Traditional Britsh Dishes

[wolfrittner]

What are some of the good British dishes someone can eat if you are on a visit.?
I used to go to the CocknBull in Santa Monica and get the sunday "Traditional lamb Dinner with mint sauce.( i think)
I was  surprised how good it was. I always thought you guys eat FishnChips and Bangers only.lol
Whats your favorite British dish and whats your not so favorite?
Thanks

[Simple Simon]

Steak and chips for me, Diane sauce not a British sauce but never mind.

[denarii]

roast beef, chicken, lamb

cornish pasty

lancashire hot pot or just stew and dumplings

bacon, sausage, eggs, beans, bread/ waffles, mushrooms etc

there are all sorts of fish dishes that are different to pacific fish

pies

yorkshire pudding

pork pie

sausage roll

scotch egg

etc

[Simple Simon]

roast beef, chicken, lamb

cornish pasty

lancashire hot pot or just stew and dumplings

bacon, sausage, eggs, beans, bread/ waffles, mushrooms etc

there are all sorts of fish dishes that are different to pacific fish

pies

yorkshire pudding

pork pie

sausage roll

scotch egg

etc

Your 'spare tyre' is no longer a mystery.

[nzmusclemonster]

Ham sandwiches with mustard.

[Henda]

Home made chips done in a proper chip pan.
we practically lived on them growing up.

[crownshep]

Home made chips done in a proper chip pan.
we practically lived on them growing up.

With gravy,"northern boys love gravy".

[denarii]

im not eating all that stuff every day... 

[bradistani]

Home made chips done in a proper chip pan.
we practically lived on them growing up.

yep

With gravy,"northern boys love gravy".

that we do

[bradistani]

a good traditional cottage pie made with left over roast beef (or lamb but this would be a shepherds pie) is hard to fucking beat.

steak and kidney pudding. has to be homemade, which sadly you never see much anymore.

a roast dinner. no one on earth does roast as good as we do..no one !

fray bentos, chips, mushy peas and gravy

[phreak]

Any suggestions where to eat such swanky dishes, when a certain couple would hypothetically be staying in the triangle King's Cross / Tottenham Crt Rd / Barbican early October?


Also, anyone familiar with The Lamb on Lamb's Conduit Rd? Only had the sausage platter and some cider, but never tried the rest of the menu.

[denarii]

Look on opentable

[phreak]

Look on opentable

Sounds like an Excel command...

[bradistani]

Any suggestions where to eat such swanky dishes, when a certain couple would hypothetically be staying in the triangle King's Cross / Tottenham Crt Rd / Barbican early October?


Also, anyone familiar with The Lamb on Lamb's Conduit Rd? Only had the sausage platter and some cider, but never tried the rest of the menu.

probably just 'posh', ponced up pub grub. waht's to recommend

if you're in london yopu really wanna get yourself down brick lane (or thereabouts) for a good curry.

find out a a pie and mash place used by the locals for a real taste of london

david beckham approved..

[Henda]

With gravy,"northern boys love gravy".

Great with gravy,  and also great with a few fried eggs dipped in the yolk.

[Henda]

Not sure if traditional but rabbit pie was also a firm favorite growing up.

[phreak]

probably just 'posh', ponced up pub grub. waht's to recommend

Here in Holland we don't have a pub culture, so the ones we have are complete shite, only frequented by old men from lower social strata. So I don't trust any pub anywhere unless it is recommended to me. The Lamb was nice, went to a different one in June but was quite drunk and recall very little of the experience.

if you're in london yopu really wanna get yourself down brick lane (or thereabouts) for a good curry.

I don't fancy British curries. Always bland and flavourless. Even the ones in an Indian restaurant owned by Indians suck. Spoilt by having them in India, probably.

find out a a pie and mash place used by the locals for a real taste of london

So 'follow the football jerseys' it is, then. 

[Ken Fresno]

steak and kidney pudding. has to be homemade, which sadly you never see much anymore.

x2

Braised lamb shanks are my fave.

Toad in the hole.

Haggis - strangely, the best haggis I've had was cooked by Sri Lankan chefs in Afghanistan.

[BIG AL MCKECHNIE]

You canny beat a nice big black pudding in you mouth.

[crownshep]

Full english breakfast.

[phreak]

Full english breakfast.

I must warn you that I have just had to double my Meridia dosage due to that post...

[denarii]

someone at work recommended this place to me

http://www.rotichai.com/dining_room.html

but she is a bit of a dorkish hipster. probably VP's dream woman. but whether you trust her rec or not is another question.

i have been to benares but thought it was a bit rubbish. chutney mary in chelsea has a good rep. gymkhana on albemarble st has had good reviews but i havent been. chor bizarre is sh1t.

[bigmc]

Find a nice pub
Have steak and ale pie with chips

And a pint of ice cold lager

Perfect

[Roger Bacon]

Yes, Lamb and Mint jelly is insanely good. Shepherds Pie is good too.

I still have never had the full english breakfast with beans and blood sausage. 

[Roger Bacon]