Best Foods and Drinks in the United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, more than 300 languages are spoken. It has an amazingly diverse range of people and cultures. There is plenty to eat and drink here. There is nothing wrong with planning your meals for your trip to the UK in advance. Below is our pick for some of the best food and drinks in the UK that you must give a try.

The Full English Breakfast

The traditional full English breakfast is served with the half-fried eggs, sausages, bacon, baked beans, grilled tomatoes, bread or toast and mushrooms. It is a complete dish rather than a meal. The sausages can also be bangers.

Cream Tea

The cream tea is like a light afternoon snack. It is a scone, some jam, some clotted cream and a side of tea.

Shepherd's Pie

The Shepherd's pie is filled with the meat and root vegetables beneath the mashed potatoes and cheese.

Black Pudding

A tasty traditional pudding called black pudding or blood pudding, which is either pork or beef fat with oatmeal and pork's blood. It is like a sausage made out of congealed blood. It is crispy on the outside, but the inside is all moist and gooey.

The Fish and Chips

The fish are the generous pieces of fresh cod cloaked in a light batter, and the chips' crisp exteriors yield to tender innards.

Afternoon Tea

Afternoon tea is basically to bridge the gap between the lunch and the dinner, and it comes with three tiers. On the bottom, you would have your savory sandwich tier, traditionally finger sandwiches. Then moving up, you would have a scone tier, with scones, traditionally clotted cream and jam. And then, on the top, you would finish with all of your delicate pastries. And of course, that would also be accompanied with a cup of tea.

Scotch Egg

It is a pork sausage with the soft-boiled or half-boiled egg in the middle, and then it is wrapped in bread crumbs and deep fried or baked. It's cut in half and served.

Indian Chicken Tikka Masala

It is a rich delicious chicken dish with a wonderful curry on top of rice. Now it has become an actual UK national dish. It is the most popular food in UK and it also illustrates that how beautifully Britain accommodates the external dominions.

Sticky Toffee Pudding

It is a sponge cake with the dates inside and clotted cream or whipping cream on top. It is served with a delicious sticky toffee syrup.

Traditional Pub

Renowned traditional pubs in UK are not only popular for their wines, ciders, beers or other drinks but they also provide a great social atmosphere and offers delicious food as a restaurant.

A Vibrant Gin Scene

During the last decade, a cocktail gin scene has changed the trend of UK drinks in bars. Add tonic and watch the purple gin change color to a vibrant pink. You must try them.

Pie and Mash

It is ground beef or mince with some spices inside of a pie shell. There is dough on the bottom and top of the pie. It is served with the mashed potatoes and parsley sauce called liquor.

Scottish Whiskey

Also called Scotchy Whiskey that is loved by many for its medicinal, herbal flavors, and its notes of smokiness and all whiskeys have notably aromas.

Fresh Seafoods

Fresh Cornish fish, catfish, crab sandwiches, welt cockles’ muscles, baked salmon, etc. are best and the most popular seafoods in the UK.