Non-stodgy "traditional" British food

[Thehoardernextdoor]

We have a Japanese exchange student staying with us and we're trying to let him experience British cuisine at it's best. So far we have had: a massive fry-up (bacon, egg, sausage, beans, black pudding, mushrooms etc); Roast beef and yorkshire pudding, followed by sticky toffee pudding; tonight we are having fish and chips. I don't think I can take any more gut busting, cholesteral inducing meals. It's my turn to cook tomorrow-what can I make that is traditionally British but won't permanently damage his (or our) arteries?

Oops, this is only my second post on MN, don't know why the title's come out like that

A variety of grilled things on salads perhaps. I would also broaden your scope to 'European' and introduce him to some lovely pasta dishes. 'Spag Bol' is far more British than it was ever Italian.

Fish pie with a small amount of mash potato topping wit lots of veg on the side.

Grilled chops, new potatoes and green veg?

Some kind of stew that is more meat and veg than potatoes / dumplings?

Omlette Arnold Bennet?
Ploughman's?
Chicken Tikka?

I guess the issue is that, with our weather, our meals are notoriously stodgy to enable people to cope with cold weather and manual work.

Warm salads, marinated a d grilled meat/fish and salad. Ordinary UK veg - missed veg so much when I visited Japan!

Toasted sarnies and salad, quiche, omelettes.
Pavlova, fruit salad, creme brulee...

Thanks everyone, some great ideas/reassurance. Interesting what you say about veg, notcitrus, he is a lovely guest and tries everything, but he has taken only small portions of veg. I hadn't realised it might be unusual in Japan.

Think we will branch out into European/Indian dishes too- Chicken Tikka is pretty British now isn't it?