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Yes, so we are here today in Watford

because we are going to be trying some of the UK's fake fast food restaurants

and we're going to see if they're actually as good as the real ones

that they're low -key trying to claim they are.

The first place we're heading to is called Wing Factory

which shares an awfully similar name and logo to the very famous Wingstop.

Here we are Wings Factory, definitely nothing like Wingstop that's for sure.

Oh my god they've got smash

Oh my God, there's two.

There's two, there's a double one.

Do you reckon they're owned by the same people?

Here we go, Wings Factory.

I've heard about this spot.

Oh, these are flavors here?

It's all flavors, yeah.

It kind of reminds me of Wingstop, the same vibes.

BBQ, get that one.

BBQ, yeah, could we get the BBQ?

Oh, we're joking.

Yep.

That's not all, we're going to also add on to that.

I got you, just the wings.

No, I want more wings, because I want to order Buffalo.

That one good as well.

Yeah, it's the same owner.

Same owner?

Oh, you gotta respect it, gotta respect it.

It reminds me of Wingstop here.

Yeah, I like it.

And that one like

Shake Shack, you know?

Yeah, that's wild though.

I'm gonna grab a burger as well.

I knew it, I knew it, as soon as I came up and I was there like, they're definitely owned by the same people.

Yeah, that's called Business 101.

He stood there like this.

Yeah, he's like, yeah.

Welcome guys to copyright infringement.

So this Wings factory actually has a pretty good set of views.

175 ratings and it's a 4 .3.

That is pretty good, you know there's a two star rating it's the latest one

and it says rip off order delivery they charge 3 .99 for fries

it's an extremely measly portion that's quite

that's it's quite expensive right let's just first off start with the obvious logo yeah

that's crazy let me bring over the wings this is insane it's slightly different

but you know that it's the wings there with the central emblem

and then the the name across yeah they know what they're doing oh what's up what did you get

so that's just a lemon one that's gonna be yours yo hello mama hello

that's a bbq bro oh the bbq they're nicely with the sauces to me don't have a fork

oh this is already there smells it in me how'd

it come off the bone very easy mate by the way look how hot

it is can you see the sticking you're literally on fire

you don't even breathe in fire

this is good yeah is it good very saucy too much maybe a bit too much for me

i think what's the crunch thing you actually don't usually have the control in it

because your sauce is taking away i need crunch

that actually looks like a bit of broccoli actually

i'm gonna get in there make it about myself right come on guys right three two one oh flavor danger

it's really nice though isn't it would you say that's cooked

now let's try this thing here i'm not gonna lie

i'm very happy with the flavors the flavors are there yeah flavors are definitely

there brother yeah these are not no plain wings summit feels like it's missing

and i don't know what it is i feel like i'm missing something

and i can't figure it out what is it i don't know man it's like it's there

but it's not there schrodinger's wings

when i'm eating it i'm like this has got all the makings of a great wing

but there is something that's missing i just don't know what it is

or maybe i'm just trying to make up something in my head to say is missing just

because i'm really against the world at the moment for the way the world's treated me

so i don't want this wing shock to actually succeed maybe i've made a whole scenario in my head

and i just i'm out to get them

Because I think the world's out to get me and nothing will ever be a perfect 10 of 10

So in my head I've created that there is a problem with the wing, but the wing is perfect itself

There is nothing wrong with the wing

But that's for another time

Right, well now onto this one, we gotta try this one together

Oh, but this one looks so like, this one looks messy

Yeah, I don't think I'm gonna enjoy this

Well, first of all, onions are not a safe food for me

Can I just say, by the way, why are these ones like so fat?

I like them small, smaller

Yeah, you get in there, make it all about yourself, mate.

No, seriously, eat them.

Sticky, sweet.

Ha, you've been in my bedroom, haven't you?

Holy shit, bro.

Those fucking teeth went nuts.

You could have eaten that for offense, bro.

You'd have been sweet.

We actually have the biggest nationality.

Yeah.

