Frozen vs. Fast vs. Fancy Food Taste Test (ft. Jay Ellis)

How expensive is the taste of a thrilling actor? Let's talk about that. "Good Mythical Morning.". And please welcome our guest. You know him from "Insecure," "Top Gun: Maverick,". and he's one of the stars. of the new mystery thriller series, "All Her Fault". with all eight episodes out now on Peacock. It's Jay Ellis. Give us one of these. What's up? Yes.

Oh. He's surprised. I like that. You like that? Yeah. I thought it was like a, I don't know. And then all of of a sudden you were, your hands were embraced. Just, it was so warm. You were flanked and embraced. We don't have a name for that, but we do it with, well, we do it. with our most special guests. Yes. Not everybody. I'll take that. Not everybody. Sorry for the rest of you. The Double Eagle handshake, I don't know. We gotta come up with some name for it. Yeah, we'll do that later. How hungry are you? Very. Are you- I worked out. before I got here and I have not eaten.

Okay. I had a smoothie today. That's it. Oh, that's perfect. Did you work out in this jacket? I did not work out in the jacket. Okay, that's nice. I'm jealous of the jacket. Are you hungry enough to eat from 12 different dishes? 12? Yes. That's a lot of food. I guess I have no choice though. Just do some more pushups. Yeah. You can do it, I believe in you. It's time for "Naked Foods: Naked Jay Ellis Edition.". Naked. But what is nakedness here?

Nothing more than a social construct. Okay, boys, throughout today's game, Jay's favorite foods will be served at low, mid, and fancy price levels. Each round y'all pick your favorite, and by the end we'll find out. how expensive your taste buds are. Up first, these are bean and cheese burritos. These are bean and cheese burritos. Are bean and cheese. Good choice. Hey, this is a really strong opening choice. What is your relationship with bean and cheese burritos? Keeps you nice and full, right?

Yep. When I first moved to LA. I was working on my master's at Cal State LA. and the only thing I could consistently afford. was a bean and cheese burrito. Hmm. It's hard to mess one up. Makes me super happy. Can't mess 'em up. I'm pretty sure I know where this is from. Me too. And you know what? Taco Bell makes a good bean and cheese burrito. It is like one of the top offerings from Taco Bell. Do you agree that's what's happening? I will say. I agree. Jay's favorite is up here. That salsa. Yeah. From Taco Bell is so like specific.

Yeah, they do a solid job on that. I love it. That one was alright. It's nice, it's nice. It's not too much bean. Could be a little bit more cheese for me on that one. Okay. Yeah, agreed, agreed. Not enough cheese for Jay. That's why we're moving on to the biggun. That's a healthy, ooh. This thing right here-. You wanna sleep next to me tonight? No. He did say he was jealous of your jacket.

But if you're gonna offer the jacket. He said he was jealous of your jacket. And Stevie pointed out that that could mean. he wanted to be your jacket. Interesting, good cheese. Cheese is better? Good bean. That's nice. Whatever you paid for this, it's worth it. Feel that. Oh yeah. It's hefty. I don't know, it could still be overpriced. I like the combination of the slightly mushy beans. and the whole beans together. This cheese game is pretty strong. I mean, it's as dense as a door stop.

It is. You could throw this at somebody and knock 'em out. Imagine if that hit you in the back of the head. Yeah. Night night. I've been hit by a bag of flour. and I think this would do about the same. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It hurts, man. Why are you laughing? Actually multiple times. It's not funny. Why? It was right over there. Well, why would someone throw a bag of flour at you? That's the real question. Spend some more time with him and you'll find out. 'Cause she was getting married or something. I can't remember. Now, this has got like the grill marks on it. This is... It's flattened.

It is flattened. What? I don't love that. And it's just the refried bean. No whole beans in this puppy. That tortilla's good though. Hmm, that tortilla's pretty good. Mmm. Yeah. There's not a bad burrito up here. Seared on the outside. That's fancy. Buttery. I like the mushed bean as opposed to the whole bean. I agree with that. A lot of cheese. A lot of cheese. That's some good cheese. I know where this guy's from. You do? So, you think your-. This is my favorite. Your favorite's up there?

This is my favorite. Okay, but now you all need to pick your favorite. Pick the favorite of the favorite. Three, two, one. Ha! Yeah, you're all over it. You're all over it with this. That is a strong burrito. That is a strong burrito. You have all chosen Jay's favorite. Yay-o! A mid price point. from Escuela for $9. You are also correct. The first plate is our low price point option. from Taco Bell for 2.49. And in the middle is our fancy option. from Sonoritas for 11.95.

Whoa. It's not bad. Still not too expensive. So do you think, do you now stand behind? That's $12? Yeah. That's not too expensive? I think it is when you get one of these. for two and a half dollars. For two and a half dollars? Yeah, it's just... Well, the fact that this one's cheaper. That's crazy. And this is heads above both of those. Ribs. These are ribs. Pork ribs. Pork ribs. Right? Baby back ribs. Yes. Oh yeah, they are. I thought it was just like one giant beef rib.

