Brit Reacts to Brits try real Philly Cheesesteak for the first time!

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  • Опубликовано: 5 ноя 2024

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  • @camillenicole211
    @camillenicole211 6 месяцев назад +3

    Pat’s invented the cheesesteak.

  • @seekexplorewander
    @seekexplorewander 6 месяцев назад +1

    Not been there - but there's apparently an authentic Philly sandwich shop in London near Waterloo station called Passyunk Avenue. Their menu is filled with local Philadelphia sandwiches and other food as well as classic American food. The cheesesteak, which I saw on a reaction video, didn't look top 10, but it looked so much better than what you get 99.9999% of the time outside of Philly - and it's apparently owned and staffed by local Philadelphians!

  • @davidweiss8710
    @davidweiss8710 6 месяцев назад +13

    That can of Whiz Cheese isn't what is on a Cheesesteak. There is another brand called Kraft "Cheez Whiz" that I've seen used the most.

    • @Advocate005
      @Advocate005 6 месяцев назад

      Correct. Whiz wit or Provalone Wit are the most popular. Never heard of a Cooper Sharp wit, but I have had Cooper Sharp and it's the best. Would love to try it on a Cheesesteak.

  • @BackWordsJane
    @BackWordsJane 6 месяцев назад +2

    Processed cheese is a guilty pleasure . You don't want to eat it all the time. Just on your cheese burger,grilled cheese sandwich and Philly cheese steak because it makes those foods complete 😋

  • @hardtackbeans9790
    @hardtackbeans9790 6 месяцев назад +5

    To me there are 3 great US sandwiches. I'm ignoring grilled cheese sandwich. Bacon/lettuce/tomato (BLT), Rueben, and Philly Cheesesteak.

    • @cygnusx-3217
      @cygnusx-3217 6 месяцев назад +1

      The best US sandwich is Al's Italian Beef in Chicago. For 80 years.

    • @NemesisoftheGrandPoohbahputin
      @NemesisoftheGrandPoohbahputin 6 месяцев назад +4

      Agreed. Those are certainly the big three for me. If you ignore peanut butter & jelly. Which really is more of a snack.

    • @Sameoldsongdance
      @Sameoldsongdance 6 месяцев назад +3

      You could probably add club sandwich to that list. It has fallen out of favor in recent decades.

  • @annfrost3323
    @annfrost3323 6 месяцев назад +5

    Nick, the city of Philadelphia is located in the state of Pennsylvania, which was founded in 1682 by an Englishman born in London. Pennsylvania was one of the original 13 English colonies in the north-east of America. Philadelphia is the city were the Declaration of Independence from England was signed in 1776.

    • @seekexplorewander
      @seekexplorewander 6 месяцев назад +1

      And where the Constitution was drafted and signed.

  • @JayDay407
    @JayDay407 6 месяцев назад +1

    Used to live a block from there. They’re right, best in the city. IMO.

  • @corvus1374
    @corvus1374 6 месяцев назад +8

    Pats and Genos are open 24 hours

  • @AC-ni4gt
    @AC-ni4gt 6 месяцев назад +11

    Whenever I hear anyone from outside of US complain about the food in the US, I get upset. I love the food culture we have developed cross-country. Every region and state has their specialties that have been created thanks to the immigrants. Heck I have had some amazing foods thanks to the food culture.

  • @smtpgirl
    @smtpgirl 6 месяцев назад +1

    Those subs are about $11-15 per sub. It's cheap for what you get.

  • @cbicnone2228
    @cbicnone2228 6 месяцев назад +3

    Cheese steaks are good.

  • @alishagrossman4080
    @alishagrossman4080 6 месяцев назад +4

    Wawa is a convenience store. They have a section that you can get food made to order.

    • @user-or1ye3iz6d
      @user-or1ye3iz6d 6 месяцев назад +1

      Wawa is awesome! We have them in New Jersey too. Really great coffees and subs (hoagies).

  • @SarahBroad-kw7fj
    @SarahBroad-kw7fj 6 месяцев назад +3

    My favorite drink while I’m in Philadelphia is Birch beer it’s like root beer. Which I’m very happy about it now being available in my local grocery store

  • @redrum482
    @redrum482 6 месяцев назад +2

    Eating a cheesesteak on the corner in Phillie is 'Merica..

