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In a British council survey, 108 out of 111 English teachers in Poland held negative attitudes to British food:

http://elt.britcoun.org.pl/elt/o_survey.htm

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Are you surprised to see these 3 that actually didn't? :)Katarzyna S. edytował(a) ten post dnia 29.11.08 o godzinie 14:25

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Katarzyna S.:
Are you surprised to see these 3 that actually didn't?

I'm not surprised, but I would say that all such judgements are subjective.

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I don't think we have any English restaurant in my town, so hard to say.
No idea why :P

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Not a single English restaurant where I live, either. I did get invited to a few English lunches and dinners in the UK and the food was ok. Nothing really amazing though
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Come round to my place for sunday lunch: roast chicken with sage and onion stuffing, roast potatoes (roasted in duck fat), and carrots roasted in a honey glaze of chilli flavoured olive oil, all topped off with a gorgonzola (ok, it's Italian.. but hey, I'M English!) sauce... and you dare tell me you don't like English food!!!

It's a challenge. I've thrown down the gauntlet. Pick it up!
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I'd go for shepperd's pie blindfolded... ;)

... and for hash browns!
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... and what about cheese and onion pasties? Bingo! One of the first things I do when I get back to Britain is head for a bakers and get myself one of those things! Oh yeah! Hits the spot!

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Sylwia Łubkowska:
... and for hash browns!

Hash browns ain't English.

Sacrilege!warren whitmore edytował(a) ten post dnia 01.12.08 o godzinie 23:49
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warren whitmore:
Sylwia Łubkowska:
... and for hash browns!

Hash browns ain't English.

Eh, that's what I suspected, but was too lazy to check. Well, they were added to English Breakfast at New Malden Tesco eatery, so I just jumped at the conclusion... but they're served at McDonald's at the same time ;)

Anyway, they're my favourite junk food and I once ate 10 of them at one go (Tesco Value) and fell sick ;)
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warren whitmore:
Sylwia Łubkowska:
... and for hash browns!

Hash browns ain't English.

Sacrilege!

He he ;)

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Hash browns are certainly not part of a traditional English breakfast.
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Yeah, now that you say it, I realised that they weren't served anywhere else. Plus the name 'hash brown' sounds kinda American. Still was too lazy to check & avoid displaying my blaring ignorance ;P

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Lidia K.:
I don't think we have any English restaurant in my town, so hard to say.
No idea why :P

There are Indian, Italian and Chinese restaurants in Szcz.

Generally speaking, they don't have a great deal in common with Indian, Italian or Chinese cuisine.

And a pub serves an English breakfast unrecognisable to an Englishman.

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Sylwia Łubkowska:
Yeah, now that you say it, I realised that they weren't served anywhere else. Plus the name 'hash brown' sounds kinda American. Still was too lazy to check & avoid displaying my blaring ignorance ;P

They're served a lot these days, but they weren't in the past.

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Why do Chinese and Indian restaurants in Poland always serve a revolting side-salad that has nothing to do with Indian or Chinese food?
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warren whitmore:
Why do Chinese and Indian restaurants in Poland always serve a revolting side-salad that has nothing to do with Indian or Chinese food?

The better restaurants don't do that. You won't find any surówki at Tandoor Palace in Warsaw or Taj Majal in Gdynia.

However, I'm always dismayed that the excellent vietnamese fast food joint in Warszawa Centralna insists on serving surówki with the fantastic food they rustle up fresh in minutes. There's so much of it and it's so good that there really isn't any call for surówki... it always ends up in the bin. What a waste!
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I definitely wouldn't mind a good English resto. Like I'd die for a simple stilton & broccoli soup (ok, it is English, isn't it? I'm losing my confidence now).

Or lamb & mint (not lambchop, mind you, unless it's really well done) but I'd kill for a lamb burger. Or even a pasty!
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Steve Jones:
warren whitmore:
Why do Chinese and Indian restaurants in Poland always serve a revolting side-salad that has nothing to do with Indian or Chinese food?

The better restaurants don't do that. You won't find any surówki at Tandoor Palace in Warsaw or Taj Majal in Gdynia.

However, I'm always dismayed that the excellent vietnamese fast food joint in Warszawa Centralna insists on serving surówki with the fantastic food they rustle up fresh in minutes. There's so much of it and it's so good that there really isn't any call for surówki... it always ends up in the bin. What a waste!

True, we have a chinese one serving surówki too - I eat them because I've long lost hope it's ever going to be anything like in the UK, or Warsaw (I know there's a big Vietnamese community there). And our Polish sajgonki have a lot to answer for.

And I soo miss an old good Indian takeaway it's not true.

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Steve Jones:
warren whitmore:
Why do Chinese and Indian restaurants in Poland always serve a revolting side-salad that has nothing to do with Indian or Chinese food?

The better restaurants don't do that. You won't find any surówki at Tandoor Palace in Warsaw

And the food was excellent, including the baffling egg in my chicken masala, and excluding the frivolous decorations.
Might go back to have more!

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