Finding The Best Afternoon Tea In London | Food Tours | Insider Food
"Food Wars" hosts Harry Kersh and Joe Avella travel across London to find the best afternoon tea in the city. They visit three different locations in just one day to see what the city has to offer. This is "Food Tours."
00:00 - Café Royal
12:39 - Swan London
24:56 - Brigit's Bakery
35:19 - Credits
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This is by far the best episode of this series. Harry and Joe at their best.
I completely agree!!
Definitely
100%
Agree
Joe’s behavior is a bit boorish especially given the setting.
That moment where Joe was talking with his mouth full, and Harry looked into the camera exasperated and was like "typical crude American" was priceless! 😂
That scene alone really shows you the difference between American and British. As an American myself, I am definitely not that rowdy. If I was there I would be more sophisticated. I am so laid back. I can be British.
That was a fantastic moment, even given the boorish behavior Joe exhibits.
As an American, his lack of decorum does not represent the rest of us. Many of us appreciate experiences such as this.
Yup, an ignorant American.
Rare . @@cbrogers4614
I hope Insider appreciate what gems they have in Joe and Harry and treat them accordingly.
Given they're producers now, I'd say so
Just started the video. If one of them is the snarky American guy at the beginning, I might have to disagree. The snorts and head shakes are unnecessarily “ugly American”, like wherever we go, it’s up to the residents of the place to convince us that we’re wrong in our provincial, scaredy cat tastes. Maybe just stay home, dude.
Treat them accordingly? Who do you think paid for all those sandwiches.
@@jpjordan90😂
@@jpjordan90 my point is more that they don’t treat them like all the people who made “Why I left Buzzfeed” videos: not treating them well and valuing their work.
Butter is always the foundation layer. Fact.
exactly and it should be written into the constitution!!
Isn't it clotted cream?
Melted butter on toast 😍
@@Lukeywoodsey oh yeah.
Crumpet @@Lukeywoodsey
I've never been so obsessed with a British and American man duet in my life.
Haha! So true! 😂
Yes I never thought of it like that. I feel the same.
Creepy.
Why is this interesting to watch? The light haired guy is completely rude and off putting, and the other one is straining to remain polite. It’s very dull.
They play into the stereotypes, intentionally or not, so you get this mismashed buddy cop element to the show.
Joe saying "if you're paying 80 quid" never been so proud of him, british thru and thru
Erm... you mean "through and through", right...?? 😅
@@SarahTheNearlyInSP😂😂😂
FYI, the Sandwiches are made in the morning & the crusts left on, so during 'tea' service the sandwiches protected with damp cloths don't wilt & are then cut.
Take your grandma and parents to as much places as you can. Believe me, time goes so fast, there will be enough for other activities when they are not with you anymore, but now that you still have them, share time with them, treasure those moments and record them. You don't know how much remembering their voices will be necesary in the future and how fantastic is to have them recorded to be able to actually listen them once more time.
After my mom died, I found a video on her phone. It's taken in hospice a few days before she died. She was clearly trying to take a photo of my cousin but hit record instead. My cousin asks 'wha- are you recording me?' and my mom's laughing voice says 'yeah, that's ok, isn't it?' Hearing her laughter is so important to me, and this silly, accidental, seven second video is one of my most treasured possessions. My dad died when I was 11. I have no recordings of him, and I can't remember his voice. I wish I could.
Beautiful, because it's true.
'Honor thy mother and father' was not just pulled out of thin air. That's a gift to you, not them.
@@tinnagigja3723I shed a tear at your story; I have had a similar experience, inc losing my mom age 10. Are any of your father's siblings or contemporaries still around that may help you remember his voice?
Good advice, unless like me you come from a toxic abusive or abandoning family. I never had parents who loved me, though I wish all the time I had. Life is so much harder without a supportive family. One of my grandmother's was a very twisted and cruel person. I don't miss her at all, it was a relief when she passed honestly. However I did have one grandma who was loving and kind and I am so extremely grateful I recorded her sometimes and miss her so much.
My first tea time! How'd I do? This video may have brought me around on tea...
sir you need to try indian tea aka chai aka masala tea aka what you guys call chai tea and not from a freaking starbucks but from a proper indian household . thank you
@@sarthaksharma8150 The corner local chai wala tea would be the recommended.
