As a former bar wench, I have a good tip for anyone visiting a pub in Britain. We do accept tips, or you can buy us a drink instead, but when you order your first drinks give us a good tip straight off. Because next time you come up to the bar, no matter how busy it is, we'll be right there ready to take your order! Yes, queueing is part of British culture, but hey, we're only corruptible humans after all!
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
I pinned this to the up so everyone can see it lol
@Greenwood4727
5 ай бұрын
its an unofficial rule, but there are exceptions to all rules
@richardwaddington2038
5 ай бұрын
@@Trippingthroughadventures Yeah you tip for exceptional food / service but nothing wrong with buying the Bar Wench a drink .... at the end of your drinks order just say " And one for yourself" thats more than enough . Unless they charge you for a drink being a pint of champagne , then call the manager !!!!
@nicolad8822
5 ай бұрын
Yeah not really a thing.
@richardwaddington2038
5 ай бұрын
@@nicolad8822 Except it is.
@helenwood8482
5 ай бұрын
The American desire to be mothered by wait staff is baffling to me. British hate to have their meals interrupted.
@paulhenman9907
5 ай бұрын
Country pubs are better than City pubs,
@jerryoshea3116
5 ай бұрын
It's not a case of wishing to be 'Mothered',it's certain Bars/ Rest have table service! But u can also find Bars,where they don't provide that ( or it's very basic) that,u just order ur Booze at the Bar! And by the way have u ever lived& worked in the U.S?
@sangfroidian5451
5 ай бұрын
@@jerryoshea3116 I've been to the US enough and can't stand US service, so that whenever I do go to a restaurant, I will usually put a 10% tip on the table as she brings the food and tell the waitress as long as she leaves me alone from then on, I'll add more at the end of the meal. It usually works out pretty well for everyone then. 😆
@jerryoshea3116
5 ай бұрын
@@sangfroidian5451 As a Tourist or have u actually lived& worked there? And if u find the Customs& approach trying why visit?
@lockwood1976
5 ай бұрын
As an Americans I hate it as well.
@InaMacallan
5 ай бұрын
Rxemember that pubs in England perform much the same function as churches in the US - community centres and family places. Do not try and compare pubs with US bars!
@stewedfishproductions9554
3 ай бұрын
And.... MOST American Church Leaders...are UNBELIEVABLY two faced and hypocritical in EVERYTHING they say !!! Unlike all UK pub landlords or ladies... when they say something, guaranteed they mean it and you better believe it !!! 😎🤣🤣😃😃😂
@zak3744
5 ай бұрын
I wouldn't go out of your way to go to Toby Carvery. Nothing wrong with it, but it's just a chain doing cheap-and-cheerful canteen food. Depending on the restaurant and the day, it might be decent, it might be a bit sub-par. Probably unlikely to blow your socks off though. Sunday roasts are the sort of thing where if you really want to find a stand-out one, you want to ask a local where the best ones are in that area. You probably won't be able to tell just by looking. Even favourites of mine from places I've lived before, that'll probably be out-of-date now!
@TheMightyHams
5 ай бұрын
I second the above comment re: Toby Carvery. It's like saying to someone visiting America that they have to try a Taco Bell. It's a bit of an institution and the food isn't bad, but you're not going to find anything special. Sunday Roast is one of those things that has the capacity to be really good, or really bad. You'll want to find a nice gastro-pub or restaurant to ensure that you get a good quality one. 'Insider Food' did an episode recently where they went around some of their favourite Sunday Roast spots in London. No doubt they're more pricey, but if you want the best-of-the-best in London then there's some good recommendations straight-away.
@DeterminedFC
5 ай бұрын
yeah if your in london there arnt even that many and 2 nearly every pub in london will do beter quality then at the toby
@ShaneWalta
3 ай бұрын
What Toby does for Sunday roasts is the same as what McDonald's does for burgers. It's "fine". You know what you're getting and it's not mind blowing, but it's consistent
@aussiehorndog
5 ай бұрын
I am constantly amazed when watching Americans eat. It is like watching children who have never learnt basic table etiquette or how to use cutlery, and being left handed is not an excuse. Also when dining out I prefer the British/Australian style of service, not the American style of excessive over"service".
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
What’s crazy is how this is literally not a thing in America at all. All I can say is where we are so homogeneous and so worried about stepping on other cultures toes. We havnt worried about teaching the European table etiquette out of fear of insulting someone. I actually wish it was taught to me.
@cheriegoodwin6819
2 ай бұрын
Holding a knife and fork and knowing table manners isn't rocket science its just common sense.. Americans are just lazy to learn...Since when is America frightened of stepping on other ppl toes..
@chris-y7d1i
2 ай бұрын
@@Trippingthroughadventures You're good my guy hold your fork however you want who cares :D I really liked your video, it's nice to hear you enjoyed your time in the UK - I often think to myself I haven't explored enough of my own country
@rickwalker2
2 ай бұрын
@@Trippingthroughadventures No worries- if you want to learn it's not difficult, but if you don't that's fine too. No-one is going to care at a pub. You might get some funny glances at a formal event though.
@MercuryCircuit
2 ай бұрын
I'm from a working class family and our grandparent's taught us table manners from a very early age. It's definetely a cultural difference betwen our 2 countries. If we were all the same the world would be a pretty boring place. So don't take the negative commments to heart too much. Keep up the good work. 10,000 subs the next goal? 🤔 🙂
@BeckyPoleninja
5 ай бұрын
😂😂 I'm a lefty and don't hold my fork like a Flintstone!!
@stirlingmoss4621
5 ай бұрын
Harsh !
@harvuk7729
5 ай бұрын
yeh i dont think being left handed has anything to do with using the same hand to use both knife and fork :D
@nealgrimes4382
5 ай бұрын
@@stirlingmoss4621 But true.
@mattsmith5421
5 ай бұрын
Same I'm lefthanded and still have fork in left hand, not shovel.
@BeckyPoleninja
5 ай бұрын
@@stirlingmoss4621 which is why I put the laughing emojis
@manwithanaccent4315
5 ай бұрын
I'm from the UK, now living in Canada with my lovely Canadian wife. Many years ago I lived a few years in the US with my American girlfriend. Every single American I met had zero idea on how to use a knife and fork. Every one of them would cut their food with their knife and immediately place it back on the plate or table - it had nothing to do with being left handed. They would hold the fork like a spear when cutting anything, and no one ever kept both knife and fork in their hands for longer that a few seconds it took to use the knife. Bugged the shit out of me lol. My American girlfriend of 3 years eventually agreed with me lol
@PUTDEVICE
5 ай бұрын
think that the thing about changing hands with a knife and fork comes from the nobility in France in the 1800s. there were so many noble people.
@G0Lg0Th4N
5 ай бұрын
Does your Canadian wife get along with your American girlfriend?
@donsland1610
5 ай бұрын
Whole heartedly agree with you regarding the use of cutlery by Americans. It seem that they never got past the small child handling stage.
@PUTDEVICE
5 ай бұрын
@@G0Lg0Th4N he is not wrong. Canada is located in America, specifically North America
@judithrowe8065
5 ай бұрын
Any left handed 4 year old in Europe can handle a knife and fork better than any American. It's like they don't have opposable thumbs!
