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.
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.
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.
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
@@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 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
@@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.
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…
@@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'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 😂❤
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.
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....."
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
@@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.
@@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!
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).
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...
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.
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.
@@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.
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
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.
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!
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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)😂
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.
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.
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)
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
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.
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.
If you have difficulty spending a Scottish bank note, take it to any bank and ask to exchange it. Many people in England and Wales have never seen one. I remember serving an American couple who paid me in Scottish pounds and I had to have a supervisor check them. The Americans got extremely arsey. I'm sorry if it inconvenienced them but if I had accepted a counterfeit note I would have been in trouble.
@gillianflynn4273 you missed my point what I was saying was I had only seen those Scottish notes and I wouldnt recognise if a note was counterfeit because I'd never seen one before. Whereas with an English note I would recognise a counterfeit.
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).
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 😭
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.
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...😅
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.
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.
"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.
Big Ben is actually the large bell that strikes the hours. It is the largest of the 5 bells in The Elizabeth Tower. The smaller bells are what play the famous Westminster Chimes, which are replicated on many a striking household clock and some door bells.
I know Tyler's approach is to be light hearted and entertaining and he is successful in this. However when it comes to the subject of driving on the left , tourists and foreign nationals do cause some awful accidents. There have been horrible accidents ( involving multiple fatalities) on Scotland's A9 main road through the highlands. Then there is the recent case of a female USA intelligence worker who left her base and went onto the wrong side of the road , killing a young motor bike rider. To make matters worse she absconded back to the USA to avoid the repercussions of what she had done.
She was the wife of some sort of USA government figure, and she falsely claimed diplomatic immunity. Apparently she has been dealt with now, although insultingly to the grieving family, it took a ridiculous amount of time.
I remember that awful accident the poor lad who was killed his mom went to court to get the American woman who killed him back to Britain. She ran back to America using diplomatic status. 🇬🇧
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.
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.
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...
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.
The fact that most Americans know almost nothing about anything outside of America is pretty sad actually, and thinking the UK is basically London is bizarre.
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.
Vauxhall Corsa three days from Newport, Gwent, unlimited mileage, $260. I think it takes longer than half an hour to feel comfortable to drive on the other side of the road, change gear with the other hand! I should know when I drove there for the first time in 28 years. And I learnt to drive in the roundabout capital of Wales.
This must have been many years ago. Until 1974, Gwent was in England and known as Monmouthshire. But in 1974, the Labour Government transferred it to Wales and renamed it Gwent, the name of a Welsh speaking principality a thousand years ago. This failed to stick and in the 1990s it reverted to Monmouthshire.
@@Joanna-il2ur I left Cwmbran in 1973. I think it was Gwent when I left? I just did a search on car 'HIRE' in Cwmbran and the one from Newport was one of the options that came up. That is a current search that I did. When I last drove there it was 2008 and I borrowed my friends new car! We don't have many roundabouts around here, so those ones over there with three lanes, traffic lights, Changing gear with the other hand, and bi -lingual road signs were a lot of fun!
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.
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.
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.
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.
As someone who learnt to drive in the UK, and nearly always drives here, getting used to driving in Europe, whether I hire a car, or take my own (which is even more wierd/difficult, as I'm on the "wrong" side of the car there, whilst being on the "wrong" side of the road for me) genuinely does only take a half an hour of concentration before you just get it. The thing about "different" bank notes: Northern Ireland and Scotland have several of their own banks that are entitled to issue bank notes (as The Bank of England does within England.) All of these SHOULD be acceptable anywhere in the UK, but because they can be somewhat rarely seen in parts of England, and because shop staff aren't often that well trained about it, it's quite possible that the checkout kid might see a Scottish or N Irish note and say "What the hell is that? I'm not accepting that." The thing is, no-one is obliged to accept cash at all, let alone specific notes (unless it's to pay towards an outstanding debt.) Indian Food: The most popular dish in the UK is Chicken Tikka Massala, which is Indian-style, at least, if not authentically Indian.
@@cool-ishmango Most of the dishes served in Indian restaurants here are heavily adapted for British tastes--as indeed, they are similarly adapted in other countries. It was interesting eating in an Indian restaurant in Jamaica to see the differences and similarities.
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.
@@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.
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.
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.)
This guy makes it up as he goes ! There is no such thing as British pound. Each country has its own version however, but it is also very common for them to usethe English style too ! Never refused !