My favourite is English breakfast brewed strong with milk and sugar. You should try it.
Great video. Jam before cream 100%
Like a true seppo
I am so glad I am not the only one who is thinking Joes 'jam first - butter/cream second' is INSANE. The second location is so cool.. You guys are funny I love watching you guys😊
No that’s the best way to do it jam is more solid than cream. Butter, jam, then cream.
I’m from the U.S., and always have done butter first, jam second. Don’t know where Joe is coming from, in this - if you put the butter second, it won’t melt into the toast, and you will just wind up with hunks of butter.
You’d be happy in Devon
I usually go scone (or scone if you prefer), cream (or butter if not on a diet) then jam, then cream, cream, cream, cream, cream, cream, cream, cream, cream, cream, cream, cream. I don't understand why it's even debated.
No because putting butter ON TOP of jam toast is absolutely unhinged. Jam first for scones makes sense unless you are also adding butter to your scone which should be first.
I love the Food Tours series so much. I can seriously watch this all day long.
I binge watch this; I forget to watch when they come out in real time.
Joe seems like he’s had his speed increased x2 while Harry is just chilling
😂😂
Think that's just Americans in general
That’s the difference between tea and coffee
Britain vs America in a nutshell
He seems like he half doesn't want to be there.
Harry is a delight to watch - he’s the epitome of class. Totally in his environment!
I’m sorry they’re right, Joe is insane, who puts butter on top of the jam on their toast? That’s crazy! 🙈
Clearly butter first because the butter melts into the bread causing the butter and jam flavors to remain distinct.
I think he was starting to say something that would strengthen his case. Cream on top of fruit is the norm in several circumstances. Cake and pie and such. But then he pivoted to toast and lost everyone.
Who puts the milk in first?! It goes last to ,make sure the strength is right
@@annother3350 I don’t think anybody puts milk on their toast??
@@pjschmid2251 Look up Milk Toast!
I am waiting for Harry and Joe to visit different countries in Europe , Asia and Africa and provide us fresh insights on food and culture.
Harry and Joe are 'experts' in their UK to US ventures. If they go to other countries, at least 1 of them will be missing, becuz there is always a local expert to compare
The charm of the series is that each is introducing food from their own culture.
Justice for Joe’s grandma ☕️ 🍰
Harry did his homework for this one. Spitting non-stop facts
It is butter first then jam on toast. But for the scone it's jam first then clotted cream.
We need a running series of these with Joe and Harry going to visit the other hosts in their countries and then take them back as well. Keep adding a host each series and have everybody all together at the end.
Always butter first on bread ✌️
I really like the way Harry's eyes twinkle everytime he laughs 😂✨
„Standing for a whole play?!“ he says, incredulously. Good sir, have you heard of this thing called „concerts“? 😂 I love them, though.
9:31 butter first so it can melt then jam or jelly
Yes, you do that for toast.
Butter first because the warm bread melts the butter.
Exactly!
Makes sense!
The Dorchester, Fortnum & Mason, Harrods, Ting etc etc the list is endless for this magical SUPERIOR experience
These two are so cute I never thought I’d enjoy two men having tea together so much. ❤😂
As an American,I love tea! I have a designated cabinet in my kitchen dedicated to tea. I have so many different kinds in it. I know there are separate groups of those who like tea and those who like coffee;but what about ones who like both? Not together of course,but separate. I like tea and coffee. I’m on my way to fix myself a cup of tea right now. 😊😅
You go for it. Tea is fantastic. I’m about to have my morning pot. Breakfast tea with earl grey. Perfect 🤩
I endeavor to know it like some know excellent wine. Cheers.
Exactly. Why pick a camp when you can just enjoy both. Although, admittedly I do drink way more tea than coffee
I am with Harry. When I have afternoon tea (living in the US) I want the fancy slow-motion experience with excellent service. I know that my dad cherished the Biltmore weekend I gifted to him for years to come and still talked about having afternoon tea in the library, looking over the estate, while sipping tea and having sweet and savory treats.
