Watching you eat is a joy. To explain, I lost my tongue and much of my throat to cancer, so I don't eat. I miss it so. But I love watching others eat and enjoying what I no longer can.
@@DERAILEDbeats It's okay. yeah, it sucks, but I'm still here, and I'm happy to see other people eat. Although I generally won't sit and watch people eat in person. They usually feel bad that I can only watch.
Hi Ben, that English Breakfast looks delicious, but £35 that's too expensive. I'm sure you get the same at local greasy spoon cafe for under £10.00. It tastes just as delicious.
Probably cost that much but delivery fees get crazy. I’ve ordered a full English before multiple times from a banging cafe near me usually added up to around £20-£25. Like a 5-7 min drive or 10-15min walk to the place. The little delivery fees can stack up. Uber themselves add like a 7 quid charge to top it all off.
@@thegaz15 Any able bodied person who orders a "Full" to take away should be keelhauled. ( Unless it's for someone disabled, mind.) It just do'nt taste the same, surely ?
Traditional bubble and Squeak is the left over veg from Sunday lunch mashed and fried. The name comes from the pops and sizzles that you hear coming from the pan. It's done when you get a nice caramel coating Our bacon is a quality Back Bacon Sausages vary per county Black pudding blood, meal, fat in a skin and boiled
That's an outstanding looking breakfast. You did it right by mixing and matching items together for the almost unlimited flavor combinations it provides. (The tomato counts as "sweet".) ...and yes, I also need my food to be hot. Cold chips (fries) are an absolute non-starter for me.
Agreed. Food, if meant to be served hot, should be hot not cold. Except Pizza. Pizza is fine cold, sometimes better. Shame he didn't pick up the English forg and knife ettiquette for it to mix the items together as much as possible in one mouthful for maximum flavour.
Nah this isn’t a great one. The ratio is all off and the bacon and sausage look a bit budget. A big sausage is generally a no go when a cafe sells a full english
@@EQINOX187£5-£15 what delivery service are they using lol it should either be free or no more then £3 only if it’s travelling from one side of London the other is would be £15
For me, the magic of a full breakfast is not the individual components but how well they all work together. One mouthful with rashers, black pudding, egg. The next with toast, beans, and mushroom. And so on ad finitum. But you've really got to use a knife to create that kind of magic. The lack of knife here held you back.
I'm really triggered by the fact that he isn't pairing them in the right way. You can't have beans first. And you def cannot have egg on its own. Just no. The beans have to be eaten after you've taken a bite of hash browns or some toast bread with egg. Sausage is ok to have on its own. The bacon rashers should probably be paired with the egg and had on a bit of toast and then you might want to cleanse your pallet with a scoop of beans. Ugh... he doesn't know how to eat it and I want to cry. Still love you for this though lol
Best thing i find about you is that you actually give British food a chance and not over react and moan like a little girl. You know British food is Da Bomb and can respect it ! Great video
@@L9ie clearly never had proper british food, theres plenty of dishes from britain which are just as good (or better in some situations) than food from any other country
This is what a full breakfast should look like: 2 eggs (cooked the way you like them), bacon, pork sausage links, hash brown (not preformed garbage), toast, and either waffles or pancakes. I think beans other than in chili is disgusting. I know I'm not alone in this feeling. Whenever I travel and stay in hotels with full breakfast buffet, the one thing that's almost left alone are beans.
@@forsenthechicano What, because it's not all chilli? There's nothing bland about properly cooked back bacon. Or a fillet of beer battered cod, it's not a rainbow of flavours because it's fish but a solid piece of fish will be rich and crunchy. Hash browns aren't a British invention but bubble and squeak has got plenty going on. And yes it originates from India but British curry is strong on its own, though milder than the likes of a Madras. Our pastries are far from bland, just try a Cornish pasty or a steak bake. Sunday dinners are about the only thing bland I can think of that we eat. Compared to Asia, all European cuisine is bland, but France gets praised for its food. At least British food isn't all full of butter and cheese (as good as our cheeses are)
You sir, are incredibly respectful! Externally and internally. I respect you as you respect the food you try. You are not fussy, you understand what you’re eating and also know how you like your food. This plate, is very much designed for you to try a variety of combos together. Beans and black pudding go well together personally.
I literally shouted for joy when he scooped the beans onto the toast. I'd been urging him to do it from the start of the video! As for the cheese - melt it on the beans.
@richardbuffaloskinnerlongh1580 yup. But the best way to eat beans, in my opinion, is to have cheesy beans on two slices of buttered toast with marmite, topped off with two runny poached eggs. When those egg yolks mix with the beans, it's a meal fit for a king. Oh, and brown sauce on top.
@doglifehub our favorite breakfast too. Aldi do a lovely half a bran loaf. Its the best bread , giant slices buttered with marmite and poached egges on one and cheezy beans on the other.. lots of black pepper too and hp . The best and actually a paired down healthy version of the fry up. God i could eat that now
Cheesy hash browns? Cheesy bubble and squeak? Plenty of options. But it might be overkill. It's not necessary, anyway. A Full English is perfect as it is.
I had several American breakfasts when I visited the states but I guess it’s what you are used to so it would be the full English every time for me…great vid Ben, glad you enjoyed
Just when I thought the Eggslut and breakfest burrito videos couldn't make me more hungry for breakfast food, Ben comes in with the royal breakfast of kings. That plate looks HELLA fine!
Our blackpudding is similar to South Korea's blood sausage, with a mix of barley or other grains and often the blood is pig's blood; in the Caribbean and British Guiana/Guyana it is also called Blackpudding but it is highly seasoned rice and cow's blood as apposed to pig's blood. It is a delicacy served up with a green mango chutney/ locally referred to as a green mango sauce/sour. Love from England 🏴 UK Dude, you can eat!😂
I hope you enjoyed the breakfast. Black pudding is a blood pudding, now made with oats as the binder. You should look up what they used to put into them 🙂 Bubble and squeak is so called due to the sound it makes when its being cooked. Its a way to use up left overs vegetables and potatoes. You needed some brown sauce to finish the meal off.
Solid effort with that breakfast! What I would say, is a breakfast this size is generally eaten on a weekend and usually accompanying a hangover. You'd then either try and get out and walk some of it off (potentially to a pub) or just back home and spend the day not doing much. Some people may eat a smaller version of this before work, but mainly manual labourers I would say, I personally could never eat this and then go sit at an office, I'd be asleep by 10am... But that's just my personal experience of living here, I wouldn't even attempt to speak for all Brits!
