GMMore 2905: Who Can Make The Best Ramen?

We’re competing to make the best ramen. Welcome to “Good Mythical More”. Jordan Myrick, welcome. Thank you, I’m so excited to be here. I love instant ramen. Well, here it is, poof, instantly right in front of you. Well, it was so instant. Now do you find yourself making instant ramen- This is your future. I’m so excited. For yourself and then putting up other stuff on it? I do, yes, almost always. Really? Yeah. I know. This is something- I think it’s a nice little base. I don’t know how this has, like, flown under or over or around my radar. I just haven’t done this. Oh yeah. Because it’s like- I’ve not done this either. You can take one of these, add a soft boiled egg, add some kimchi, maybe some tofu. You put in the air fryer. Yeah, yes, you found- Leftover rotisserie chicken. You fell right into my trap. Green onions. You started mentioning the things that you want. Yeah, oh, oh no! Yeah, remember what we’re doing? No, I kind of forgot. We’re gonna make this for you. I thought we were all just hanging out. You’re gonna judge. So- You’re gonna go first ’cause I won last time. Yeah, you did won last time. I’m gonna go with what I would’ve gotten first, ’cause I feel like it needs to be in there, but you also said it, kimchi. I mean, yeah. I think kimchi’s delicious. That’s fine, ’cause I know what I wanted to get at first. Okay, what is it? I wanted to block you out of the chili oil. Love, and this chili oil is good. Now, so, let’s talk about these Sporked picks. Of course, Sporked tells you what you should be buying when you go to the grocery store. It’s so overwhelming. There’s so many options. But, Classic NPG Sichuan chili oil. Yeah, you can buy this online. This is good stuff? It’s delicious, try it. I think it, like, both the chili crisp inside it, but also the oil itself, have the best flavor of any of the ones we tried. And we tried all the really popular ones, obviously. And a lot of them are good. But this one really was next level. Oh, oh. That hit his finger then went into your bowl. Interesting technique. Just so you know. Okay. Just so you know what just happened. All right. That’s exactly what happened. Mm-hm. Good, right? Well this is spicy kimchi. Yum. You know what I’m about to do? I’m gonna add some sriracha just because I wanna make sure that I get- Delish. That flavor in there. Delish, I like it spicy. That is, it’s pungent. Yeah. It is spicy. It’s smoky. It’s flavorful. It’s so good. It’s a good one. It really is gonna be the cornerstone of my base. I love that. I think it’s good we’re getting spicy because I feel like a lot of times if I was eating this, I’d be drunk, and I love even spicier food when I’m drunk. That’s on the sriracha. Because it’s, because you’re, you can’t feel your face. Probably because I’m numb, yeah. Yeah. So, I wanna eat something even spicier. Yeah, so it’s just like, it kind of breaks through. Yeah, like, you know, when you come home and you’re drunk and you’re really sleepy, but you’re hungry? And then you eat this and you feel like a little more okay, Well, I’m gonna start doing this. Yeah. I mean I just- You gonna start getting drunk more? Start getting super drunk. Yeah. And eating a lot of ramen. Perfect. Link, you’re up. So you got the sriracha? I did, I did. Really? Yeah. Well because you got chili oil and I just wanna make sure that I get some spice in there beyond the kimchi. What in the world? American cheese? Yeah, that’s so popular around instant ramen. Okay, I’m going with that. Especially in Korea. Putting cheese on noodles is like a huge phenom. Yes, please. And American cheese is so good and melty. I’m gonna do that for you. I’m a real big fan of imitation crab. Okay. And so I’m gonna get it. All right, I’m not, so I’m excited to see. Okay. When you say you’re a big fan of it, what are you… I actually like the fact that it’s not crab for some reason. It just, I don’t know, there’s just something about the taste of it. Interesting. Like, when I look at that, that upsets me. Do you know what I mean? This is a good version of it. It’s the best version of it you can have. But for me, personally, I look at it and I’m like, what is this? What am I looking at? Well maybe I just- What is it made out of? Misfired. Fish. Yeah, it’s made out of fish. To my understanding. Like white fish. Yeah. And then they dye the red part red. Okay. Have a piece. I’m not ready. Have a piece. I’m not ready. Have a piece. I don’t want to. Yeah. Okay. I feel like… See, I don’t like seaweed. You got this big sheet of seaweed. My family loves this stuff. Sure. I mean, I feel like you would probably like it, but I don’t want to give you anything that I wouldn’t want. Because? What if you get stuck with it? Integrity Sure. What if you get stuck with it? I might get stuck with it, and then that’s okay. I’m actually- Well, I won’t comment on it until the end, then. I’m going for, I’m making a texture