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Pints with Bites
Rediscovering Britain’s Forgotten Crown-Era Bites
A Different Kind of Pub Food
Britain’s imperial food history offers an intriguing alternative to the familiar peanuts, crisps, fries and processed-meat snacks—a whole tradition of savoury bites prepared with fresh meat, seafood and vegetables, made to accompany drinks and conversation.
Move Over Crisps and Peanuts.
Bring Back the Bites.
Freshly handcrafted • Small-batch prepared • Made for sharing
8 handcrafted savoury bites • Made for sharing
Meet the Bites
Tamil Crown Bites™ — Handcrafted Finger Foods Shaped Through Centuries of Cultural Exchange
Crisp, savoury and generously filled — handcrafted finger foods made for sharing over a pint, a glass of wine, tea or coffee.
A handcrafted collection of savoury finger foods, with selections such as Fish Cutlets™, Curried Mutton Rolls™, Curried Fish Buns™ and other Crown-era favourites — freshly prepared in small batches for sharing with drinks, tea or coffee.
Rooted in Tamil culinary tradition and shaped through centuries of Portuguese, Dutch and later British influence, these bites bring together crisp textures, curried fillings and distinctive flavours — a centuries-old finger-food tradition ready to be rediscovered.
8 handcrafted savoury bites • Made for sharing
The Story Behind Pints with Bites
Tamil cuisine has a long tradition of savoury bites and finger foods made from lentils, vegetables, seafood and meat.
Centuries of contact with the Portuguese and Dutch helped shape new forms of pastries, filled snacks and other savoury bites alongside older Tamil traditions.
Under the British Crown era, these foods continued to evolve, while British-introduced tea became part of everyday social life.
Today, cutlets, rolls, patties, vadai and filled buns remain familiar favourites at Tamil gatherings, cafés, celebrations and social occasions.
Perhaps Britain Already Has the Perfect Setting for Them
Britain has its own long tradition of meeting over a pint, a glass of wine, tea or coffee.
Yet the accompanying snacks are often limited to crisps, peanuts, chips and processed foods.
Pints with Bites brings these two traditions together: freshly prepared savoury finger foods paired with Britain's enduring culture of drinking and socialising.
Perhaps the next chapter of Britain’s pub food begins by rediscovering part of its forgotten food history.
Britain already has the pints. We bring back the bites from its own forgotten history.
Curated, researched, and presented by Ravi Maniam ACMA, CGMA — author of Curry Heritage of the Tamils and founder of Tamil Crown Curry. His forthcoming second book, Ancient Tamil Curry to the Great British Curry Crisis, will be published soon.