Quote: sootyj @ November 18 2008, 1:06 AM GMTTaco Bell and Wendy's were both driven out by Ronald McDonald.
I'll always choose Wendy's over McDonald's, but McD's seems to be stepping up their game lately. Their salads aren't too bad and I must confess to eating their breakfast burritos about once a week.
Taco Bell can suck a f**k.
I think my favorite Oriental snack food is Bimibab.
It's just such a cool dish.
Quote: sootyj @ November 18 2008, 1:07 AM GMTAre yours one trip carveries?
That's like comparing 5 star to the Jackson 5.
It's as much as you can stick on the plate but they are big plates and you can stack them high. Also, considering everything is homemade, it works out good value.
I'd rather have one really good well cooked meal than lots of mircowaved tosh which some pubs do.
Quote: Griff @ November 18 2008, 1:12 AM GMTOK, you've beaten me on Bimibab. Wossat then?
Is it the same thing as bibimbap? A big bowl of Korean stuff?
It's a bowl of rice, sesame flavoured bean shoots, cabbage and other stuff. Topped off with a poached egg and cooked beef, you mix it up with a knife and fork then eat it with chopsticks.
Usually preceded by kimchi.
Quote: DaButt @ November 18 2008, 1:08 AM GMTI'll always choose Wendy's over McDonald's, but McD's seems to be stepping up their game lately. Their salads aren't too bad and I must confess to eating their breakfast burritos about once a week.
Taco Bell can suck a f**k.
How about Jack in the Box?
(I'm not being rude - I liked their Egg Rolls)
Well as it's phonetic from korean sometimes it's bimibab and sometime's it's bimibap.
Quote: sootyj @ November 18 2008, 1:15 AM GMTIt's a bowl of rice, sesame flavoured bean shoots, cabbage and other stuff. Topped off with a poached egg and cooked beef, you mix it up with a knife and fork then eat it with chopsticks.
Usually preceded by kimchi.
Fartastic
Fartastic?
It's a lot less windy then many dishes.
Quote: Badge @ November 18 2008, 1:16 AM GMTHow about Jack in the Box?
There's a Jack in the Box within feet of the other restaurants I frequent for lunch and I've never been inside. It's at the bottom of my list of fast food joints.
Taco Bell sucks. Here in Texas we have Taco Cabana and it is about 10000% better.
Quote: sootyj @ November 18 2008, 1:16 AM GMTWell as it's phonetic from korean sometimes it's bimibab and sometime's it's bimibap.
I've always seen/heard it as bibimbap (with an extra "bi"). My co-worker's wife is Korean and she gives us free meals at the Korean restaurant all the time. I had a bowl last week. My favorite is beef bulgogi with lots of heat, but I can't say no to a place of jabche, either.
Quote: Griff @ November 18 2008, 12:38 AM GMTAnd I've been to a few Wagamamas as let's face it they're bloody everywhere.
Really? I mean... Really? I never see them. In fact, I can only think of one, in the redeveloped Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank. There are certainly none anywhere near where I've lived.
Quote: Griff @ November 18 2008, 1:04 AM GMTWas that Taco Bell (I know, another US chain) or are they still around?
My parents assure me that, as a baby, I loved Taco Bell. Now, the thought alone unnerves me.
Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop at Large @ November 18 2008, 1:07 AM GMTThey are owned by the same company as KFC and Pizza hut.
Used to be PepsiCo. I see now that it's Yum! Brands. Why can't they get Coke? 
Quote: sootyj @ November 18 2008, 1:15 AM GMTIt's a bowl of rice, sesame flavoured bean shoots, cabbage and other stuff. Topped off with a poached egg and cooked beef, you mix it up with a knife and fork then eat it with chopsticks.
This is ... beautiful. 
Full, proper, totally correct English. FROM SOOTYJ. It's, just... Beautiful.
Quote: Badge @ November 18 2008, 1:16 AM GMTHow about Jack in the Box?
Ahh that's the one I was trying to remember the name of! 
Quote: Griff @ November 18 2008, 1:21 AM GMTI went out for a meal and a "few" drinks with some Koreans once on business. They go f**king mental. And nobody is allowed to pay for a thing all night - not so much as a drink - except the nominated host for the evening. Otherwise the host loses face and can never go back into that bar/restaurant again. I'm pretty sure one of my colleagues took them to some kind of sex club at the end of the night and exploited this principle to its extreme conclusion. He looked pretty pleased with himself the next day anyway.
Awesome.
I don't get out to many restaurants, but that's mostly because I'm in King's Lynn - there's not much here apart from Chinese and Indian.
I'm not a fan of chain restaurants because their food never tastes fresh. Prezzo isn't so bad, but the portions are tiny.
I called in to this gastropub in Islington and had some very nice lamb once:
http://www.thebarnsbury.co.uk/home.html
Nice food, but the menu isn't that extensive.
I wouldn't mind going to Gordon Ramsay at Selfridges. I've heard good things about that.
There's a Brazillian chain in London that does a sort of lazy buggers carvery.
They bring the meat to you on giant swords, after it's been grilled on a huge BBQ.
Used to do a very cheap lunch, but like this Mexican buffets I think I did for them.
Quote: Griff @ November 18 2008, 1:21 AM GMTThose Koreans do love their cabbage don't they. I mean, that on top of kimchi?
I went out for a meal and a "few" drinks with some Koreans once on business. They go f**king mental. And nobody is allowed to pay for a thing all night - not so much as a drink - except the nominated host for the evening. Otherwise the host loses face and can never go back into that bar/restaurant again. I'm pretty sure one of my colleagues took them to some kind of sex club at the end of the night and exploited this principle to its extreme conclusion. He looked pretty pleased with himself the next day anyway.
Yup as far as booze goes the Korean's seem to be the Glaswegians of the Orient.
I've had a few boozy evenings with Korean chums.