Carmen: The Chinese introduced oriental food to Britain. But before the Chinese, immigrants from all around the world came to live in London.
British people enjoy a huge range of food and flavours from other countries.
This is Borough Market, London’s oldest food market. Today, you can find food here from all over the world.
This is Italian cheese. Each group of settlers brought their own food and styles of cooking and people here embraced the exciting new flavours… maybe because British food wasn’t very good.
Restaurants from all around the world can be found on most British high streets. Indian, Chinese, Greek, Italian, Spanish, Persian... the list goes on.
But just what are the UK’s favourite dishes?
On the Street: My favourite meal is Thai green curry.
On the Street: One of my favourite meals is... cottage pie with peas.
On the Street: My favourite food is... Chinese ... Chinese.
On the Street: What’s my favourite meal? Still full English breakfast.
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Chef: This is a full English breakfast. Tomato, black pudding, sausage, bacon, egg, mushroom.
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Carmen: A big fried breakfast might not be to everyone’s taste. But in Britain, there is something for everyone.
Celia Brooks Brown is a food writer and knows all about food and the future of food in the UK, today.
Mmm! It looks good. What have we got here, Celia?
Celia: Well, this is a British tomato salad with a Yorkshire-made sheep’s cheese. And here we have a Barnsley lamb chop with new potatoes and a mint hollandaise sauce.
Carmen: So is this a sign of developments in British cooking?
Celia: Yes, people want to know where their food comes from. Chefs in restaurants like these are reinventing classic British dishes. They’re using ingredients that are locally sourced and locally grown.
Carmen: So what about world cuisine?
Celia: Well, anything goes. Chefs love to experiment with ingredients from different cultures. And we live in a globalised society, it’s very exciting.
Carmen: OK, Celia, if you were cooking these dishes at home, what ingredients from different cultures would you use?
Celia: Well, I might use something like this. This is a Moroccan spice mix called Ras el Hanout. Have a sniff.
Carmen: Hmm. That’s really strong.
Celia: Lovely, isn’t it? Now, this might make a lovely spice rub for that lamb chop.
Carmen: I can’t wait to taste this.
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Carmen: The food in Britain reflects the many different cultures here. But some of the old favourites are here to stay. I’m off for my favourite, fish and chips. Want a chip?
Comments
Seems people doesn't prefer British food much after all. I hope I could meet some delicious plates when I visit there.
This movie was interesting!!! I think it's good that we can eat foods from many countries in British. But I can't eat all of Full English Breakfast, because it's too much!!! lol
I think it is great that people can eat lots of foreigner food in one place:)
but i still love full British breakfast which is so nice:)
It looks very delicious and too big！
From now on,I'm worried about whether I miss Japanese food:|
I wanna try full English break fast:(
I wanna visit Borough Market!! It's great that you can eat food from all over the world at the market. I've heard British food is not good, but it looks tasty. I'd like to try it!
I have never eaten British food, so I'm interested in about it.
Is it really bad taste??
British tomato salad looks good!!
and Itarian cheese also looks delicious^^
because i love cheese♡
There were many delicious food in the video!!! I have never eaten black pudding. So, I'm looking forward to eating it:) I like fish and chips, too♡
I didn't know that.
I want to eat fish and chips in Britain.
When I visited London about 30 years ago, I coud hardly find any foods except a pile of potatoes at a supermarket. But now it seems the situation has been changed.
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Wow!!! I didn't know only fish and chips so I was glad to know other British food (: I want to try them!
I've never eaten British food,so I'd love to taste them. Especially, FISH-AND-CHIPS! xD
Black pudding!? Is it really tasty? I want so badly to try! Have you had it before?
This video was really interesting!!!
I think it is very good that people can try a lot of kinds of foods!!!
I would like Britain people to try Japanese food too!!!
I also want to try black pudding!!!
British meals seem to be more yummy than I've ever heard or expected!
It looks so delicious!
I want to eat Full English Breakfast and Lamb Chops.
I'd like to have these foods when we go to UK!
I was unlucky that it wouldn't introduce Japanese food:(
The video was so good that I could understand almost all!
I want to try to eat British food.
British food is very delicious
hello Zidny, introduce my name is lia, actually it's my call name. are you Indonesian? nice to see you here. c u
Ahh they look delicious❤❤I am hungry now! XD
That's so good to get chances to eat food from different cultures.
But I don't think they are healthy like Japanese food. And I want to know that Japanese food is popular in Britain:))
Hi! One of my friends has sushi every single day. It’s part of his new healthy diet. He has sushi for lunch, and steamed vegetables for dinner. So I think sushi’s getting quite popular now! How about you, do you like eating food from around the world? What food is popular in Japan at the moment? Could you recommend a few Japanese dishes for us to try?
Jonathan (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
I have never tried British food.
I was Interesting that the leporter said there are many kind of counry food are in Britain, because British food is no good.
I am looking forword to eat food in Britain.
The "new" English food looks so delicious!
I wonder if there are also Japanese food in the UK
I think British food tastes good. At scool we learned that British people usualy eat oatmeal for breakfast and drink tea with milk all day long. But I see that traditional breakfast is very big and nourishing and doesn`t include poridge.
What is a black pudding?
Hi Hanna,
It's true that many British people drink lots of cups of tea during the day. To answer your question, black pudding is a type of black sausage made with blood. I think most people would only have a cooked breakfast at the weekend. I think toast or cereals is more popular on a normal school day.
Best wishes, Jo (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
Hello Jo,
Thanks for your answer. Here, in Ukraine, we eat black pudding too, but it has another name(Krovjanka).
mmm....yummy and really delicious :)
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