I wonder how many people who profess to hate British food have actually
eaten good, well-prepared food in a good British restaurant. Obviously, if
your only experience of BritFood is Wimpy's, Transport Cafes and Motorway
Services, you have every right to hate it. However, the better English
restaurants (I revert to English rather than British because I have no
experience of restaurants in Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland) are
renowned for their essentially English yet continually changing cuisine,
incorporating the best influences from the continent and of the former
Empire.
Next time any of you visit England, try Rules, in London
(http://www.rules.co.uk/) for a first class example of English cooking.
Also, while some of the food served in Great Britain's many pubs can be
bland and unimaginative, other menus can be exciting and avant garde. For
example, the Bell Inn at Horndon-on-the-Hill, Essex (voted the 1999 "Pub of
the Year", and of which I have personal expperience, being only a few miles
from where "me old mum" lives) has some extremely imaginative menu items,
centered on traditional English dishes with a "nouveaeu cuisine" twist
(http://www.bell-inn.co.uk/). So, as we used to say back in the 60's,
"Don't knock it 'til you've tried it!"
Michael Marr
Whitewater lake, WI
1960 TR3A
Hungry for a good old steak and kidney pudding.....
-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Gordon <tgordon@saginaw-city.k12.mi.us>
To: Jeff McNeal <jmcneal@ohms.com>
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, March 20, 2000 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: British Food (was From TRF regarding The Coventry Inn)
>
>Jeff,
>
>If you hate British food, don't visit the midwest period! -- a good friend
>hailing from France was transferred by Dow Chemical to Midland, Michigan,
>and after a year of trying to find good grub declared mid-west restaurant
>food as "it's like the British invaded and they even forgot to bring a
>single herb."
>
>Tony (not missing British food greatly, but would die for a Balti)
>72 TR6, Midland MI
>
>> I love
>>British cars, but I hate British food -- and the drive to Indiana is a bit
>>out of my service area...
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