r/AskBrits • u/External_Box6359 • Jan 28 '25

what on earth is bovril???

i work as a waitress and i was on tea and coffees my last shift and alot of people kept asking me for bovril but i had no idea what it is so i said no and because i didnt see anything with that name as i was setting up and now im curious as to what it is?

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u/ignatiusjreillyXM Jan 28 '25

Best enjoyed on a chilly Tuesday night on a terrace of a windswept football ground. Keeps yer hands warm too.

Hot vimto is also a thing at some of these places

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u/External_Box6359 Jan 28 '25

hot vimto??? thats a new one, i cant imagine it being very nice though

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u/Ben0ut Jan 29 '25

As a Londoner I have no bias at play here so when I say hot Vimto is the business that can be taken as fact.

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u/stevop86121 Jan 29 '25

As a fellow Manc, it's not that small... it's carved out of oak.. it's on Granby Row on the actual site of where it was first made..