aw i wish there's still taco bell in the uk
― ken c, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 11:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Scotland won't be winning this poll
― Tom D., Tuesday, 8 January 2008 11:28 (sixteen years ago) link
seven layers of funk
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 11:30 (sixteen years ago) link
warning do NOT look up "seven layer burrito" in the urban dictionary
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 11:34 (sixteen years ago) link
omg this sounds awesome. wish i'm not at work!
Scotland has at least one vote.
― ken c, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 11:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Spanish food gets worse the further you are from the sea.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 13:37 (sixteen years ago) link
never been to inland Spain
― blueski, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 13:39 (sixteen years ago) link
I was swithering between Italy and France, then remembered a conversation I had with my mother about the number of teenage boys in France who'd know how to cook a half-decent meal compared to the number of teenage boys in Italy who could rustle up a good pasta and sauce. That, and the fact that too many restaurants I've been to in France recently have favoured gimmicks and flash over simple good food swung me in favour of the Boot.
― Madchen, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 14:59 (sixteen years ago) link
i have a huge sentimental attachment to spanish food but in the country itself quality is hugely varying and i would never say it was a mind-blowing or sophisticated cuisine, certainly not comparable to italy or france. samewise portugal.
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 15:09 (sixteen years ago) link
It's suddenly occurred to me that of all the many meals I've eaten in France, most of the worst have been in Paris.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 15:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Paris is quite far from the sea innit
― ken c, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 15:21 (sixteen years ago) link
I had with my mother about the number of teenage boys in France who'd know how to cook a half-decent meal compared to the number of teenage boys in Italy who could rustle up a good pasta and sauce. -- Madchen, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 14:59 (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
My cousin bought a goat recently.
― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 15:21 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm not sure I've really had much proper French food. I can't really think of any. I went on a school exchange to Bordeaux when I was 13 but I don't remember the food being anything special at all, apart from quite liking crepes. The wine definitely made an impression though.
And yeah the only time I've been to France as an adult was to Paris and it was shit.
xposts
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 15:22 (sixteen years ago) link
I voted Spain on a 'what i like to eat and actually can eat fairly often' basis i guess.
But what makes France that much better really?
― blueski, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 15:36 (sixteen years ago) link
heartbreaking.
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 16:29 (sixteen years ago) link
just answer!
― blueski, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 16:40 (sixteen years ago) link
i had great food in Brittany just over a year ago but didn't strike me as particularly finer than what i've had in various Spanish coastal places. talking more everyday/standard dining rather than the gourmet/high-end/elite(?) cuisine i know France has a stronger rep for than anywhere else (but i have no real experience of that and wanna know if it still stands up, with examples offered).
― blueski, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 16:44 (sixteen years ago) link
foie gras
― ken c, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 16:44 (sixteen years ago) link
creme brulee
― ken c, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 16:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Surely Crystal kebabs will garner some votes for Turkey?
― Tom D., Tuesday, 8 January 2008 16:46 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't know I've only had it 3 times in the past 3 years
― ken c, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 16:47 (sixteen years ago) link
swedish chef CRACKS ME THE F UP.
yeah i just gotta go with italy. it's just so bloody comforting.
― Surmounter, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 16:48 (sixteen years ago) link
although each time it was GOOD (except the last time when i had kebab meat on a plate, with chips, rather than a kebab)
― ken c, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 16:48 (sixteen years ago) link
I thought it was Lebanese.
― chap, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 16:49 (sixteen years ago) link
problem is basque and catalans have great stuff but wouldn't want it to be known as spanish
― blueski, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 16:50 (sixteen years ago) link
the last time i was in france i ate lunch just before going to the airport. it was in someone's home. it was a very casual meal. the people who owned the home and whipped it up were a secretary and an electrician. it was:
scallops and langoustines, white wine pork loin with potatoes, red wine endive salad, a glass or two of water cheeses (comte, gruyere) cognac
this was just a normal saturday lunch cooked by normal people..!
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 16:51 (sixteen years ago) link
i envied the father of the house, who i knew was about to light a cigar, prop his feet up, watch the television with the sound turned down, and fall asleep.
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 16:53 (sixteen years ago) link
whilst receiving a blow job
― ken c, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 16:54 (sixteen years ago) link
what's lebanese -- kebabs? lebanese cuisine does have a lot of kebab action but i don't know if that's the origin. i'm sorry i tuned in late here.
― Surmounter, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 16:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Crystal Kebabs on Holloway Road is allegedly Lebanese
― Tom D., Tuesday, 8 January 2008 16:57 (sixteen years ago) link
and part Alsatian
― blueski, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 16:58 (sixteen years ago) link
French again?
― Tom D., Tuesday, 8 January 2008 16:59 (sixteen years ago) link
the kebabs are allegedly labrador and part dalmatian
― ken c, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 17:09 (sixteen years ago) link
the answer is england, although hardly any of it is english.
― CharlieNo4, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 17:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Scotland has better curries
― Tom D., Tuesday, 8 January 2008 17:18 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^ this
― ken c, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 17:19 (sixteen years ago) link
wonder how that would be the case
― blueski, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 17:26 (sixteen years ago) link
fewer rugby lads
― ken c, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 17:43 (sixteen years ago) link
hmm
― blueski, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 17:45 (sixteen years ago) link
scotland has better and more widely available pakora
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 17:46 (sixteen years ago) link
I do not agree with Tom D. Most of the curry houses of repute that I've visited in Scotland have served up something very red which appears to have been microwaved. There are, of course, a couple of corking exceptions. But on the whole I've been underwhelmed.
― Madchen, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 17:47 (sixteen years ago) link
I imagine to do with immigrants from areas of India/Pakistan/Bangladesh which are renowned for their cuisine settling into specific areas in the UK - Glasgow for instance.
― Tom D., Tuesday, 8 January 2008 17:49 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm sure curries in Scotland as a whole are crap, I'm only talking about Glasgow
― Tom D., Tuesday, 8 January 2008 17:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Can you seriously imagine a French person having to boost their national cuisine by going 'well we've got some excellent Franco-Moroccan dishes'?
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 17:52 (sixteen years ago) link
i hear the wee curry house is nice. and that it's nice even when there's wee in it so the ones without must be awesome.
― ken c, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 17:52 (sixteen years ago) link
I dunno, the Moroccan food I've had was well nice!
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 17:53 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm sure they wouldn't bother to give the Moroccans any credit
― Tom D., Tuesday, 8 January 2008 17:54 (sixteen years ago) link
True, true.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 17:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Even less over their empire than we are.
I'm also talking about Glasgow, Tom. How somewhere like the Ashoka got a good reputation I'll never know. And I'm still searching for a great no-frills Pakistani byob place with maybe five dishes on the menu and but every one of them is a winner. But maybe I'm just an old fusspot.
― Madchen, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 18:00 (sixteen years ago) link