The UK is much cheaper than the UK generally, London is more expensive as a Capital city but away from London you will be amazed at how much cheaper the UK is.
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.
Re: Bed & Breakfasts - Bill Bryson's account of his first night in England is very funny. He ended up in a B&B run by an old battleaxe of a lady and took his revenge on her via the sink in his bedroom. "Notes from a Small Island".
Starting from the right, sausages, black pudding, mushrooms, poached eggs, tomato, and last but not least fried bread, some places also add baked beans to this.
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...
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.
HI TYLER DEBBIE HERE FROM MAESTEG SOUTH WALES UK BARA BRITH (BAR A BREETH) The main ingredients in a true Welsh Bara Brifth include Mixed fruit Muscovado sugar Zest of an orange Hot black tea Self raising flour Mixed souce 1 egg Butter It Is absolutely delicious. BED & BREAKFAST (B &B) these are small privately run hotels (houses that have been converted into B &Bs) that offer out bedrooms for a night or two with breakfast. Sometimes you can rent out a bedroom from a family home and then have breakfast, before you leave to carry on with your holiday.. BREAKFAST on that plate was 2 poached eggs Tomato Fried mushrooms Black pudding Sausage Bacon Toast
The black "burger" is black pudding and the "white Things" was eggs, B&Bs tend to be smaller maybe only 2 guest rooms normaly run and operated by the owner of the house your staying in l, they are considered far mor personal that an hotel and have much better local information on where to go or eat
Tyler , I strongly recommend that if you visit London and any major City in the UK use public transport it will in most cases it get you to your destination far quicker than the car, unless you wish to travel around the countryside in general. Most of the major tourist spots in London are accessible by either the " Tube" ( Subway) or Bus and it is not as expensive as the presenter is making out.
As someone who works near the Scottish border. The looks you get, trying to palm off Scottish notes to people as change, is both hilarious and frustrating. We've even started just throwing them in the tip jar, and replacing the till note with an English one. Or I put them at the bottom of the note-pile
Heh. I used to work in a casino. It was a dumping ground for all the Scottish notes that ended up south of the Severn. But if you try to pasy someone back in them . . . FIREWORKS.
If you want to have a meal out that a brit would have you really cant go wrong with Indian food. Due to our colonial past and the need for workers in Britain during the 50s many people from colonies and former colonies came en masse and brought a taste of their homeland tailored to Brits
the breakfast you saw there isn't a full English one I would call this a small fry-up it has bacon, sausage, mushrooms, tomato, toast, poached eggs and black pudding (what you call a hamburger ) full English depending on where you go can also include baked beans chips and fried bread
Heh. They probably tried to SELL it as a Full English, though. I had a university professor in Ohio said she went to the UK when she was younger, and was sold a "cream tea" with whipped cream on the scones instead of clotted cream.
The black stuff that you said was like hamburger is actually black pudding. The white things were poached eggs. You could have fried or scrambled too. Some have beans on. In Scotland you often get haggis too.
Renting a car in Britain is fairly cheap, i last rented a car about 5 years ago, I collected the car on Thursday kept it for the weekend and dropped it back on Monday. It cost me £141, insurance may push that up a little, but my Fully Comprehensive insurance covers me while driving other vehicles, so I didn't take the insurance option.
Don't feel bad about Americans only thinking of London when they think the UK. It does rankle a bit, but if you asked someone in the UK to picture the northeastern US, they'll think of the Manhattan skyline or historic Washington DC, and completely forget about how lovely somewhere like Vermont is. Bara Brith (Brith rhymes with Smith) is a Welsh specialty - it's like a heavy fruit bread. That full English breakfast on the plate was sausage, bacon, poached eggs (the white!), tomato, toast, mushrooms, and black pudding - a traditional English type of blood sausage, like blutwurst.