I watch myself in some Simon Vids sometimes and think, you are i am a goofy all right is this better than wing stop

i don't i don't want to be a hit

it's just not no for me i am gonna say no yeah this is not probably yeah

and i like my wings

but what i will say is by the way that's not saying

this is bad i don't think wing stop is that great either to be honest not my This isn't bad, but it's okay.

I'd still probably auto -wing stop over this, I think.

Yeah, me too.

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The service was lovely.

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The food was good, but nothing to write home about.

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Me and Chip, we're gonna polish this off, and then I'm gonna go and find the next one.

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Let's head into Chick -fil -A.

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Definitely not Chick -fil -A.

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It's safe to say that the name and even the logo seemed very, very familiar.

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Yeah, could I get the spicy chicken sandwich, please?

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Just one?

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Yeah, just one.

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Can I make that a meal?

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So is this like the UK's version of Chick -fil -A?

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Kind of So this place doesn't have great reviews, but it's actually like really clean and really like nice.

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Don't you think?

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Yeah, it's really clean.

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I'm not gonna lie the screens are like 32 inch

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120 Hertz like you're getting good quality screens in here

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I think that's always a way you could sell their logo is just

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so big and it was really awesome when I mentioned about Chick -fil -A, she did not want to answer that question.

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She was there like, nah, legal, they're gonna kill me.

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I did ask as well for a spicy chicken sandwich because that's what you're supposed to get in the US,

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or at least when I went there, that's what I got there.

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And they don't have that on the screens.

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So I thought she was gonna say no. But then when I asked for it, she said, yeah, we do it.

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So I don't know what I'm about to receive.

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Cheers.

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All right.

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You know what?

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This might be a bit controversial, but I think

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Chip -fil -a in the US is a bit overrated.

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So we'll see how we go here.

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They're also stood right behind you, so they're gonna hear every bit of this review.

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All right, first of all, let's check the sandwich.

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You know what this reminds me of a little bit?

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Virginia's in Manchester.

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When I went up there with Chip, he said it was his best chicken burger ever, and it was really good, so.

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Inspect the chicken.

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Let me tell you, this tastes nothing like

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Chick -fil -A, but what it does taste like, and it tastes exactly the same as a KFC Zinger burger,

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which might be my favorite fast food burger.

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Or it's up there anyways, it's top five for sure.

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I'm actually impressed.

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Like I said, I wasn't that impressed with Chick -fil -A when I went there to the U .S.

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Loads of people always say, you gotta try it, you gotta try it, and I tried it, and I thought it was decent,

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but compared to what they got in the U .S., it doesn't come close.

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honestly mate this is actually really impressive especially

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when you take a look at the reviews of this place

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so it's got 3 .6 on google which isn't great

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and there are a heap of bad reviews this person complained

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that it was way too spicy literally gave it a one star

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because they said they couldn't hack the spice somebody asked for no mayo

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and they got a burger with mayo but it had just been scraped off

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and you could see all the mayo on the top i'm sorry

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but that's brilliant let's talk about the fries the fries are good crispy they're not like there's a little taste

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that they have and I can't really explain them they're not great

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but they aren't crispy

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so you'd eat them you're not like buzzing about them honestly

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this place is actually pretty decent I'm impressed yeah okay nothing like chick -fil -a

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if you just wanted a chicken burger and some chips this place

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This is actually pretty decent, so fair enough.

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All right, so that is chick filler done.

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So is this better than the original

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Chick -fil -A?

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Is this the same or is this worse?

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If I'm honest with you, if you're going there in the hope for a Chick -fil -A,

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it's gonna be worse because you're just not gonna get what you think you're gonna get.

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But in terms of just getting a good crispy chicken burger with some chips,

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it's actually probably the same quality it's much closer to a kfc than it is a chick -fil -a

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so i'll leave you with that anyways let's try a new spot all right

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so you know nando's yeah what about nan rose peri peri nan rose right come on let's see what we can get

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can i just get a chicken wrap please yeah with chips

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please spicy yeah oh could i get a medium please yeah yeah too medium would be good thank you

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i'm not gonna lie she was absolutely lovely by the way she was very nice she gave me a 10 discount

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nan rose one nando's nil yeah i'm not gonna lie

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i think of all the fake spots

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this is the my favorite name of a fake one

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they must have been scrambling for ages like how can how how can we be Nando's without being Nando's.

