my first fish n chips in London + tea

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#fishnchips #britishfood #london

[@ConnerSully]

literally had no idea what i was doing. No disrespect to the British watching this. Show's how much I need a guide next time! I want to learn the proper way

[@akumaplantstudios8869]

Aaay, don't worry about it. New experiences and all that. If it's not part of your culture, how do you know? I'm sure one of these nice folks would happily guide you around next time.

[@ellen7135]

I enjoyed watching I’m always fascinated by videos like this. If you came over and did everything perfectly and knew everything it wouldn’t make a good video now would it xx come up north next time x

[@josmith9662]

there's more than one proper way Conner. Saxons grew up in Hamlets and we never left them. Where ever you go in the world, if the hotel receptionist says go right, you go left, That's how you find the proper stuff, not the tourist traps. (Or in yankee language if they say west, go east. Always admired the inherent navigational ability of Americans)

[@glennleader8880]

Hi Conner, next time you have fish and chips, and you get a slice of lemon with it... That;s for your fish...No vinegar. I hope you had a good time in London, I love it myself...But then I would do, I live there.

[@lamigol1019]

Always plenty of vinegar first, followed by plenty of salt. Tea or Dandelion & Burdock

[@rickydevon9399]

I very rarely get offended but the amount of milk in that tea has gravely offended me.

[@smackeye]

Lol yeah most of us tend to put a small shots worth in, not an entire cow's udder! Always funny watching these things though, enjoyed it. Definitely would say try a small regular take away fish and chip shop - outside of London - for real fish and chips - this was a more upmarket fine dining fish and chips lol.

[@smackeye]

And also skip all that Earl Grey nonsense - the vast majority of Brits just drink regular PG Tips / Tetleys / Yorkshire breakfast tea - its the only way to go.

[@rtl3956]

Ik, that was basically a cup of milk

[@stevenvitali7404]

I like my tea like trump's tan, deep orange

[@jonathaniwachiw-toothill29]

I died a little when they added that much milk

[@LondonPride25]

Every Brit watching this shouted "not that much!" when you poured the milk in the tea. I know I did

[@jimappleby3545]

Not every Brit. Some of us actually murmured, quite politely: "You don't put milk in Earl Grey".

[@Le_General_Affame]

He should have just drank milk

[@littlewoodimp]

@@jimappleby3545 I didn't get that till I'd already seen the milk go in. You'd think in Mayfair *someone* would have murmured "Not in Earl Grey dear! Lemon and maybe a little sugar." in a Maggie Smith or Judi Dench voice

[@skullgames9813]

LOL

[@mlk27743]

And some of us here in Australia - man that was TOOOOOOO much milk - you really only need a slight splash of milk. Otherwise you ruin the entire mug of tea.

[@beeurd]

I love how all the comments are about the tea that got murdered.

[@keithphilbin3054]

And no mention of Yorkshire tea!

[@keithphilbin3054]

@David Groves and brew that tea well !

[@Wakkawakkaa]

I'm creased at this comment

[@DarthCoco]

How proud we are for this bloke to have a relationship with british vinegar.

[@MaNarchicDRAKE]

I was so proud when he wanted more vinegar on his chips.

[@reecemullen7403]

Malt vinegar tho

[@thehammer7711]

Why so proud?

[@stuartmorgan3654]

@@reecemullen7403 unless you legally aren't allowed to call it vinegar it ain't right. Non-brewed condiment for life.

[@reecemullen7403]

@@stuartmorgan3654 it has to be non-brewed haha putting malt vinegar on a chippy should be a crime 😂

[@torquetheprisoner]

me and my brother used to drink the stuff every now and then

[@lordred4116]

London is probably the worst place to get real fish and chips.

[@HighHoeKermit]

Or tea!

[@DavidUKesb]

True, but those fish 'n' chips looked very good.

[@Problembeing]

Lord Red Wrong. East London and the City have really good fish ’n’ chips.

[@adam-uy6qg]

@MrLolmaster101 Nah we in-landers feel the opposite. One of my family once decided to drive 2hr to skeggy just for some fish and chips lmao

[@Spentastic]

I had some nice fish and chips in Ventnor on the Isle Of Wight when I went there 12 years ago. Went back there from Australia to see my grandparents, cousins and football team win the FA Cup

[@notgappy4342]

I cried actual tears when her poured the milk into his tea

[@mazdarx-8rotary.97]

He put a fuck load in there lmao.

[@Louis-lu5wh]

Same

[@3John-Bishop]

I never heard of milk in tea, only lemon for me. Coffee with cream-yes.

[@celticcheetah6371]

That poor innocent cup of tea. What did it ever do to deserve such a traumatising demise? 🤣

[@xxxxOS]

As a Brit I just love seeing Americans and tourists try stuff over here for the first time. Thank you for being polite about our food and beverages. 😊 your dad is the sweetest too :) Really enjoyed this vlog thanks 👍

[@BritishAnts]

That tea is weak asf, it should be the colour of a slappers tan!

