Finding The Best Sunday Roast In London | Food Tours | Food Insider
"Food Wars" hosts Harry Kersh and Joe Avella travel across London to find the best Sunday roast in the city. They'll be visiting four locations in just one day to see what the city has to offer. This is "Food Tours."
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00:00 - Intro
00:35 - Fallow
10:41 - The Old Queens Head
17:43 - Blacklock
25:45 - Rabbit
32:45 - Final Decision
35:38 - Credits
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The best series by far on Insider Food!
Only series. I unsubscribed because of the other shite IF puts out, but the algorithm always throws Joe and Harry into my feed. Win win.
I thought the Tea time meals was good or whatever it is.. This is an amazing episode too!
Thanks for watching!
Full English for breakfast. Fish and chips for lunch. Roast dinner for dinner. A criminally British day of eating.
lol true also a quick way to morbid obesity
Aka the three edible dishes of British Cuisine
sticky toffee pudding or bread and butter pudding for dessert.
Don't forget afternoon tea.
Sausage roll or a meat pie for a snack
The moment Joe mistook roasted parsnips for chips was a moment that every single British kid experienced at school… the pain when you realise they aren’t chips. Amazing.
I'm not a brit as well, but I can relate 🥲
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4 roasts, Jeremy? Four!? That’s insane!
'Where's the cauliflower cheese?' it's not traditional 8:29
FOUR NAAN
@@megarusso Are you sure potatoes aren't veg? Aren't they not earth, but like salt? I mean tomatoes a fruit and potatoes are bread?
"what's nicer than a roast?" "yeah but, *chain eating* roasts?"
I’ve shared enough roasts with you, I’m in the big leagues now
Not Joe holding his Yorkshire pudding like a cup while he does everything one-handed
Joe should have held his pinky out.
Americans don't know how to use knives and forks.
@@alexrekzu4079 yes, yes he should 😂
😂
Yorkshire puddings as "buttresses holding up the gothic church of meat", what a wonderful turn of phrase. Great work Joe.
That roast was a complete rip off tho
An idea for a future episode of food tours: desserts. For example this could be Joe trying sticky toffee pudding, trifle, jam roly-poly etc and Harry trying things like pumpkin pie, s’mores, fruit cobblers etc.
love this idea! although, they may die
Maybe they need a tour to sample Welsh delights?
Accidental partridge
😢❤😅😮
we have smores and pumpkin pie in the UK, pumpkin pie isnt common but it is a thing here
The contrast of table etiquette between jo and Harry is so telling!!
these are always so funny because you can track their energy levels through the episode like a logarithmic curve
LOL
Can't believe they've not hit up a Toby Carvery..
especially after they went to wimpy for the burger ep!
Tobys is incredible value!
Toby is the mcdonalds equivalent of sunday roast
I feel like it's Incredibly overrated
Honestly ita a crime
14:04 absolutely right. I would say some people mistake a roast to be about the meats. This is incorrect. It's *all* about the roast potatoes. A roast dinner has finished cooking once the roast potatoes are fresh out of the oven, crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside. You time your vegetables and gravy around the roasts. They are the centrepiece
always beef dripping, or lard, goose fats just not it. slow roast to soak up the goodness and then crank the heat at the end, bliss. about the size of half a cricket ball or a quartered sandwich, cut with a serated knife tilted a bit for them rough edges. its an art.
This Food Tours spin-off gives me so much joy. I think as they run out of chains between the US and UK, they should start showcasing more cultures and differnet types of foods... spin it off even further and make it the main series. Joe and Harry are extremely charismatic and I think most of us will watch anything they put out together. The world is so incredibly diverse wtih so many different cultures, food types, etc.... long-term I hope Insider goes with this idea.
Agree ❤
Looove it. Also explore the other combinations! India with Japan, China with Australia, and so on. Plenty of choices.
What a compliment for the last place: They came in saying "oof" and dug right in, as soon as they saw the crackling. The last spot also proves to me yet again, that instagrammable food isn't always the tastiest: that food looked the most humble, bland almost, but apparently tasted the best.