@@Liamthewaldo Lol there's literally black pudding on the plate... The Bubble and Squeak is rogue, although not unheard of with posher English breakfasts. But he ordered this, he didn't make it himself. My comment was aimed at the fact he ate it all, it's quite a hefty meal.
I would incorporate some cheese into my beans. Also best bit is using the bread to scoop everything and soak up the bean sauce off the plate at the end! 😋 Go to drink is an tea/coffee with an apple/orange juice! Top tier scran!
This is one of those meals you’ve gotta get a bit of EVERY single item on your fork at once man. Best breakfast going if you ask me. Also an amazing lunch/dinner if you’re hungover
Americans don’t seem to understand we have choice of bacons here. Back, middle or streaky. This is back (best one IMO) middle is back with the streaky attached too & the streaky is the same as ‘standard’ American bacon.
Got a few essential things you NEED to try if you’re here. Indian - Dishoom is a VERY good spot, go for the chicken ruby with cheese naan and the black daal on the side. Thank me later Kebabs - Lots to choose from, but somewhere like Best Mangal if you’re in central London. Go for a mixed doner + chicken wrap - make sure you get it with chilli sauce and garlic. ESSENTIAL food after several pints. Caribbean - Curry chicken or curry goat/mutton, jerk chicken with rice & peas (get extra jerk gravy), mac & cheese & fried dumplings
Hi ben the trick to eating a full english is get a bit of everything on your fork at the same time . Loving your videos you really look like your enjoying the food 👍
Glad you enjoyed your full English breakfast, the great thing about them is you can eat them anyway you please. Regarding the actual temperature of my food, I like to have the food at a temperature where I can really savour the flavours, if it's too hot that is not possible.
Its so funny seeing u try all the British stuff since I've lived with it my whole life. And make sure to get the pepperoni pizza slice from greggs, personal favourite.
So close to dipping the toast into the egg yolk! As for eating a full English a lot people tend to mix bits in combinations they like. For example I like having eggs and beans on the plate but try and keep them apart. Bacon and or sausage with beans/ egg, bacon, toast/ tomato and bacon/ black pudding and beans etc. Traditionally a working mans breakfast more common would be the paired back 'fry up'. Both are great hangover cures. If you get the chance try it in a gresy spoon cafe (with fried bread)
Great video mate. You need to try a Cornish pasty while you’re here. Not from a chain like Greggs but a proper local bakery, pasty with proper chunks of meat in it not the blended version. I always recommend it to my American mates when they’re coming here for the first time!
I went to cornwall and tried all sorts of pasties. About ten in fact. It's not true to say that chunks of meat are better than ground. Both varieties were on offer and there are advantages and disadvantages to both types. I actually prefer the ground beef. And I have had the best of the best in Cornwal.
Full English all the way from me. I never understood why anyone would want to start the day with lots of sugar, and I have a sweet tooth. God bless and lots of love from Norway.
You need to experience a roast dinner with Yorkshire puddings, fish & chips with mushy peas and an English Chinese takeaway (chicken fried rice, sweet and sour chicken HK style, crispy chilli beef, 'crispy seaweed', prawn crackers, chips, curry sauce), high tea, scones with jam & cream.
Enjoyed the video, thanks. The English breakfast tea needs making with freshly boiled water, brewed for a few minutes ( no more than three, no less than one for me), then finished with a splash of semi skim milk. We’d never have it black and would never leave the tea bag in to stew for too long. Try it like that next time.
You are as good as British now, especially since you said you would opt for the full English breakfast over an American breakfast. Found it amusing how you used the toast to push the food onto the fork!
Bubble and Squeak is great but more common for breakfast on Monday morning since it uses leftovers of the Sunday roast, not usually part of a Full English which is usually consumed on the weekend (unless you're a builder who eats it every day because you need tons of calories). I would always go for an English breakfast over an American breakfast. Cheese is not needed, but you could always have the other classic English breakfast if you want cheese: Cheese on toast with Worcestershire sauce. One thing missing from your Full English was a fried slice (a piece of toast fried in the oil used to cook the other ingredients). Other than that, this was awesome.
So for those who don't know what it is, here is a hint, Black Pudding has another name "Blood Sausage", because literally thats what it is, Pork Blood, oats/grains, Pork fat, in a sausage casing, sliced and fried.
Different types too. In England our black pudding origins are from Lincoln and traditionally uses Pig Blood. Scottish Black Pudding which is better in my opinion, uses Sheep's blood, if anyone's a fan of Black Pudding reading this try getting some Stornoway Black pudding. Elite stuff bit expensive but worth it.
He needs to try a Scottish breakfast, square sausage, potato scone, crispy bacon, fried egg or scrambled, black pudding, hash brown and beans. Plain bread toasted with butter. Delicious
As a Londoner, I can 100% recommend you a steak bake from greggs if its like 20 mins or less from just being fresh, then it's a 10/10. The sausage roll is kinda a hit or miss. I also like their chocolate éclairs. Fire vid tho ❤. Do not recommend their pizzas absolutely trash but if you wanna buy them to just try it then be my guest.
“As a Londoner”….proceeds to talk about a chain originating in Tyneside 🤣 (I am a fellow Londoner btw…no hate intended, just made me laugh as Greggs is so non London specific). Steak bake is solid recommendation though!
The bubble and squeak is amazing im from australia and you usually have it by having your leftover mash potato and veggies and just make them into patties and throw em on a pan
A full English usually comes with square toast cut diagonally. I take one triangle, dip the corner in runny egg yolk, then do the same with the other corner. The triangle becomes square, I put an egg on it and eat it with a knife and fork. I leave the other triangle to the end of the meal to wipe the plate clean. ))
Im from USA and I can admit this looks extremely good. Would love to try out the full English Breakfast. And I would prefer better food being a bit cold 100%
Cook one up, hash browns bacon streaky is spot on couple sausages, fried eggs toast and baked beans maybe grilled toms and also maybe grilled mushrooms, black pudding isn't a must dont worry about that, neither is bubble n squeak that's an old way of frying up lastnights leftovers. Cook it all up n enjoy. Cuppa coffee instead if Engkish tea n your sorted
@@ethanhart7032 In the video Ben asked if you prefer to get delivered food that is hot but not very good, or delivered cold food that is better tasting. I would prefer to get better quality food that is cold in that scenario, because I can reheat it to my preference. I agree with you, I'll always want this meal or any meal hot, it was a hypothetical question for worst case delivery.