[@USER-G291]

😂

[@lordred4116]

Slappers tan.... Haaaaaaaaaa.

[@cadyg2531]

Bye 😂😂😂😂

[@JR-hi9bu]

@@lordred4116 should be said that nobody in England, including the nerd you replied to, types like that.

[@Bonglecat]

But that’s Earl Grey for you, never gets strong.

[@portlyoldman]

Now I’m craving fish and chips and it’s 4am 😳

[@portlyoldman]

@Daniel Thompson - yup, I certainly did!

[@electroskates2434]

Same but its 6pm

[@hp2385]

I cant remember a time when i wasnt craving fish n chips. Its a food from the gods XD

[@anothershadeofcrazy]

Me too.

[@Leo-nv9eu]

Aye milk in tea, but not that much milk, that’s a baby tea 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@ade1963]

You didn't have tea - you had hot water that was once acquainted with a teabag

[@davidwilkin1202]

Ade S not even a tea bag... loose leaf! My nan used to do that!

[@archez8363]

@David Wilkin, we all did before they invented tea bags. People used to put the used tea leaves around plants in the garden, especially 🌹 roses. Is that why they call them tea roses?.

[@fwcolb]

@@archez8363 Yes. And when I was in Bangladesh they told me they can sell their lowland tea in the USA, even the sweepings, because nobody there seems to be able to tell the difference.

[@toucheturtle1976]

👍🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@flapjackboy]

A liquid that was almost, but not quite entirely unlike tea.

[@anubis8715]

The amount of milk in the tea is the most upsetting thing I have ever seen

[@TheCornishCockney]

It is quite traumatic isnt it. and what a place to go to for your first taste of fish n chips,Mayfair ffs,probably the most expensive area in an already expensive London and that aint authentic.

[@thegamplayerhd4605]

@@TheCornishCockney Its spoilt my day.... I have to be honest.....

[@angie111598]

@@TheCornishCockney I read that in a British accent

[@Ueiksg]

He had some tea in his milk!

[@katiestephenson1442]

🤣 hahaha

[@DER5150]

You haven’t lived until you’ve had curry sauce with your chips

[@73kevdoc]

Curry sauce with fish is also the dogs bollocks!

[@johnh9243]

exactly and they forgot the bread and butter 😕😕😕

[@tonydoherty2190]

Mushy peas

[@bbbin4116]

Chips cheese and gravy

[@leylamainguyen302]

Where's the gherkin and pickled onion?!

[@joeargyle9741]

Hilarious how posh this fish and chips is, then you see “Mayfair” over the front door.

[@Xesh001]

Probably has a posh price too!

[@marcoroberts9462]

@@Xesh001 probably £20 for one haddock and chips

[@kieranmccusker4455]

Get yourself to a seaside town and you will get the best fish and chips. And dude, a drop of milk with your tea will do 😂

[@nigelwillson8000]

You mean Whitby

[@T3M45LL]

@@nigelwillson8000 or amble👌🏼

[@andrewperrett9949]

Not always, Blackpool has some rank chippies aimed at tourists, beer to go with it. The locals go to the ones backstage (not that many these days).

[@mcnoface8000]

Up north they always have mushy peas

[@resourcefulhedgehog936]

God I hate mushy peas

[@steezyraptor8508]

My guy just casually pouring a pint of milk into his tea

[@garryarden7200]

I heard the UK government were trying to get him extradited to face charges for murdering a cup of tea .

[@michaelx9079]

If the gravy tasted spicy it'll be curry sauce not gravy

[@toninunns1181]

You looked like you had a great time! So nice to see you open to new experiences and keen to jump right in.

[@peckelhaze6934]

The British term for weak tea is "gnat's piss" that milky tea is beyond that.

[@helenwood8482]

Weak and milky are very different things.

[@bmc9504]

@@helenwood8482 not really , it was diluted to fook.

[@rattymahatty8456]

The first problem was Earl Grey... nasty stuff.. :(

[@peckelhaze6934]

@@rattymahatty8456 Agreed!

[@steveg5302]

The worse tea I’ve ever seen

[@SarahB-ed7hy]

As a British person, that "cup of tea" really offended me 😥

exatly right mate. a splash of milk not the whole jug.

[@vilebrequin6923]

Ha! No milk, please, in Earl Grey...

@@vilebrequin6923 agree but a splash of milk in a nice cup of Yorkshire Tea, no sugar. nothing better first thing in the morning.

[@minih9811]

Yh i know what you mean.. i think someone shouldve showed him...way too much milk

[@sohoyankee66]

I’m American and it offends me too. I never put anything except a few drops of honey in my tea. Sometimes not even that.

[@MoonSpinners]

The tea! Oh the tea! I could cry. Hilarious and diabolical at the same time! I loved this video 😆🇬🇧

[@tricky778]

I once had a customer ask for english breakfast tea, my response was that I have pg tips at breakfast and he took that

[@spooky4985]

PG Tips is English Breakfast tea.

