carvery
Sliced roast buffet
A carvery is a restaurant or buffet where roasted meats are sliced to order, typically by a chef stationed at a carving table.
The term is primarily British, often describing a section within a pub or hotel where diners choose from joints of beef, turkey, ham, or lamb: Sunday lunch at the carvery.
Thickened meat drippings
- stuffingSeasoned mixture for cavities
- vegetablesEdible plants, not fruits
- carrotsEdible orange taproots
- parsnipsPale edible taproots
peas · cauliflower · broccoli · cabbage · swede · horseradish · apple-sauce · mustard
Bovine meat for eating
gammon · chicken · topside · silverside · sirloin · brisket · joint · roast
Customer performs the task
- all-you-can-eatFixed-price unlimited dining
- queueOrdered waiting line
- tongsHinged grasping utensil
- ladleDeep spoon for serving
helping · seconds · unlimited · spread · selection · variety · choices · sides
Licensed drinking establishment
- innLodging for wayfarers
- restaurantPlace serving meals
- hotelCommercial lodging establishment
- harvesterCrop-collecting machine
chain · establishment · eatery · lunchtime · traditional
gravy
Thickened meat drippings
- stuffingSeasoned mixture for cavities
- vegetablesEdible plants, not fruits
- carrotsEdible orange taproots
parsnips · peas · cauliflower · broccoli · cabbage · swede · horseradish · apple-sauce · mustard · condiments
beef
Bovine meat for eating
pork · gammon · chicken · topside · silverside · sirloin · brisket · joint · roast · crackling
self-service
Customer performs the task
- all-you-can-eatFixed-price unlimited dining
- queueOrdered waiting line
- tongsHinged grasping utensil
ladle · helping · seconds · unlimited · spread · selection · variety · choices · sides · accompaniments
pub
Licensed drinking establishment
- innLodging for wayfarers
- restaurantPlace serving meals
- hotelCommercial lodging establishment
harvester · chain · establishment · eatery · lunchtime · traditional
portion
Divided share given
seating · family-friendly · value · hearty
- British foodfish and chips, full English, bangers and mash, Sunday roast, shepherd's pie
- British hospitalitypub, hotel, inn, B&B, bed and breakfast
- cruise diningbuffet, captain's dinner, formal dinner, breakfast buffet, assigned seating
- dining outrestaurant, diner, bistro, buffet, cafeteria
- Sunday roastroast beef, roast chicken, roast lamb, roast pork, roast turkey
- British Eateriespub, chippy, chip shop, bistro, gastropub
carveryà la carte
Separately priced dishes
fine dining · tasting menu · omakase · table service · silver service
carverysushi bar
Counter serving raw fish
raw bar · salad bar · deli counter · grill · rotisserie
- carved in stoneFixed beyond alteration
- carve outCreate by deliberate effort
- carve upDivide by cutting
- carve a path
- carved stoneRock shaped by chisel
- carved initialsLetters cut into surface
carve, carved, scarves, carver, carvers, uncarved, recarve, recarved, scarved