Roasties looked like they needed another 20 minutes
I just love how Harry always keeps on hating west London. There's tons of amazing places there that they don't even go to because they are afraid of posh people - like all "real" Londoners are LOL
How much was the pigs head at Fallow!?
@@tomandrews-lu7xg they mention it's an "off-menu item" in this video. On the internet (on Fallows website) there's a menu with prices like 32 british pound for the sunday roast with pig belly. I believe, the half-head should be a similar price, since it is a less popular part of the pig (therefore less expensive, even if you factor in the amount served).
At a certain point appearance and taste become mutually exclusive.
I like Harry - very informative and with impeccable table manners.
Yeah both are great in this series. Harry is super informative about what we enjoy and Joe is really enthused. It's fun watching.
They are the perfect pair for this kind of series. They complement each other so well, and the dynamic is such fun!
Personally i find him a bit pompous and sickening.
The people demanded more Harry and Joe and they deliver! Keep it coming!
Thanks for watching!
3:10 I’m pretty sure the “server” at Fallow was Will Murray, one of the owners and head chefs.
it surely is him. Always a pleasure to see Fallow featured in other channel.
@@subzarbi9684 Agreed. I’ve never had the pleasure of eating there myself but I’m a big fan of what they do there and would love to go.
@@d3an3k3 Ive managed to stop once and got thier version of the Maccies breakfast muffin. Didnt dissapoint i have to say. Would love to go for a real meal there soon
Yup! Came to say the same thing 😅 Co founder / head chef!
@@d3an3k3I’ve been and it was great
For me, what males these episodes so great is the chemistry between you two.
And the males.
Harry knew what he was doing with the cauliflower being traditional mention… CAULIFLOWER IS TRADITIONAL
What, I thought you liked your ham shredded ?!!!
@@christophershooter9674you'll break the mechanism 😂
Not for me it isnt. Wouldn't dream of putting cauliflower cheese on a roast. Pure sacrilege.
No it's crap. Cauliflower is disgusting and you don't need cheese on a roast
@@kieronparr3403 it’s a peep show reference
4 Sunday Roasts 😂 Though 4 Full English Breakfasts in a row were already enough to kill them.
They spent well over what most persons earn in over a month. Is this acceptable? Privileged versus Pauper
@@TKDJK ??? it was like £50 a place, about £250-300 overall, if that's what you earn a month idk how you survive
@@TKDJK ok? They spend the money they were given to make the show, you talk like they're eating for free, they are still doing their job
Harry shows it in his chins..
4 roasts Jeremy? 4? That's insane!
In my humble opinion Sunday roast is the best plate of food in the UK. Any pub we visited while staying in central London, we were not disappointed with their Sunday roast. Well done British people!!!
I deeply appreciate what this channel does to dispel the myth that British food is bad, we have an excellent culinary tradition that's been unfairly judged based on what American GI's experienced eating rations in WWII.
keep telling yourself that
Agreed!
@@Ass_of_Amaleklmao bro is salty to find out that English food is actually good and one less thing you can try make fun of us for 😭
@@stephenc214 salty? I think you're projecting, "salty" is the flavour profile of british food.
@@Ass_of_Amalek hahaha so funny 😐 you can clearly see just through their series of food in London that our food is incredible, and I’m also absolutely certain you haven’t even stepped foot in this country anyway so you have no legs to stand on, your opinion is not valid in anyway shape or form. And if you have been here, and the food was bad, the says more about your pockets and what you can afford rather than the actual quality of food here 😬
Nothing wrong with using your hands, picking up your Yorkshire pud, filling it up and shoving it in! Winner winner Sunday dinner 👍
As a Yorkshireman, traditionally the pudding was taken as a starter separately to the main and served with gravy best cooked in a square oven tray and sliced.
I prefer a flat tray Yorkshire, as a kid if any left over would have jam on it.
LUXURY! We had a steaming hot pile of gravel with our roast and were damned glad to get it! 😂
Someone do Joe a favor and show him how the properly hold/use his utensils. (sarc) As always, Great show guys!
Totally agree, drives me crazy watching Americans eat.
@@lem01uketiquette is different by country.