I think for the most part, an English breakfast isn't something that's eaten on a daily basis. One of those breakfasts you'd have on Sat/Sun. It's the best cure for a hangover!
Most people don't eat breakfast, lunch and dinner on days they are having a full breakfast, it's usually more a Brunch if we've had a bed morning, or so we don't need to stop for lunch if we have a busy day planned so just have a big hearty breakfast and then you can go do whatever and won't need to stop for food until the evening.
Greggs!! Must get pepperoni or hot shot pizzas, sausage roll, steak bake, cheese&onion pasty (personal fave) and either a hot yum yum with caramel sauce if you want something sweet or classic British jam filled donut. All savoury food will probably be cold so definitely warm it up in the OVEN to avoid soggy bottoms before you eat it for the best experience!! Love from a real greggs fan x
I always prefer to make my own hash browns when I do a Full English, but I find it's best when the EGG is on the toast, the yoke soaking in to the toast is in my opinion amazing, and if you don't like the black pudding then white pudding is a good alternative. As for the bubble and squeak I don't know where that comes from for the Traditional Full English, as Bubble and Squeak is traditionally left overs from a Sunday roast, but more commonly leftovers from Christmas Dinner on boxing day. Love the vid's man keep it up!
I agree with everything you wrote. Homemade hash browns are SO superior to the dull mass-produced things served up by cafes. In defence of that breakfast, as it was delivered to him he was never going to get runny yolks. Shame though.
Congratulation on your trip to the UK. Have a great time. Farmers still have a big breakfast here in the South. It could include fried eggs, country ham with red eye gravy, bacon, grits (sometime cheesy grits,) biscuits with sausage gravy, hash brown, toast, and fresh coffee.
👏 Well done sir for trying black pudding BEFORE finding out what it's made of. So many people throughout my life have said "I don't like black pudding" and when I ask "have you ever tried it?" they say "no but it's made of..." 🤣 so bravo to you for trying it first and getting the truth of the taste 😊
Yes, Gregg's is a good shout, @BenDeen. Gotta get the sausage roll, the cheese & onion pasty, and ppl love the steak pasty too. There's also a good vegan sausage roll.
Glad you enjoyed it, full English (also Welsh/Irish/Scottish or Fry-up) is an experience, out of convenience, I usually have a breakfast roll (barm/butty/bap etc...you get funny looks depending on what you call it where) which is usually egg, bacon, & sausage/black pudding, maybe mushrooms but I rarely see a breakfast roll with tomatoes or beans on. If you travel as far as Hull you need to try a pattie from a chippy, they are amazing, and come in several varieties, also try the chips with chip spice, it's the norm up there and they might not even ask before putting it on. You might get a patty in London, they're also called savories but I've been to chippies around most of the UK and very few serve them. Also if you can find a chippy that still cooks in beef dripping, the chips are on another level.
5:15 that isn’t really just because of bacon in England, been to Stonehenge several times, the food is horrendous at places like those. At proper restaurants though, especially family run ones, the food is great.
I’ve not tried everything from Greggs but deffo try the steak bake, chicken bake and meat sausage roll. Be warned though, they often sell out of the good stuff so get there early!
The prices will be listed and his in central London in a tourist hotspot I'm imagining prices there are through the roof because rent is through the roof
Full Scottish has a few differences if u get here have it. Sausage, square sausage, tinned tomato, potato scone, fried egg, black pudding, fried bread and bacon
Never had black pudding but i remembered I seen online others eat it and I had to google to make sure. I was right. It's made of blood. Here it is: " Black pudding is a kind of sausage, except that unlike normal sausages, you make it with blood. To make a black pudding, you cook blood mixed with a filler (oatmeal) until it is thick enough to congeal when cooled and because of this, black pudding is one of those things people either love or hate. " :)
@kernow80,,A Scottish Breakfast is the Business,,Square sausage, known as Lorne,,Black Pudding, Eggs, Fried or Scrambled, Smoked Bacon,Potato scones, or as we say in Scotland, Tattie scones,Beans ,Toast & a Mug of Strong Tea,, Best Hangover Cure,,Fact,,,
Don't know if it was worth $35, lots of places in London you can get a full breakfast for less but I am glad you got the authentic English Breakfast with the Black Pudding.
Ben you need to go to a traditional cafe in uk. A decent one would only cost you about £8 -15 max depending on location , two sausages bacon eggs beans, mushroom, black pudding and tomatoes , plus bread buttie and a builders cuppa tea bab! You need to travel out for more traditional food. But I've subscribed because i love your reaction 😂👍🏽 oh we don't have the bubble and no hash browns xx
No no no. You basically telling him to go to a place with cheaper and lower quality ingredients. Having a high quality sausage and decent bacon totally elevates the breakfast. You cannot get these in an average cafe. They get their sausages for crappy wholesalers and the bacon is just water logged rubbish. Hashbrowns are a recent addition to the Full english but are valid. To have proper British food you need to stay in London to ensure proper quality. That's were 90% of the best restaurants and markets are in the country, I'm from the north and I've lived in Midlands and London. For food quality its way way higher in london as there is more of a restaurant eating out culture plus it has way superior deliveroo uber eats choices so the average Londoner has tried a wider variety of higher quality food and inevitably will have a superior palette.
There’s only three occasions I ever eat one of these : A - while hungover, B - the morning of a full day of drinking, C - In an airport before a morning flight (also may be before a full day of drinking)
Hi Ben, from greggs try a sausage, bean and cheese melt. It’s a pasty with baked beans in I think you will like it. It’s what you’ve said you wanted with the cheese on top of English breakfast but kinda in pasty form make sure it’s warm tastes better, all things from Greggs tastes better warm fyi. Nakita (uk)
Traditionally, pasties were made with different fillings at each end. One end containing meat and vegetables, and one end with a sweet filling. The sweet end would be marked with an initial so the miners knew what side to eat first. Today, Cornish pasties are filled with steak, potatoes, swede (rutabaga) and onions.
