As an English dude, I'd say Greggs is the perfect place to just pop into if you're walking around town for a quick snack. Not a full meal, just a sausage roll or a pizza slice. Bottle of ribena to wash it down. I usually do this on the way to the cinema to watch a new movie
I agree, even for workers too. Greggs fuels the working industry and actually has reasonable prices. Their coffee and bake deal kept me going on so many rough days at work. Pretty much most of the other fast eat places cost so much.
Agreed, I popped into greggs for the first time in a year or so as im a student now and the prices have increased so much since the last time i went in.@@alskjlskaj
When you said “this is what you wanna eat when you’re walking on a crisp autumn afternoon”, I screamed “HE GETS IT”. I didn’t expect this video to make me so happy 🤣🤣🤣
As a Brit, I must admit... we should appreciate greggs a lot, not a bit. So underrated, there’s cheap baked snacks with cheese that’s grated. It fills you up like a whole meal, great for autumn mornings when the wind’s chilled. Truly a national gem, stand up brits, we bake good, not them. Edit: didn’t mean to rhyme the first part 😂😂 Edit 2: you just read the edited version where it rhymes as requested by a comment 😂! Edit 3: Appreciative of 1K likes guys!🩵
The mix of hearty savoury snacks with the sweet selection of treats is the perfect balance to a mouthwatering and succulent meal. In fact I’m going to order it right now 😂
I have to say that's the one item from Greggs that I don't like. It's very 'mushy'. That probably isn't helped by the fact I'm not a lover of baked beans.
For those who don't know, Greggs is kind of a quick, on the go bakery. It's nothing fancy but its cheap and it does the trick for a quick on the go snack. It used to be cheaper, but then again so did everything. I remember back in my college days you could go and get a sausage roll, any kind of bake and a pizza slice for about £3.50.
I'm from Newcastle, The home of Greggs. We had them to ourselves for decades, great to hear the rest of the UK enjoying them. Up hear we call the Sausage Roll a "Geordie Dummy" Shuts the kids right up.
That's funny what you say. As a kid growing up when we used to go to Sheffield city centre to see the Christmas Lights switched on, the thing that excited me the most every year was getting a sausage roll from Greggs.
I live in Essex we have 3 greggs in our town.i have been loving it since the 90s when they first came here.why have you lot up north been hiding it for so long.greedy buggers.
"This is what you wanna eat when you're walking on a crisp autumn afternoon" genuinely when I heard you say that all I could think was HE GETS IT!!! I absolutely adore greggs and like there's nothing quite like walking, particularly in the colder months, with a warm sausage roll in hand, eating it as you go. It hits different and like gosh. YOU GET IT MAN!!! YOU GET IT!!!
The internet has kind of braced me to expect a thorough bashing when it comes to British food so this video was a nice surprise, obviously I don't mind if you don't like it but happy you gave it a fair chance. Glad you enjoyed it!
As a Brit you definitely need to try a "Chicken Bake" next time you order Greggs! I'm glad to hear though that you approve of Greggs and understand why for us it's a great quick stop for food!
Scarfing it like a half starved wolf, is absolutely how it's done. Your Greggs game is strong. Well played, Sir! You just need to wash it down with a mug of Yorkshire Tea, in a Sports Direct mug, and you'll be golden.
People love greggs here so much because the food is good and really reasonably priced, you can have a filling lunch for not much money at all. I think we're big on the heavy warm baked goods bc its generally kinda cold here. I remember my friend went to the US for the summer and she was surprised that there wasn't anything similar where she stayed - it was all just regular burger and fried chicken fast food.
Makes me proud as a Brit to see someone not from our shores enjoying the absolute joy that is Greggs. Greggs is so under valued in the UK, It's so good.
Watched a few of your vids and I love to see an American trying the proper English go-to food, so I subbed today. Keep this content coming. You are very watchable - good presentation, not protracted, and straight talking. Good stuff bro, keep it up.
If you're in England and it's cold and/or raining, you're tired and hungry go to Greggs. Nothing better than a steak bake, cheese and onion bake and a tea or coffee. Pure fire bro 🔥 👌🏻 🙌 👏 . Crazy thing is It's not expensive either. For me it's pure comfort food too man, hits the spot every time.
I don't know much about UK food but I gotta say it looks like they absolutely crush it in all things involving pastry & meat in the same dish. I want to try them all so bad
@@Ali-002chickfila was available in the U.K., but due to so,so food and there right wing anti gay stance, they didn’t do well… Though I hear they are going to try again, we can get much better burgers from some of our independent burger restaurants and GREGGS is just world class on what’s available quickly, taste, quality and prices can’t be beat…
We had a chick fil a in Reading but weird leftoids ruined it because of some connections with Christian republicanism, as if other fast food corpos are all fine lol
The UK has this repuation for horrible food and sure traditional English food isn't generally going to win awards for being high brow in the way that perhaps French food is but we are really good at doing what we would often call comfort food, food that hearty and fills and warms you up be it any kind of pastry/Meat combo in the form of a pie/pasty/roll OR warm puddings with Custard such as Spotted Dick, Jam/Fruit Sponge, Apple Pie or a Fruit Crumble OR Fish and Chips OR Sheperds/Cottage pie (which aren't actual pies)OR A Lancashire hotpot OR Toad In the Hole or an English Roast dinner (Or at breakfast a Full English)
greggs is the uk savior. travelling and didn't get breakfast? greggs. out and want some lunch but don't want to spend too much? greggs. the best part is they're LITERALLY EVERYWHERE. i recently went to leeds and there were about 8 all together just walking from one end of the city centre to the other. same thing in basically every other area of the uk. no matter where you go, greggs will always be there for you in your time of need. all hail greggs.
The reason bakeries are so popular here is because they open at like 6am. Its really quick and easy to eat a hot meal for cheap before work or school. Same for lunch break lol.
