i spent some time over the past few days up on the travel floor of the bookshop, and starting thinking about food, surrounded as i was by books such as the lonely planet world food series.
so here are (in my opinion) the best cities to eat in
1. Mexico city. from the street food to the restaurants, there is an excellent selection. even the student cantines at la UNAM and colmex can produce cheap and edible things, which, if you are used to MGY's stolovaia, seems like a miracle.
2. bangkok. amazing. in particular i love the breakfasts, most hotels seem to have a table for european food and another for asian, which means i can have rice and vegetables for breakfast and not have people look at me funny.
3.athens. i love the frappes in the summer. and the selection of vegetarian dishes. and the desserts.
4. sofia. up here for many of the same reasons that athens is, but gets high points for its more affordable prices, as well as its good indigenous wine selection.
5. tibilsi. if there is one thing i miss when i am out of the ex soviet orbit it is hachipure and salat po gruzinski. it is also the first thing i order when i get back to any place that has got it. i once even nearly got arrested in paris airport for importing large quantities of georgian cheese. i love aubergines, and georgians put it in averything. mmmm
6. istambul. again, an amazing selection of the vegetables i like. and the desserts...
7. Paris. ok this place doesnt win any points for variety, and can seem very provincial in its culinary taste, but then it would also be hard to find a bad meal here, and there is an ok selection of certain cusines from former colonies/ mandates such as lebanon.
8. budapest. again wins points for its price structure. you can have an excellent meal for the price of a good coffee in london. and the brunch at gundels is one of the best i have had.
9. london: ok, let me clarify this one: i dont like english food, and london has MANY bad restaurants. but these days (unlike during my thatcherite childhood) there are good places to be found as well, and it doesnt suffer from paris's provinciality. quite the opposite: it is really best to avoid the local stuff here and go for the indian. some even claim its indian restaurants are the best in the world.
notes: i am going to mumbai later in the year, so expect changes to the list!
note 2: i hate italian food.
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Talking about Waterstones, кстати... How did you get there (they've not got a list of vacancies on their website - does it mean that I have to check all the Wat shops nearby to know if they need part-time staff?). And, secondly, is it necessary to have previous customer service experience?
Mexico... hmmm.. Back in 1996 it was really hard to find decent food there!
1. i agree on Sofia, it's very good and very cheap
2. i think you exaggerate with Budapest, it's not THAT cheap on average and they don't know how to cook meat (not that you care too much about this)
3. i don't believe there s no Georgian place in London. this is absurd
4. i promised to myself that i will go to gundels after the defense ))
5. Korean meals in Mezhdunarodnaja were very good. i miss them a lot )
i love mexican food!!!!but then i know people who dont...on the other hand, i dislike italian food and most people love it, so i suppose tastes differ!
as for waterstones.....send me an email, i will send you the details!
and buda is THAT cheap, compared to london at least, but i aggree, sofia is better.
there is a georgian place in london, it is originially called tbilisi, but i dont have the money to go! but beleive it or not, georgian food is not relaly exported, i dont know why that is but it is hard to find it abroad. i never found one in paris.
i completely aggree on the korean place at mezhdunarodnaia, that is place is amazing! we have to go there the next time we are in moscow!!!
I'm being quite stupid.. cannot see your e-mail anywhere. Mine's calabazza@gmail.com
well, there is at least one georgian place in bdp. you need to ask people from tbilissi to find it though )
we can't afford going to mezhdunarodnaja by ourselves, i am afraid :) we either need to wait for Cho's to invite us or to rob a bank
;)
ok tania, i will email u!
as for the mezhdunarodnaia, i think we dont need to rob a bank: we just need to find some oligarchs to marry us....but where are they?
i know some russian oligarchs' kids here in london... but girls, please, you deserve a better fate!
a better fate? i want a good life!
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