International cuisine

Surprize · 15-03-2008, 08:07 AM

Please, talk about your favourite dishes and specialities of various national cuisines. What public eating places do you prefer? Do you like to cook?

Joly · 15-03-2008, 05:32 PM

I looove chicken fajitas!

Kelsey · 16-03-2008, 01:49 AM

I live for Mexican food.

Cheese enchiladas from La Villa = teh best.

Liam · 16-03-2008, 02:28 AM

Indian food. Having an Indian colleague at work is good.

I prefer a beef vindaloo with the destructive power of 20 suns but I'm also partial to a well made chicken moghlai or octopus jalfrezi. Butter chicken is also good but its not worth the jar its in if you buy it from a supermarket.

michael22 · 16-03-2008, 06:52 PM

Liam would you mind sending me those recipes?

One of my favourite foreign dishes is this Afghani rice that is spicy but has a hint of sweetness (thanks to raisins) place some marinated lamb with it and you have a fine meal.

Leonie · 16-03-2008, 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by michael22

Liam would you mind sending me those recipes?

Liam prefers Indian fine dining to be delivered to his door or enjoyed in a restaurant setting

I quite enjoy foreign food myself. I should have been born in the mediterranean, cause most of my food has tomato and onion incorporated somehow. I make a mean pizza (from scratch).

I also love Indian and Mexican food, and I'm experimenting with stirfries at the moment.

Joly · 16-03-2008, 07:48 PM

Apologies for contradicting the 'international' theme of this thread, I just have to say:

BRITISH FOOD FTW

Leonie · 16-03-2008, 08:29 PM

FTL, for sure!

Your peas are far too big, for starters.

Joly · 16-03-2008, 08:49 PM

What do you mean, your peas!?
Nottingham is in Britain, right?

Leonie · 16-03-2008, 09:36 PM

Yes, but I'm not English.

Joly · 16-03-2008, 10:03 PM

An immigrant

Lol - we love immigrants really.

So where you from then? It must be bad if you chose Nottingham over it.

Leonie · 16-03-2008, 10:13 PM

I'm from a lovely place (Netherlands), I'm just doing some temporary schooling over here. Notts Uni has a world-renowned English department, you see.

One thing I love about England is the abundance of naans in supermarkets. Mmmm.

Joly · 16-03-2008, 10:38 PM

Three things come to mind when I think of the Netherlands: Windmills, prostitutes and funny accents. You'll be the forth.

What do Dutch people eat? (apart from cocks

)
I've never been, although you're probably the closest country to me outside Britain. It sounds like an awesome place but I rate countries on their food.

Mandy · 16-03-2008, 10:39 PM

We're American. We have shit.

I hear Chinese food is amazing, though.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joly

What do Dutch people eat? (apart from cocks

)

Um. what?

Leonie · 16-03-2008, 10:46 PM

I'm just going to ignore that

Mandy, don't forget your services to fast food and Tex Mex! I seriously think the world would be a worse place without them. Not every day type of food, sure, but sooo good every now and then.

Most of our food is just traditional vegetables-potatoes-meat type of stuff, although we do have an eastern cuisine that is heavily influenced by Indonesian cooking, due to our colonisation of the place a few centuries back. And you can't beat sauerkraut mash. Or curly kale mash. Or any other kind of Dutch mash. But it's not half as good if you don't have the right smoked sausage to go with it. So I guess that brings us back to eating cocks.

PS. Do not have a funny accent.

Joly · 16-03-2008, 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mandy

Um. what?

It was a reference to my opinion on the sexual reputation of the Netherlands.
Amsterdam Red Light District etc...
(just ignore me if you don't get it

)

Mandy · 16-03-2008, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leonie

I'm just going to ignore that

Mandy, don't forget your services to fast food and Tex Mex! I seriously think the world would be a worse place without them. Not every day type of food, sure, but sooo good every now and then.

It's definitely great, but it really is shit. It's tasty shit with a smiley face.

This is odd, but I always find certain petrol stations that sell really AMAZING biscuits (bread type thing, not cookies) and gravy in the mornings.

Joly · 16-03-2008, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leonie

And you can't beat sauerkraut mash. Or curly kale mash. Or any other kind of Dutch mash. But it's not half as good if you don't have the right smoked sausage to go with it.

Bangers and Mash!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leonie

PS. Do not have a funny accent.

Bear with me while I find a video of a funny Dutch accent.

Joly · 16-03-2008, 11:19 PM

I think this proves 2 of my points.

