Originally Posted by
Flying Flis
Well technically Coronation Chicken is a British invention....
… and chicken tikka masala and cantonese stir fry are officially the UK's favourite dishes.
OP asks what happened to English cuisine. Well, the short answer is it largely died out in the industrial revolution as a result of mass population migration from country to towns. Meanwhile the UK acquired a global empire and a taste for delicious food from all over the world. A few traditional dishes survived in the mix but if there is such a thing as a British food culture, it's a cosmopolitan pick'n'mix. IMO British Airways reflects this reality quite accurately.