| Author | Message | ||
| Dan 360 (Dan360)
Junior Member Username: Dan360 Post Number: 133 Registered: 2-2003 |
... London has more Michelin starred restaurants than Paris ... Contempory british food in England is actually rather good (Conran, the Ivy, Oxo etc), but it isn't really exported. All you'll find in the US is steak and kidney pie, fish and chips and bangers and mash. Mind you, all of those are great meals IMHO esp with HP Sauce and beer... | ||
| Andreas Forrer (Tifosi12)
Advanced Member Username: Tifosi12 Post Number: 2533 Registered: 10-2002 |
Dave, LOL. Don't really have my own biz anymore to write them off. Oh well. Thanks all for having played and enjoyed this. To paraphrase Kalifoniaz' new Gaverna "I'll be back!". Next year with new food pics. Will be difficult for some countries like England though. What else but Fish and Chips do they eat? Porridge, hmmm. Delicious... Mike, I'll stick with the steak house. Not a Japanese food fan. Once a year is plenty for me. Was Chicken Teriyaki btw. At least not raw. | ||
| Dave Janes (Sparetireless)
Junior Member Username: Sparetireless Post Number: 172 Registered: 1-2003 |
Does this post now make these all business related meals?? | ||
| Rob Lay (Rob328gts)
Board Administrator Username: Rob328gts Post Number: 6521 Registered: 12-2000 |
Very cool Andreas. Thanks for sharing. | ||
| Mike Charness (Mcharness)
Intermediate Member Username: Mcharness Post Number: 1088 Registered: 8-2002 |
Hey, Andreas, maybe we should be going out for Japanese food instead of steak on Saturday! | ||
| Jerry Slagle (Slag_328gts)
Junior Member Username: Slag_328gts Post Number: 143 Registered: 9-2003 |
Ahh, thanks for the clarification Andreas. It all looks good! | ||
| Dan 360 (Dan360)
Junior Member Username: Dan360 Post Number: 132 Registered: 2-2003 |
:-) Picky Picky I know, but then again I can be a bit anal about beer. I always read the label to make sure I'm not drinking "locally" brewed equivalents. For example, its common for Asahi, Kirin etc to not be the imported bottle from Japan, but to be locally brewed. Since the purity laws vary very widely I always prefer the "original". This is esp. important with Japanese/German/Czech brews where the water laws are quite arcane. Whereas in the UK you can put pretty much whatever preservative you like in branded beers (Fosters etc is all pretty chemical and gives you a bad head). BTW Many thanks Andreas - I enjoyed this thread a lot! | ||
| Andreas Forrer (Tifosi12)
Advanced Member Username: Tifosi12 Post Number: 2524 Registered: 10-2002 |
Jerry, I wish. No actually I shot all of them (except Indy of course) in restaurants around Chicago. We're blessed with a very multicultural cuisine around here. The fun/though part is taking the shots and making sure the light is right and you get on the picture what you want etc. Luckily with the instant feedback for a digital camera not so hard anymore. But more often than not I ended up with somewhat cold food by the time I got to finally eat it... Of course people/waiters start to look funny at you, when you climb your chair to get that vertical shot or when you flash your food five times in a row... As far as GPs go, this year was actually slightly different: Went to two GPs (Imola and Indy). Lucky me. Anyway, the fact, that these menus are ultimately made in the US is the reason why some stuff is not totally authentic (like the missing herbe sauce on the French steak or the wrong British beer). | ||
| Andreas Forrer (Tifosi12)
Advanced Member Username: Tifosi12 Post Number: 2523 Registered: 10-2002 |
Dan, got the point about the beer. You're right of course. Will do better next time. Sigh. Don't tell the Irish, please... Frank, thanks. Yes a lot of effort went into eating all this. Life is though, but somebody has to do the dirty work.  | ||