And tell him to close his mouth when he chews. Lol he’s gonna feel so self conscious next vid.
It's interesting to see the cultural differences, there are so many things you don't think of
Wait till he finds out his fork is ALWAYS supposed to point downwards.
Would have been good to show some more diversity in the roasts. Like going to a carvery like Toby’s. Also showcasing the common sauces that pair with the roast. For the beef - horseradish or English mustard. For lamb - mint sauce. For pork - apple sauce. For turkey - cranberry.
The lack of sauces was what struck me, horseradish is essential for a beef roast
Definitely should have done Toby and agree with the sauces/ relish.
Why on gods earth would anyone go to Toby's?? F@cking nasty food!
Sorry, but there aren’t any in “london” only in the outer regions and beyond. Toby is arguably one of the worst roast dinner places to go for. Go to your local pub ffs.
@@Smithy250 well I said like toby’s. Also there is in the Greater London area. Just not in the centre. Also never said they were THE BEST - it’s just for diversity and showing joe what most people experience when going for a roast rather than the £30+ gourmet stuff
Harry is just an encyclopedia of food knowledge and I love it!
There's a reason why it's pretty common to have a nap after a big Sunday roast, Joe certainly looks like he could use one after four!
This is the one I have been waiting for, as a roast is the best, for the beef, where's the English mustard and Horseradish sauce etc? Extra points for Blacklock and the gravy refills though, most places don't provide nearly enough.....
yeah I thought that. Horseradish with Beef, or mint sauce with Lamb, or stuffing with chicken etc. Essential parts of any roast.
Most places give refills if you ask them
You don't need the sauce if the meat doesn't suck.
Send these two all over the world to try the best local cuisine. Love em both
Fun fact: Yorkshire puddings used to be used as plates (they would be cooked large & flat) and would be eaten after the rest of the meal was eaten off of it. The point of the Yorkshire was to give people something very filling and above all cheap to eat - coupled with lots of cheap vegetables it would fill you up so you wouldn't want to eat too much of the expensive meat when you couldn't afford to buy much at all.
That’s how I like to make mine (although I didn’t know this factoid!). For me the Yorkshire is the best bit (even though my diet is 95% meat other than a Sunday roast)
Whilst a British Sunday roast is basically meat potatoes and veg it's just those basic components done so well. A delicious tradition.
Man this show makes me unbelievably hungry
as a Brit, this is something to look forward to
"What's this?" "...that's a roast potato."
Glad to see i'm not the only one that watches these ;)
@@r4nger 👋
@@r4ngeryou’re definitely not the only one.
he thought parsnips were fries
Yep, but Americans don't really know roast potatoes, forgive him for that!
Anemic looking potato and veg in that Rabbit.
Surely Hawksmoor needed to be included on this list when talking about the best roast in London.
To say that the place you're already at is your favorite, while also being full is HIGH praise Its very easy to say something else was better when you were hungrier
"Food tours" is the best thing happening now on KZhead 🖤
We ate yorkshire pudding with every roast beef dinner, but none were ever that huge, drooling. I could never make them as good as my mom.
With those roast dinners being as reasonably priced as they are, I'd be there every single day devouring it. It all looks so amazing!
only served on sundays mate
Not sure if Harry knew but Fallow have their own KZhead channel tor this restaurant. Great POV cooking content! (also their whole menu is fantastic)
The difference between how a brit and an American hold their fork cracks me up 😂 great episode!
We switch hands to cut with our dominant hands, too, which makes perfect sense. I watched a Spanish lady try to peel and eat a bannana with a knife and fork and made a whole afternoon of it.
Harry and Joe are genuinely great together. Hope we continue to see more of them in future.
Harry says i can be a table manners snob, after touching Joes food three times with his hands 😂😂😂 at Fallow
The Brits sure have taken roasting to an art. The deep fried Pork Head made me think of eating in Asia...LOL.
more harry content. dude shines through with his passion, fun and knowledge
We need an actual show for these two. Someone start a petition.