Oh yeah, they are. And these are-. This is like St. Louis style, right? It looks like-. A little dry rub situation. I think it's sauce-basted. Oh God. This is such a good choice. Oh my God. That is a great rib. I mean, come on. Nobody's ever done ribs on this format. How is that possible? You haven't had the right people on. Yeah. Mm. So far, bean and cheese burrito, ribs. This is crazy. Mm. So good. It falls off the bone like just.

So good. You can barely even. Oh man. And it just. And it's so smoky. I don't like a rib that's too saucy. I don't like a saucy rib either. Yep, I'm a dry rub. Or let the meat speak. Let the meat speak for us. I'll also say Jay's favorite is up here, but it might be challenged today. It might be. Okay, all right. I'm gonna hide this one over. Here we go. You gonna keep that for yourself for later? So similar approach on these. These are big. Mmm. Still very rubbed.

Rubbing me the right way. This is good as well. Peppery. These are good. It's a really solid rib. Hmm. It's not as special as that first one though. But if I hadn't had the other one, I would not be complaining at all. These were boiled before they were barbecued. They do have a, there's a little something else. going on there. For sure. Ooh. Very tender though. I'm gonna hide that one over here. Now, these are falling apart. These are falling apart. What, what happened, guys? All right, grab some of that.

I don't mind a rib like this, but it's definitely like a oven-baked. Oh my God, look at this. You're taking like five ribs. It's just-. Would you make these at home? Would you smoke a rib? Oh yeah. There's a time commitment. There is a time commitment. I think this is a completely different dish. Low and slow. You know what I'm saying? This is all over the place. This isn't a smoked rib. This is a baked rib. This is a baked rib. And it's not gonna win. That's why it's falling off like that. It's, I'm not a sauce guy. because, partially because I like to put my own sauces on.

Like a spicy, I like a Carolina, like a mustardy. Oh yeah. Yes. Like a Columbia style. Yeah. I like to play around with sauces. So, when you force the sauce on me. Want that? You lose the power of choice. I completely agree with that. Yeah. But you have the power of choice right now. Yeah, we do. We do. The power to choose your favorite. Thank you for that. You're welcome. Three. God, wherever you are. Yes. Two, one. Heads and shoulders above the rest.

Yep, we are in agreement twice over. There's no way around it. It's magical. I'm taking note and I'm going there again tomorrow. Let me say, I think I was correct. that Jay's favorite was gonna be challenged. because Jay's favorite's in the middle. No way. The middle plate. What is this? Our mid price point option. from Bludso's for $48. Which you said was solid. And Bludso's is super solid. You said they're solid. They're always good. And the plate in front of Link. was our low price point option,

Big Ant's BBQ for $32. Which means all three of you. have chosen our fancy option. from Moo's Craft Barbecue. for $60. Love 'em! That place, have you been to Moo's? I've never been to Moo's You got to go to Moo's. And they have a great burger as well. Everything is good. Two of you know what happens. when you choose the fancy thing. Grab something under there. And Link is the one. getting it. Jay, grab that napkin. Look at it. And Jay got it. I'm gonna let you have it. Out of courtesy. That's our Meal of Fortune, Jay, so.

Five, five, five, five, five, call me. Oh, wow. Would you like to call that number? I mean, with those lips. Can he do it right now with a fake phone? Yeah. Yeah. No, no, we can give it a call. Hello. You heard that 555 number, let's just dial it up. Let's just dial 'em up. Beep, boop, bop, beep, boop, bop-boo-bop. It's already ringing, that was fast. That's really great. Hello. You've reached the sexy animal noises hotline. Okay.

Press one for a sexy oink. Press two for a sexy moo. Oh, okay. Press three for a sexy neigh. Press four for a sexy baa. Whoa. Yes please, and more. Press five for a sexy woof woof, woof woof. I mean. Which number you want? Who doesn't love a woof woof? I mean, the baa really got me going though, you know.

Okay, you're pressing four? Let's go with four. There it is, right there. Four. Baa. Baa, you've been a baad boy. Oh! Whoa. I don't really know how to respond to that, but thank you. I think maybe you just hang up. Bye bye. I'm feeling-. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. I'm feeling do-do-do. The lamb was making me very, very uncomfortable.

We don't wanna know how they are feeling. Good call. Making me very uncomfortable. Just trying to have a rib, you know what I mean? This is cacio e pepe. Wow. We have the same taste. Dang, we are on the same wavelength here. I love this stuff. You make good choices. This is my 5-year-old meets my 35-year-old palate. Yeah, right, exactly. Like this, we're getting all of it.

