Traditional English Food

My experience of SIL Filipino was fish course for breakfast, lunch and dinner. She didn’t like anything remotely English so glad that your relatives are more adventurous. Roast beef sounds great for me served rare with blood still showing but unfortunately this is forbidden in some regions so what about a simple roast chicken?

CAUTION:
I have hosted many people from abroad and discovered that 50%-90% of Filipinos suffer from lactose intolerance, so maybe think again about serving clotted cream.

Beef Olives with seasonal veg followed by syllabub with shortcake biscuits.

Norah

Summer pudding is traditional, if you've still nice fruit.

With Cornish clotted cream.

Roast beef an£ Yorkshire Apple Crumble to follow

I just looked for a list of traditional British food and on the list with fish and chips, roast beef and Beef Wellington is Chicken Tikka Masala. 🤔

Summer pudding is traditional, if you've still nice fruit.

I would only do a full roast dinner if you are confident that you can get it on the table with all the timing right. I struggle with that!
I think that I might do a chicken and mushroom casserole, with dumplings if you want to be very traditional!
You don't say exactly when they are coming over, but if soon, I wouldn't do Eton Mess with straberries, but have had it done with poached spiced plums. Apple & blackberry crumble is easy & traditional.

You said 'dinner' but I would be tempted to give them a proper 'high tea' which is very traditional, and not found in other parts of the world. A proper piece of ham to carve, maybe smoked salmon (or pork pie!), your cheeseboard would shine (instead of being at the end of a big meal). Some lovely cake, that would be delicious! Also easy to prepare in advance.

Surely it has to be apple crumble for pudding, or even better, apple and blackberry!

flappergirl

Forgot to add, finish with a selection of British cheeses and a couple of good artisan chutneys. When is this? Can I come?

Yes of course, your welcome any time, 😂

Thank you lots of good ideas but roast beef seems to be coming up tops.
Ooh puddings - treacle tart sounds good maybe clotted cream. Elton mess, lovely very English. I have some blackberries I picked so maybe pie or crumble,
If I do a starter prawn cocktail a good idea.

Absolutely has to be a roast dinner, apple pie and custard, followed by Gaviscon. I would hate it, but it is traditional!

I'd do smoked trout as a starter, followed by rib of beef, roasted rare with roast potatoes, British veg like carrots and peas with parsnip puree and Yorkshire puds. For pud it would have to be a really traditional pud like apple tart or a crumble. I've got a freezer full of blackcurrants so I'd use them or perhaps blackberry and apple tart with a proper homemade vanilla custard made with eggs not custard powder.

Apple pie and custard would get my vote.

Forgot to add, finish with a selection of British cheeses and a couple of good artisan chutneys. When is this? Can I come?

Prawn cocktail as a starter served with little gem lettuce in a nice sunday dish. You can tart it up with avocado and don't forget a slice of lemon on the side. Put a whole king prawn or small langoustine on top with head intact.

Or make smoked mackerel pate served in individual ramekins with melba toast and watercress garnish.

Roast beef and Yorkshire for the main. You really can't go wrong with that.

Or you could serve Beef Wellington with Madeira sauce which is very fancy. I think you can order one from Waitrose.

For dessert you could do Eton Mess which is always popular and looks pretty special if served in the right sort of dish.

Alternatively you could do pears poached in wine (there will be recipes online) served with vanilla whipped cream and served with really buttery homemade shortbread biscuits. Keep the pears whole and stand them proud on the plate with some of the reduced poaching liquid drizzled over.

It's another vote for a roast, here.

Can’t beat a roast dinner. We take it for granted but it really is delicious cooked well.

Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. You can't get more traditional than that. Some nice roasties, green veg and carrots.
Fruit crumble with cream, ice cream or egg custard.

Bit more special than cottage pie, fish and chips or bangers and mash.

Roast beef and Yorkshire puddings? Treacle tart for pudding