Funny how a Scotsman makes me even prouder to be an American...... Thank you, Shaun.

Mustard or cheese sauce is great with the plain pretzels. And you can ask for less or no salt.

@SubieNinja

Жыл бұрын

gotta be like the grainy deli mustard. the bright yellow stuff is too vinegary for a pretzel

There are a lot of Italians in and around Philly so the pork sandwich is influenced by that cuisine. It's not broccoli, it's rapini, or broccoli rabe. It's actually a variety of mustard greens. It's a little bitter which cuts the fat of the pork nicely but can be an acquired taste.

@sharonsmith583

Жыл бұрын

Love broccoli Rabe, since I moved back to Georgia from NJ I can hardly ever find it.

@fishguy911

Жыл бұрын

@@sharonsmith583 try Whole Foods.

@chrissihr1031

Жыл бұрын

@@sharonsmith583 Even in some parts of PA, the only way we have to get it is to grow it ourselves!

@shallowgal462

Жыл бұрын

Is that different from kohlrabe?

@chrissihr1031

Жыл бұрын

@@shallowgal462 kohlrabi is also a brassica, but it’s more of a bulbous, root-like vegetable. Not the same veg, but the same family of brassicas, if I’m not mistaken.

Tip for your readers. Cheese Whiz(R) brand can be hard to find, expensive/overpriced, and is now made with crap. An alternative is boxed deluxe mac n' cheese and use the gourmet cheese foiled packet sauce (NEVER powder) for your sandwich. The better gourmet brands (not Kraft nor Velveeta) are excellent and might include smoked gouda, sharp chedder, cheddar bacon, or four cheese blends. I found this out one day while checking my cupboard for something to put on a sliced roast beef hoagie. Holy heck that opened my eyes. Annie's, Cracker Barrel, Taste of Inspirations, Specially Selected, and Private Selection all make packets of tasty cheese sauce that are perfect for Phillies.

@gloriaalex11

Жыл бұрын

Facts. It's hard not to dip into the cheese sauce packet while waiting for the noodles to boil. Would totally put that stuff on a hoagie.

@sweetwater156

Жыл бұрын

The private selection smoked Gouda cheese sauce is divine.

Philadelphia is one of the country's first cities and is home to many significant firsts that shaped America's early government. I'm glad u had a great time. I travel there from my home New York to visit friends. Always go to local eateries imo

I can’t believe you ate that soft pretzel dry, without a single drop of Herlocher’s. 😮 Did no one tell you about sweet mustard and soft pretzels?

@miked1639

Жыл бұрын

I didn’t think it was possible to eat it dry

@hoptoi

Жыл бұрын

@@miked1639 I like them dry!

@adoxartist1258

Жыл бұрын

@@hoptoi Me too! The unadulterated flavors of the bread and salt is divine!

@mikeymutual5489

Жыл бұрын

You're all wrong - there's nothing like dipping pretzels into real beer cheese.

@hoptoi

Жыл бұрын

@@mikeymutual5489 well, beer cheese is totally another matter ! 😋 I admit I would give up eating them dry if beer cheese were around, but sweet mustard, no!

A secret for all tourists. When eating a cheesesteak, you must respect the tilt. You hold one hand under one hand over pulled slightly to the side, tilt your head and bite. This way, you don't lose anything off the side. Also Wiz is a South Philadelphia thing. The rest of us, get provolone or American cheese.

@kathrynformica4454

Ай бұрын

thumbs up for provolone...nix on the Wiz, I mean WTH?

Every time Shaun films a vlog series in the USA he puts on two stone from the food.

@neutrino78x

Жыл бұрын

If he doesn't exercise, I guess. Increasing obesity in the G7 is actually a good problem to have; it means most of us are able to make a living without having to do a lot of physical labor. It's rising in all the G7 except Japan. Can't forget to exercise. 🙂

That pork sandwich has broccoli rabe, or as it’s known in Puglia, cime de rapa. I grew up on it, and it’s my very favorite vegetable.

@LindaC616

Жыл бұрын

A local restaurant here sauteed with cream and eggs. It used to be my favorite thing in their restaurant, but then it turned on me

@robertschwartz4810

Жыл бұрын

I learned about broccoli de rapa from Lydia Bastianich's cooking show. She's a great teacher.

@fishguy911

Жыл бұрын

@@robertschwartz4810 it’s not reality broccoli, as it’s in the mustard family. I prefer rapini as the English version, but of course, it will be cime di rapa to me.

Reading terminal market is my happy place…cheers from across the pond!

Locals may not realize it but another special thing about that sandwich is the bread. I live in maine and I can't find [hoagie roll] bread like that. Every time I'm in Philly or NY I mean to pick up bread to bring home and freeze and every time I forget to do it. Don't take that awesome bread for granted!

