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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Was gonna say, didn't the Brits basically invent some curry dishes? Still, there ain't any British restaurants, tells me what I need to know.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 15 points 1 week ago

I mean if you take it seriously we do have plenty of good and interesting food, both in traditional and modern cuisine. Hot spice isn't often a part of it, but there's lots of usage of herbs and milder spices. Laverbread, black pudding, haggis (yes, seriously), Worcestershire sauce, and Cornish herby pasty are all solid examples of very traditional foods that are pretty seasoning-forward without even touching the enormous amount of stuff we picked up from other cultures (like the curries)

That's not to say that we don't frequently earn our terrible culinary reputation. We do. Next to our neighbours like France, Spain, and Italy we just do not have the same level of widespread passion for food, and our habits reflect this. A general lack of adventurousness plagues our palates on a national level

[–] arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My favourite part of British food is the way it has merged with foreign food, like the curry dishes for example.

That does also mean there aren't any British restaurants since they are usually labelled with the culture that shows there is actual flavour and not the culture famous for eating wartime food in the 21st century...

[–] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I would say that British restaurants are pubs. Things like pie and chips, burgers, bangers and mash, shepherd's pie etc. Or maybe a carvery with roast dinner. Or fish and chips places (although that's not exactly a restaurant)

[–] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

We do have restaurants, but yes a pub meal is a big thing.

[–] nyctre@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Well, there's no "British cuisine" per se, but there are British restaurants. For example a pretty famous and influential one. Also, most pubs serve food and those are now pretty much everywhere in the world, that's quite British, isn't it? Dunno the history, but I always associated it with the Brits, maybe I'm wrong.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That the name of their unofficial national dish is in Persian/Hindi also suggets something, but I'm sure I don't know what...

[–] cattywampas@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Colonization. But that was the insinuation of the post, that they colonized the world and have nothing to show for it. But in reality there is a lot of cultural exchange that happened.