Tag: British food

21st January 2016 Colombo, Sri Lanka

Laura Davies » Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the Maldives

by Laura Davies

Former Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the Maldives

Glorious British Cheeses in Colombo

There are 700 named varieties of British cheese.   On Monday night, at the High Commissioner’s Residence, we tasted four of these: a blue Stilton and a mature cheddar, two of the most famous British cheeses, as well as a Red Leicester and a white Stilton with mango and ginger. Cheddar is probably the most consumed […]

Read more on Glorious British Cheeses in Colombo | Reply

5th October 2015 New Delhi, India

by Jagori Dhar

Head - Press and Communications, UK Trade, Investment & Prosperity

India celebrates some classic flavours of British food & beverage

Food lovers in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru got a bite of some authentic British favourites prepared by Indian celebrity Chef Ajay Chopra at Godrej’s Nature’s Basket (GNB) outlets in their cities. Having spent a good number of years in the UK, Chef Ajay Chopra gets down to doing what he does best – making some […]

Read more on India celebrates some classic flavours of British food & beverage | Reply

3rd December 2013

Avatar photo

by Carolyn Browne

Former ambassador to Kazakhstan

A pie for shepherds

“And, most of all, the thing I liked about my time in England was shepherd’s pie!”  She beamed at me as we stood in the middle of the crowded hall in Almaty three weeks ago, surrounded by scurrying students clutching clipboards and asking probing questions of the 40 or so UK universities and colleges who […]

Read more on A pie for shepherds | Reply