A tip: keep the food in the bag while you eat it and hold it by the bag. This keeps it warmer, stops you from getting grease on your hands and keeps the food clean.
As a long time fan of the channel and someone from the UK, I find it incredibly refreshing to see an American with such an open mind when it comes to trying English food! Usually people just assume it is all beige, flavourless crap but you're here fully appreciating it all for what it is
Thing is, American food has LOADS AND LOADS of sugar, additives, fats all sorts, go look at the video on here comparing fast food, fries here have potatoes, salt and the oil its cooked in, over there, it has colourings and all sorts, this is why folk thinks our food tastes bland, they don't know what actual food tastes like without all the sugar and guff. Our food tastes like food.
What I love about Greggs is how it's great for any occasion and is so affordable. Went with my daughter recently and ordered a Vegan Sausage Roll, English tea, pastry (can't remember which) and a fizzy fruit drink - it was just over a fiver. If you'd bought a similar spread in Costa, it would've been comfortably £10-£12. It was also a really comfortable sit-in Greggs so was a really pleasant and satisfying experience all round.
This was so awesome. As a Brit I loved seeing you enjoy Greggs. The only thing I wish you tried was the Vegan Sausage Roll! It's crazy how good it is. When it dropped it was like national news haha.
I had a vegan sausage roll when I visited the UK last year and it was fantastic, I actually preferred it to the original one! Bought several ones after the first one 😂
Once upon a time Greggs was a bakery where you could buy bread and stuff but now it is mainly a fast food outlet that specialises in beige food items - and it is glorious! Everyone loves a Greggs! Mince pies are a Xmas staple and its illegal to eat them outside of December ;)
Nah can eat minced pies anytime of the year, if shopping stores like Tesco or Asda can sell christmas items in there stores in September, we can have minced pies!
@@katiegnomes I don't know many younger people under 30 who like mince pies. It seems to me, they hate anything with fruit in it. They always go for a rancid chocolate cake at christmas time. eurgh!
Wait! I’m from the UK and I’ve literally been watching you since I was a teenager 😂 I didn’t know you moved to the UK but to see you trying Greggs is an honour 😅
8:55 - They used to do a steak and stilton sausage roll. It didn't have the sausage in it, it was the steak and gravy from the steak bake with some blue cheese but it was heavenly
Their sausage rolls are a very strange thing. You can definitely get much higher quality ones but the Greggs sausage roll just has so much soul and history about it, that it makes it seem even tastier than it is
@@TheHanleyProjectnothing wrong with steak bakes. I prefer a steak bake or chicken bake over a sausage, beans and cheese melt any day. Id rather have proper meat over cheap super processed hotdog meat.
Most of the comments are about how good the sausage, bean and cheese melt is. He should do a part 2 and include that and some of the baked goods like the doughnuts and yum yums!
Also as someone who has been eating Greggs for 30+ years, the pizzas are decent but the Bakes/Pasties and sausage rolls have been perfected for decades it’s what they’re known for. The sandwiches and oval bites came with the baguettes later, then the pizzas and toasties are more recent. All the pasties have different patterns on the top too, so you can learn them and tell them apart 👍
@@g4rrrrrrrrif you’re Northern you will have definitely had more chance of seeing them, they started in Newcastle as a small independent. I’m in Manchester and my earliest memory of them is probably 5 years old, I’d say the pasties were like 65p and the sausage rolls like 29p or something. It was awesome, sausage rolls were the Toddlers staple meal, just kids going round in prams covered in pastry 😂
Greggs is huuuge in the UK, Primark even made a Greggs line of clothing. Nothing beats a Greggs really, the nostalgia alone and the fact that it holds up today. A true comfort food 💘(the vegan sausage roll is also great!)
This video made me sub. I’m absolutely obsessed with the pizzas and I don’t know why because I know they aren’t the best in comparison to restaurant/takeaway pizzas but I have a soft spot for them, and the chicken bakes BOSH
I'm not usually into mukbang videos but I love yours. I'm English so it's fun watching an American/Korean? person trying our food out. I love the Greggs sausage rolls - they are the best! Lemme explain what Greggs is - it's basically a commercialized bakery
You can have a bad Greggs, you can have a really good Greggs, the funny thing is that it's entirely up to you which one you have. If you're in a massive rush, maybe avoid greggs so that you aren't disappointed, but if you've got time to spare, all you have to do is wait around for them to bring hot ones out. Best tip I can give, ask the server if what you're wanting is hot, they will check for you. Another tip, if you're after a sandwich and its not there, ask them to make you one. Unlike the pasties and such that come frozen, the sandwiches are actually made fresh in the back.
It’s hit or miss as they aren’t hot counters and can go cold and more stale if you go around 7-1 it’s always fresh as we always run out of food so it’s always cooking and coming out fresh
Greggs started off in the northeast of England, Newcastle on Tyne. Now they have branches in most towns of any size all over the UK. Most of their products are very tasty. Mostly they use puff pastry which is very buttery but has a gazillion calories
What I love about your channel is you eat and film the videos when your actually hungry so you appreciate the food more and you pick out all the flavours and it makes it easier for us to understand how the food is. Great work buddy, showing support from the UK.
@@hilarydixon9566 would have been better than a sweet mince pie ! Our American cousins dont seem to know about the difference with mince and sweet mince pies
As a South Asian Brit, I gotta admit nothing beats a good cheese and onion pasty in the morning before college, nice and warm and very filling for a good boost of energy to go through the day! Also i agree, the flavour profiles in Britishan food aren't nothing super crazy (beige is a stretch unless we're talking about home "cooks" from here who eat readymade foods from jars and tins and can barely season their food right) but my oh my, a piping hot classic British roast dinner is like a warm hug on a cold winter's day. Britishan food (some of it! I've had a fair share of 'meh' British food in my lifetime) is NOT at all as bad as the memes make it out to be to non British people, in fact you can get many tasty things from here!
