A consumer rights champion has explained the rules after one woman had to eat Greek food every day on her Greek holiday
"Susan, who has ulcerative colitis, said: “On a morning you could have toast, a hard boiled egg, or something in sauce. There was no bacon. For breakfast there was mozzarella and sliced tomatoes. There was no hot bacon or sausage.”
Oh no Mozarella and tomatoes? Atrocious. Funny thing is fatty and processed foods like bacons and sausage are in the avoid list for people for ulcerative colitis (so is dairy for some to be fair but that is more case specific I think).
If you have a medical condition that requires a special diet… you have no option that planning ahead, you cannot expect the world to be ready for any possible medical requirement
Just reading those three words in that order, “mozzarella and tomatoes” just made me crave a Caprese salad.
So fucking good. What kind of loser whines about being served that godly combination of foods?
Idk, I have UC and the things she mentioned are fine for me. I struggle with scratchy fibrous foods: whole grains, seeds, fruit skins, raw veggies. I don’t have an issue with bacon or fat in general.
Yeah seems pretty person specific, where I looked it says soluble fibers are fine, dairy is bad if you are lactose intolerant, fatty foods are bad during flare ups.
Right? She “can’t” eat kebab, but demands bacon and sausage?
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Why even travel abroad if you won’t eat the food?
I have a disease that desires trash food too, it’s called shame, not ulcerative colitis. I think she got those mixed up.
As someone who doesn’t like Greek food I’ve come up with an easy solution to not liking the food somewhere: I just don’t go.
Most Balkan food is just… Mostly not overtly offensive.
Greece is amazing, but if you want a wild ride, try what passes for “Mexican” food there. If you don’t laugh, you’ll cry. Makes Taco Bell look legit.
European tacos are the funniest shit.
Funniest as in “laugh or cry”
French tacos is uh… Something
I’m picturing a crepe with beef crumbles
Look it up online it’s quite something
Ok a vegetarian version of that would slap tho. Absolutely not a taco, but I’m in
I was served a sausage wrapped in a savory crepe by a Balkan woman in Paris when I asked what the “authentic taco” was.
So like, not a taco. It was dope but it was not a taco.
I mean I’m aussie and ours aren’t exactly quality product but even I look at European “Mexican” foods and know that ain’t right
No lol you should look up what french tacos are, it’s nothing remotely Mexican
I would prefer the worst Greek Mexican food over the best Greek food.
I think a food tour of what countries imagine other foods to be would be quite fun.
Can I ask what specifically you don’t like about it? I’m just curious, no judgement at all.
The combination of flavor profiles and textures just aren’t for me. For example, I don’t like feta cheese or olives and they’re in just about everything.
I do like me some grilled lamb, though.
Fair!
You’d lose your shit in Australia. It’s all souvlakis and open plate gyros
An American gyro with a big pile of iceberg lettuce and sliced onions and tzatziki sauce is pretty awesome. Can they do that?
A while ago I watched a YouTube video where an American creator gave the pros and cons of sailing in the Mediterranean. Since I only sail in the Mediterranean, I was curious to find out what the differences are between sailing in the Mediterranean and elsewhere. One of the pros of sailing in Greece was “There is a decent tavern in every small town/village.” The cons were “You can only find Greek (and sometimes Italian) food. No Chinese, no Mexican…”. My first reaction was WTF!!!
Americans are accustomed to having access to worldwide cuisine options 24/7/365. She must’ve had a psychological breakdown finding herself in the middle of the Mediterranean sea with only Mediterranean food options 🤣 How out of touch must some one be to not only subconsciously feel troubled by something so insignificant, but then to set up her ring light & camera to consciously rant about it out loud & post it on YouTube 🤦🏼♀️
There is definitely something cool to be said about living in a place where one day I can eat some amazing Greek food and then the next day have Chinese or Mexican. The US has some amazing options on almost every street corner (in a city, get fucking rekt suburbia)
It’s not that they don’t expect there to be Greek food or that they won’t want to eat Greek food. It’s that Americans used to having a huge variety of food available, and may need to be warned that they will not have that available.
I can get pretty much any style cuisine (my choice betweem authentic or Americanized version) for lunch any day. I could have Bao on Monday, Schnitzel on Tuesday, Tikka Masala on Wednesday, Carne Guisada on Thursday, and Injera on Friday all without having to travel more than 5 minutes.
And it’s not just urban areas. Even the tiny backwoods town my parents live in has country cooking, Mexican, Chinese, and Italian restaurants (though the Chinese and Italian are really bad)
its always western people going other countries expecting the countries to have the food that they are used to, very strange thing, you might as well stay in the country you are from.
“western food” is something that only exists in foreign countries anyways, like “asian food”. If it is something that is available, it’s not really what I’m used to from home, but some weird mish-mash of what someone thinks the typical american/british/german/other (in that order) eats. And on top of that, it’s usually terrible quality, not due to a lack of skill, just well, not having the right ingredients, not knowing the nuances of the food or what it’s supposed to taste like. So between a postmodernist interpretation of what someone thinks I eat, or proper local food, I really don’t understand why you’d ever not eat the local food.
