Google Fight: English Food v French Food
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'Becks and Posh' is modern cockney for 'nosh'. Follow English-Girl-Abroad, Sam Breach, on her culinary travels, mainly in the San Francisco Bay Area, but also further afield, whilst she plays at being amateur restaurant critic, wine taster, food photographer, cocktail connoisseur, party planner, good food forager and practising home cook, with trusted French advisor, Fred, by her side.

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Dining Out Alphabetically in:
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A16 (2006)
Absinthe (2002)
Acme Chop House (April 2007)
The Alembic Bar (2006)
Ame (Dec 2007)
Americano, Hotel Vitale (2006)
Aziza (2005)
Bacar (Sep 2006)
Baraka (2008)
Bar Bambino (June 2007)
Bar Crudo (May 2008)
Bar Jules (Jun 2008)
Beard Papa Cream Puffs (2006)
Blowfish, Sushi to Die For (2004)
Bocadillo (December 2007)
Blue Plate, The (Jan 2007)
Boulevard (2004)
Buca Di Beppo (2006)
Burma Superstar (2005)
Cafe Bastille (Regulars)
Cafe Claude (2006)
Cafe de la Presse (Sep 2007)
Cafe Majestic (2007)
Campton Place (2007)
Canteen (2006)
Cassis (August 2007)
Cav Wine Bar (October 2007)
Chaat Cafe (2005)
Chaya (2004)
Chez Maman (May 2007)
Chez Papa (October 2007)
Chez Papa Mint Plaza (July 2008)
Chez Spencer (January 2008)
Chouquet's (2005)
Cocina Primavera (2007)
Cortez (2006)
Couleur Cafe (June 2008)
Citizen Cake (2005)
Citizen Cupcake (2006)
Coco500 Take 1 (January 2008)
Coco500 Take 2 (2007)
Darbar (2006)
Delfina (2007)
Delfina Pizzeria (2007)
Destino (2005)
Dosa (May 2007)
Emmy's Spaghetti Shack (2005)
Edinburgh Castle (2007)
Emporio Rulli Gran Caffe (2006)
Epic Roast House (2008)
1550 Hyde (2006)
Farmer Brown (August 2007)
Firefly (2005)
Fish & Farm (Jan 2008)
Flytrap (2005)
Foreign Cinema (May 2008)
Fringale (May 2007)
Frisson (2005)
Front Porch (2006)
Garcon (2008)
Gary Danko (2006)
Gratitude, Cafe (2005)
Hayes Street Grill (2004)
Houston's (2007)
Helmand (2006)
Imperial Tea Court (2005)
Ideale (2006)
Incanto (2007)
India Chaat and Sweets (2004)
Just For You (2007)
Jack Falstaff (May 2008)
Le Charm (May 2008)
Le Petit Robert (2006)
Les Amis (2006)
Lettus (2005)
Levende Lounge (2007)
Liberty Cafe (2006)
Limon (2005)
Local Kitchen & Wine Merchant (Dec 2007)
L'Osteria del Forno
Mad Dog in the Fog (2006)
Majestic (May 2007)
Mama's (2006)
Mario's Bohemian Cigar Store (2006)
Maverick (July 2007)
Medjool (2005)
Medicine Eatstation (2006)
Le Metro Cafe (2006)
Millennium (May 2008)
Mi Lindo Peru (2006)
Monte Cristo Cafe (2005)
Moshi Moshi Sushi (2008)
Murray Circle (May 2008)
Myth (2007)
Myth Cafe (2006)
Naan & Chutney (2006)
Naan & Curry (2006)
Nihon (2006)
Nook (2005)
Olive (2006)
Oola (March 2008)
Opera Plaza Sushi (2005)
Orson (May 2008)
Out The Door (2007)
Palmetto (August 2007)
Park Chalet (Oct 2005)
Perbacco (May 2007)
Piccino (2008)
Piperade (Feb 2008)
Pizzetta 211 (Mar 2005)
Plouf (2008)
La Provence (Nov 2005)
Quince
Q (2005)
Ramp,The (2007)
Range (2007)
Roe (2004)
Rosamunde's Sausage Grill (2006)
Rose's Cafe (2006)
Rotunda at Nieman Marcus (2006)
Rubicon (2008)
Saha (2006)
Salthouse, The (July 2007)
Scala's (2005)
Scott Howard (Nov 2007)
Sebo (June 2008)
Sens (October 2007)
Serpentine (2008)
Shalimar (2005)
The Slanted Door (2007)
The Slow Club (2008)
South Park Cafe (2007)
Spork (Jan 2008)
SPQR (2008)
Suppenkuche (2007)
Sushi Groove (2004)
Tartine (2006)
Taylor's Automatic Refresher (2005)
Ti Couz (2006)
Town Hall (2008)
Tryptich (2006)
21st Amendment (2005)
Vino E Cucina (2004)
Warming Hut, The (2006)
Washington Square Bar & Grill (2007)
Waterbar (2008)
XYZ (2006)
Zuni Cafe (2007)
Zuppa (August 2007)What the Symbols Mean:
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5 Comments:
At 24/2/05 18:08,
Anonymous said…
sure, sure. But this is quantitative, not qualitative. 18 millions out of the results for English food are making jokes about it. But good luck on your quest to change the perception about English food, and may you find the world best PR firm, that's what it might take.
At 24/2/05 20:19,
Anonymous said…
What a blast! And here I was wondering what I was going to do with my night...
btw, check out the results of "good english food" vs "good french food"!
-McAuliflower
At 25/2/05 06:33,
Sam said…
Shhh, McAuliflower, don't tell Ced about the inverted commas. They change everything.
At 25/2/05 06:36,
Niki said…
I've always been a fan of British food. In fact, I've always thought it to be high quality (it was probably due to all the Enid Blyton books I read as a child). So, I would find it bemusing that people would make fun of it all the time. Of course, now I understand that the 70s and 80s were a bad time for cuisine, but the same can be said for Australian cuisine, and American, to a certain extent. I believe, after the flirtation with convenience/processed food that was hailed as the way of the future it wasn't until the late 80s that focus was shifted back to the quality of produce and the use of fresh ingredients in many (mostly English speaking) countries. So, so make fun of British food is to ignore that fact that your own cuisine was suffering at the same time. At least, that's what I believe!
At 25/2/05 07:45,
Sam said…
bravo!
I can't tell you how excited we all were when we discovered garlic, and shortly thereafter "garlic bread" in the early 80s.
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