U.S. Expats: Your thoughts are needed! (live, restaurant)
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Anybody who can't find tex-mex products in Paris has not been looking hard. I will agree that it is easier to find Mexican food in Paris (in restaurants owned and operated by real Mexicans) than tex-mex, but I certainly don't care because I don't like it in the first place. And it really seems to me that most of the people craving it are from the Southwest, because I have never really heard of people drooling over that kind of stuff in Idaho, Minnesota or Maine.
Interestingly enough, the huge Indian population in Paris has branched out into tex-mex. The spices are really quite similar, and in many cases it's just a case of putting a dollop of sour cream on something instead of coconut milk.
Anybody who can't find tex-mex products in Paris has not been looking hard. I will agree that it is easier to find Mexican food in Paris (in restaurants owned and operated by real Mexicans) than tex-mex, but I certainly don't care because I don't like it in the first place. And it really seems to me that most of the people craving it are from the Southwest, because I have never really heard of people drooling over that kind of stuff in Idaho, Minnesota or Maine.
Interestingly enough, the huge Indian population in Paris has branched out into tex-mex. The spices are really quite similar, and in many cases it's just a case of putting a dollop of sour cream on something instead of coconut milk.
I think it is a matter of finding quality Tex-Mex products.
Old Victoria is fine if you don't care what kind of Tex/Mex you eat; people who really care would rather have something else.
When it comes to good Tex/Mex food, ethnicity of the owner/operator really does not matter--one of our favorite Denver places was operated by a Greek family.
Maybe the Indians in Paris will develop a Tex/Mex following.
My kid told me that margaritas are very trendy in Paris right now, so maybe the quality food will follow the drinks.
Frankly, the best tex-mex meal I have ever eaten was in Indonesia.
In terms of supermarkets, the shelves are covered with Old El Paso and Casa Fiesta brands. I think that both products are made in the Netherlands for European sale.
Those are the people who invented beautiful tasteless tomatoes.
In terms of supermarkets, the shelves are covered with Old El Paso and Casa Fiesta brands. I think that both products are made in the Netherlands for European sale.
Those are the people who invented beautiful tasteless tomatoes.
Exactly.
People with pickier tastebuds will stay away from that sort of thing.
Obviously the "when in Rome" adage applies here, but when building a meal many miles from home, it's fun to take up the challenge of reproducing childhood favorites.
My wife, who is from Virginia thought it was wierd when we lived in Sweden and people keept inviting us over for tacos....."to make her feel at home". To her, Americans do not eat Tacos...she has now changed her mind and realized that people from Vriginia do indeed eat tacos.....
I just ordered some apple jacks from [url]http://www.americangoodies.co.uk[/url] - they were £2.29 for 345g so literally couldn't resist. Can't wait to try them, I've tried lucky charms before but never Apple Jacks, I'll report back on whether they actually taste like apple lol
I'm like you Annie A, I'd rather have Thai or Vietnamese food any day of the week!
Toss in Indian and I'm your girl!
I'm looking all over Europe for the best Indian restaurants. Of course London is number 1 (in my book), but i'll take a good curry over anything else.
I used to miss cheddar cheese but found an occasional source for it. I just stock up and freeze it.
But there's oulde Gouda and what else really matters?
Generally speaking, I SIGNIFICANTLY miss the food from abroad when I go back to the States, than missing the States stuff when abroad.
Where do you go when you're in the U.S.? In the larger metro areas like NYC, LA, DC, SF, CHI, you can find just about any kind of ethnic restaurants and food in the world.
In the DC area, I've yet to find any kind of ethnic food that is not available somewhere.
On the UK forum an American said he was considering opening a Philly Cheesesteak shop in London - would any American ex-pats find that attractive?
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