Dave Smith wrote:
>
> Arri London wrote:
>
> > Even the miserable rural district I had to live in for a while had
> > 'ethnic' takeaways. While the natives of those countries (who ran the
> > places) wouldn't eat that Anglicised rubbish, it sold to the locals
> > quite readily.
>
> One of the restaurants where I regularly at lunch or supper when working was
> run by a Greek family. They had a chicken broaster and my co-worker loved
> their broasted chicken, as well as their regular specials, like foot long hot
> dogs, cheese burgers etc. One hot summer evening I went in there grab a quick
> dinner and the family was sitting down to a dinner. They had a platter of
> sliced tomatoes, cucumber, onions, feta cheese and olive. Damn. I wish that
> had been on their menu.

All you need to do is ask. Have got all sorts of nice foods (often free
of charge) from the owners of restaurants when I asked.