  • @borisbalkan707
    @borisbalkan707 6 месяцев назад +2

    Good cheesesteaks are hard to find in the US

  • @RaidenRadio
    @RaidenRadio 6 месяцев назад +1

    American Cheese gets a bad rep but Cooper Sharp is a white American cheese FYI.

  • @gmunden1
    @gmunden1 6 месяцев назад +3

    Whiz as in the brand "Cheese Whiz" by Kraft Foods.

  • @rbtz07
    @rbtz07 6 месяцев назад +3

    For generations, America has been hated by European culture - as they have set the narrative of American cuisine being bad. But now that we live in the era of social media, the truth comes out, and these 2 men (Jolly) are changing that negative storyline one bite at a time.

  • @SarahBroad-kw7fj
    @SarahBroad-kw7fj 6 месяцев назад +2

    I like my cheesesteak hoagie with provolone cheese, garlic butter and onion and peppers and the steak is deli thin ribeye steak chopped but the normal cheese steak is onions and steak with or without whiz cheese on a hoagie roll

  • @ramonalfaro3252
    @ramonalfaro3252 6 месяцев назад +1

    My wife was from Philly but took me to her favorite local spot across the river Cherry Hill. NJ. I had a Cheesesteak with pepperoni. Pretty damn close to a life-changing event!

    • @user-or1ye3iz6d
      @user-or1ye3iz6d 6 месяцев назад

      Yeah, I've had excellent cheesesteaks in Jersey also. ❤

  • @steventambon2588
    @steventambon2588 6 месяцев назад +8

    Yes, Philly is known for Rocky... but when you're in the states, it's more so known for its food, its 'passionate' sports fans, and historical significance. Philadelphia was the largest city in the colonies, it was the birthplace of the United States, the capital city from before our independence until it Washington DC was built (with a small time being in NYC after Philadelphians held the congress hostage for not paying the soldiers of the Revolution), and where the government was created after our independence. You can still see all the historical sites today, they are very well preserved and operational, and our political significance has never gone away, our votes usually determine the winner of our presidential elections.
    But on food, if you ever come here- do not go to Pats or Genos. Jims, Angelos, Phillips, or Dellasandro's are the best ones to get for the cheesesteak experience, though we mostly just get them from pizza shops. And you definitely would want to go to Reading Terminal Market to have a roast pork italian sandwich from a place called DiNic's (you can also get amazing donuts, desserts, and other foods at the market too)

    • @steventambon2588
      @steventambon2588 6 месяцев назад +1

      And you wanna order a cheesesteak with fried onions and mushrooms... never green peppers

    • @alishagrossman4080
      @alishagrossman4080 6 месяцев назад

      Jim’s is my favorite! I’m so happy that they are reopening soon!

    • @steventambon2588
      @steventambon2588 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@alishagrossman4080 Its my fave cheesesteak spot as well! I just saw today it was opening up again next week

    • @nullakjg767
      @nullakjg767 6 месяцев назад

      its known for having a low class population lol.

  • @erichallada910
    @erichallada910 6 месяцев назад +4

    I live in Chicago, when I go into a restaurant to get a Chicago style hot dog I just ask for a hot dog, so I know what they mean by calling it just a cheese steak.

  • @Lee_Forre
    @Lee_Forre 6 месяцев назад +1

    Pats and Geno’s are open damn near 24/7 due to its popularity among tourists.

    • @lovesgucci1
      @lovesgucci1 6 месяцев назад

      And locals. Locals are the ones that are there at 3/4am, not tourists

  • @smtpgirl
    @smtpgirl 6 месяцев назад

    In Maryland is is called a steak & cheese. Same sub roll but with provolone, lettuce, tomato, mayo and a thick stack of chopped rib eye. I went to England with my sister in 2019 and we made steak & cheeses with the stuff we found in the store. Didn't turn out half bad.

  • @SarahBroad-kw7fj
    @SarahBroad-kw7fj 6 месяцев назад +4

    Cheese whiz is in a jar or a giant tin can it’s not spray cheese

  • @robwilliams6753
    @robwilliams6753 6 месяцев назад +1

    Papa Johns do a philly cheesesteak pizza. it looks nothing like these beauties in the video, and it is 96% cheese.

