American Reacts to Things You NEED to Know Before Visiting the UK (Part 1)
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- Опубліковано 14 чер 2023
- As an American who has never been to the UK I am extremely curious about what you need to now before visiting. When Americans travel to other countries we tend to not pay much respect to the local culture so I am very excited to correct that today. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
Indian/Bangladeshi food to the UK, is what Mexican food is to the US. We have a large Indian/Bangladeshi/Pakistani community in the UK and there's a reason it's one of the most popular foods here
It's ironic, Britain gets such grief over colonisation in the 1700s and 1800s (and doubly ironic when it comes from Americans) and yet I'm watching an American who has eaten Indian food not making the connection between Britain and Indian food. I think Tyler would have a shock if he knew the demographics of some areas of Britain.
What grief?
Just about every nation has colonised another. India, for example, was numerous regional nations before the British arrived.
These warlords would invade each other frequently, occupying the territory they took. The UK ended this, combining the territories into one country, until it was necessary to split it again, creating Pakistan.
Yesy I'm aware that other countries colonised etc as well inter-regional warfare etc but nowhere gets the grief and criticism that Britain does. France, Belgium, Germany and Spain don't. Portugal don't get the grief that British do regarding slavery etc.
Indeed - as a British Indian, a lot of what's considered "Indian food" internationally (at least in the West) was invented by British Asian communities (mostly Bangladeshi). Not that Authentic Indian food is hard to find in the UK, either. Certainly more likely to find a good Indian in the UK as opposed to somewhere more associated with good food like France or Italy in my limited experience, anyway.
Let's get some respective and give Tyler some facts!😂
Yes, the indigenous brits are indeed being replaced.
Big Tip. The majority of cars in the UK are manual (stick shift). If you are a Yank coming to the UK book an automatic with Sat Nav It just makes things a lot easier.
Having seen and spoken to American tourists driving in the UK, in rural areas at least, what tends to disturb them is not driving on the left but the narrower roads that are often twisty. This often results in slow driving that causes locals to overtake them on twisty roads and freaks them out further.
They can't seem to wrap their heads round the fact that most of our roads are nearly 2000 years old, and that that is merely a speck in time compared to the history the uk has.
I'm from South African and living here for 18 years now. The narrow B roads were nerve wrecking at first after I moved here. Now I drive without issues. They're so used to having these wide roads to travel on in the US.
As a Canuck, I always find it more confusing when I get home when it can be confusing.
Oh and the "white stuff on the left" are called eggs. They're a delicacy that come from chickens.
😂 must be a British thing 😉
Please explain why you would question anything about Indian food in Britain given the Indian sub-continent was part of the British empire for a couple of centuries.
Dennis Williams and yet the most well know indian curry is chicken tikka massala invented in Scotland, you can get a butter chicken curry which is like a tikka also India don't have onion barges.
@@janolaful Along with the Birmingham balti.
He's just giving his opinion, it's based on growing up in USA and not having visited the UK or know the ins and outs of UK history.
The British Empire started in about 1860. Before then India was influenced by the private trading company "British East India Company" which was set up in the 1600s to trade in spices, similar to other locations around the world. They had "manufacturies", trading posts established with permission of the local rulers, which after several massacres of the staff, were fortified and armed. The British government became involved after the Mutiny because of concerns about the BEIC governance.
"wot did the BEIC ever do for us?.. "Apart from....."
@@janolaful True, but India does have onion bhaji, originating in Karnataka.
As a Brit living in the UK and spending 40 years driving on the left, I have regularly driven in the continental EU which drive on the Right side of the road, and its really not that difficult to get used to... He really is correct when he says it only takes about 30 mins to get used to
I agree. It’s so not a big deal.
Yes that is probably so for Brits driving abroad, but we are talking about Americans here. Lol.
@@stevepage5813 🤣🤣🤣
It ought to help driving a right hand drive car... Ought to.
Tyler the top rated food in the UK is chicken tikka masala. It's been this way for years. It's an Indian dish created in the UK. We have had Indian takeaway food here since I was a child and I'm 60 Lol. We probably have more Indian and Pakistani takeaway's than other food. The curry club started in Bradford about 35 year's ago. We have everything here from Greek food to fried chicken takeaways and restaurants. Pub food is British culture. If you ever come to Britain you will be spoilt for choice
Tikka masala was created in Britain for the British
@@1nikg That's what she said. An Indian dish created in the UK.
@@Ashtarot77 if its created in the UK it's technically a British dish. To cater for British people who aren't to keen on Indian food who have been dragged along to an Indian restaurant.
@@1nikg Yep. Technically British. It's also not as spicy as Indian curries tend to be. It has a tang but that's about it. Not a fan of curries in any which way or form to be honest.
I'm just a normal average Englishman and I find you very refreshing to watch your content, you have so much respect and understanding and your reaction somtimes is funny as hell .keep it up .we like a weird cousins, love it 😂❤
Bara Brith! A Welsh fruit bread, means 'Speckled Bread'. You soak the fruit in tea overnight. My mam used to make it. Bloody lovely. Now my wife makes it here in Canada. All the kids love it. ! A slice or two, sometimes buttered, with a cup of tea! mmmmm!
Aussie here. We have Bed and Breakfasts too. Usually a private residence that you pay for a room and cooked breakfast. Not usually just a standard house. They have to meet certain standards and het licenced. The house is usually historically interesting and/or in an interesting lication. Also has to be within easy reach of local transport and shops. But not always. And of course Britain is known for Indian food. The Indian popultion there is huge and have hundreds of Indian Restaurants. Most really good. And Britain is an island. Of course theres seafood. Apart from fish n chips.
