Living in the UK with @billy_on_aire PART 2

Eat Sleep Dreamers welcome to a super special video today because I'm joined by Korean Billy.

That's right! Now Korean Billy is a bit of a legend. He does fantastic English dialect

videos and I'm bringing him to Borough market (in London). I want to show him around the

market. We're going to go and get some food and he's going to talk to you guys about moving

to the UK. Alright so we are now in the queue for Monmouth coffee. This is the best coffee

in London, maybe. There is always a queue. We're in the queue right now. As you can see

there's a massive queue. Billy - Wow! Tom - But it is definitely worth the wait Billy

I promise you. Billy - Ok. Tom - Do you like coffee? Billy - Yeah, I do. I'm really excited

to have a nice genuine artisan coffee. Tom - Artisan coffee, yeah exactly. Billy - Artisan

coffee, I'm so excited. Tom - What do you want? Do you want a flat white? Billy - Because

I'm in London I would go for a flat white. Tom - A flat white. Good choice. Alright let's get one.

Tom - Ok, we've got our coffee from Monmouth coffee. Now Billy I wanted to talk to you

about British food. Now when you came to Britain how was it sort of adapting to eating British

food? Billy - Well actually all my Korean mates were kind of like worried and they kind

of like made me scary because they told me that British food is not really great actually.

But like I definitely tried British food right after coming to the UK and I went to like

a fish and chip shop and it was just near the campus area so it was quite nice and reasonably

priced. I think especially the campus area like fish and chips are quite nice, I don't

know why. And it was quality, I liked it and I tried other British food like Sunday roasts

which I really liked. Tom - Yes, Sunday roasts. Everyone has to try a Sunday roast. Because

I think everyone when they think about British food they think about fish and chips but actually

for me Sunday roasts. They are the best, right? Billy - Like meat never fails actually. Tom

- So true, so true. Yorkshire puddings, did you try Yorkshire puddings? Billy - Yeah,

definitely. So one of my best British mates is from Harrogate in Yorkshire so I could

actually try the genuine Yorkshire style Yorkshire pudding. Tom - Ok, nice! Billy - It was really

nice. It was like I kind of felt quite healthy or something because it's like full of vegetables

and sauce with bread. Tom - Yeah exactly, you are getting all your vegetables, you are

getting meat protein, you are getting some carbohydrates. It's a healthy meal. Billy

- Yeah and with the Yorkshire pudding I definitely tried Yorkshire tea which I really liked.

Yorkshire is quite popular for tea right? Tom - Yeah the brand Yorkshire tea, one of

my favourites. Yeah it's a good strong cup of tea. Billy - So I definitely enjoyed tea

and coffee here in the UK is also quite nice, there are nice coffee shops like this. It

tastes really nice. Tom - Well, it's so popular these days like having a cup of coffee. I

think everyone starts the day with a cup of coffee these days well a lot of people. One

more question, British supermarkets when you came to Britain which supermarket did you

go to? Billy - Well, the nearest one from my student accommodation was Tesco actually.

But there was like another big one called Aldi. Tom - Yes! Billy - Do you know that?

Tom - Yes! Billy - So Aldi was really really super big and the price was really cheap so

it was the best place to get some like groceries and some other food. So just for some quick

snacks I went to Tesco and for actual shopping like to actual grocery shopping or something

I went to Aldi. Tom - Cool, and was it very different to a super market in Korea? Billy

- I think like supermarket style is like the same but I think the price is quite different

because like in Korea I think vegetable and fruit is much more expensive in Korea but

like when I found it really nice when I was in the UK was the fact that like fruit and

vegetable, like those things are quite cheap I think. Rather than restaurant prices, like

groceries and food are quite nice and cheap so I really liked it. Tom - Ok, fantastic.

Awesome, well we are going to go into Borough market again and yeah go check out some food,

see what little deliciousness we can find. Billy - Yeah yeah street food. Tom - Alright, let's do it.

Tom - Ok, so we are now in the street food area and we are following our noses. We are

going to fin some delicious food just from the smells, right? Because they are amazing.

Billy - All the food looks really nice. Tom - Yeah yeah yeah it does. What are you thinking?

What would you like to eat? Billy - Well I might go for, let me think, maybe some noodles.

Tom - Ohhh Billy - Yeah that would be like, like noodles is such a like street food. Tom

- Yeah I think you are right. Billy - It's also quite easy to take away. Tom - Yeah that's

right and we are in the street food section. The other section is kind of got more whole

food so you can sort of buy it take it home whereas the food here you can eat it right

now. Alright we've talked a little bit about food and British food for you. So you like

Sunday roasts, what other British food have you tried? Billy - Well I would say British

desserts are quite nice. What was that, was it called trifle? Tom - Trifle yeah. Billy

- I really liked trifle when I tried that. And some puddings obviously and what else?

Like milkshake, I really like milkshake. Tom - I always associate that with America, like

a milkshake but yeah. Billy - But British milkshake is like really really high quality

because like dairy food in the UK is quite nice. Tom - Yeah yeah yeah Billy - So milk

and yoghurt in the UK are really really nice. So I liked milkshake and dairy things. Tom

- What about British snacks? Did you ever try like a scotch egg or a sausage roll? Billy

- Yeah sausage roll and bangers and mash obviously. Tom - Oh yeah, so sausages and mash, bangers

and mash. Billy - What else? Like cottage pie, i also tried cottage pie which was quite

nice. Tom - Yeah cottage pie. So that's kind of like potato with mince meat underneath

and kind of gravy. Yeah super delicious. Billy - And also the northern food would be chips

and gravy. Tom - Yes! Billy - It's like fried chips and gravy sauce, right? So gravy is

so like northern so I tried it when I used to live in up north which I really liked it.

