Hi, I'm Josh.
I'm Ollie.
I'm Armand.
I'm Max.
And today you guys are trying Shake Shack.
For the first time ever.
- Here we go. - I'm excited man.
I can't believe you guys haven't had Shake Shack.
- No, never. - Shack Attack incoming.
I didn't know it was in the UK.
It's fairly recent and when it first came there were long queues.
Yeah, we weren't part of those long queues man.
I hear they're famous for their sauce, no?
I thought they were famous for operating solely out of a shack.
Oh my gosh.
Wow.
That is...
It looks very good.
It's impressive in a way that they have boxes this big, right?
This is basically a briefcase.
They should add a handle.
Honestly.
I've got us four different types of burger.
Let's start with this guy with the lettuce here.
This is the Shack Burger.
This is like their equivalent of, you know, the original.
A Shack Burger.
Is it named after their abode,
or is it named after Shaquille O'Neal?
Oh wow. That would be a...
- Is it named after Shaquille O'Neal! - Max squealed at that!
Is this practical, me and you sharing?
Sure.
Okay. Okay.
Alright let's do it!
Wow!
Oh my gosh.
We're the classy ones here.
I was gonna say that.
- Oh my gosh. - Wow.
First ever bite of Shake Shack.
That's so good.
That's not like a normal fast food burger.
- That's not like a normal fast food burger. - Armand took a big bite!
That's impressive.
I mean, he's got a big mouth.
I do.
Is this fast food?
Yeah.
That's super good for a fast food restaurant.
I mean, it's more expensive than say McDonald's.
It's like Five Guys vibes.
Oh yeah, I'd say it's a rung above Five Guys.
Oh really?
Price wise, I think we're talking Five Guys level.
Yeah. Okay.
But I feel like the quality is significantly higher than Five Guys.
It's less greasy.
Yeah exactly.
With Five Guys they have to pay for all of the free fries and,
peanuts they give you.
They just need to work in a shack.
Exactly.
Low cost.
They're keeping their overheads low.
Overheads and ceilings.
Next up should we go for the double?
Double, double, double trouble.
This one here.
There must be onions in there.
This one is called a Shack Meister.
That's what your desperate uncle names himself to sound cool.
Yeah.
The top of this bun is looking very sorry for itself.
Presumably if you got this in store it wouldn't look so sad.
The bun can't handle the Shack Meister man, it can't handle it.
Yeah, it looks like it's struggling.
Come on then Max.
Alright, double, do it again.
That's going to be flipping double trouble every single time.
Wow, wow, I'm impressed.
Very different ratios on this one. It's punchy.
- It's a lot of meat. - It's super meaty.
It's quite greasy.
With the first one you could have two. I mean if you're feeling adventurous.
But like I think one of these and you're sorted for the whole day.
The deep fried onions, there's more American cheese,
It just adds to kind of the greasiness of it.
That's good though.
- I prefer that. - Really? Okay, wow.
That one's too healthy.
It tastes like too much like a restaurant burger the other one.
- One tiny layer of lettuce. - But this tastes like a burger place burger.
I don't prefer that because a bit like my trendy uncle,
it's too much.
It's just too much.
It's the grease.
He needs to shower more is what I'm saying.
He needs to shower more.
The double patty and the onions on top.
You don't need, I mean like, you know, it's just double.
No, it's a bit.
On health.
It's a bit.
Double on health.
Which actually it flips around, double negative.
Yeah, double negative.
So it's actually.
It actually is more healthy.
Yeah, so it's health.
It's not not healthy.
That's what we're trying to say.
Next up, we've got Shake Shack's reply
to the bacon burger.
I would say the least attractive looking so far.
- It does look crispy. - I like the look of that crispy bacon.
It looks crispy.
This is the Smoke Shack.
Where employees go when they need a little bit of a break.
I'm surprised it hasn't been replaced with a vape shack.
It's the next burger.
Right, let's go man.
Get stuck in.
Oh wow, oh man.
You know what disturbs me the most about when you do that
is how wide Ollie opens his eyes every time
and you get so close,
just the intensity of that eye contact.
You can really taste the bacon.
Oh my gosh.
Bacon's very crispy.
That hits the spot.
But I feel like it's almost,
it's a bit overpowering for the flavour.
I think it's the smoking that adds to that.
It almost tastes like bacon flavored crisps.
Do you know what I mean?
There we go.
Not a good thing.
No.
That is not, it's like banana flavored things.
you know they haven't got the flavour right.
Yeah I'm not sure about that.
