I'm a food writer who was born and raised in the UK. Here are 10 British dishes everyone should try in their lifetime.

I'm from the United Kingdom and have been writing about food for years — so, I know my way around the British classics and must-eat dishes around here. Nina Alizada/Shutterstock I was born and raised in the UK, and there are a few local bites and British dishes I recommend . Everyone should try a Cornish pasty, cottage pie, and Sunday roast at least once. Beans on toast, fish and chips, and Yorkshire pudding are classics. The UK's modern food culture is seriously diverse and exciting. In our cities, you can have sushi for lunch, and dosa for dinner, with pakora or a bahn mi as a snack in between. But we Brits still love our potatoes, overdone meat, and root vegetables — all of which come plastered with brown gravy so thick you could have it on toast. Which, unsurprisingly, some people do .