"British people don’t integrate very well into host society"
May 19th 2011, 6:56 pm
#181
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Re: "British people don’t integrate very well into host society"
The reason we don't do anything Spanish is because the other 27 bar/restaurants in our pueblo all do. There would be just no point in us doing it. Some are noticeably better than others but they all offer basically similar food.
As to the British being conservative in their tastes, I think that on the contrary British tastes are fairly cosmopolitan - it's a result if Britain being such a diverse society. A chap came in the other day and looked at our menu board and said that it was just like a typical British pub menu.
This is our menu:
Starters
Soup of the day with roll and butter
Chicken liver pate with red onion marmalade
Prawn cocktail
Vegetable samosas with cucumber raita
Sheek kebab with cucumber raita
Deep fried Brie wedges
Main Courses
Pork fillet or Chicken breast 'Oba' - in cream and mushroom
sauce with fresh vegetables and saute potatoes
Chicken curry served with basmati rice, Bombay aloo and dhal
Moussaka with salad
Lasagne with salad
Aubergine and potato moussaka with salad
Butternut squash and goats cheese lasagne with salad
Chilli con carne served with rice
Vegetarian chilli served with rice
Beef Burger with fries, salad and coleslaw
Thai tuna fishcakes with fries and salad or couscous salad
Extras
Fries, fresh vegetables, mixed salad, garlic bread, paratha
To my eye that's fairly international and as he said it's what you might find in any reasonable British pub. It's quite small because what JFLS said is true - any bigger becomes unmanageable. I have been to restaurants which try to do everything and they tend to fail for me - mass produced burgers, pies and fish and chips are just not the same as home made and that's the only way it can be done with a huge menu choice.
ETA Everything is prepared in house from fresh ingredients
ETA2 I hope that isn't seen as advertising - I'm just trying to illustrate a point
As to the British being conservative in their tastes, I think that on the contrary British tastes are fairly cosmopolitan - it's a result if Britain being such a diverse society. A chap came in the other day and looked at our menu board and said that it was just like a typical British pub menu.
This is our menu:
Starters
Soup of the day with roll and butter
Chicken liver pate with red onion marmalade
Prawn cocktail
Vegetable samosas with cucumber raita
Sheek kebab with cucumber raita
Deep fried Brie wedges
Main Courses
Pork fillet or Chicken breast 'Oba' - in cream and mushroom
sauce with fresh vegetables and saute potatoes
Chicken curry served with basmati rice, Bombay aloo and dhal
Moussaka with salad
Lasagne with salad
Aubergine and potato moussaka with salad
Butternut squash and goats cheese lasagne with salad
Chilli con carne served with rice
Vegetarian chilli served with rice
Beef Burger with fries, salad and coleslaw
Thai tuna fishcakes with fries and salad or couscous salad
Extras
Fries, fresh vegetables, mixed salad, garlic bread, paratha
To my eye that's fairly international and as he said it's what you might find in any reasonable British pub. It's quite small because what JFLS said is true - any bigger becomes unmanageable. I have been to restaurants which try to do everything and they tend to fail for me - mass produced burgers, pies and fish and chips are just not the same as home made and that's the only way it can be done with a huge menu choice.
ETA Everything is prepared in house from fresh ingredients
ETA2 I hope that isn't seen as advertising - I'm just trying to illustrate a point
I avoid any restaurant with a very long menu - it's always a sign that they use mainly frozen, pre-prepared meals and the microwave will be working overtime. My ideal is a bistro type restaurant with no more than 6 choices for each course, with a menu that changes weekly, ideally, depending on what is in season. We have one quite close to us which does a good menu del dia for 8.45€ (drink not included) which has a different menu every week, 3 choices of each course, one of which is always vegetarian (my OH is veggie and finds eating out in Spain very limiting). However, that is the only such establishment I know of within about 20km - and I live in a big town not a village. The guy who set it up was Belgian, he has now moved on but still has a financial interest in it, the new chef is a young Spaniard, not quite as good but has improved in the 2 years or so he has been there.
May 19th 2011, 7:13 pm
#182
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Re: "British people don’t integrate very well into host society"
The reason we don't do anything Spanish is because the other 27 bar/restaurants in our pueblo all do. There would be just no point in us doing it. Some are noticeably better than others but they all offer basically similar food.
As to the British being conservative in their tastes, I think that on the contrary British tastes are fairly cosmopolitan - it's a result if Britain being such a diverse society. A chap came in the other day and looked at our menu board and said that it was just like a typical British pub menu.