@aacwallis4455
5 ай бұрын
Get your chips from a Fish and Chip shop! Don't expect 'real' fish and hips in a pub.
@WinstonSmith19847
5 ай бұрын
And ask about a good fish and chip shop you don't want a bad one that does soggy batter and soft greasy chips.
@mubbles1066
5 ай бұрын
Glad you guys had a good time here…. As to the difference of sweetness levels in foods here in the UK, it’s because it’s generally much lower than Americans are used to,due to the reduced sugar levels and absence of high fructose syrup in the products. It works in reverse as well though,when Brits go to the states they find the majority of foods(including bread) too sweet for them.🤷♂️
@LalaDepala_00
5 ай бұрын
I had American chocolate once and it was so incredibly sweet. Almost nauseating
@anitawhite2669
5 ай бұрын
@@LalaDepala_00 - I tried Hersey's chocolate when I was in the US and it tasted like vomit - never to be eaten again.
@linkash4167
5 ай бұрын
@anitawhite2669 that's because it contains an ingredient that's also in vomit
@juliawigger9796
5 ай бұрын
Americans don't know what chocolate is,
@nealgrimes4382
5 ай бұрын
@@anitawhite2669 Fun fact it contains Butyric Acid, the same as is in Vomit.
@roseoconnor5938
5 ай бұрын
There are sooo many varieties of sausages in the UK.....you're spoilt for choice . All according to taste of course.
@tobytaylor2154
5 ай бұрын
Whilst I was in America, the friends I was visiting and their friends were fascinated by my use of the cutlery, their faces were a picture when I said if I ate like you lot when I was a kid my mum would've pushed my face into my dinner lol. They couldn't get how I used my fork and how I kept the knife and fork in my hands until I'd finished my meal. As for beers, you should try a bitter, stout and a cider. London pride is my tipple.
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
Yea it’s crazy how in America cutlery etiquette is not even a conversation lol
@TimBadger-w7d
5 ай бұрын
London Pride! Oh how I miss a decent pint now that I live in CA. Bottles available but no draught of course. Every time I get back to London I go straight from the airport to The Bell and Crown on Strand on the Green for a pint.
@craigt6002
2 ай бұрын
If you can, on your next visit, try a country pub, walk along a river to it or a picturesque footpath. Country ales and real ciders. Careful on the way back, though, as the ciders can be pretty strong 😂. Try an ale and cider festival! I guess what I'm saying is, get out of the cities. The country is beautiful here and quite often cheaper than the city. Try the real UK, guys. ✌️
@gsnmeyer
4 ай бұрын
As a Brit I take great delight in watching Americans trying to use cutlery. Great video thanks
@Trippingthroughadventures
4 ай бұрын
We know lol 😂 all in good fun the stuff we get a laugh of things the Brit’s do too, all in good fun!
@Carole.P
5 ай бұрын
I’m left handed and learnt to hold my cutlery the correct way from the age of 4
@roblake3350
5 ай бұрын
I’m right handed but eat left handed 😂
@broadband0118
5 ай бұрын
Yes but don't knock him, there's nothing funnier than to see an American struggling with cutlery.
@Jason_L10
5 ай бұрын
Same here, i even use a mouse left handed but with right hand config. Though finding a decent left hand ergonomic mouse is difficult.
@gaynorhead2325
5 ай бұрын
@@roblake3350me too always have.
@richardwaddington2038
5 ай бұрын
What I find bewildering/amusing is when people use the knife to "clamp" food then the fork to pull pieces away . Im like "just saw thru the food !"
@DaveyHotrod
5 ай бұрын
Especially in rural areas, the pub is the heart of the community. It's where people go to meet, talk, drink, occasionally argue & then make up. Sing, laugh, watch sport, argue about sport, play pool, darts, dominoes. And drink obviously...
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
See that’s the kind of pub I would like to see! 🤩
@DaveyHotrod
5 ай бұрын
@@Trippingthroughadventures The best pub I worked in did amazing food as well. We won Best Sunday Roast in the UK the Observer newspaper 2022. The roasties, Yorkies & gravy were different levels mate...
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
@@DaveyHotrod what was the name of it we would love to check it out
@AM-dz2sh
5 ай бұрын
@@Trippingthroughadventures The issue is with a lot of tourists/travellers.. is time & money. If you had gone to pubs away from 'touristy zone 1/2', in London,or even outside of London; the community/meeting place vibe would have been apparent. People that do not drink alcohol at all, may spend more time in a local or village pub, than a coffee shop. Completely different vibe from 'pub in central London'.
@Zoe_WingingLife
5 ай бұрын
You need to come up North for that, our pubs are the heart of the village @@Trippingthroughadventures
@36814
5 ай бұрын
Britain has many , many varieties of sausage not just one.
@nolimittolearning4414
5 ай бұрын
I enjoyed your vids in London. One thing I find strange being British myself but I like, is how a lot of Americans when using a knife and fork, hold them in the correct hands to cut their food but, then put the knife down and swap the fork to their right hand to eat. It’s a lot of juggling cutlery 😊
@nolimittolearning4414
5 ай бұрын
Or right to left in your case
@TimBadger-w7d
5 ай бұрын
Toby’s Carvery? Really don’t bother.
@bille7353
2 ай бұрын
🤣
@ATwinam
2 ай бұрын
Depends on which one you go to....
@martinburke362
Ай бұрын
@@TimBadger-w7d Snob!!!
@chrisellis3797
5 ай бұрын
Left handed my entire life, i still use a knife and fork properly.
@keithparker5103
5 ай бұрын
chrisellis3797 I'm right handed but eat left handed. I've yet to see a rule book on this and I am 83 YO.
@chrisellis3797
5 ай бұрын
@@keithparker5103 depends on nationality I guess. Some countries prioritise things differently in regard to "manners". I wasn't saying either way was right or wrong, just that the left handed argument isn't a thing.
@keithparker5103
5 ай бұрын
@@chrisellis3797 I agree, I have come across other "conventions" as I have passed through life which, I can only speak personally here, I have found to be B/S For example, "you should not chill red wine". I was on holiday in Isreal once where they make a red wine called CARMEL it was horrible stuff until it was chilled when it took on a whole new identity. I got this through a guy from Rugby who shared our table in an hotel. He told me he chills ALL wines. Since then, so have I, I don't care what people think of my preferences, comes with being old I suppose.
@catwoman2582
5 ай бұрын
@@keithparker5103You do you, everyone else can do what they want to do😊
@princessnim
3 ай бұрын
Snap, but I am British I guess.🤷🏻♀️, but I am completely left handed, wouldn't really need a right hand, but do when using a knife and fork. Never realised that is was a different situation over in America. I guess I have learnt something new today.😊
@ianprince1698
5 ай бұрын
how to spot the American? they can't use a knife & fork together always putting one down and picking the other up!
@xaj1543
5 ай бұрын
I’m left handed and I don’t change cutlery to the other hand, fork in the left and knife in the right. It depends on how you were taught as a child, and really the way Americans eat is weird!
@101steel4
5 ай бұрын
I think it's just him. Surely everyone American doesn't eat like that? He looks like there's something wrong with his wrists.
@xaj1543
5 ай бұрын
@@101steel4 Yes they do, they cut with their right hand then usually put down the knife and change the fork to their right hand. I was stating it as fact, did you think I was just making it up?
