Can't think of our EVER ordering a steak in a restaurant. But if we did and it was undercooked I'd just ask them to throw it on the grill for another one or two minutes.
This isn't a dish I'm familiar with. What made it "actively unpleasant" compared to others of that dish you've had. I'm surprised the restaurant manager didn't offer to remove the dish and bring you something else.
I haven't read this thread before but just had to today. Yes, yes and yes. We used to spend a ton of time in Rio de Janeiro. Can you just imagine the difference between the ship port and Copacabana Beach?
Did someone already say basically this? Then my apology.
This link could add a wonderful food to your list. BTW Kenji Lopez.Alt, author of the article, is known for his scientific, rationale approach to food.)
https://www.seriouseats.com/foie-gras-new-fire-for-an-old-debate
I love good food and I love Google. So I can find places well in advance of traveling. One was a place in Hue, Vietnam, that Bourdain said had the best soup in the world.
Great report and thanks. But you should know that you could have brought on pretty much as much beer, wine and liquor. Despite what their policy says they treat us like grownups and the skies the limit!
In the cooking world I was taught that Rome leaned more to the North than the South. Based on agriculture.
I can't imagine ANY milk product in carbonara. There are a gazillion variations but I've never seen cream.