Our Ireland Road Trip BEGINS! + Trying a "Spice Bag"?? 🇮🇪
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- After flying from London, England over to Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪we grab our car and head over to a cute little cottage house outside of Galway. Then we drive into town to try a quirky Irish dish we've been super excited about: a Spice Bag!
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as a proud irish man i must say one may NEVER share ones drinnersis beer with anyone feckin EVER especiallyno womers bjayyyizz ,a man needs his beersis so he do dont he? unless its the last or your awaiting taxi's or droppin yokes !! Haha
Guys you flew from Luton? you were in my town... darn If I had known.... :) next time hopefully.... :)
The Endless Adventure omg spice bags are 1 of Ireland’s greatest creations
I feel bad after seeing that abomination you guys were given from the takeaway lol, so if you want to try a proper salt-pepper-chilli platter I'll tell you the ingredients to make it. Contrary to popular belief in Ireland, it's not actually an Irish dish originally, but rather was a seasoning created in Liverpool (England) by the Cantonese community back in the 1960s when they were infusing Cantonese cuisine with traditional UK chip shops. The goal was to create a seasoning that was better suited to our palettes, in the same way that the chicken tikka masala was created in Glasgow (Scotland) as an infusion of Indian and British cuisine.
But anyway, to make a proper spice platter you'd want to include:
Bell peppers, chilli peppers (including the seeds), sichuan peppers, black peppercorn, garlic, salt, five-spice seasoning (generous amount of it), sugar, white onion.
All the peppers and onion should be sliced so they are thin strands, and the garlic should be crushed. Throw everything into a wok and stir fry until the moment right before the onions start to caramelise then take it off the heat and it will be ready.
After that, you can then mix and shake it in with whatever it is you want to season. The sugar is what helps the seasoning stick as your shake to mix it, and if done properly then it will be completely coated. So fries/chips shouldn't look plain at all, they should be covered in the chilli seeds and seasoning. :)
Normally we'd have it with chips (fries), spare ribs, spring rolls, battered chicken balls, chicken wings and chicken poppers. But it can go with almost anything. Then you'd want to have sauces separately for dipping; that can be curry, satay, soy, whichever you fancy (or no sauce at all).
Next episode, Exploring Manchester! trying a bag of spice
Hahaha
Haha
With a krokodil chaser
That's wickedly funny.
😂😂😂
That was a terrible excuse of a "Spice box" guys, there should have been plenty of "Salt & Chilli" ingredients in there like chopped onions both regular and green, chopped green peppers, garlic and chillies, hence the "Spice" element. Plus the chicken balls had basically no meat in them, there should be nice big thick chunks of diced chicken breast inside those. And usually everything is organised into separate sections, like chips one corner, balls another, shredded another etc. so you can see everything individually, not just thrown into the box like a mess here. Also there's usually a better variety of ingredients too, like some spare ribs, spring rolls, prawn toast, satay skewers, rice, noodles etc. Maybe next time.... or try Scotland they created the real "Munchie box" :)
I agree. I will take this spice box off their hands so that they need not go through the ordeal of eating it.
If u go to the north in belfst there like that to
Terrible excuse for one
I agree if u try it in Yorkshire it is very nice I get it from a place called 'pearl dragon' in pontefract
Unfortunately that doesn’t seem to be one of the best spice bags (or box). Good spice bags are spicy and a tiny bit sweet with lots of seasoning! If you’re going to Dublin I would really recommend the spice bag from Chop Chop, their spice bag is unreal! Enjoy Ireland ☘️
I love spicebags so much lol so nice litterly want one now
Absolutely.
Not the best looking spice bag I've seen.
The little kiosk across from Connolly station does a nice one. 👍
'Super affordable' is not a description of Pret A Manger i thought i'd ever hear haha
Darren my thoughts exactly!
Lol i thought that too as its very expensive looool
Maybe in the airport... otherwise no lol
It should definitely have sliced peppers and chillies. That box was also well below standard, quality wise it looked very poor.
Waterford has the vbest in eiere
AHHHHH you guys that spice box didn't look like I expected at all!! Good on you guys for making the most of it! And once again- thank you so much for your videos that inspired me to start vlogging again! Can't get enough of your content! xx
You worked so hard selling that spice box. Good job!
