Okay, so it is lunchtime here in Cardiff and we found a little pub that is called Y Mochyn
Du I think. Welsh is a very complicated language. But anyways, we figured we've been here like
almost a week and we haven't really tried Welsh food yet aside from Welsh cakes so we're
like alright it is time to actually see what Welsh food is all about.
We've been sick and haven't been doing a whole lot. Yeah.
So anyways, we ordered two starters, one main, dessert, Sam got a pint. So yeah, we're going
to be sampling all things Welsh. Welsh food. All of it is local this is basically a Welsh
food taste test. Uh huh.
Alright Sam, so I'm starting off with a pint. A pint. So this is I think uh Cwrw Y Mochyn
Du. This is the local red ale beer and I'm so excited to try this.
And we think Cwrw means bore. It has a picture of a black pig. Ooh. This is really nice beer.
Yeah? Yeah. It has that kind of like craft beer taste. Oh la lah.
It is very good. Very good. I must say. And guess what I'm having? What? Hahaha. I'm having
tea. Tea toddler. She's a tea toddler. Tea toddler.
Anyways, the appetizers just arrived so I think it is time to begin. Time to dig in.
Tada. Well, well for our appetizer we're starting off with the National Dish of Wales. We are
having Cawl and when Sam ordered this he was like I'll have a bowl of Cawl. Cawl. I'll
take some Cawl please. Yeah, we didn't say it properly. It is Cawl. It is Cawl. It is
a tricky language.
But yeah, this is kind of like a soup. What is here? Slash stew. I was reading about it
online and it can have different ingredients.
So the classic usually has lamb and leeks but it can also have beef and potatoes, carrots
like different seasonal vegetables. So yeah, this one has potato and carrots. I don't know
if this is lamb or beef yet. That looks like it could be beef. But it looks good. Let's
start with the broth. Oh and onions too. Oh, onions.
Gotta like that. How is it? Mmmm.
That is nice. I'm like dribbling all over myself. Haha. Yes, you are. Mmmm.
How would you describe that? It is really nice and like it is like a really rich broth.
Really savory and it is a rainy day here in Cardiff. Yeah. So perfect so nice to eating
something warm. Highly appropriate given the weather today. I know.
Let's grab some meat. A little bit of meat. Do try the meat. I'm just going to cut off
the fat because I'm peculiar about things like that.
Mmmm.
Good? Tender? Oh my gosh that is so tender. Mmmmm. It melts in your mouth. Gotta love
that. And they gave us some bread. Yep. A block of cheese and butter.
Yeah, we got butter and what appears to be a block of cheese. Yeah. That is awesome.
So let's get in to that. Yeah. And these I mean these are generous portions but they're
listed under the appetizer section. Yeah, these are just appetizers. So we do have a
main coming. Mmmhmm.
We're going to and dessert. So this is going to be a gigantic meal basically. What do you
think? Good stuff. Can you tell I'm hungry. Hahaha. Oh yeah. We're both really hungry.
We skimped out of breakfast. I didn't have breakfast. I just had tea. We knew we were
doing this so gotta love it huh.
Cawl. Thumbs up. Okay Sam, I'm sharing my Cawl. Sharing is caring. Alright, so I'm going
to get going with a piece of meat and with a big 'ole carrot. Mmmhmm.
Mmmm.
What do ya think?
Oh man, I really like it. Yeah? Yeah. Like you said it is just the perfect kind of soup
or stew for like a cold, overcast, damp, rainy day. Yeah. We're in this nice pub and we're
just eating warm food. It is so cozy. It is so good and let me actually try the cheese.
Let me try the cheese here. I'm going to slice it up.
I also think it is a really nice size considering we still have our main coming. I know. I feel
like I'm going to be stuffed. Well, we'll see by the time we're done dessert. I'm just
going to try a bite of bread.
Nice homemade bread. Bite of cheese. Yeah. That is a winning combo for sure.
Okay, what is your appetizer? So next up we're having Welsh Rarebit. Not rabbit. Rarebit.
Rarebit. Hahaha. I can assure you there is no rabbit in here. No rabbit. Basically it
is kind of it looks like a gourmet piece of toast with cheese and bacon. Cheese melted
over top.
Yeah, so it can be cheese or a cheese sauce apparently. I'm not sure if it is cheese or
a cheese sauce. It could be maybe it is both. Yeah. And it came with a little side salad
and something to dip I think. So I'm going to dip it in. It looks good.
I have no idea if I'm supposed to do that.
