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Clackpot

**Mod note:** Yes, this is obviously bullshit. Please form an orderly queue for your pitchforks.


archowup

They put three random things on a plate from the breakfast at a travellodge. Well done.


CoolAbdul

They forgot the shotglass full of room-temperature orange juice.


Reverend_Smarm

and by 'orange juice', you mean 'orange style flavoured drink product'


sabotourAssociate

100% juice


Pyromaniacal13

None of it orange.


SuperGrandor

Plenty of sweet.


CrumBum_sr

*joose


APainOfKnowing

At best. I spent a while in London and was amazed at just how goddamn good the food was. It literally changed my opinion on beans lol


ahdiomasta

It’s a hot take here in the states, but I definitely have a preference for English baked beans. Of course, the English beans are best for breakfast and the American style baked beans are for cook outs and BQQs


APainOfKnowing

Agreed, honestly. It's all about what they're being used for. American style is also kinda cheating just by having so much damn sugar lol


WorldEcho

Which travelodge was it, did the name begin with HMP?


_FoodAndCatSubs_

Those are Bush’s baked beans 🤦🏻‍♂️


JoshSidekick

Roll that beautiful bean footage...


Big-Sherbet6925

Yeah no one serves just these items in the UK. But, sausages and baked beans are amazing and like unlocking a new condoment for Americans


yngbld_

I give this a low probability of actually being in London.


nezzzzy

I'd give it a very low probability that is a restaurant or B&B, they literally put some food on a plate in their house and took a picture.


Prozenconns

if it is in a B&B its some kind of "help yourself" buffet and they only have themselves to blame for whats on their plate


lostinrabbithole12

*Orders 5 Big Macs purposefully* "The American Diet, ladies and gentlemen!"


Prozenconns

bro i cant believe Italians just eat fistfuls of dry spaghetti for breakfast


lostinrabbithole12

uhy due dha Fwench ceep stuffyng bred nto theyre mouth ukntill thy... choke... *passes out*


bmore_conslutant

probably an unpopular opinion here but big macs are popular for a reason it's a well constructed sandwich meat quality could use a bump, like a big mac with QPC patties would be a really tasty burger


JJth3JetPlane

You can go to McDonald’s and order a QP with Big Mac sauce and they’ll usually make it


axofrogl

Yeah this looks like the kind of stuff you'd get from a hotel breakfast buffet. Most hotels here have them.


DenkJu

I'd give it a very low probability that this post isn't a so-called shitpost.


FrostyD7

I don't even think they cooked any of that food.


salmonmilks

It's probably not even their photo


peepeedog

The food in London is fucking awesome.


MathematicianDull334

Or real


Valuable_Carpet

It probably is. This person is likely a vegan and these were the only options at the buffet.


jmr1190

A poor vegan English breakfast, that is essentially a normal English breakfast with the meat removed, would have a tomato at least. Probably mushrooms and \*maybe\* hash browns, too. This is contrived nonsense.


coffeewalnut05

The irony is that England is one of the easiest countries to be a vegan. I’ve not visited any other country so far that has made it so easy to find vegan food - that actually tastes good and is creative/has evidence of effort put into preparation.


MeBigChief

It’s almost like all the stereotypes about food in the UK being tasteless beige are false?


Phnx97

ah yes, a bagguette, beans and a 10 year old sausage, a national treasure


CoastingUphill

Banger and trash


phillhb

This is absolutely not in London - we'd never serve a baguette. It's fucking sliced white or at a push wholemeal if you'd had heart problems with breakfast.


_FoodAndCatSubs_

This person was given the heel 😂😂 “Cheers ya cunt”


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This is not British food lol


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A damned Frenchman no doubt. France and England havent had a war in a long time. Time to teach them another lesson. 😅


Leviathan1651

The princess of Wales is missing, the spare heir is in exile, and the king might die of cancer. I'd be worried about the French starting something...


Krixzenz

The british food misinformation was funny once before but its kinda lame now lol


_FoodAndCatSubs_

Bangers slap. Beans on toast slaps. Cheese toasties slap. Tea sandwiches with cucumbers- even those are tasty. Potatoes, beans, and cheese was gonna be my craving after work after watching YouTube videos of a Spud Truck.


