Pro Chef vs Grandma Taste Test

- Can we tell the difference. between Grandma's cooking and Mythical Kitchen's? - Let's talk about that. ("Good Mythical Morning" theme song). (singers vocalizing). "Good Mythical Morning". - There is nothing quite like. a home-cooked meal made by family. Or is there? - If a professional chef made the exact same recipe. that your family uses, do you think you could tell the difference? - We have enlisted the help of some of our crew. and their family members to test this out again.

Let's bring in the first meal. (upbeat music). Hello, Leonard. What's new with you? - You know, I'm doing pretty good, man. Just out here in the sun, jumping around, feeling good, moving my body, moving my limbs. - (laughing) Wow. - Leonard's getting in his body. - Yeah. (Link laughing). - Okay, so the way that this works, if you remember. or don't remember, is that we have had a family member. of Leonard's make a dish according.

to the recipe that they've always made it. And also the "Mythical Kitchen" has made one. Let's first-. - Based on the same recipe. - Based on the exact same recipe. So, let's meet your family member. and see what they made for you. - Hi, my name is LaShonda. I'm Leonard's sister and I will be making mac and cheese. And if you know Leonard, he loves him some mac and cheese. Also wanted to share with you. that I was in his first ever comedy special. and I would have been one of the first people there in line, but unfortunately I had the wrong address to the venue. and I arrived late.

I wasn't expecting him to stop the show. for little old me, but he did. But he made sure the audience knew that. And when I did watch his premiere, he did keep that scene in. with me arriving late. I love my brother. At least I can now say. that I've been in my first ever comedy special. Thanks, Leonard. (Rhett and Link laughing). - So you made a bit out of her lateness. - Yeah, she was like 30 minutes late. And I mean, she was like 20 minutes late. into an hour long special, so, yeah. So, I stopped the show.

I made sure everyone knew. There were seats saved. It was a sold out show. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. She had to come right up there. She had to come right up there. - She had to come right in and... - So it worked out. - It worked out, it was a fun moment. - That's the kind of curve ball you want. - You know, that's what family, you know, no matter what they do, you still love 'em, you know? (Rhett laughing). - That's right. - No matter what they do. - But she'd better bring the good mac and cheese. Was this your choice or hers? - I, well this is, I told her I wanted her. to make mac and cheese because growing up. it was one of my favorite things she'd make. She's 10 years older than me, so she's kind of like a second mom. - Okay. - You know, so,

she was always kind of raising me. and there for me and it was just something that it was quick. and easy that she would make for me and I always loved it. And I will say, I do love mac and cheese. and I make mac and cheese better than her. But- - What? - But I have an affinity for her mac and cheese. - Okay. Now you kind of, we don't want you. to necessarily give away too much. because we're gonna, we'll also guess along with you. - [Leonard] Okay. - But like do you feel like. you know immediately by just looking? - Hmm. I mean, I can't, I mean they look pretty much.

the same to me. So, I don't think I can tell from sight. - This one smells incredible. - Oh, it does? - Like, as soon as it entered. - So does this one. - Yeah, I'm like, I'm getting both. - Let's go in over here. I mean, this one's got a little bit more of a. brownage on top. - Yeah, they kind of really toasted the top. - That is good mac and cheese, man. Like that is really, really good because.

mac and cheese from a box. and homemade mac and cheese might as well. be two different food groups. - Yeah. - Yeah. - The Kraft mac and cheese is fun, it's good, but this is a different animal. I love it so much. - Breadcrumbs on top. - [Rhett] Real cheesy. - It's tossable. - Now this is what I will say. - Not cuttable. - If I were to go somewhere. and I saw breadcrumbs on top of mac and cheese, I would not eat it. - You wouldn't? - I would not. - [Mikayla] Agreed. - When I make my mac and cheese,

I don't put any breadcrumbs on top, but I love my sister's. and my sister's mac and cheese is good. She puts breadcrumbs on top and that's okay. - And Mikayla, you're on board for-. - [Mikayla] I am, that's, I don't want to say white people name, but that's not a white people name. - Hey listen, I trust you on this. I trust you on this. - I mean, are you agreeing? - I think my sister might be white. (all laughing). - [Mikayla] Well. (all continue laughing). - All right, let's dig into this. Mm-hm. - Yeah, that's funny.

- Different. - Mm. - It's very uniform over here. - I can tell it's the same recipe, but, there's something, there's a, it's not salt. It's something, it's like, is it garlic salt? - There's something in there. - It tastes different, man. I'm coming back to this one. - It got a flavor. (coughing) - You ch-. Don't, I mean, don't choke and die. - Yeah, I know. I'm trying to talk, I'm trying to swallow. - I'm back over here. - If your sister's slash second mom.

kills you on this show, you can make another special out of that. (Leonard laughing). - Okay, so now I have to make a decision. about how capable I think your sister is. And now that I know she's a white black woman... (crew and Leonard laughing). - Named LaShonda. (laughing) - I'm very confused. - A white black woman. - I have the white name though. (Rhett laughing). - Leonard. - Leonard. Hey, Leonard.