I was in the Philly area for a week or so and, of course, tried Pat's and Geno's (and was unimpressed). My favorite was Jim's Steaks, a block east and across South St. from Ishkabibles.

So glad you made it to Reading Terminal Market!

I LOVE that you are touring Philly! I grew up in the area, then moved to the Jersey shore, then - eventually - to the Baltimore area. I do hope you'll come to Baltimore and try all the great foods here. But yeah... soft pretzels!!! Addictive. Completely addictive. And... CHEESESTEAK!!!!

Pretzels are found at sporting events throughout the Mid-Atlantic region the US. It's usually paired by Cheese, ranch, mustard, and other dippings. Delicious treat!

@kathrynformica4454

Ай бұрын

grade schools too!

You didn't even mention the Pennsylvania Dutch selling their food in the Reading Marketplace

@tejida815

Жыл бұрын

Maybe he’ll do a separate segment.

@intallpines

Жыл бұрын

How can he possibly mention everything in Philly, esp when he is a tourist?

@CindyBoyle

Жыл бұрын

@@intallpines By making his videos longer. His videos are too short. Most travelers do at least 20 minute videos.

@karalynne7616

Жыл бұрын

Some of us like shorter videos! Not everyone has time for 20+ minutes.. can't please everyone all the time!

@CindyBoyle

Жыл бұрын

@@karalynne7616 Go away Karen. Don't ever come near me again or I will report you for stalking.

Cheez Whiz is various milk products, with a teeny bit of cheese, oil, mustard, and worcestershire sauce. I find the stuff revolting myself, personally a real cheesesteak to me has provolone. The one oddity to me when I lived in the Midwest for 12 years was all the places putting "whiz" on everything.

@Navyuncle

Жыл бұрын

Why do you think they call it " whiz"?

@joycebowen8958

Жыл бұрын

That is odd. I would think having grown up just a few blocks from the Wisconsin state line that cheese whiz would be an insult because there are so many dairy farms across the Midwest. I'm now ( and have been for many years) back in my home state of Texas and we wouldn't dream of using fake cheese! ( I do still reminisce about the Wisconsin apples from the orchard and aged cheddar 😢)

next time you're in Philly you've got to visit the Mutter Museum and the Mummers Museum...only In Philadelphia for sure! Thanks for your posts. It's wonderful to see my city and country from your eyes-what a gift!

@ArchimGregorios

Ай бұрын

My first real job after high school was at the Philadelphia College of Physicians, where the Mütter Museum is housed.

When my sister came to visit Philly from San Antonio she had to buy soft pretzels before she went home, oh and she also ate a philly cheesesteak.

I grew up right outside Philly and lived there for many years and never had a pork sandwich from DeNic's. I've had plenty of cheesesteaks and hoagies, though. In South Jersey and Philly. Reading Terminal Market is great. Was there last year for breakfast while attending a family wedding.

The Reading terminal market is a great place to visit. So many great places to eat in Philly.

I absolutely love soft pretzels. It's hard for me to walk past one. And cinnamon sugar is the best. If you ever try a salt one again find out if they do cheese dipping sauce with it. Really good like that.

Soft pretzels are my addiction! You should try it with mustard .

Glad you got to Ishkabibblies, good cheesesteaks there, if you are looking for one of the best beer bars in the world, check out Monk's CAfe..the beer boiled oysters are awesome, plus one of the best burgers in Philly, and over 400 beers to choose from.

You and your wife should come over to Batesville and check out the Arkansas Scottish Festival held at Lyons College. I plan on being up there this year wearing my kilt as well. If you two show up I will give you a tour. I am glad you had fun visiting.

@peggydeis8415

Жыл бұрын

Yesss!! I go every year ❤

Shaun, in order to answer your query re. Ishkabibble's, I had to leave for a google search. Here's what came up: The song derived from a mock-Yiddish expression, "Ische ga bibble?", which was purported to mean "I should worry?", prompting a curious (and perhaps not coincidental) association with the "What, me worry?" motto of Mad Magazine's mascot, Alfred E. Neuman.

You gotta put mustard on the pretzel. It's French's for me (the bright yellow stuff), though some prefer spicier varieties. But it ain't a Philly pretzel without mustard.

I am absolutely starving after watching this video! I’m gonna have to wait until tomorrow to watch anymore of your adventures lol!

the Philly market is absolutely the best, love from New Jersey!

Independence Hall is the most historic thing in Philly.

Usually it is the little hole-in-the-wall places that all the locals know about. You should visit the well known places too. But maybe just as a comparison to what you have found now. I have always thought cheesesteaks were a bit like grilled cheese sandwich . . . There isn't a really bad one.

