British food?

[Tawi2]

I was out for lunch with some guy's earlier who I had arranged to meet in shepherds bush,they are proper cockney chaps Geezers So I took them into Cooke's pie-and-mash shop near the market,the food was ok,nowt special,I had pie mash and eel with liquer,the place was filled with a totally white clientel which is unusual for the area which for want of a better word is "Diverse" anyway both the guys thoroughly enjoyed the food which they said was traditional british grub,on the way home I was pondering is that the best we have?I dont go a bundle on pinoy food either but we arent culinary nation as chinese,indian,italian,thai......how many go to a traditional brit restaurant,whats our national dish?(curry?)

[fred]

Nothing more to say really!

[Tawi2]

Is that the best we got fred

[fred]

Is that the best we got fred

Mum sent me a Christmas pudding which arrived late.. Apparently the one she sent was voted the best in the UK last year.. I made a Christmas roast, some brandy sauce for the pudding and invited my Aussie neighbour...
All we could say was DAMN,THAT WAS GOOD!!!

Not much room for cold beer but we did manage 4 each.
Thanks Mum!

[Michael Parnham]

Mum sent me a Christmas pudding which arrived late.. Apparently the one she sent was voted the best in the UK last year.. I made a Christmas roast, some brandy sauce for the pudding and invited my Aussie neighbour...
All we could say was DAMN,THAT WAS GOOD!!!

Not much room for cold beer but we did manage 4 each.
Thanks Mum!

Looks delicious Fred

[Dedworth]

I'll go along with you Fred

Full English
Haddock & Chips
Roast Beef or Turkey

[fred]

Sorry..I forgot condiments..

[Arthur Little]

I'll go along with you Fred

Full English
Haddock & Chips
Roast Beef or Turkey

... me too ...

Sorry..I forgot condiments..

... along with those flavour enhancers.

[jonnijon]

I've turned Tagum City upside down looking for Coleman's, can't find any.

[Ako Si Jamie]

I've turned Tagum City upside down looking for Coleman's, can't find any.

Here's some

[Arthur Little]

Here's some

... Jamie ... you've forgotten to include the most "fanciable" Coleman - Jenna Coleman - Clara Oswald, companion to the current Doctor Who, Peter Capaldi.

Mmm ...

Now I realise I'm a married man ... and the said Jenna is young enough to be my granddaughter ... but I'm not (yet) in my dotage and still able to recognise a really good lookin' gal when I see one!

[Ako Si Jamie]

... Jamie ... you've forgotten to include the most "fanciable" Coleman - Jenna Coleman - Clara Oswald, companion to the current Doctor Who, Peter Capaldi.


Mmm ...

Now I realise I'm a married man ... and the said Jenna is young enough to be my granddaughter ... but I'm not (yet) in my dotage and still able to recognise a really good lookin' gal when I see one!

Seems like she's the mustard in your opinion.

[Slip]

Took Harlene for a full English breakfast the other week, lets just say she wasn't impressed

[Dedworth]

Took Harlene for a full English breakfast the other week, lets just say she wasn't impressed

Mrs D loves 'em

[Dedworth]

[grahamw48]

l read somewhere that all this spicy curry originated due to the need to disguise the taste of the rotten meat that was the norm in the 'olden days'.

Traditional British grub, nicely cooked...yummy.

[Michael Parnham]

Roast Beef, Yorkshire pudding, cauliflower, Brussel sprouts, potatoes, carrots, peas, leek, broccoli and gravy; add a little mustard and horseradish sauce pepper and salt, perfect - and I have it at least twice a week!

[Arthur Little]

- and I have it at least twice a week!

You are old(er) now Michael ... did the young(er) man speak
Though your hair is not at all white.
And yet you're still getting 'it' twice a week !
D'you think at your age it is right?

Explanatory Footnote: 's based on a poem penned in 1865 - by the writer, Charles Ludwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, author of 'Alice in Wonderland' - which I've duly adapted to suit the present context.