As someone who has been born and raised in the U.K. I have had Greg’s growing up and had it every Saturday for lunch I got yum yums and a sausage rolls are my favourite thing and I’m glad to see you like it 👍
I can't believe he didn't get the Chicken Bake. The most delicious bake out of all the ones they serve. Except for maybe the Festive Bake but that's only during Christmas period.
For real, i was shocked.. when he asked us to pick which one was steak and which was cheese and onion i was like, what is this tomfoolery.. WHERE IS ZE CHICKEN PASTY 🔪😡
His reaction to both the sausage roll and steak bake was what I was waiting for aha! Literally the go to items for me whenever I find a Greggs man, they don’t miss aha
i get a variety of this stuff for free every wednesday lol. my mom works there and closes the shop up each wednesday, and whatever is left at closing time gets dumped out the next morning, so the closing staff you can take some home with them. you should try a chargrill chicken cob, a mexican style chicken baguette, and they do a lot of seasonal & festive specials for easter, halloween, and christmas.
Probably worth another visit if you have time. Get a chicken bake, yum yum, cheese and bacon wrap, vegan sausage roll and sausage bean and cheese melt.
Gregg's is great because its always consistent, reliable and really cheap. I can show up to any Gregg's in the country and get a couple sausage rolls and know that I'll enjoy them and there's something comforting about that
Here in the UK Ben, we regard Greggs as a bit of a National Institution. As far as I'm aware, they don't operate anywhere else apart from the UK, and we feel quite emotional about Greggs, as our own. I've also heard loads of people down the years tell me what lovely and friendly staff work at all the Greggs outlets, so it's always a pleasure to pop in to our local Greggs, and the prices are also very reasonable too, which always helps. 🙋♂ Really glad you loved them too!
@@Who-cu9euFair enough. Everyone’s entitled to their own opinion, but not everyone wants to hear it. Especially your miserable input, because it triggered you that people enjoy something you don’t lol
Omg i felt like i was eating that with you! Greggs sausage roll is something else. I went in the other day and they had sold out of sausage rolls!! Gutted, but had the pizza slice, that was amazing too. As a new subby i love your vlogs. Love watching you eat properly not just tiny amounts like some reviewers. 🙂🙂
I've never watched this channel before but I have to say: what a voice! If you aren't doing it already, you should definitely be doing voice-over work. Beautiful voice you have 🎉
i knew the sausage roll would change your life. my favourite is the sausage bean and cheese melt. also the new vegan bbq chicken baguette thing is incredible
As a Scot/Brit.. I have watched many, many video's on "British" food, but.. your reaction to Greggs has been the most wholesome and realistic video I have seen yet.. yes I get other CZcamsr's have reacted, but I just feel that you get the concept better than any of them.. yes,it's a high street chain, but they do decent food at affordable prices.. my go to when I go to Greggs is a sausage roll, a steak bake and a chargrilled chicken oval bite.. I know you didn't review their "sandwiches".. but please try any oval bite..... P.S i just found your video's through this video and you got a new subscriber from that.. looking forward to seeing you in many more video's
Nice to actually see someone from across the pond actually giving Gregg's a go before judging the food, this guy is obviously pleasantly surprised and like I always say, don't knock it untill to try it. Respect fella.😊
Also, on the subject of cheese in the steak bake, they used to do a steak and cheese roll (similar to the sausage roll size/form/price wise but it had steak and i believe stilton cheese inside) and it was probably the best thing greggs made for a while. If you're about in the UK for Christmas, make sure to check out the Festive bake, it's like a chicken bake on crack
I've been enjoying eating the festive bakes over the last couple of weeks. EARLY ACCESS BITCHES haha. But to be honest i can't stand stilton but the stake and stilton roll was on point
I've been going to Greggs my entire 39 years, and I did not know they did toasties. Looks good. I'll be getting one. Glad you liked it. Try the Vegan Sausage Roll and, when it comes for Christmas, the Festive Bake.
I genuinely have no idea who you are and just stumbled across this video in my recommended videos. This is so wholesome and it’s great to see someone outside of the UK discovering Greggs for the first time and absolutely loving it. Subscribed!
Greggs is basically the top tier of classic British foods (obvs minus the pizza and a couplw other items), it's so simple and has mastered the craft of British food
During winter, last year at least, they had Yum Yums in chunks heated up with a hot caramel sauce. Honestly so good even if was very messy. They did the same with cookies, but because it was new, the guy making it wasn’t too sure, messed it up and then just gave it us for free which was very kind of them.
Chicken and Bacon Baguette and a Steak Bake are a killer filler lunch combo (Tuna Crunch Baguette and Sausage, Cheese and Bean Bake are also awesome). On a cold morning definitely worth trying the Sausage and Bacon Baguette with some brown sauce. Why do I end up watching your videos late at night and then going to bed feeling damn hungry?
Its nice that Greggs is still decently priced. Sausage rolls are still sold for about £1 each. I like Greggs, because its one of the few “fast foods” that you can get that is almost entirely British food. Actual proper British food really stopped being popular during and after WW2, so its great most towns have a Greggs or two.
As someone from the UK who has watched you for years and a self confessed Greggs superfan, this was so wholesome to watch...
awwwww.
Its so strange to see him react like he does with something ive eaten my whole life ahhaha.
That's really nice actually.
Man didn't get a chicken bake 😢
he needs the christmas bake in his life@@Daruudes
As an English dude, I'd say Greggs is the perfect place to just pop into if you're walking around town for a quick snack. Not a full meal, just a sausage roll or a pizza slice. Bottle of ribena to wash it down. I usually do this on the way to the cinema to watch a new movie
I agree, even for workers too. Greggs fuels the working industry and actually has reasonable prices. Their coffee and bake deal kept me going on so many rough days at work.
Pretty much most of the other fast eat places cost so much.