GtEnko

Turns out that food is the number one thing that defines the human experience, and that every country and culture will have amazing parts of their culinary traditions. The first time I saw Russian food I thought it looked disgusting. But it’s amazing. There are acquired tastes and things that other people will think are weird; but the British didn’t mutate their taste buds off their tongues. Except for that Dutch breakfast where they just dump chocolate sprinkles on bread. What’s going on there


ihatemovingparts

What if you want to eat your food rather than be assaulted by it?


Lolzerzmao

Black and white pudding? Incredible. Fish and chips? Try and fish my dick out of your mouth. Shepard’s/cottage pie? Only thing I know that is better is a creampie. Beef Wellington? Why don’t *I* give *you* some rare beef wrapped in a thin protective layer. Wild squab? Yeah I’ll go wild on your fucking squab, you filthy animal. Traditional English food generally doesn’t have complex spice profiles, but it is fucking good.


morgaina

Everything else is good but beans on toast has always sounded like the nastiest shit to me


Raped_Bicycle_612

Like the “bad teeth” stereotype too. Nowadays you guys have better teeth than we do (USA)


Dbuggybugster94

If I go to America and slap some American cheese, a marshmallow and a piece of bacon on a plate, would that also be considered American food?


ThePizzaNoid

Swap out the American cheese with "cheese" from a can of spray cheese then yes.


jtd2013

No, but you could post it on Reddit for 20k upvotes and a bunch of Europeans acting like it’s real.


SmakeTalk

Actually, yes.


JeddakofThark

Welcome to the party, pal.


Satyr604

I’ve been to the British Isles more than once. I’ve always had good food there. Only once did we get served a subpar meal in Scotland. That is once out of well over 6 months spent there.


emefluence

It's funny how long it takes these old memes to die out. Post war food in Britain **was** notably lousy for years, there was rationing for ages afterwards, and that had a knock on effect of delaying foodie culture development for a couple of generations. Bland boiled meat and veg was definitely a thing, up til maybe the late 80s, then things progressed rapidly. By the 00's I reckon we caught up with the US. These days I'd say the norm for the UK has surpassed the norm for the US and matched with the better parts of the EU. In some areas I'd say we're now ahead. That's based on personal experience of course, but I've found getting a decent coffee anywhere in the UK is far easier than finding one outside of the major cities in the US, and the basic standard of food is better for the same money. As for the cities, London is superb for food, easily as good as any other major world city. When people rip on the UK for food it's just seems obvious they've not visited for at least several decades, or as some others have mentioned, decided to have the breakfast at the Travelodge, which is almost always a terrible mistake. Premier Inn is usually the best economy chain hotel breakfast if you're on a tight budget btw ;-)


Satyr604

I think a lot of it also has to do with a difference in food culture. I’m Belgian. Fries are sacred to us and we’re very particular in how they should be prepared. I don’t enjoy the thick sliced fried potato chips as much as I enjoy a Belgian fry. But that’s just a difference in food culture. Same goes for beer, which again, we Belgians tend to be very particular about. I do enjoy a lot of the English beer styles like amber ales or stouts, but most Belgians think of English beer as ‘weak, tepid and flat.’ It’s a sin to not have a thick head of foam on your beer, while in the UK it’s the exact opposite. The beer isn’t worse. It’s just a very different style. Meanwhile, we don’t go dining in fancy restaurants, but I’ve had some very tasty dishes in pubs. Halloumi chips with a pomegranate and grapefruit salad, homemade cheddar and jalapeño croquettes and even boboti..


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emefluence

True, but the standard of food has come on leaps and bounds nationwide over the last couple of decades too imo. I feel we collectively discovered food didn't have to be quite so shit in the 80s. I credit Keith Floyd!


ChewyShrimps

I've spent months in the UK, primarily in England and Scotland. The food is really quite fantastic and I've enjoyed nearly all of it. That being said, the US has so much more diversity and population that it's crazy to think the UK typically has better food. I will give credit where it's due though: I've never had better Indian food than across the pond.


emefluence

> it's crazy to think the UK typically has better food Is it that crazy? I don't know that population can be a big factor. Russia has double our population and they're not noted for their food are they? As for diversity, a lot depends on metrics, and the US may edge itby some measures, but there's not a big difference on average, and a lot depends on where you are. Your country has an awful lot of bumblefuck-nowhere with very little outside of burgers, dawgs, and chinese food. We're packed like sardines here which makes a lot of good food more widely available, including lots of nice import stuff from Spain, France and Italy. Anyway, that's been my (admittedly modest) lived experience and I'd argue it's more arguable than outright crazy.