  • @cp368productions2
    @cp368productions2 6 месяцев назад +13

    I am going to warn you about something in case you don't know.
    I don't remember if you have reacted to "Your New Zealand Family" yet, but if you haven't DON'T. Those people have turned nasty and almost got multiple reaction channels taken down for reacting to their travel videos to the US. They are currently getting a lot of backlash for it because they are a reaction channel themselves and complain about copyright strikes and almost losing their channel and then proceeded to try and destroy multiple other channels. Hopefully they will be losing their channel soon but just don't react to them. They will try to have your channel completely removed if you do.

    • @rocknroller77
      @rocknroller77 6 месяцев назад +3

      I saw a post on a reaction channel not to long ago, asking that channel not to react to theirs. I thought someone had used their channels name and was going around pulling that bs. Unbelievable. They truly are up their own arse.

  • @SGlitz
    @SGlitz 6 месяцев назад +1

    Fun fact: Pat's and Gino's across the street from each other. Where the cheesteak was born. Parking is a nightmare.

  • @johnare3617
    @johnare3617 6 месяцев назад +1

    What's next? American reacts to Brit reacting to Brits reacting to American sandwich? 😅

  • @pamforrester844
    @pamforrester844 6 месяцев назад

    Oh wow, it's an ungodly hour of the morning and here I am now craving a cheese steak 😊, those look yummy! Thank you as always for the work you put into the video and commentary, and hoping for more oversimplified soon, have a safe and fun weekend everyone

  • @anjoleeeickhoff6800
    @anjoleeeickhoff6800 6 месяцев назад

    Most bars close at 2am, at least where I live so a lot of people want to go eat after the bars close. So businesses that stay open in the wee hours of the morning do a bang up business after the bars close especially on the weekends.

  • @thevictoryoverhimself7298
    @thevictoryoverhimself7298 3 месяца назад

    I went to this place and the line was out the door, so me and my girlfriend just walked across the street to a random bar and ordered a Philly cheesesteak with no wait and it was delicious

  • @Ira88881
    @Ira88881 6 месяцев назад +3

    I grew up in New York City, and we have plenty of places that make cheesesteak…all mediocre.
    Been to Philly a few times, and don’t ask me how or why theirs are so much better.

  • @smtpgirl
    @smtpgirl 6 месяцев назад

    It's calla a sub in Maryland. I love crab cake subs from our local pizza/deli place.

  • @stevenbeall9637
    @stevenbeall9637 6 месяцев назад +1

    After all my years living in the area, I always get the best steaks not in Philly, but in South Jersey. Angelo's looks legit though. Pat's and Geno's are for tourists and people who don't know better. That said, you can get decent cheesesteak in most any large town or city in the US anymore, unless it's located under a rock.

    • @user-or1ye3iz6d
      @user-or1ye3iz6d 6 месяцев назад

      Agreed about Jersey cheesesteaks 👍🏻

  • @reindeer7752
    @reindeer7752 6 месяцев назад +28

    This is why Brits and Europeans saying the USA doesn't have good bread or cheese is ridiculous.

    • @nickjreacts
      @nickjreacts  6 месяцев назад +9

      I never say that… there is so much I would love to try

    • @SgtSplatter782
      @SgtSplatter782 6 месяцев назад +3

      to be honest cooper sharp white is a saltier version of american white cheese. goes great on cheese steak.

    • @mokumboi19
      @mokumboi19 6 месяцев назад +1

      I'm American and I am fully aware that 99% of the bread in America is horrid. Cheese is another story, but the bread game here is just terrible.

    • @gmunden1
      @gmunden1 6 месяцев назад +7

      USA has great bread if you know what to look for. Philadelphia has great Italian and French bread bakeries.

    • @mokumboi19
      @mokumboi19 6 месяцев назад +1

      @gmunden1 I know what to look for. It's rare. It's not like Europe, where mom and pop bakeries are baking fresh on every other corner. Even the supposedly higher end bread in our supermarkets is utter trash. There are exceptions, of course, but overall the bread in America is downright embarrassing. Nowhere near the quality and value in Europe.

