Food/Snacks that are better abroad

whynothey

What food do you find better abroad that we have here?

I've been to Spain quite a few times and much prefer the crisps over there.

Go into any supermarket and get an unbranded bag of crisps in Spain and they're lovely. Do the same here and you get thinly sliced potatoes with one grain of salt on each!

EDIT: And what food are we just crap at producing?

El Guapo!

Pizza in America is much nicer than over here.

Red Kev

Doner's in Germany are hard to beat. (they were invented there btw).


Irish crisps are a damn sight better than some foreign muck.

Plates

whynothey wrote: »

What food do you find better abroad that we have here?

I've been to Spain quite a few times and much prefer the crisps over there.

Go into any supermarket and get an unbranded bag of crisps in Spain and they're lovely. Do the same here and you get thinly sliced potatoes with one grain of salt on each!

Is that the only food in Spain that you found was better than here?

BetterThanThou

Caesar salad seems to be better abroad for some reason.

Fr_Dougal

Plates wrote: »

Is that the only food in Spain that you found was better than here?

Fresh fruit and veg are miles ahead in Spain/Portugal.

Stained Class

Breakfast in America.

Yum!

Daveysil15

Pizza in Italy is far better. Bread is better in most places I've been to.

orangesoda

Soda is better in the USA, potato chips are better in northern ireland

whynothey

Plates wrote: »

Is that the only food in Spain that you found was better than here?

Despite it not being France which is more known for bread and Italy which is more known for pizza/spaghetti, the bread and pizza/spaghetti is much nice in Spain too. Thought that was a bit more obvious though

wazky

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Fresh fruit and veg are miles ahead in Spain/Portugal.

So is Mcdonalds.

Pizza in Italy cannot be beaten!

hfallada

A real Turkish kebab in a kebab shop run by Turks is unbelievable. Not like the **** we get here.

But overall Irish food is amazing. You will find kerrygold all over the world. Irish meat is found in most European supermarkets. Irish tea is nice and our dairy is first class. Even an Irish made caburys bar is better than the british ones

Stained Class

Stained Class wrote: »

Breakfast in America.

Yum!

Ol' Ronnie Reagan was dead right about "morning in America" after all......:p

Do you notice in America bacon is exclusively streaky bacon, they don't seem to do much of the back bacon / thick cut rashers for some reason

El Guapo!

Stained Class wrote: »

Breakfast in America.

Yum!

IHOP ftw!!

syngindub

Crisps are way nicer in Amsterdam

whynothey

syngindub wrote: »

Crisps are way nicer in Amsterdam

I heard the brownies aren't bad there either

In terms of junk food, gimme Irish fish and chips from a proper chipper over anything (honourable mention to Aprile's in Stillorgan btw).

I live in the UK and the fish and chips isn't the same (they don't even do smoked Cod ffs :rolleyes: )

Stained Class

Deleted User wrote: »

Ol' Ronnie Reagan was dead right about "morning in America" after all......:p

Do you notice in America bacon is exclusively streaky bacon, they don't seem to do much of the back bacon / thick cut rashers for some reason

Tell ya. American breakfasts make mornings worthwhile.

Go to a good old fashioned diner though.

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Legs.Eleven

whynothey wrote: »

What food do you find better abroad that we have here?

I've been to Spain quite a few times and much prefer the crisps over there.

Go into any supermarket and get an unbranded bag of crisps in Spain and they're lovely. Do the same here and you get thinly sliced potatoes with one grain of salt on each!

EDIT: And what food are we just crap at producing?

Strange. I think you find the one thing I find worse here (Spain) than anywhere I've ever been in my whole entire life tasty. Crisps are tasteless bits of stale potato here. Rotten. Tayto and King's Crisps are tastier by miles (imo).

syngindub

is it True that Steak is mad Expensive in Poland. Speaking to a friend that went back to live there. he was telling my nobody eats steak, it's just too expensive!! couldn't believe my ears.

Daveysil15

I prefer the rashers, or bacon as they call it in America/Canada. Much more crispy and they don't have any inedible fat on them.

downonthefarm

Pussy

Legs.Eleven

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Fresh fruit and veg are miles ahead in Spain/Portugal.

It is. Their fish selection is bigger and cheaper too. Everything else imo is the same or inferior to home, particularly meat and dairy.

Daveysil15

downonthefarm wrote: »

Pussy

Where? :pac:

WesternZulu

Daveysil15 wrote: »

I prefer the rashers, or bacon as they call it in America/Canada. Much more crispy and they don't have any inedible fat on them.

No fat on a rasher is inedible!!

Daveysil15

Daveysil15 wrote: »

I prefer the rashers, or bacon as they call it in America/Canada. Much more crispy and they don't have any inedible fat on them.

Try streaky rashers, smoked version from any supermarket here.

They are to my mind the exact same as American bacon, and the perfect accompaniment to scrambled eggs, bread and butter and a strong cup of tea (drool......)

Holsten

Pretty much all fast food in the US tastes nicer than here.

Daveysil15

WesternZulu wrote: »

No fat on a rasher is inedible!!

