Fish and Chips in London

wrote:

Forget the greasy fish and chips and just down a Whopper instead and
then concentrate on boozing. Food still isn't England's strong point.

Load of rubbish.
It isn't the weak point it once was either.

London is not quite in the category of New York, Paris, or Tokyo for
food, but its restaurant scene has improved a lot, and it's certainly
possible to get first-rate French, Italian, Thai, Middle Eastern, and
of course Indian food there.

I don't know about that. The current buzz is that London is the equal of
those cities- certainly at the top end, and of course, nothing is really
that cheap in London.

Unless you're on a minimal budget or
restricting yourself to strictly British food there's no reason to be
disappointed.

I'd agree with that. I think it is possible to get good 'English' food,
but harder.

I haven't spent enough time in the other British cities
to judge them.

They are all getting better. Manchester, where I live, has a very good
restaurant scene- and a bigger (and in my opinion better) chinatown than
London.

--
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The Reids wrote:

Following up to chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
prestwich tesco

Food still isn't England's strong point.

Load of rubbish.

It isn't the weak point it once was either.

there's still ground to make up on Italy, France and Spain but
its a very out of date view to think food in england is nowadays
poor. The weak point is probably the bottom end of the market.

Yes, I agree with that, though you can eat very well for a similar price
range as in France. I haven't been to Italy since 1997, so I don't
really want to comment on prices and quality- it was very good back then
though. Spain, excellent value. Even Barcelona, which I'd heard was so
expensive, seemed like a real bargain.

--
David Horne- www.davidhorne.net
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Martin wrote:

On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 17:37:14 +0100,
(chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco)
wrote:

The Reids wrote:

Following up to chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
prestwich tesco

Food still isn't England's strong point.

Load of rubbish.

It isn't the weak point it once was either.

there's still ground to make up on Italy, France and Spain but
its a very out of date view to think food in england is nowadays
poor. The weak point is probably the bottom end of the market.

Yes, I agree with that, though you can eat very well for a similar price
range as in France.

It's possible to have a poor meal in France.

Allow me to repeat for the umpteenth time the 'rare' chicken I got
served in Paris a few years ago!

--
David Horne- www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

The Reids wrote:

Following up to

London is not quite in the category of New York, Paris, or Tokyo for
food, but its restaurant scene has improved a lot, and it's certainly
possible to get first-rate French, Italian, Thai, Middle Eastern, and
of course Indian food there. Unless you're on a minimal budget or
restricting yourself to strictly British food

Modern british cooking is fine, in fact I would always go for a
place doing modern british (or modern european if you like)
rather than the routine ethnic places. The minimal budget is a
problem, Lonodon isnt cheap.

It's quite hard in London to get dinner for under £20 including a drink-
unless you try a pub chain like Wetherspoons, which IMO aren't too bad.
I was at a bento-box style Japanese restaurant in Soho a few months ago,
and I think we spent about £15 a head, including a beer- and thought
that was a success! It isn't a whole lot cheaper outside London in the
kind of restaurants I usually go to- biggest difference is usually in
the drinks, which tend to be cheaper.

--
David Horne- www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

Just curious- What kinds of foods are considered "English foods- besides
fish and chips, of course?

Thanks-

Susan

chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco wrote:



I'd agree with that. I think it is possible to get good 'English' food,
but harder.

"Susan Wachob" wrote in message
...
Just curious- What kinds of foods are considered "English foods- besides
fish and chips, of course?

Thanks-

Susan

Spotted Dick

Susan Wachob wrote:

Just curious- What kinds of foods are considered "English foods- besides
fish and chips, of course?
[]

Oh, lots of different kinds of things, and it will depend on the area as
well. Well known dishes include things like roast beef and yorkshire
pudding, lancashire hotpot, black pudding, toad in the hole, different
kinds of sausages, game, and so on- there's a surprising amount of
variety, but like I say, not always easy to find good quality
'traditional' restaurants. Besides, UK food in general is quite
multicultural nowadays- it's rare to find completely 'English' menus
IME.

--
David Horne- www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

"Susan Wachob" wrote in message
...
Just curious- What kinds of foods are considered "English foods- besides
fish and chips, of course?



When our Dutch friends visit they insist on the two meals they don't seem to
get there - a full blown roast beef, Yorkshire etc., and an English fried
breakfast with the lot - black pudding included!

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The Reids wrote:
Following up to

London is not quite in the category of New York, Paris, or Tokyo for
food, but its restaurant scene has improved a lot, and it's certainly
possible to get first-rate French, Italian, Thai, Middle Eastern, and
of course Indian food there. Unless you're on a minimal budget or
restricting yourself to strictly British food

Modern british cooking is fine, in fact I would always go for a
place doing modern british (or modern european if you like)
rather than the routine ethnic places. The minimal budget is a
problem, Lonodon isnt cheap.
--
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London is ****ing expensive.
Now Belgium is where you really want to eat.

Martin wrote:
On 6 Jun 2005 10:07:03 -0700, wrote:

London is ****ing expensive.
Now Belgium is where you really want to eat.

Nice driving style too :-)
--
Martin

The fatalities are down (although still not good enough) but
surprisingly the Belgian Police have been cracking down on speeding
drivers (apparently speed kills over here too) with larger fines. Some
correlation perhaps.