Thing is, the guy who does that is chunky, but he isn't especially massive. He must run interstate from one venue to another or just not eat at any other time other than when filming. Either that or there's a mobile liposuction unit following the crew around.
It always makes me want to thump someone whenever some trim American in a movie disses british food like the fried breakfast or fish & chips. In any American restaurant or take-away I've been in, those would be the child-size diet options.
Thing is, the guy who does that is chunky, but he isn't especially massive. He must run interstate from one venue to another or just not eat at any other time other than when filming. Either that or there's a mobile liposuction unit following the crew around.
It always makes me want to thump someone whenever some trim American in a movie disses british food like the fried breakfast or fish & chips. In any American restaurant or take-away I've been in, those would be the child-size diet options.
yeah for some reason english people still think we are still rationing.
my mate did a food challenge in one of those chain pubs, it was a mixed grill.
it had 1 extra chop than the normal mixed grill. :razz:
honeslty it would be pretty embaressing to see that guy come to the UK, unless he went to that curry house that was on the news, where all those people ended up in hospital.
we have the hot food pretty much covered, but portion wise he'd have no problem at all.
the english are more likely to roll the food down a hill and the one who catches it gets to keep it. :p
Those 'challenges' in the UK just give you a printed A4 certificate from a pile under the till. It's not like they give you the meal for free if you finish it, like those American ones with their 6-pound burgers and gallon shakes.
Those 'challenges' in the UK just give you a printed A4 certificate from a pile under the till. It's not like they give you the meal for free if you finish it, like those American ones with their 6-pound burgers and gallon shakes.
There's a Fat Boys Cafe near me that has a "challenge" dish on the menu called "The Gutbuster" (or something like that anyway), and they don't charge you for it if you can eat the whole lot. Someone reviewed the cafe for our local paper and had a go at it, but apparently didn't even make it halfway through. :grin:
There's a Buffalo Wild Wings near where I live that has a challenge if you can eat 12 wings with the Blazing Sauce on them you get a T-Shirt and you eat free the next time you're there.
I Always eat the hottest sauce there, and the second time I did it I asked the server "This is the second time I've eaten 12 wings with the hottest sauce on, aren't I supposed to get a T-Shirt and a free meal next time?". She said "No you have to eat the 12 hottest wings on the bone, and in 12 minutes". I can't eat 12 wings with no sauce in 12 minutes otherwise I'd try it, their hottest sauce ain't sh*t!
There's a local place right along from where I work has a sauce called nuclear sauce 1 drop of that gives you the burn from 12 of Buffalo Wild Wing's hottest sauce. I ate 18 of those the day before my 30th Birthday, and my mouth was still burning when I went back there the next night with a few friends :D
But Man Vs Food I love that show, that Adam guy deserves kudos even when he fails a challenge, you feel his pain. Especially when he does mad stuff like trying to eat 9 bowls of Seviche in half an hour :lol:
yer but I doubt they'd let 5 of ya buy it :p , hence why I reckon it's a PR stunt.
there is a cafe near my sisters place where we go sometimes when they come back from holiday and well they do a fry up and it's just about manageable..
it depends what sorta quality meat they use, as well proper linc's sausages etc are pretty filling :)
Lunch in the refectory of the University of Zaragoza. Paella (already eaten), something suspicious onna stick, chips, custardy thing, can of Coke, bread -- all for 5 eur.
It's ok, you passed it some time ago, so no worries. This was just the umlaut above the o ... We don't usually tell people this but it's actually spelled W?S ... but, SHHHHHHHHH!
Have they flown those Kebab sticks out specially from a Morrison's hot food counter?
The chips look like standard student canteen issue. :(
They actually make 'em on site believe it or not, and they are pretty damned good. Yes, the chips are pretty standard student canteen chips. The paella is alright, it has shellfish in it. The custardy thing has cinnamon in it.
Lunch in the refectory of the University of Zaragoza. Paella (already eaten), something suspicious onna stick, chips, custardy thing, can of Coke, bread -- all for 5 eur.
The sticks are 'pinchitos', very popular here (and cheap).
I'd eat Winston's paella & pinchitos, and for dessert, Znorxman's muffins! (salivating mode: ON) :smile:
Really don't like snails. Popped out of the shell, they look like tiny mushrooms but have the texture of the rubbery gristly cartiligenous bits from between the joints of meat that you definitely don't want to eat.
I'd definitely try them given the chance, I'm generally not very squeamish, especially when it comes to food. I'd love to give frogs legs a go too. Tried sushi for the first time on Monday night, absolutely blimmin' loved it! Yummy! :)
I do like sushi, though I've only tried some simple stuff, none of which was actually raw. Mostly just the chopped-roll type rings of seaweed and rice around a fish and veg filling. M&S do a lovely little cheap pack in the fresh food section.
The origins of it, leaving fish packed in rice to rot and ferment, then just eating the rotted meat, sounds utterly revolting. There's a similar norwegian 'delicacy' of rotten fish that makes people vomit from the smell. A Japanese restaurant owner offered some of this original sushi to Karl Pilkington on the telly a few nights ago - exceedingly expensive - even the owner hadn't tried it - and it didn't go down well. In fact, it came back up a lot quicker.
I do like sushi, though I've only tried some simple stuff, none of which was actually raw. Mostly just the chopped-roll type rings of seaweed and rice around a fish and veg filling. M&S do a lovely little cheap pack in the fresh food section.
