Suggestions for typical English food a foreigner should try while in UK.?

Answer 1

Hi Rosa c,
Try a few of these.....
(1) Steak & Kidney Pie or Pudding
(2) Lancashire Hot pot
(3) Black Pudding
(4) Bangers & Mash, Onion Gravy
(5) Fish & Chips, Mushy Peas
(6) Sausage Sandwich, HP Sauce
(7) Roast Beef &Yorshire Pudding
(8) Beef Stew & Dumplings
(9) Liver & Onions topped with Streaky bacon
(10) Shepherds Pie
(11) Faggots & Rich Onion gravy
(12) Cheese & Onion Flan
(13) Steak & Mushroom Pie
(14) Boiled Beef & Carrots
(15) Rabbit Casserole & Crusty Bread
(16) Bubble & Squeak
(17) Spotted Dick & Custard
(18) Bread & Butter Pudding
(19) Jam Rolly Polly & Custard
(20) Rice Pudding with Strawberry Jam
Enjoy..........
Regards....
Coffee Bean

Answer 2

AS the French, quite reasonably call the English "les roastbif", you could well try out Roast Beef and Yorkshire pudding. However, fish and chips is probably eaten more often, and, of course, simple, non-pretentious pub food such as Shepherd's Pie and Scotch Eggs are very typical.

Eel and pie shops used to be quite common in London and the major cities, and the classic winkle and mussel around the coastal towns.

I would also suggest that you try a Haggis, if you can find it, as this is a really tasty and filling meal. It is usually suggested that it should be eaten alongside Scotch Whisky.

Don't ignore the traditional English fried breakfast!

Answer 3

Banbury tarts, Apple Snow, pancakes on Shrove Tuesday sprinkled with lemon and sugar, or seed cakes are all things I still make.
Colcannon, pickled onoins, cheese. Kedgeree, Partan Bree, Cullen Skink, Mulligatawney, and of course Shephard's Pie.
For condiments try Wow Wow sauce to go with the Bubble & Squeek, Roast chicken with Hanover sauce, Scrumpy sauce on ham, and Melba sauce on milk pudding for dessert.
Cheese and Chow Chow with an apple.

Answer 4

Toad in the Hole
Shepherds Pie
Steak and Kidney Pie
Pastie
Bubble and Squeak

Trifle
Treacle Sponge Pudding and Custard
Rice Pudding
Cream Tea

Answer 5

Full English for Breakfast;
Eggs, Bacon, Sausage, Tomatoes, Mushrooms & Fried Bread with a cup of Tetley tea.
Roast Dinner for Lunch;
Oven roast chicken or beef with boiled potatoes, carrots, green beans, white cabbage, yorkshire puddings and gravy.
Fish & Chips for Dinner;
Battered Cod with chips and mushy peas!

Answer 6

seen several suggestions on here for haggis, just to let you know I wouldn't suggest it, in case you don't know what haggis is; sheep's heart, liver and lungs, minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally boiled in the animal's stomach for approximately an hour. I would go for high tea, fish and chips, fresh baked scones, and check out the local pubs and talk with the locals and bar maids. Do some research on the area(s) you are visiting and find out what the local specialties are or talk with the hotel you are staying at, they would be able to give you some good suggestions especially if they employ locals.

Answer 7

Chicken Tikka Massala

Answer 8

Some of those heavenly named cheeses...a pass thru Harrod's is a must in that regard. Also, Aberdeen kippers [accept no substitutes!], authentic Devonshire clotted cream, and if they still have them in country pubs and such, a ploughman's lunch or a ham salad with grand little lettuces, boiled infant potatoes & salad cream...then there's Scotch eggs, scones [or dropped scones] with any jam du jour... and if you know a reliable upscale restaurant that doesn't cut corners with ingredients, a good trifle. "Rosbif" with yorks. pudd. wouldn't go amiss.... Oh nostalgia it's ruining the rest of my afternoon here!

Answer 9

Full English.

Roast Beef Sunday Lunch.

Answer 10

Welll " Bubble and Squeak" of course!!!..i have tried about all listed here before me..I had a friend I flew down from Warwick,Warwickshire last year for 3 months...We had a time at cooking for one another...lol learning different things..