Holidaymaker's 'nightmare' Corfu hotel stay where there was 'no English food'
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Sounds like she had some valid criticism for the hotel as well. All inclusive package, but pay extra for water? Wtf.
But honestly, I have no idea why she would expect English food in Greece. Spain only does it because of all the English tourists, it's not an international standard to serve English food or something.
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Sounds like she had some valid criticism for the hotel as well. All inclusive package, but pay extra for water? Wtf.
But honestly, I have no idea why she would expect English food in Greece. Spain only does it because of all the English tourists, it's not an international standard to serve English food or something.
To provide some context: Corfu received strong British influence in the past and was under the crowns reign for a few decades. It has remained a frequented destination for upper-class British tourism into the early 20th century as I have heard.
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Sounds like she had some valid criticism for the hotel as well. All inclusive package, but pay extra for water? Wtf.
But honestly, I have no idea why she would expect English food in Greece. Spain only does it because of all the English tourists, it's not an international standard to serve English food or something.
It was probably bottled water they'd been buying as they didn't want to drink the stuff out the tap.
Didn't want to risk getting ill with her condition I'm presuming.
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To provide some context: Corfu received strong British influence in the past and was under the crowns reign for a few decades. It has remained a frequented destination for upper-class British tourism into the early 20th century as I have heard.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Good on them abandoning the dreadful culinary influence of the Brits. A culture so captivated by spices, but one that never thought to get high on their own supply. No no, just keep boiling things
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It was probably bottled water they'd been buying as they didn't want to drink the stuff out the tap.
Didn't want to risk getting ill with her condition I'm presuming.
Yeah but if alcoholic beverages are included in the all-inclusive, why not bottled water? Or at least sell it at a sane price.
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Isn't "English food" just an amalgamation of foods from cultures they subjugated in the past, and beef?
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It was probably bottled water they'd been buying as they didn't want to drink the stuff out the tap.
Didn't want to risk getting ill with her condition I'm presuming.
She was looking for bacon, sausages and fries, pretty sure greasy food is worse for her condition.
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Isn't "English food" just an amalgamation of foods from cultures they subjugated in the past, and beef?
wrote on last edited by [email protected]How could they not have English food like pizza, curry, or kebabs??
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She should have thought ahead and packed some Marmite and toast or a bit of Stilton and some crackers just to be safe, that was common for older people in the 1960's.
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There was no English food at a Greek island resort?
You don't say.
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Yeah but if alcoholic beverages are included in the all-inclusive, why not bottled water? Or at least sell it at a sane price.
£1.50 doesn't seem too bad for a bottle of water, if I'm being honest. Especially by hotel/resort standards.
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Sounds like she had some valid criticism for the hotel as well. All inclusive package, but pay extra for water? Wtf.
But honestly, I have no idea why she would expect English food in Greece. Spain only does it because of all the English tourists, it's not an international standard to serve English food or something.
It reads like she didn't check ahead of booking, if you have some sort of allergy, she she appears to, its essential to check ahead.
It also reads like excluding tax, they paid about £600 for flights, transfers, hotel and all inclusive, each. I am not surprised that the food and drink would be closer to the budget end for that price.
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We got chips one day. One day out of the whole lot.
This will be the biggest nail in the coffin of the Lido Corfu Sun Hotel management in their crimes against humanity trial.
NEVER FORGET!
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It reads like she didn't check ahead of booking, if you have some sort of allergy, she she appears to, its essential to check ahead.
It also reads like excluding tax, they paid about £600 for flights, transfers, hotel and all inclusive, each. I am not surprised that the food and drink would be closer to the budget end for that price.
I went to the UK recently and my only food allergy is lactose intolerance. JFK I had a hard time finding food that wasn't full of some type of cream. It was a the worst part of a otherwise wonderful trip.
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£1.50 doesn't seem too bad for a bottle of water, if I'm being honest. Especially by hotel/resort standards.
It was an all-inclusive trip. It should be free, anything else is a scam.
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How could they not have English food like pizza, curry, or kebabs??
wrote on last edited by [email protected]The article says they had kebobs but claimed she couldn't eat them yet wanted sausages and bacon for breakfast.
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Hotel food always sucks. I was in Corfu last summer. There were plenty of great local restaurants.
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Isn't "English food" just an amalgamation of foods from cultures they subjugated in the past, and beef?
No, it's instant soups and cookies.
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Isn't "English food" just an amalgamation of foods from cultures they subjugated in the past, and beef?
There's 3 sort of sections to British food.
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Old staples, things like stews, pies, roasts etc. We exported most of these, with the empire. They are also shared a lot with Europe, making them even more ubiquitous.
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Local specialities. Local traditional dishes, e.g. Yorkshire puddings, Cornish pasties, or Eccles cakes. These were town or region specific. Some have spread, others are still hyper local.
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Imported. Mostly from the empire days. We tended to "discover" spices and flavours. When they came back, they were often reimagined. E.g. the curry was a Scottish invention, using Indian spices. We mostly dump all the related dishes under a label of the country we stole the flavours from. E.g. Chinese food tastes nothing like what they eat in China.
Basically, there is a lot of really good British food about. We also set the baseline for a lot of the comparisons, making us look bland by comparison. The London restaurant industry also does a complete number on tourists, making us look even worse.
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