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I'm eating. I'm thinking aboot food. I'm thinking of resturants. Also, I'm thinking about bad grammar. But more about food. So. Let's. Talk.

About food.

When you go to a resturant you've never been to before, and their menu sucks, what is your safe plate?

Safe plate - A meal that you can always count on being on the menu that you like.

My first is: Chicken Cesar Salad.
My second is: BLT

What are yours?

Chips!

and Kat FTW!

I'm eating. I'm thinking aboot food. I'm thinking of resturants. Also, I'm thinking about bad grammar. But more about food. So. Let's. Talk.

About food.

When you go to a resturant you've never been to before, and their menu sucks, what is your safe plate?

Safe plate - A meal that you can always count on being on the menu that you like.

My first is: Chicken Cesar Salad.
My second is: BLT

What are yours?

raviolis/enchiladas/vegetable sushi/soup & salad...

depends on the type of restaurant obviously

I don't really have one, because not much is guaranteed safe for me, I tend to look for chicken breast (grilled) and steamed veggies (unseasoned and without butter) but I still have to ask if the chicken was marinated or frozen in broth.

my only really safe bet is plain raw veggies.


however, before I was restricted, my safe plate was always steak and a baked potato.

"Blah blah blah I can't think of a good thread title.. so blah, I say."

Fortunately, I can. :p

Fortunately, I can. :p

Stay on-topic!

Thanks :p

Meh, I tend to always like a soup the place has. Potato, wanton, vegetable, Gumbo, whatever

Well, it's kind of tough to fuck up a bacon cheese burger. I've had a couple of bad ones, but it's usually at least OK.

Stay on-topic!

Thanks :p

Spam!

Depends. If its an independant pub, then steak.

If its a general restaurant, probably Caesar Salad or Veal.

What? No Hack option? I want a Hack option!!

My safe plate is always a nice medium-rare steak. Mmmm.....

What? No Hack option? I want a Hack option!!

My safe plate is always a nice medium-rare steak. Mmmm.....

Good one!

Nice name as well.:)

Steak, or scampi and chips.

At a Mexican restuarant it would be the Super Buritto.

Other than that I usually go with the chicken club or some equivilant. Or a chicken parmisean sandwich.

Something with chicken in it.

And bacon. (except in the buritto, unless it's a breakfast buritto...)

Good one!

Nice name as well.:)

Thank you. :p

steak or seafood. sadly, seafood can be easy to mess up.

ETA: w00t! I'm a poll option!

Chicken fried steak

Tuna Melt

Pie and coffee


Almost no restaurant diner or dive can blaspheme any of these so badly that I cant eat them

indian: chicken tikka massala
chinese: sweet & sour chicken
other: pizza :D

Just a plate of pasta is pretty hard to screw up so ill go with that.
Also just to get the debate going i prefer Coke over Pepsi

Just a plate of pasta is pretty hard to screw up so ill go with that.
Also just to get the debate going i prefer Coke over Pepsi

Me too! Pepsi is teh ebil ;)

I am an adventurous eater, so no safe plate for me.

I once tried the jelly fish just because I'd never had it before. I've tried the fried okra, the rattlesnake, tripe, tongue sandwiches (very good!) and all sorts of other things when the menu didn't seem to provide any of my favorites. My family has a game called "Mystery Soup". When in a restaurant you order the soup of the day but don't let them tell you what it is. Then, when it comes, it is either a pleasant surprise, or something you try and say "well, that was something, wasn't it?" I once got a fantastic lobster bisque in a mediocre restaurant that way.

I do like a nice prime rib, though... :D

Club Sandwich.

I'm eating. I'm thinking aboot food. I'm thinking of resturants. Also, I'm thinking about bad grammar. But more about food. So. Let's. Talk.

About food.

When you go to a resturant you've never been to before, and their menu sucks, what is your safe plate?

Safe plate - A meal that you can always count on being on the menu that you like.

My first is: Chicken Cesar Salad.
My second is: BLT

What are yours?

The cheeseburger.

Usually, either a salad, grilled cheese, shrimp, or sometimes chicken tenders.

Club sandwich.

http://www.jerusalemrestaurant.com/Onion_Rings/IMAG000.JPG


Onion rings are tasty. :)

http://www.jerusalemrestaurant.com/Onion_Rings/IMAG000.JPG


Onion rings are tasty. :)

I once read a story on www.stainedapron.com about a couple of women who went into an Italian restaurant and one ordered calamari. When their plates came the other woman asked why she didn't get onion rings on her platter. When the waiter explained that calamari was squid the first woman freaked out.

http://www.jerusalemrestaurant.com/Onion_Rings/IMAG000.JPG


Onion rings are tasty. :)

*grabs onion rings and runs*

*grabs onion rings and runs*

OMG! You did not just steal onion rings from a ninja! :eek:

I fear for your safety:(

*grabs onion rings and runs*
I don't care. Onion rings are cheap even at expensive places.

