GMM 2386: Frozen vs. Fast vs. Fancy Food Taste Test

Do prices matter for the favorite foods of a Mythical chef? – Let’s talk about that. (upbeat music) Good Mythical Morning. – We have now tried the favorite foods of Link’s dad, my mom, and Stevie. – I did not frustrate any Mythical beast who thought that I should have eaten the bagel and lox with the lox. – Yeah, nobody said a thing. Now trying all of those people’s favorite foods at every single price point, that was fun. We’ve accomplished something, but there is one person whose favorite foods we have not yet tasted. – Um, Waylon Jennings? – Well, that is true, but that’s not who I was thinking. – Yeah, Waylon Jennings. I’d like to taste his favorite foods. – Yeah, well maybe that can be arranged. – Yeah, yeah. – Don’t get weird. – Yep, yep, yep. – I’m talking about Mythical chef, Josh. That’s why he’s been sitting over there this whole time, because we’re going to try his favorite foods today. – Oh, great idea. – Not Waylon Jennings. – Great idea. Hey. (crew laughing) – I do a great Waylon Jennings impersonation. – [Rhett] Oh, can we hear it? – Yeah, yeah. Hey man, it’s me, it’s Waylon Jennings. – No, wait, no. – Oh crap, sorry. – Did I overstep? – You do not even know who he is. – You’ve never heard Waylon Jennings talk. – No idea who Wayland Jennings is, I’m sorry. – But you’re not gonna make us eat- – Yeah, we’re offended. – Any crazy stuff like bagel and lox with the lox, are you? – You bagel and lox, in this economy? Get the heck outta here. No way. (Stevie laughing) – Okay, good. It’s time for Naked Foods:Josh Edition. Naked. The food is naked. We’ve seen him nearly naked before anyway. (air swooshing) (game show music) – [Stevie] Gentlemen, today you’ll be tasting Josh’s favorite dishes at various price levels; low, mid, high, and fancy. And some of the dishes you try will be from his actual favorite places to order them. You’ll pick your own favorites and I’ll tell you where each one is from and how much it costs. And by the end, you’ll know how fancy your palates are when it comes to Josh’s favorites. – This is like the opposite of last meals. Well, it’s role reversal. Like, we’re eating your favorite foods, as opposed to you serving us our favorite foods. – The opposite of last meals would be if we just fed a baby fresh out the womb the first thing it ever had. (crew laughing) – Oh yeah. Yeah, we’re gonna do that. – That’s true. – Feeding babies solid food right out the womb. – Mm, so this is what? – [Josh] So this is a pastrami sandwich. It is a Jewish deli, oh. – This is a pastrami sandwich. – Yeah. We have a way we do things, Josh. – Josh I’m sorry. Sorry man, I was confused. – This is our show, not yours. – Josh Sorry. – Pastrami sandwich, now this one’s long. – Dang, son. I love it, now, what’s the difference between this and a Reuben? – [Josh] So, a Reuben typically has either corned beef or pastrami, but a Reuben has sauerkraut and Russian dressing. So I believe this sandwich may actually be a Reuben because there is pastrami on it. So it’s still within the category. – Hm, it tastes like Quizno’s. – I know where this is from. – Jimmy John? Firehouse? – Nope. – It’s good. – It’s very good. – [Link] That bread is really good. What’s on that bread? – [Rhett] That bread is recognizable. – I know, I recognize the bread. Now this one’s more just about that pastrami. Mm-hmm. – [Rhett] Mm. – So salty. So nice. – I knew you would do us right, Josh? – That’s a winner too, man. – [Stevie] What is that supposed to mean? – I mean, Stevie, you did us right too. – Yeah. – I’m just saying. – Apparently I did you wrong, Stevie. – [Stevie] Yeah. – I’m just saying that. – Now this one is- – [Rhett] If Josh likes something, I know I’m gonna like it. – [Link] This one feels homemade. It’s just a slice of bread. – It’s very deli-ish. – [Link] Yeah. – [Rhett] Hmm. – It’s got mustard on the bottom. That’s weird. – Mine’s got mustard on the top. That’s weird. – No, turn it over. – That’s just how it was. – It’s good, but. – That’s got the kind of bread that I think you’re supposed to have on a sandwich like that. – I don’t think it has any business having mustard on it. The first two don’t. – [Josh] That’s a heck of a thing to say. – The third one doesn’t. – That’s a heck of a