We really enjoyed trying some UK fast food chains that we had never tried before. Let us know in the comments if you have been to them, what you thought, or which restaurants we should try in the future. We still have a few more videos coming up in the UK, including a few snack and fast food ones, so make sure to subscribe so that you don't miss them. In the next video we will be in Belfast for the first time. We absolutely loved it there and we can't wait to show you what we did and ate there! Thanks for watching! 😊- Brandon & Anja
This is fun. Watched Beard Meats Food do a few fast food vids. I don't like Nutella, way too sweet for me, it was like frosting. Never heard of German doner kabab, like the cabbage addition. Never heard of Whimpy but the food looked good. It is pretty cool how the McD in England does seasonal variations.
German döner kebabs are the best! McDonalds can differ quite significantly around the world. A lot of countries have unique items that fit the local palate. For example, when we were living in Malaysia, they had a Nasi Lemak!
They have branches as far North as Northampton, but that's as far as it goes! A lot of people have already told us they've never heard of Wenzels. Haha. Maybe they'll expand elsewhere, sooner or later.
At the moment they seem to be mostly concentrated around London. I imagine they'll expand to other parts of the UK eventually! Though it may be hard to compete with Gregg's prices.
Wenzel's Belgian buns and the fresh baked bread are awesome and Whimpys Quarter pounder with cheese and chips with that special sauce is special. Great video
I just discovered you guys today and I'm binge watching right now. Watching you eat onion rings reminded me of my high school years. (Very long ago!) I was born and raised in Panama City, FL, USA, and there was a drive-in called Jimmy's. You simply parked your car there and the waitresses came out and took your order. You rolled down your window a bit and they clipped the tray onto the window. The onion rings there were famous. They were so thick and so crispy! I liked them with ketchup and mustard. So good! Have you heard of Wendy's fast food place? They serve a shake called a Frosty. It's so thick you have to eat it with a spoon to begin with. I'm so curious--how do you guys eat like this and not gain weight? Lucky you. I've been to London only three times and I wish I had seen you try out these various places to eat before visiting. The steak sandwich looks so good. I once bought a bacon sandwic near Hampton Court Palace and the bacon was like ham and the sandwich was stacked so high I couldn't eat it all. I couldn't chew the "bacon" either. It was tough. I prefer my greasy American crispy bacon. The Donor Burger looks delicious! I do love my fellow foodies, so thanks for taking me on a food feast in your videos!
That sounds super cool! We would love to go to a fast food place like that. I'm not sure how many places like that exist anymore, but we'd love to go to one. We plan on doing a big American road trip at some point - but that likely won't be for a few years! We'd love to hit up a drive-in theatre while we're there as well. I LOVE them! Yeah, we have Wendy's in Canada where I (Brandon) am from. Anja only just tried it recently, when we were there visiting my family. She loved it. That's what I was thinking of, when I was dipping my fries into my shake. I always dip fries into my Frosty. So goood. I love both types of bacon, but if I had to choose, I'd go American style as well. Anja agrees! Thanks so much for binging and commenting!
In Glasgow I've been to a German Kebab place called the Donerhaus, and I'd agree, definitely better than UK Kebabs, but I do like a UK Kebab every now and then. I haven't seen a Wimpy in so long, I used to love them so much. I think the last time I went to one was 14 years ago.
We love a Germab kebab. I (Brandon) have never had a UK Kebab, so I don't even know what's different. I'll have to get one next time we're in the UK! We enjoyed Wimpy. It felt a lot different than other fast food chains. And of course, as we said, we loved the retro vibe. Maybe you should re-visit!
That's not a bad idea! May do that someday. We made a dessert video when we were living in Hungary where we tried a bunch of famous desserts. Sticky Toffee Pudding has been our favorite UK dessert so far. Don't know how anything could beat it. 🤤
We only really call chunky chips "chips". If they're thin, crispy style like you'd get at McDonalds or Wimpy then we still call them fries (generally speaking - some people might still call them chips)
I've seen a few Wenzels branches when I've been working in London, I think ill pop in next time I'm down there. You have to be really lucky to burn your mouth on a Greggs pasty.
Can't say for certain which we prefer, as we've only had Wenzels the once. They had some pretty decent looking items that we didn't get to try. Gregg's is certainly a bit cheaper though. I don't know that we'd go out of our way to go to a Wenzels if a Gregg's was close by, but you're around one anyway, definitely give it a shot!
UK kebab is pretty similar to turkish kebabs to me, i mean i was just in turkey last week and had a kebab and even their kebab sauce was similar to my local in the uk. And all the workers at my local kebab shop are turkish too haha.
Not really. In our experience, if you get a authentic kebab in Istanbul it usually just has meat and bread. No lettuce, no sauce inside. Maybe onions and tomato. The meat is lamb and thicker cut, not chicken or anything like that. Of course, there are probably touristy places that serve similar things to abroad, but that's not how their OG kebab is over there. There are also other kebab versions in Turkey like the İskender kebap which are totally different. Kebab shops everywhere in the world are usually run by Turkish people, but they still differ everywhere. The Berlin Doner Kebab was invented by Turkish immigrants and pretty much all German Doner shops are run by Turkish people.