I ate twenty onion rings today, and that cost my date £1.20. I'm cheap. ;)

I don't care. Onion rings are cheap even at expensive places.

I ate twenty onion rings today, and that cost my date £1.20. I'm cheap. ;)

Dammit I want you now!

I don't care. Onion rings are cheap even at expensive places.

I ate twenty onion rings today, and that cost my date £1.20. I'm cheap. ;)

Bring out the onion rings then! I can't get enough of them!

Dammit I want you now!

Hmmm...that'll cost you some onion rings. ;)

Hmmm...that'll cost you some onion rings. ;)

Awww man....talk about needy :rolleyes:

*goes off to find loose change hidden in sofa*
:p

I'm eating. I'm thinking aboot food. I'm thinking of resturants. Also, I'm thinking about bad grammar. But more about food. So. Let's. Talk.

About food.

When you go to a resturant you've never been to before, and their menu sucks, what is your safe plate?

Safe plate - A meal that you can always count on being on the menu that you like.

My first is: Chicken Cesar Salad.
My second is: BLT

What are yours?I'm an extremely picky eater, hating cheese and tomatoes, so I usually go for pizza.

I'm an extremely picky eater, hating cheese and tomatoes, so I usually go for pizza.

*nods*

Had pizza for dinner tonight. :)

I'm eating. I'm thinking aboot food. I'm thinking of resturants. Also, I'm thinking about bad grammar. But more about food. So. Let's. Talk.

About food.

When you go to a resturant you've never been to before, and their menu sucks, what is your safe plate?

Safe plate - A meal that you can always count on being on the menu that you like.

My first is: Chicken Cesar Salad.
My second is: BLT

What are yours?
1) Fried Chicken. how that turns out really tells me alot about the restruant
2) Cheese burger and fries.

Dammit! Maybe I should head over into the "Inability to read"-thread, because not only did I misread "Big Bang" for "Big Band" - but I misread this here title as "What's your safe place?"...

I shall go hide in my safe place now... http://forums.massivehq.com/images/smilies/misc/hidesbehindsofa.gif

Geologically, I depend on the North American Plate.

In a restaurant, chicken Caesar, yeah, that's usually safe, or a steak and fires (don't like 'em baked, Smunkee).

Dammit! Maybe I should head over into the "Inability to read"-thread, because not only did I misread "Big Bang" for "Big Band" - but I misread this here title as "What's your safe place?"...

I shall go hide in my safe place now... http://forums.massivehq.com/images/smilies/misc/hidesbehindsofa.gif
*Buys GN a pair of glasses* :p

Geologically, I depend on the North American Plate.

In a restaurant, chicken Caesar, yeah, that's usually safe, or a steak and fires (don't like 'em baked, Smunkee).

You're a fire-eater!!!:eek:

That's not safe!:D

You're a fire-eater!!!:eek:

That's not safe!:D

:headbang: Fries! Gad, is it time to go home yet?

*Buys GN a pair of glasses* :p
Thanks, but I don't think it's that...

:headbang: Fries! Gad, is it time to go home yet?

Maybe......just maybe.:)

(sorry i couldn't resist that one!)

Club sandwich. And more to the point, if they can't get a club right - I'm not coming back.

Pasta. You'll get some decent pasta everywhere. Except for that place last week - no pasta at all :rolleyes:

New York Steak. If all else fails, ice cream.

My safe plate is a western omelette and home fries. I've rarely found a place that could screw that up.

New York Steak. If all else fails, ice cream.

speaking of Ice Cream... I found a local resturant here that has the local dairy special making the ice cream they serve... fresh blueberries and cream...

What? No Hack option? I want a Hack option!!

My safe plate is always a nice medium-rare steak. Mmmm.....

... Do you really want a "HACK" option when talking about food?

Depends on where I am... back home in Germany in a regular (speak: German) restaurant, Wiener Schnitzel and fries.

Here in Ireland... ok, food in Ireland can be bad. And I mean really bad. I'm talking culinary nightmares. Fries can be mushy, meat hard and tasteless, vegetables boiled white, the concept of "salad" seems to puzzle the nation... I'd probably go with soup. Whatever's wrong with it can probably be fixed with a bit of salt.

If I can order breakfast, I'll get French toast, bacon, and hash browns with coffee and OJ

I've yet to find a place so bad that they messed THAT simple meal up.

If I can't order breakfast, I'll usually stick to Chicken....fried, grilled, or whatever.

Burger and Fries . . . and a beer