FYI guys - make sure your credit card covers car rentals in the Republic of Ireland. I used the CapitalOne Venture in Europe for car rentals and it does not cover a few countries including Ireland
Those chicken balls are basically a chicken filled doughnut and are best eaten with the sweet&sour...
Galway is actually a city not a town and it is amazing. Go to all the traditional bars for great drinks also if you are looking for amazing sea food, Moran’s on the weir, in Kilcolgan is your spot. Take aways are not proper irish food don’t do it to yourselves! Also you have to travel the Wild Atlantic Way, spectacular scenery!
The chicken balls like that are normally served with sweet and sour sauce or curry sauce in a Chinese takeaway in the uk.
@jameslock1 yes . And ???
It's a munchie box in Scotland.It comes in either Indian or Chinese form.try a bag of spice for a whole new experience
Allison: "got some drippin balls hey"
Eric:.........
😂😂😂😂
I would call it the Cholesterol Box lol
Hope you've got your mobility scooter ordered.
No cholesterol, no fun. :)
It's all fun until the first heart attack.
Oisins mummy here love you guys prob seen everything love to see you travelling have fun god bless.
Going to Ireland and hoping it won't rain?
🌈⛅☁☔🌂☁⛅🌈
That can happen remember 2018 summer
Yes, but in January? Even 2018 wasn't that good.
It's gonna rain trust me 😂😂
I'm far too excited seeing you get the A bus, The bus I catch every week! 😂 😂
What cute little cottage. Plus you have a matching car. Love how you both just crack open some bear and enjoy the pizza.
You all have me craving a spice bag...but new year new me! Right?
For everyone from Dublin u all know that’s a munchie box not a spice bag
Ryanair, Easyjet, Wizzair (and most low cost airlines in Europe) charge you to print a boarding pass. Download their apps onto your phones and get your passes on there... the majority of European airports now have scanners which will scan your phone screen rather than the paper print out (and you can do the check in etc on the app). Most of the apps also download the boarding pass so you don't need data at the airport, or you can just screenshot it and use the screenshot :)
Unfortunately Ryanair make non-EU citizens have a hard copy printed boarding pass for a "visa check" stamp - it's very annoying!
@@thecitymidde well that's just rubbish!! Oh well, you learn something new every day!
3:10 That car rental insurance scam goes on everywhere in Europe, with every car rental company. At best the booking websites only encourage you to get some kind of minimal insurance that isn’t good enough but you don’t realise it and then when you get to the pick up desk you get hit with hard sell of “you’re going to be responsible for x, y and z things that your Crappy insurance doesn’t cover if you don’t upgrade to our crazy expensive better insurance “. Don’t blame the people at the desk, blame the rental company that set it up. Once you’ve been burned a few times, you get wise to making sure that before every trip you ALWAYS organise your own auto insurance from somewhere independent of the rental company which can be got at a fraction of what the rental company charges. Does this go on in the US too?
Going to Ireland in Nov 22. Can you suggest a rental car insurance company? Right now our rental for a week with their insurance is almost $1,000 .
@@mannerspleasecaninetrainin1007 Sure! If I'm hiring a car anywhere in Europe I generally use carhireexcess.ie - its an Irish insurance company. Make sure you read the explanation at the bottom of the home page so you understand what you are getting.
You are in my favourite country! So much so I got dual citizenship!
Car rental in Ireland is the absolute worst for insurance. It is the only place that I would even consider full insurance for the peace of mind but it is double the cost. I was told it is because of the narrow roads that cause all the dings and accidents. Let me know if you need any help with your trip! I got lots of tips. Enjoy Galway! Try to get over to the Aran Islands if you can and see the wormhole!
Erin Love Ray! It mainly because of the colosal awards in the courts
"Timmy's been a real spice bag"! That made me laugh...thanks! I always look fwd to your vids.
Have fun guys in Ireland. I really enjoyed my time there and I would like to go back during the summer
Love spice bags, that's how I found your video.
There is a reason that Ireland is so green
Can't wait for Ireland in the summer!! Thanks for the info. :)
ACTUALLY GET SPICE BAG FROM A GOOD PLACE! ITS SO GOOD IF YOU GO TO THE RIGHT PLACE!!!
It's so easy to get stung by car rental companies.
