We tried London's TOP DISHES 🇬🇧 - British FOOD TOUR

In this week's vlog we are trying London's top dishes. Join us on our British food tour in England's capital!
We start our British food tour at Andrew's Restaurant, where we indulge in a tasty English Breakfast to kick off our gastronomic adventure. Moving on to Borough Market, we discover the BEST sausage roll at the renowned Ginger Pig as well as a delicious Scotch egg from Shellseekers. The journey continues with a classic Fish and Chips experience at the iconic Golden Chippy, capturing the essence of London's culinary traditions.
A sweet interlude awaits us at Gail's Bakery, where we treat ourselves to a delightful Cream Tea (including scones and clotted cream) before venturing to Café Griffin where we eat one of the UK's national dishes: Chicken Tikka Masala. Next, we venture to Goddard's at Greenwich. Here, we immerse ourselves in the authentic flavors of London with a hearty Pie & Mash and a daring taste of Jellied Eels.
We wrap up our culinary British expedition with a satisfying Sunday Roast at The Pig and Butcher. London's diverse and mouthwatering food scene is at our fingertips, and we're thrilled to share this delicious journey with you! 🇬🇧
Filmed on September 22nd/23rd 2023
DISLAIMER: Unfortunately, some of the places we filmed at were very noisy, so there are some audio issues in this video. Please bear with us. We hope you'll still enjoy this video!
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:04 - English Breakfast at Andrew's Restaurant
04:30 - We ate the BEST sausage roll at the Ginger Pig in London
06:30 - Scotch egg from Shellseekers at Borough Market in London
09:13 - Fish and Chips at the Golden Chippy in London
12:29 - Cream tea at Gail's Bakery in London
15:56 - We try Chicken Tikka Masala at Cafe Tiffin in London
18:14 - Pie & Mash at Goddard's at Greenwich
20:40 - We eat Jellies Eels at Goddard's at Greenwich in London
23:20 - Sunday Roast at The Pig and Butcher in London
26:20 - End

[@olliemutube]

That was not a sausage roll.... That was a fun size Pork Wellington!! 😅 Delicious. Great video.

[@wherearewe-yt]

Hahaha. Right? It was massive! So good though. A fun size pork wellington sounds delicious though. 🤔 If that's not already a thing, it should be! Haha.

[@TomGodson95]

sausage roll or life raft?😂

[@edge6715]

The usual condiment (I and most Brits)we have on Fish and Chips is salt and vinegar. 🤓👍

[@wherearewe-yt]

I (Brandon) love vinegar on my fish and chips! Anja isn't as big of a fan, so I just put it on my side. 😎

[@JohnSmith-ki2eq]

100% correct.

[@orbtastic]

Regional. It's common everywhere but up North mushy peas and curry sauce hugely popular.

[@conny-faithfuljesusislord1591]

My favourite full English breakfast: - grilled tomatoes - grilled mushrooms - grilled sausage - grilled bacon - fried egg in fresh oil - fried super crispy black pudding - baked beans - toast And a hot cup of tea ☕ ❤️

[@wherearewe-yt]

Sounds perfect! We also recently discovered how much we love soda bread after visiting Belfast. I'd also add some of that!

[@willfoster1565]

@@wherearewe-yttraditionally fried bread rather than hash browns. Bliss.

[@stevefrost64]

I love how people who are not from here always trip over the word Worcestershire. The key thing to remember is just because a letter is in a word over here it isn't always used in the pronounciation. Worcestershire is simply pronounced Wusta-shuh. In fact, any place (usually a county) ending in shire is said as shuh Leicestershire = Lester-shuh, Warwickshire = Warick-shuh

[@wherearewe-yt]

Haha, we looked it up beforehand but especially when the camera is on, suddenly everything is forgotten 😂. I (Anja) am actually German and English is not my first language so I think at least I have an excuse 😅. Brandon is Canadian, though, and he is struggling the same way with all those shire places 😂. Thanks for watching!

[@Temeraire101]

War-cest-er-shire😂

[@infidelcastro5129]

As a resident of Glow-Chester-Shyre, I concur 😂

[@craig5066]

Or you can just say ‘WUSTA’ sauce without the ‘Sher’on the end.

[@wherearewe-yt]

@@craig5066 Wusta sauce? That's a lot easier , haha

[@marko2873]

You also need to add a good 'traditional Cornish pasty' to your list of things to try.

[@wherearewe-yt]

We had a few in Exeter, and they were delicious! We'd love to try one in Cornwall though.

[@1smokee1xxx55]

im in amerikkka.i miss savloys.

[@user-eb1sd2vj9r]

Hi guys. Enjoying your videos from London. London is about 606 square miles with hundreds of individual cities, towns, villages and hamlets so it has hundreds of High Streets, each of which is likely to have a chippy or other fast food restaurant that serves fish and chips so it’s unlikely anyone will know which is the best. As others have said, the best ones will probably be in a coastal fishing town or village. Cream Tea is with scones. Afternoon Tea is with finger sandwiches, then finger cakes, then scones. High Tea is a full meal.

[@wherearewe-yt]

Thanks for the clarification! We were debating on labeling the part of the video Cream Tea or Afternoon Tea. I guess Cream Tea would have been more fitting! We would love to try a proper High Tea at some point. It's on our UK bucket list, for sure!

[@danielmeyer8517]

Hey guys, great video! English food is just so underrated! I lived there 2 years; there is a chain called “Roly’s Fudge” with different stores around the country where they make fresh fudge in front of your eyes. OMG you need to try that!! It is by far the best sweet food item I ve ever tried.

[@wherearewe-yt]

We love fudge! We had it in our London Market video (before this one)..but we didn't show it for long, since we also had it in our first London series (which were some of the first videos we ever filmed). We'll have to try and find a location next time we're in the UK! Anja is obsessed, so any time we're there, we always get some.

[@whitwhite85]

I can’t wait to try one of those sausage rolls when we are in London! Looks so good.

[@wherearewe-yt]

Do yourself a favor and get two! Worth it. Maybe you guys can try one of the flavors we missed and let us know how it is.

[@whitwhite85]

@@wherearewe-yt 100%! Which flavour did you get?

