Notes from England: pub food

We spent a lot of time at pubs, partially to get the "genuine" culinary experience, and partially because the atmosphere is just reassuring. You order at the bar, and they bring you drinks and food. You sit wherever, amongst the drinking, talking locals. The pubs offer a good choice of beers, but they are also happy to provide you with tea (quite a production, consisting of a cup and saucer, spoon, sugar and milk; the water sometimes comes in a separate pot with tea bag in, so you can wait until it steeps to perfection before pouring). I found pubs to be the perfect dining hangout. The ones in Yorkshire were a bit quieter than the ones in London, but the atmosphere was just as cozy.

( fish and chips, meat pies, bangers and mash, jacket potatoes, Yorkshire puddings )