It's the stuff that makes me happy as a kid. I thought you were saying that you had a 5-year-old. and a 35-year-old kid. I am the plus 35-year-old kid in my house, for sure. I get it. But I do have a 5-year-old as well. Oh. So. How's that going? Well, it's great, you know. It's really, it's really cool. It gets better. It gets better. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it gets much easier. I bet these get better too, 'cause this doesn't look like it's gonna be the best. But this feels like I made it. Then you start worrying about them having children.

That's a whole different thing. Oh, that's a whole different. That feels like I made it. Yeah, this is super homemade. And not a great way. Not loving it. Yeah. Okay. All right. This looks like a real, a real deal place. This is cheesy, nice and cheesy, huh? Is Jay's favorite up here? Let's do a three twister. Do I have a favorite? Oh, guys, sorry. Whoa, look at you. You been to Mother Wolf? Mother Wolf? You been to Mother Wolf. Oh, you're not giving it to me. I thought you were gonna... Oh, I am. No, no, no. I could. That's all right. I don't know what's happening.

I'm already here now. Okay. You and that guy are dancing. I don't know what's happening. Oh, you got it. This is solid. This is solid. This is a significant step up. Very cheesy. That's fancy. That cheese came from Italy. All right, last one over here. Y'all dig in. Not enough pepper though. I agree. Cheesy, but not enough pepper. You know, the older you get the more pepper you need. Really? I'm addicted to that stuff. Are you? And I'm getting older. Yeah, the male palate. I have a 35-year-old child. Needs more pepper as it gets older. Why? I don't know.

Something about your tongue just slowly dying, but dying faster than the rest of your body. The tongue dies first. The tongue dies first. The tongue goes first. You ever heard that? No, I haven't. It's like, you know when an elephant loses his teeth, he dies. He dies. And when an old man loses his tongue, he dies. That's right. It's the number one leading cause of death in old men. It's not cancer or heart disease, it's the tongue death. It's tongue death. When you can't taste anything. Yeah, it's over. You can't taste anything. You stop talking first. You start putting weird stuff in your mouth. Start consuming stuff. You guys want some of this?

That's a thick noodle over there. That is a thick noodle. I know, I'm just trying to abandon some of it. on the table. That's pretty, it's a healthy noodle. Okay. Forget that. I mean, what am I gonna do here? You know, one of the benefits of being this close. How'd I get, like, the entire plate. To a star such as yourself, is that I've got a really good look. at your beard growing ability. You look like you could grow a perfect beard. Have you ever grown a big old beard? I probably got that long during the pandemic.

Oh, really? Yeah. In the pandemic I grew it out. Noodle's great, pasta's-. You'd look good with a beard. Thanks, man. Yeah, you wanna gimme that jacket? No. But I'll let you grow a beard if you want one. Okay. Yeah. All right, I'll let you know if I start doing it. You've been given permission. You can do that. All right. We ready? Okay, you ready? Yep. Three, two, one. See guys, we are in complete agreement. There's just no denying it. It's the best. It's the best.

Okay, so we don't encounter this often. There's not a lot of price differentiation. for this particular dish. Really? So there's a little bit. so that's how we categorize things. So, the dish that is closest to Rhett. is our mid-price point option, Ma's Italian Kitchen for 24. On Link's side is our low dish, which is from Osteria La Buca, Which is why I say it's not really low, for $21. Which means, again, you have all chosen the fancy dish. from L'antica Pizzeria da Michele.

Get it out there, girl. For $29. Okay, Rhett has the... Ooh. Meal of Fortune. The same number? Yeah, let's give it a call. Okay. 555-5555 please. Hello. You've reached the world's famous. sexy Costco membership services. I didn't know Costco did that.

Okay. Would you like to try our famous. sexy hot dog? All beef. Is this a person or a voice? Yeah, yeah, is this a, am I talking to a real person. or is this AI? We may not have grocery bags, but you can carry me out. That could have been a pre- like, you know, done response. Say something very specific that I could, that I could never anticipate that you were going to say. Press two for a sexy moo moo.

Yeah, see, this is AI. This is AI. This is what happens. This is the future. It's not real. I mean, I guess press two. What are we gonna do? Okay, two. Moo, moo. I regret it already. Now is it weird that the sexy cow is doing a moo moo. but you were also offered an all beef sexy hot dog. Does this cow have any... Right. Confliction there? Yeah, how do you feel about that?

I see you, me, and Sam's Club having a real good time together, moo. It's all prerecorded. Not interested. Yeah, not interested. Okay. I'm gonna, how are you feeling? I'm having a-. Bye-Bye. Hey, it's our biggest sale of the year. That means everything is 30% off at mythical.com. and from now until Cyber Monday. Everything is 30% off? Everything!

