Frozen vs. Fast vs. Fancy Food Taste Test

- Will today's favorite foods break the bank? - Let's talk about that. (bright music). - Good mythical summer. - Our show is blessed with a team. of the top culinary creators, but that doesn't mean they're fancy. - Yeah, I saw Josh eating a Vienna sausage. through a boba straw the other day. - Yeah, well, which is why today. we're gonna choose to learn. about the taste of a more refined. and elegant member of the Mythical Kitchen. - Yes, it's Nicole. - Whoo hoo, hey. (crew claps).

- You consider yourself refined in the palate region? - I would say so. You know, I got a pretty good palate, I got pretty good taste. - You're one to raise a pinky every now. and then when drinking? - Almost automatically. - Oh, wow. - See that. - It's time for Naked Foods, Nicole from Mythical Kitchen Edition, nekked. - [Stevie] Gentlemen, today you'll be tasting. Nicole's favorite dishes at various price points, low, mid, high and fancy.

and some of the dishes you'll try. will be from Nicole's actual favorite places. to order them. - Uh-oh. - [Stevie] You'll pick your favorite. 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 Nicole's favorites. - Okay, and, Nicole, where are you taking us first? - This is prime rib. - Look at that. You love a good prime rib? - I am obsessed with prime rib. - Okay, so- - I love everything about it. - [Rhett] I'm gonna cut pieces for both of us here, Link. - Thank you. You know what, I'll cut a little bit.

of this one for you. - [Rhett] Oh, gosh, are you gonna be okay with that knife? - I'm doing it. Prime rib scares me. because I know it's not that it's undercooked, that's the pinkishness of it. - Well, it is undercooked. That is the pinkishness of it. - Oh. (crew laughs). Well, I know it's not blood. - It's rare. - I'll put it to you that way. - Oh, little bites, huh? Remember Dick Bowser, I guess. - Oh, that tastes good. (Rhett laughs). - It's so soft. - That's the beauty of prime rib, bro.

- Well, I'll be dag, I should order it. And that one's good. This one has more of a visible rub. on the outside. - Visible rub. - [Link] If you want that piece, you can have it. - I know, I wanna get- - I know. I want a little bit of the middle now. that I'm not afraid anymore. - I want the middle, no, I'm not saying I want the middle, I want the middle and the side 'cause I want that. - The rub. - That outside part. - Did anyone else mention that this is torture? Like watching you guys eat my favorite foods? It's like tough. - Well, when we're done with it, we'll pass it to you. - Really?

- [Link] And you can eat it. - Wow, this is the best show in the internet. - In the next round. - Other than Mythical Kitchen. - [Stevie] They didn't do that for me, Nicole, mainly because Link kind of just like spit up. on top of each one that he tried. from my episode. - If you wanted it, you could've had it. - Oh, now this one is exquisite. (Nicole laughs). - It's thin, do we have to eat it? I mean, that's not prime. There's nothing prime about that. - Yeah, what is it? - Optimus Prime. That made no sense. - No, it didn't. (Nicole laughs).

- Tastes like a dog would like it. - [Link] What actually is it? - It's just a thin slice of very cheap prime rib. - [Link] Now we got another big 'un over here. There you go. - Why you gotta put it on the crappy steak plate? - Listen, next time I won't try to consider you at all. I was just giving you a piece, man. Come on. - Okay. - Well, there's one that I think is just.

- Hey, it is down to these two. I know which one I'm going for. - Wow, it's actually not an easy choice for me. - [Stevie] Three, two, one. - I'm going down. - I thought I like this one-. - First one won me over. - But coming back to this one, it edged it out just a teeny bit. - [Stevie] So, Rhett, you have chosen. our mid price point, Black Angus for 30.99.

- Okay. - Link, you have not only chosen the fancy option, it's also Nicole's favorite. It's from Lawry's- - Lawry. - For $59. - Wow. - [Stevie] And so, you know, we're exploring some things to do. in a fancy area. Last time we did a prance. I don't know about it. - Yeah, me neither. - And so I feel like we should try something else. and so I'm proposing a trance. in which you like kind of are entranced. You can, however, you want. to interpret it. - I got it. - [Stevie] Okay, and please do a fancy pants trance.