[@wherearewe-yt]

@@whitwhite85 We got the pork and Stilton (which is an English blue cheese). Not sure if that's your vibe, but people told us we should have definitely tried the original as well!

[@whitwhite85]

@@wherearewe-ytthat is my vibe! But we will definitely try the original too.

[@conny-faithfuljesusislord1591]

Lovely seeing you guys having fun ❤

[@heikesandig8815]

Gerne und mit viel Interesse habe ich immer eure Videos verfolgt 👍.Von wo ihr auch eure Erfahrungen und Eindrücke an uns weiter gegeben habt,es waren stets tolle Informationen und machen Freude auf mehr👍👍

[@wherearewe-yt]

Danke Mamilein fürs Gucken! 😊

[@ozejdy]

I just found your channel, very enjoyable. Love from the sunny Sunshine Coast Queensland Australia 🇦🇺

[@wherearewe-yt]

Glad you have been enjoyed! We loved Australia, and would love to head back there and film some content someday. 🍻

[@revykevy2221]

Impressed you tried the eels well done!

[@wherearewe-yt]

It was hardly the worst thing we've ever eaten. Check out our Morocco food video! We ate a sheep's head there. 😂

[@TimK2646]

Guys, you must try Traditional Cumberland Sausage, which is like a Catherine wheel or pinwheel as in Fireworks. How did you meet? Great Tour. Jellied EELS a NO NO NO. TOBY CARVERY a chain serves the cheapest ROAST and drinks. Value for Money

[@wherearewe-yt]

We've seen those before, but I don't think it's something we've ever tried. We'll have to add it to the list!

[@melanieroy1985]

Food looked great except for the eel! You are so adventurous to try all these different foods! I was salivating! Keep up the good work!

[@wherearewe-yt]

Yeah, the eel wasn't great! Hahaha. The meat itself wasn't bad, but the whole fishy jelly thing was a bit offputting. Everything else was delicious!

[@boblebob]

Eel is great. Very refreshing

[@wherearewe-yt]

@@boblebob We liked the eel itself, but the jelly would take some getting used to! 😅

[@francesminty5585]

When you come back to visit again, we'll do a roast beef and Yorkshire pudding dinner....you can compare and see if we are staying true to our British roots!

[@wherearewe-yt]

Sounds delish'!

[@andrewdeebo335]

That looks like a proper Sausage Roll. 😍😍😍 I'm definitely getting on a 48 to London Bridge... to try "The Ginger Pig!"

[@wherearewe-yt]

It was absolutely delicious. We want to try more sausage rolls in the future! Beside Gregg's and grocery stores, are there any other good spots to grab em'?

[@Raylufc]

Enjoy London guys we really enjoyed this video

[@wherearewe-yt]

Thanks for watching! We love London. Easily one of our favorite cities.

[@gregwhite5897]

Will definitely have to try out that sausage roll and I wont be missing out on a Sunday roast when we go!

[@wherearewe-yt]

We would 100% recommend grabbing a sausage roll from Ginger Pig if you guys end up in Borough Market! The Sunday Roast was overpriced for what it was though. We're sure you could find one much cheaper, and have it be equally as good.

[@FloridaCracker-et5mw]

Well, make sure you bow to Allah 3 times a day!

[@vtbn53]

Love it when people try the jellied eels, I was born in England but grew up in Australia and I wouldn't go anywhere near them LOL.

[@wherearewe-yt]

Hahaha. They were worth a try! You should try yourself. 😉

[@adventuresforthecurious]

I really enjoyed your video. You covered so many dishes that I think of when I think British "classic". I'm heading to England in 2024, and I will 100% go get that sausage roll, and I liked idea of the ease of getting a cream tree at Gail's. However, I'm not sure if I should go to Goddard's - you didn't seem to be big fans of the pie and mash - I'd actually try the eel just because it is so unique! :) I just found your channel, subscribed and am going to go watch some of your previous videos while I wait for new additions. Thanks for such an entertaining video!

[@wherearewe-yt]

Thanks so much for watching! Yeah, I'm sure you could tell by our reactions that the pie and mash were just okay. Hahaha. We've had some amazing pie and mash elsewhere in the UK, so it was just alright in comparison (though it was REALLY cheap). But we really wanted to try that liquor sauce, and we're glad we did! It was pretty unique, even if we do prefer gravy. The eels are worth a try as well, even if they weren't the best thing we tried that trip. Those sausage rolls though are 100% worth the trip to Borough Market though!! SO GOOD! Also, if you like sweets, Whirl fudge at the market is also great (we went there in two other videos)! Thanks for the amazing comment! We don't have any more UK videos coming up, but we've got lots of great Christmas stuff coming up from Austria and Hungary. 🍻

[@andyh7777]

Absolutely get the ginger pig sausage roll, but make sure to take the traditional one as its much nicer

[@psylurian]

Love to you both because love is the answer. x

[@conny-faithfuljesusislord1591]

You guys are brave to try jelly eel - never tried it and I don't think am in hurry to try it either.❤

[@wherearewe-yt]

It's worth a try! 😜

[@wherearewe-yt]

We hope you enjoyed this week's food tour in London. We always love trying local foods. Filming this video in one of your favorite cities was super fun and we can't wait to come back to London in the future. Let us know in the comments what we missed and what your favorite British dish is! Would you try Jellied Eels? Thanks for watching! 😄 - Brandon & Anja

[@AFndjdj7373]

Favourite British dish is haggis, you should try it!

[@wherearewe-yt]

@@AFndjdj7373 We've had it, and love it! Anja lived in Scotland for 5 years, actually.

[@mikeandashley]

Loved this video. You do such a good job of showing the scene of where you guys are. But for real… eel jelly? I can’t even. 😖

[@wherearewe-yt]

Thanks! Hahaha. Yeah, it wasn't our favorite meal of the trip, but you know us..the weirder, the better! It was pretty unique. 🐟

[@philb3549]

The Parsley liquor comes from when the pies were oyster pies and later beef with some oyster in them (Parsley being a herb associated with fish). Now the pies are ground beef but the parsley sauce somehow stuck around 🤷‍♂. Nobody under 60 eats jellied eels anymore 😁.

