Cuba
Pred kratkim sem obiskal Kubo prvič in jo ljubil! To je vsekakor kraj, rad bi še enkrat obiskali. Ob dejal, da je ugotovitev okusne mesne brezplačne večerje izziv na trenutke.
Ampak moji prvi mali epizode ogorčenje začel, še preden sem stopil na tem prelepem otoku curtesy kubanskega nacionalnega letalskega prevoznika Cubana. Kot moj let iz Gatwick was not, dokler 12.40 Sem imel malico na vedno vljudno, ampak najboljši slabega South Terminal kup, da je Cafe Rouge. I stopate na veliko trod, vendar vedno upa, prtljage brez semi-evforično eksotični lokaciji Awaiting pot gledanja na Vs o izstopnih hrana menijih po velikem svetlem široko gospodarstvu / nakupovalni hangarja. Vedel sem že, da bi lahko imel dober kozarec ali dva rdeča z mojo malico, to je Gatwick ni Karnataka navsezadnje. Toda po kreditno kartico bashing takojšen nakup DSLR vstop ravni (To je nujno, saj sem hadnt mogla najti svoj Coolpix v zadnjem trenutku, vlečne mreže z nereda moje stanovanje) …Sem končal z Gnjecav krog testa na mešanih gob na skoraj lepo "Feuillete de Šampinjoni" 5,95 £. Comfort hrane, Skoraj lepo, ampak da je bolj tolažba je potreboval strani francoskih Fries 2,95 £ in solato 3,50 £. Dolgočasno dolgočasno dolgočasno! Vendar več kot dolgočasno mislim,, škandalozno skoraj kot jih je bilo treba plačati po vsem. Opazil sem nagnjenj v francoščini (in pseudo French) restavracije za uporabo nesoljeno maslo. Po mojem ni povsem frankofili paleti nesoljeno maslo samo okus nesoljeno mastjo. Prav škandalozno za francoski ali psevdo francoski ali si je dal francoski ime verige "francoske štruce", za katerega je bil nesoljeno mast spremljava in za katere zaračuna 2,25 £ je malo poceni košarica trd zračen nepomembna kartona.
Če želite dodati žaljivko škodo vsi zaposleni so bili fawning čez dva uber hude govorjenju in nesrečen išče primernejši vrste, ki se je zdelo, da se skuša vsako jed na meniju, ob podrobnejšem pregledu sem ugotovil, da dejansko poskušamo vsako jed na meniju ugriza s ugriz in potem po resni razpravi so bili pisno stvari navzdol. Ti ljudje bi se izkazalo, je delal za podjetje in so testiranje okusa ali bi bila, če se kaj je imel okus. Z za ta dva zanič do storitev je bil počasen. Solata je slabokrvni, krompirček bili mlahav, vino je bilo v redu. Jaz pristanišče celo dobil na peklenski razlago vegetarijanstvo, sem naletela na letalu še. Njeno dobro delo I didnt imajo sendvič na vlaku.
Nisem eden izmed tistih ljudi, ki valovanja stran letalsko hrano, ko njegova pripeljal k meni še posebej, ker sem eden tistih ljudi, ki vsak gleda, da vidite, kaj imajo, ker so vegetarijanske jedi vedno služil najprej. Torej, manj kot štiri ure po moji dragi Cafe Rouge stodge sem odstranil pokrov iz folije malega ustreznega skoraj okusen obrok testenin v paradižnikovi omaki, en anemični solata in obvezno skodelico ohlajenega melono. I was not hungry tako visoko zavist moj sosed čokoladno torto. Opazil sem, določen vzorec pri nudenju Lacta ovo vegetarijanskih obrokov. Tukaj lahko sir v glavni del obroka vendar je običajno ne daje s krekerji zatem, saj je z brez vegetarijanskih jedi. Kaj sladko in lepljivo se nadomesti z ledenih kock melona in pat masla se nadomesti z belo margarine (To bi bilo smiselno, seveda za veganski obrok, vendar pa je bil sir na testeninah). Sem pil vino, ki je služil z večerjo in, kot sem bil, da bi ugotovili, je bilo treba le postregli z večerjo in ni za prodajo. V eni fazi se je zdelo, da je človek na zadnji ravnini prodaja plastične skodelice rum (ali morda je bil to hipoglikemijo halucinacije) vendar je bil včeraj, ko sem odločil, da je čas za drugo pijačo. Let je bil trinajst ur, kot je bil postanek za odložil potnike in polnjenje goriva na Holguin.
Nič več osvežilne pijače so služili za to, kar se je zdelo kot osem ur in potem sem bila spet lačna. Naslednja ponudba je sledil pozdravni razcvet dejavnosti posadke, To stanje pričakovanju je bil skrajšan za mene, ko stevard z deadpan izražanja mestu banana v plastični pladenj pred mano. Vprašala sem ga, kaj je v sendvičih, ki so se sedaj izdanih. Izgledali so kot sir. Bili so sir. "To niso za vegetarian, to je za vegetarijanca "je zmerjal me držiš mojo banano. "Ampak jaz bi rad sendvič, kot so sir". Sem sedel v bližini kuhinje in stevardesa začel preberite etiketo sestavine za sendvič. "Tam je sir. Ste jedli sir? Itak ne moreš imeti, naročite vegetarijanec "Zdaj sem bil predmet sumljivih pogled, ponaredek vegetarijanska. "Tam je bil sir na testeninah si mi prinesel" Povedal sem jim, moji živci zdaj ropota v trepetajočo draženje. Sčasoma, ko so vsi dobili sendvič eden je bil postavljen pred mano, Na srečo je bila ena leva za nerodno vegetarijanca.
