The hot takes and unpopular opinions
-
@Old-Samurai-Jack said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
A lot of NZ cafes/restaurants are way overpriced for what you get and have a generic bland taste.
Agree and disagree. Like anything you have to shop around sometimes and entertainment book/cheap pizza night/cheap steak night etc always make a place worthwhile.
-
@mariner4life said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
@voodoo said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
Of all the seafood, I reckon prawns are the most overrated for flavour. Just dull unless you send them to Mr Wong's and get him to put his special salt and pepper batter on them. Balmain bugs in the other hand rock.
Crab is also a complete waste of time. You can spend an hour dissecting one of those things, and you'll consume about 50gms of meat for your $100.
On veggies, what's with the resurrection of brussel sprouts? They were shit when I was a kid, and they're still shit now. They're basically Kale rolled into little balls.
Bro mud crab is the business. Mainly because they are huge.
Singapore chilli crab using fresh caught muddies is the absolute shit
I disagree about chilli crab. I prefer my muddies freshly boiled. So delicious and sweet
-
@taniwharugby said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
Haha this thread is the GOM one by another name.
This is true of most threads in the end
-
@Frank said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
NZ is overrated.
Most of the North Island interior is boring as fuck farmland.
Beaches are good in that there are fuck all people on most of them, but a lot are inhospitable, windy and dangerous to swim at.Small town NZ totally lacks soul - full of prefabricated housing, beneficiaries with nothing to do, and often an aggressive bogan vibe.
The average Kiwi is friendly enough, so long as you say like to do Kiwi things, don't criticize NZ in any way, and don't think too far out of the box.
The mountains and lakes in the South Island are good, but better examples exist in Switzerland and the Canadian Rockies.
Finally NZ, is expensive without the pay to support the cost of living and lot of the population are either smug liberals or small town hicks (with the one thing they have in common is that you can't criticize precious NZ)
You forgot to add New Zealanders largely don't know what (good) customer service is.
-
@voodoo said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
Of all the seafood, I reckon prawns are the most overrated for flavour. Just dull unless you send them to Mr Wong's and get him to put his special salt and pepper batter on them. Balmain bugs in the other hand rock.
Crab is also a complete waste of time. You can spend an hour dissecting one of those things, and you'll consume about 50gms of meat for your $100.
On veggies, what's with the resurrection of brussel sprouts? They were shit when I was a kid, and they're still shit now. They're basically Kale rolled into little balls.
Hokkaido
Crab = amazing
Wagyu lamb = amazinger -
@MiketheSnow said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
@voodoo said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
Of all the seafood, I reckon prawns are the most overrated for flavour. Just dull unless you send them to Mr Wong's and get him to put his special salt and pepper batter on them. Balmain bugs in the other hand rock.
Crab is also a complete waste of time. You can spend an hour dissecting one of those things, and you'll consume about 50gms of meat for your $100.
On veggies, what's with the resurrection of brussel sprouts? They were shit when I was a kid, and they're still shit now. They're basically Kale rolled into little balls.
Hokkaido
Crab = amazing
Wagyu lamb = amazingerHakodate cheescakes
Sapporo ClassicAnyone who doesn't like those is bullshitting.
-
@voodoo said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
@Bones said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
@MN5 said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
Food related.
South Africans do the best BBQs. Problem is they know it and go on about it.
Steak is HEAPS better than Lamb.
Crayfish is overrated and WAY overpriced.
Whitebait is too.
A really good Indian curry is, if anything, underpriced.
Thai curry is too.
Nah south Americans/Portuguese do the best bbq. At least they have good sausage other than
boereworsthat curly one that looks like old dog poo.You've never had good lamb
Crayfish is shithouse.
Thats Argentina. A mate of a mate who we had never met before hosted 5 of us for a feed at his house.
Spectacular.Uruguay shits all over Argentina - BBQ/steak-wise, at least.
Lady-talent... Argentina. -
@antipodean said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
@broughie said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
Jazz is too complicated for the average bear but their are some good catchy stuff like:
The better I become as a musician, the more I like (good) jazz.
The ex was a Royal College - classically trained pianist and semi-professional chorister who started dabbling in Jazz playing and singing. She found jazz players were just as technically skilled but used their technique in a different way. She was in awe of jazz singers vocalisation and control and learned a heck of lot from singing with them
She was in awe of
-
@taniwharugby said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
Haha this thread is the GOM one by another name.
Oh good. I'll join in then...
Cornwall is overrated as a holiday venue
German cars are mainly identikit and boring to drive. Crap reliability too.
Modern driver "safety aids" are the opposite and distract the driver
Aaron Smith has a quiet voice
The BBC is an over-rated, under-performing broadcaster. A bit shit in fact.
Bruce Springsteen is hugely over-rated
Prosecco is over-priced, carbonated cheap wine.
Expensive French wine - esp. Bordeaux - is poor value for money
Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc has been trading on it's reputation for years
-
@Victor-Meldrew said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
Bruce Springsteen is hugely over-rated
Prosecco is over-priced, carbonated cheap wine.Yes.
Cheap wine is overpriced?
