SC - US bars UK

[sdrake]

I do have to admit that when I was in Europe for 3 months, travelling, we
hit the McDonalds in Barcelona, the Burger King in Paris and the Wendys in
Switzerland but that was 3 meals in 3 months - just for a little taste of
home......

Mercedes

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
[mailto:owner-sca-cooks at ansteorra.org]On Behalf Of Elysant1 at aol.com
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 12:39 PM
To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: SC - US bars UK


In a message dated 12/05/2000 11:09:22 PM EST, wandapease at bigfoot.com
writes:

<< Going to a small village
 in France, Germany, or even England and looking for food around lunchtime
 can be an exercise in futility.  >>

I've always wondered why in Britain oftentimes cafes and restaurants etc
open
for lunch then close their doors through the afternoon and open again at 5
or
something (something historical maybe?).  It seems a shame they stick to
this, and I really don't understand why it persists as it has always seemed
to me that shoppers might want to stop for bite to eat at any time during
the
afternoon, and the cafes would make more money if they catered to that - I
would have thought anyway.  It can be really hard sometimes to find
somewhere
for a meal at 2pm!

I do know there are British places that do stay open through the day, pubs
for instance, or tea rooms sometimes, but sometimes one does have to hunt
them out, and they don't always serve a "meal"as such.

Having said this though, I'd still go for somewhere that serves the local
food and drink rather than looking for the familiar e.g. McDonalds when
travelling.  It's part of the adventure to me.   :-)

Elysant



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