I truly enjoy these videos. Never been to London and plan to do. It is amazing to learn about the different places and options you have to eat and learn about England’s culinary history. Thank you for sharing 😊
Loving these videos they have filled that “ worth it “ shaped hole In my heart
Worth it's coming back!!! On Watcher!!
One of the best things about Sunday roast that can’t come through in this format is that you have to have it in the afternoon, not at lunch. 2-4 or 5pm is best with lots of beer or wine. No dinner then needed, early to bed. A heavenly Sunday.
As a Scottish person, Sundays for my first eighteen years consisted of a full Scottish for brunch (after Church) and then a roast in the evening.
Nap time 💤
What’s a full Scottish breakfast/brunch consist of?
@@constructionbootgazer Same as a Full English sometimes you might get potato scone or fried bread, and always black pudding.
Fried bread and black pudding is part of an English.
Haggis
Love these episodes! And who doesn't love a Sunday Roast! The frogs call us Rosbifs for a reason, baby
I’ve been binge watching this series all week! These are great, keep up the great work :)
Loving it! The vibes, the hosts, he chemistry between the hosts --- all top notch!
Loved this episode. SO pleased you chose 4 amazing places rather than the lower end that you have been to in the past for these videos. All looked incredible!
Four roast dinners in a day is insane, I'm impressed 😂
This is their best vid by far. Nice work guys!
❤ Harry and Joe are the best! I love their chemistry as they seem to truly enjoy each others company. MORE Food Tours, please! ❤
My families strange addition to sunday roasts was...... Homemade (from scratch) mushy peas. SO NICE! Really works with everything.
Keep these food tours coming! Loving the American guys reaction to the British cuisine. Gotta think of dishes that are lesser known but us brits love ❤️
Great video, just one criticism, the roast potatoes look underdone, I prefer a beautiful brown crust on mine 👌
I feel like these two have shared a meal more than my wife and I have lol. That roast looked absolutely amazing.
Love to have a LECHON breakfast in London. These are massive menus like in total US$400 once service included. Obviously the hosts are ever so loaded. I am off to the Food Bank
When I worked in a pub the best part of the week was the Sunday roast I got on the Sunday afternoon. Like Sunday is the worst day possible- constantly busy all day and are place was always short staffed. But it was all worth it knowing I’ll get a mountain of meat, roasties, veg and as many yorkies as I wanted (often took them home cold and freezed them as otherwise they were thrown out). Then when the bosses would go the kitchen staff would give us Oreo and Nutella or banoffee waffles (also to take home) or cheesecake. As a Brit, I don’t trust anyone who says they don’t like a roast dinner and they became a staple of my week
They all looked great but where are the other sauces apple, mint, horseradish and English mustard??
Those gravies should be thicker for my liking. Shouldn't be able to see through gravy.
First thing I noticed. There's a reason they've not a Michelin star to their name😂
This has to be my favorite episode by far.
yesssss! I was waiting for this
Please more of these episodes! Best series on KZhead!
I love Fallow and Blacklock, but this past Sunday, my wife and I had roast lunch at The Draper’s Arms in Islington. So good. Cote de Boeuf for two to share with green cabbage, red cabbage, roast carrots, roast potatoes, and Yorkshire pudding and gravy. Excellent in every way.
Best one I've watched of you both. I just love watching people eat whilst describing the food. Nailed it with this one. Love a Sunday roast.
You guys have THE BEST job!
harry in heaven. he looked like he enjoiyed every meal. whagt a beast
Always watch these two, can't believe Old Queens Head popped up (basically my local and my office is above it). Glad you tried ❤
love this series so much
Sunday roast is the best💯💯Keep making more of these please🎥🙏
Be cool to hear these two on The Off Menu podcast
Fallow is an amazing restaurant (like the chefs), also their other ones Fowl and soon Roe. Worth every penny
These food tour videos after a long stressful week are the best thing ever!
Fallow is such a great restaurant, wonderful cookery and not at all stuffy.
god these videos are good, keep them coming. You two have a great chemistry.
Our Atlantic Canadian family always has British pickled WALNUTS with a Sunday roast meal (and they are a ridiculously expensive imported little jar).
great episode of a really fun series. Would love Joe to come back to the UK and be taken around the UK to try the best and most popular that we have to offer outside London.
