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But you didn't state the whole story, that you are quite picky and ate less than 50% of the meal. People kept saying about "tiny portions", leaving a restaurant and having to go to the chippy on the way home which implies you've eaten 8 courses and then still been hungry so called at the chippy. I'm sorry, but if you can eat 8 courses and then have something from the chippy then I think it's a fairly natural and appropriate assumption that you're either fat or over-eat a lot.
No, but I find it a bit strange to label "fine dining" as tiny portions and people leaving hungry when it turns out people are just being fussy and leaving courses they don't like (after making an inappropriate menu choice), which clearly isn't the fault of the restaurant so it seems a bit daft to label "fine dining" as a joke and something terrible. As I've said, I wouldn't expect my companion to have the tasting menu if they didn't want and if they didn't have it I wouldn't have it myself. I think that's selfish. Most places I've encountered wouldn't actually serve the tasting menu to just a couple of people at the table, it's normally the entire table has to have it (to avoid problems like you described). I find it a bit strange that you stated that "fine dining" places have "miserly" portions and moaned about the "gnawing hunger" yet then stated that 2 "normal" courses fill you up. I'd say 8 courses of "miserly" portions would still be more food than 2 "normal" courses. Yes, different people like different things but some people on here seem to almost take pride in that they don't like "fine dining" and make it out to be rubbish. It comes across like a child discussing football teams and branding all the teams they don't like as rubbish. It's like me saying "Classical music is rubbish", classical music isn't to my taste and I don't like it but I can see and appreciate the artistry involved and would never slag it off and label it as something it's clearly not. |
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Quite a few. First on the list is curry. I find that even a mild one burns my mouth out.
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Flipping heck, so someone doesn't enjoy the same food as you, no need to be defensive about it!
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Caviar - never had it never will - vastly overrated for something that comes out of an endangered fish's arse.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2uarxw |
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Caviar - never had it never will - vastly overrated for something that comes out of an endangered fish's arse.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2uarxw Oh and Kopi Luwak coffee. It just tasted like a slightly earthy coffee, nothing special at all. |
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Caviar - never had it never will - vastly overrated for something that comes out of an endangered fish's arse.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2uarxw Interesting. |
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Flipping heck, so someone doesn't enjoy the same food as you, no need to be defensive about it!
My first two experiences of Jamaican food were terrible, I persevered though, even cooked a bit myself and now I like Jamaican food. My wife claimed she hated fish when I met her, it turns out she'd never had fresh fish in a good restaurant, she tried some in better places and I cooked her some and she now actually enjoys a lot of fish. There's a whole world of food out there and I think it's quite sad to be so dismissive and to potentially miss out on so much. Quote:
Caviar - never had it never will - vastly overrated for something that comes out of an endangered fish's arse.
I wouldn't say anything was bad before trying it, crickets, dog, monkey brains, whatever. At least give something a go before lambasting it. |
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Indian. I've had a few curries in my time but normally after a night drinking and that was in my 20s. Can't remember the last time I had one.
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Black truffles for me. I've had them a few times now and they have to be one of the most overrated foods ever IMO.
Oh and Kopi Luwak coffee. It just tasted like a slightly earthy coffee, nothing special at all. ![]() One of my yuks is fresh coriander, which is overdone now. |
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Caviar - never had it never will - vastly overrated for something that comes out of an endangered fish's arse.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2uarxw ![]() You mad doodah K. I have to say it's rather nice.............
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There's no cuisine that I don't like anything from, but Sushi comes close. It's mainly the flavourings they use that I really don't like.
Italian food is never proper Italian food in most restaurants over here. Proper Italian food is exquisite, far less pasta, bread and pizza than you'd imagine. Much more beautiful fresh fish, meat and veggies with great cheeses and wines. As another poster said, I'm not a fan of fruit in savoury dishes. It just really doesn't work for me so stuff like tagines with fruit in are a no go. Nando's isn't a cuisine, but it baffles me as to why it's so popular. I mean it's good for a quick meal, but it's not worth queuing out the door for ages for as it always seems to be when I walk past. Other than that I'll eat pretty much anything. As with pretty much all cuisines you'll find the absolute best in some tiny little place that looks a bit rundown, but it is packed with locals. That's where we always head to if we want the local good stuff. |
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I will venture into Greek culinary territory again, and try the moussaka, hoping for food happiness
![]() If you have a Real Greek nearby their offering is pretty good as far as chain restaurants go, but still not up to the standard of authentic Greek stuff. |
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I love truffles.
![]() One of my yuks is fresh coriander, which is overdone now. See now I love my coriander, it goes great in a lot of curries and dim sum dishes. It's not so nice raw though. |
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Italian food is never proper Italian food in most restaurants over here. Proper Italian food is exquisite, far less pasta, bread and pizza than you'd imagine. Much more beautiful fresh fish, meat and veggies with great cheeses and wines. . To many Italian restaurants are just pizza and lasange. |
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I don't dislike them, just don't think they are worth the insane price tag. There are other types of fungus that I prefer that are a fraction of the price.
See now I love my coriander, it goes great in a lot of curries and dim sum dishes. It's not so nice raw though.
