We heard in Philly they have a Buc-ee's rival. Wawa.
Wawa we wa
Wawa.
It's impressive.
It was? It could have been called Wowow.
Well yeah.
But it wasn't. It was called Wawa.
Not quite as big as Buc-ee's.
Nope.
But similar vibes from the outset.
Already this is so much more than any like gas station or,
Convenience store than we have in the UK.
We went to order the sandwiches.
Overwhelming experience.
Oh wow that's a lot of sauces.
What the heck.
Let's just get the meatball.
Let's go back.
Immediately regret that decision.
We are not customizing.
You know you get like a lot of customization options when you go to Subway.
Yeah.
In Wawa they had like infinite choice.
It was insane.
And then everything you added or took away would open up an option,
For something else you could add on and a different side,
And then that had its own add-ons that you could add to that.
This is like when you're doing your taxes on the online form,
And it's just like when will it end.
Unlock the power of choice.
Sometimes there is such thing as too much choice right? In life.
I feel like there should be a I'm feeling lucky option.
Oh they should. That would be good.
Excuse me. How do we finish the order?
Wow we are stupid.
Sorry.
You can tell no one's ever asked that before.
So it's all done right?
Yeah.
So this.
We cancel it? Oh.
It's weird.
It brings you to a menu where you can either cancel it or like.
Okay okay okay.
Thank you very much.
Fantastic.
I felt like a baby crying wawa.
Then we got to walking around the store a little bit. Oh my gosh.
Again so much food.
You see this?
This is an abomination.
What's going on over here?
Cheese croissant. That's not a croissant.
Behold the atrocity of man.
Oh look over here. Look.
Stuffed pretzel.
Pretzel stuffed with jalapeno cheese, sweet cream cheese.
I mean I haven't heard of like hardly any of these brands right?
Oh really yeah.
It's not like Buc-ee's where everything was Buc-ee's.
That's true.
But this is just like all of the stuff that they give you on the plane.
Have you noticed that?
What do you mean the stuff they give you on the plane?
On planes they always give you a pack of crisps that you've never seen the brand before.
Wow they made that quick.
What do we do?
Where do we go?
Chicago baked cheddar popcorn.
Oh my gosh it's like cracking the enigma code working out how to use this store.
It felt like a place dedicated to long road trips.
Like this is in a country where a two-hour road trip is not even a thing.
That's not even a road trip. That's just a commute.
In the UK if you drive for two hours in most directions you'll end up in the sea.
Yeah it's true. It's possible.
Shall we have a bite of the warm cookie first.
Look at that. The warm cookie looks legit.
Is it warm?
Oh it is warm.
The chocolate inside is melted.
Look at this.
Alright.
Oh baby. Yes.
Wawa.
Wawa we wa.
Off to a very good start.
In the UK if you on a road trip could just get a warm cookie like that.
You'd be a happy man.
We'd go crazy for it. We'd be crying like babies.
Yeah.
Like wawa wawa.
I think the frozen cappuccino is also pretty good.
Oh yeah?
Oh this is good.
Is it? I mean it's basically like coffee flavoured cream.
What's this like? Is this just coffee?
Yeah.
Nice coffee. Hits the spot.
What?
That's disgusting.
Yeah okay this is better than that.
This is absolutely disgusting.
Maybe I should have put sugar. I didn't put any sugar in it.
It just tastes like the wateriest milk.
Okay.
And coffee.
That's why they kept asking for do you want an extra shot? Do you want to add ranch?
Maybe it needs more coffee.
Do you want to add ranch?
I think as well it doesn't help that you had this but this is very sweet.
You have this first and then that.
Should we crack on to the hoagies?
Let's do it.
First up we've got a hot hoagie.
I don't actually know if this is a hoagie or if it's just a sandwich.
I don't know what the difference is.
Please tell us in the comments if you know what's the difference between a sandwich and a hoagie.
In the UK we don't have hoagies do we?
No.
We have the hokey cokey, but I think that's something completely different.
That's the hokey cokey no.
Do the hokey cokey? Turn around? That's literally what it's all about.
Shut up.
Hey this looks good. Wait what?
This actually looks good guys.
And it's like the bread is soft.
Now I should say unlike Buc-ee's,
Some of the Google reviews for Wawa's are pretty bad.
Look at those meatballs.
Yeah I think not all Wawa's was created equal.
The bathrooms definitely aren't as clean as Buc-ee's.
It's not as an elite of a bathroom experience.
You're not going to Wawa to bask in the glory,
Of the nicest roadside toilet that you've ever been to.
But this sandwich, this is good.
Let's do it.
This is a legit meatball.
Hits the spot. It's not fancy. I don't know how much real meat is in that meatball.
It doesn't even look like meat on the inside.
It looks a little bit like cardboard.
But it is a ball. So it's halfway there.
Exactly and it tastes good.
You know what I mean?
Hell yeah. That's good. That is good.
That's what you want when you come to a gaslight station,
And spend about half an hour trying to figure out how to order your sandwich.
Because there's so many options.
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Wow, ok and he's out.
Oh my gosh.
