Posted by NikkiT2 on February 8, 2004, at 5:58:37
In reply to Re: table manners ... obsession? » dragonfly25, posted by Poet on February 7, 2004, at 17:31:52
Well, here in the UK it is perfectly acceptable to have whole lettuce leaves as a garnish.. Most of the rather fancy restaurants I have been to (including one with 2 Michalin stars) use whole leaves from their lettuce (never ice burg though.. more like rodaccio or how ever it is spelt and lambs foot etc)
When having a dinner party I often serve the starter (normally somekind of baked cheese - its my speciality!!) on a bed of lettuce and never chop it up. It would look totally wrong if not in whole leaves.
Hang on.. OK, called my friend who is a chef in a rather trendy London restaurant.. nope, he's never heard this either!!!
Nikki
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