Jacoby · 16-03-2008, 11:32 PM

Mandy's selling my country short. We have some great cuisine here. Maybe not always the healthiest. But it's good.

I will admit that other countries are superior with the culinary stuff. I love sushi. And I can't really think of any great examples of other international dishes I like. But there are some.

Where's Brad?

15-03-2008, 08:07 AM	#1
Surprize Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: in your dreams Posts: 519	International cuisine Please, talk about your favourite dishes and specialities of various national cuisines. What public eating places do you prefer? Do you like to cook?

16-03-2008, 01:49 AM	#3
Kelsey Holly Moderator Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Wild Wild West Posts: 1,188	I live for Mexican food. Cheese enchiladas from La Villa = teh best. __________________ ~* Kelsey *~ Check out my blog: http://www.thingsephemeral.blogspot.com

16-03-2008, 02:28 AM	#4
Liam Bogan Elite Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 1,446	Indian food. Having an Indian colleague at work is good. I prefer a beef vindaloo with the destructive power of 20 suns but I'm also partial to a well made chicken moghlai or octopus jalfrezi. Butter chicken is also good but its not worth the jar its in if you buy it from a supermarket. __________________ The greatest delight is to mark one's enemy, prepare everything, avenge oneself thoroughly, and then go to sleep. -Stalin

16-03-2008, 06:52 PM	#5
michael22 eternally screwed Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 843	Liam would you mind sending me those recipes? One of my favourite foreign dishes is this Afghani rice that is spicy but has a hint of sweetness (thanks to raisins) place some marinated lamb with it and you have a fine meal. __________________ 88 member of the KK posse, A high powered mutant of some kind to weird to live, to rare to die.-Hunter. S. Thompson The concept of wuv confuses and infuriates us -lurgh

16-03-2008, 08:29 PM	#8
Leonie Elle Join Date: May 2003 Location: Nottingham Posts: 2,631	FTL, for sure! Your peas are far too big, for starters. __________________

15-03-2008, 05:32 PM	#2
Joly Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 181	I looove chicken fajitas!

16-03-2008, 07:48 PM	#7
Joly Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 181	Apologies for contradicting the 'international' theme of this thread, I just have to say: BRITISH FOOD FTW

16-03-2008, 08:49 PM	#9
Joly Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 181	What do you mean, your peas!? Nottingham is in Britain, right?

16-03-2008, 09:36 PM	#10
Leonie Elle Join Date: May 2003 Location: Nottingham Posts: 2,631	Yes, but I'm not English. __________________

16-03-2008, 10:03 PM	#11
Joly Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 181	An immigrant Lol - we love immigrants really. So where you from then? It must be bad if you chose Nottingham over it.

16-03-2008, 10:13 PM	#12
Leonie Elle Join Date: May 2003 Location: Nottingham Posts: 2,631	I'm from a lovely place (Netherlands), I'm just doing some temporary schooling over here. Notts Uni has a world-renowned English department, you see. One thing I love about England is the abundance of naans in supermarkets. Mmmm. __________________

16-03-2008, 10:38 PM	#13
Joly Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 181	Three things come to mind when I think of the Netherlands: Windmills, prostitutes and funny accents. You'll be the forth. What do Dutch people eat? (apart from cocks ) I've never been, although you're probably the closest country to me outside Britain. It sounds like an awesome place but I rate countries on their food.

16-03-2008, 10:46 PM	#15
Leonie Elle Join Date: May 2003 Location: Nottingham Posts: 2,631	I'm just going to ignore that Mandy, don't forget your services to fast food and Tex Mex! I seriously think the world would be a worse place without them. Not every day type of food, sure, but sooo good every now and then. Most of our food is just traditional vegetables-potatoes-meat type of stuff, although we do have an eastern cuisine that is heavily influenced by Indonesian cooking, due to our colonisation of the place a few centuries back. And you can't beat sauerkraut mash. Or curly kale mash. Or any other kind of Dutch mash. But it's not half as good if you don't have the right smoked sausage to go with it. So I guess that brings us back to eating cocks. PS. Do not have a funny accent. __________________

16-03-2008, 11:19 PM	#19
Joly Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 181	I think this proves 2 of my points.

16-03-2008, 11:32 PM	#20
Jacoby 'The Flapper' Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: New York Posts: 2,647	Mandy's selling my country short. We have some great cuisine here. Maybe not always the healthiest. But it's good. I will admit that other countries are superior with the culinary stuff. I love sushi. And I can't really think of any great examples of other international dishes I like. But there are some. Where's Brad? __________________ I'm only here to remind Brad to take his protein pills daily.

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