- Yeah, make it really fancy. (suspenseful music). (crew laughs).

- We almost lost him. This is the fanciest trance I've ever seen. Give that man a ticket to Transylvania. (Nicole laughs). - Okay, yeah, at some point, at some point. (crew claps). - [Stevie] Great job. - I burped and it brought me out of my trance.

Well, I picked the fanciest, first prime rib I've ever really had. - That's your first time ever? - And it's the best. - Well, you did it right. - Lawry. - [Stevie] The one that was clearly our low option is. from Jameson's Irish Pub. - Poor. - [Stevie] For 14.99 and the last one is. from a place you know, our high option, the Dresden Room for 40 bucks. - They can improve their prime rib, sorry, Dres. (upbeat music). - This is spicy tuna crispy rice.

- And you love it. - I love it. - And you're eating the Lawry over there. - Yeah, it's a good day. Good day. - Am I correct saying like this is an appetizer. at a sushi restaurant? That's the only place I've had it. - Yeah, they have it at like sushi restaurants, they have it at like Japanese Ramen places. - It's always a treat. - Mm-hmm. - This one, I was just gonna. Oh, what, I was gonna cut it and then eat a piece, but it's so crunchy. - Oh, so you don't get this?

- Oh, I do. My family loves it at the sushi places. that we go to. This one's strange. - That's not, if you, don't judge crispy rice by that first one. You don't have spit it out, but you could spit it out. - I'd rather not. This one's got a thin bed of crispy rice. - Now we're talking. - A heaping, heaping tuna.

- That's more like it. - Mm-hmm. - That is not great at all. - You know, Nicole, I've only liked spicy tuna. for maybe two years. - Wow, that's incredible. I'm proud of you. It's one of things, you know, where you don't like sushi. - Nicole's proud of me. - Don't like raw fish. It's a good entryway into raw fish. - Yeah. - Yeah, it is. Now this one's bigger than it needs to be. But, you know what, is it good? - [Link] Good gracious. - Might like it. - And it's very red. It's so red.

- Mm. - That is tasty. - It's really good, um. - Um, what? You don't know if it's better than that one? - I don't know if it's better, it's definitely bigger than that. - [Link] And then we've got. these little dinky ones over here. - [Rhett] The outside of it-. - Look how dinky this is. - This is just a full bite. - I'm still only doing half the bite. I mean, there's something about, you get that greasiness from the rice cake.

with the freshness of the tuna. - I don't really like that last one either. It's definitely down to these two. - All right. Yeah. - [Stevie] Three, two, one. - Bam. - I think one ultimately just tastes the best. - I ended up choosing this one because. this one's so big and-. - It's trying a little too hard. - The shape of it makes look like. a raw hamburger patty and I just didn't love that. - [Stevie] So, you both chose our high priced point option,

Teru Sushi for 16.50. - Very good. - The first one is our low price point option. from Gyu-Kaku for 8.45. - Gyu-Kaku, that's the place. that makes you cook your own food? - No, they don't make you, they invited you to cook your own food. It's called Korean barbecue. - It's like one of the great things about L.A. - It's Japanese barbecue, sorry. - Japanese barbecue. It's one of the great things about L.A. - Thank you, Nicole. Keep him straight. - You're welcome. - [Stevie] That next one that you though was too tall, too big, that's our mid price point, Shibuya Sushi-.

- Really? - For 12.96. - [Stevie] It's also Nicole's favorite. - It is good. - It's so good. - I mean, and for this to be cheaper, but there's so much more. - It's, let me tell you. So, this is actually like an hour away from my house. and I will drive specifically. for this spicy tuna crispy rice. 'cause it's perfect to me. - Sorry, we didn't choose it. - On your moped. - I have a car. - Oh, whoa. - Yeah. - Awesome. That's awesome. - We've always pictured you on the moped, though? - Really? - I just thought- - What color? - I thought you were a Vespa, girl.