My standard American weekend breakfast consists of 3 eggs over medium, 4 bacon strips, 4 sausage links (or two sausage patties), 1/2 pound hamburger patty, hashbrowns, rye toast, and a Michelada.
You should try a Scottish breakfast now. They have square sausage, stornoway black pudding (aka blood pudding), fruit pudding, and potato scone on theirs.
Extortionate London prices + He probably went to an expensive place too. Can get all this from anywhere between £5 to £20 depending on what you get and where you go.
The real joy of the Full English is to eat all the bits in different combinations as they all compliment each other really well
Ya know, mr Newman, it took me years to realise that's what i did, since i had my 1st "Full" , 50 odd years a go.
@@blackbob3358 You always remember your first :) with a runny egg so you can mix yoke and bean sauce over everything
Yeah I get a little bit of everything onto my fork, dip it into brown sauce then wash it down with some earl grey tea. Heavenly.
As much as you can get together on the fork is my rule
Yeah, but Americans can’t do that…..because they’ve never learnt how to use cutlery. 😂🤦🏻♂️🤢
$35? That’s crazy. I’m from London - you can get a SOLID English breakfast for
Pretty sure he got it delivered.
Maybe he used USA currency
Tourist trap probably
@@adamcohen1570using Uber Eats it checks out. + restaurants charge more on apps
@@Soulxlight ye that’s probably why. Can’t beat stumbling in to a real cafe, on deaths doorstep with a hangover and wolfing down a good full English.
Watching you eat is a joy. To explain, I lost my tongue and much of my throat to cancer, so I don't eat. I miss it so. But I love watching others eat and enjoying what I no longer can.
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aw man thats fucked up, im sorry
@@DERAILEDbeats It's okay. yeah, it sucks, but I'm still here, and I'm happy to see other people eat. Although I generally won't sit and watch people eat in person. They usually feel bad that I can only watch.
That's sad sorry btw
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Knowing what black pudding is, Ben calling it “ambiguous” is sooo funny
Lmao 🤣
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@@electic3720 Nice one. The good quality stuff is "bloody" good though !
I literally laughed as soon as I heard this 😂
That's a sentence I'd never thought of hearing ambiguous and black pudding in the same sentence lol
Hi Ben, that English Breakfast looks delicious, but £35 that's too expensive. I'm sure you get the same at local greasy spoon cafe for under £10.00.
It tastes just as delicious.
He said 35 dollars, and he also probably ordered it from Uber. But I agree with you, its possible to get a banging breakfast for a tenner or less.
when you order it to eat as a takeaway it can be expensive
Probably cost that much but delivery fees get crazy.
I’ve ordered a full English before multiple times from a banging cafe near me usually added up to around £20-£25. Like a 5-7 min drive or 10-15min walk to the place. The little delivery fees can stack up. Uber themselves add like a 7 quid charge to top it all off.
@@thegaz15 Any able bodied person who orders a "Full" to take away should be keelhauled. ( Unless it's for someone disabled, mind.) It just do'nt taste the same, surely ?
in London the full lot with black pudding is often getting just over 10 quid now, but a far cry from 35!
Traditional bubble and Squeak is the left over veg from Sunday lunch mashed and fried. The name comes from the pops and sizzles that you hear coming from the pan. It's done when you get a nice caramel coating
Our bacon is a quality Back Bacon
Sausages vary per county
Black pudding blood, meal, fat in a skin and boiled
That's an outstanding looking breakfast. You did it right by mixing and matching items together for the almost unlimited flavor combinations it provides. (The tomato counts as "sweet".)
...and yes, I also need my food to be hot. Cold chips (fries) are an absolute non-starter for me.
Agreed. Food, if meant to be served hot, should be hot not cold. Except Pizza. Pizza is fine cold, sometimes better.
Shame he didn't pick up the English forg and knife ettiquette for it to mix the items together as much as possible in one mouthful for maximum flavour.
Nah this isn’t a great one. The ratio is all off and the bacon and sausage look a bit budget. A big sausage is generally a no go when a cafe sells a full english
@@deanc6664 I’ve never had a cold pizza that was better than a fresh out the oven pizza, ever! You can’t beat good fresh pizza! 😅
$35 is a disgrace 😂😂 But you can’t go wrong with a full English breakfast, underrated elite level breakfast right there
I am guessing he included the delivery cost and depending on range that could be £5 to £15 give or take
@@EQINOX187£5-£15 what delivery service are they using lol it should either be free or no more then £3 only if it’s travelling from one side of London the other is would be £15
@alta8029exactly
@alta8029 Bro in London we still getting that for £7-8 in the hood
@alta8029 What's funny there's a difference between central London extortionate prices and a Greasy Cafe in the hood
Oh my! I’m from London & we love nothing more than a full English. Love seeing folk from around the world enjoying this work of art!⭐️
For me, the magic of a full breakfast is not the individual components but how well they all work together. One mouthful with rashers, black pudding, egg. The next with toast, beans, and mushroom. And so on ad finitum. But you've really got to use a knife to create that kind of magic. The lack of knife here held you back.
Yanks don’t understand cutlery or table manners…..
I'm really triggered by the fact that he isn't pairing them in the right way. You can't have beans first. And you def cannot have egg on its own. Just no. The beans have to be eaten after you've taken a bite of hash browns or some toast bread with egg. Sausage is ok to have on its own. The bacon rashers should probably be paired with the egg and had on a bit of toast and then you might want to cleanse your pallet with a scoop of beans. Ugh... he doesn't know how to eat it and I want to cry. Still love you for this though lol
Where do you order from?? 🤣 That breakfast costs me about £6 up in northern England 🤣
@@newleft2254 You are triggered by the way another human chooses to eat his breakfast? What a strange cat!
@@darrena5384that huge whopper of a full English would be £15+ here in Brighton!
Best thing i find about you is that you actually give British food a chance and not over react and moan like a little girl. You know British food is Da Bomb and can respect it ! Great video
Lmao let’s not get too ahead of ourselves 💀💀
@@L9ie clearly never had proper british food, theres plenty of dishes from britain which are just as good (or better in some situations) than food from any other country
This is what a full breakfast should look like: 2 eggs (cooked the way you like them), bacon, pork sausage links, hash brown (not preformed garbage), toast, and either waffles or pancakes. I think beans other than in chili is disgusting. I know I'm not alone in this feeling. Whenever I travel and stay in hotels with full breakfast buffet, the one thing that's almost left alone are beans.
