Some people in the UK love to knock our country and our food is a case in point. Like a lot of countries we have good and bad food but a key point about most of the UK is we have a wide range of cuisines from around the world rather than a mono cuisine like some nations. Saying that a lot of our food - heavy roasts, meat and sweet pies and puddings, bangers and mash etc aren’t best for the florida climate.
I’d love to see a shake up of the dining in the UK - a real chippy, a tea room (jam first) and somewhere which sold real Cornish pastys would show a better side
French food may be famous (partly because unlike the British they tell everyone its the best and create fomo) but I’ve found it just as variable as here in the UK. Italy is really disappointing for food as well. In my travels I’ve found the best food in Europe to be in Belgium, greece and turkey. Eastern europe is often good as well.
Since we’re on this little tangent and is kind of fun:
I disagree and think French cuisine is very good. And strongly disagree regarding Italy. I think it’s incredible.
I do agree that Greece and Turkey are huge standouts for me. Very different from one another, too.
Eastern Europe also does have some surprising dishes, but I wasn’t extremely impressed. Though I’ve only been to a couple countries there- Romania and Poland.
I will say this about America, which I think has the best cuisine in the world. Yes, I know, I know- but hear me out: Every other country has its own cuisine. Italy has Italian. France has French. India has Indian. Greece has Greek. Mexico has Mexican. Etc etc.
The United States does have unique individual dishes, like barbecue, etc. But it doesn’t have its own staple cuisine that people identify outside of burgers, maybe. Instead, it has takes on multiple cuisines and puts it’s melting pot culture in its cuisines as well. The variety and regional cuisines in America stand out above the rest, IMO. And there’s a reason the best chefs in the world go to New York or LA (and some Vegas).
But to bring it all back together, the other places the best chefs end up is Paris… and London.
The UK does get a bad rap. But primarily that’s because, in my opinion,
traditional UK food is lacking. So when someone goes to London, they say “I want to eat British food”, they are disappointed in a way they wouldn’t be if they went to Germany and said they want to eat schnitzel or Bratwurst.
But much like America, they have an enormous mixture of other foods there as well as world class chefs.
So I do get your point, but honestly; Im just not a fan.
But at the end of the day, at least your food isn’t Switzerlands… the worst food in the world that you pay a fortune for.