Really?? Haha. We've heard it's the favorite of a lot of people. We've never had anything like it at a fast food place - that's for sure! Glad we got to try it.
You should! I think going mid-day, in person, was a good idea. The meat hadn't been sitting around too long, so everything tasted super fresh. Some takeaway reviews were less than stellar. Haha.
@@burlhorse61 You're right! They do appear to have many locations around the UK - but entirely within England, and no locations north of Northampton by the looks of their location map.
Wenzels had some pretty interesting items, but for the price increase, we certainly wouldn't go out of our way to seek one out if there were a Gregg's nearby. We'd try some other items if given the chance, to try and make a better comparison. Gregg's is the most popular fast food chain in the UK (according to Statista, at least).
Why is there more ? Because it's cheap and nasty I'd rather pay for quality my friend Wenzel's is a local brand from the London area I've had what Greggs has had to offer and I'm Not impressed at all you can keep your northern Tripe 👍
@@frankgunner8967 there is more, because its more popular, better priced for the average, to have food on the go, lunch time or picnic, and yes, there are more greggs tha mcdonalds, stick with you wenzels, good luck finding them everywhere, maybe you will have to give greggs a miss when there is no wezels and have mcdonalds, yum yum
Kebabs, you pay for what you get, if its a Grey stick of meat like German Doner kebab then its cheap reclaimed Beef and Chicken, no Lamb. Look for a Kebab where the meat is layered, this is a "Proper" kebab, it'll cost more but the taste is superb...
I personally love German Doner Kebab, they are very good - BUT... they are just what they say, the German version, for German tastes. The meat is good, the salad is fresh, and the sauces are tasty (but far too sweet, imo,). I generally get their 'Gym Box' delivered, which is just meat and salad, and assemble it in a wrap which I always have on hand. Not a big fan of the waffle bread... A good independent kebab shop will be equally as good, and most importantly will be lamb rather than beef. Both Turkish and Greek/Cypriot variants are around, and if going to a new kebab shop, the smell of the meat is usually a good indicator, along with how fresh the salad looks. Wow, it sounds like I eat nothing but kebabs!
I (Brandon) have never had a kebab in the UK (besides the one from this video, obviously) so I'm curious to see what they're typically like in the UK! They vary significantly wherever you go on the world. In Turkey these are at least half a dozen different types of kebab, and they're all delicious. Where I'm from, on the East Coast of Canada, we have the "donair", which comes from the Turkish döner/ Greek gyro. It's got heavily spiced beef for the meat. It's served with only tomato and onion in a pita type bread, and the sauce is super sweet and garlicky (made from condensed milk). 😆
Wenzels makes sense, as there are none north of Northampton. They're mostly around London..but we thought everyone knows Wimpy! We had never even heard of it until we saw some UK RUclipsrs trying it, and for them, it was a fast food chain from their youth. I wonder if they were also concentrated in a specific part of the UK?
"They sell freshly baked bread, which is quite interesting to see." Try reading the bloody sign. It says Wenzel's BAKERY. It would be a bloody surprise if they didn't sell fresh bread. You were right in calling them fries in Wimpy. Fries are thin cut, chips are thick cut.
Hahaha. That's nuts! It seems to some people it's this super nostalgic place that they remember fondly, bit haven't been in years. Other people have never evem heard of it. We thought everyone knew about it. 😆
UK kebabs are only enjoyable between the hours of 2am and 6am, after a minimum of 10 pints and also when you've got mild concussion from starting a fight with a bouncer twice your size.
Hahaha. In Canada, Jam and Jelly are two different things! Jelly is smooth, like you find in doughnuts, and jam is more chunky. Is it not like that in the UK?!
@@wherearewe-yt In the UK (well, England at least...;) ) Jam is any fruit preserve*, boiled and set with its natural pectin (and possibly a little/lot of added sugar). Jelly is made with Gelatine, hence the name. [edit: I've just checked the video, and you subbed it 'Jam Donut'; You Have No Excuse ;-) ] HTH ;-) *unless its made from oranges, in which case it's called Marmalade. Nope, I have no idea why either! - perhaps its only marmalade when it has skin in, but jams often contain the remanents of the origin fruit...:-)
It's most definitely not donna...haha. This place is called German Döner Kebab. This style was invented in Germany. Anja is literally from Germany. She grew up eating them all the time. She knows how to pronounce it properly.
This is a video about eating fast food in the UK for 24h and at the time we were pet-sitting in Ruislip London and all the chains in the video were in the area, so that's why we chose them. We also made a Greggs video in the past (you should go watch it, if you haven't yet) and some of our viewers told us in the comments to check out Wenzel's. Why would a huge company like Wenzel's pay a tiny channel with only 6 thousand subscribers? Not to mention, I'm sure they wouldn't be happy that our verdict was basically that Wenzel's is no better than Gregg's? 😂 I'm sure they'd be requesting a refund, haha.
English person here. Never heard of Wenzels or the German place. I saw a Wimpy in about 1984 - never since. They used to sell a bean burger as far as I can recall.
