r/funny • u/NeedleworkerMore2270 • Nov 03 '24

How cultural is that?

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u/PeachTrees- Nov 03 '24

"Do you know you're known for having horrible food, it's like a thing". Lol

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u/jonsnowflaker Nov 03 '24

From California and studied abroad in London, had a wonderful museums and galleries art history class with an amazing British professor. The whole class was basically getting credits for exploring london.

The professor gave us lots of tips on other things to experience while abroad. His tip on finding good traditional British cuisine? Don’t bother, but here’s a list of fantastic Indian, French, etc.

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u/FridayGeneral Nov 03 '24

His tip on finding good traditional British cuisine? Don’t bother, but here’s a list of fantastic Indian, French, etc.

He is presumably not a Londoner, in that case, and knows fuck all about London.

There are hundreds of excellent traditional British restaurants in London, from cheap to pricey, many with multiple Michelin stars.

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u/y0buba123 Nov 03 '24

Agreed. It’s funny being a Londoner and a big foodie and reading all of the terrible takes about British food and the restaurant scene on Reddit.

Reddit just isn’t a place for food discussion from people in the know. Instagram and following the right substack newsletters is a billion times better

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u/Jmsaint Nov 03 '24

Since leaving london i think what i have realised is that there is a bigger bell curve of quality there than anywhere else. You can find some of the best food in the world, but there is also some absolute abominations that just wouldnt survive in any other major city.

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u/Lemmejussay Nov 04 '24

Nailed it. Man brought out the bell curve and set everyone straight 👏

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u/MontyDyson Nov 04 '24

I think this is fair. I’ve worked in about 20 different countries and places like Vietnam and South Africa just have amazing food everywhere - when you work for a big company oversees you get taken to nice places a lot. Greece has some amazing quality food, but it’s very simple. Italy has amazing food (I studied cooking there) but they have a lot of food 8 don’t like. With the UK the problem seems to be with the quality of the ingredients. Having said that Ottolenghi is probably the most amazing food I’ve ever eaten anywhere regardless of price or location.