At one restaurant we eat at from time to time, we were there for a special occasion, and they made up a dish of fruit and cream for me. (They had the fruit in the kitchen for their other desserts.) It was berries, I think, and it was really nice.
Allison

: Fiona you genius. Many's the time I
: have had starter as pudding in a
: restaurant

: it amuses people for a second, but I
: think some secretly wish they did
: the same !

: I'm also laughing because a couple of
: years ago, I was at a hotel in
: Greece that was very proud of its
: pud selection. I got the waiter on
: my side, and every night he
: brought me oily mixed olives and
: walnuts ( off menu) he would sadly
: say each night - But it is no
: pudding for a Lady. Loved him.