| Frank Wiedmann (Frankieferrari)
Member Username: Frankieferrari Post Number: 479 Registered: 8-2003 |
LOL! yeah,my mom WOULD say something like that! About some scumbag pooosie like you! | ||
| Jerry Slagle (Slag_328gts)
Junior Member Username: Slag_328gts Post Number: 141 Registered: 9-2003 |
Andreas - How did you get all the pics - Do you go to all the races? Business or Pleasure? Great thread! | ||
| Big Ones (Tots)
New member Username: Tots Post Number: 16 Registered: 10-2003 |
No Frank. I got it from your Mom | ||
| Big Ones (Tots)
New member Username: Tots Post Number: 15 Registered: 10-2003 |
Frank did someone help you write that? It almost makes sense. | ||
| Frank Wiedmann (Frankieferrari)
Member Username: Frankieferrari Post Number: 478 Registered: 8-2003 |
Hey,(BigOnes)tits,did you get that nickname from your celly? | ||
| Frank Wiedmann (Frankieferrari)
Member Username: Frankieferrari Post Number: 477 Registered: 8-2003 |
Hey,nimrod,if you don't like it,go back to the Honda chat line,or where ever else you came from. BTW,Andreas,great job! You put alot of effort into this,and most of us appreciate your effort. Not gonna let some new schmuck bring it down. | ||
| Dan 360 (Dan360)
Junior Member Username: Dan360 Post Number: 131 Registered: 2-2003 |
Can I point out that Guiness is IRISH - which is VERY clearly not British. FYI the country is called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Great Britain = England, Scotland, Wales. Guiness is from the Repulic of Eire - "Southern Ireland". A pint of Bass or some similar warm british beer would have been more appropriate. Or perhaps a drink with an umbrella given the propensity for rain in England :-) | ||
| Big Ones (Tots)
New member Username: Tots Post Number: 13 Registered: 10-2003 |
tifosi12, a picture contest of skidmarks on underwear from the next day? | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 7021 Registered: 8-2002 |
LOL, Andreas... This thread was great and should definitely be considered for one of the threads of the month... The originality behind the idea, the creativity, the clever hints in each picture - and there's even a winner...! Definitely a really cool thread... i'd hate to see it go to crap from flames... | ||
| Andreas Forrer (Tifosi12)
Advanced Member Username: Tifosi12 Post Number: 2520 Registered: 10-2002 |
Since (almost) all you guys liked this, I have another excuse to disturb the patrons of restaurants next year, when I climb onto my chair to get that vertical shot down of my plate. To be repeated in a year's time. PS: Already have another idea for a different contest. But not for a while, we don't want to waste too much precious bandwidth, won't we? | ||
| Big Ones (Tots)
New member Username: Tots Post Number: 11 Registered: 10-2003 |
DES, You talking about or even understanding the word culture is a reach. | ||
| Big Ones (Tots)
New member Username: Tots Post Number: 9 Registered: 10-2003 |
I know what "F-1" means you dimwhit. IF you can read, which it seems like you can't. I said that this is a waste of bandwidth and time. | ||
| Frank Wiedmann (Frankieferrari)
Member Username: Frankieferrari Post Number: 476 Registered: 8-2003 |
See? and even Mr.Rogers would tell you that "tot" is like,"tater-tot",like in food,like in the subject of this thread. F-1 dinners?get it? | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 7020 Registered: 8-2002 |
Period. No one could've said it better, Greg... | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 7019 Registered: 8-2002 |
LMAO...! Story of my life, lemme tell you... i think i would've done a lot better with a Nascar thread like this... KFC, McDonalds, KFC, Howard Johnson's, KFC and on and on... Jerry, that's awesome, congratulations...! This was definitely an excellent thread... Andreas, very cool... | ||
