Some time ago Somerset Maugham said that 'to eat well in England, you should eat breakfast three times a day.' To be honest, most British food was considered terrible by many people. It included overcooked vegetables, boring sandwiches and greasy sausages. However, these are now just stereotypes has become very important in British culture famous writers, but also their recipes and books are famous throughout Europe. The new British cuisine is changing the image of fish and chips and has become multicultural. There are around 80 different international cuisines and British restaurants can compete with those anywhere in the world in terms of price and quality. In most European countries it is normal to take a long break to eat at midday. This is not a very common habit in Britain. The English eat out quite regularly main meals a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner, however, the three are often accompanied by four additional meals: eleven, brunch, snack and high tea. Breakfast is usually eaten between meals. seven and nine. Most people believe that the normal English breakfast includes "eggs, bacon, sausages, fried bread, mushrooms and baked beans, all washed down with a cup of coffee". However, Brits are more likely to eat toast with butter and jam or "marmite (a dark brown yeast-based spread)", fruit juice, cereals, some fruit, especially melons and grapefruit, porridge and a cuppa of coffee. In some homes and workplaces this meal is followed by something called "eleven". It's a kind of "tea break around eleven in the morning". It consists of a cup of tea or coffee and some biscuits. If breakfast and lunch are connected to each other, the meal is called brunch. It is usually consumed in the late morning. Another meal is lunch. It is consumed between 12.30pm and 2pm. It generally consists of a sandwich, chips and a drink. The traditional dish eaten at Sunday lunchtime is the Sunday roast. On this day people do not have to work and take advantage of it to eat together with their families. Tea time is a small meal eaten in the late afternoon. This is a cup of tea, biscuits, cakes or savory foods such as sandwiches, scones or pastries..