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Oh, I'm sorry for you :sigh:
Tu tues une baleine, t'auras les écolos, t'auras Greenpeace, t'auras le commandant Cousteau sur le dos! Mais décime un banc de sardines, j'aime autant te dire qu'on t'aidera à les mettre en boîte!
KaЯl wrote: Oh, I'm sorry for you Don't be sorry for me, I love my food! :) I love all types including Japanese, Thai, Indian, Italian, Mexican, Cajun, you name it, but next to any of those, French and English food both seem pretty bland. Having said that, there's no substitute for good quality food and even the simplest things can be fantastic. Just recently, I was in a hotel with a French menu and because I couldn't face yet another dish covered in mayo I asked them to do me egg and chips with bread, butter and ketchup. The kitchen was run by a French chef but despite this ( ;) ), the food was perfect, once I'd scraped all the hollandaise that they'd insisted on using, from the eggs! "Oh, I'm sick of doing Japanese stuff! In jail we had to be in this dumb kabuki play about the 47 Ronin, and I wanted to be Oshi, but they made me Ori!"
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KaЯl wrote: Oh, I'm sorry for you Don't be sorry for me, I love my food! :) I love all types including Japanese, Thai, Indian, Italian, Mexican, Cajun, you name it, but next to any of those, French and English food both seem pretty bland. Having said that, there's no substitute for good quality food and even the simplest things can be fantastic. Just recently, I was in a hotel with a French menu and because I couldn't face yet another dish covered in mayo I asked them to do me egg and chips with bread, butter and ketchup. The kitchen was run by a French chef but despite this ( ;) ), the food was perfect, once I'd scraped all the hollandaise that they'd insisted on using, from the eggs! "Oh, I'm sick of doing Japanese stuff! In jail we had to be in this dumb kabuki play about the 47 Ronin, and I wanted to be Oshi, but they made me Ori!"
Most of the time, the french cooking I've tasted outside our borders was a shame. I guess they use word "French restaurant" or "french bakery" to scam the consumers. I wouldn't want to generalize, maybe some are honest. If a day you come this side of the channel, I would suggest you to try a "farm inn" (ferme auberge), with natural products made in the farm, so much tastier than the crap sold elsewhere.
Tu tues une baleine, t'auras les écolos, t'auras Greenpeace, t'auras le commandant Cousteau sur le dos! Mais décime un banc de sardines, j'aime autant te dire qu'on t'aidera à les mettre en boîte!
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Most of the time, the french cooking I've tasted outside our borders was a shame. I guess they use word "French restaurant" or "french bakery" to scam the consumers. I wouldn't want to generalize, maybe some are honest. If a day you come this side of the channel, I would suggest you to try a "farm inn" (ferme auberge), with natural products made in the farm, so much tastier than the crap sold elsewhere.
Tu tues une baleine, t'auras les écolos, t'auras Greenpeace, t'auras le commandant Cousteau sur le dos! Mais décime un banc de sardines, j'aime autant te dire qu'on t'aidera à les mettre en boîte!
KaЯl wrote: Most of the time, the french cooking I've tasted outside our borders was a shame. I guess they use word "French restaurant" or "french bakery" to scam the consumers. I wouldn't want to generalize, maybe some are honest. Well, I guess it depends on the restaurant. Generally speaking, French restaurants in the UK are owned and run by French proprietors and many hotels have French chefs. I don't see why they can't bring their cooking skills over with them unless we Brits manage to "taint" them somehow ;) KaЯl wrote: If a day you come this side of the channel, I would suggest you to try a "farm inn" (ferme auberge), with natural products made in the farm, so much tastier than the crap sold elsewhere. Now that sounds more like it! :) A friend of mine moved to Southern France recently, and he does say the food is fantastic, but then he lives the farm life there. My idea of staying over in France is waking up early and going to the patisserie for some fresh-baked bread and taking it home to eat with strong, black coffee having drunk a little too much red wine the night before of course ;) "Oh, I'm sick of doing Japanese stuff! In jail we had to be in this dumb kabuki play about the 47 Ronin, and I wanted to be Oshi, but they made me Ori!"
