Poirot (TV Series)

The Yellow Iris (1993)

Hugh Fraser: Captain Hastings

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Quotes 

• Captain Hastings : Is there *anything* in the English cuisine that you like, Poirot?

  Hercule Poirot : The English they do not have a cuisine, my friend, they have only the food.

  Captain Hastings : Well, that's a bit harsh, i...

  Hercule Poirot : Like the meat, overcooked, the vegetables too soft, the cheese inedible. And the day the English create their own wines is the day I return home to Belgium.

• [last lines] 

  Captain Hastings : [giving Poirot a chip wagon serving of fish and chips]  English cuisine. There's nothing like it in the world! You must agree, Poirot.

  Hercule Poirot : Eh bien, Hastings, when it is cold and dark and there is nothing else to eat, it is...

  [takes a small bite] 

  Hercule Poirot : passable.

  [eats more chips] 

• Captain Hastings : An Italian with a French restaurant in South America?