Topic: Foie Gras, Fillets & Flambés! (ANOTHER Azura Exclusive!)

Looks very good, but I prefer the menu for Sindhu.

Competetive wine prices also Chateauneuf for £23, Argentinian Malbec £17 and Carmenere only £13. The Rubis dessert wine is also excelently priced
It's lovely stuff!

Very nice to see an English wine on the menu too. When I lived in Kent I tried a lot of the local wines and there are some very good ones out there. There used to be a great deli in Tunbridge Wells that sold a good selection and you could get great deals direct from the vinyards.

Can I add my voice to the campaign against foie gras too. I have never eaten it and never will. I also avoid veal wherever possible, particularly on the continent.

If more people were aware of how food was produced then perhaps some of these practices would die out.

I am also very disappointed to see Foie Gras on the menu of Seventeen Restaurant. Many restaurants and stores (Selfridges incl.) have stopped putting this on their menus/shelves as it is a very cruel process. :mad:
I think we all need to contact P&O individually to voice our opinions - I already have !

PS: nice to meet you all, I'm new !

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I am also very disappointed to see Foie Gras on the menu of Seventeen Restaurant. Many restaurants and stores (Selfridges incl.) have stopped putting this on their menus/shelves as it is a very cruel process. :mad:
I think we all need to contact P&O individually to voice our opinions - I already have !

PS: nice to meet you all, I'm new !

Good to welcome you Donna. It is an appalling food item. Never tried it, never will. My opinion also has gone into P&O. Dont think they will take any notice, but I feel better for doing it. Have never eaten veal. Thats another cruel practice. Again I feel better for not eating it. We will not change others eating habits. But I am happier with myself for my little stand. Again, welcome and enjoy this forum. Carol

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Good to welcome you Donna. It is an appalling food item. Never tried it, never will. My opinion also has gone into P&O. Dont think they will take any notice, but I feel better for doing it. Have never eaten veal. Thats another cruel practice. Again I feel better for not eating it. We will not change others eating habits. But I am happier with myself for my little stand. Again, welcome and enjoy this forum. Carol

Have eaten both in the course of my life, but it was with prior knowledge of the practices involved, but one cannot substitute something better/ more humane unless one has the base level to work from.

I personnally prefer Fillet Steak Rossini with a very strong Ox liver pate to counteract the sweetness of the Madeirra Jus ~ but that's just me and I'm probably a philistine for saying so.

Veal is too bland for me, I've never enjoyed it.

We need to re think the veal issue. To get milk cows need to have a calf, what has been happening is that bull calves were either shot at birth or shipped to the continent and ended up "crated" to produce the white veal that we all think (rightly so!) is abhorrent. The is now a movement in this country to produce "rose" veal were the calves are not confined and they meet the highest welfare standards, in fact "Compassion In World Farming" is backing the campaign to promote it. There is loads of info on the net and although I personally still have a problem with it I will continue to monitor the situation and may try it one day..Carol

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We need to re think the veal issue. To get milk cows need to have a calf, what has been happening is that bull calves were either shot at birth or shipped to the continent and ended up "crated" to produce the white veal that we all think (rightly so!) is abhorrent. The is now a movement in this country to produce "rose" veal were the calves are not confined and they meet the highest welfare standards, in fact "Compassion In World Farming" is backing the campaign to promote it. There is loads of info on the net and although I personally still have a problem with it I will continue to monitor the situation and may try it one day..Carol

Hi Carol

That is why I definately don't eat veal on the continent but wouldn't be as critical of people eating it in the UK. However sometimes it is a problem if you don't know the origin of food as veal marked as from the UK could still have been reared overseas - as I understand it, if the meat is substantially altered in the UK they can put a UK label on it.

I'm not vegetarian but I like to think of my meat as having had a full and happy life before it ends up on my plate.

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Hi Carol

That is why I definately don't eat veal on the continent but wouldn't be as critical of people eating it in the UK. However sometimes it is a problem if you don't know the origin of food as veal marked as from the UK could still have been reared overseas - as I understand it, if the meat is substantially altered in the UK they can put a UK label on it.

I'm not vegetarian but I like to think of my meat as having had a full and happy life before it ends up on my plate.

Same here. Which is why I always buy meat from our local butcher who has the names and photos of the local farms on the wall so we can see where the some of the products originated . He reckons he can tell me the name of the animal my meat comes from although I would expect these days that 'Buttercup' has now become a number!

Hi History Addict, didn't know about that issue with the label, shopping these days is a minefield! I took notice earlier in the supermarket and they were selling British Veal with a lengthy explanation on its origin, and the welfare of the calves, but i still couldn't quite bring myself to buy it. As Morton points out you can't beat your local butcher who can tell you just where the meat is coming from, although I would draw the line at photographs of my dinner still on the hoof:D Carol

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Hi History Addict, didn't know about that issue with the label, shopping these days is a minefield! I took notice earlier in the supermarket and they were selling British Veal with a lengthy explanation on its origin, and the welfare of the calves, but i still couldn't quite bring myself to buy it. As Morton points out you can't beat your local butcher who can tell you just where the meat is coming from, although I would draw the line at photographs of my dinner still on the hoof:D Carol

That unfortunately is the way it should be, then we wouldn't have had all the hysteria over a headmistress killing two lambs for the school raffle.

Many people don't have a problem eating meat because for them it is a faceless pre packaged item not something that once lived and breathed.

I have been part of the shooting and fishing set because if you know how your food was raised and you've prepared it the whole way from death to table it's better than going out buying a piece of something wrapped in plastic from a supermarket.