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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 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 9 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

Lookin' good

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 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 11 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

It looks good though.

[–] [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 13 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 12 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 21 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] 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...

[–] 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 9 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 9 hours ago

Who would want to talk to peasants? Hon hon hon

[–] [email protected] 5 points 23 hours ago

Omg thanks for the visual!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago

You can use that as a teabag!

[–] ayyy 3 points 1 day 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 23 hours ago

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

[–] [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 23 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 22 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 10 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 :(