Fakeaway recipes in Southampton

Southampton food culture has roots in its history — it was the main Tudor port, where the Mayflower set sail for America in 1620, where Henry V's fleet mustered for the Battle of Agincourt, and where the Titanic sailed from in 1912. The food culture mixes old English coastal cooking with later waves of immigration.

The Above Bar curry mile is the city's Indian food centre — multiple restaurants on Above Bar Street and the surrounding roads. Standard British Indian canon with a few specialists.

For seafood, the Solent (the strait between Southampton and the Isle of Wight) provides langoustines, crabs, oysters and sea bass. The fish market on Southampton quayside has been operating for centuries — fresh fish landed daily.

For chains: McDonald's, KFC, Subway, Nando's. Pizza Hut and Domino's. Greggs is everywhere.

Southampton-specific: Solent cockles (in vinegar, served cold), Southampton scouse (a different recipe than Liverpool's — uses smoked fish), Tudor fish pies (the original fish pie, with cod, salmon, oysters and saffron).