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lesofprimus · 03-10-2009, 06:52 PM

Funny, I was telling a buddy at work today about Portugal... Also had to mention Amsterdam....

Seawitch · 05-18-2009, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by lesofprimus

Funny, I was telling a buddy at work today about Portugal... Also had to mention Amsterdam....

Have you been in the Texas Bar in Lisbon?

timshatz · 05-18-2009, 01:02 PM

Amsterdam. Great beer. Same with the smoke. Great buzz. But the food was terrible. Salted fish was a delicacy and everything else tasted like cardboard.

No wonder there are no Dutch Resturaunts.

And the Red Light district. Now that was a fun area.

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 05-18-2009, 02:02 PM

I did not think the food up in the Netherlands was that bad.

comiso90 · 05-18-2009, 02:05 PM

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I did not think the food up in the Netherlands was that bad.

Everything tastes good after a bowl of hash...

.. so i've heard...

timshatz · 05-18-2009, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by comiso90

Everything tastes good after a bowl of hash...

.. so i've heard...

You would think, wouldn't you? I mean, you're stoned to the bejezus, sipping on a beer in a bar about a klick from the train station. There, across the street is a bakery and everything looks great. Go over, grab some baked goods and it all stunk! Carboard.

So Wife wanders off to another place for some fish type stuff and BLAH, another zero. After that, we gave up and just kept drinking the Hieniken. Now, that was very good.

To your point Adler, it could've been us. We'd just left two weeks in Italy and may've been biased by good food of the boot. But you gotta wonder why you never see:

Dutch Resturaunts
Norwegian Resturaunts
Polish " "
Irish " "
ect.
to say nothing of England.

I mean you just list off all the countries that DON'T have a food history. Holland has to be up there pretty high.

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 05-18-2009, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by timshatz

You would think, wouldn't you? I mean, you're stoned to the bejezus, sipping on a beer in a bar about a klick from the train station. There, across the street is a bakery and everything looks great. Go over, grab some baked goods and it all stunk! Carboard.

So Wife wanders off to another place for some fish type stuff and BLAH, another zero. After that, we gave up and just kept drinking the Hieniken. Now, that was very good.

To your point Adler, it could've been us. We'd just left two weeks in Italy and may've been biased by good food of the boot. But you gotta wonder why you never see:

Dutch Resturaunts
Norwegian Resturaunts
Polish " "
Irish " "
ect.
to say nothing of England.

I mean you just list off all the countries that DON'T have a food history. Holland has to be up there pretty high.

I don't know maybe you have just eating at the wrong places.

I have a great Irish place where I live. There you can get amazing:

Irish Stew
Seafood Chowder
Gaelic Steak (absolutely amazing steak in a whiskey sauce)
Shepards Pie

As for Polish food, I have eaten lots of great polish food. Over here you can find them regularly.

Nothing however beats the food from:

Greece
Croatia
Serbia
Macedonia
Bosnia
India

timshatz · 05-18-2009, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet

I don't know maybe you have just eating at the wrong places.

I have a great Irish place where I live. There you can get amazing:

Irish Stew
Seafood Chowder
Gaelic Steak (absolutely amazing steak in a whiskey sauce)
Shepards Pie

As for Polish food, I have eaten lots of great polish food. Over here you can find them regularly.

Nothing however beats the food from:

Greece
Croatia
Serbia
Macedonia
Bosnia
India

Possible. I've only done two days in Amsterdam. But if I went back it wouldn't be for the food.

The only Irish pubs around Philly that are worth going to are for the beer. Not that they don't serve food, some of which is ok (Kildare's, Welcome to Kildare's) but most people go to Irish places around here for the Guiness. Once a year, every Irish pub in the local area has Ham and Cabbage on St. Paddy's Day. Once a year, I can live with.

Greek around here is all gyro and pizza. India? Tons of curry. Others are Thai, Chinese, Japanese and the odd Mexican place (not real Mexican like you get in Cali or Texas, knockoff Mexican). There is a ton of Steak and Italian around here. Some are combined and are very good. Nothing like Pasta and Steak. Toss in a decent bottle of red and it's heaven.

Ok, I'll call thread drift on myself on this one. Gone from Liberty Ports to Food. If we wanna do food, we oughta start a thread on it.

Has it ever been done before?

timshatz · 05-18-2009, 05:34 PM

Never even heard of Balkan Resturaunts. What do they serve? What's the main dish?

ccheese · 05-18-2009, 06:20 PM

Best liberty port I was even in was Dubrovnik, Yogo. [now Croatia]. Bought a Rolex watch for $125.00 [usd], had more
steak and beer than I could handle. The guys from the Russian destroyer, that followed us all over the Med, were "good
ole boys" and were actually likable, on the beach. My second choice would be Brindisi, Italy.

Charles

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 05-18-2009, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by timshatz

Greek around here is all gyro and pizza. India?

Wow you have no clue what you are missing out on!!! There is so much more to Greek food than gyros!

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Tons of curry.