On "milk first" when drinking tea poured from a pot-- there's another reason, which is why I usually go milk first. Pouring your milk into a boiling-hot cup tea can sometimes scald the milk immediately as you add it, and then you get gross clumps of scalded milk floating in your cup. If you add milk first and then slowly pour in the hot tea, you're slowly bringing the milk up to temperature so that it doesn't scald. I used to test this when I first heard this idea, and it holds true!
Almost right, but no. Your assumptions are not far off but your underlying reasoning is misinformed. Sorry, not my fault. I try to only speak the truth!
@@ronareid7956 I love the bit where you explain why the first commenter is wrong 🤦🏻
If you’re an adult of that age are lucky enough to still have your grandmother, make the time to take her for tea. You’re are fortunate to still have them, don’t take it for granted, make the time. Sincerely those of us who have lost a loved one and would give anything to spend an afternoon with them. ❤
I love the afternoon tea and the snack that goes with it... As Indians, we have a lot of British cultural influence on us. Tea + Indian snacks are an integral part of our lives. Even though I kept moving across the World, I savor my evening tea...
I grew up in Germany and we had a rule in our household, coffee in the morning, coffee with a sweet treat like a biscuit at 4PM and then tea for dinner. I am now living in the US, still stick to AM and PM rules, but afternoon will see me changing it up from coffee to tea ever so often for my afternoon treat.
@@usualfulful i am a kid of a english soldier that was stationed in germany and still live there. from what i know, it was actually the brits that introduced that habit into germany.
I feel like the american guy describing himself as someone who likes to argue about things made it easier to understand his sense of humor 😋
Harry and Joe are on form in this video. One of my favourites so far.
This is one of the better "London Tea Room" videos on KZhead. I have gotten a couple of really good ideas for the different types of teas, sandwiches and desserts to include in my own tea ceremony for my grandchildren. Thank you so much for this!
I have a very practical approach to jam or cream first: I would put first whatever has the denser consistency. This way it's easy to spread the lighter thing on top. The other way you would just mush everything underneath when trying to spread the upper, more dense layer.
Same here. I always do jam first with this logic. Let’s you get a much more even layer on the scone before spooning on the more airy light cream.
@@micah1754 To be fair, I always do it the other way round, because the clotted cream you can get where I live is very dense and heavy rather than light and airy. So for me it's always clotted cream first and then jam on top.
That's fair. I live in Australia now, and most places give you squirty cream. So you need to put jam first, regardless of your preference, really.
Nooooo!!! Joe is so wrong 😂 even from an American, you want the butter first so it can melt into the toast, then the jam. That being said, for scones, I can see the idea of topping it with clotted cream last as it’s a more clumpy consistency than the jam
My Dad's side of the family are all Cornish born and bred and I can confirm no one in cornwall or the uk unless they are a psychopath, puts butter on top of jam when having jam on toast. And I don't understand how someone can spread jam on top of cream, the only right way to eat a scone is the Cornish way 🇬🇧🏴
I'm from Devon, and I spread a thick layer of clotted cream first but I don't spread the jam, I spoon it on, therefore it's not a problem. I'm there for the cream. The jam is minimal. 😂
I would love to see Joe and Harry do a world tour and visit the other Insider correspondents
I CANNOT LOVE THIS ENOUGH ❤💕💗 i am a tea fiend though haven't done a high or afternoon tea in london despite living there many years ago. i THOROUGHLY enjoyed this experience with joe & harry and hope you'll continue this series! thanks! 😊💋
I was getting car sick just watching the Bus one. And also come on, you butter the bread and it melts into it, and then you add the jam!
It’s clotted cream, not butter so it doesn’t melt 😊
As a Yank who's wandered around the southern counties of England with relatives and on my own, this and the other episodes of Harry introducing Joe to British cuisine are exceptionally enjoyable and informative. Thank you very much for recording this series!
Tea will always be better than coffee. ✨🫖 🍵 👑 ✨
I LOVE seeing you guys together on screen properly!!! Amazing!! Well done guys!
Harry really must take his Grandma and Mum to afternoon tea. It is a memory I treasure of my own Mum taking her to tea at Fortnum and Mason's.