| Frank Wiedmann (Frankieferrari)
Member Username: Frankieferrari Post Number: 475 Registered: 8-2003 |
Well,tater-tot. The thread is called,"F-1 dinners" F-1 stands for Formula One. As in auto racing,as in Ferrari's racing,like,for over 50 years. And that Ferrari has been World champ for the last few of them,and many in between. Thats all. | ||
| Andreas Forrer (Tifosi12)
Advanced Member Username: Tifosi12 Post Number: 2519 Registered: 10-2002 |
Big Ones, welcome to the board. F1 = Ferrari No Ferrari, no F1. Ferrari is the only team, that participated in every World Championship year ever since the inception of Formula One. The countries and menus represented here are all from the F1 calendar. Or to put it differently: Ferrari represents to me the finer things in life. And good cuisine is part of that. Sorry it wasted your bandwidth. | ||
| Greg G (Greg_g)
Junior Member Username: Greg_g Post Number: 95 Registered: 7-2003 |
Big Ones: quite simply it has to do with foods that are indigenous to F1 locales. F1 is very much a part of Ferrari, and if you travel to the races, these are the foods you wld experience. This is culture - try it on for size! | ||
| Greg G (Greg_g)
Junior Member Username: Greg_g Post Number: 94 Registered: 7-2003 |
nevermind - you just did - thanks! | ||
| Big Ones (Tots)
New member Username: Tots Post Number: 4 Registered: 10-2003 |
This is a ••••••• waste of time. What the hell does this have to do with Ferrari? | ||
| Greg G (Greg_g)
Junior Member Username: Greg_g Post Number: 93 Registered: 7-2003 |
Andreas... can you please explain what I'm looking at in photo E (Brazil)? Excellent thread by the way! | ||
| Andreas Forrer (Tifosi12)
Advanced Member Username: Tifosi12 Post Number: 2518 Registered: 10-2002 |
Ok, here the clues to the menus: A) Sangria as the drink, tapas as the menu and ceramics in the back ground B) German brat with Sauerkraut and Weissbier (note 'Koelsch'). The 'Taste of Europe' points toward the Nuerburgring GP. C) Romania, Bucharest and Murfatlar. Ok, not Hungary, but it points you in the vicinity. The menu is Hungarian Gulash. D) British 'Fish and Chips'. Hard to tell that it is a fish (it is!), but the Guinness gives it away. Don't get fooled by the Fosters name, it sponsors every GP. E) Brazilian Churasseria (sp?). They grill these huge parts of the cows on an open grill. Same would be true for Argentina, but no Argetinian GP this year. F) Ah, San Marino. Well it is pasta. So is the Lasagne from Italy. 50/50 call. Sorry. One thing though: Bologna is known for these filled pastas (like on the lower plate) and Bologna is closer to San Marino than Monza is. Why did I like this the best? Because I actually ate it THERE! For the San Marino GP and it was out of this world finger licking good. G) Australian steakhouse and Black Opal for wine. Should say it all. H) What is the US known for? Fast food. Another hint: The background is the grand stand at Indianapolis speedway. I) Molson beer is from Canada. The dish was actually some game (mousse I believe). Massive. Needed a Jaegermeister afterwards... J) Lasagne. Monza. Basta! K) Chinese beer and sticks to represent 'Asia' or Malaysia. The menu is original Malaysian cuisine btw. VERY hot. L) Wiener Schnitzel. Yes, that cucumber looks odd. M) Schpaetzle and Braten, drowned in some heavy brown sauce along with a Weissbier, it doesn't get more German than this. Note the blue/white papers representing Bavaria (as in Beemer). Along with REAL bread and Kraut again. As Indiana Jones said "I hate those Krauts!". N) Strong geometry of a rectangular plate, rice, Sapporo beer, of course, Japan! O) and P) Though ones: Both have French Red wines, both look like French cuisine. As I said, it is hard to distinguish French and Monaco cuisine, but here is the trick: O) Steak and Frites, aka 'Cafe de Paris'. Granted the green 'sauce' is missing, but that's how they serve it here. P) Kinda hard to tell from the picture, but it is a fish (the vegetables hint in that direction). So French cuisine with a fish? Indicating the ocean front, hence Monaco. | ||
