Shadowing Practice: I Review A Restaurant In Someone's House! 10 ⭐⭐⭐! - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Take a look behind me.
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Follow the smoke signals.
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I've come to Brixton.
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Why?
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Maureen's Kitchen is here.
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Now a few months ago I was in Manchester and I went up to Liv's takeaway, I suppose it's more of a takeaway, but loads of you, and I mean loads of you said Gary.
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You want proper Jamaican food, this is the place to come.
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I've got to say, something quite funny just happened there.
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I was walking down and this couple stopped me and they turned around and said, "Are you going?
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Are you going to Moorings?" I said, "Yeah, yeah." I said, "Yeah, yeah, yeah." "What are you having?
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What are you having?" I don't even think they follow the channel.
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And we had this huge conversation.
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No, go for this.
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No, have that.
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Go for this.
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Definitely have the goat curry.
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I'm gonna have it all.
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As always, Let's give it a go.
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Sounds right.
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If you get lost, just look for the smoke.
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- Uh.
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- Hi, this is Marie.
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- How are you doing?
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- I'm fine, thank you sir.
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Thank you.
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All right, I'll lean into it.
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Thank you.
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He's quite busy.
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Oh, after you, mate.
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Thank you.
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No worries.
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This is going to be interesting.
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Thank you.
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How we doing guys?
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I'm really good.
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- Hey.
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One thing, the aroma is absolutely outrageous.
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These old tires, rims of tires with coal in them. Can I have your...
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- Lots of.
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Yeah, how did you know that?
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You choose as well.
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You choose the size and you choose the most popular.
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Jack, chicken, curry goat and pox dog.
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That works for me.
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Yeah.
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- Actually, rice and peas or pinnice?
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- Yeah, rice and peas, yeah.
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What else would you recommend?
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- Well, you've got three sides of your choice.
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- Oh, you choose the sides as well.
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Well, I've told them that.
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- You got McIntyre, McIntyre?
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- I'm sorry.
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Just no mushrooms.
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-Planting?
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-Yeah, that works as well.
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Cold snow or steam cabbage?
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Yeah, cold snow do it.
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What else would you recommend?
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What else would I recommend?
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-Some wings?
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-I recommend, yeah, some wings.
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Barbecue or sweet chilli.
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I love the barbecue.
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Hang on, again, what do you recommend? Which one?
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I recommend...
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Well, they're both.
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Really nice to all of two of each then please.
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One of these, yeah?
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The two of it.
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A portion of it, a portion of it.
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I love it.
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Love it, yeah.
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Um, what else would I recommend?
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Maybe a patty?
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Yeah!
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Chicken patty?
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Chicken patty.
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Chicken patty.
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Yeah.
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Oh, hang on.
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I'll drink.
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Oh, I'll have a can of...
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Cug, sound like...
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Yeah, that'd do it.
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That's a whole lot.
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- So, wrap man about what we're doing.
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27 What's your name?
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It's for Gary.
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- Marion.
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There's a man.
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There's 30, keep that.
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That's fine, I like that, thank you.
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Yeah.
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No. Put it in the old tip jar for me.
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OK, see you soon.
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Okay, great.
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- Oh, nice guy.
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Just come over here for a second.
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- Thank you.
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I pay with cash because cash is king.
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However, you can pay with card as well, so no wish on that.
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Lots of people in the last time I've been to Libs turn around and say, "Oh, is it legal?
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Is it legal?" It's totally legal.
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You've just got to get the right-- permissions from the local authorities.
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And clearly that's what they've done.
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Look at everything over here.
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Can't wait for the jerk chicken.
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Oh, sorry.
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Couple's just walked past with the KFC.
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Big mistake.
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Big, huge, awesome, terrible mistake.
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I've got it all here.
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I can't eat in there.
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It is so, so, so busy.
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So like a proper...
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Boys Cown.
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I haven't got a table.
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I haven't got a table.
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I'm going to take my jacket off.
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I'm going to place it there. but in anticipation.
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I actually bought some utensils with me.
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What do I order?
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I know nothing.
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Dun dun dun. So...
