Weird British culture?

[Sheilbh]

But seriously I have spent plenty of time in both countries and man British food is pretty bland. 

Tourists eat in the  wrong places.  There are entire chains in London who exist solely because tourists eat there.  Almost anywhere on Leicester Square for example.

I remember when the Champions League final was in Wembley last year.  I walked past Angus Steak House on Leicester Square, it was rammed with Barcelona fans, trying to enjoy their brown fibrous substance alleged to be from a cow.  Two minutes away, for exactly the same price, is Hawksmoor which is one of the best steak restaurants I've ever been to - including Argentina - and has a nice atmosphere.  It made me sad.

[Sheilbh]

There's good reasons for everything but I don't know what they are. Nor do I think Japanese kids do.

Small crowded urbanised islands.   I think.

[Ideologue]

I ate German food once in my life, at Busch Gardens Williamsburg.  It was the most revolting thing I'd ever eaten, until I went to a Korean restaurant and was served a stew with an unshelled prawn in it.

[Valmy]

Tourists eat in the  wrong places.  There are entire chains in London who exist solely because tourists eat there.  Almost anywhere on Leicester Square for example.

Hey the German wrong places were better than the British wrong places what can I say?

[Valmy]

I ate German food once in my life, at Busch Gardens Williamsburg.  It was the most revolting thing I'd ever eaten, until I went to a Korean restaurant and was served a stew with an unshelled prawn in it.

Love that authentic amusement park food.

[Malthus]

There *is* good British food. It is known as Indian food. 

[Ideologue]

I ate German food once in my life, at Busch Gardens Williamsburg.  It was the most revolting thing I'd ever eaten, until I went to a Korean restaurant and was served a stew with an unshelled prawn in it.

Love that authentic amusement park food.

Indeed.  Imagine how terrible the real thing must be, if the bastardized version sold to Americans is borderline inedible?

The Turnip Winter was probably an improvement as far as the palate was concerned.

[Valmy]

There's good reasons for everything but I don't know what they are. Nor do I think Japanese kids do.

Small crowded urbanised islands.   I think.

Even before they were urbanized they had similarities.  Island countries that developed in relative isolation.

[Valmy]

Indeed.  Imagine how terrible the real thing must be, if the bastardized version sold to Americans is borderline inedible?

Dude the American food they serve at amusement parks is borderline inedible.  I mean how can you mess up pizza?  Apparently pretty profoundly.

[Barrister]

There *is* good British food. It is known as Indian food. 

[Malthus]

The best comment on indigenous British fare comes from The Baroque Cycle, where one of the heroes needed to fool distant observers that he was taking a shit - fortunately he had access to a British feast, and British cuisine was rich with foods of the same general shape and consistency as fresh human turds. 

[Ideologue]

Indeed.  Imagine how terrible the real thing must be, if the bastardized version sold to Americans is borderline inedible?

Dude the American food they serve at amusement parks is borderline inedible.  I mean how can you mess up pizza?  Apparently pretty profoundly.

You snob.

[Eddie Teach]

In my experience, amusement park food has generally tasted just fine, but overpriced.

[Valmy]

I have to admit I really like haggis though 

[Admiral Yi]

In my experience, amusement park food has generally tasted just fine, but overpriced.

This.

And funnel cakes are like heroin.