Hi, I'm Josh.
I'm Ollie.
Oh, yeah. That's my bit, isn't it?
And I'm Jamie.
And you have brought us to what we have heard is your favourite English breakfast place.
This is one of the best full English breakfasts that you can get in London.
Plus there's some other surprises as well.
We're getting in people's way.
This is very London.
Pelliccis.
We've come for English breakfast.
There's a very big Italian flag on this menu.
But also...
Oh, I didn't see that, you're right.
It's kind of like the underpants.
I imagine that's how a lot of the world sees us.
- The world's loins. - Exactly.
This cafe has been around since 1900.
Literally, so these two started it, my nan and grandad, in the early 1900s.
And they came over as a really young married couple from a tiny little village in Tuscany.
This was the slums.
It was the poorest of the poor. That's why they settled here.
And he worked for an old Italian gentlemen that was already here.
He didn't want it anymore so my granddad took it over.
And that's how long we've been here, and the rest is history.
It must be one of the oldest Italian restaurants in London.
Like, I mean, Italy was a young country in 1900.
Modern Italy was only founded midway through the 19th century?
I think King Hubbert was assassinated in 1900.
Let's not go into Italian history.
He was hated by the leftists.
Somehow I'm not that surprised
that the people cooking the best British food in London are Italians.
The fact that this has now been a staple in East London for over a century...they're doing something right.
Also, my favourite kind of place that judges you on your food and drink choice, as well.
Apparently I give off oat milk vibes.
- Apparently I look vegan. - You do.
We've got two 'have the lot' breakfasts
Oh my goodness.
I do like a fried slice, not too often but...
Every now and again.
Every now and again yeah.
Oh my gosh.
Gents, don't know if you fancy this? Little bit of homemade bubble and squeak
This is a lovely freshly prepared chicken escalope.
And my extra favourite is this one. Hang on, that's coming.
Sorry what, this isn't your favourite this is…
Well, you know what I'm really hungry so they're all kind of my favourites at the minute but…
I know that feeling.
The filling for this cannelloni is really, really lovely.
My almost 82-year-old mamma made this this morning before she went off to the hospital
to make sure her pacemaker was ok, which it is.
Has she thought about retiring?
No!
Sod that she's better than she's ever been.
She's not even 82! Retiring...
Now, who's the vegan again?
I'm not!
Buon appetito, take your time and I hope you enjoy it.
- Thank you so much. - Prego!
So…
So welcome...
Where do you want to start?
Let's do it.
Bit of English breakfast.
It's interesting because Italian food I think of as delicate, you know grandmas sit up making it.
Some of the pasta is the most delicate thing.
This is very indelicate.
But a grandma did make it.
Yeah, that's true!
It's the same thing it's just different ingredients.
We cooked a full English breakfast together in our studio.
We did.
A while back. How does this compare to that?
It's better.
I've got a mouthful for you, do you mind if I feed you?
I feel like I need to thank you for bringing me here.
Little bit of sausage, bacon, some beans a tiny bit of black pudding.
I thought I was in my happy place but that's...
I might have peaked.
How's that fried bread? That's the only thing I don't have and I'm kind of curious.
Here have some.
Crunchy.
Very crunchy.
Fried bread is one of those things that you really shouldn't have very often.
But when you have it, have it properly. And that is properly.
It almost looks like it's soggy with oil, but it's not soggy at all it's crispy.
With oil.
With a lot of oil.
It's basically a crispy oil delivery system.
All that's delivering to your body is oil, you know?
I think I've already got meat sweats coming out.
This is incredible.
Are you enjoying it?
Genuinely so good.
But have you tried the other stuff?
Not yet, I've got one thing at a time.
Fried bread, have you tried the fried bread?
Oh, he's the vegan can you do fried bread?
I'm not a vegan!
Might go over if he had fried bread.
It's very crispy.
Yeah, it's gotta be, you can't have soggy fried bread.
Well, clearly not.
He's bagged all the bubble and squeak.
I have.
Ah yeah, I need to get some of that.
Let me get some of that come on.
Give the vegan a bit of bubble before he goes over.
Buon appetito signori.
Oh my gosh, bubble and squeak.
Oh wow!
That's good!
There's a lot going on there.
- That's really good. - That I wasn't expecting.
Now I imagine like traditional bubble and squeak...
That's all the leftover vegetables and potatoes and things from the day before.
It's aromatic though, it tastes herby.
Yeah really good.
Really well seasoned.
This is the kind of meal that would see you through, what, 6 hours?
I'd say the day.
This is the kind of meal that would see you through the day.
What, as in... you've got 6 hours left after you eat it?
Yeah, maybe.
Come on get onto the bloody cannelloni!
We're making her angry.
We are taking too long.
I trust that this is good, because it's Italian.
If it was British though, that looks like something on the floor of a bus stop at 6 am.
Stop it.
This is a cafe that's been here for 120 years.
Yeah exactly.
What do you mean “exactly”?
I rest my case, Your Honour.
But it doesn't make sense!
I rest my case.
So this is cannelloni.
Oh my goodness!