Agreed, I popped into greggs for the first time in a year or so as im a student now and the prices have increased so much since the last time i went in.@@alskjlskaj
Yeh right !!!! For a look warm pasty😂
Ribena is ruined
@@alskjlskajsame it saved me a few days going hungry 🙏🏼
When you said “this is what you wanna eat when you’re walking on a crisp autumn afternoon”, I screamed “HE GETS IT”. I didn’t expect this video to make me so happy 🤣🤣🤣
yea, love it when an american truly understands the vibe of a good sausage roll.. it's a rare thing to see for sure, ahah
It's almost like he has watched social media about Greggs.
He’s Korean. The Korean climate is similar to ours in the UK so animal product heavy.
@@MokuTomhe’s Korean not American. Yeah the accent throws people off
@@mustafaaziz6731why does he call himself american then? what are u talkin about man..
i laughed every time he took a aggressive bite haha dude was like a wild dog
The violent bites get me every time 😂😂😂 love this guy
As a Yorkshire lass it’s the only way to enjoy food to be honest 😂😂😂
Even the hard crusty bread, just straight through it ripping it apart like a lion, we hear every swallow with the neck mic. lolz
Psychopaths
Animals
Have his fingers off if he ain’t careful 🤣
The sound of ppl eating in real life makes me hope they choke. It's not so annoying this way 😂
As a Brit, I must admit... we should appreciate greggs a lot, not a bit. So underrated, there’s cheap baked snacks with cheese that’s grated. It fills you up like a whole meal, great for autumn mornings when the wind’s chilled. Truly a national gem, stand up brits, we bake good, not them.
Edit: didn’t mean to rhyme the first part 😂😂
Edit 2: you just read the edited version where it rhymes as requested by a comment 😂!
Edit 3: Appreciative of 1K likes guys!🩵
The mix of hearty savoury snacks with the sweet selection of treats is the perfect balance to a mouthwatering and succulent meal. In fact I’m going to order it right now 😂
@@ghyy66 tell me about it! 😂😂 . I’m defo gonna grab a bite to eat during this week
Gone up in price but definitely worth it! Their chicken bakes im addicted to 🤣 but in my small town theres no greggs 😪 we got cooplands
Over £2 for one pasty is not cheap. They’re taking the piss
@@ghyy66Just had some pepperoni pizza, and still hungry for more :)
I feel the joy of seeing somebody trying Greggs for the first time but the sadness that you'll never know the French bread pizza from back in the day
I remember the original pizza slice, they changed the recipe, it was better before
Omg… you’ve just unlocked a core memory!
Omg I forget they existed lol
I remember when the pizza was a triangle shape
Greggs is literally the most average bakery ever.
Greggs is a National Treasure.
Especially the sausage rolls. They are legendary.
Bayne’s is better
Bakers oven was far better...Unfortunately greggs purchased them then liquidated the brand...now THAT was a National treasure....
The Greggs sausage roll is a staple of British life. It always bangs. Sausage, bean and cheese melt is great too.
I have to say that's the one item from Greggs that I don't like. It's very 'mushy'. That probably isn't helped by the fact I'm not a lover of baked beans.
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The sausage bean and cheese melt is 🔥 in both taste and lava roof of mouth burning glory
People talk about the pastries, but the sandwiches are amazing too. Especially the chicken and bacon club or tandoori chicken.
im a disciple of the sausage bean and cheese, getting that alongside a chicken bake is pretty much non negotiable for me @@jaysmith2858
For those who don't know, Greggs is kind of a quick, on the go bakery. It's nothing fancy but its cheap and it does the trick for a quick on the go snack. It used to be cheaper, but then again so did everything. I remember back in my college days you could go and get a sausage roll, any kind of bake and a pizza slice for about £3.50.
mate i think you could probably get it for under a fiver still so inflation hasn't changed greggs that much
Ye it’s steep now greggs
It's really not all that cheap
Bacon roll and a coffee for 3 quid. Not bad
Used to get 2 delicious cheese pasties for £1. And they did the best cheese savoury whopper.
I'm from Newcastle, The home of Greggs. We had them to ourselves for decades, great to hear the rest of the UK enjoying them. Up hear we call the Sausage Roll a "Geordie Dummy" Shuts the kids right up.
I’m from Durham - not too far from Newcastle. Did it really originate in Newcastle? How did I not no this?
Yeah in Gosforth@@kimberley.m2349
Aye, that's reet! Shuts the brats up for a few minutes. 😆
That's funny what you say. As a kid growing up when we used to go to Sheffield city centre to see the Christmas Lights switched on, the thing that excited me the most every year was getting a sausage roll from Greggs.
I live in Essex we have 3 greggs in our town.i have been loving it since the 90s when they first came here.why have you lot up north been hiding it for so long.greedy buggers.
Greggs is lovely. The way you bite the food is so funny. I can’t believe I sat through a greggs mukbang😂
It’s almost scary how quickly my mood switched from bored and sad to excited and ecstatic-😂
The *BenDeen* effect.
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"This is what you wanna eat when you're walking on a crisp autumn afternoon" genuinely when I heard you say that all I could think was HE GETS IT!!!
I absolutely adore greggs and like there's nothing quite like walking, particularly in the colder months, with a warm sausage roll in hand, eating it as you go. It hits different and like gosh. YOU GET IT MAN!!! YOU GET IT!!!
The internet has kind of braced me to expect a thorough bashing when it comes to British food so this video was a nice surprise, obviously I don't mind if you don't like it but happy you gave it a fair chance. Glad you enjoyed it!
As a Brit you definitely need to try a "Chicken Bake" next time you order Greggs! I'm glad to hear though that you approve of Greggs and understand why for us it's a great quick stop for food!
Scarfing it like a half starved wolf, is absolutely how it's done. Your Greggs game is strong. Well played, Sir!
You just need to wash it down with a mug of Yorkshire Tea, in a Sports Direct mug, and you'll be golden.