[@tricky778]

@Cerne awesome XD

[@biblybims9868]

Yorkshire tea the only way,and I’m a southerner too

[@helenbailey8419]

@@biblybims9868 You have immpecable taste.😀😀😀

[@biblybims9868]

@@helenbailey8419 you can’t beat a Yorkshire brew,the rest play second fiddle

[@leso204]

Anyone remember eating fish 'n' chips out of news paper untill some bureacrat spoilt it , (dont tell the yank this it will only confuse him more ) lol !

[@danieldravot341]

bureaucrat

[@Bluetoothedshark]

I remember lol, but it was that the ink is cancer causing that they stopped using newspaper to wrap the food.

[@neilgilbert6798]

Yeah good old days

[@leebuco8877]

They tasted well better ave ate chips with words printed on them backwards lololoolol ohh the days ,early 80s

[@elizabethwoolnough4358]

Don't call him a Yank!

[@DanceySteveYNWA]

"You don't dip chips in the mushy peas" Oh, how wrong you are sir

[@cijmo]

LOL I always do. I love the two together. Same as people who eat Wendy's Frosties with their fries.

[@frances2912]

So true! I also put salt and vinegar in mine 👍

[@Mark-ij2nh]

Chips and gravy or curry sauce is my weekness

[@JohnAnderssonTV]

I'm not even British and I knew he was wrong

[@christianneve4864]

That guy in the red hasn't got a clue!! Don't eat the chips with the peas? You bloody well do!!

[@QuickClipChronicle]

the way he said MUSHY PEAS WELCOME TO YORKSHIRE in an American accent i died inside pfhahahaha

[@theboycee1]

The guy in the red shirt need to get a grip. U dip chips in almost any condiments. U don't eat mushy peas from a spoon

[@gacaptain]

That's good to know. Because I would have preferred to dip my chips or fish into it.

[@wolvesofthevoid1439]

What's wrong with using a spoon? I mean I guess if your getting a takeaway it's fine to not but you tend to use a spoon or fork down where I'm from assuming your having a meal on a plate

[@monkey97x]

This is such a posh chippy though, would love you to go to a proper one.

[@JohnJackson-mn4ts]

Eaten out of the wrapping paper.

[@deesmith4800]

Indeed. I dread to know how much that costs

[@davewalker3873]

This isn't a chippy. It's an obomination.

[@onlyhereforddebob8978]

It made me so mad posh cunts taking another gem from the working class. Get that supper wrapped in old news paper!!

[@ro63rto]

Bet he paid around £20 each for his posh fish'n'chips.

[@lucyshsw2052]

You've gone waaaaaaay too up market for fish, chips and a cuppa

[@jackherer519]

Maybe a little but I dont think so, Better than him going to a absolute shithole that serves frozen rubber fish in a soggy disgusting batter with frozen chips or some disgusting reheated soggy excuse for chips

[@moirabaker458]

Loved this! Laughed from start to finish!

[@BelloBudo007]

As an Aussie doing the KZbin rounds on British fish & chips (before I bless them with my presence), I found this highly entertaining AND actually quite informative. I knew about the vinegar (we do it here too) but not mushy peas nor gravy, so that was interesting. I like that you're up for a challenge. Hats off to you.

[@spencerwilton5831]

Mushy peas are not mashed peas! They are made from dried marrowfat peas, that naturally collapse during cooking. They are a completely different texture and taste to fresh peas.

[@thefurrybastard1964]

And they're best with mince pies.

[@andrewfairbrother259]

I know! Does my head in when foreigners think they’re mashed! Lol 😂

[@CupidStunt0001]

@@thefurrybastard1964 and pork pies 😛

[@studamanduncan9728]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@andrewfairbrother259]

Sean Gavin we have processed peas here too, in a tin. They’re not mushy peas though. Though I personally love them. Mushy peas are made by soaking dried peas in bicarbonate of soda for a few hours and then simmering. 😊

[@Matt-jw2yo]

"The Mayfair Chippy"... come on man, you've got to go to a really greasy dive of a fish and chip shop for the real deal!

got to go to the coast for the best fish and chips and deffo not London

[@annother3350]

@ Bullshit -- London has some incredible chip shops

[@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming]

That most likely cost a fortune in Mayfair!

[@chtholly8084]

@@annother3350 No, outer London has some decent chip shops. If you go to, like, east/north London then sure. But central London is nothing but poncy pretentious overpriced shit that is only there to trap tourists. But the real best chippies are in the seaside towns of England, the Margates, the Weymouths, the Southends. Nothing in London compares to these places.

[@dechips]

@@chtholly8084 Masters Superfish in Waterloo. Those that know, know...

[@stevegrayvggh8194]

I love that this was done with respect. You guys would be welcome in my little English Town anytime!!!

[@brianrjclarke]

All I can say is that even though everything was so wrong about this video it really made me laugh. Very entertaining and just a good old laugh. We need more of this in our lives. Thanks guys.

[@sacselassie563]

I suggest we increase the tax on tea in the US if this is how they treat it!

