Frozen vs. Fast vs. Fancy Food Taste Test (ft. Rob Lowe)

How much does Rob Lowe's perfect meal cost? Let's talk about that. Good Mythical Summer. And please welcome our guest. TV star, movie star, podcast star, and star of season two of Unstable, which premieres this Thursday, August first, on Netflix. It's Rob Lowe. Yeah, Rob, give us one of these. Yes. Oh, one of these? Yeah! Oh, we're doing that.

Okay, good, good. All right, Rob, we're glad to have you, man. Thank you. You've been around the Hollywood block a few times, but look at you. My gracious. I'm hanging in there, man. You're like a. You're like a hero for us. Oh, thank you. Seventeen years you guys have been doing this. How long? Let's say forty. Being friends. Forty as friends. Seventeen or eighteen as Youtubers. Yep. Yep. That's, I mean, honestly, you guys should be on Mount Rushmore. Well, let's not, thank you, Rob. Or your hair should be. Yeah, just the hair maybe.

I'm so down with the hair going on here. It's all. I just want to, like, luxuriate. You want to touch it? And. Yeah, I want to. luxuriate in this. We're all grateful to still have. And here's my favorite part. I like. the bold choice of, like, just the chef's kiss version of gray. Let me have it, Rob. But, like, not too much. It's, like, disconcerting. Yeah, I mean. It's not disconcerting, by the way. No, gray hair. Disconcerting. This is the takeaway. All right, Rob,

we've done a little research, and we found out that you love something that Rhett loves, and. it is. a nice. Doctor Pepper Zero. Yeah, baby. So, this is our gift to you. Thank you. This is extremely rare, Rob. Thank you. We went well out of our way to get it. I'm gonna be. guzzling this in the car. Yeah. All right. Drinking and driving with this. Feel free to take it with you. Yeah, you can do that. I've always thought that it's a sign of intelligence for somebody. to really enjoy Doctor Pepper. Well, it's got. twenty-three flavors.

I don't like it. That's what he's saying, Rob. I don't like it. Twenty-three flavors. I don't like it. Can you identify all the twenty-three flavors? Well, we'll do that. in the car on the way to your house later. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Okay. Speaking of food and drink that you enjoy very much, we. have a selection of your favorite dishes across every price point. I'm so ready. You hungry? I'm actually starving. Okay, perfect. It's time for. Naked Foods. Naked Rob Lowe Edition. Naked. The food is naked, not Rob. This is a classy show.

Okay, boys, throughout today's game, Rob's favorite foods will be served at low, mid, and fancy price levels. Each round, you'll all pick your favorite, and by the end, we'll find out if price really correlates to taste. Up first, these. are waffles. These are waffles. Now, I'm just gonna say. I know what kind of foods we're gonna do today. If I had to pick a food where price probably doesn't have to correlate, this is gonna be it. You've already.

You're on it, aren't you? Well, the thing is. Fine. While you're talking. I'm gonna be eating. So that. Okay, by the way. When you're eating. I can be talking. There's already a front runner. Just visually, I can tell you. this is the waffle to beat. I haven't done anything. I'm telling, because of powdered sugar on it. Well, and it has, like, uneven edges. It's got that. put into the waffle. Little mass manufacturing feel. You think this is a little Eggo-ish? But it ain't bad.

That's good. And I promise you that's an Eggo. One hundred percent Eggo. You think that's Eggo? That's one hundred percent Eggo. I'm very. I think it's too deep to be Eggo. Eggo. Eggos are like hollow, man. The holes in an Eggo. This is the greatest, I love. Moment of your career? Moment of my career? Yes. I mean, and I was interviewed by Phil Donahue. And now you're having waffles with Rhett and Link.

All right, here we go. What is Phil doing these days? Eating waffles. Okay. Better? No. Is there? There's banana in that. Why? Guys. Why do you gotta put banana. Thank you. It's like pizza with. pineapple on it. Well. I get it. If you want it. But you gotta warn me. There's like a. Is it puréed? I need to be warned. There's no actual. I thought it was maybe in the. Banana. I thought it was maybe in the butter.

It's in the waffle. It's in the waffle? Straight waffle. It's banana flavored, which I don't mind, but I agree it's unnecessary. It's unnecessary. And I'm a blueberry waffle guy. If I'm gonna do a fruit. or strawberry on top of the whipped cream on the waffle. What about chocolate chips? It's too much. And peanut butter? Oh, no, no, no. Yes. So too decadent? Yes. No, no. Here's the one. Now, here's the thing. You gotta go where all the, like, powdered sugar is. These feel like they might be fancy. I'm a little worried about the consistency.

