Hi, I'm Josh.
I'm Ollie.
And we are about to try Wendy's in London for the first time ever.
There's not many Wendy's in London.
Wow, look at that menu. This looks pretty good.
What have we got? Dave's Double combo, definitely.
Dave's Single just sounds like you're insulting Dave.
He's been on loads and loads of dates and no one wants him.
Dave's Single.
These are some solid side options.
Plain baked potato, where can you get that as a side?
Wendy knows the way to an Englishman's heart.
Have they adapted the menu for British people, because that feels like that does not belong in an American fast food joint.
Oh chocolate frosty, 100%.
Oh vanilla frosty.
Yeah we'll get one of them too don't worry.
For me.
Baconator.
Now this is my core memory of Wendy's Baconators hit a spot.
It's just an amazing name.
It's half bacon, half alligator.
Okay.
You can get a cup of milk.
That is not normal at our food joints.
Spicy chicken.
We're not gonna get combo.
Why are we getting so many combos?
Because there's so many different sides to try.
We need to try them.
All that, 45 pounds.
It's amazing Dave's still single.
Hello.
Oh really?
Do you have a wheelbarrow we can take it in?
Alright Josh.
Alrighty.
Wendy.
Let's do this.
Why are you putting your seatbelt on?
Oh yeah, I don't know.
We're about to start eating.
I'm buckling up.
Look, these are definitely slowly melting.
I feel like we should try these before they become a total melted mess.
Wow.
Oh wow.
It's pretty solid even though it looks like it's melting.
Weird.
Oh wow. Oh wow.
That's really good.
That is good. Vanilla one though.
Yeah?
Vanilla one's good.
Wow, dessert first.
Strong start Wendy.
We've gone straight in.
Wendy has a sweet tooth.
The frosty is good.
Next up Dave's Double. So as we established in the shop, Dave is single. Dave's single.
He also has a kind of body double. I mean who the hell is Dave?
Dave's Wendy's dad.
Oh?
He named Wendy's after his daughter.
I'm a little annoyed about this.
Why? That's a nice family story.
Well no because the fast food game it's a men's game right other than Wendy's and Dairy Queen.
They're all men,
Ronald McDonald right,
Burger King,
Jack in the box.
Carl junior.
I know technically Taco Bell is a bell but if you were to assign a gender to a bell I think everyone knows that's male.
Shut up!
I was like we are shattering the glass ceiling here it's our first female run business,
But it turns out it's not it's just a dad patronizingly naming his business after his daughter.
Not patronizing necessarily.
Well look there's not a Wendy's burger in there there's a bloody Dave's single double and triple he gets three.
Wow this is heavy.
That is a lot heavier than I was expecting.
Dave's a Chonky fella.
Square patties.
They don't cut corners.
Square burger patties.
Except on their buns.
The tomato and the lettuce looks relatively fresh.
I'm going in.
Wow.
I can't believe that's Dave's body double.
You're an idiot.
How could Dave be better?
It's like the tribute act is better than the real thing.
That is a solid burger.
That is much more beefy than I was expecting.
It kind of doesn't look that dissimilar from like one of those gourmet signature burgers at McDonald's.
That only fools order.
The worst.
Absolute worst.
Like never get sushi out of the discount bucket.
Same logic applies.
Next up, Baconator.
It's Baconator time.
Look at that though.
That doesn't look too shabby.
It smells like freshly grilled bacon.
How's that?
It looks really good.
It looks so cheesy and bacony.
It's really good.
The thing is, all Wendy's can't be this good, but Wendy's in the UK is a lot better than McDonald's.
Way better. The burger is beefy. I mean it's fast food you know.
Don't get me wrong it's not like a gourmet burger or anything but sometimes you just really want like a nice fast food burger.
That is good.
-Okay -Wow
Cheesy baconator fries.
That looks good man.
I was not expecting this.
I thought this was gonna be fun but also kind of just terrible,
And maybe we're gonna come out of this feeling just awful about ourselves,
But right now I just feel fantastic.
This is so good.
Look at this.
I'm gonna try one with some bacon and cheese.
Look at that.
Oh my gosh.
Hello.
Oh, with the bacon.
I think they put some bacon grease in there with it.
You know what though?
It's all about the frosty combo.
This is your thing.
It's not my thing.
