Oh god, don't get me started. Our food is boring beyond belief. Well, what food we can actually call our own, anyway. I can count the number of truly "English" dishes I can think of on my fingers, and none of them show any kind of style or flair - just lots and lots of slow-cooked meat and winter vegetables.

I could happily never eat a roast dinner again in my life.

used to love indian food, not sure what theyve done to it how, tastes different and bland

Chinese is ok if you order the right dish

Best is home made! I make the best spag bol in the UK!

Absolutely! Of course the best thing about a home made dish is that you dont have to stick to one cuisine and can make it taste of whatever the hell you want it to.

This has its ups and downs - my dad put chilli and paprika in a beef wellington which was gorgeous, my friend once put beetroot in fajitas which was absolutely revolting, the worst thing I have ever tasted.

No need for the sarky """ not my fault if you don't know everything about everything
I used to eat supermarket sushi everyday when I was too ill to cook. It had protein and carbs so looked like a balanced meal. Tasted good too.
I do eat poultry and pork that I have frozen and cooked myself. But I have eaten a lamb curry in a restaurant recently, but it was fine. The same documentary had a story about pork parasites that infect the human brain but die when the meat is frozen.

I know not to wash chicken in the kitchen sink as much of the chicken in supermarkets has samone'lla which can be spread around the kitchen in droplets of water and it doesn't kill it anyway.

I have a compromised immune system and my consultant advised me to freeze all fresh uncooked meat and fish before cooking it to kill the nasties. I trust his advice and I've never had food poisoning since

wow....

All the 'fine dining'/cordon bleu stuff -

- only get two mouthfuls on a huge plate
- costs a fortune
- the 'boasts' of how many techniques have been used - can you really taste 30 techniques?
- the posh names for things - sous vide = boil in the bag
- jus = sauce/gravy
- foam = spit on a plate
- air = REALLY????

Dishes with meat and fruit together. North African tagines with lamb and apricot, stuff like that.

Meat and fruit have no place together in the same dish IMO.

Also, salmon. Bland bland bland.

Tiramisu. Chocolate, cream, sponge, alcohol, coffee - urgh

For me Italian food is comfort food - lots of carbs with rich sauces. Not something I'd want to eat every day but perfect for when I'm feeling low and wanting to pig out.

I don't think there's anything to be "sold" on, I just found it odd how upset people got about it. As long as it's practical, for example I wouldn't be happy if I got soup on a slate or something really saucy but in my experience everything has been plated up appropriately, there has been no difference between a slate and a plate other than the visual element. Not sure why it'd be a Welsh roof tile, in fact I don't even think it was a roof tile, just a square of slate. As I say, the food looked better on it, the black was a good contrast for the whiteness of the smoked mascarpone and the bright vibrant red of the tomato caviar that came with it. A long flat black plate would have worked just as well but most plates have rims and sloping parts.

Yes, the priority for food is the taste but for me there's an expectation for it to look good too. I would take taste over presentation (and if something tasted amazing it just been slopped on a plate wouldn't put me off) but ideally I want my food to both taste and look good. Part of the fun and enjoyment of eating out is it having that wow factor when brought to the table. I even like to make an effort with presentation if cooking something particularly nice or having a dinner party at home and have various different size and shape plates and serving vessels.

Exactly what I was going to say. I find pasta boring and I'd never pay good money to eat it at a restaurant. I hate sushi too but that's mostly because of the texture.

This is just turning into a huge, boring list of particular food people don't like.

I like most cuisines, and those I haven't tried I would be willing to. It does annoy me how certain cuisines become "trendy" and "uber-cool" as if they are a type of fashion accessory. Peruvian food, "posh pub grub" and tapas are three examples of this in recent years. That sad, I like English pub food, I freaking love tapas dishes, and would like to try South American delicacies at some point.

Nip down to pets at home and get a guinea pig.

There is no one cuisine type I dislike. I'll try most things once.

I have dislikes of certain food textures :

Wobbly - jelly etc I detest the texture of
Wet cake - the cake at the bottom of trifle, tiramisu etc I cannot stand wet cake.
Cold custard

In fact, food temperatures - if something is meant to be hot, I want it HOT, not warm. Same with cold foods - they have to be just out of the fridge cold. Anything above it and my gag reflex is set off.

Ginger - I get very bad acid reflux and ginger is a big trigger for me, along with peppermint, and apples. I like the tastes of all these but don't enjoy what they do to me!

Me neither,muck,also smoked salmon,yuck, pass me a bucket.

couscous - absolutely vile stuff. Mush on a plate.
Olives - the Devils testicles

Having given this some thought, I can't think of a single type of cuisine that I don't like.

Of course there are certain dishes within certain cuisines that are not really my thing. Things that are super-hot like Mexican stuff that's packed with too many chillies, or a hot curry like a vindaloo are not really what I'd choose from the menu. I'd rather food with a bit of flavour.

The only food I've encountered so far that I'll now go out of my way to avoid is Subway, McDonalds and Burger King.

Like many here, I've had poor dining experiences with a lot of different types of food, but that's mostly because either the restaurant was poor or the stuff was something mass produced out of a packet. The flip side is finding those gems of restaurants where someone cares about what they're doing and presents something authentic and made with good quality ingredients.

Italian food has come in for a bit of a bashing here. I can understand that. It is possibly one of the longest established as a restaurant type so perhaps familiarity breeds contempt. We're also victims of the 'blandification' of most restaurant food to serve the conservative palettes of people with short arms and long pockets . After all, have you ever seen Braciola, or Broccoli Strascinati, or Maiale in Agrodolce on the menu at an Italian?

Last weekend I made pizzas from scratch. The difference between those and shop bought couldn't have been bigger: Not only tastier but they left us feeling full and satisfied for longer and none of the bloated feelings from over-processed ingredients.

Haha, very good, but can I be sure they're organic, and where can I source my quinoa from?

Any food advertised by a pub as "Two for One".

It's just code for "Two Plates of Low Quality Food Heated Up By Someone With No Formal Training as a Chef".

I agree there. It's just chicken and chips eaten in a crowded room off wobbly tables.

I think I like bits from any cuisine as there is so much variety within them. If there is any I just probably wouldn't pick straight off it would probably be traditional English especially the desserts. The only cuisine with worse deserts is Indian food.

Totally agree. It's a type of bread with a tiny amount of goodness. OK as a snack maybe but as a main meal - no way!

I believe the description is "Microwave technician"

Someone's cooked your couscous wrong if it is mush on a plate - too much liquid.

Olives, I like them, but I get why a lot of people don't. They're very salty and a bit of an aquired taste.

However the breakfast dish 'nandos benedict' served at Gatwick Airport is easily one of the best meals I have ever eaten.