Ok, so w've just sat down with our food. Billy, what have you got? Billy - So I've got this

beef pie and mash potato which looks so British. Tom - Yeah there's nothing more British than

that. Pie and mash, gravy. Billy does it right. When he comes to Britain he tries the local

food and is it delicious? I, on the other hand, have gone for a smoothie. Not quite

so authentic. I had a big breakfast that's my excuse. So in terms of advice for people

who want to move to Britain. I know a lot of my Eat Sleep Dreamers are interested in

coming here to study or to work. What tips, can you think of three tips that you would

give someone moving to Britain? Billy - Well I think like lots of non-English speaking

people, they are really worried about British English when they are like preparing for like

going to the UK but I would say you don't really get that much stress when it comes

to you know English language because you can kind of somehow communicate with local people.

Even though you are not really good at English you can definitely like communicate with other

people and British people they don't really get scary when you are not, even though you

are not very good at English. Tom - Yeah I think we try to help people who don't have

a lot of English, we try and help them to communicate. You know, we don't put too much

pressure on them to say exactly the right words. As long as they have something we'll

try and understand. If they get the word wrong, it's ok, it's not a problem. Billy - Right,

yeah definitely. Yeah so everybody thinks that they are like so obsessed with like perfect

English like English grammar and vocabulary but you can just enjoy speaking English after

coming to the UK so that preparation, that kind of like mind would be really important.

Tom - Yeah that's a really good tip. Billy - And I think like especially prices in London

are quite expensive. So I think you should keep that in mind as well. The prices are

a bit like crazy. Even though the British pound has got a bit like cheap, like cheaper

compared with other currency. Tom - But then there are ways. So I think you are right,

London and Britain is an expensive place but there are ways to live quite cheaply. So you

know, we were talking about Aldi earlier. That's a really cheap excellent supermarket

to go to. In terms of, well ok so travel is a bit expensive but if you book in advance

then you can get a cheaper train ticket, cheaper bus ticket. Billy - Yeah and if you are, like

if you become like a student in the UK you can take full advantage of being a UK student

in England. For example there's a railcard and I took full advantage of the railcard

because I travelled a lot with the train and it's like you could get like thirty percent

and forty percent discounts with that railcard and there's a card called like Uni lad student

card and I could get lots of like discounts with that student card and student ID. And

I think like Britain tries to give a lot of like discounts and a lot of benefits for students

so I think you can definitely take advantage of that. Tom - Fantastic, thank you Billy.

Tom - Ok Billy we've talked a little bit about accents earlier. Billy is an expert at dialects,

British dialects. Which one is your favourite to do? Billy - I would say scouse. Scouse

is the Liverpool dialect. Tom - Yep, your scouse accent is really good. You did a bit

earlier. What other ones have you done? What other videos have you done? Billy - Like geordie.

Tom - Geordie. Where's geordie from? Billy - Geordie is the Newcastle one. Tom - The

Newcastle accent Billy - Newcastle yeah and bristolian which is the Bristol dialect. And

a Northern Irish one as well. Tom - They are all really distinct. Different sort of vowel

sounds and yeah different vocabulary and stuff. For anyone coming to Britain, have you got

any advice for different dialects, how they can learn dialects and stuff? Billy - I think

like hanging out with local people would be the best but hanging out with local people

would be difficult at first. But in the end you are going to like manage to understand

what they say or like if you are just open to like learning local words and phrases you

are going to kind of like absorb and learn the local words in the end. So just having

an attitude of just being open to different dialects and different accents would be the

most important thing. Tom - I'd say before you come, prepare yourself so watch a couple

of Billy's videos to help you out. That's one way of doing it. And then maybe watching

a local YouTubers from that area. Oh sorry, we are in the way. Sorry mate. Just getting

in the way there. Yeah watching YouTubers from those areas, right? So you get used to

the accent. So if you are going to move to Liverpool for university, hunt out some YouTubers

from Liverpool and start listening to them stuff like would be kind of cool.

Tom - Alright guys, we've come to the end. We've had an awesome day? Billy - Yeah awesome

day. Time does fly. Tom - Time does fly. Absolutely. have you enjoyed walking around Borough market.

Billy - Yeah definitely. The weather is not that bad, it's not that cold so I really enjoyed

it. I would like to look around more but I'm running out of time so I think check out other

London places because there are lots of like nice places in London. Tom - Absolutely. Billy

- I should definitely explore more. Tom - Definitely. Billy - Thank you so much for you know showing

me around. Tom - Well no, thank you so much for giving all your tips about your experiences

coming to the UK. If you guys have any questions or comments let me know in the comments below.

Thank you Billy for sharing them. Billy's got his own channel. Would you like to explain

what it is? Billy - Ok. My YouTube channel is just called Korean Billy, my name. And

I make videos about British accents, British dialect and a little bit about cultural stuff.

So if you are also interested in like different kinds of British English check out my channel.

Tom - Yeah, it's fantastic. Really good. I'll link it just below. But until next time guys,

thank you so much for hanging out with us. This is Tom and Korean Billy saying goodbye.