One particular restaurant has always stood out in my mind and that was Scott's in London. We had gone to the Earl's Court Boatshow, it was a few years ago. Our coats were taken and we were sat down, serviettes placed on our laps and our orders taken. When all was ready hot plates were put before us and then several waiters came in, silver service, placing the most fantastic steak & kidney pie and many veg on our plates, only I didn't have a plate, not one of the waiters noticed! We all sat there deadpan and amazed, my father eventually indicating to the waiter that I had no plate! I thought him a spoilsport, he thought me a heathen! What the maitre dee thought we never did find out but his reaction was instant and deserved of the applause we all gave him & his team. The meal was out of this world but it was the lack of a plate that made it for me!