# Is it still impossible to get good English cooking in a restaurant in England?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 28, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-still-impossible-to-get-good-english-cooking-in-a-restaurant-in-england/691878 "2014-06-28T19:05:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-still-impossible-to-get-good-english-cooking-in-a-restaurant-in-england/691878/5 "2014-06-28T20:34:37Z")

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> [@Erdosain](#):
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> Is this a serious thread? We’ve done this a million times.

[Are there English restaurants in England nowadays?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=514964)  
“We” have done this at least once before.

> [@Are there English restaurants in England nowadays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-english-restaurants-in-england-nowadays/493919/1):
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> Apparently there were none to speak of in 1945, when George Orwell wrote [“In Defence of English Cooking.”](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090414/ap_on_el_gu/jerry_brown_3) After describing several delicious British culinary specialties, he says…

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