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  • Harry: From calorie count to portion sizes,

  • we wanted to find out all the differences

  • between Jollibee in the UK and the US.

  • This is "Food Wars."

  • In the UK, Jollibee serves their famous Chickenjoy

  • in six portion sizes,

  • starting with a one-piece.

  • In the US, you can get your Chickenjoy

  • in five different portions.

  • A one-piece with a side.

  • Harry: Next up, we've got a two-piece.

  • Joe: A two-piece, also with a side.

  • Harry: We move to a three-piece.

  • Joe: A three-piece that comes with a side.

  • I'm so excited to try this.

  • It's my first-ever taste of Jollibee fried chicken.

  • [crunching]

  • Not my first time, Harry.

  • Oh, that's good. That's really good.

  • I don't know how it stayed so crispy.

  • The next sizes up are buckets of chicken.

  • You can get a bucket in six

  • or bucket of 10.

  • Buckets from a UK Jollibee come in three sizes,

  • starting with a six-piece.

  • Then from there, we move up to an eight-piece bucket.

  • And last but by no means least,

  • our biggest portion size is a bucket of 12.

  • Should've got a bigger plate.

  • I'm gonna eat some more.

  • It's really good.

  • [slow romantic saxophone music]

  • I just love chicken,

  • and this is a good example of it.

  • [crunching] [romantic music]

  • These little crispy bits that fall off your chicken,

  • gold dust.

  • Let's each weigh our six-piece buckets

  • to see if the Chickenjoy in one country

  • is bigger than the other.

  • It's time for some Jenga.

  • One.

  • Joe: Ah!

  • Harry: Two.

  • Joe: We have over 100 grams more chicken!

  • Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

  • I realize this is so arbitrary.

  • The size of the meats,

  • the amount of coating,

  • but it's nice to win regardless.

  • [laughs]

  • The chicken at Jollibee

  • also comes in the form of tenders.

  • In the UK, these are served in four portion sizes.

  • As a single tender.

  • What? One piece?

  • One piece?

  • Who's getting one chicken tender?

  • As two tenders.

  • There's a portion of three tenders,

  • and, finally, as a portion of four.

  • One chicken tender?

  • I've never heard of that, anywhere.

  • Well, here in America,

  • we have normal portion sizes for our chicken tenders.

  • You can get them in three pieces, six pieces

  • I think three is not enough, but OK.

  • Three pieces,

  • six pieces,

  • 10 pieces.

  • Whoa!

  • Or 16.

  • Yeah! ♪

  • Tenders.

  • How do you like that?

  • Yeah, there's a little bit more going on there.

  • I like it.

  • Little bit of heat to it.

  • The batter seems different.

  • It has more of, like, the buttermilk flavor to it,

  • of, like, the coating. Yeah.

  • Garlic mayo, always.

  • Who needs ranch when you have garlic mayo?

  • Who needs garlic mayo when you have ranch?

  • [bell ringing]

  • Ranch is far superior to garlic mayo, no question.

  • Hell, yeah. Love ranch.

  • A worthy addition.

  • Ranch is way better. Herbs and spices?

  • Aren't they, like, basically the same thing?

  • Then we're on to some Jollibee specialities.

  • Now, one iconic dish is this one.

  • This is the Jolly spaghetti.

  • Now, this is a dish made of spaghetti with some cheese,

  • as well as a sweet-style sauce,

  • which is, I think, made with, like, banana ketchup

  • and some meats as well,

  • and then it's topped with hot-dog slices.

  • In the UK, this only comes as one portion size.

  • That's a cute size you got there, Harry,

  • but here in the US, we have three sizes.

  • Our regular portion,

  • our family portion,

  • and the party portion.

  • Look at this.

  • This is supposed to be eight to 10 people.

  • It's like a lasagna. Look at that.

  • Now, according to a friend of mine from the Philippines,

  • the pro move is to dunk the chicken

  • into the spaghetti sauce.

  • So let's give that a try.

  • The cold cheese isn't doing it any favors, I'll be honest.

  • [crunching]

  • OK.

  • Joe: Yeah. Harry: It's actually not bad.

  • Joe: It's a bit misleading, because their spaghetti

  • is actually, the sauce is sweet.

  • Very good.

  • Yeah, together, that's really good.

  • Then we're on to the burgers.

  • Now, Jollibee is famous for its Yumburgers,

  • which is a beef burger with its signature burger sauce.

  • In the UK, these come as either a single or as a double.

  • Over here in the US, you can get the classic Yumburger,

  • or this, the double Yumburger.

  • Don't want a bun for your burger, you say?

  • Jollibee has you covered.

  • They have something called the burger steaks,

  • patties of burgers smothered in their mushroom gravy.