Oh, did it have too much give? I'm a little worried. I'm a little worried. I think we're gonna be. It's gonna be the old school Eggo. See, look it's happening. I have to go to my hands. When was the last time you just sat down and. ate off the same plate with two other guys? It's been a while. I think I did that in the eighties a lot. I think family style, is the best way to eat, though. When I show up at a restaurant and they're like, have you ever dined here? We're family style. I'm like, yes. I just love the sharing.

I love the permission to eat off of everybody's plate. I do, too. And I do it all the time anyway. So all three of you are saying that the middle one tastes like banana? One hundred percent. There's no doubt. What? Bananas. There's bananas. This place doesn't even serve a banana waffle, and we just ordered a waffle, so I'm very confused by this. One hundred percent, there's banana in that. We're all like, wow. Yeah, I'll eat it again. It's not even subtle. Okay. Okay. All you have to do is pick your favorite.

On the count of three. Rob, do have a? We put it in this thing? Right? And, Rob, be very careful. These two, they can get a little. I see this. This is not. Somebody was not thinking when they. What? What? What? You be careful. Okay. All right. All right. Ready? Three, two, one. I'm coming across. Wow. Rob, this is the best one, dude. Where are you at? What didn't you like about that? The consistency. Oh, the flavor was so nice. Do you see? Look. Look, let's get in on this.

Is it too cakey for you? It's cakey. See how this is? You like a crispy, not a cakey. I don't like the cakey. So is that Eggo? Well, Rhett and Link, you have chosen our. low. price point option from Belgium Waffle Haus for seven sixty-seven. And, Rob, things are about to get a little weirder for you because you've chosen our. favorite fancy price point option from Grand Café for twenty dollars, which means. you get to do the fancy pants ants without explanation for what that is.

Fancy pants ants dance? Oh, no. Hop up, man. It's your moment. Get up there. Rob Lowe needs no context for anything. He's just game. Amazing. That's. Dude, that was so sick. You see? That was sick. That was so fancy.

That was a little intuitive. You did a great job. I was so, you kidding me? I gotta tell you, but it wasn't Eggos. That's a twenty dollar Eggo. I know. That's amazing. It literally tasted like an Eggo. Which are great. And the middle one is our mid price point option from Cafe. Los Feliz For eleven dollars. Where they put the bananas in. Liars. They put stuff in it. What if we were allergic to bananas? They're killing people left and right. Okay, we retract that statement. This is Penne.

arrabbiata. A go to. Just a. You can't go wrong with a penne arrabbiata. This is what you get if you go to an Italian place. and they have it? Here's what. No, when I go to an Italian place and I'm not sure how good they are or aren't. Okay. I do penne arrabbiata. Because it. Yes. It will tell you how. It's the litmus test for anything at Italian. Thank you. You said it better than I ever could. It sets the baseline by which you then build your opinion of. the restaurant.

That's really good. Spicy. And it's good and spicy. Hang on. It's not fair to, you know. You gotta. reset. Cleanse the palate. I gotta cleanse the palate. Now we're gonna go to this one. I just use a different part of the inside of my mouth. He goes right side, left side, right side. That's his thing. This one has actual. blistered pieces of. the abomination. known as tomato. You're, oh, an abomination? He's anti-tomato. Hey, how about the sneaking hot at the end of it? You getting that?

Right? You getting the hotter end of it? Whoa, yeah. The sneaky. Where is that coming from? Is that what arrabbiata means? I don't know what it means, but that's sneaky hotter than that in a way. But not. Now, look, they put. a little bit of cheese on this. They're both good. For some people would be good, and other people not. And there's, like, a green. There's green over here too, whatever that is. Arrabbiata means. angry. Oh, really? Oh, so it is spicy? Angry penne. All right,

I know enough to know. Angry penne. Hold on now. I know what's going on here. I got it. It's gonna be hard. Okay. This is, this is, this is. I got it. I have one that I don't like as much and two that I like. I'm feeling the same way. And I know what I'm gonna do now. Three, two, one. Dude, look, you pierced. Pierced him. I mean, my hand was right there. You've gone from.

What are you gonna do about it? You're being so. What are you gonna do about it? Arrabbiata. What are you gonna do? Arrabbiata. Is that how you say it? Arrabbiata. Arrabbiata. Arrabbiata. Yeah. Arrabbiata. Okay, so you guys. Arrabbiata. You thought that one wasn't good, right? This was bad. We didn't like that. Yeah. But also, it has cheese on it, and. it shouldn't. You should ask for cheese. It's like putting bananas in your waffles. Thank you. That's right. This was hard, though. This is really hard. They were both good. I like the pasta. better here. It's a little bit. smaller. You can see the lines on it a little bit better.