[@sohoyankee66]

Not all Americans drink it with milk. If I put anything in my tea it would be a few drops of honey. Maybe also a shot of whiskey if I’m sick. 😉

[@atiminthailand4531]

Hahaha this is the best comment so far! :)

[@sausagejockyGaming]

@@sohoyankee66 its not the putting milk that is horrible to brits its how much milk he has hahahha it needs to be brown not white

[@gutsjoestar7450]

@@sohoyankee66 you can put some milk but put a very litle portion it's a milky tea but it's not real tea

[@InhabitantOfOddworld]

Bostonians: *it's tea party time*

[@BR0THAZ86]

So let me get this straight. He has a German showing him how to do things in England?

[@electricorcagaming]

Yes he does

[@Le_General_Affame]

I was just thinking he sounded German but tbh he seems to know what hes doing so far

[@_jackcarmichael]

I mean the queen is also German soooooo

[@1IbramGaunt]

@@_jackcarmichael about as German as that Rolls-Royce they passed is, she was born and raised here, has a British accent, speaks English, has equally English parents and grandparents and has lived here most of her life. Sure there's German ancestry in there but find me a surviving European monarchy WITHOUT that in their blood somewhere

[@chongxina8288]

Because they know better then Americans do.

[@invictious8373]

everytime he said fries i died a lil inside

[@jackherer519]

That shit annoys the fuck outta me but you have to give Americans some leeway, Its part of their vocabulary and we cant blame them for the fact their country has to dumb down our language to make things easier for the American mind

[@stanleytaylor9498]

Fries are thin chips like mcdonalds chips the fat ones are chips

[@stephencoan79]

For the ultimate experience go to the seaside (Yorkshire is best) and get fish n chips to take out and eat them sitting on a bench looking out to sea. The seagulls will probably harass you but it's worth it.

[@jeanroebuck4737]

Scarborough

[@liammatthews1701]

The seagulls are part of the experience

[@jeanroebuck4737]

@@liammatthews1701 oh yes watch a women walk by us in Scarborough getting attacked by seagulls knocked chips out of her hand

[@pthehat]

Southwest is better

[@consumerofstuff7854]

Sod that. Cornwall all day. It's warmer, has better fishing and isn't populated by people from Yorkshire.

[@omegadeep1]

Yes, always remove your hat when indoors and especially if eating indoors.

[@jonathanball8237]

American: Goes to a London for a Fish’n’chip dinner & thinks it’s authentic.... Rest of U.K.: *Laughs Uncontrollably*

[@roasty80]

Americans all do the same. Poor research

[@naughtydorf18]

They don't realize Capt Dees is the same thing.

[@REALmacheight]

Born and bred in London and for central London that's a good chippy. They got lucky!

[@jonathanball8237]

MachEight Hahahaha.... 👍

[@andyt2k]

Chippy, wrapped in paper, eaten with a plastic or wooden fork, drowned in salt and vinegar, with a can of fizzy drink. That's how 95% of the country does it

[@Northstander]

Earl Grey with fish and chips...jeez that is like serving apple sauce with roast beef! It needs to be builders tea, so strong that you can stand your spoon in it. Nobody in the South of England would eat mushy peas or gravy with their chips, up north maybe...salt and vinegar and that is all you need.

[@Bazgti250]

As th' got nowt moist on yor chips, lad? 😂

[@Xesh001]

Speak for yourself! I'm in Kent and I love mushy peas with my chips - especially the ones with mint in them!

[@Bazgti250]

@@Xesh001 Mint in mushy peas? Absolute sacrilege. Youd be be burnt at the stake in North for that choice 🤣

[@MrPaulMorris]

'Mushy peas' are traditionally prepared from dried peas. My mother grew up in a fish and chip shop her parents owned in Liverpool before WW2. She told me that the peas weren't 'mushy' by design it was just how they turned out after being soaked overnight to reconstitute them then boiled to cook and finally kept hot for many hours. They would prepare them by the bucket load each night ready for the next day. Why use dried peas? Simply because fresh peas were seasonal and before freezers became widely available dried were the only economical solution for bulk users like chip shops.

[@NoirL.A.]

here in the states we have what's called split pea soup which is more or less the same thang except more spices usually but you'd always use dried peas fer that too fresh are too seasonal and you can't store them.

[@jrobinson3189]

The guy in the red hoodie knows nothing about being English.

[@tiborkovacs4827]

Bayern hoodie explains it.

[@sizzxrk]

@@tiborkovacs4827 More qualified to talk about Bockwurst then isn't he lol.

[@bigh_]

Very true Mushy peas a separate dish lol

[@woolery2631]

Mooshee pees

[@littlechatbubbles9938]

I eat ketchup with fish n ships I dip chips with mushy peas I eat fish separately to the chips I’m British

[@BritTheElder]

The majority of English people don't drink Earl Grey, that's just for Toffs, and you wouldn't put milk in it. Come up North son and we'll make you a proper brew.

[@cathybrady2822]

Alan Thorpe And proper fish & chips. When I lived in London for 3 years the fish & chips that I adore were vile. Had to forget it & come back up north for my fix.

