Traditional English Food

As per my pp, beware of lactose intolerance! So trifle (presumably with cream and custard) would be a no-no, ditto a cheese course.

Be careful with cheese. After a roast and pudding went down well, we presented a cheese course. Our lovely guests got one whiff, then looked ready to throw up. Absolutely no way could they eat (a lovely mouldy) stinking Stilton. Be warned!

Lentil soup
Roast beef/chicken
Trifle

I would do a lovely roast beef or chicken dinner, yorkshires - and yes I use them for every roast dinner including chicken - with all the trimmings. I normally do mash and roast pots with lots of lovely veg, and a rich onion gravy. A close friend of mine always does cauliflower cheese with it, and my old mum used to always put some bread and butter out, but I think that is a bit old fashioned now.
For dessert would serve sticky toffee pudding with custard or trifle.

Shepherd's pie, in season vegetables and gravy followed by apple pie and custard.

Here in Scotland it would be trifle for pudding. Sherry optional. Do they take alcohol?

Quite a number of SE Asians, inc relatives of dh, are lactose intolerant, so I wouldn’t serve any pudding/dessert containing cream - unless there’s an alternative.

Come to that, I wish people in general wouldn’t so often assume that everybody likes cream

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A roast will be special because it will be new to your guests.
We had German friends visit and they absolutely loved our soft white sliced bread. It was special to them, but not to us.
As was full English breakfast and custard and trifle, not necessarily all at the same time.

When visiting from Germany, a German friend’s brother used to half fill his suitcase for the return journey, with crumpets!

Exactly what I would have said. Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding....apple crumble and custard

I agree about beef, which is why I prefer chicken.
Though love beef wellington as long as I don’t have to make it.

Philippines in general are veered toward rice or noodle dishes so do ask if they eat red meat^..

I think they eat a lot of fish and pork so for that reason I'd choose something other than roast pork.

You can buy Beef Wellington which might save all that preparation.
If serving roast beef, the cut is important as some topside can be on the tough side (even local from a farm shop and no, I didn't cook it!).

For dessert most visitors I have had seem to expect trifle

I would consider a Beef Wellington verses a roast beef, as the presentation upon a beautiful table setting, is absolutely exceptionally extraordinary.

I would keep the starter to "light" - depending upon the weather, either a salad featuring British freshly grown greens and / or a parsnip creamed soup with carrot if very chilly.

Philippines in general are veered toward rice or noodle dishes so do ask if they eat red meat ..

I work with a Philippine lady and she eats meat but very minimally .. So good point is to ask .. Also ask about allergies.

And sub or work around it ..

Dessert: Gorgeous British Cheeses with fresh fruits or a trifle featuring the colors of the British flag.

Good luck.

They talk about it still …. 50 years later!

A roast will be special because it will be new to your guests.
We had German friends visit and they absolutely loved our soft white sliced bread. It was special to them, but not to us.
As was full English breakfast and custard and trifle, not necessarily all at the same time.

Cock-a-leekie soup, followed by roast pork, boiled potatoes, gravy and apple sauce. Trifle for dessert.

Well I want to pop round to Flapper Girl for dinner! Joking apart, our 'stand by' Sunday lunch was roast chicken (gravy and veg as available) followed by apple pie and custard - starter of soup in winter, melon with Parma ham in summer.

I would say that traditional English home cooking would be steak and kidney pie, steak and kidney pudding, steamed treacle (ie golden syrup) or jam pudding with custard (and extra syrup heated up in the case of treacle pudding) and lemon meringue pie.
These may not seem 'special' or 'fancy' to us, but they are delicious done well and will be very different for a visitor.

Roast beef only really shows at it's best if you are doing a very large joint - say for a minimum of 10 or 12 - which is why roast dinners are so popular as a meal out on Sunday lunchtimes at good pubs or hotels

At this time of year I would definitely recommend the traditional Roast Beef and Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes and carrots etc. and Treacle Tart and custard for pudding. Hope all goes well.

Jam roly ploy with hot custard

I would do a roast chicken and a crumble and choice of custard or ice cream. However I think I would run my menu past them to check that she can eat what you have planned. I dread dinner parties with people who don’t know me well as there are lots of foods I don’t eat🙈

Definitely a roast dinner but for pudding I would go with syrup sponge and custard/cream.

My daughter-in-law says slimy/crunchy/sweet is a big thing "back home".

I had a blamange-type jelly-ish desert with lots of sweetcorn kernels in it with my neighbours... It was a surprise (!).

Not sure I can think of Traditional British that is slimy and crunchy - and sweet!

Some good suggestions here. Roast pork with apple sauce and stuffing is a good idea as a lot of pork is eaten in the Philippines, and it fulfills the idea of a roast dinner.
Definitely use some English fruits such as plums, blackberries, apples in the pudding, so crumble, pie, or poached fruits would be nice. Clotted cream or home made custard to accompany. I’d check with your nephew about food intolerances before you plan your menu.
Definitely British cheeses , chutneys, biscuits, and maybe celery and carrot sticks rather than grapes to accompany the cheeses.

Pork roast sounds like the best idea to me. Beef can be a bit hit and miss re tenderness, and whether to serve it rare or medium, etc. No such dilemma with pork.

Slightly OT, but not long ago we arranged to meet some visiting Chinese Singaporean relatives of relatives (we already knew 2 of them slightly) in a London pub I know well.

However it was Sunday lunch, so although there was a choice of other dishes available, roasts were prominent on the menu.

I wasn’t at all sure that they’d enjoy them, and said so, but to my surprise they all ordered a roast (incidentally very good) and all 3 cleared their plates,