Britain is not an island. The island of Great Britain is something else, and has only some of Scotland within it, since Scotland is a nation of islands, found upon three different archipelagos. Shetland & Orkney, for example. Both Scotland as much as Glasgow, or Edinburgh
@@Mark-HaddowBritain or Great Britain is an island, you don’t have to get into the semantics
@@pirate6616
No, Great Britain is the Island. Though technically that only remains true as long as Scotland remains within the union. Scotland has never been part of "Britain" which were the territories of England and Wales, exclusively. Great was added due to Scotland's King (James VI) inheriting England and Wales, in 1603. He wanted to merge the Kingdoms into one. However, Scotland is not limited to 1 Island. It is roughly 900 Islands, spread over 3 archipelagos. This isn't semantics. It's accuracy. Referring to the UK as England was replaced by "Britain" but still incorrectly details the state.
@@Mark-Haddow that’s cool history but language changes over time man, even English and Scottish don’t give af about the differences between Britain and Great Britain. and I don’t get why you stress the point about Scotland not fully being in Great Britain. Yes it has many other islands, but like 5 people live there and 90 percent of Scotland is the same large land mass
@@pirate6616
Because I'm Scottish, and we Scots do not consider our country part of anything other than Great Britain. As I wrote, Britain, was the known territory of England and Wales, you can't use a previous identification when referring to a newer one. As "Britain" has historical relevance, Great Britain can't be referred to as that previous union. The ordinance survey correctly explains this on their website. The UK, Great Britain and Britain are different names for different territorial situations. The same misunderstanding occurred with the Union Flag, which idiots couldn't differentiate with the Union Jack, a maritime term when the flag flew upon a ship. Because neither are the official flags via law (only precedent) the mistake now sees the Union Flag replaced frequently by the maritime term.
Tyler Rumple - the round thing on the plate of 'Full English Breakfast' that you thought looks like a burger is black pudding (made from pork or beef blood, with pork fat or beef suet, and a cereal, usually oatmeal, oat groats, or barley groats). The white things on the same plate are poached eggs.
Bed and Breakfasts are usually private residences that rent out rooms for nights and do not supply lunch or dinner, but a breakfast (homemade, often very British) is included. Mostly people just stay for a night or two during cross-country travel. They are a great way of seeing the country and having a true British experience, learn to know natives etc… They often have great tips for places to visit and which are the local tourist traps…
Quite a number of pubs/inns also.
Tyler is not very bright, WE actually have bed and breakfast places in the US we just call them, B&BS
@@marydavis5234 Now, that comment is just plain mean…. Not knowing something does not imply one is “not bright.” It just means one has not been exposed to certain things. Saying something mean though exhibits a clear lack of empathy and a lack of emotional IQ…
Heh, my parents used to run a B&B, through that I met the then Prince Charles who was playing polo with landed gentry near where my parents were. The people transporting & taking care of the horses were staying at my parents house.
I am in Canada but I was sure that I heard a bed-and-breakfast in the US so I was a little confused about this lol
Black cabs in London are considerably more expensive than any other option... It's more a cultural thing than an economical thing... Learn the subway and get an Oyster card...
Bara Brith (Bar-a-breeth) is a fruit bread which is popular in North and central Wales. Great with a cup of tea!!!
Also very popular here in South Wales
I grew up in Kent, which is of course a border county. We had a lot of French, German, Dutch and Belgian drivers, and a generation ago we had signs saying Tenez a la gauche, Links fahren and so on. Seeing a Dutch number plate on a Kent road is so commonplace that on a trip from Tenterden to Ashford with my husband (he was driving!) I saw ten Dutch plates in ten miles.
'Bara Brith' is usually eaten with a cup of tea in Wales. It translates into English as 'Speckled Bread'.
It took me around 20 minutes to get used to driving in the USA, basically from the airport it was a bit stressful, but by the time we got to the villa I was all good 😊
My friend moved to the USA and when she was driving back here, she kept saying, ‘follow the line, follow the line’. In other words keep the centre line close to you! Roundabouts will be a challenge. Some are horrific. The vast majority are fine but the bad ones and narrow roads will alarm most Americans I think. Focus and sensible speeds until you are comfortable is the rule.
One thing Americans need to know is that if they must do the ubiquitous “peace” sign, do it with the palm facing AWAY from you as the other way is deeply offensive.
Peace? Victory sign, or hand-signal, surely? Winston used it to signify Victory in WWII.
@David Wallin, l think the young use it as peace more than victory.
@@lizbignell7813 Truly bizarre and I've never heard that before - it is a warrior's sign that is used to show victory in a battle.
@@davidwallin7518 All the groovy hippes in the sixties were signalling peace with their two fingered gestures. I don't think they were suggesting victory over anyone, unless maybe the authorities. Lol.
@@stevepage5813 Never heard of this. Guess you might do that in America, but here in England it is used to define victory in battle.
I'm British and only stay in a hotel if there's no B&B nearby. B&Bs are a really good way to find out about the area you're in and get reliable local knowledge. You're essentially staying in someone's house. Threy tend to be cheaper, too. If you're in a hotel there are leaflets and tourist info at reception or in your room but nothing beats someone who has probably lived in the area for decades.
I agree. The best times I've had when visiting England (I haven't yet been anywhere else in the UK) have been when I've stayed at a BnB. Especially in places like Bath or out in the smaller towns. I tried a fancy five star hotel in London once (felt I needed to try at least once to know what it was like) and while it was pretty awsome and super cool, I didn't feel like I fit in. Getting in and out through the lobby of that hotel I almost felt like I needed to validate or explain what the heck I was doing there. So, I much prefer the relaxed and cozy feel of Bed and Breakfast establishments.excuse
Air B & Bs are common now, and amazing !