@L9ie Considering America's cuisine, they have nothing to say about our food.
@@forsenthechicano What, because it's not all chilli? There's nothing bland about properly cooked back bacon. Or a fillet of beer battered cod, it's not a rainbow of flavours because it's fish but a solid piece of fish will be rich and crunchy. Hash browns aren't a British invention but bubble and squeak has got plenty going on. And yes it originates from India but British curry is strong on its own, though milder than the likes of a Madras. Our pastries are far from bland, just try a Cornish pasty or a steak bake. Sunday dinners are about the only thing bland I can think of that we eat. Compared to Asia, all European cuisine is bland, but France gets praised for its food. At least British food isn't all full of butter and cheese (as good as our cheeses are)
Your food reviews are awesome. You bring so much life to food.
You sir, are incredibly respectful! Externally and internally. I respect you as you respect the food you try. You are not fussy, you understand what you’re eating and also know how you like your food.
This plate, is very much designed for you to try a variety of combos together. Beans and black pudding go well together personally.
I literally shouted for joy when he scooped the beans onto the toast. I'd been urging him to do it from the start of the video! As for the cheese - melt it on the beans.
Yeah cheesy beans is the only way to have beans on toast
@richardbuffaloskinnerlongh1580 yup. But the best way to eat beans, in my opinion, is to have cheesy beans on two slices of buttered toast with marmite, topped off with two runny poached eggs. When those egg yolks mix with the beans, it's a meal fit for a king.
Oh, and brown sauce on top.
@@doglifehub wow that’s wild
@doglifehub our favorite breakfast too. Aldi do a lovely half a bran loaf. Its the best bread , giant slices buttered with marmite and poached egges on one and cheezy beans on the other.. lots of black pepper too and hp . The best and actually a paired down healthy version of the fry up. God i could eat that now
Cheesy hash browns? Cheesy bubble and squeak? Plenty of options. But it might be overkill. It's not necessary, anyway. A Full English is perfect as it is.
I had several American breakfasts when I visited the states but I guess it’s what you are used to so it would be the full English every time for me…great vid Ben, glad you enjoyed
seeinh him eat British food makes me so happy for some reason he eats with so much energy
this is one of the few meals specifically designed to be eaten the way Ben eats everything
real
Really noisily you mean???
He always eats like he hasn’t eaten in days and no decorum either with the noise.
@@richardmack1194Why watch if you want to complain?
@@dxrrell__2750 I like food videos, this came up on my feed, first and last video of his I will watch.
Came for the breakfast, left because of the squelchy ASMR 🤣
Just when I thought the Eggslut and breakfest burrito videos couldn't make me more hungry for breakfast food, Ben comes in with the royal breakfast of kings. That plate looks HELLA fine!
An egg what?
@@cosmicplays3788 I'd tell you to Google it, but results may vary
egg what?!?!?
Finally a fellow eggslut enthusiast
I'm not a huge fan of gimmicks but fucking Eggslut hit a goddamn home run. Never upset when I see that name and I'll totally try it
The travel mic picks up EVERY bite.
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Our blackpudding is similar to South Korea's blood sausage, with a mix of barley or other grains and often the blood is pig's blood; in the Caribbean and British Guiana/Guyana it is also called Blackpudding but it is highly seasoned rice and cow's blood as apposed to pig's blood. It is a delicacy served up with a green mango chutney/ locally referred to as a green mango sauce/sour. Love from England 🏴 UK Dude, you can eat!😂
I hope you enjoyed the breakfast.
Black pudding is a blood pudding, now made with oats as the binder. You should look up what they used to put into them 🙂
Bubble and squeak is so called due to the sound it makes when its being cooked. Its a way to use up left overs vegetables and potatoes.
You needed some brown sauce to finish the meal off.
Thank you for explaining this to us curious ones!
brown sauce is not the best to me though
Is brown sauce like brown gravy?
@@fionafifi7029not quite. It’s more like sticky sour and salty. Famous brands are HP and daddy’s brown sauce… hmmm daddy’s funny one….😏
@@fionafifi7029 In America A1 is the closest thing to HP Brown Sauce. Oddly, both A1 & HP are owned by the same multinational company.
Loving this Americans appreciation for British food ❤
I love your munchie eating noises! 😂
Solid effort with that breakfast!
What I would say, is a breakfast this size is generally eaten on a weekend and usually accompanying a hangover. You'd then either try and get out and walk some of it off (potentially to a pub) or just back home and spend the day not doing much.
Some people may eat a smaller version of this before work, but mainly manual labourers I would say, I personally could never eat this and then go sit at an office, I'd be asleep by 10am...
But that's just my personal experience of living here, I wouldn't even attempt to speak for all Brits!
its not a solid effort
wrong type of sausage, no black pudding and no one ever eats bubble and squeak on a fry up!
@@Liamthewaldo Lol there's literally black pudding on the plate...
The Bubble and Squeak is rogue, although not unheard of with posher English breakfasts. But he ordered this, he didn't make it himself. My comment was aimed at the fact he ate it all, it's quite a hefty meal.
BeanDeen eating beans.
Hahaha funny
I deem dat BenDeen been eatin dem beans
''maybe you can hear that'' I can not only hear everything going on inside your mouth, I can basically hear your entire digestive system at this point
One of the best things about eating an english breakfast is that u can create so many different combinations. Its the best.
A full English definitely works best when adopting the 'golden mouthful' approach. Bit of everything on each forkful.
Went to Ireland w my brother years ago and we ate this every morning. Brings back great memories. Thanks for sharing.
I would incorporate some cheese into my beans. Also best bit is using the bread to scoop everything and soak up the bean sauce off the plate at the end! 😋 Go to drink is an tea/coffee with an apple/orange juice! Top tier scran!
Full English sets me up for the day.
Also,if you’re in London,PROPER pie n mash,yum.
This is one of those meals you’ve gotta get a bit of EVERY single item on your fork at once man. Best breakfast going if you ask me. Also an amazing lunch/dinner if you’re hungover
A bit of everything piles up into a toast or bread and butter sandwich, and mop up all the juices as you go
Americans don’t seem to understand we have choice of bacons here. Back, middle or streaky. This is back (best one IMO) middle is back with the streaky attached too & the streaky is the same as ‘standard’ American bacon.
