The Oval - Food?

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I'm taking my dad to the ODI with New Zealand on June 12th for his birthday.

I've not been for so many years I'm out of touch with the facilities. When I booked the tickets I noticed the 'picnic' option which seemed steep at £24 per person.

Are there good food facilities within the ground (sandwiches etc) or should I be pre-purchasing one of these picnic things. Also, I always used to take my own packed lunch in the past, are you still allowed to take food in?

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C0ffin D0dger said:

Been a while since I went but have always taken our own food + as much booze as we could sneak in (bottle of wine on top for "inspection", four pack buried at the bottom of the bag). I sure the catering facilities there are fine but probably not the greatest value.

Cheers. Looks like any bottles or cans are now prohibited.

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Challo said:

Not sure what the Oval is like but when I went to Old Trafford last year we took all our own food in and just bought beers in the ground.

I think that's about the size of it!

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TheExcession said:

garyhun said:

Challo said:

Not sure what the Oval is like but when I went to Old Trafford last year we took all our own food in and just bought beers in the ground.

I think that's about the size of it!

Not sure what your own alcohol requirements are, but oranges or honey dew melons injected with vodka/gin the night before can be a winner.

So inject fruits repeatably and carefully (not too deeply) the night before and store fruits in a cold fridge.

Just before traveling to the ground slice up melons & oranges and put into zip-lock freezer bags. Put all into an Aldi carrier bag along with a few bags of ice. Throw over a few bagged ham and cucumber sarnies, a load of pork pies, maybe the odd scotch egg and cooked sausage too etc.

Don't drive to the ground, eat fruit & food and enjoy your day.

(You can bite the corners off the zip-lock bags and suck out all the lovey fruit juice ala Bear Grylls style too)

I think my dad will probably stick to a beer or some wine

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TheExcession said:

Watermelon wine" especially prepared with a nice crisp Sauvignon Blanc is pretty good when chilled under ice. I don't recommend this technique with Theakston's or Fuller's offerings though. The obligatory ham and cucumber sarnies accompanied with a few pork pies are however utterly essential!

The Sauvignon option sounds promising!!!