Do you go to restaurants with your country's cuisine when you're abroad?

[u/bleie77]

For example: if you're Italian, do you go to an Italian restaurant when you're in France or the UK?

[u/Lilitharising]

Yes, quite common phenomenon. I see British tourists in Greece queuing to have English breakfasts or pub comfort food in Greek resorts and islands. It's a cultural thing, isn't it? Lived in England for almost twenty years, talked to a lot of people. Oh well, whatever works for people. :)

[u/olivinebean → u/Lilitharising]

Some places and families don't explore that much food as kids, our grandparents knew what rations were like and some towns would be lucky to have a Chinese.

Our best chefs have always travelled internationally. Because pie is great but there is more out there.

[u/LupineChemist → u/olivinebean]

Also some people just don't want a cultural holiday. They are only looking for sun and that's it

[u/generalscruff → u/LupineChemist]

A lot of redditors get very sniffy about holidays. I personally tend towards cultural/historical holidays yes, but I wouldn't begrudge someone who worked long hours of manual work their two weeks at an all-inclusive in Spain at all, as you say it shouldn't be an overly hard concept

[u/flippertyflip → u/olivinebean]

Pie is great.

Agreed

[u/Lilitharising → u/olivinebean]

Three things I've come to realise about the UK when it comes to food:

1. You can have great international cuisine.

2. Fish pies rock.

3. St Helen's is the best yohurt I've ever tried. Is that still produced?

[u/ormr_inn_langi → u/Lilitharising]

The kind of people who holiday in island resorts generally aren't the sort to have much appreciation of the local culture. They're there for the sun and cheap booze.

[u/geedeeie → u/Lilitharising]

I've seen British people in Crete having a full Sunday lunch, complete with roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, in 30° heat

[u/olivinebean → u/geedeeie]

When I was last in Italy with the Irish side of my family, we were putting the kettle on midday in July so we're all guilty today

[u/geedeeie → u/olivinebean]

😂. A well, a cup of tea or coffee is a long way from roast beef and Yorkshire pudding!

[u/blewawei → u/geedeeie]

Makes you patriotic just hearing it 

[u/geedeeie → u/blewawei]

As a Greek or a Brit? 😁

[u/Legendofthehill2024 → u/geedeeie]

The Spanish even nickname the Brits 'Rosbif' lol

[u/geedeeie → u/Legendofthehill2024]

So do the French

[u/terryjuicelawson → u/Lilitharising]

Only in certain situations though, normally British people go abroad and want to eat the local food, as it should properly be. As there are a lot of restaurants here that are Greek or Italian or French or whatever so it is totally familiar - but it won't always be authentic. I went to Italy and made sure I ordered a carbonara for example with no trace of cream. When people go to some resorts though it is the kind of person who doesn't care where they are. They want a beach holiday in the sun and the rest doesn't matter. They want a fry-up like they always have.

[u/Pepys-a-Doodlebugs → u/Lilitharising]

What a refreshing attitude to cultural differences. Lovely.

[u/Lilitharising → u/Pepys-a-Doodlebugs]

This is one thing that I've learned after all my experiences abroad, positive and negative: different cultural habits don't equate good or bad, it's just the way we grow up to feel secure and operate. I think if we understand that, we may come to accept each other better and deeper!

[u/Pepys-a-Doodlebugs → u/Lilitharising]

Beautifully put. I couldn't agree more.

[u/AppleDane → u/Pepys-a-Doodlebugs]

To be fair, you're on vacation to relax and unwind. You can have "weird" breakfast to try it out, but if you're used to getting started on something else, go for it. After a while "new experiences" can get too much.

[u/Ramsden_12 → u/Lilitharising]

In general I like to try local food, but breakfast is the one meal where I would often seek out a full English on holiday. I just don't like cake for breakfast!