Not many years ago, British food meant fish, chips, mushy peas, roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, Lancashire hotpot, Cornish pasties, Scottish haggis, black pudding and other popular national and regiona
These are still enjoyed but a revolution in British eating habits has led to cosmopolitan dining possibilities across the country. Indian and Chinese food is popular everywhere and there are growing influences from Mediterranean, Malaysian and Thai food.
London alone offers a choice of more than 3,500 restaurants and wine bars to satisfy all tastes. And there are excellent restaurants all over the UK where food and drink festivals add to the packed calendar of provincial events. Then there is traditional 'pub grub' available wherever you go. Or visit a teashop for tea, cakes and scones with clotted cream.
In the UK coffee is as popular as tea and wine as popular as beer, with a wide choice of all of these - and, of course, whisky from more than 100 Scottish distilleries.