A few tips from someone who works at a car rental firm;
As a general rule always have the following:
Insurance- never buy in store, either buy an annual policy for around $100-150(you can even buy online in store), buy the insurance from a broker or have a credit card with insluced insurance.
A credit card(not a debit card) with up to $2,000 limit.
Your passport.
Proofs of address/travel.
Take photos of all 4 corners, wheels, sides, the interior including fuel & milage and any existing damage.
Finally stand your ground with the person behind the desk whilst remaining polite & pleasant.
You can get a car from my company for around £1\€1 a day if you have all the right documents.
beautiful ireland
I'd like to be left alone with the spice box for a moment.
Loved the cute accommodation you had there. Not the best spice box I guess, but when you're hungry ;-) Thanks for sharing your adventures 🥰
On behalf of Ireland we apologise for that sorry looking spice box
Nice box of grease there guys! Enjoy yourselves
The electric loading thing use to be THE WAY and am wondering if it still is in rental type situations. I bet others can comment on this! Awesome adventure and thanks for bringing us a long again!!!
In love with this country! I'm counting down to go back. Eat Bunsen in the city centre!
Ik it’s about the food but I’m Irish and that cabin looks like the best spot in Ireland
“Gort “ OMg hahaha There are tons of brazilians living in that Village
Your trip must include beautiful Conemarra, The 12 pins (mountains), Achill Island, the ring of Kerry and the Dingle peninsula scenic coastal drives &, hire a boat on Lake Killarney.
Im Irish in a spice bag u usually only get eaither chicken strips or chicken balls
Coin operated electricity meters used to be really common in the UK (and, I guess, Ireland). "Put a shilling in the meter". The electricity from them tends to be expensive (the meter man used to come round and empty the meter), and the meters got vandalised by people breaking into them for the money. There are very few now in the UK, but they concept is still around - but you buy a plastic token from a shop instead, which downloads some kind of electronic key into the meter (so no money can be stolen, and the token can be charged up with various amounts of cash). More than you wanted to know! I stayed this year in an Airbnb in Aviemore in Scotland that had this kind of deal.
I'm 2 years late on this but I've justoved into a flat that's quite old and I have the old electric and gas meters lol..blew my mind but coping with them🤦
You did get peppers, that’s what those green things where (green peppers) it’s also called a spice bag coz of the seasoning on the chips. Hope y’all drank plenty of water after lol. Galway is the nicest city in Ireland, but isn’t big....just perfect size to walk around. Enjoy
re: the peppers, I think they just thought there was going to be a lot more of them
i live in Gort!! so nice to see you enjoyed it
This is the cutest place!!! ...
Ask a random stranger in the UK where you can get a spice bag, make sure you film their reaction :D
Ireland isn’t in the UK
If you get the chance on the way back from Ireland, try the Jack the Ripper walking trip in London. I know for one i would be interested in seeing it, and from looking online it is a cheap but interesting and educational outing at night time.
I haven't seen a coin-operated electricity meter since I was a kid! Brings back memories of family holidays in our favourite self catering apartment in Ramsgate, Kent...
Same here. Using fifty pence pieces and turning the handle!
@@Tinderchaff i have them now in my flat in the UK..it's a very old building lol 🌻
Try the wok shop in clondalkin dublin
That spice box looked terrible, to be honest. But I like how optimistic you were about it ;) I guess when you are very hungry.. almost anything will do.
The spice box looks like it comes with a side of regret. Lol
Great Video, I have travelled Ryanair lots of times and have always had a good experience with them as long as you check in in advance and print your boarding pass. Looking forward for your Ireland videos :)
We stayed in Dublin at 5 days ago ! Now we are making some vídeos too 💪We loved Ireland!! Regards from Portugal 🇵🇹 Luís Maria Trip
Totally normal in UK and Ireland for insurance to cost much more per year than the value of the car, even for private owners.
Thank you for the video guys.
As always, it's much appreciated.
However, I think I'll take a rain check on the "Spice Bag".
I can think of better things to spend my money on. :O)
You certainly get your 5 beige a day with that thing! Jesus.
Love Ireland. Can't wait for the next vlogs. The spice bag looked interesting, any chance you're trying it again at another location?
Next time you’re in Scotland, go to a chippy that does a Manchu Box. It’s like your spice box will be a selection of items from the takeaway - chips, pakora, things from the fryer usually all sitting on a pizza size garlic bread!