thing to say. (Stevie laughing) – [Link] Really? – The Jews after me and Stevie’s episodes with the lox and the no mustard on pastrami. – Yeah, mustard on pastrami is a big, is kind of a thing. – Well, hold on. Only one of these has mustard on it, Josh. Where’s the mustard on this one? Are you offended? – [Josh] No, it doesn’t need mustard, but I’m saying, you know, it’s a very common thing. – [Rhett] Huh. – Now that is nice looking. – [Rhett] Hmm. – How they make the meat that color? They just leave it hanging somewhere salted? – [Josh] Yeah, typically it’s salted with nitrate salts that makes it pink, and then smoked, which also adds to the pinkness. – [Link] Mm-hm. – I’m having trouble. – I’m having trouble too. Sorry, I didn’t mean to nudge you. Hmm. Hmm. – One of them has… – Mustard, this one. – The best meat. – Hmm. – I don’t need another bite. – [Stevie] Josh? – This is good, we’re so hungry. – Just a point of clarification. Do I ever get to eat these, or no? – [Stevie] No, you have to just stare longingly towards them, and- – You do what you always do over there, and just eat our leftovers. – Yeah, Josh, you can have all the leftovers you want. – [Josh] I prefer leftovers. – This was not easy, they were all good. – This is not easy at all. – But there’s one that I feel like achieved something in authenticity and meatiness. – [Stevie] Three, two, one. – Vroom. – After all that, I just wanna go on record and say, yes, I voted for the one that has mustard, but I would’ve ordered it without the mustard. – It’s excellent. Actually, they’re all really good. This is from that place. – Really good. – I think that Ike’s place that we go. – [Stevie] I’m surprised you didn’t scrape the mustard off. – Oh yeah, that’s right, Ike’s. (crew laughing) – [Stevie] Link, you chose the- – I don’t do that anymore. – [Stevie] Oh, okay. The High Level from King’s Deli for $16.99. (bell dinging) – That’s pricey. – [Stevie] And Rhett, not only did you choose the fancy one from Langers for $24, it’s also Josh’s favorite. – $24? – It’s so good. – [Stevie] Yeah, there’s a lot of meat. – Okay, listen, I know what this means. – This is Ike’s, isn’t it? – Is I get to do the fancy pants dance, but as you might know, Moochelle was just tragically exploded on the show. – [Stevie] She exploded all over me. – Yeah, right, it was graphic and we did find her killer and you can see that entire mystery unfold and solved on “The Mythical Society,” but I guess we’re just gonna go back to dancing alone. But you know, Josh, because I picked your favorite sandwich, will you join me in a fancy pants dance? – I will, but I only know how to slow dance. – Okay, I’ll go low. (piano music) (crew laughing) – Do I go high then? – You go high. – Do I just stare into your eyes? – Mm-hmm. – This is really nice. (laughs) (crew laughing) I feel so small in your arms. – Yeah, this is great. – Am I the chaperone? – I feel like this moment could last a lifetime. – Yeah, wow, wow. – I really feel that. – That’s a great sandwich. – Thanks, man. (crew laughing) – He only knows how to slow dance. I mean, you gotta give the man what he can do. – [Stevie] Okay, so you said you knew where the first one was from. – Ike’s. – Yeah, that’s from Ike’s, our mid-price point for $14.41. And then the next one is our low price point, Togo’s for $11.50. – Togo’s is still great. – It’s still very edible. (game show music) (air swooshing) (air swooshing) – [Josh] These are Korean chicken wings. – Oh, these are Korean chicken wings. – These are Korean chicken wings. And these right here- – This is a whole wing. – Look at that. They didn’t even pull it apart. Sesame seeds all over it. – Gotta get a little bit of each part here. – [Link] Hmm. – Oh my God. Oh man, that’s good. – So is it, did they get it from Korea? – [Josh] Did who get it from Korea? – Is this chicken from Korea? What makes it a Korean? – [Josh] I don’t know where the chicken was born, man. These are- – What makes it Korean wing then? – Well, it’s a method of frying. It’s typically double fried. You’ll use some like cornstarch, some rice flour in the batter. I think Korea just figured out how to make the best fried chicken. (mellow music) – Hey, hey. Don’t, I mean, listen, don’t get any ideas. (crew laughing) Don’t be presumptuous. – Twinkle