so i was at dinner with a britisher. she ordered a prawn and rocket pizza. when it came, she put ketchup on it. I have pics

SEAFOOD at some random pizza place in Wichita

depends on the kind, most seafood you eat even a little ways inland has been flash-frozen at some point. this is probably most true of sushi-grade fish, which is now comparable in quality no matter where you go.

it's not about it being "fresh"

it's true, we inlanders have a suspicion of all seafood and think of things mostly in terms of fish sticks and Red Lobster

i prefer to think of us as indwellers

yeah there's just not a seafood culture inland. maybe that will change now that, as you say, "freshness" of seafood isn't an issue. Though it's been my assumption that, apart from a few high end restaurants in the bigger cities, coastal areas scoop up the choice seafood and so inland stores and restaurants don't get the pick of the litter.

it's spelled Oixichita

― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S)

Also this (A+).

trying to loop this back to the classic chori-zed-o comment but I'm failing

Wahacky phonetic spellings are annoying but you'd have to be a simpleton to see that restaurant name & go OMG THEY SPELLED THE PLACE NAME WRONG THE IDIOTS DID THEY NOT PROOFREAD BEFORE PRINTING UP THE SIGNS

that said the fact that a joint with that name is pretty much our only successful halfway decent Mexican outlet is worth a lol

I mean I know we don't have a huge number of Mexicans living here but surely the secret should be out by now that Mexican food is the best & we are doing it wrong

Also Matt otm re francesinha & to bring thread full circle I'm partial to one w prawns in

On the phonetic spelling front, there's a pizza place in LA called Cheebo.

Where I'm from, we pronounce it Ox-aka. As in, the Chipotle restaurant downtown serves Oaxaca cheese.

It wasn't till recently that I found out the correct Mexican pronunciation. Mexican words are so strange even for non-Mexican speakers of Spanish.

<3 wahaca

Thus, a joke was risen: I don't like my chicken bowl with Oaxacan cheese, because I've heard people from there are always Oaxacan off.

*crickets* :^)

*chapulines*

(guessing they don't serve those at wahaca)

do Britishers pronounce Oaxaca so that it rhymes with whack?

Where I'm from, we pronounce it Ox-aka. As in, the Chipotle restaurant downtown serves Oaxaca cheese.

WHERE ARE YOU

anyway plenty of Texans can't even pronounce Chipotle correctly so why worry

true, I think I heard Chipoltay often

or the kind of endearing "chipoat-l"

They could have just chosen a damn english name for their damn english mexican restaurants

oh yeah, chipohtal is definitely common

Smoky Hollerpenyo's Good-Time Burrito Factory?

a lot of brits still struggle with "tortilla"

you should hear Argentinians say it!

lol I have! That's just a difft accent tho

It's hard when two strong consonants are next to each other in Spanish, though.

Smoky Hollerpenyo's Good-Time Burrito Factory

yessssss

that's steven tyler's restaurant, right?

@mh
Or the Trailer Park Boys skit where Ricky pronounces it ja-LA-pe-no.

"Wahaca" infuriated me every time I saw it in London this/last year, feels like its been named patronisingly for small children who are expected to be too dumb to ever learn

what if it turns out Wahaca was the founder's dad. Sir James Wahaca of Montacute

big chief wahaca's crazy tacos

the founder's name is thomasina miers

they should have called it "oaxachester"

the founder's name is thomasina miers

brb dying

Hang on you brits, you dont get to own whatever your "parmo" is, thats an Australian thing, and its called a Parma, thank you very much.

http://mrsparmas.com.au/

http://media.truelocal.com.au/C/7/C03C484E-6D3F-4D5F-B7DE-63693BA17F37/1388565687444_upload-938x704.jpg

They always pile it on top of the chips, I hate them, and theyre bloody everywhere.

Well, no, they both originate from parmigiana, but Parmo is a decidedly British version.

Yeah fair point.

do you eat it or do you watch it eat the salad?

I think we just have chicken Parmigiana (or chicken parmesan, as it's commonly called) in these parts. no history of slathering random sauces on it.

http://f.cl.ly/items/2r3T2w2W3J38133D0r28/Screen%20Shot%202014-03-01%20at%2014.56.59.png

mh: so like, just a chicken schnitzel, then? No red sauce or cheese or anything?

yes, served w/red sauce and typically a pasta and some cheese

parmesan is cheese, too

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/chicken-parmesan-recipe.html

which sauce is "random"?

the founder's name is thomasina miers

brb dying

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¡ikr!

I realise now I think mh was likely referring to the Mrs Parmas menu that has some inventive takes on ye olde parms, like pumpkin and bolognese and curry sauce and whatnot.

saw the url, just thought "Melbourne!" and didn't click