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Nanrose.

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I wonder if Nanrose has a website.

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This website?

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Okay.

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I reckon they could probably make a better one for pretty cheap.

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and that's where odoo come in these guys make running your business

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so much simpler and most importantly a lot more affordable

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so you're probably wondering right well what the hell does odoo do

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and why are you talking to me about it they offer an all -in -one restaurant point of sale

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it comes with mobile orders table reservations online orders employee planning

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and that's just if you're talking about the point of sale for restaurants

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if you're looking to open up any other type of business

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then they've got you covered here with a point of sale for any type of business

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that you're trying to launch some of the great things

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that they have going on here are loyalty programs for customers multiple cashiers

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and it works across every single device

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which makes your life a lot easier your very first app is gonna be completely free

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and that's free hosting and support

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so this is really a plea to all of the places

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that I'm visiting today please get on Odoo

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and to all of you get on Odoo if you're an aspiring entrepreneur

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or maybe you have a business

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and you just want to level it up make sure

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you check them out i'll leave a link down below enjoy it thank you all right

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so this comes in like a little christmas wrapper

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which means you can take it away

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or you can leave it here let's see how their wrap compares to a nando's wrap

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now i asked for a medium spice

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which is what i get at nando's as well so before you start jumping on me just relax relax

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they're not shy with the lettuce

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this is a lettuce wrap at the moment chicken's a little

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bit dry the actual wrap itself is nice they've essentially just packed an entire tree into my wrap here

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it's um it's okay like i don't know the proportions of the wrap

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i'd have maybe i like to have the option of do

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you know do you want some halloumi in there do you want some cheddar cheese these are the things

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that i get offered when you go to nando's this is kind of like the chicken wrap

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that you would get when you're absolutely hammered on your way back from a night out

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and you're like oh man just craving a chicken wrap

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you just come here i have to admit they also said

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they do the the heat system as well same as nando's

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i asked for a medium i'll be honest with you she did warn me

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that it was going to be spicy i haven't felt any spice in this

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so i don't know whether she's looked at me

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and said no we're not giving him medium

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and just gave me a plain thing

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but i'm telling you this is it's almost lacking any sort of spice all right g film what's the verdict

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i got a lot less a lot less lettuce than you really okay

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so maybe i just got a little unlucky with mine yeah

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and i got you a medium and it's fine yeah i actually like it yeah let me not lie

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those chips are actually class in fact i'm willing to say

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that these chips are better than the nando's chips let's head outside and do this review

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yeah so we're just trying uh loads of different places around here

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so i have a youtube channel

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and we're going around trying lots of different places in east london today thank you very much for the food

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it was nice it's called cal freezy oh thank you cheers thank you so we do like

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now we already did that video and

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if people go to your place what would you say is

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the best thing to get on the menu chicken chicken like nando's like like nando's

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we are doing almost similar oh similar yeah yeah yeah

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and now work here okay wow thank you very much man appreciate it all right he got

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so worried when he saw that we did videos on worse rated food he went

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where am i ranking this is it worse as good

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or better than the original nando's look

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i'll be honest with you as a Nando's fan

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it was never gonna quite be as good as it it is worse

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but it's not awful so that's not too bad not quite KFC

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but how about PFC perfect fried chicken right let's see

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if it's actually perfect I don't think I need to spell this out for you guys

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but it's pretty clear to see the resemblance between PFC

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and KFC could I get a number 14 a chicken tower burger please chicken tower burger please what's

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that yes you got any cash chief oh no

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we don't need cash all right cool noise these cash only spots

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i'm just not sure about yeah

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they were also really not enjoying the filming as well

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he was super shifty in there the thing is with pfc though there are loads of them in london

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it's become like just a thing

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so there's actually another one not too far away we're going to go ahead to

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that one instead yeah i don't know

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if they're all owned by the same person or they all just think

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that pfc is the perfect imitation of kfc anyway let's try another spot all right

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so this next spot is called royal pfc

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so hey look surely we're only leveling up by going to the royal version of perfect fried chicken let's hope

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that they accept card looks better inside it must be said can i get a number eight please a tower

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All right, it's time to try.

