So who here ate something great while being hungry over seas then came back to have the same thing and it was terrible?

2015-05-11T12:53:21-04:00

We patrolled to the bazaar to get eggs and mixed it with rice,onions,potatoes,and an un Godly amount of hot sauce. It was amazing. Tried after being back about a month and couldn't eat more than a couple bites.

Response by PO1 John Miller made May 11 at 2015 12:57 PM

2015-05-11T12:57:14-04:00

Black pudding and haggis when I was stationed in England. Tastes like shite back home.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made May 11 at 2015 1:04 PM

2015-05-11T13:04:02-04:00

State-side kimchi just doesn't have the same flavor or kick. Almost inedible.

Response by SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. made May 11 at 2015 1:06 PM

2015-05-11T13:06:03-04:00

Nước chấm
Can't find the good stuff anywhere :(

Response by PO2 Private RallyPoint Member made May 11 at 2015 1:08 PM

2015-05-11T13:08:36-04:00

Nah, it either went one way or the other. I either liked it or I didn't. I thought middle eastern food was terrible anyway, even the American chains available in the area. Just something not right about it. The fiesta plates they had in Guam are awesome no matter where you are.

Response by SGT Jeremiah B. made May 11 at 2015 1:10 PM

2015-05-11T13:10:25-04:00

I spent a month in India. I've yet to find Indian food that's even remotely as good. The quest for good Naan will consume me yet!

Response by SGT James Elphick made May 11 at 2015 1:17 PM

2015-05-11T13:17:53-04:00

I ate goat in Afghanistan that I thought was awesome, all the Chai in the villages was amazing, and same with the bread there. Anything I find even remotely similar just doesn't taste right

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made May 11 at 2015 1:20 PM

2015-05-11T13:20:06-04:00

döner kebap! I dont know why I can't find anywhere that are nearly as good as the street venders at 4am in Germany. Maybe it's like how Taco Bell is better after midnight?!

Response by SrA Edward Vong made May 11 at 2015 1:31 PM

2015-05-11T13:31:58-04:00

Thai food, Japanese food, and Chinese food, but not a result of deployments. All vacation.

Response by CW3 Kevin Storm made May 11 at 2015 2:49 PM

2015-05-11T14:49:05-04:00

German Oxtail Soup, or German Ham Hocks

Response by CAPT Kevin B. made May 11 at 2015 2:51 PM

2015-05-11T14:51:42-04:00

Pretty much anything Thai. Most eateries "Americanize" their food. That's why there's seldom decent regional Mexican, French, German, or SE Asia stuff. A new Mexican place opened up here in Bonners Ferry and it is only slightly better than the abomination by the school. I never got too much into Moroccan food so wouldn't go to one here either. The absolute worst Mexican place is in Christchurch NZ. The smell 20 feet from the door sends you away.

Speaking of Mexican, Rosa's of Santa Fe sets the standard. I was surprised in Oklahoma by Lupe Swensen's Mexican Smorgasbord. Both are long gone.

I will say there's good Japanese food to be found here.

Response by Capt Mark Strobl made May 12 at 2015 1:14 AM

2015-05-12T01:14:33-04:00

Korea - Yakimando - Mystery meat deep fried in a flour-like shell. Vegetables optional.
Japan - Yakisoba - Fried cabbage, Add the meat of choice/convenience/budget
I'm confident I've misspelled both. But, these dishes in front of you signaled the end of good liberty call. They were predicated with formaldehyde-based beer. Yet to find anything as good stateside.

Response by PO1 Thomas Herms made May 16 at 2015 3:28 PM

2015-05-16T15:28:08-04:00

As a submariner, the only foreign port we pulled into was the one we left from, Rota, Spain. The only really good dish there was Paella (the national dish of Spain ), and I have never found anything similar at home. As for the food on the submarine, I just can't afford to eat that good in restaurants at home. Our off-duty time was spent in Charleston, SC, and our cooks were always trying out new dishes to add to their luxury restaurant menus where they worked while the other crew had the boat.

Response by SFC Robert Wheeler made May 16 at 2015 9:39 PM

2015-05-16T21:39:21-04:00

I have never found a German restaurant in the states that is anything close to real German food. Solution, cook it yourself! That way you eat in the best restaurant in town-your house.

Response by SPC David Hannaman made May 16 at 2015 9:44 PM

2015-05-16T21:44:55-04:00

Coffee. I was chilled to the bone on guard duty and a 11b made me a cup of MRE coffee in a dirty canteen cup.

Best cup o joe I ever had.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made May 18 at 2015 1:24 PM

2015-05-18T13:24:51-04:00

I was invited to a large banquet in Kuwait. The food was very good, and I loved all the vegetable dishes.

Response by SFC Walter Mack made May 18 at 2015 1:42 PM

2015-05-18T13:42:18-04:00

Yakisoba, in Japan. That stuff was GOLD! I couldn't eat enough over there. Here, all I get that's labeled yakisoba is spaghetti with meat & no sauce. It really sucks.

Response by GySgt Kenneth Pepper made Apr 13 at 2021 11:06 AM

2021-04-13T11:06:26-04:00

The little place at the bottom of the hill going into MCAS Futenma. Everything I ate there on the way back to the barracks was the best food i ever had.