Advanced English Conversation: Talking about FOOD in the UK, USA, and Spain 🍔(with Subtitles!)

Learn new words and phrases - and practice your listening - by watching this real English conversation about food! We discuss the differences between food in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Spain.

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PHRASES FROM THIS LESSON:

Have friends over for dinner
People have different dietary restrictions
A lot of people are gluten-free
Some people have a condition called celiacs
Some people are dairy-free so they don’t eat dairy products
People can be vegan
I was trynna think of a chicken-based dish
A glaze is a rich, thick sauce
We’re cooking a meal tonight
What we’re going to do for sides?
We’re probably wanna do vegetables
They’re most delicious when they’re the least healthy
What immediately comes to mind
You would have beans, toast, bacon, roasted tomatoes, and eggs
I had beans on toast most mornings when I young
Sometimes I like it when different flavors come together
I don’t want my toast to be soggy
You want it to be crunchy and dry
Take your toast and put the right amount of beans on
You either love it or hate it
I feel that way about strong cheese too
Beans are not very popular as a breakfast food at all
We tend to have baked foods - pancakes, waffles, muffins
You have dessert for breakfast
We have pancaked one day a year
It amazes me, you’ll have donuts for breakfast!
Donuts are the ideal breakfast food
They’re the worst!
My perfect breakfast is bacon and eggs
I need a bit of fuel to get me going
When my mum comes to visit, she can’t understand menus here
I was confused at first as well
People come from different countries and cultures
They bring a little bit of their culture
You’ll be able to get Indian food
We haven’t had sandwiches in a while
At school, I used to always have a sandwich
You have to go out of your way to find it
We might have touched on this before
You gave me clues and I finally got it
The average American eats 1,500 PB&J sandwiches by the time they’re 18
That’s usually how averages work
I will fact check this
It’s astonishing if true
My parents packed me sandwiches
If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Can I cheat?
I could eat chili all day every day
I grew up having a Sunday roast every Sunday
Dinner in the UK is usually around 6
You have a small version of Thanksgiving dinner every week
We make a big fuss about it
The pressure affects your cooking time
It kinda has a cult following
The coffee in Spain is unbelievable
Tell us the best way to make coffee
I know coffee’s big there
We bought the least expensive coffee
I never released it
We need to have a snack sampler
We used to share menu of the days
The thing I was excited about the most was the coffee
Did you put sugar in it?
It’s all about omega threes
Why don’t we make paella?
I didn’t quite get the hang of it
What is a dish we should try?
Now you’re just pulling my leg

[KopsR]

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I practice my listening and my speaking after work, when I’m on the bus getting my house …

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[นาถจารีย์]

It's so cute to see a lovely couple having a useful conversation. I got many vocabularies from you two. Thanks a lot for taking time to make through.❤

[mamunmosharaf]

The voice of couple was so wonderful and i have listened all over the time. I think if someone listen podcast like this so he/se can improve english listening as well as speaking.

[guilhermevilla]

I cant believe that your channel doesnt have 1 million subs. You're amazing guys. Hugs from Brazil

[Dhruvipatel]

Hi Jake thanks to share your opinion and this lesson is very important and knowledgeable 🤗

[mkzjngk]

I wanna to thank you both for this effort that you introduce you cannot imagine how you helping us

[AminTavassoli]

Hi dear Jack and dear Kate. Firstly, I want to thank you for your great channel and the great lessons. It has helped me a lot to develop not only my listening skill but also my other skills like speaking and writing. Your advanced English conversations are a brilliant collection, specially because of different ascents and the idioms and expressions that you use. Please record more of these conversations. Secondly, I want to suggest you to try "Ghormeh Sabzi with rice" which is one of the most delicious iranian foods. I come from Iran but I'm living now in the UK and I still cook this food time to time here in the UK and invite my friends for dinner and so far, all of my foreign friends have loved it and whenever I cook this, we eat like a horse! 😋😂 Basically, we as Iranians have different kinds of stew which we eat with rice and "Ghormeh Sabzi" is one of them and although it means herbs stew it has lots of meats in it 😆 Iranians or persians spend a lot of time to cook every day like it's a celebration or something but trust me, it worths the time. I leave a link below from a video on YouTube which shows how to cook this persian dish.
You can definitely find this dish in Iranian restaurants though 😉✌

[matalekalum]

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[jiminwang]

thanks for conversation. I listen English conversation everyday to practice my English langues.

[rayangel]

Hi Jack, first of all, I want to tell you that I'm a coffee fan.
The tips I can give you to make a good cofre are:
The quality of the coffee must be good.
It's much better to buy coffee beans and grand the right amount you need.
Be sure you keep the coffee stored in a dry and dark place to avoid oxidation, you must also use mineral water and of curse put a generous amount of coffee in your coffee maker.
Chose a porceland cup to drink it. (It's the best material).That's all
Kisses from Barcelona

[pyracantha]

Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs: 'I'm having an old friend for dinner' ;)

[C.Hennri]

I'm Brazilian and I love to learn British English with you.

[rosemariedefatimacancelari]

I'm watching and enjoying a lot. Thank It's really useful to us and extremely

[nurainibudiastuti]

Hi Jack, thank you for the video. I watch your video every day, it helps me to improve my English. Talking about food, I usually have fried rice for breakfast.

[leandroxavante]

I really appreciate the work of both of you. You two are awesome. Love your videos and time that you spent on these. Thanks from a brazilian fan.

[gratiapati]

I loved the video! I could learn so many useful expressions from it. Thank so much. As Brazilian I would recommend to try Brazilian tapioca. It's delicious and really healthy! We usually eat it for breakfast or as a snack.

[KatolikPedia]

I am very helped with your lesson. Thank you for sharing all your great lesson...

[oldeagle]

In Italy there is a real coffee culture. You make it with the "caffettiera" kinda coffee machine and ground coffee from south america. We usually have three or more cups a day. l love it, especially in the morning.

[karlachavarria]

Hi both of you. I want to say thank you for the explanation between food cultures in the UK, USA and spain. I really apreciate the information and expression that both of you used in this conversation. I think that with topics like these I can improve my english every time I can watch you.

[Snakes]

Hello! I am listening this video and I cant describe feelings that I have. I am amazed. Thank you guys for such conversation. Appreciate it!