  • @seekexplorewander
    @seekexplorewander 6 месяцев назад

    There's three key ingredients to a great cheesesteak - the roll, the meat, and the cheese. While that sounds stupid and obvious, as a local tour guide, history buff, and foodie/cook here in Philly, I can tell you even places here, but especially around the world, get this simple sandwich wrong.
    The roll, which we call a hoagie or steak roll in Philly, needs to be super crisp (not like a 5 day old french baguette crisp) to help trap the ingredients, outside, and super soft inside to sop up all of the juices from the meat (and onions if you get them) as well as the melted cheese. Having the wrong roll is what about 49% of places do to make it a bad sandwich.
    The meat needs to be paper thin slices. Here in Philly, most legit places, even the local neighborhood pizza/sandwich shops, used Ribeye steaks that have been frozen, and then cut on a deli slicer, as you would with any cold cut or lunch meat. If it's a good cut of meat and properly sliced thin, you can put it down on the griddle frozen as it will only take a few minutes, I mean 3-4, to get to the right spot. You want the meat perfectly medium. No red/pink, but DEFINITELY not medium well or well done. Some places like Geno's or Steve's Prince of Steaks in Philly will literally leave the slices as the are and some people prefer that. Other places, like Pat's (who invented it in the 1930's) will "chop", or pull the slices about into finer and finer pieces. You don't need it to be mince meat thin, but chopping it up, in my humble opinion, gives it a better mouth feel as you can just bite into the sandwich, chew a few times quickly, and boom, ready for another slice whereas the places that don't chop it up, the pieces of meat can be harder to chew and then you end up chewing on the meat long past when the part of the roll, the onions (or other toppings), in that bite you just took have already made it to your stomach. The meat is what about 49% of places get wrong. Hell, I've even scene celebrity chefs like Gordon Ramsey use "steak" - and leave the pieces of meat so thick that you'd think you were eating a literal steak on a roll. It's disgusting.
    The other key ingredient is the cheese. Liquid Cheese Wiz, American (sliced or in liquid form), and Provolone all work. Specific versions of American - like Cooper Sharp, and Provolone give them a much more sophisticated taste, for a sandwich, as does adding a bit of your favorite toppings - fried onions, fried/warmed pickle slices (not whole damn spears), and/or very finely cut and fried peppers (hot or mild doesn't matter). NEVER put Cheddar, Swiss, or anything else on it for the authentic taste/flavor. US Presidential candidate John Kerry was mocked on local/national media back in 2004 for coming to Philly and trying to order one with Swiss....lol. The cheese is usually only wrong about 2% of the time.
    You can put some ketchup on it. NEVER mustard, never mayo (in my opinion)....and never anything else in terms of condiments. The ketchup, more is okay for kids, should be just enough to help aid in softening up the roll and adding a little bit of acidity and tang to the meat/cheese/onion flavor. You don't drown the damn thing in ketchup once you're 13 or older.
    And if you ever come to Philly, the proper way to order is "# of cheesesteaks in this style", the cheese style, with or without (wit or witout) fried onions, and then if you want to add pickles, peppers, or something that comes next. Some places have condiments and veggies (besides onions) out for you to add at your leisure. If you don't see them, then would end the order with veggies (if you want any) and then you can ask for ketchup (or not) on it.
    So a proper order would sound like "yeah hi, can I get 1 (insert "cheesesteak if the place sells more than that", american, wit, fried pickles (if they have them), ketchup please. Then can I get 1, whiz, witout, light ketchup). Boom, that simple.

  • @SGlitz
    @SGlitz 6 месяцев назад

    Philadelphia: Constitutional Hall. Liberty Bell. Betsy Ross. Ben Franklin.

  • @jacqueline1099
    @jacqueline1099 6 месяцев назад

    Its always best taking the advice of the locals

  • @vladt876
    @vladt876 6 месяцев назад

    Your voice makes me think of what David will sound like when he grows up (from the cartoon "Hilda")

  • @gregrambo606
    @gregrambo606 5 месяцев назад

    Buccees is based in Texas but is in some other states.

  • @courtneyperry82
    @courtneyperry82 6 месяцев назад

    US Domino's sell a Philly cheesesteak. It's ok, but I rather make my own. I put onions, green peppers, provolone, mushrooms, lettuce, and mayo.

