American tries Full English breakfast for first time – but Brits startled by one detail

Mirror UK ^ | 12/17/24 | Lucy Marshall

[usurper]

Interesting. So you’re saying every Mexican restaurant that has been springing up in every little town in Kansas and Nebraska, owned by Mexicans and totally staffed by Mexicans are serving fake Mexican food.

Sadly yes in most cases. They Americanize the food so as to reach a wider gringo population and conform to their bland pallet.

If you want the good stuff go in the kitchen and see what the staff is eating. I'm only half joking.

[libertylover]

they were trying to save money by just not turning up the heat enough.

Sounds plausible. Electricity was VERY expensive when I was there.

Fish in soggy life vests of greasy pale batter clinging to half flaccid slightly firm potato planks as though they were holding out for RMS Carpathia to save them.

Now, THAT'S a description of what it was like when it was bad. Other times: delicious. Same shop.

[wardaddy]

First time I went to Hong Kong I noticed immediately Chinese food in Chinatown Manhattan near my before tribeca existed tribeca loft was actually better than in HK

Except the dim sum barges which were pretty damn good

[naturalman1975]

I spent many years of my life at boarding school here in Australia, and then in the Royal Australian Navy. Australian institutional food has left me with something of a horror about Vegemite myself.