| Jerry Slagle (Slag_328gts)
Junior Member Username: Slag_328gts Post Number: 140 Registered: 9-2003 |
LOL, heck of a first post Big Ones. | ||
| Big Ones (Tots)
New member Username: Tots Post Number: 1 Registered: 10-2003 |
What a ••••••• waste of time and bandwidth | ||
| Frank Wiedmann (Frankieferrari)
Member Username: Frankieferrari Post Number: 474 Registered: 8-2003 |
Really threw everything off with that can of Fosters in picture H. Was looking at the Hotdog and fries,but...Maybe a can of OldStyle would have been the clincher! Very good,Andreas! | ||
| Frank Wiedmann (Frankieferrari)
Member Username: Frankieferrari Post Number: 473 Registered: 8-2003 |
Oh,well. I was laughing at this mornings posts-I thought that when you used the word,"appaling" for U.S.food,after we had been talking about McD's,that you meant "White Castle!" | ||
| Jerry Slagle (Slag_328gts)
Junior Member Username: Slag_328gts Post Number: 139 Registered: 9-2003 |
Woooooooooooohooooooooooooooooo Just got my Germany/Europe/Austria mixed around the first time. :-) Damn that was fun!!! I love contests!! Thanks so much for running this Andreas!! I am emailing you my address - Let me know if you don't get it - my email is [email protected] Thanks again!! | ||
| David Mcguire (Matkat)
Junior Member Username: Matkat Post Number: 88 Registered: 3-2003 |
1)g 2)k 3)e 4)j 5)a 6)l 7)o 8)I 9)B 10)P 11)D) 12)M 13)C 14)F 15)USA 16)N My best shot. good luck everyone else Dave | ||
| Frank Wiedmann (Frankieferrari)
Member Username: Frankieferrari Post Number: 472 Registered: 8-2003 |
O.K....here we go...1h-2k-3e-4c-5l-6b-7p-8i-9a-10o-11d-12m-13f-14j-15g-16n | ||
| Dan 360 (Dan360)
Junior Member Username: Dan360 Post Number: 130 Registered: 2-2003 |
OK here's my go - this is TOUGH! & in the time I did it someone else goes and wins! 1) Australia = H 2) Malaysia = K 3) Brazil = E 4) San Marino =F 5) Spain = A 6) Austria = L 7) Monte Carlo = P 8) Canada = I 9) Europe = B 10) France = O 11) Britain = D 12) Germany =M 13) Hungary = C 14) Italy = J 15) USA = G 16) Japan = N | ||
| Andreas Forrer (Tifosi12)
Advanced Member Username: Tifosi12 Post Number: 2517 Registered: 10-2002 |
AND THE WINNER IS: DRUMM ROLL JERRY!!!! Congratulations! Send me an email with your addresse and I'll get that T-Shirt out to you! | ||
| Greg G (Greg_g)
Junior Member Username: Greg_g Post Number: 91 Registered: 7-2003 |
why is that pickle flanked by two lemon halves in pic L? Looks kinda phallic Andreas - LOL. | ||
| Jerry Slagle (Slag_328gts)
Junior Member Username: Slag_328gts Post Number: 138 Registered: 9-2003 |
A Spain B Europe C Hungary D Britain E Brazil F San Marino G Australia H US I Canada J Italy K Malaysia L Austria M Germany N Japan O France P Monte Carlo | ||
| Andreas Forrer (Tifosi12)
Advanced Member Username: Tifosi12 Post Number: 2516 Registered: 10-2002 |
Mitchel, you're onto something. | ||
| Mitchel DeFrancis (4re308)
Intermediate Member Username: 4re308 Post Number: 1089 Registered: 6-2001 |
What a great post! I'm trying to decipher some of the beverages for clues! | ||
| Andreas Forrer (Tifosi12)
Advanced Member Username: Tifosi12 Post Number: 2515 Registered: 10-2002 |
Jerry is awfully close, but no cigar yet. | ||
| Andrew Menasce (Amenasce)
Intermediate Member Username: Amenasce Post Number: 1532 Registered: 10-2001 |
I cant play ! im too hungry !! damm that looks soo tasty !! | ||
| Jerry Slagle (Slag_328gts)
