"It came out an expensive ruin, a platter of rib-eye steak topped with a heap of clattering bones, topped yet again with lobes of beef that looked like little spit-roasted organs, so brown that they shone almost black".
If you still want to give it a try, while watching the pennies (the evening menu is too expensive), the sharing platters of cured meat, fish and cheese (£15 for two people), served in the bar, are probably your best bet.
Typically, a lead content will be listed on the back of decorative platters and expensive dishes.
Silver or gold tri-platters, expensive-looking plates with a simple design on the trim, or something of the sort will make people want to try it.
The big sharing platter may seem expensive at €20, but there is easily enough for two.
THE BILL Smaller dishes, $7 to $13; pastas, $14; larger platters, $16 to $22 (the more expensive ones are large enough for two to share).
In effect, Iomega has split apart a standard external hard drive, separating the expensive drive electronics from the spinning platters that actually store the data.
The menu, which, for the most part, was clear and comprehensible, left unclear the difference between the Zen Platter ($18 to $19) and a slightly more expensive version ($24 to $26).
And when another made a last-minute catch of a toppling platter, saving the dish but not my friend's expensive new sweater, the waiter shrugged.
Thelewala is nominally a restaurant — it has a counter, a few stools — but the menu is short (six rolls, three platters, four chaats, no desserts) and cheap (the most expensive item is $8).
