The 19 Best British Pub Dishes

Pastry-topped comfort, Sunday-lunch heavyweights and the odd side that outshines the main. Which pub order wins your vote?

1. 1
   Sunday Roast

   Roast meat with Yorkshire pudding, potatoes, vegetables and gravy.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Fish and Chips

   Battered fish with chunky chips, often with mushy peas and tartare sauce.
   813pts
3. 3
   Lancashire Hotpot

   Slow-cooked lamb and onion stew under sliced potatoes.
   724pts
4. 4
   Welsh Rarebit

   Cheese sauce with ale and mustard grilled on toast.
   596pts
5. 5
   Shepherd's Pie

   Minced lamb under a mashed potato crust.
   596pts
6. 6
   Bangers and Mash

   Pork sausages on mashed potato with onion gravy.
   596pts
7. 7
   Toad in the Hole

   Sausages baked in Yorkshire pudding batter, served with onion gravy.
   596pts
8. 8
   Steak and Ale Pie

   Shortcrust pie of slow-cooked beef in ale gravy, the pub menu staple.
   517pts
9. 9
   Chip Butty

   Hot chips in buttered white bread, often with ketchup or brown sauce.
   423pts
10. 10
    Sticky Toffee Pudding

    Moist date sponge covered in hot toffee sauce, the standard pub dessert.
    423pts
11. 11
    Chicken Tikka Masala

    Grilled marinated chicken in creamy spiced tomato sauce, a British pub-curry favourite.
    423pts
12. 12
    Cauliflower Cheese

    Cauliflower baked in a cheddar sauce, a Sunday roast side.
    423pts
13. 13
    Ploughman's Lunch

    Cold plate of cheddar, pickle, bread and apple, served in pubs since the 1950s.
    423pts
14. 14
    Gammon, Egg and Chips

    Thick ham steak topped with a fried egg, with chips and peas or pineapple.
    423pts
15. 15
    Scotch Egg

    Boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat and breadcrumbs, then fried.
    310pts
16. 16
    Cheese and Onion Pie

    Vegetarian pub pie filled with cheddar and onion in a short pastry case.
    310pts
17. 17
    Pease Pudding

    Savoury spread of boiled yellow split peas, a North East classic.
    310pts
18. 18
    Mushy Peas

    Marrowfat peas simmered soft, the classic partner to fish and chips.
    0pts
19. 19
    Pork Pie

    Cold hand-raised pork pie with jelly, eaten with pickle or mustard.
    0pts

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