[@wherearewe-yt]

haha, we read beforehand that some older people absolutely looovve jellied eels. After trying them, that's kind of hard to believe 😂. Loads of people were ordering them in the restaurant, though. It must be truly an acquired taste. We try weird dishes all the time, but even the rooster testicles we tried in our Budapest food video tasted better to us 😆. Glad we gave it a go, though 😃

[@dee2251]

Baby eels (elvers) are a delicacy in many countries and we exported loads of them to other countries and they’re very expensive. Eels are basically just a fish and an oily one so they’re very good for you, though I don’t know of anyone who eats them these days.

[@wherearewe-yt]

@@dee2251 We used to live in Spain, and angulas (baby eels), are a super popular dish. Definitely considered a delicacy, and priced accordingly (as in $1000 per kilo)! They served an imitation version, similar to the way imitation crab is made...that's the only version we were able to afford. 😅

[@hanifleylabi8071]

​@@wherearewe-ytI really like them but have to scrape all the jelly off

[@wherearewe-yt]

@@hanifleylabi8071 Definitely better without the jelly!

[@debbrantstevens8826]

Carlos? In Alnwick Northumberland. Best fish and chips! Haddock is landed daily in whitby just along the coast. Bought straight to this chippy. Wonderfully fresh. Great internationally known chippies in whitby too. However. No mention of of orange battered chips you get in the west midlands! The chippy on hollyhedge road in West Bromwich. Also try their battered scallops. Actually they are not scallops- seafood - but 1/4 inch thick slices of big potatoes dipped in batter an fried. Yum. Because they also do kebabs there's a salad bar. Salad with fish and chips I think is lovely. Nearby in Tipton they do fabulous thick gravy with chips. Yum again! A pity with your r0ast Sunday brunch they didn't do a roast ham. With parsley sauce- yum but not everyehere offers that. You absolutely had the best cooked sirloin! Roast pork apple sauce and crispy crackling is great. Borough market is famous for international food stalls. Maybe do that one time ?

[@wherearewe-yt]

We will be in Whitby sometime in the next few months to check out the food there. Everyone has told us they have the best seafood, so we're looking forward to it! We love Borough Market! We have featured it a few times in other videos, but we haven't sample much of the "International Cuisine" there. When we went to Camden, we did have an incredible kathi roll, and also had that "Yorkshire Burrito" we mentioned. Both were so good.

[@qpetertubeq]

Love her!

[@ukdnbmarsh]

i always goto the same local chippy where i live, alot of the time i order Cod and Chips with chipshop curry sauce, add salt and vinegar and enjoy :)

[@wherearewe-yt]

Sounds delicious!

[@TulipB89]

Hash browns don't have a place on an English full English breakfast, they are an American phenomenon.

[@wherearewe-yt]

Tell that to Andrew. It's his cafe! 😂

[@possumyx]

Definitely no hash browns. Bubble and squeak and/or fried bread.

[@eleveneleven572]

​@@possumyx The fewer carbs the better. A slice of fried bread is enough. A real Full English will see you through the day without a sugar high.

[@jamiemcguire3907]

I have just discovered you guy's, not sure why, I watch a lot if reaction video's on UK foods so who knows why your channel wasn't recommend before now.. but now since I'm here and a new subscriber, I'd like to recommend you visit Scotland, like many have said, you need to visit coastal towns/villages for the best seafood. I would seriously recommend visiting some Scottish coastal towns/villages for the best seafood. Also better to try a Scotch egg in Scotland. Best of luck in your future travels, will now be looking forward to that.. much love from me to you from Bonny Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@wherearewe-yt]

Thanks so much for your nice comment! 😊 Scotland is amazing. I (Anja) actually lived in Edinburgh for 5 years since I went to university there. I miss it a lot. We are definitely planning on exploring Scotland in the future since some of Brandon's ancestors came from there as well. Apparently they came from the Isle of Eigg 😀. We'll certainly film our experience when we make it there. Thanks for watching!

[@nataslived7029]

If you ever visit the netherlands, you can try ‘lekkerbek’ its also fried fish and it is realy good 😁

[@wherearewe-yt]

We will likely visit the Netherlands at some point in the new year. We'll have to try it!

[@JohnSmith-ki2eq]

0:57 just by looking at who is eating in there you know it's gonna be fire.

[@catherineturner2839]

For the best fish and chips you need to head to the coast. London will never match the chippys on the coast

[@wherearewe-yt]

Fair enough! I (Brandon) am from the East Coast of Canada, so I grew up near the ocean, with a lot of fresh seafood. We would love to explore the coast and compare.

[@weeddegree]

The best fish is from Cornwall, the silt drifts towards London through the channel. It’s not as fresh.

[@wherearewe-yt]

@@weeddegree We'd love to go to Cornwall!

[@andybaker2456]

Not true. Just because a chippy is on the coast doesn't mean it has access to better fish than chippies in London. Not every seaside town has a fishing harbour!

[@tonybennett9964]

Disagree with you there ,although I left London in 1987 I've had some really good a proper bad fish and chips ,same as when living by the coast ,so you really cannot say coast is better, as for Scotch eggs ,Manchester is made with Black pudding whereas I've now in Scotland so is made with Haggis

[@KaziShumon]

Nice Trip Travel Video

[@wherearewe-yt]

Thanks for watching!

[@paulknight883]

I like to put the egg yolk on the black pudding. Very hungry after watching this so I am off to the cafe.

[@wherearewe-yt]

That sounds delicious. We could go for a fry up! We have a few more videos coming from the UK. One of which is in Northern Ireland. We tried our first Ulster Fry there, with soda bread. We're gonna have to make it our goal to try ALL of the fry up varieties. 😆

[@BigAndTall666]

"wooster sauce".. 😉

[@wherearewe-yt]

We could practice saying it ten times before filming, and we'll still end up sounding like idiots. 😂

[@Kakascrot]

Greggs is like one of the worst bakers in the UK, yet the most popular, I'm sure it's because it used to be way cheaper, but these days I don't get it

[@wherearewe-yt]

Is there really anything cheaper than Gregg's these days? I find it hard to imagine. I think everything we ate in our Gregg's video was only £30, and that fed both of us for the whole day - plus leftovers! Haha.