This is our menu:
Starters
Soup of the day with roll and butter
Chicken liver pate with red onion marmalade
Prawn cocktail
Vegetable samosas with cucumber raita
Sheek kebab with cucumber raita
Deep fried Brie wedges
Main Courses
Pork fillet or Chicken breast 'Oba' - in cream and mushroom
sauce with fresh vegetables and saute potatoes
Chicken curry served with basmati rice, Bombay aloo and dhal
Moussaka with salad
Lasagne with salad
Aubergine and potato moussaka with salad
Butternut squash and goats cheese lasagne with salad
Chilli con carne served with rice
Vegetarian chilli served with rice
Beef Burger with fries, salad and coleslaw
Thai tuna fishcakes with fries and salad or couscous salad
Extras
Fries, fresh vegetables, mixed salad, garlic bread, paratha
To my eye that's fairly international and as he said it's what you might find in any reasonable British pub. It's quite small because what JFLS said is true - any bigger becomes unmanageable. I have been to restaurants which try to do everything and they tend to fail for me - mass produced burgers, pies and fish and chips are just not the same as home made and that's the only way it can be done with a huge menu choice.
ETA Everything is prepared in house from fresh ingredients
ETA2 I hope that isn't seen as advertising - I'm just trying to illustrate a point
As to the British being conservative in their tastes, I think that on the contrary British tastes are fairly cosmopolitan - it's a result if Britain being such a diverse society. A chap came in the other day and looked at our menu board and said that it was just like a typical British pub menu.
This is our menu:
Starters
Soup of the day with roll and butter
Chicken liver pate with red onion marmalade
Prawn cocktail
Vegetable samosas with cucumber raita
Sheek kebab with cucumber raita
Deep fried Brie wedges
Main Courses
Pork fillet or Chicken breast 'Oba' - in cream and mushroom
sauce with fresh vegetables and saute potatoes
Chicken curry served with basmati rice, Bombay aloo and dhal
Moussaka with salad
Lasagne with salad
Aubergine and potato moussaka with salad
Butternut squash and goats cheese lasagne with salad
Chilli con carne served with rice
Vegetarian chilli served with rice
Beef Burger with fries, salad and coleslaw
Thai tuna fishcakes with fries and salad or couscous salad
Extras
Fries, fresh vegetables, mixed salad, garlic bread, paratha
To my eye that's fairly international and as he said it's what you might find in any reasonable British pub. It's quite small because what JFLS said is true - any bigger becomes unmanageable. I have been to restaurants which try to do everything and they tend to fail for me - mass produced burgers, pies and fish and chips are just not the same as home made and that's the only way it can be done with a huge menu choice.
ETA Everything is prepared in house from fresh ingredients
ETA2 I hope that isn't seen as advertising - I'm just trying to illustrate a point
Velly,velly tasty,
How can you fix all that and still find time to post so much, or does 'er indoors do all the graft, while you lord it ?
May 19th 2011, 9:58 pm
#184
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May 24th 2011, 3:08 am
#185
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Re: "British people don’t integrate very well into host society"
Having seen the no of pages ..this may be a little premature..I don´t have the energy to plod thru´them all to see if anyone has checked the ´bould´ rugby matt on this one. I´m only hoping that someone has...lead on etc.
May 24th 2011, 6:23 am
#186
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Re: "British people don’t integrate very well into host society"
Welcome back.
May 24th 2011, 6:36 am
#188
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Re: "British people don’t integrate very well into host society"
I wonder who we should invite to the party?
May 24th 2011, 6:40 am
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Re: "British people don’t integrate very well into host society"
I think it would be easier to have the univited list, rather than invited, a lot less work for you.
May 24th 2011, 6:44 am
#190
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Re: "British people don’t integrate very well into host society"
I did, it does that all the time, I'm pretty sure I was about to click to 40 about a month ago then all of a sudden it went back a couple of hundred.... I think they are trying to mess with our heads!
May 24th 2011, 6:47 am
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Re: "British people don’t integrate very well into host society"
May 24th 2011, 6:56 am
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May 24th 2011, 7:08 am
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Re: "British people don’t integrate very well into host society"
Pffft! Ha! Thats a joke! I mean they won't even make me a Super Mod, not even a Mod! They say they are picky about who becomes one but I very much doubt that, I mean they made Mitzy one!