Wenzels is mostly based around London at the moment. We were told by a lot of viewers in the region to check it out! GDK is absolutely worth checking out if you like kebabs. It's expensive, yes, but good. There don't seem to be many Wimpy locations anymore. I don't recall ever seeing one in person before visiting this location (and we sought this one out). Don't think they have a bean burger anymore. Could be wrong.
While they have over 100 locations, they seem to mainly only have branches in and around London. We didn't really know that before filming. Many viewers seem to have never heard of them 😆🙃
Haha, that would be nice. Why would Wenzel sponsor us? We are nobodys with only 6000 subscribers. We've never had a sponsor before. If we did, we'd be obligated to disclose that. However, we'd certainly be thrilled if a big brand wanted to sponsor us. Thanks for thinking we'd be good candidates 🤓😆. Maybe you should let them know! 🙃
@raginigupta6482 Who's "everybody", exactly? 8.5k people? You do realize that major companies like this don't sponsor RUclips videos, correct?..and if they were to pay us, I'm pretty sure they would not be satisfied with us comparing them to a competitor, and saying they are "slightly better" (at best). 😂 Not only that..but we feature 3 other restaurants in the same video. Again. If a RUclips video is sponsored, it will say it's sponsored. And we'd be under contract to disclose that. That's how RUclips works. Also, there's nothing wrong with sponsors - and if Wenzels did want to sponsor a video, we would gladly do it! Creating RUclips videos, especially ones related to food and travel, isn't cheap. 😂
I think the lady doth protest too much. It's pretty obvious some money has changed hands, just own up to it, you have a deal to turn Wenzels mainstream. I don't blame you, we all need to get paid. But be honest
Oh god the dreaded Bendy at Wimpy lol....I will go to my grave remembering in the late 90s when I was in secondary school walking past our 1 remaining wimpy and seeing the great poster that stated "Come in and enjoy the bendylicious pork bendy bender meal" baring in mind to 15 year old me the only time I had heard the term "bender" was as a homophobic slur.....It certainly did its job and made me look again at the poster...basically thinking "Surely they are not allowed to say that". As a Brit I like seeing people from other countries come here and try our food and actually enjoy it!. I still get a little annoyed that in every comment section there is always a "ConK-Ered the world for spices then don't use em, BriT-ISH food is garbaarge" style comment when they couldn't be further from the truth in reality. A lot of what is classic British food is warming comfort food designed to keep you full and happy in colder winter months, which I think it does very well but they tend towards using local herbs as seasonings rather than expensive spices. Also need to mention the fact that many British favourites are passed down from Grandmothers or Mothers who lived during rationing in both World Wars where there wasn't a massive spice trade because getting other things was more important than wasting room on a cargo ship for boxes of Cumin, Ginger and Paprika. You also tend to find when going back in history the highly spiced food in Britain was reserverd for the rich, EG look at any Tudor period food and the peasentry had stews or plain meat and veg usually flavoured with herbs where as the Royal Court ate full on meals where everything had Nutmeg and Mace in it.
There's definitely the stereotype that British food is bland, and flavourless, but we've had plenty of great food all around the UK. A lot of food I grew up with in Canada is similar, so a lot of it feels nostalgic to me as well. The majority of my grandfathers siblings, and both of his parents, were UK born. I suppose the recipes he passed down was a reflection of that! Baked beans, salt/corned beef...we even grew up eating Terry's chocolate oranges for Christmas. Hahaha. So many things I didn't know were British, until we spent so much time in the UK.
Well, it actually started in the US. As we mentioned in the video, it was founded in America in 1934. Then it came to the UK 20 years later. While it is now headquartered in South Africa, it didn't actually come to South Africa until 1967. The point of the Video was also just to eat fast food in the UK, even if the fast food chains were established elsewhere.
they make those jamacain patties in kensington market ( ruclips.net/video/zacsrdPwydw/видео.htmlsi=xmsQGbFFXXfivBMQ ) if you ever make it back to canada, dont rush, wait till jr is thrown to the curb then come back................
Hahaha. A slightly more expensive Gregg's, which is located almost entirely in the south of England. They don't have any locations further north of Northampton.
Yes people here do dip chips in milkshakes and its all you bloody americans fault😂 my kids watched viseos then now proceed to do the same 😂. Ive tried it, its not the worst but its not ever gonna be my go to ha x
I almost feel like we needed a side by side. Given that I'd only tried Gregg's twice in my life by that point. It was tough to compare. Gregg's is a better value, either way. We filmed a Gregg's part 2 a week or two after this video was filmed. Tried a bunch of things we missed the first time around!
Haha, you mean your favourite is McDonald's? We do really like McDonald's but we wanted to try something different for the video. We were also doing a pet-sit at the time we filmed this and we couldn't really leave the area for long and there were only so many options to choose from.
