As a Brit I think it's fair to say our food can tend to be either end of the scale. As a nation we seem to be slipping into a world of processed 'easy' food - you can tell this by the increasing size of the population (I mean as individuals and not as a whole :) ). Unfortunately the processed approach has now been adopted by many pubs and restaurants - such a shame.

At the other end of the scale we have amazing fresh produce through small independent retailers (farm shops and alike), good restaurants are generally amazing and not always expensive, there has also been an explosion in amazing street food. What I love about UK food is that it is now not clear what British food is. We're now a mix of so many cultures that the choice is almost endless; street food can be some of the best food around.

I live in a coastal region that isn't particularly wealthy and we have some of the most amazing Greek/Mediterranean I've ever eaten. It's so good it brightens up a rainy day (see what I did there?).