As someone who visit Britain when I was younger the only thing I took issue with was mashy peas and that was a texture thing. I didn't try blood sausage or blood pudding. British breakfast is excellent and they also know how to do sweets. Things they failed at when was there was pizza and Mexican food (or any Latin American food really, I was there in the 90s near Yorkshire if that provides useful context) otherwise I didn't find much I didn't enjoy
We used to be bad at mexican food, but it seems to have picked up in the last few years. Once it was impossible to get a burrito you didn't make yourself. Many takeaways are depressingly bad at pizza, but proper Italian restaurants are great.
South American food in the UK is pretty crap because we don't have many south American immigrants. If you get crap pizza in the UK, it's either because you got it from a kebab shop, or an American chain.
There was a Colombian cafe in my city for a while - lots of authentic dishes and great coffee. Sadly closed a few years back. We had a Brazilian restaurant too that didnt last very long.
There is currently an empanada van at the good hall that I havent got to try yet
Yeah, you’re more likely to find authentic pizza within any country in Europe than you are in the US, outside of maybe New York and Chicago. But they each have their own specific styles they’ve developed over time
British person here, I can completely understand not wanting to eat mushy peas, I'm not a fan either.
Blood pudding, or black pudding as it's commonly called, is very nice, but a bit of an acquired taste. I only like some with a full English breakfast, while my wife, also British, is really not keen on it.
I can completely understand finding those food items to be not quite as good at that time period. Also, saying near Yorkshire makes it sound somewhere a bit more rural, and given Mexican food wasn't so big in the UK at the time, I can understand.
Glad you had a nice time, and if you ever come back I hope you find better Mexican food and Pizzas.
The pizza has improved massively since the 90s. In fact, a lot of out-of-country cuisine has here.
It's less about quantity and more about quality these days (especially considering the price hikes everywhere they can't really do quantity as much anymore).
Our food still pales in comparison to France in my opinion but it's not the disaster it's made out to be.
It's mostly exaggerated for comic effect, which is fine. We do have some terrible food.
I do love mushy peas though so sorry you didn't!
Blood pudding tastes much, much better than it sounds.
The thing about bubble and squeak is it varies a LOT because traditionally, when it's made at home you make it using whatever leftovers you have after a roast dinner the day before. I've had it at a restaurant (where they make it from scratch) and it just wasn't good without all the extras you can throw in to the mix.
There's always an element of acquired taste to every cuisine, obviously, but like- it's not like we have only ever tried British food and don't know what else is out there to compare to. Bubble and squeak is variable but... it's potatoes and cabbage. If that combo was disgusting to you then maybe it really was made from a can.
Edit: Also I'm interested to know what you mean by "British diner". Cz we don't really have anything we call a diner so I guess it's important to know if you ate in a restaurant, or a cafe, etc. I wouldn't trust the latter to make excellent food.
As an English person, I've never actually tried bubble and squeak. Doesn't sound like that's really what you got either, but it's not really representative of our cuisine
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u/dtb1987 22d ago
As someone who visit Britain when I was younger the only thing I took issue with was mashy peas and that was a texture thing. I didn't try blood sausage or blood pudding. British breakfast is excellent and they also know how to do sweets. Things they failed at when was there was pizza and Mexican food (or any Latin American food really, I was there in the 90s near Yorkshire if that provides useful context) otherwise I didn't find much I didn't enjoy