[@monkeymox2544]

I'm northern and I love Earl Grey, but you can tell I'm from a working class background because I put milk in it. I once horrified a woman in a posh tearoom doing that :D To be honest, I grew up drinking 'builders' tea - cheap teabags, too much sugar, overbrewed - but I've long since discovered that tea can be nicer than that. Nothing wrong with choosing more interesting, loose-leaf teas. If we leave 'posh' things to toffs, the rest of us miss out on nice things.

[@brianwilson3952]

@@cathybrady2822 Depends what chippy you go to. The North doesn't have the monopoly on good fish n chips.

[@cathybrady2822]

BRIAN WILSON I found that it did

[@brianwilson3952]

@@cathybrady2822 So you visited every chippy in London? I have 2 brilliant ones within a 5 min walk. A multi award winning one a mile away. You were probably eating in poncey hipster run artisan chippys in Central London. I'm talking old, established chippys in the suburbs.

[@daddybozohman4073]

This is why I love my friends from across the pond have so much love for the YANKS

[@sudo_nym]

Always appreciate you guys coming over 🇬🇧🙏🏻🇺🇸

[@cray2349]

We're all probably guilty of making cultural mistakes travelling in strange foreign lands, if you read all the comments you'll get the gist of how things are done with your fih & chips & tea etiquette. It doesn't matter if you drink your tea wrong or eat your fish with the wrong sauce, just enjoy your trip & ask a real local for advice if you need it 👍🍽

[@ICECREAMK1NG1-jw8ig]

Good luck finding a ''real local'' in London pal.

[@HRHtheDude]

An american tutored how to eat a chippy by a german. The world has ended.

[@eddiebirch2067]

Served by a Pole

[@jonchall71]

@@eddiebirch2067 Not arsed who serves it, if they know how to serve or cook it...

[@macker33]

Invented by an irishman in france.

[@thewritehandbrain]

Aw, I love this. I loved his enthusiasm for the flower pots, lol. The tea scene made me laugh my ass off LMFAO because I can only imagine the countless reactions we British folk had watching it, lol. I have to send this to my Texas bestie, lol

[@bruh949]

You know most people in Britain from NI, to Scotland to wales to England, we forget to realise the importance of fish and chips.

[@adam-uy6qg]

Going to London for fish and chips is like going to china for authentic japanese food

[@warebal4587]

or Birmingham for authentic Indian food.

[@Jay-bf7sz]

Or Manchester for authentic designer clobber

[@huwkealy9074]

Or adamsville for some good chat

[@dampswan2007]

Yeah you’ve gotta be by the seaside

[@Mark-ij2nh]

@@warebal4587 birmingham invented the balti. Miss living there.

[@AJB3882]

Me: "I'm going to stop letting the little things get to me" *sees Conner's tea to milk ratio* Me: *TRIGGERRRRRRED!!!!*

[@stephentatton1029]

Up north we would say that the tea is like knats p#$s

[@portlyoldman]

“Maidens water” my grandmother called it 😂

[@michaelshackelford6691]

I lived in England as a child for about 4 years and still when I eat fried fish it has to have vinegar on it, its the only way to eat fried fish. I don't remember the mashed peas, but I'm sure its great.

[@rodparsons6719]

Not mashed peas, MUSHY peas. Properly made by soaking dry split peas, not bought in ready made as processed mushy peas.

[@pamshort4590]

I' m surprised that he didn't know about the vinegar. Places here in America that serve fish and chips don't do mushy peas but it's not that unusual to provide vinegar. I really like it.

[@cherylloman7859]

The Boardwalk in Jersey always served vinegar with Fries when I was a kid - my Mom & sister always used it - I prefer Ketchup myself!

[@katiemarie4651]

That ain't tea 😱🙈 That's a warm cup of milk ! 😬

[@flytrapjohn]

🤢

[@woffus]

😂

[@paigewatsonx1512]

Lmao babies tea.

[@mudskipper0075]

That deserves being taken outside and severely beat up for that cup of tea.....

[@theangriestbrit1289]

Ahaha I thought they would put a little in, but they are like "Guess we will just pour the entire jug in."

[@Al8minium]

That fish looks small, not what you'd call a proper fish n chip shop. The mushy peas are not a separate dish, they're supposed to go on the chips.

[@ftumschk]

I keep the peas to the side and eat them with mouthfuls of fish and/or chips. I don't put the peas on the chips, because that can make them go soggy.

[@Pstephen]

@@kevb8983 - yes, it's a sauce. There's a great chippie in Lincoln does that...

[@AppletonPermaculture]

Yes lad

[@wleon4068]

It's not an English chippy. They should have gone to a proper ENGLISH fish and chip shop

[@wleon4068]

@Alwayshere Absolutely.