Joe in the first place was giving Crocodile Dundee in NY, but he does make us laugh! Great video! Hope you took all the leftovers home in a box
We brits really take afternoon tea to heart. I love how versatile it is. It could be three tiers with butties, scones, and sweets. Or it could be four tiers, with butties, savouries, scones and sweets. I love that the sweets and savouries can come in all forms and flavours. Or we could have cream tea, with just the scones. Or sandwich tea, with just the sandwiches. If only we could have afternoon tea every day, but we all know that there needs to be a balance
22:48 "we know what fish and chips tastes like, we don't need to taste that" I'm pretty sure that is a deportable offence! 😬😅
The gentlemen’s afternoon tea is right up my street. Scotch eggs look incredible.
Jam on top of butter is an absolute wild take.
Brigit's Bus!! I took my mum and brother for afternoon tea on the bus when we visited London in 2016. This brings back so many memories. Definitely a fun, if a little touristy, activity with friends and loved ones (plus I love how they let us take the tumbler home).
Butter first jam second. Your knife will not be tooo buttery to put jam on because you don't use the knife to apply it on the bread. Use your tiny spoon.
If someone said 'I don't like tea because it's boring, I prefer coffee' I would just walk out right there and then.
Absolutely..... especially Murican kawfee🤢🤮
He's never seen The Shining. That's wild.
Butter on bread first so the butter melts into the warm toast. Then jam so the bread doesn't get soggy.
The fact you even to have to explain this
Oh my days, my Britishness was on edge the whole way through watching Joe 😂😂
I heard it said they cut the crust off to also make it lighter to eat. The crust can taste different too, so eliminates that when trying to get a complimentary flavour of bread to the filling
Very true, it's also a sign of wealth because you don't have to eat them so you can afford to waste the ingredients and thus the money which went into the edges of the bread.
The pinky finger thing isn’t a myth, but it means something very different to what a lot of people think. It doesn’t mean you’re posh or proper. It was a symptom of syphilis sufferers, as the illness prevented the person from bending their little finger.
Inwhich it started trending with icons of the day; posh suffers.
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lol, are you serious? edit: I googled it, and it it's a legit theory as to why we lift our finger for tea cups.
@@anotheryoutuberperson38 I never joke about tea... 😂
What a lovely setup for tea! Absolutely gorgeous
Loved that Agent 47 was pouring the tea.
I appreciate Harry using the correct pronunciation SKON. Joe on the other hand…
American here and I absolutely love afternoon tea! My go to is Assam tea and I am a Devon girl with my scones. But Joe! Who does jam before butter on toast?!? Jam is always second whether it is with regular butter or peanut butter.
I was shocked! Shocked I tell ya, please say that's not a common US thing, plus same knife for both?
@@toker6664I use a spoon for jam if I’m eating toast,sometimes it’s easier to get out of the jar that way. For peanut butter and jelly,I use the same knife to spread it on the bread. Toast, for me is always butter,then jam.
@@toker6664 jam before butter is, very, uncommon.
We, in America, do not eat toast Joe's way.
Insider doesn’t understand but when u post u brighten up people day I just want to say thanks for that
Thanks for watching!
This was so calming to watch
I would love to see them traveling the world and trying different cuisines. Great duo.
Joe has never been more American. I actually thought he was the more urbane one until this. 😅
Thought he was hamming it up, reminded me a little of D Trump with his quick-fire wit.
Yes!!!! I didn't see this one coming. Love these guys!
I have replayed Harry’s eyes to camera when Joe is talking with his mouth full several times 😂😂
What a wonderful and beautiful tradition of the afternoon tea! Thank you very much to the UK for this tradition ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉I love it so much 🎉🎉❤❤
We did the Bus Tour Afternoon Tea around Harry's and Meghan's wedding - everything was wedding themed and their favourite tastes and so on. Fantastic! And I still use my cup :-).
It’s always a good day when we get a Harry & Joe video 🎉
The afternoon tea at The Wolsey is fantastic
Was literally about to type this!
I like Sketch as well, just because it's a bit different. Fun interior as well.
The Wolseley is always my first choice for tea when I get to London. I have enjoyed celebrating many special occasions there and have never been disappointed. 🫖
Nice banter between the guys. Thanks for sharing three afternoon teas with us.
