Food in England

Liv'poolFaninAZ · 06 Feb 2006, 03:03 PM

I just wanted to know if one could get Mexican food in England, I know that there are alot of other choices, like Turk food and Spanish, Italian and various other European ethnic foods, but I know that for myself ever since I moved to the southwestern U.S. I've become addicted to Mexican food and was just curious as to how far one must go in England to get some authentic Tacos. I also read and hear a lot about British people going out for kebabs, they seem to be real big there, have kebabs become the new comfort food there? or are Fish and Chips still the staple? Thanks

liverbird · 06 Feb 2006, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Liv'poolFaninAZ

I just wanted to know if one could get Mexican food in England, I know that there are alot of other choices, like Turk food and Spanish, Italian and various other European ethnic foods, but I know that for myself ever since I moved to the southwestern U.S. I've become addicted to Mexican food and was just curious as to how far one must go in England to get some authentic Tacos. I also read and hear a lot about British people going out for kebabs, they seem to be real big there, have kebabs become the new comfort food there? or are Fish and Chips still the staple? Thanks

Indian food generally sits in the niche that Chinese and Mexican do in the States. But perhaps some real Brits could answer.

usscouse · 06 Feb 2006, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by liverbird

Indian food generally sits in the niche that Chinese and Mexican do in the States. But perhaps some real Brits could answer.

I've heard of Americans who go over and won't eat anywhere but Micky Dees but mexican food...! Do you really travel to another country for Tex Mex comfort food? Do you carry your own toilet paper?............

Reminded me of a guy I worked with in LA. He came back from England pissed at me because he couldn't get a margarita....in a pub.

Innocents abroard.

USvsIRELAND · 06 Feb 2006, 10:26 PM

Indian food=brilliant.

USvsIRELAND · 06 Feb 2006, 10:26 PM

The chinese and indian food is better in England than here IMO.

655321 · 07 Feb 2006, 12:15 PM

I was in the South Kensington area in 1997 and stayed in a hotel that was right next door to what claimed to be "London's only Tex-Mex restaurant". My wife totally refused to let me go in there, but I really wanted to see what their take on it would be.

usscouse · 07 Feb 2006, 12:54 PM

I'm sorry and don't mean to be rude but to base a trip to a foreign country on whether you can get a certain comfort food leaves me feeling a tad incredulous.

I've just come back from China and some of the towns I visited didn't have anything in English at all, nothing! People would stop and stare as we walked by we were so different. We were looking for lunch one day, the blood sugar was definitely getting low. We even went into a cafe and didn't see anything we recognized and had to go outside again to talk it over. (We didn't want to order cold pigs intestines in error!!) Just as we got out a voice said "Hello how are you?" you do hear this a bit over there, people want to practice but that's all they know. But this guy was a teacher who'd had some college English. So after chatting for a moment, we invited him for lunch...brilliant!
Had some of the best garlic shrimp ever. The chicken dish, was chicken...all of it..feet, head complete with beak and cocks comb, all of it. We dodged those parts but the rest was excellent.
Yao! (True) still emails.

To imagine missing out on a trip like that because I couldn't I couldn't get a "Freekin'" Taco leaves me stunned.

AndSomeAreAngels · 07 Feb 2006, 12:55 PM

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just curious as to how far one must go in England to get some authentic Tacos.

Probably a couple thousand miles. To Mexico.

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I was in the South Kensington area in 1997 and stayed in a hotel that was right next door to what claimed to be "London's only Tex-Mex restaurant". My wife totally refused to let me go in there, but I really wanted to see what their take on it would be.

Sounds to me like you married a good woman. I shudder at the thought of English Tex-Mex.

I once tried a Mexican restaurant in Finland, due mainly to the sheer novelty of it (and b/c my Finnish friends swore it was great), and boy was that a mistake.

Certain countries can do other ethnic foods really well (curries in England, Asian food in Australia, Mexican food in the U.S., etc), but it's always best to stick to the local cuisine.