British food bad
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I recently was in Scotland with friends and we had fish and chips for dinner one night. We did have vinegar but I also brought some 10 varieties of hot sauce with me from the states. I can tell you with all confidence the sauce was gone the next day because it made the fish edible.
I also had haggis and loved it because it was seasoned, and in general, I noticed all of the good British food was, surprise, not from the English region.
Best fish and chips I've ever had in my life was in a London pub (the kind that still has rooms for rent upstairs) made by South American immigrants. Fucking phenomenal. I still dream about it sometimes.
Spotted dick is tasty
I thought this was just a meme until I went there earlier this year. The food ranges from bad to bland.
The only legitimately delicious British food I had was a parmo. They got one thing right. I'd eat that every day.
It largely depends on where you go, and where you eat. It's kinda like saying that I hate American food because I only visited Seattle and ate at shitty shrimp places.
It also depends on what you refer to as "British food". It's essentially comfort food, so you won't find many places trying to do the gourmet version of it without busting your wallet open. The great thing about food in the UK is that you can get food from basically all cultures everywhere (if you're in a city).
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My grandma is an Anglophile, and always staunchly defends "British Food" by sayinf things like "London has the best restaurants, I can get excellent Lebanses or Indian food there at any time".
I recall reading somewhere that a lot of prepared food in the UK has to be packaged to be bland due to food health and safety laws. I know the laws are a lot stricter but on preservative and additives but does this include more general spices as well?
Idk where you got that from. I suppose it depends on your standards, when I visited the US I found everything suuuper sweet, so I guess it isn't like that. But most food here isn't as bland as it's reputation and there certainly aren't laws on how many spices you can put in packaged food lmao
Everyone hates apple pie
Or mac and cheese