Re: [tlug] [OT] French cuisine - was: AT cases and power supplies

[CL <az.4tlug@example.com>]

On 05/30/2012 07:02 AM, Bruno Raoult wrote:
> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 7:18 PM, Godwin Stewart <gstewart@example.com
> <mailto:gstewart@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.
>
>
> I love jokes like that... I lived in London for one year, and was really
> sick of "fish and chips" (always
> "the best in the world", by the way, in every pub). Just fat food.
> No fresh fish, no fresh meat, no fresh seafood, nothing... Even sushi
> boxes had this notation: "No raw fish inside".
>
> I eventually made my own lunch box everyday, what I did not have to do
> in France, ever :-)
>
> Bruno.

I have never lived in London, but have visited often.  BBC has a show 
titled "Best of British Cuisine" which is now in it's fifth season.  I 
thought a single ten-minute show was sufficient.  The good stuff is all 
"ethnic."

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CL