Lullabelle
Midlands, England
A male colleague was in Greece for a holiday, couldn't eat the food because it was 'covered in oil and herbs and s**t'. He won't go to the country again, put him right off....no doubt he was expecting 'English food' 
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TheA male colleague was in Greece for a holiday, couldn't eat the food because it was 'covered in oil and herbs and s**t'. He won't go to the country again, put him right off....no doubt he was expecting 'English food'
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Never understood why people go away and don't want to eat the local food.A male colleague was in Greece for a holiday, couldn't eat the food because it was 'covered in oil and herbs and s**t'. He won't go to the country again, put him right off....no doubt he was expecting 'English food'
"These chips aren't up to English standard". "No, why would they be, we're in <insert non-english native language country here>.
".CookieMonster
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introduction to Greek street fast food:
CookieMonster
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and I am still in search of a wonderful lemon delicacy presented at a party in Piraeus (port city to Athens . . . )
it was a 'on the table snack' thing - candied 'whites of lemon rind'
absolutely superb - not "bitter" - 4-6 mm thick 'chunks' obviously rolled/crusted in sugar? honey?
apparently one needs specific lemons with super thick rind to make this - and I've never been able to track down any of the required details . . .
it was a 'on the table snack' thing - candied 'whites of lemon rind'
absolutely superb - not "bitter" - 4-6 mm thick 'chunks' obviously rolled/crusted in sugar? honey?
apparently one needs specific lemons with super thick rind to make this - and I've never been able to track down any of the required details . . .
Barriehie
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I've made candied orange peels before but found them to be really labor/attention intensive to ever pursue even with another type of peel. Pickled watermelon rinds is about as far as I'll go.
The one ( and only ) time I went to Greece, I spent 10 days in Mykonos.After a couple of days at Ornos beach, I noticed the fishermen coming in, around 11.30am, cracking open a few bottles of Retsina, and eating whatever they'd caught. We joined them a day or two later.
In the main town, we had plates and plates of kalamaris. Like I said - you want chips and saveloys and scones and tea on holiday - go to Skegness.
In the main town, we had plates and plates of kalamaris. Like I said - you want chips and saveloys and scones and tea on holiday - go to Skegness.
medtran49
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Probably a variety similar to those grown on the Italian Amalfi coast.
badjak
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I think eating the local food is one of the great things of a foreign holiday, esp in countries known for their love of fresh food
Lullabelle
Midlands, England
He told TVC the food was served warm, so I get the idea that they had their meals at the hotel.
Lullabelle
Midlands, England
Agreed. When we go away we want traditional/local food and Greece has never let us down.
Lullabelle
Midlands, England
It turns out they booked through loveholidays.com, everyone had 1 set of towels each, no daily cleaning service. Maybe should have done some research.
I don’t really have an issue with someone who sees something and decides for themselves that they don’t want it or probably wouldn’t like it. That’s how I make my choices for anything I eat anywhere, really.
What does confuse me with some people is when they travel to another country or region, they don’t see food they’re familiar with, or they see something they are familiar with, but it’s a local variation, so they proclaim that it’s “wrong” and say the food isn’t any good purely because they don’t have the same foods presented in the same way as they do at home - to me, that’s akin to going to another country and complaining they don’t speak your language.
What does confuse me with some people is when they travel to another country or region, they don’t see food they’re familiar with, or they see something they are familiar with, but it’s a local variation, so they proclaim that it’s “wrong” and say the food isn’t any good purely because they don’t have the same foods presented in the same way as they do at home - to me, that’s akin to going to another country and complaining they don’t speak your language.
Here's a recent "complaint" from a Newcastle traveller to Greece:
Stick to Sunderland next time, pet.
No bacon, no sausage. Too much rice. Oh, and the entire week, all inclusive, was 750 quid ($1000). That's what it just cost me to fly to Atlanta and back (yes, travelling from Venezuela is expensive).
My only thought is that, perhaps, people should make an effort to find out a little about where they'd like to holiday before actually booking. If you want gravy with everything, then forget Greece, or Spain. If you dislike rice, then avoid most of the Mediterranean and Middle East. If you don't like mountains, avoid Greek islands, the Pyrenees, or the Swiss alps. If you don't speak a foreign language, or are not prepared to at least make an effort, then stay at home, or go somewhere that does speak your language. But for heaven's sake, don't come home and whine about it or expect every other country in the world to accommodate you.
Stick to Sunderland next time, pet.
No bacon, no sausage. Too much rice. Oh, and the entire week, all inclusive, was 750 quid ($1000). That's what it just cost me to fly to Atlanta and back (yes, travelling from Venezuela is expensive).
My only thought is that, perhaps, people should make an effort to find out a little about where they'd like to holiday before actually booking. If you want gravy with everything, then forget Greece, or Spain. If you dislike rice, then avoid most of the Mediterranean and Middle East. If you don't like mountains, avoid Greek islands, the Pyrenees, or the Swiss alps. If you don't speak a foreign language, or are not prepared to at least make an effort, then stay at home, or go somewhere that does speak your language. But for heaven's sake, don't come home and whine about it or expect every other country in the world to accommodate you.