What's for Dinner?

[Sundae]

Mum's here!
This means I get to eat out. Places I've only walked past and sniffed before.
Omnomnom.

I'm not bleeding her dry. It's not Michelin starred.
But so far we've both enjoyed ourselves, enjoyed eachother's company and probably put on at least 10lbs each.

On Saturday night we went to Red Pepper for a curry.
Mum had eaten on the train, so we ate reasonably late. Well - late for someone who wakes at 06.00 every morning and an OAP who is in bed by 22.00.

Started with poppadoms and pickles.
I can take or leave them, but I know it's an important part of the meal for Mum, so I forced myself to have one to her two.
I remember when these were complimentary... But that was probably only because they were still unfamiliar at the time. And because they make you thirsty!

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We shared a starter of curried garlic prawns.
Photos show salad garnish before prawns arrived, then the portion we split.

The writing on the plate is in chilli sauce and does say Red Pepper.
I originally read it as Cherry and wondered if Mum had asked for it specially. She though it said something else (can't remember) but we worked it out between us in the end.

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It was very good, and given that we had had poppadoms already, it was a a good idea to share a starter.

Main course.
OMG the naan bread.
It was a vast duvet of a thing. A veritable Moby Dick of a naan bread.
And more than that it tasted like the imagined first bite of anything when you are really hungry; the one which can never be realised. Only this was, and kept on being so.
Kubla Khan would have had naan breads like that in his stately pleasure dome.

We shared it and still didn't get through it all.
And my Christmasteers can attest that I love my naan bread.
Even the year I was so sick with the old liver/ alcoholism problems that I could barely force anything between my clenched teeth I still managed half a garlic naan.
This was even better.

Anyway.

I had Shah Jahan.
Minced lamb and pieces of chicken.
The spices were perfect, it was pitched exactly right for my tastes in that respect.
But too salty. I just don't eat that much salt, except for the occasional time I have chips.
I ate 2/3 of it anyway, and what I left was not out of protest - Mum was paying and I did not want her to feel bad - but because of a full belly.

Oh and no, I don't have rice. That's what naan bread is for.
I eat brown rice and home - I can eat it completely plain when I'm poor, although a dash of Tabasco never goes amiss. But boiled white rice? Nah.

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Ma had a Biryani.
This is a dish that comes with a vegetable curry and rice. The curry has the sauce, the rice and meat is more dry.

I introduced her to it over 20 years ago [hubris] but it's a curry-house staple, so she'd probably have discovered it herself at some point [humble].

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This was technically lunch today, but I may as well put it all in the same place.
My bro sent me Wetherspoons vouchers for my birthday, at my request.
I wanted to be able to treat Mum to at least one meal, and I know that after cooking a Sunday roast for years and years, she would appreciate having one cooked for her and no washing up to worry about.

So she went for the roast beef dinner.
I honestly didn't fancy a roast. So I had a Mexican Dog.
No jokes please. And no comments on the veracity of the meal, I do know that slapping guacamole, cheese and chillies on a hotdog does not make it Mexican. Oh go on then, if you want to

Once again we both left a significant amount.
Look, neither of us like to waste food. But neither of us asked for maxed out portions either. There was just too much to cope with. If it helps, we just shared a panini for tea

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Menu table mat showing roast deals.

[Aliantha]

Yum! Looks great. Your Mum looks like she's lost a lot of weight too Sundae. Has it been purposeful?

[fargon]

Your Mom looks beautiful, just like you. And that roast beef dinner looks good.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

Yum! Looks great. Your Mum looks like she's lost a lot of weight too Sundae. Has it been purposeful?

Told her you said that, she was very flattered. Sends her love,
You know she is always trying to lose weight.
But I think this is a side effect of Dad losing his appetite and not eating (not cancer, please don't let it be cancer)
and generally running round after him,

Originally Posted by fargon

Your Mom looks beautiful, just like you. And that roast beef dinner looks good.

I'll tell her that too!

[DanaC]

The pair of you look proper bonny

[Aliantha]

. You can send it right back to her please Sundae, and let her know i think of her often. One day when i get some time (haha) i will send her a snail mail with some photos. Xx

[bbro]

Possibly bacon cheese burgers. Or pork chops.

[DanaC]

For dinner (lunch) I just had a bowl of mushroom soup (from a tin: 60p) and a hunk of cheese topped baton bread (small baton = 45p, used about a third, so 15p)

a 75p lunch that was mega tasty :p

[busterb]

Pounded chicken thigh. Stewed Rotel maters, diced maters, okra, eggplant, mater sauce, 1 can mater soup, bit of onions, bell pepper, green onions and last of my shrimp. Not bad.

[Big Sarge]

Sounds like you had a good supper, Buster. I had some Sushi that was pretty spicy. It was stuffed with crab meat and covered in Dynamite sauce.