bosstrabs Never been to Spain, but I’m yet to meet someone (at least from India) who has eaten well out there on a holiday. The general consensus for the tapas experience is that it’s mostly oily, flavorless and hardly filling.

Having said that, some of the best food I’ve ever eaten was in Portugal.

      Lol at Spanish food not having flavour. A lot of Indians think turmeric is just for colour, so maybe it’s just that you guys use so many ingredients you can’t taste anything when there are only a few.

        bosstrabs Isn’t it just putting off the inevitable though once they ‘open the gates’?

          BlainSA I mean sure there is paella and chorizo… but I mostly associate Spanish food with olives soaked in garlic infused olive oil and not much else.

              rhouses olives soaked in garlic infused olive oil

              That’s what you have with your beer pretty much anywhere in the Mediterranean, Rhouses. Only an appetizer.

                  BlainSA Like to think I have a pretty worldly taste in food. And Spanish would struggle to even make Top 10 Nation in my list of culinary bangers.

                      rhouses Like to think I have a pretty worldly taste in food.

                      Have another think. Regional/provincial Spanish food is some of the best in the world hands down. You haven’t been so can’t possibly comment. Might as well say Italian is shit having only eaten dominos pizza and had that shitty pre grated parmesan in a shaker on your microwave spag bol yet never actually been to Italy. Tit.

                          Cankles-McJeggings Spain as a holiday destination never appealed to me for some reason, perhaps the multiple people who said the food was rubbish. But I’ll be happy to eat my words when I eventually visit.

                          Tbf I went with the same mentality to Portugal, and the food blew me away.

                              rhouses You had the equivalent of Bombay mix, although arguably better. Not really the best measure.

                                rhouses Tbf I went with the same mentality to Portugal, and the food blew me away.

                                Portuguese to Spanish food is like Vietnamese to Chinese.

                                The former has some good dishes (many derived from the latter), the latter is a serious cuisine with massive regional variety.

                                  The statement is almost preposterous.

                                  Like slating Indian food but saying ‘Bangladeshi food blew me away’.

                                    bosstrabs well to be fair, besides the bifanas, the egg tarts, and the seafood in ramiro, I wouldn’t say the food that blew me away out there was pure Portuguese. Also being 50% Goan, with a pure love for Goan food, I’m biased.

                                    And you dimwit, Bengali food is a cuisine on its own.

                                        rhouses And you dimwit, Bengali food is a cuisine on its own.

                                        So is Portuguese and Vietnamese.

                                        Lads, I’d like to apologise for Rhouses, the biggest fucknuckle to walk God’s earth.

                                            rhouses You didn’t. You slated a globally renowned cuisine, and then said you were ‘blown away’ by its inferior nearby counterpart.

                                                bosstrabs if I wasn’t ill with the seasonal flu I would have absolutely demolished you for your “Vietnamese and Chinese food are similar.” The kind of statement you’d expect from a chav who wears adidas and Nike in the same get up, and has lived on chicken breast, roast beef and steamed Brussel sprouts through his childhood.

                                                    rhouses But it’s very common knowledge that most techniques in Vietnamese cooking and, indeed, many aspects of Vietnamese culture are Chinese-derived. The other major influence being French.

                                                    All it takes is the briefest of glances on Wikipedia or any other source to confirm it:
                                                    “In culinary traditions, the Chinese introduced to Vietnam several dishes, including vằn thắn/hoành thánh (wonton), xá xíu (char siu), há cảo (har gow), hủ tiếu (shahe fen), mì (wheat noodles), bò bía (popiah), bánh quẩy (youtiao), mooncake and bánh pía (Suzhou style mooncake), bánh tổ (nian gao), sủi dìn (tang yuan), bánh bò, bánh bao (baozi), cơm chiên Dương Châu (Yangzhou fried rice), and mì xào (chow mein). The Vietnamese adopted these foods and added their own styles and flavors to the foods.”

                                                        bosstrabs For someone who prides himself in knowing the intricacies and variety of cuisine in the different regions of China, you know that statement was fuckall, Dave. No need to go into Wikipedia with the plebs to feel better about it.

                                                            So besides the quality of cuisine in Iberia, how are the revolts going? How many have been sent to the blender so far?

                                                              Hursty How many have been sent to the blender so far?

                                                              Lol, was thinking about blending a few of my clients earlier as it happens