do you think eating english food and going to english style pub in a different country is wrong?

Answer 1

Ash hello,

I think it's fine if that's what people want to do. I my self think for me that going somewhere different would encourage me to try something different. I would prefer to try the exotic rather than the mundane usual stuff available to me. Although what with TV (television not transvestite) chefs and Tesco we can try what ever we like anyway. But there must be something special in eating as the people eat where ever you are. I opt for doing what the natives of that particular place do. lol but I don't go abroad

I find all this stuff about eating as the natives do and going on their buses all a bit connected to some sort of snobbery. lol i don't know why. When I was a child my Grandad wouldn't go anywhere without my Nan cooking for him so I think we should make allowances for peoples taste. I don't think it's sad to like plain food xx

Answer 2

Yes, and not just English food/English pubs, but food/pubs of whatever country you are coming from. Personally speaking when I go a broad I want to be out there trying local cuisine & mixing with the locals in their traditional bars. I'm not going to travel 1000's of miles just to go somewhere where I could go at home.

Answer 3

It's not wrong. Not only can too much local cuisine too quickly be a bit of a shock to the system but it's interesting to see how an "English" pub is portrayed in other cultures.

I had a traditional english christmas dinner in Poland. (Not out of choice) It was roast turkey in a curry sauce with salad and chips. I reckon the chef must have been in England on Boxing Day and thought that curried turkey was the genuine article.
It gave us a few laughs anyway.

I've just had 2 weeks in Goa and it was nice to eat a variety of food, rather than just curry. What can be wrong with having grilled steak?

Answer 4

No. Here in my country in Europe is very fashionable..Besides English are very styled people..perhaps a little bit too cold.As a man I think is OK. As a woman in old times this it was wrong..depends on the pub..and depends on situation..E.g a woman cannot stay as long as a man stay in a pub..unless they celebrate something..Usualy she must have a tea and cake and only having a company..a friend or relative...and then leave..

Answer 5

I wouldn't say it was wrong-more sad! Why go to these Countries where they have such interesting,tasty,new foods and not try them?
I know lots of people who go abroad only to spend all their time sat in an English pub,drinking English beer and eating English food....I find it all a bit...Sad really.
Whenever we go abroad we try to soak up as much of the local culture as possible,including the food.Otherwise we might as well just stay at home and save a fortune!
I think a lot of people are either afraid to try new things incase they actually like them despite reservations,or are too stuck in their ways to have a little sense of adventure when abroad so like to stay in their comfort zone.

Answer 6

It is a waste of time and money. If you want English food and English style pub whilst on holiday, STAY IN ENGLAND!!!!. The whole point of foreign travel is to taste and see what the country that you are visiting have got to offer and compare them to your own and other countries.

Answer 7

It might be a touch small minded, not to mention that most of the food in English pubs actually has foreign origins anyway, but you can hardly be burnt at the stake for doing it.

Answer 8

I agree with Ruby. It's not wrong, but if you go abroad it seems a shame to waste the opportunity of trying new food and going to local type bars.

When you live abroad, you do occasionally get a stab of nostalgia and then it's nice to retreat into an English style pub.

And it's not just the English. I had a Swiss colleague who knew every Swiss restaurant in the world. He even found one in Saudi Arabia! We met him by chance on our arrival in Australia and he complained that he hadn't yet found a Swiss restaurant. We had! Right next door to our hotel. Two days later we met him on the ferry - going to the restaurant. I call that sad!

Answer 9

I can't see the point of travelling to a another country and then sticking to just your home cuisine. OK so that is what you like mostly, but you are only away for a short time, you can do that all year round back at home, you should at least try to broaden your experiences by seeking out new experiences and foods, and what better time and place when you are away. So go on, give it a try, you might actually like it.

Answer 10

The only thing that is wrong with them is that the people that really like using them all the time when they are abroad are the same people that complain about immigrants coming to england and not adapting to english life.