The whole money thing, the simple version is that there are two “official” entities that can create money. These are the Royal Mint, which makes coins and bullion; and the Bank of England, which makes banknotes. Historically, commercial banks could print their own banknotes, based on their holding the appropriate amount of bullion (back when we were gold standard) or Bank of England banknotes (the Bank of England prints special high denomination notes for banks to hold). Over time the Bank of England took over regulation and licensing which commercial banks could print banknotes, and eventually stopped issuing new licenses (and created rules about whether existing licences would survive takeovers and mergers). Today, there are three commercial banks in Scotland that print banknotes: Bank of Scotland, Royal Bank of Scotland, and Clydesdale Bank. There are also three banks in Northern Ireland that print notes: Bank of Ireland, Danske Bank, and Ulter Bank; a fourth that can print banknotes but no longer does, First Trust Bank; and a fifth, Northern Bank, which is the former name of Danske Bank, but still has some valid banknotes in circulation. The reason the commercial notes are often rejected outside of their respective nations is scarcity. They don’t show up often enough for it to be worthwhile in businesses training their cashiers how to identify genuine valid vs genuine withdrawn vs fakes. It’s worth noting that in the UK, and unlike in the US, old banknotes are formally withdrawn a little while after the new issue is printed. For Bank of England notes two deadlines will be set, the earlier when the notes are withdrawn from general circulation but can still be redeemed by depositing in regular banks, and the later when they can only be redeemed by posting them to the Bank of England. For commercial banknotes, once they’re withdrawn they can only be redeemed at branches of the issuing bank - except the pre-2005 Northern Bank banknotes, which can no longer be redeemed (they had to have a time limited recall when all the uncirculated notes were stolen from their main office in a robbery).
A Bed and Breakfast, also called B&B (where AirBnB gets its name from) is a house that offers rooms for people to stay overnight with breakfast server in the morning. It's kind of a cheap hotel.
In the UK our foster care system is best in the world.I was a foster carers for 7 years. People in the UK respect foster parents. It is awful watching American TV depicting foster carers. In the UK it is so respected. The oversight is incredible. We are not allowed to touch our foster children in anger and certainly NEVER strike them. We have mandatory training on how to deal with issues,such as how to deal with challenging behaviour. We are not allowed to stop our foster children leaving’s our house. So, a foster child has a social worker. As do foster carers. We have to take our children to a LAC review(looked after child) within 4 weeks of arriving in foster care. We also have to take them for a medical exam, a dental check up, and see the school to check on their progress. The social worker always spend about 30 minutes alone with the foster child to make sure everything is okay. If it isn’t the social worker can remove them instantly! We get an allowance which pays for the foster child’s clothes, pocket money, and savings. We have to write a diary every day so the social worker knows what their child is doing. We then have to email it to theirs supervising social worker. It takes about 6 months to qualify. It is the most rewarding job I can think of. Xx
go to any small town shopping street and you will find a chinese and an indian take away plus a kebab shop pizza shop fish and chip shop .or just wild combinations"american fried chicken/kebab...best kebab/pizza"etc.also outside london may be cheaper mostly until you hit the tourist traps"you all wanna come see us? pay up"
the first english breky was with poached eggs eg cooked by floting open egg whole in hot salted water need very fresh egg the black thing is black puding eg blood sausage made with pig blood pork fat spices and oats boiled in a sausage skin = high protein great flavour
Hi, On currency/notes, the classic £notes are issued by the Bank of England, these are generally accepted across UK. Scotland has 3 Banks that issue notes (Bank of Scotland, Royal Bank of Scotland and Clydesdale Bank I believe), these are equally acceptable, these should be accepted across UK, but are often not recognised in various shops etc, because they don't see them often, they are more easily recognised in areas with Scottish visitors, also in larger towns and larger shops. Northern Ireland have their own notes, As a Brit, from London, I have never seen one. Wales does not, to my knowledge have there own notes. UK coins are the same across 4 nations. If you have 'wrong notes' (Scottish or Northern Irish) you can normally change them at a Post Office or Bank. Jersey, Guernsey & Isle of Man have their own notes, these are a foreign currency, though worth the same as British Pound, they are not legal in rest of UK. They also have coins similar to UK but not legal here.
He is confusing you about our cash, it is not the coins that can be refused, it is the bank notes, because the shops are not sure about forgeries. English notes are accepted in all areas, though £50 notes are not liked. We have a large Asian community especially Indian, curries are loved by the British. The breakfast that you saw had on the right Blackpudding, it had mushrooms, sausage, bacon, tomato and poached eggs (the white things), it was missing the baked beans. We are an island nation so lots of sea food is available on the coasts. Bara brith is Welsh.