@@marycarver1542 You think? They've been a bane locally. Party houses keeping everyone awake all night plus proper B&Bs aren't regularly popping up in the news as a scammers paradise.
Sadly, I don't think B&Bs are comparatively as cheap as they used to be. They always used to be a cheap alternative to hotels, but many seem to have gone more upmarket and can often be more expensive than hotels these days. You only have to watch 'Four in a Bed' to see the sort of prices they now charge, just because they've hung designer wallpaper on one wall, and the breakfast is all "locally sourced" and "free range". Gone are the days of the cheap and cheerful places that served you a bowl of supermarket own brand Cornflakes, a cheap fry-up and a cuppa in the morning and were handy for a low cost weekend away, or as somewhere to break a long journey. Holidaying in the UK is just so expensive these days, it's no wonder that people prefer to holiday abroad.
@@andybaker2456 I don't stay in the fancy-schmancy B&Bs. All I ask for is a bed with clean bedlinen, a cooked breakfast, tea in a proper pot and a nice proprietor. I don't mind if there isn't an en suite, a feature wall or if the wallpaper hasn't changed since my first stay years before. I will stay in a hotel if there's no other alternative. I can't fly (ear condition, constant agony that persists for days) so I tend to only holiday in the UK or Ireland. I have gone to France, Holland and Germany but to stay with friends.
we're visiting the UK for the first time this summer (coming from Holland). Like many europeans do however we are avoiding the cities (almost) all together. I would recommend with any trip to Europe to not rent a car, but a campervan. Saves you money on hotels and gets you around at the same time. Also European campsites are really good.
I'm in Dorset and it's great to see so many Dutch plates on cars this year (and Swiss, for some reason). Enjoy your trip.
@@PedroConejo1939 we'll be staying a week at Corfe castle campsite!
@@annehoog Corfe Castle is lovely. Make a trip to Durston (it's in Swanage, very nearby) - there are some lovely walks along the Jurassic Coast! Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door are also nearby if you like nice scenery ☺ I hope you have a great trip!
@@annehoog I love the Purbeck area, so much to do and beautiful.
5:23 here's the thing, you're not alone on the road. Remembering to drive on the left is easy if you're following other drivers and not pulling into oncoming traffic.
Bed and breakfasts can be in people's homes (they might rent out a couple of rooms) so it's the best way for an American to experience what living in a British home is like.
According to Wikipedia there are 17,000 Bed and Breakfasts in the US.
I love how Americans have never really heard of bed and breakfasts, but they have heard of the American company Airbnb (or AirBedandBreakfast as it was originally called)😂
In the UK most common cards are MASTERCARD and VISA, with either you'll be OK just about anywhere, American Express is known but not widely accepted...
Just one-hour out of London you'll notice price difference, but you'll see about 30% lower prices as you go further North, in a city not so much. It's so bad London employees get what's called a London weighting, an additional payment on top of their salary because London is just so expensive.
Amex is very widely accepted now that most big chains take it and the small shops/vendors tend to be signed up to services like stripe which also accept it. I've had one for a few years and post covid I've never been anywhere that wouldn't take it.
Edit: typo
Having visited the US on numerous occasions the 'typical' American seems to think that England is made of two places - London and Scotland. Voice that assumption IN Scotland and I wouldn't rate your chances of survival. The hardest thing I found to get used to driving in the US was "right on red" - we don't have an equivalent and are conditioned to red means STOP - no exceptions. We mostly drive manuals (stick-shift) but rental cars (from the big companies) are usually automatics. When he said 'British' pound he meant 'English' - ie. those issued by the Bank of England. Bank of Scotland notes are legal tender in England but some shops do refuse them due to being unfamiliar with the design (I have never experienced the reverse - ie. when spending English notes in Scotland). Isle of Man banknotes, on the other hand, are NOT legal tender in the UK although Bank of England banknotes are legal tender there. Our banknotes are different colours and sizes to aid the blind and visually impaired. They also incorporate braille for the same reason. B&B's exist in the US - I've stayed at several. Typically you are staying in a spare room in a family home although some are like small hotels with several rooms. We stole curry from India and baked beans from the US and will never give either back.
Correction: I mis-spoke - Bank of Scotland banknotes are NOT 'legal tender' in England but are coin of the realm. Legal tender only specifies what a creditor must accept in settlement of a debt - ie. more than 20 coins of most denominations are NOT legal tender even though individual coins are.
@@AnonEMoose-wj5ob To be more specific - No Bank note is legal tender in Scotland, England or Wales (I think N.I. is the same but not sure). They are all however 'Legal Currency'. Only Coins of the Realm are legally 'Tender' for use in repaying debts. The Royal Bank of Scotland, The Bank of Scotland and the Clydesdale Bank all have protected status to produce their own notes, which are sterling, just like Bank of England notes and acceptable anywhere in Britain but mainly due to ignorance, Scottish Notes are not always accepted, in some places England. In modern times with plastic notes, it's not worth a forgers time to try and reproduce plastic Scottish notes, when the English ones have easier designs and more easy to pass off.
This guy's videos are always really good and informative. Eating in Britain? you must remember that the people of the UK love to travel they will hop on a plane and have a week's break in one of the European countries. if it's very close to our country for just a weekend i.e a weekend in Paris etc. So their taste in foods can be quite diverse, personally, I love Mediterranean food, Italian, Greek or Cypriot for me every time. So leave all the stereotypes behind and take us as you find us.
