UK vs. Australia: Surprising Food Culture Differences Revealed!

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@TheGreatEmigrate 2 ай бұрын

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@rickandersen2284 2 ай бұрын

Everywhere in Oz serves lemon with fish....instead of vinegar

@gloryglory5688 2 ай бұрын

We used to always get vinegar too in old fish & chip shops

@Xitlerwinniethepoohdictator 2 ай бұрын

You can still ask for vinegar

@Ninchi_TrueCrime 2 ай бұрын

My gosh! If I was somewhere with a child/ teen & they wouldn’t allow them to order off the kids menu or accused me of lying over the child’s age, I’d get up & walk out!

@dutchroll 2 ай бұрын

There is general pushback here against insidious American culture influences like tipping (which from my regular visits to the UK seems to be creeping into some places). It’s a fundamentally different wage structure in the service industry here compared to the USA, and the standard of service at a sit down restaurant is always expected to be reasonable without the need or expectation of a tip. A young staff member at a local restaurant once asked me at the counter when I was paying the bill whether I wanted to leave a tip and I looked straight at him and said “the service was fine but that’s pretty ballsy asking a local for a tip don’t you think mate?” He apologised and bypassed the tip screen on the card reader. Most places I’ve been bypass that screen immediately if it pops up.

@lexsaunders1742 2 ай бұрын

In fish and chip shops you do not pay for Lemmon juice or vinegar.

@Xitlerwinniethepoohdictator 2 ай бұрын

You can always get vinegar at a fish and chip shop in Australia.

@juliebird5307 2 ай бұрын

You usually ask for vinegar when you order.

@TheGreatEmigrate 2 ай бұрын

Maybe we are going to the wrong shops

@juliebird5307 2 ай бұрын

@@TheGreatEmigrate it’s just QLD, they do things differently to the rest of us.

@TheGreatEmigrate 2 ай бұрын

@juliebird5307 well it's the best place we have lived, thanks for watching

@Bellas1717 2 ай бұрын

Multiple reasons combined to lead to the use of individual packets of sugar, sauce, mayonnaise, etc. Hygiene was a big one. A while back there was quite an issue with contamination of food from condiments that had been contaminated through careless usage. Another reason was waste. Pumping from a bottle, people would use far more sauce than needed, costing the restaurant more. A third was practicality. It was far harder to judge how much was left in a bottle, compared to counting packets, to know what to order to replenish. Where before the cost of condiments was just absorbed into the price of the food, small packets cost more, so many places then decided that a fairer system was user pays. That suits me as I don’t have condiments on anything but sausage rolls, and I’m happy to pay for that, rather than subsidise some small child who accidentally squeezes out half a bottle of sauce. It also means the pastry of my take-away sausage roll doesn’t get soggy, because I add the sauce when I’m ready to eat. And as a bonus, this led to the genius Aussie solution of the sauce container that opens and squirts from the middle, so handy for picnics.

@TheGreatEmigrate 2 ай бұрын

Yeah we noticed the sauce packets that you squeeze never seen them before

@tancredtankard2940 Ай бұрын

lived here (Aus) for 16 years and would make a couple of observations... 1. there are loads of fish and chip shops that are just like UK 2. tipping is not required because we pay a fair wage for the work done (including taxes and contributions) 3. all condiments are available at the stores I use.

@TheGreatEmigrate Ай бұрын

@tancredtankard2940 thanks for your comment and watching

@PatriciaMegna 2 ай бұрын

When i go for fish and chips i ask them to put vinegar on for me,no extra cost.

@TheGreatEmigrate 2 ай бұрын

Oh that's handy we just get funny looks, thanks for watching

@Davo-i1s 2 ай бұрын

In Australia people working in the hospitality industry are paid a proper wage by their employer and the rate will go up for casuals, on weekends, public holidays and night shift. It costs people enough now to go out for a meal adding a tip is the last thing that we need keep those practices in the US or the UK. We have a lot of differences in Australia compared to the UK because we have moved on especially since WW2 we are now more influencd by the many cultures that have been introduced through different waves of immigration.

@TheGreatEmigrate 2 ай бұрын

@@Davo-i1s oh I agree

@roslynjonsson2383 2 ай бұрын

West Aussie here - WOW, I've never heard of anyone here being questioned or challenged about having a kids meal. I have a family friend, who only ever orders a kids meal, because she's had stomach surgery. We don't pay for vinegar at fish n chip shops here either. The main reasons you pay for sauces here, is No1 it costs a lot of money to truck them over from the east. No2 the rubbish factor, so they prefer you use your own sauces from a bottle at home. Australia has been trying it's hardest to cut as much rubbish/plastics from our hard rubbish as possible. The less we have plastics in our environment, the better off we all are.

@somefatbugger 2 ай бұрын

Growing up in the 60's and into the 70's it was common to order chips with vinegar. For some reason it sort of died out more or less through the 80's. Probably the American culture influences were getting stronger in the 80's and our British centric culture less so. Plus, the multicultural nature of Australia had grown lots and provided us greater options we tended to like more.

@h.f.4635 2 ай бұрын

Do not tip. We are not in the US. Tomato sauce, not ketchup. Americanisms drive me nuts.

@Pauline-m9m 2 ай бұрын

@@h.f.4635 it drives me crazy too. If people want ketchup, or the offerings from the UK fish and chip shops, then perhaps Australia isn’t for them!

@legibletiger839 2 ай бұрын

All the fish and chip shops I’ve been to, you can ask for vinegar if you want it. Should be free too.

