Chicken Tikka Masala is often called “England’s Natonal Dish” and England is known for its excellent variety of Indian food due to a large Britsh Indian population. So I was quite surprised to hear that Chinese food is now tops in the UK.
Posts Tagged as ‘United Kingdom’
October 6, 2009
Cheese Map of the UK and Ireland
Did you ever wonder EXACTLY where you British cheese come from? OK, so maybe I’m the only one – but I guess I must not be since there is apparently a World Cheese Book chockablock with cheese maps. Here’s Ireland from the World Cheese Book, You can find the UK Map at the BBC, where [...]
April 27, 2009
Top 10 English Foods
…as picked by the Times UK. Sure, there’s fish and chips, but some stuff we haven’t heard of before, including Parkin, a type of molasses cake common to Yorkshire.
February 21, 2008
…Welsh Rarebit?
So what is it? Welsh rarebit is apparently a beloved Welsh sauce (served over toast), consisting of cheese, mustard and beer. Actually sounds pretty tasty! For a long time I though it was something akin to sweetbreads – innocuous sounding, but disgusting. According to Wikipedia, this bechamel-esque dish has a long and storied past, originally [...]