@Isobel-el3ye
4 ай бұрын
@@101steel4Americans don't know how to use cutlery. The ones that do are very much in the minority.
@Your-True-Self
5 ай бұрын
Makes me smile to see genuine Americans embrace the British culture. Our differences are part of the mutual attraction and should be celebrated when we visit each other's countries. Your respect in the pub by not being tourists with cameras at a busy time was lovely to hear. Glad you enjoyed it, you'll be welcomed back anytime. Cheers guys 🍻
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
Thank you, we love your beautiful country 😊
@davidmarshall6616
5 ай бұрын
As for the sticky toffee pudding, what may not have been to your taste is that some pubs and restaurants use treacle in their puddings, although it's becoming increasingly rare these days due to a lot of the the treacle mines closing down.😉
@alisonrodger3360
5 ай бұрын
Not to forget the sad loss of so many Jam Butty mines 😥
@Jason_L10
5 ай бұрын
I blame thatcher for the loss of.the Jam Buttie mines and leaving all the diddy men out of work.
@julesarthur4362
5 ай бұрын
17 century really isn’t old for a church in England. Churches in villages away from attacks can be 8th century or older. The house next to it (for the vicar) is normally the same age.
@martinconnelly1473
4 ай бұрын
Great fire of London 1666. Lot of rebuilding after that. There was talk of squaring up the roads so they would have been a bit more sensible but they ended up just keeping to more or less the old street plan.
@memkiii
2 ай бұрын
@@martinconnelly1473 More like, they had no choice. No one wanted to sell their land, knowing how much it would go up in value.
@pathopewell1814
5 ай бұрын
Why are Americans obsessed with Harry Potter? I hate Harry Potter, not a true representation of British life at all.
@anitawhite2669
5 ай бұрын
I have never seen a Harry Potter film, or even read any of the books
@nealgrimes4382
5 ай бұрын
No shit it's about Wizards.
@wullaballoo2642
5 ай бұрын
I've seen bits of Hairy Pooter here and there in the background but not paid much attention to it
@TimBadger-w7d
5 ай бұрын
Some of my wife’s American friends came over. I took one guy to a pub. He had one pint and then passed out drunk.,
@petejones7878
5 ай бұрын
Any Public house that is not owed by a brewery or Chain (like J D Wetherspoon , which I would avoid like the plague) is called a free House
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
Thank you we kept searching “privately owned pubs” it didn’t pop up anything now we know why…. Free houses.
@petejones7878
5 ай бұрын
If yo7 are looking for a good pub then you can not go far wrong looking at CAmRA Web site
@constructphoto
3 ай бұрын
@@Trippingthroughadventures you'll probably struggle to find many freehouses in central London. but A lot of pubs are owned by breweries but ran independently by the landlord. then there are many which are chains (these will have the same food menus etc)
@markfour2841
5 ай бұрын
Don't get London pubs, especially Wetherspoons, confused with traditional English pubs. No comparison !
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
See we need to find a free pub but every where we went was owned by breweries.
@PUTDEVICE
5 ай бұрын
Sunday roast is a tradition in many countries. you went to church on Sunday morning and after that you went home and cooked a roast of some kind. Sunday was the day of rest and then you could cook something nicer for the meal.
@Lily-Bravo
5 ай бұрын
My mother prepared it all and had it in the oven before we went to Church. If the vicar went on a bit she would be worried about it overcooking.
@jrswinhoe58
5 ай бұрын
I was taught the cutlery lay out at Primary School when eating the dinners. Fork to the left, Knife to the right and desert spoon above and water glass top right.
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
We never had anything like that in the states. We should but I’m sure it would offend someone if we did.
@AM-dz2sh
5 ай бұрын
@@Trippingthroughadventures Woah, woah.. Ignore the etiquette police. Don't get me wrong it does look strange to 50% of the world... but really, who cares?! YOU DO YOU!
@Isobel-el3ye
4 ай бұрын
Dessert. There's no point in correcting anyone when you're wrong yourself.
@britishknightakaminininja1123
Ай бұрын
@@Trippingthroughadventures it actually gets better with a full dinner-service. There can be several knives (all on the right hand side, of course) such as a butter knife for spreading butter on bread that may be included with the multi-course meal, a fish knife, a regular knife, a steak knife, and perhaps a fruit knife even. On the left hand side would be several forks too, especially the main course fork and a desert fork, but if there were a steak knife, there might also be a steak fork. For the spoons, there might be a soup spoon, and a desert spoon. That's because the cutlery was taken away with the finished dish, of course. The layout was always to work from the outside in, so the butter knife is usually the outer-most, the desert fork would be the innermost, etc. One can still find this in the 'posher' restaurants today - the kind with proper linen tablecloths, and where multiple courses are the norm. It amazes many of us Brits that so many Americans seem to spend most of their meals with just a fork. Here, meals cut-up to be eaten with just a fork are served to small children, and so children long to be trusted with a knife and fork some time before it happens. They are carefully taught the 'correct' way to hold a knife and a fork, just as one teaches a child how to hold a pen or pencil to properly have fine control of it. That's really no different to being taught how to hold and use chopsticks in some other cultures. Or not to touch food with the left hand in cultures that eat mainly with their fingers (the left hand is regarded as 'unclean' in several cultures due to the fact it is the hand most wipe their asses with, and touching food in a communal bowl with the left hand is majorly offensive).
@IntoTheWhite04
5 ай бұрын
Remember in 1666 the great fire of London burned a lot down.. lots of buildings are from after that
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
We actually stayed next to memorial and didn’t know what it was however the topic of the fire came up often on our trip.
@IntoTheWhite04
5 ай бұрын
@@Trippingthroughadventures monument... Yep saw that in your previous vid. Supposedly if you were to lay it down on it's side in the right direction, the top would be where the fire started, in Pudding Lane.
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
@@IntoTheWhite04 yes monument sorry I had two toddlers attacking me trying to write that, I want to do a little research about the fire.
@Isleofskye
5 ай бұрын
@@Trippingthroughadventures Thanks for this. It is impossible to see all of London in one lifetime and I am a 69-year-old Londoner and I have tried:) Until recently, the majority of pubs were what we called "tied houses" - they were owned by a brewery, and had an obligation to sell that brewery's beer. It's less common now, with the majority of pubs now appearing to be "free houses" that aren't tied to a brewery. That doesn't mean, though, that they are independents. Most pubs in London are owned by one of the huge pub companies, with either a manager or a franchisee as landlord.
@brigidsingleton1596
5 ай бұрын
@@Trippingthroughadventures Have you twins ? If so, it gets even more interesting as they age !! (My twins are 30 now so, "I've been there, done that" - my daughter🧡Tegan, lives with me and is my carer - due to my poor health & "multiple co-morbidities" - but my son💙Julian (Tegan's 21 mins younger twin brother) lives in another town with his partner (and their cat- 'Oliver')! 😊🏴❤️🇬🇧🙂🖖
@surfaceten510n
5 ай бұрын
Watching Americans struggle to use a knife and fork in tandem is one of the funniest thing i have ever seen.
@georgeprout42
5 ай бұрын
They had to stop the chimp tea parties at London Zoo because American tourists thought they were apeing them.