A couple if Scottish banks have had the right to issue their own notes which are still legal tender throughout the UK, along with the regular British Pound, but some smaller shops etc in England are wary of these, so refuse to accept them. A bed & breakfast is a guest house/hotel where you rent a bedroom for each night & breakfast the next morning is included in the price. Often these are people's family home where spare bedrooms are rented out. He is talking about the internet site airbnb, which is an agency for guest houses all over the place. There are other options, like direct apps for individual hotels. Britain ruled India for ages so got a taste for spicy foods, & developed local British/Asian dishes. White things are eggs, other black pudding, bacon & sausages. Ingredients for breakfast optional choices. It's best to research before trip, maps, itinerary, hotels, places of interest, events etc. Traditional British food was never as bad as is often suggested, it was wartime rationing that did it. Pubs have been spoilt by becoming more restaurant like. The used to be for drinking with snack, now many are overpriced restaurants with drinks.
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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.
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.
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.
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
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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
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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 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.
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
Oh and the "white stuff on the left" are called eggs. They're a delicacy that come from chickens.
😂 must be a British thing 😉
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 😂❤
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.
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.
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).
'Bara Brith' is usually eaten with a cup of tea in Wales. It translates into English as 'Speckled Bread'.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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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
Sounds good to me 😊
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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)😂
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.
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.
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)
A quick look shows Car rental cost from Heathrow was about £30-£40 a day (beware a cheaper for a manual car - more common)
I'm not in England much but the last time I was, I made sure to pay for stuff with my Scottish notes.
According to Wikipedia there are 17,000 Bed and Breakfasts in the US.
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
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.
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.
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.
If you have difficulty spending a Scottish bank note, take it to any bank and ask to exchange it. Many people in England and Wales have never seen one. I remember serving an American couple who paid me in Scottish pounds and I had to have a supervisor check them. The Americans got extremely arsey. I'm sorry if it inconvenienced them but if I had accepted a counterfeit note I would have been in trouble.
Scottish bank notes are legal money, they are not counterfeit, In Scotland we have to accept English notes .
@gillianflynn4273 you missed my point what I was saying was I had only seen those Scottish notes and I wouldnt recognise if a note was counterfeit because I'd never seen one before. Whereas with an English note I would recognise a counterfeit.
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).
@thurgosh4946 good to know, thanks
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 😭
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...!!!😅
Tyler look up videos on The Lake District and The Yorkshire Dales. Two gloriously beautiful areas of Northern England.
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.
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...😅
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.
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.
"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.
Big Ben is actually the large bell that strikes the hours. It is the largest of the 5 bells in The Elizabeth Tower. The smaller bells are what play the famous Westminster Chimes, which are replicated on many a striking household clock and some door bells.
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 know Tyler's approach is to be light hearted and entertaining and he is successful in this. However when it comes to the subject of driving on the left , tourists and foreign nationals do cause some awful accidents. There have been horrible accidents ( involving multiple fatalities) on Scotland's A9 main road through the highlands. Then there is the recent case of a female USA intelligence worker who left her base and went onto the wrong side of the road , killing a young motor bike rider. To make matters worse she absconded back to the USA to avoid the repercussions of what she had done.
She was the wife of some sort of USA government figure, and she falsely claimed diplomatic immunity. Apparently she has been dealt with now, although insultingly to the grieving family, it took a ridiculous amount of time.
@@stevepage5813 pretty sure she avoided anything by the usa rejecting a request to extradite her so she just can't come back to the UK :/
Just up the road from me that was, absolutely vile, Trump helped make sure she didn’t get in any trouble
@@kevintwine2315 another reason he's a horrible person.she killed someone and he helpedher get away with it
I remember that awful accident the poor lad who was killed his mom went to court to get the American woman who killed him back to Britain. She ran back to America using diplomatic status. 🇬🇧
Britain is very much known for Indian food.
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.
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.
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...
For fish and chips: best bought at a seaside fishing village.
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.
The fact that most Americans know almost nothing about anything outside of America is pretty sad actually, and thinking the UK is basically London is bizarre.
Are you coming to the U.K. Tyler you should after all the videos you watch. Throw caution to the wind and take the plunge.
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.
Vauxhall Corsa three days from Newport, Gwent, unlimited mileage, $260. I think it takes longer than half an hour to feel comfortable to drive on the other side of the road, change gear with the other hand! I should know when I drove there for the first time in 28 years. And I learnt to drive in the roundabout capital of Wales.
This must have been many years ago. Until 1974, Gwent was in England and known as Monmouthshire. But in 1974, the Labour Government transferred it to Wales and renamed it Gwent, the name of a Welsh speaking principality a thousand years ago. This failed to stick and in the 1990s it reverted to Monmouthshire.
