We Found Filipino Street Food in London! Mind Blowing Bagoong Chicken Wings & More…

Good morning from a very dingy, rainy London today. The weather has not been on our side this trip, has it? But it's all good, weather check. It looks nice over there. Like. Does it? Very, yeah actually, it's blue skies over there. Very far over there. This right here is like a three out of 10, but maybe we'll go for like an eight out of 10 over there. Maybe we'll see how it goes. Oh, that's optimistic. Is it? I'd say like. I can't see it from here. 6.7. Oh, still dingy. I even look dingy, there you go, it's come back into the right exposure now. We've just woken up. It's our checkout day now, and we're heading now for some breakfast at the hotel here. I'm fairly hungry, looking forward to it. We're driving back to Worthing today, and to be honest with you, we've had like a really nice time here, but I am quite looking forward to going back because we've kind of just finished our apartment and left. Well, not our apartment, but our lounge area's finished now, our lounge and kitchen. There's still some other bits to do. You're probably sick and tired of us talking about the to-do list of this place, but we're just so excited for it to be fully completed. But we kind of like finished it, set the TV up, set the PS5 up, and then left. So, it's been a really nice trip here, but I am looking forward to getting back, which is a good sign, I think. It means that we needed this trip, but also we're happy to be going home. We're gonna head down for some brekkie now. Thinking maybe some eggs on toast, something like that, hopefully. See what they've got. It's at, I think, is it the restaurant we were at before? Yeah, I think so. Is it the same place? What's it called? Bourbon. Is it Bourbon? Oh yeah, bar, bar, is it bar Bowen? Because it's B-O-U-N. Maybe. I'm not sure. But whatever it is, if it's as good as dinner was, we're in for a treat. So, yeah, are you ready? Let's go, shall we go? Yeah, let's go, let's go. Let's go. Oh. Okay, breakfast has arrived. I've gone for the, actually we've both gone for the smashed avocado with some sourdough with loads of like, are they pumpkin seeds on top? I've got scrambled eggs. George has got the same, but with a couple of little poached eggs. They look funny. Yum. They look good. It's a good sourdough taste. Yeah. And I've got an orange juice and some water. George has got a water and a coffee. Okay, we are back from breakfast and we need to clear up this room because for some reason we've spread out so much. I don't know why we do it. We only bought one case. We've already packed way more than we needed. No, we didn't. We bought exactly what we needed, but it felt like a lot for the length of stay that we've had here anyway. So we need to pack up. We need to check out of this hotel. And do you know what? The weather has turned around. Let me flip the camera and show you this. Beautiful blue skies now. So today I do need to find a coffee shop to get another morning coffee. So many coffee shops in London, every corner. So we'll find one of those. We are then going to go and try and find something Christmassy and festive. It's so nice coming to London at Christmas time. The lights are so good. It's cold. People are wrapped up. The atmosphere is so festive and wintry. If you come to London in the summer, it's great, but it's very, very, if you're using the public transport, like the Tube and the London Underground and stuff, it can get very hot, very sweaty. Everyone's running around. Everyone in London is in a hurry at all times. Although here in Shoreditch, people seem a little bit more chilled, a little bit more laid back. So before heading home today, we are going to have a little festive hunt, shall we say. Not like shooting animals, but like, yeah, go and get the turkey. No, we're just going to have a look around, see if we can see some Christmassy stuff, have another wander around, see some lights, and soak up as much of the London Christmas atmosphere as we possibly can before heading back south to our small seaside hometown, which does have its own charm at Christmas too, actually. Okay, the plan is now to walk back to the car and then dump the bag so that we're not carrying things and then head back out again, maybe find a coffee shop, maybe find some Christmassy things. But it's so nice. The weather's completely turned around and it's now beautiful blue skies. It's really sunny, but it's very crisp. It's very cold, but it's really nice weather now. So I'm very pleased the weather's totally turned around. Look at that sun flare behind me. So nice. The thing about London, if you haven't got down south yet, electric car charging on the street, on the street parking. Very cool. If you don't have an electric car, you can just find a place to charge it on the street. Yeah, I think if you live in London, an electric car would be the one because you have to pay a congestion zone charge and a, what's it, ULEV? Ultra Low Emissions Vehicle. Yeah, an emissions charge. So it could cost you £30 a day just to drive in London. If you're in an older car or one that's not electric. We