[@racelox]

Bit like saying McDonald's do the worst burgers, but they're popular 🙄

[@NoxiousRob]

I could see from the fish and chips that the cod was skin on. That is always way more tasty than skinless.

[@wherearewe-yt]

Definitely! We're skin on fish people in general. If it's edible, we want it! 😂

[@petathurston3340]

Get to Whitby, where Bram Stoker had Dracula land on his ship. The Magpie Cafe or Harry’s for skin on battered haddock, scraps (batter bits) chips, mushy peas and go mad with a scampi side and a curry sauce side.

[@wherearewe-yt]

We have had SO many people suggest that we go to Whitby. We really need to make it happen. We love horror as well, so that Dracula comment entices us even more. We actually went to "Draculas Castle" in Romania..or at least the castle Bram Stoker (apparently) based the castle off of.

[@paulhollis8879]

Please use malt vinegar or chilli vinegar on pie and mash or jellied eels at all times! But hot stewed eels are much tastier than jellied ones.

[@wherearewe-yt]

I can imagine a hot version would be decent! It was the cold, fishy jelly that was a but odd. Chilli vinegar would have been great!

[@KaziShumon]

Nice travel

[@Freddie66666]

Stopped at Borough Market two years ago while visiting London for the day some lovely food cafes and stalls but personally for me over priced mostly enjoyed my walk along the Thames embankment afterwards more than the high prices we paid for some food .

[@wherearewe-yt]

It's pretty hit and miss for price! Some things are decently priced for what they are, while other things are way too expensive. We had a mushroom risotto with truffle oil in one of our videos there, and it was only 10 pounds for a pretty decent portion! And it was amazing.

[@elizabethsamson5591]

Hash browns are not a traditional part of an English breakfast- you should have a slice of fried bread (pan fried in the fat from the meat of the breakfast, namely the bacon and sausage), fried until it is slightly crispy and browned). Not sure why hash brown's have repladed it, as fried bread is way tastier. If you come to the Uk again you must try beef stew and dumplings.

[@wherearewe-yt]

We really wanted fried bread! As we have said in other comments, we have never tried it. I didn't really see it on the menu, but even if we had, the girl serving is was new/not local...and kind of clueless. 😂 We wanted to try bubble and squeak because we have also never had it. It was abbreviated as "bubble" on the menu, so we asked the waitress to confirm it was bubble and squeak. She had no idea what we were talking about. 🙃

[@elizabethsamson5591]

Bubble and squeak is easy to make as is fried bread (best cooked in animal fat). Bubble and squeak is left over boiled potatoes and cabbage- it is ten mixed together and fried in a frying pan until the surface is a little brown. @@wherearewe-yt

[@22seanmurphy]

The English breakfast is normally a treat on a Saturday or Sunday morning it's definitely not an everyday food as you said you wouldn't get any work done as you'd be so full 😋

[@wherearewe-yt]

Makes sense! We shared one between us, and it was already quite filling. Delicious tough!

[@scande2232]

Cream goes on top of the jam!

[@wherearewe-yt]

Hahaha. We have tried it both ways! What is the reasoning for the jam first debate? Why is it better? Typically when we make sandwiches that have butter, we always use that first. And clotted cream feels like it fits in that category. Tastes good to us, either way! 😂

[@paulpte]

Next time your at fish and chip shop. Got to try Rock eel instead of cod.

[@wherearewe-yt]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@michaels640]

The worrying thing about the English Breakfast is that fewer places include Fried Bread these days, which is an essential element; we have these strange bland hash browns instead. But, I ask every time, and some places do it anyway, and others have a go.

[@wherearewe-yt]

That's funny you mentioned it - because we REALLY wanted to have a fry up with fried bread! Neither of us have ever had it. We've been watching too much BeardMeatsFood...hahaha. We only found one place that we knew had it, but it was too far for us to visit, unfortunately!

[@Nutrient-Gold]

I wouldn’t say it’s essential, gets in the way sometimes. Each to their own. Don’t speak for everyone.

[@andybaker2456]

Yes, you can't beat a slice of fried bread on a full English! Those hash brown things are a recent inclusion, although many seem to think they're a "traditional" item. I suspect those people fall into a particular age bracket! When I was growing up, the only time you had any kind of potato on a full English breakfast was if you had some cooked potato to use up, so might fry some sliced boiled or roast potatoes, or fried mashed potato (either on its own, or with added cabbage etc. to make Bubble and Squeak).

[@wherearewe-yt]

@@andybaker2456 Honestly, we never even really associated the hashbrowns with a fry up, so we were kind of surprised! I thought there were always tomatoes, but this one didn't have any. I also thought blood pudding was typically included, but that was extra!

[@andybaker2456]

@@wherearewe-yt To be honest, the only time I've ever had black pudding on a breakfast was when I had an Irish breakfast in Dublin. That also included white pudding, too. It may be a regional thing in England, but where I'm from in London, in my experience black pudding isn't standard. But yes, tomato (either fried, grilled or tinned) is often included, but sometimes you're given a choice between tomatoes or beans.

[@JW-es5rk]

Chicken Tikka Masala (invented in Glasgow) recently took over from Fish and Chips as the country's national dish. For true curry fans it might be considered on the mild side of the curry spectrum but it is very good. Each major city in the UK has its own Curry Sector and here in Manchester we have the "Curry Mile" in Rusholme which claims to have 50+ curry restaurants.

