View Full Version : Who says British food has a bad reputation?
Konovalov
10-14-08, 12:29 PM
Years ago before I came to England I always heard stories about how crummy the food was over there. From my experience in Britain it isn't quite that bad, yet there are some real shockers such as this: Kebabs made with love. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7669625.stm)
Remind me never to get a kebab made by a bloke by the name of Mr Singh in Wolverhampton, England. :nope:
The man's death was not suspicious, police said.
Sure it wasn't one of those dodgy kebabs officer? Get the CSI team on it. :D
Hylander_1314
10-14-08, 12:41 PM
I have friends from Liverpool, and St. Helens, they've let me enjoy all sorts of cullinary delights from across the pond. I do like the cuisine quite well, especially the christmas holiday treats. And the Cadbury Crunch Bars! We used to something similar here in the states, but I've not seen them in years. It's typical here though, you get something good, and it never lasts.
But the little shop is the kind of place I try to avoid. I used to see stuff like that back when I lived in NYC almost 30 years ago. Not all the time, but every now and then one would crop up, and make the news for a few days, and the health dept. would go on a citywide inspection at random, so shops would really clean up their place and would be well again for a while.
FIREWALL
10-14-08, 12:50 PM
Weinersnitzel lost me as a customer after I ate two chili cheese burgers.
I spent all afternoon being King for a day sitting on the Throne. :cry:
Who says British food has a bad reputation?
Well, in most cases, the Brits! :rotfl:
Don't know if they have a taste for "taste", but they really have a taste for humor:yep: !:up:
clive bradbury
10-14-08, 02:18 PM
The dead bloke had probably just eaten a kebab from the shop...
Weinersnitzel lost me as a customer after I ate two chili cheese burgers.
I spent all afternoon being King for a day sitting on the Throne. :cry:
Yea well same happened to me after eating at a dodgy kebab shop here. Hint: kebab meat does NOT make a good pizza topping...yea kebab pizza..."Hey Mustafa I got a good idea to use up old kebab meat".
No not good.
There is a very good Turkish place here though (Ephesus), and a good Lebanese place (Parfums de Beirut) for shwarma or falafel. Top notch. :up:
GoldenRivet
10-14-08, 03:40 PM
hahaha weird.
talk about mystery meat :doh:
Task Force
10-14-08, 04:14 PM
hahaha weird.
talk about mystery meat :doh:
Hey thats what we called the meat loaf at my old school, looked like the cat food out of the pouches.:rotfl: :rotfl:I was joaking one of my friends that all the ally cats were going to break the windows and get him for it.:yep: :rotfl:
Falkirion
10-14-08, 04:55 PM
Ah the kebab. The ultimate late night food if you've been on the turps/piss/grog/alcohol all night.
I like British food, although that could have something to do with the fact that Australia was originally a British colony.
UnderseaLcpl
10-14-08, 05:21 PM
I'm not a fan of most British cuisine but there is one dish that is without peer;
Fish and Chips
Nothing compares to a properly-made fish 'n' chips lunch, slathered in vinegar, while sitting on the beach with a nice Scottish lass, looking out at the North Sea.:yep: :D
Of course, when one considers British MREs, one can't help but feel a little bad for the British troops. They used to come around asking if we might share some of our MREs with them. When that happens, you know they must be desperate.
LOL and Jim was whinging he couldn't find anything worth eating in Houston! Wonder if he's ever been to Wolverhampton for a snack! :D
Frame57
10-14-08, 07:20 PM
I love the Beef Wellington. Even if you can find here, it just will not be the same. Also there seems to be a shortage of good Cod fish here in the states. Is that the same over in Britain?
Mush Martin
10-14-08, 07:44 PM
:shifty:......................Oh the trauma's of my childhood.
The Kitchen is the only place an Englishman should deny his heritage.
(though I do luv mum's cheese and onion or snake and pygmy pie's)
:hmm:
Thank God for India I may not take mister singh's kebab's
but I would fight and die for Ali's lamb madras.
M
Frame57
10-14-08, 08:06 PM
LOL and Jim was whinging he couldn't find anything worth eating in Houston! Wonder if he's ever been to Wolverhampton for a snack! :DNeal should have taken them to one of those fine Texas steak houses. One of those where if you can eat 96 ounces of Porterhouse its free...:D
bookworm_020
10-14-08, 08:38 PM
I must admit after eating indian food here in Australia, England does it better... But for everything else, I prefer it here!:smug:
My brother in law thinks along the same lines (he's English, but I forgive him for that!:yep:)
Schöneboom
10-14-08, 10:55 PM
My girlfriend's English (a Brummie) and from her I discovered the wonders of "bangers & mash"! :lol:
Of course next time I'm in London, I'm going for the curry!
