Mikel Merino (now playing for Arsenal)

[Guest Howaythetoon]

Our Sikh neighbours give us a home cooked curry once a week. Way better than the restaurant stuff.

 

I'm suspicious of this arrangement tbh, they do this every week?  What's in it for them?

 

My ex neighbours were an Indian family and they must of took pity on me constantly ordering takeaways so would regularly knock on the door with food. Best neighbours I’ve ever had.

[loki679]

Just me that thinks that's weird?

[madras]

Just me that thinks that's weird?

Nah not really. My sister lives next door to an Indian family and theres regularly a knock at the door and one of the kids'll be there (heck, they're in their 20's now) with a tray full saying "mam made too much".

 

Come to think of it my neighbour often makes us cakes and she always gets a couple of bowls when I make soup.

[Super Duper Branko Strupar]

Our Sikh neighbours give us a home cooked curry once a week. Way better than the restaurant stuff.

 

I'm suspicious of this arrangement tbh, they do this every week?  What's in it for them?

 

[Super Duper Branko Strupar]

Just me that thinks that's weird?

Nah not really. My sister lives next door to an Indian family and theres regularly a knock at the door and one of the kids'll be there (heck, they're in their 20's now) with a tray full saying "mam made too much".

 

Come to think of it my neighbour often makes us cakes and she always gets a couple of bowls when I make soup.

 

Yeah my neighbours are Indian and there's often a knock on the door and some delights being delivered. Usually left over food from temple or some gathering or party. Always insanely good.

[Guest Howaythetoon]

Just me that thinks that's weird?

 

Nah, we were neighbours for about 4 years and we got on well and would always talk in the mornings or whatever. They were elderly with their son and his wfe and kids living there, two houses into one. I was single, constant takeaways I think they rook pity on me. It wasn't every week of course, but easily once a month. It’s custom mind in some Indian/Muslim/African communities to give food to others/neighbours.

[madras]

Just me that thinks that's weird?

 

Nah, we were neighbours for about 4 years and we got on well and would always talk in the mornings or whatever. They were elderly with their son and his wfe and kids living there, two houses into one. I was single, constant takeaways I think they rook pity on me. It wasn't every week of course, but easily once a month. It’s custom mind in some Indian/Muslim/African communities to give food to others/neighbours.

It's a basic in most religions I think and just generally being a nice person.

[Guest Howaythetoon]

Just me that thinks that's weird?

Nah not really. My sister lives next door to an Indian family and theres regularly a knock at the door and one of the kids'll be there (heck, they're in their 20's now) with a tray full saying "mam made too much".

 

Come to think of it my neighbour often makes us cakes and she always gets a couple of bowls when I make soup.

 

Yeah my neighbours are Indian and there's often a knock on the door and some delights being delivered. Usually left over food from temple or some gathering or party. Always insanely good.

 

Aye I remember stuff like that very similar. Wor lass will go to some African function and any left over food gets divided up between them to hand out to neighbours or friends. Naturally when it comes home I get first dabs. They don’t tell you that about Indians and Africans in Brexit by the way...

[madras]

Just me that thinks that's weird?

Nah not really. My sister lives next door to an Indian family and theres regularly a knock at the door and one of the kids'll be there (heck, they're in their 20's now) with a tray full saying "mam made too much".

 

Come to think of it my neighbour often makes us cakes and she always gets a couple of bowls when I make soup.

 

Yeah my neighbours are Indian and there's often a knock on the door and some delights being delivered. Usually left over food from temple or some gathering or party. Always insanely good.

 

Aye I remember stuff like that very similar. Wor lass will go to some African function and any left over food gets divided up between them to hand out to neighbours or friends. Naturally when it comes home I get first dabs. They don’t tell you that about Indians and Africans in Brexit by the way...

Hang on thats not peculiar to Africans and Indians. I've had many a bait provided by left overs from Birthdays/Weddings/Funerals etc.

[Guest Howaythetoon]

Aye but specifically to hand out to neighbours and strangers?

[loki679]

Man, I need to move in next door to some Indians

[Interpolic]

I lived in Bow in East London for 7 years and got fuck-all.

[madras]

Aye but specifically to hand out to neighbours and strangers?

Neighbours aye. Might just be my neighbour like.

[Darth Crooks]

I'm in India atm. Got an arse like blended frog.

