Foods you can only get in your region/city

[thequeenbeyondthewall]

I'm in Liverpool.

I have lived all over and you can only get Sui Mais here (that I have for nd anyway.)No one else outside of Liverpool seems to have heard of them.

They are pork and prawn dumplings but bigger and better and not won tons.

Recently went to Cardiff and I had a corned beef and mash thing from the chippy that was a welsh thing. It definitely began with R but it was regional to that area I think. It was fabulous.

What do you have that you don't see anywhere else?

Grey peas and bacon - with real faggots

You can (or at least could till recently) get London Cheesecakes and Tottenham cake in London branches of Gregg’s.

Cool cool cool and Mustbethin, I came on the thread to say Henderson's. Someone else mentioned sainsbury's sell it in other places

Butter pie for me too, I work in Preston on a Monday just near Latham's in Fulwood so treat myself to one every few weeks

You can get London cheesecakes in my local Greggs in zone 3. It's very sweet.

I love a really good buttery butter pie, delicious. Lots of bakeries skimp on the butter ☹️
I also love Manchester tarts.

Forgot to mention and not local to me at all, but when I’m in Scotland I love a pineapple tart (I’ve bought them here from Waitrose, but they’re not as good.

Square sausage and mortons rolls.

Potato Cakes - Cheshire. Used to make them with my Nan. Always takes me back to childhood.

Plain bread and Scottish rolls. They are utter shit in England. Also, square sausage. I’ve travelled 200 miles for it before.

Butter buns.

I’m pretty sure you can only get them in Shropshire.
Never the same since Sidoli’s closed...

A renal Bakewell pudding which is nothing like a Bakewell tart.

*real

Yum! I used to eat those pineapple cream tarts in Birmingham years ago, never seen them since though. Same for scallops from the chippie-battered potato deep fried, does anywhere else do these?

Pies made as follows:

Pastry is a hot water crust hand raised

Filled with macaroni cheese preferably made with good strong scottish cheddar

Topped either with more grated cheese or piped mashed potato and grated cheese.

Best served hot either as is or with either salad cream or baked beans.

“Hot rolls” are big where I am - crusty bread rolls (usually Morton’s) buttered and filled with your choice of:

Fried egg
Scrambled egg
Tattie scones
Black pudding
Square sausage
White pudding

I like a potato scone and fried egg one myself, eat around the yolk till you’re nearly done then bite through bursting the yolk onto the plate and mop up with roll - mmmm

Strawberry tarts - non Scots don’t understand as you can get other kinds elsewhere but the Scots ones are a whole other level of calories!

Buttery shortcrust pastry, confectioners cream (I think with more sugar than usual in it), whole fresh strawberries and then the unctuous teeth melting strawberry syrup - that Aulds now sell in bottles (I don’t think I could be trusted with one!)

Spicebags

I didn't realise rissoles were regional? I live in Wales and love a rissole. Also Bara Brith is rather delicious with very salty butter spread on it.

Saveloys, london cheesecake and gypsy tart are all available here in Berkshire. So is lardy cake.

I can't think of anything that I haven't seen elsewhere.

@thequeenbeyondthewall Berrys Bakery on New Hall Lane in Preston do an excellent butter pie- got to get in there early though as they sell out quick!

Carrs pastie on a barm. Mmmmm

Superb Siu Mai/Har Gau/Lo Mai Kai in Manchester😋😋😋⛩

@thesunhasgothishatontoday - has to be out a glass bottle too.

I'm quite sure I had a lasagne pie once.

I lived in Dundee for a time. Pie in a roll anyone? I must admit to eating macaroni cheese pie in a roll whilst pregnant carbs on carbs on carbs!

Saveloys might be available in other places, but I've only seen a Saveloy Dip in South Tyneside - saveloys in a bap, which has been dipped in the juices they cook in, then topped with pease pudding, stuffing and mustard. Haven't had one in years, and god how I miss them.

@thetrinityisshite you just reminded me of another, a 'Wigan kebab' which is a pie in a barmcake preferably with loads of butter!

You get sui mai in most dim sum places.
Here it's Yorkshire curd tarts and Henderson's Relish.