Foreign Food

What is your favorite Foreign food --myself i am not very keen on it--i dont mind Thai or Mexican but as regards Indian -Bangladeshi-Italian i keep well away from it.

I dont think there is anything better than a really good English Restraunt serving proper English Cuisine --which are few and far between these days--any comments??

Having eaten in a lot of places around the world James, when in doubt we always go for Italian, apart from in France where for some reason they insist on putting a raw egg in the middle of a pizza when it comes out of the oven.

I do like a good steak, but you've got to stick to the UK, US, Australia or New Zealand for those.

I avoid any buffet food since my food poisoning as it's a breeding ground for bugs.

We have a great Indian in the village where we eat quite often, everything is cooked fresh for you.

A lot of Chinese food I find very salty and I'm no lover of rice. 

Great to see a new thread started, well done James!

I am eating a Chinese meal right now, but enjoy a decent fillet steak now and again.

John says>>> I know it's a (edited) food

Explain yourself, how is rice dirty? Do you mean Dirty Rice?

Uncooked rice contains a bacteria called Bacillus cereus, if the rice isn't cooked properly the spores remain and whilst standing at room temperature the spores multiply causing food poisoning. Reheating rice is also a problem if the spores are present. Rice ideally should be eaten straight away and never left to stand at room temperature for even the shortest length of time.

Most cases of food poisoning after eating Chinese food are caused by the rice and not any of the other ingredients. I won't eat rice I can't afford to nearly die again. 

Thanks for responding Ruth. I am aware of the fact that rice has it's problems, but that doesn't make it dirty and quite often the problems associoated with cooked rice can be averted, by microwaving it.

For your information there is a rice often referred to as 'dirty rice' but John has made a statement that I would like him to explain, or maybe edit if he accepts that he could be wrong, so as not to provide wrong information for followers of POE.

Can't beat a nicely done steak and chips

But failing that an Indian curry with rice .... dirty or not !!

Please keep it civil and on topic guys. Had to delete a lot of unwanted irrelevant nonsense from this thread.

Chinese is the fave treat in this household James, though we like the occassional Indian too, which the missus cooks to perfection