Kmalu na voljo!
Beautiful Valle de Viñales in neverjetno Havana, Knjige, filmi, recepti in še več!
I agree it can be a nightmare trying to find veggie food when travelling. I’ve had similar experiences to your cheese sandwich/banana fiasco and it is infuriating. As regards eating when you get there, as well as googling local restaurants etc I’ve also contacted veggie groups in the past. Imajo koristno lokalno znanje o tem, kaj je na voljo, in običajno z veseljem pomagajo 🙂
anyone departing from gatwick south must have been to cafe rouge if in hunger, since the alternatives ere very poor indeed..
and everyone must have experienced some bad service there, since the staff knows customers are there more for necessity than desire of an authentic french bistro.
same disappointment with the baguettes, that, at the time, i excused, given the very late hours..
no excuses for a friend of mine being given the wrong order, even after a busy day, any inesperienced waiter should be able to get the right orders, if he has a notepad, and is serving a table of 3.. and all this in a nearly empty place (maybe 2 other tables)
even then, vseeno, we were accomodating, and my friend accepted the wrong order, it was late for the flight, navsezadnje, but would have been nice to receive some sort of discount, or at least free fake baguettes..
i was reasonably happy with my naked snails (yes, they don’t even pretend to reuse empty shells, they give you just the bare slug..) and the soggy baguette was a decent dip in all that parsley and garlic sauce..
but next time i will make sure to dress smart, and pretend to fill a secret shopper form, not to escape the bill, but to see if the service improves..
about your flight, i suppose it’s not entirely their fault, it was you to expect a bit too much..
Cubana Airlines must be staffed by cubans, and probably for them, used to so much deprivation, where a slab of meat is a brown luxury item covered in flies at the local market, the idea of a wealthy and healty foreigner refusing such a treat as a meal coming from some animal parts, must look as an insult to their struggles and to their imposed fruit and veg rich diet..
it is probably impossible for them to grasp the differences between vegans, edenics, and macrobiotics alike..
but we cannot blame them for being offered a banana or a boiled egg at the wrong time, after all they just follow directives..
I am a proud carnivore, so i would go for the egg AND the banana, whit cheese on top, but i would also suggest any vegetarian on holiday to keep a couple of cereal bars handy, when abroad, just in case, to avoid starvation..
Pier
I couldnt agree more! Anyone who departs from Gatwick South (regularly) and even a lot of people who havent been to Gatwick South must have gone to the phony Bistro. But we do they put up with it? Personally I would rather have soggy mushrooms on soggy pastry than naked slugs in sauce but why hasnt someone staged a protest along the lines of ‘we wont eat in your grotty overpriced restaurants until they arent grotty and overpriced anymore’? Down with the fake baguettes! On faire la greve!
I found Cubans often to be nonplussed by vegetarianism. On the flight the upholstery of the seats was different and my light wasnt working. The sleepy couple next to me pulled the blind down and I asked them to raise it a little so I could read. There was no interactive entertainment but the seats were bigger with more leg room. The banana incident was a prelude to experiencing it all without eating flesh. I’m no Edenic but they can keep their brown luxury items covered in flies.
And next, proud carnivore, Im going to post a delicious recipe that will have you shouting ‘meat is murder’ before you can say Escargot Bourguignon.
if the recipe that was supposed to make me scream ‘meat is murder’ (once agreed on giving murder a bad connotation) was your penne con melanzane rendition, that failed to hit the mark, not because of the ingredients, I in fact love aubergines, rich in nicotine and with a very peculiar spicy texture, but because all the effort and time spent in cooking could be saved and spent pursuing different objectives..
just yesterday, what a coincidence, i bought in sainsbury’s a jar of roasted greek aubergines imam, that, once chopped in smaller chunks, spread onto slices of mozzarella, and put in a microwave for about 40 sekund, gives you a very close approximation of your recipe..
just to be sure i was’n fooling myself with the final result, ive just had it as an afternoon snack, without the pasta, of course..
delicious.. ..and within a very reasonable price range (£2.26 a jar)
of course if i had to cook for more than 2 people, your method would be considered, but to indulge myself in a fast treat, i consider my procedure easier..
going back to the murderous recipe, i was expecting something on the lines of the ortolan, blinded songbirds fattened up to 4 times their size in a dark cage, then drowned in a snifter of armagnac, plucked, then roasted for about 6 min…
such a delicacy that they must be eaten whole, biting off the head, with the diner’s own head covered by a napkin, not to be disturbed during such a feat…
unluckily the practice has been banned in the past 3 years in france, and it would be very expensive to get hold of one in the near future..
good for me, as you know, i am off to vietnam in less than a month, and there, next to dogs, rats and snakes, i will be able to taste drunken prawns, drowned in rice wine..
maybe not the peak of gastronomy, as ortolans are reputed to be, but still some new flavours to add to my library..
after all even Darwin himself wanted to taste every single animal he was coming in contact with..
Darwin was rumoured to have become vegetarian in later life, if so he evolved. He said ‘There is no fundamental difference between man and the higher animals in their mental faculties.… The lower animals, like man, manifestly feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery’. But as you perhaps condone murder you are not being discriminatory.
That dish doesnt really take long to cook at all (I usually make lots of tomato sauce and freeze it so its even easier for subsequent suppers). You could cook it one evening and even if you were all alone I’m sure you wouldnt lose any of your other objectives. It just appears time consuming when every action is listed. Anyway its worth it! I’m pleased, however, that you enjoyed your jar of aubergines they may have saved the life of a small bird.
You could always add some more plant flavours to your library. Have fun in Vietnam and remember dogs are man’s best friend.