I like the look of that better. But what closed it for me. was this sneaky spice at the end. Yeah. This is just, spicy. Right. Well, Link, you chose the. low price point option again from Tony's pizza for seven twenty-five. It's a deal. And Rhett and Rob, you chose the mid price point option, la pergoletta for fifteen ninety-five. And the one y'all didn't like. was the fancy option from Mi Piace.

for twenty-two dollars. This proves my number one food theory. When you try to fancy something up, that's classic. Right. You're screwing something up. Right. It didn't need it. Didn't need it. If it ain't broke. Don't fix it. Don't spicy. No. Or whatever it did. Cheese it, I guess. Yeah, don't cheese it. These are spicy tuna hand rolls. And I can just say, visually, I could plant my flag right now. Well, where would you?

Just, you could tell us. Can I tell you? But don't be planting a flag yet. I won't, because I know we have to eat it. I understand. You can't unplant a flag. I understand. See all this action? See all that? What's going on here? Oh, you don't like cucumber? I don't know. The floppiness or the pull? I don't like cucumber. I don't like them. Yes! So, you're liking this? And, here, sushi again. Enough. with the. drizzling. and, like, the. smashing and the adding.

This one has the cucumber, too, and it has your. Okay. Can I also say this? I don't like. the shape. I don't like this fan. It's not an ice cream cone, right? I want this. I want it to look like, you know, that Hawaiian thing they make? What is, oh, we should have done that. What is it? Are there any Hawaiians in the house? The musubi. What is it? Musubi? Yeah. Yes. Yeah, that thing. All right. Let's rewrite it. And I like the way we're not putting any. You guys are raw dogging this. Yeah, we are. This is naked, man.

Yeah. This is what naked means. Now I get it. All right. Oh, you got. But you've got that one. You're eating the wrong one. I'm eating the wrong one? Well, we're doing this one. Yeah, we got to do it all. Here we go. You gotta eat the one you didn't want. I just don't like the seaweed paper. That's what gets me mad. Well, here's the problem. I go with the soy. You got to get the seaweed when it's right out of, the minute it gets. The ocean? Yeah, when you get the paper out of the ocean, that's when it's the best. No, when it gets soggy, it's no good.

All right, let's try this one. That's not bad. No, it's not bad. It's not bad. Yeah. I didn't even hate it. No. You don't like sushi? No, sir. You've done. You're doing this to me. I'm taking one for the team. This is so much more substantial. And why is it so red, though? This is better. Is that because more sriracha? The tuna's fresher. That's why it's redder. Yeah, there's nothing quite like going, let's taste the cheapest version of the sushi. That just screams stomach problems.

This is the last thing you gotta do today, though, right? It is now. It wasn't gonna be. Now, you're back to your log. Sushi log. Which you loved. I'm taking a bigger bite. What? I'm ruling one out. pretty easily. There's a thing called contempt prior to investigation. And. I just did it. because I was.

Wrong. Not a fan of this. Yeah. And then I tasted it. And. I am going to go. Yeah, you can count down. But this is so obvious. This thing is good. Well, Link. You sold me on the log, and then you switched. The Doctor Pepper boys are in agreement once again. We're peppering it up. Link your three for three on the lowest price point option today. This one's from Rice and Nori for five twenty-five. And it's about to get real crowded in here because you boys have. chosen the fancy option from Sushi Yuzu for eleven dollars.

Let's bring in those ants. The ants are back. Oh, wow. This is. This is so fancy. Can you believe it? Are you guys going to a children's birthday party later? That's the best you can do? You're the host of the show. Yes. Are you sore?

I'm uncomfortable. That was so fun. I like the ants. I think this is a good thing. And, of course, the first one is the mid price point option from I Ate. Sushi for seven twenty-five. The name of the restaurant is just what you did? It's like all one word, and it's like the letter I, the number eight. Oh, it's like a license plate? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Okay. If you've been looking at this T-shirt that I'm wearing. I know I have. Thinking to yourself, I would like to get that on my body.

Well, that can be arranged. it's the Good Mythical Exploring shirt. And it's also begging to be on a patch. So, we made that for you as well. mythical.com. Yeah. This is cherry pie. What's your relationship with cherry pie? Long standing. What about the song? Oh, yeah. Cherry pie. Don't sing it. Don't sing it, Rob. We can't afford it. Can't afford it. Yeah. They'll send the bill right to us. Yeah, yeah. Right. Exactly. We'll send it right to you.