Depending on what you get car rental can be anything from £18/day cheap economy up to whatever excessive car you selected... the standard would be about £30-£35/day... A large people carrier it maybe a big automatic could well be £40+/day... But book in advance automatics are rare...
The Scottish and Northern Irish bank notes are the same currency as the rest of the UK- it's just that their local banks issue regional notes. You will have no difficulty using Bank of England issued notes in these countries, and legally the Scottish and N Irish notes can be used throughout the UK- it's just some places might not accept them as they are less familiar with them, and therefore not so confident that you are not passing counterfeits. Personally I haven't used cash in MONTHS, apart from giving to a local neighbourhood charity collection.
A 'Bed and breakfast' is a very common type of holiday accommodation. You literallly get what the name implies- a room with a bed/ beds, and a breakfast provided to you in the morning. There are no other meals provided. Traditionally B&Bs are converted large family homes (often old farm houses in country areas), where the owners live on site in their own private apartments, but have a few rooms to let out to guests. Guests are expected to be away from the house for most of the day (excepting some locations such as farms, which might encourage guests to spend some of their day on site.)
A bank note is not actually Legal Tender only a promise to pay a certain sum, as on the note, by the bank that issued it. Only Coin of the Realm is Legal Tender and cannot be refused. Trying to purchase a new car and paying in £1 and £2 (or even £5) coins may cause the seller to object but cannot legally refuse them.
Royal Bank of Scotland is a UK created bank, with its HQ in London. It's hilarious that English folk are convinced it is a Scottish tender, despite the clue "Royal" being blatantly obvious. Ironically they also think England founded the Bank of England, when in fact it was Scotland, who also founded the Bank of France. For trade/merchant reasons.
The funny thing about Scottish notes is that they were very rarely counterfeits due to being more difficult designs than the english notes and also with a much lower amount in general circulation. What we found (used to work in a bank) was that we had to watch for the much more common fake English notes that people tried to use/deposit. This is why Scotland still has £100 notes and England only £50s. Now with plastic notes in use UK wide, I've yet to hear of a fake one (there might have been, i've just never heard of any).
Shellfish! Of course you get them here, we’re an island! Cockles are a favourite in London. Mussels are everywhere and go to Whitstable or East Anglia for oysters. All of these are available all over the country.
And Scottish Langoustine are shipped all around the world. A third of the world's langoustine comes from Scotland.
We drive in Europe regularly so switching from left to right isn't difficult.
The only reason Scottish notes may not be accepted in parts of England is because the vendor may not have seen one before (or at least not frequently) and isn't comfortable that it is genuine.
The funny thing about Scottish notes is that they were very rarely counterfeits due to being more difficult designs than the english notes and also with a much lower amount in general circulation. What we found (used to work in a bank) was that we had to watch for the much more common fake English notes that people tried to use/deposit. This is why Scotland still has £100 notes and England only £50s. Now with plastic notes in use UK wide, I've yet to hear of a fake one (there might have been, i've just never heard of any).
In the past, Scottish pounds were worth ninety nine pence in English currency and so were not often accepted in England. I'm not certain that is true these days, so I don't think that there is a problem with interchangeability. I have just consulted Mr Google and apparently Scottish pound paper notes are only issued by retail banks. Paper, or sort of plastic, currency notes in Scotland, Northern Ireland and probably Wales, is likely to be the same as in England.
@stevepage5813 ni, that's not true, we live in Northumberland and Scottish notes are accepted here . We would know if they were worth less !
@@kathchandler4919 Read my comment again and take note of the first three words! I'll save you time - In the PAST (as in a while ago) Scottish pound was worth ninety nine pence. I am not inferring that this is the case now, for one thing, businesses are struggling to keep afloat without losing a penny on each pound received and therefore would not put up with the short change these days.
@stevepage5813 oh dear me, you didn't make yourself clear & now you're annoyed with me ? On your bike pal !
Bara Brith is Welsh type of tea cake. It's delicious. A B&B (bed and breakfast) is different from a hotel. Booking early everywhere is essential really!
Bara Brith means 'speckled bread'. It is LUSH!
I don't mind it, but prefer Welsh cakes.
@@hatjodelkadiolch, i knew bara was bread but didn't know what the other word ment
Classic British stuff is nowadays quite mingled with other cuisines. dont think this man is presenting it
very well at all !
@@marycarver1542 Yes, I think the UK's first curry house was opened in the early 1800s. We've always been open to novelty. Fish and chips is from Mediterranean Sephardic Jews who settled in London. As usual we were "Lovely! Don't mind if we do!"
The Empire (sorry, invaded and exploited continents) accelerated that just as it expanded the English vocabulary. Our culture has also been enriched by immigrants (the classic Mini Cooper was designed by someone of Greek heritage) I don't blame the reacters but a lot of videos that are reacted to are inaccurate, to be honest.
Driving on the left-hand side of the road: don't forget when CROSSING the road as a pedestrian, the traffic will be driving on the LEFT side of the road, so you look right, then left, then RIGHT again before crossing. The opposite applies if you have HALF-CROSSED a busy road and stopped on a traffic island, waiting for the second half of the road to clear and be safe to cross. Then you will look LEFT before crossing.
In London, you need an OYSTER CARD to get around by tube, bus, train - the London Transport is integrated. You need to decide how many zones in London you will be frequenting - Zone 1 is the most central. I would recommend Zones 1, 2 and 3.
Britain is an island we have plenty of sea food selection, and curry is one of the most popular foods, the food is very diverse and you get what you pay for.
15:25 it’s tomato, toast, poached eggs, Fried mushroom, Black pudding, Bacon, and a under cooked sausage
It could be fried bread rather than toast.
@@billyhills9933 It's toast, they don't look the same.