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some perfect fried chicken now i've gone for the tower burger you do get this in kfc

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so i'll be interested to see how this stacks up to

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kfc's tower burger how are you man nice to meet

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you bro do you guys come here a lot uh not really not really this isn't the spot

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it's not a great start there was an instant no when i said is it as good as kfc we'll see

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all right this is it oh my god the chips are

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so hot all right we got the hash brown the hash brown looks fresh

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i'm not gonna lie the whole thing is boiling i'm gonna let it cool down for a second actually

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but i love the fact that it's hot and it's boiling i'm feeling optimistic comes with of these baby, baby chicken worms.

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These are tiny.

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Nothing to write home about these.

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The problem is the batter or the fried pot doesn't really have much flavor in it.

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Whereas when you go to KFC, it's got like a taste and you can taste it, it's KFC chicken, do you know what I mean?

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All right, let's try it.

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The hash brown, eight out of 10.

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Really good hash brown.

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The bun tastes a bit like bleach, or like some sort of washing.

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Yeah, I'm not sure about this.

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It's weird, for in a chicken place, the best thing is the hash brown.

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The chicken is not for me at all.

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How do you know what bleach tastes like?

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No, but it's like the smell.

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And you just know, like, the same way that if I look at that tile, I know what licking that tile would taste like.

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chips are okay what i will say is kfc chips aren't that good

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so it doesn't take much to be better than kfc chips

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that's the one thing

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i'd like kfc to change about anything on their menu sort

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the chips out all right well definitely not as good as kfc

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i don't think there's any point in in entertaining

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that idea little let down it wasn't perfect i wouldn't recommend

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it sorry it's it's not worth your time let's keep it moving

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All right, look, five bros.

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I'm excited for this, man.

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The bros are here.

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It was time to head into Five Bros, which, let's be honest, seems very, very close to the very popular Five Guys.

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Right, it's just got to be a burger.

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An English burger?

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What's an English burger?

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I'm just going to get the big bro.

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All right, cool.

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Keep it simple.

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What are you going to go for?

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I'll go for the big daddy.

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Now, do you reckon this place is going to be better than Five Guys?

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Early, early size.

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I think my personal favorite burger spot.

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So it's gonna be hard to beat.

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Really?

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Is that actually your go -to?

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I think so, yeah.

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If I had to pick one to go to, it'll be there.

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Oh, actually, sorry, I didn't realize, can I have one of the brioche ones?

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Can I get the spicy smash?

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I kind of wish I'd gone for something, mate.

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You can get, like, yeah.

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Nah, I'm not getting that, man.

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That's a day -roader.

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I'm not doing that, I'm not doing that.

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That is a day -roader.

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The bullet, which is a Scotch bonnet, which I'm pretty sure is one of the hottest.

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That is, yeah, yeah.

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Well, we've done, um, Naga Chilli's hot enough.

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The menu here is better than the five guys menu like this

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It's the amount of flavors.

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I'm really getting behind here mango habanero.

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It's a roguelite selection

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All right, we'll do all right.

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We're gonna get a lot of taste inside the restaurant there.

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Oh, yeah I mean if it's come fresh

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It looks a bit greasy

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It's a bit greasy.

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It's a bit greasy.

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It's a bit greasy.

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Actually, it looks good.

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It does look good.

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It does look good.

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Quick while he's not here.

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Mate, it's actually really nice.

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Really?

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That's really good.

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The sauce is amazing.

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Oh, that's really good.

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That's really good.

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Yeah, it's a bit greasy.

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Let me go.

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Is this the triple, yeah?

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Yeah.

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That free patty you gave me on that one.

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Pickles, though.

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Oh, crunchy.

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See, I love pickles.

