I hate to say it, but, as far as I can assertain, the food in anglophonic countries just all-around sucks. I of course include my own in this- US food is deep fried oil for the most part, wrapped in bacon and fried again. Up in Canada, it's hard to find something that doesn't contained smoked meat from some animal not usually considered edible, soaked in tree sap and left to age in the dirt. In the UK at least the animals are traditional, but they're either jam-packed with deadly diseases or you throw away the meat and eat the vital organs mashed into a bowl and boiled in a sack until they're grey and lumpy. And in Australia, apperently all it takes is the suffix "emite" to qualify it as food. I've tried vegemite- are you people not carbon-based life forms, or what? It was like trying to choke down WD-40 and play-doh! I'm afraid of this Yeastemite or whatever the heck it's called.
I say we all move to India and/ or Chile, and take up jobs as silver-smiths or goat herders, respectively, and trade our wares for food that's both healthy AND palatable. Or, if you're not feeling quite that adventurous, try one of the lesser known Greek islands, so as to avoid the tourists. The people are friendly, the night breezes are cool and refreshing, and it's unlikely that somebody will try to pass off congealed mink bladder boiled with dirt spores as a side dish.
Or just order out Chinese, I don't know.
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