That sausage wasn't just undercooked, it looks like it has really low pork content, very cheap 😅. Not all full English brekkies have poached eggs, most come with fried eggs, or you can get scrembled eggs. Also tinned tomatoes, baked beans, hash browns, and in some places you can get white pudding 🤤 damn I miss full English breakfasts, I'm an ex-pat Brit that now lives in Albania 😭
If you come to the uk have a uk Indian takeaway, Chinese takeaway but always eat your fish and chips straight away. Your English breakfast should be without chips or hash brown.. it’s not mac d’s
Brick Lane in London, or the Curry Mile in Manchester are the headline places for Indian/Bangladeshi food.
Wherever you find yourself in the UK, you'll find Indian, Bangladeshi and Thai restaurants.
Plus the ubiquitous Hong Kong.
Bradford,is mainly Indian takeaway and restaurants. World famous one is the sweet centre. Also a vegetarian restaurant Indian food who won the best British restaurant. They have to be booked at least 6 months ahead.
@@mandysharp4571 And, from memory, which is rapidly deteriorating, The Kashmir and Mumtaz. Both of which delivered excellent meals and utterly destroyed my Canadian colleagues. They ordered hotter dishes than I would.
The Balti Triangle in Birmingham too although that has declined a fair bit
Hiring a car in the UK - it's not just driving on the left! Most British cars are manual, so you'd need to specify an "automatic" if you can't use stick shift.
The "British" pound is actually issued by The Bank of England. This is the only bank in England authorised to issue banknotes. In Scotland, there are 3 authorised banks - Bank of Scotland, Royal Bank of Scotland, and Clydesdale Bank. There are also 3 banks in Northern Ireland that can issue banknotes - Bank of Ireland (UK) plc. Northern Bank Limited (trades as Danske Bank) and National Westminster Bank plc (trades as Ulster Bank in Northern Ireland. TWales doesn't;t have its own pound. The "British" (actually English) pound is by far the most common in the UK, but because the 6 Scottish and Northern Irish banks all have different designs and are not common outside their own countries, many places don't recognise them as being genuine.
You can go VERY wrong with fish and chips! The best place to get this is the traditional "chippy" at a seaside resort. The worst places are town centre pubs in the big cities - overpriced and not such good quality.
The US misconception about food in Britain dates from US servicemen stationed here in WWII and comparing what the British had to put up with during rationing with the food they could get at their own bases.
Of course, there's traditional British food, some of it of regional origins, like Cornish pasties or Lancashire hotpot, but now available everywhere, but you'd be hard-pressed to find even a small town that didn't have Indian, Chinese and Italian restaurants as well as a pizza place and a coffee shop.
Chicken Tikka Massala is always in the top 5 favourite dishes in the UK. I think there are just as many Indian takeaways as there are fish and chippies here
Bara Brith is a Welsh fruitcake which is usually heated up and buttered and goes really well with a cup of tea. I love it. You see it everywhere in Wales, but not so much elsewhere.
18:33 The black disc is a slice of black pudding and the white things are poached eggs.
Britain is very much known for Indian food.
Tyler. I live in a small village in the UK. We have 2 indian places, 2 chinese, 2 pizza places (italian), 1 kebab place, 2 chippies. 1 bar and 3 pubs (usually British food.)
Food is diverse even in small places.
If you really live in a small village that would be all the properties there!
@@dorothywarren1441 it is classed as a village. Honestly.
Post Offices are also currency exchanges so you can really change money anywhere. Bank notes are issued by issuing banks so when he says British notes he means Bank of England notes but various Scottish banks issue their own notes such as Bank of Scotland and Royal Bank of Scotland, the occasional small shop in England may not recognise them if they haven’t seem them before but all notes are legal everywhere.
This is one of the most helpful tips I have seen in this comments section so far. Everyone always forgets to mention that Post Offices have currency exchange capabilities.
One thing worth knowing about changing money is that bigger Post Offices are also Bureaus de Change (and you can check which branches on the website).
The food - think about it re the shellfish - we're an island. And not that big an island in the scheme of things. Nowhere here is more than about 70 miles from the sea. Approx 6-7% of the UK population is of Indian or west Asian descent, and for good or ill, Britain has a long history of interaction with the Indian region (even before the empire). In some places, you also get excellent Chinese food, where there is a Chinese population (Newcastle, near where I grew up being a case in point, because it has a Chinatown). If anything, I'd say British people probably have curry more often than fish and chips these days.
It's not a completely card based society - you can use cash pretty much anywhere (occasionally you might come across somebody having a problem with a till or something). And sometimes smaller shops will only take cash.
Quote: "It's not a completely card based society - you can use cash pretty much anywhere (occasionally you might come across somebody having a problem with a till or something). And sometimes smaller shops will only take cash."
Alas, no more -
It's going to take nothing short of a civil war (or, from their perspective, mass "terrorism") to not only keep cash, but prevent the incoming Starmer government from turning Britcoin (the just-recently-launched CBDC) into a personalised token-based social-credit system. (You don't believe me, you think I'm fantasizing? Look up the speeches made on the subject at the 2021 Labour Party conference)
The Balti and the Tika Masala curries were all invented in Birmingham, in the middle of England.
For fish and chips: best bought at a seaside fishing village.
the burnt burger in the full English was actually black pudding. It's pigs blood and stuff, but don't let that put you off it's very tasty.
He means the English pounds, this down to fraudulent bank notes, and we often don't accept £50.00 pound notes either because hard to change and smaller places don't accept them.
