From Golden Arches

This report might be a little surprising. MacDonald's is being credited with starting a revolution in British cuisine.

Food in London is now among the world's best, with the greatest variety of ethnic restaurants. Pubs serve cask-conditioned ales and a huge range of international beers. Wines are better than those available in France, both in supermarkets and wine bars. People have been educated to be more discriminating about what they eat and drink. Service has improved beyond measure, largely because it has been taken over by cheerful foreign youngsters using it to support themselves while they get established.

The seed for change was the first MacDonald's in London which opened in the late 1970s.