Remove this Banner Ad

Life

🥰 Love BigFooty? Join now for free.

Cruyff14 said:
You're not literally stuck on a treadmill.
Click to expand...
Laughing at someone thinking in another way. I don't mind you but you're a classic MOR poster who aspires to live in Essendon. People who resent those who want to fight the system are generally accepting a life of fat in the guts, 'MAFS,' and whatever else. Look out. One trip to Europe doesn't render you worldly. What's wrong with being a cheeky, arrogant ****er?
 
iluvparis said:
And I will repeat - anyone who thinks that outside of Asian food Australian suburbia has better food options than London truly has no clue.

Australian's truly think they are a foodie nation but compared to true global cities they have nothing special going for them. The QUANTITY of QUALITY restaurants that the likes of London Paris and NY have compared to Australia is incomparable.
Click to expand...
Lived in London for a few years now. You are right the food is good. Especially when you considered the old stereotype of shit English food (which still definitely exists but is easily avoided).

But Australia has it covered quite comfortably. Especially if you factor in value.

You can get some extremely high quality food in London - Hawksmoor (Steak), Angler (Seafood), Galvin (French). Been to them and they are amazing, but you'll get the same in Sydney or Melbourne for about 2/3rds of the price. Me and the Mrs bill at the Hawksmoor came to 200 pounds (204 to be exact. Remember it quite specifically. Easily the most we've shelled out on a meal). Galvin and Angler was about 130 to 150 from memory.

Asian food in Australia is much much better. For instance Thai Pothong in Newtown (Sydney) is just brilliant. Best Thai I've had. It'll come to about 30 to 50 dollars a head depending on drinks. I've tried to find a Thai like that in London but even if I had 100 pounds I couldn't find it. We tried Patara Thai in Central London. It's supposed to be the bee knee's. It was a good, but a clear level down from Thai Pothong. A Massaman Curry at Patara was 20 pounds (about $35). Our bill for that night was about 80 pounds and neither of us left amazed.

Supermarket meat is as good in England and Australia, but much cheaper. It's why butchers are dying over here. I've been to the butcher down the road from us a couple of times, and I'd love to use him more often, but we can't justify paying twice (sometime more than twice) the price for meat then what you get at Sainsburys, Lidl etc which is about 90% of the quality. In Australia it was different. The butcher we went to was only about 20% more expensive than Coles but the meat was probably 50% better so it was worth it.

One thing that really sucks in England is the fruit. ****ing terrible.
 

Log in to remove this Banner Ad

Silent Alarm said:
Laughing at someone thinking in another way. I don't mind you but you're a classic MOR poster who aspires to live in Essendon. People who resent those who want to fight the system are generally accepting a life of fat in the guts, 'MAFS,' and whatever else. Look out. One trip to Europe doesn't render you worldly. What's wrong with being a cheeky, arrogant ******?
Click to expand...
I don't know what MOR is.

Not sure with where I live has much to do with anything. There is nothing wrong with 'wanting to fight the system', but it just demonstrated another case of someone not knowing how to use the word literally.

I'm incredibly content with what I've seen, experienced, and where I am in life.

And I've been to Europe twice :D
 
Silent Alarm said:
Laughing at someone thinking in another way. I don't mind you but you're a classic MOR poster who aspires to live in Essendon. People who resent those who want to fight the system are generally accepting a life of fat in the guts, 'MAFS,' and whatever else. Look out. One trip to Europe doesn't render you worldly. What's wrong with being a cheeky, arrogant ******?
Click to expand...

Systems themselves are made of people mostly so fighting them in some cases is counterproductive (Unless it is a major oppressive political/totalitarian/unjust system). Changes tend to evolve so all you can do is sell a message where possible and hope it catches.

Beyond that just have to live your life as you see fit and make the best choices for yourself. Getting stuck in a negative spiral can be hard to undo from.

Nothing wrong with Essendon living and MAFS watching in Australia, what gets me thou is the conceited attitude some people have, and we all meet them. That just because something worked out for them it works for everyone and they have the answers to the Universe. Sure with age and experience comes knowledge of pitfalls and success but also an acceptance of ignorance of just how much you really don't know.
 
The Dice Man said:
Australia has far more variety on offer for cuisines from around the world. I put this down to it being such a young country and not actually having any food or traditions of it's own. All are inherited.
Click to expand...