choice at this point. Oh no. Peas. Okay, I love peas. Frozen peas, I think are magical. Petite peas. I think almost everything at home that I make, I add frozen peas to. I am going with the salted butter. Ooh, whoa. Why is that even up there? Why is that even up there? Who put that up there? It’s weird. Okay. I mean- Huh. Listen, you’re gonna think about, this is crab. This is crab. You take the crab, you dip it in the butter. Think about what you do with crab. Oh. You dip it in the butter. Oh, so you’re doing like a crab boil style- Yeah, yeah. Okay. I do like that. And Pulgra is unbelievable butter, so, okay, all right. There’s not gonna be too much of it. Is there that big of a difference between good and unbelievable butter? Yeah. Oh God, what kind of question is that? Yeah, I mean, butter is good. Butter is butter, and butter is good, but like, really good butter is unbelievable. Yeah. Really? You want a little taste? Have a little butter of butter. I guess, yeah. Have a little butter. Have a little bit of butter. That has chili crisp all over it. Yeah. Just have a little bit of butter over there, yeah. Just, just little bit of butter. Just get in there. Just a little, yum. And I’m gonna take- Well, that’s good butter. It’s delicious. I’m gonna take this much butter. Wow. This much butter. And it’s gonna go in there and it’s just gonna marinate. It bursted in my mouth. It freaked me out at first, but then when you explained the concept, you brought me back. It’s gonna be rich. It’s gonna be very, very tasty. I like rich, I like tasty. You mentioned tofu, which I’m gonna take. Okay. Extra firm tofu. You like or no? I am okay with it. I wish it was cooked. Hm, yeah. Yeah, ’cause I typically wouldn’t eat it like this. Yeah. But your crew did you dirty. Hey, listen- What are we gonna do? This is gonna get interesting because I am going full seafood boil. Gimme that tempura shrimp. Tempura? Wow. That’s fun. Gimme that tempura shrimp. A seafood lover’s dream. Link? Okay, I understand. Wow, the butter’s melting, it’s so beautiful. Oh, oh, ooh, that’s- Looks a little cool. I’m just gonna go with, let’s see. Nestled it in there. What do I need? Mushroom bacon is kinda scary. Okay. Ginger- Did somebody fall back there? I don’t know if ginger’s gonna go with this. Okay. Caviar, God. I’m going corn. Mm. Corn is the yellow pea. That’s so true. George Washington said that. Corn is where I was gonna go next, but this is some good ass shrimp right here. I like the colors. Isn’t that good tempura shrimp? Mm-hm. Ugh, shrimp is just meant to be fried. Yeah. That’s why it was put on this earth. And that’s Trader Joe’s brand. Yep. So, that’s very accessible. You guys are so focused. Yeah. I wish we were chatting more. Okay, let’s chat. Let’s catch up. Okay. So- Gimme one of those shrimp. Lemme try one of the shrimp. What’s new with me? You know my whole apartment flooded? Really? Yeah. What, the people above you? With what, cologne? No, mine. With cologne? Yeah, what’d you flood it with? Water, what do you mean? What happened? A pipe burst and water shot all over my apartment. Were you present? Yes, I was present and someone else that works here was also present. What did you- A mystery. What did you do? Like, how did you, how- The water shot out of the wall and then they tried to put their hand over the hole to stop the water from shooting out of the hole. Like a cartoon dam. Exactly, a hundred percent. And then I said, oh no. And then I ran out of my house and was trying to find a way to shut the water off and couldn’t, and it flooded my whole house. It was a pressurized pipe. Oh no. That contained all the water for our sprinkler system, for our fire sprinkler system. And that’s, that water is not great water. It was fine. It wasn’t like- Oh, okay. You wouldn’t wanna drink it, but it also wasn’t like- It wasn’t rancid. It wasn’t like my own sewage- So you didn’t know- Flooding my own house. So, you never found the valve. How did you get it turned off? Well, it ran out of water. Those pipes have like a certain amount of water. Okay. And then the fire truck came and they had already been at my house once this month. So, they were like, good to see you again. Yeah, you again? Yeah. Is everything okay now? They just put new floors in after three months. Oh, you got new floors. Oh God. And I did get some new floors. Maybe you did it on purpose. You can’t say that. Okay, maybe, maybe. I’m already in a battle to the death with my insurance company. You cannot say that. You will get me in so much trouble. I never wanted this. Jordan didn’t do it on purpose. I would never do anything like that on purpose. Here’s what I did do on purpose. Tell me. I got ginger. Delish. Wait, so what’s going on with you? That’s my big news. What’s your big news? Nothing is- I’m gonna go with the seaweed. Nothing is, oh. What? Yeah. I didn’t want mushroom bacon or caviar. Well, you’re gonna have to get one. Which