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I thought that since we have a highly successful "What film did you watch last night?" thread, that this would be an excellent equivalent in the new new La Cuisine board!
This idea may flop, but it is well worth giving it a go and keeping it as a fairly mainstream thread where forum users could log their favourite restaurant suggestions, and perhaps if the occasion deserves it, their least favourite restaurants (places to stay well clear of).
The restaurant I ate at recently was (shamefully, I know) a chain restaurant known as "The Red Chilli" in Manchester, down Oxford Road.
I'd never been before, but was on an outing with about 15 friends and decided to give it a go. I would describe the food as well above average for a chain restaurant. We ordered mixed starters, including deep fried squid. We shared a variety of Main courses which included Salt and Pepper Eel (which turned out to be mega spicy!), deep fried soft crab claws, frogs legs in cantonese sauce (subsequently I have learnt frogs legs is a particularly barbaric trade and kinda regret trying them, but they tasted nice, a bit like chicken with a distinct aroma of pond sludge! I wouldn't recommend a whole dish to yourself) and duck in hoi sin sauce amongst the favourites.
Overall I would give this an 9/10, losing a mark for having a poor selection of drinks (mostly very fizzy lagers sold in very small glasses for ~£4).
This idea may flop, but it is well worth giving it a go and keeping it as a fairly mainstream thread where forum users could log their favourite restaurant suggestions, and perhaps if the occasion deserves it, their least favourite restaurants (places to stay well clear of).
The restaurant I ate at recently was (shamefully, I know) a chain restaurant known as "The Red Chilli" in Manchester, down Oxford Road.
I'd never been before, but was on an outing with about 15 friends and decided to give it a go. I would describe the food as well above average for a chain restaurant. We ordered mixed starters, including deep fried squid. We shared a variety of Main courses which included Salt and Pepper Eel (which turned out to be mega spicy!), deep fried soft crab claws, frogs legs in cantonese sauce (subsequently I have learnt frogs legs is a particularly barbaric trade and kinda regret trying them, but they tasted nice, a bit like chicken with a distinct aroma of pond sludge! I wouldn't recommend a whole dish to yourself) and duck in hoi sin sauce amongst the favourites.
Overall I would give this an 9/10, losing a mark for having a poor selection of drinks (mostly very fizzy lagers sold in very small glasses for ~£4).
