Eating Places

[Captain Kong]

My Cousin Ernie had a big restaurant in Cape Town, called THE WESTMINSTER RESTAURANT, I first went there on the New Zealand Star in 1953, we were starving on that one. Pound and Pint.
So I went to visit and had a fantastic dinner there, Full monty Service and a magnificent menu. I could not believe what was on there, as Rationing was still on at home in `53.
Another Uncle went to stay with him for a while and Cousin Ernie borrowed a lot of money off Uncle Ted [ he`s the one who was in the 1908 Olympics,]. Ted remortgaged his house in Bolton gave Ernie the money and that was it.
The Restaurant went bust and Ernie did a runner with Ted`s money. Never to be seen or heard of again. Ted was not amused.
I went to Cape Town for many years with instructions from Uncle Ted to find Ernie but never did.
They would all be dead many years ago now.
Cheers
Brian,.

[Colin Pook]

On my first (and only) visit to Malta, we ended up at the 'Vernon Club' in Valletta, there, we were served the most delicious mixed grill imaginable, and at a cost of only 3/6p

The second was asking for a 'T BONE STEAK' with all the trimmings, whilst we were in Houston. The steak was served on a 'double ender' and all the trimmings on about 6 other plates. I can shut my eyes and still taste that steak today!!

Colin.

[John Arton]

There used to be a restruant in Jacksonville Fl. that advertised the biggest steak in the U.S.A and if you could eat it all then your meal was free.
We had an wengineer cadet who ate like a horse and still came back for more, so one night we took him to this restruant and he ordered the steak. If you failed to finish it then obviously you had to pay for it and a fairly hefty price it was too. Well this lad demolished it all in no time, along with beer etc. In fact he ate and drank that much that he ended being watched in amazement by the owner and some of the patrons. When we had finished the owner challenged us to return the next night and repeat the feat, which we duly did with the Engineer cadet demolishing the steak along with ample amounts of beer, all for free. This lad by the way was around 6ft tall and if he stood sideways on to the sun would not have cast a shadow.
Went back on the third night for another go but by that time the owner had given up on the idea of giving away a huge slice of beef to a thin streak of pizzz limey, so we had to settle for normal size steak and ales and pay for it all ourselves!!!!!
rgds
JA

[Graham Evans]

As an ex. BSL, I always remember our 1st.stop ashore at The Boca of B.A. This was the "Blue Star Bar". Usual order was : "Bife de Loma" con dos huevos, papafritas, pan y manteqilla, vino tinto, y cafe con conac. (trans; Rump Steak, 2 eggs, chips, red wine, bread & butter, black coffee with a shot of local brandy.) We paid for this lot with a couple of packets of State Express 555. ! This set us up for the rest of the night in the various establicimentos of La calle de La 25 de Mayo. All gone now I suppose, I never went back to Argie but lots of times in Brasil, not the same.

[leratty]

Keith, Beefy da Lomas (spelling) I think were there named very similar to the Po Boys in New Orleans, surely both a delicious munch.

[robpage]

I took a road trip across France last year , and one of the high points was the bridge across the Millais Gorge , built by French Engineers working for a French construction company , buy designed in BRITAIN , I stopped learning French in school at the age of twelve , when I realised that Napoleon was dead and invasion unlikely . but I have all the words that I need , Diesel ! Bier ! and a few others , well i went into a charming little Bistro and fancied a steak , I looked at the menu and took to Boeuf Beauvaise , not sure , it sounded like a steak so I asked the owner / Chef from where on the Bull is the beauvaise from , he tried to explain with No English to me with no French , then had a great idea , he called over the very pretty waitress , got her to bend over and took a large piece of her rump in his hand , that was a really nice steak !!!

[Ivan Cloherty]

[QUOTE=robpage;111542]I took a road trip across France last year , and one of the high points was the bridge across the Millais Gorge , built by French Engineers working for a French construction company , buy designed in BRITAIN , QUOTE]

Have been across the Millau Bridge a couple of times, over 1000 feet above the valley floor, a sight to behold from ground level or from a distance. Designed by Sir Norman Foster, British lead engineers were on site during the construction, British Quantity Surveyors. Have watched 2 or 3 programmes on BBC and ITV about the bridge, but not one of them mentioned that it was designed by the British, but only what a great French achievment it was. Why are our publicists so backward in promoting British involvement when these programmes are aired worldwide. In the visitor centre below the bridge it does mention that Sir Norman Foster was the designer Also there was a programme on a Japanese Airport, again designed by Sir Norman Foster, but no mention of that fact, or indeed the fact that some special curved beams required for the construction were made by Dorman Long and shipped out from UK as the Japanese did not have the facility for producing the required curve without compromising their strength. We are still good at specialised things but regretfully the Press and vision Media are only interested in things that degenerate our Nation.