  • @mokumboi19
    @mokumboi19 6 месяцев назад +4

    Just to make one thing clear that the video gets wrong: with Cheese Whiz is NOT the traditional way to make a cheesesteak. Cheese Whiz wasn't even invented until decades after the cheesesteak was originated. Also, Cheese Whiz is NASTY. And that's why they loved the second cheesesteak far better than they liked the first one.

    • @christined6321
      @christined6321 6 месяцев назад +1

      Agreed! I almost fell out my chair when they referred to it as “classic”. It’s the worst and would never recommend, American or provolone are the only way to go.

    • @mokumboi19
      @mokumboi19 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@christined6321 I go for provolone all the way. My favorite spot is probably John's Roast Pork.

  • @reindeer7752
    @reindeer7752 6 месяцев назад +7

    Wizz does mean urinate in the USA. Maybe they haven't heard it in Philly.

    • @nickjreacts
      @nickjreacts  6 месяцев назад +2

      Oh really

    • @nickjreacts
      @nickjreacts  6 месяцев назад +1

      @@jeromeinseattle well we all know that saying then lol

    • @SherriLyle80s
      @SherriLyle80s 6 месяцев назад +3

      There is a spelling difference. Same sound, different spelling 😂

    • @Ira88881
      @Ira88881 6 месяцев назад

      Yep!

    • @christined6321
      @christined6321 6 месяцев назад +1

      It’s used in Philly too!

  • @willcool713
    @willcool713 6 месяцев назад

    In most US delis, sandwich shops, food trucks, and pop-ups that sell them, cheesesteaks are standardized as thinly cut, grilled steak meat, usually rib or chuck, with onions, bell pepper, and provolone, on a plain white hoagie roll. American cheese, cheese sauce, and hot peppers are among the most standard options, but the variations across America are endless. I've seen cream cheese, sprouts, and tomato slices added as an option, too. Avocados, horseradish, chicken meat, panini style, or on garlic toast -- the variations are endless, but onions, bell pepper, provolone, with thin cooked steak, on a plain white quarter-loaf, is the "foot-long" norm now. Really good that way, too, imo. The neighborhood pub here does a special on Tuesday nights. Yum.

    • @steventambon2588
      @steventambon2588 6 месяцев назад

      *In most delis not in Philadelphia haha.... I have never met a fellow philadelphian who ordered bell pepper on their cheesesteak and it actually confuses us why people call it a Philly when they put them on it.

    • @willcool713
      @willcool713 6 месяцев назад

      @@steventambon2588 Nobody calls them Phillies. They're steak sandwiches or cheesesteaks. Around here anyway, a Philly only has American cheese or cheese sauce, maybe onions, and nobody eats them. In a lot of sub shops they will only serve the standard cheesesteak the way I said, among all the other sandwiches, but they might have the Philly listed separately. They aren't the same thing.

  • @catherinesearles1194
    @catherinesearles1194 6 месяцев назад

    Its meat on bread its a sandwich...to differntiate what kind of bread you can say hoagie roll, hero bread, sub sandwich is thinkly sliced to order ham, salami and cheese dressed with shredded lettuce tomatoes and thinly sliced onion with vegetable or olive oil and red wine vinegar a sprinkling of oregano on a long soft french bread type loaf of bread because it looks like a submarine

  • @courtneyperry82
    @courtneyperry82 6 месяцев назад

    Geno's and Pat's are open 24 hours.

  • @gmunden1
    @gmunden1 6 месяцев назад

    Pat'sand Geno's are the typical Philadelphia tou traps. Pat's Steaks used to be the gold standard up until the 1970's but they became complacent and mediocre. Lesser-known, but equal or better shops began to grow in popularity. If you want a great cheesesteak, Angelo's, John's Roast Pork, or D'Alessandro's have surpassed Pat's and Geno's. There are several other good cheeseteak shops in the Philadelphia area.

  • @SGlitz
    @SGlitz 6 месяцев назад

    I have eaten at Pat's. :)

  • @bryanreighn3498
    @bryanreighn3498 6 месяцев назад +1

    Pats and genos are open 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Pats is the originator of the cheesesteak but they both have become a tourist destination. There are far better than those.

  • @catherinesearles1194
    @catherinesearles1194 6 месяцев назад

    Its white.sharp cheddar cheese....im sure you have that.