The origins of it, leaving fish packed in rice to rot and ferment, then just eating the rotted meat, sounds utterly revolting. There's a similar norwegian 'delicacy' of rotten fish that makes people vomit from the smell. A Japanese restaurant owner offered some of this original sushi to Karl Pilkington on the telly a few nights ago - exceedingly expensive - even the owner hadn't tried it - and it didn't go down well. In fact, it came back up a lot quicker.
there's rotten shark in Iceland - might be similar?
Sushi is nice....or at least the tame Westernised stuff I've seen
Not tried snails but guess I would give em a go.....but not abroad - the idea of upchuck in foreign lands is anathema to me
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It always makes me want to thump someone whenever some trim American in a movie disses british food like the fried breakfast or fish & chips. In any American restaurant or take-away I've been in, those would be the child-size diet options.
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yeah for some reason english people still think we are still rationing.
my mate did a food challenge in one of those chain pubs, it was a mixed grill.
it had 1 extra chop than the normal mixed grill. :razz:
honeslty it would be pretty embaressing to see that guy come to the UK, unless he went to that curry house that was on the news, where all those people ended up in hospital.
we have the hot food pretty much covered, but portion wise he'd have no problem at all.
the english are more likely to roll the food down a hill and the one who catches it gets to keep it. :p
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There's a Fat Boys Cafe near me that has a "challenge" dish on the menu called "The Gutbuster" (or something like that anyway), and they don't charge you for it if you can eat the whole lot. Someone reviewed the cafe for our local paper and had a go at it, but apparently didn't even make it halfway through. :grin:
:smile: might be handy for anyone in bolton (bet it's a PR stunt)
problem is it'd get cold quick :(
I Always eat the hottest sauce there, and the second time I did it I asked the server "This is the second time I've eaten 12 wings with the hottest sauce on, aren't I supposed to get a T-Shirt and a free meal next time?". She said "No you have to eat the 12 hottest wings on the bone, and in 12 minutes". I can't eat 12 wings with no sauce in 12 minutes otherwise I'd try it, their hottest sauce ain't sh*t!
There's a local place right along from where I work has a sauce called nuclear sauce 1 drop of that gives you the burn from 12 of Buffalo Wild Wing's hottest sauce. I ate 18 of those the day before my 30th Birthday, and my mouth was still burning when I went back there the next night with a few friends :D
But Man Vs Food I love that show, that Adam guy deserves kudos even when he fails a challenge, you feel his pain. Especially when he does mad stuff like trying to eat 9 bowls of Seviche in half an hour :lol:
i had a fry up sunday
3 sausages, 1 large fried tomato, 4 hash browns, 3 eggs, 200g of bacon (cant remember how many rashers) 4 slices of bread.
i reckon i could eat that monster fry up
but id prefer it if i could eat it as it cooked, as said i dont like them when they go cold and congealed.
that disclaimer is bollox though, 5000 calories is just a large doner, :p
?10.95? You could split that between 4 or 5 of you and all get a fairly cheap brekky.
Though I haven't been up north for a bit, maybe I'm just getting too used to Bristol prices. A fry up for <?5 is a good deal as far as I'm concerned.
there is a cafe near my sisters place where we go sometimes when they come back from holiday and well they do a fry up and it's just about manageable..
it depends what sorta quality meat they use, as well proper linc's sausages etc are pretty filling :)
Lunch in the refectory of the University of Zaragoza. Paella (already eaten), something suspicious onna stick, chips, custardy thing, can of Coke, bread -- all for 5 eur.
The chips look like standard student canteen issue. :(
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Cut my own throat Dibbler would be proud
Ooooh ... a Pratchett connection ... hmmm.
OK WoS ... Wookiee's all right, He's One Of Us :razz:
:lol: I didn't know there was a test
Shhhhh! Don't let other newbies in on it...
:p
It's ok, you passed it some time ago, so no worries. This was just the umlaut above the o ... We don't usually tell people this but it's actually spelled W?S ... but, SHHHHHHHHH!
They actually make 'em on site believe it or not, and they are pretty damned good. Yes, the chips are pretty standard student canteen chips. The paella is alright, it has shellfish in it. The custardy thing has cinnamon in it.
look nice those, they dont have bacon or anything in them do they? :-D
Well ... [industrial] bacon bits, yes. That's why I have the garlic spread with it ... YUM and YUM!
The sticks are 'pinchitos', very popular here (and cheap).
I'd eat Winston's paella & pinchitos, and for dessert, Znorxman's muffins! (salivating mode: ON) :smile:
I love them! :smile: the key is the sauce they are cooked with... mmmm!
But I must reckon it's a freaky thing for those who are not used to seeing and eating them.
you shouldn't eat creepy crawlies. :razz:
They seem to be more popular in continental countries I guess.
Do they/would they taste any different to slugs?
I've never tasted slugs... and I never will! I've never seen people around here eating that.
What do you think I am??? :-x
;)
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The origins of it, leaving fish packed in rice to rot and ferment, then just eating the rotted meat, sounds utterly revolting. There's a similar norwegian 'delicacy' of rotten fish that makes people vomit from the smell. A Japanese restaurant owner offered some of this original sushi to Karl Pilkington on the telly a few nights ago - exceedingly expensive - even the owner hadn't tried it - and it didn't go down well. In fact, it came back up a lot quicker.
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there's rotten shark in Iceland - might be similar?
Sushi is nice....or at least the tame Westernised stuff I've seen
Not tried snails but guess I would give em a go.....but not abroad - the idea of upchuck in foreign lands is anathema to me