tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737851275453020904.post3141385239942132477..comments2024-03-08T14:27:48.599-08:00Comments on albertnet: The Food of LondonDana Alberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13488621586586091954noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737851275453020904.post-89241707594750455862009-09-15T20:04:09.583-07:002009-09-15T20:04:09.583-07:00So all this talk about English food brought up a f...So all this talk about English food brought up a few interesting things. First, I remember losing quite a bit of weight when I went to England to play soccer as a teen because the food was so bad. I'm not sure if you ate there, or if it still even exists, but we ate at the closest thing we could find to an American fast food restaurant called Wimpies. It was terrible and the burgers reminded me of the soy burgers that the hippies made who ran the all vegetarian summer camp I went to as a kid near Mt. Shasta. It sounds like the cuisine has come along way though. <br /><br />For some reason the ability to recreate good Mexican food in the Pacific Northwest stops on the I5 near Weed, CA. Sure there are plenty of taco trucks, hole-in-the-wall burrito shops and restaurants, but the flavor is lacking. When we head back south, we make an immediate stop in King City, Salinas, or Guadalupe and find the nearest Mexican food because it's going to be good and it's going to have that something that's lacking up here. So my question is: what is that missing "thing"? Is there a certain ingredient that has been left out? Is there not enough residents of Mexican descent to keep authentic food and restaurants here? Maybe it's me: Maybe I am looking for a whole cultural experience that I was so used to in Oxnard and Ventura. Listening to and ordering in Spanish, fresh salsa and chips, pork hanging from the ceiling on a spicket?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07820737971716642618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737851275453020904.post-58296954385726591262009-09-10T19:00:53.637-07:002009-09-10T19:00:53.637-07:00The muscle video is so great! She had no hesitatio...The muscle video is so great! She had no hesitation whatsoever to slam that bad boy home, and she wasn't about to just gag it down and get it over with, either. You sure have adventurous diners—they remind me of my own young diners!Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06470419755805088234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737851275453020904.post-21612159331036114052009-09-10T17:34:57.952-07:002009-09-10T17:34:57.952-07:00Man, they do American even better than Americans d...Man, they do American even better than Americans do! Buy one pizza get *two* free! Yeah, baby!Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06470419755805088234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737851275453020904.post-52655367064963362402009-09-10T17:26:12.038-07:002009-09-10T17:26:12.038-07:00Yeah, but what are bangers and mash? I could look ...Yeah, but what are bangers and mash? I could look it up, I suppose, but wouldn't it be more fun and realistic if you described it to me? Thanks!Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06470419755805088234noreply@blogger.com