are. We're having to pay one of those. Yeah. We haven't come into the congestion area today. Yeah. But still, it's quite expensive to have a car that's not brand new in London, basically. It's got to be a Euro 6 engine, I think. Lucy, it's freezing. Can you please book that Uber? Wait here. Okay. Okay, it's so cold. Guys, we just had the best brunch at this place called. Don't say brunch. We say lunch because we just ate breakfast. Oh yeah. So we had breakfast at the hotel and then we came straight out for another meal because that is how we roll. But this is the place we went to called Rapsa and it's a Filipino fusion restaurant. So we actually managed to have a Filipino breakfast in London and we ended up filming a whole vlog in there. So that will be coming on the channel very, very soon. It may be online already. I'm not sure on the order, but beautiful day in London again today. So we're going to go and. It's in the corner. Okay, cool. So Lucy's booked an Uber. We are going to go and find some coffee now and then have a little bit of a wander around London. Before. Not too much though because it's so cold. Not too much. Yeah, it is. It is very, very, very cold. Look how pale I've got. Despite the fact the sun's come out. So coffee, little wander around and then we're going to head back home and enjoy our apartment this evening. We might watch a Christmas movie. We might. You sound cold in your voice. I do. I'm wearing my really, really long jacket today. But yeah, tonight's going to be fun. We're going to enjoy the apartment and get back in the warm. We will definitely need our heating on tonight. Can't see anything. But now my second favorite part of the day, coffee. And trying a new coffee shop. Lucy has been on Google Maps and we're all over it. This feels like the old days. Feels like traveling, finding new restaurants, finding the coffee shops, booking a grab. Oh, no way, Uber. So here is the coffee shop. KHP Coffee. What's it called? KHP Social. Looks good. Thanks so much. Thank you. Really, really good coffee here. We are warming up slowly because it is really cold. Hello, us again. So we just finished our coffee and we are now, Lucy has been chatting to someone on Instagram and there's a Filipino food truck in this area, like a pop-up. But today it's in a pub, right? Yes. Lucy was trying to explain it to me. I was like, what do you mean a food truck in a pub? I discovered there was a food truck on Instagram and I followed them ages ago. And I was chatting to them and I was like, oh, we're going to be coming back soon. They were like, let us know when you're coming back and we want to swing by. But at that time, they were a truck. Now they are also a truck, but they are also a pop-up in the pub. Yeah. So I don't know what- I don't think they've driven a truck into a pub. Maybe. Maybe they have. But anyway, the pub is just around the corner here. Not this one, just around the corner. And as we were in the area and Lucy's been chatting with them on Instagram, we thought we would stop in. So like an early dinner before we hit the road and get back home. We'll go and have some cool- I think it's like barbecue, like In-a-sal and oh, all my favorites. That was a truck. I don't know. So we don't know what to expect, but I think they know we're coming. So- We booked a table. Yeah. Oh, right. We booked a table. Today has been a lot of food, but it's what we love. It's what we love. It's London. It's what we love. It's a bit early actually, aren't we? Oh, wow. They have a nice Christmas tree. It's a cool pub. So you guys can have a little look at the menu with me. We have, yeah, it's like a Filipino pop-up restaurant. And today it's within this pub. So this is the menu. Braised pork, tachina. That sounds good. Ginger and soy glazed tofu. They have crispy sweet potato okoy. Spiced boneless chicken In-a-sal. That sounds- And they also do a bag- Am I pronouncing this right? Bag- Bag-a-ong chicken burger. Wow. Thank you so much. That's awesome. Lovely, lovely. It's true. Yeah. So yeah, it's really short. Thank you. This is one of the new dishes. Yeah. It's really good. So yeah, enjoy them and have your favorite dish. Thank you so much. Thank you. Wow. We've got some ginger and bag-a-ong chicken wings here. What a combo. They look good. She said these are the best sellers. It's good. Bit of lime on the side. And then this is also apparently an award-winning vegetarian dish. Nice, aubergine. Aubergine, yeah, with like soy sauce. Ooh, I'm suddenly hungry again. We literally just had brunch. It's been a few hours, but it's not- True, true. We had breakfast- It's been a little while. We had breakfast at the hotel, then we went for a huge brunch, then we got coffee, and now we're having lunch. When's dinner? That's what I'm asking. This is dinner. Give it like 45 minutes until dinner? This is dinner. This is dinner and lunch. Okay, all right. Dinner, dinner, dinner. Brunch and lunch. This is dinner. What am I going to eat tonight? We have pizza in the freezer. Pizza in the freezer? It's stupid. Okay, are you going to try these chicken wings? You love chicken wings. I do. Although, I'm actually eyeing