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If you don't like pickles, you might not like it.

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The bun is amazing, though.

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Pretty good, you know.

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That sauce back.

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It's pretty good.

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I'm normally not a fan of lettuce in a burger, but this has got the right amount in this one.

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A little bit crunchy.

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Yep, yep, yep.

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I'm gonna finish this by the time you get your food.

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I'm nailing this burger.

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All right, between a Five Guys burger and this one, what are you going by?

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The grease is what's doing this in.

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Yeah, too much grease.

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Yeah, too much grease.

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But how much did it cost me?

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£5 .50.

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Mate, it's not bad.

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Let me see, what is a Five Guys burger?

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It's like 12 quid.

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So for just a regular cheeseburger, you're paying 13 quits.

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How many parties are you getting in that?

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What's the?

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Two.

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So you're okay, that's all right.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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But for literally half the price, you're getting a five, bro.

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I really enjoyed it.

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I really enjoyed that.

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I can imagine a nice bit of chocolate but it could go down low with that as well, you know?

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Yeah.

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I doubt it, I doubt it, but now I can see the vision.

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I can see the vision.

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Oh, yeah.

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We're getting treated here.

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I'm lost, boy.

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Oh, okay, don't worry, man, thank you.

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Wait till it's crispy.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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oh wait this is actually a bit yeah a little bit the sauce is nice

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it's crispy on the outside yeah

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and you know what tastes better it's free three wings three wings definitely not

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because there's a camera here what are you giving the wings out of ten

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i'm giving them a seven yeah six and a half maybe six

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and a half yeah but they're saying that i'm going back for thirds

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so it must be pretty good

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i might ask for a chocolate milk could i get a chocolate milk as well i've got a question has

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Has anyone had the bullet one?

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And how did it go down?

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Not well.

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It's actually well -kneed off those wings because they're like, they still split up a bunch of them.

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It's definitely got a bit of spice.

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All right, so the burger that's supposed to be better than the Big Mac, right?

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I'm going to take a couple bites and then you, then you get your go.

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From the look of it, I'm happy with my choice, I think.

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I don't know.

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Your burger.

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Yeah, it's a bit, I mean, the meat looks good.

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All right, he's committed.

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Try that.

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All right, okay.

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I think the bun's not as good, but I think I prefer, well, the sauce is fucking class.

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Mm.

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Yeah, the bun could be crispier.

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Yeah, the bun's a bit soggy in the hands.

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I know what you mean, I know what you mean.

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What are you giving that out of 10?

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A burger.

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What did I give mine?

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You just said you think you would actually prefer that burger to a Five Guys one.

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Yeah, genuinely, if I'm getting a filthy burger, it's like it was an eight out of 10 filthy burger.

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I'd give maybe like a 6 .5.

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A seven, maybe.

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But I'm so gassed with my choice.

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I banged it.

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Yeah, if you do end up going to five bros, then get the brioche one.

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Yeah.

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Is this better than a Big Mac?

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I'm not a Big Mac connoisseur.

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I don't really have it, so you tell me.

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I think a Big Mac is always going to be impossible to be.

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It's been perfected over the time, but it's a good effort at it.

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Would I rather go to five bros or five guys?

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You know what?

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Gee, I'm not even joking.

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Maybe it was a bit busy in there, so it was a bit slow to cook them,

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but the friendly guy behind the counter, what a lad.

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One man army in there, five guys could never pick up five bros.

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I'm choosing five bros every day of the week.

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And there it is.

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The order for Smash Shack has finally arrived.

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Let's see how this compares to its bigger brother, Shake Shack.

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I don't think we've actually said what this is trying to emulate.

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In the UK and the US, there's a place called Shake Shack.

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Yes.

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It's big, but Shake Shack is massive.

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You know, let me let me get up

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Shake Shack logo for you.

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No, that's probably the best example

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So it's very close right now.

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I'm gonna go over there.

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Excuse me.

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Do you not think that this is copyright infringement?

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Do you know what I got in mind that they definitely don't do in Shake Shack.

