Omelet wrote:
>
> In article >, Arri London >
> wrote:
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> > > So what is normally served for lunch?
> > > --
> > > Peace! Om
> >
> > Depends on where one chooses to eat.
> >
> > A decent pub lunch in London can range from traditional eats such as
> > pork pies, shepherd's or cottage pies and the 'ploughman's lunch'
> > (cheeses, bread and 'pickle', as in Branston-type pickle), to Thai or
> > Chinese food. Sunday lunch can be a roast with vegs and potatoes or
> > something more upmarket.
> >
> > Fish and chips (or sausage and chips, bangers and mash etc) is always
> > popular as are kebabs of varying sorts and sandwiches (from a local
> > sandwich shop or a chain such as Pret a Manger). Any sort of food
> > imaginable is eaten for lunch in London. My neighbourhood was
> > essentially Bengali and Somali, so infinite numbers of curries available
> > for lunch or dinner.
> >
> > Out in the provinces there are regional variations and specialties but
> > meat pies abound, local fish dishes, sausages and the usual Chinese and
> > Indian restaurants to be found everywhere.
> >
> > Posher places serve the same sort of 4-star food any place of that
> > caliber would be expected to serve.
> >
> > Places that do a meal specifically labelled as 'brunch' can serve
> > anything at all; they tend to be more upmarket.
>
> About the variety I can find locally...
>
> I was curious if there was a common traditional item.
>
> Sounds like it's meat pies!
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Meat pies and fish/chips are very very common. Would be hard put to find
somewhere that didn't serve them one way or another. Plus the fryup in
various forms.