We wanted to explore the differences between Italian takeout at Olive Garden in the US and Zizzi’s in the UK. This is “Food Wars.”
00:00 – Intro
00:14 – Classics Compared
05:57 – Price
09:03 – Nutrition
10:24 – Exclusives
28:52 – Culture And History
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US vs UK Olive Garden vs Zizzi | Italian Chains | Food Wars | Insider Food
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24:55 he didn’t say …… BACON!!!
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Seafood on pizza is a thing in Italy. Tuna is a popular topping
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looking at zizzi I keep thinking so many isn't italian but instead chinese food. Like the bolognese and the lasanaga I thought was a chow mein and some rice dish. I don't know if it's the bowl or what but they don't look right
Should've just had the american guy talking, the other two were boring. Btw Zizzi is rank garbage. Take spaghetti and drench it in ketchup and it's a 1000 times better than zizzi.
Eggplant is my absolute favourite vegetable. I will not put up with this slander!!!
The king prawn linguine “seems to be some kind of linguine dish” 😂
This guy says spaghetti and meatballs isnt that popular in the Uk but thats a lie
These guys say market stirring sh all the time and that's one of them ! Get the nutritious sh in the UK discontinued !
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Jamie Oliver popularised Italian food in the UK???!!! Possibly the most ridiculous statement ever committed to the internet. Wow.
I live in the UK but I have spaghetti and meatballs often? I didn’t think it was that unpopular?
Very wild generalisations about how common these ‘Italian’ chain restaurants are in the UK. I know that even now in the part of Scotland I grew up in, you’re far more likely to encounter a family owned Italian restaurant and the same can be said of many of the parts of England I’ve lived in too. Though when I was growing up in the West Coast of Scotland, almost every Cafe and Chippie were owned by Italians and obviously all the cafes had brought Italian coffee culture with them but most also served made on site fresh ice cream (though most just sold vanilla there was one just down the coast a little called Nardini’s that did their own version of just about any flavour available. If I remember correctly they even used to do a Viagra flavoured one when the medication first found fame but I think it was just a spoof flavour but made the same shade of blue as the pills).
You also missed the fact that at the end of WWII, many of the Italian (and I think a fair few of the German too) prisoners of war just decided to stay and make the UK their home but as you correctly claimed there had been a steady flow of Italians emigrating to the UK throughout the 1800’s.
Oh and it’s quite funny when you think about the fact that we are all now used to terms such as cappuccino and latte in reference to coffee types but back when I was very young in the late 70’s and early 80’s, you were probably more likely to just see the option of ‘frothy coffee’ for any coffee drink served in a coffee that utilised steamed milk. Sorry, went on a slight tangent there but it always sticks in my mind because my Mum hated ‘frothy coffee’ and eventually just gave up on milk in her coffee altogether…though it was also more common to have fresh single cream in filtered/percolated coffee back then too.
Never been to Zizzi. There are lots of independent Italian restaurants serving great food.
Zizzi is the equivalent of Wetherspoons or supermarket Italian
I don’t know why they didn’t go with Bella italia in the uk
am british never ever heard of zizzi
You should do a video comparing all the British Italian chains: Ask, Pizza Express, Prezzo, Bella Italia, etc
Spaghetti and meatballs is definitely popular in the UK, don't know why Harry said it wasn't
Takeaway isn't as good as eating in the restaurant
Good exam results? We go out nearly every week, and at least half of those will be to Italian restaurants
Oh my goodness zizi is yuk! Esp compared to olive garden… are you guys kidding today with this comparison video…
“Lower end of fast food chains “ are you kidding.. you do not know your stuff when it comes to olive garden…
The Olive Garden dishes all look the same lol
Why is everything fried in the US
Jamie Oliver worked at the River Cafe in West London under Ruth Rogers I believe.
Olive garden is awful..specially the parmesan awful plastic ish
I asked an Italian about the difference of spelling of lasagne (UK usage spelling) and lasagna (American usage spelling) and apparently it depends on the region of Italy as to how they spell it. Still irks me when the British items have are spelt lasagna on programmes like this, though.
What a great tema – thanks for doing what you
I know that we, in Britain, can hardly claim to have authentic Italian dishes, but the American versions just seem like nothing like actual Italian food to me.
I like Zizzi, but their takeaway food looks awful! Bit disappointing!
What is this
I always find it funny that Brits can’t believe how much better US Italian food tastes. The Italian Americans definitely take food seriously and they’re very competitive about it. Everyone benefits from it. 😋
I skipped his entire section since he skipped the Eggplant dish.
Fair is fair.
PSA:
If you live in the U.S does not have Italian parents, have never lived in Italy, you are probably not an italian.
I've been to Olive Garden (in the USA and in Canada) and two different Zizzi's restaurants (Leicester, England and Newport, Wales). Olive Garden tends to be noisier, with more little children, and better for families. The Zizzi's were filled with couples on dates or groups of adults. The Zizzi's were quieter, and had less rushed service, as well. It was just a better experience than Olive Garden.
As italian i feel insulted by those trash dishes… 😮
GB Here – if in town, then Zizzi is one of my favourites. However, we've started going to our local (500m walk) family run Italian (Merola's) or for pizza & cocktails, Fizz'n'Flour in the next neighbourhood – say 1.2km walk.