this up first. Okay, you try that first. I'm quite intrigued. I will gladly take these. The fact that it said award-winning has like caught my eye. Yeah, true. Yeah. Okay, the smell coming off this, it smells like a sweet soy sauce. Look at this here. How it just pulls away. It almost looks meaty, even though it's aubergine. It's been really charred and like nice and soft in the middle. Loads of browning and soy sauce. Wow, it looks great. There's some like crispy onions on top. Is that onions? Or maybe garlic, maybe. Oh yeah, maybe garlic chips. That's probably more appropriate. So good. So much flavor. Really? It doesn't even taste like an aubergine anymore. Okay, so I'm going to try the chicken wings. So this is with the shrimp paste. Very, very... What? It's a piece of lime. Oh yeah. They give you some lime, so let's squeeze on a little bit of that lime. Delicious. Very, very famous flavor in the Philippines. Garlic chips on here as well. So I'm expecting a lot of flavor. Oh, it's like a glade. It's sticky. They look like good wings. I'm going to have to eat them. They look meaty. Yeah, a little. Look at that. So crispy. And it looks sticky, so I'm going to have to definitely wash my hands after this, but let's have a little bite. Oh, that sounds nice. So, so good. That is delicious. The shrimp paste just adds... It's not overly fishy or anything. If you've never tried shrimp paste, it's really not overly fishy or anything. It just gives that chicken a very salty, umami flavor. I don't know what this is fried in. I think it's just the chicken skin. Usually in the Philippines, it's just, they just fry the skin. They don't add breadcrumbs or anything like that, or batter. I think this is literally the fried chicken skin with the garlic. It's so, so good. Really, really delicious. I can see why this is a bestseller. Okay, the chicken inasal has arrived. It's not your traditional inasal. I mean, it's like a rice bowl, so it's got some fresh salad on, some rice underneath, and then the chicken on top with a sauce on. I don't recognize the color of this sauce. I'm not sure what it is. We'll try in a sec. And they've got pork tocino, bao buns here as well, and a little takeaway pot. I love bao buns. I love like the, um... Thank you. Thank you so much. I love the freshness of the dough and stuff. It's really good. And the actual meat here looks amazing. It looks so dark. Is it close up? Yes. I'd love for someone to put together a compilation video of all the times we've eaten food. It'd be like a five minute video. That's really good. So I think these cucumbers on top might be pickled. There's a slight spice somewhere in there. Maybe... Is that some chili? Yeah, so there's a little like pickled bits of carrot and chili and things in there. The actual meat is amazing. It's a real barbecue flavor, but there's so much flavor in it. It's quite sweet, but it's got the like crispy edges. The actual bun is really tasty as well. It's really soft. Oh, I love this. You're gonna love that. It's really nice. Right, gonna try the chicken inasal rice bowl, which I've never had. This is... Rice bowls are very, very popular in England right now. So I feel like this could be a winning combination. We love chicken inasal in general. It's kind of got a sauce on it as well, which I wouldn't usually have with chicken inasal. It just usually comes on a skewer or something. But I'm gonna try some of the chicken just on its own. Okay, so I'll be totally honest. This is not chicken inasal as I know it. The chicken's very, very tasty. The sauce is almost... Is it spicy? A little bit spicy. It's more like... Sambal? No, it's more like a curry. Really? Yeah. Coconutty or not? Especially with the rice. Yeah, coconutty. Kind of like a... Like curry, curry type flavor? No, not even that. Just like... I can't put my finger on it. I think it's a coconut milk based sauce. With some spices. That's what it feels like. That's what it tastes like to me. With some spices. Yeah, really good though. What was your name, sorry? Rex. Rex, great to meet you. Thanks so much for the food. We've just been chatting about our favorite kind of... Reminiscing. Food places in the Philippines. And you last went in 2016. 2016. Yeah. It was a food trip, so... Amazing. Three months I went for food. So what's your favorite food to cook? Favorite dishes? Or your speciality? Speciality? I've got a dish on here at the moment called Pancit Palabok, which is like a... Sorry, am I speaking with your mind? No, you're good. Just speak to me. Yeah, you're cool. Sometimes I'm not sure. It's all good, whatever. So I make a dish called Pancit Palabok, which is like a... Kind of like a prawn shellfish sauce with noodles. Yeah, nice. And then loads of different toppings. So we've had that at Mang Inasal, but I'm sure yours is probably a bit better. Yeah, we'll come back for that next time. Amazing, awesome. One final coffee for the road. Managed to try a small little coffee shop where we parked. Really, really nice. An Australian guy in there, so you would expect the coffee to be good, and it is. So we are hitting the road now. We will see you when we're home.