I think it's bollocks as well.

I'll own up. It was the Hind's Head [1], his pub a few doors down from
the Duck.

Dinner for two (3 courses for her, one uber-filling Oxtail & Kidney pie
for me) came in at 73 quid, 8 quid of which was my glass (yes, glass!)
of wine. Top notch grub and not too painful on the wallet.

I do mean to go to both the Duck (twice, once for each menu) and the
Waterside [2] before I move away from the area though. Only two
restaurants in the country with three Michelin stars, and both of them
are within walking(ish) distance of my flat. It'd be daft not to!

[1] http://www.hindsheadhotel.co.uk/
[2] http://www.waterside-inn.co.uk/

 

Side Dishes: Champ ?2.75

WTF?!

 

I don't know about in Blighty, but here it means one is "Enamorado de
alguien" (in love).

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It's mash with spring onions.

 

Followed by a speculative look at the lady companion?

Phil

 

From Norn Irn. Part of their wonderful breakfasts quite often. Cooked
potatoes, onion and I think cabbage.

Ali

 

With onion, it's champ. With cabbage, it's colcannon.

 

no, it isn't. Typically served with breakfast, I mean.

potatoes, and *scallions*.

With cabbage is Colcannon, but that's a modern-ish re-invention.

 

It ought to be. I did have it a couple of times with bacon and black
pudden.

Is it indeed. Didn't know that. The modern bit, I mean.

Ali

 

Generally the starch in a "full Irish" comes from fried breads, both
potato and soda bread. I've never seen it offered with champ.

well, it was invented hundreds and hundreds of years ago, but no-where
IME sold it in the 70s/80s, and it only appeared later on - in fact,
the first time I ever heard of it was in an O'Neills pub in London in
the late 90s.

It might have been around in parts of the Free State, but as I said,
not to my knowledge in Norn Iron.

 

Garibaldi, Darren specifically states series 1-3. I obviously knew who
the original Garibaldi was (a biscuit, thank you) I didn't know the
red shirts bit. Though Garibaldi didn't die, he just got shot and his
brain messed about with.

 

Me either on the red shirts bit. jms being "subtle" again, I'll bet. (Wonder
what Jerry Doyle is up to.)

Ali

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, darsy

Have I ever mentioned that I was once in a Dublin restaurant that
offered "Potatoes Du Jour"?

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I had him stripped and sent to my room as well

Though having googled, I've gone off him.

http://www.jerrydoyle.com/pg/jsp/home/archivedarticles.jsp

Oh my, I shall stop looking now...

"In 2000 he ran for the U.S House of Representatives for California's
24th District. While the March primary saw him become the Republican
Congressional Nominee, in the November election race he came up
short."

 

Oh, I've heard his politics at first hand. He and Bruce make Bush look left
wing.

Ali

 

I don't remember you mentioning it, but I'm sure I remember Billy
Connelly doing so.