Nope. Love it. And I didn't say good things couldn't be found, I said the quality generally wasn't that good. You get much better, say, chinese or north african food in a place like Geneva. Which shouldn't be the case! London SHOULD be great for that, with its huge market and global population. But somehow it isn't. Or maybe I was just unlucky (for two years).
Very true! Research is always key, everywhere. But I think the best measure of general food culture is how likely you are to get good food if you choose a random restaurant.
I think that's fair...the number of grim kebabies and greasy spoons doesn't exactly speak brilliantly for British cuisine!
well, there's cultures where they made food and dining truly out-of-the-world experience, and there's those where it's merely another aspect of life and something you have to do in order to survive. To each their own but I fully understand people valuing quality of food over anything else
Out of interest where are you talking about specifically and are you bit of a foodie i.e enjoys eating food and can find happiness in 'good food' or had those kind of experiences? Don't know how to say it without sounding corny but there you go. Obviously, I don't mean you have to have foodgasms but just generally. For example, when I think of a good texan style low and slow cooked brisket or an omakase with really good seafood (at the other end of the spectrum), my interest would definitely pique.
What is American food?
Go to Lima or Copenhagen and you will find it can be more than nice on a consistent basis.
Truer words have never been spoken. For a country known for its culinary prowess the number of mediocre meals I consumed there was each time a nasty surprise. Japan, from my experience, is the only place where one could enter a random restaurant without doing any kind of research and would still end up having an excellent meal. A tier below Japan on this in my book is Spain, or to be more specific San Sebastian and Barcelona. Two fantastic food cities.
I once had grilled turbot in San Sebastian and it absolutely blew my mind. I suppose it’s these sort of dishes that these WAGs have in mind -- not necessarily lamb vindaloo or crispy aromatic duck.
Yup the food in San Sebastián is often not fancily cooked, just amazing fresh quality over a fire grill but man is it good.
Excellent post and I agree 100%.
The feedback I've got from people Spain and latin countries is that they don't like the food over there, so wouldn't surprise me if italians are the same. Then I wouldn't put much attention to the opinion of footballers, or their wives, for that matter.
Second this. From street food to standing restaurants to gourmet, Japan has a level of food of every cuisine I've not sampled better than. It's hard to eat bad food there; in other places you have to do research to eat well.
I love Japanese but street food better than India? Or SE asia? iono man
I've not been to India, so can't factor it in. But across Japan (and I'm talking very broad strokes as the only place I haven't been to there is Hokkaido), the street food is exceptional and also cheap.
Not sure what he meant in his, but a lot of fusions are generally considered “American” and are established enough to be their own category. An example would be “Tex Mex”
Now this is the thing, unless you've have a Sunday dinner cooked by someone's Mum, eaten it while watching football and fell asleep with country file on.
Well that’s a very narrow view. By definition pretty much every culture on earth would fit that bill if you go back far enough.Ramsey, Heston and Jamie Oliver are pioneers in the industry.
American food?
They just take dishes from other cultures (as they have no history of their own).
Not sure I should say this publicly as the general opinion is that he is some demon cnut but I never really got the hate he got. He was a world class talent and got screwed by LVG's tactics (moving him around, playing Falcao, RVP and Rooney on the same pitch etc) and perhaps didn't get the support he needed. Sure his performances tailed off but I'd rather we had accommodated and embraced his talent than the other passion/effort/teacher's pet FC. He should have been our talisman even if it was only going to last 2-4 years. Having said that, perhaps it was way worse behind the scenes and the relationship was unsalvageable etc.
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Not a soft spot, but I don't get the hate. He was never with his heart in it but hating him for leaving us a year after he came is a bit over the top. It's not like he did a Tevez or Heinze who wanted to go to Liverpool
Second this. Quality of the food in Japan is on another level.