@@Joanna-il2ur I left Cwmbran in 1973. I think it was Gwent when I left? I just did a search on car 'HIRE' in Cwmbran and the one from Newport was one of the options that came up. That is a current search that I did. When I last drove there it was 2008 and I borrowed my friends new car! We don't have many roundabouts around here, so those ones over there with three lanes, traffic lights, Changing gear with the other hand, and bi -lingual road signs were a lot of fun!
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.
"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.
The man who has never seen mussels before in his entire life - scary
Does he not know that Britain is an island surrounded by… the sea?
Perhaps there's not much seafood when you're 600 miles from the sea.
And some of the best that it gets exported to Europe
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.
There are bed and breakfasts in America. That's what the "bnb" in Airbnb stands for, and it's an American company.
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.
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.
As someone who learnt to drive in the UK, and nearly always drives here, getting used to driving in Europe, whether I hire a car, or take my own (which is even more wierd/difficult, as I'm on the "wrong" side of the car there, whilst being on the "wrong" side of the road for me) genuinely does only take a half an hour of concentration before you just get it.
The thing about "different" bank notes: Northern Ireland and Scotland have several of their own banks that are entitled to issue bank notes (as The Bank of England does within England.) All of these SHOULD be acceptable anywhere in the UK, but because they can be somewhat rarely seen in parts of England, and because shop staff aren't often that well trained about it, it's quite possible that the checkout kid might see a Scottish or N Irish note and say "What the hell is that? I'm not accepting that." The thing is, no-one is obliged to accept cash at all, let alone specific notes (unless it's to pay towards an outstanding debt.)
Indian Food: The most popular dish in the UK is Chicken Tikka Massala, which is Indian-style, at least, if not authentically Indian.
pretty sure chicken tikka massala was born in birmingham or something like that
@@cool-ishmango Most of the dishes served in Indian restaurants here are heavily adapted for British tastes--as indeed, they are similarly adapted in other countries. It was interesting eating in an Indian restaurant in Jamaica to see the differences and similarities.
@@cool-ishmango Glasgow I’m pretty sure
@@cool-ishmango Just to clarify - Chicken Tikka Masala was created by a Pakistani Chef in an Indian Restaurant in Glasgow.
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 RUclipsrs 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.
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.
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.)
This guy makes it up as he goes ! There is no such thing as British pound. Each country has its own version
however, but it is also very common for them to usethe English style too !
Never refused !
The UK is much cheaper than the UK generally, London is more expensive as a Capital city
but away from London you will be amazed at how much cheaper the UK is.
except for Wales
We in Wales no mot have our own notes at all
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.
Re: Bed & Breakfasts - Bill Bryson's account of his first night in England is very funny. He ended up in a B&B run by an old battleaxe of a lady and took his revenge on her via the sink in his bedroom. "Notes from a Small Island".
Big Ben is not the bell tower - Big Ben is just the bell itself.
Starting from the right, sausages, black pudding, mushrooms, poached eggs, tomato, and last but not least fried bread, some places also add baked beans to this.
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...
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.
Tyler clearly doesn't read the comments, if he did he would learn more then by watching the videos....
HI TYLER
DEBBIE HERE FROM MAESTEG SOUTH WALES UK
BARA BRITH
(BAR A BREETH)
The main ingredients in a true Welsh Bara Brifth include
Mixed fruit
Muscovado sugar
Zest of an orange
Hot black tea
Self raising flour
Mixed souce
1 egg
Butter
It Is absolutely delicious.
BED & BREAKFAST (B &B)
these are small privately run hotels (houses that have been converted into B &Bs) that offer out bedrooms for a night or two with breakfast. Sometimes you can rent out a bedroom from a family home and then have breakfast, before you leave to carry on with your holiday..
BREAKFAST
on that plate was
2 poached eggs
Tomato
Fried mushrooms
Black pudding
Sausage
Bacon
Toast
The black "burger" is black pudding and the "white Things" was eggs, B&Bs tend to be smaller maybe only 2 guest rooms normaly run and operated by the owner of the house your staying in l, they are considered far mor personal that an hotel and have much better local information on where to go or eat
Tyler , I strongly recommend that if you visit London and any major City in the UK use public transport it will in most cases it get you to your destination far quicker than the car, unless you wish to travel around the countryside in general. Most of the major tourist spots in London are accessible by either the " Tube" ( Subway) or Bus and it is not as expensive as the presenter is making out.