@Missydee-72
4 ай бұрын
Not just Americans and even some young Brits! Walking through the restaurant on holiday recently I noticed that many handle their cutlery in very odd ways that look awkward and uncomfortable. Presumably their parents didn’t bother to instil table manners in their young and just left them to eat whilst watching tv. As adults these people may have to attend formal occasions when their ignorance will be on public view.
@Really-hx7rl
4 ай бұрын
Cackhanded! lol
@MarlynMeehan
3 ай бұрын
They're not eating with the knife and fork, they are fighting with them.
@MaxwellMoore-d1u
3 ай бұрын
So much time and effort wasted in the Cutlery juggle, instead of using Cutlery has tools to transfer the food off a plate into mouth. With out getting on hands .SIMPLES ✋️ 👈 .Look Clean.
@Loki1815
5 ай бұрын
It's not because you are a lefty, the majority of Muricans seem to be unable to use cutlery. Yes, we are taught table manners, dining etiquette by the time you are 4 or 5 but if you look at your, so called, Murican food, the majority is Finger Food and doesn't require a knife and a fork. I'm sitting here racking my brain for an actual American Dish! OK, so I went to Google and there are loads of dishes that Google purports to be American but alas..... Apple Pie from England Hamburger from.. er.. Hamburg, Germany. Frankfurter... er Frankfurt Germany. French Fries.. from...? Pizza from Naples, Italy Spaghetti Bolognasè from Imola Italy Meatballs from Persia Sandwich from Kent England the Earl of Sandwich. Mac and Cheese Europe (Debatable where though) Roast Dinner (as in Thanksgiving) England Doughnuts Dutch BBQ from Prometheus, the second he gave man Fire there was someone waiting to throw Ribs onto the flame! You could, of course, claim the TV Dinner? I like the style of your videos and it is nice to see that you haven't followed the style of others before you! I also like your honesty.
@kurtcoolson9054
5 ай бұрын
French fries from Belgium, I believe.
@BR-lq6fc
5 ай бұрын
We Brits also invented the superiority complex. So many examples in the comments of this video. Please indulge us this simple pleasure and don't take it to heart. Thanks for your understanding
@surfaceten510n
5 ай бұрын
And to think this is the nation ( natzi scientists ) that put a man on the moon,
@Lily-Bravo
5 ай бұрын
Go back a bit further and potatoes peppers tomatoes came from America as did sweetcorn, popcorn, chewing gum, chocolate, turkey, chillies (The Aztecs used all those)and I am sure there are others as well. I live near a town in the UK that grew rich making wool cloth and dying it red using cochineal also from the Aztecs.
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
First off thank you, you make a good point, in all your points in America it’s not that we are primal, despite popular belief most Americans are mixed ethnicity and race. Besides native Americans there is no true Americans because we all came from all over the world. People always get confused when we say “ we make the best pizza “ we are not saying the Irish guy or the Asian guy makes the best pizza” we are usually get pizza from the Italian family the Chinese from the Chinese, they are all ethnically different but we are all Americans. As far as cutlery we was European founded but since then every type of person on the planet has came here and brought their culture with them. So if you think about what being American is, everything you just listed is American by the concept of what makes something American. lol
@Kingshieldwall
5 ай бұрын
You are a very respectful couple, well done and great video. 👍
@ronturner9850
5 ай бұрын
Be careful, you’re giving American tourists a good name! 😂. You two are a breath of fresh air in the crowded KZitem market of videos about London and I’m looking forward to seeing more of your travels and your quiet enthusiasm and appreciation of our Country. Keep them coming!
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
Wow thank you so much for your kind words and thanks for watching! We loved the whole trip and can’t wait to come back and see more!
@MichaelMulqueen-j6c
5 ай бұрын
I would just like to say you guys are very very cool and respectful and you obviously care I'm subbed
@mattsmith5421
5 ай бұрын
Nothing wrong with the way you hold your fork, my 4 year old also holds it like that.
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
Good that makes me feel better 😂🤣😂🤣😂
@topguydave
4 ай бұрын
@@Trippingthroughadventures I think he was having a go at you. Irony is the British Humour, and is the sign of endearment. 😄😂
@Trippingthroughadventures
4 ай бұрын
@@topguydave yea I guess sarcasm don’t translate well when typing lol. I wasn’t excited to be compared to his 4 y/o 🤣😂🤣
@johnbell9622
Ай бұрын
He was being friendly he like you both @Trippingthroughadventures
@readmylisp
5 ай бұрын
When I was a lad most pubs had a football team . You played Sunday morning then back to the pub for Sunday lunch . Great days. The Pub League results would be published in the local newspaper.
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
That really sounds like some classic home town fun lol, like our American high school football teams in America.
@petermartin1967
5 ай бұрын
Such a lovely couple ❤. I hope you come back to the U.K. soon 👍🏻
@chrissymoss514
5 ай бұрын
Dear me!! I'm a "leftie" and I've never had a problem using cutlery correctly. In fact, I've NEVER seen anyone (left or right handed) use their knife and fork as you did. Incidentally, I use all the right handed tools (ie : scissors) just as a right handed person would - I just adapted. I am ambidextrous too!!
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
🏅
@peteince
5 ай бұрын
Standing outside of a pub on the street to drink usually depends on where the pub is located. If the pub entrance is on a narrow pavement on a busy street, then drinkers can be causing an obstruction to pedestrians forcing them to walk into the road to pass. Also there's the risk of broken glass on the pavement. So some pubs do have a notice on the front door, "no glasses to be taken outside."
@gkkes
5 ай бұрын
Historically, Public Houses were outlets for brewers. Many regional brewers existed and still do so. Ind Coope, Fullers, Greene King in Suffolk, Arkells in Wiltshire, John Smiths or Samuel Smiths in Yorkshire, Shepherd Neame in Kent and of course Newcastle Brown ... many many many more. As drinking culture has declined and drink drive rules have been tightened many pub chains have declined and many single pubs were sold to independents. This allows pubs to sell a range of beers/products. Most profits now come from food, so many drinkers pubs have become "Gastropubs" which emphasize diners. Drinkers pubs remain popular and simply sell salty snacks like crisps (chips) and nuts, to aid increased beer sales.
@philipmason9537
5 ай бұрын
The British way of using cutlery actually means no difference to use whether you’re left or right handed. I’m right handed but we hold the fork in the left hand and use the right hand to cut with the knife, holding the knife horizontal to the plate not pushing down vertically. The main difference is that we tend NOT to put the knife down and only use the fork, we hold the knife and fork for the whole meal which cuts down the eating time and keeps the food warm !
@dotwyness4110
5 ай бұрын
I'm right handed but hold the fork in my right hand and knife in left hand, always have done as its more comfortable for me, always got wrong off the mother in law when i set the table 😂
@gaynorhead2325
5 ай бұрын
@@dotwyness4110I’m the same I put food in my mouth with my right hand, same as I write or use scissors with my right hand, it makes more sense to me!
@erikadavis2264
5 ай бұрын
Good video. I could make a few comments, but I just want the say, Icecream Sundae 🍨..... nothing to do with a day of the week. 😊 Toby Carvery, don't make a special trip.
