Culture & Food> What's Britain's Food Type

Image: Delicious fish and chips
Image by: Yahny in London

Text by: Tanya Munshi

Mainly constituting of four countries in the northwestern Europe - England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, the cuisine style is an amalgamation of these four regions. Simple, yet wholesome, the food available here has a touch of Indian and Sri Lankan cuisines as well.

Be it Yorkshire pudding, soup or pie, there’s a wide range to choose from. Kidney pie, Plum Pudding, Beefsteak, are popular. Fish and sea food are also staple diets with salmon and prawns topping the charts, while in meats, its lamb, mutton and wild fowl.

Fish and chips is a popular dish that is made of batter fried fish, served with fried potato chips. Usually, fish and chips is not prepared at home, but bought at a fish and chip shop, known as the ‘chippie’, and it is more of a takeaway menu.

The Yorkshire Pudding, as the name suggests is not a dessert, but a main dish. The Toad-in-a-Hole dish shares popularity with the Yorkshire Pudding and is made of sausages that are covered with batter before cooking.

Don’t miss the Shepard’s Pie, a wholesome dish made of mince meat, vegetables and topped with mashed potatoes. Cakes, buns and cheese such as Cheshire Cheese, Chelsea Buns and Eccles Cakes are the baked goodies that you should try.