Places to visit if you come to UK= Bath to see the Roman Baths, Wells: the smallest city in uk with a cathedral & the place they filmed the movie Hot Fuzz, the Jurassic Coast to go fossil hunting, Cheddar gorge, Oxford, Cambridge, York, Chichester, the Cotswolds, Blenheim palace, the Lake District are all great places to visit. Or if you are a Harry Potter fan you can go on a tour around Edinburgh OR a day trip to The Harry Potter Studio Tour at Watford. Plus there are planty of castles to visit around uk & plenty of old houses, ruins and gardens to see owned by the national trust OR English Heritage.
Bristol for the gorge and oldest iron suspension bridge in the world. (Doesn't sound great but the setting within the gorge and woods is stunning.) Even better if you visit during the balloon fiesta (largest in Europe). Also there are caves to explore within the gorge. Bristol has a Royal Crescent just like Bath does. It has everything Bath has (except the natural hot spring spa) 😊
@@timtreefrog9646 interesting. Been to Bristol many times as godfather lives there but not seen those specific things. I was just giving a few must see places for things I knew. I’ll definitely have to inquire about some of these. Iv been to cheddar gorge but not Bristol. Thanks.
Full English Breakfast is bacon, sausage, eggs, mushrooms, black pudding and tomatoes, toast and bread and butter. Most usually have baked beans too
I'd be livid if a full English turned up without fried bread and hash browns.
I'm not in England much but the last time I was, I made sure to pay for stuff with my Scottish notes.
A quick look shows Car rental cost from Heathrow was about £30-£40 a day (beware a cheaper for a manual car - more common)
The black disc on the right of the Full English breakfast is Black Pudding.
It is much loved in Yorkshire and Lancashire where the best is made.
If after you know the ingredients and try it you will experience one of the best culinary joys of your life.
It is made of pigs blood, pig fat, oatmeal and seasoning, and boiled in a skin, like many great foods if you don’t know what it’s made of its probable you will enjoy it.
"The thing on the right..." It's black pudding, Tyler - YUM! Plus, mushrooms, poached eggs, bacon, toast, sausage and tomato. And the one shown isn't really a "full" English breakfast, that would include liver and/or kidneys, fried potatoes (NOT hash browns), lamb chop (maybe) and *ARRGGGHHH* baked beans.
When you have worked out what a Full English Breakfast is, make sure you are in England.
Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish hoteliers get very upset if you ask for a Full English. IMHO the best breakfasts are found in Ireland.
I recall driving in America for the first time and had been prepared to drive around the parking lot until I was comfortable but as it was an automatic (if you are American ensure you request this in the UK as it might not automatically be one). I found focusing on keeping the passenger closest to the curbside made it easy. Just remember you can’t turn on a red light 😮… maybe watch a few UA-cam videos on driving in the UK.
Cash is no longer needed in the UK. I’m so used it using my card for everything and had misplaced my actual credit card but would use Apple Pay all the time. So last September I was in the US and was shocked it was hardly accepted!
American banking is a strange beast. I worked in the US in the early 2000s and had MasterCard. Damn thing wasn't accepted anywhere. Conversely, and strangely however they keep insisting that America is accepted worldwide, and yet it wasn't accepted when I worked in retail (card number too long). So what is going on with this American card stuff?it doesn't sound right...
15:14 what you are looking at is 2 x poached eggs, 1 x sausage, 2 x bacon, 1 x tomato, mushrooms & black pudding.
As far as currency, carry £5,£10,£20 but not £50s you might find outside London shops unwilling to accept them, they're in circulation but rare... Any coin is OK...
The full English breakfast you asked about is as follows: Toast, eggs (poached, scrambled etc), tomato, mushroom, black pudding (sausage with spiced pig's blood, pork bangers (pork sausages), bacon. There can be variations depending on the region.
You do realise that in AirB&B, B&B stands for Bed and Breakfast (even though you dont always get breakfast unless you are in a shared house).
Oh God it's wolter. The man that knows so little about so many countries.
A handy tip that wasn't mentioned, the vast majority of UK car rentals are stick shift (manual gearbox), not many people drive automatics only.
Bed and breakfast is a (usually small) hotel room that serves breakfast in the morning
Tyler look up videos on The Lake District and The Yorkshire Dales. Two gloriously beautiful areas of Northern England.
"Bed and Breakfast" is the same as an American "b 'n' b". But is not like an "air b & b" where you rent the whole place for the time you're in town.
There are bed and breakfasts in America. That's what the "bnb" in Airbnb stands for, and it's an American company.
Bed and breakfasts are often in peoples' own houses and are privately run therefore do your homework first. Much more personal service and usually a better standard than cheap hotels. The breakfasts should be very good.
Hi. The food on the right is black pudding. Not something i like but many do. Also bed and breakfasts normally have a locked room to sleep that only you have access to but theyre not always ensuite. So, if you want your own bathroom and dont want to share with others check before you go but more now are becoming ensuite so they do.
Tyler.....you are so...funny and entertaining...love watching your reactions to every thing...just got back from the UK.. loved..it..😊
We have just got back from the UK..a couple of days ago...and stayed in an Airbnb..had the place to ourselves for three weeks..loved..spacious and pretty.....a Bed &Breakfast..is what it says it is....a place to sleep and Breakfast in the morning...😅
Isle of Mann has it's own style of British money too. When you get off the ferry, back to the mainland, lots of places don't accept "Manx money". Airbnb is a useful site. And "Trip advisor" with it's children icons for you.
I. The picture of the full English there is : bacon 🥓, sausages, on the top right is black pudding (also known as blood pudding), top middle is fried mushrooms, top left is fried tomatoes. The white things are poached eggs (but you can ask for eggs any way you like) then there’s toast.
