the lack of English restaurants and tea rooms (home cooking on the high-street) is shameful - not least for overseas tourists wishing for a taste or our fare.

WAV, You just can't stop doing it, can you? Stick to your bad poetry thread. We live in an international world and people can cook what they want where they want. Merchants and chefs set up to sell what they think will be attractive to consumers in an area. End. Of. Story.