One of my current interests is trying different places for breakfast. I quite often pay up to about £25 and consider it fair value for the setting and spread of food on offer. It's mostly abroad, not least because the UK is often so expensive, as in poor value for money. There's a 5 star hotel near Watford called The Grove which offers breakfast for £40 and lunches from £50. The buffets look very good, as can be seen in some youtube videos. I have been meaning to try one of those options but, I must admit, the prices put me off, plus recent health warnings to be more careful about what I eat. The Birmingham Indian place with 2 Michelin stars is even more expensive. I am tempted, though, for early October.

Thanks for the video link. I certainly wouldn't spend money for all the fuss and trouble they go to for food which seems more about stylish presentation, rather than anything else. I suggest it's OTT. I'm after great taste and flavour. Even if some of their food tastes amazing, the quantities seems so small, I think it could be frustrating. As someone says in a comment below the video, you risk leaving still hungry.

Supposedly based on review rankings plus some kind of expert input. I haven't heard of any of these places. Have you?

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/foodanddrink/news/ranked-britain-s-most-delicious-curry-houses/ss-AA1Kjcqb?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=68aefbd7f5ff4b30a2d2d07c1f97dce6&ei=18

He may be the most successful of the white British individuals trying to promote BIR recipes. His following on youtube is significant and still growing. It probably generates quite a high income but I bet it's hard work. How can you really relax and enjoy a meal if needing to concentrate on filming and talking the entire time? He even had a visit from Gary of the gary eats channel, treating Al's kitchen a bit like a restaurant. I'm not persuaded Al's home cooked dish was good enough to warrant Gary's high mark but how can we know?

I'm growing more and more frustrated with the forum.  It is obvious that several others of the last of us are also falling off as well.

I haven't visited the forum much for ages and haven't posted for even longer. The worst change here seems to be advertising which interrupts me in almost full screen when I log on or move to a new section. And there's a similar banner advert at the top, right now, from a company I use to book trips as it happens. So irritating,

You also said: "It really pisses me off that I can't just post a frigging photo."

I always used to be able to print photos. Let's see if I can post one here, as a test. It's a photo of a burger I enjoyed at a cafe in Agadir a couple of weeks ago. Good food is so affordable in Morocco compared to prices in rip-off Britain. The meal cost about £3.50 As I think I have said before, I have cut right back on the number of visits I make to BIRs. Rent, rates and energy prices have no doubt forced them to increase prices to a level which I no longer find enticing.



Well, that failed. I uploaded an image to the image host section and pasted the Bulletin Board code in between 2 img codes in square brackets. But nothing. So what's happened?