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TBH - there are lots of different types of food and lots of casaul dining and fast food in the UK.
Latest openings include Coco Ichibanya and Eggslut is also planning on opening an outlet in London.
We have many of the major US chains, lots of pizza and fried chicken outlets and lots of sit down casual chains.
UK Supermarkets (grocery stores) sell all kinds of food, and traditional food is only one part of what is a fusion of food from across the globe.
I stayed at an airbnb in Southwark for four nights,. On the main drag there were two fried chicken joints on the same block. One was Dallas Fried Chicken and I think the other was Kansas Fried Chicken. I found the names amusing.
Britain has some really daft items like Chip Butty which is french fries sandwiched in bread, or the famed toast and beans. But I do feel the full english breakfast looks extremely hardy and savoury. Always wanted to try.
My dad is from Britain and my mum is also from a country with a lot of English influence. They moved to Canada and I grew up there eating beans on toast and french fry sandwiches. I have many memories of my parents stopping for hot take away fries in a box to eat in really soft white bread as a treat when we got home. Also, marmite and vegimite were always in the house. And orange marmalade. And English breakfast tea. And delicious rack of lamb with mint sauce and the most perfect roasted potatoes for our holiday dinners. The only thing I despised (and still do) was the mushy peas.
Thanks for the trip down my lane of memories. I'm homesick now.
My dad's family was from England so I grew up on fish and chips, roast leg of lamb with mint sauce, roast beef with Yorkshire pudding. I thought those were American foods. Mince pies for Christmas, mmmm.
I think English food went down hill during the war and then got better. When I went in the 1970s, the food in England was horrible mush. Fast forward twenty years and it was as good as what I grew up with. We were told that English food consisted of overly boiled vegetables--maybe it did at some point in time, but I don't know when.
Does anyone know when it was overly boiled vegetables? Bland?
Well, when I went back years later, the food was to die for. Fresh, organic vegetables, beautiful fresh ham, gorgeous eggs. Indian food, of course, and my favorite, Cornish pasties. Lots of meat pies and few, if any, harmful preservatives in the food. Everything was delicious.
Will someone please start a Cornish pasty place here in CT? I would buy a lot of them and freeze them. They're so tasty and they make an entire meal. You don't have to work in a tin mine to love them either.
My dad's family was from England so I grew up on fish and chips, roast leg of lamb with mint sauce, roast beef with Yorkshire pudding. I thought those were American foods. Mince pies for Christmas, mmmm.
I think English food went down hill during the war and then got better. When I went in the 1970s, the food in England was horrible mush. Fast forward twenty years and it was as good as what I grew up with. We were told that English food consisted of overly boiled vegetables--maybe it did at some point in time, but I don't know when.
Does anyone know when it was overly boiled vegetables? Bland?
Well, when I went back years later, the food was to die for. Fresh, organic vegetables, beautiful fresh ham, gorgeous eggs. Indian food, of course, and my favorite, Cornish pasties. Lots of meat pies and few, if any, harmful preservatives in the food. Everything was delicious.
Will someone please start a Cornish pasty place here in CT? I would buy a lot of them and freeze them. They're so tasty and they make an entire meal. You don't have to work in a tin mine to love them either.
Cornish Pasties are basically just empanadas. I sure there are plenty of Empanada joints in CT.
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I stayed at an airbnb in Southwark for four nights,. On the main drag there were two fried chicken joints on the same block. One was Dallas Fried Chicken and I think the other was Kansas Fried Chicken. I found the names amusing.
There's all kinds of fried chicken shops and local fish and chip shops.
In terms of fried chicken there are usually three kinds of outlet.
The low cost local places such as Dallas Chicken, Kansas Fried Chicken Morleys (South London), Sam's Chicken (North London), Dixie Chicken, Chicken Cottage, Perfect Fried Chicken etc. The chicken is very cheap, but I would check out the hygiene ratings either on the door sticker ir on line before ordering anything.
Then you have the middle ground, type of fast food place, which is dominated by KFC, although some other chains are starting to emerge and which have substantial expansion plans such as Jollibee, whilst Slim Chickens, Wingstop and other chains are starting to appear in UK cities, and Nando's has already established itself as a major chicken chain. I think Thunderbird Fried Chicken has a wealthy investment company bacing it, so may yet expand rapidly.
Finally in the third catergory, you have the more expensive hipster type places such as Butchies Chicken, Bird, Absurd Bird, Chick ‘n Sours, Wing Wing (Korean fried chicken) etc.
A few Hipster typle chain places in London and the UK -
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There's all kinds of fried chicken shops and local fish and chip shops.
In terms of fried chicken there are usually three kinds of outlet.
The low cost local places such as Dallas Chicken, Kansas Fried Chicken Morleys (South London), Sam's Chicken (North London), Dixie Chicken, Chicken Cottage, Perfect Fried Chicken etc. The chicken is very cheap, but I would check out the hygiene ratings either on the door sticker ir on line before ordering anything.
Then you have the middle ground, type of fast food place, which is dominated by KFC, although some other chains are starting to emerge and which have substantial expansion plans such as Jollibee, whilst Slim Chickens, Wingstop and other chains are starting to appear in UK cities, and Nando's has already established itself as a major chicken chain. I think Thunderbird Fried Chicken has a wealthy investment company bacing it, so may yet expand rapidly.
Finally in the third catergory, you have the more expensive hipster type places such as Butchies Chicken, Bird, Absurd Bird, Chick ‘n Sours, Wing Wing (Korean fried chicken) etc.
A few Hipster typle chain places in London and the UK -
Interesting! Just to be clear, I didn't eat at any of the fried chicken places. I just got a kick out of the US city names sort of mimicking the name "Kentucky Fried Chicken".
When I took my trip to London in 2015, I was vegetarian. On that same trip, I was in Amsterdam and Paris before London. London had hands down the very best selection of vegetarian food of those three cities. Even the pubs had vegetarian pot pies. I had a spinach and cheese at one and a chickpea and butternut squash at another.
I might have already said this upthread, lol. I really liked the food in London.
Cornish Pasties are basically just empanadas. I sure there are plenty of Empanada joints in CT.
Not the same at all. empanadas tend to be spicy & pasties are herby.
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