Got a few essential things you NEED to try if you’re here.
Indian - Dishoom is a VERY good spot, go for the chicken ruby with cheese naan and the black daal on the side. Thank me later
Kebabs - Lots to choose from, but somewhere like Best Mangal if you’re in central London. Go for a mixed doner + chicken wrap - make sure you get it with chilli sauce and garlic. ESSENTIAL food after several pints.
Caribbean - Curry chicken or curry goat/mutton, jerk chicken with rice & peas (get extra jerk gravy), mac & cheese & fried dumplings
So much better than all the Greggs recommendations. Dishoom is so good 🤤
@@lucytaylor2002Greggs may be a British staple, but it's pretty terrible food 🤣
Here comes old Gregg #iykyk 😂
Dishoom is fine but a bit tourist trappy. Head to a decent desi pub or local Indian restaurant imo.
Strongly, vehemently disagree with Dishoom, average at best
the difference between takeaway english breakfast and in cafe english breakfast is HUGEEE!!!
Hi ben the trick to eating a full english is get a bit of everything on your fork at the same time . Loving your videos you really look like your enjoying the food 👍
Glad you enjoyed your full English breakfast, the great thing about them is you can eat them anyway you please. Regarding the actual temperature of my food, I like to have the food at a temperature where I can really savour the flavours, if it's too hot that is not possible.
Its so funny seeing u try all the British stuff since I've lived with it my whole life. And make sure to get the pepperoni pizza slice from greggs, personal favourite.
No don’t recommend that it’s shit! Steak bakes all the way man
@@Sam_Martynor a chicken bake
Greggs pizza is probably the worst! Steak bake & sausage rolls all day
Bro said pepperoni pizza from greggs. Ngl I feel sorry for you. Taste buds are trash.
Cheese and onion pasty bro how you forgetting the goat
So close to dipping the toast into the egg yolk!
As for eating a full English a lot people tend to mix bits in combinations they like. For example I like having eggs and beans on the plate but try and keep them apart. Bacon and or sausage with beans/ egg, bacon, toast/ tomato and bacon/ black pudding and beans etc.
Traditionally a working mans breakfast more common would be the paired back 'fry up'. Both are great hangover cures. If you get the chance try it in a gresy spoon cafe (with fried bread)
Great video mate. You need to try a Cornish pasty while you’re here. Not from a chain like Greggs but a proper local bakery, pasty with proper chunks of meat in it not the blended version. I always recommend it to my American mates when they’re coming here for the first time!
West Country Cornish pasties are the best place in London to get proper Cornish pasties
I went to cornwall and tried all sorts of pasties. About ten in fact. It's not true to say that chunks of meat are better than ground. Both varieties were on offer and there are advantages and disadvantages to both types. I actually prefer the ground beef. And I have had the best of the best in Cornwal.
I could watch you eat all day long. Pure ASMR
Really, it’s so cringe but each to there own
I don't mind watching but i have to turn the sound down, don't like the loud eating sounds.
@@nealgrimes4382 He must be one of the loudest eaters on the net!
Full English all the way from me. I never understood why anyone would want to start the day with lots of sugar, and I have a sweet tooth. God bless and lots of love from Norway.
You need to experience a roast dinner with Yorkshire puddings, fish & chips with mushy peas and an English Chinese takeaway (chicken fried rice, sweet and sour chicken HK style, crispy chilli beef, 'crispy seaweed', prawn crackers, chips, curry sauce), high tea, scones with jam & cream.
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@@personalcheeses8073 brilliant! now I'm waiting for the snacks. I miss all the crisps, sweets and fizzy drinks they have in England!
Enjoyed the video, thanks. The English breakfast tea needs making with freshly boiled water, brewed for a few minutes ( no more than three, no less than one for me), then finished with a splash of semi skim milk. We’d never have it black and would never leave the tea bag in to stew for too long. Try it like that next time.
As a tea addict I want to die 😭
You are as good as British now, especially since you said you would opt for the full English breakfast over an American breakfast.
Found it amusing how you used the toast to push the food onto the fork!
Bubble and Squeak is great but more common for breakfast on Monday morning since it uses leftovers of the Sunday roast, not usually part of a Full English which is usually consumed on the weekend (unless you're a builder who eats it every day because you need tons of calories).
I would always go for an English breakfast over an American breakfast. Cheese is not needed, but you could always have the other classic English breakfast if you want cheese: Cheese on toast with Worcestershire sauce.
One thing missing from your Full English was a fried slice (a piece of toast fried in the oil used to cook the other ingredients). Other than that, this was awesome.
bro Worcestershire sauce on cheese on toast?
@@okthen657they eat vile things over there
@@okthen657 Worcestershire sauce literally recommend cheese on toast as a good example for use on the front of the bottle
@@okthen657make a grilled cheese with it and try it for yourself, it'll blow you away
Bubble and squeak is a regional thing, mainly down south. Up north that would cost about 5 or 6 quid
So for those who don't know what it is, here is a hint, Black Pudding has another name "Blood Sausage", because literally thats what it is, Pork Blood, oats/grains, Pork fat, in a sausage casing, sliced and fried.
I won’t lie, blood sausage sounds a lot more intriguing and appetising than black pudding.
Black pudding is the Best thing on hid plate.Fried Bread is great as well.
Different types too. In England our black pudding origins are from Lincoln and traditionally uses Pig Blood. Scottish Black Pudding which is better in my opinion, uses Sheep's blood, if anyone's a fan of Black Pudding reading this try getting some Stornoway Black pudding. Elite stuff bit expensive but worth it.
@@chrisstucker1813 For most it's the other way round the Blood puts them off.
He needs to try a Scottish breakfast, square sausage, potato scone, crispy bacon, fried egg or scrambled, black pudding, hash brown and beans. Plain bread toasted with butter. Delicious
As a Londoner, I can 100% recommend you a steak bake from greggs if its like 20 mins or less from just being fresh, then it's a 10/10. The sausage roll is kinda a hit or miss. I also like their chocolate éclairs. Fire vid tho ❤. Do not recommend their pizzas absolutely trash but if you wanna buy them to just try it then be my guest.
Jeff Music Man often does Greg’s Steak Bakes & the sausage variety also. They look Delicious!!!