Vanilla frosty with the chips.
Look at that mate.
You're not a fan.
You should try it.
It's really good.
I don't know it's something about the optics, it's like sticking your finger in your yogurt.
Dave doesn't miss. Wendy's cannot be this good in the US.
Because Wendy's just moved to the UK right? She's probably on her best behavior. She's got something to prove.
Dave her dad's still single. She'd love him toto hook up with someone. And so she's really going the extra mile.
I would say best fast food chain fries I've had in the UK.
In the UK? Easy. Okay next up, more burgers.
Look at this chicken burger! So this is the spicy chicken burger. That literally looks like the picture.
It actually really does.
They're doing something right. The ratios are on point, the bun feels nice and fluffy.
What the heck?
Let's do this.
That looks like a good chicken sandwich.
Apparently Wendy's was like one of the first generation chicken sandwich bringers in the the US.
There's definitely more of a kick to that than the typical spicy thing in the UK.
It's basic.
It's there?
You wait, it'll come. It's not spicy. But it's got a little bit of heat.
There's a tingle.
You know what, that's really easygoing, that's not going to wow anyone.
I'm not surprised Dave didn't put his name to it. Didn't even put Wendy's name to it.
No, he's way more free with doing that.
Yeah that's just that's just a Spicy chicken sandwich.
So something more experimental, I would say,
Less conventional.
Yeah.
A baked potato.
Wow.
That's a full, like proper size baked potato with like melted butter and cheese all over it.
Wow, I'm getting full now.
Wendy's heavy.
I'm not going to lie,
it's just a whole lot less appetizing.
Yeah.
This looks like something, you know, we'd get at school.
Yes.
School dinners.
A carton of milk and a baked potato, very school dinners.
This feels like something that they keep on the menu because they've always done it.
Like in 1969, this was all the rage.
But who's gonna, I bet we're the only people that've ordered that today.
Do you think?
It does actually look quite good.
Look at that.
Yeah, I mean
You see all of the cheese and the bacon.
I mean it's good for what it is.
I mean you're allergic to potatoes, so you definitely shouldn't have this.
It's basically a ball of poison covered in cheese.
For me.
I really like this.
It's real, gosh, your belly is.
One more thing.
Almost forgetting.
This is quite a wild card when it comes to fast food chains.
It's interesting, isn't it?
These American chains, they need to have like a specialty thing that sets them apart 'cause it's so competitive.
This is just a very liquidy bowl of chilli.
Not sure what I was expecting, not that.
Yeah...
I'm not a massive fan of chilli on the best of days.
I don't hate it, I also just don't love it.
So this is going to be interesting.
Yeah, no.
I'd never order that.
Easily the worst thing we've had.
I do want to pour it over the baked potato though.
What about dipping a baconator?
Into the chilli?
You mad lad.
Wow.
It actually does look good.
Is it good?
I feel like the baconator was better by itself, wasn't it?
I don't even need to taste that.
It's just going to taste like the chilli.
Ending on a high note, as usual.
Are there any more burger bits?
We're never like this at the end of these episodes.
Normally I just can't wait to stop eating.
Well done, Wendy.
Well done.
She's smashing glass ceilings.
Unfortunately, well, a woman in the fast food space, ironically the product of patriarchy,
Because her father founded the business,
But you know, we'll skirt over that because,
A, she's still alive, unlike her father,
And B, one of the best fast food,
I think maybe the best fast food chain
I've eaten in the UK.
What?
I think so.
That's crazy.
I'm trying to think what was better.
Wow Shake Shack and Five Guys are going to come for you.
Popeyes. Popeyes was great.
Popeyes was good.
Shake Shack's really good.
Five Guys is also really good. But then it's Five Guys.
If you put Wendy up against Five Guys,
I mean she'd have to train for a long time.
Stop.
She wouldn't stand a chance.
Those are bad odds on a brawl.
If you haven't had Wendy's yet in the UK I would actually recommend it.
Theres’s not that many of them around but they've done a pretty good job.
I don't remember Wendy's being this good in the States.
It definitely wasn't.
Let us know in the comments if this chimes with your experience.
Or if there's something else that we should have ordered and we need to go back and order because I will happily go back and do this again.
But in the meantime thanks to Wendy,
And we'll see you JOLLY soon.
See you later.