It's a great song. I like the song and its concept much more than the. dish. You don't like cherry pie? Well, let's see. There's so many things that he doesn't like. Oh, I'm getting this now. See, I'm a midwestern boy, and, like, nothing says summer. like nice cherry pie. Maybe with a little ice cream a la mode. But I have to say. This is so dry looking. I'm really suspicious. It's got the lattice. Well, here's the thing. Can I ask what?

Is it possible there's, like, granola in it? I don't know. How is it holding itself together? Pull it apart. Let's see. Oh, see? Look at this. It's cherry skins. It is. It is. To its credit, nothing but cherries. It's so thick. But there's something about it. It's time to. And you gotta go. You're right. You gotta go for the big crust part. You gotta go for the big crust part with the cherries. You can't just go down here. Because that knot isn't. Yeah.

It's dried up. Well. Nobody likes that one. The crust is good. It's, that's good. That's good. I think it's hard to make a bad cherry pie. This is gonna. I can tell you what this one is. I think I've had this one before, and it's good. It's good. One thing about LA is that. It's good. You can look in any direction, and there's, like, a place that will. have displays of pies, like the, you know, the LA. What are they called?

They're not delis. I guess they're delis. Not delis. Sorry, what? You mean like a restaurant? Yeah, like a restaurant. Yeah. A deli is like a subset of a restaurant. Yeah. But the places where all the pies are. Marie Callender's, by the way, now it's just Marie Callender's. There's that. I think that this is from House of Pies. This is definitely from. someplace I've been. It's good. But. This one, before you dig in. I have a feeling. There is something on it. It's sugar. That. I mean, I'm sorry, it just looks like.

Oh, that. Oh, yeah. What is that? Oh, you mean the decoration? That right there. It's House of Pies. Hey. Give me this thing. Okay. All right. Eat it. The crust is really, really intense. Wait, and I'm getting a little. I can tell you already. A log. This is. Of crust. Okay, hang on. Let's go. Log's the word of the day. This is pretty. Come on. Now, guys.

Yeah, yeah. There's something happening in this taste. Oh, gosh. That is. I lost it. The quintessential. what a cherry pie should taste like, that neither one of these have. I don't know if it's. There's a sour. Yes. Is that what it is? Yeah. There's a little also, like, a gelatinous thing going on. Yeah, this one has a little bit of it, but that one has a lot of it. Yeah. That's the thing this isn't missing completely, that gelatinous thing. Yeah, this is, by the way, I'm just eating on this. I don't know. Y'all might be gushing about Costco. I'm just warning you.

No, I don't think so. I think this is the expensive one. All right. I don't know. It could be that one. I'm ready to vote. I am, me too. Three, two, one. See? Oh, see? I'm diverging. I'm with you. This one's better. There's something so. simplistically beautiful about that. I think you might be a little, you know, the egg on the face with this. I'm eating all of this is what I'm saying. Okay. Take it with you, with the Doctor Pepper. I'm gonna. Link.

You have gotten a queens sweep of low price points today. You and Rhett have chosen. I'm like the cheap version of you, and I think. I think we already knew that. Where's it from? House of Pies. How of Pies, I was right. For seventeen ninety-five for the whole pie. Rob, you've chosen the. mid price point level Republic of Pie for forty-one ninety-five per pie. And the one that y'all did not like. Expensive one. The fancy pie, Sweet Lady Jane,

for sixty dollars per pie. And I'm a big, Sweet Lady Jane. fan. Well, she's using a lot of cherries, you know? But they're dried. But look, just on colors. Let's just talk. You know what? This probably has like red dye number two. Well, this is a black and white show. But we like that. Yeah. Yeah, it's not gonna really translate. It's not gonna. It's not gonna translate. In the past. It might be 4K, but. 4K, black and white. So what we learned is that, well, we didn't learn anything.

We already knew it. Link has cheap taste. Rob, your taste is, you know, Mid. All over. A little bit fancy, a little bit mid. If it's good, I like it. How about that? Yep. Doesn't matter what cost. And we agree most of the time, so I'll agree with that. All right. Don't forget to check out Rob in season two of Unstable, premiering this Thursday, August first, on Netflix. Thanks for subscribing and clicking that bell. Now you say you know what time it is. You know what time it is. Hi, I'm Megan. I'm Kelsey. I'm Jake. And we're outside of. Rhett's restaurant in Savannah, Georgia,

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