Nobody I know calls it "blood pudding." Only American UA-camrs do that for drama.
@@Beedo_Sookcool I have heard a few Brits call it blood pudding in my life. I also saw it once on a menu as blood pudding here in uk. But yes most people don’t. I agree that those that do are probably doing it for dramatic reasons.
Yes...the widy narrow roads were a challenge that was a unique experience...you get use to it after awhile..and driving on the other side...!!!😅
The Bank of England produces notes for England & Wales,that can be used across the UK. In Scotland you have three separate banks that issue notes, and in Northern Ireland you have a further three banks that issue notes. Technically these have to have enough reserves to cover all notes they produce, and the Bank of England has to try to make sure they do, but there are lots of things they can't force the other six banks to do. This means, although they all produce £ Sterling, there xan be a reluctance by some in England & Wales to accept their notes...mostly because they will rarely get to see them, and there are siz of each denomination in addition to tge standard Bank of England notes that mean it is easier to pass of forgeries as real. The person accepting them will only notice too late, and be out of pocket financially.
I remember, quite a few years ago now, I was a recovery (tow truck for the American's) driver, and I had this one job to take a broken down van all the way from London to a small town just the other side of Edinburgh, luckily for me, the company had a car sitting in Dort William (the town at the base of Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the UK) and that had to come all the way back to London. It took me a fair few hours to drive from this town near Edinburgh to Fort William, but I eventually got there to find half a car and all the broken bits inside of it waiting for me, now, at the time, I had never heard of the car maker, it was Morgan by the way, and when I heard the story about this wreck in front of me, it really shocked me, it was a very old Morgan and it belonged to a member of the European Morgan owners club, who do a rally every year or two in the UK, so they should be used to driving on the correct side of the road, but one day, this car's owner left their overnight hotel and presumably without thinking, just turned right out of the entrance and drove up the wrong side of the road, and literally a few seconds later had this terrible head on smash with a car on the correct side of the road. I'm not a person who enjoys the spotlight, I detest being the centre of attention, I would love to just be someone completely anonymous in a crowd, but no-one provided me with a tarp to cover this wrecked car with, so I had to drive all the way back from Fort William to London with every single person gawping at this once very old, very valuable wooden car (wooden chassis etc but wrapped in metal for extra strength) strapped to the bed of my truck. I enjoyed the money I got from doing that double header trip, but boy was I happy to get that car off the truck back at base. So it definitely is worth remembering to drive on the left when in the UK
Bed & Breakfast is exactly what it says on the tin. They are mostly private houses that maybe have 1 or more bedrooms to rent out. They also provide a breakfast which can be full English, Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish. These will have subtle differences or what they call a Continental Breakfast. They will also provide cereals and choice of beverages. After breakfast you must go out and visit whatever city you're in. Then return at night for your bed at a reasonable hour or they may give you a key.
A Bed and Breakfast is what it says, you sleep the night and get your breakfast next day. A bed and breakfast establishment can be anything from a room in someones house to a hotel. Half Board is Bed,Breakfast and Evening meal. Full board is bed,breakfast,lunch and dinner. DO NOT hire a car in London, use publix transport. Full English breakfast is bacon, sausage, tomato,mushrooms, eggs, fried bread., beans, black pudding (blood sausage). You can opt out of any of the items as you wish (I do not like beans) eggs are usually fried but you can ask for poached or scrambled. The white things you asked about were poached eggs. Following this you will also get toast, butter, jam and marmalade and a pot of tea. You will be asked whether you want white or brown toast, tea or coffee. Oh and I forgot to say your breakfast starts with cereal. It is pretty much the same in Scotland except your sausage might be Lorne sausage ( a square sausage meat pattie) and you will get potato (tattie)scones instead of fried bread. To start it will be porride, pancakes or cereal. Similar in ireland but substitute tattoe scones for soda bread. Wales you may be offered Lava bread (say no its made from seaweed and vile) Speaking of Wales the thing you were looking at with the tea soaked fruits is Barra Brith ( pronounce with less emphasis on the vowel) It is a Welsh speciality fruit loaf and a popular tea time treat, usually sliced and buttered. Tips I would give to our American cousins take the chat volume down a few decibels, do not get too up close and personal the British people have a great respect for ones personal space. DO NOT interfere with the guard or the horses at any of the Palaces. These guards are not there for show or selfies with tourists they are serving soldiers carrying out their duties, the ropes are for you to stay behind not hop over or under for photo opportunities. Same goes for Castles, Palaces, Stately Homes and museums DO NOT pass the ropes, touch exhibits, paintings or sit on the furniture. Always check whether photography is allowed. As you may know Police in the UK are not armed but there are exceptions like at the Royal Palaces and the Houses of Parliament. Please also note that the ' Beefeaters' at the Tower of London might wear strange clothes and tell you the History but they are first and foremost guards. You will also find that the Scots and Irish will accept the English Bank notes but not vice versa. Only Northern Ireland has the UK pound, Southern Ireland uses the Euro.
You can buy train tickets ahead of time which works cheaper you can buy a ticket and go anywhere you plan to lots of places. Plan ahead and some good deals. You have to it online from the USA. You can buy tickets when you hear we're you get a deal
Not sure if this is mentioned here ....
There's usually quite a lot mentioned about driving on the left, roundabouts, slow, medium, and fast lanes, etc. but rarely the fact that the preponderance of cars are gear shifts rather than automatics.
US visitors to the UK need to be aware that if renting a car, they will need to specify an automatic, if required, and their choice of car will be limited as they they have much less of them.
The default will be a "stick shift" vehicle. So make sure you know what you are getting...