[@loulou6760]

Everything you saw is not just a London thing. It's a British thing. ♥️♥️

[@gavintillman1884]

Speaking as a Brit: as far as the fish and chips are concerned - you nailed it. No complaints there. Though this Brit does use ketchup. But the tea. Shudder. Too milky. I love milk on its own, but in tea, less is more. I just put enough in so it’s no longer transparent. That goes double when the tea is a weak variety to begin with, like Earl Grey. Also - with the strong flavours of the food you want a stronger tea. I only have Earl Grey occasionally, I normally drink something stronger and recommend Taylor’s of Harrogate c

[@littlechap100]

That feeble tea almost made me tut. I haven't tutted since I heard that Mr. Hitler bombed my Nan's house.

[@gregwhates5948]

He really was a rum chap

[@rolemodel04]

Also that tea was offensively milky

[@gracerose709]

i was looking for a comment that mentions his tea

[@rolemodel04]

grace rose I’m obviously English lol

[@ejf2894]

And who th f drinks earl grey??

[@andrewdaley3081]

I have to have my tea strong that was piss weak. Andy England 🇬🇧👍🍵

[@leedshunk]

I totally loved watching you enjoy fish n chips 😊

[@dalea1691]

We use vinegar here in America. Long John Silvers.

[@ilikethisnamebetter]

"You don't dip mushy peas and fish and chips.. mushy peas is a separate dish." This German has no idea what he is talking about.

[@AndrewHalliwell]

I know, right? Proper fish, chips and mushy peas served in a real northern chippy, the peas cover the chips!

[@studio-flash]

@@AndrewHalliwell fish, chips and mushy peas up North in a newspaper sitting by the seaside, now that's proper British fish n chips...

[@rodgeyd6728]

' ya ' for him hiz trip is ova.

[@DeadlyDan]

@@AndrewHalliwell You don't even have to go north, south of London you can get proper chippy not this upmarket bistro crap.

[@Paul-pj5sz]

Fish and chips with mushy peas is how we northerners do it, the proper way 👌🏻 in newspaper and at the seaside.

[@MrLukealbanese]

Wow, you were in the most expensive single part of London. Mayfair.

[@janmariablackwell8138]

At least the fish and chips are authentic tasting there.

[@Asshole88]

@@janmariablackwell8138 not really. A standard chip shop is the most authentic.

[@janmariablackwell8138]

@@Asshole88 I moved to London from the North and I found the southern fish and chips greasy and unpleasant. There's a huge difference between the South and the North when it comes to fish and chips but at least this one in Mayfair makes it like they do in the North.

[@WASPS1867]

@@janmariablackwell8138 depends which fish n chip shop you eat at dude

[@ironlion5836]

'we're tourist, and we love it' broke me lol. glad u and ur pops enjoyed the visit.

[@dominiccoyne8730]

I think a common misconception is that fish and chips is some kind of gourmet food that’s meant to be eaten whilst sat down with a knife and fork. In reality, it’s supposed to be wrapped in old newspaper and eaten with a carved out lollipop stick whilst blackout drunk

[@slavebitch1]

It is best eaten outside sitting on the sea wall watching the tide coming in.

[@Bholmes17]

No its best eaten in a pub in the countryside. Preferably yorkshire.

[@md20120]

With seagulls stealing your chips

[@stiz]

Best eaten outside watching smack heads fighting over spice 👍

[@premierfuncasino]

@@Bholmes17 nah..that's the dock of the bay

[@grassygnoll3345]

I live on the coast and a summers evening down at the beach, fish and chips and a bottle of cider. Lovely. Fish and Chips with a white wine is really nice too.

[@user-hu4sf2ji9n]

The look of that tea will give me nightmares for the rest of my life

[@NoirL.A.]

i'm also american but lived in the u.k. fer 2 1/2 years. i hate seafood and so never did any fish but malt vinegar on fries / chips is quite amazing and something it never would've occurred to me to do before i actually went there. my english gf had done them with ketchup but never ranch dressing which she also liked so nice little cultural exchange there.

[@sarahboardman1337]

You can eat the peas on the same fork as the fish or chips it's delish, it's not a separate dish but we rarely have gravy with fish, we have that with pie and chips. You put vinegar and pepper on the mushy peas, yum.

[@contactlight8079]

"Earl Grey and English breakfast are the top teas"....You spelled Tetley's and Typhoo wrong mate.

[@northernguerrilla3168]

Take no notice of this man....if it doesn't say yorkshire on it,,its not worth drinking!

[@gunnergav]

Next time stir the tea in the pot first till it gone dark brown.

[@HRHtheDude]

Been watching too much Star Trek.

[@as680783]

Yeah. Gotta be Yorkshire Tea or PG Tips for me.

[@danmcd5995]

If it’s not Yorkshire tea it’s just not right.

[@ZoltanF1LH]

When you poured all that milk in your tea I screamed and dropped my phone 😳

[@mikeZL3XD7029]

He can't afford a computer

[@meaneyedcat1248]

Haha! Earl Grey tea is not usually taken with milk. However, whatever type of tea you choose, you must let it brew properly. Five minutes is about the right length of time before adding milk. For the best fish and chips, you must travel to the north of England. I am from the north and live in London. I know places where you can get good fish and chips, but down south here they make the fish with the skin on (gross). The authentic northern style of eating is fish (no skin) in batter, chunky chips, bread and butter, mushy peas, salt and vinegar. The food must be freshly fried and not kept standing.