Same with indian! Curry does not even begin to cover it. Tandoori or Masala and hundreds of different kinds of spices! Man you need to try some real Indian food and not just chicken curry!

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Originally Posted by timshatz

Ok, I'll call thread drift on myself on this one. Gone from Liberty Ports to Food. If we wanna do food, we oughta start a thread on it.

Thats true, but this thread was dead for awhile, so I guess that is okay.

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Originally Posted by timshatz

Has it ever been done before?

Not sure...

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Originally Posted by timshatz

Never even heard of Balkan Resturaunts. What do they serve? What's the main dish?

timshatz · 05-19-2009, 10:12 AM

Only a couple of those have I tried. The baklava and one of the wraps. But all of them look awesome. Especially when I'm sitting in my office at 9am having a breakfast of an orange. That stuff looks really good. Especially the pork and other meats. Enough for me to put it on my list of places to go. Just across the Adriatic from Italy so it's short trip.

All this stuff in Croatia or Bosnia? Seems the closest countries to Italy (my reference point).

One thing I thought was pretty cool about the food in Europe (and was pleasantly suprised by) was the eats in Bavaria and Norther Switzerland. There is a dish they make in Zuirch that is Fried Potatoes (like home fries) with a brown gravy that consists of veal and mushrooms over it. The spuds and veal mix are meshed together and warmed over an open flame. I can't remember the name but it was great. Had it at a place under the tower of the big clock (in Zurich, everyone seems to know it). Pricey but worth it. Family place.

But I was very impressed by Bavarian food. Only had it around Oktoberfest but the Chicken, Ribs and pretty much everythig was excellent. Great food. Way under-rated.

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 05-19-2009, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by timshatz

Only a couple of those have I tried. The baklava and one of the wraps. But all of them look awesome. Especially when I'm sitting in my office at 9am having a breakfast of an orange. That stuff looks really good. Especially the pork and other meats. Enough for me to put it on my list of places to go. Just across the Adriatic from Italy so it's short trip.

All this stuff in Croatia or Bosnia? Seems the closest countries to Italy (my reference point).

One thing I thought was pretty cool about the food in Europe (and was pleasantly suprised by) was the eats in Bavaria and Norther Switzerland. There is a dish they make in Zuirch that is Fried Potatoes (like home fries) with a brown gravy that consists of veal and mushrooms over it. The spuds and veal mix are meshed together and warmed over an open flame. I can't remember the name but it was great. Had it at a place under the tower of the big clock (in Zurich, everyone seems to know it). Pricey but worth it. Family place.

But I was very impressed by Bavarian food. Only had it around Oktoberfest but the Chicken, Ribs and pretty much everythig was excellent. Great food. Way under-rated.

The stuff I described above is from the whole Balkan region. You will find variations of it in Greece, All the former Yugoslavia Countries, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, e.t.c

Man there is a lot of great national foods over here:

German
Italian
Greek
Balkan
Polish
Russian

All with lots of flavor and spices.

We really have taken this off topic haven't we?

timshatz · 05-19-2009, 03:29 PM

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We really have taken this off topic haven't we?

This sucker is gone!

Have to give it a whirl. Gives me a reason to head over to Croatia. Have heard everybody who goes there loves it. Balkans in general are supposed to be great for food and the coast as well. Seen a couple of shows on HD covering it and they were pretty impressive.

One more place I need to see before I check out and eating is a pretty good reason to go!

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05-18-2009, 01:02 PM	#33
timshatz Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Phila, Pa Posts: 3,446	Amsterdam. Great beer. Same with the smoke. Great buzz. But the food was terrible. Salted fish was a delicacy and everything else tasted like cardboard. No wonder there are no Dutch Resturaunts. And the Red Light district. Now that was a fun area.

05-18-2009, 05:34 PM	#39
timshatz Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Phila, Pa Posts: 3,446	Never even heard of Balkan Resturaunts. What do they serve? What's the main dish?

05-19-2009, 10:12 AM	#42
timshatz Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Phila, Pa Posts: 3,446	Only a couple of those have I tried. The baklava and one of the wraps. But all of them look awesome. Especially when I'm sitting in my office at 9am having a breakfast of an orange. That stuff looks really good. Especially the pork and other meats. Enough for me to put it on my list of places to go. Just across the Adriatic from Italy so it's short trip. All this stuff in Croatia or Bosnia? Seems the closest countries to Italy (my reference point). One thing I thought was pretty cool about the food in Europe (and was pleasantly suprised by) was the eats in Bavaria and Norther Switzerland. There is a dish they make in Zuirch that is Fried Potatoes (like home fries) with a brown gravy that consists of veal and mushrooms over it. The spuds and veal mix are meshed together and warmed over an open flame. I can't remember the name but it was great. Had it at a place under the tower of the big clock (in Zurich, everyone seems to know it). Pricey but worth it. Family place. But I was very impressed by Bavarian food. Only had it around Oktoberfest but the Chicken, Ribs and pretty much everythig was excellent. Great food. Way under-rated.