Items that you no longer see on menus.

[DeathAndParsnips]

Which foods do you rarely see on menus now? I was watching some old adverts on YouTube for Little Chef and such which made me think of this.

Do you still get melon as a starter? I used to love that as a child. Also a glass of orange juice as a starter. I went to a hotel in around 2010 and they still had that as an option on the menu. I found it rather charming.

Tournedos Rossini, DP’s all-time favourite dish.

The reason it has disappeared is that, rightly or wrongly, foie gras is no longer considered an acceptable thing to eat. It could be replaced by ethically reared calves’ liver, I suppose. Wouldn’t be quite the same, though.

Omg @Pushkinini did we work together 🤣

I want to have so many of these now.

Organ meat like liver and kidney. Very unusual to see a steak and kidney pie on a menu now, although I do suspect that it's still included in many of the steak and onion/ale/etc pies in a covert fashion.

Very different to France where there's organ meat of some sort on most menus!

I had chicken in a basket recently.. Bizarrely, I think it was at The Alchemist.

I really miss melon as a starter. I might do it at Christmas. It's a regular craving of mine anyway.

They had these in Lidl a while back!

You can get them in Asda!

Baked Alaska! I used to want this on my birthday every year!

It's on the menu at Cote!

THe local bakery does this, but their red velvet is even better. It melts on your mouth and has to be the best ever cake I have eaten. And I have eaten quite a few ... 🤓

It was duck, not grapefruit - duck with cherries, duck with orange, and duck surprise. Because he could only get duck from the restaurant he ended up having to go to when the chef got too drunk to cook.

My contribution is trifle - it does still pop up occasionally but not as often as it should!

They often have these as a starter on the Valentines Dine Inn at Marks, I always stock up!

There's no wrongly about it. Foie gras is horrific.

My vote is for knickerbocker glory. And I remember those teddy bear wafers too!

A local Chinese reasturant used to do this and an orange was my favourite and I miss them.

Chicken Kiev I love Chicken Kiev but its never on menus,probably because its a midweek tea.

A ploughman’s in a pub. Very rare these days.

Sole Veronique. Chicken Chasseur. Scampi Mornay.
Cherries Jubilee, Crepes Suzette, Peach Melba.
I worked in a restaurant in the 80s with a verr naice menu.😋

Our local restaurant in Porches (Algarve) does the most delicious Liver and Onion on a Thursday - olives, bread, butter, salad, main course, desert, drink (wine, beer or soft drink) and coffee. All for the princely sum of 12.50 euros (about £10 ... Honestly - most of what is on this thread we have here (plus lots of other food as well, of course!)

I had a ploughman's a few weeks ago it was so disappointing and not how they used to be, and I was starving after eating it.

Oh yes, I remember having it at an inn in Haworth in the late 80s. It was bloody glorious, a big slice served with a generous serving of double cream. I've never forgotten it. 😋

I've noticed lately that the trend seems to be the vegetarian option can be made vegan. Like, a veggie burger with cheese and mayo but made vegan with fake cheese and vegan mayo. I'd quite like that to continue. I'm not vegetarian anymore but sometimes want the vegetarian option, but rarely the vegan option. My pet hate is the vegan option also being the gluten free option. It's invariably bland and has a strange texture.

I miss a nice meat and potato pie. There's often a pie option but I can't remember the last time I saw meat and potato.

Anyone have a good recipe for Black Forest Gateau? Fancy trying to make one 😋

Vegetarian meals that don't include vegan substitutes. My MIL wanted the veggie burger but regular cheese (because vegan cheese has the texture of rubber and tastes like 2 day old vomit) and the restaurant wouldn't do it!!!

I completely agree with this. Also, when I want a veggie burger I want the ones made of actual vegetables. Or a bean burger.....not some horrible fake meat thing.

I used to love the orange sorbets in an orange skin and it's many years since I've seen Black Forest Gateau (not sure why because it's amazing!)

We used to go out to eat on special occasions when I was a child, it would have been unthinkable at any other time.

My absolute favourite treat was a simple side dish of sautéed potatoes, I don't think I've ever seen them on the menu as an adult.

Oh god yeah! Used to live near one pub where it was a sort of speciality, loads of cheeses etc to choose from. Don't think it's there any more.

Arctic roll😀