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  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,075
    Pizza de chocolate  Wikipdia a enciclopdia livre
    Chocolate pizza over here in Brazil is very popular, just looking at makes me want to be sick.

  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,725
    Octopus 
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,490
    edited July 22
    I agree about Italian food, proper overrated but mostly by Italians. How touchy they are about re-arranging pasta, tomato and basil is ridiculous.
    Gino D’Acampo is a little bit guilty of this in his series about Italian food as he travels around Italy - saying things like, “The pizzas are nothing like what you get in the UK,” and so on. Fair enough, but at least we give it a go, mate. It’s not like you can go to Italy, France, or Spain and find anyone attempting a Cornish pasty, is it?

    And try finding British cheeses in a French supermarket - good luck with that. You might find a poor-quality cheddar in one of the big hypermarkets in major cities, but it’s nothing like the wide availability of French cheeses in both big and small supermarkets here in the UK.

    Same goes for sausages and other foods. They often criticise our versions of their dishes, but rarely make the effort to try ours or include them in their own countries.
  • Sardines 
  • 1905
    1905 Posts: 2,752
    Liver.  I love it but my wife is a theatre nurse and says it reminds her of work.
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,871
    There's an excellent Italian café in London. A small one. I can't remember exactly where it was but it's good. A privately owned cafe run by an Italian family.
  • usetobunkin
    usetobunkin Posts: 2,187
    A proper Greek salad. In the Plaka looking towards the Acropolis. 
  • R0TW
    R0TW Posts: 1,679
    Liver. The wife or daughters won’t touch it and I very rarely cook. 

    Kippers or mackerel. I’m not allowed it as it stinks the house out. I love kippers for breakfast. 

    Chicken Chassuer. I love it. No one else does. 

    Cheese and potato pie. My favourite dinner in the world. Death row meal. I get it about twice a year and it still ain’t as good as my dad’s. 

    I could go on. A house full of yo yo dieting women. Who seem to think that eating spaghetti fucking bolognese twice a week is ok. That or bastard chicken fajitas. 

    I feel better now. Thanks. 
    Man up.
    Get those kippers under the grill Sunday morning with a decent bit of buttered bread.
    Liver, love it, but calves liver is the governor 
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,725
    Pigs nose
  • R0TW
    R0TW Posts: 1,679
    Stuffed hearts is another I miss from my childhood.
    If my memory serves me well, they were stuffed with PAXO.
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  • redlanered
    redlanered Posts: 2,196
    Gribbo said:
    I agree about Italian food, proper overrated but mostly by Italians. How touchy they are about re-arranging pasta, tomato and basil is ridiculous.
    Gino D’Acampo is a little bit guilty of this in his series about Italian food as he travels around Italy - saying things like, “The pizzas are nothing like what you get in the UK,” and so on. Fair enough, but at least we give it a go, mate. It’s not like you can go to Italy, France, or Spain and find anyone attempting a Cornish pasty, is it?

    And try finding British cheeses in a French supermarket - good luck with that. You might find a poor-quality cheddar in one of the big hypermarkets in major cities, but it’s nothing like the wide availability of French cheeses in both big and small supermarkets here in the UK.

    Same goes for sausages and other foods. They often criticise our versions of their dishes, but rarely make the effort to try ours or include them in their own countries.
    And that's before we get onto tea.  You're not a Little Englander to want/expect a decent cup of tea in (say) France or Spain, but it's rarely the case.  But there's no valid excuse for this - if it's on your menu, then do it properly.  It's not just Brits who drink tea, and no excuse that it's a 'foreign drink' there.  It's no more foreign than an espresso or negroni in London, but we wouldn't let a UK bar/cafe off the hook if they serve rubbish versions of these drinks
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,725
    Gribbo said:
    I agree about Italian food, proper overrated but mostly by Italians. How touchy they are about re-arranging pasta, tomato and basil is ridiculous.
    Gino D’Acampo is a little bit guilty of this in his series about Italian food as he travels around Italy - saying things like, “The pizzas are nothing like what you get in the UK,” and so on. Fair enough, but at least we give it a go, mate. It’s not like you can go to Italy, France, or Spain and find anyone attempting a Cornish pasty, is it?

    And try finding British cheeses in a French supermarket - good luck with that. You might find a poor-quality cheddar in one of the big hypermarkets in major cities, but it’s nothing like the wide availability of French cheeses in both big and small supermarkets here in the UK.

    Same goes for sausages and other foods. They often criticise our versions of their dishes, but rarely make the effort to try ours or include them in their own countries.
    And that's before we get onto tea.  You're not a Little Englander to want/expect a decent cup of tea in (say) France or Spain, but it's rarely the case.  But there's no valid excuse for this - if it's on your menu, then do it properly.  It's not just Brits who drink tea, and no excuse that it's a 'foreign drink' there.  It's no more foreign than an espresso or negroni in London, but we wouldn't let a UK bar/cafe off the hook if they serve rubbish versions of these drinks
    I've actually had arguments with cafe/bar staff over on the continent for their shoddy excuse of a tea that they've served up. I swear they do it on purpose. even just ordering it seems too much trouble for them. 
  • valleynick66
    valleynick66 Posts: 4,891
    edited July 22
    Gribbo said:
    I agree about Italian food, proper overrated but mostly by Italians. How touchy they are about re-arranging pasta, tomato and basil is ridiculous.
    Gino D’Acampo is a little bit guilty of this in his series about Italian food as he travels around Italy - saying things like, “The pizzas are nothing like what you get in the UK,” and so on. Fair enough, but at least we give it a go, mate. It’s not like you can go to Italy, France, or Spain and find anyone attempting a Cornish pasty, is it?

