The spider man is having you for dinner tonight

[venta]

Still frantically busy[*]. In lieu of actual content: a poll!

[Poll #1711426]

This is a very conventional restaurant, by the way, which doesn't let you do unorthodox things. And you know you're only getting two courses, so opting for starter, main doesn't mean you might have an option on pud later.

There is a restaurant near us run by a very lovely lady called Lisa, who is perfectly happy for a three course meal to go starter, main, starter. I imagine she'd let you go pudding, pudding, pudding if you wanted, though I've never made the attempt.

[*] Organising this. Are you coming?

Comments

[ebee.livejournal.com]

2 votes for the latter. I've met lionshaman.. He'll allege otherwise but cracks on sight of a pudding menu. But we'd be happy with both as sneaky trip to G and D is pos.

[lnr]

It would depend a lot on what the occasion was, how much I wanted to blow the diet and most importantly what the choices of starters and puddings were like.

If you're only going to *offer* two courses I'd say offer main and pudding though, even though I voted the other way.

PS your link he is broken

[uitlander]

I would indeed like to come, especially as it doubles up nicely with another event. Am currently waiting on an answer about the viability of crash-space from someone.

In answer to the poll, it all depends on the choice of starters and puddings.

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

Had there been a "starter, pudding" option in your poll I suspect it would be crushing the opposition effortlessly!

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

I think it depends what's on the menu. Generally I'd probably go for a starter, but if the pudding menu has sticky toffee pudding or creme brulee, all bets are off.

[beckyc.livejournal.com]

My answer would be ENTIRELY different in a restaurant which provided nice puddings like soy ice cream and vegan cheesecake and non-dairy sticky toffee pudding.

Unless they only do melon for starter at which point it doesn't really make any difference.

[fractalgeek.livejournal.com]

Starter/pudding is oftern queenortart's answer - and sometimes forced due to lack of veggieness.

For me, it is entirely dependent on the menu, with a slight preference for starter over pudding.

[ghoti.livejournal.com]

I'm not coming, I'm afraid, but I am very intrigued by the restaurant. Are you prepared to share details?

[phlebas.livejournal.com]

Depends a lot on the restaurant. The fancier it is, the more likely I am to find a starter more exciting than a pudding. treacle tart and custard beats soupoftheday/prawn cocktail hands down, but mini chicken liver and tarragon omelette with truffle shavings beats prune&armagnac souffle.

[sea-of-flame.livejournal.com]

Clearly the answer is to order starter & main; then peruse the dessert menu after finishing mains & eventually order one to share.

Since it's impossible to get every last scrap off the plate, each has slightly less than 0.5 of the dessert...so rounded down, that's still only two courses ;)

[mrph.livejournal.com]

In practice, it varies a lot - I do this whenever I'm in one of my favourite restaurants and I might as well flip a coin each time...

Hypothetically, though, my imagination prefers starters to puddings. So that's my starting point before I actually look at the menu and see the lemon posset or rhubarb, cream and meringue or whatever else is going to lead me astray this time...

[motodraconis.livejournal.com]

Well it would depend on how much meat was involved, I'd like a meat starter and meat main!
Unless there was a meat pudding, in which case I could be swayed to have pudding.
Savory all the way, though I'd never complain at all 3 courses! (Cheese platter anyone?)

[stegzy.livejournal.com]

When dining out, as zoefruitcake is allergic to dairy, I usually opt for the starter main option. However, if dining with others and there is a chance to have one of them massive sundaes to share....then I typically order the main dessert option.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

In practice I would go along with whichever the other person/people I was with wanted, as I'm pretty happy either way -- and I find it a bit odd eating a starter by myself with companions staring hungrily at me.

I actually eat out rarely enough that I would always prefer to make the most of it and have three courses. But other people don't seem to be as greedy :-)

[onebyone.livejournal.com]

Note also, forced to make this choice in any kind of Indian, Thai or Chinese restaurant it's barely even worth looking at the pudding list, because the starters clearly are going to marmelize it.