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Yeah Flaming hot Cheetos.

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Let's have a look at these.

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Oh Hold up a second.

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You know what the bun looks soggy.

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No, but that's no this was really good to me

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That's good, you know.

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Is it good?

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This is good.

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That's Big Mac sauce, the actual

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Big Mac sauce.

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Just straight up

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Big Mac sauce.

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Is that Flamin' Hot Cheetos or not?

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Oh, my days.

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That is such a little piggy thing to get on a burger.

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I'm severely impressed, but I will say one thing.

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It's feeling a bit sickly.

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I don't know if that's just because of what I've ordered, but it's a bit sickly for me.

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Let me try it, let me try it.

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But I don't usually get burgers, so maybe that's just me.

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Mmm.

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it's all right you know i don't hate

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it there's too much going on for me too many different flavors hitting me at once

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it doesn't come near shake shack no

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that's a good blend of what i'm looking for i think i'm enjoying shake shack is good but

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because it's a chain you know

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they don't always care about the quality for the consumer

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sometimes it's about profits where smash shack over here is owned by one man

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and this is a great man a man with creative vision so creative that

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He's just going to fucking go nits wings off at Shake Shack.

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As burgers goes, I honestly, I'm going to give that like an 8.

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8 .5.

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And you know I'm not a burger guy, really.

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I don't get burgers.

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I'll be honest with you.

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Look, come here.

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See you again.

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Look, you've just been holding on to it.

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This is completely fuck shit.

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It tastes good in my mouth, though.

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Yeah, and at the end of the day, that's a little bit mad.

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I don't want a big puffy bun like you see on the Big Mac adverts.

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It's a lie.

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It's false.

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It's false prophets, bro.

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They're not real.

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No, but that's soggy.

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For me, this is worse than Shake Shack.

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I'm going to have to say that I think this is better than Shake Shack.

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It's a draw.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “I Tested Fake Fast Food Restaurants..”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: burger, wing, chicken. This video has 501 sentences and 4667 words to shadow. The speech runs for 24:24. The speaker talks fast, about 191 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
burger noun	/ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/	A hamburger.
shake verb	/ˈʃeɪk/	To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
chip noun	/t͡ʃɪp/	A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
chick noun	/t͡ʃɪk/	A young bird.
wrap verb	/ɹæp/	To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
flavor noun	/ˈfleɪvə/	The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.
fry verb	/fɹaɪ/	To cook (something) in hot fat.
spicy adjective	/ˈspaɪsi/	Of, pertaining to, or containing spice.
logo noun	/ˈloʊ.ɡoʊ/	A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization.
spouse noun	/spaʊ̯s/	A person in a marriage or marital relationship.
hash noun	/ˈhæʃ/	Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together.
menu noun	/ˈmɛn.juː/	The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare.
smash verb	/smæʃ/	To break (something brittle) violently.
impress verb	/ɪmˈpɹɛs/	To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
lettuce noun	/ˈlɛt.ɪs/	An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green or purple leaves.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
go down verb	To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
bring over verb	To cause to change allegiance or point of view.
come off verb	To become detached.
come up verb	To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
end up verb	To bring to a conclusion.
get behind verb	To come to believe or support something.
get up verb	To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
go around verb	To move or spread from person to person.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

Do you reckon they're owned by the same people?
Ha, you've been in my bedroom, haven't you?
Can I make that a meal?
How do you know what bleach tastes like?
What are you going to go for?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	I've heard · i've made · I've created
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is called · been scraped · must be said
Comparatives -er than / more … than — comparing two things	better than · less lettuce than · worse than
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group	the latest · the biggest · his best

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 214 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: filthy /ˈfɪlθi/, breathe /bɹiːð/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shake /ˈʃeɪk/, hash /ˈhæʃ/, smash /smæʃ/, shock /ʃɔk/, wash /wɑʃ/
Long words — get the stress right: essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, controversial /ˌkɑn.tɹəˈvɝ.ʃəl/, affordable /əˈfɔɹ.də.bəl/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like burger, shake, chip.

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.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?