Like, you know, you just kind of come in-. - Are you telling me I give Vespa girl energy? - No, yeah, the red Vespa. - Oh, red one. - It's a nice cream color. - Cream colored, red helmet. - Oh, perfect. - Yeah. - Yeah, yeah. - [Stevie] And then the last one is. our fancy option from Matsuhisa. - Matsuhisa. - In Beverly Hills for $25. - Good gracious. Wasn't even in the running. - They tried too hard. (upbeat music). - Our third quarter collectible of the Mythical Society, come in and show them, Nicole. She's been wearing it the whole time,

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But if you want yours, your gotta join 3rd Degree Monthly. Today's the day to join 3rd Degree Monthly, plus you can get 15% off 3rd Degree Monthly today one, okay? - Wow. - So, it's a deal on a steal, mythicalsociety.com. Put your doggies in there. or whatever you want to get cozy with. - Okay, so, Nicole, what do we have here? - This is matzoh ball soup. - Matzoh ball soup? Why do you love it so much? What's your connection? - I just grew up eating it, you know. Me and my dad would just go to like. a local deli and just get a matzoh ball soup.

and a hot pastrami sandwich, split it. and just talk about life, so it's a very nostalgic flavor for me. and, you know, whenever I'm sick, I always beeline for matzoh ball soup. and I always feel better. - Wow. - [Nicole] It's just perfect. It's the perfect soup. - Comfort food. - Totally. - Now, there's more going on in this one. - Huge carrots. - We basically have everything you would have. in a chicken noodle soup plus instead of noodles, you got the matzoh balls, but this is just the matzoh balls. - Yeah, so they're keeping it simpler over here. - This better be, this better be good.

- I mean, it's good, but it doesn't have all of that. - I don't know how to judge it. - This one is, me neither yet. - [Rhett] This is like they make them from. a can or something, is that what you're about to say? - Well, this one has the stuff in the first one, but in more reasonable portions. - There's a lot of dill in that, which makes me like it once I adjust to it. - That's fun. What's your deal with dill? You like dill? - I like dill here and there.

- So, maybe she didn't like this one. - I don't like to get smacked in the face with dill, but a little dill, it's pretty good. - That's a big deal, right there. - [Nicole] That's a big deal? - Yeah, it is. - [Rhett] And this is a big matzoh ball. - [Link] Oh, but it's got some stuff hiding on the side. Yes, it does, little carrots. The broth is more beefy. - I don't wanna just gravitate towards. this one 'cause it's got a bunch of chicken in it. because I feel like that might not be what this is about.

- Okay. I'm ready, I'm comforted. So, you hang out with your dad. and you teach him about life. - We talk about life, you know. - [Link] That's good, he learns a lot from you? - Yeah, and I learn a lot from him. He's great. I love you, Dad. - But talk some smack about your dad. One negative thing. - [Rhett] Worst thing about it. - [Link] Worst thing about your dad? - He's too nice to everybody. - Oh, gosh. - But it's true, it's true. He's too nice. - We get it. - He's a people pleaser.

- Yeah, he's too nice. - [Stevie] Three, two, one. - I like the dill. - We agree. - I like the dill. - We're some dill boys. - We're dill boys. - [Stevie] Oh, gosh. You've picked the low option from Sprouts Grocery Store. - Sprouts. I heard that somebody saw Brad Pitt. in a Sprouts once. - Yeah, I heard about that, too. - So, I bet this is what he was gettin'. - [Stevie] It costs $3.57 per serving. - Sorry, Nicole. - [Stevie] Oh, man, what a disappointment.

- Dill's easy to come by. - [Stevie] Nicole, I am disappointed in them. - It's fine, Stevie. - Dill can fool these boys. - It's sad. - I knew the whole time that were probably making. a bad decision, let me just say. I don't know to judge this. - This is not a bad decision. This is a steal. - Well, I don't think I know how to approach it. and I feel like I need to be liked shepherded into it. You know what I mean? - It's not right or wrong. This is, this his good. This is a find. Go to Sprouts. - [Stevie] The first one is our mid option. from New York Bagel Co. For $6.95.

