Travel Food Blog: England

After days of no access to blogger, twitter and facebook, I am finally back! Before I came to settle in China about a week ago, I was in England to visit my in-laws. As you may know, I have been baking scrumptious treats while I was there, but aside from baking, I was also enjoying good old British food.

So what is British food? More specifically, what does the English cuisine have to offer to the food industry? Well, I went for the cliché... Chips, pies and everything fried!

Fishcakes with Chips and a Tub of Gravy

Doner Burger and Chips

Classic Fish and Chips

Steak Pie and Chips with Sausage and Curry Sauce

All food from the above photos were take-aways from the good old CHIPPY!

Steak Pie... yum!

More pies...

Steak and Kidney Pie

Shepherd's Pie

Cornish Pasty

Sausage Rolls and Pasties

Sausage Roll

One of my favourite processed food - Fish Fingers!

Semi-full English Breakfast aka Fry-up (when eaten during dinner time)

It was really difficult for me to stay healthy while I was in England. I did pretty well the first three days, but the junky goodness widely available eventually took over the best in me!

So to compensate my full-fat diet...

Crumpets with Fresh Blackberries

Sunday Roast - Roasted Lamb's Heart served with Roasted Potatoes, Broccoli, Brussel Sprouts, Parsnips, Mashed Carrots and Swede, Yorkshire Pudding and Gravy (not in photo)

A popular Liverpool stew - Scouse

Fennel, which I turned into a simple orange and fennel salad

Venison with Gravy, Pickled Onions and Beetroots

Radish

Passion Fruit

For some sweet treats - Fudge

Last but not the least, I wouldn't have left England without a nice Champagne afternoon tea. My cake stand was a scrumptious spread of ham and cheese sandwich, chocolate eclair, chocolate cake, vanilla slice and a scone served with strawberry jam and clotted cream.

That's all for my great British feast!

Bisou bisou,

Charlotte