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The 10 best dishes in United Kingdom

Roasts, pies and puddings, plus the best curry and Sunday lunch culture in Europe.

1

Fish and chips

Best: The seaside

Battered cod or haddock and thick chips with salt, vinegar and mushy peas.

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2

Sunday roast

Eaten all over United Kingdom

Roast beef with Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, vegetables and gravy.

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3

Full English breakfast

Eaten all over United Kingdom

Eggs, bacon, sausage, black pudding, beans, tomato, mushrooms and toast.

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4

Chicken tikka masala

Best: London and Glasgow

Grilled chicken in a creamy spiced tomato sauce, Britain's curry.

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5

Shepherd's pie

Eaten all over United Kingdom

Minced lamb in gravy under a crust of mashed potato.

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6

Beef Wellington

Best: London

Beef fillet wrapped in mushroom duxelles and puff pastry.

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7

Scotch egg

Best: London

A soft-boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat, crumbed and fried.

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8

Cornish pasty

Best: Cornwall

Crimped pastry filled with beef, potato, swede and onion.

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9

Haggis

Best: Scotland

Sheep's pluck, oats and spice, served with neeps and tatties.

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10

Sticky toffee pudding

Best: The Lake District

Date sponge soaked in toffee sauce with cream or custard.

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Photos: each dish's lead photo on its Wikipedia article (license and author on Wikimedia Commons); "a photo like it" is a food photo of the same kind, not that dish. Cook it opens a recipe in Chef Amazing, or Chef writes one for you. Picked by Chef Amazing, November 2026.