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Moaning about the lack of British Food when abroad

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TwiceAsNice Thu 05-Jun-25 09:17:22

Silly woman! I have been to Greece, including Corfu several times their food is lovely. Why do you want bacon and chips when abroad? Immerse yourself in the culture and speak to the natives and have a lovely different time . Not much imagination and yes I bet she thought complaining would get her compensation. Hope her insurance company tell her where to go!

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Sparklefizz Thu 05-Jun-25 09:14:50

It's not just the British. I was in Iceland on holiday years ago and the hotel provided the most fantastic buffet breakfast with a huge choice - but some very loud Americans complained every morning that there were no "hash brownies", whatever they are.

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Cossy Thu 05-Jun-25 09:11:38

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!

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NotSpaghetti Thu 05-Jun-25 09:11:36

TerriBull I generally travel with tea...
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Septimia Thu 05-Jun-25 09:06:38

I gather there was a wide enough choice of food on the buffet for her to find something she liked, even if it wasn't her normal diet. But what did she expect? She wasn't in the UK, after all.

I rather suspect that she was after some sort of compensation...

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RosieandherMaw Thu 05-Jun-25 09:03:15

In the same way these pesky foreigners don’t speak proper English!

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Smileless2012 Thu 05-Jun-25 09:01:58

It is odd isn't it TerriBull. Trying different food when abroad is one of the things we look forward too.

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nanna8 Thu 05-Jun-25 09:01:13

How bizarre. British food isn’t exactly known for being the ‘best’ even these days. I notice on the list of life expectancy Britain is certainly a fair way down, below other European countries. Food ?

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TerriBull Thu 05-Jun-25 08:55:06

I didn't think such people existed anymore, when I read about it seemed like such a throwback. AIBU to wonder why anyone would go abroad, as a British woman did recently to Corfu and then complain about "the foreign food" and a lack of British food, her holiday being somewhat spoilt by distinct lack of chips and bacon shock eaten frequently seriously bad for the health anyway. It reminds me of going abroad in the '70s when some weirdos slightly strange hotel guests would bring their own cornflakes and tea bags shock

Just wondering what such a minority of people, certainly these days, expect from their foreign holiday.

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