Why do so many people have an issue with us liking Wenzel's? We didn't even say it was mind-blowing or anything. We were pet-sitting and there were only so many options we could choose from in the Neighborhood. We also made a Gregg's video in the past and some viewers told us to try out Wenzel's. So we listened and tried it out. We often make these type of videos so I guess naturally many places get free advertisement from us. 🤷
@@wherearewe-yt i highly doubt you'll find it in england, but 5 guys and fries make the best burgers and fries, ' real fries ' there's only one here in toronto and its right down town near dumbass square, but if you ever find one go there, they put wendy's to shame, it is a bit expensive though, a medium drink fries and a double cheese burger will run you about around 20bucks a piece, but its a meal..............👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Debatable! It may be a bakery, but it's a large chain, serving mass produced pre-made, ready to go food (like Gregg's). They have a bunch of fried options as well. Tim Hortons and Starbucks are technically bakeries/coffee chains, but they're considered fast food by most. Call it what you want. We're calling it fast food. 😆
I've only been to GDK once and I wasn't overly impressed with it tbh , I'd happily give it another go though, as far as kebabs go in the UK, there isn't really such a thing as a "British kebab" most chip shops sell them but they tend to be very poor quality whether the chippy is owned by British people or other nations people , the best kebabs to get are definitely the Turkish or Cypriot ones without a shadow of a doubt
We weren't expecting much when we went to GDK. The reviews were less than stellar, and some of the photos looked quite sad when people had ordered delivery. I think we got quite lucky! Getting it in person, mid-day, where the meat hadn't been drying out all day..probably the ideal conditions!
@@wherearewe-yt yeah I had mine delivered , it wasn't that is was bad or cold or anything, but so many people had bigged it up I was expecting a life changing kebab and instead got a on parr one. Next time I'll eat one in store for a better experience hopefully. My girlfriend tried the one on the pink waffle bread and she really enjoyed hers tbf , she was very happy with it. I've never had a kebab in Germany or one done in the German style so I have no idea if its accurate or not in that regard , but I do like my Doner's to be lamb which is probably why I love the Turkish ones so much
We really enjoyed trying some UK fast food chains that we had never tried before. Let us know in the comments if you have been to them, what you thought, or which restaurants we should try in the future. We still have a few more videos coming up in the UK, including a few snack and fast food ones, so make sure to subscribe so that you don't miss them. In the next video we will be in Belfast for the first time. We absolutely loved it there and we can't wait to show you what we did and ate there! Thanks for watching! 😊- Brandon & Anja
Beef Yorkshire puddong wrap from Hartleys, Turkey club sandwich from Merry England.
Just found your channel and you both come across as really friendly and kind people. Will watch your other videos now.
Thanks! Don't go back too far, though. The further you go back, the worse they get..😂
It's been a learning process!
This is fun. Watched Beard Meats Food do a few fast food vids. I don't like Nutella, way too sweet for me, it was like frosting. Never heard of German doner kabab, like the cabbage addition. Never heard of Whimpy but the food looked good. It is pretty cool how the McD in England does seasonal variations.
German döner kebabs are the best!
McDonalds can differ quite significantly around the world. A lot of countries have unique items that fit the local palate. For example, when we were living in Malaysia, they had a Nasi Lemak!
I like the format of these videos, you work well together! New subscriber here!
Thanks for watching, and subscribing!
Wenzel’s is a North West London franchise, so funny mentioning it to anyone outside of that area
They have branches as far North as Northampton, but that's as far as it goes! A lot of people have already told us they've never heard of Wenzels. Haha. Maybe they'll expand elsewhere, sooner or later.
Never heard of wenzels
At the moment they seem to be mostly concentrated around London. I imagine they'll expand to other parts of the UK eventually! Though it may be hard to compete with Gregg's prices.
@@wherearewe-yt I live in London. Obviously not the correct part of London!
We have one in Portsmouth...
They're obviously being paid so that people here about this new chain bakery. They're not the only ones making videos about wenzels
@@user-zg8nt5xe3gwenzels has been around for years they ain’t new. Mostly north west/central london
Wenzel's Belgian buns and the fresh baked bread are awesome and Whimpys Quarter pounder with cheese and chips with that special sauce is special. Great video
Thanks! We didn't get to eat any of Wenzel's loaves of bread but they looked really good. The special sauce at Wimpy was definitely a winner. 😊
Another great vid guys.
Thanks a lot! 😊
Got a feeling you guys will blow up, keep grinding. Great vids, nice vibe. Can pretty much tell you both are good people, go to Ireland!
Thanks for saying that!
Funny you say that..our next video will be a first impressions of Belfast video, followed by a DIY food tour there. 😀
I just discovered you guys today and I'm binge watching right now. Watching you eat onion rings reminded me of my high school years. (Very long ago!) I was born and raised in Panama City, FL, USA, and there was a drive-in called Jimmy's. You simply parked your car there and the waitresses came out and took your order. You rolled down your window a bit and they clipped the tray onto the window. The onion rings there were famous. They were so thick and so crispy! I liked them with ketchup and mustard. So good! Have you heard of Wendy's fast food place? They serve a shake called a Frosty. It's so thick you have to eat it with a spoon to begin with. I'm so curious--how do you guys eat like this and not gain weight? Lucky you. I've been to London only three times and I wish I had seen you try out these various places to eat before visiting. The steak sandwich looks so good. I once bought a bacon sandwic near Hampton Court Palace and the bacon was like ham and the sandwich was stacked so high I couldn't eat it all. I couldn't chew the "bacon" either. It was tough. I prefer my greasy American crispy bacon. The Donor Burger looks delicious! I do love my fellow foodies, so thanks for taking me on a food feast in your videos!
