I just came from one week business trip in Naples Italy, besides the beautiful nature and the old architecture, it absolutely sucks. The food is very expensive and they give very small portion and you pay a lot of money. In the US we have all type of cuisines and we got served a lot of food for affordable prices where it is exactly the opposite case in Europe, very little food for a lot of money and they wonder why they do not have our good standards of living, and food is just a small part of it.
Now for the Brits to talk about quality of food, please give me a break!
A lot of this disdain for things American in Britain is replicated in the rest of Europe. Other than Poland, I must wonder if there is any European nation where anti-Americanism is not a major problem. The substance of their disdain is ridiculous: no one forces Englishmen, Germans, Spaniards, etc., to eat at American fast food restaurants or to watch American entertainment. I am not necessarily a fan of either, but the hypocrisy of Europeans regarding American culture is astounding.