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Foods you love but rarely get to eat
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Chocolate pizza over here in Brazil is very popular, just looking at makes me want to be sick.
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Octopus
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ValleyGary 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.6 -
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Liver. I love it but my wife is a theatre nurse and says it reminds her of work.7
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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.1
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A proper Greek salad. In the Plaka looking towards the Acropolis.2
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Man up.Greenhithe said: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.
Get those kippers under the grill Sunday morning with a decent bit of buttered bread.
Liver, love it, but calves liver is the governor2 -
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Stuffed hearts is another I miss from my childhood.
If my memory serves me well, they were stuffed with PAXO.2 - Sponsored links:
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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 drinksGribbo said:ValleyGary 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.3 -
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.redlanered said:
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 drinksGribbo said:ValleyGary 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.1 -
Quite. Why do they all seem to have Liptons tea which has zero flavour and no discernible colour.Karim_myBagheri said:
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.redlanered said:
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 drinksGribbo said:ValleyGary 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.Make the mistake of adding milk and all you’ve done is make your hot water cooler.1 -
usetobunkin said:A proper Greek salad. In the Plaka looking towards the Acropolis.
Feta cheese is a bit rich/strong. Find it quite off-putting.0 -
Bulls chismDave2l said:usetobunkin said:A proper Greek salad. In the Plaka looking towards the Acropolis.
Feta cheese is a bit rich/strong. Find it quite off-putting.2 -
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I hear goat is nice
Sweet version of lamb
Anyone tried it?1 -
Stew. Used to be very cheap, not any longer.Southendaddick said:Rabbit
Used to get them from Sparkes, Blackheath standard.
Free range and had the lead shot in the toilet 24 hours later to prove it .
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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.Dave2l said:I hear goat is nice
Sweet version of lamb
Anyone tried it?0 -
Costa Coffee?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.
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9 out of ten places that serve mutton will be serving goat mutton
a LOT of curry houses will be serving kid instead of lamb0 -
That’s how I Roll!!Gribbo said:
Bulls chismDave2l said:usetobunkin said:A proper Greek salad. In the Plaka looking towards the Acropolis.
Feta cheese is a bit rich/strong. Find it quite off-putting.0 -
Corned beef crusty rolls, absolutely delicious.
Decided to give them up after my heart attack.1 -
Bit like when you see ‘meat’ curry - if you can’t commit to an animal I’m going to be suspicious!cafcdave123 said:9 out of ten places that serve mutton will be serving goat mutton
a LOT of curry houses will be serving kid instead of lamb0 -
Horse. Seem to have an issue with it in this country, heaven knows why, because some posh folk ride em'?0
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It gives you the trottsRDG said:Horse. Seem to have an issue with it in this country, heaven knows why, because some posh folk ride em'?3 -
Had it a few times, in Haiti, it was lovely, marinaded in spices and served with rice, yum...Dave2l said:I hear goat is nice
Sweet version of lamb
Anyone tried it?0 -
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).usetobunkin said:A proper Greek salad. In the Plaka looking towards the Acropolis.
I was very partial to some tavernas out the Argyropoulis direction...
Kifissia would be a bit pricey too.0 -
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.0
