Carvery food

Eutow · 21-02-2014 05:51PM

eireannBEAR wrote: »

Hypster,A pretentious person with too much money and a sense of intellectual superiority that has a disliking to traditional values,Going by some of the posts here would i not be correct?

Thats the definition of hypster that i feel is applicable here.

:rolleyes:

So hipsters are all rich then? As for traditional values, what about people that don't go to church? A woman's place is in the kitchen, you know, tradition.

Eutow · 21-02-2014 05:53PM

Ezekiel Scrawny Octopi wrote: »

Some peoples comments here on "hating to queue for food" are hilarious.

Why would you give two f*ucks.

I love a good queue. :rolleyes:

.jacksparrow. · 21-02-2014 05:55PM

Food is mad, its only needed to survive, yet people make it into this major thing about taste, experience bla bla.

You eat to survive, that's all.

Karl Stein · 21-02-2014 05:59PM

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

id much prefer roast belly of pork .. with as much mash,chips and veg as i like than paying top dollar for a few slivers of salmon or other crap served on a bed of whatever some tosser of a chef found growing in his garden that morning.

Reverse hipsterism?

I enjoy pub grub and like getting good take away but in all fairness it doesn't really compare to strips of lemon sole in tempura batter served on a bed of seasonal leaves.

davo2001 · 21-02-2014 06:00PM

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

Food is mad, its only needed to survive, yet people make it into this major thing about taste, experience bla bla.

You eat to survive, that's all.

So you would be happy enough to eat dog food for the rest of your life then would you? Because that is all you would need to survive.

Karl Stein · 21-02-2014 06:02PM

davo2001 wrote: »

So you would be happy enough to eat dog food for the rest of your life then would you? Because that is all you would need to survive.

I'd imagine that a lot of the sausages and puddings people eat aren't too far removed from dog food.

harry Bailey esq · 21-02-2014 06:05PM

IK09 wrote: »

Im on neither side, i neither like or dislike carvery, it is simply there...BUT it is in no way cheap.

a large big mac meal is about 8quid,a carvery rarely costs more than €11 these days,a tenner is pretty standard,pretty cheap in my book and a million times tastier than a big mac,and you eat it in much nicer surroundings with cutlery.

Eutow · 21-02-2014 06:06PM

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

Food is mad, its only needed to survive, yet people make it into this major thing about taste, experience bla bla.

You eat to survive, that's all.

Yes, we need food to survive, but life would be pretty boring if we didn't enjoy things, and this includes enjoying the food we eat.

harry Bailey esq · 21-02-2014 06:07PM

Charles Rocher wrote: »

Reverse hipsterism?

I enjoy pub grub and like getting good take away but in all fairness it doesn't really compare to strips of lemon sole in tempura batter served on a bed of seasonal leaves.

Yep,can't beat those seasonal leaves.

.jacksparrow. · 21-02-2014 06:53PM

Why do we even have taste buds?

Why did evolution give us them.

Will I Amnt · 21-02-2014 07:18PM

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

Yep,can't beat those seasonal leaves.

I like the Autumn ones, brown and plentiful...

Santa Cruz · 21-02-2014 07:20PM

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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It won't matter to you. you're more of a Mac Donalds drive in type safe in your little micra away from the great unwashed

Tin Foil Hat · 21-02-2014 07:25PM

Will I Amnt wrote: »

They do, they just happen to be in seperate buildings. One is a pub the other is a restaurant.

Jaysus man, where have you been for the last 15 years? Loads of pubs have proper kitchens, printed menus and table service. And at a similar prices to carvery.

Will I Amnt · 21-02-2014 07:29PM

Tin Foil Hat wrote: »

Jaysus man, where have you been for the last 15 years? Loads of pubs have proper kitchens, printed menus and table service. And at a similar prices to carvery.

Yeah I know, it was a smartass reply

Go to a restaurant if you don't want carvery.

Wotsername · 21-02-2014 07:52PM

Kiwi in IE wrote: »

Carverys remind me of hospital/school/workplace canteens, and the food certainly tastes no better!

Have you tasted the food in Irish hospitals, schools and some of the workplace canteens?:(

I love fresh veg from a carvery, especially mash, roasties and cabbage or carrots, when I'm hungry but not in the humor for cooking. You can get some very reasonably priced carveries. Last time I went It cost about 8 euro. I didn't have beef, but my friend did, so mine would be about a fiver. 'Twas lovely:)

Miss Mayhem · 21-02-2014 09:04PM

I admit I usually go to the local pub's carvery for Sunday dinner at least once a month. The food is always delicious there. If I had a husband and kids I'd probably cook a proper dinner at home but it's just me and my roommate at home. It just works out cheaper and more convenient for us to go to the carvery than to cook a full Sunday dinner at home for just the two of us. And its nice to have that type of dinner once in a while.

