Europe Trip-Mid Aug

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:19:42 +0100, d4g4h4.uk (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

>Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:32:20 +0200, "Tim C." <timchallenger.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:27:15 +0200, Keith Anderson wrote:
>> >
>> >> Indo-German food seems nowhere near as good as Anglo-Indian food, at
>> >> least in my experience so far in Berlin.
>> >
>> >I'll vouch for that.
>>
>> Chinese food in Germany is poor too.
>>
>> German food in Holland is .
>
>I generally avoid 'ethnic' food while travelling in Europe- though in
>the UK it represents some of the best food found in restaurants IME.
>However, I did relent on the recent France trip and tried a Vietnamese
>then a Chinese in Paris. The Chinese wasn't bad, but the Vietnamese was
>excellent- as good as the ones I was used to in the neighbourhood I live
>in in Boston, which has a large vietnamese population.

I agree. I have been in many Vietnamese restaurants in France and they have
always been very good.
--

Martin

"Keith Anderson" <keefy@> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:11:23 +0100, "Mike....."
> <mikexclothing@freedomnames.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Following up to d4g4h4.ukDavid Horne, _the_ chancellor
>>
>
> Indo-German food seems nowhere near as good as Anglo-Indian food, at
> least in my experience so far in Berlin. It's nice that I'm working on
> a UK and Ireland tour as from Sunday 27th.....if I don't have a
> chicken tikka dhansak soon I'm going to die...........
>
>
>
> Keith (formerly of Bristol UK)
> now moved to Berlin/nach Berlin umgezogen

I remember eating Indian in Mainz -- they buttered the rice! I ate a lot of
ethnic food when I spent two weeks in Berlin (Prenzlauerburg) --the one
night I ordered real German food was the worst, and it cost twice as much.
But of course, the beer choices make up for the food.

"Mike....." <mikexclothing@freedomnames.co.uk> kirjoitti
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> Following up to Sarah Banick
>
>> -the one
>> night I ordered real German food was the worst
>
> wurst?
>
> Sorry, i'll get my leiderhosen
> --
Leider so.

"Mike....." <mikexclothing@freedomnames.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Following up to grusl
>
>> That sort of thing was easier to find outside London.
>
> theres now a specialist in Borough Market
>

Details please?

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore

"Mike....." <mikexclothing@freedomnames.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Following up to grusl
>
>>> theres now a specialist in Borough Market
>>>
>>
>> Details please?
>
> cant remember name, but hes just to the left of the entrance to the
> upstairs restaurant. If you get a pint in the Market Porter and stand
> outside, right on the street corner, you see him to the right of Brindissa
> and left of the french specialist
>

Good enough. Thanks. Hope to be back soon.

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:10:04 +0200, Keith Anderson wrote:

> Merrydown Vintage cider is available at a few places in Berlin

I used to get it at KDW back in 1989. It was popular with friends who were
brave enough to try it.
--
Tim C.