I\u2019ve been living in Japan for almost 3 years now, and I haven\u2019t visited home that often in the time that I\u2019ve been here. There are several things I miss about my home country, but the thing that I\u2019d like to talk about here is English food.<\/p>\n
Something I\u2019ve discovered since coming to Japan is that English food actually has quite a bad reputation. Honestly, this is something I don\u2019t understand because I personally love English food. Maybe this is because I grew up eating it so I\u2019m accustomed<\/b> to the styles and flavors. However, it seems that a lot of people dislike English food. I have a theory about this, though.<\/p>\n
I think that the best English food is homemade, the kind of food that your parents or grandparents would make fresh. I think that kind of food tastes very different from the kind of food you get at restaurants. Some restaurants have decent English food, but generally I think that if you traveled to England and only ate English food at restaurants, your impression of English food would probably not be that good.<\/p>\n
Maybe the reason English food has such a bad reputation is that people are only eating the lesser<\/b> version of English food. Or maybe I am just in denial<\/b> and can\u2019t accept that people don\u2019t like my home country\u2019s food.<\/p>\n
There could be another reason why people often don\u2019t like English food. Some other European countries like France and Italy are very famous for their cuisine<\/b>. I think food is a large part of both France and Italy\u2019s cultures. For England, though, food is not as much a part of the culture. English people still love food, of course, but if we go to a restaurant, it\u2019s likely to be for non-English food. English people often eat Italian food, Chinese food, and Indian food.<\/p>\n
When people come to England, they might expect that the food will be extremely good like how French food and Italian food is, as England is also a European country. When they then eat English food at restaurants, they\u2019re probably quite disappointed.<\/p>\n
To me, English food is not about the fantastic, unique, interesting flavors that you would travel the world to try. It\u2019s more about comfort and simplicity. Fish & chips, beans on toast, roast dinners covered in gravy\u2026 These dishes aren\u2019t on the same level as famous dishes from other countries, but they don\u2019t have to be. Instead, they\u2019re often affordable, easy to cook, and can be eaten repeatedly without becoming too boring.
\nLuckily for me, a lot of the ingredients used to make English food can be bought in Japan, so I can still make some English food (because it\u2019s easy to cook, like I mentioned before). One of the hardest things for me to find in Japan though has been gravy. Gravy sauce is a key component<\/b> of many English meals, so I would like it if it were more commonly sold in Japan.<\/p>\n
To wrap up this article, I\u2019d like to recommend that if you travel to England, you should try home-cooked English food. I think it\u2019s tastier than what you\u2019d find in many restaurants!<\/p>\n
Thomas<\/p>\n
Vocabulary<\/b><\/p>\n
accustomed (adjective) \u2013 the feeling when you are used to something; acclimated
\nlesser (adjective) \u2013 smaller, not as great as
\ndenial (noun) \u2013 a state of not accepting the truth of something
\ncuisine (noun) \u2013 a style of cooking
\nkey component (compound noun) \u2013 a very important part of something<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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