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
Great, now I got to research ice cream to see why lol 😂. It just feels like we should though cuz it doesn’t have to be great to be a part of a culture lol. And until we find a nann to take us in on Sunday we got to stick to commercial 🤣😂🤣🤣
@erikadavis2264
5 ай бұрын
@Trippingthroughadventures So now you made me look. 🙄 Apparently..... 'Why do they call it an ice cream sundae? A local belief is that a Plainfield druggist named Mr. Sonntag created the dish "after the urgings of patrons to serve something different." He named it the "sonntag" after himself, and since Sonntag is the German word for Sunday, the name was translated to Sunday, and later was spelled sundae.' So you weren't too far off after all! As for Sunday lunch. Toby isn't horrendous, just not the best. If you're ever near to Stonehenge on a weekend let me know, and I'll recommend somewhere. 😁
@vickytaylor9155
5 ай бұрын
The shields on the pews will be for each of the families that came to church so each family would have their own pew.
@andrewtims9524
5 ай бұрын
They show which families paid for the pews
@lloydcollins6337
5 ай бұрын
In London especially there's also a possibility that they were guilds who paid for it for their members since guilds did a lot of religious activity in the past as well.
@baconrasher6650
2 ай бұрын
Different families coat of arms right?
@InaMacallan
5 ай бұрын
The pelican in her piety is a common symbol in churches. It shows a mother pelican pecking her breast and feeding her young with the blood (an allusion to theblood of Christ). Very old medieval legend.
@andywatts8654
5 ай бұрын
It leaves me a bit cold though I must say
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
@GiddeeAunt then why did they you that work there call it a pelican ?
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
You must be hard of hearing cuz the gentleman calls it a pelican twice in the vlog. As soon as we walk into the church. You should probably go to the church historian and have a talk with him about it.
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
Yes, it’s a bit off putting
@excession3076
5 ай бұрын
@@GiddeeAunt How many people, specifically how many woodworkers/carvers, had seen a pelican hundreds of years ago? Have you ever seen medieval pictures or bestiaries? The animals/bird pictures often look nothing like the real animal because the people drawing/painting/carving them had never seen one. And it takes less than a minute to find the reference to the mother pelican sacrificing herself for her children on Google and it's symbolism within Christianity.
@sangfroidian5451
5 ай бұрын
In some churches, pews would be paid for by a family and their crest indicated who had provided the pew and would usually be reserved for their use if they attended a service.
@Billyzgstar
5 ай бұрын
Yes my ancestors were Normans and had wealth from 1066 and were granted lands with a castle near Blackpool and they also were patrons of the Church of St Helens near Liverpool they paid for the church so got tombs inside the church where 4 of them are buried sadly during the protestant and catholic wars a lot of the wealth was confiscated so I never received any inheritance but the history is still something to be proud of.
@Gambit771
4 ай бұрын
@@Billyzgstaryou can't complain about your family's wealth being stolen if they were Norman and came over in 1066. You know full well how they received that land and wealth. Your history is not something to be proud of.
@Billyzgstar
4 ай бұрын
@@Gambit771 Ha nice troll mate the fact my family changed all human history by helping bring about the Magna Carta and making Britain literate after the dark ages might outshine your bog standard ancestors but I'm not a self-loathing commy so I'm happy thanks .
@Gambit771
4 ай бұрын
@@Billyzgstar What troll? You're the troll by that being your reply to a different point of view. Do you have any evidence to back up that your family brought in the magna carta? 🤦♂️ Who's trolling now? Of course you don't. You're making it all up You don't know anything about Britain back then, you clearly don't know anything about how evil the Normans were. If you did you would be ashamed of your families history (if you was telling the truth that is). They were basically the Germans in France in the early 1940s. Think about that and don't expect any proud Englishman to hold you in any high esteem for what you oddly claim with pride that your family did in the past. Remember, you have done nothing. You are using what you think are your dead relatives glories (thieving, murdering, enslaving, stealing, oppressive family legacy) as your own.
@Gambit771
4 ай бұрын
@@Billyzgstarin case my last reply was deleted by KZitem (pointing out the evils of the Normans, your assistant family, will do that), I'll leave you with this. You are lying. You don't understand the history of England, nor the Normans and you are failing to pass off what dead people did as your "glories" because you have achieved nothing in your life, but that just shows your lack of morals, as if the lying didn't already do that.
@Matthew4TheWin
5 ай бұрын
Toby Carvery: absolutely NOT worth it!
@Marli-o4g
5 ай бұрын
Hi. Enjoying your video. As someone has already mentioned there is a difference between the City of London (note City has an upper case C as it’s part of its name) and the 32 London boroughs called Greater London which came into existence as 32 boroughs on 1 April 1965. Before then the towns, villages and hamlets that now make up Greater London belonged to the counties surrounding the City. The Romans arrived on what is now England back in the year 43 and they built a settlement which they called Londinium around that time. It eventually became the capital of the Roman province of Britannia (previously the capital was what is now Colchester in the county of Essex). The revolt by an amalgamation of local British tribes led by Queen Boudicca burnt Londinium to the ground which is when the Romans built the wall around their City (at this point it covered about 330 acres). The Romans left in the year 410 and Londinium fell into disuse. The Anglo-Saxon King of Wessex, King Alfred the Great, (whose grandson became the first King of the English in the year 927) resettled London and repaired the defensive walls in 886 (London was in the neighbouring kingdom of Mercia but Alfred was by then acknowledged as King of the Anglo-Saxons, the remaining territories of what his grandson would unite into the Kingdom of England were controlled by the Vikings). Modern London starts from the year 886. Since then various settlements have been incorporated into London, the last time being in 1965. For example the town in London where I was born was first mentioned in a Royal Charter by King Ethelbert of the Kingdom of Kent in the year 862 granting the lordship of the manor of Bromley to the Bishop of Rochester, so on 31 March 1965 Bromley was a market town in the county of Kent and on 1 April 1965 it was the capital town of the London Borough of Bromley, London’s largest borough at approximately 59 square miles (the City is only 1.12 square miles). London in total is over 606 square miles just with the City and the 32 London boroughs. If you include the urban area beyond London then it’s about 671 square miles and if you go beyond that and include the metropolitan area it’s about 3,236 square miles. London’s 606 square miles has a population of just under 9 million people. The upshot of all that is there is a difference between the City of London and the city called London.
@brigidsingleton1596
5 ай бұрын
❤ Thank You... I have never had a great memory and am 70 now, and it hasn't improved so am unlikely to remember all of those delicious facts (especially the figures - probably due to my having dyscalculia) but... I enjoyed reading your comment (& hope this American couple did too). I appreciate the effort and thought that you put into your description of my country's capital, again, as an English woman I probably / possibly ought to know at least some of it but whilst at school, History was not a particular favourite subject of mine... It is now, despite my inherent lack of memory recall!! I hope to see / read more of your informative and absorbingly interesting comments elsewhere - if possible - at another time. 🤔🏴❤️🇬🇧🙂🖖
@TimBadger-w7d
5 ай бұрын
Why hold your fork like that?
@Trippingthroughadventures
4 ай бұрын
To fight the power lol no, cuz in America you hold it how you want, it’s not a set idea.
@susandrydenhenderson6234
5 ай бұрын
What terrible utensil usage. Just keep the knife in your right hand and the fork in the left. You eat like three year old kids (or probably worse). Food isn’t “good”! It’s “nice” or whatever. Keep your mouth closed while food is in it.