[@wherearewe-yt]

We loved it! We actually used to lived in Malaysia (which has a population of 10% Indian), so we've had a lot of Indian food in our time. The Indian food we had in Manchester was really good! The UK isn't' exactly known for "spice", but when it comes to Indian food, they do NOT mess around. It was legit spicy, and I can handle spice pretty well! We went to "This & That". We actually filmed a whole video in Manchester, but it had audio issues, so we never released it. 😅

[@JW-es5rk]

Many of the curry houses on the Manchester curry mile are Bangladeshi. But there is also plenty of Chinese, Indain, Thai and Malasian curry houses in Manchester too. No shortage of Spicy food in Manchester if its what you like.@@wherearewe-yt

[@fionatritton7455]

The English Breakfast you are eating here descends from the wealthy gentry who would have had copious spreads of meat, eggs, fish etc laid out in their country houses. The working class would never have been able to afford the expensive meats on this plate and what we now recognise as a "tradional breakfast" started to be served in the early 20th century to the upper and affluent middle classes. By the 50s food was more readily available, people were more affluent and this sort of hearty breakfast started to become ubiquitous. But it's not the only traditional brekkie stuff here - next time try some kedgeree or maybe some kidneys and liver on your breakfast as well - and fried bread cooked in dripping 🤤

[@wherearewe-yt]

That sounds great! We love trying to most traditional meals we can find. We would love to try more local, traditional or old-school dishes that foreigners don't typically try. That's why comments like this are always helpful. Locals always know best. 👌 Thanks for the recommendations!

[@andrewdeebo335]

A cafe with no "Bubble?????" They're having a "Bubble"... ain't they! 🙄🙄🙄

[@wherearewe-yt]

Do you mean Bubble and squeak? We reeeaallly wanted to try that and I (Anja) even asked the waiter but she was new and also not from the UK and didn't have a clue what I was asking 😩😂. We'll definitely get it next time.

[@davidthompson8989]

You need to go to Yorkshire for fish a chips

[@wherearewe-yt]

We will go there one day! We need to try a Yorkshire pudding there as well. What else is Yorkshire know for that we should try?

[@clegsta42]

Loved it. Fish and chips with Mushy peas, curry sauce (next time) or just salt and malt vinegar. Got me proper salivating so off down the village to my chippy. Cheers guys

[@wherearewe-yt]

We ordered Chinese for the first time in the UK a month ago and ordered chips with curry sauce with it. Strange to us to order with Chinese food - but not gonna lie, it was amazing. 😂

[@seanscanlon9067]

I am a Londoner myself but nearly fainted when seeing some of these prices!

[@wherearewe-yt]

The Sunday Roast was totally overpriced for what it was. We went there because it had really good reviews, but it was just alright. I'm sure we could have found something much better for much cheaper!

[@seanscanlon9067]

@@wherearewe-yt I would have wanted to have stayed the night if I had paid that much!

[@Ezekiel7th]

As a Brit Londoner i would take a British Sunday Roast any day over a Chicken Tikka' Sunday Roast Dinner is technically Britain's national traditional Dish

[@wherearewe-yt]

I mean, the Sunday Roast wasn't voted as the national dish - so we're going based off of that. We didn't just make it up or something. 😅 We are going to try another Sunday roast when we're back in the UK next month. The one we tried was a bit overpriced.

[@takilatime]

@@wherearewe-ytthis is actually a myth that came from a labour party conference in the early 2000s. Our official national dish is roast beef. The French even call us “the roast beefs” in french

[@djobscene4239]

Need to try a salt beef bagel 🥰🥰

[@wherearewe-yt]

We actually had one in our first London video ever! We still dream about it. Hahaha. So good!

[@djobscene4239]

@@wherearewe-yt welcome to the family then I suppose x

[@steviespaind4307]

Love your vids 👍 But 26 quid for that Sunday roast was a rip off!

[@wherearewe-yt]

It really was..hahaha. We need a re-do! It was not even remotely worth the price tag. 😬 Thanks for watching!

[@vladtheinhaler8754]

I recommend you go to Whitby in the north east of England, the fish and chips is a much better quality. A few things to do there also, the seagulls are huge and will swipe food out of your hands though. 😂

[@wherearewe-yt]

Another vote for Whitby! Haha. With the amount of people voting for this city, I hope we get some decent views when we make it there. I'd be quite disappointed if everyone told us to go there, then had the video flop.. 😂

[@vladtheinhaler8754]

@@wherearewe-yt hey it’s about the experience it’s a seaside town so the fish and chips are up to scratch just do your research prior to the best rated ones at the time. They also have Whitby abbey which is the ruins of a old monastery like 7-800 years old, plus a Dracula experience as Whitby is the town which inspired Dracula I think, also they have goth weekends were everyone is dressed up in gothic clothes and such which might be cool for you guys to check out and there is a few other towns around near whitby also with few things to do like Scarborough for example which also has great fish And chips

[@wherearewe-yt]

@@vladtheinhaler8754 Sounds like our cup of tea! We're going to try to make it there when we're back in the UK in the summer.

[@vladtheinhaler8754]

@@wherearewe-yt enjoy ☺️

[@anthonypreston751]

Yous should try going to the northeast of England and trying a parmo from a kebab shop

[@wherearewe-yt]

I think you're the second person to recommend a parmo! We'll definitely grab one if we make it that way.

[@robertwalters5654]

Some people say builders breakfast with strong tea

[@suefinnegan6185]

We have really hearty dishes up north. You need to try northern dishes

[@wherearewe-yt]

We'd love some suggestions! We will likely find ourselves further north within the next few months. Let us know what we should try.

[@karlclarke]

cant believe you guys tried jellied eels lol i dont know anyone here in the uk under the age of 80 that eats that lol

[@wherearewe-yt]

We love to try "unusual" dishes when we visit a new place! It certainly wasn't our favourite, but it also wasn't the worst thing we've ever eaten..haha.

[@seanmc1351]

The jellied eel's are an aquired taste, I was a fish monger in northwest london for 10 years, we used to sell alot, but the amount we sold got less every year, i left london 10 years ago, we sold a pot with 5 pieces in for £3.50, so what you got there at today's price is very good, The fish that you had i will put in another comment as its quite long and will suprise you

[@wherearewe-yt]

The taste of the eels themselves was pretty good! Are there any other known preparations for them? I feel like if they were put into a pie or something like that, it could be quite tasty. A bit tough with all those tiny bones, I suppose! The price was only £8.90 for the combo of eels and pie/mash, which is insane for London prices! Very affordable. We're glad we tried it.

