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You must have had some phenomenally bad luck or you visited here 20 years ago. There are some wonderful restaurants of all kinds in the UK these days.
LOL. I think you've got it right. When I first visited England, the only good restaurant food was Indian, or the odd pub lunch. Without exception we found the restaurants to be horrible, really horrible.I had a lasagna that was like soup…no kidding.
In all of my travels, I haven't found a more delicious or satisfying start to the day than a full English breakfast and strong cup of tea yet.
I prefer the Dutch style breakfast of hard boiled eggs, different types of bread, jams, cheeses and sliced cold cuts with a beautiful intense cup of coffee.
The Sandwich being the pinnacle of British culinary achievement for those too lazy to actually cook.
Huzzah to the memory of the card playing Earl! Supposedly the industrial revolution is responsible for the bad rap on English food. People were too busy to do proper cooking and the shortcuts arose.
I'd agree that that rap died decades ago. Heston's Fat Duck is one of the finest restaurants in the world. (so I am told)
I'll have the skate and chips and a cod egg please! A cask ale also. Yum! (seriously)
British food is good in general, depends on what and where you eat. Everyone presumes its bland but over in the US I think that many people over spice foods to the point its pointless to eat.
Texas loves to boast of its Tex Mex, I cant think of an style thats more boring and one dimensional.
British food is good in general, depends on what and where you eat. Everyone presumes its bland but over in the US I think that many people over spice foods to the point its pointless to eat.
Texas loves to boast of its Tex Mex, I cant think of an style thats more boring and one dimensional.
I guess you haven't had really good Tex Mex food then.
That being said, this Texan would get bored with any ONE cuisine day in and day out, which is why I am glad we have such diversity available locally. I live in a town of only about 100,000 and any day of the week I can have Tex Mex, Asian (a wide range of types of Asian), Middle Eastern, African, Greek, German, French, Italian (real Italian), Romanian, Central American...probably more but that's all I can lazily think of at the moment. That's enough to do me for awhile though!
I guess you haven't had really good Tex Mex food then.
That being said, this Texan would get bored with any ONE cuisine day in and day out, which is why I am glad we have such diversity available locally. I live in a town of only about 100,000 and any day of the week I can have Tex Mex, Asian (a wide range of types of Asian), Middle Eastern, African, Greek, German, French, Italian (real Italian), Romanian, Central American...probably more but that's all I can lazily think of at the moment. That's enough to do me for awhile though!
I have, I have had it all over the State. Its all the same one dimensional beany flavour. Its not a touch on New Mex food.
I have, I have had it all over the State. Its all the same one dimensional beany flavour. Its not a touch on New Mex food.
I think that kind of proves Kathryn's point more than yours.
Good Tex-Mex should not have a one dimensional flavor, any more than Chinese, Indian, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Thai, etc. have a one dimensional flavor.
Problem is that most good restaurants (not "names" like Ramsey, or Blanc, or Pierre White, or Blumenthal but just good food) are difficult to know if you're not a local (or long term resident).
This applies to the UK too, for instance I'd bet my back teeth, most people who visit the UK and have a Full English, have had a Little Chef (or similar) full spread, which is about as high quality as you can have and not just throw it in the trash. So they're idea of English food is colored by that experience, the same issue happens all over the world (except in small places where there are no chains or franchises). It's that baseline that people often use to define a countries food reputation.
British food is good in general, depends on what and where you eat. Everyone presumes its bland but over in the US I think that many people over spice foods to the point its pointless to eat.
Texas loves to boast of its Tex Mex, I cant think of an style thats more boring and one dimensional.
Obviously you haven't had chicken and spinach enchiladas, shrimp fajitas, or creamy poblano soup with roasted corn and smoked jalapeño sausage. Don't get me started on the quail.
Tex Mex originated when Mexican settlers started using the resources locally available to cook with. The food became spicier and cheese was added after american settlers brought it. Then in the forties or fifties that american bland cheese became available for free along with butter. ( butter and cheese program) You can find boring and terrible Tex Mex or lively and yummy Tex Mex. It's just like anything else.
Most white Americans that aren't "ethnic" (ancestors from Italy, Poland in the last 100-ish years) love British inspired food but don't realize it.
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