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    Lets see, you start off with naming what is widely recognized as one of the worst kitchens in the world and in the last sentence you state "the best food I had was in Scotland". This leads me to think that there must be something seriously wrong with your taste-buds.

    Scotland was the one place on the planet where I would want to go back to England for the food...just awful!

    The only thing that England does really well is pies, even your most famous dish fish & Chips is far better in any country I have had it.

    .....but you do rock the pies, just amazing. I even ate kidney in pie form and it usually makes me gag just thinking about it.


    I must agree with your opinions on Portuguese and French foods though. Portuguese is blah and French is HUGELY overrated. Italian is even more over rated. German food might not be the best in the world but it is very under rated and a happy surprise, much better than expected and some things were even excellent.
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    I agree for the most part! My experience with food in the south of France (Picardi) was not too great, some of it was ok but i tended to stick to dishes that were in a more "Neutral" in cuisine! Like steak! However one thing i will say! In the Picardi they do some damn good Ham and cheese toasties or "Croque Monsier" as its called!

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    I used to frequent a British pub/restaurant in Chile that served traditional English fair and I didn't have any issues with it. I never understood the "English food stigma" personally, I always thought it was pretty good. The only ethnic food I don't really get into is Thai. I don't see why all my friends are so crazy over it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Glesganed View Post
    I've worked in England many times, but I haven't came across anything I thought as typically English.

    Tripe, black pudding, pasty? Not too sure what English food is.
    Barring some regional specialities, e.g. jellied eels, there isn't any English food, nor Scottish, nor Welsh, it's all just British.

    Even most dishes famously associated with regions, e.g. haggis in Scotland, are just dishes which became more popular or associated within that region and weren't exclusively from there originally.

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    Barring some regional specialities, e.g. jellied eels, there isn't any English food, nor Scottish, nor Welsh, it's all just British.

    Even most dishes famously associated with regions, e.g. haggis in Scotland, are just dishes which became more popular or associated within that region and weren't exclusively from there originally.
    Well Scotland has things like the Arbroath smokie, stovies and the Black bun! Both countries have their own wee dishes that are nice! I don't know any from England though!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Renosance View Post
    Well Scotland has things like the Arbroath smokie, stovies and the Black bun! Both countries have their own wee dishes that are nice! I don't know any from England though!
    There are hundreds of localised dishes, but most of them are variations on national dishes, e.g. Arbroath smokie is just a regional variation of smoked fish, which are popular throughout the Islands. Things like cream teas are associated with England, but you can get them all over the country and it's hard to say that it is truly English rather than British.

    Where I am from they have jellied eels and gypsy tart, one looks gross and the other is sickly sweet, but I wouldn't call either English national dishes as they generally aren't found outside a very small area (London and North Kent respectively).

    British food would naturally be similar throughout the islands, due to the lack of variation in climate (rain is rain) and species to choose dishes from, as well as the fact we have been trading throughout the Home Nations for millenia, which would have meant recipes got passed about.

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    Quote Originally Posted by adam86shadow View Post
    Everybody knows the English Food Stigma but it always makes me wonder how many have actually eaten a variety of English food (no not take aways or branded food chains). I like to consider myself having experienced other countries food as well as food from around England. Let me quickly list my own experience in foreign food...

    When I was 7 I visited America. I tried various foods such as pizza, burgers, hot dogs, ice cream, steaks, etc. I had little to complain about, however I do remember finding the portions too much and wasn't keen on the pizza and fries. The service wasn't great either...

    When I was 18 I visited Germany. Again I tried various food and my god, schnitzel and noodles is heaven! So much so I had seconds for dessert. The meat was gorgeous. My only complaint, the dry hard bread. The service was excellent.

    When I was 20 I went to France. Tried various food but as we were by the coast most was seafod. Food out was ok but nothing special and seafood filled crepes can go to hell lol However I loved eating baguettes, soo delicious. Mmm! Unfortunately service was terrible, they seeming treated us differently for being English even when we ordered in French.

    When I was 21 I visited Spain. I will keep it brief, I didn't enjoy Spain. I struggled with the food

    When I was 24 I visited Portugal: Tried various food but can't say anything wowed me. It was bad just not very memorable.

    That said the best food I had was in Scotland Not to keen on Southern English food though
    growing up in socal ive have been lucky to have just about every ethnic food on the planet.the biggest problem with tourist who try new food is they go to the tourist places and those places are designed to do nothing more than feed the masses and usually the experience isnt good.if you want the best experience and best food you have to go were THE LOCALS GO.getting pizza from dominos or steak from sizzler isnt doing justice to food.

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    I always have wanted to try poutine.

    But I do love my local food(cajun).
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    Being British, I must say most people I know are more than happy to eat whatever - the more foreign the better as an English Breakfast gets a bit boring, as does fish and chips ^^

    Some may be hesitant, but the allure of the exotic foreign experience wins out in the end I think!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Houyi View Post
    Deep frying everything is not really my thing..... :P

    Though haggis is great if you can get a proper one.
    .....There are few foods on my "not on your life, not for any amount of money will that enter my mouth" list. Haggis is at the top. *shudder* Just no.
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    English breakfast "gets boring"

    My heretic alarm is going off! What better way to start the day than a heart attack on a plate.

    But generally yes the further away from the UK the food was invented, the better. Some exceptions.
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    Everybody knows the English Food Stigma
    yeah, thats old and no longer true, we have some of the best cuisine in the world now.

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    I have not tried much British food, a number of things sound like VD or a gay porn

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