You mean a Munchie box from a Kebab place full of Lamb Donner, Chicken Donner, Chicken Tikka, Chicken pakora, Vegetable Pakora, chips, salad, sauces, pitta bread etc. etc. :)
“ Got some drippin balls huh ? “ - Allison in Ireland 2019
"Are you havin' a laugh dude?"
Top quality mashup of British and American English right there.
If u go to a different takeaway the shredded chicken is insane
It kinda depends were you get it from but there usually spicey
I’m in love with spice bags ❤️
Allison jumping on the bed with her pose was cute. Made me laugh. I had to replay that lol. Cute little place guys. Enjoy your time :)
Fascinating seeing that spice bag. Never seen something look so American and so foreign at the same time. Really surprised we don't have that here.
I've had a slight fascination with Ireland but though I've never been there my favorite is London!! I'm from Missouri like you guys, small town Monett and never been out of the USA unfortunately. 🤎🤎🤎
It's definitely a similar idea to our Scottish 'Munchie Box' but looks like not the best example, it's the same here, you'll get a good one or average one depending on where you go.
The strips of chicken are normally Salt and Chili chicken, and the chips are also salted chili chips, the green bits may well be sliced spring onions/scallions, FYI.
As an Irish person can I clarify a Spice bag , 1) it’s a comfort food particularly great when hungover 2) the spice box they got looks bad 3) Gort where they got it is small town in Galway not really a Mecca for good food. 4) it’s kind like a cult thing in Ireland , like deep fried Mars bars in Scotland . The guys have been to Ireland a few times and eaten great Irish food , guess they wanted to try an Irish crappy comfort take away food .
There is no 'deep fried Mars Bar thing' in Scotland. It's more of a myth than a cult. I'm pretty sure it was something a comedian made up then tourists started asking for.
I have one policy when flying: I never, ever go with RyanAir. Add on all the extras, a deliberately dysfunctional website, and terrible customer service, and they're not as "budget" as they claim. Even if you get on the plane unscathed, many of their destinations are miles away from where you want to go. For example, their Paris-Vestry airport is 93 miles from Paris: not much nearer than my own home in Ramsgate, Kent!
Where I live (yorkshire) we call it a salt and pepper box, it's kinda different we have some different things inside it we have:
. Salt and pepper chicken
.salt and pepper chips
. 2 ribs
.2 veg spring rolls
. 2 curry samosas (don't really like them tho)
. Fried rice
. Sauce
And then u can pay for some extra things like chicken balls or crispy fried wontons and stuff like that
I think that's right anyway
According to Wikipedia, it should definitely have red, green and chili peppers.
The woman behind you on the plane 😂😂😂
If you going to go to Dublin at any point during your trip, stop by the Vintage cocktail club. It might be really cold but check out Howth.
Michael Guzman any chance you’re a puertorro living in Dublin cus I am ! 😁
@@lafemme0011 I don't live there, but when there I went to quite a few cool places.
Howth is where my dad comes from and I grew up only a couple of miles from there (Baldoyle). Going all the way to Gort for a rubbish Chinese seems like a lot of wasted effort. You can do a lot better for food in Ireland
If you're ever in London or Manchester or any big city in the UK or Scotland just go up to anyone on the street and ask for a bag of spice, they will point you in the right direction for the best one around
Wait, why was I able to load my boarding pass for a Ryanair flight onto my phone with an app and it was perfectly fine and you guys had to have it printed out for 15 pounds?
I don't get that.
Non EU ppl need to print out and get it stamped at desk. only ryan air... 😣 no need to do that for aerlingus etc.
Are you sure that bottle wasn’t a screw top ? Some beers have screw tops that look like authentic bottle tops lol !
I live near there and had no idea spice bags traveled outside of Dublin. Maybe try it again in Dublin and compare.
8:30
Curry was adopted and anglicized from the Tamil word kaṟi meaning 'sauce'
So it is a gravy
I refuse to watch travel videos on UA-cam because 99.9% of the time people are super annoying. But you guys are awesome!! My new fave!! Thanks for sharing!!