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I have got A couple of wings.
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They're patty, large plaza with three meats and mac and cheese.
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So he's got...
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hey, this is pretty cool.
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He's written it all down for me.
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I've got a jerk chicken, I've got oxtail, I've got curry goat.
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And I've got loads of other bits, slaw, mac and cheese, you name the whole thing.
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Um...
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This is beyond reasonably priced. at 27lb.
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Let's get it open and get in here and take a butcher's. Do not fall off.
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Please.
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Close up.
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Corrie goat, the oxtail, the jerk chicken, lots of rice, plantain, and mac and cheese.
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No. I'll tell you what I haven't got.
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That's got to go a long way.
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There's no ifs or buts or maybes.
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That's got to go.
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a very long way.
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"Turt chicken." The chicken is just falling.
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Thank you.
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- The first time I was in the hospital, I was in the hospital.
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- The President and the President of the United States.
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good work.
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Thank you.
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That is so awesomely good.
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The crust on the outside of the chicken, the chicken skin, the seasoning is absolutely incredible.
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And what it has is got is pimento seeds which gives a real aromatic flavour.
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the outside It's kind of like, it's got caramelization with it which is absolutely incredible.
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and the Jamaican.
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Rub that goes on there.
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- The President and the President of the United States.
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Uh...
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I just want to try.
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mostly the skin.
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Thank you.
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Oh.
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That couple in the beginning walked past KFC.
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Big.
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Big mistake.
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It's got a real stickiness to it as well.
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But I mean, come in again, look.
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This is what I'm talking about.
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Ugh.
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What?
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hot stuff Be like myself.
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Cameraman's live.
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You're on the bell.
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Got a knife and fork.
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Don't.
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Need it.
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This is the curry goat.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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- The first time I was in the hospital, I was in the hospital.
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Thank you.
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- Thank you.
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Oh - Thank you.
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Oh, Hong.
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He's sending me to Stoke.
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put the Woof -a -on.
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No. No, I'm not stopping.
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Tough.
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You get a little bit of wind.
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It's obviously not from me, it's what's coming in the background.
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the goat It's a little bit more earthy than beef. or lamb.
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Look the way it's cooked.
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Yeah, exactly.
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It's on the bone and I think That gives it a little bit more of an intent.
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flavor but the sauce itself Mm -mm.
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- Oh.
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Mm -mm.
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Uh -uh.
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Uh -uh.
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- Yeah, man.
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Look at this.
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Even the cameraman is drooling.
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He's drooling. So.
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- There's one thing about mooring.
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Mooring, mooring, mooring, mooring, mooring, mooring, mooring, mooring, mooring, mooring, mooring, mooring, mooring, mooring, mooring, mooring, mooring, mooring, mooring, mooring, mooring, mooring, mooring, mooring, mo Maureen really knows what she's doing here.
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because This has been bubbling away and bubbling away.
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And as I say, Everything that they're putting in there, that's giving it time to actually ferment and actually bring out The Jamaican feel.
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This is...
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You know where I'm going with this.
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This is just ridiculous.
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Watch out for the little ones.
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- Thank you.
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They can be Have I tried the jerk chicken?
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I just want to try the jerk chicken.
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because I'm not sure I tried it.
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Oh, so good.
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Oxtail .
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Thank you.
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Again, that's on the bone.
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Again, fingers.
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No, so it's very gelatinous.
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I'm hoping is the sauce that's there has actually soaked in all the fat and actually the bear has elevated
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Sorry for sucking my fingers, I am really sorry.
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Thank you.
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Oh, yeah.
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I forgot.
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I promised you.
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I was looking at the chap there and he's got a big smile on his face and I was like, I understand why.
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Sugar Docs, sir, Mike.
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"Is borderline melt in your mouth, the oxtail?" I want to show you this one.
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the source.
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Thank you.
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Just the sauce, just the sauce.
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where they've got the big pots and it's just bubbling away and bubbling away and bubbling away.
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little pieces of the oxtail was actually dropped in into the sauce.
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So you actually can, Every mouthful.
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you're getting a little bit more oxtail and more oxtail.
