Hello!
Welcome to Sorted.
I am Jamie, and this is Mike.
Today, the moment you've all been waiting for--
did we complete our London Food Marathon challenge?
And if you get hungry at any point
in this video, [INAUDIBLE].
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We've got to eat 26.2 dishes.
And we only have 24 hours.
And we're not talking just any old rubbish.
These have to be London's top dishes.
No better way to kick this off.
That is such a good bacon sandwich.
They're so oozy.
[INAUDIBLE]
[LAUGHTER]
Yes!
[LAUGHTER]
[GROAN]
Chopstick straws.
What's going on?
I have to [INAUDIBLE].
Are you saying that this [? can't help? ?]
Barry, I'm really proud of you for still being here.
I don't need to eat any more food.
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We're here in Canary Wharf, where
we are going to Giant Robot, which is a massive street food
indoor market.
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We're getting buff wings.
And pork belly tacos.
Buffalo sauce, that wonderful combination
of spicy hot sauce and butter.
So we've had some phenomenal brisket around the world.
This is a bit like Taiwanese.
Cauliflower has never tasted so good.
Eat the hell out of it.
Don't say hell.
He's a nun.
[CHA-CHING]
I [INAUDIBLE].
We're 12 hours in, and I'm doing all right,
but we have 12 hours to go.
Potential issues: exhaustion, fullness,
random onset of IBS, which I think
Ben's been suffering from already,
because although this is only stop number 15,
he's up to about toilet trip number 18.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Welcome to toilet hunters.
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Toilet with nice brick wall.
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Reading material.
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Plus surroundings.
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Ample toilet rolls, and artwork.
Clear instruction.
[TOILET FAILS TO FLUSH]
Not a great flush.
We've come to Chinatown where we're
going to meet up with my friend, [? Shu ?] who's
a travel vlogger, who's taking us to her favorite dim sum
place.
Now what we didn't tell her is that we'd
be dressed up like this.
Oh my gosh.
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It's actually soup dumpling, but I really
want to say "shoop" dumpling.
And I feel like if you want to try dim sum for the first time,
it's a pretty good way to start.
So first of all, you have to gingerly peel off the dumpling.
Be careful not to split the dumpling,
because that's where the main ingredient, which is the soup,
lies inside.
And then, all in one.
So the pastry is incredible, but then you
get to the important bit.
A little meatball in the middle, and then this incredible broth,
and the whole thing seasoned.
Thank you for having me.
Hope you enjoyed the "shoop" dumpling experience.
Yeah, we did.
10 out of 10, Trip Advisor.
Yay!
We're running about half an hour behind.
Ben's organized somewhere for us to be,
and he's getting flappy because we're running late.
So he's run off ahead.
But by going here, I think we might miss the place after.
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So this is our take on a ceviche,
but with an Andean twist.
Hashtag art.
It's a lot more rounded than I expected it to be.
This is actually the perfect dish
for this time in the marathon.
We need to go now.
Which why?
I don't know.
If we run that way--
Is it that way though?
What are we eating?
Smoked eel sandwich.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Oh, are you the eel pie?
Yes.
Because we were expecting you at 10:35.
Our last orders are at 10:45.
Thank you.
I think we need to go to the next place now.
Because otherwise we'll miss that as well,
and then we'll be two down.
We've spoken to the others, so we're now
going to the Wigmore Hotel to meet them, which
is Michel Roux Junior's pub.
And apparently they've some amazing scotch eggs.
We're behind.
What are you doing?
Barry.
That is the hotel that Barry thinks
that we're supposed to go to.
It's really funny.
This has gone downhill so quickly.
We're having a bad 20 minutes,
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Hey, buddy, you all right?
Yeah.
Did you have any luck?
No.
So that puts us down to 25.2.
We've got some news, as well.
What?
So they're really keen for us to film scotch eggs.
They're all geared up, ready to go.
Super happy for filming.
However, they think it's 11:30 AM tomorrow,
because who the hell would want to turn up and film at 11:30
PM today?
You're joking.
I know.
So in essence, had Jamie had that scotch egg,
and had we all tried it earlier on, we'd have been fine.
