If You Think British Food Is Bland, Boring, and Basic, You’ve Been Sold a Lie
<p>Haggis. Scotch egg. Sausage roll. Full English breakfast. And why oh why do jellied eels <em>always</em> make the list?</p>
<p>Whilst as a Brit I love all these foods (aside from jellied eels), no one would call them gastronomically creative.</p>
<p>They are the foods of Britain’s past and the moniker we are all stuck with on the international food stage. Just <a href="https://www.visitbritain.org/sites/default/files/vb-corporate/Documents-Library/documents/foresight_146_-_how_the_world_views_britains_food.pdf" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">4%</a> of tourists visit our isles because of our food.</p>
<p>We are not a foodie destination.</p>
<p>Except, <em>we are</em>.</p>
<p>After spending almost a decade at the <a href="https://medium.com/rooted-publication/this-is-exactly-how-i-created-a-career-in-wine-from-absolutely-nothing-aacddc08b58d" rel="noopener">coalface of Britain’s food and wine scene</a> — and spending three years traveling the world hence — I can tell you with absolute certainty.</p>
<p>British food is some of the best I’ve ever eaten.</p>
<p>The trouble is, no one knows that this side of British food exists.</p>
<p>Even Brits.</p>
<h1>Britain’s food potential lies where most people wouldn’t think to look</h1>
<p>What most people don’t know is that Britain’s food potential lies not in its traditional dishes <strong><em>but in its produce.</em></strong></p>
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