The sports direct mug is the most crucial part of that
@@howy5799 either that or one of those easter chocolate mugs
I did get anxious for a sec when he chomped into the middle of the pasty - had many a burned tongue from them!
The sport direct mug is a bit advanced, mans gonna waterboard himself!
Yorkshire tea is the vilest tea anyone could ever drink.
The way you tackled the food was like watching someone that came from a 30 year sentence from a maximum security prison
Finally our boy Ben is back to the algorithms. Give this man some credits for all the works he puts into his videos.
People love greggs here so much because the food is good and really reasonably priced, you can have a filling lunch for not much money at all. I think we're big on the heavy warm baked goods bc its generally kinda cold here. I remember my friend went to the US for the summer and she was surprised that there wasn't anything similar where she stayed - it was all just regular burger and fried chicken fast food.
7:20 can I just say, that’s an *extremely* brave bite! Those things can vary wildly in temperature…and hot cheese is no joke! 😂
Nah, those cheese and onion pasties are never that hot
its the cheesy bean ones u wanna watch out for @@leightonrud66
@@leightonrud66 well idk where u get urs from but my greggs are HOTT
@@leightonrud66bro they are the hottest things alive imo
So are the sausage rolls!
Makes me proud as a Brit to see someone not from our shores enjoying the absolute joy that is Greggs. Greggs is so under valued in the UK, It's so good.
Greggs is not undervalued. Greggs is loved by every single Brit! They are doing great for the society.
@@shazidulislam9286Long live Greggs!
Did u not see primark doing greggs clothing line 😭😭😭
As someone from uk greggs is very overrated for what it is. Its not horrible but shouldn't be hyped up for what it is and serves
@@TheSuhel619 Lies.
Watched a few of your vids and I love to see an American trying the proper English go-to food, so I subbed today. Keep this content coming. You are very watchable - good presentation, not protracted, and straight talking. Good stuff bro, keep it up.
If you're in England and it's cold and/or raining, you're tired and hungry go to Greggs. Nothing better than a steak bake, cheese and onion bake and a tea or coffee. Pure fire bro 🔥 👌🏻 🙌 👏 .
Crazy thing is It's not expensive either. For me it's pure comfort food too man, hits the spot every time.
I don't know much about UK food but I gotta say it looks like they absolutely crush it in all things involving pastry & meat in the same dish. I want to try them all so bad
When we would love to try in n out or chickfila you guys got better food imo
Just like the old days
@@Ali-002chickfila was available in the U.K., but due to so,so food and there right wing anti gay stance, they didn’t do well… Though I hear they are going to try again, we can get much better burgers from some of our independent burger restaurants and GREGGS is just world class on what’s available quickly, taste, quality and prices can’t be beat…
We had a chick fil a in Reading but weird leftoids ruined it because of some connections with Christian republicanism, as if other fast food corpos are all fine lol
The UK has this repuation for horrible food and sure traditional English food isn't generally going to win awards for being high brow in the way that perhaps French food is but we are really good at doing what we would often call comfort food, food that hearty and fills and warms you up be it any kind of pastry/Meat combo in the form of a pie/pasty/roll OR warm puddings with Custard such as Spotted Dick, Jam/Fruit Sponge, Apple Pie or a Fruit Crumble OR Fish and Chips OR Sheperds/Cottage pie (which aren't actual pies)OR A Lancashire hotpot OR Toad In the Hole or an English Roast dinner (Or at breakfast a Full English)
greggs is the uk savior. travelling and didn't get breakfast? greggs. out and want some lunch but don't want to spend too much? greggs. the best part is they're LITERALLY EVERYWHERE. i recently went to leeds and there were about 8 all together just walking from one end of the city centre to the other. same thing in basically every other area of the uk. no matter where you go, greggs will always be there for you in your time of need. all hail greggs.
We have more Greggs than McDonald's 😂
@@x-starlight-x that's not bad at all, at least it's a domestic company rather than an American chain...
and for all of that is tasting super good
Also the yum yums are INSANE! Not surprised they were sold out! Definitely something you need to try
Yum yums were peak
What is the yum yum? In American it’s a sauce that goes on sushi rolls so I have no idea! 😂
@@jfc8254it's like a donut twist with a sugar glaze!
The reason bakeries are so popular here is because they open at like 6am. Its really quick and easy to eat a hot meal for cheap before work or school. Same for lunch break lol.
The Sausage, Bean and Cheese melt is definitely worth a try. It's amazing!
And the Caramel Custard Donut
Absolutely ! That’s my favourite ! I was waiting for it to b mentioned ahhah
100%
The SBC melt is my staple, every time I hit up Greggs I get 2 😂
Iconic
I think because we have so many fast food chains which are American, it's nice seeing how an American sees a British take on the idea.
A tip: keep the food in the bag while you eat it and hold it by the bag. This keeps it warmer, stops you from getting grease on your hands and keeps the food clean.
I love the way you dived in on all of the items, eating food like there is no tomorrow - a genuine reaction that says it all. Nice!
As a long time fan of the channel and someone from the UK, I find it incredibly refreshing to see an American with such an open mind when it comes to trying English food! Usually people just assume it is all beige, flavourless crap but you're here fully appreciating it all for what it is
It's fuckin greggs though 😂
Thing is, American food has LOADS AND LOADS of sugar, additives, fats all sorts, go look at the video on here comparing fast food, fries here have potatoes, salt and the oil its cooked in, over there, it has colourings and all sorts, this is why folk thinks our food tastes bland, they don't know what actual food tastes like without all the sugar and guff. Our food tastes like food.
@rothmans1016 Im not bashing English food, I am British, but all the food is the same colour..beige!
@@sarahjane9285no, it's not. Go to the doctor.
@@TheJpf79 learn to use seasoning scrunt 🤦♂
That hesitation to split the toastie then to bite into it like an absolute animal. 10/10
This man is so lucky to gave this much from Greggs. Its so nice!!!!
