On Thu, 24 May 2007 12:09:26 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:
>Martin wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 24 May 2007 12:00:16 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>> >Martin wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Wed, 23 May 2007 22:43:06 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
>> >> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Miguel Cruz wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >[]
>> >> >> The only Spanish food I do remember enjoying was at an unmarked paella
>> >> >> joint in a back alley in Madrid that some Colombian friends brought me
>> >> >> to many years ago.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Other than that, all I ever seem to encounter are tapas (the
>> >> >> aforementioned brown things floating in bowls of grease); ridiculous
>> >> >> slimy ham tasting only of salt; room-temperature soup gunked up with
>> >> >> waterlogged stale bread; churros with their aftertaste of battery acid;
>> >> >> graceless tortillas; and seafood drowning in oil.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Give me Asian or Middle Eastern food any day of the week.
>> >> >
>> >> >You've got an impression of Spanish food that is completely foreign to
>> >> >me. I like Asian and Middle Eastern food too- the fact you can't stomach
>> >> >Spanish is your loss, I suppose. I wouldn't want to spend any time in a
>> >> >place where I really couldn't enjoy the food.
>> >>
>> >> I don't recall you enjoying a real ethnic Dutch meal.
>> >
>> >I wouldn't say I've had a real ethnic Dutch meal, but I've been to some
>> >restaurants that I enjoyed. The only one that comes to mind is the
>> >Peruvian one, but various chinese, noodle, and japanese places have been
>> >OK.
>>
>> So you are similar to Miguel?
>
>Not really, and I'm certainly not looking for takeaway places for under
>5 euro. Just using my nose in a city like Amsterdam, I don't remember
>passing that many restaurants that seemed "natively" dutch in cuisine.
>(A bit like here- most restaurants will be ethnic.) Are there that many
>sit-down restaurants (not talking about a herring stall) like that?
Like Dutch restaurants? Of course. I'm not sure who eats in them though. :-)
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Martin
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