[Superior Acuña]

Just to chime in, the food variety is definitely better in the US, and especially somewhere like LA, there's so much good Mexican food - not just burrito places, loads of other things I've never seen in the UK. Almost every group in the world is more represented in the US, and therefore there is more good food. The exception is Indian/South Asian. I'm sure you must be able to get good Indian food, but there is far less of it, and I've not found a good Indian in Chicago. Obviously there are some British things I miss that are less common - pies, pasties, chips, english breakfasts. You can get some of those things in some places, such as Brit/Irish pubs, but I've never found a proper chip yet.

 

(by the way, I'm always getting told by Indian mates that Brit Indian is totally different from Indian Indian food, so they make some for me to prove this and never find it's very different tbh...Sure in India there are other ingredients that are hard to find here)

[LoveItIfWeBeatU]

We've gone off topic here, this is the "What specifically does Matt LeBlanc not like about the food in the UK?" thread (formerly the Mikel Merino thread).

[Superior Acuña]

We've gone off topic here, this is the "What specifically does Matt LeBlanc not like about the food in the UK?" thread (formerly the Mikel Merino thread).

 

Let us enjoy our international break.

[Hughesy]

Just to chime in, the food variety is definitely better in the US, and especially somewhere like LA, there's so much good Mexican food - not just burrito places, loads of other things I've never seen in the UK. Almost every group in the world is more represented in the US, and therefore there is more good food. The exception is Indian/South Asian. I'm sure you must be able to get good Indian food, but there is far less of it, and I've not found a good Indian in Chicago. Obviously there are some British things I miss that are less common - pies, pasties, chips, english breakfasts. You can get some of those things in some places, such as Brit/Irish pubs, but I've never found a proper chip yet.

 

(by the way, I'm always getting told by Indian mates that Brit Indian is totally different from Indian Indian food, so they make some for me to prove this and never find it's very different tbh...Sure in India there are other ingredients that are hard to find here)

 

I think one needs to possibly separate London from the rest of the UK when it comes to analysing food availability/quality.  I genuinely can't think of many cuisines in the world that don't have at least a few exceptional restaurants in London.

[ToonTastic]

What the fuck happened to this thread

[ElDiablo]

Kati Roll on Poland Street, Soho, anyone?

[Altamullan]

What the fuck happened to this thread

A mag An Indian at work/next door/ in Africa/just back from a wake (never been to Bow), hijacked it with free ghee infused scran. Crawly kernt.

[hoppaz]

US food isn't exactly mint like. Especially when their food chain is like this...

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4742712/Why-chickens-washed-chlorine.html

[morla84]

That full chicken in a can looks lush

[1964]

Just to chime in, the food variety is definitely better in the US, and especially somewhere like LA, there's so much good Mexican food - not just burrito places, loads of other things I've never seen in the UK. Almost every group in the world is more represented in the US, and therefore there is more good food. The exception is Indian/South Asian. I'm sure you must be able to get good Indian food, but there is far less of it, and I've not found a good Indian in Chicago. Obviously there are some British things I miss that are less common - pies, pasties, chips, english breakfasts. You can get some of those things in some places, such as Brit/Irish pubs, but I've never found a proper chip yet.

 

(by the way, I'm always getting told by Indian mates that Brit Indian is totally different from Indian Indian food, so they make some for me to prove this and never find it's very different tbh...Sure in India there are other ingredients that are hard to find here)

Our ‘Indian’ food is almost always Bangladeshi in origin so no surprise it’s nowt like authentic Indian

[Guest Howaythetoon]

Just to chime in, the food variety is definitely better in the US, and especially somewhere like LA, there's so much good Mexican food - not just burrito places, loads of other things I've never seen in the UK. Almost every group in the world is more represented in the US, and therefore there is more good food. The exception is Indian/South Asian. I'm sure you must be able to get good Indian food, but there is far less of it, and I've not found a good Indian in Chicago. Obviously there are some British things I miss that are less common - pies, pasties, chips, english breakfasts. You can get some of those things in some places, such as Brit/Irish pubs, but I've never found a proper chip yet.

 

(by the way, I'm always getting told by Indian mates that Brit Indian is totally different from Indian Indian food, so they make some for me to prove this and never find it's very different tbh...Sure in India there are other ingredients that are hard to find here)

 

I think one needs to possibly separate London from the rest of the UK when it comes to analysing food availability/quality.  I genuinely can't think of many cuisines in the world that don't have at least a few exceptional restaurants in London.

 

London is obviously spoilt for choice, but go to anywhere in the UK and you can find top notch scran of any cuisine.

 

I can understand the popularity of Nando’s and other big chain restaurants, but if we eat out we try and stick to little known places or new places. Can’t stand Nando’s actually, chicken is shit and it’s expensive.