you ate.
Very true Mimi!
I have no idea what the waiter was rattling off, but it sounds decadent and expensive 🤗 Fun read!
Nor me! Thanks Sue.
I bet MacDonalds would have been cheaper too. 😀
Very true!
he can look forward to dessert then if you know what i mean. 🙂
… I know what you mean! Cheers plaridel
The dish he describes needs a picture for clarification.
I quite agree, I wrote it but I can’t imagine it!
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I’m one of those who is happy with burgers and pizzas but oh so appreciate fancy fare like your um.. posh tuna salad 😉
This was deliciously fun, Keith!
Me too – posh or plain it’s all good to me!
Variety. The spice of life. 😉
There’s not much more embarrassing than not being as smart as a menu. I’ve been there. “What is…? Do you have a menu with pictures?”
I quite agree Nobbin!
When it comes to food, I see, some people never get to visit the other side of the tracks. It’s a good thiing I’ve spent me entire lifetime listening to the Beatles, lest I couldn’t figure out what was a gee gee?
Life if so much tastier if you like absolutely everything! Cheers fellow Beatles fan!
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Delightful!
Thank you!
You are welcome.
Yes, you should stick with what you like! Love the sound of posh nosh. =)
Each to their own! Cheers Brenda .
This was a fun read, Keith. I’ll take posh nosh over McD’s every time.
Having been ‘in the business’ myself, I tend to agree with you!
Heehee! Sir should have taken a pin to stick in the menu and help him choose!
I’ve had some excellent posh nosh, and when it’s good it’s unbelievably good.
Your story is great fun, Keith!
I agree with everything you’ve said Penny! Thanks.
Hilarious, Keith :). I’d be willing to be that snooty waiter sneaks out to McD’s for his lunch break 🙂
It wouldn’t surprise me! Thanks Linda.
Ha! A posh nosh indeed
Oh yes! Cheers Laurie.
Ha, as I was reading I was thinking, should have gone for burgers! If you can’t understand what the food is, don’t eat it, that’s my motto.
Very wise draliman!
The joy of posh nosh is the ability to admire the artistic floral plates or fine lines along the slates as you search for the chocolate dribble. Soup, well, forget it as it may as well be a sludge that smears the the porcelain (in and out).
Perfectly put James! My waiter couldn’t describe it better himself!
LOL at “burger things”. I’m totally with the guy here. Give me a burger, a bun and optional veggies/condiments and I’m good. That last phrase made me laugh out though. I could *hear* the waiter’s snooty tone. “Burger things or pizzas.”
Haha! I could too! Bring on the burgers…
Sounds like the waiter knows his clientele, for better or for worse.
Oh yes! Thanks Sandra.
Maybe they do serve pizzas and burgers (just under a long super-fancy name).
You may have a point Bernadette!
Loved the posh nosh description, a branch of lyric poetry do you reckon?
I suppose it could be! Thanks so much WWD
Keith, your description of the food had me salivating to the point I had to side with the waiter, food snob as he may be, you can keep your burger for another time, bring on the tuna.
Delighted to have tickled your taste-buds Michael!
This is simply brilliant. Loved the style and flow of language.
That’s really kind of you, thanks so much.