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On 4 Apr 2005 20:18:13 -0700, wrote:

>"You can certainly get poor food in the West End. The down market
>food places are still not good enough, but in the West End why
>are all the tourists buying it? Go to the restaurant area where
>people like me eat (100 metres away) around Charlotte Street and
>take some photos there!"
>
>Too many tourists buy into the stereotype of British food being
>terrible, and assume there isn't anything beyond pub food, tourist
>traps, and downmarket Chinese and Indian. Many people who carefully
>plan where they will eat each meal in Paris or Hong Kong are willing to
>just go anywhere in London.

Huh??? That is a bizarre statement!

>I think London is one of the better
>European cities for restaurants if you have at least a moderate budget
>and really know where to go...London is the most international city in
>Europe and the restaurants reflect that, and there are also a lot of
>options in the way of fusion and contemporary cuisine.

Doesn't alter the fact that the produce they use is usually shite. You
can prepare food as carefully as you like, but cheap ingredients will
always shine through in the end result, and few restaurants are
prepared to go to the effort of finding decent produce. It might exist
in London, but is just too hard to come across.
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