Well, within reason. Poor quality versions are bland, yes, but a really good pie or fish & chips doesn't need any seasoning at all IMO. Personally I don't put anything on the chips I get - then again, I drive 8 km to get these beauties : )
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Even so, I fail to see how, for example, pierogi with sauerkraut and mushrooms would be considered bland; it's certainly a strong flavour compared to a bag of chips! lol. But I do think that Polish food has a bad image, conjuring up images of grey, cold Stalinist architecture, women in "babcia" headscarves, and terrible shoulder-shrugging service. Yet the same people who would say they wouldn't eat Polish food, would quite happily go for some chicken noodle soup and some dim sum at a Chinese restaurant! It's effectively the same thing as our chicken soup followed by pierogi! haha
The other thing is, the average British or Irish person doesn't eat this kind of thing very regularly. It's often referred to as "British food" which is silly - it's like saying pizza is "Polish food"
Considering the anti-Semitism on this forum, I'm surprised that most Poles would even touch fish and chips - considering that half of it is effectively so-called "Jew food" - yet I know from experience, recent immigrants love our fish and chips ;)