Thread: Breakfast Wars

Originally Posted by cyrille

If so then both of them are famed for off the scale obesity ... oh and sportswear.

Worn by people who think guzzling hotdogs is a sport.

It beats the things that usually pass for "sports" over there.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

Almost your whole nation has been imported. From our prisons.

They Aussies are the bees knees, because the best British Judges chose them in the first place

Originally Posted by bsnub

I am not one of the poors. I go to the butcher and get local beef, chicken and pork that is organically raised.



America is two countries at this point. All those fat asses who eat all the shit food you are talking about live in the midwest and south.

So there's no obsesity in Seattle then and everyone lives on salmon and quinoa?

Originally Posted by bsnub

If I am correct neither of you has ever visited America.

I've been to the US 3 times in the last couple of years and was only in New York 3 months ago.

Originally Posted by cyrille

If so then both of them are famed for off the scale obesity ... oh and sportswear.

You triggered buffoon. You are describing the very country you come from. After America the UK is the fattest country.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

So there's no obsesity in Seattle then and everyone lives on salmon and quinoa?

Not far from it. Seattle is one of the healthiest cities in America.

Originally Posted by David48atTD

They Aussies are the bees knees, because the best British Judges chose them in the first place

Nice warm up for the Ashes this little thread. Let the sledging continue (it looks like snubby has chosen his team already).

Looks like snubby's taking a well earned break...

Originally Posted by bsnub

Seattle is one of the healthiest cities in America.

A bit like being one of the most intellectually stimulating cities in Australia, no?

In the land of the blind...

Originally Posted by bsnub

Not far from it. Seattle is one of the healthiest cities in America.

Fat Shack from ‘Shark Tank’ Opens First Seattle Location - Eater Seattle

Jet lands in Sydney.

After they land, Bruce the plane's pilot asks the co-pilot, Mate, what is that noise?

Nigal replies ... Mate, nothing unusual, we've got a plane load of Poms on board.

You turn the engines off, but you can still hear the whining

Originally Posted by cyrille

Looks like snubby's taking a well earned break...

Poor Cy. Triggered



Go post up your castaway slop of American Heinz beans, since that is the centerpiece of English "cuisine"

Fat Shack from ‘Shark Tank’ Opens First Seattle Location - Eater Seattle

Tick one limey wanker off the list that's never been to Seattle. Those are chains just like MacDonald's.

The first sentence in the article...

Health-conscious diners may want to avert their gaze.

Originally Posted by cyrille

A bit like being one of the most intellectually stimulating cities in Australia, no?

In the land of the blind...

Zing!

Someone who actually knows what you idiots are judging from chitty's pics...

And he doesn't even touch here on the rest of the UK outside London, and the country's unparalleled range of ethnic cuisines...

You'll have to spend days reading through this guy's excellent columns to get an idea of all that.

It was while I was scarfing down the blistered flat bread, laid with lardons, snails and shiny jewels of bone marrow at Maison François, that the thought came to me. It was while I was forking away their mustardy celeriac remoulade, with huge, crunchy caper berries on the side, that the thought hardened. It felt subversive and dangerous; the sort of thing that can get you bawled out by electronic baying mobs if you give it voice. And yet I held the thought to be demonstrably true. Baying mobs be damned. It should be said. So here goes: it’s easier to find terrific French food in London than it is in Paris.


Maison François in St James’s, which does a fabulous line in leeks vinaigrette and has a killer dessert trolley complete with a perfect paris-brest, is only part of the story. There’s the glorious Brasserie Zédel with its steak haché and choucroute. There’s the achingly indulgent Otto’s with its old-school lobster soufflé, steak tartare and canard à la presse. There’s Pique Nique and L’Escargot and Mon Plaisir. The list goes on.


Of course, there are good French restaurants in Paris. But locating them can be off-puttingly tricky, and when you’ve done so, there’s still the chilly hauteur of front of house to be navigated. Are they pleased to see us? No, not always. Plus, hidebound by the depths of their food culture, they all seem to have exactly the same menus: bonjour soupe de poisson; allo, confit de canard. I love bistros like Chez Georges and Allard and that grand dame of brasseries, Bofinger. But if you were to place a loaded gun to my head, as many might enjoy doing, I’d confess that I would be happier and better fed right here at Maison François.


You could argue with me by citing your own Parisian favourites. But there’s something else you can do in London that you really can’t do in Paris. You can also find better Italian restaurants here than you can in Rome. I did my research when I visited the Italian capital. I paraded around a bunch of highly regarded trattoria. All with the same menu. Ooh, look: cacio e pepe. Again. It was executed with a shrug. I found myself thinking of the food back in London: the rugged sausages and the deep-fried sage leaves with anchovy at Bocca di Lupo, the seafood fregola at Sartoria, the pasta dishes at Locanda Locatelli, Padella and Theo Randall. The same happened in Barcelona: lots of serviceable tapas; nothing as good as those at Barrafina, Sabor or José Pizarro. Unless I wanted to join the queue for Cal Pep. Which I didn’t.


Partly this is down to what’s regarded as a negative: the weakness of the UK’s native food culture compared to France, Italy or Spain. Happily, it means practitioners do not have to fret about what others are doing. They can interrogate original recipes. They can do it their way. Should I mention that this brilliantly cosmopolitan restaurant sector was encouraged and fostered by a club of European countries to which we used to belong, allowing for free movement across the continent? No, perhaps not.


