waves injapan. wahey! ..and lucy treated herself to a fry up in one of london s fast disappearing greasy spoon cafes. this is a lot of food. hello and welcome to this week s the travel show, where we ll be taking a look at some of the stories we have covered recently that go to show that hopefully the world is starting to look a little more familiar after two years of travel restrictions. and over the past couple of months, while it s not been business entirely as usual for the team here on the show, we have been dusting down our suitcases and getting back on the road. well, it won t come as a great
a calorie laden plate of fried eggs, baked beans, black pudding, mushrooms, tomatoes, that have filled many bellies and cured many hangovers over the years. but this great tradition is under threat because the greasy spoon cafes that have traditionally served up this dish are disappearing up and down the country. well, back injanuary we sent lucy to a cafe in east london that is determined to keep that great british fry up flag flying. hey, you must be ned? hi, lucy! hello, nice to meet you. nice to meet you. how are you? i am good, i am good. how are you? i am good, thank you. this caff is a true family affair and it has been passed down between generations since the 1900. my dad was born upstairs in 1925, along with his brothers and sisters. we used to come in here before school, we would come in here after school.
to be more vegetarian. yeah. with all of that, you know, the traditional british cafe is struggling. do you think it holds a place in the future in british food culture? 0h, absolutely. i think they bring people together, serving up that nice warm grub that everybody enjoys. you have no idea how much i am looking forward to eating this fry up. i have seen it come past me a few times today. bring it all, bring it all. this is a lot of food. i m going to try my hardest. so if places like pelicci s are still going strong, i don t doubt for a second that the great british fry up and the traditional great british cafe will keep going strong. lucy there, keeping up the fine tradition of the fry up in east london. well, that is all we have time for on this week s programme, but coming up next week. i am in the netherlands to find out why more museums are opening their entire archives for public perusal. and poking around this vast gallery in rotterdam, where absolutely nothing
this isn t farfrom the real deal, and waiting just over there, calling out to me is a proper, traditional great british fry up. some people, though, believe the traditional english breakfast may have had its chips. more on that later. first though: we are in the austrian alps, at a ski resort that became one of europe s first covid hotspots back at the beginning of 2020. almost two years on, and ischgl is cautiously reopening the business. we have been there to find out how things are going. what makes ischgl special? the area is like, awesome, there is so much space, so much fun, and you have so many options to.do crazy things. in the wintertime, when the sun is shining, i will be up here for snowboarding. how the season was this year,
up in the air with a guide dog. so relieved that she is ok and she has just been chewing the bone the whole flight. and grease is the word: why fans of the great british fry up fear for its future. i think the secret ingredient is love, because you can t get this food anywhere in the world. hello and welcome to bethnal green in the heart of london s east end. now, if you are looking for proper cockney london, this isn t far from the real deal, and waiting just over there, calling out to me is a proper, traditional great british fry up. some people, though, believe the traditional english breakfast may have had its chips. more on that later. first though: we are in the austrian alps, at a ski resort that became one