Jacqueline Novak
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What is the premise of the Dream Restaurant and who is the guest on this episode?
Welcome to the Off Menu podcast, taking the slightly inflated bag of plain snacks, bursting it open, and inhaling the flavor dust of content.
My name is James A. Castle. Together we own a dream restaurant. Every single week we're inviting a guest. That's their favourite ever starter, make us dessert, side dish and drink. Not in that order. And this week our guest is Jackson. Jacqueline Novak.
Uh brilliant comedian, James, Jacqueline Novak. Over from the US of Age.
Ooh, exciting. And you can watch Jacqueline's comedy special, Get On Your Knees on Netflix.
Yes, you can. Jacqueline is very funny indeed, but if she says an ingredient that we have pre agreed upon, a secret ingredient no less, we will remove her from the restaurant. It won't be get on your knees, it'll be get out of town. Yeah. That's how we have to say it so she understands. And this week the secret ingredient is Knees. Get on your knees.
What is the secret “knees” ingredient and how does it affect the game?
So if she picks like chicken knees or something?
Yeah. Chicken knees, pork knees, anything like that.
Yeah.
Then out.
Yeah.
I guess if she chooses some legs we've got to just inquire uh are their knees bit what bit the if you see this the whole leg. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Are there knees on it? If yes, out. Out. You want knees, do you?
See ya later. See
you
later.
But hopefully that won't happen
because As fast as your knees can carry, yeah.
The old English saying. Jacqueline won't be familiar with that.
Yeah, she won't be familiar with it. We'll just have to remove her. But yeah, we will say that if it needs be. I'm on tour, edgamble.co.uk. Fresh hell is the name of the show. Would love you to come, but enough of all that. Let's get on with this episode with the brilliant Jacqueline. Jacobin Novak!
Welcome Jacqueline to the Dream Restaurant. Welcome, Channel and going back to
the gene restaurant. But it's fancy for some time. Thank you, thank
you.
Why do the hosts discuss midnight snacks and cravings early in the show?
It's I'm so glad to be here.
Um, how are you enjoying our country?
Let's see. I'm jet lagged. Um I've I've been on a s weird schedule, so I'm only the I haven't been to a a proper restaurant. I've only been ordering past midnight. Oh wow. And it's not, you know, I mean Everywhere stuff is less, even like New York, I feel like is less stuff's not as
It's not the good stuff past midnight.
It's not where what it once was. It's not the fantasy of all night.
No.
So I've been getting a lot of Falafel.
Okay, that's not a bad option for past midnight. Yeah. Yeah.
Falafel, hummus. Not that I don't know. Now I'm just doing my meal from The other night, but sort of relevant, I think, right?
Midnight snack.
Do you believe in a midnight snack? I always feel like midnight meal.
Oh yeah. Yeah.
Right? Like what are we doing? Kind of.
How do food allergies and dietary restrictions shape the menu choices?
Like
Yeah.
Let's get into it and do a proper
Do it properly. If we're gonna eat. Midnight feast. Yes. That was the thing, wasn't it? And I I was obsessed with when I was a kid. Oh man, so I was I was obsessed with that. I wanted to have a midnight feast so much.
Wait, is that a term? That was a
thing.
Now here?
Yeah. I didn't realise it was it was specifically.
It really sounds like a medieval British thing, isn't it? Yeah. Medieval feast. Yeah. Medieval midnight feast. Yeah.
Candles.
Yeah.
I guess they they would have to eat by candlelight anyway at night.
Yeah. Chicken legs, that sort of stuff.
Here you guys eat by candlelight always. Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Wet stony walls. Yeah.
Yeah.
Ghosts.
You chuck the bones on the
big pile in the corner. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's
that's what you should be doing.
I do get a lot of things when I don't know if it's which will I'm planning on utilizing the lamp for options even I mean if I'm allowed, I guess that's the question.
You're allowed, yeah.
I like to over order massively. Like that's real that's probably my core Particularly with dining with other people.
That's your one requirement is
Yeah.
You don't care what it is, just too much. Yes, bare
minimum. Quantity if nothing else, because and if you're dining with other people. You just don't well it depends on who you're Like who you feel safe to dine with, you know, like people that don't order enough are a huge problem for me, like even for their s themselves, because then they come for your food, you know.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the premise of the Dream Restaurant and who is the guest on this episode?
0:13–1:06
2
What is the secret “knees” ingredient and how does it affect the game?
1:06–2:04
3
Why do the hosts discuss midnight snacks and cravings early in the show?
2:04–2:56
4
How do food allergies and dietary restrictions shape the menu choices?
2:56–6:30
5
What starter, water, and side‑dish options do the hosts consider for the Dream Menu?
6:30–11:07
6
Which main‑course dishes (pasta, salad, soup) are debated and why?
11:07–13:57
7
What dessert ideas (affogato, lemon tart, berry memory) are explored?
13:57–15:38
8
How does the episode wrap up and what are the final takeaways?
15:38–1:05:55