Fingers just wants you and Josh to dance again. (crew laughing) So that first one was, it was kind of like, the breading was soft. – This is more like a traditional fried wing, boy that’s a spicy sauce. – Much less breading on this one. – (coughs) Man, that’s pretty good, but- – Spicier. – It feels a little too like close to other wing, this, this was like a, a new thing. – Totally different. – [Rhett] Boy, that’s spicy, and good. – Yeah, it is. So they’re both good. This one, down, right down the middle. – It’s not bad. – I wouldn’t say it’s that special. – It’s not, it isn’t that special. – It’s nothing that special. And then these are so red, like… – [Rhett] Very red. – [Link] Look how red that is. – [Stevie] Now I will say in this round, we do have two of Josh’s favorite places. – I really like chicken wings. – Two of these are your favorite? – None of these are bad, Josh. – [Josh] I know, man. – Oh man. – [Josh] Isn’t it great? – These two are kind of the same, but still different and then this one’s not your pick. How could, how could this one be a pick? – [Rhett] I really, ’cause you, you can do them in so many different ways – And then that one. – The sauce on these is electric. – Boogie woogie woogie. Mm. (lips smacking) – I don’t know what to tell you, man. I’m just having such a good time. – All right. I’m ready. – [Stevie] Three, two, one. – These are my favorite. They’re just, they’re just- – I was so close to that. – They’re just so unique, man. – (coughs) Wow, that spice is really getting me. – [Stevie] So Link, you chose our high price point, Yang Ji Gamjatang. – [Link] I did that again, that’s two in a row. – [Stevie] For 16.50 – Okay. – Whoop. – [Stevie] And speaking of two in a row, Rhett, you chose our fancy option, Yangban Society for $30, also one of Josh’s favorites. – I love that place! That’s why I love them. Dang, that’s one of my favorite places in town. Josh, would you like to dance? – [Josh] Do you know how I know it’s one of your favorite places in town? – [Rhett] Why? Because I told you. – Because Rhett, you’re the reason I went there in the first place. (laughs) – Oh, you went there because I told you about it. – I went there because of you. You have great taste. – It’s so good, man. – Fantastic. – It’s like my favorite place. – It’s great, and I love that they have all those little cocktails that you can drink. – Oh and they’re like in little cans. They’re like pre-mixed. – Yeah, yeah. – I go there on date night with my wife, but I’ll go there on date night with you. (crew laughing) – You didn’t say you had a wife. – Oh, sorry, I don’t have a wife. (crew laughing) – Uh. (crew laughing) – [Stevie] So (laughs) the second one in is our low price point, Wingstop, for 7.61. – I was gonna say, “This tastes like a Wingstop wing,” which actually, it’s pretty good. – But that’s not Korea though. – But it’s not, you know, yeah, Wingstop. – It’s not Josh’s second favorite ’cause that’s the next one over, the mid-price point, Kyochon for 12.59. – The one we didn’t even like? – Okay, so, the story is, Kyochon is right next to my favorite Korean barbecue spot in LA. And while we were waiting for a table at Korean barbecue, we used to get wings at Kyochon as an appetizer and drink a couple beers there. So it has a special place in my heart, but the Yangban Society ones, incredible. – They’re solid. – Yeah. And then what is this? The Ji one, you’ve already told me. – [Stevie] Mm-hm. – Yep, yep. – [Josh] That place makes great pork neck stew. – Oh? Mm. – [Josh] You go there for the pork neck stew, not the wings. – Pig don’t have neck. – [Josh] What? – Pig don’t have neck. (crew laughing) – [Josh] Pig have neck, man. (game show music) (air swooshing) (air swooshing) – In celebration of Pride this year, we’re releasing an all new, limited edition, Proud Mythical Beast tee, featuring the ram logo redesigned. – [Rhett] I love this one, look at that. – Redesigned. That’s amazing. 