At western restaurants: if available, fried alligator. If not, fried calamari.

At Asian restaurants: Jellyfish & shrimp salad, spring rolls and Chicken lettuce wrap.

At Middle Eastern Restaurants: Hummus with pita breads.

Uh-oh, now, I'm hungry!

One of those onion blossoms sounds good about now. We just had some "Texas Toothpicks" (onion and jalapeno slivers deep-fried) at a little rinky-dink bar and boy were they good!!

I usually can't afford an appetizer and a meal but if I could I would have the fried calamari from Koolini's or their anitipasto plate. Steamed dumplings from a Chinese restaurant. I used to love the blooming onion and the hot artichoke with melted cheese dip but after looking at the calorie count there is no way I would eat that and a meal.

Years ago when my friend was pregnant she took me out for lunch as a treat a couple of times a week. We would only order a bunch of appetizers so I stared calling Shellie the "Appetizer Queen" and Nicholas after he was born "Little Appetizer" because that is all she craved when she was pregnat with him. LOL

I always have frozen appetizers on hand during the Christmas holidays and the spanikopitas are my favourite or actually anything made with phyllo dough. LOL

Anne

We don't usually order an appetizer except at certain restaurants... At Claim Jumper it would be the fried zucchini sticks, at Friday's it would be the potato skins, and at Outback it would be the Bloomin' Onion.

Any shellfish appetizer or raw Ahi Tuna...yummy! Also will never turn down a cup of Lobster Bisque!!

Hmmm we haven't ordered appetizers in AGES. Used to be fried mozzarella sticks (before Jerry went on his fat free diet).

Moni

I order from the appetizer menu for my meal, easier not to over do that way, and most of the time I still bring home extras.
When we do get an appetizer we like to order the "pick 3" kind of deal so you can try different things.

Depends upon the restaurant. If it's a place that has fresh fish, fried calamari. If it's Italian, eggplant rollitini. Also love crabcakes!

:-)
Dee

Caesar salad or a soup.

Never anything fried. The last appetizer I ordered, not too long ago, involved paper-thin slices of raw beef. I think it was Beef Carpaccio. It was delicious!

We don't get them often either but at Famous Davs I lovethe onion stings and at Zios the bruscetta. Stacy

Shrimp cocktail

Coconut shrimp. Like scottyman I order it for my meal along with a salad or a bowl of chowder (or lobster bisque if they have it).

Hey, I was going to say shrimp cocktail, but you beat me to it!
Clare

My favorites are shrimp cocktail, stuffed mushrooms or escargo - all of which are too "exotic" for restaurants around here, so I usually order soup.

fried dill pickles WHEN I am with family and feel generous in treating them! Which is RARE!

Sicilian Fire Sticks
A delicious blend of Italian sausage, chopped grilled chicken, bacon, roma tomatoes, jalapenos, and creamy Italian cheeses, rolled in a tomato basil tortilla. Served with ranch and spicy marinara

From Johnny Carino's Restaurant - OMG!

Gayle

It depends which restaurant we go to; Outback would be the Bloomin' Onion, a seafood
restaurant would be Maryland Crab Soup, Crab Balls or Stuffed Mushrooms.
Deb

Both DH and I love an appetizer called Oysters Nelson at our favorite seafood restaurant. It's raw oysters wrapped in bacon and cheese with a wonderful coctail sauce on top. It's hot and tastes wonderful! Making my mouth water right here.
Lulie