Re: [tlug] [OT] French cuisine

[Keith Bawden <keith@example.com>]

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 6:07 PM, Godwin Stewart <gstewart@example.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 30 May 2012 06:57:13 +0900, Nick Bikkal <ipod.bikkal@example.com>
> wrote:
>
>> > If you put traditional UK pub grub and your typical bistrot meal in a
>> > bar in France side by side, there is no comparison possible. I'd take
>> > the food in the UK pub any day of the week.
>>
>> Awesome. Factoid worth passing along. Why do you think that is? Economy?
>
> Firstly, people are much more health-conscious than they used to be and
> would now much rather eat something carefully prepared than a bowl of salty
> fat.
>

Mmmmm salty fat ;-)

I've only been to London once, so take this story with a bowl of salty
fat... All of my life I had heard that London and the UK in general
had the worst food on the planet. So in the week I was there my wife
and I purposefully tried to find a bad meal so we could truly
experience London. We failed miserably. The toad in a hole at the
dingy corner pub was great, the curry at the joint with dirty tables
and an unwashed floor was superb, the Cornish pasty from some street
vendor is brining drool to my lips as I type. All in all I would have
to give food in London one star as it totally did not fit my
expectations that it would be cruddy. Not having my expectations met
makes London loose 4 stars ;-)

Regards, Keith