Also - if there are any quality Chinese takeaways I have yet to find them. In my experience London Chinese takeaway is always utterly disgusting.
― Emma, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Oh, wait, I was going to make coffee and you distracted me with thoughts of Chinese takeaway.
― masonic boom, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Mmmm, DIM SUM. Could eat that all day.
― suzy, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Mike Hanle y, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Maybe you should start a dim sum thread, I luv it. I like those funny turnip cake things.
― Ally, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Pete, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
What always bugged me, was when they'd show in the adverts... "Part of this nutricionally complete breakfast" where the whole breakfast - including toast, fruit, milk, orange juice - would have been nutricionally complete *without* the Sugarbombz.
― Otis Wheeler, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
...and Toufutti is not the same as ice cream. It never will be. Figgered I'd just throw that out there.
― JM, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
To put it plainly -- the UK *FAILS MISERABLY* at these key factors to ensure culinary survival:
1) Good Mexican food. Scratch that, even *mediocre* Mexican food.
2) Fast food -- as has been said, you've been colonized by The Shit and not The Good. Such are the natures of multinationals, I realize.
I will allow for the fact that we don't have as many Indian places out here as we should. This however will hopefully be changing (and happily we've got a good slew around where I live, so there is further hope).
And Kate, I have pose and preen about B&J, for I am a Mere Male and measure myself accordingly against societal standards. Now if you excuse me, I have to go down to Hooters in my red Ferrari dick car and shout loudly about tits while pounding down Coors Light. That is what people do there, right?
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Getting patriotically irritated by US 'our junk is better than your junk' nonsense. This is patently a fact that does not need to be debated since about 75% of Seppos are obese (though we are catching up, even without Taco Bell or Dairy Queen or whatever).
― Madchen, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Otis is a big time fucking hippie.
― anthony, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Food has improved here in great big leaps, though. When I moved here the only place that did The Dazs was Harrods Food Hall and I had to buy Ocean Spray from Fortnums to introduce London to the concept of the Sea Breeze. Now, lots of good food (no Mex, but how many of them want to move here?) and as birthdays and family-visit bonus, ALL the poncey restaurants are around my flat.
― Norman Fay, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
As far as Southern California goes, everything here is a chain. I go into a nice-lookng, family-owned Greek or Turkish place, everyone there looks the part, speaks the language -- cool right. I flip over the menu and see a list of other "California locations" and "Herb from Texas" walks out of the kitchen with the chef's hat on. Please........
― tOM p, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Oh, and their food is good, too. Though you do have to ask them to bring out hot sauces and things.
Taco Bell, however, would be a great addition to the flora and fauna of London's fast food...
― masonic boom, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
xoxo
― Norman Fay, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Yep, that place in Covent Garden is pretty good. Emma passed out in the toilets there once. That's how good it is.
― Pete, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― suzy, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Emma, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I once fainted at college during a belly dancing class. I banged my head very hard on the floor and all the other girls crowded round and assumed that I was anorexic (well, a curvy anorexic). I had such a bad headache I could not do my essay that week and explained to my tutor. He thought I said 'ballet dancing' and was quite impressed but when I explained that it was belly dancing he was a bit flummoxed.
― Mike Hanle y, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― anthony, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Melissa W, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ed, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Mike Hanle y, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Emma, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― anthony, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― LEUNG MAN KIT WINSTON, Monday, 26 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
The kind that pokes out the top of low-cut Baby Phat tee shirts in the summertime, of course.
"Do you put stuff on it ?"
In this order: my fingertips, lips, paperclips, gatorgrips, Biore strips (I cannot abide leaving a young lady's nipple prone to comedogenic attack apres-freaknasty. I am a man of substance and finesse.)
― Sweet Dick Willie, Monday, 26 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 26 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― helen fordsdale, Monday, 26 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 26 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Bums me out that half the Breyers flavors are labeled "Frozen Dairy Dessert"
― JoeStork, Monday, 27 June 2016 17:38 (seven years ago) link
Oh is that really still a thing? I thought they stopped doing that. This one was definitely ice cream.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Monday, 27 June 2016 18:03 (seven years ago) link
depends on the flavour i believe
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Monday, 27 June 2016 18:31 (seven years ago) link
i like breyers a lot, winco almost always has them for half the normal store-price
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 27 June 2016 19:08 (seven years ago) link