But it’s certainly worth acknowledging that right now Covid-19 restrictions have made travelling a hassle. It’s just too much admin, and neither paperwork nor a swab up your nose are an aid to digestion. Which makes the fact that in London you can eat better French food than in Paris, better Italian than in Rome and better Spanish than in Barcelona not just intriguing. It makes it an absolute godsend. You still want to travel? Take my advice. Just go out for dinner.

Looking for the finest French restaurants? Go to London, not Paris | Restaurants | The Guardian

Originally Posted by cyrille

Looking for the finest French restaurants? Go to London, not Paris | Restaurants | The Guardian

In fairness, written by an English Newspaper.

French Cuisine ... good, but brilliant ... meh. Escargot sucks. Why bother except for the garlic sauce?

Originally Posted by hallelujah

Nice warm up for the Ashes this little thread.

Pipe down limey!

Look, I can only imagine of course but would think staring down the barrel of yet another 5-ZIP horse whipping must suck but you sad fucks trying to hide behind tins of beans to justify what a great country Brittlestan is comes across as beyond pathetic. Besides, there's talk that Ben Stokes might be available yet so if he can get a game or two in, he may be able to drag the rest of them (while kicking and screaming) towards a draw in at least one match to stave off yet another whitewash.

Originally Posted by David48atTD

In fairness, written by an English Newspaper.

French Cuisine ... good, but brilliant ... meh. Escargot sucks. Why bother except for the garlic sauce?

Well no, it wasn't 'written by an English Newspaper'.



I love snails - but isn't that a rather simplistic way to assess French food - the world's most influential cuisine?

Oh I forgot...you're Australian.

But that beats snubby's pubescent 'triggered' nonsense, I guess.

At least he didn't bother with a gif we've all seen a thousand fckn times.

Originally Posted by cyrille

Someone who actually knows what you idiots are judging from chitty's pics...

Chitty and the Brexit morons won, didn't they?

Originally Posted by cyrille

You could argue with me by citing your own Parisian favourites. But there’s something else you can do in London that you really can’t do in Paris. You can also find better Italian restaurants here than you can in Rome.

So some English wanker like Cy claims that the UK has better French, Italian, Indian cuisine then can be found in the native countries.

Originally Posted by Headworx

Pipe down limey!

Look, I can only imagine of course but would think staring down the barrel of yet another 5-ZIP horse whipping must suck but you sad fucks trying to hide behind tins of beans to justify what a great country Brittlestan is comes across as beyond pathetic. Besides, there's talk that Ben Stokes might be available yet so if he can get a game or two in, he may be able to drag the rest of them (while kicking and screaming) towards a draw in at least one match to stave off yet another whitewash.

I'll be honest: I fucking love beating you lot. If ever there was a nation that loves to give it out, but runs off crying when you get it back (as you do in spades when you tour England), it's you lot.

The biggest bunch of whingers around.

(a good laugh to have a drink with though, I'll give you that)

Anyway, I'm off for a kebab.

Originally Posted by David48atTD

In fairness, written by an English Newspaper.

By an English author who probably had beans on toast for breakfast and thought it was ever so good

Originally Posted by Headworx

By an English author who probably had beans on toast for breakfast and thought it was ever so good

Ladies and gentlemen of the board, I have one word for you: Vegemite.



No civilised human would eat that stuff, which is why only you savages go so fucking crazy for it.

Originally Posted by bsnub

So some English wanker like Cy claims that the UK has better French, Italian, Indian cuisine then can be found in the native countries.

Umm...that was a quote from a food critic snub.

Sorry if that's a bit compliqué for you.

But as you'd say, 'Say la vie'.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

Anyway, I'm off for a kebab.

You could do worse than follow this guys advice on all-things British food. Not joking (for once) but I occasionally watch Danny's vids for the entertainment value, it's not like I'll ever visit anywhere he goes as the chances of me setting foot in the UK ever again are absolutely fucking zero. But I must admit, some of the stuff he eats would be perfect after a 12 hour binge.

Originally Posted by Headworx

You could do worse than follow this guys advice on all-things British food. Not joking (for once) but I occasionally watch Danny's vids for the entertainment value, it's not like I'll ever visit anywhere he goes as the chances of me setting foot in the UK ever again are absolutely fucking zero. But I must admit, some of the stuff he eats would be perfect after a 12 hour binge.

I subscribed ages ago. Brilliant stuff. Danny is a fellla who can laugh at himself.

I wonder if he'll ever try get to try any of that famous Aussie cuisine in the thousands of Aussie restaurants that line the streets of the UK?

Oh, I forgot. There aren't any.

I wonder why?

Originally Posted by cyrille

Umm...that was a quote from a food critic snub.

So it doesn't mean shit. You lot shovel shit into your gullets and your countrymen Chitty proves it day and again.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

Ladies and gentlemen of the board, I have one word for you: Vegemite.

I have one word for you: Marmite (was invented by German scientist Justus von Liebig).

Just quietly, HW is no more an Aussie than Luigi, PH or Mendip ... despite all of them having visited/lived there for a considerable time.

Oh Jimmy Jimmy ... Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Anderson ... in my top 3 Bowlers.

At the MCG ...