But it’s not only western people. Japanese/Taiwanese/Chinese traveling in Switzerland do like to buy/bring instant noodles and cook them at the hotel instead of eating local food (not that there really is local swiss food, there’s like 3 dishes and then it’s mostly an amalgam of italian, french and german cuisine). Part of that is the high price, but not only. And from the few times I traveled in other european contries with friends from those asian countries, it seems common enough that they prefer to eat at asian restaurants. Except for italy, where everyone loves the local food.
A consumer rights expert has explained what you can do if your hotel on a foreign holiday refuses to serve you a full English breakfast
Fuck all?
Lord do I hate people like this… I once sat, as a foreigner, in a small Japanese restaurant when some American woman started arguing with the young waiter about not wanting some ingredient (might have been eggplant?). She was loud, rude, and entitled. The poor waiter spoke very little English and our Japanese wasn’t good enough that we could help.
When you travel it’s up to you to know the words of foods you don’t like or can’t eat. If you get something you don’t like you politely eat what you do or order something else. Enjoy the cultural exchange ffs.
It did mention that there may be a case against the company that sold the vacation package if specific promises were made about the meals. Like something specifically marketed towards people with dietary restrictions.
International travel requires at least some flexibility and the lady in the article has none.
There is no dietary restriction that exists that requires a person to eat only full English breakfasts.
It’s called being a wanker.
Talk about being a cunt. The best part of trying new foods while traveling is not knowing what it is and going for it. I get that things like peanuts being able to kill you and all and well not everyone wants to eat a living squid but overall you’re there for the experience. Also, I would have told that American woman to just STFU or GTFO. Don’t ruin my meal or insult the staff. ugh
A full English breakfast too, is what she demanded. That is no small task.
My favorite one of these is this from 2017: https://www.nine.com.au/travel/couple-thinks-all-inclusive-resort-wristband-covers-island-20170503-p5n9z3.html
In an embarrassing mix-up, a British couple holidaying on the island of Rhodes in Greece have walked out of a restaurant without paying – mistakenly presuming their all-inclusive resort wristband covered the whole island.
The couple were dining at a restaurant in town and stood up to leave without settling their bill. When they were stopped by wait staff, the confused couple showed their resort wristband – presuming that would fix the situation.
After an awkward back-and-forth, the couple finally settled their bill and left.
Slightly more concerning is that, according to local news source Dimokratiki, this isn’t an isolated incident. The tabloid reports that the very same thing happened to the owner of the restaurant late last year – and isn’t uncommon.
What happened to her? (Wrong anwsers only)
Her food was obviously prepared near spices
English diet
We said wrong answer only
The toast for her beans and toast was too rare but the waitstaff refused to take it back
She ate one (1) gyro and instantly shriveled up like a witch.
Stray black pepper flake
she wants the guy beside her to just stop talking so she can enjoy her food
That photo at the top of the article is just a random image the editor found. There is a photo of the actual person who complained that she only got chips for one night of her 7 day holiday further down the article.
The didn’t have boiled meat and nuclear green peas.
she OD’d on too-spicy meth.
Ok, but can I sue if someone tries to serve me English food in Greece?
Turns out, yes. Assault is a crime in Greece.
Oh no a vacation of falafel, baklava, and lamb… Oh the humanity
We don’t do falafel in Greece. We’ve started adopting it over the last decade (mostly as a vegetarian alternative to meatballs and stuff) but it’s definitely not a traditional Greek thing.
Would you like some feta instead?
Spanakotyropites please!
Fuckin love feta and anything with olives Basamic vineger and oil Mmm
My favorite is fried feta covered in sesame, honey, and balsamic :D
She should have given me her ticket, I will eat all of that regardless of where I’m at. A nice salad that wouldn’t make me bedridden is a dream ('Merica, fuck yea)
Jesus christ just post it to me woman. All of it.
She found an angel at the bottom of a lake who gave her a mince pie and from then on it was her birth right.
Watery tarts handing out pies is no means for a system of cuisine!
especially because those pies would have soggy bottoms.
You have the right to fuck off.
I’d pay good money to see her travel through Asia.
“Today I’m here in Singapore, eating in McDonalds.”
“Today I’m here in China, eating in McDonalds.”
“Today I’m here in Japan, eating in McDonalds.”
I don’t get the point of going to another culture……. To just eat and experience the Americanised stuff.
So they can say return home and ask their friends and family, “do you know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris?”
Something about pound her with cheese? I didn’t know they had such hard cheeses in France.
It’s always fun to try it once while you are there, fast food chains outside of the us tend to taste better and sometimes have different options then back in the states. But it’s usually a once and done type of deal, I want to try the local cuisine more than anything!
“Ah’ll just ‘ave some chips an’ a Big Mac please, duck.”
You’d love “An Idiot Abroad,” the show of an average British bloke (Karl Pilkington) puttering around like an idiot in other countries.
British diners and pubs are a blight in SE Asia
She should have bring her own food, like the Dutch do when they travel to Spain/south of France.
It’s hard to survive without bitterballen.
When I travel I pack a couple Sheetz sausage shmiscuits to keep me from getting depressed from traveling.
The Mirror… Says it all.