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What are you laughing about?
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Rice and peas, got some kidney beans.
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Thank you.
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- just rice.
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It just could be beans.
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but it has got that different another level.
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Mac and cheese.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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That's good as well.
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Planting.
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I'm a planting in my mouth.
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Thank you.
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Real, genuine smokiness.
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Real, genuine smokiness with it.
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Tiny little bit of sweetness as well.
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Right.
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Round but not round two.
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a little bit more.
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So you've got the barbecue and fried wings here.
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I am going back.
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to the Kentucky Fried Chicken saga.
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They're huge.
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as she said to the bishop.
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Break it open, you can see.
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I'm going to actually hurry up here.
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I'm going to really hurry up.
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Freud. to perfection.
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The coating is quite simple.
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but you can tell it's homemade.
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I would say held that.
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because the coating is actually quite thick.
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- Squat.
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You can see that.
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You can see Pepper.
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Christophe.
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Two. Because of the sections.
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Don't go anywhere.
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Why don't I pick the one on top?
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I'm trying not to get Too messy.
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A bit Lionel.
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Take a look there.
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Look at that.
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Oh, sticky.
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Sweet.
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I'm glad I didn't have that first.
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It is stuck to me.
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- Yeah, that's a-- Sucked me lips Oh, look at it.
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Chicken's not dry in any shape or form.
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- The first time I was in the hospital, I was in the hospital.
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Oh, I love it.
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Right.
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Chicken patty.
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Cold slow.
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Super quick.
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Look at the colour to that.
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Flaky pastry.
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- Oh!
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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That's happening in the end.
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Look.
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the filling.
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Awesome, tasty chicken.
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It's the flakes that make that.
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Strange enough, the couple in the beginning to make sure you get chicken patty and I say, yeah, yeah.
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I was going to. to dry it.
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Stop it.
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Stop it.
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Calls so.
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You want to fly away?
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There you go.
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That's certainly not industrial.
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- Thank you.
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A bit of music in the background now.
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- Five seconds.
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Let's go.
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Let's go!
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Thank you.
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Got them all dancing now.
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Because it was beautiful. With the way.
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This is absolutely incredible.
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There's nothing here.
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I go back to looking at everyone's face regulars.
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They go back and back and back.
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Big smiles on the face in anticipation of what they're just about to have.
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Everything is brilliant.
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Thank you.
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- Okay.
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Thank you.
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Sorry, I'm not trying to push in or anything.
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I just want to say one word. That was incredible.
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Is that a vlog right there? That is...
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Come to Maureen's kitchen, man.
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I have, man.
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Mo, listen, I tell you, that was absolutely a credit to everybody.
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What are you rating it?
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One through ten?
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What do you reckon?
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What score would you give it?
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You've got to tell me.
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No, you tell me.
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What score did you...
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Well, I can tell you it's definitely a 10.
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OK, so you've already heard that.
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It's definitely a 10.
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But while that was incredible, whether the jerk chicken crazy.
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You'll be a jerk not to order it.
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Take care.
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Bye bye.
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Let's go outside.
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You already know the school.
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But I want to tell you more.
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I really, really enjoyed it.
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I think you could tell all the way through every single aspect of that was brilliant.
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It's family -operative, family -run.
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I'm giving it a 10 out of 10 because you heard me already say that to the chap.
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I wouldn't normally do that.
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I would not normally actually tell them They didn't know I was filming, he didn't know what I was doing.
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You heard him say, "Are you a vlogger?" So, from my point of view, that is exceptional cooking.
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The jerk chicken is just...
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- Price is here.
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The wings.
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two pound per portion.
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So basically works out a pound a wing.
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KFC Take a look.
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The patty chicken, three pounds, beautiful.
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Now the large platter, three meats, three sides, 20 pound.
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Come in and get that.
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Just come here and get that.
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I went with his recommendations, and you know why?
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Because he knows what he's talking about.
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He knows what's popular and he knows what's good.
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Guys, if you're here in Brixton, Or if you're not here in Brixton, do you know what you need to-- oh, hang on, what do I spend in total?