With bacon, that is kind of crazy.
I love bacon in a burger.
Maybe they should combine the bacon burger,
but then add a bit of health,
like the bit of lettuce and then a bit of tomato.
I think you're right actually,
I think a little bit of the lettuce,
it's so greasy that,
yeah I mean certainly eating as much as we're eating,
I'm a bit worried I might shake @#$% myself.
Not even done the milkshakes yet.
That's true.
Alright, we've got fries here. I'm gonna let you guys try those
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Now I need to make sure they haven't eaten all the fries without me, so back to the food.
Okay, all right guys, I hope you didn't bloody finish the fries while I was gone.
But there's some left.
So, I've got the plain fries with some dips.
Their classic cheese sauce.
Oh, it's quite gloopy, isn't it?
Really is.
It looks like custard.
Yeah, it doesn't come out, mate.
Oh.
Cheers, guys.
Cheers.
Oh, that cheese sauce is so good.
It hits a spot.
That's really good.
That's comfort food.
The cheese carry the fries though, right there.
They do, they do.
I'm like traditionally, I'm not a massive fan
of crinkle cut fries with a burger usually.
Something about like the delicacy
of those really thin ones,
whereas these are more chunky.
Josh, you're really upsetting
the crinkle community right now.
Come on mate, seriously.
But then they do, it does work with the cheese.
It does, look at him backtracking out.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
The other thing that Shake Shack is most famous for,
of course, their shakes.
Okay. So we have black and white I believe.
We've got a chocolate, a coffee and a salted caramel.
Wow the chocolate one is rich.
Caramel.
Super rich.
Wait is that caramel?
I have no idea.
I don't even know.
It's quite difficult to tell the difference between the ones.
Except for the chocolate one.
The chocolate one is really easy to identify.
I mean let's be honest it's cold milk with a lot of sugar added.
I think the weird thing is no normal person orders five milkshakes and has them back to back.
It's like listening to Coldplay songs like one after another.
You're like, "Oh wow, these literally all sound the same."
But normally, when you hear it on the radio, you're like, "Oh yeah, this is a bit of a banger."
We're sorry Coldplay fans around the world.
Having them side by side, they really taste very similar, except for the chocolate.
Except for the chocolate, which I really enjoy.
Now guys, we've got one more burger left.
Oh my gosh.
Okay, so this is a Gruyere cheeseburger.
Should have it with some wine.
Oh yeah, but normally we had wine.
It's a Pinot Noir.
Shack Red, they are going hard on the Shack branding.
This is a first.
I did not know this existed.
Burgers and wine, not the most obvious.
This is a fast food video.
Combination.
Armand has somehow brought wine into this.
Of course he has.
Cheers guys.
Santé.
Santé to fast food.
Oh my gosh, I love it.
I mean, standard red wine.
I could drink this.
Let's do this.
Wow.
Mm.
Gruyere cheese.
That is good.
It works well with the wine.
It's a bit weird on the nose, I'm not sure.
- Yeah. - It smells a bit
How much did you pay for it?
Chemical.
25 quid.
Yeah, it smells quite, it smells quite chemical.
25 quid.
I know, I know.
For a bottle cap.
Holy crap.
This is six pound wine you get from Tesco's.
Stay in your lane, Shake Shack.
Exactly.
We are definitely a step above McDonald's.
It's a lot better.
As far as fast food chains go,
I do rate Shake Shack.
I enjoy it.
But also I feel like to do it justice,
We need to try Shake Shack in New York.
- Oh. - Where it's from.
So would you guys shack again?
I think, I haven't tried it before.
I think this is definitely levels above
a lot of fast food that I've had.
Do I prefer it to Five Guys?
Yeah, 100%.
There's five young men who are pretty upset right now.
I think I prefer the fries to Five Guys fries, but.
The burgers at Five Guys, man.
Wow, okay, you prefer Five Guys.
Alright, well that has been British Uni Students trying to shake it up for the first time.
One last thing before we end, alright?
Christmas is coming up.
I think we have the perfect Christmas present for you two.
Ooh!
Because, because we have another book.
- Oh my gosh! - I should say I have written another book.
It's out now, it's available.
Well done Josh for completing another Christmas number one.
He's done it again.
Where does he get those brilliant ideas?
Where do you get that creativity from?
That's the question.
and a happy Christmas to everyone at home.
Tis the season to be jolly.
Absolutely.
I hope you guys are all having a very, very jolly time.
And in the meantime,
We'll see you JOLLY soon.
See you JOLLY soon.
Bye.