I hate food in good hotels
By vanny
@vandana7 (100606)
India
September 28, 2015 1:18pm CST
I am essentially a person who likes street food.
That too vegan.
And absolutely pungent with some sour tastes to go with.
Frankly, I am not rich enough to go to five star hotels.
We were invited and I was forced to accompany. The gentleman ordered my second favorite food in the world, and that is mirchi bhajji. It simply means use green peppers that are pungent, remove the insides, stuff some paste if you want, or don't bother with stuffing. Just dip it in gram flour batter, and deep fry in oil. You can eat without adding anything except some finely chopped onions, tamarind or lime juice. I know it is pungent and sour, but I love it.
And there I was acting as if I love it, because the party was especially for me. The mirchi bhajji was ...well the peppers were apparently boiled or dipped in boiling hot water to take away their pungent flavor. Why oh why did they have to do that?
Now my fear is, the next time he arrives in India, I am going to get the same bland food. I will feel as if I am on hospital bed.
I dread the thought. So guys, do you all really like food in expensive hotels, or are you ok with street food?
Now my fear is, the next time he arrives in India, I am going to get the same bland food. I will feel as if I am on hospital bed.
I dread the thought. So guys, do you all really like food in expensive hotels, or are you ok with street food?7 people like this
9 responses
@ankit0418 (83)
• Hyderabad, India
14 Oct 15
Taste like in street food couldn't be found in a 5 star hotel
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
29 Sep 15
My rule of the thumb is - never ever go for Indian dishes at any of the posh restaurants/hotels. They are purely waste of money. There are two reasons -
1. They dont prepare to serve an Indian. They mostly prepare to serve those foreigners. So definitely they will be tweaking the original recipes
2. We grow up eating Indian food at home and Mom is the best cook for us. We get so very tuned to those tastes, that any deviations just wont be appreciated. We know where the fault is as we have tasted and feasted on the original stuff.
Now, when I opt for say a Mexican dish at a Restaurant, I have no clue how the original tastes or even looks like. So anything that is served is welcomed and appreciated (on most cases).
From an Instance - We had been to a Bakery at Kolkatta, and ordered Black Forest cake to celebrate the birthday of a friend . It wasn't until I was on this discussion that I realized - the real Black Forest Cakes do not have Strawberry Toppings.
On the discussion shishy7 and marlina - both mention that the original Black Forest does not come with Strawberry.
So I clicked the pencil to start a discussion and was confronted with the 'What's on your mind?' header. I had some ideas what I was about to write before, but...
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@vandana7 (100606)
• India
30 Sep 15
Ha ha, you were taken for a ride. That is one more thing. They know that we don't know so whatever they prepare will have to be certified as a good foreign preparation. Aunty tried some Chinese, because she thought they were koftas (difficult to explain but vegetables bound tightly in gram flour, deep fried and then made into curries). She did not like it at all.
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@hora_fugit (5862)
• India
11 Oct 15
I can understand about the food experience you had, as you are drawn to that particular taste - big hotels don't dare keep that.
Liked the gentleman of yours. I might not have paid much attention to the food, for once. 
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@hora_fugit (5862)
• India
13 Oct 15
@vandana7 Lol. Is he the one who changed the pronunciation of your name?
Maybe he is no more able to tell the difference between bland and not. And which brother would like to treat his sister on street food... kids of course! 
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@vandana7 (100606)
• India
13 Oct 15
@hora_fugit ..I only know one thing. I hate doctors. They don't eat, and they don't let others eat. 
@vandana7 (100606)
• India
11 Oct 15
For ordering bland food! He is by relationship a distant cousin. lol. Too distant, but distant alright. He is older brother kind. lol. And like all brothers and sisters, I don't like anything the brother does. Like he does not like long hair, I love it. He does not want aunty to travel, and I think he is being hyper. Just because he is a doctor does not mean he knows better than me.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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29 Sep 15
Never been in expensive hotels to try food so I wouldn't know.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
28 Sep 15
I suppose they tried to improve the taste of food... Personally I don't appreciate street food and fast food. I prefer to go 2 or 3 times per year in good restaurants where I can discover new flavors and new tastes.
20 years ago I had the luck to have in the area where I was living a fabulous cook. This man was one of our "best cook of France" (it is a prize conferred by cooks to one of them every year). He had been the chief cook of the most prestigious ocean liner we had and bought a small restaurant in the countryside when he retired. He was doing 100 km every morning to buy his fish near the sea, was producing his owned smoked fish, etc. I ate incredible dishes in this restaurant, and the price of the bill was not expensive compared to the quality you had in your plate. I was going there once or twice a month. I have been in several good restaurants since I leaved this area, and I have found always the same care taken to choose the food they are serving, and the same will to push their limits and satisfy the customer, but I keep a special place for this old cook in my memory.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
28 Sep 15
@vandana7 I had hard times when I was a student, and I did not ate correctly every day ; if I have some nostalgia for this period, it is not due to the food I was eating
. But I have some nostalgia for the food that my mother was doing for us, and I still have a few recipes coming from her that I like to prepare
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. But I have some nostalgia for the food that my mother was doing for us, and I still have a few recipes coming from her that I like to prepare.1 person likes this
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
1 Oct 15
When i am in an expensive hotel (that happened once or twice courtesy of a rich birthday celebrator ) , i let the one who is buying the foods , choose . WHen he asks for what i like to have , that's the time i will choose what i know is delicious . Luckily , the foods they choose are soooo delicious ! 
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
29 Sep 15
I like most quality hotel food - I have stayed in cheap hotels with dreadful food standards - one was so bad I avoided the breakfasts included in my room stay bill and ate in a café nearby each day instead after my first breakfast was so atrocious.
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