@claregale9011
5 ай бұрын
Hi Guys , yes London is very , very old you will see remains of Roman walls 8n London dating back 2000 yrs , 8ts not uncommon to find churches in towns around the u.k dating back to 12th century we tend to keep and preserve our History for future generations to appreciate , the u.k is literally a living museum . 😊
@memkiii
2 ай бұрын
12th? That's positively modern. Most towns and villages have churches much older than that. Mind you much of Europe is the same.
@carltonurwin3923
5 ай бұрын
The Pelican is often seen in churches and particularly on pulpits. It was believed in the past that they fed their young on their own blood. Therefore they symbolise sacrifice and selflessness, associated with Christ for Christians.
@PhilipKerry
4 ай бұрын
In the UK we eat using both the knife and fork all of the time and to just use your fork at a meal is considered bad table manners .
@Trippingthroughadventures
4 ай бұрын
lol it’s something we have been working on because this is pretty much non existent in the states lol
@robertbrennan2268
5 ай бұрын
How old is the City of London? Founded by the Emperor Claudius in 43AD. The majority of City Churches were built after the great Fire of London of 1665. Many were by Wren who rebuilt the burned out St Paul's Cathedral. There are medieval churches such as St Bartholmew;s. in spaces where the fire did not reach. The City then underwent the Blitz in 1940, and many churches needed to be restored. It is remarkable how many survived - thanks to "fire watchers" on the roofs dumping incendiaries in sand buckets as they landed. Blackfriars pub is on the site of the Blackfriars Monastery, dissolved by Henry VIII in around 1539. It is a late Nineteenth Century pub. It is a witty building - the joke being that monk's cells being seem to have ben turned into drinking dens! But thi is in line with the Friar Tuck stereotype from the legend of Robin Hood. Cheers!
@possumyx
5 ай бұрын
The most stupendous church in the City of London is the 900-y-o St. Bartholomew the Great, round the corner from Barbican tube stop.
@brigidsingleton1596
5 ай бұрын
*1666 ? The Great Fire of London ?
@Well-in-the-garden
5 ай бұрын
Yes you definitely want to try a traditional Sunday lunch xx
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
We did we’ve came home and try to recreate, it’s just not as good we need to come back lol 😂
@roblake3350
5 ай бұрын
If you are just here visiting, then take a train out of London for a day or two to experience different parts of England - Oxford and Birmingham are both easily a round trip back to London in a day if you make an early start to have a whole day in each 👍 or even get out to the countryside (Cotswolds is easily doable from Oxford too)
@susandrydenhenderson6234
5 ай бұрын
Kind of but anywhere but Birmingham, the least interesting and attractive city in the country
@georgeprout42
5 ай бұрын
Brit rail pass makes this affordable. Can't even view prices if in the UK, but unlimited rail for £? per day is a bargain. VPN wont help btw, you need to show a foreign passport to collect it after buying it abroad.
@sandracopperwheathunt567
5 ай бұрын
British sausages good quality do not have as many additives and many varieties good amount of meats with fresh herbs .
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
So we found a British banger company here in America we want to order some to have at home. We really enjoyed the bangers, American sausages is very strong!
@Marli-o4g
5 ай бұрын
If a pub is called a “free house” it is not tied to a particular brewery and the landlord or landlady of the pub is likely the owner. If it’s tied to a particular brewery (what you were talking about) then the landlord or landlady is employed by them. That’s a general rule of thumb in the UK (Remember England is just one of 4 countries in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the 2 names are not interchangeable. Also Great Britain is the name of the largest island in the British Isles and not a country, so there is no such currency as the Great British Pound - a term I often hear in videos on the UK).
@Angusmum
5 ай бұрын
I agree. Look for “Free House”
@nealgrimes4382
5 ай бұрын
Breweries no longer own Pubs it's all chains now and some are still independent.
@erikadavis2264
5 ай бұрын
@@nealgrimes4382Wadworths own pubs.
@SeeDaRipper...
5 ай бұрын
So where does GBP come from then?
@Marli-o4g
5 ай бұрын
@@SeeDaRipper... from people who don’t know any better. I think they must have seen the Great British Bake-off show and think Great British refers to Britain rather than the bake-off (the show could be called Britain’s Great Bake-off and have the same meaning but the pun wouldn’t work).
@101steel4
5 ай бұрын
Do all left handed people hold cutlery the same way? It looks like you have broken wrists 😂
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
Just hold a fork in your left hand, feels the same for us just feels worse in our right hand lol
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
Just hold a fork in your left hand, feels the same for us just feels worse in our right hand lol
@mark-lb1wm
4 ай бұрын
I'M left-handed but i can use cutlery like a human
@rikspilz4991
5 ай бұрын
It's like, can you suck a fruit pastille to it's conclusion without chewing it... Can you eat a meal keeping your fork in just the one hand?
@jeanniewarken5822
5 ай бұрын
All pubs used to be privately owned, thats why they are all different. They used to brew their own beer... Then breweries came into being, for instance 'Brickwoods, Watneys, Gales etc and they started to buy up pubs, put their own pub landords in and sell their own Ales. These days, breweries are no longer in the pub business and many pubs are now owned by chains, covering all types of budgets. There afe still independant pubs owned by i dividuals.. this has happened over hundreds of years.. some chains i wouldnt touch with a bargepole such as weatherspoons, they are cheap, they often refurbish the pub and take the soul out of it and the food is questionable but as i said, they are cheap... you can find independant pubs.. you just gotta look for them.. I live in Portsmouth on the south coast.. Its the main naval city of the UK.. its on a tiny island and it is the city with the highest number of pubs per capita in the UK..
@captaincorky237
Ай бұрын
Wetherspoons saved the British pub! And they have a policy of NOT refurbishing pubs - they like to take an old bank or other neglected historical building and start a pub from scratch. And the food is good.
@nadeansimmons226
5 ай бұрын
I have been left handed all my life and have never had any problems. Goodness knows why you never learnt how to hold your fork in one hand and stopped swapping hands all the time. Crazy.
@WayneKennedy-wu8co
4 ай бұрын
Need to know the difference between a church and cathedral that was St pauls
@Trippingthroughadventures
4 ай бұрын
You mean the cathedra ? That a cathedrals are church’s with a cathedra ?
@PUNKinDRUBLIC72
5 ай бұрын
You use your fork in your left hand.........just like a right handed person!
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
I knew righty was going to have something to say about it might as well beat um to it 🤣😂🤣😂
@daveofyorkshire301
5 ай бұрын
London and London city are two different things. There are two London's. Taking a sip of a pint (which is 20% bigger than a US pint) means you have drunk from a pint, you haven't drunk a pint until you finish it. I wouldn't comment, but you did say "officially". Everyone knew you were American when you started eating because you put down the knife and switch hands. Here it's common to hold the knife in the right hand and the fork in the left and not to put either down until you've finished eating, unless you need to reach for something. Pubs often allow a card to be swiped and run a table tab. I always did this to prevent the need for cash. At the end you just ask for the bill, it's prepaid and you're done, you can check and contest the bill before payment as they itemise it before final payment. The independent pubs are struggling and becoming rarer. But there are still quite a few outside the cities... It's whether they're popular enough to survive in an area big enough to sustain it, with enough patronage to weather the hard times. As for atmosphere, you have to bare in mind up to about 9pm (probably earlier) you could see children in a pub, even dogs in some, after about 10pm it turns into a different atmosphere, more adult, louder, a night out. Most pubs will have a beer garden or somewhere outside to sit, especially in good weather. That's when you'll see people socialising outside.