[@seanmc1351]

@@wherearewe-yt they are eaten as finger food, usually with vinegar and white pepper, the idea when you eat them is to sort of suck the meat from the bone, As for a pie, no really you can buy the big bowls, they were 25.00 a bowl 10 years ago, Pound for pound this is one of the most expensive fish in the UK, another way you try try the eel, again not cheap if you can find it, amoked eel, that is nice. cant remeber the price, but i think we sold it for about £25.00 for a whole smoke eel,

[@wherearewe-yt]

@@seanmc1351 That sounds delicious! We'd like to try that.

[@amyw6808]

Controversial moment: I prefer fish and chips in pubs. The only exception is that I love the curry sauce in chippies and you don’t normally get that in pubs. Both are best by the coast. Head to Whitby and eat it there. As a Devonian, I’m going to say that scone looks a bit over baked.

[@wherearewe-yt]

I think that's the third time someone suggested Whitby. Guess we will have to make our way there one day! I don't think we've ordered fish and chips with curry sauce yet, but I know we'd love it! That scone certainly didn't taste like the other we have had. It was sweeter, for sure. May have been overbaked, but it was tasty! 🤤

[@russwatts3755]

In England we are not dreaming all the time no UK dream just hard work and a good breakfast 😅

[@dogwithwigwamz.7320]

It would come as no surprise to me if `British food` as it is known took of shortly after The Package Holiday similarly took off in the late `60,s and early 70`s. Britons - becoming used to seeing blue skies and feeling hot suns and tasting foreign cuizine - forced our own chefs to be more imaginative, even if that meant only mimicking foreign tastes. One thing that pisses me off is that if you are caught hungry and away from home you`re likely to head for a Supermarket Mini Shop and have the choice of a sandwich made with brown bread ( even worse brown bread with grain in it ) and no choice of a white bread. This is partly why I rarely eat supermarket mass produced sandwiches.

[@andyh7777]

The ginger pig sausage roll is nice but the traditional is king. Much more moist always

[@wherearewe-yt]

Honestly, we don't have much to compare it to.. but to us, it was super tasty! We'd love to try more "traditional" sausage rolls outside of Greggs and the grocery store..haha. Any recommendations are welcome!

[@andyh7777]

@@wherearewe-yt I meant the traditional one at the ginger pig! Instead of the Stilton haha. I love Stilton also but I find it just dries it out a little

[@wherearewe-yt]

@@andyh7777 Ahh, gotcha!! We loved the stilton one, but we would love to try them all. If we hadn't been shooting a food video and had to eat a bunch of other things, we would have bought the OG as well!

[@katiehalliwell2575]

The best fish & chips in the UK for me are in either Whitby or Cornwall.

[@wherearewe-yt]

We've had at least a dozen people mention Whitby as their favorite place for seafood. Going to try and make it there this summer/ early autumn.

[@Loki1815]

Lets talk about some strange and weird things like grown ups not being able to use Cutlery, the lack of Table manners and etiquette! Hash Brown isn't a staple of a full English, it's a Septic thing! Fish n Chips, salt and malt vinegar!

[@wherearewe-yt]

Let's talk about Brits being absolutely obsessed with the way other people hold cutlery. It's really weird. It has nothing to do with "table manners". Just because you were taught something one way, doesn't mean its the one, and only way to do something. There are cultures all over the world that eat with their hands. I bet you think you're better than them as well. 😂

[@deanmitchell4233]

The Sunday roast was poor and expensive, I guess that's what you get in London, come to Yorkshire and try proper grub. Fish and chips on the coast Whitby are amazing and kippers, and as for the roast proper Yorkie puds and Yorkshire beef with all the trimmings.

[@wherearewe-yt]

It was way overpriced, for sure! We picked a place that was highly rated. It tasted good, but not at all worth the price. We're going to be back in the UK soon, so we intend on having another one. Somewhere cheaper! Haha. We would love to make it to both Yorkshire, and Whitby. They've both been suggested to us many, many times. We need to make it to both places!

[@user-tu5uu7pw4s]

Fish and chips ❤❤❤❤

[@stephanlazarz1921]

Try Harry Ramsdens chips, taste like homemade chips.

[@wherearewe-yt]

We've never been! They look good in photos though. We'll have to check them out.

[@mrkiplingreallywasanexceed8311]

First time I seen you guys + you're great! Are you German?😉

[@wherearewe-yt]

Thanks! 😊 And you guessed correctly, I (Anja) am German. Brandon is Canadian, though.

[@donmaarko]

I had ginger pig when I stayed at my mates, and I was annoyed they didn't serve them warm or hot.

[@wherearewe-yt]

Ours was quite fresh and warm when we got it, luckily! Definitely the way to go. Though it was so good, I think it would've still been amazing, even cold.

[@donmaarko]

@@wherearewe-yt yeah it was still good. I am British so am fond of an auld scotch egg. The prices were bit of a rip like, but that's London for you unfortunately.

[@wherearewe-yt]

@@donmaarko We absolutely love London, but every time we end up in another UK city - the price difference is insane. We went to a concert in London during this trip where they were charging £7 a pint. When we were in Nottingham beforehand, we were saying £4/4.50. Yikes. 😬

[@rodsmith7032]

Scotch Eggs have always been called Scotch eggs, they were created by Fortnum & Mason’s in London to send food to the troops in the Trenches during WWI.

[@wherearewe-yt]

We found this information online that some people claim it came from "scorch" and that it used to be made out of fish, but who knows. If that's not true, where does the "Scotch" come from then? We always thought scotch would indicate it's Scottish.

[@rodsmith7032]

@@wherearewe-yt everything else is unproven, Fortnum & Mason is a fact

[@wherearewe-yt]

@@rodsmith7032 It seems like they still sell them today. Maybe we'll have to try them!

[@eddhardy1054]

​@@wherearewe-yt I think scotch in this case means to chop finely so a scotch egg is an egg encased in finely chopped meat.

[@terrynolan609]

Do Americans always eat itemx on the plate separately like with the breakfast? The magic is in getting a fork full of a number of bits

[@wherearewe-yt]

Don't know - we're Canadian and German! 😜 But for the video, we typically try things individually. We just made a Wetherspoons video, though, where I (Brandon) put everything on a piece of toast and ate it together. That's typically how I'd do it!