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£27.
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If you're in Brixton, It's five minutes walk from the station.
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It's not even five minutes walk, four minutes walk from the station.
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you definitely give it a try.
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Check the opening now.
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I think it's open Tuesday to Sunday.
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Check that.
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Do check that.
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But that to me is absolutely incredible.
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So it's definitely a 10 out of 10 for me
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and I'm giving it a 10 star and I don't hand them out anymore.
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I'm not there to hand out 10 stars.
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That is the best Jamaican food I've ever had.
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Mooring, you fully understand what you're doing.
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There's no doubt about it.
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But it's not just you, the team you've got around you, is awesome as well because it takes the whole team to make that work.
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Guys, if you'd like to subscribe to the channel, you know I appreciate it and the music started again.
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Sorry.
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Let's get it back into the groove.
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get a bit of Biddub, biddub.
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Reggae reggae going, you know?
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I was going to ask that lady if she wanted to dance, but she looked at me as if so.
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Stay away from me, stay away from me.
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And he was like, "Hey, don't start dancing." Right.
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Until next time, great recommendation.
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Bye -bye.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “I Review A Restaurant In Someone's House! 10 ⭐⭐⭐!”. This video has 396 sentences and 2282 words to shadow. The speech runs for 17:16. The speaker talks at a steady 132 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| moor verb | /mʊə/ | To cast anchor or become fastened. |
| patty noun | /ˈpæti/ | A flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape. |
| oxtail noun | The tail of an ox or cow. | |
| goat noun | /ɡoʊt/ | Any ruminant of the genus Capra. |
| bubble noun | /ˈbʌbəl/ | A spherically contained volume of air or other gas in a liquid, commonly a soapy liquid. |
| curry noun | /ˈkʌ.ɹi/ | One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by a spiced sauce. |
| pound noun | /ˈpaʊ̯nd/ | A unit of weight in various measurement systems. |
| pea noun | /piː/ | Any of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others. |
| drool verb | /dɹuːl/ | To secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food. |
| reggae noun | /ˈɹɛɡeɪ/ | A music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and is heavily associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line and percussive rhythm… |
| smokiness noun | The state or quality of being smoky. | |
| takeaway noun | /ˈteɪkəweɪ/ | A restaurant that sells food to be eaten elsewhere. |
| anticipation noun | /ænˌtɪs.əˈpeɪ.ʃən/ | The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order. |
| fry verb | /fɹaɪ/ | To cook (something) in hot fat. |
| bean noun | /ˈbi(ː)n/ | Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| go back verb | To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time. | |
| turn around verb | To physically rotate (usually around a vertical axis) for a half turn (180 degrees), a whole turn (360 degrees), or an indefinite amount. | |
| bring out verb | To elicit, evoke, or emphasize (a particular quality). | |
| close up verb | /kləʊzˈʌp/ | To close (remove a gap) completely or fully. |
| come over verb | To affect in a sudden, unprecedented or surprising manner; to overwhelm a person's ordinarily contrary impulse. | |
| fall off verb | To become detached or to drop from. | |
| get around verb | To move to the other side of (something, such as an obstruction) by deviating from a direct course or following a curved path. | |
| go back to verb | To stem from; to originate in. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What are you having?" I don't even think they follow the channel.
- What else would you recommend?
- What else would I recommend?
- Hang on, again, what do you recommend?
- Why don't I pick the one on top?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 73 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I've, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: earthy /ˈɝθi/, mouthful /ˈmaʊθfʊl/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: anticipation /ænˌtɪs.əˈpeɪ.ʃən/, recommendation /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/, mushroom /ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/, perfection /pɚˈfɛk.ʃən/, exceptional /ɪkˈsɛpʃənəl/
- Long words — get the stress right: anticipation /ænˌtɪs.əˈpeɪ.ʃən/, recommendation /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/, aromatic /ˌɛɹ.əˈmæt.ɪk/, cameraman /ˈkæm(ə)ɹəˌmæn/, gelatinous /d͡ʒəˈlæt.ɪn.əs/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like moor, patty, oxtail.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.