British Cuisine is usually characterized as “simple and heavy”. Famous for their succulent puddings and traditional English delicacies with unfussy preparation and ingredients; that one dish is quite enough to fill your stomach throughout the day. There isn’t much I can actually say about British cuisines since my family still prefers to cook the old traditional Filipino ulam at home. But given that I had my fair share of casual trips to local restaurants and delis here in Kent, let me tell you a couple (or three) delectable meals that had caught not just my eye, but also my stomach.
SUNDAY ROAST
The Sunday Roast is one of the oldest traditional British main course meals, which is usually served on an early Sunday afternoon; hence its name. The dish is consists of roasted meat of your choice (beef, pork, chicken, turkey or lamb); with either roast or mashed potato accompanied by side dishes such as Yorkshire pudding, mixed vegetables, horseradish, apple sauce or gravy. The meal is often present at pubs and local restaurants, and often served in a big platter. You need an empty stomach before devouring this meal.
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FISH AND CHIPS
For someone who enjoys constant trips to the beach, this popular take-away food is best for you. Fish and chips are quite famous here in our area since we live near the beach. I can’t imagine the number of ‘chip shop’, as they would call it, here in Whitstable. It is typically consist of battered fish accompanied by chips, deep-fried in oil. The batter is traditionally made with water and flour batter, and a little vinegar to create lightness and puffiness. Some chippies may substitute beer or milk batter instead of water. As for the fish, cod and haddock are commonly used in this country. If bought from the chip shop, this meal is traditionally sprinkled with salt and vinegar upon served then wrapped in paper. Although you can also have this, served with a portion of peas or mushy peas, with a slice of lemon, in table-service restaurants and pubs, and it taste best when deep in tartar sauce.
For someone who enjoys constant trips to the beach, this popular take-away food is best for you. Fish and chips are quite famous here in our area since we live near the beach. I can’t imagine the number of ‘chip shop’, as they would call it, here in Whitstable. It is typically consist of battered fish accompanied by chips, deep-fried in oil. The batter is traditionally made with water and flour batter, and a little vinegar to create lightness and puffiness. Some chippies may substitute beer or milk batter instead of water. As for the fish, cod and haddock are commonly used in this country. If bought from the chip shop, this meal is traditionally sprinkled with salt and vinegar upon served then wrapped in paper. Although you can also have this, served with a portion of peas or mushy peas, with a slice of lemon, in table-service restaurants and pubs, and it taste best when deep in tartar sauce.
TEA AND SCONE
British are very keen with their cups of tea. It is the most common and popular drink in the country. Some would even drink quite an amount of tea than water in a day. There are actually quite a lot of different varieties of tea; there is the milky and strong tea where the former means they prefer more milk in their tea, and the latter means just a hint. There’s also the natural green tea and the modern cherry or lemon flavoured tea. Drinking tea alongside a savoury scone tops it all off! A scone is a small quick bread that originated in Scotland. The bread is usually made of wheat, barley or oatmeal with baking powder. British scones often have raisins, currants and cheese included in the ingredient. The bread is usually sliced horizontally into half, and smeared with both strawberry jam and Cornish cream or butter for fillings. This is probably UK’s version of “Kape at Pan de sal” in the Philippines.
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There are tons of meals here in U.K. that is truly salivating, but as a Filipina by blood, I still crave for our country’s finest cuisine from time to time. I may have enjoy a change of meals or two but let's just say that, "Pinoy delicacies are just incompatible."
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