Sounds like she had some valid criticism for the hotel as well. All inclusive package, but pay extra for water? Wtf.
But honestly, I have no idea why she would expect English food in Greece. Spain only does it because of all the English tourists, it’s not an international standard to serve English food or something.
To provide some context: Corfu received strong British influence in the past and was under the crowns reign for a few decades. It has remained a frequented destination for upper-class British tourism into the early 20th century as I have heard.
Good on them abandoning the dreadful culinary influence of the Brits. A culture so captivated by spices, but one that never thought to get high on their own supply. No no, just keep boiling things
It reads like she didn’t check ahead of booking, if you have some sort of allergy, she she appears to, its essential to check ahead.
It also reads like excluding tax, they paid about £600 for flights, transfers, hotel and all inclusive, each. I am not surprised that the food and drink would be closer to the budget end for that price.
I went to the UK recently and my only food allergy is lactose intolerance. JFK I had a hard time finding food that wasn’t full of some type of cream. It was a the worst part of a otherwise wonderful trip.
If you really insensitive to lactose then yeah its going to be very painful, milk is in just about everything baked or with most sauces that isn’t stamped vegan. At least most reputable places will take it seriously and have a proper allergen book.
I am Coeliac, and its like me going to Japan, just about everything has wheat added to it. Soy sauce? Gluten. Miso? Gluten. Whats annoying is that traditional Japanese recipes for Miso and Soy do not use wheat, it was added later after the American occupation. You can buy both soy and miso gluten free outside of Japan very easily, but in Japan, even though they made by Japanese companies? Ha good luck.
The worst part is that nobody in Japan takes it seriously as there been like two people in the last five years who were diagnosed with a gluten intolerance let alone Coeliac, so even if you take a Japanese speaker along and they explain it politely to the chef, you still get gluten.
Sounds like she had some valid criticism for the hotel as well. All inclusive package, but pay extra for water? Wtf.
But honestly, I have no idea why she would expect English food in Greece. Spain only does it because of all the English tourists, it’s not an international standard to serve English food or something.
To provide some context: Corfu received strong British influence in the past and was under the crowns reign for a few decades. It has remained a frequented destination for upper-class British tourism into the early 20th century as I have heard.
Good on them abandoning the dreadful culinary influence of the Brits. A culture so captivated by spices, but one that never thought to get high on their own supply. No no, just keep boiling things
Brits are to spices like dragons are to gold: they only hoard with no way to use it themselves.
We’re in the 21st century.
It was probably bottled water they’d been buying as they didn’t want to drink the stuff out the tap.
Didn’t want to risk getting ill with her condition I’m presuming.
She was looking for bacon, sausages and fries, pretty sure greasy food is worse for her condition.
Good point, fatty foods won’t help much
Yeah but if alcoholic beverages are included in the all-inclusive, why not bottled water? Or at least sell it at a sane price.
£1.50 doesn’t seem too bad for a bottle of water, if I’m being honest. Especially by hotel/resort standards.
It was an all-inclusive trip. It should be free, anything else is a scam.
Tap water is free and included
That’s not in the article. It only says that water was £1.50. And the tap water on most of the islands is pretty bad.
I don’t need an article to tell me that resorts have tap water. You see I have a brain.
Most resorts give one bottle per person in the mini fridge during service. If you aren’t an asshole to staff you can get more readily.
It reads like she didn’t check ahead of booking, if you have some sort of allergy, she she appears to, its essential to check ahead.
It also reads like excluding tax, they paid about £600 for flights, transfers, hotel and all inclusive, each. I am not surprised that the food and drink would be closer to the budget end for that price.
I went to the UK recently and my only food allergy is lactose intolerance. JFK I had a hard time finding food that wasn’t full of some type of cream. It was a the worst part of a otherwise wonderful trip.
If you really insensitive to lactose then yeah its going to be very painful, milk is in just about everything baked or with most sauces that isn’t stamped vegan. At least most reputable places will take it seriously and have a proper allergen book.
I am Coeliac, and its like me going to Japan, just about everything has wheat added to it. Soy sauce? Gluten. Miso? Gluten. Whats annoying is that traditional Japanese recipes for Miso and Soy do not use wheat, it was added later after the American occupation. You can buy both soy and miso gluten free outside of Japan very easily, but in Japan, even though they made by Japanese companies? Ha good luck.
The worst part is that nobody in Japan takes it seriously as there been like two people in the last five years who were diagnosed with a gluten intolerance let alone Coeliac, so even if you take a Japanese speaker along and they explain it politely to the chef, you still get gluten.