I love Reading Terminal Market! I used to live in Levittown, Bucks County, with my then husband and would take the SEPTA train from Tullytown to the Terminal. Bassetts ice cream is soooooo good! My ex-husband's grandfather would go down to Tommy's for the roast pork sandwich after he got through at the horseracing track. Philadelphia is one of my favorite cities. I'm from a small city in eastern NC, so I don't go for huge crowds in the streets, so Philadelphia is just the right amount of big city hustle and bustle for me.

That dry pretzel is making ME thirsty.

Great video, Tecca and Shaun: Wiz has two meanings here in the states. As you stated in your video cheese wiz, the other meaning involves a polite term for having to go number one. I'm going to assume that you are referring to cheese wiz on your sandwiches, enjoy them. -Happy trails

My mom (a Philly girl) passed her love of those big fat soft pretzels down to me. When she was a girl back in the 1930's, she ate her pretzels fresh from the street vendor's cart with a little mustard on top. I'm a soft pretzel purist. Anything sweet (sugar, chocolate, raisins, cinnamon, etc.) baked into or on a pretzel just isn't traditional and seems yucky to me. (- and don't get me started about cinnamon bagels!😝) Just give me a plain pretzel with the kosher salt on top, and I'm happy!

I need to try the haggis sandwich you mentioned. I just got back from my first trip to Scotland and had haggis a couple of times (once on bruschetta...so good!) and was a wee bit shocked at how much I enjoyed it. Lol

My favorite place to get cheese stakes in Philly, when we used to live there is Vincent’s pizza and family restaurant. They are just outside of Northeast Philadelphia in Rockledge. Most people eat soft regular pretzels with mustard. The type of mustard depends on the person. I prefer plane yellow mustard.

They should have included some dipping sauces with the soft pretzels.

Mustard is traditionally put on a Philly pretzel before eating

That bomb looked better. I think it's so funny that you loved cheese whiz! 😅 you're truly becoming one of us!

Shaun, between roughly 5:48 and 5:56, it was very easy to see how low the clouds were this particular day.

That is a pretzel made in Philadelphia, but that is not a Philly pretzel. Come back one day and get a real pretzel and a water (wooder😉) ice.

@Bad_Meach

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I may have been born and raised in NC, but I can tell the difference between a soft pretzel and a Philly pretzel.

I got my tickets to Edinburgh for the beginning of June. Hopefully, it won't rain too much. I'll be touring up north first, visiting Inverness and Aberdeenshire and seeing castles and megalithic sites, then swinging down to Perth and Kinross and Lake Tay, heading to Arran, and south into Galloway. From there I'll go to the Lake District and into England and Wales.

Shaun, my favorite pretzel is something I don't know if it is available anymore! But the best pretzel I ever tried was sold by a guy with a pretzel cart at the Exploratorium -- a science museum here in the SF Bay Area -- when I was a kid. It was hard on the outside, nice and soft and warm on the inside! SO good. I haven't been to the Exploratorium in a while, so I don't know if that guy is still there. But those were good pretzels. Next time you come back to SF, I definitely suggest a visit to the Exploratorium. It's a magical place. They do have an "after hours" program, where alcohol is served and no kids are allowed, and you can go to the different exhibits etc. But it's good in the daytime too. They a KZread channel too! 🙂

One of my favorite places to chow down!

Thank you for allowing us along on another adventure, Shaun! I enjoy your travel style of spontaneity & discovering places & food & sharing your experiences. Your hard work is appreciated!!

@shaunvlog

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much :)

@karalynne7616

Жыл бұрын

@@shaunvlog You're welcome, much deserved credit! It is clear how much time & effort you put into what you do, and I know I am not alone in noticing;)

That, my friend is not a Philly soft pretzel. That is a corporate soft pretzel. You need to buy a real soft pretzel off a guy with a shopping cart full of pretzels either in front of a sporting event or off the street. Yellow mustard preferred.

I love Oink! I always make a stop there when I am in Edinburgh.

Street venders give you a pretzel with mustard on top .. so good! great with a beer

I love a soft pretzel at a baseball game with mustard to dip it in and a beer to wash it down.

Horseradish mustard on a plain pretzel is great!

Welcome to Philly, brother!! Wish we had better weather for ya!! Enjoy :)

Need mustard with that salted soft pretzel

Hope the weather lets up for you! Enjoy!

If you get a chance visit Strawberry Mansion. America’s first porcelain production started there. Many historic paintings and furniture.

You need to try mustard with soft pretzels! Yum!!

@TheLagunagirl101

Жыл бұрын

@Official_Shaun Awesome!! Thanks! 🙂👍

I’ve been to Pennsylvania but not Philadelphia.very busy there. Soft pretzels are nice.

Big soft pretzels are best with yellow mustard, or a cheese sauce. I love your adventures. Thank you for sharing.

