Old Mother Ashby > wrote in news:44697d25$0$26959
:

> Linda H wrote:
>
>> LucasP wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.normanhotel.com.au/
>>>
>>> Going to have to pay it another visit soon!!
>>
>>
>>
>> Heh, looked at the menu. They should have a Vegetarian heading and
>> list under it only 1 carrot... for sixty-five bucks! That'll learn
'em.
>>
>> L.
>
> All the same, I can't understand why you would want to go out and pay
a
> fortune for grilled steak with bog standard accompaniments when you
can
> do it yourself at home.


It's all about the *quality* of meat you get... and having someone cook
it to perfection for you :-)

And the great wine........ in those fantastic Norman Hotel wine glasses,
several of which now reside at my place :-)


>If I'm eating out I want to go somewhere with a
> kitchen brigade to peel the grapes, or bone the whiting from the
inside
> like they do at mecca.


They do Whiting at Mecca Bah??

http://www.meccabah.com/bris/home.html


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

At this spectacle even the most gentle must feel savage, and the most
savage must weep.

Turkish Officer
400 Plateau
24May1915