Good call; I've always been a bit annoyed at the obligation to eat, and a bit disgusted by most food. (I also notice, with some embarrassment, that Hisae is washing the dishes right now.)
But it also has to be said that food in the UK in 1991 was a lot worse than it is in the UK now, and food in the UK isn't as good as food in Germany or Japan, in general (just about everywhere around me here in Neukolln serves really excellent food, which wouldn't be the case if I lived in Fulham, I don't think -- though it would certainly be more expensive to eat out there).
Though I don't say it explicitly in the diary entries, wherever you read the word Ragam I'm having an excellent food experience. This was our local south Indian restaurant on Cleveland Street, the place we got takeaways from. I almost always got Keema Peas. In fact, last time I was in London I went there with Suzy. It was still pretty good -- much better than any Indian cuisine available in Berlin.
