tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130463693430089737.post7297245762472980148..comments2024-03-28T22:25:40.052-07:00Comments on A corner of France: CuisineMark In Mayennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987723233401368368noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130463693430089737.post-75772345388125948542014-11-19T02:10:12.067-08:002014-11-19T02:10:12.067-08:00CP, I suspect you are well able to make up your ow...CP, I suspect you are well able to make up your own mind. Look at the menu and make an informed decision. A wide generalisation about UK pubs serving huge portions of unhealthy food is unwarranted and indefensible, the more so when your own blog shows how you appreciate at least one pub.<br /><br />There are so many pubs where the food is such a major part of the establishment and is such a delight that your comment is much more about pubs twenty or more years ago than it about pubs today.Tim Trenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00698536468287397610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130463693430089737.post-67529738212869381202014-11-18T17:35:30.787-08:002014-11-18T17:35:30.787-08:00Tim T, not all of the pubs I put in that category ...Tim T, not all of the pubs I put in that category are fast food culture.<br /><br />What pubs would you recommend?CherryPiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788084724907992076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130463693430089737.post-47993648345103424562014-11-18T00:24:41.288-08:002014-11-18T00:24:41.288-08:00Ah, Cherry Pie, the pub meals of which you speak a...Ah, Cherry Pie, the pub meals of which you speak are no more than fast food culture with a beer on the side. You go to the wrong pubs!Tim Trenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00698536468287397610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130463693430089737.post-53450955749634597422014-11-17T15:22:13.771-08:002014-11-17T15:22:13.771-08:00I would choose French cuisine over American cuisin...I would choose French cuisine over American cuisine any day. I would also choose French cuisine over the enormous unhealthy pub meals that we get served in the UK.CherryPiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788084724907992076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130463693430089737.post-61390650233408304362014-11-17T11:19:49.428-08:002014-11-17T11:19:49.428-08:00Yes, there are better wines at the price now [see ...Yes, there are better wines at the price now [see Wiggia's wine guide]. England has great cheeses and ales - horses for courses.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130463693430089737.post-37833704974380435572014-11-17T04:31:02.214-08:002014-11-17T04:31:02.214-08:00It was a true disappointment to eat in a Mancheste...It was a true disappointment to eat in a Manchester hotel after a trip to the USA. The only vaguely un-wreckable material on the menu was steak, and the chef sent my order of 'blue' to the table done medium. After several more failed attempts, albeit getting marginally more rare, I offered to go into the kitchen and show him how to cook a steak. <br /><br />In another hotel, why always in Manchester I have no idea, I ordered a hot meal and, when it arrived, had to ask the waiter when the hot food was to arrive.<br /><br />In the USA I would never have had this problem. Nor, to be fair would I have in France.<br /><br />In the USA, though, portion sizes are ludicrous. As a post war child with the 'clean your plate' ethos, boy did I gain girth during a fortnight's new hire class for Prime Computer. The food quality was as high as the quantity, though.<br /><br />My experiences in France are not 100% positive. I ended up by accident with a plate of lovingly prepared calve's brains because I thought I understood the menu! It tasted delicious, but was unappealing to the eye!<br /><br />As I have grown older and plumper I regret French sauces, always on the heavy side, and I see them as an attempt to disguise poor ingredients. Yet I love the TV shows that display the skills of a great French chef such as Michel Roux Jr. He seems to go for less heavy dishes nowadays, too.<br /><br />Though I've slated Manchester hotels, and many would tell me it was my fault for eating in them, English chefs are excellent. I suspect my office's choice of hotel has a microwave technician instead of a chef. And one was the old Valley Lodge under a new name, which fooled me, rather.<br /><br />England and France have great produce. Some French wine is even pleasant to the palate. It seems, though, that England has overtaken France in the race for turning great produce into good food.Tim Trenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00698536468287397610noreply@blogger.com