• Skunk@jlai.lu
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    3 months ago

    A kind of Indian grill in Basel (Switzerland). It was rated 4.8 stars on google maps but I failed to notice that all the reviews were made by German/Swiss-German peoples (we come from the French and Italian parts of the country with a French and Italian food culture).

    The hella expensive meat platter was undercooked and served with a ketchup and mayonnaise mix. Ketchup and mayo at an Indian place ! They also made us pay 2 francs for a glass of tap water when we had their most expensive dish and a bottle of wine. Fuck them, and fuck those tasteless German speaking reviewers.

    All my worst food experiences happened in the German part of Switzerland so now I’m super cautious of what I eat when I travel there.

    • OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      (Swiss)Germans are completely mad about food.

      It’s their culture to complain about everything, except food. All they care about is that it’s as bland as possible and has big portions. If you manage that, they’ll give you five stars every time.

      I spent 3 years living in Germany, and not only can you not get anything spicy for love nor money, they also don’t use herbs. It just blows my mind. They’re physically so close to France and Italy, but the food is so far away.

      • BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee
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        3 months ago

        Oh god you just described my neighbour. He tells me about this restaurant he was. Was it any good? The steak was huge. But was it any good? It was very reasonable priced.

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        3 months ago

        As a german, i’d say i would absolutely love variety, herbs, spices and taste in my food. But they just don’t really offer it.

        In my city there about 15 greek restaurants selling humongous potions of meat with fries, a few döner places and a few italian places. Thats it. What would i give for anything else…