That's wild. Including this amazingly festive knit sweater. And this GMM neon sign ornaments. Ooh, look at that. Also, we're gonna do 30% off. all Mythical Society memberships at mythicalsociety.com. No, we're not. Yeah, we are. We are. We are! We are. Yes. These are stuffed cookies. Which I am not familiar. What do you mean? I mean,

if you just gave this to me I'd be like. That's a big cookie. That's a tall cookie. You have never had a stuffed cookie before? That's a cakey cookie. Oh my goodness. I've had 'em, but I wouldn't have known what to call them. You poor, poor. I mean, I, that's just. Look at this. It's wrong that you have- Oh my goodness. Look at that. Guys, guys. Oh my God. I'm giving you burritos. I'm giving you ribs. You've done-. The cacio e pepe was okay, but these cookies. You've been so good to us, Jay. How come I did, I mean, obviously this is a thing, but how come I've never asked for it? Oh my goodness. So it's a cookie stuffed with something?

Oh, it could be stuffed with whatever. you want it to be stuffed with. Apple. Apple? So this is a chocolate chip with chocolate, I think. Oreo. They're all Nutella-stuffed. for this round. Yeah, Nutella. Oh my god. Banana. Really? Oh, I'm wild man. This is so good. Snickerdoodle. You can put cookie dough of another cookie. inside of a different cookie. What? I can give you snickerdoodle inside a chocolate chip. That's crazy. No you can't. I don't believe it. How do they bake the cookie, but not the dough?

Hey man, lemme tell you something, AI is crazy. What? I mean, I mean. Man, this is good. Boy, I need some milk. I don't understand. how it could get better than that. That is... That's a perfect cookie. Come on. Okay, what we got here? No, I don't want to, I know, I want to keep this. Link, this might be down your alley. because the cookie is just cookie dough with no, he didn't like the chips for some reason. Uh huh. Yes, please. I mean.

So, it's a chocolate chipless. I mean, look at this. Look at that, look at that, look at that. You just do a little Nutella dance. I mean, is this like a Insomnia Cookies. or what's the other place? The one that they come in the whole. she'll probably tell us. Oh, Crumbl. Crumbl. It's not bad. It's not that. It's not that. It ain't that. I mean, that's something next level.

Lemme tell you something. One of my castmates on "Insecure,". Issa Rae, during the pandemic sent me a link to this place. Oh, really? What she didn't realize when she was doing that. is she was completely derailing my diet. for the rest of my life. Yeah. Yes. And I order these when I'm stressed. I order these when I'm happy. You order them to celebrate, to commiserate. Yeah. All occasions. It doesn't matter what it is. Well, I get it. Look at this one. Light. I mean, that's a brick, huh?

Look at that. That's just. Oh, my word. It's such an experience. every time you open one of these up. Even though you know what's gonna be inside it. Every time. This one's salty on top. Sea salt on this one, huh? Hmm. Good gosh. I can't even make my mouth work. Woo, guys. I don't know about you. I know which one's is my favorite. I just wanna say you're welcome. Yeah, I mean. Dude, yes. Thank you. I just wanna say.

you're welcome. Yeah, I mean. Thank you. I just put you on something. that is for sure gonna give you diabetes. You have changed our life. and my tongue is gonna die that much sooner now. Three, two, one. Ha boom! Whoa! I'm telling you. Really? Too much chocolate in all these cookies. What? That's not a problem. If there's chocolate in the middle, look at that. I like this ratio. This is one of my favorite cookies I've ever had. I would say the same. about this cookie. This one.

Okay, the first one is our mid price point option. from Junior Cookies for $6. Thank you, Junior. The one Link chose is our low price point option. from Brady's Bakery for 4.75. Brady. And the last plate is our fancy option. from Stuffed Cookies for $8. You know what you're getting at Stuffed Cookies. One cookie for $8? Yeah. Oh my God. Could you imagine paying one, $8 for one cookie? Yes, you could now, huh? Yeah. If I would've told you-. But I mean, I chose the cheap one.

That's true, you did. Have you had this before? Juniors? Never. No, I've never heard of Juniors before. But I'm very happy that Junior exists. Shout out to his mom for making him. Oh my God. Listen. Ribs and cookies. I feel like you've opened up new horizons for us today. Listen. Yep. I'm a pendulum, you know. I give you salty, I give you sweet. And then I don't eat for weeks. Yes, all right. So, this is why I love all these things so much.

They make me feel so good. Well, we are eternally grateful for that. Thank you, Jay. Be sure to catch Jay in "All Her Fault.". All eight episodes available now exclusively on Peacock. Thanks for commenting and sharing this video. Now, Jay, you say, "You know what time it is.". Okay, now you, now you say, you know what time. Yeah. You know what time it is. Yes. I'm Lila. And I'm Anna. And we're trying steak chips from Taiwan. Ooh. And it's time to spin the Wheel of Mythicality. Ooh. It seemed like they rehearsed their response.

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