date:Jul 23, 2012
As London gears up, it is worth remembering that they might owe the honour, in some small part, to the well-known awfulness of English food. This goes back to Singapore 2005 when the International Olympic Committee met to decide the 2012 venue.
Everyone knew it was a close race between London and Paris and the then French President, Jacques Chirac, had come by to pitch for his capital. And what better way, he must have thought, than compare its legendary food with what was available across the