You have exact same tastes as myself! Absolutely agree
“As a Londoner”….proceeds to talk about a chain originating in Tyneside 🤣 (I am a fellow Londoner btw…no hate intended, just made me laugh as Greggs is so non London specific). Steak bake is solid recommendation though!
reccomending Greggs, have a bit of pride. It's okay but there are far better bakeries around.
You’re absolutely spot on about the Steak bakes, thought I was only one.
The bubble and squeak is amazing im from australia and you usually have it by having your leftover mash potato and veggies and just make them into patties and throw em on a pan
A full English usually comes with square toast cut diagonally. I take one triangle, dip the corner in runny egg yolk, then do the same with the other corner. The triangle becomes square, I put an egg on it and eat it with a knife and fork. I leave the other triangle to the end of the meal to wipe the plate clean. ))
Im from USA and I can admit this looks extremely good. Would love to try out the full English Breakfast. And I would prefer better food being a bit cold 100%
Cook one up, hash browns bacon streaky is spot on couple sausages, fried eggs toast and baked beans maybe grilled toms and also maybe grilled mushrooms, black pudding isn't a must dont worry about that, neither is bubble n squeak that's an old way of frying up lastnights leftovers.
Cook it all up n enjoy.
Cuppa coffee instead if Engkish tea n your sorted
why the fuck would you prefer to eat this meal on the colder side.
@@ethanhart7032haha, it was a question he asked on the video near the end. Would you prefer better food but cold or worse and hot?
yeah aha, I hadn't gotten to the end of it when I replied lol@@Horizon301.
@@ethanhart7032 In the video Ben asked if you prefer to get delivered food that is hot but not very good, or delivered cold food that is better tasting. I would prefer to get better quality food that is cold in that scenario, because I can reheat it to my preference. I agree with you, I'll always want this meal or any meal hot, it was a hypothetical question for worst case delivery.
I think for the most part, an English breakfast isn't something that's eaten on a daily basis. One of those breakfasts you'd have on Sat/Sun. It's the best cure for a hangover!
And also the best meal to have before an all day piss up 🍻
Agreed or how it was designed ie upat 5 graft fir 4-5 hours on a farm then into farmhouse for full English which will keep you going all day
Most people don't eat breakfast, lunch and dinner on days they are having a full breakfast, it's usually more a Brunch if we've had a bed morning, or so we don't need to stop for lunch if we have a busy day planned so just have a big hearty breakfast and then you can go do whatever and won't need to stop for food until the evening.
Greggs!!
Must get pepperoni or hot shot pizzas, sausage roll, steak bake, cheese&onion pasty (personal fave) and either a hot yum yum with caramel sauce if you want something sweet or classic British jam filled donut.
All savoury food will probably be cold so definitely warm it up in the OVEN to avoid soggy bottoms before you eat it for the best experience!!
Love from a real greggs fan x
Let me just add it ain't no gourmet food but if you grew up with it it's pure nostalgia 😂
greggs pizza is mid
greggs is good for their price
Nah bro greggs is cheap kinda crappy food with nostalgia value only lol, I would be embarassed to bring a foreigner there!
Maybe if you're living on a budget and if you're lazy and broke yes I highly recommend Gregg's
I always prefer to make my own hash browns when I do a Full English, but I find it's best when the EGG is on the toast, the yoke soaking in to the toast is in my opinion amazing, and if you don't like the black pudding then white pudding is a good alternative. As for the bubble and squeak I don't know where that comes from for the Traditional Full English, as Bubble and Squeak is traditionally left overs from a Sunday roast, but more commonly leftovers from Christmas Dinner on boxing day. Love the vid's man keep it up!
I agree with everything you wrote. Homemade hash browns are SO superior to the dull mass-produced things served up by cafes.
In defence of that breakfast, as it was delivered to him he was never going to get runny yolks. Shame though.
Bro next time you’re in the U.K. Fish & Chip without a Pukka Pie is slam dunk, don’t miss out.
Congratulation on your trip to the UK. Have a great time. Farmers still have a big breakfast here in the South. It could include fried eggs, country ham with red eye gravy, bacon, grits (sometime cheesy grits,) biscuits with sausage gravy, hash brown, toast, and fresh coffee.
Dang, Ben! That’s a scrumptious meal right there-from the hash browns to the eggs, to that _ginormous_ sausage… my appetite’s defo back now.
£30 though he got tourist ripped jesus Christ that's a £15 breakfast
@@supersuede91 All worth it for that sausage.
@@supersuede91 £7 maximum 😅
@@SaberTooth_TFG no definitely not. There’s nothing special about an average looking sausage 😂
@@IamBATMAN2024 yikes, if that’s average to you then…
👏 Well done sir for trying black pudding BEFORE finding out what it's made of. So many people throughout my life have said "I don't like black pudding" and when I ask "have you ever tried it?" they say "no but it's made of..." 🤣 so bravo to you for trying it first and getting the truth of the taste 😊
Glad you enjoyed it - you’re open minded and I also like the mic position the eating noises add to the review 😂
😂 Definitely can't have misophonia with his videos!
YES, he saw the comments❤ I remember eating bubbles and squeak all the time when I was a kid. So much UK food is in Australia!
I like the little things he keeps in mind like the scratching noise when using a fork.
Yes, Gregg's is a good shout, @BenDeen. Gotta get the sausage roll, the cheese & onion pasty, and ppl love the steak pasty too. There's also a good vegan sausage roll.
Nah bro greggs is gross these days imho
Yeah, they aren't restaurant food but quintessentially British, so something novelty.
true, I'm salty cos used to love the steak bakes but meat not as goodthese days, and less salt!@@blob100
Glad you enjoyed it, full English (also Welsh/Irish/Scottish or Fry-up) is an experience, out of convenience, I usually have a breakfast roll (barm/butty/bap etc...you get funny looks depending on what you call it where) which is usually egg, bacon, & sausage/black pudding, maybe mushrooms but I rarely see a breakfast roll with tomatoes or beans on.
If you travel as far as Hull you need to try a pattie from a chippy, they are amazing, and come in several varieties, also try the chips with chip spice, it's the norm up there and they might not even ask before putting it on. You might get a patty in London, they're also called savories but I've been to chippies around most of the UK and very few serve them. Also if you can find a chippy that still cooks in beef dripping, the chips are on another level.
