Wow, proud that Indonesia is in top ten.. you all should try rendang, it’s like beef in curry.. and maybe you guys can forget about steak (for a moment lol)..
The Irish are very different from the uptight English. Very music driven and gleeful, some Scots wanted independence. You can all toss them together in the Olympics but I think to each its own culture.
Beans on toast apparently is decent grub over lol I like both of those but together as a meal it seems really bland like having rice with bread.
Again, who cares about top chefs except the people who can easily afford to eat at top chef places? How come those great restaurants aren't influencing the rest of the UK? Can I walk out of the Leeds station and get this great food for a reasonable price--or even some cheaper imitation of it? No. The UK is the Oklahoma City basketball of food: Yes, some of the best players in the world play in one particular Oklahoma City arena, but the local basketball scene is a bunch of overweight 55-year old white guys playing on linoleum floors in the church league.
Outside of the amazing Chinese and Indian food in England (London mostly), a bunch of their traditional food is great as well (assuming you like beef, lamb, potatoes, fried fish, etc...)
It's not just the top chefs. The cheapest food in London is incredible too. The hipster street food is amazing. The cafes are amazing. They have way way way better groceries than almost anyone. The best bread you get at a low cost hypermarket in London is as good as the best bread at whole foods. Yes you can get incredible food in Leeds. Are you serious? I honestly think you just don't know enough about London and England. You don't seem to know enough outside of a very surface level understanding of it. People in the culinary industry respect it very highly.
I love a traditional English breakfast. The rest of the day I’d spend at the pubs, which are some of the best in the world.
I was in London last year and was shocked to discover that I ate better there than in Paris. There may have been a time when England was behind in the culinary world, but those days are long gone now.
Paris is in free fall right now from a culinary standpoint. What made them great - like all great cuisines - is "borrowing" other people's stuff and merging it with their own. Now they are closed to new ideas and looking down on the new big food cities in the world who are innovating in exactly the same way they did. That dogmatism has stagnated their innovation. Innovation is the key to culinary evolution. Also, colonialism helps spread cuisine moreso than anything else. It's not a coincidence the alleged top culinary destinations are mostly countries that were pillaging other countries that are rich with ingredients. Once the colonies naturally collapse, the popularity of the food takes a hit too. That's affecting the French as well. You can't live on other people's resources forever.
Well since the original 13 United States of north America was known as the British-American Crown controlled United Colonies of New England, its safe to say those 13 and all others who yrs later joined that British union state charter 1783 (culture) by Annexation must truly admire that British-American culture In imperial records they are k own as the 13 Kingdoms (heavy culture) The British of today are nothing like the Brutish of old (legit Royal family coat of arms & nobility)
Bro I was in Quebec last week and tasted Poutine for what I thought was the first time. Then I realized it was basically chilly cheese fries. God bless your soul brother.
For whatever it's worth, one of my favorite lunch places in Montrose was the Black Lab. Another was the Red Lion. So you tell me their food isn't any good.