You can also use the train for days out from London - Train will get you to York in 2 hours - so you could do a day trip 👍B&B tends to be in peoples houses /guest houses so its a small place and they will give you lots of local information. Food - just take a look at how much coastline we have, we are quite conservative in what fish we eat, but there are many good seafood places up and down the country - check out Rick Stein. The seafood you saw was Mussels - lovely in garlic, wine and cream (moules marniere) we do local seafood too - brown crab, potted shrimp as well as Mackerel, cod, haddock, skate etc etc. Indian food ( and Pakistani food) is British food - there are so many British people of Indian descent - they are us - our countries were linked for so many years. I think you will be amazed by how many cultures Britain is made up of - and this is no recent thing, we have been a ‘melting pot’ for political and religious refugees for centuries.
The US has about 14,000 bed and breakfasts all over . Also India was considered “ the jewel in the crown “ when it was a British colony and Indian cuisine is very popular with Brits. Being an island nation, you can be sure of finding plenty of seafood of all kinds.
No, all over Europe there is an option for bed and breakfast. This option means that you have an option to pay for the combination of a hotel room and breakfast in the morning. You can also have an option to have all-inclusive, which means that every meal is included. It is also possible to have an option to just pay for the hotel room. Bed and breakfast is very popular because it gives you the opportunity to have your other meals somewhere else.
Full English breakfast. You have there, toast/fried bread, tomato, sausage, bacon, black pudding, sautéed mushrooms , and poached eggs. Often include baked beans too.
Fun Fact: while people refer to the bell tower at the Houses of Parliament as 'Big Ben', it's not correct to do so.
Big Ben is actually the big tenor bell in the tower.
The proper name for the tower is now the Elizabeth Tower.
Correction Big Ben is the name of the bell, not the tower and the towers name being called Elizabeth Tower, since Elizabeth II's 2012 Diamond Jubilee
My daughter was an exchange student and spent a year in Long Island in East Hampshire. She came from a country where they drive on the left. She was driving all over the place on the right with no promlem. She drove all the way to the F Keys and beyond and back to New York. So the transition from right drive to left is fairly easy.
The BnB in Airbnb literally stands for Bed & Breakfast
18:20. The "hamburger" is black pudding then clockwise sausage, bacon, eggs, tomato, mushrooms
Driving on the 'wrong' side is EASY as long as you have a car that's equipped with a steering wheel on the correct side. It works like this:-
When you're driving an American car with it's left-hand wheel on the right-hand side of the road, you are personally sitting more-or less- in the middle of the road. You just follow the centre line. Conversely, when in the UK with a right-hand wheel on the left side of the road, you find yourself sitting in almost the same place, in the middle off the road. In both cases, admittedly you are a little to one side of centre rather than the other but the difference is so small, you quickly get used to it.
I speak from the experience of arriving in America on my first week of a new (international )job and being told to hire a car at La Guardia and drive to Rochester NY. I was so busy with thinking about the job I was there to do that it never crossed my mind until I got to the Plaza Hotel that I was driving on the right for the first time. It was only on thinking about it afterwards I realized what was going on.
(I have to admit your 4-way junctions and right turn on red still scare the heck out of me.)
Big Ben is the actual clock Bell. The tower is now callede the Elizabeth Tower, renamed from St James Tower when the Queen had her 70th Jubilee (anniversary of her reign) and became the longest reigning monarch in the UK's history.. I use Apple pay on my watch. As an ewxample of diverse food in the UK, I live near a samall towh of around 12,000 population and we have 4 fish and chip shops, 3 Indian, 1 thai and one Chinese restaurant, plus several pubs which serve a full range of English dishes as wel as Chinese, Indian and Italian take aways (who deliver) and a few coffee and tea shops. Not a bad selection, and we have lots of seafood including shellfish as we are surrounded by the damn stuff.
Even when you are based in London you can enjoy a daytrip to many of our interesting sights.
Common foods in the UK nowadays are Indian, Chinese, Japanese, with restaurants in every town
The food is fantastic.
I have stayed in Bed and Breakfasts that have ranged from grand houses to tiny cottages. They are not hotels. They are like staying in someone's house. The houses vary as do the prices. I have stayed in houses that had the facilities of the best boutique hotels yet others have been really basic. You choose what level of facilities you need. The benefit is you can stay in places near to your desired destination. At your desired price point. You can end up making friends with your host and end up with a friend for a life time. As to driving we use the Channel Tunnel or ferries to take our cars to Europe. We find no problems swapping sides of the road. It's hair raising for 10 minutes then you make an adjustment......but then it's really hard to get a driving licence in the UK so we are probably better drivers in the first place.
From London you can do a coach trip anywhere and is cheaper than the train. You can get food from the world in the uk
I’ve been to the USA, had a huge car and was more nervous about having never driven an automatic than driving on the other side of the road. But it’s the same as driving a new car or a van for the first time, after half an hour it’s just second nature and you wonder why you were worried about it.
Can't beat a full english breakfast - black things are black pudding - the white things are poached eggs - but to be honest most english breakfasts are fried eggs not poached then you have your suasage beans toast mushrooms - yummy
Pounds Sterling in the UK has Scottish notes, Northern Irish notes and England and Wales use the ones pictured in the video. All coins are the same across the UK
Crown dependencies that use Pound Sterling have different designed notes and coinage
This came up on my recommended, really fun to watch Americans looking at the British culture etc and get a real reaction that isn't just insults lol. Great video though, keep up the good work.
Don’t forget you can also do a day trip to France. Approx $40 for a daily rental car. Scottish money is not legal tender everywhere in the U.K. However, it is legal currency and shopkeepers everywhere are encouraged to accept them.