A lovely slow afternoon tea is a great way to relax and relieve stress...it's even better if it's a rainy day. So cozy.. In Australia we also love morning tea at Around ten thirty to eleven o'clock.
Joe started out as such a "fish out of water" at the Cafe Royal. Then he started to warm up to the idea at the Swan at the Globe. On the bus, he really looked like he was enjoying the experience. Harry, you were totally in your element and not surprised that your top choice was the Cafe Royal. Sure, hope you do get to take Granny there.
Joe Avella, manners! PLEASE! Speaking with a mouthful, stuffing your face like you haven't had food in 6 days (or so) ... This is a ritual, and the food should be savored. I am appalled! And I am not even British. I love Afternonn / High Tea, though I have never been to the UK, but I have had the pleasure of having it in my home country, the same way it is celebrated in the UK. And I truly think it is more an "event", than eating as fast and as much as possible. It is so much more pleasurable to really taste everything and savour it, than devour it. I don't usually like tea either, but in this setting I find it quite enjoyable. 2nd place ... Hilarious, the two girls in the background (or is it a mirror?)
I'm American and found Joe's table manners disgusting! No one needs to see the food in his mouth.
Cafe Royal is fantastic! Been there last Monday. And was treated like a royalty!!!! Omgosh.
That is beautiful! Being dressed up and having such a great time at this glamorous historical place. London is best for traditon and luxury life.
Harry's rockin' that lil' mustache at 32:40 😂
You forgot that often the price includes refills of sweet and savoury serves and doggie bags of your leftovers at the end. I think the Bus is a great one - a tour and an afternoon tea London City is such a great location to swan about on a bus even if you only move the London mile in the time allotted. Teas like Orange Pekoe, Russian Caravan, Darjeeling, Gunpowder Black AND both Irish and English Breakfast teas.
I hope they make more of these. I've watched them all now sadly. Always learn something and it's entertaining.
Loved this, these videos are always so interesting and fun to watch!
😅😄 so much fun to watch this. absolutely entertaining, & yet informative. thanks.👍🏽
Thanks for watching!
You want the butter on toast first, SO IT MELTS. If the scones are warm, and you do the clotted cream first, it will melt.. the opinions between cornish and otheriwse are about keeping the clotted cream a solid. Butter 2nd on toast is weird, unless you like cold butter. Damn the knife situation, you can always wipe it off. 😂
Nothing like an afternoon tea! I love it
The smoked tea was very likely Lapsang souchong.
It’s made with smokey pine needles.
I feel like the third wheel on a date
I'm headed to England at the end of May and I have been binging these guys going from burgers (both episodes), Fish n Chips, English breakfast, now this! Love it.
Try afternoon tea at The Rubens Hotel (it's near Buckingham Palace). Excellent service and you might get to see the Royal horses and carriages while enjoying your tea.
These are my favorite series. I love these guys
This was such a great video that brightened my day!
Proper china, the stuff the rich had, didn’t shatter. The problem was when the lesser classes tried to make something close to proper china it wasn’t made from the right materials because it was too expensive. When they tried to drink tea from their knock off china it would break from the heat just as you said. I mean… At the time that was happening it was a big deal just to have tea at all!
Tea is everything!
Tea is life!
I LOVE THIS SERIES!!!!! i could watch 100 seasons.
Thanks for watching!
I really want to try the second place, it looks so nice ❤ Also the bus tour and having afternoon tea while enjoying the city is incredible idea 😍
Joe just says it how it is 😂😂he’s like the modern day guy and harry going back to the Shakespearean era really loving it 😂❤
This is such a good episode you two are very funny and Joe in the hotel was hilarious !
I enjoy all of your programs, but this has been my favorite by far. We were lucky enough to have afternoon tea at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston two different years and thought that it was wonderful. I would definitely enjoy all of the three teas you gentlemen tried out. Thanks!
Its nice you brought up the Shinning, so everyone loves movies. Never the less lovely joints.
this was a nice one :)
That 'Gentleman's Tea Set' looks phenomenal!
My wife and I did the same Bus tour on our honeymoon in London in 2019 and we absolutely loved it!
You should have gone to the Ritz!
or Fortnum & Mason's Tea room!