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Posted on 06/26/2005 11:06:51 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Xie Ping, a salesman, has been in London for a week on holiday
"It looks like a civilised place, with pretty good city planning. But I feel that this is a city without enough life and energy. People are not friendly or warm enough.
Compared with the French, the British are quite cold and restrained. They are used to their old way of doing things and old way of thinking.
One thing that did impress me about England ... is the British Museum. Or, shall I say, I felt a strong sense of humiliation when I visited it. All the Chinese exhibits there were looted from our ancestors by British imperialists and I am ashamed to see them here. They belong to us.
Most of our trips were in London, visiting the main sites. I went to see the Big Ben, of course, Parliament, Trafalgar Square, Tower Bridge, the British Museum, the National Gallery. All of these fascinate me. They said that Tower Bridge was actually different from London Bridge, something I didn't know before."
Zhou Xingping, a 36-year-old writer, will visit Britain for the first time next week
"I'm really looking forward to my first trip - though I'm a little bit worried about the expense and the food.
For my generation, Britain is very important. In classes for history and literature, almost everything we learned about the outside world came from Britain and France.
We studied Dickens, Shelley, Byron and Shakespeare so there is a strong literary connection. I want to visit the places I've read about in novels and poems.
It is the most expensive journey I have ever made. My big worry is money. That is why I'll stay most of the time in London. I heard that a three-hour train journey in the UK can cost as much as 800 rmb (£60).
The atmosphere is completely different. I hope it is a transformative experience in my life.
I've tasted an English breakfast - beans, sausage and bacon - which was very good.
But other than that, I've heard that the food in the UK is awful."
Without tomatoes, whoever served his ''breakfast'' would be treated to a stay in the Tower.
Or, this wog's a liar. Take your choice.
It also includes sauteed mushrooms, baked tomatoes, and toasted bread--NOT English muffins. Did I mention the blood sausage?
English breakfast is horrible. The other food is not much better either. You can't go wrong with Oriental though. The Chinese restaurants in London...mmmmm.
Not if you love boiled meat, vegtable surprise, and bland.
Did we forget the fried bread!
Tomatoes are a vegetable of the New World.
The London Bridge has fallen down.
:-D
To tell the truth, I wasn't to enamored with the food in London...but maybe it was just me.
When I lived there I preferred Indian and Thai. Chinatown was the only place you get decent vegetables.
I'd always heard that, too. But I spent ten days in London last year and had some great meals. There are a lot of excellent ethnic restaurants and the English steakhouses are good, albeit somewhat expenisve.
I'm going back in August and already have a couple of favorite restaurants I plan to re-visit. I'll be going to Brighton and St. Ives, too, so I'll see if the food outside of London holds up. ;-)
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Pub food is good. Had some good Italian food in London.
Breakfast was great. Tea was great. That was good enough for me, usually.
If he had to be such an ungrateful tourist, I'm glad he went to Britain instead of America, with his glass half empty and all.
Do you care to comment Ping ? ;-)
It was consistently the worst food I've ever had. Short of spending a small fortune on Scottish beef it was awful. Boiled fish encrusted in salt was one of the most memorable items... I couldn't eat it... And I was very hungry...
Time to renew the Opium wars?
Correct. Nonetheless -- and check it for yourself -- tomatoes are absolutely a staple of the English breakfast. If you can eat breakfast in a B&B w/o a tomato or two showing up, I will pay your costs. (hint: mug's bet, don't accept it)
Did I mention the blood sausage?
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The Windsors are German, after all. Cut em some slack.
I wonder if the English serve Uschinger Liversausage on toast.
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