pub menus

[Paul Pless]

what food items should be on a proper pub menu?

burger
fish and chips
wings
rueben/rachael

is that enough to satisfy about 95% of us?

[White River]

onion rings of course

[Jimmy W]

I'm thinking that I saved one of Lefty's menus from the old pub, but don't know just where or if I still have it.

[NickW]

Steak and Chips
Surf and Turf
Sausage and mash
Pies

That will do for the minute.

Nick

[CWSmith]

Fried jalapeno chips,
Fried pickles,
BBQ brisket if you can manage it,

and beer. Don't forget the beer. Get a good traditional IPA, none of these citrus IPAs, and Guiness.

[Peerie Maa]

From a pub near me:

THE VILLAGE INN SMALL MEALS

BEEF LASAGNE
THE VILLAGE BURGER
FISH, CHIPS AND MUSHY PEAS
CREAMY PEPPERED CHICKEN
PORK CHOP
DIJON CHICKEN
LEEK STILTON POTATO BAKE
SALT AND PEPPER BURGER
STEAK MUSHROOM PIE
CUMBERLAND SAUSAGE
8 OZ GAMMON
(AND EGG ADD PINEAPPLE FOR AN EXTRA 20P)
CHICKEN BALTI AND RICE

£10 the pop.

There are more choices for a full lunch.

[Figment]

Shepherds pie
meatloaf
curry-of-the-week

[Garret]

Posts 1 & 2 + the beer part of #5.

The others are nice & I'd order them, but a good burger & good beer are the most important.

In fact - in general a really good burger is a wonderful thing.

[Yeadon]

Caesar salad with or without grilled chicken
Mahi Sliders
Nachos at least a foot tall

Fish tacos also acceptable.

[Guinness]

Proper cask ale from hand pump - ESB and/or mild
Scotch Eggs
Fish & Chips
Bangers & Mash
Shepherd’s Pie
French Onion Soup
Fish Chowder
Ploughman’s Platter
A decent burger with a variety of toppings to choose from
Reuben Sandwiches
Roast Beef & Yorkshire Pudding on Sundays

-Guinness

[CWSmith]

Fish tacos also acceptable.

Good fish tacos are a treat!

[Canoez]

This reminds me. I need to make a trip to The Whip in Coatesville, PA.

Figgy - Road trip?

[Breakaway]

Chili
Chicken Wings
Soups: Onion Soup Au Gratiin, Clam Chowder, Potato Leek
" French Dip" ( Often called such) roast beef sandwich on garlic baguette with au jus for dipping on the side. Cheese extra.
Hot open roast beef sandwich with mashed and green beans
Hot open turkey sandwich with mashed and green beans

[Joe (SoCal)]

My current favorite pub

Cottage Pie
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Fish & Chips

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http://www.dublin4gastropub.com/

[Garret]

That's pretty hoity-toity pub food Joe...

[birlinn]

Looks like the cottage has a bit of plumbing pipework on top!

[Figment]

This reminds me. I need to make a trip to The Whip in Coatesville, PA.

Figgy - Road trip?

this is the first I've heard of the place.
I dunno if I'm doing a 4-hour roadie for pub grub, but I'm occasionally in Lancaster for work. At minimum this seems like a good stop on the way to/from Annapolis.

[Canoez]

this is the first I've heard of the place.
I dunno if I'm doing a 4-hour roadie for pub grub, but I'm occasionally in Lancaster for work. At minimum this seems like a good stop on the way to/from Annapolis.

There ya go. Middle of nowhere. Haven't been there in a bit, but it used to be a righteous stop.

[Peerie Maa]

My current favorite pub

Cottage Pie
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Fish & Chips

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http://www.dublin4gastropub.com/

The bangers and scrape of mash are from the large plate menu?
This is (Cumberland) sausage and mash

[Joe (SoCal)]

That's pretty hoity-toity pub food Joe...

What can I say Garret, I’m nothing but hoity-toity when it comes to food.