one do you not want more? Mushroom bacon. I want the caviar because it’s gonna complete my seafood boil. Okay. And then I’ll take the mushroom bacon and we’ll explore it. I love the mushroom bacon and I don’t particularly like seaweed, so, what can you do? Oh. You win some, you lose some. This stuff is- It’s delish. Interesting looking. What? It tastes like bacon. Okay. It’s so good. You have news for me? Nothing is flooded. Okay. If you want bacon, but you don’t want bacon- Good option. This is a good option. I know. I went to an event at the Burbank Equestrian Center- Strange, though. Okay. That was a musical and multimedia extravaganza. And there were people dancing, people playing instruments, people wearing crazy costumes. There were robot dogs that were like, going across the field. And there was a drone show and it was, and I was wearing headphones- This is a lot. And listening to music as it all happened. And what were the horses doing? The horses were in their cages. Fully unaffiliated with the event? The horses aren’t there. It has nothing to do with the horses. It’s quite a production. I feel like when you get to a certain level of success, you have to start going to stuff like that. Yeah. And he’s there. You gotta be seen at that kind of thing. Yeah. He is so successful. Something weird happening, gotta be there. Why, why? Did you, like a friend invited you? Or you knew one of the robot dogs? Jessie was like- I didn’t invite him. Jessie was like, let’s do something fun tonight. And then she was like, this sounds novel. Okay. And so I was like, yeah, and it was one of the more novel things that I have experienced in Los Angeles, which is saying a lot. Interesting, okay, all right. Lemme process that, that was a lot. Yeah, it was- Did you tell her there was a light show? Yeah. Drone show, yeah. Drone show, full drone show. And what’s your news? Nothing really. I just kinda- Nothing? I just kinda buy records and just kinda veg out. That’s it? Yep, that’s my life right now. What record did you buy recently? “Eliminator”. By ZZ Top. I got that. Okay. Got “Sharp Dressed Man” on it. Mm, okay. That’s a good one. What else? What about your kids? What about your wife? You don’t see them? He’s not seeing ’em right now. Huh? Follow me on Instagram. I might post a, I might post a record every now and again. I don’t follow you on Instagram because you were like, I don’t follow employees on Instagram. So I was like, well if you’re not gonna follow me, then maybe it makes you uncomfortable to have me follow you. So, I never followed you. I didn’t know that. Yeah. I figured you were already following me. Well, no, because if you were like, oh, I don’t wanna cross that boundary. I didn’t wanna make you uncomfortable. So, I’m just friends with Rhett. Okay, yeah, you wouldn’t make me uncomfortable. But it is a one-way street. Oh, okay. I’m probably good then. Yeah, it’s a no way street. Yeah. We’re friends in real life. That’s what it feels like. If, I’m like, what could I need from your Instagram that I couldn’t just get from you personally here? Yeah, yeah, don’t feel bad. He did this exact same thing to Madison Beer. Yeah. Yeah. Not much. And I’m the Madison Beer of this office. That’s right. I’m trying to melt your cheese while we’re talking, but- It’s going really bad. It’s not really happening. Yeah, we need the blowtorch again. And I really like the idea of it. Of the melted cheese. I think . Could we microwave it, is that allowed? Could we slap it in the microwave for a second? They said they’ll do it. Oh. Thank you, Damien. Here we go. I will take that. Whoa, yours looks disgusting. I looked away for one second. I’m not saying it’s bad. It looks upsetting though. Yeah, it, the colors, the color scheme is all in the orange and yellow- And then the eggs with the crab. I’m sure it’s gonna taste good. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That, see here’s the thing. You hurting, boy. The caviar and the ginger are for your metering out. But everything else is as is. Okay. And I’m gonna do this and this and this. Okay. Present you with- Wow. Triple shrimp seafood boil time. This looks like it came from space. I’m gonna take that as a compliment. Here, move it, move it right there, now that we’ve got you in a nice little spot. What an interesting thing. All right, can I steal those chopsticks? You may. I’m gonna try these. Huh. So we’ve got some kimchi and also the imitation crab, right? You’re going hard on that caviar. Well, what am I gonna do, not eat it? I feel like I have to, I want just like a piece of the imitation crab. Oh God. They’re big chunks. It’s huge pieces. I wish I had scissors or something. Help me. Scissors? We don’t have ’em. Okay. I have some corn and peas. There you go, there you go, there you go. Okay, okay, okay, wow, huh. This is, I really don’t want to eat this. Not in a rude way. Not in a rude way, it’s just normally, you know, I see