Here's the original for those interested:-

"You are old Father William, the young man said
And your hair has become very white
And yet, you incessantly stand on your head -
Do you think - at your age - it is right?"

There are, of course, many more verses to the actual poem itself, but it's the first verse which sticks in my mind from my scooldays. Does it strike a chord at all with any of you?

[Tawi2]

Whats your preference filipino or brit food?Neither nation is renown for their culinary expertise,I choose indian

[Michael Parnham]

Whats your preference filipino or brit food?Neither nation is renown for their culinary expertise,I choose indian

Only British food for me!

[Arthur Little]

Only British food for me!

... and me!

[Michael Parnham]

... and me!

And the other also, Arthur more than twice a week!

[Dedworth]

Whats your preference filipino or brit food?Neither nation is renown for their culinary expertise,I choose indian

Brit, then Chinese. Don't like most Pinoy food

[Tawi2]

Brit, then Chinese. Don't like most Pinoy food

Pinoy food for me is the worst in SEA and I have been to quite a few countries in the area. It's the reason there are so many Thai resto's yet so few Pinoy ones in England. Everything seems to revolve around dead pig............Mhhhhhhhh Humba

[Ako Si Jamie]

My favourite meals are a full English, roast beef & Yorkshire pudding and a curry. For afters my favourites are blackberry & apple crumble, trifle and cheesecake .

[Terpe]

We're both 'foodies' and my wife is an excellent cook. She ran her own restaurant in Japan.

We've always eaten foods we like in a style of our choosing.
When we lived in UK we'd travel far and wide to get the ingredients we needed to prepare the foods we liked.
Now here in Davao we still travel far and wide to try and get those needed ingredients. I have to say it's not easy.

Neither of us are fond of traditional Pinoy dishes but we do like some.
We still eat what we like whether it's roast beef dinner, a good curry, kinilaw, grilled chicken, pork belly, tempura or stir fries.
I have fish and chips when I fancy with proper malt vinegar too.

I will admit that the Philippines is the only country I've lived in where I have not immersed myself in the foods. In fact I've actively avoided most.

[imagine]

We're both 'foodies' and my wife is an excellent cook. She ran her own restaurant in Japan.

We've always eaten foods we like in a style of our choosing.
When we lived in UK we'd travel far and wide to get the ingredients we needed to prepare the foods we liked.
Now here in Davao we still travel far and wide to try and get those needed ingredients. I have to say it's not easy.

Neither of us are fond of traditional Pinoy dishes but we do like some.
We still eat what we like whether it's roast beef dinner, a good curry, kinilaw, grilled chicken, pork belly, tempura or stir fries.
I have fish and chips when I fancy with proper malt vinegar too.

I will admit that the Philippines is the only country I've lived in where I have not immersed myself in the foods. In fact I've actively avoided most.

I don't suppose you've got the proper malt vinegar here

I haven't found it anywhere!

[Terpe]

I don't suppose you've got the proper malt vinegar here

I haven't found it anywhere!

Yes Stewart, malt vinegar is available here just up the road at Swiss Deli

Most supermarkets around here sell HP brown sauce.
We can also buy the Japanese mayonnaise we like too.

[imagine]

Yes Stewart, malt vinegar is available here just up the road at Swiss Deli

Most supermarkets around here sell HP brown sauce.
We can also buy the Japanese mayonnaise we like too.

Thanks Peter.

For sure I feel a trip out there coming on, the wife will be on holiday soon, so could be a good time to do it.

A couple days' break might be good and tour Davao.

[Terpe]

thanks peter,

for sure i feel a trip out there comming on, the wife will be on holiday soon could be a good time to do it ,
a couple days break might be good and tour Davou

Give us a shout Stewart, we have plenty of room.
Just wait awhile as we're moving house again in a couple of weeks. Same village though as we really love it here. Plenty of local markets and transportation just minutes away.