My wife was Thai and she was a wonderful cook. When I brought her to this country she knew nothing about British food but soon learned and in the end could cook Thai, Chinese, Indian, Italian or British dishes and they were all marvellous. This wasn't only my opinion as more and more ladies turned up on Fridays when she had a ladies get together and she provided them with lunch.

Unfortunately I failed to learn how she did it, but I still enjoy eating out at Thai or Indian restaurants. If I was asked, leaving aside the cost, what dish I would most like to have put in front of me, I think my answer would be lobster thermador. Out east some of my most memorable meals included prawns and crab claws. I still east a lot of prawns but never like they were in places like Bangkok, and Singapore or Kuala Lumpur.

Yes .. I don't know what British food is

difficult question ... hmmm ... maybe the result would be more interesting if British wasn't included as an option.

I like all the options but I suppose my least favourite is Indian. I voted Med.

ps. never noticed there being somewhere to discuss the poll before ... is it new?

I enjoy most food. The main thing is how well it is cooked. Spaghetti bol can be disgusting or if made with a proper ragu sauce, divine. Same with fish and chips as RaB says. My son has just eaten guinea pig (in Peru) and was very impressed..

Even when we eat so called 'British food' ingredients from abroad do tend to creep in more and more. We eat lots of pasta these days, which we never used to have. What about stewed meat served over pasta for instance. We also eat rice instead of potatoes and occasionally a cook in sauce is added to give the food some spice.

I voted for "Other" - love spicy food but most favourite would be Malaysian (because there are the Malay, Indian and Chinese dishes and all the "fusions" between them, with elements in common with Thai or Indonesian depending on which part of the country you're in). It's such a shame there don't seem to be many Malaysian restaurants in this country - does anyone know of any good ones? Also partial to Vietnamese (but only in Vietnam, it doesn't travel well), Burmese, Sri Lankan, Ghanaian and Bahian (from NE Brazil, with lots of West African influence).

I opted for Mediterranean because it is better for diabetes. I must admit though I do miss my meat and potato pie and chips and Lancashire hotpot and gi-normous custard pies.


Aaaaaaargh!.......

Lets face it, British cuisine is now one of the most varied in the world, possibly because we embrace more racial types here than almost anywhere else, so a vote for British food, was really a vote for World food!

Having been to over 50 different countries I can honestly say that most parts of the world have something decent to offer, in the way of food, but surely us Brits, who enjoy a good mix of world foods as our normal diet, have the best choices of all?

We must be careful of course, because when we speak of (for example) Indian food, are we discussing the 'Indian' food as cooked in the UK, and therefore amended to be attractive to the British palate, or are we discussing Indian food as cooked, by a normal family, in India?

Most restaurant food is very little like the real food as cooked in peoples homes, and as I sit here in an hotel in Wakefield, I can't wait to get home to some properly cooked food (cooked by either myself or my wife!).

You could only vote for one which was not right as i like most foods

On an everyday basis I suppose English food but I do like a genuine hot Indian curry (Madras hot) does it for me. Ive tried vindaloo and phall but not on a regular basis. Occasionally I enjoy Chinese dishes and some Polish food. A Ukranian friend once described the taste of English food as quote' Like eating grass, no garlic or spices' I think that we as a nation have become much more cosmopolitan in our tastes, probably due to more of us travelling and of course marketing.The worst thing I have eaten (tried but failed) was a French local dish 'Burgandy' sausage. It consists of large sausages which contain no meat at all, just fat and bacon rind. I think that this local dish like other French dishes, frogs legs, escargot come to mind, developed as a matter of need and necessity during the extremely hard times that historically have afflicted the rural poor of France. As a Yorkshireman i remember the tripe shops which abounded in every town, and how I was taught to eat it raw with salt and vinegar. it doesn't come poorer than that! Imagine trying to persuade an American or an Indian that tripe eaten raw is attractive and wholesome.

old indian trick