Who says British food has a bad reputation? - Page 2

Schöneboom · 10-14-08, 10:55 PM

My girlfriend's English (a Brummie) and from her I discovered the wonders of "bangers & mash"!

Of course next time I'm in London, I'm going for the curry!

Beware the Vindaloo Monster!!!

Somebody get me a Lager!

kurtz · 10-15-08, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

hahaha weird.

talk about mystery meat

We had a pet rat once, and one evening I shared a kebab with him (Yes, official I have no mates

) 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.)

Konovalov · 10-15-08, 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by bookworm_020

I must admit after eating indian food here in Australia, England does it better... But for everything else, I prefer it here!

True.

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.

kurtz · 10-15-08, 03:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Konovalov

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Originally Posted by bookworm_020

I must admit after eating indian food here in Australia, England does it better... But for everything else, I prefer it here!

True.

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.

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

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Originally Posted by kurtz

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Originally Posted by Konovalov

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Originally Posted by bookworm_020

I must admit after eating indian food here in Australia, England does it better... But for everything else, I prefer it here!

True.

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.

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!

10-14-08, 10:55 PM	#16
Schöneboom Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 651 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	My girlfriend's English (a Brummie) and from her I discovered the wonders of "bangers & mash"! Of course next time I'm in London, I'm going for the curry! Beware the Vindaloo Monster!!! Somebody get me a Lager! __________________ Dietrich Schöneboom, U-431 "Es wird klappen, Herr Kaleun. Ganz sicher."

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XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	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. __________________

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10-15-08, 04:10 PM	#21
clive bradbury Captain Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: stoke-on-trent, UK Posts: 492 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	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.