to find this vegetarian menu option rather uninspiring?

[Melpomene]

Our family are going to stay in a hotel tomorrow night. A relatively smart place, with a spa and a '2AA rosette award winning River Room Restaurant'. The dds and I are vegetarian, so I had a look at the hotel's menu on their website. The options for main course include:

• Line caught skate wing pan fried with capers, lemon, nut brown butter - £17 (sounds nice if you eat fish)
  

• Roast cornfed chicken breast, sage, onion, bread sauce - £15 (sounds nice if you eat chicken)
  

• Plate of carrots (vegetarian) - £12.95
  

To be fair, they do also have a tomato risotto - but on what planet does a 'plate of carrots' count as a main course? And how can you justify charging £12.95 for it?

I think we'll be visiting a restaurant in the town instead.

[Sunnywithachanceofshowers]

Plate of carrots? That's beyond awful.

[noodleone]

Vegetarian option is always risotto if it's posh. Goats cheese tart for middle of the road aces and pasta bake if it's a pub. That seems to be rule!

[VivaLeBeaver]

That's terrible. I'd be tempted to tell them. Even tomato risotto is a bit of a crap choice.

[goodygumdrops]

Thats so funny!

[KatzGold]

Noodleone - you forgot the veggie all time classic of mushroom straganoff

[TiggyD]

Maybe they just don't want to cater for vegetarians?

[CharlotteBronteSaurus]

that's so unbelievably crap that I didn't believe you until I googled!
please accept my apologies for questioning your honest nature.

[Chopchopbusybusy]

I think someone has been taking the piss and forgotten to delete it. I would be incredibly disappointed with tomato risotto as well though. I'd phone them tonight and ask for an alternative to be available.

[SarkyWench]

Pmsl :)

[AndMiffyWentToSleep]

noodle yes risotto or something with goats cheese seem to be standard options round my way - it does my head in!

But a plate of carrots? Seriously? Yeesh!

[QueenOfFarkingEverything]

Plate of carrots

Unless the plate is made from carrots and has loads of Fat Duck style carrot mini-dishes on or something?

[ohmeohmy]

Bet Heston thought of that.

[ceeveebee]

Maybe it's like 'carrot three ways', roast, mashed and gratin

[Melpomene]

Yes, it could be some sort of selection of carrot dishes. Still not very appealing though.

Or maybe it is some sort of Christmas joke and they're pretending it's a menu option for visiting reindeer?

[bringonthetrumpets]

That's hardly a meal! Absolutely no protein for a veggie. You'll be starving again in an hour.

[RedZombie]

My DS would pick that if it was in the menu, he loves carrots.

[ceeveebee]

I was on a work trip once in the Alsace region of France and there was a big dinner with traditional food - sausages, sauerkraut etc. the vege option was just a plate of cabbage!!

[EuroShagmore]

In light of the price, I would hope they would be gold plated carrots....

[Melpomene]

24 carat carrots?

[NinaHeart]

That is unbelievably bad. Surely it HAS to be a joke? Am gobsmacked at their audacity.

[hellhasnofurylikeahungrywoman]

Are they expecting an influx of rabbits?

[ihavenofuckingclue]

That's horrendous.

My local steak house has better options than that.

[TessCowDirect]

That's dreadful.

They can't even be bothered to give it a fancy title like carrot d'orange or les petite carrots sur la plate.

[DangerousMouse]

That's so awful it's funny! Link and shame OP

[toofattorun]

Plate of carrots? I'm veggie and would have to phone them up and ask what the hell that is when it's at home.