[stiray]

I dont think it losts its steam. Ww 2 gave USA huge advantage (Europe had to be rebuilt) and EU is still trying to catch it technologically.

One question, from where are you, I have head a lot about UK but never about "great food"? :D

[bryanrasmussen]

A British friend of mine always took exception to the stereotype of Britain having bad food, his line was that they had the best food in Europe giving as the example all the imported Indian dishes.

[jlg23]

Yes, when I lived there, about a decade ago, curry had just again been voted for as favourite homemade dish.

Though, if you did your research, you could find really good, authentic, British cuisine (eg: St. John's).

OTOH, how much of a colonial, shared history do you have to have to accept Indian cuisine as "traditional" in the UK?

[papito]

That probably WAS true back in the day. But then again so did NYC. It was still a center of upscale dining but there were essentially no interesting mid-level options.

The Internet changed everything. Someone starts a food trend in Austin, and two weeks later it's on the menus in L.A.

[wahern]

It happened during the 1990s according to https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2016-04-22/how-london-bec..., though when I visited in 1998 it was still notorious in Americans' minds for plain, boring food.

[namdnay]

London has great food, like most megacities. But although the quality of food across the UK has improved considerably since the mid 90s, I wouldn’t qualify the general level as “great”, especially compared to their southern neighbor...