FabricLiveBaby!
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I'd have to go with half and avocado, filled with prawns with lashings of seafood sauce.
I could murder an Avocado right now!
I could murder an Avocado right now!
The Best Starter
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Starry Wisdom
my poor eyes! 
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Starry Wisdom
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Are you two trying to put me off my curry!
so bhajis are the best starter for you.
weepiper
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so bhajis are the best starter for you.
Actually I have some in the oven right now!
Duck, pink ginger and asparagus is another good one IME.
FabricLiveBaby!
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bit "meh" really.
weepiper
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not if it's made with nice quality tomatoes and nice mozzarella. And good olive oil. And loads of black pepper *drool*
Fedayn
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Get someone to make you a good one....
FabricLiveBaby!
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Actually I have some in the oven right now!
Duck, pink ginger and asparagus is another good one IME.
Now THIS sounds amazing!
I like insalata caprese, also smoked salmon, that spanish thing with jamon and cheese on the plate and you just pick bits of it. Er, a nice soup, asparagus and jerusalem artichokes. Not all together obviously. I'm not really a massive starter fan I'd rather just have some bits and pieces on the table to pick at.
Cid
Proper break this time
Not forgetting excellent balsamic... It's an amazing combination, kind of sums up the best elements of Italian cooking; high quality ingredients combined very simply.
For um... 'nibbles', good chilled sherry (dry), a decent jamon, manchego and olives is amazing. (e2a: as 8115 says)
It kind of depends what you mean by a starter of course, a lot of dishes we think of as mains are often used as starters.
Have a soft spot for parma ham and melons.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Scallops
The Octagon
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Baked avacado and smoked salmon in a cheese sauce.
Or greek style meze (falafels, pitta bread, taramasalata and humous), lovely.
Or greek style meze (falafels, pitta bread, taramasalata and humous), lovely.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Prawn Cocktail
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Glad to see the 80s have arrived on this thread DotComm!
I was put-off prawn cocktail when one christmas I was asked to get some for my mother and despite my substantial full-leather/motorbike gear carrying frame, I was lamped & nearly floored by this frail looking old dear who was hell-bent on getting the last two tubs of prawn cocktail in M&S!
I was put-off prawn cocktail when one christmas I was asked to get some for my mother and despite my substantial full-leather/motorbike gear carrying frame, I was lamped & nearly floored by this frail looking old dear who was hell-bent on getting the last two tubs of prawn cocktail in M&S!
i like a small main course, like a little dish of wild mushroom tortellini with cream and truffle oil, something really decadent.
starters in Norway are pretty amazing, with achingly fresh fish and orange caviar, served with nutty rye breads, creamy butter and sharp lemon basily salads with loads of olive oil and peppery watercress
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Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Followed by a 1/2 pounder for mains
YES YES!!
Desert though? Maybe a Cranberry infused burger in a doughnut?
I like a starter, but if the starter is better than the main it pisses me off a bit. A small portion of something nice followed by a large portion of something less nice is not ideal. I think that there should be a tasting session beforehand. Say you chose a soup starter and steak main I thing you should be given an egg cup sized portion of each before committing wallet and tastebuds. People might think you are odd having a 4oz steak for starter and a massive bowl of soup for mains, but in these modern culinary times anything goes.