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KaЯl wrote: Most of the time, the french cooking I've tasted outside our borders was a shame. I guess they use word "French restaurant" or "french bakery" to scam the consumers. I wouldn't want to generalize, maybe some are honest. Well, I guess it depends on the restaurant. Generally speaking, French restaurants in the UK are owned and run by French proprietors and many hotels have French chefs. I don't see why they can't bring their cooking skills over with them unless we Brits manage to "taint" them somehow ;) KaЯl wrote: If a day you come this side of the channel, I would suggest you to try a "farm inn" (ferme auberge), with natural products made in the farm, so much tastier than the crap sold elsewhere. Now that sounds more like it! :) A friend of mine moved to Southern France recently, and he does say the food is fantastic, but then he lives the farm life there. My idea of staying over in France is waking up early and going to the patisserie for some fresh-baked bread and taking it home to eat with strong, black coffee having drunk a little too much red wine the night before of course ;) "Oh, I'm sick of doing Japanese stuff! In jail we had to be in this dumb kabuki play about the 47 Ronin, and I wanted to be Oshi, but they made me Ori!"
:cool:phykell wrote: French restaurants in the UK are owned and run by French proprietors and many hotels have French chefs The reason they went in UK is obvious, a cook with poor skills has more chance of being successfull in a country where people aren't used to eat good food :-D;) (Just kidding! I know I shouldn't use all these clichés, especially the year we celebrate 100 years of Entente Cordiale...I can't hardly resist temptation, sorry :rolleyes:) phykell wrote: A friend of mine moved to Southern France recently If he moved to the South West, Perigord[^] for example, then he reached "a small corner of Paradise" on Earth :-D phykell wrote: he lives the farm life there What a lucky guy! phykell wrote: and going to the patisserie for some fresh-baked bread and taking it home to eat with strong, black coffee If you aren't single, and because after an abuse of wine, mornings can be difficult, there's an alternative: your spouse (man or women, no machismo there) does all the stuff, and when you wake up you just have to enjoy your Café-Croissants on the Terrace, under a sunny blue sky, surrounded by the beauty of the countryside...ah, the simple pleasures of life!
Tu tues une baleine, t'auras les écolos, t'auras Greenpeace, t'auras le commandant Cousteau sur le dos! Mais décime un banc de sardines, j'aime autant te dire qu'on t'aidera à les mettre en boîte!
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:cool:phykell wrote: French restaurants in the UK are owned and run by French proprietors and many hotels have French chefs The reason they went in UK is obvious, a cook with poor skills has more chance of being successfull in a country where people aren't used to eat good food :-D;) (Just kidding! I know I shouldn't use all these clichés, especially the year we celebrate 100 years of Entente Cordiale...I can't hardly resist temptation, sorry :rolleyes:) phykell wrote: A friend of mine moved to Southern France recently If he moved to the South West, Perigord[^] for example, then he reached "a small corner of Paradise" on Earth :-D phykell wrote: he lives the farm life there What a lucky guy! phykell wrote: and going to the patisserie for some fresh-baked bread and taking it home to eat with strong, black coffee If you aren't single, and because after an abuse of wine, mornings can be difficult, there's an alternative: your spouse (man or women, no machismo there) does all the stuff, and when you wake up you just have to enjoy your Café-Croissants on the Terrace, under a sunny blue sky, surrounded by the beauty of the countryside...ah, the simple pleasures of life!
Tu tues une baleine, t'auras les écolos, t'auras Greenpeace, t'auras le commandant Cousteau sur le dos! Mais décime un banc de sardines, j'aime autant te dire qu'on t'aidera à les mettre en boîte!
KaЯl wrote: The reason they went in UK is obvious, a cook with poor skills has more chance of being successfull in a country where people aren't used to eat good food You've got me there! :) KaЯl wrote: What a lucky guy! And doesn't he enjoy tellin me so! Another friend of mine is visiting soon, and he'll be telling me about how great his move to NZ has been as well! KaЯl wrote: If you aren't single, and because after an abuse of wine, mornings can be difficult, there's an alternative: your spouse (man or women, no machismo there) does all the stuff, and when you wake up you just have to enjoy your Café-Croissants on the Terrace, under a sunny blue sky, surrounded by the beauty of the countryside...ah, the simple pleasures of life! Oh God, I need a holiday :( "Oh, I'm sick of doing Japanese stuff! In jail we had to be in this dumb kabuki play about the 47 Ronin, and I wanted to be Oshi, but they made me Ori!"