23 London Foods to entice your taste buds on your UK trip

Full English Breakfast:

This classic English breakfast consists of bacon, eggs, sausages, baked beans, grilled tomatoes, mushrooms, and toast; however, other elements may add more, including hash browns or black pudding. Most places provide nautical versions of meals, vegetarian and vegan which guarantees a filling and nutritious breakfast to everybody.

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Ploughman’s Lunch:

A traditional English dish that is a cold plate that includes bread and cheese, usually ham, boiled eggs, apples and pickles to make a filling working man’s meal.

Afternoon Tea:

And, of course, it is impossible to mention London without thinking about afternoon tea: it is a scrumptious set of sandwiches, cakes and scones with jam and clotted cream. For the best experience, go to a luxury hotel to be enveloped in a classy ambience and professional catering services.

Fish and Chips:

Recognized as a British icon, fish and chips consist of large, crispy cuts of potato and fish coated in batter or breadcrumb breading and fried, topped with cod or haddock. If you prefer fish and chips with a seaside feel try this dish in a seaside town, however, any decent boozing pub in London will provide a passable beer-battered fish.

Bangers and Mash:

Typically found in pubs, bangers and mash consist of sausages with mashed potatoes and gravy, sometimes it is served with peas or fried onions. Make sure to find shops that sell very good quality sausages so that they can taste really good.

Toad in the Hole:

This dish is when sausages are cooked with Yorkshire pudding batter being baked around them making a warm, filling meal with sausages unearthed in the risen batter of Yorkshire pudding.

Scotch Egg:

Scotch eggs, are hard-boiled eggs coated in sausage meat and then breaded. They are often served in pubs and are usually considered as a nibble or an appetizer.

Pork Pie:

We usually eat pork pies cold with Branston pickle, which is chopped pork embedded between layers of pastry with a jellied pork layer in between. They’re a traditional accompaniment to a Ploughman’s lunch.

Sausage Roll:

Sausage rolls are a traditional mobile food which is sausage covered in pastry. Try to pick one at a bakery on your way while touring through the streets of London.

Oysters:

Particularly famous in London, oysters used to be used as tokens for payments on public transportation, hence the name of the ‘Oyster Card’. Try out this traditional British delicacy at one of the oyster bars in London.

Pie and Mash:

Pie and mash shops offer an exclusive London dish which is a pie of different meat with mashed potatoes and ‘liquor’, a parsley sauce. To lighten it up a bit, substitute alcohol for gravy.

Chicken Tikka Masala:

Inspired and developed in Britain, chicken tikka masala is chicken with a mild, silky tomato-based sauce. It is recommended to taste the dish at the Indian restaurants located on Brick Lane in the East End.