[LAUGHTER]
[BUZZER]
This is going well, isn't it?
No, it's not.
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So we've come to Balans about 15 minutes early,
and we are kind of reconvening, and discussing,
and planning over espresso martinis, which
happen to be excellent.
It's all the best things about a classic eggs Benedict,
plus avocado, plus lobster.
I've never felt eggs Benedict needs a lobster.
But for now on, eggs Benny isn't complete without a lob on it.
Next stop, [INAUDIBLE] beigels from the very first beigel shop
in England.
What better food can you get at 2 AM?
Oh my mustard.
Late night places never short on portions.
That mustard is punchy.
It is 3 o'clock in the morning.
I've got really tired, and really full.
Some genius has just realized we didn't eat the cheese
that we bought three days ago.
So we're now going to go to Tower Bridge
and eat the cheese.
[INAUDIBLE] last [INAUDIBLE] on the bridge.
How's it come to this?
These guys supply cheese to the queen.
That's how good this cheese is.
Dig in.
It's delicious.
[INAUDIBLE]
I can't be bothered with the whole cracker thing.
[INAUDIBLE]
Hey, [INAUDIBLE].
This time of night, you really should be tucked up in bed.
And what do we all want when we're tucked up in bed?
Milk and cookies.
Some people have cool names, like Man
of International Mystery.
I like to call myself, Man of Contingency.
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Can I grab two of the chocolate cookies?
Lovely.
Thank you.
I didn't know I needed a cookie, but now I've had one,
I can't think of any better way to spend
3:30 AM in the morning.
I'm OK.
No, none of us are OK.
Look at my little curl.
Boop.
We're at VQ for halloumi fries.
I don't know why, but it's like a bar in a restaurant that's
open 24 hours a day.
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[CHA-CHING]
3 and 1/2 hours.
Plow on through.
We're going to do this.
We can do it.
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We are in Polo Bar.
I didn't think it was going to be this challenging.
The thought of an English breakfast right now.
[CAMERA CLICK]
That is a strong, full English breakfast.
Next, we are going to one of London's, if not
London's tallest restaurant, Duck and Waffle.
[MUSIC - JADED, "IN THE MORNING"]
I ain't looking for a ring, 'cause I got what I want.
I ain't looking for a ring 'cause I got what I need.
Four in the morning, I buy you a drink.
Six in the morning, I take you back to my crib.
I'll teach you things.
You know what I'm like if I don't
get to eat in the morning.
What do you think, [INAUDIBLE]?
Just stay still.
Take deep breaths.
I can't fail now.
No, you can't.
So close.
Turns out, 23 hours in, and 20 however many dishes,
and the buttons on your jeans just don't go.
[LAUGHTER] Oh no.
Right.
With two down, we've got one hour to go.
We haven't planned for them.
We've just got to find them.
So we're going on gut feeling.
OK.
I think we've found our penultimate place.
It's Ozone.
They do amazing coffee.
But most importantly, fantastic breakfast
is really what we need right now.
That tastes naughty in a really good way.
[INAUDIBLE]
Chocolate frosting.
All right, it's 7:57.
The bakery that we're going to is a 20 minute walk away.
That leaves no time.
I think if I run, mate, it's gonna come out both ends.
Somehow, we've even got Jamie running.
This looks like a residential street.
I think this might be the Central
bakery you can't buy from.
Yes.
Yes!
Oh yes!
Well done.
Well done, you.
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Someone time check.
It's eight minutes past.
Boys.
Cheers.
Yes.
We made it.
We genuinely did do it.
And we genuinely made it by a hair's breadth.
Come on.
Well done, everyone.
Amazing job.
We made it.
Yeah.
[CHEERING]
Oh, that was the weakest ending.
Stressful as that was, I've got a question.
Which city should we do one of those in next?
I never want to do that again.
I know how to cheer you up and get you out of your food coma.
Debatable.
No, let's continue.
It's Dad joke.
How do you keep intruders out of a castle made of cheese?
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Don't know.
You build a "moat-zerella."
A "moat-- zerella."
That is almost the worst one you've ever done.
And look, it's made me angry.
No.
Maybe you don't get it.
It's not even a pun.
That is terrible.