Great Britain Guide - (Page 7)
What's cooking?
E
ating one's way through Great Britain
has never been more fun. Here's a
"menu" that will help your clients get
through the food, wine, beer and cocktail
feast Britain serves up.
UNIQUELY BRITISH
Any first-timer to Great Britain is going
to want to try some fish 'n chips, but they
should also sample:
WHET YOUR APPETITE
Arbroath smokies in Scotland
One would be remiss to visit the UK and
not show their face in a traditional pub-
the ambiance can't be beat. Exploring
some of the most historic pubs will take
clients to Newcastle, where they can sip a
Newcastle Brown Ale at The Crown Posada;
to Manchester, where they can savor a
unique whisky at Britons Protection;
to Nottingham, where the Olde Trip to
Jerusalem has been around since 1189; and
to Oxford, home to Eagle and Child, once a
favorite of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis.
When clients are done sampling
traditional fare, they can dine at
gastronomic winners such as The Clove
Club, in East London's Shoreditch Town
Hall. It serves fine British cuisine within the
hall's grand Victorian interior. In Edinburgh,
The Kitchen delights diners with its
modern British seasonal cuisine influenced
by French cooking techniques, while in
Aberystwyth, Wales, Ultracomida cooks
up tapas with a Welsh accent. For a unique
dining experience, your clients can head to
Bray, England, for a seat at The Fat Duck.
Here, menu items include salmon poached
in a licorice gel and snail porridge.
Only haddock smoked in the traditional
manner within a 5-mile radius of Arbroath
is the real deal
COOKING SCHOOLS
Travelers who want to soak up the local
culinary culture can take part in a cooking
class. In Wales, the Bodnant Welsh Food
Centre, located in Furnace Farm, in
Conwy Valley, has a farm shop, tea room,
restaurant and a cookery school where
travelers can get in touch with their inner
Jamie Oliver as they learn how to cook the
perfect Welsh lamb. In Scotland, the Nick
Nairn Cook School offers two locations-in
Aberdeen and Port of Menteith-and if
your clients have ever wanted to cook "a
deliciously boozy Scottish Cranachan,"
a traditional Scottish dessert, this is the
place to do it. For seafood lovers, there's
the Padstow Seafood School, located in
Padstow on the north coast of Cornwall,
Gower salt marsh lamb in Wales'
Gower Peninsula
This marsh contains a natural abundance
of samphire, sorrel, sea lavender and thrift,
producing heavenly tasting meat
C r a b a t F i s h y F i s h y R e s ta ur a nt,
B r ig h t on, E a s t S us s e x , E ng l a nd
British cheese
There are over 700 produced throughout
the UK
Pork pies
England. The school insists students will
learn everything from "filleting a plaice
to stir-frying squid, braising brill and
steaming sea bass."
Best pick is the Dickinson and Morris pie
shop in Leicestershire, England
Scotland's Lorne sausage
Sliced sausage is quite popular in Scottish
breakfasts and is often eaten in a bread roll.
FROM TEA TO COFFEE
Yes, afternoon tea is certainly de rigueur
in Britain-from The Ritz in London and
The Balmoral in Edinburgh to Liverpool's
"punk" Leaf tea bar-but coffee shops
are giving tea a run for its money. The
caffeine revolution has taken off in the
last five years and there are many small
roasters and baristas opening up in London,
Glasgow, Edinburgh and Manchester.
Must-visits include London's ubercool Prufrock; Relish Food and Drink in
Cornwall, with brews sourced from artisan
roasters across the UK; The Caffeine
Kid in Cardiff, which has won several
barista awards; and Artisan Roast in
Glasgow, offering, locals say, one of the
city's best brews.
A PINT & SOME WHISKY
It's truly a sin to visit Scotland and not
have a nip of whisky. With five distinctive
whisky-producing regions in the country,
a distillery visit is a must to discover just
how much variety of this amber-gold
spirit Scotland produces. Best time to be
in Scotland for whisky lovers is this May,
during Homecoming Scotland's Whisky
Month. British wines are getting a round
of applause, too. Some must-visits are
Biddenden Vineyards, Kent's oldest
commercial vineyard; The Bolney Estate
in Sussex; and Sharpham in Devon. Clients
longing for a taste of British beer are in for
a treat with over 800 breweries dotting
the landscape. Recommend Batemans in
Lincolnshire, England and Hook Norton
Brewery in Oxfordshire, as well as the Rail
Ale Tour, a train journey through Devon
and Cornwall that takes in traditional real
ales and fine pubs.
Did you know?
" T aste of L ondon" in
R egent' s P ark brings
together 4 0 of the city' s best
restaurants as they serv e
their finest dishes for the
ultim ate alfresco dining
ex perience.
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Getting There
Culture
Food & Drink
Heritage
Countryside
Shopping
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