Alright hoagie coagie. Let's turn around.
You idiot.
This is the cold offering. Did we go with the Italian?
Wow. Oh yeah we just clicked everything. We said everything.
Oh crap we shouldn't have put everything on the topping.
Oh no.
This looks like a Subway abomination.
Okay. Oh my gosh.
Oh dear lord.
Okay I'm realising now it's kind of vaguely reminiscent of Subway.
That's probably the closest thing we have in the UK.
I mean that's good.
That's pretty good.
That is really good.
The bread's not bad either as well.
Not bad at all. I reckon you get your go to right?
That's how people deal with the choice.
They're probably just ordering the same thing every time.
We dealt with the choice by just pressing yes to every option.
Button bashing mate.
It was like Super Smash Bros all over again.
I must say as well it's just nice to be having some vegetables.
You know guys if you're watching at home and you've never tried vegetables.
Totally underrated.
They're great.
You really should.
It's our first time.
Hey this is good man.
What's your go to order?
Chicken salad sandwich.
And you might be able to toast the bread as well.
Okay yeah. Okay.
The toasted bread's good.
It's a way of life Wawa's huh?
Thanks man. Take care. People are friendly here man.
Alright.
Quite a sad looking bagel let's be honest.
Wait a second. Where's the bacon?
This is supposed to be bacon, egg and cheese.
Dag gum it.
It's just egg and cheese.
Dag gum it.
We got the veggie option.
This is by quite a long way the saddest looking thing we've gotten yet.
Alright Wawa.
Okay. That tastes exactly like it looks.
It tastes like an airplane sandwich.
That is not a compliment.
Yeah okay maybe we ordered it wrong.
However I don't know how bacon is saving that.
No.
If you're coming to Wawa and this is the only thing you're ordering. Yeah.
You're doing it wrong. You're Wawa-ing wrong.
You would need a very heroic piece of bacon to save that.
Oh man. It would have to be the best bacon in the world. Yeah.
That's like the Navy Seal of bacon. You put that in there.
What's in there?
Ooh.
What?
Oh that's the toasted everything bagel that we ordered on accident.
Did they give us cream cheese with it at least?
Wow.
We ordered it with cream cheese.
Okay someone should tell this person that isn't everything.
That honestly isn't everything. I mean it's barely anything.
This is the problem when there's too many options we end up ordering,
Stuff that we didn't even realise we ordered.
Literally there were so many buttons you had to press just to try and get the things you want.
Where's the cream cheese?
Where's anything?
This is supposed to be an everything bagel.
It's actually not bad with a bit of butter.
Yeah that's actually pretty good.
That's better than the egg and cheese one.
Way better.
Slight misfire. Hopefully this hasn't gone cold.
Mac and cheese.
I mean I've had mac and cheese that's more coagulated than that.
Yeah.
Again it looks quite a lot like airplane food.
I think we started on a bit of a high.
We did.
I'm not sure this is going to quite...
No no let's keep an open mind.
Open mind. Open mind.
Wow. Okay.
So if you don't have any teeth.
Yeah.
This is what you should order.
100%.
That is the mushiest piece of food I think I maybe have ever eaten.
It's baby food. Your baby's crying in the back. Wawawa.
Wash it down with a bit of cornbread.
Wow this is some greasy looking cornbread.
I got some stuffed pretzels.
Oh yeah.
Should we get some stuffed pretzels?
I forgot about the stuffed pretzels I stuffed into your pocket earlier.
Alright. Should we do the jalapeno cheese or...
Cornbread is really good.
Cornbread is good.
Tastes like cornbread Twinkie.
It does.
This is probably about as healthy as one too but that is really yummy.
Wow. Look at that. That is an absolute turd of a pretzel.
Okay.
Honestly. Can you blur that out?
Can you just blur that?
My one looks quite nice. What happened to yours?
Had a curry I think.
So it's stuffed as in like the cheese is inside.
Yeah.
It's not the freshest pretzel.
It's got nothing on Auntie Anne.
Nope.
However, my stomach hits the spot.
You often dip pretzels right?
Yeah.
So it's kind of convenient. You're driving.
You just instead of dipping.
On a road trip. Smash through some of these.
That's actually good.
That was a little tour through Wawa.
In summary, the hoagies strong.
Very strong. Good road trip food.
There were a few misfires.
In the UK yeah, our service stations.
What are they playing at?
You know you'll have McDonald's, Burger King, KFC.
Sometimes a Gregg's.
But it's always like so much worse than the average version of that fast food.
Whereas I feel like this is like a better version.
Of your local little subway or something like that.
Great value. What's there not to love?
Wawa, if it got in a fight with a UK service station.
First round knockout I'd say.
Wow, like Mike Tyson.
Mike Tyson. Smash in the face.
Lose a few teeth.
It would you know, months of rehab I'd say.
Oh my gosh.
If Wawa's went up against Bucky's though.
That beaver would body slam.
That's tough.
It would body slam Wawa's.
He would have it crying like a baby.
And it would be confusing because everyone would be like,
Why is he saying his name?
Stop.