5:15 that isn’t really just because of bacon in England, been to Stonehenge several times, the food is horrendous at places like those. At proper restaurants though, especially family run ones, the food is great.
I’ve not tried everything from Greggs but deffo try the steak bake, chicken bake and meat sausage roll. Be warned though, they often sell out of the good stuff so get there early!
£35? They saw him coming!
I'm pleased his enjoying our cuisine I just wish he and his gf had tried these foods in someone's home.
The prices will be listed and his in central London in a tourist hotspot I'm imagining prices there are through the roof because rent is through the roof
Can always bet on a full English to fill you up 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Full Scottish has a few differences if u get here have it. Sausage, square sausage, tinned tomato, potato scone, fried egg, black pudding, fried bread and bacon
What's a potato scone?
Eaten like a true Englishman, well done mate!
Get a bit of everything on your fork! It makes it so much better then the individual items alone!
Never had black pudding but i remembered I seen online others eat it and I had to google to make sure. I was right. It's made of blood.
Here it is: " Black pudding is a kind of sausage, except that unlike normal sausages, you make it with blood. To make a black pudding, you cook blood mixed with a filler (oatmeal) until it is thick enough to congeal when cooled and because of this, black pudding is one of those things people either love or hate. " :)
Full English breakfast is my favorite kind of breakfast 😊❤ with some nice orange juice on the side 😊
The beauty of an English breakfast - you can mix anything on the plate together and it works.
I'm from England & loved a English breakfast...then I moved to Scotland & tried a Scottish breakfast. Wow is all I can say 🤤
Whats extra in a scottish breakfast. ? Genuinely interested . Its it hogs pudding? Sqaure sausage pattties maybe some some haggis suausages ? 😊
@kernow80,,A Scottish Breakfast is the Business,,Square sausage, known as Lorne,,Black Pudding, Eggs, Fried or Scrambled, Smoked Bacon,Potato scones, or as we say in Scotland, Tattie scones,Beans ,Toast & a Mug of Strong Tea,, Best Hangover Cure,,Fact,,,
Absolutely tasty English breakfast there😋
Always a treat when we get see Ben Deen hair. Looks so good
Yo definitely try one of the sausage rolls from greggs and also grab yourself a bacon and cheese wrap those are fire
Don't know if it was worth $35, lots of places in London you can get a full breakfast for less but I am glad you got the authentic English Breakfast with the Black Pudding.
He likes his tea strong he ain't bothered taking the time bag out
Ben you need to go to a traditional cafe in uk. A decent one would only cost you about £8 -15 max depending on location , two sausages bacon eggs beans, mushroom, black pudding and tomatoes , plus bread buttie and a builders cuppa tea bab!
You need to travel out for more traditional food. But I've subscribed because i love your reaction 😂👍🏽 oh we don't have the bubble and no hash browns xx
No no no. You basically telling him to go to a place with cheaper and lower quality ingredients. Having a high quality sausage and decent bacon totally elevates the breakfast. You cannot get these in an average cafe. They get their sausages for crappy wholesalers and the bacon is just water logged rubbish.
Hashbrowns are a recent addition to the Full english but are valid.
To have proper British food you need to stay in London to ensure proper quality. That's were 90% of the best restaurants and markets are in the country, I'm from the north and I've lived in Midlands and London. For food quality its way way higher in london as there is more of a restaurant eating out culture plus it has way superior deliveroo uber eats choices so the average Londoner has tried a wider variety of higher quality food and inevitably will have a superior palette.
There’s only three occasions I ever eat one of these : A - while hungover, B - the morning of a full day of drinking, C - In an airport before a morning flight (also may be before a full day of drinking)
9:11 "I don't know if there's a proper way to eat this"
Knife would be a start.
Hi Ben,
from greggs try a sausage, bean and cheese melt. It’s a pasty with baked beans in I think you will like it. It’s what you’ve said you wanted with the cheese on top of English breakfast but kinda in pasty form make sure it’s warm tastes better, all things from Greggs tastes better warm fyi.
Nakita (uk)
Traditionally, pasties were made with different fillings at each end. One end containing meat and vegetables, and one end with a sweet filling. The sweet end would be marked with an initial so the miners knew what side to eat first. Today, Cornish pasties are filled with steak, potatoes, swede (rutabaga) and onions.
He paid 35$ for breakfast? That's what you get when you don't go to Pelicci's
He's got a great voice for TV commercials 😂😂
My standard American weekend breakfast consists of 3 eggs over medium, 4 bacon strips, 4 sausage links (or two sausage patties), 1/2 pound hamburger patty, hashbrowns, rye toast, and a Michelada.
Got to do a Nando's video while in London!
i totally agree with you for the cheese part. As an english man myself i tend to melt cheese ontop of the hashbrowns and its just heaven
Never realized why Ben opted for plastic utensils but it was for the audio sound. Man’s an undercover legend.
Also please try a classic Sunday Roast!
He is now officially big BenDeen 😂
more like Big BenBeans!
@@Nako3or even beandeen
This dude more British than me and I'm from the UK 😂
@@nicknakgd6889 :D
I love baked beans. We used to eat them with hot dogs cut up for dinner, growing up! 😊😉.
You should try a Scottish breakfast now. They have square sausage, stornoway black pudding (aka blood pudding), fruit pudding, and potato scone on theirs.
With Greggs definitely get both a regular sausage roll, a vegan sausage roll, a meat pasty, pepperoni pizza and a dessert like a donut
Don't forget a sausage bean and cheese slice. Also yum yums
Gotta love that yank relationship with cutlery.🤣🤣
35 dollars?! Who's ripping off my boy Ben? 😟
Britain
@@Zamborella He definitely got it from a bougie place, a full english shouldnt be more than 10 pounds at a regular spot
@@Daruudesyeah definitely under a tenner. Even with delivery fees I'm thinking 15 bucks tops. I wonder where he ordered from
Extortionate London prices + He probably went to an expensive place too.
Can get all this from anywhere between £5 to £20 depending on what you get and where you go.
Delivery too
Gotta get yourself some Nando’s while ya there!
Sounds cheeky
Lol Ben just created the “American full English” cheese on top of the whole meal. Not a bad idea to be fair
He didn’t create that
35 dollars is kinda crazy for a full english
Yeah! That's what I thought. You go to a local cafe you're paying like £6 or £7 with a tea and toast
Delivery fees
He's probably in central London