Moaning about the lack of British Food when abroad

Knittypamela

I actually feel sorry for this elderly lady. She has been vilified all over social media. They're even changing her face to make her look ugly.

You’re joking, right? She is clearly doing her ‘evil old bat’ impersonation, and she has nailed it. Thank goodness I don’t have to live near her!

Also, I don’t think much ‘changing’ was needed!!

Beechnut

^did anybody mention fried bread^

I don’t think so but now you have I fancy a piece Maw.
Haven’t had any for ages.

Can you have a "Full English" without it?

Ah I see thanks, a full English is the only thing yet mentioned which constitutes British food.

I have always thought it a shame when holidaymakers insist on having what they'd eat back home.

Here in Edinburgh in the Chinese quarter, many Chinese, Korean and other Asian restaurants have sprung up since the universities have taken many more Asian students. So it works both ways.

Reminds me of a hilarious Peter Kaye standup routine we were watching recently from a few years back. You know the one with the infamous exclamation "GARLIC BREAD? GARLIC.....BREAD?" and people buying Cadbury's Fingers in the supermarket and marvelling that they tasted just the same as back home.

I was a holiday rep many years ago.

One family queued up to see me to complain that there wasn’t a steel wool scourer in their apartment. I gave them 100 pesetas from my purse and pointed them to the nearest mercado.

RosieandherMaw

Beechnut

did anybody mention fried bread

I don’t think so but now you have I fancy a piece Maw.
Haven’t had any for ages.

Can you have a "Full English" without it?

Just leave out baked beans, please.

On toast, with sausage and mash but not mixed up with fried eggs!

Out of curiosity I looked the hotel up online. It clearly states to expect Mediterranean fare at mealtimes. If you don't do your research you've only got yourself to blame. And tbh, the Mediterranean diet is usually much healthier than the bacon, sausage and chips she was looking for.

bookwormbabe

Reminds me of a hilarious Peter Kaye standup routine we were watching recently from a few years back. You know the one with the infamous exclamation "GARLIC BREAD? GARLIC.....BREAD?" and people buying Cadbury's Fingers in the supermarket and marvelling that they tasted just the same as back home.

Oh yes, someone always pronounce it like Peter Kaye here! "Are we having garlic bread with the barbecue?"
"Garlic Bread? GARLIC BREAD?!"

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This was the "German Breakfast" at our resort in Lanzarote last summer.
They did variations of the Full British, and Spanish, as well 😋

Oh yes Dickens, I agree with you.
The Daily Mail certainly has a hint of
the sniffy, pretentious Hyacith Bucket about it.
I often laugh out loud when DH buys this publication, it's just soooo achingly lower middle-Engand. 😶

Personally I wouldn’t dream of taking any food apart from chocolate abroad. Only because I couldn’t be bothered to go shopping for some. I love all types of food, every country is an experience. The only thing I was disappointed with was bullfrog in Cambodia, very dry. The tarantulas and crickets in sauce in Vietnam were delicious.

Back in the late 60s my dad won us a family holiday to Yugoslavia - as it was known then. We could choose to go anywhere and were given a personal guide who arrangged everything for us. We stayed in a resort in Croatia called Porec. It was my first experience of 'foreign food' but we were enjoying trying new things. Most of the tourists were German at that time but on one evening we went on a trip out with other British tourists for a traditional evening in a mountain village with a meal and folk dancing. The conversations on the coach shocked us. People were speculating about the included meal and saying "I wonder if we'll get ;fish and chips!" One person expressed surprise when we passed a fuel station saying "Oh look! They have petrol stations here!" We couldn't believe the ignorance, but that was back in the days when people didn't travel as widely. I find it hard to believe there are people still behaving that way!

jocork

Back in the late 60s my dad won us a family holiday to Yugoslavia - as it was known then. We could choose to go anywhere and were given a personal guide who arrangged everything for us. We stayed in a resort in Croatia called Porec. It was my first experience of 'foreign food' but we were enjoying trying new things. Most of the tourists were German at that time but on one evening we went on a trip out with other British tourists for a traditional evening in a mountain village with a meal and folk dancing. The conversations on the coach shocked us. People were speculating about the included meal and saying "I wonder if we'll get ;fish and chips!" One person expressed surprise when we passed a fuel station saying "Oh look! They have petrol stations here!" We couldn't believe the ignorance, but that was back in the days when people didn't travel as widely. I find it hard to believe there are people still behaving that way!

We went to the then Yugoslavia in the 1980s and the food was very plain but substantial.
There was more variety in the nearby German supermarket and wonderful fruit being sold at the roadside.

To be fair, the British are not the only holiday-makers that do this.

I have no idea how large the percentage of holiday-makers who want the food they are used to when abroad is, or indeed whether one nation has more of them than the others.

I do know that I have heard many Danes, Swedes, Germans, French etc. etc. complain that they cannot find food they can recognise or want to eat when travelling.

How weird! I thought that was part of the experience of going abroad, to eat their food and sample the culture other than the sun! Nowt stranger than folk'!

We have been to corfu, and there was even something my very picky youngest son could eat- and trust me his diet is limited! I and other tried other foods and i for one thought it nice, and if she was that desperate theres even a mcDonalds in corfu which is same as ours, so sons were well pleased with that, and in fact only went once!

I love trying local food when I’m abroad but must admit I do take Yorkshire tea bags with me!

How silly. Trying local food is part of the fun of overseas holidays. Having said that, we have family in Singapore and will often take a box of tea bags there as, apart from bottled water, most of the drinks are extremely sweet and I really dislike most sweet drinks. It is nice at the beginning and end of the day to have a refreshing cup of tea in the hotel room. We also take boxes of tea bags for our Singaporean friends and relatives as British style tea popular there but very expensive.

We’ve been to all inclusive hotels in Madeira and Fuerteventura and both hotels had a different cuisine each night.

Mt61

Why not just go on holiday to Blackpool if they want fry-ups & fish & chips 🙄

It’s windy & cold? Some people just like to go abroad for guaranteed hot sunny days and a dip in an hotel pool. Nothing wrong with that. They’ve paid their money …

That said at £700 all in for a week including flights, hotel accommodation and food it’s little more than £100 a day. What was she expecting for that price?

Cossy

She should have gone to a part of Spain that has English cafes and Irish Bars!

We too love immersing ourselves in the culture when abroad, and the food is one of the best parts!

I also read the article about this particular tourist and I recall that her, plus her daughter and cousins generally do go to Spain.
There was also an article recently about a man going into KFC and demanding ham, egg and chips! 🤣🤣🤣

I haven’t read the article but I can imagine this woman . About 35 years ago we were on a Greek island and the couple in the next apartment were complaining that it wasn’t like Spain and they couldn’t get a full English breakfast or a Sunday roast , which they could in the area of Spain they frequent.
Regarding her colitis issues , a buffet is ideal for finding something to eat .
My friend is vegan and he prefers a buffet as he normally can find something he can eat . Plus he has something on his phone in the relative language, to describe veganism which he shows to the wait staff.
And I’m another who takes tea bags away with me . We were recently in Thailand and tea had a vanilla taste .

My thoughts too when I read it. I believe holiday voucher of £100 offered but not enough.

I always carry Yorkshire Tea, even when in Yorkshire. 😉