But I can go to a number of ME countries, Singapore, and many Central European countries and for not very much I can eat like a king.
This is the problem with England, you have to be rich to eat well. That’s not true elsewhere in Europe, here, or in Asia.
You don’t have to be rich to eat well - you just shouldn’t eat in cheap, bad restaurants. Plenty of middle-class restaurants in London and pubs serving good food. When all else fails, we end up at Pizza Express for a very decent pizza and a glass of wine. Good Chinese restaurants in Chinatown in London and the best Indian restaurants - expensive and inexpensive.
Also, English food when prepared well is wonderful. Lancashire Hot Pot, Cottage Pie, Shepherd’s Pie, Bubble and Sqeak, Summer Pudding, Biscuit cake, Christmas cake, mince pies (much tinier than ours), roasts, Yorkshire pudding, Branston Pickle and Cheddar, Stilton cheese, digestive biscuits, potted shrimp, the list goes on and on. I make it all in my home.