Beware the Vindaloo Monster!!!
http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/database/gelfs/images/MuttonVindaloo1.jpg
Somebody get me a Lager!
hahaha weird.
talk about mystery meat :doh:
We had a pet rat once, and one evening I shared a kebab with him (Yes, official I have no mates:cry:) I gave him a bit of pitta bread and he scurried into his nest, eat it and came back. I gave him a bit of the salad, he scurried into his neat ate it and came back. I gave him some of the meat he scurriedinto his nest with it, then came out and chucked it out of the cage.
There did also used to be around A Donner card which said,"I would like someine to helthemselves to my kebab after my death". (We used to have a doner card for Kidneys.):D
Konovalov
10-15-08, 03:31 AM
I must admit after eating indian food here in Australia, England does it better... But for everything else, I prefer it here!:smug:
True. :yep: Although living here in Britain it is very easy to hop on a plane and travel to many great places in Europe, Africa, and the East coast of the USA for what is a very inexpensive airfare and shorter travel time. You just can't do that back in Australia.
But I have solved that problem with Indian food back home in Oz. Travelled to England for a working holiday almost 6 years ago. Wound up meeting this fantastic British born lady of Kashmiri parents who I married and now after +3 years of being happily married and living here in the UK my wife wants to move to Australia. So I am comfortable in the thought that when we move back to Manly North Steyne beach, Sydney, we will have the best authentic Indian food going around. :smug:
I must admit after eating indian food here in Australia, England does it better... But for everything else, I prefer it here!:smug: True. :yep:
But I have solved that problem with Indian food back home in Oz. Travelled to England for a working holiday almost 6 years ago. Wound up meeting this fantastic British born lady of Kashmiri parents who I married and now after +3 years of being happily married and living here in the UK my wife wants to move to Australia. So I am comfortable in the thought that when we move back to Manly North Steyne beach, Sydney, we will have the best authentic Indian food going around. :smug:
Open a restaraunt, save Australia from bad curries!
XabbaRus
10-15-08, 04:29 AM
Proper British food is good, ie the hotpots, wellingtons et al. Home cooking at its best so I don't get where this idea of British food being bad comes from.
The ironic thing is on the TV here we have a couple of famous French chefs and they praise the quality of fresh ingredients we get here. We might not have fancy sauces but we don't need them cos the stuff that gets covered tastes so good.
clive bradbury
10-15-08, 04:10 PM
At one time the criticism was fully justified. I grew up in a Britain where the idea of eating out was based around how full you could get for the cheapest price - 'all you can eat' carveries with grey meat and even greyer mushy vegetables.
Things have changed dramatically over the last 20 years - Britain now boasts a host of Michelin star restaurants, and some cutting-edge chefs and cuisine. Once they were limited to London, but now they have spread all over the country. Ludlow, a quiet Shropshire market town, now has several top restaurants competing against each other, for instance. Chefs found that rents are not as high outside the capital, and everyone has benefited. I recently ate at a Michelin star establishment in the quiet backwater of Portpatrick in south-west Scotland - miles from anywhere (Knockingham House), and some of the seafood in the Scottish ports is to die for (and not in a kebab-related way).
British cuisine is now being exported, and the recipient countries generally love it. One of the most successful restaurants in Paris is British, and Gordon Ramsey's New York eatery is highly praised. In fact his former general manager has now opened his own restaurant in NY, too, and critics rate it better than Ramsey's.
bookworm_020
10-15-08, 07:21 PM
I must admit after eating indian food here in Australia, England does it better... But for everything else, I prefer it here!:smug: True. :yep:
But I have solved that problem with Indian food back home in Oz. Travelled to England for a working holiday almost 6 years ago. Wound up meeting this fantastic British born lady of Kashmiri parents who I married and now after +3 years of being happily married and living here in the UK my wife wants to move to Australia. So I am comfortable in the thought that when we move back to Manly North Steyne beach, Sydney, we will have the best authentic Indian food going around. :smug: Open a restaraunt, save Australia from bad curries!
If you do, I know a load of British ex-pats, backpackers and Australians who would beat a path to your door!:yep:
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