Oh, oh my gosh that is so good. The cheese is like it is really it has like kind of a
creamy consistency. Mmmm. It is so tasty. You know I read that sometimes it can have
Béchamel sauce. You know what? I think it might be in this one. It does kind of have
that consistency. And the thing that is really cool about this is it a nice like whole grain
piece of toast which you can tell from this side. And yeah, it is just so tasty. I've
got to go in for another bite.
Mmmm.
Oh man. Alright, so so far that is so good. Really loving this meal so far I have to say.
Going in for the Welsh Rarebit not rabbit. This looks so good. Look at the cheese it
is just melting off. I know. You're going to like this. Mmmm. You're going to like this.
Uh!
A little less animalistic maybe?
That is good. Isn't it good? Oh my gosh.
Don't you think it kind of has like a Béchamel sauce consistency? I think it does have Béchamel
sauce. Also, a little bit of dijon mustard. Yeah, yeah. The mustard gives it a bit of
a kick for sure.
This is so nice. Such a nice little appetizer. I know and the main and the dessert to come
guys. Main and the dessert to come. Pour salad is neglected. Haha.
Okay Sam, main dish has arrived. Main has arrived so this is Welsh Faggots and mushy
peas and we have two giant like these are minced meat balls and apparently they have
um lamb in them. Lamb meat. Okay, and then oh over here you can obviously see the mushy
peas, you can see the mashed potatoes. Lots of gravy. And apparently it is an onion gravy.
Yeah, so it should be really good.
So my goal here is to get a little bit of everything. Haha. In one bite. In one bite.
Peas, potatoes, gravy. I think you lost some meat there but okay.
I grabbed the meat.
Mmmm.
What do you think? I like that a lot. Yeah? Yeah, this is the kind of like hearty meal
that if it is cold and you've been exercising or something you would come and you would
get something like this and you'd be very satisfied. And it is really rich, it is flavorful
and it is very heavy food too. So yeah, I really like it. The gravy is especially good.
That is probably my favorite part.
Okay, your turn to try the main. Oh my gosh, you know how I said the appetizer was a good
size. I'm not going to get full. I'm actually already feeling a little bit full getting
to the main and there is still dessert to come but this looks really good. I love mashed
potatoes and gravy. I know. This is like Thanksgiving the Welsh edition.
Mmmm. Good?
So hearty.
It is so nice when you get a little bite of everything it is just like urgh. Such a nice
dish. This is a really big portion. I'm glad we're sharing the main.
Dessert is here. Custard battle. Look at how much custard they gave us. How cool is that?
That is a lot of custard.
We've only poured a little bit on it. We still have so much left. So what are we having?
Rhubarb crumble. Ooh.
We were asking the bartender what is the most typical dessert we could order at a Welsh
pub? And he was like Rhubarb crumble so we're like let's do it. Yeah.
And it looks so good. It looks so good. I love Rhubarb in pies or I've never had it
in a crumble. I've had I think I've had apple rhubarb crumble but I've definitely had apple
rhubarb pie before. Mmmm.
It is really tasty. How is that? It is so nice Is it?
I love the contrast because the rhubarb is a little bit sour but then the custard is
so creamy and sweet. Yeah.
It really balances out.
My turn. His turn.
Again the portions are really big. Like my gosh we're going to be stuffed. We're both
at the stuffed stage already yeah so. So we're sharing dessert.
Mmmm. What do you think? Oh my gosh such nice massive chunks of rhubarb and I just love
how everything is warm. Mmmhmm.
Everything is warm here it is just like oh it is so nice. You know we should do at the
end? The delayed onset of the tartness. We should each eat these by the spoonful. Oh
my gosh. Devor the custard. Cheers.
I don't think that is going to happen. I think we'll be if we can finish this that'll be
an accomplishment in and of itself.
Well, it is that time of the meal where it is time for price point. Time to say goodbye.
Oh, look down here first. O M G. We actually finished all of that food. It was almost like
a bit of a challenge meal there was so much food.
It was a marathon. It was a marathon and everything was quite heavy and oh my gosh I'm going to
have like a world class siesta. Haha, yes you need that.
Anyways, on to price point. So in total that came to 26 Quid and that included the two
drinks, the pint. And the tea. Haha. The two appetizers which were more like mains. The
main which was like a massive main and then an enormous dessert to share. So yeah, that
was pretty cool. It was basically 13 per person and uh we're leaving very full, very satisfied
and we really really enjoyed Welsh food and we would highly recommend you to try all of
these dishes if you're visiting Wales.