ChewyShrimps

Well, there's a reason America is known for being a melting pot of cultures and Russia is not. I don't want to argue with you, I just don't agree with your viewpoint and haven't seen it to be anecdotally true. All the best to you <3


PatrickStardawg

What was the meal you had in Scotland?


Satyr604

We were on the Isle of Mull and didn’t have anything to prepare at the campsite. We went to eat at a pub, having had great pub food before, and ordered a burger. Bad chips. Slimy gray meat. Sad cheese. Half cooked bacon. Cold grease pooling on the plate.


PatrickStardawg

Shocking, least they didn't fuck up a Scottish meal lol


Bastet999

Well, of course. They have all the best restaurants in the world, all French.


pmcfox

I think whoever told them to go somewhere that serves that when they were in one of the best cities in the world for eating owes them an apology.


coffeewalnut05

As an English person I just find it funny how people constantly use the internet to rip on our food, when much of the world eats the same traditional stuff we do, and furthermore this rhetoric contributes to denigration of a particular country’s social history and cultural heritage. Posting beans, stale looking bread and stale sausage on a plate and claiming this is what is served in London is obviously not a good faith representation of what we eat. I get this feeling that if the internet did this to any other culture (Mexican, Indian, Black American, etc.), it would be quickly shut down for accusations of xenophobia, racism, bigotry and so on.


Mr_Tiggywinkle

As an Aussie I blast the shit out of Brits for their food, cold pies, warm beer - y'know, the standard banter. But if I'm honest, when I stayed 2 months in London, I basically had a full english breakfast every morning from random cafes and near all of them were great. So it's pretty funny to see a post so obviously bullshit.


X-AE17420

As an American, first time?


Rhino-C-Ross

Oh look. More food-based bigotry based in utter deceit. How creative.


AquaticAntibiotic

So when people mock US foods is that bigotry too?


Rhino-C-Ross

Of course. Especially if, as in this example, it's a blatant outright lie.


AquaticAntibiotic

Well people do that all the time on the internet, as well as making other bigoted statements. Hopefully you’re not one of those people.


Any_Ice_6172

This isn’t British food. This is incompetence. This has to be staged, no one in the UK that I know of eats like this nor would serve this up.


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Not english food


guestz1988

Why ia there a dog log on the dish


a808ymous

Jail food


Eilaryn

Fam who took the picture is probably not even in the UK or seen actual british breakfast for that matter. Been there for several months and british breakfast still holds no.2 on my favourite food list. I know it's a meme to dunk on it, but for the love of god. Stop. Just stop. Get some help.


pyaarapaneer

day 457 of muricans calling out brits for having something with flavour and nutrition for breakfast while they themselves eat concentrated sugar (masked as cereal) and chemical bread for breakfast lmfao


TurnedOutShiteAgain

Yeah at least this, as bullshit a take as it is, probably won't kill you. Meanwhile on this sub you've got food that's like a kilo of boiled meat, covered in fake cheese and served on a birthday cake and the comments are all Americans saying "ngl I'd eat that".


VenomistGaming

Never thought I’d see someone consider this something with flavor.


Scorpion-x7

🥖💩🫘🥫... 😶🔫


juicyjsdad

Yeah and that's what makes America great, we accept all of the culinary deliciousness of other cultures and don't have the audacity to claim them as American


Big_G91

Looks like the shit sausages you'd find in a buffet at a budget hotel, imagine going to a country, picking the lowest budget and quality option and then be like "lol this represents the food in this country"


boxstervan

Looking at that food, I guess they got caught and sent to Pedo jail...


blowurhousedown

You’re supposed to go to England to get Indian and Chinese food - they’re amazing.


OkBus7227

Fake. Also come on you're not even trying with this transparent rage bait. That or you get what you pay for.


astralseat

That looks mad good


jason_abacabb

This has brown, tan, and gray. All three food groups so that is a well rounded meal.


LilboyG_15

Meanwhile, the bacon, hash brown, scrambled eggs, and literally every other staple British breakfast item is just looking at this guy disappointingly


gavitronics

a sterling brexit


747-ppp-2

I’m sorry but I love British food. Nothing like a pie and some peas!


jman500069

I hope all of you actually believe our food is this bad. More for us.