That sounds super cool! We would love to go to a fast food place like that. I'm not sure how many places like that exist anymore, but we'd love to go to one. We plan on doing a big American road trip at some point - but that likely won't be for a few years! We'd love to hit up a drive-in theatre while we're there as well. I LOVE them!
Yeah, we have Wendy's in Canada where I (Brandon) am from. Anja only just tried it recently, when we were there visiting my family. She loved it. That's what I was thinking of, when I was dipping my fries into my shake. I always dip fries into my Frosty. So goood.
I love both types of bacon, but if I had to choose, I'd go American style as well. Anja agrees!
Thanks so much for binging and commenting!
In Glasgow I've been to a German Kebab place called the Donerhaus, and I'd agree, definitely better than UK Kebabs, but I do like a UK Kebab every now and then. I haven't seen a Wimpy in so long, I used to love them so much. I think the last time I went to one was 14 years ago.
We love a Germab kebab. I (Brandon) have never had a UK Kebab, so I don't even know what's different. I'll have to get one next time we're in the UK!
We enjoyed Wimpy. It felt a lot different than other fast food chains. And of course, as we said, we loved the retro vibe. Maybe you should re-visit!
Love it! Rank classic British desserts
That's not a bad idea! May do that someday. We made a dessert video when we were living in Hungary where we tried a bunch of famous desserts.
Sticky Toffee Pudding has been our favorite UK dessert so far. Don't know how anything could beat it. 🤤
I know and have eaten in most of those places as you filmed it in the town close to mine. I still love Wimpy’s. Not many left now though.
I'm surprised how many people haven't heard of Wimpy's! We thought everyone knew about it. Guess not! Haha.
We only really call chunky chips "chips". If they're thin, crispy style like you'd get at McDonalds or Wimpy then we still call them fries (generally speaking - some people might still call them chips)
Gotcha! Though on the Wimpy menu, they do call them, "Wimpy Chips". I guess by calling out Anja, I was only 50% correct. 😂
I've seen a few Wenzels branches when I've been working in London, I think ill pop in next time I'm down there. You have to be really lucky to burn your mouth on a Greggs pasty.
Can't say for certain which we prefer, as we've only had Wenzels the once. They had some pretty decent looking items that we didn't get to try. Gregg's is certainly a bit cheaper though. I don't know that we'd go out of our way to go to a Wenzels if a Gregg's was close by, but you're around one anyway, definitely give it a shot!
UK kebab is pretty similar to turkish kebabs to me, i mean i was just in turkey last week and had a kebab and even their kebab sauce was similar to my local in the uk. And all the workers at my local kebab shop are turkish too haha.
Not really. In our experience, if you get a authentic kebab in Istanbul it usually just has meat and bread. No lettuce, no sauce inside. Maybe onions and tomato. The meat is lamb and thicker cut, not chicken or anything like that. Of course, there are probably touristy places that serve similar things to abroad, but that's not how their OG kebab is over there. There are also other kebab versions in Turkey like the İskender kebap which are totally different. Kebab shops everywhere in the world are usually run by Turkish people, but they still differ everywhere. The Berlin Doner Kebab was invented by Turkish immigrants and pretty much all German Doner shops are run by Turkish people.
considering kebab is a turkish dish-its no surprise that there are turkish workers in the shop
The sausage burger in Wimpys was called a ‘Bender in a Bun’ until quite recently.
Really?? Haha.
We've heard it's the favorite of a lot of people. We've never had anything like it at a fast food place - that's for sure! Glad we got to try it.
I live in the UK and have never heard of Wenzels 😂 So it was an experience for me to
Hahaha..you're not the only one! If you're ever in the south of England, check one out!
had a chicken kebab when I went to germany, definitely better than the UK version (in my opinion), need to try these
You should! I think going mid-day, in person, was a good idea. The meat hadn't been sitting around too long, so everything tasted super fresh. Some takeaway reviews were less than stellar. Haha.
@@wherearewe-yt thanks for the tip, I was going to order home delivery, but can pop in for a lunch in that case :)
@@wherearewe-yt ended up ordering from just eat and food arrived before the estimated time and was still warm, very good indeed :)
Love the videoooo
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it.
Lets not forget - At Wimpy you get a plate. knives and forks and table service
Yeah, we forgot to mention that! Pretty awesome. Can't recall ever eating on proper plates in a fast food joint before.
Wimpy is verrrry 1980s
I am staggered they're still going
You're not the only one, according to the comments. Most people didn't even think it was still around. Hahaha.
Good stuff. cheers.....
Thanks for watching! 🍻
We say fries for all those types of French fries and chip are the ones from a fish and chip shop.
That's what we've heard - but Wimpy calls them "Wimpy Chips" on their menu, for whatever reason!
Oh, well then I apologise 😂. Why not just called them wimpy fries 🤔
Try meal dealllls and get subscribers to put their suggestions
We love meal deals. We always look forward to them when we're back in the UK!