100% of profits from the sale of this tee will go to our friends at Outright Action International. Also, we got a new permanent addition, or two actually, to our Always Proud collection, including this zip up hoodie. – Show ’em the back. – Yeah, look at the back. Hey, there it is. Hey, and here’s the front. – Hey. – There’s an embroidered hat as well. Check ’em out at Mythical.com. What’s this next one, Josh? Taco of some sort? (crew laughing) – [Josh] Yeah, man. These are carne asada tacos. – Carne asada tacos. These are carne asada tacos. – These are carne asada tacos. – [Rhett] I didn’t say that right, but you know what I mean. Oh, a classic carne asada taco. – You know, just keep it simple. – I would’ve thought maybe you would’ve gone with lingua. – And there’s some, there’s some- – I mean, I- – Salsa verde in here. – Nothing against it. – Sorry, I’m busy eating your leftovers here, like normally on set. But no, I grew up like in South Orange County, in North San Diego County. – [Link] You grew up? – With carne asada tacos. I think we’re all growing up, slowly but surely. – We don’t do that here, Josh. – [Josh] Inching towards death, you know what I mean? But yeah, I love carne asada, it’s my favorite. – [Link] Mm. – [Rhett] Mm? Mm. – [Link] Mm. – There’s so many good tacos in Los Angeles. – [Link] Mm-hm. – I mean. – [Josh] I’ll tell you what though, my singular favorite taco is on your table right now. – [Rhett] Okay, well. – Is it about to be in our mouths? – I don’t think I’ve had it yet. – This one’s pretty. It’s got that red stuff on it. – Okay. – I don’t know how hot that’s gonna be. – We just leveled up, ladies and gentlemen. – Yeah, we didn’t talk about the first one ’cause it wasn’t worth talking about. This second one. – Did you see how that juice just poured outta there? – Mm-hm. It’s got a very like, grandma’s kitchen vibe. – This one’s stuck to the bottom of the plate here. There we go. I like the salsa on that too. Well, this has got a little something else goin’ on. – This one’s different. More guacamole. I took such a big bite that I’m not ready for this one. – Whoa! The smokiness of that meat. – This is a carne asada taco? – Shh, hold on. I’m really confused right now. – I know, it’s like, whoo, it’s spicy! – This is not an easy decision. – Whoo! Hoo. But look at it. – [Josh] So keep in mind that asada does technically mean grilled over live fire, typically from live wood. – Well, I can definitely taste it in this one. This is clearly your favorite. I mean, it’s on- – They’re both so good. – That one’s on another level and then this one’s on another nother level. Oh man. I gotta vote for that too. I know you’re gonna vote for it. – There’s no doubt, because the thing about it is like, this is a really, really good taco, but this is like a taco that gives carne asada it’s actual name and I’m totally feeling it. Totally feeling it. – [Stevie] Are you also feeling like a little bit of green stuff in your beard? Because. (Josh laughing) No, it, no. – [Link] I don’t see it. Must be on the other side. – [Stevie] Towards your lip. – Oh yeah, up there. – [Stevie] Yeah. – Yeah, oh, it’s gone. – [Stevie] Well, you both picked Josh’s favorite. It’s our low price point, Sonoratown Costilla Taco for 3.50. (bell dinging) – The is the low price point? Three freaking 50? – You’re telling me, man. I love it. Oh, it’s so good. – [Link] That’s wild, dude. – They import their flour from Sonora. I just love them so much, Sonoratown. (lips smacking) – [Stevie] And then the other two, the first one is our fancy option from Casa Vega for $9, and then our mid option from Brick & Flour for $5. – Brick & Flour is great. Casa Vega, they charge too much for food that’s not that great. Sorry, it’s a cool place. – There you go. – Nobody gets to dance, and we don’t even care, right? – I mean we could do a three-way slow dance, I mean. I mean, ’cause we all chose the same taco and it’s his favorite. – But it was cheap. – [Stevie] Well you have to do it down low though. – Can we do a real cheap three-way dance? – [Stevie] Yeah, a cheap, low three-way. – And now I’m in on this? (upbeat music) – Should I just? (crew laughing) I don’t know what’s happening, for the record. I’m very confused, but I feel strangely familiar. – That’s so cheap! Can you believe we did that? – Like I’ve been here before. You ever get a crazy sense of deja vu? (crew laughing) – In your dreams. – What did you do, Link, in that dance? – Um, I, I did something cheap. (game show music) (air swooshing) (air swooshing) – [Josh] This is bread pudding. – This is bread pudding. – Oh, I didn’t know