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Post by Evan on Sept 17, 2005 17:30:01 GMT -5
But I heard that the Stereotype for the English people are that they are lousy in cooking and tasting food . Do all dutch wear clogs?
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Post by sim on Sept 19, 2005 5:16:27 GMT -5
I really want a roast right now.
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Post by sass in a glass on Sept 19, 2005 7:05:56 GMT -5
^ at least you get to have it when ever and where ever you want *tears* you guys have no hearts
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Post by Micha on Oct 25, 2005 8:05:43 GMT -5
British food is better than French food I think. At least WE don't eat mouldy cheese that smells like feet and we don't eat frogs legs (which don't taste like chicken at all) OR PUT GARLIC IN ALL OUR FOOD. Okay, I'm just going to end up slagging off the French.
Anyway, British fish and chips is quite good, but roast is my favourite. The only complaint I have about the food here, is that they steam or roast EVERYTHING.
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Post by y2j on Oct 25, 2005 8:47:38 GMT -5
^ British Fish and Chips was a bit overrated for me, cod in batter is not a good fish to eat. I think fish and chips is better down in Australia, flake kicks ass.
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Post by elle on Oct 25, 2005 11:11:39 GMT -5
HAHAHA...comparing french food with british food? are you KIDDING ME.....this is well known but to reiterate: french food sets the culinary bar....whilst british food has to be at the bottom of the ladder just about....
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Post by snow2day4me on Oct 25, 2005 11:40:05 GMT -5
HAHAHA...comparing french food with british food? are you KIDDING ME.....this is well known but to reiterate: french food sets the culinary bar....whilst british food has to be at the bottom of the ladder just about.... German food might tie with English, as it is quite bland and boring, but still edible. But neither one of these holds title to the throne. I've had some strange dishes from all over the world, but I have to say that Ethiopian food seems to set the bottom of the barrel as far as tastes go. They have this vinegar laced pancake/crêpe like bread which was a real culinary disappointment. The meat wasn't too bad, but the 3 dishes we had were variations of what would be considered a vinegary chili with not much in the real of good flavor. While similar in style to Indian curry (sort of like a chiken tikka masala sauce, the one made with tomatoes) it had a heavy almost like dark Mexican salsa flavor (the salsa that's been blackened with spices) it had no where near the flavor. We tried to finish as much as we could, hoping perhaps we just got unlucky with the 3 worst dishes or a crappy restaurant. As boring as English food is, at least it's edible.
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Post by sim on Oct 25, 2005 12:59:48 GMT -5
sausages and mash
yum yum
not boring.
oh and the great fish finger. yessssssss.
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Post by jenming on Oct 26, 2005 0:29:10 GMT -5
I've had some strange dishes from all over the world, but I have to say that Ethiopian food seems to set the bottom of the barrel as far as tastes go. They have this vinegar laced pancake/crêpe like bread which was a real culinary disappointment. My feeling on ethiopian is that you shouldn't give up on it. Any style of food can be done poorly. I've gone to a number of ethiopian/eritrean places in the SF/Bay Area and they were all amazing. it seems like the food that the english pay most attention to is sweets/candy/chocolates. Some amazing stuff comes out of there.
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Post by i move the stars for no one on Oct 26, 2005 1:20:31 GMT -5
So,educate the Yank:What's Ploughman's lunch?
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Post by elle on Oct 26, 2005 5:50:49 GMT -5
To my understanding there is a very excellent British chef by the name of Heston Blumenthal who owns a restaurant called the The Fat Duck in Bray which has an outstanding reputation. So kudos to this British chef.
Top restaurants for 2004:
The top 10 eateries in the world according to Restaurant Magazine 1. French Laundry, Yountville, California 2. The Fat Duck, Bray, Berkshire 3. El Bulli, Montjoi, Spain 4. L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon, Paris 5. Pierre Gagnaire, Paris 6. Guy Savoy, Paris 7. Nobu, London 8. Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, London 9. Michel Bras, Laguiole, France 10. Louis XV, Monaco
The Fat Duck won the 2005 best restaurant. Anyone been there? Apparantley one of the dishes is a bacon and egg ice cream-Yum Yum!
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Post by ~MangO_O~ on Oct 26, 2005 5:56:38 GMT -5
^No special thing there Eh he prolly stole it from a cheap market in Mexico, they have raw meat Ice cream or if you rather, Cucumber and lettuce Ice cream.
But it's a fact French cuisine is the best amongst European countries
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Post by elle on Oct 26, 2005 6:00:24 GMT -5
^I suggest you go there and eat first, then and only then can you reply to my question which asked the following question: Has anyone been there? (ie. the Fat Duck in Berkshire).
I really dont understand why a "cheap market" in Mexico would sell raw meat ice cream...is that just something you pulled from your limited imagination? This is a serious topic about dissing English food thank you very much.
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Post by ~MangO_O~ on Oct 26, 2005 6:06:01 GMT -5
No It's not my imagination, I'm dead serious when I say that, they acctually sell those kind of things in Mexico.
I'm not saying it's horrible or anything, heck if food review critics say it's good then it probably is never the less.
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Post by snow2day4me on Oct 26, 2005 7:12:00 GMT -5
My feeling on ethiopian is that you shouldn't give up on it. Any style of food can be done poorly. I've gone to a number of ethiopian/eritrean places in the SF/Bay Area and they were all amazing. You're right. I only tried it once which is too small a sample size to make any generalized trend. Any particular dishes you know of that I should look out for? You may not remember the specific names, but a brief description would be cool if you have the time and a memory of what it was. it seems like the food that the english pay most attention to is sweets/candy/chocolates. Some amazing stuff comes out of there. Any examples? I'm in Europe for a year and will be visiting London soon, so it'd be cool to know what things to look out for. So far, it's all been French pastries (which are very good, on par with some of the Japanese pastries as well, though the recipes likely came from France/Europe.) Thanks in advance.
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