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Ahh! I didn't know I can pick six!! I only picked my two favorites, Korean and Spanish. And I am shocked!!! that those two aren't polling higher on this. I wonder if a lot of people just don't know or haven't been exposed to those cuisines.
I find Spanish food to be very bland- I do like tapas, the meats and wine, but I don't feel cravings for Spanish food.
I think Korean is good too, but again, there isnt an intense yearning for it like with other foods.
As an Italian very fond of Thai food, I say it would not be easy to sell Thai food to Italian people. Thai food is delicious and exotic, but it is made with too much spices and condiments, and the mix of spices is very unusual for the Italian palates: sugar gets mixed with chilly and salt i.e. sweet flavor is mixed with spicy and salty flavor. I mean Thai people eat their fresh pineapple slices with sugar, salt and chilly all mixed up together, what do you think about that?
And the biggest obstacle of all is that Thai food is way too spicy. In fact, in my opinion, it is the spiciest food on the planet.
Finally, nobody in Italy cares or even knows something about Thai food. When an Italian wants to eat Asian food he or she goes to eat at a Chinese or Japanese restaurant, and that's it. Thai food is totally unknown by the general public.
Yes this is very true. If you are not accustomed to eating spices, chiles and on top of that, mixed with sweets, it will be hard to accept those foods.
Your first paragraph made my mouth water. Mexicans eat tropical fruits with lemon, salt and chile powder/sauce. Also, alot of our candies have tamarind, chile and salt.YUM.
As an Italian very fond of Thai food, I say it would not be easy to sell Thai food to Italian people. Thai food is delicious and exotic, but it is made with too much spices and condiments, and the mix of spices is very unusual for the Italian palates: sugar gets mixed with chilly and salt i.e. sweet flavor is mixed with spicy and salty flavor. I mean Thai people eat their fresh pineapple slices with sugar, salt and chilly all mixed up together, what do you think about that?
And the biggest obstacle of all is that Thai food is way too spicy. In fact, in my opinion, it is the spiciest food on the planet.
Finally, nobody in Italy cares or even knows something about Thai food. When an Italian wants to eat Asian food he or she goes to eat at a Chinese or Japanese restaurant, and that's it. Thai food is totally unknown by the general public.
Maybe you are right but i think there's a growing number of young people who are looking for new culinary experiences. They are looking for something different when going out and if you choose the right city, the right location and accurately pick the dishes that suit the Italian palates the best (i know how choosy and picky we can be when something food related doesn't adjust to our standards). I think it could be a decent investment and same goes for Mexican
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Thai Food is brilliant, I personally love it. I never would have thought of mixing coconut milk with chiles and lime, but boy does it taste good.
I tried reading up on it and some of the recipes blew my mind. Using ingredients in ways that aren't thought of here
So to point the finger specifically at Pret a Manger is rather bizzare, given the damage done by US Chains globally over the last forty years in relation to both our high street and rates of obesity.
Albuquerque may well be 1000 miles away from where many fast food chains were estanlished but then again NYC Deli's are more than 1000 miles away , so why are you so concerned. As for Albuquerque in New Mexico isn't that an area closely associated with the whole American/Mexican frusion of food, which is now becoming a staple diet of many fast food outlets.
For the first part, a comparison of the impact of a single restaurant chain, Pret a Manger, versus the 40 year history of the British public's inability to resist the lawful, if regrettable presence of American fast food chains in England's green and pleasant land, is a boldly imbalanced comparison.
For the second part, I admit my location status is misleading as it lust my city of residence, Albuquerque, whereas "my city", to which I was referring, is New York City. Mea culpa on that one, I should have been more clear.
That said, the cuisine of New Mexico, while part of the increasingly popular fabric of greater MesoAmerican cuisines is barely available outside the borders of the state, much less in a commodified and simplified fast food form. And since most of its dishes are swimming in a stew of chile sauces and don't lend themselves to eating on the go, I doubt New Mexican fast food is on the horizon.
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For the first part, a comparison of the impact of a single restaurant chain, Pret a Manger, versus the 40 year history of the British public's inability to resist the lawful, if regrettable presence of American fast food chains in England's green and pleasant land, is a boldly imbalanced comparison.
It's not merely a British problem, indeed if anything the British have taken on some of the American Chains, for instance we have taken on Starbucks with British chains such as Costa Coffee (the second largest in the world), Coffee Republic and Cafe Nero, whilst companies such as Eat and Pret a Manger have taken on the likes of Subway and Quizno, whilst we have Pizza/Italian chains such as Prezza, Strada, Ask, Pizza Express etc as well as numerous small independent outlets. Indeed Britain was one of the few countries that already had a fast foof type industry long before the American invasion wth Jellied Eeel stalls, Hot Roast Chesnuts sold on the streets, Oyster Bars, Cockles and Muscle stands etc, and we still have fish and chip shops (the original fast food), tea rooms/coffee shops, sandwich outlets, numerous pie and pasty outlets and the first burger chain in the UK was Wimpy and not McDonalds, whilst a British Company even owned Burger King for several years.
We have Deli's, a strong retail industry and have a history of importing spices and foods from Empire, Coffee outlets date back to the 15th Century in London and even the humble sandwich is named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. The town of Sandwich being in Kent in England and rather amusingly close to the town of Ham. So in many ways the British were fast food pioneers, and have adapted to the culture of fast food far more easily than some other nations.
London has been home to some fantastic street food for centuries; even when the ancient Romans occupied Londonium, as it was then known, street vendors were the ticket to dining that most people used, as few homes of the working class had kitchens. Oysters were amongst the most ubiquitous street foods in London at that time. The current site of Leadenhall Market was once Roman London’s heart, and in the fourteenth century it was the site of a meat bazaar.
In mediaeval London, street vendors peddled oysters, baked apples, and hot pies to the masses. During the Stuart and Georgian eras, street sellers carried their merchandise on their heads, and it was anything but clean, thanks to birds and anything nasty that might fall from above! The “Muffin Man” ditty dates from this time, and common foods sold were cakes, pastries, nuts, cherries, rhubarb, and salmon from Newcastle. Victorian London saw popular street foods such as baked potatoes, hot eels, pea soup, fried fish, pickled whelks, and traditional pies being sold widely.
Over the last century, street vendors evolved into having carts and vans, and multicultural fare from Africa, India, Asia and the West Indies began to coexist with fish and chip sellers.
For the second part, I admit my location status is misleading as it lust my city of residence, Albuquerque, whereas "my city", to which I was referring, is New York City. Mea culpa on that one, I should have been more clear.
I fully accept and indeed respect the fact that you love your home city, and that's why you use it.
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That said, the cuisine of New Mexico, while part of the increasingly popular fabric of greater MesoAmerican cuisines is barely available outside the borders of the state, much less in a commodified and simplified fast food form. And since most of its dishes are swimming in a stew of chile sauces and don't lend themselves to eating on the go, I doubt New Mexican fast food is on the horizon
The region is also known for Enchiladas, Burritos, Taco's, Tortilla and indeed Chili sauces, all of which lend themselves to fast food, although I appreciate New Mexico far richer and diverse food than this and I am sure New Mexico has some fantastic food.
In Britaomn Baked potato were traditional fast food dating back to Victorian times and today Baked potatos are often served for takebout with sauces such as Chilli Con Carne, whilst Britain also has a lot of regional stews and hotpots.
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Over the last decade there has been a food revolution in terms of British Street Food and Food Markets, which are now a fusion of so many global cultures and global cusines.
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