- Carrots are just too big. It's ridiculous. - [Stevie] And then our fancy option. from Langer's for $17. - They don't put anything else in it, 'cause they just want these to shine, I guess, right? - Gotta let the balls shine sometimes. - Is that, look at them shine. (crew laughs). Look at them shine. - Who is that an impersonation of? - I don't even know. My dad? - Was that Nicole's dad being nice to people?

Let your balls shine. - Mighty boosh, man, come on. - [Stevie] And then, finally, the high price point option from Factors for $10. This is Nicole's favorite. - Yeah. - Factors. - Big chungas. - [Crew Member] What? - Big ball. - Right there. - Big balls. - [Nicole] Big ball, good. - She said big chungas. - Good for sharing. - She did. - She learned that from her father. - Yeah, but he's real nice, almost-. - [Together] Too nice. (upbeat music).

- This is pasta a la vodka. - Pasta a la vodka. - Si. - They put vodka in the sauce, is that what happens? - Yeah, so it's basically a tomato-based sauce. with a touch of cream. There's probably shallots, garlic. and then vodka to deglaze. and then they throw some pasta in. - This is an interesting pasta. Very curly like pigtails. - Not- - Great at all. - That robust of a flavor. Tighter curls, bangin' flavor.

- A lot better flavor. There's a little kick to it. - Oh, yeah, ooh. Yeah, that's good. It's simple, it's elegant, but it'll kick you in the-. - Sorry, I was eating soup, what was that? - Chumangas? - Oh, chungas. - Chungas. - In the chungas. - Yeah. - You learned that Trevor? - Yeah. (crew laughs). - He's my buddy. - This one's got peas, mushrooms-. - Maybe some mushrooms. This one's got a little smokiness to it.

- That pasta is nice. - So different, though. - Yeah, it is. - This is what I have expected. from pasta a la vodka over here. - It is traditionally with penne a lot of the time, so. - This is good. Is it too normal? - This one's raising an eyebrow. And this one is tickling my tickles. I don't know which one. - The spice is doing a lot of work on that.

- Mm. This is tough, Nicole. - These are all good. - Okay, all right. I'm ready, ready, ready. - [Stevie] Three, two, one. - For bam. See, we agreed again. - Yeah, this is, we've been on the same page. and I almost chose that prime rib, the same one in the first round. Like, we've been on the same page the whole time. - This was really good, though, and like totally surprising. - [Stevie] Well, what a way to go out. because that is not only our fancy option, it's also Nicole's pick from Jon and Vinny's for 20.75.

It's time for a dual, might I say triple fancy pants trance. (suspenseful music).

(crew laughs). - Okay, stop it, stop it.

(crew claps). - Nicole. - Wow. - This is your flavor? Here, try this one, though, 'cause that one's different. - [Nicole] Sure. - [Stevie] That one that you just handed over. is our mid option from Rocco's Neighborhood Pizza for $13. The first one is our high option. from Osteria Mama for 16.25. - Really? - That's hurtin'. - [Stevie] And then the last one is. our low option from Vons for 6.99.

- Yvonne's or Vons? - Vons, the grocery store. - Vons does a good little thing. What do you think of that? - It's just okay. (Rhett laughs). - I like mine more. - [Stevie] Okay, so the lowest possible combined total. was 34.10, the highest was 121.75. Nicole's perfect meal total came to $102.70. - Whoa. - [Stevie] Rhett, your perfect Nicole meal was 71.91.

and Link, yours was 99.92. - Hey, man, almost $100. You're gonna become a high roller. if we don't watch out. (crew laughs). - I'm not gonna become anything with you like that. - This is just fancy, man. Do you see that? - Nicole, no surprises here. You have immaculate taste. - Thanks, so do you two. - [Link] That's why you're awesome. at what you do. - Yes, you are. Thanks to Nicole and thanks to you. for subscribing and clicking that bell. - You know what time it is. - Hi, I'm Melissa.

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