Femme_Fatale · 21-02-2014 09:37PM

Eutow wrote: »

I love a good queue. :rolleyes:

But I don't get what's wrong with a way of serving food that isn't table service. It's the way things are done in lots of really good cafés. This café/restaurant in Cork is a queue-for-food place and it's absolutely superb.
Now I know the quality of carvery food isn't always good (it isn't always bad either though; that's what I don't agree with on this thread - the dismissal of all of it) but I'm just referring to the queuing aspect.

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

Food is mad, its only needed to survive, yet people make it into this major thing about taste, experience bla bla.

You eat to survive, that's all.

You could say that about loads of stuff: clothes are only for keeping you warm, beds are only for sleeping in, houses/apartments are only for sheltering in.

Sir Arthur Daley · 21-02-2014 09:46PM

How do people queue in busy bars for drinks?

Eutow · 21-02-2014 09:55PM

WikiHow wrote: »

How do people queue in busy bars for drinks?

Elbow on the bar, 5, 10, 20 or whatever note in hand, a nod to the barman/woman to get their attention. My issue isn't with the queuing for the carvery, though you might lose your seat/the last available space while queuing.

The real issue is choice, and I repeat what I have stated earlier several times already, the food that a pub has no trouble serving the other six days of the week.

Sir Arthur Daley · 21-02-2014 10:00PM

Eutow wrote: »

The real issue is choice, and I repeat what I have stated earlier several times already, the food that a pub has no trouble serving the other six days of the week.

If its such an issue why dont you just go to a restaurant that one day?

Eutow · 21-02-2014 10:02PM

WikiHow wrote: »

If its such an issue why dont you just go to a restaurant that one day?

Why should I? Why can't a carvery co-exist with the regular menu? This is getting boring. The OP has long decided that long ago.

suicide_circus · 21-02-2014 10:05PM

Eutow wrote: »

Why should I? Why can't a carvery co-exist with the regular menu? This is getting boring. The OP has long decided that long ago.

you'd swear people were being coralled into pubs at gun point every sunday and force fed carvery lunches!

if you dont like carvey, go somewhere thats not serving it

Sir Arthur Daley · 21-02-2014 10:07PM

Eutow wrote: »

Why can't a carvery co-exist with the regular menu?

It does in some places.

Fred Swanson · 21-02-2014 10:33PM

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eireannBEAR · 21-02-2014 10:34PM

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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Silken thomas, kildare town.

Sir Arthur Daley · 21-02-2014 10:40PM

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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Do you expect me to start listing out establishments that do and provide links as proof and upload a photo of me holding the bible taking an oath so that i am telling the truth? :rolleyes:

Fred Swanson · 21-02-2014 10:41PM

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Wotsername · 21-02-2014 11:16PM

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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They're mostly Hotels that have both, like, The Harcourt, The Aisling, Citywest..... It goes on and on, Tho a.f.a.i.k, The Yacht also has both.

Kiwi in IE · 21-02-2014 11:42PM

Eutow wrote: »

Why should I? Why can't a carvery co-exist with the regular menu? This is getting boring. The OP has long decided that long ago.

I'm still here. The 'food hipster', 'snob' comments are bizarre. If its snobby to expect better food and service than lining up with a tray for overcooked slops when I pay for someone else to cook for me, I will have to accept I'm a snob. Not sure about the 'food hipster' thing. I love roast dinners and cook them at least once a week myself. However the roasts I cook are not dry, kept warm for hours under lamps, and the vegetables are fresh, tasty and not cooked to within an inch of their lives until they are unidentifiable. And I surely don't want to pay for something I can cook far better myself.

I don't get those who want boiled/mashed potatoes for breakfast, lunch and dinner either, but I'll say no more, as I'm sure my opinion on spuds will have me a confirmed, undeniable food hipster. I have to ask though, what is with boiling them in their jackets without peeling them, then fumbling about trying to peel them hot at the table? That is just weird.

Karl Stein · 21-02-2014 11:49PM

I was in a farmyard one day and I overheard a pig saying to a cow 'I wouldn't be seen dead at a carvery' as the cow nodded in agreement.

I said 'that's what ye think'.

Boom Boom!

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