你不知道的英国！🤩Part 3：美食文化food

Supermarket

What grabbed me most is the humanization in British supermarkets. After 6 p.m., employees will stick the price of bread or ripe food at about 1 pound, which can not only fill the local tramps but also make the dishes sell quickly rather than break down (I spend $1 every night to buy 10 chicken wings!)

最吸引我的是英国超市的人性化行为。下午6点后，员工们会把面包或熟食的价格定在1磅左右，这不仅可以帮助当地的流浪汉，还能让菜卖得快而不坏（我每晚花1美元买10只鸡翅！）

Full English Breakfast

Enjoying the wonderful breakfast towards the Tower bridge in the morning in the hotel is the most relaxing and pleasant time for me of the day. This traditional meal is rather substantial, with bacon, sausages, eggs, hash browns, baked beans, tomatoes, and mushrooms all laid out on a big plate. Baked beans are the most popular and unique food on U.K. menu. 

丰盛的英式早餐——早上在酒店享用通往塔桥的美味早餐是我一天中最放松、最愉快的时光。这种传统的食物相当丰盛，培根、香肠、鸡蛋、土豆饼、烤豆、西红柿和蘑菇都放在一个大盘子里。烤豆是英国菜单上最受欢迎和最吸引人的食物

Fish & Chip

Since the 19th century, this British favorite food – battered snow-white fish paired with fluffy chips, liberally sprinkled with salt and doused in vinegar- has been loved by people. 

炸鱼薯条——自19世纪以来，这种英国人最喜欢的食物——碾碎的雪白鱼配上蓬松的薯条，大量撒上盐并浇上醋——一直受到人们的喜爱。

The origin of this dish is controversial since some people believe that a Lancastrian named John Lee opened a fish and chip shop in 1863, while others believe that Joseph Malin, a Jewish immigrant living in East London, even sold fish and chips as early as 1860. No matter which version you believe, it is undeniable that fish and chips are very popular not only in London but also in the country.

这道菜的起源很有争议,因为一些人认为一位名叫John Lee的兰开斯特人在1863年开了一家炸鱼薯条店，而另一些人则认为居住在东伦敦的犹太移民约瑟夫·马林早在1860年就开始销售炸鱼薯条。但无论你相信哪个版本，不可否认的是炸鱼薯条不仅在伦敦很受欢迎，而且在英国也很受欢迎。

Since I love Fish & Chips when I lived in China, English traditional Fish & Chips still excites me a lot. My family and I tried our first traditional Fish & Chips at Debenhams Oxford Street, it was delicious!

因为我在中国的时候很喜欢炸鱼薯条，但是吃到英国传统的炸鱼薯条仍然让我很兴奋。我和家人在德本汉姆牛津街品尝了我们的第一道传统炸鱼薯条，味道好极了！

English tea

It was in 1840 that the Duchess of Bedford shared her guilty secret of enjoying tea and snacks a few hours before dinner, setting a trend that would evolve to become a national tradition. Today, afternoon tea in London enjoys celebratory status. 

1840年，贝德福德公爵夫人分享了她在晚餐前几个小时喝茶和吃零食的“罪恶”秘密，这一趋势逐渐演变为一种国家传统。如今，伦敦的下午茶享有庆祝地位。

When I was in London, I tried a variety of afternoon tea, and the most attractive for me is the Afternoon tea at The Goring Hotel which is near Buckingham Palace. This place is best for royalists and traditionalists. 当我在伦敦时，我尝试了各种下午茶，最吸引我的是在白金汉宫附近的戈林酒店的下午茶。这个地方最适合保皇派和传统派。

The royal family made no secret of their love for the Goring hotel. The Duchess of Cambridge spent the night before her wedding here; The queen holds the annual staff Christmas lunch here, which is also the only hotel in the world with a royal license. There are even rumors that there is a secret tunnel between the hotel and Buckingham Palace, so the queen and her colleagues can sneak in without being noticed.皇室家族毫不掩饰他们对戈林酒店的喜爱。剑桥公爵夫人在这里度过了婚礼的前一晚；女王在这里举行一年一度的员工圣诞午餐，也是世界上唯一一家持有王室许可证的酒店。甚至有传言称，酒店与白金汉宫之间有一条秘密隧道，因此女王及其同事可以悄悄溜进酒店而不被人注意。

Before the carbs, a plate of strawberries arrives – which goes perfectly with the glass of pink Bollinger poured at the table from a huge magnum. 在吃碳水化合物之前，一盘草莓就到了——这与从一个大酒瓶里倒在桌上的粉红色布林格酒杯非常相配。

Viet food 

Viet food impressed me a lot since it was overseas Chinese who opened a Vietnamese shop opposite our hotel. When we went to buy it one night, the clerk gave us a lot of snacks, new products, soup for free, and gave us half price for all our food.

越南菜——这给我留下了深刻的印象，因为是华侨在我们住的酒店对面开了一家越南餐馆。有一天晚上我们去买的时候，店员免费给了我们很多零食、新品和汤，并且给了我们所有食物的半价。

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