    And try finding British cheeses in a French supermarket - good luck with that. You might find a poor-quality cheddar in one of the big hypermarkets in major cities, but it’s nothing like the wide availability of French cheeses in both big and small supermarkets here in the UK.

    Same goes for sausages and other foods. They often criticise our versions of their dishes, but rarely make the effort to try ours or include them in their own countries.
    And that's before we get onto tea.  You're not a Little Englander to want/expect a decent cup of tea in (say) France or Spain, but it's rarely the case.  But there's no valid excuse for this - if it's on your menu, then do it properly.  It's not just Brits who drink tea, and no excuse that it's a 'foreign drink' there.  It's no more foreign than an espresso or negroni in London, but we wouldn't let a UK bar/cafe off the hook if they serve rubbish versions of these drinks
    I've actually had arguments with cafe/bar staff over on the continent for their shoddy excuse of a tea that they've served up. I swear they do it on purpose. even just ordering it seems too much trouble for them. 
    Quite. Why do they all seem to have Liptons tea which has zero flavour and no discernible colour. 

    Make the mistake of adding milk and all you’ve done is make your hot water cooler. 
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,871
    A proper Greek salad. In the Plaka looking towards the Acropolis. 

    Feta cheese is a bit rich/strong. Find it quite off-putting.
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,490
    Dave2l said:
    A proper Greek salad. In the Plaka looking towards the Acropolis. 

    Feta cheese is a bit rich/strong. Find it quite off-putting.
    Bulls chism
  • Southendaddick
    Southendaddick Posts: 5,314
    Rabbit
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,871
    I hear goat is nice

    Sweet version of lamb 

    Anyone tried it?
  • R0TW
    R0TW Posts: 1,679
    Rabbit
    Stew. Used to be very cheap, not any longer.
    Used to get them from Sparkes, Blackheath standard.
    Free range and had the lead shot in the toilet 24 hours later to prove it .

  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,725
    Dave2l said:
    I hear goat is nice

    Sweet version of lamb 

    Anyone tried it?
    Only in a west Indian curry. they cook it for a rather long time as it's similar to mutton. Tasty though. When I used to go to Notting hill every year that and saltfish were my go to's. 
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,791
    Dave2l said:
    There's an excellent Italian café in London. A small one. I can't remember exactly where it was but it's good. A privately owned cafe run by an Italian family.
    Costa Coffee?
    🤪
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  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    9 out of ten places that serve mutton will be serving goat mutton 

    a LOT of curry houses will be serving kid instead of lamb 
  • usetobunkin
    usetobunkin Posts: 2,187
    Gribbo said:
    Dave2l said:
    A proper Greek salad. In the Plaka looking towards the Acropolis. 

    Feta cheese is a bit rich/strong. Find it quite off-putting.
    Bulls chism
    That’s how I Roll!!
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,075
    edited July 22
    Corned beef crusty rolls, absolutely delicious.

    Decided to give them up after my heart attack.
  • UEAAddick
    UEAAddick Posts: 512
    Dave2l said:
    There's an excellent Italian café in London. A small one. I can't remember exactly where it was but it's good. A privately owned cafe run by an Italian family.
    E Pellicis?
  • valleynick66
    valleynick66 Posts: 4,891
    9 out of ten places that serve mutton will be serving goat mutton 

    a LOT of curry houses will be serving kid instead of lamb 
    Bit like when you see ‘meat’ curry - if you can’t commit to an animal I’m going to be suspicious! 
  • RDG
    RDG Posts: 232
    Horse. Seem to have an issue with it in this country, heaven knows why, because some posh folk ride em'?
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,602
    RDG said:
    Horse. Seem to have an issue with it in this country, heaven knows why, because some posh folk ride em'?
    It gives you the trotts 
  • NornIrishAddick
    NornIrishAddick Posts: 9,623
    Dave2l said:
    I hear goat is nice

    Sweet version of lamb 

    Anyone tried it?
    Had it a few times, in Haiti, it was lovely, marinaded in spices and served with rice, yum...
  • NornIrishAddick
    NornIrishAddick Posts: 9,623
    edited July 23
    A proper Greek salad. In the Plaka looking towards the Acropolis. 
    I'd agree in general terms, but, for me, you get easily as good or better, for less, elsewhere in Athens (you pay an awful lot for the view).

    I was very partial to some tavernas out the Argyropoulis direction...

    Kifissia would be a bit pricey too.
  • NornIrishAddick
    NornIrishAddick Posts: 9,623
    I'll also add liver to my list of likes, including a really interesting "sandwich" (really a sort f  shawarma) in a place called Berly Burger, where there was often a wider range of fillings than you'd expect, just behind a mosque off the western end of the Corniche in Beirut.

    I do love Lebanese/Levantine food in general.