Like:
- Blue cheese dressing
- Proper caesar dressing
- Honey / mustard dressing
Etc.
Seriously, whats the deal with French and italian dressing. Is this country unaware that salad sauces can made with other flavors than these two?
People here obviously prefer those.
However most people make their own.
Some restaurants here haven't even an Italien / French dressing choice. You get "house" dressing. And you can almost understand that they will want to quickly focus the customer's choice instead of spending ages explaining all the options.
Real Caesar dressing contains raw egg yolks, do you really want that in a bottle?
We make it at home, but I wouldn't buy it even if sold.
Tom
Indeed, around here you get a few bottles of oil, and a few of vinegar, the rest is up to you.
Tom
Manor & Coop have some nice dressings other than just these two in the refrigerator section.
Yeah, I'm not too fond of the "French" dressing here (which is much different from the French dressing you'd get in the US).
But the good thing about this is that it's forced me to look up recipes for dressings and make my own (e.g. ranch), and they're usually quite easy and simple.
Well yes, and while we're about it, let's complain that Swiss cheese isn't the same as British cheese, that Swiss beer is all thin and fizzy, that Swiss sandwich shops don't serve pastrami on rye, that you can't get decent sourdough bread, that you can't get a decent full English breakfast for love or money, that you'll struggle to find anywhere serving HP sauce with your meal.
Seriously, do you not realise that you've chosen to live in a different country, with different likes and dislikes? If you didn't want things to be different, why did you come here?
Of course there are things, I'm sure, that we all miss from our country of upbringing, but why on earth would you expect restaurants to even know about these things, let alone cater for all the different ex-pat options that might be desired?
As others have said, adapt, do it yourself, eat at home if you want the taste of 'home'. It's not rocket science.
Are you surprised it is a bit 'French'?
Good restaurants allow you to add olive oil and vinegar etc, as what is shown as "Italian dressing" is NOT "Italian" at all anyway
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THIS is the way I learnt to love in Italy. Just as it should be !!
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I mean, "French dressing" should NOT be as "you would get it in the USA" but rather as you would / will get it in France
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