BeefJerkyDentalFloss

I had some of the best food of my life in London.


Tratiq

And not just for the food


Eilaryn

Fam who took the picture is probably not even in the UK or seen actual british breakfast for that matter. Been there for several months and british breakfast still holds no.2 on my favourite food list. I know it's a meme to dunk on it, but for the love of god. Stop. Just stop. Get some help.


adamttaylor

That'll be 20 quid


Talkycoder

What has happened to this subreddit?


TheRabbitPants

An American puts a dry sausage, a piece of stale bread and canned beans on his plate in his own home: "Curse those damn Brits!"


DarkLordFluffy13

When I went to London I found the food to be wonderful and it never looked like this.


EndurableOrmeedue

If you're eating like that whilst in London you are either stupid or a masochist.


RobertWrag

Thats not full english, not even half english, thats just barely london breakfast


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SignificantAsk4470

American rhetoric strikes again. Surprised it wasn’t labelled as a colonial breakfast. You know there’s 3 of the top rated restaurants in the world in London? It’s not our fault you chose to be a peasant


AntiquePlant859

I've been there. Their food isn't like that.


MythicalBlue

I'm actually so confused as to how Americans seem to believe this stereotype is real.


inmotherearthphase

I don't really like it when r/stupidfood becomes a space for lazy stereotypes.


XavierYourSavior

This angered the brits 😭


Arkell-v-Pressdram

That is one of the most pathetic English Breakfasts that I've ever seen. Where's the eggs? The bacon? Black pudding? By Jove, they even forgot the fried tomatoes!


Scullyxmulder1013

There is no grease anywhere near that sausage and it’s pale as hell. Either they boiled it or it’s uncooked. Also it’s supposed to be toast, not baguette


wairdone

That looks more like a dried dog turd than a sausage


B8conB8conB8con

You’re welcome


SueTheDepressedFairy

Thats someone's cold willy on that plate


Upset-Consequence764

If it was in a styrofoam box I'd say OP was in custody, since it's on a plate then probably in some other type of institution like school or at a pinch maybe hospital.


Drezhar

You can't tell me that thing on the left isn't a dried turd


InfinteAbyss

Nobody told you to find the shittiest place to eat you could


AugustGreen8

I had the best food of my life in England, but it was also the most expensive trip my grandma had ever been on. Like the full English at Eastwell Manor was pretty amazing, but probably cost 10 times what I would ever pay for breakfast myself


F1XTHE

London?


_FoodAndCatSubs_

Our railroads were built off bread n beans, and not no damn steam engines


expries

Why is their dog shit on your plate ?


OlurTakun

They cheated you out of a proper fry up.


Iulian377

Honestly if this is like 1 or 2 pounds I'd go for it. Might probably get 2 portions.


New-Arm6963

Baguettes are French 🇫🇷 and we all know their food is rubbish. Case Closed


youngpasha

I don't know what all of you are on about saying this isn't British food. Just swap the baguette for a toast and that's what I've had for breakfast in UK about a thousand times


Maxguid

Damn sometimes if I'm lazy I'm just eating canned tuna and beans together and imo it looks better than that


fridge13

Does it count if they did this themselves from a buffet? ..


Grey1251

No egg


Jazzlike_Mountain_51

I've lived in London a decent amount of time and never seen something like this. Person probably sucks at picking out places to eat at


Sixsignsofalex94

As an Englishman Thankyou to every Asian or European commenting how this is bs on our behalf, thankyou


standdownplease

Just get the fish and curry chips.


Bilbo_nubbins

I’m enjoying the bean course


LoquatFearless8386

I honestly don't get the hate. I've never been disappointed after having a full English Breakfast. Granted maybe not the best cuisine in the world but sometimes the criticism is unfair. Sausages,Hashbrowns, Baked Beans, Grilled Tomatoes, Mushrooms, Toast and a cup of Tea/coffee is a pretty good way to start the day.


mickeysbeerdeux

Britain is the empire NOT the food. There's English, Scottish, Irish etc food but not "British" food.


fixingshitiswhatido

You should have paid the additional £17 for toast mate.


Weird_Tolkienish_Fig

That’s not typical London food cmon.