  • You can get them in two patties, three patties,

  • or the six-patty family pack.

  • Over here, the burger steaks only come as a two-piece.

  • In the US, you can get a side of white rice.

  • We only have one size, and it's this one right here.

  • Same here. Our rice just comes in one portion,

  • and it's wrapped up like this, very cute.

  • Largest thing on a US Jollibee menu is this,

  • the Chickenjoy Bucket Treat D.

  • As in daaaamn!

  • I want to eat this all.

  • 10 pieces of chicken, five sides,

  • and five of the peach mango pies.

  • All of this for a reasonable price of $30.

  • This is the biggest thing on a UK Jollibee menu.

  • It's a 12-piece family feast,

  • and with one of these,

  • you get a 12-piece bucket of Chickenjoy,

  • two sides of fries, two chicken burgers,

  • four chicken tenders, six dips,

  • and a 1.5-liter bottle of a soda of your choosing.

  • I just want to start this section by giving

  • a shout-out to Jollibee.

  • Their nutritional information for the UK

  • wasn't publicly available when we were looking,

  • but we asked them to share it with us,

  • and they actually did.

  • So gold star for you guys.

  • Everyone else, take note.

  • The information is publicly available in the US,

  • so no special request needed over here.

  • We now know that an average three-piece from a UK Jollibee,

  • assuming they give you a drum, a thigh, and a breast,

  • would come to 1,059 calories.

  • I'd be lying if I said this was good for you.

  • The calories themselves aren't too bad.

  • However, there's just over 100%

  • of your daily sodium allowance in here,

  • as well as around 80% of your daily fat.

  • A drum, thigh, and breast from a US Jollibee

  • comes to 920 calories.

  • So our Chickenjoy actually has fewer calories

  • than the UK equivalent,

  • as well as less than half the sodium content.

  • In both countries, there are some differences

  • in the nutritional stats

  • between the different cuts of chicken.

  • For example, a Chickenjoy thigh is the most calorific cut,

  • whereas a Chickenjoy breast is the highest in sodium.

  • If you're looking to cut back on calories,

  • ask them to only give you drums.

  • Three drums in the US are around 660 calories.

  • Three thighs, on the other hand,

  • will set you back 1,140 calories,

  • a 72% increase.

  • It's a similar deal in the UK.

  • Three drumsticks would come to 777 calories,

  • whereas three thighs would come to 1,299.

  • That's a 67% increase.

  • OK, what about the most calorific thing

  • on the entire menu?

  • That'd be this, the spaghetti party pack.

  • One of these contains 5,000 calories

  • as well as 10,000 milligrams of sodium.

  • So therefore it is the most sodium-rific thing

  • in the history of "Food Wars." Congratulations.

  • This is designed to feed eight to 10 people, yes.

  • But if there's anyone out there

  • who is eating one of these on their own,

  • listen to me.

  • You gotta stop.

  • Over in the UK, the highest calorie rating

  • would obviously be the 12-piece bucket.

  • Now, depending on the cuts of chicken you get,

  • the calories in here could range anywhere from

  • 3,060 to 5,196.

  • Even if they maxed out the calories

  • and gave you all thighs in here,

  • it would still somehow contain less sodium

  • than the spaghetti party pack.

  • Unfortunately, Jollibee in the UK

  • does not disclose its ingredients.

  • The only thing we were able to find was an allergen chart.

  • It's pretty comprehensive,

  • but there's nothing too shocking in there.

  • The only thing that might surprise you is that

  • there's lots of celery and mustard use

  • across the Jollibee menu.

  • Same in the US.

  • The only ingredients info we could find on the US website

  • is that the mangoes in the peach mango pies

  • are made from real Philippine mangoes.

  • These mangoes are incredibly sweet.

  • They're actually in the Guinness Book of World Records

  • for said sweetness.

  • Plus, I, Joe Avella,

  • give them the award for fast-food dessert excellence,

  • because these pies are the best.

  • I love them so much.

  • [inhales]

  • Ah, these things are so good.

  • Looking over the US allergen list,

  • it appears that the burgers at US Jollibee

  • have fish allergens in them.

  • Now, I don't know if that's something

  • with the meat or the sauces,

  • perhaps cross contamination while being prepared,

  • I have no idea.

  • Here is everything you will find on Jollibee's UK menu

  • that you won't find in the US.

  • And here's everything at a US Jollibee

  • you cannot get in the UK.

  • Let's start with some chicken.

  • Now, in the UK, we have an exclusive burger,

  • which is the tropical chicken burger.

  • It's a chicken burger which is served on a brioche bun

  • with cheese, lettuce, Asian ginger chili sauce,

  • and a ring of pineapple as well.