If you get a chance to go back to RTM, try the pumple cake at The Flying Monkey. It’s a two layer cake top layer is vanilla cake with apple pie baked in and the bottom layer is chocolate cake with pumpkin pie baked in. So good.

When I get a soft pretzel, I eat it with either mustard or melted cheese. So much better than plain.

You can get a pretzel almost twice that size here in Cleveland's West Side Market.

You didn't get any sweet mustard to go with your pretzel! I think you would have enjoyed it much better if you had. Sweet mustard is made for pretzels. So so good! I don't know how you managed to swallow it dry..lol. Thanks for another great video! Looking forward to what you will bring us next. Hope you and Teka had a wonderful Easter! God bless! He is risen!

Shaun, before you eat that fine American cuisine, your supposed to say,..... Get En Ma Bellay!!! 🤪

Shaun you needed to try the Stuffed pizza pretzels.. omg..so darn delish..lol

Man, now I want a pretzel.

Gotta eat pretzel with yellow mustard (meaning not Dijon)

The two best choices I can think of for a big, soft, salty pretzel are cream cheese or yellow mustard as a dip.

I was there pre COVID crowded beyond belief

I eat them with cheese. And if they're not dried out (sometimes the street ones are), it's something I can always eat, no matter how hungry I am (or not)!

@LindaC616

Жыл бұрын

Also my preferred movie snack (except that the local theater switched to a really disgusting cheese sauce)

Why didn't anyone near you tell you to put mustard on that pretzel?! Wherever you are at the moment, stop and go find some soft pretzels and eat one with mustard. One of the greatest things around!

Definitely stay clear of pats and geno's, I highly recommend Angelo's and Dalesandros.

The best soft pretzels I've ever had were from JoJo's in Shipshewana, Indiana.

I love soft pretzels.Salted.

I've had the pretzels there, pretty good. Preferred the ones at the Oktoberfest in Munich though. Still, they are good. One of the best in the US I've had.

Please don't leave Philly without trying scrapple, if you haven't already!!

Love the market.

@snowflakehunter

Жыл бұрын

It is nice, but it is not the oldest. Poor guy was misinformed.

Philly is also the home of the STROMBOLI!

Shaun eats his way across America, lol

Pulled pork in south is made with BBQ sauce

I bet that would be great with a pint of Harps.

Oh my goodness it is so loud there and so many people.

You need to visit the Union Oyster House in Boston.

PENNSYLVANIA snack capital of USA. A lot of snacks are made in PA.

I am so dying for a cheese steak Sammy. I'm from northern way northern suburbs of Philly and I've been stuck in central VA since last summer argh .

Gino's and Pat's are tourist traps. I blame them both for putting Cheese Whiz on a steak which is an abomination before the eyes of man and God. A mushroom cheese steak with Mozzarella or American cheese, raw onions and hot peppers on the side. All on a warm soft Italian roll. Heaven.

Have you had an E Coast style pastrami sandwich?

Philadelphia soft pretzel....The Real Deal....!!!!

Soft pretzels always require honey mustard dipping sauce.

It's a shame you didn't try Scrapple when you were at The Reading Terminal! there's a restaurant there called the Dutch Eating Place... Famous for their scrapple

@shaunvlog

Жыл бұрын

I did indeed - here it is kzread.info/dash/bejne/lJOmzs-HoaWTnbA.html

The plane soft pretzel is better with mustard on it.

👍🏾

Cheese dip for the plain pretzel.

If you only gain 8 pounds (3.6kg) while visiting the market, consider yourself lucky.

@shaunvlog

Жыл бұрын

Indeed! So many good things and I’ll take a while to burn it off

Love Auntie Anne's soft pretzels with mustard.

It’s the rolls that make the ch steak. Genoa and pats my least favorite. Amirosos rolls are a must Delaware opinion

@christined6321

Жыл бұрын

Amoroso and yes!!! It ain’t a cheesesteak or hoagie if ain’t on an Amoroso roll 😁

Gino's is a tourist trap.

I like to dip soft pretzels in cream cheese.

I love your restaurant reviews..... I'd like to see you sit down with 5 different sandwiches from 5 different restaurants and then start tasting them and then give us your opinion..... Also when are you coming to San Diego?....🙂 They call it "America's finest city"!.... You should pick areas, or convention rooms in each city so you can do "meet and greets" and chat with us for like 90 minutes charges 10 bucks each to sit and chat with you..... Because we are your fans.....🔸️🌷😊👩‍🦰👋👋🚘☺🤗

Haggis makes everything better. I put it in my rabbit pie. A new level of delicious

@CindyBoyle

Жыл бұрын

🤮🤮🤮

You're saying ishkanibbles correctly