you were a bread pudding guy. This is my… I don’t have a wife, but if I did it would be her favorite dessert. – [Stevie] I don’t like when you talk about her around me. – [Rhett] Yeah, I’m sorry. – [Link] So the first one doesn’t have any, what is that, caramel sauce? What kind of sauce is it? – Yeah. Oh, that has a lemony lemony. – Yeah. – Which I kinda like, but. – Not loving it. I want to go into the middle of this and get me. – Well, you didn’t even ask my permission. – Get a bite. I don’t think I need to do that. – [Rhett] Well, when you’re sharing a bread pudding, you gotta give your your buddy a little game plan. – Hmm, very butterscotchy. Is that what that is, butterscotch? – The sauce is a little. – Scotchy. – To be honest with you it’s a little dry. – As a fan of pudding, I don’t see how any of this is pudding at all. – I think they use it in, like, the British sense. – [Rhett] Like, Yorkshire pudding. – Like, you can’t have your pudding unless you’ve eaten your meat kind of thing. – Oh, yeah. – As in, a bread product. I wanted to like that ’cause it looks so impressive. – It’s not bad, but- – But it’s not even as, it’s not as juicy as the- – Oh, shoot. – Oh, oh yeah. You made a little present for yourself. – Link Yeah, I did. Permission to fish it out. – Okay. This is the consistency that you want bread pudding to be. I can, I just cut through it and immediately recognize that somebody knows what they’re doing. – Mm, tastes kinda like Christmas. – [Stevie] I will say that Josh does not have a favorite up here, so you’re really just playing from your own hearts and your own taste buds. – You make your own bread pudding for yourself? – I actually do, that’s one of the reasons I love bread pudding so much ’cause you can use any leftovers, any scraps, and just like, whip it up in 20 minutes when you’re at home. – This one’s a nice little manageable serving. – [Rhett] It’s very light. – Everything’s smaller. Maybe it’s more of a to-go restaurant. – Again, that sauce is so overpowering. I mean it’s good, but. – Hmm. Hmm. – Hold on. Ha ha. – Hmm. I don’t love the sauce. I don’t think it needs the sauce. – When they do it right, you don’t need the sauce. – Yeah. Hmm. Hmm. – I actually like the lemony nature of that, but it just feels a little bit not like bread pudding. I’m gonna, I’m sorry, I’m just, I’m having to make a right decision here. – I’m ready to go. Ready to go. – [Stevie] Three, two, one. – This one’s the best. – Yeah, I agree. I almost went with this one. You were thinking about that one? – It’s too Christmasy. It’s probably the fancy one, but it’s just not that good. – Yeah, why’s it so crispy, Christmasy? – [Stevie] You both chose the mid-price point, Creme Caramel for 5.75. – Good deal. (bell dinging) – [Stevie] And then from Rhett’s side, we have the low price point, Teapot Bakery for 3.25. Then fancy from Morrison for $14, and then the high price point, Marmalade Cafe for $10. – Oh, but see this one, it has almost like a cornbread kind of a, it’s flirting with cornbread. – It’s super consistent, super moist. Almost a little bit light. You know, Josh, you can have that half if you want it. – Flirting with cornbread is my favorite jam band from the ’80s. – Oh, yeah, that’s good. That one’s pretty good. – [Stevie] So, the lowest possible Perfect Josh Meal was 25.86 and the highest was $77. Rhett, your Perfect Josh Meal came in at 63.25 and Link, yours came in at 42.74. – Who’d have thought? I made a little extra money that I can spend on cleaning supplies. – Oh, wow. That’s gonna be an exciting afternoon for you. – Yeah, ’cause this is dirty. Thanks for subscribing and clicking that bell. – You know what time it is. – I’m Kayleigh from Orange County, California. I just found Mythical Chef Josh in my high school yearbook and it’s time to spin the Wheel of Mythicality. – Oh, we don’t get a close-up? – Creepy. – Click the top link to watch us match the weird saying to the state that made it up in “Good Mythical More.” – And to find out where the Wheel of Mythicality’s gonna land. Say it loud and proud with the Proud Mythical Beast’s crew collab tee, available now through May 16th, plus new items in our year-round, Always Proud collection at Mythical.com.

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