something that you guys make, I say, oh, that looks good, that looks fun, that looks interesting. This, I’m really kind of taking in and saying, huh. Okay. No. I feel that, I feel that. You know? This is all about defying your expectations. And I love that, and I’m- That’s kind of the challenge. I’m always ready to be changed, okay? Hm. Like a baby. Always ready to be changed. Put your legs in the air like this. Don’t put that image in their head. Oh yeah! Oh, that’s hot. Look at what Damien and I have done over here. Good luck. Hm, well, interesting. And now, I’ve waited to put these on there. How you feeling? Thank you. It’s very soft. Yes. And a little fishy. Okay. I wanted to get the texture of the caviar more than I did. Okay. But I love the kimchi. I love the pickled ginger. I love like a little bright, light fresh note to kind of bring everything together. And I thought it did that. I thought it was nice. I thought it could have been a little spicier. Hmm. Yeah, and you have sriracha. What do you think? I put a bunch of sriracha in there, but maybe this isn’t super spicy. It says strong hot. Yeah, it’s hot. Does that say sriracha panic on it? No, this is the, we’ve had this before, it just was in a different bottle. It’s like the original sriracha from Thailand. Oh. So, this is I guess like allegedly the original sriracha. With an H. That butter’s nice though, huh? Butter’s nice. Butter’s nice. Butter’s nice. Certainly not mad at the butter. Look at- And the shrimp tempura is great. Look at, look at what we’ve done over here for you. I do wanna eat this. I mean, this looks good. That cheese, the chili oil just kinda glistening over top of it. It looks like a waterbed. We got the pop of yellows and greens. I like the yellows and the greens. Yeah, I mean, I think this looks nice. I do think I kind of unfairly did you a favor by suggesting they microwave it. I just didn’t even know that was an option. So, I’m sorry. All is fair. I don’t want you to feel upset. Okay, let’s get, try to get a little bit of everything. Oh God. That chili oil and that cheese together. That chili oil is good. The chili oil and the cheese is good. Okay, hold on. It’s gonna be such a winner. It’s a little hard to, oh, the bacon. I forgot about this. It’s the bacon thing. Okay, hold on. God, you’re just so many things. It feels like you got more stuff than he did. Okay. Well one of mine was butter. He’s over there eating it, just to prove a point. Okay, hm. It’s gotta be good. It’s gotta be good. I, I want a little bit of this. Get in there. What do you think? There’s parts of this that I don’t want, but then there’s parts of this that I do want. Me too. Oh. I’m coming in. One of the worst things to eat on camera, I’ll say. It felt very, very vulnerable. Gonna go right in my cup here. You’re not drunk enough. Yes, you guys never let me be drunk at work, and that’s a huge problem. Whew, there’s a lot of chili oils on the market. That one’s good though, right? That’s, yeah, you did a good job recommending that. Thank you. Again, go to Sporked.com to figure out what you should be buying. It’s fun to get something new and bring it home and say, I’m going to eat this and I’m told that it’s good. Yeah, and then you can take a picture with it, post it online, tag me in it. I’ll send the heart eyes emoji. Mm-hm. Whoa. So that’s an option, too. That’s connection. That’s fourth wall breaking. This kimchi is really good. Yes. He’s eating out of the jar. Everything separately is very good. Okay, Myrick, we know where this is headed. So, go ahead and put him out of his misery. Two in a row for the Linkster. All right. There’s no way around it. I’m sorry. There’s no way around it, dude. I’m sorry. Yeah, his is better than mine. His is better than yours, I’m sorry. Link is the winner, I’m sorry. I’m really sorry. Hey listen, I can take it. You know- I had him from chili oil, you know? You had him from chili oil. From that moment on he was just losing. Yeah, and I think, like, the fish on fish on fish, I think your idea was better. I loved the concept of the seafood boil. I’d love to see you workshop it and then have me over for dinner to eat it, ’cause it sounds delicious. But ultimately, the chili oil, the cheese, the peas and the corn, it just felt right. You know, it just felt right. Right, and you, I don’t even need to throw a robotic dog at it or a drone show. It is what it is. But if you had one, either one of those… If you had a robotic dog and a drone show, this would’ve won. Okay, well lemme know next time you wanna go. Yeah. Oh, I have heartburn already. I had one bite of each and I already have heartburn. A new episode of “Good Mythical Weekend” is coming your way tomorrow morning. Be sure to tune in. Confusing. Juicy. Incongruous. You gotta Google stuff for this game? What the hell? Okay, relax Anthony. You’re new here, but we don’t talk like that.

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