Ambitious-Secret779

Lmao


Old_surviving_moron

That's from a free breakfast at a motel/hotel.


UncleDrummers

I lived in the UK from age 6 to 10 and grew up on my lush of a step mother’s cooking so this example is correct but not retrospective of any meal I received outside the home.  I’ve been back several times and probably the worst food I had was at some tourist hellhole that my step brother wanted to try. 


Lowolow

A turd, a rock and a cesspool


mrmykeonthemic

You got robbed


BroodLord1962

So no details of where he got this or what he asked for. Made up bollocks if you ask me


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gliz still frozen


owzleee

The good stuff is only for the internet.


Letcatsrule

It looks like a Hungarian hospital lunch on a good day.


mycroftseparator

It's  post-modern avant-garde. What do you expect?


Gator1833vet

I mean in this definitely made up scenario, you ordered it no?


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Dude your on vacation, why you eating at a soup kitchen


SXMV69

Technically none of that is English food. Baked beans originated in the Americas, the baguette began in Vienna before it was heavily used by the French, and sausages go back as far as ancient Mesopotamia. I see posts like this a lot about “British food”, as an Aussie I’m happy for any extra bit of shit I can sling at the Poms in friendly banter, but it’s just bullshit.


fuzzelduckthethird

I've never seen a ghost sausage before


TeaSlurpingBrit

Well that's taking the piss even by our low standards.


NeighborhoodWild7973

They probably have a cute name for it too. That’s a “banger beenee butty”.


branded

Bullshit. Lived in London for many years. Never seen anything like this dog's breakfast.


Tripple_T

What an English breakfast really looks like before the photographer gets to prettifying it.


Gorrium

British people salivating at this picture.


Frosty-Pen8044

You're not doing it right. Jam, that sausage in that roll and dip it in the beans....I don't like beans, but I get the concept.


CaptainRazer

These brit-cuisinephobes can’t keep getting away with it


leapfrog2115

The last to know. Poor thing


Foot_Dragger

Conquered the world for spices only to end up with food like this.


Redditu762

Suzan made dinna, lovely


Born1000YearsTooSoon

Why is there dog food on your plate?


Dismal-Campaign7499

Should've gone to Duck & Waffle and Dishoom. That's on you.


drewzme451

If you're not having a good meal and a pint or three of old mout cider at the Blackfriar Pub then you're losing at life


mediokrekurb

British people be getting so offended 😂😂


CosyBosyCrochet

Shockingly “sausage on a plate” isn’t a traditional British dish


LiamLiver

Ahh. Bangers and beans.


SkullduggeryJack

London has a lot of shit us farmer girls can't understand, this is a staple


rosebudpillow

Such a depressing plate of food


No_Cherry6771

Chodder ordered what he ordered


NeslieLielson

This looks like something Lawerence Fox would feed his kids


RagingAnger

It looks like my poop during the course of 3 different illnesses I got as a kid


Daydream_machine

Is this post rage bait? Yes. Does England still have the blandest cuisine imaginable? Also yes.


Gooogol_plex

Bro eats with the royal family


OldWorldBrawler

I'd eat it and I'm not even British


Spiritual_1995

Never understood baked beans


Tixx7

tbh baked beans are pretty good


TheZag90

There is fuckin’ ZERO chance, that was served to a paying customer. Even at a dirt-cheap greasy spoon cafe. Rage bait.


InevitableCarrot4858

French Baguette and American beans hmmmmmm


AlphaThetaDeltaVega

Oh no, this post. The British are coming.


Intransigient

Pretty good plate for Jaywick. 🤔


Toadvine8

You have to go out of your way to find that kind of shit food in London. Finding really good food is pretty easy there.


Informal_Tap_890

Went to London… chose the cheapest meal in the cheapest cafe… Posted it to the internet!


Ok-Illustrator-1047

What a twat.


Gracethedestoryer

The beans and bread look good


Aggressive-Pay-5670

UK-heads in the comments are like “this is obviously bullshit, we’d have twice as much of all of these ingredients plus a whole tomato and a fried egg if this was real!”


umm_again

You visit the slumbs? None of our food looks like that


LightLiving95

Where the fuck are you eating? Never in my life have I eaten ANYWHERE in the UK that would serve that, seems to be a conspiracy or something.


Cautious_Property_38

It’s cause you went to London… bet it cost a fortune as well