You HAVE to try a spice BAG up in Dublin and surrounding areas. A lot of the other county’s only do spice boxs
i’m a little late to this but definitely the spice bags up in dublin are the best , up the dubs 😁😁
As others have noted those Chicken Balls should have been dipped in the sweet & sour sauce (at least that is how Chicken Balls are served here in Canada)
That spice box looks like ummm nothing spicy! But yes definitely for after drinking a few pints lol nothing special though! Hope you guys get a better experience from Ireland’s food!
oh man you guys were only 10 miles away from me! Luton airport is my nearest airport :). Typical British weather I see :D.
lol sharing a tiny munchie box
That Spice Bag looked like my grandma on a bad day
I don't know what I was expecting. But I'm underwhelmed. :'(
I can attest That was a crappy spice bag. Not up to par there are places that make it delicious. That obviously was not one of them. I can’t even imagine what the Chinese food taste like at that takeout
That 'spice bag' was a real let down. I'd never heard of it and was interested to see what it was, expecting some spicy curry or noodle dish. It was just what we would find at a (not very good/ run down) chippy and didn't even look very well cooked.
I think the confusion over the curry sauce ('gravy') was the language difference between the US and the UK. 'Gravy' to us in the UK means the brown thickened meat juices that you would pour over a roast dinner and is made with water. Anything else is called a 'sauce' especially ones that are made with milk, whereas (as far as I'm aware) they are ALL called 'gravy' in the US. The first time I heard an American call something a 'milk gravy' I was very confused!
You two are very polite and always seem to make the best of whatever you get to eat (however disappointed you may be with it in private). It seems to me that you don't want to hurt the feelings of the people in whatever country you are in.
Well done on an interesting channel.
I am a retired American chef. You've got us all wrong on the "gravy" issue. When we make a pot roast, for example, we make gravy, but we don't (most of us, anyway) make it out of water. We use the de-fatted pan drippings, usually a little bit of wine and beef (or chicken or turkey, etc.) broth the same flavor as whatever was roasted. Most of the time gravies are thickened with roux, a mixture of butter (or the fat from the roasted meat) and flour. Some choose to thicken with corn starch, what Brits call "corn flour," although those are very different things in the US. Milky gravies are mostly a Southern US thing and are served with biscuits for breakfast and usually start with crumbled pork sausage. We also have cream gravy, which is usually served over chicken fried steak, which is a thin, mechanically (or by hand) tenderized, beef steak that is coated with a highly seasoned flour and quickly fried. Chicken fried steak is basically schnitzel and was brought to the southern US by German immigrants. And the "cream gravy" is really just a sort of thinner bechemel sauce (no nutmeg or cloves) made in the pan in which the chicken fried steak was just cooked. It gets a lot of flavor from the little bits of breading that were in the pan, and the other prominent flavor is black pepper. I hope that helps you understand American gravies and sauces a bit better.
@@calichef1962 Thank you for responding to my comment and explaining about different gravies in the US, but you have basically confirmed what I suggested, that they are all called 'gravies', whether they are water, milk, cream, broth, wine based. Maybe I didn't explain very well what I meant when I put 'made with water'. I meant it is water based, as a broth is water based. I was also pointing out that in the UK they are NOT all called GRAVY.
All you need to know is It’s not gravy it’s all sauce and that’s not a spice bag either 😂
I’m in Galway right now!!!!
Love your trips. That spice bag looked awful though 😆
LOL Irish food, breakfast roll and spice bag :D
just to clear up some confusion, the best spice bags have lots of chilli peppers and onions ( & salt :) and you can see the spices on the chips and chicken. very flavourful and unhealthy but sure look it
in scotland we would call that a munchy bo not a spice box , although it does have salt and chilli seasoning its not that spicey unless u get a bit of chilli
You were in the wrong place for a spice bag lads. Its really a Dublin thing. Plus you want to buy it from a chipper not a Chinese
Go to protect your bubble and get excess removal insurance for a year on all UK rentals for £40-50.
That is one naughty take out. 😜 Chicken balls is the staple of the british Chinese take out 😁. Xx
When i was a young kid my parents rented a house from the local authority and we had slot meters for the electric and the tv here in the UK.
I’m from beach a place just outside gort where they went to and where they stayed, I’m doing a fast and I was craving a spice box so I was like I’ll look it up because I’m bored. The first thing that comes up is this vid and the exact box I was craving. Amazing
I love that you all keep coming back to the isles....thanks for sharing some of my favorite parts of the world!
Having my morning coffee while watching you guys. Perfect morning! I miss Ireland.