Wenzels is relatively new as is German donner.
Wenzels website says they've been around since 1975 - but they clearly haven't expanded much since. Most locations seem to be in or around London.
@@wherearewe-yt i've seen them in the essex area as well-but most of the shops look new
@@burlhorse61 You're right! They do appear to have many locations around the UK - but entirely within England, and no locations north of Northampton by the looks of their location map.
your never going to beat greggs on price and flavour, there are more greggs in the uk than mcdonalds, says something, we go for price and flavour
Wenzels had some pretty interesting items, but for the price increase, we certainly wouldn't go out of our way to seek one out if there were a Gregg's nearby. We'd try some other items if given the chance, to try and make a better comparison.
Gregg's is the most popular fast food chain in the UK (according to Statista, at least).
Sorry Wenzel's beats Greggs hands down the fresh baked warm bread will make your toes curl
@@frankgunner8967 yeah on the price and the pocket, greggs wins, why is there more greggs in the Uk than mcdonalds
Why is there more ? Because it's cheap and nasty I'd rather pay for quality my friend Wenzel's is a local brand from the London area I've had what Greggs has had to offer and I'm Not impressed at all you can keep your northern Tripe 👍
@@frankgunner8967 there is more, because its more popular, better priced for the average, to have food on the go, lunch time or picnic, and yes, there are more greggs tha mcdonalds, stick with you wenzels, good luck finding them everywhere, maybe you will have to give greggs a miss when there is no wezels and have mcdonalds, yum yum
Kebabs, you pay for what you get, if its a Grey stick of meat like German Doner kebab then its cheap reclaimed Beef and Chicken, no Lamb. Look for a Kebab where the meat is layered, this is a "Proper" kebab, it'll cost more but the taste is superb...
We love all types of kebabs! Including the big, grey, meat sticks. 🍖 😂
I personally love German Doner Kebab, they are very good - BUT... they are just what they say, the German version, for German tastes. The meat is good, the salad is fresh, and the sauces are tasty (but far too sweet, imo,).
I generally get their 'Gym Box' delivered, which is just meat and salad, and assemble it in a wrap which I always have on hand. Not a big fan of the waffle bread...
A good independent kebab shop will be equally as good, and most importantly will be lamb rather than beef.
Both Turkish and Greek/Cypriot variants are around, and if going to a new kebab shop, the smell of the meat is usually a good indicator, along with how fresh the salad looks.
Wow, it sounds like I eat nothing but kebabs!
I (Brandon) have never had a kebab in the UK (besides the one from this video, obviously) so I'm curious to see what they're typically like in the UK! They vary significantly wherever you go on the world. In Turkey these are at least half a dozen different types of kebab, and they're all delicious.
Where I'm from, on the East Coast of Canada, we have the "donair", which comes from the Turkish döner/ Greek gyro. It's got heavily spiced beef for the meat. It's served with only tomato and onion in a pita type bread, and the sauce is super sweet and garlicky (made from condensed milk). 😆
Never had Wenzels or Wimpys and have lived in the UK for 43 years. I guess there's a reason!
Wenzels makes sense, as there are none north of Northampton. They're mostly around London..but we thought everyone knows Wimpy! We had never even heard of it until we saw some UK RUclipsrs trying it, and for them, it was a fast food chain from their youth. I wonder if they were also concentrated in a specific part of the UK?
Greggs used to sell fresh bread, they stoped around 10 years ago
We've heard it was quite different 10+ years ago. Most people say the quality has dipped significantly. We would have loved to try it back then.
"They sell freshly baked bread, which is quite interesting to see."
Try reading the bloody sign. It says Wenzel's BAKERY. It would be a bloody surprise if they didn't sell fresh bread.
You were right in calling them fries in Wimpy. Fries are thin cut, chips are thick cut.
We meant loaves of Bread and rolls etc. Greggs is a bakery and doesn't sell those.
I have lived here for 47 years and I have never seen a Wenzels in my life.
Hahaha. That's nuts! It seems to some people it's this super nostalgic place that they remember fondly, bit haven't been in years. Other people have never evem heard of it.
We thought everyone knew about it. 😆
UK kebabs are only enjoyable between the hours of 2am and 6am, after a minimum of 10 pints and also when you've got mild concussion from starting a fight with a bouncer twice your size.
haha, that's when kebabs always taste the best 😂
Wimpy?!! They must of forgot to shut that one down in the late 70s early 80s then. Lol
Hahaha. Some have said it's making a come back!
Need to try morleys
We've never heard of it. Looks really good, though! We'll have to try it.
I notice Anja is not allowed to say 'fries', but Brandon can say 'jelly'...
Hmmmm....;-)
Hahaha. In Canada, Jam and Jelly are two different things! Jelly is smooth, like you find in doughnuts, and jam is more chunky. Is it not like that in the UK?!
@@wherearewe-yt In the UK (well, England at least...;) ) Jam is any fruit preserve*, boiled and set with its natural pectin (and possibly a little/lot of added sugar).