Also due to the size of the country, multicultural influence and relatively large farming land we have a lot of variety available. So no real need to be one main dish.

Our style of cooking tends to be roast, grill or BBQ. Most major meals have that. Not like traditional rice/soup/noodle dishes of Asia, Pasta of Italy or pastries of the French. We also tend to have a restaurant culture (where everyone goes out and gets what they want) rather than cooking a Sunday lunch, going to the relatives for a cook up etc.
 

Remove this Banner Ad

Run n Spread said:
Nothing wrong with Essendon living and MAFS watching in Australia, what gets me thou is the conceited attitude some people have, and we all meet them. That just because something worked out for them it works for everyone and they have the answers to the Universe. Sure with age and experience comes knowledge of pitfalls and success but also an acceptance of ignorance of just how much you really don't know.
Click to expand...
Did I give off that impression?
 
The Passenger said:
Lived in London for a few years now. You are right the food is good. Especially when you considered the old stereotype of shit English food (which still definitely exists but is easily avoided).

But Australia has it covered quite comfortably. Especially if you factor in value.

You can get some extremely high quality food in London - Hawksmoor (Steak), Angler (Seafood), Galvin (French). Been to them and they are amazing, but you'll get the same in Sydney or Melbourne for about 2/3rds of the price. M.
Click to expand...

Lol 2/3 the price? where?

And I've already conceded the Asian is rubbish - but they DOMINATE us in everything else.

Tbf - if you think Thai Phatong is the best Thai you've ever had I'm not sure your exactly a connoisseur
 

🥰 Love BigFooty? Join now for free.

iluvparis said:
Lol 2/3 the price? where?

And I've already conceded the Asian is rubbish - but they DOMINATE us in everything else.

Tbf - if you think Thai Phatong is the best Thai you've ever had I'm not sure your exactly a connoisseur
Click to expand...
Railway club hotel is as good as steak as hawksmoor (both do amazing food), although a few years since I've been. Went twice and the bill came in about $100/head compared to 100 pounds a head at the hawksmoor.

Probably the best seafood I've had in oz is on kangaroo island, although I must admit the name of the place escapes me. It wasn't super expensive.

Re: Thai pothong, was recommended to me and I've recommended it on to several people. Nothing but glowing reviews. 4.5 on trip advisor gives me confident I'm not wrong there. Would be happy to here of some other Thai for next time I'm back.

As said the food in London is good. Don't disagree with you there. And it does beat us for quantity of good restaurants. But from what I've tried the top end quality in both London and back home is pretty similar.
 
I often think how much happier I would be if I didn't have aspirations. I'm a pretty simple dude and am happy to be tinkering with a motorbike/car, brewing some beer/whisky, fishing or watching sport whilst enjoying a beer. I don't need to have new cars, the latest phone or a big house. If I just resign myself to that life and moved to a small coastal town and picked up enough work to live and live out my days doing the things mentioned would I be happier?

I do enjoy travellng but the reality is I work for two years to enjoy a month overseas and then when I return I get depressed about the cycle.

I often hear people talk about people from school and they'll be like "he hasn't done anything with himself, still with the same girl, still living in the same town with the same job" but if that's what makes that guy happy then (imo) he is living the dream.
 
If I sat down with 18yr old me who was in the principle's office at school for "not applying himself" and told him the things he would do, the people who he would work with, the experiences he would have, the places he would go, and the life he would have.....he'd have told me I was ****ing dreaming.

If not for making a change in my life though, and getting out of my comfort zone to try new things, I'd never have opened the door to those possibilities and I'm 99% sure I'd probably be looking back with so much regret.

Life is what you make of it, in so many ways.
 
craigos said:
I often think how much happier I would be if I didn't have aspirations. I'm a pretty simple dude and am happy to be tinkering with a motorbike/car, brewing some beer/whisky, fishing or watching sport whilst enjoying a beer. I don't need to have new cars, the latest phone or a big house. If I just resign myself to that life and moved to a small coastal town and picked up enough work to live and live out my days doing the things mentioned would I be happier?
Click to expand...

I'd do that. Still go back to Melbourne and travel occasionally but would be more than happy doing that. Don't see what I'd miss that Melbourne has.
 

Remove this Banner Ad

Remove this Banner Ad

🥰 Love BigFooty? Join now for free.

Back
Top Bottom