by Steve James on Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:33 pm
I haven't been back to London in a decade, but even now I don't think anyone ever goes there for the food. There's great food there, particularly if you go to someone's home. When I was there, there were very few, if any, good English restaurants that served English food. There were good restaurants, but ... they were usually pricey. This is not to mention pub grub, though I got to say you could get pretty good fish and chips. That, imo, is one big difference. The food at American diners can be ok (i.e., better than just edible, and sometimes really good). The ordinary food in London (i.e., at the places the working class ate) wasn't that great. I remember the microwaved eggs and beans, in particular. Maybe I could just say that English "fast food" wasn't that appetizing. Don't know why, either. In other countries, the street food or bar food can be as good or better than eating in a restaurant. Again, this isn't intended as a real dig at English food at all. Most of my friends there were good cooks --who rarely ate out :
I wonder if eating in London's restos is still the same. When I was there, it seemed like they wanted the customers to feed and flee.
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