Starter to go with this?

[TrillianAstra]

Valentine's Day, (sorry) planning on doing pepper steak with dauphinoise potatoes and veg of some kind, then chocolate pudding.

Any ideas for a starter? I was thinking of just melting a camembert in the box and dipping bread into it, but thought that I should see what the fountain of all human wisdom thought.

That's Mumsnet, by the way

Please won't someone give me any ideas?

I also thought of doing a kind of tomato tart thing with bought puff pastry.

I would do something light like smoked salmon and rocket as the main and pudding is very filling

oysters?

The pudding is rich but it's only very small really, so hopefully shouldn't be too much. If you gave me one now I could eat it in three bites

Oysters are really not my thing, sorry.

I like the idea of a tart , DH is doing this as a starter on Valentines day (i am doing main and dessert).

I do a very easy tart with pesto and tomato and mozzarella 9doesnt have a proper name cos made it up) which is nice and not too heavy.

A warm salad with bacon lardons and croutons?

second smoked salmon or even a smoked salmon/mackarel pate

Mmmh sounds yummy. Like the idea of salad. What about avocado, pancetta and parmesan on fresh spinach, with a classic french dressing. Or your tomato tart with puff pastry and some goats cheese.

Mmm, thanks for all the suggestions, I may have to start doing starters more often.

Creamy tarragon and garlic mushrooms and crusty bread...

Mushrooms in a Port and Stilton sauce?

How about something thing prawny, maybe fried with some chilli and garlic and served with some nice bread.

Good bread, olives, nice oil for dipping, warm tomatoes mmmmm