Junior Member Username: Slag_328gts Post Number: 137 Registered: 9-2003 |
A Spain B Germany C Hungary D Britain E Brazil F San Marino G Australia H US I Canada J Italy K Malaysia L Europe M Austria N Japan O France P Monte Carlo | ||
| Andreas Forrer (Tifosi12)
Advanced Member Username: Tifosi12 Post Number: 2514 Registered: 10-2002 |
Jordan gets 5. They were all delicious, but you're right, F was superb. When this is over I tell you why. Good pick on your part though. | ||
| Andreas Forrer (Tifosi12)
Advanced Member Username: Tifosi12 Post Number: 2513 Registered: 10-2002 |
DES, you actually did better blind. None of your answers now is correct. Sorry. Picture G was taken at the Outback. True. I do like Freedom, err French fries (and it shows). But that's not the reason there on these pictures, they are there, because its part of that country's particular menu. It all has a reason. | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Intermediate Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 2147 Registered: 12-2002 |
1) Australia -G 2) Malaysia - K 3) Brazil - J 4) San Marino -I 5) Spain -J 6) Austria -B 7) Monte Carlo -L 8) Canada -O 9) Europe - C 10) France - P 11) Britain - D 12) Germany -E 13) Hungary -M 14) Italy -F 15) USA -H 16) Japan- N All guesses, but my god "F" looks DELICIOUS!! Yea DES, I got G for Outback as well..ate that bread on Sunday | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 7018 Registered: 8-2002 |
LMAO...! Yeah, sort of like the 'what-not-to-do' poster boy... | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 7017 Registered: 8-2002 |
1) Australia H 2) Malaysia 3) Brazil 4) San Marino 5) Spain 6) Austria 7) Monte Carlo 8) Canada 9) Europe 10) France 11) Britain 12) Germany B 13) Hungary 14) Italy 15) USA G* 16) Japan K i can't guess beyond those and even those few are sketchy... Andreas, i liked the clever hints in some of the pictures; someone more cultured will undoubtedly play on those... Very cool contest... *picture G was taken at the Outback. (Andreas, you really like french fries, huh...?) | ||
| Andreas Forrer (Tifosi12)
Advanced Member Username: Tifosi12 Post Number: 2512 Registered: 10-2002 |
Ok, here we go:                 Good luck all! | ||
| Andreas Forrer (Tifosi12)
Advanced Member Username: Tifosi12 Post Number: 2509 Registered: 10-2002 |
Good timing, Andrew, isn't it? DES: Congrats, you actually got one right! I'm not kidding. Anyway, I would appreciate it, if people would post their answer along with numbers, it makes it a lot easier for me to verify your entry. So to use DES' example (he is an example in all our lives, isn't he?): 1P 2L 3M 4B 5A 6D 7C 8H 9E 10F 11J 12O 13K 14I 15N 16G | ||
| Andrew Menasce (Amenasce)
Intermediate Member Username: Amenasce Post Number: 1528 Registered: 10-2001 |
im hungry. | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 7010 Registered: 8-2002 |
P, L, M, B, A, D, C, H, E, F, J, O, K, I, N, G. | ||
| Andreas Forrer (Tifosi12)
Advanced Member Username: Tifosi12 Post Number: 2507 Registered: 10-2002 |
Today at 2pm ET I will post 16 fotos of meals from the 16 countries Formula One has been racing in this year: 1) Australia 2) Malaysia 3) Brazil 4) San Marino 5) Spain 6) Austria 7) Monte Carlo 8) Canada 9) Europe 10) France 11) Britain 12) Germany 13) Hungary 14) Italy 15) USA 16) Japan You will have to identify the country the foto/food belongs to. The first to do so will win a Ferrari T-Shirt (see previous thread). EACH PICTURE HAS A LETTER (LIKE A, B, C ETC) IN THE UPPER RIGHT OR LEFT CORNER. MATCH THAT LETTER WITH THE NUMBER OF THE GP COUNTRY AS YOUR ANSWER. Everybody can try their luck multiple times, but I will only use your final answer until somebody else posts. The first one with the right answer, will get the T-Shirt. |