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[Coozi]

I've been to Italy nearly a 100x and I used to work for an Italian company. I agree with what you say about Italian food within the country. but the standard of other countries cuisine is below average and my mind won't be changed on that

I live in London and I could go out now and get world class Japanese , greek , Indian , Chinese , Thai , Malaysian , french etc in a heartbeat......not possible in Italy.

But that's what I said, there is no critical incentive to innovate with other cusines beyond a certain point, when locals are still experimenting with their own local cuisine's variety. In the UK, with colonisation, immigration, capital markets sophistication and a locl cuisine that's not that enticing, you HAVE to develop a thriving foreign food industry.
Italian radios are filled with British pop music, while... how many British radios would specialise in Italian pop music given there is so much local music to play? (Purposefully excluding opera and classic music, because there Italians were the innovators and among the best).

 

[Coozi]

In essence though that’s praise for London’s multiculturalism. You could cane most places in the world for not living up to those standards

Exactly and it's very easy to compare London with cities abroad: that's not England.
But I could compare every single little italian village with Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool, let alone smaller British cities.

 

[Talby]

But that's what I said, there is no critical incentive to innovate with other cusines beyond a certain point, when locals are still experimenting with their own local cuisine's variety. In the UK, with colonisation, immigration, capital markets sophistication and a locl cuisine that's not that enticing, you HAVE to develop a thriving foreign food industry.
Italian radios are filled with British pop music, while... how many British radios would specialise in Italian pop music given there is so much local music to play? (Purposefully excluding opera and classic music, because there Italians were the innovators and among the best).

This is like a tragicomedy.

 

[dazzer6666]

Exactly and it's very easy to compare London with cities abroad: that's not England.
But I could compare every single little italian village with Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool, let alone smaller British cities.

No chance of a decent curry in Birmingham

 

[Simster]

No chance of a decent curry in Birmingham

I think you'll get fantastic curries in Brum, and Chinese food for that matter for the same reason, but London stands alone (or perhaps alongside a handful of world wide cities) in that you can literally eat good food originating from any corner of the globe.

But the wider point is surely that food in Italy (and France) is a far more significant part of family culture than it is here, and the food thus better. In Italy you can go to any village and you'll find a restaurant in the same way you'd find a pub here. I remember going to one such restaurant 15 years ago and it didn't even take credit cards. Not really a surprise because the owner knew all his customers (except us), again a bit like a pub here.

 

[dazzer6666]

I think you'll get fantastic curries in Brum, and Chinese food for that matter for the same reason, but London stands alone (or perhaps alongside a handful of world wide cities) in that you can literally eat good food originating from any corner of the globe.

But the wider point is surely that food in Italy (and France) is a far more significant part of family culture than it is here, and the food thus better. In Italy you can go to any village and you'll find a restaurant in the same way you'd find a pub here. I remember going to one such restaurant 15 years ago and it didn't even take credit cards. Not really a surprise because the owner knew all his customers (except us), again a bit like a pub here.

Umm, yeah, thanks for that