Lunch ... the second course

Have been doing a bit of travelling in the Low Countries. We had some lovely, hearty lunches while we were there.

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How many can you name?

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Dutch beef stew with chips (and the obligatory mayonnaise on the side for dipping the chips that haven't been soaked by the stew).

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I couldn't get enough of this pea and ham soup.

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Mussels in a fairly spicy broth (reminded me of Korea- very tasty and preferable to mariniere IMHO). And the mussels were MASSIVE!

The American mind really cannot comprehend moisture and flavour on the same plate like we Europeans can.

A little Indonesian warung after a day spent at the Rijksmuseum

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Satay for me

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This spicy mango sauce was magic

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Looks nice.


Will you be posting the photos you sent Chitty and he posted as his own Amsterdam trip? :)

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Originally Posted by Edmond

Looks nice.


Will you be posting the photos you sent Chitty and he posted as his own Amsterdam trip? :)

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:)

I actually read on here that Chitty was there at the same time and we actually went to the same restaurant and ordered exactly the same thing!

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How weird is that?

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That pea and ham soup with the smoked ham on rye on the side...

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Originally Posted by hallelujah

The American mind really cannot comprehend moisture and flavour on the same plate like we Europeans can.

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Getting a bit big for your britches there mate.

The Italian American Yank version includes not only mussels, but also crab, clams, scallops and generally halibut.

Cioppino.

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Some excellent looking scran there hal. But if we are to talk mussels then I have to inform you that chilli mussell's are usually on the go most weekends at blds gaff. 2 kilos of black (live) mussels for $14.00.cant go wrong. Love the greenlips to but damn the black ones are way tasty

Do.i only get 1 post? Before the message I entered is to short?

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Originally Posted by hallelujah

And the mussels were MASSIVE!

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They appear contracted and overcooked, which makes them chewy and tough, just the way you Brits like your protein apparently, easy to do if you have no fucking clue what you are doing. Fortunately, we have the best mussels in the world here, so the chefs know how to properly cook them.

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The American mind really cannot comprehend moisture and flavour on the same plate like we Europeans can.

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Do the Europeans know that you island monkeys are trying to latch onto their cuisine?

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Originally Posted by aging one

The Italian American Yank version includes not only mussels, but also crab, clams, scallops and generally halibut.

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I love it, and we have some great renditions of it here in Seattle.

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Originally Posted by aging one

Cioppino.

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The best I had was in San Francisco, where the dish originates. Simply amazing.

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Fortunately, we have the best mussels in the world here, so the chefs know how to properly cook them.

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:rofl:

Did you google that from your Seattle basement?

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Did you google that from your Seattle basement?

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What an original response. Try harder.

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Originally Posted by bsnub

What an original response. Try harder.

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I really don't need to when you have barely fucking set foot outside of the US and post utter shite like this:

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Fortunately, we have the best mussels in the world here.

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Now tell us about your wild Atlantic salmon again.

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I really don't need to when you have barely fucking set foot outside of the US

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I lived in Europe for 7 years, stop telling ridiculous lies, it just makes you look like an idiot.

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post utter shite like this:

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You are fucking clueless, you ate at Denny's the entire time you were in the US. You would not know fresh seafood if it bit you in the ass.

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Now tell us about your wild Atlantic salmon again.

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Fished into oblivion and there is no commercial Atlantic salmon fishery, you fucking utter moron.

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Originally Posted by bsnub

I lived in Europe for 7 years, stop telling ridiculous lies, it just makes you look like an idiot.



You are fucking clueless, you ate at Denny's the entire time you were in the US. You would not know fresh seafood if it bit you in the ass.



Fished into oblivion and there is no commercial Atlantic salmon fishery, you fucking utter moron.

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Bloody ell.

I would have posted something dry and burnt if I'd known our resident yanks would be triggered so much by a bit of moisture on a plate.

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Some excellent looking scran there hal. But if we are to talk mussels then I have to inform you that chilli mussell's are usually on the go most weekends at blds gaff. 2 kilos of black (live) mussels for $14.00.cant go wrong. Love the greenlips to but damn the black ones are way tasty

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Cheap cheap and aroy mak mak.

Always good for some "fnar fnar" schoolboy humour when ordered in Thailand too.

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Not really eaten much in the UK though unless you're at the seaside or a restaurant.

I can't claim to be a schoolboy, but I always derive great pleasure when asking if the 'hoy' are fresh!

Snicker

I will grow up one day?

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I lived in Europe for 7 years

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:smileylaughing:


*wipes tear from eye*

Downtrodden 50 baht an hour TEFLer business lunch. And I didn't even have to wash the dishes to cover the bill!

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That's not wild!

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Pork and sauerkraut / bacon and eggs / Yorke and Cole / Chitty and Granny Smith from number 62 getting it on. Classic combos of our time.

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To finish? Why not?

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Fat bastard!

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Fat bastard!

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Guilty.

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Although, in my defence, we did share the salad.

And I have just walked to the gym (and sat in the sauna for 45 minutes).

And I am off the beer.

And it is nearly Christmas.

And, err, yeah...fat bastard it is then. :)

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That looks bloody marvellous.

22°, blue skies. Light breeze. Fucking marvelous indeed!

Man o man. Oysters look delicious. I just had a half dozen a few days ago at the waterfront with my wife. She had scallops.

Weather looks perfect. Today is our first rain of the season.