-
@Bones said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
Cheap wine is overpriced?
I wouldn't know. I defer to you extensive knowledge of cheap wine.
-
@MiketheSnow said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
@voodoo said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
Of all the seafood, I reckon prawns are the most overrated for flavour. Just dull unless you send them to Mr Wong's and get him to put his special salt and pepper batter on them. Balmain bugs in the other hand rock.
Crab is also a complete waste of time. You can spend an hour dissecting one of those things, and you'll consume about 50gms of meat for your $100.
On veggies, what's with the resurrection of brussel sprouts? They were shit when I was a kid, and they're still shit now. They're basically Kale rolled into little balls.
Hokkaido
Crab = amazing
Wagyu lamb = amazingerI never bought them, but I still have vivid recollections 15yrs later of the sheer size of the crab legs they were selling frozen in the shops there. Fucking giant sea monsters!!!
Reckon they would still have tasted bland though...
-
@Kruse said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
@voodoo said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
@Bones said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
@MN5 said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
Food related.
South Africans do the best BBQs. Problem is they know it and go on about it.
Steak is HEAPS better than Lamb.
Crayfish is overrated and WAY overpriced.
Whitebait is too.
A really good Indian curry is, if anything, underpriced.
Thai curry is too.
Nah south Americans/Portuguese do the best bbq. At least they have good sausage other than
boereworsthat curly one that looks like old dog poo.You've never had good lamb
Crayfish is shithouse.
Thats Argentina. A mate of a mate who we had never met before hosted 5 of us for a feed at his house.
Spectacular.Uruguay shits all over Argentina - BBQ/steak-wise, at least.
Lady-talent... Argentina.I think there comes a point where we don't need to fight over the bestest bbq-dudes anymore. I was pretty damn happy with my life that day!
-
@Victor-Meldrew said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc has been trading on it's reputation for years
Decades?
-
@Victor-Meldrew said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
@taniwharugby said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
Haha this thread is the GOM one by another name.
Oh good. I'll join in then...
Cornwall is overrated as a holiday venue
German cars are mainly identikit and boring to drive. Crap reliability too.
Modern driver "safety aids" are the opposite and distract the driver
Aaron Smith has a quiet voice
The BBC is an over-rated, under-performing broadcaster. A bit shit in fact.
Bruce Springsteen is hugely over-rated
Prosecco is over-priced, carbonated cheap wine.
Expensive French wine - esp. Bordeaux - is poor value for money
Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc has been trading on it's reputation for years
YES. The fact his concerts apparently go on for about three hours is a horrific thought ( once he’s gotten through the bangers that is, of which he has a few I’ll admit )
-
@taniwharugby said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
@Victor-Meldrew said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc has been trading on it's reputation for years
Decades?
Probably. Bought a bottle or three to take for Christmas Day about 8 yrs ago. Disappointing wasn't the word.
Is it just me but is NZ wine in general falling off a fair bit these days? Chilean Pinot Noir has now surpassed NZ IMHO and the Hawkes Bay Cabernet/Merlot I bought a few years back is rough and watery. Real dissappointing.
-
D Duluth forked this topic on
-
@Victor-Meldrew no idea, I drink so little wine that I wouldnt know if it is supposed to be good or not, if I like, I like.
-
@Victor-Meldrew said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
@taniwharugby said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
@Victor-Meldrew said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc has been trading on it's reputation for years
Decades?
Probably. Bought a bottle or three to take for Christmas Day about 8 yrs ago. Disappointing wasn't the word.
Is it just me but is NZ wine in general falling off a fair bit these days? Chilean Pinot Noir has now surpassed NZ IMHO and the Hawkes Bay Cabernet/Merlot I bought a few years back is rough and watery. Real dissappointing.
Maybe you chose poorly. Some regions are better than others. Get some Waipara Pinot Noir or Marlborough Savvie into you!
-
@canefan said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
@Victor-Meldrew said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
@taniwharugby said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
@Victor-Meldrew said in The hot takes and unpopular opinions:
Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc has been trading on it's reputation for years
Decades?
Probably. Bought a bottle or three to take for Christmas Day about 8 yrs ago. Disappointing wasn't the word.
Is it just me but is NZ wine in general falling off a fair bit these days? Chilean Pinot Noir has now surpassed NZ IMHO and the Hawkes Bay Cabernet/Merlot I bought a few years back is rough and watery. Real dissappointing.
Maybe you chose poorly. Some regions are better than others. Get some Waipara Pinot Noir or Marlborough Savvie into you!
Don't drink much white these days but like a cold Marlborough SB over a Sancerre - but neither beats a good Macon Village or Chablis for me.
I've had a few good Otago Pinot Noir's - Roaring Meg is good - but I think the winemakers in Chile are now better. There's some stuff coming out of Casablanca Valley which is awesome
-
@Victor-Meldrew Marlborough and Otago have both had some difficult vintages over the last few years. Most being average at best. Hopefully any quality drop is a blip rather than a trend.
Other than that I can't comment. I worked out a while ago I have to start drinking my cellar if I'm to finish it all before I die.
