View Single Post
  #21 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to rec.food.cooking
jmcquown[_2_] jmcquown[_2_] is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 36,804
Default Dataw Island Dining Room Menu 2/4/2014

On 2/5/2014 10:37 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>>> The prices on the menu for "Starters" and "Appetizers" were all within
>>> $3 of each other.
>>>
>>> It was an honest question.

>>

> I've never seen a menu in NY with the term "Starter"... In the US I'd
> think that's a trailer trash term. When a la carte there are
> Appetizers, Entrees, Desserts, and Beverages. Full meals will say
> includes cup of soup or salad, entree with choice of sides, and
> dessert... beverages and appetizers are a la carte. Most meals
> include bread n' butter. Actually I've never seen the term "Starter"
> on a menu anywhere in the US... perhaps in some localities they use
> Starter because they can't spell Appetizer.
>

They used both terms on that menu with different items listed under
each. Before the Entrees...

Jill