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I was referring to raw, which is chucked over too many dishes now. If it's chopped it's impossible to remove. If I remember I ask, but that's caused offence to the "precious", if it's not their policy to inappropriately use the horrid stuff. Not that I care.
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How on earth can you possibly know without having tasted it?
I wouldn't say anything was bad before trying it, crickets, dog, monkey brains, whatever. At least give something a go before lambasting it. This was ostensibly to visit an old friend who was studying psychology at the Université de Toulouse. My friend was at the time in a relationship with a French guy, and we were invited to dinner at his parents place one evening. I'm not sure now, but I think the main course was duck, there were bowls of various accompanying dishes in the centre of the dining table. One of these was a kind of whitish/caramel colour kind of small pasta in appearance dish. My girlfriend helped herself to a couple of tablespoons of this, out of politeness I guess, she rolled it around in her mouth, swallowed, narrowed her eyes, then asked me what it was. I shrugged, and said to the hostess, "Quel est ce plat, Sylvie?" She replied, "Cerveaux de singe.", (monkey brains.) I swallowed nervously and told my girlfriend it was a delicacy from the Haut-Garonne region, and it didn't translate to any English word. I told her years later, but I'm still unsure that I've been forgiven. She even asked the friend that we'd been visiting at the time some years later if she'd known, but she, (the friend), said, "You know what Phil is like, I didn't want you guys to have a fight in front of people who didn't understand English very well. |
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I'm not really a fan of pie or many frozen oven foods, so basically anything in pastry or breadcrumbs.
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There's no cuisine that I don't like anything from, but Sushi comes close. It's mainly the flavourings they use that I really don't like.
Italian food is never proper Italian food in most restaurants over here. Proper Italian food is exquisite, far less pasta, bread and pizza than you'd imagine. Much more beautiful fresh fish, meat and veggies with great cheeses and wines. Here's the menu for my favourite Italian restaurant around here: http://www.delucacucina.co.uk/menus/alacarte.pdf Apart from the frutti di mare (I don't do shell fish), I could happily eat the whole menu. If you are passing through Cambridge, I'd highly recommend them. Far better than Jamie Oliver's. |
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There's no cuisine that I don't like anything from, but Sushi comes close. It's mainly the flavourings they use that I really don't like.
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Mushrooms- spawn of the devil.
If you want a sure fire way to ruin about a billion and one meals- chuck some fungus in it. |
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So you haven't ever tasted it but you know it's overrated?
Interesting. No thanks. ![]() I would rather stick to normal fresh fish at a fraction of the price. Plus the fact that the animal is critically endangered because of the expensive bloody stuff pisses me right off. |
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I just don't like the idea of it - raw fish eggs?
No thanks. ![]() I would rather stick to normal fresh fish at a fraction of the price. Plus the fact that the animal is critically endangered because of the expensive bloody stuff pisses me right off.
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Many many moons ago I took the girl who is now my wife to Toulouse for a long weekend.
This was ostensibly to visit an old friend who was studying psychology at the Université de Toulouse. My friend was at the time in a relationship with a French guy, and we were invited to dinner at his parents place one evening. I'm not sure now, but I think the main course was duck, there were bowls of various accompanying dishes in the centre of the dining table. One of these was a kind of whitish/caramel colour kind of small pasta in appearance dish. My girlfriend helped herself to a couple of tablespoons of this, out of politeness I guess, she rolled it around in her mouth, swallowed, narrowed her eyes, then asked me what it was. I shrugged, and said to the hostess, "Quel est ce plat, Sylvie?" She replied, "Cerveaux de singe.", (monkey brains.) I swallowed nervously and told my girlfriend it was a delicacy from the Haut-Garonne region, and it didn't translate to any English word. I told her years later, but I'm still unsure that I've been forgiven. She even asked the friend that we'd been visiting at the time some years later if she'd known, but she, (the friend), said, "You know what Phil is like, I didn't want you guys to have a fight in front of people who didn't understand English very well. Quote:
I just don't like the idea of it - raw fish eggs?
No thanks. ![]() I would rather stick to normal fresh fish at a fraction of the price. Plus the fact that the animal is critically endangered because of the expensive bloody stuff pisses me right off. Personally I think it's yummy. Flying fish eggs are good too, they're bright orange and look like Lucozade bubbles! |
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I honestly can't think of any one kind of entire cuisine that I just don't like at all. There are ingredients and dishes that I don't like, of course, but most cuisines have at least some dishes that I like. One of the things I'm pickiest about is fatty animal meat. I will pull the skin off chicken cooked in it, which makes most fried chicken pointless, and only like the leanest cuts of steak (some people say those have less flavor, but the fat texture is a dealbreaker). I'm also picky about shellfish. Quote:
Bless. (Snobbishness is a sign of deep insecurity).
It does annoy me reading reviews of excellent restaurants complaining about things like "small portions". The point of small plates restaurants is that you can try several different things. If you aren't full yet, then lucky you, you get to try more things. No reason to leave hungry. Some people are so inflexible that they refuse to adapt to a small plate model and will order exactly one dish even when the menu is clearly not designed for that. And some people do that because they're at a restaurant they can't really afford to be at, but if so their review should merely complain that it's expensive, not that the portions are small. |
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