Jelly is made with Gelatine, hence the name. [edit: I've just checked the video, and you subbed it 'Jam Donut'; You Have No Excuse ;-) ]
HTH ;-)
*unless its made from oranges, in which case it's called Marmalade. Nope, I have no idea why either! - perhaps its only marmalade when it has skin in, but jams often contain the remanents of the origin fruit...:-)
Its Donna Kebab as in the name Donna.
It's most definitely not donna...haha. This place is called German Döner Kebab. This style was invented in Germany. Anja is literally from Germany. She grew up eating them all the time. She knows how to pronounce it properly.
Why you advertising for Wenzels? They paying u?
This is a video about eating fast food in the UK for 24h and at the time we were pet-sitting in Ruislip London and all the chains in the video were in the area, so that's why we chose them. We also made a Greggs video in the past (you should go watch it, if you haven't yet) and some of our viewers told us in the comments to check out Wenzel's. Why would a huge company like Wenzel's pay a tiny channel with only 6 thousand subscribers? Not to mention, I'm sure they wouldn't be happy that our verdict was basically that Wenzel's is no better than Gregg's? 😂 I'm sure they'd be requesting a refund, haha.
I tried GDK and just got some spring rolls after a night out and they were cold in the middle 🤢
That's actually the worst feeling. Gross. Try a kebab next time! At least then that shouldn't be a possibility. Haha.
I’m a Watford boy. Wenzels is the best but kebab wise i don’t see any difference apart from the vessel that holds it
You'll have to try and see the difference!
What's your favorite thing to get at Wenzels? We weren't really sure what to choose. 🤔
English person here. Never heard of Wenzels or the German place. I saw a Wimpy in about 1984 - never since. They used to sell a bean burger as far as I can recall.
Wenzels is mostly based around London at the moment. We were told by a lot of viewers in the region to check it out!
GDK is absolutely worth checking out if you like kebabs. It's expensive, yes, but good.
There don't seem to be many Wimpy locations anymore. I don't recall ever seeing one in person before visiting this location (and we sought this one out). Don't think they have a bean burger anymore. Could be wrong.
I don’t get the German version but a Doner Burger is perfect after a few drinks
We love a German kebab! But that Dorito Krunch Burger was pretty great. Definitely a late night after drinks meal. 😵💫🍻
Never heard of Wenzels to be honest but it seems ok.
While they have over 100 locations, they seem to mainly only have branches in and around London. We didn't really know that before filming. Many viewers seem to have never heard of them 😆🙃
I think these guys are being sponsored by wenzels
Certainly seems that way...
Haha, that would be nice. Why would Wenzel sponsor us? We are nobodys with only 6000 subscribers. We've never had a sponsor before. If we did, we'd be obligated to disclose that. However, we'd certainly be thrilled if a big brand wanted to sponsor us. Thanks for thinking we'd be good candidates 🤓😆. Maybe you should let them know! 🙃
@@wherearewe-yt I don't know. nobody had heard of wenzels yesterday and now everyone is talking about them... Seems suspect
@raginigupta6482 Who's "everybody", exactly? 8.5k people?
You do realize that major companies like this don't sponsor RUclips videos, correct?..and if they were to pay us, I'm pretty sure they would not be satisfied with us comparing them to a competitor, and saying they are "slightly better" (at best). 😂
Not only that..but we feature 3 other restaurants in the same video.
Again. If a RUclips video is sponsored, it will say it's sponsored. And we'd be under contract to disclose that. That's how RUclips works.
Also, there's nothing wrong with sponsors - and if Wenzels did want to sponsor a video, we would gladly do it! Creating RUclips videos, especially ones related to food and travel, isn't cheap. 😂
I think the lady doth protest too much.
It's pretty obvious some money has changed hands, just own up to it, you have a deal to turn Wenzels mainstream. I don't blame you, we all need to get paid. But be honest
Oh god the dreaded Bendy at Wimpy lol....I will go to my grave remembering in the late 90s when I was in secondary school walking past our 1 remaining wimpy and seeing the great poster that stated "Come in and enjoy the bendylicious pork bendy bender meal" baring in mind to 15 year old me the only time I had heard the term "bender" was as a homophobic slur.....It certainly did its job and made me look again at the poster...basically thinking "Surely they are not allowed to say that". As a Brit I like seeing people from other countries come here and try our food and actually enjoy it!. I still get a little annoyed that in every comment section there is always a "ConK-Ered the world for spices then don't use em, BriT-ISH food is garbaarge" style comment when they couldn't be further from the truth in reality. A lot of what is classic British food is warming comfort food designed to keep you full and happy in colder winter months, which I think it does very well but they tend towards using local herbs as seasonings rather than expensive spices. Also need to mention the fact that many British favourites are passed down from Grandmothers or Mothers who lived during rationing in both World Wars where there wasn't a massive spice trade because getting other things was more important than wasting room on a cargo ship for boxes of Cumin, Ginger and Paprika. You also tend to find when going back in history the highly spiced food in Britain was reserverd for the rich, EG look at any Tudor period food and the peasentry had stews or plain meat and veg usually flavoured with herbs where as the Royal Court ate full on meals where everything had Nutmeg and Mace in it.