What I love about Greggs is how it's great for any occasion and is so affordable. Went with my daughter recently and ordered a Vegan Sausage Roll, English tea, pastry (can't remember which) and a fizzy fruit drink - it was just over a fiver. If you'd bought a similar spread in Costa, it would've been comfortably £10-£12. It was also a really comfortable sit-in Greggs so was a really pleasant and satisfying experience all round.
This was so awesome. As a Brit I loved seeing you enjoy Greggs. The only thing I wish you tried was the Vegan Sausage Roll! It's crazy how good it is. When it dropped it was like national news haha.
He definitely needs to try that vegan sausage roll!
I had a vegan sausage roll when I visited the UK last year and it was fantastic, I actually preferred it to the original one! Bought several ones after the first one 😂
i've only tried the frozen ones, but i wasnt a fan
why vegan? Ben is not vegan and enjoys real meat
@@jollygoodgordon5580 because the vegan sausage roll is good
Once upon a time Greggs was a bakery where you could buy bread and stuff but now it is mainly a fast food outlet that specialises in beige food items - and it is glorious! Everyone loves a Greggs!
Mince pies are a Xmas staple and its illegal to eat them outside of December ;)
No, I think November is ok. Once it gets to mid November I’ll usually have a box of mince pies in the flat lol
Nah can eat minced pies anytime of the year, if shopping stores like Tesco or Asda can sell christmas items in there stores in September, we can have minced pies!
@@katiegnomes I don't know many younger people under 30 who like mince pies. It seems to me, they hate anything with fruit in it. They always go for a rancid chocolate cake at christmas time. eurgh!
Yes I miss their the fresh bread. You have to go to Burtons now for that type of stuff.
Up here in Newcastle where greggs is from we still get all sorts of fresh bread, including the North East exclusive Stottie. @@emmamcconkey3991
Wait! I’m from the UK and I’ve literally been watching you since I was a teenager 😂 I didn’t know you moved to the UK but to see you trying Greggs is an honour 😅
8:55 - They used to do a steak and stilton sausage roll. It didn't have the sausage in it, it was the steak and gravy from the steak bake with some blue cheese but it was heavenly
I’m not even from the UK but I’ve always heard the hype about the sausage roll from Greggs, so I was so happy when Ben loved it lmao
@@dazzaMusicNot a chance
Morrisons over gregs all day
Their sausage rolls are a very strange thing. You can definitely get much higher quality ones but the Greggs sausage roll just has so much soul and history about it, that it makes it seem even tastier than it is
@@Benpepejamin 🧢
@@dazzaMusic Cold Greggs is still better then Morrisons, you’re waffling
I can’t believe they didn’t recommend the sausage bean and cheese melt
PEAK
Right?! The SBCM is my go to. Ben's been mugged off there, he's gotta go back. Greggs Pt 2 😅😅
@@manbearpigserealFRUITELLA IS A BAD MAN SWEET BRO !!!
@@TheHanleyProjectnothing wrong with steak bakes. I prefer a steak bake or chicken bake over a sausage, beans and cheese melt any day. Id rather have proper meat over cheap super processed hotdog meat.
Most of the comments are about how good the sausage, bean and cheese melt is. He should do a part 2 and include that and some of the baked goods like the doughnuts and yum yums!
I’m such a Greggs fanatic. I watched every bite and wanted to truly understand your input on it. I’m glad you loved it man ngl.
Your bites are full off aggression and passion .. love it
Also as someone who has been eating Greggs for 30+ years, the pizzas are decent but the Bakes/Pasties and sausage rolls have been perfected for decades it’s what they’re known for.
The sandwiches and oval bites came with the baguettes later, then the pizzas and toasties are more recent.
All the pasties have different patterns on the top too, so you can learn them and tell them apart 👍
😋
Didn’t notice about the pattern thing
i didnt realise greggs had been open so long, feels we only got it down south in the last 20 years
@@g4rrrrrrrr it’s a child hood memory for this mid 30s Mancunian
@@g4rrrrrrrrif you’re Northern you will have definitely had more chance of seeing them, they started in Newcastle as a small independent. I’m in Manchester and my earliest memory of them is probably 5 years old, I’d say the pasties were like 65p and the sausage rolls like 29p or something. It was awesome, sausage rolls were the Toddlers staple meal, just kids going round in prams covered in pastry 😂
Greggs is huuuge in the UK, Primark even made a Greggs line of clothing. Nothing beats a Greggs really, the nostalgia alone and the fact that it holds up today. A true comfort food 💘(the vegan sausage roll is also great!)
This video made me sub. I’m absolutely obsessed with the pizzas and I don’t know why because I know they aren’t the best in comparison to restaurant/takeaway pizzas but I have a soft spot for them, and the chicken bakes BOSH
I'm not usually into mukbang videos but I love yours. I'm English so it's fun watching an American/Korean? person trying our food out. I love the Greggs sausage rolls - they are the best! Lemme explain what Greggs is - it's basically a commercialized bakery
Nobody has ever made greggs look so good 😂
I’m gonna get it tomorrow in the morning now 🤤
You can have a bad Greggs, you can have a really good Greggs, the funny thing is that it's entirely up to you which one you have. If you're in a massive rush, maybe avoid greggs so that you aren't disappointed, but if you've got time to spare, all you have to do is wait around for them to bring hot ones out.
Best tip I can give, ask the server if what you're wanting is hot, they will check for you.
Another tip, if you're after a sandwich and its not there, ask them to make you one. Unlike the pasties and such that come frozen, the sandwiches are actually made fresh in the back.
It’s hit or miss as they aren’t hot counters and can go cold and more stale if you go around 7-1 it’s always fresh as we always run out of food so it’s always cooking and coming out fresh
Love that you took a proper bite into the food unlike a lot of other people
Like an animal****
@@ThereturnofAndersonno.
@@yeetneet5334 no very accurately, yes*.
