At the end of the meal, do you opt for...

[Cactussed]

Assume both are amazing and you cannot have both.

[okgo]

Depends on the main of course, but I am a savoury man I think

[TheDetailDoctor]

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[Akers]

Dessert. Mainly because I can quite easily rustle up decent cheeseboard at home should I want. Great dessert on the other hand is much harder to come by.

[hooperpride]

Dessert every time, having a cheese board makes me feel like the meal isn't quite complete, with a sweet dessert I can sit back satisfied.

[staceyb]

Dessert every time, cheese is no-go for me.

[Dibby]

It's a tough, tough call, depends what dessert and what cheese.

Think cheese would have it.

[dealmaker]

You are missing an option : BOTH - preferably in the French style with the Cheese before the dessert!

[Mr MoJo]

Cheese every time (if both isn't allowed). A great excuse for a nice vintage port

[Don]

I adore a fine cheeseboard. Accompanied with cured meats and some olives or similar and a bottle of port it is a meal in and of itself. We have one instead of supper as a special treat if we've gone out for a large lunch or similar.

So. At the end of a large and fine meal I would take a small cheeseboard in preference to dessert.

But not all the time.

My wife makes the most stunning Tiramisu and on occasions I'd prefer that.

[escargot]

My preference would usually be a cheeseboard. If you have a really nice smooth wensleydale and cranberry on a hovis biscuit, it's like eating a cheesecake anyway so best of both worlds.

[Dibby]

LittleMiss said:

This is the advantage of not dining alone, one has dessert the other cheese

Uh-oh you're not one of those that eats half of your blokes meal are you?

I get stabby when asked to share food

[SirClarke]

I'm not really a dessert man whereas I get more pleasure from eating cheese then almost any other food.

Sadly cheeseboards are usually crap in all but the best restaurants so unless I know the cheeses and they're worth trying I'll often have neither and simply have a huge main and a starter

[ali_kat]

I voted Dessert, based on being in a restaurant as most of cheese boards leave a lot to be desired.

[Kneetrembler]

Cheeseboard, a bottle of Pacharan & a bucket of ice.

[Cactussed]

I said assuming both are amazing and you cannot have both...

[Cotty]

Neither and I usually skip coffee and have another drink, wine or beer whatever is being served.

[Dan_1981]

If both really are excellent i'd go for the cheese board.

Normally though I go for a desert as cheeseboards are normally so unifomrly dull, boring and poor.

[Dibby]

I suppose restaurant cheeseboards have to be generic to cater for all tastes but individuals cheese preferences are very specific.

I think European cheeses taste mostly the same and are a bit rubbery, I don't think you can beat a good quality stilton and cheddar (the type of cheddar you taste right through your gums with some Dovedale blue or Perl Las on the side, but then some people will think the exact opposite to me.

... However no-one likes mild rubbery pre-grated cheddar in a bag, cheesestrings or Kraft slices

[sleep envy]

don't like cheese so ask for an affogato