[@quickclipsbyjmj]

A. The 'flower pots' are window boxes. B. Only add enough milk to the colour you prefer. Add the milk first to a heat sensitive cup/mug. Add the milk afterwards if it's a china cup. C. Get 'takeaway' (carry out) fish 'n chips wrapped up. They're better than ones eaten on a plate. Pick up battered fish with your fingers. Add salt & vinegar to your personal taste or don't add them. Tartare sauce is served with battered fish. D. Mushy peas: marrow fat peas are soaked in baking soda (Google this just in case I am wrong) and hot water. Drained off, stirred until mushy. Heated up and served with fish and/or chips. If you get takeaway, have the mushy peas poured over the fish and/or chips.

[@jessicafay7905]

A cone of chips with vinegar on them, the last chip was always in a mini pool of vinegar at the bottom 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤 I have to get some tomorrow 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ifwskrrr2982]

@JesslcaFay the best innit fam

[@supergitartwork]

The gravy looked like curry sauce to me, which was probably why it it tasted spicy.

[@carltaylor4942]

Probably Chinese curry sauce?

[@AppletonPermaculture]

Hahahaha makes sense now.

[@jonchall71]

@Marcus Knightingale And you don't get chip shop gravy in the south, only the north of England plus maybe some random places in the midlands know what chippy gravy is.

[@jonchall71]

@sillybillybadboy no it's not. Never seen it in London. Once found it in one chippy in Northampton until they stopped doing it. Been to loads of towns in the south with work as well. So not horse shit.

[@tazdaniels4869]

@sillybillybadboy Agree, I grew up in Bishop's Stortford on the Herts/Essex border but was born in Beckham in Lewisham and have always had gravy as a choice in chippys.

[@PJWolf35]

Fun fact for you about tea and milk. Milk should be added 1st (but over time it was added after tea was poured due to modern clay ceramic cups and mugs that is able to handle the boiling water) due to the fact the in the 18th century we has very delicate bone china tea cups and they would crack under the boiling water heat so milk was added 1st to cool the cup as the tea was poured in. Another unproven fact was in the 17th and 18th century bone china were easily stained by the tea leaves so milk was added to prevent it from staining.

[@neilburns8869]

The vinegar and salt on fish and chips actually dates back over many decades. Vinegar is a known secondary cleanser. I say secondary because that's not it's main use here, an added bonus, if you like. Vinegar is often used when people are cleaning their windows. My mother actually has a wee book called 101 uses for Vinegar.

[@eviltwin2322]

Way too much milk in that tea! Specially for Earl Grey - unlike most teas we traditionally drink that without milk.

[@firehandszarb]

that and darjeeling. Milk is for assam, ceylon and blends containing thereof

[@bernardthedisappointedowl6938]

@@firehandszarb Earl Grey's fine with just a spot of milk - but definitely just a spot, ^oo^

[@keithrudd8003]

@bernard .... no milk in Earl grey, lemon maybe ..

[@keithrudd8003]

Agreed way too much milk .. and milk in the cup first ..

[@KeithGadget]

Evil Twin I like it with a spot of milk 👍

[@Jamie-Dodger]

My mouth totally watered whilst watching this. I love fish and chips. 😁

[@damienbreslin6204]

They was the two milkiest tea I have seen in my life!!

[@Xesh001]

I think that it was more of a case of tea with his milk!

[@danielspillett5393]

YOU CANT GET GOOD FISH AND CHIPS IN LONDON THE SEASIDE FOR THE BEST

[@dangerousboop]

daniel spillett yeah

[@jaime-leighallen9009]

True i work in a chippy and i only do for the free food at the end of my shift

[@jackhopewell1745]

You can get GOOD but you can't get GREAT

[@ramadaxl]

I have a FANTASTIC chippy near me and ( after having seen this video ) I'll be going there tonight..BUT....I have to admit....fish 'n' chips at the seaside is the BEST !

[@josephon23]

YEAHHH

[@Mark-ij2nh]

I miss eating chips out of newspaper. Them were the days.

[@markguest2218]

It actually made them taste better didn’t it. Scoffing fish and chips off page 3 of The Sun if you were lucky.......Heaven😍😍😍

[@Mark-ij2nh]

@@markguest2218 🤣 my mum used to say in the 1950's and 60's they used lard to cook the chips in.

[@tardistime6857]

@@markguest2218 those were the days

[@markguest2218]

@Mark ...and the 70’s. We used to have a pan full of lard permanently on the cooker when I was young. You could tell when the lard was getting old because the chips would go all soggy and cack.

[@32446]

They tasted so much better

[@adrianharrison5208]

That was a really cool and diferent video to watch and glad you loved London and are fish and Chips.. dont worry about the tea thing :) I live in canada now and my Canadian Wife is not aloud to make the tea even after 7 years lol NY and London, two of the best citys there is

[@muff_jr5760]

hahah yeah you murdered that cup of tea but your enthusiasm was infectious.