Oh my gosh.
Oh my gosh!
I feel like I've just eaten the soul of the best lasagne.
Oh yeah, it is kind of lasagne-esqe!
Spinach, béchamel...
The béchamel, it's the homemade béchamel!
It's incredible.
All of those things.
You didn’t understand a bloody word of that, did you?
I just don't know of any other place that balances the scale of a full English breakfast
like that and then brings out incredible pasta dishes.
Some of the best homemade pasta you can find in the UK.
We're going into some chicken.
Cheers!
I always find when I make this it's really hard to get the seasoning right.
When she came over at the beginning, like I'm going to give you pepper.
You didn't ask for it but I'm going to do it anyway.
Because it needs it. It's brilliant.
Really good.
You can really taste the lemon as well, that zing with that batter.
So simple, yet so good.
Pesto pasta covered with this ragu.
That is incredible.
This is a real hidden gem.
For me, this place is community because it's been here for so long.
And because people do keep coming back.
As soon as you walk in you're a friend and even if it is your first time you're welcomed
with open arms, you're part of the joke,
You're introduced to other people, I love that.
So obviously this is one of the very good places you guys have come while filming Sorted.
What's the best food, I'm curious, that you guys have eaten around a lot all over the world.
If you were to sort the spreadsheet... presumably it's already sorted, but if you did order by best.
In Excel, I mean I'm not the expert, you're literally from the Sorted...
Yeah, if you've got a formula.
Yeah exactly, if you were to sort it.
Anyone get that?
Just if it was sorted, because the username...
But I run a YouTube channel called Sorted and it's about food!
I mean if I had to sort it.
I think some of the food that we had in Tokyo, some of that food was just unlike any other
food I've ever eaten before.
The quality of it was incredible, the Japanese level of respect and care and love that goes
into food, that was amazing.
Obviously you guys do a lot of cooking on the channel.
What’s the best thing you’ve cooked?
No no no.
What’s the worst?
Ohh, okay.
And importantly, have you ever had to pretend you like something?
Oh, yeah.
Really?
No, we’re actually quite honest about it.
If it’s bad, we’re going to say it’s bad.
With the amount that you slag off each other’s cooking
I’d be amazed if you’d actually pretended you’d liked anything.
And the name… sorry to return to the name.
‘Sorted’.
That’s the name of the…yeah yeah.
That’s the name of the channel.
Do you ever have second thoughts?
Yeah.
Well, two things.
Number one, it’s still a working title.
Oh!
It was never meant to be the real name.
You know, when we were writing the first cookbook
and filming the first videos…
”Well let’s get that sorted, and let’s get that sorted…
Oh, we’ve got that, that’s done, that’s sorted.”
It just stuck.
And we were like, “Oh, Sorted.
That’ll work for now, and we’ll figure it out later on.
Twelve years later…
Got bored, didn’t figure it out.
And also, in English we know ‘sorted’ is like ‘get it done’, or…
There’s kind of a bit more slang,
that’s like ‘get it done’, ‘get it sorted’.
In the US, very much ‘get something organised’.
- Literal, right. - Sort it into an order.
So you are ‘Organised Food’.
Three out of the four of us are quite unorganised actually.
The other side of it is, when it’s ‘Sorted Food',
it’s very very easy for people to mis-hear it as ‘Salted Food’.
Cos that would make perfect sense, wouldn’t it?
- Oh yeah, sure.
Well timed!
Wow!
And these are British strawberries.
Is this one of your favourites?
They left the lemon…
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Sorry.
Luke’s like, ‘stop being weird’.
You’re right.
I’m trying, I’m trying.
So what do you need after you’ve had two full English breakfasts,
a chicken escalope, pesto pasta, and cannelloni?
- You need pudding.
- Of course.
We’re in England.
Exactly.
Look at that!
Oh yeah.
Oh my gosh!
Cheers, boys.
Oh, MY.
Ok, ok, ok.
Calling that a tart does not do that justice.
It’s not a tart at all.
It’s a beautiful, strong, independent woman.
Stop being weird, Ollie.
It’s fine.
This is really comforting for me,
because usually it’s me that can’t find the line.
Ok.
Yeah, incredible.
So good.
Mucho…….fantastico.
How do you say ‘it’s fantastic’ in Italian?
- Molto bueno.
Molto bono.
Culture is wasted on him!
Buono.
Molto buono!
Prego!
What does prego mean?
You’re welcome!
I just wanna hide.
I said you’re welcome!
Seriously though Jamie, this is REALLY good.
I mean, we knew that you would come up with the goods.
SORT us out…
Ohh, cos our YouTube channel…yeah yeah yeah!
“Salted Food”.
One of my favourites.
It’s an education, isn’t it?
It really is.
I’ve learnt that prego means “you’re welcome”
There we go.
That has been, I think the best English breakfast in London.
Yeah.
The best English breakfast I’ve ever had.
I’m happy to say it.
We’ll see you JOLLY soon.
See you later guys!
Bye!
I’m sorry Ben, that it was better than your homemade beans.
What was up with that?!