By party, I mean the three of us celebrate. No one ever comes to anything we invite them to, except a scattering to birthday parties, except now those are held at the in-laws' houses.
So, we have made our own traditions for the three of us, and one of them is that whenever the Olympics come 'round, we either do a meal of just appetizers for the Opening Ceremonies, or we try to do native cuisine from that country.
We kind of put things off until the last minute this year, so tonight I did a search for British Import food shops, and found one surprisingly close to us! It's actually South African, with some British stuff and several British or British-influenced menu items.
It's called Souties, and when I looked up the definition, I was a bit startled. I'd never use the term, except of course as the title of this "hole in the wall" tiny menu'd charming, quaint restaurant/shop.
We actually didn't order any fish & chips; from the reviews in the Souties link above, apparently they are to die for! We'll have to go back sometime. The menu prices are also outstanding!
We did not get any spotted dick. What we DID get: Cadbury Flake, Nestle Aero, Nuttikrust Caramelised Oat Biscuits, Bakers Romany Creams - Crunchy Choc Coconut Biscuits, Fry's Turkish Delight, Bangers, two Cornish Pasty's and three Sausage Rolls.
We'll be having Bangers & Mash tomorrow, and Fish & Chips too (well, Opening Ceremonies are long!). It won't be the healthiest supper and dinner ever, but it's a party!
We tried a Flake at the store while waiting for our freshly prepared scones. It was good, and a texture like no other chocolate treat in the USA. When our scones were ready, ooooh so luscious looking! We took them out to the car and ate them. My first bite: Heaven! Melt in your mouth, somewhere between a tender tender american biscuit and an american scone in texture; it was fantastic! Halved, buttered, jammed, and topped with cream (possibly lightly sweetened, much lighter than Americans do). Oh these were heavenly! We had to wait while they whipped us up some cream, fresh! We'll definitely be going back for these, from time to time! There's only one halved scone pictured because my husband was driving and couldn't eat them until we got home.
If you haven't had a real, fresh English scone topped with fresh cream, you need to try it!
We'll also be drinking warm soda (the British do not put ice in their soda, it's served from the tap or a non-refrigerated bottle etc.) and putting malt vinegar on our fish & chips. I've read that the British don't do tartar sauce, although apparently Souties offers it (a nice version with no pickle relish, perhaps the South Africans do tarter sauce).
However, I don't know which Bangers & Mash recipe to try, there's endless versions! Guess I'll just pick one.
I may try a Yorkshire pudding recipe from scratch, before the Olympics are over. Now to eat our Cornish pasties and sausage rolls tonight, with some fresh steamed broccoli on the side! Hail, Brittania!
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