[Siphorous]

Not liking Coffee Crisp?!? *gasps*

[Lorry1]

Originally Posted by Siphorous Not liking Coffee Crisp?!? *gasps*

I hate coffee!

[Aberdeen_Loon]

Originally Posted by JonboyE It is just a matter of learning BE speak. Words like decent, good, proper and so on don't mean what they appear to. It makes it easier to read many posts if you replace them with "like what I am used to." Likewise, Canada does not always mean the whole country but rather the little bit that is within the poster's experience. Hence "Never come across any chinese food in Canada that would even come anywhere near decent" should be read as "Never come across any Chinese food in the little bit of Canada that I know that tastes like what I am used to in the UK." This makes a lot more sense. Maybe the poster has not eaten in Vancouver or Toronto. If they had they might realize that what they are used to in the UK (tasty though it may be) is nothing like decent Chinese food either.

Agreed. Also, Canada is a pretty big country, so our experiences will differ based on where we have lived and travelled. Likewise, even in the UK, I would have had somewhat different experiences in Aberdeen as compared with someone from London, for example.

[Former Lancastrian]

Originally Posted by Aberdeen_Loon Agreed. Also, Canada is a pretty big country, so our experiences will differ based on where we have lived and travelled. Likewise, even in the UK, I would have had somewhat different experiences in Aberdeen as compared with someone from London, for example.

Exactly I mean seriously I could never get steak pudding chips and peas in London when I was stationed there WTF is all that about.
Doesnt India have very different ways and ingredients in the way they cook regional dishes so they will taste different.
Canada is not like the UK as I used to know it. Canadians generally are not leaving the bars after a night on the piss and searching for a good vindaloo or madras curry or eating chips and curry from a styrofoam container and walking down the high street eating it and singing chavvy football songs.
There is a street in Halifax where the locals congergate for a slice of pizza or a donair and the odd scuffle ensues.
If I want good tasting Italian/Chinese/Indian etc etc I seek out those places that have real ethnic people working in them usually family run as opposed to the Joeys, Earls, Applebees types of dining establishments.

[smithyutd]

I don't live there yet, but I'm amazed nobody has mentioned the breakfast food yet!

Every time I've visited I gain about 10 pounds stuffing myself at breakfast. Pancakes, home fries, well-cooked eggs which you certainly can't get at greasy spoons in England. I even enjoy peameal and strip bacon (though I imagine after living in Canada for long enough you crave a decent piece of back bacon). And they can't make sausages properly.

Free coffee (ditch-water) refills!

[Japonica]

Originally Posted by MB-Realtor Pickerel. Perogies. Koubasa Sausage. KFC Original Recipe Chicken Sandwich. Good Steak Fresh Chicken from the Hutterites. Kolakasis's Burgers & Stringy fries. Salisbury House Cheese Nips. Poutine

Bison smokies
Saskatoon pie
Maple baked beans
Real French Canadian pea soup
Red River cereal (yeah, bird seed-like, but when you grow up on the stuff)
Swiss Chalet (seriously Aussie Red Rooster or blech Chicken Treat are dire)
Mundare sausage, decent kolbasa...there's none here...ack.

And yes, after 2.5 years in Oz, we would do almost anything for perogies. This includes the decent, real baba-style homemade ones and the oft-seen as revolting cheddar cheese ones in the Safeway freezer.

[Oink]

Originally Posted by Japonica Bison smokies Saskatoon pie Maple baked beans Real French Canadian pea soup Red River cereal (yeah, bird seed-like, but when you grow up on the stuff) Swiss Chalet (seriously Aussie Red Rooster or blech Chicken Treat are dire) Mundare sausage, decent kolbasa...there's none here...ack. And yes, after 2.5 years in Oz, we would do almost anything for perogies. This includes the decent, real baba-style homemade ones and the oft-seen as revolting cheddar cheese ones in the Safeway freezer.

You’ll have to learn to make your own. Apart from sushi, that’s what we’ve had to do as most of the food is almost inedible in Canada.

[magnumpi]

Originally Posted by JonboyE It is just a matter of learning BE speak. Words like decent, good, proper and so on don't mean what they appear to. It makes it easier to read many posts if you replace them with "like what I am used to." Likewise, Canada does not always mean the whole country but rather the little bit that is within the poster's experience. Hence "Never come across any chinese food in Canada that would even come anywhere near decent" should be read as "Never come across any Chinese food in the little bit of Canada that I know that tastes like what I am used to in the UK." This makes a lot more sense. Maybe the poster has not eaten in Vancouver or Toronto. If they had they might realize that what they are used to in the UK (tasty though it may be) is nothing like decent Chinese food either.

This post should be added to the FORUM RULE BOOK

[cheeky_monkey]

Originally Posted by Aberdeen_Loon Agreed. Also, Canada is a pretty big country, so our experiences will differ based on where we have lived and travelled. Likewise, even in the UK, I would have had somewhat different experiences in Aberdeen as compared with someone from London, for example.

Sounds like your are basing your opinion of UK food on Aberdeen...Chinese food in Canada is seriously shit compared to back home...anyway isn't Aberdeen part of Norway?

[Japonica]

Originally Posted by Oink You’ll have to learn to make your own. Apart from sushi, that’s what we’ve had to do as most of the food is almost inedible in Canada.

Yeah, that's the plan. Hasn't happened yet though.

Feel for everyone who is starving there from all the inedible food. A lot of Australian offerings are much worse, so you could always been another rung down the ladder.

[Oink]

Talking of food, has anyone been to a meat raffle in Canada? They have one at the local Legion on Sundays and I'm thinking of going. I always enjoyed one back in the UK. Nothing better for buttering up HID when you've come home pissed of Saturday evening with a pound of bacon or a nice joint of beef.

[Flogger]

Originally Posted by Oink Talking of food, has anyone been to a meat raffle in Canada? They have one at the local Legion on Sundays and I'm thinking of going. I always enjoyed one back in the UK. Nothing better for buttering up HID when you've come home pissed of Saturday evening with a pound of bacon or a nice joint of beef.

Not here but years ago when still living at home, our legion used to have a meat draw on a friday night. never won much but always seemed to win a bottle of sherry for the old dear, in the bottle draw after

[Aberdeen_Loon]

Originally Posted by cheeky_monkey Sounds like your are basing your opinion of UK food on Aberdeen...Chinese food in Canada is seriously shit compared to back home...anyway isn't Aberdeen part of Norway?

In an earlier post, Oink, who I'm sure isn't from anywhere near Aberdeen, pretty much confirmed my experience of UK Chinese takeaway food ("Do you want chips with that?"). I've had Chinese food in London too, and it wasn't anything special either.

[Oink]

Originally Posted by Flogger Not here but years ago when still living at home, our legion used to have a meat draw on a friday night. never won much but always seemed to win a bottle of sherry for the old dear, in the bottle draw after

I was wondering what kinds of meat they have here to see if it was worth suffering the capillary challenged grumpy barman and the odour of the piss soaked carpet.

[Boy d]

Originally Posted by Oink You’ll have to learn to make your own. Apart from sushi, that’s what we’ve had to do as most of the food is almost inedible in Canada.

Do you live in the same city I do? Vancouver has an excellent choice of eateries.....I m starting to think you are just being controversial.