There's definitely the stereotype that British food is bland, and flavourless, but we've had plenty of great food all around the UK. A lot of food I grew up with in Canada is similar, so a lot of it feels nostalgic to me as well. The majority of my grandfathers siblings, and both of his parents, were UK born. I suppose the recipes he passed down was a reflection of that! Baked beans, salt/corned beef...we even grew up eating Terry's chocolate oranges for Christmas. Hahaha. So many things I didn't know were British, until we spent so much time in the UK.
Wimpy is South African
Well, it actually started in the US. As we mentioned in the video, it was founded in America in 1934. Then it came to the UK 20 years later. While it is now headquartered in South Africa, it didn't actually come to South Africa until 1967. The point of the Video was also just to eat fast food in the UK, even if the fast food chains were established elsewhere.
they make those jamacain patties in kensington market ( ruclips.net/video/zacsrdPwydw/видео.htmlsi=xmsQGbFFXXfivBMQ ) if you ever make it back to canada, dont rush, wait till jr is thrown to the curb then come back................
Haven't been to Kensington Market it years. We miss Toronto!
@@wherearewe-yt sadly kensington market isnt the same as it used to be, the vibe has changed
What the hell is wenzels
Hahaha. A slightly more expensive Gregg's, which is located almost entirely in the south of England. They don't have any locations further north of Northampton.
@wherearewe-yt ahh I see I'm in Scotland so that will be why I've never heard of them hahaha
Yes people here do dip chips in milkshakes and its all you bloody americans fault😂 my kids watched viseos then now proceed to do the same 😂. Ive tried it, its not the worst but its not ever gonna be my go to ha x
Hahaha. I don't do it all the time, but it's pretty decent!
Wenzel's pastry in their savoury isn't as nice as Greggs. For me it's too crispy/flaky.
I almost feel like we needed a side by side. Given that I'd only tried Gregg's twice in my life by that point. It was tough to compare. Gregg's is a better value, either way.
We filmed a Gregg's part 2 a week or two after this video was filmed. Tried a bunch of things we missed the first time around!
The video is great. I just feel sorry for the people in England eating this rubish
It's definitely the kind of food that should he eaten every day! Especially for 24 hours. Didn't feel great after this video. 😂
Hey beautiful couple, all your reviewed places/foods were completely below zero in my opinion until the end....
Haha, you mean your favourite is McDonald's? We do really like McDonald's but we wanted to try something different for the video. We were also doing a pet-sit at the time we filmed this and we couldn't really leave the area for long and there were only so many options to choose from.
Geeez I wonder why you're giving so much publicity to Wenzels $$$
Great "honest" video guys /s
Why do so many people have an issue with us liking Wenzel's? We didn't even say it was mind-blowing or anything. We were pet-sitting and there were only so many options we could choose from in the Neighborhood. We also made a Gregg's video in the past and some viewers told us to try out Wenzel's. So we listened and tried it out. We often make these type of videos so I guess naturally many places get free advertisement from us. 🤷
@@wherearewe-ytbro stfu about wenzels already. They must be making you rico
I live in the UK and never eat any of that rubbish.
Ultra-processed, junk.
We love fresh, home made food..AND ultra processed junk..😂
If you're looking for regular food videos, we've plenty of those on our channel as well.
those french fries are frozen not real fries...................
That's pretty likely. It is a fast food chain, after all!
@@wherearewe-yt i highly doubt you'll find it in england, but 5 guys and fries make the best burgers and fries, ' real fries ' there's only one here in toronto and its right down town near dumbass square, but if you ever find one go there, they put wendy's to shame, it is a bit expensive though, a medium drink fries and a double cheese burger will run you about around 20bucks a piece, but its a meal..............👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Wenzels ain't fast food broski
Debatable! It may be a bakery, but it's a large chain, serving mass produced pre-made, ready to go food (like Gregg's). They have a bunch of fried options as well.
Tim Hortons and Starbucks are technically bakeries/coffee chains, but they're considered fast food by most.
Call it what you want. We're calling it fast food. 😆
I've only been to GDK once and I wasn't overly impressed with it tbh , I'd happily give it another go though, as far as kebabs go in the UK, there isn't really such a thing as a "British kebab" most chip shops sell them but they tend to be very poor quality whether the chippy is owned by British people or other nations people , the best kebabs to get are definitely the Turkish or Cypriot ones without a shadow of a doubt
We weren't expecting much when we went to GDK. The reviews were less than stellar, and some of the photos looked quite sad when people had ordered delivery. I think we got quite lucky! Getting it in person, mid-day, where the meat hadn't been drying out all day..probably the ideal conditions!
@@wherearewe-yt yeah I had mine delivered , it wasn't that is was bad or cold or anything, but so many people had bigged it up I was expecting a life changing kebab and instead got a on parr one. Next time I'll eat one in store for a better experience hopefully. My girlfriend tried the one on the pink waffle bread and she really enjoyed hers tbf , she was very happy with it. I've never had a kebab in Germany or one done in the German style so I have no idea if its accurate or not in that regard , but I do like my Doner's to be lamb which is probably why I love the Turkish ones so much