@paulwbafc73 Ай бұрын

You can get vinegar at all chippies. Ask for it. The standard is white vinegar. You would have seen it not realised. Also at Samson's in Raby Bay harbour they definitely have a bottle of malt vinegar. I always hunt it down at that fish bar as I live in Thornlands have done since 2008. We mostly go to Chumleys for fish and chips. Mainly because they sell pints of beer. There is also a British Yorkshire chippy van in the area. The last time was at Bacchus Brewery in capalaba a few weeks ago. Had a few British beers and fish and chips there. Try London spuds. They are a taste sensation. Also for a British balti Birmingham recipe go to Haveli Indian restaurant Victoria Point. I am originally from the black country love chicken balti and Haveli have it exactly same as back in Brum for taste. They don't serve it in a balti dish thou. But for taste it is spot on. When I asked they told me where they got the recipe and it is from the UK. So not the Indian version.

@LikkieAU 2 ай бұрын

Vinegar doesn’t seem to be as popular on fish and chips as it used to. I think people tend to have lemon more for the acidic kick these days. I’m pretty sure that you’d be able to get vinegar if you ask for it though.

@TheGreatEmigrate 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment

@paulsandford3345 2 ай бұрын

You just have to ask for vinegar. Every fish and chip shop has it?

@lexsaunders1742 2 ай бұрын

You pay extra on weekends and public holidays because workers get paid extra. Never in all my 77 years have I ever seen a kids meal refused even to adults. My local fish and chip shop asks do you want vinegar and put it on for me for free. Most fish and chip shops do NOT have anywhere to sit and eat they are take away only.

@TheGreatEmigrate 2 ай бұрын

@lexsaunders1742 yeah we thought it odd they were so strict on the kids ages

@Xitlerwinniethepoohdictator 2 ай бұрын

You don't pay extra on weekends unless it is a public holiday

@curaeus007 2 ай бұрын

Many fish n chip places actually do have malt vinegar and will supply it on your fish n chips if you ask for it,. It was a very popular addition when I was a bit younger, maybe not so much now, but you should give it a go and ask for it next time. Great video.

@TheGreatEmigrate 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment and watching, will give it a go

@joandsarah77 Ай бұрын

It depends where you live, we are a large country not just the south. There are plenty of fish&chip shops like the UK. No tipping, we have the highest min wage. Some include condiments, some don't. Again I would suggest seeing more of the country. Never been to a place that won't serve kids from the kids menu. Unless you have teenagers. Rarely do people use vinegar here, unless they are from the UK like my dad. One the fish tends to be fresh and nicely battered or crumbed and vinegar would make that soggy. Two, if you have chicken salt on your chips, vinegar would ruin it. Just put some lemon on your fish and make sure you get chicken salt. And if the fish isn't fresh with crunchy coating and the chips limp and soggy -go elsewhere! We have excellent 'chippies' so don't go back to a poor one. P.S if you really must use vinegar :) buy yourself a bottle, Coles and Woolies have a good selection.

@petercharles8306 Ай бұрын

Pies and fish best quality. Also fruit and veggies some tropical.

@vanessaking3584 2 ай бұрын

HI guys can you please get your eye checked that lump is getting bigger my girlfriend had a small lump like that and it turned out to be nasty please get it checked.

@TheGreatEmigrate 2 ай бұрын

Thanks I'm off to the docs this week to get it sorted

@louisaklimentos7583 2 ай бұрын

You don’t pay for vinegar .

@JBLegal09 2 ай бұрын

Surprised you didn't mention the quality difference, the freshness of the food and coffee - there's really no comparison.

@TheGreatEmigrate 2 ай бұрын

Yeah thr coffee is better here, maybe in another video, can't really comment on the fish as don't really eat it

@linhofmann4913 2 ай бұрын

Oh don't get me started on kids meals !! I had the opposite problem with my daughter ( she is now 18) but as a child she always wanted adult food , but of course as a 6 or 7 year old she couldn't eat the full adult size. I often asked for a half size portion of things like pasta or roast of the day or curry and rice and they often thought I was insane for even asking. From a very young age she refused anything fried , so typical kids meals like fries , fish and chips , nuggets etc just wouldn't work. Ah kids 😂

@TheGreatEmigrate 2 ай бұрын

Yeah they are a funny bunch kids hey

@8aitch8 2 ай бұрын

You must be living on the East Coast. Move to family-friendly WA, and all those gripes will disappear.

@tobyweiss1010 2 ай бұрын

Lived in the UK for a number of years. Never had any decent fish and chips. Really terrible. And the habit of sloshing vinegar on it all was frankly disgusting. But I do miss pork pies. Can't understand why they're not widely available in OZ.

@TheGreatEmigrate 2 ай бұрын

@tobyweiss1010 maybe they need a porkpie shop here

@alandavey3010 2 ай бұрын

my mum came as a 16 year old single woman in 1926 , why compare just enjoy what you find , different culture now, we are not hanging on on to the empire anymore ,

@TheGreatEmigrate 2 ай бұрын

@alandavey3010 oh we are enjoying it, we are just trying to show people in the uk how much better it is here

@harrygoldun5779 2 ай бұрын

@@TheGreatEmigrate don't, we're full! Everyone screaming about housing and the Government needs to shut the doors.

@Mrsemigrate 2 ай бұрын

@@harrygoldun5779Hi Harry, you do realise that it’s skilled Tradies that the Government are letting through the door to help build the houses to help with your housing shortage? I say ‘letting’ loosely, even for a skilled migrant it’s not an easy quick or cheap process

@harrygoldun5779 2 ай бұрын

@@Mrsemigrate actually they are letting everyone through the doors. Same situation here than in the UK, enough with refugees and asylum seekers, only people that can add value should be allowed in. We have all had enough.