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?
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Hi Brenda15 and HipsterPizza! You might already know this, but the word 'rich' when you are talking about food has quite a specific meaning in English. It doesn't exactly mean tasty or delicious, and it's not about how much it costs either. Rich food is food that is heavy, filling and calorific, and it is usually quite unhealthy and contains lots of fat or sugar. Here are some examples of rich food:
Do you like any of these rich foods?
Jonathan (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
Thanks for that explanation. At first I thought "rich" meant expensive!
Rich food seems tasty, but that's not my thing, too heavy for me to digest. I'm Asian.
Hi Lavender. I know what you mean. These days I don't often have rich food but the exception is at Christmas, when we have things like Christmas pudding and mince pies which are very rich indeed. :)
Jonathan (LearnEnglish Teens Team)
I like it! I thinks British food is delicius and interesting, because there are food all over the word. But prefer Argentina i think is more healthy. Mi favorite food is pizza!
I think British food is very interesting I wanna eat British food, but I prefer Mediterranean's food nice video I really enjoy it :D
I think that british food is fantastic, because I prefer argentina food.
I think british food is very tasty. Rare for argentina.
I think that British food is fantastic and very varied! I really want to taste it.
I think that Britain food is fantastic because there are a large variety of food!! But I'm not sure that I like all this kind of food! I'm from Argentina and I prefer pizza and hamburgers!
Hello, I think that British food es very interesting but I doesn't like it. I prefer agenttina food, I think that it is unhealthy but delicious. I eat pizza every week. I love it!
Hi everybody! I'm from Argentina.
In my opinion british food look very delicious!
I think this video is very interesting. I like watch food videos!
Thanks!
The food in Britian is rare. My favorite food are pizzas and hamburger.
i think food British is very very good and strange. but in Argentina there are a lot of food much more interesting...
I think that in food in Britain are excitante and interesting but i prefer food in Argentina.
I think British food is is very good, interesting and strange for people Argentina
I think British food is brilliant and interesting, especially because there are food from all over the world
The food is fantastic. I live in Argentina, my country has got a food delicious..... My favorit food is pizza and crips, my favorit drink is juice... I hate eating mushrooms!!!
The video is good. There are taste food.
I think British food is good and you have many different cultures food.
I am from Argentina . I think british food is very good and it has a very different types of food.
I like it! I think that it is very delicious. Mainly because it've a lot of types of food
I´m from Argentina.
I think British food is good and interesting.
I like the foreing food. :D
Belarusian cuisine is considered to be one of the most diverse cuisines in Europe.Traditional dishes of this country mainly consist of vegetables, meats and breads.One of the most delicious Belarusian soups is called “khaladnik”. It’s a cold type of borscht, which is mainly eaten in summer. This beetroot soup is eaten with sour cream. Potato is the main ingredient of many dishes. It is known as the second bread of Belarusians. Perhaps, everyone has heard of “draniki”.This is a pancakes made of patatoes.Meat is also widely used in Belarusian .Slightly smoked salty pork with onions and garlic is also popular. Traditional desserts,far beyond are sweet pancakes with cottage cheese.
i am from Türkish and i think Turkish foods are the most delicious foods. it has a very different types of food . i advice everyone
Very delicious!! I'm From Brazil, here have different types of foods, in North, In Bahia for example have "Acarajé", in Maranhão have "Tapioca", In Goiás have "Arroz com pequi". Thanks!!
I think that food in Britain is one of the best in the world because it has a lot of different food from different countries. My favourite food is pizza or carbonara
I have never tested before so I do not know if it is good or not but I think the flavored is bad because I heard many times that the British food is awful.
British food reflects different cultures from all over the world. British people enjoy tasting a huge range of flavors. In London you can find Greek Italian Spanish Chinese even Persian cuisine. Lately you can find restaurants where chefs reinventing classic British dishes. We live in a globalized society something that effects all countries' cuisine
Wow, this video made me hungry. Well, in my country, we follow the Mediterranean diet. It's very healthy and delicious at the same time. You should try it. And I'm really impressed of that food market, it's really interesting.
I am from iraq the iraqi kitchen has so intersting food like kebab dulma
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