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    British food?

    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?)



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    Nothing more to say really!


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    Is that the best we got fred



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    I'll go along with you Fred

    Full English
    Haddock & Chips
    Roast Beef or Turkey


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    Sorry..I forgot condiments..



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


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    Quote Originally Posted by Tawi2 View Post
    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!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Slip View Post
    Took Harlene for a full English breakfast the other week, lets just say she wasn't impressed
    Mrs D loves 'em


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    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.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dedworth View Post
    I'll go along with you Fred

    Full English
    Haddock & Chips
    Roast Beef or Turkey
    ... me too ...

    Quote Originally Posted by fred View Post
    Sorry..I forgot condiments..

    ... along with those flavour enhancers.


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    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!


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



    Sometimes you're flush and sometimes you're bust, and when you're up, it's never as good as it seems, and when you're down, you never think you'll be up again. But life goes on.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tawi2 View Post
    Whats your preference filipino or brit food?Neither nation is renown for their culinary expertise,I choose indian
    Only British food for me!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael Parnham View Post

    - 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?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael Parnham View Post
    Only British food for me!
    ... and me!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Tawi2 View Post
    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


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


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dedworth View Post
    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



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    Quote Originally Posted by jonnijon View Post
    I've turned Tagum City upside down looking for Coleman's, can't find any.
    Here's some





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    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 .


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    Quote Originally Posted by Ako Si Jamie View Post
    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!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Little View Post
    ... 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.


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    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.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Little View Post
    ... and me!
    And the other also, Arthur more than twice a week!


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    Quote Originally Posted by fred View Post
    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


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    Just because I can't have it I really want proper English bangers and mash covered with onion gravy and some hot horseradish sauce on the side.

    My favourite English roast of leg of lamb with mint sauce and roasted potatoes with mash and brocolli is available here and very very tasty it is too. The lamb's not too expensive, but the shop where I bought my mint sauce has replaced it mint jelly which does 'cut the mustard' with me at all. Besides which, all my Bisto gravy has now gone.

    BTW, all 4 jars of my Coleman's English Mustard have also been well and truly emptied



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    Quote Originally Posted by Terpe View Post
    Just because I can't have it I really want proper English bangers and mash covered with onion gravy and some hot horseradish sauce on the side.

    My favourite English roast of leg of lamb with mint sauce and roasted potatoes with mash and brocolli is available here and very very tasty it is too. The lamb's not too expensive, but the shop where I bought my mint sauce has replaced it mint jelly which does 'cut the mustard' with me at all. Besides which, all my Bisto gravy has now gone.

    BTW, all 4 jars of my Coleman's English Mustard have also been well and truly emptied

    Is the lamb really goat Peter? Because I couldn't tell the difference, it was nice!


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    Does toast count?


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    There is very little food I like here in Phil.
    I miss my English food and Indian curry.

    French bread here in Gasano is the closest I've found to match UK bread, other breads I tried are just too sweet with sugar. Whole wheat bread is ok but I prefer white bread.

    The closest to brown sauce and salad cream? In fact, the only ones I've found here are from Waitrose in Cagayan.

    The brown sauce tastes like HP and the salad cream like Heinz. Maybe it's just the familiar taste - as I haven't had them for a long time now.


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