July 26, 20187 yr Leaving on a jet plane for Heathrow soon. After sampling their English fare of meat pies, fish & chips, weird sausages, & the like, I'll be ready for a familiar fix. Any suggestions? (no MickeyD jokes please) Same for Paris - am not a fan of snails, fungus, frog legs, & horse meat.
July 26, 20187 yr Author 11 minutes ago, midtown said: Just drink instead Part of the plan, most likely.
July 26, 20187 yr Good god, the best food in the world is in Paris and you don't like any of it ? Snails, beef Tartar, Pot roast, they call it something else, but its pot roast. BBQ in London ? Just get a steak, and be done with it.....
July 26, 20187 yr Paris is truly one of the best food cities in the world, you just need to watch out for the shitloads of tourist places serving up lazy fare. walk the neighborhoods a bit and hit up the smaller back alley places with like 5 tables. some of the best eating ever. also what the last two posters said except don't get beef in London.
July 26, 20187 yr What the fuck, this better be a troll post. In Paris, even if you eat like a 6 year old, get crepes and baquettes and eclairs. Not mother fucking BBQ. Don't be an American stereotype. Even if you think you don't like Indian food, do yourself a favor and find a good Indian restaurant in London. I never appreciated it until I went there, and now I love it.
July 26, 20187 yr 14 minutes ago, TornACL said: do yourself a favor and find a good Indian restaurant in London Yup. Go to Punjab. Best indian food I've every had Edited July 26, 20187 yr by midtown
July 26, 20187 yr I know when I go to a foreign country that it's much better to eschew the local fare that I can't normally get in favor of inferior recreations of food I can readily get at home. Edited July 26, 20187 yr by mdmost
July 26, 20187 yr 29 minutes ago, staboner said: Paris is truly one of the best food cities in the world, you just need to watch out for the shitloads of tourist places serving up lazy fare. walk the neighborhoods a bit and hit up the smaller back alley places with like 5 tables. some of the best eating ever. also what the last two posters said except don't get beef in London. They don't do good steaks in London town ? Haven't been to London yet so I figured that was a safe bet. One of the best steaks I've ever eaten anywhere in the world was in Dublin, Ireland a couple years ago.
July 26, 20187 yr There's no point in getting BBQ or Mexican in London. As others have said, London's Indian cuisine absolutely rocks. I've had good Persian and Greek dishes there, too. Not so much Italian, but I'm sure you could find it. If you're not really into some of the more adventurous French food, it doesn't mean you have to eat like a complete tourist there. Get a good steak frites, for one. Lamb, braised dishes like Coq au Vin, etc. are all tremendous. And, as suggested, you could stuff yourself with crepes, pastries and table wine and be completely satisfied. Just don't expect good versions of American regional fare.
July 26, 20187 yr Supposedly there’s a legit bbq place in Paris. The guy worked under Franklin for a year. Can’t vouch for it personally. There’s a place in London that does a Sunday roast burrito.
July 26, 20187 yr Don't be afraid to eat in the pubs. The food is legit. It's not always bar food like in the US. Some of the best Thai food I've had was at a pub in London.
July 26, 20187 yr Go to the Latin Quarter in Paris and swing into Le Relais de L’Entrecote (google it). Steak Frites, you're not testing your palate at all. But it's a great atmosphere in there and really felt like a local Parisian joint. Get a bottle of wine. If I remember, there's only one thing on the menu so if you don't parlez vous you should still get through the meal ok without getting your food spit on. Stupid American.
July 26, 20187 yr Need to reserve ahead now, we couldn't get in as walk-ins twice during my last visit.
July 26, 20187 yr Btw. Europe is only a 1/4 of the way around the world so please rotate your camera 90 degrees.
July 26, 20187 yr Author Some of you guys let it go right over your heads. Was kidding abut the BBQ & TexMex. Thanks to the others for the hints. Yes, we'll be doing some pub food. Our Brit friends who are driving us around know both towns well and will keep us away from the typical tourist traps. Both are foodies.
