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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I'm all for fucking over US businesses, but this sub is becoming a bit mastabatory.

That's a weird looking Spanish omelette, made in the tiniest train kitchen by a chef who usually checks your tickets.

Let's not pat ourselves too hard on the back here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

That's a healthy looking yolk, don't usually see them like that in the states

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

Lookin' good

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

Ah, that’s why the social cohesion is broken in the US!

[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 day ago (5 children)

The American mind cannot comprehend this

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

Eggs that look like they've been sitting out a while? Everything else looks very good though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

It looks good though.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Literally. I'm just sitting here wondering if European trains have a first class section or something.

The only eggs you'll find on an American train come in the form of a used tampon left on the floor...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago

Omg thanks for the visual!

[–] freebee 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They do have first class. But the on board restaurant (if there is one) is accessable for all, not only 1st class travelers.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But in some trains, 1st class also includes service to your seat, while peasants need to walk to the restaurant car.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Which means only that lazy rich passengers miss an opportunity to start conversation and score in the restaurant car.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

Who would want to talk to peasants? Hon hon hon

[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago

You can use that as a teabag!

[–] ayyy 3 points 20 hours ago

Uhhh Amtrak has both First Class as well as Diner Cars with eggs lol. It’s just so slow and shitty that you’ve never bothered to be on it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We paid a tiny bit more on a german train for dinner, fresh fish iirc and it was delicious, served by a waiter, god the railways in the uk are shit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

Do English trains have actual food anymore, even in first class? It's been years since I travelled first class.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The American mind wonders why the yolks are a deep orange instead of neon yellow.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's just a matter of what you feed the chickens dude

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, but there's no amount of cheap or low quality food pellets that would make them this dark. That's the whole point.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago

I'm a convert, personally. I used to buy cheap eggs in America and I'd always drown them in hot sauce and salt to give them a flavour. Now in England I don't buy eggs unless I'm in the mood for eggs, and it's always really good ones, sometimes duck. There's just no comparison, and I feel a bit better about how the animals are treated of course.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago

Other chickens.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

You're not kidding. I lived on land with ducks and chickens. Not only are the yolks a deep and rich color, they're thicker and more sticky. I miss having fresh duck eggs daily.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

The European mind has never learned of carotenoids, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Y'all are never getting rid of me je voudrais manger all this merde up in here

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago

this is the future they took from us

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

that looks amazing for a train bistro plate

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Obligatory how much did it cost, for the English getting reamed.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Based on the brochure on the table, this looks like a MÁV train, so probably 3,50€ for the food and 1,70€ for the coffee (source PDF). YMMV depending on which route you take.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Good work detective. What a bargain! How about the train fares?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 18 hours ago

Budapest to Vienna starts at 13€. Budapest to Hamburg is around 88€. Discounts may apply to students and seniors.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

This is some gourmet shit

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago

Damn that looks tasty.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've had it with these European eggs in this European train!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

Yeah, they make me want public transport and affordable eggs… 😭

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

We almost had a train here in Alberta but it got cancelled until further notice because our provincial government is a dumpster fire of stupidity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Omg this looks so good, sadly the food in German ICEs is not this colourful :(