[@tinadiepelt3331]

Ich möchte auch so eine Würstchenrolle. :) Eure Videos sind klasse und ich kann euer Essen einfach schmecken. Worcestersoße spricht man am besten einfach nicht aus. Ihr seid die Besten. Macht weiter so. 😀

[@wherearewe-yt]

Die hat nach so Käse wie Gorgonzola geschmeckt. Sehr gut. Nächste Mal, will ich die mit Lamm essen. Worcestershire spricht man "Wustaschir" aus, wenn man es Deutsch schreibt, was keinen Sinn macht, aber viele Englische Wörter, vor allem in Großbritannien machen keinen Sinn, wenn es um Ausprache geht 😂. Danke fürs Gucken 😊.

[@phill.p123]

You need to try pork pies and afternoon tea you need Betty's of Harrogate

[@wherearewe-yt]

They're cakes look yummy. One day we'll be able to afford it 😂

[@philipketchell8369]

We have great Fish n Chips in Yorkshire...

[@wherearewe-yt]

We hope to head there at some point this year!

[@MsGeoffh]

I see you're eating your sausage roll besides the pub.

[@wherearewe-yt]

The pub was across from the Ginger Pig and it was a good place for filming 😆

[@dannyholden6042]

Hopefully you'll remember to the pinky finger when you do the high tea, wouldn't want them snobs kicking you out for lack of manners lol

[@wherearewe-yt]

We'll do it, in your honor! Hahaha.

[@possumyx]

Sunday roast did not start in Yorkshire. Yorkshire pudding only started there.

[@wherearewe-yt]

Where in the UK was it invented then? Yorkshire is what it says on Wikipedia - not that Wikipedia is totally reliable. 😂

[@sharnadixon-scott710]

London in the kings courts many centuries ago. Only the rich could afford the amount of meat they would roast ​@@wherearewe-yt

[@philb3549]

I need to go back to bed to sleep of a full English 😂

[@wherearewe-yt]

So true! 😂 An English breakfast is yummy, but so heavy haha

[@andrewdeebo335]

I personally use toilet roll "for wiping!" 😂😂😂

[@wherearewe-yt]

Hahaha. Definitely our preference.

[@davehoward22]

Best chip shops are at the coast

[@wherearewe-yt]

We're going to try and go to Whitby some time in the next few months!

[@shaunwild8797]

Came here after seeing your comment on Joel Hansen's channel.

[@wherearewe-yt]

We certainly couldn't polish off 5 pies and mash in 3 minutes, but if you like food content, you're still in the right place! Haha.

[@shaunwild8797]

@@wherearewe-yt Subbed you guys and hello from England.

[@wherearewe-yt]

@@shaunwild8797 Awesome! We're glad to have ya! We've got a couple UK videos on the channel, and plan on heading back in the New Year for sure. We love it there. 🍻

[@terrybarber3835]

My mums sausage rolls was fantastic

[@wherearewe-yt]

We'd love to try some homemade sausage rolls someday! Best we can get is a proper bakery at this point. The ones at Ginger Pig were so good that it's hard to imagine them being better. Delicious.

[@Catherine-kt9jt]

and you had your scone the right way, with cream on first then jam! It's a very controversial question here.

[@wherearewe-yt]

That's our preferred way. Many have told us we're wrong, though! Haha.

[@andrewdeebo335]

SALAD HAS NO PLACE WITH FISH & CHIPS!

[@wherearewe-yt]

I guess that explains why we'd never had it with a salad before! Hahaha. It was good though!

[@PeterRobinson-vs2ck]

I agree, salad with fish and chips? who would ever?

[@PeterRobinson-vs2ck]

The way you say "mooshy" peas is funny. mush.....like mushrooms "mushy peas"

[@wherearewe-yt]

@@PeterRobinson-vs2ck Hahaha. I knew someone would call me out on that!

[@wherearewe-yt]

@@PeterRobinson-vs2ck Golden Chippy, apparently! Haha.

[@MrBaronCabron]

traditional fish and chips should be taken away and using either/and or gravy and curry sauce. good vid!

[@wherearewe-yt]

We absolutely need to get some gravy or curry sauce next time! I feel like curry sauce in particular is something we've missed out on. Back home in Canada, you'd never get curry sauce with fish and chips. Sounds right up out alley though. Next time, for sure!

[@MalloryLovett04]

Everything looked so good except that eel 🤢🤮. You guys are more brave than me! I can’t believe I never had clotted cream when I had high tea in London, now I’m having major FOMO lol

[@wherearewe-yt]

Clotted cream is so freakin' good. We're obsessed. You need to try it!

[@RonSeymour1]

It is possible to make your own clotted cream. Check out the method online. It involves heating the cream. @@wherearewe-yt

[@gmdhargreaves]

Apart from Paris in 2015 and Dubai in 2023 London has been voted City of food 8 times over the last decade

[@wherearewe-yt]

It's a great food city because it's very diverse! You can find pretty much any type of cuisine in London. There's also a lot of great fusion food as well. Also, the fact that there are so many amazing markets with street food stalls is a major plus for us.

[@jamesfahy2935]

You need to go to a Toby's Carvery for a roast.

[@wherearewe-yt]

Our friends Magic Geekdom made a video there, and now we really want to check it out! We've never been. In our next video, we try a bunch of fast food places in the UK. One of which was Wimpy. Are there any other places you think are a must try in the UK?

[@michaels640]

You don’t seem to get much clotted cream at ?Gails…. They should give you a bigger portion…..

[@wherearewe-yt]

Anja only spreads it on lightly anyways, so there's plenty left for me to pile it on..as I always do. 😁

[@JustinBrehm]

Great video I always see people with salt and vinegar for some reason with fish, maybe it's good I don't know

[@wherearewe-yt]

We love vinegar on our fish and chips. So good!

[@JustinBrehm]

@@wherearewe-yt I'll have 2 try.. they were my first pick but when they were on potato chips they're good

[@bobbybigboyyes]

£18 for cod and chips?? It's £8:40 here in Dorset, England, and the fish is much bigger than you had!