July 26, 20187 yr 34 minutes ago, TornACL said: Go to the Latin Quarter in Paris and swing into Le Relais de L’Entrecote (google it). Steak Frites, you're not testing your palate at all. But it's a great atmosphere in there and really felt like a local Parisian joint. Get a bottle of wine. If I remember, there's only one thing on the menu so if you don't parlez vous you should still get through the meal ok without getting your food spit on. Stupid American. Visited this place a few weeks ago but at the Arc Triomphe branch. Perfect weather for sitting on the sidewalk. No reservations so if you don't beat the business lunch crowd there might be a queue. No menus at all - everyone gets nice salad, steak, fries, and they come around with unlimited refills (even on steak) if you've got the room. Good food - not great. IMO Paris is an incredibly overrated food City. Aside from the high end places, there are thousands of absolutely mediocre places, given the prices. So if you find a place like this it's worth the stop.
July 26, 20187 yr I will admit to having eaten bbq in London on multiple occasions while studying abroad . . . there used to be a KC style bbq place where expats would congregate to watch college football. Not something I would do if visiting though. On future trips to London I plan to just eat Indian food at every opportunity.
July 26, 20187 yr 8 minutes ago, 52-80 said: Visited this place a few weeks ago but at the Arc Triomphe branch. Perfect weather for sitting on the sidewalk. No reservations so if you don't beat the business lunch crowd there might be a queue. No menus at all - everyone gets nice salad, steak, fries, and they come around with unlimited refills (even on steak) if you've got the room. Good food - not great. IMO Paris is an incredibly overrated food City. Aside from the high end places, there are thousands of absolutely mediocre places, given the prices. So if you find a place like this it's worth the stop. To be honest I could spend a week in Paris and eat at nothing but the bakeries and patisseries. I agree there are a million tourist traps (especially around the tourist spots, obviously), but you can do pretty well, both in quality and cost (and friendliness) once you get away from the bullshit and find neighborhood joints. But that's basically true about any huge walkable city.
July 26, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, staboner said: Paris is truly one of the best food cities in the world, you just need to watch out for the shitloads of tourist places serving up lazy fare. walk the neighborhoods a bit and hit up the smaller back alley places with like 5 tables. some of the best eating ever. also what the last two posters said except don't get beef in London. ... sunday roasts. but make reservations. london has an abundance of good italian bistros. also, surprisingly, over the past 5-10 years their burger game's really stepped up.
July 26, 20187 yr I ate Tex-Mex in France once. I'd been there several months and was dying for some. Never. Again. However I had some delicious interior Mexican in Belgium, so there's that. In France, if you don't want to be adventurous, the braised dishes are great. Coq au vin. Beef bourgoignon. I also love rabbit stew. But army, it sounds like your friends are going to be the best guides, I'm sure they won't steer you wrong.
July 26, 20187 yr Author Only thing I'm really worried about is our house sitter discovering the last dozen cooked & frozen Del Rio Tortilla factory tamales hidden in the back of the freezer. After a Whataburger Sweet & Spicy, that's supposed to be our 1st dinner when we return home. Edited July 26, 20187 yr by Armybrat
July 26, 20187 yr Best food I had in Paris was quite literally a crepe from a kiosk right around midnight after a fair amount of local wine. That city . . . at night . . . yeesh, it's amazing.
July 26, 20187 yr Whatever you do, remember that Londoners are foreigners so you're going to want to yell so they understand.
July 26, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, rewdog10 said: Too bad the Texas Embassy closed a few years ago. twas an abomination for sure
July 26, 20187 yr For lunch/brunch yourself a nice little place in Paris and try their Croque Monsieur or Croque Madame (however much an egg floats your boat)
July 27, 20187 yr 7 hours ago, jimmyjazz said: As others have said, London's Indian cuisine absolutely rocks This times whatever. Eat Indian; eat often.
July 27, 20187 yr Blues Kitchen in Camden (other locations as well). Legit food. Brown liquor out the wazoo... https://theblueskitchen.com/camden/
July 28, 20187 yr Be sure and lay an international pipeline.At Brat’s age, it would be an international rope.
August 2, 20187 yr I lived in London for a couple years and was constantly on the hunt for a good burger or bbq. Other than perhaps an expensive steak the best beef I had in London was on Brick Lane in Shoreditch at the beigel shops, where they serve salt beef (aka corn beef) on fresh bagels 24x7. There's two places and they're both total dives. The beigel shops are holdovers from when this was the jewish part of town.
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