@@ThereturnofAnderson I agree with you he eats too fast but he eats cleanly
like an animal**@@UNKNOWN_ASTRO
The donuts at Greggs are incredible 😋💗 Especially the pink Jammie.
As a brit, watching you eat and enjoy Greggs was a delight! I was smiling the whole way through this video!
Greggs started off in the northeast of England, Newcastle on Tyne. Now they have branches in most towns of any size all over the UK. Most of their products are very tasty. Mostly they use puff pastry which is very buttery but has a gazillion calories
You tell them,someone on here is in denial about it.
None in bude thank god😅
They have multiple branches in most towns. I remember in Leeds you could see another Greggs when standing at the door of one! Gotta love a pasty!
Greggs used to be called Thurstons in Leeds, until it was rebranded and taken over. I could buy a cheese & onion pasty for 15p!
Lucozade was also started by the Geordies ❤️
What I love about your channel is you eat and film the videos when your actually hungry so you appreciate the food more and you pick out all the flavours and it makes it easier for us to understand how the food is. Great work buddy, showing support from the UK.
My favorite “fast food”chain in the UK,I haven’t seen Greggs anywhere else in the world, we definitely don’t have it in Italy :))
Tesco definitely not known for their sausage rolls! Greggs are infamous, so is the steak beak so glad you liked them.
As a Geordie it’s great to see someone getting stuck in and really enjoying Greggs 😊
No peach Melba’s though
@@hilarydixon9566 would have been better than a sweet mince pie ! Our American cousins dont seem to know about the difference with mince and sweet mince pies
@@michaelhogarth5462 Agreed. 🤣
Shame they only do Stottie's up here.
@@Oxley016 nowt wrong with stottie cakes kidda
As a South Asian Brit, I gotta admit nothing beats a good cheese and onion pasty in the morning before college, nice and warm and very filling for a good boost of energy to go through the day! Also i agree, the flavour profiles in Britishan food aren't nothing super crazy (beige is a stretch unless we're talking about home "cooks" from here who eat readymade foods from jars and tins and can barely season their food right) but my oh my, a piping hot classic British roast dinner is like a warm hug on a cold winter's day. Britishan food (some of it! I've had a fair share of 'meh' British food in my lifetime) is NOT at all as bad as the memes make it out to be to non British people, in fact you can get many tasty things from here!
Wtf is Britishan?
no such thing as a “south asian brit”
You are not british, and never will be.
@@rowanmelton7643don’t be mean 😢
Just say Brit* bro
What does it matter if you are a 'South Asian British' or any other ?
That was the most full steak bake I’ve seen in a LONG time!! It’s more like a steak flavoured bake!! 😂
As someone who has been born and raised in the U.K. I have had Greg’s growing up and had it every Saturday for lunch I got yum yums and a sausage rolls are my favourite thing and I’m glad to see you like it 👍
I can't believe he didn't get the Chicken Bake. The most delicious bake out of all the ones they serve. Except for maybe the Festive Bake but that's only during Christmas period.
Stake bake is classic.
@@Inquisitor_Vexyeah but chicken is better than the cheese and onion surely
@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek fair shout. Maybe he was worried about becoming too full? I’m still quite partial to a cheese and onion though.
For real, i was shocked.. when he asked us to pick which one was steak and which was cheese and onion i was like, what is this tomfoolery.. WHERE IS ZE CHICKEN PASTY 🔪😡
Festive Bake is where my heart lies. I love that time of year anyway, and they're just the icing on the Christmas cake 😁 and it's nearly here!
His reaction to both the sausage roll and steak bake was what I was waiting for aha! Literally the go to items for me whenever I find a Greggs man, they don’t miss aha
Same lol
What a pleasure to see someone from overseas enjoy quite so much something we here often take for granted 👍
i get a variety of this stuff for free every wednesday lol. my mom works there and closes the shop up each wednesday, and whatever is left at closing time gets dumped out the next morning, so the closing staff you can take some home with them. you should try a chargrill chicken cob, a mexican style chicken baguette, and they do a lot of seasonal & festive specials for easter, halloween, and christmas.
That’s good
Probably worth another visit if you have time. Get a chicken bake, yum yum, cheese and bacon wrap, vegan sausage roll and sausage bean and cheese melt.
You know food
Vegan sausage roll ?
@@bigt9374I was anti as well but my gf bought a couple and honestly as good as the normal one tastes the same
@@PeezcropI went in for normal sausage rolls n they were sold out so got Vegan for partner and kid and they didn't notice or complain lol.
@@Peezcropvegan one tastes different but it still very good .
i love seeing americans try greggs, he's so hyped and genuinely happy about it, just makes me smile
as a brit i love greggs, always have, always will
He’s Korean
@@mustafaaziz6731 he sure sounds American to me bud
I’m living for your reactions😭
Gregg's is great because its always consistent, reliable and really cheap. I can show up to any Gregg's in the country and get a couple sausage rolls and know that I'll enjoy them and there's something comforting about that
“Save just a little bit of everything for your gf to try” then proceeds eating all the pizza leaving the crust 😂
Here in the UK Ben, we regard Greggs as a bit of a National Institution. As far as I'm aware, they don't operate anywhere else apart from the UK, and we feel quite emotional about Greggs, as our own. I've also heard loads of people down the years tell me what lovely and friendly staff work at all the Greggs outlets, so it's always a pleasure to pop in to our local Greggs, and the prices are also very reasonable too, which always helps. 🙋♂ Really glad you loved them too!
As a Brit I’ve only had Greggs once in my life and it’s so shit. Highly unrecommend.
@@Who-cu9euspot on its crap.
@@Who-cu9euFair enough. Everyone’s entitled to their own opinion, but not everyone wants to hear it. Especially your miserable input, because it triggered you that people enjoy something you don’t lol
@@Who-cu9eu Each to his own.