[@wherearewe-yt]

Guess we need to get to Dorset! London is incredibly pricy in comparison to most other places we've been in England. 😬

[@bobbybigboyyes]

@@wherearewe-yt London is always pricy. It's best to go to any local chippy in any other town or city. It's even better anywhere on the coast as it will be even fresher from when it was caught an hour or 2 earlier! 😋😁 That chicken tikka masala did not look normal. It was too tomatoey. Usually it she be a more yellow colour and be quite spicy. I would not eat jellied eels if they paid me! That Sunday roast was TINY!! We eat them 3 times that size and I make my own at home for about £8. You need the whole lot covered in a lot of gravy, especially the Yorkshire pudding!

[@robertwalters5654]

Some people have tomatoes some choose bean and fried bread or toast

[@wherearewe-yt]

We want to try fried bread next time. 🍞

[@robertwalters5654]

As to the sausage roll I could only have mine from greggs greggs is from the north east Newcastle-upon-Tyne but shops all over the 🇬🇧 uk

[@wherearewe-yt]

@@robertwalters5654 We made a video where we tried about a dozen items from Gregg's, including the sausage rolls. Check it out!

[@elizabethsamson5591]

Some more traditionl puddings to try are Bakewell tarts and Custard tarts -Bread and Butter Pudding. ... Queen of Puddings. ... Sherry Trifle. ... Treacle Tart. ... Treacle Sponge Pudding. ... Eton Mess. ... Syllabub. ... Summer Pudding Spotted dick with custard Bread pudding

[@wherearewe-yt]

We haven't tried most of those yet. We love sticky toffee pudding and bread pudding, though, and never really had a bad British dessert. Spotted dick sounds interesting and is definitely on our list of things to try 😀

[@donaldomahoney1774]

Bakewell tart is american btw

[@archiebald4717]

Jellied Eels are better when eaten with wholemeal bread.

[@wherearewe-yt]

I think something to cut a bit of the saltiness definitely would have helped! We added more vinegar afterward, and that made it better for sure. We didn't get any of the chili vinegar people had told us about though. Would have loved to try it!

[@seanmc1351]

Fish and chips as promised, this is not the same for everywhere, but a genral trend today with modern fishing. this will be a bit long but hope you take the time to read it. first off all you can get some great fish and chips on the coast, this maybe fresh fish, from the smaller trallers or what you may know as the catch of the day, and alot of seaside town will do both, catch of the day, bit more expensive, but its fresh fish, them taken aside, we will talk about the inland cities, like london where, you were at, it could be any city, and we are not talking hi end places, gordon ramsay stuff lol lets talk about the fish first, 90% of the fish sold in fish and chips shops, are from the same place the same fish, from Cod to Haddok and and cheaper types of fish, reason being, is there are now factory ships, that go out for weeks at a time, catch the fish, it processed, filleted packed and frozen at sea, Im only going to talk about cod for now, but they same applies for most fish The cod used in fish shops are pretty much the same, caught from the same waters, they are usual frozen which fish shops may use in weight per fillet, 16 to 32 and then 32+ which i think was ounzes, 16 to 32 being the most popular, Now your fish shops which are fish shops, use alot, defrost cook, But these places have been going many years, and have perfected the cooking, also the batter, which is passed down trough genrations, with there own tweak on the flour water base, now your pub will probably use us a pre battered fish, or may batter there own, but not quite the standard or recipe as a traditional fish shop, Bit like the yorkshire pudding, only 3 ingrediants, flour eggs and milk, can go so right or so wrong, also recipe passed down the generations, took my wife to teach me a good recipe for yorkshire puddings, i have not failed since Then you get to the lower end of the scale with fish and chips, sold in kebab and pizza shops, these are small fillets, pre battered, ideal when you only sell one or 2 a night, great for nursing homes and the likes. quality you can buy at supermarket and do at home, thos 2 cod fillets in a box, there is alot more i could go into, fish fingers, crab sticks, the cheaper fish coley and other stuff, all done on the factory ships I don get fish and chips now and again, but, i know my fish shop, he knows me well, i know he sells the frozen as i said before, i made a deal with him, as i no longer live in london, i buy the frozen fillets un cooked from him, 2 fillets which is 4 portions for 10.00, normal price 22 pound if i bought the dish, i do my own batter and chips, , the curry sauce you can buy just add water, mushy peas you can buy frozen cook them up or in a tin means we get quality fish for 2 for 10.00 pounds, your going to say that does add up, we cut the fish, for fish bites like a balls of fish in batter, with chips and bread, and the curry sauce and peas, we so get about 6 portions to the 2 fillets

[@wherearewe-yt]

I'm from Halifax, the East Coast of Canada, so it's quite similar here! Of course, Canada is massive, so many provinces are near landlocked. Nova Scotia is surrounded by water, so I was lucky to grow up with plenty of fresh seafood! We haven't visited ANY coastal cities yet, unfortunately. We're really hoping to in the future. Would love to see what kind of fresh seafood the UK has to offer.

[@seanmc1351]

@@wherearewe-yt to be honest, depends on seafood your looking for, i was manager of a wholesale fish market in northwest london, there was another guy who, really had the north and the east and the south tied up, for retail, outside of london, you cant get the fish or seafood you would get in london, if you can its expensive, but with london being a melton pot for all areas of the world, we did ok, but fish a normal brit would have no idea off, they know cod halibut dover sole, and the likes our biggest sellers where i will make a list tilapia red bream trivalli macarel snappers saltfish king fish sardines Carp (for the polish at xmas) squid tubes calamri then the seafoods, only thing on thing on that list a brit would know was mackerel and sardines

[@richardcoulson6005]

I don't want to start a controversy here {or maybe I do} but I think any breakfast plate that has hash browns on it is not an English breakfast? Shouldn't it be fried bread or a bit of bubble?

[@wherearewe-yt]

Some people agree with you, and some people don't. You're not the first to say so, though, so not too controversial! Haha. But even places like Wetherspoons include a hash brown on their fryup. We've yet to have fried bread OR bubble on any of the fryups we've had yet. Feel like we're missing out!