I think I'd need about 3 jugs of that gravy at the start!
As an American, I've been working on making a great Sunday Roast for 20 years now. Still haven't nailed the Yorkshire Pudding. Crispy Potatoes are best achieved with animal fat; and I like to use Chicken Schmaltz basted on the potatoes prior to roasting to achieve the crispiness. I do think Cabbage, Parsnips, and Candied Carrots make for great vegetable side dishes.
A Yorkshire is similar to pancake batter but put in a different container when cooking it. You have to heat the oil up before pouring the batter into the tin. Try get Mint Sauce for Lamb or Horseradish sauce/ English mustard for Beef, on top of the gravy. it's the traditional way of having it and i'm amazed he's not said about it in the video.
Your efforts sound like a dream. Please feel free to invite me. If you are worried about your "Yorkies" not being up to your standard I'm happy to bring some scratch baked Parker House rolls an emergency backup gravy delivery vehicle. I hope a nice American wine is always welcome as well?
@@JeffTaylor-tr7myOf course.
@@aglloyd5951Thanks! Will do.
You should try Chef John's (Food Wishes) recipe for popovers.
WOOO another epic episode! Love this series so so much
We really do a disservice to ourselves here in the states not doing roast potatoes more often. In the south you basically grow up eating baked potatoes or mashed potatoes, that's it, and once you've had a perfectly cooked roast potato, nothing else even comes close.
None of the Yorksires are Yorkshires here. When I grew up in Yorkshire it would be a batter pudding with a crispy outside, served as a starter. Lots of onion gravy. Yum!
yeah ...todays the day you found out what you consider normal is not normal mate ...whe i went to yorkshire they served me a whole roast in a giant yorkshire. but certainly never heard of a yorkshire described as a "starter"
@@DeterminedFC was served first with gravy to fill you up especially the kids then the working men of the family would get majority of the meat
@@DeterminedFCYorkshires were always traditionaly served before the meal in Yorkshire.
@@DeterminedFC Born and raised Yorkshireman here. Traditionally it is indeed a starter with onion gravy but to be honest have it whichever way you want. Nowt wrong with either having a stew in a giant one, a new school wrap, or it's known for them to be served with jam for a simple desert.
@@dib000that’s neat actually, the pudding first as a starter? Hmm, might try that some day. Especially if I ever find myself in a Yorkshire pub
Missed an opportunity to introduce him to the traditional sauce pairing with each meat.
Apple with pork, mint with lamb, horseradish or English mustard with beef.
@@RichardBarclay what goes with chicken? Redcurrent?
@@sleepcrime cranberry/redcurrant is normally for turkey. I don't think there really is a specific sauce for chicken since it's so versatile.
Great series. You guys make a great pairing.
Your pickling convo got me super excited about some pickled cabbage, never had pickled cabbage with a roast but I love pickling things lol I’m only at 17:34 but we really do make amazing potatoes. They’re so fun to cook, and potatoes cooked in duck or goose fat are amazing!
i would love a day out with these two it would be epic!!
finally a place i’ve been to! the first place, Fallow. so good.
Wine list at Fallow is stupidly expensive though.
As always, great video in this series
My favorite series on Insider Food.
At fallow you wrote "Server" the person bringing the food. Yeah, he's the Chef owner😂
A proper Roast dinner is not only the best English cuisine, but the best cuisine.. worldwide. Fish and Chips comes in at a close 2nd!
I mean a roast is good but not best in the world by any stretch.
Its pure perfection in food form. Covers all bases. You cannot name a better meal, I guarantee it @@another_pointless_account4130
I don't believe you@@another_pointless_account4130
Roasts are definitely one of the best, but the best in the world is purely opinion mate.
OMG just looking at it made me salivate. I LOVE a Sunday roast. Most places in uk if you ask for more gravy they will get you more.
I could tell by the intro that Fallow was on the list. Their YT channel with POV kitchen service footage is both insightful and highly entertaining.
*One of the owner serves the food* No one: The guy doing the subtitle: Nah, he's just the server.