  • Our next chicken option is this one,

  • the Asian chicken rice bowl.

  • It's a bowl with some chopped-up chicken tenders,

  • some rice, and an Asian-style slaw.

  • For our chicken sandwiches,

  • we have the chicken sandwich deluxe.

  • Generous with the mayo.

  • Jollibee, your chicken sandwich

  • is hovering around a McChicken level.

  • Love the McChicken,

  • but I wouldn't send the McChicken into a war,

  • and certainly I would not send

  • the Jollibee chicken sandwich deluxe.

  • It's good. It's not fantastic.

  • What I bet is awesome, though,

  • is the spicy chicken sandwich.

  • Yeah, look at that. They got the sriracha on there,

  • you see that in the bun?

  • Oh, and jalapeños, now? OK.

  • This is actually very good.

  • This might be, I might send this guy into battle.

  • [war cry]

  • Moving away from the chicken options, we have this,

  • which is the Jolly hot dog.

  • Exclusive burgers, we have the big Yumburger

  • and a personal favorite, the Aloha burger.

  • It's got pineapple, you see that?

  • And underneath there, bacon.

  • I love this burger. I gotta take a bite.

  • A fantastic burger. Highly recommend it.

  • Exclusive sides you can only get at the US Jollibee

  • include mashed potatoes.

  • I don't care.

  • And the adobo rice.

  • This thing is a brick of rice.

  • They are generous with the rice.

  • Man, it's packed in there.

  • There's spices and a little bit of, like, meat in here.

  • That's good, yeah.

  • This would be a good side.

  • It's a good call on this side.

  • I like that a lot.

  • Everyone's favorite segment, Sauce Talk.

  • Man: Sauce Talk.

  • We have four sauces that you won't find in the US,

  • and they are as follows:

  • We have a Buffalo sauce; sriracha mayo,

  • which in my opinion is one of, if not the best, condiment.

  • Then we have a sweet chili sauce,

  • and, finally, we have an Asian ginger chili sauce.

  • Creamy sriracha, ranch,

  • I'm very fascinated with this,

  • a pineapple barbecue.

  • I've never tried the Asian ginger chili sauce before.

  • Ooh, I like it.

  • Yeah, that's good.

  • Ooh, some heat.

  • Whoo! Definitely hot.

  • You can see, like, chili flakes

  • kind of floating around in there,

  • and that's not a red herring.

  • Pineapple barbecue.

  • Pine apple barbecue.

  • That's fantastic barbecue sauce.

  • This tastes a lot like

  • a sweeter, creamier version of McDonald's

  • standard barbecue sauce.

  • If they sold this in retail, I would absolutely buy it.

  • That's very good. Wow!

  • I love you, Jollibee. OK.

  • Jollibee has a few breakfast offerings in

  • [clears throat]

  • Asian ginger chili sauce. Powerful.

  • We're fine.

  • Jollibee in the UK has a few breakfast options on offer.

  • We'll start at this end with the breakfast burger steak.

  • Next up, we've got the breakfast Chickenjoy.

  • Our third option is the breakfast hot dog,

  • but instead of the chicken or the burger,

  • you can just get a hot dog on the side.

  • And the last breakfast option is a breakfast Yumburger.

  • We have one exclusive drink at a UK Jollibee,

  • and it's this, the pineapple juice.

  • The color on this is, like,

  • darker than what I'm used to for pineapple juice.

  • Yep, it's pineapple juice. Like it.

  • A US exclusive that I wanted to share with you guys

  • was the Jollibee breakfast,

  • but as you can see, I don't have it.

  • According to the Jollibee I went to,

  • about a month or two before filming this,

  • Jollibee decided to start phasing out the breakfast

  • because no one was getting it.

  • Now, I don't know if that's just the ones in this area

  • or nationally, but for the most part,

  • I think Jollibee no longer has breakfast, so,

  • sorry, guys.

  • And, finally, we have two exclusive dessert options.

  • Here we have the mango coconut sundae

  • as well as a chocolate coconut sundae.

  • The mango peach pies,

  • I cannot believe you can't get these in the UK.

  • That is a crime.

  • [crunching]

  • This might be the best fast-food dessert.

  • Yes, really.

  • This is so great.

  • [slow romantic music]

  • Mm.

  • See, like, I'm on my third bite, and it's already gone.

  • These pies are incredible.

  • You have to have one of these pies.

  • And this delicious, refreshing halo-halo.

  • This is so refreshing.

  • Whatever they're doing, they're doing it well.

  • Would you like some?

  • [crunching]

  • That's very good.

  • Producer: This is really tasty.

  • This blows KFC out of the water for me, though.

Harry: From calorie count to portion sizes,

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