As someone who works near the Scottish border. The looks you get, trying to palm off Scottish notes to people as change, is both hilarious and frustrating. We've even started just throwing them in the tip jar, and replacing the till note with an English one. Or I put them at the bottom of the note-pile
Heh. I used to work in a casino. It was a dumping ground for all the Scottish notes that ended up south of the Severn. But if you try to pasy someone back in them . . . FIREWORKS.
If you want to have a meal out that a brit would have you really cant go wrong with Indian food. Due to our colonial past and the need for workers in Britain during the 50s many people from colonies and former colonies came en masse and brought a taste of their homeland tailored to Brits
the breakfast you saw there isn't a full English one I would call this a small fry-up it has bacon, sausage, mushrooms, tomato, toast, poached eggs and black pudding (what you call a hamburger ) full English depending on where you go can also include baked beans chips and fried bread
Black pudding is NOT hamburger, it is made with pigs blood with other ingredients. Sounds revolting but can be very tasty. Just try before you say no
Heh. They probably tried to SELL it as a Full English, though. I had a university professor in Ohio said she went to the UK when she was younger, and was sold a "cream tea" with whipped cream on the scones instead of clotted cream.
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
The BnB in Airbnb literally stands for Bed & Breakfast
They are mussels, yum! We owned India so guess why curry is so ubiquitous! 🤣
The black stuff that you said was like hamburger is actually black pudding. The white things were poached eggs. You could have fried or scrambled too. Some have beans on. In Scotland you often get haggis too.
Renting a car in Britain is fairly cheap, i last rented a car about 5 years ago, I collected the car on Thursday kept it for the weekend and dropped it back on Monday. It cost me £141, insurance may push that up a little, but my Fully Comprehensive insurance covers me while driving other vehicles, so I didn't take the insurance option.
Don't feel bad about Americans only thinking of London when they think the UK. It does rankle a bit, but if you asked someone in the UK to picture the northeastern US, they'll think of the Manhattan skyline or historic Washington DC, and completely forget about how lovely somewhere like Vermont is. Bara Brith (Brith rhymes with Smith) is a Welsh specialty - it's like a heavy fruit bread. That full English breakfast on the plate was sausage, bacon, poached eggs (the white!), tomato, toast, mushrooms, and black pudding - a traditional English type of blood sausage, like blutwurst.
The whole money thing, the simple version is that there are two “official” entities that can create money. These are the Royal Mint, which makes coins and bullion; and the Bank of England, which makes banknotes.
Historically, commercial banks could print their own banknotes, based on their holding the appropriate amount of bullion (back when we were gold standard) or Bank of England banknotes (the Bank of England prints special high denomination notes for banks to hold). Over time the Bank of England took over regulation and licensing which commercial banks could print banknotes, and eventually stopped issuing new licenses (and created rules about whether existing licences would survive takeovers and mergers).
Today, there are three commercial banks in Scotland that print banknotes: Bank of Scotland, Royal Bank of Scotland, and Clydesdale Bank. There are also three banks in Northern Ireland that print notes: Bank of Ireland, Danske Bank, and Ulter Bank; a fourth that can print banknotes but no longer does, First Trust Bank; and a fifth, Northern Bank, which is the former name of Danske Bank, but still has some valid banknotes in circulation.
The reason the commercial notes are often rejected outside of their respective nations is scarcity. They don’t show up often enough for it to be worthwhile in businesses training their cashiers how to identify genuine valid vs genuine withdrawn vs fakes. It’s worth noting that in the UK, and unlike in the US, old banknotes are formally withdrawn a little while after the new issue is printed. For Bank of England notes two deadlines will be set, the earlier when the notes are withdrawn from general circulation but can still be redeemed by depositing in regular banks, and the later when they can only be redeemed by posting them to the Bank of England. For commercial banknotes, once they’re withdrawn they can only be redeemed at branches of the issuing bank - except the pre-2005 Northern Bank banknotes, which can no longer be redeemed (they had to have a time limited recall when all the uncirculated notes were stolen from their main office in a robbery).
Was once offered the choice between getting a Scottish £5 note as change in a pub once, or have a bag of 10p coins. Bag of coins every time!
Wish you'd have that attitude with Scottish oil
@@DB-stuff That i would rather have coins than oil while getting change in a pub? Are you ok?