@@gazzy9136you sound more triggered than him tbf
Glad you enjoyed Greggs, love watching your channel
As a person from the UK u are now a classic British person
As someone who used to work at Greggs, you HAVE to try a Sausage, Bean and Cheese melt! It’s sounds weird but it is so good!
It’s mid
I love greggs, But for me its least favourite thing in greggs, after hasbrowns 🥶😀
I used to work at Greggs and I abused the discount so much that I got bored of Greggs 🤣 I’m back on it now though hahah
As an American from CA who eats mexican food on a daily basis this sounds delicious.
It's good to see someone actually eat on a tasting video and not just virtually lick the things 😂 you said "I'm going in" and you didn't disappoint 👍🏻
Haha I was just thinking the same - Found this on my feed and its refreshing to see someone reviewing food actually chow down on their food 🤣
I love that you understand Greggs! It’s so good and I believe it’s the most visited fast food restaurant in the U.K.
Omg i felt like i was eating that with you! Greggs sausage roll is something else. I went in the other day and they had sold out of sausage rolls!! Gutted, but had the pizza slice, that was amazing too. As a new subby i love your vlogs. Love watching you eat properly not just tiny amounts like some reviewers. 🙂🙂
I've never watched this channel before but I have to say: what a voice! If you aren't doing it already, you should definitely be doing voice-over work. Beautiful voice you have 🎉
He sounds the voice book actor, Alex Kidd
i knew the sausage roll would change your life. my favourite is the sausage bean and cheese melt. also the new vegan bbq chicken baguette thing is incredible
tbf the vegan sausage roll bangs. I don't know how they made it 99% the same, but they did.
YES! The sausage, bean and cheese melt is one of the best imo
i like the taste but its just too salty for me @@RealGriff86
As a Scot/Brit.. I have watched many, many video's on "British" food, but.. your reaction to Greggs has been the most wholesome and realistic video I have seen yet.. yes I get other CZcamsr's have reacted, but I just feel that you get the concept better than any of them.. yes,it's a high street chain, but they do decent food at affordable prices.. my go to when I go to Greggs is a sausage roll, a steak bake and a chargrilled chicken oval bite.. I know you didn't review their "sandwiches".. but please try any oval bite..... P.S i just found your video's through this video and you got a new subscriber from that.. looking forward to seeing you in many more video's
you need to try the Gregg's festive bakes that are usually available around christmas time
Nice to actually see someone from across the pond actually giving Gregg's a go before judging the food, this guy is obviously pleasantly surprised and like I always say, don't knock it untill to try it. Respect fella.😊
He’s actually South Korean
@@mustafaaziz6731 with an American accent so it's an easy mistake to make no?
glad you enjoyed it, I love seeing someone not from the UK try things primarily from the UK and liking it. amazing, had to go get some greggs myself
Love your voice/accent ❤
Bro I love the way how he loves it but like he is devouring that..
Greggs is awesome, and I'm loving the way you just tear into everything like it's your first meal in a week!😄
Also, on the subject of cheese in the steak bake, they used to do a steak and cheese roll (similar to the sausage roll size/form/price wise but it had steak and i believe stilton cheese inside) and it was probably the best thing greggs made for a while.
If you're about in the UK for Christmas, make sure to check out the Festive bake, it's like a chicken bake on crack
Thanks for the reminder that festive bakes will be back soon 🎉
Man I used to love those steak and cheese rolls. I swear I couldn't walk past Gregg's without buying one. I'm sad they no longer make it
Steak and cheese 🤤
I've been enjoying eating the festive bakes over the last couple of weeks. EARLY ACCESS BITCHES haha. But to be honest i can't stand stilton but the stake and stilton roll was on point
I had no idea i needed this tonight!
Steak bake is my staple go to, in my opinion is just clears the entire greggs menu like it is amaaazing
I've been going to Greggs my entire 39 years, and I did not know they did toasties. Looks good. I'll be getting one. Glad you liked it. Try the Vegan Sausage Roll and, when it comes for Christmas, the Festive Bake.
You saying Tesco, Greggs and other UK related things makes me feel as though I'm in the twilight Zone, as a Londoner
It's so weird, in a good way. Like we're in a different universe.
@@DreadfulUtopialike some sort of Gregg’s pastyverse
Just found your channel I'm from Glasgow and I'm glad you enjoyed Greggs.I'ts a shame there was no Yum Yums I love those.
Definitely should try a festive bake from there near Christmas, so good (in my opinion)
The mince pie is very much a Xmas thing. They're rich on purpose - a bit like everything at Xmas
Very nice with brandy butter
I genuinely have no idea who you are and just stumbled across this video in my recommended videos. This is so wholesome and it’s great to see someone outside of the UK discovering Greggs for the first time and absolutely loving it. Subscribed!
Greggs is basically the top tier of classic British foods (obvs minus the pizza and a couplw other items), it's so simple and has mastered the craft of British food
Such an unbiased and open review. Related to all his comments
During winter, last year at least, they had Yum Yums in chunks heated up with a hot caramel sauce. Honestly so good even if was very messy.
They did the same with cookies, but because it was new, the guy making it wasn’t too sure, messed it up and then just gave it us for free which was very kind of them.
They still do both! 🙌🏼 dangerous! 🤣 too moreish!
I love watching americans try every-day british food as if its something special, its so cute and wholesome, I'm glad you enjoyed your Greggs :3
Chicken and Bacon Baguette and a Steak Bake are a killer filler lunch combo (Tuna Crunch Baguette and Sausage, Cheese and Bean Bake are also awesome). On a cold morning definitely worth trying the Sausage and Bacon Baguette with some brown sauce. Why do I end up watching your videos late at night and then going to bed feeling damn hungry?
Its nice that Greggs is still decently priced. Sausage rolls are still sold for about £1 each.
I like Greggs, because its one of the few “fast foods” that you can get that is almost entirely British food. Actual proper British food really stopped being popular during and after WW2, so its great most towns have a Greggs or two.