@I_Don_t_want_a_handle
5 ай бұрын
Was that even a pint glass? Looked like either a half litre or a short measure.
@daveofyorkshire301
5 ай бұрын
@@I_Don_t_want_a_handle It's London the tourist, especially Americans don't know any better.
@memkiii
2 ай бұрын
@@I_Don_t_want_a_handle draught Beer & Cider legally has to be sold in multiples of 1/3, 1/2 or full pints in the UK. PS 1/2 Litre is not a legal measure, unless it wasn't draught beer. Bottled beer can be any size. Either way, it was a Central London tourist place, so it cost at least 4 times as much as anywhere else in the country.
@aodhanmonaghan1268
5 ай бұрын
Just a heads-up. "Bangers" isn't the UK word for sausages. Bangers is the commonly used colloquialism of a particular subtype of sausages, that when cooked in a frying pan will burst open with a loud bang. Hence the name. Regarding the sticky toffee pudding and sweetness? The vast majority of foods in the USA, including savoury foods, are significantly sweeter than their counterparts in most of Europe. Not a criticism, more a neutral observation. Many Americans I watch have found for instance that the cereal and chocolate are less sweet, but have richer more in depth flavours, or more interesting textures. It is also the point that for some parts of Europe, their cakes are as sweet as wonderbread. Americans might think "so those cakes aren't sweet?" They are, just not dialed up to 11 like some American food is. There's been a growth in alternatives in the USA and I've heard that fresh less processed bread etc is becoming more readily available in many parts of the USA =)
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
So today I made a sticky toffee pudding using mainly imported ingredients ate a few pieces of it no issue, about 5 hours later got a frozen ice coffee ( don’t judge me today is my cheat day no carbs Monday through Friday normal meals Saturday cheat day Sunday ) but i couldn’t finish it. I drank a quarter of it and threw it away it was so sweet it was awful.
@timbanks8331
5 ай бұрын
If you want a 5* sunday roast, book at table at "Black Lock" 5 venues in london, cost 25% more than your average but well worth it! Youll need to book a few weeksbun advance tho!!
@markfalshaw-gv9im
5 ай бұрын
TOBY ,don't Bother mate, and take no notice of all the people giving you stick about what you should and shouldn't say regarding maners LONDON is probably the equivalent to New York ie its probably the least friendly city in the UK if you say hello to a stranger they may wonder what you want 😂😂😂😂
@aTiminCambodia
5 ай бұрын
Oh god... when you're describing ordering food at the pub you decribed wetherspoons to a T. Please don't ever go to a wetherspoons. Its the worst representation of british food and pubs. Pubs are owned by breweries but you get the chain pubs which you need to avoid as they cut corners on food quality to profit more. Especially wetherspoons where most of the food is microwaved which is why its very cheap. Theres tons of unique and individual pubs in London.
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
We walked into a whetherspoons and walked out it gave to much of a sports bar vibe for us, we don’t really know what kind of pubs we was in lol but we went in a few and none of them was free houses.
@christopherbuck7679
5 ай бұрын
Think you were unlucky, the pubs are owned by companies and not chains, but they are still individual, there are also many pubs that are free houses, Wetherspoons are more like a chain and do have similar food, there are thousands of pubs in London alone so going into 4 or 5 does not give a good insight. I’m not sure the Blackfriars is the best pub in Blackfriars let alone London.
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
I would 100% agree as far as insight a lot of the information we gathered was after the fact, I would say outside of the unique design, it’s far from the worst pub but I’m sure there’s better, for tourist like us, it fit the bill, no complaints. That’s why we set up the vlog as we did we wanted to spread the info we gathered but we didn’t want to try to sound like “ know it alls” and keep the floor open for more knowledgeable people like yourself to have a say lol.
@dilligaf73
5 ай бұрын
It's not the fact you're left handed and hold your fork 'weird', it's more to do with you keep putting your knife down
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
Like I said 5,000 subs I attend a British etiquette class, I’m not all of America but one’s better than none 😂🤣😂
@dilligaf73
5 ай бұрын
@@Trippingthroughadventures 🤣🤣🤣
@tonygroves5516
4 ай бұрын
Wow, you use your knife and fork like a three year old!
@Trippingthroughadventures
4 ай бұрын
😂 thanks for the comment hope you have a great day!
@excession3076
5 ай бұрын
Quick question. Do all Americans eat like this, the whole not being able to handle a knife and fork, (I keep on seeing it in videos), or is it a class thing? Because there are very many rich Americans and some seriously expensive restaurants, surely they don't eat like this at the equivalent of the Ritz or the Savoy? Or at formal dinners? Like if you are an American Diplomat/Senator and attending a formal banquet overseas, you wouldn't, you couldn't.... could you? Everybody would be so embarrassed.
@louloumacd4122
5 ай бұрын
I've seen videos with Americans in very nice/expensive restaurants eating this way. Or just using a fork, with their empty hand hovering over the plate to push food onto the fork. I can honestly say if someone came to my house to eat and used their cutlery this way/spoke with their mouth full etc I would ask them to leave the table. 😂
@glastonbury4304
5 ай бұрын
Wetherspoons is more a bar than a pub and where people go for cheap drinks...not really touristy pubs but there are loads of Independent pubs in London....but you have to remember pub food is usually cheap comfort food...
@jillosler9353
5 ай бұрын
Not all of it. In order to survive nowadays pubs have had to go beyond just selling alcohol and cheap food. Some have great chefs and serve amazing food - without it costing a fortune.
@nealgrimes4382
5 ай бұрын
Cheap they are not, apart from maybe Wetherspoons.
@glastonbury4304
5 ай бұрын
Cheap compared to restaurants and gastropods have great food but more outside London...
@Brian-om2hh
5 ай бұрын
What an odd habit, swapping the fork to his right hand, to use the knife with his left hand. Us Brits just keep the fork in our left hand, and use the knife with our right one......
@djs98blue
5 ай бұрын
Almost all Americans will only hold their fork in their dominant hand most of the time during eating so he is using his left hand and most use their right. To cut something they’ll swap hands and hold the knife in their dominant hand but they will rarely keep hold of and use their knife in their dominant hand to push food onto their fork like most Brits do.
