[Vocabulary] What is this in English??

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riquecohen

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I believe that the pictures are of a dessert called, in Spanish, flan. In Latino restaurants in New York, I always asked for it by this name and I suspect that is what it's called in English as well. Here in Brazil, it's called pudim de leite which translates as milk pudding.


Addendum: In my basic Oxford American Dictionary. flan is defined as "a custard dessert." It appears to have entered the English language.
 
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I would call it flan as well. Here in the US we often refer to a dish based on what it is called in its country of origin. In a Mexican restaurant this would be flan, in a French restaurant creme caramel, while in an English pub it might be caramel custard. What would I be ordering if I was in an Egyptian restaurant?

*** Not a teacher, but that picture of flan is making me hungry ***
 

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In BrE, we would mostly call it creme caramel.
 

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I'm really so grateful for all the "sweet" answers. :up:

Thanks a lot.
 

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Yep. In North America, we'd use custard, creme caramel or flan, or even creme brulee, depending on the exact style of the dessert, whether English, French, Spanish, Portuguese or what have you.
 

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maiabulela, I don't care what you call it. If you make it, I will happily eat it! It's one of my favorite desserts.
 
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