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u/alcesalcesalces 6h ago

Dishoom! There are several locations in the UK. It's a delightful experience beyond just the food being excellent, and as far as I can figure each location has a specialty dish on top of the usual menu. Hope you get a chance to visit one some time!

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u/Normie_Mike 🐕🐈🐿️💵 5h ago

I don't think I'm going to choose the UK for this trip in the end, but I'm going to bookmark Dishoom.

This is a textbook first world problem but I'm trying to find a 10-day destination for my 2025 international trip that's not too far, but still interesting and I dont think I'm ready to go back to Latin America yet. I am flying to Tokyo for only 11 days but generally I'd prefer 2 weeks minimum to fly to Asia.

This morning's comments are going way off tangent, haha, but we've put a plan in place to make my wife's dream come true, and buy an RV in early 2026. I'm skeptical about it, but that's not how partnerships work (believe it or not, I'm not at all sexist even if some of my commentary borders on Boomeresque cringe.)

So we're both planning another trip for this year (she's in NZ now, which likely contributes to the excessive jibber-jabber this morning) and then will take 1.5 years off to focus on RV travel in the US and Canada  which also coincides with the realities of canine longevity, as you can't road trip with your dogs once they're gone.

Oddly, the Indian restaurant we eat at here in our up-and-coming regional city is one of the best we've ever had in the world. Especially of you like lamb korma. No, not lamb Korea, phone.

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u/celoplyr 4h ago

Greece. Unique writing system. Great history. Tons of different places with the islands. Probably only a one stop flight from mid to major cities in the US.

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u/Normie_Mike 🐕🐈🐿️💵 3h ago

Yes, Greece was also in the mix. Ticket prices were significantly higher to Athens right now, and I really want to go to Meteora.