Well it is to me anyway. I don't know how anyone could eat rasher fat. It's like eating a boot.

Duck's hoop

Coca-Cola is different everywhere. My favourite version is Moroccan.

Cookie_Monster

Crisps
Coffee - any country that has even the vaguest culture of it is miles better.

Legs.Eleven

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Crisps
Coffee - any country that has even the vaguest culture of it is miles better.

Ah and coffee. Yeah better in any country I've ever been to except Chile (they only seem to serve instant coffee in cafes there).

SamAK

hfallada wrote: »

A real Turkish kebab in a kebab shop run by Turks is unbelievable. Not like the **** we get here.

There's a few Turkish owned and run kebab places around that are delicious! Turkaz in Limerick is pretty damn good, Makes Abrakebabra look like the joke it is.

hfallada wrote: »

Even an Irish made caburys bar is better than the british ones

Apart from the fact that ever since Kraft bought Cadbury, their entire range has seriously gone downhill. Disgraceful.

It's not even real chocolate anyway, more like chocolate flavoured sugar.

SamAK

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Coffee - any country that has even the vaguest culture of it is miles better.

For the most part, Irish coffee culture is a fooking joke.

Oh, you drink Maxwell house?

*facepalm*

I don't give a damn how convenient instant muck is, it's still muck!

But there are some quality specialists around that import and roast some great stuff...i've just ordered a very limited blend of south american 'Musicas' from a coffee roaster club in Galway....nom nom!

stretchdoe

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Fresh fruit and veg are miles ahead in Spain/Portugal.

They're an hour ahead in Spain too.

Cienciano

As far as sliced bread goes, I like irish brennans bread. I hate american bread, it's like slightly stale brioche. But all other types, france is amazing. Good bakers are common over there and the rolls are amazingly good.

Deleted User wrote: »

In terms of junk food, gimme Irish fish and chips from a proper chipper over anything (honourable mention to Aprile's in Stillorgan btw).

I live in the UK and the fish and chips isn't the same (they don't even do smoked Cod ffs :rolleyes: )

I think the fish in UK is far better standard than in ireland.

Daveysil15

White bread. Most Irish white bread is far too doughy.

Cienciano

Cienciano wrote: »

I think the fish in UK is far better standard than in ireland.

I repeat: they don't do smoked Cod and chips :rolleyes:

To be fair, the batter they use is nice and thin which I like, but to me you can't beat Beshoff's/Burdock's/Aprile's...

everdead.ie

Irish milk rocks!

American pancakes seem to be fluffier or something reaally nice.

Adamantium

Mexican food in Dallas, Fort Worth, Texas.

Tacos, paninis are heavenly in particular, the weather was near tropical, so it added to the vividness of it

On a side note,
It's a bizzare,tragic,yet hopeful mix match of cultures,dreamy part of the world, the place is bordering on being a desert in a way. Did you ever imagine a place as a stereotype and were mentally jilted when that's what it was like and more? That's Texas.

spiralism

Will echo on Kebabs abroad, far nicer. A Kapsalon from a Kebab shop in Holland is heart attack food worth having at least once.

One thing that's much nicer here though is Tea. By a fecking mile too, they just cant get it right on the continent at all.

LoganRice

Pasta is nice in Italy

Cienciano

Deleted User wrote: »

I repeat: they don't do smoked Cod and chips :rolleyes:

To be fair, the batter they use is nice and thin which I like, but to me you can't beat Beshoff's/Burdock's/Aprile's...

Well, you did say "it isn't the same", not just "they don't do smoked cod". So you can retract your rolleyes.

The Backwards Man

Chinese food is much nicer in China.

They don't call it Chinese food though.

Kintarō Hattori

Lemon tea. I love this during summer in Poland but it never seems quite as nice here.

Cienciano

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Lemon tea. I love this during summer in Poland but it never seems quite as nice here.

We have one type of tea here. It's called "tea".

Augmerson

The US is like God's Country for food and snacks. My personal favourites are Goldfish Crackers. I also love Root beer, usually the Mug brand is good

Cookie_Monster

SamAK wrote: »

I don't give a damn how convenient instant muck is, it's still muck!

But there are some quality specialists around that import and roast some great stuff...i've just ordered a very limited blend of south american 'Musicas' from a coffee roaster club in Galway....nom nom!

I never cared till I moved to NZ and got employed in a roastery :pac: Was a good Irish lad who liked his cup of tea
I'm very snobbish about it altogether now

Nodster

Stained Class wrote: »

Tell ya. American breakfasts make mornings worthwhile.

Go to a good old fashioned diner though.

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Hard to beat a 3 eggs, ground beef, mushrooms, onions and cheese omelette, splash of chilli sauce served with hash browns, fresh sourdough toast and coffee

Zaph

everdead.ie wrote: »

Irish milk rocks!

American pancakes seem to be fluffier or something reaally nice.

Pancakes and waffles in the States are the reason breakfast was invented. But if you want to make fluffy pancakes yourself, just add baking powder to your batter.

cassid

Peaches and Plums in Italy much bigger and so so juicy.