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In a strange town I normally head to a bar first for a drink.The more neighbourhoood bar the better. Invariably the barstaff are the best judge of a restaurant in town.
That and common sense like how busy the place looks.How many cars are parked outside.
It's why I rarely go into a restaurant that I can't see into.
That's a fairly good strategy.
The locals generally now where to eat and drink better than anyonme else.
The Michellin Guide is useless if you are looking for a nice local restaurant, and Michelin doesn't even rate many cusines such as Indian and Italian very highly, and it is hardly a comprehgensive guide.
Many see Michelin restaurants as places to avoid because they are full of the most pretentious people who are more interested in being seen in an exclusive restaurant than in the food itself.
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You have to tell me what these are ...
Grilled shrimp on parmesan-covered Caesar salad are my deal breakers when I'm in the sun.
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Many a long lunch over bottles of iced,oaked Chardonnay on the beach.Fantastic place.
Tater Tots are grated potatoes formed into cylinders and either deep fried or baked.
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That's a fairly good strategy.
The locals generally now where to eat and drink better than anyonme else.
The Michellin Guide is useless if you are looking for a nice local restaurant, and Michelin doesn't even rate many cusines such as Indian and Italian very highly, and it is hardly a comprehgensive guide.
Many see Michelin restaurants as places to avoid because they are full of the most pretentious people who are more interested in being seen in an exclusive restaurant than in the food itself.
Excellent point. If I ever picked up a copy of Michelin, it would be to see where to avoid.
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Sounds like a cross between a Croquette and a Hash brown.
That sounds like a good description. I don't eat them out, because they're deep fried, therefore greasy. On a rare occasion I'll buy a bag in the supermarket and bake them at home. In US supermarkets they're in the frozen section next to the bags of french fries.
Roscoe, I don't give a rat's patoot about Michelin. I'd rather go to a place that's popular with locals and survey what they're eating, then look at the menu.
I made a couple of trips to the Eifel region of Germany, as well as Luxembourg and Belgium and a tour through a large amount of what had been West Germany. I'll try things. My biggest regret was skipping a pizza joint in Echternach, Luxembourg, but I was traveling with my father, who fought in WWII, and the pizza joint wouldn't have been the place to take him. He was from the generation where the thought was that if he said something that the locals didn't understand, the solution was to raise his volume. Very embarrassing. . .
First off, Florida is an odd mix. Not a place that I've ever had an urge to go. If you enjoyed it, good for you. You would have gotten a better feel for the country in the MidAtlantic.
Chick Fil A is just another fast food joint. I tried it once. That was enough for me. I have no idea what the big deal is. If people like it in the UK, well, good for them. If they don't like it, good for them, too. I'm not a fan of fast food, but it does have a place in life for a lot of people.
You seem to look down on people in the US. Maybe you would have preferred an area with old money. There are places all over the country with old money.
Far from it.I have many good friendships with Americans forged over the years.
I bought a house in Florida simply because of the weather and outdoor pursuits such as walking along a beach and ending up in a nice beach bar smoking a decent cigar watching the sun go down.
It was on the Gulf Coast and more Old Florida than much of the rest of the state and Atlantic Coast which I always found rather dull and uninteresting.
Fortunately like you I never developed a taste for fast food.
Even the thought of purchasing a fast-food joint burger makes me feel queasy but good luck to those who like that sort of food.
As I keep saying, each to their won ..
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I'll keep an eye out for them.
I never eat them out. They're deep fried and very greasy. I get them in the supermarket and bake them. It's an occasional treat with something that french fries would go well with. Ore Ida came up with them, but they've lost the copyright. There's a subset that states on the bag "with onions" way better if you can find them. I like them with fish. Kids absolutely love them. In the US, people sometimes dip them in ketchup. I'd assume that malt vinegar would work as well.
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Far from it.I have many good friendships with Americans forged over the years.
I bought a house in Florida simply because of the weather and outdoor pursuits such as walking along a beach and ending up in a nice beach bar smoking a decent cigar watching the sun go down.
It was on the Gulf Coast and more Old Florida than much of the rest of the state and Atlantic Coast which I always found rather dull and uninteresting.
Fortunately like you I never developed a taste for fast food.
Even the thought of purchasing a fast-food joint burger makes me feel queasy but good luck to those who like that sort of food.
As I keep saying, each to their won ..
I know I said before that I have not purchased a fast food burger since McDonald's came out with the fish sandwich. That's decades. In the last 10 years I think that I purchased fast food maybe 3 times, and I do recall that it was fried fish or clams and broccoli. If I want something fast, I'd rather go to a supermarket, get some shrimp steamed with Old Bay, take it home and refrigerate it, and eat that when it's totally chilled. That's a MidAtlantic treat in, usually, the summer.
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