Tyler please can you do a q&a, I for one am curious to know more about you! Hope u get to visit the UK one day, please come to Scotland if u do!
2 hour drive to Stone Henhe from London, I used to work 20 minutes past Stone Henge so got to drive near its a lot
Black and white pudding are delicious, a it like sausage but madecwith blood. The white things were poached eggs
A Bed and Breakfast, also called B&B (where AirBnB gets its name from) is a house that offers rooms for people to stay overnight with breakfast server in the morning. It's kind of a cheap hotel.
In the UK our foster care system is best in the world.I was a foster carers for 7 years. People in the UK respect foster parents. It is awful watching American TV depicting foster carers. In the UK it is so respected. The oversight is incredible. We are not allowed to touch our foster children in anger and certainly NEVER strike them. We have mandatory training on how to deal with issues,such as how to deal with challenging behaviour. We are not allowed to stop our foster children leaving’s our house. So, a foster child has a social worker. As do foster carers. We have to take our children to a LAC review(looked after child) within 4 weeks of arriving in foster care. We also have to take them for a medical exam, a dental check up, and see the school to check on their progress. The social worker always spend about 30 minutes alone with the foster child to make sure everything is okay. If it isn’t the social worker can remove them instantly! We get an allowance which pays for the foster child’s clothes, pocket money, and savings. We have to write a diary every day so the social worker knows what their child is doing. We then have to email it to theirs supervising social worker. It takes about 6 months to qualify. It is the most rewarding job I can think of. Xx
go to any small town shopping street and you will find a chinese and an indian take away plus a kebab shop pizza shop fish and chip shop .or just wild combinations"american fried chicken/kebab...best kebab/pizza"etc.also outside london may be cheaper mostly until you hit the tourist traps"you all wanna come see us? pay up"
the first english breky was with poached eggs eg cooked by floting open egg whole in hot salted water need very fresh egg the black thing is black puding eg blood sausage made with pig blood pork fat spices and oats boiled in a sausage skin = high protein great flavour
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On currency/notes, the classic £notes are issued by the Bank of England, these are generally accepted across UK.
Scotland has 3 Banks that issue notes (Bank of Scotland, Royal Bank of Scotland and Clydesdale Bank I believe), these are equally acceptable, these should be accepted across UK, but are often not recognised in various shops etc, because they don't see them often, they are more easily recognised in areas with Scottish visitors, also in larger towns and larger shops.
Northern Ireland have their own notes, As a Brit, from London, I have never seen one.
Wales does not, to my knowledge have there own notes.
UK coins are the same across 4 nations.
If you have 'wrong notes' (Scottish or Northern Irish) you can normally change them at a Post Office or Bank.
Jersey, Guernsey & Isle of Man have their own notes, these are a foreign currency, though worth the same as British Pound, they are not legal in rest of UK. They also have coins similar to UK but not legal here.
He is confusing you about our cash, it is not the coins that can be refused, it is the bank notes, because the shops are not sure about forgeries. English notes are accepted in all areas, though £50 notes are not liked.
We have a large Asian community especially Indian, curries are loved by the British. The breakfast that you saw had on the right Blackpudding, it had mushrooms, sausage, bacon, tomato and poached eggs (the white things), it was missing the baked beans. We are an island nation so lots of sea food is available on the coasts. Bara brith is Welsh.
The thing about driving on the left in the UK is surprisingly enough, everyone does it. Just follow the vehicle in front.
A couple if Scottish banks have had the right to issue their own notes which are still legal tender throughout the UK, along with the regular British Pound, but some smaller shops etc in England are wary of these, so refuse to accept them. A bed & breakfast is a guest house/hotel where you rent a bedroom for each night & breakfast the next morning is included in the price. Often these are people's family home where spare bedrooms are rented out. He is talking about the internet site airbnb, which is an agency for guest houses all over the place. There are other options, like direct apps for individual hotels. Britain ruled India for ages so got a taste for spicy foods, & developed local British/Asian dishes. White things are eggs, other black pudding, bacon & sausages.
Ingredients for breakfast optional choices. It's best to research before trip, maps, itinerary, hotels, places of interest, events etc. Traditional British food was never as bad as is often suggested, it was wartime rationing that did it.
Pubs have been spoilt by becoming more restaurant like. The used to be for drinking with snack, now many are overpriced restaurants with drinks.