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Would you buy a Pork Chop in a restaurant?
Not sure why this has suddenly come into my mind, but I remember going for dinner at a fairly decent restaurant in London a couple of years ago, with 2 friends.
They had a Pork Chop on the menu. When I said to one of my mates that it sounded good, he found it odd. He said it's the sort of thing you have at your aunties when you are a kid. As it happened, I ended up choosing steak, not because of these comments, just ended up wanting it. But I have always wondered since, what is wrong with the idea of eating a Pork Chop in a restaurant? I mean you could apply that 'it's something you have at home' argument to most foods, so you could find yourself never eating out if you took that attitude to heart. |
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I have had pork chops in a Spanish restaurant , more than once, and very nice they were too.
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Rarely, but on the occasions I've had them they've been far superior to my attempts at home - and I wouldn't say that of other home cooked meals of which I'm pretty confident.
I had an absolutely fabulous pork chop in a Jamie Oliver restaurant in Cardiff. |
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I'd order a pork chop in a restaurant over steak any day of the week.
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I'd order a pork chop in a restaurant over steak any day of the week.
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I've ordered pork chop quite a few times - usually because it had an interesting sauce with it or cooked in an unusual way.
I can relate to Croctacus' comment too - I can buy a 28 day aged steak and cook it to my taste very easily for a fraction of what a restaurant will charge. Often it's pot luck as to whether a steak will be under/over done and to me a good bit of pork has better flavour than steak anyway. |
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I don't think I would, mostly because I would hope the menu had an item I would want more. I prefer my pork chops prepared rather plainly, so any sauce would probably not appeal to me.
Also I have recent.y found two fabulous places to buy pork from and doubt the restaurant version could equal or exceed what I can get at home. |
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I would as part of a mixed grill, but not on their own.
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Nope. Wouldn't order pork chop in a restaurant.
I'm sure there would be far more interesting things on the menu. I remember my brother once saying to me not to order chicken in a restaurant as he said that's the kind of thing you make at home and to have something you wouldn't cook for yourself which was a fair point. I never order chicken in a restaurant now. Tbh I don't eat out that often anyway but if I did I'd go for something I wouldn't make for myself. |
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To be honest, I have zero idea how to cook a pork chop as I would like it. I don't like pork fat unless it is really rendered down, and I like the lean meat only just cooked. So having it in a really good restaurant where they know what they are doing seems like a really good idea - but also still a bit of a gamble as everyone doesn't have the same taste as me.
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Because ive never had a steak cooked how I like it.
The first two being the best way in my personal opinion. Why have you never had one cooked to your liking? |
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Rare, medium rare, medium, well done.
The first two being the best way in my personal opinion. Why have you never had one cooked to your liking? ![]()
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I would as part of a mixed grill, but not on their own.
I'm a meat eater but a mixed grill is a step too far. 👀 |
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There are also blue (very rare) and very well done. I like mine very well done.
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You must eat in chain pubs - many restaurant chefs would refuse your request 😱
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You must eat in chain pubs - many restaurant chefs would refuse your request 😱
I like well done but I make a point of requesting not pink at all in the middle. Tbh I'd rather have a juicy pork chop, crispy round the edges! |
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Or sometimes they don't refuse. They just served it a bit pink anyway.
I like well done but I make a point of requesting not pink at all in the middle. Tbh I'd rather have a juicy pork chop, crispy round the edges! |
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Or sometimes they don't refuse. They just served it a bit pink anyway.
I like well done but I make a point of requesting not pink at all in the middle. Tbh I'd rather have a juicy pork chop, crispy round the edges! Most are served "fully cooked" and dried out. I watched Michelle Roux Jr recently cook pork and say "These days we know it's now ok to serve pork a little pink" |
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And there's the skill - a "juicy" pork chop.
Most are served "fully cooked" and dried out. I watched Michelle Roux Jr recently cook pork and say "These days we know it's now ok to serve pork a little pink" I think I saw on some programme that they have bred some of the bacteria out of pork meat now. I might be wrong though.... |
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Don't know why but I associate pork chops with grannies and the elderly.
I think this is because granny used to have them nearly every sunday when a full roast became to much of a faff for just her and grandad. |
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Don't know why but I associate pork chops with grannies and the elderly.
I think this is because granny used to have them nearly every sunday when a full roast became to much of a faff for just her and grandad. If eating a pork chop makes you think of your granny it's best not to do it. |
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Fair enough.
If eating a pork chop makes you think of your granny it's best not to do it. . Same goes for Horlicks and Complan. Old people food! |
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Don't know why but I associate pork chops with grannies and the elderly.
. I do enjoy them but as above can only remember having them whilst dining out as part of a mixed grill. |
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My friend who isn't a granny has had pork chops when we go out together, yet my wife, who is a granny can't stand them.
I do enjoy them but as above can only remember having them whilst dining out as part of a mixed grill. ![]() Oooh mixed grill.. Yummmy |
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. Same goes for Horlicks and Complan. 