American food tastes vs UK food tastes

[susan1]

The only thing I really miss whilst there is a decent curry, hopefully when they develop the asia themed restaurant in AK it'll have some more spice than is currently available

hi
the japanese counter service in epcot do a curry! more suited to a lunchtime snack but it's spicy. only found it last year, went twice certainly going back in a weeks time !

 

[disneyvillainlover]

I just wish they didn't sprinkle Cinnamon on everything that they possibly can... yuk! mind you it doesnt help that the rest of my family love it.. apple pie with cinnamon.. Cinnabons... churros ... swirls..

I can go without a curry for 2 weeks but I just love buffalo Chicken strips .. yum yum yum .. hot hot hot

 

[minkydog]

Being a person from the US that lives in the UK now I have to tell you that you haven't experienced enough food outside WDW/Orlando if this is what you think. We have plenty of spicy food. The food at WDW is "dumbed" down if you will by Disney for the tourists. It's quite unfortunate. And while there is some absolutely lovely stuff, they do try too hard not to offend anyone with food that is too spicy. Try going to some non chain places in Orlando and that might help your opinion.

Thanks for pointing this out. I agree. I have lived in the U.S. all my life and I find the food in WDW pretty bland. If you want good food, you've gotta get out of the World Get some great seafood on the Gulf Coast, some real fried chicken and collard greens(not from a can), some pulled pork BBQ from a smoky joint that serves sweet iced tea, black beans & rice in Miami. THEN decide if our food is up to par.

 

[cleo]

I would have to agree with those who have said the main tourist area restaurants are not representitive of how Americans really dine. I like spicy food (I mean REALLY spicy) and can find it all over the place, but not in the theme parks or chain restaurants.

If you leave the main tourist area and seek out the mom-and-pop type places or the finer dining, you'll find a much better sampling of what we're used to here. Theme park fare is exactly as richard_andmel says; 'dumbed-down' so as to be tolerable by just about anyone.

 

[nibby]

Being a person from the US that lives in the UK now I have to tell you that you haven't experienced enough food outside WDW/Orlando if this is what you think. .

Perhaps I didn't make myself clear enough - the boards here tend to be asking about Disney restaurants - not food in Florida in general. The original question asked about restaurants on the DDP (i.e. in WDW) and therefore I tried to answer in relation to restaurants within 'the world'. I agree that the Disney restaurants provide a 'sanitised' cuisine - the food in Morocco (Epcot) is not like the food I've eaten in North Africa, the food in 'Mexico' isn't quite like the stuff I've eaten in Mexico. I've eaten in plenty of restaurants around the area but have yet to find a really good Indian curry, really good north african food, really good thai food - all of which is spicy and all of which I regularly eat where I live in the UK. I've experienced plenty of food outside Orlando but the original question wasn't asking about that

 

[richard_andmel]

Perhaps I didn't make myself clear enough - the boards here tend to be asking about Disney restaurants - not food in Florida in general.

Oh sorry... I was responding to this sentence:

I found the American tastes more bland than British tastes - so that what they consider spicy we wouldn't and you're right that they do love their sweet stuff.

I guess you meant to say that you found WDW tastes more bland than British tastes. Guess I just get my hackles up when someone tars all of Americans and their cuisine with the same brush. It's a really big country and even different regions vary hugely. Sometimes from state to state there are big differences. Why just chilli alone can be hotly contested as to the proper degree of spiciness and ingredients. And it's quite different to what passes for chilli in the UK. (No offence intended!)

I have had more authentic Mexican food in Maine where I am from, than the San Angel Inn and that is as far from Mexico as you can get in the US. I bet Mexican food in someplace like Texas or California is excellent.

Mel

 

[El Tel]

Ooops. Looks like I'll have to be careful what I say in future - me and my generalisations.
There was no offence intended - just that being on the DDP for the first time and therefore eating more WDW TS meals, I was a little concerned about the raves people had on the boards for very sweet sounding deserts, etc. With similar raves for Boma, I was wondering what to expect from Boma in particular and other restaurants in general.
I have had a few business trips to the US (Chicago and Kansas City) and I've had some really excellent meals at these locations.

 

[nibby]

I wouldn't worry ElTel - it's me she was having a go at anyway

 

[richard_andmel]

I wouldn't worry ElTel - it's me she was having a go at anyway

Nibby is right. Seriously, not a big deal anyway. You probably caught me at a bad time with the post. Also, I think it's because I have defended English cuisine many times which has such a bad rep in other parts of the world... I just thought all of the times I have told people that English food isn't bland and boring and now this. Just goes to show you how funny the world is.

Mel

 

[jna]

Get some great seafood on the Gulf Coast.

Do you know the Clearwater Beach/Sand Key area? If you do, I'd appreciate a couple of recommendations. We have a 17th. birthday for our eldest DD to celebrate when staying in Sand Key and would like somewhere special to take her.

Thanks.