"Your From New York , aren't you" He's from the Big Apple he is.
Well good afternoon from Cardiff and today we're meeting up with John Barr.
From the vlog Here Be Barr. Somehow he's ended up in Cardiff for
this weekend, so he wants to try some traditional Welsh food so we're bringing
him to a little cafe in one of the arcades to try some laverbread
cockles and whatever else we can get hold of. I'm John from Here Be Barr and
trying Welsh food for the first time in my life. I'm very excited it's good actually
I'm not somebody who can really distinguish much between tea.
I'm not much of a tea drinker, it tastes like English
Breakfast teas I've had in the past I'm sure there must be some subtle difference to
a person who knows how to distinguish tea, but it's good tastes like a fine
morning tea. So what do you think I should try to first? You've got this is laverbread
laverbread is a Welsh seaweed, and then some Welsh bacon and black
pudding.Local Welsh eggs and a grilled tomato.
I'm definitely starting wit the cockles and the seaweed.
yes laverbread, So I'm trying two for the price of one here. Cockles and
laverbread, seaweed and shellfish very coastal sort of food we are in Wales , right on
the water. Not much of a shellfish man normally but
I'm going to try this. I mean I can taste that the saltiness from the water and
the cockles for sure and I like the seaweed. I like the mixture of it I don't know if
I would just want to eat the cockles myself but combined with the seaweed it's a
it's a salty treat and I can see why you want to combine it some of the other
food on the plate. I think to get difference sorts of flavours.
Yes I think it's quite salty, traditionally you have it with like
yo have it with the bacon. Then again salt and salt, it is very salty.
Something I was really excited for. I just stole this from Mel's plate, Welsh
Lamb with mint sauce on top this is something I think I'm going to enjoy and
I heard her say it was good, so I already known it's going to be good.
Tender juicy lamb with a lot of flavour.
The mint sauce, it gives it a little bit of a stronger spice so I like
the compliment between the two. I thought the Welsh breakfast was pretty
similar to the English breakfast but obviously it had some differences like
the cocklesfor example. I wasn't expecting to be eating shellfish in the
morning that was that was very unique for me and laverbread.
Laverbread was good. I really liked the vegetarian sausage with that special cheese
we even got to talk to the chef about it that was amazing and the lamb that we
had. The Welsh lamb, that was I was really good. We are going it try some Brains beer it
doesn't sound like a beer to me but (it's not actually made with Brains)
I hope I hope not. Ho did you enjoy your brains? The first thing that came to mind about
Brains was it tasted like Guinness, Guinness I used to drink in Ireland, little
milky on top dark and not too strong. no it'snot that strong but I liked it a lot and
I don't normally like dark beer . So I was pleasantly surprised, you've done well.
Cheers I would say that of all the cities I've
ever been to in the UK that the people here probably are the friendliest. 'You hear
that!' I'm not just saying that, that might be including you guys and the
food's good and for maybe the younger viewers out there excellent nightlife out there,
a lot to do especially on the weekend here a lot of restaurants cute little centre.
Totally recommend it, only two hours from London you should come if you have time.