@djs98blue
5 ай бұрын
Toby carvery have a very small presence in London but outside of London there are much more, particularly here in the midlands. Another example of how London is very different to the rest of the UK
@seanmc1351
5 ай бұрын
your not a lefty lol, you started right then went american lol, im actual left handed eater, knife in left hand and fork in right hand, but im right handed for the rest, I just wanted to give you some insight into british food, and why it is, we went through 2 world wars, and during those wars, there were rations, 1 egg a week per person, 2oz butter per week, meat was rationed and was sweets (candy) clothes were rationed, no one bought new clothes, just repaired what they had, even the women, men went to war, the women worked in factories supporting the war, there was no soap, to wash hands, or get the grease out of there hair, The bangers and mash you had, came from world war one, as meat was rationed, they put other stuff into the sausage plus water, so when cooking, they would explode because for the wather, hence bangers, because of rations, the women while men were at war, had to make things go along way, be hearty and filling, as they were limited, hence you hear people say its hearty food, pies, soups, broths, what was not rationed was vegetables and fish, so there was alot of pies baked goods, stews with veg, and potatoes which is a british staple,
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
It’s funny cuz dish’s here in America that people look at us odd for eating like biscuits and gravy, grits, liver and onions was foods fed to us by our grandmothers who learn to make these staples during civil war, wwi, wwii, and Great Depression era. Each country created their own unique tastes, the hard times left but the tastes for these dish’s stayed. My grandmother forced me to like fried chicken gizzards and livers. lol even look at our chocolate!! funny story, the only reason Hershey is so popular in America is because Milton Hershey got favored by the government during World War II because he produced a chocolate bar with a high melting point for soldiers in the battlefield to carry. Allowing him to make enough money to become the chocolate company of America, and the owner of English Cadbury as well. Goes to show you you efficiency always wins over preference lol.
@robertlonsdale5326
5 ай бұрын
London isn't typical England.
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
Can you explain that a little better please 😲
@robertlonsdale5326
5 ай бұрын
@@Trippingthroughadventures London is a mix up of cultures which is a good thing but the rest of Britain is a lot different. A lot of people from here don't like the place. Does everyone in America flock to Washington DC?
@jeanniewarken5822
5 ай бұрын
People dont necessarily go to pubs to get drunk..
@nealgrimes4382
5 ай бұрын
But it helps
@AngelaVara-i4l
5 ай бұрын
There are better nicer places to visit than london and a lot cheaper too.
@helenwood8482
5 ай бұрын
London really doesn't have a ghetto.
@stirlingmoss4621
5 ай бұрын
where does Khans support come from..?
@TimBadger-w7d
5 ай бұрын
You really wrote that?
@WCGUK2024
4 ай бұрын
Pretty sure it has many no go areas.
@carolineskipper6976
5 ай бұрын
A Toby Carvery is nothing to write home about......It's OK, but pretty much pre-prepared standard catering quality. Definitely not worth travelling any distance to eat at. Look out for a pub or restaurant that is not part of a chain, has its own full kitchen and cooks from scratch. A 'Free House' pub is run by the owners of the individual establishment, and not tied to a particular brewery.
@ren-singing-baby-catcher
3 ай бұрын
Toby's Carvery is not worth it. Watch Khalani Ghost Hunter's video on Sunday roast at Toby's. That should put you off.
@utubeballbag
5 ай бұрын
UK pork is produced to higher standards than US pork, especially in places like where you had dinner
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
You know I really don’t find that hard to believe 🤣😂🤣
@sandrahilton3239
4 ай бұрын
You need to go to a real country pub. Picturesque, all different, good food, and traditional draft beer from a barrel.
@Trippingthroughadventures
4 ай бұрын
Any suggestions ?
@AnthonyValentine-vm1yc
5 ай бұрын
It's weird how Americans use knife & forks. Then again, when we rock up at a Chinese restaurant, a little tipsy at night; How the Chinese must be amused at our attempt to use chopsticks! Nah! Most of us end up using a spoon & fork. How uncouth! LOL!
@darkmatter6714
3 ай бұрын
So pubs are a different concept to bars. You can go to bars in the UK and they’ll be no different to bars in the US. Pubs on the other hand are different. You can take your family to a pub - including kids and dogs. The best pubs are the local village and county pubs.
@Longislandteaboy
5 ай бұрын
Difference between a UK and US sausage...the chemicals.
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
Yea…. Yea sadly we don’t mention that cuz that’s basically the difference of everything between us lol 😂
@glastonbury4304
5 ай бұрын
Lots of Roman parts of London to visit as well...and churches from around the 11th century...
@ATwinam
2 ай бұрын
The shield crests on each set of pews are the Hereldic Shields relating to Heraldry , in plan mans terms, every notable family had a coat of arms sheild, and each one was unique to that family, some had mottos as well. As the pews with sheilds on weren't for the commoners they sat in a different place. A the basic history of pubs started way back in time before the purification of drinking water, as people began to brew beer they made 3 or 4 brews sometimes 5 brews from one batch of ingredients, each time making a lesser strength of beer, and this was drunk instead of the dirty water unless you had a well on your property away from any sewer or ditches, and the children drank the weaker brews, also Cider was drunk, but our Cider is different to the American Cider as this to us is just squeezed apple juice, were our Cider was fermented with nothing else in it, just barrelled up from a length of time until it was ready to drink. And where people gathered to have a drink in a inn maybe the front room of a house, that became an inn, ale house or tavern, and brewing was done on site that is why we had so many different beers or ales, and thats how our pub culture grow from the fact that the people became friends with oter drinkers frequenting these establishments, then spirits were added later with the rum and gins, near where i live in Portsmouth up untill the 1970s there was a pub on every corner junction of a road. Not so many these days due to costs and the real killer was banning Smoking inside the pubs... I hope thi was informative to you.
@elitet3359
4 ай бұрын
That s NOT a church - it is a cathedral. In fact that is St Paul’s Cathedral.
@chefscottish
5 ай бұрын
Tobys carvery is not good. Its scalpel cut factory meat with tones of veg and potatoes. I know some people like it. If you want a good Sunday lunch you need a good cook chef that no what there doing its not rocket science but there is an art especially the gravy with roasted bones . Duck fat roasties and proper yorkies fresh not frozen veg. My view. Cheerd
@lesbrewster2375
5 ай бұрын
Don’t go out of your way to try a Toby, you may get quantity for a cheap price but that’s at the expense of quality
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
I’m hoping if I walk in with a camera and a accent they might cut me a little extra 🤣😂🤣😂
@markgibson3034
5 ай бұрын
Wetherspoons is a horrible cheap chain. I would recommend avoiding them if you are a tourist.
@richardwaddington2038
5 ай бұрын
Great vid .....Im very happy that the wonderful Pedro Pascal loved his Bangers and mash and his beutiful wife finally got the sticky toffee pudding she always wanted . ! Looking forward to the sunday lunch vid xx
@Steve_W27
4 ай бұрын
Mate please don’t go to Toby Carvery whatever you do! It’s iterally for people who don’t really like food.
@phoenix-xu9xj
4 ай бұрын
Pubs in some parts of the country are NOT calm. Many pubs have gardens and children are welcome. Quiz nights etc.
@Trippingthroughadventures
4 ай бұрын
We want to bring our kids, little Richard loves fish and chips and mash too!! He would love England, he watch’s peppa pig and bluey so he calls soccer, football ball and accuses all of us as being “cheeky“ lol he would fit right in lol
@ewanstevenson9380
5 ай бұрын
The pelican feeds its chocks its own flesh if no food available. Dunno if they really do, they thought odd things long ago!
@MarcusMorris-q6r
5 ай бұрын
London does not represent England. Try staying elsewhere.
@Trippingthroughadventures
5 ай бұрын
If we get enough support for a series pt 2 we plan on exploring wales and northern uk
@Caambrinus
4 ай бұрын
Your 'first British pint' doesn't look like a pint, mate.
@Trippingthroughadventures
4 ай бұрын
Shut up don’t destroy the magic 🤣😂🤣😂
@TimBadger-w7d
5 ай бұрын
You enjoyed the food in Britain because it’s not poisoning you.
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