[@gordonsmith8899]

Fish and chips became a relatively cheap national meal after the coming of the railways in the 1840's made it possible for fresh fish to reach large inland cities and towns.

[@tarmac1697]

Gordon Smith Not any more mate

[@taraj3012]

Tarmac1 very true x

[@gordonsmith8899]

@@tarmac1697 What's 'not any more'? Fish-n-chips or they're not 'relatively cheap' ?

[@studio-flash]

Correct...although in 1836 Liverpool had Lime st. Station already which is still the oldest railway terminus still in operation, plus Edge Hill station, Liverpool is the oldest railway of any kind still in operation.

[@deesmith4800]

@@gordonsmith8899 I imagine the place they had fish and chips was not cheap

[@wrayr]

Love the enthusiasm and the way your dad wanted to make sure he was doing everything right. Do try other parts of the UK though. There is so much more than London.

[@NoirL.A.]

i'm american but i lived in manchester fer 2 1/2 years. london is just like new york fun to visist but too crowded and too expensive (especially nowadays).

[@kimberleysmith818]

Awwww a Brit (not from London) this was a lovely wholesome vid :)

[@andycopland3179]

In the rural areas, little villages etc. They've turned a lot of those red phone boxes into places people leave books. You take one, read it and put it back; or add your own.

[@markjones336]

The houses are older than your country,😂

[@gutsjoestar7450]

USA is a new country even new york and boston etc are orignally british colonial cities

[@Egilhelmson]

@@gutsjoestar7450 New Amsterdam was originally Dutch. Boston, Mass, was founded in 1630, and never bombed by the Germans then rebuilt, so it might be closer than mark jones thinks.

[@greyline1012]

Go to a greasy spoon and get a proper cup of tea, fish n chips and bread and butter. Can’t beat it. That T looked eww 😷

[@cleoldbagtraallsorts3380]

Outside of London, too. You need to be on the coast for the real thing!

[@tozzilil]

You don’t go to a greasy spoon for a decent fish and chips. You go to a fish and chip shop that has a good reputation. Thee are some incredible ones in and outside of London. Seasides are often not the best for them.

[@cleoldbagtraallsorts3380]

@@tozzilil I disagree that the seaside, especially the North Norfolk coast, is not the best place, however, that doesn't mean there are some nice places elsewhere, just that the fish won't be as fresh.

[@naughtydorf18]

London chippies are for tourons who don't know well.

[@Charlienmeg]

Late to this party, but I would suggest that the gravy "with a kick" wasn't gravy but was actually curry sauce. Gravy with fish and chips doesn't really happen. Tartar and curry sauces, and mushy peas 👍 I'm not even going to mention the "tea".

[@KatelynnE1995]

Wait what?! Gravy with fish and chips doesn’t happen?! Does if your northern!!

[@Charlienmeg]

@@KatelynnE1995 I'm 100% northern and nobody but nobody I know would dream of putting gravy on fish and chips. The chips, yes, if they're separate from the fish, but that's as far as they'd go.

[@KatelynnE1995]

@@Charlienmeg where you from then?! Because clearly you haven’t been brought up right! True northerners will put gravy on anything they can!

[@Charlienmeg]

@@KatelynnE1995 Or maybe you're just weird!

[@KatelynnE1995]

@@Charlienmeg sure jan 😂

[@joebloggs8422]

For fish and chips you need to head north, usually best by the sea.while your there try Lancashire hotpot, scouse in Liverpool, black pudding, Eccles cakes , oatcakes in Stoke and Wigan kebab

[@kerenzastevens2616]

Red telephone boxes and the Royal mail post boxes are found every where here, not just London 😂 we have red buses in Cornwall which is 300 miles away from London as well

[@kevinwake8789]

Everything in this video is just criminal, the warm milk and calling it tea, the lemon didn't look like it was squeezed over the fish, the mushy peas wasn't touching neither the fish nor the chips, I didn't see a slice of bread either (bread might be a northern thing). If you want proper fish and chips you need a fish and chip shop preferably by the sea, not a posh restaurant

[@kennethbrynleyjohnsweet4252]

Or dorothy's on chippy lane in Cardiff

[@jonathanbowen3640]

Its not a posh restaurant its a traditional chippy. I have actually eaten there. Its really good. I'm from the north and have tried chippies all over I can confirm that the Mayfair Chippy is as good as anywhere else.

[@guyosborn615]

Just for future reference, leave the tea to stew for more than five seconds - aoubt five minutes would give you a better, darker tea - oh, and as everybody else is saying LESS MILK!

[@tonyyoung6951]

Earl grey is a lighter coloured tea

[@guyosborn615]

@@tonyyoung6951 It is! Which is why I leave the tea in the pot for ages and/or mix in some Yorkshire tea to give it a bit of bite (without losing the bergamot flavour)

[@mikeZL3XD7029]

No tea cosy either

[@davidtemple5934]

Guy in the red hoodie instructing Americans how to eat fish and chips, what a complete knacka !!!