FYI here is Dublin 4’s banger and mash

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[ron ll]

Does no one order a BLT in a pub?

[David G]

I'm surprised no one has said pizza.

One local pub has a whole dedicated top notch pizza operation. Not on my normal routes, but sometimes go out of my way. Another has personal pizzas cooked in a small cast-iron frying pan. Excellent!

Burgers. The main thing for me is burgers. Esp. a generous heap of chili-burger. At the coast, some of the best pubs also have seafood on their menu. Eggs Benedict, or Huevos Rancheros of the Smoked Salmon variation are both favorites. Crab omelets with delicious Dungeness Crab also.

[Joe (SoCal)]

I'm surprised no one has said pizza.

One local pub has a whole dedicated top notch pizza operation. Not on my normal routes, but sometimes go out of my way. Another has personal pizzas cooked in a small cast-iron frying pan. Excellent!

Burgers. The main thing for me is burgers. Esp. a generous heap of chili-burger. At the coast, some of the best pubs also have seafood on their menu. Eggs Benedict, or Huevos Rancheros of the Smoked Salmon variation are both favorites. Crab omelets with delicious Dungeness Crab also.

You truly need to stop talking now

[CWSmith]

Joe is going to hate this, but I can't help myself.

Yesterday I had a pizza that I should have hated. It was in a small Italian market that makes it's own pizza in a brick oven, pastries, good wines for sale, etc.

The crust was ultra thin and wet, but the crust tasted better than just about any pizza I have ever had with that nice char on the bottom. The cheese was exceptional, the red pepper was chopped in BIG pieces, there was a very good sausage, and the onions were caramelized. The flavor overrode the wet thin crust and the pizza was delicious!

Moral of the story - whatever you make, you start with the best ingredients and you are well along to a good meal.

[David G]

You truly need to stop talking now

Don't worry, everyone KNOWS your own stunted background when it comes to matters of pizza. You 'imprinted' on the first type of pizza you were fed, and have not been able to overcome that bonding to the point where you were capable of expanding your horizons

[David W Pratt]

Veal and ham pie

[JayInOz]

Crumbed brains. Don't see it very often these days, but when I do I go back for seconds.

[Dave Hadfield]

No currys, no noodles, no stir-fry.

They're not good enough.

After years of overseas flying, and too many meals eating weird stuff in weird restaurants with weird names that the flight-attendants dragged me to, I dug in my heels and started going to pubs.

Hong Kong -- pub.

Paris -- pub.

Tokyo -- pub.

And so on. Never regretted it -- in fact, looked forward to it.

[ron ll]

Anyone here old enough (stupid question) to remember when taverns had celophane wrapped sandwiches they would heat in a small oven (before microwaves) and jars of hard boiled eggs and pickled pigs feet sitting on the bar? I guess when we were drunk enough, around 2:00am, we would eat anything.

[Paul Pless]

pigs feet and eggs yes

[Ted Hoppe]

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Is that arriving or departing?

[Joe (SoCal)]

Don't worry, everyone KNOWS your own stunted background when it comes to matters of pizza. You 'imprinted' on the first type of pizza you were fed, and have not been able to overcome that bonding to the point where you were capable of expanding your horizons

OK so I've had pizza in NYC, New haven CT, New Jersey, Rome, Florence, Bolonia, Paris, San Diego CA, and every place in oCal and most places in the world and I have no idea about Pizza ?? Politely David but GFY


None of you have ever made a single pizza

[Paul Pless]

None of you have ever made a single pizza

eh?

[C. Ross]

From a pub near me:
£10 the pop.

There are more choices for a full lunch.

So far this looks the best to me.

[David G]

Anyone here old enough (stupid question) to remember when taverns had celophane wrapped sandwiches they would heat in a small oven (before microwaves) and jars of hard boiled eggs and pickled pigs feet sitting on the bar? I guess when we were drunk enough, around 2:00am, we would eat anything.

Lots of bars on the Oregon coast had those two jars. Some still do. Tried the pigs feet once. Wasn't drunk enough. Love the eggs.