Reply to: Have you ever seen a McDs close down?

[d000hg]

I never heard of Tagines until they were on both Jamie's and Gordon's cooking shows on C4 about a week apart (maybe they were trying to save budget and made them share hotel rooms).
They look awesome, sort of like exotic hot-pot. Mmm, I miss hot-pot. With whole chops.

[NickFitz]

Ah yes, and you should see the Dutch FEBO; Homepage

These are places which put the fast 'food' in little heated compartments and the customers put a coin in a slot to release said 'food'. The kebab/frikadel/kroket thingy may have festered in the heated compartment for some hours at a temperature optimized for bacterial growth before consumption. Very popular among Dutch people, I have yet to meet another foreigner who would even consider placing said sample in his mouth.

I like FEBO - I often used to go there when I was in Amsterdam with my Dutch ex. I think she was quite surprised that I took to the place so much, although I generally went for the fried chicken and fries. Mind you, a couple of kroketen make a good mid-evening snack

[norrahe]

I don't know where the idea has come from that the French hate McDonalds. It seems the polar opposite to me whenever I am there.

In an aside, I backpacked round Morocco for a month a few years ago and was very glad to see a McDonalds in Rabat rather than the usual fly infested rice and salad and charred lamb ribs.

Granted, some of the food in Morocco was quite nice - but nobody really eats what you see in all these crappy expensive cook books.

I trekked around Morocco years ago and found all the market stall food great, never needed to find any maccy d style food. I may have had one too many tagines though

[darmstadt]

I seen a peanut stand
Heard a rubber band
I seen a needle that winked its eye

And I've seen a Swiss Roll
And made a Venetian Blind
I wrote a French Letter
But never had a Camel Toe

[BdP]

Must be a fairly rare event

I seen a peanut stand
Heard a rubber band
I seen a needle that winked its eye

[kandr]

I don't know where the idea has come from that the French hate McDonalds. It seems the polar opposite to me whenever I am there.

In an aside, I backpacked round Morocco for a month a few years ago and was very glad to see a McDonalds in Rabat rather than the usual fly infested rice and salad and charred lamb ribs.

Granted, some of the food in Morocco was quite nice - but nobody really eats what you see in all these crappy expensive cook books.

Ah because McDonalds do fries rather than rice?

[Svalbaard]

I don't know where the idea has come from that the French hate McDonalds. It seems the polar opposite to me whenever I am there.

In an aside, I backpacked round Morocco for a month a few years ago and was very glad to see a McDonalds in Rabat rather than the usual fly infested rice and salad and charred lamb ribs.

Granted, some of the food in Morocco was quite nice - but nobody really eats what you see in all these crappy expensive cook books.

[Mich the Tester]

Well if an Irish Bar isn't a big old franchise I don't know what is, they're all over the bloody place. At the Channel you'll see these Irish juggernauts and half of them are full of Irish knik-knaks to use in the places, and most of them are crap and expensive...

...and avoided by Irish people.

[darmstadt]

After McDonald's packed up and moved on, the building turned into an Irish bar. Perhaps deliberately, they've left the original McDonald's floor tiles in place. Patrons could often be seen staring at the floor, wondering why that tile pattern looked so familiar.

Well if an Irish Bar isn't a big old franchise I don't know what is, they're all over the bloody place. At the Channel you'll see these Irish juggernauts and half of them are full of Irish knik-knaks to use in the places, and most of them are crap and expensive.

[Mich the Tester]

I've had them a few times. Over in Enschede the other day we saw a couple and were tempted but decided to have a nice coffee and cake instead.

Wise.

[darmstadt]

Ah yes, and you should see the Dutch FEBO; Homepage

These are places which put the fast 'food' in little heated compartments and the customers put a coin in a slot to release said 'food'. The kebab/frikadel/kroket thingy may have festered in the heated compartment for some hours at a temperature optimized for bacterial growth before consumption. Very popular among Dutch people, I have yet to meet another foreigner who would even consider placing said sample in his mouth.

I've had them a few times. Over in Enschede the other day we saw a couple and were tempted but decided to have a nice coffee and cake instead.

[Mich the Tester]

Me neither, though after having a quick squint at what comprises a Kebab, they are perhaps not as bad as they appear. To me they look like cylinders of mixtures of mechanically recovered meat of dubious origin left to fester in a warm environment until such time that the purveyors notice that customers are becoming ill before they even leave the premises.

Ah yes, and you should see the Dutch FEBO; Homepage

These are places which put the fast 'food' in little heated compartments and the customers put a coin in a slot to release said 'food'. The kebab/frikadel/kroket thingy may have festered in the heated compartment for some hours at a temperature optimized for bacterial growth before consumption. Very popular among Dutch people, I have yet to meet another foreigner who would even consider placing said sample in his mouth.

[kandr]

I dont mind a Nandos now and again or a Fish and Chips but that about it.

[TimberWolf]

Not me.

Me neither, though after having a quick squint at what comprises a Kebab, they are perhaps not as bad as they appear. To me they look like cylinders of mixtures of mechanically recovered meat of dubious origin left to fester in a warm environment until such time that the purveyors notice that customers are becoming ill before they even leave the premises.

[Platypus]

...and spotty chavs whose zits burst onto the food as they're preparing it.

Thanks for that