- I'm gonna put my hand over the one. that I like slightly better. That's how I-. - 'Cause are we guessing the one that was made by-. - No offense. - [Mikayla] Yeah, you're guessing the one. made by Leonard's sister. - Okay. - [Mikayla] So, I'm gonna. give you a three, two, one. You put your hand over it, okay? - Yep. - They're both very good. - [Mikayla] Three, two, one. - Oh. - Uh-oh. - The one made by my sister. - Yeah. - [Mikayla] Yeah. Okay. The one, the mac and cheese made by Leonard's sister. was on Link's side.

- How did you know? (Leonard clapping). Is it, what's in there, because it's the same recipe? - I feel like maybe, I feel like. there's a recipe, but then black people will just throw. a little extra something in there. (Rhett laughing). - [Mikayla] Right. - I think she might have threw something extra in there. and didn't follow the recipe to a T. 'Cause it, there's a little gar-. There's a little something in there that I-. - Did you taste it? Is there something off book? - [Nicole] Yeah, I mean, let me just say, we followed the recipe to a T, but the sheer volume of sour cream your sister uses.

makes me feel like she's a white black woman. - Yes, yes, yes. - [Nicole] Yes. - And I will say I told her. to make the mac and cheese that she would make. for me when we were growing up, okay? And, my grandmother made. the best mac and cheese in the world. I make like a roux-style mac and cheese. This is not that. - Okay. - And then last Thanksgiving. I made a custard-style. mac and cheese with egg in it, which is apparently the classic way to make it. And it was also amazing. - I didn't know about all these-. - I would never use sour cream in mac and cheese.

or breadcrumbs, but the thing about it is, I'm not making it, my sister's making it. So, it's like she made it for me. I love it, it's good. - But you guys did follow the recipe. when you did this one and-. - [Nicole] To a T. - It's really, really good and it is pretty different. Hm. - But they're both great, so we don't. want your sister to be mad at us. - They were both good. - Both great. - No, no, no, no. - Thank you, LaShonda. - But you're off the hook. - I mean, she knows how I feel. about mac and cheese. This is nothing new. - Right. (upbeat music) - Hello, Amikka. - Hello. - First time on the show.

- Yes, first time on the show. (crew clapping and cheering). - All right. - Yes. - Working on merch. Now working on some food identification. - Yes, I'm excited. - Okay. - You're not nervous? - A little nervous. 'cause my grandma will kill me if I don't pick hers, so... - Oh, okay. It's your grandma. All right, well, let's meet your grandma. - Hi, I'm Bernita Fernando. I'm Amikka's grandma. I made chicken adobo for "Good Mythical Morning".

(all laughing). - Okay, she was very excited to be making that video. - Yeah, right. - I had to hold up a sign that said. "Good Mythical Morning", so she would-. - Oh, really? - [Chase] I saw her eyes go down to read something. - When she said her name, she said it like she was saying an alias. It's like, this is not my name and you know that. (all laughing). - Okay. - I see what you mean now that you're afraid of her. You know? - You don't want to disappoint her. - You want to disappoint her. - Okay, chicken-.

- And she will never invite me to grandma dinner. if I get this wrong. - Oh, chicken adobo. Okay. This one's just a little bit darker. I don't know if you can pick that up on camera, but that's, that's about it. - Okay. I want to ask questions about how she made it, but I can't do that until we taste it. So, all right. So, there's your-. - Can we get a couple of extra little plates. because we've got bones that we're gonna have to discard. and that's just gonna be bones on the table. - There's a couple of pieces. that are more like breast pieces, but there you go.

- Thank you. - Okay. - Alrighty. - Just digging in here. - Looks fabulous. - Any one first? - I am going off of the wrong one, so, let me move over here. - So, my grandma usually makes adobo. for our grandma dinners. It's like everyone's most asked for a dish. It's usually served with rice or like a boiled egg, but even just the chicken I think is beautiful. - It is so good. - And I've yet-. - So, grandma dinner is something that's on your calendar. - Yes, every Saturday night,

like, whoever can make it will come to my grandma's house. and she'll make a big dinner for everyone. - Okay., so she's close by. So you get to see your grandma quite a bit. - Yes, just like 20 minutes from me, but she'll always have grandma dinner. And if you don't show up, she will know. and call you out the next week. - Uh-huh. She keeps a track record. - Mm-hm. - Well... - Well, this one's fabulous. - I mean, this is incredible. I would, with some rice it would be. like a complete meal, of course. - My grandma dinner was a Nanny dinner and it was Sunday.

after, it was Sunday lunch. And it was every other Sunday we would go to Nanny's house. - And usually fried chicken, right? - Yep. - I would sit in on that every once in a while. - She would do fried chicken, which was the best. I miss it so much. because we didn't retain the recipe with her passing. - Oh, you gotta do that. You gotta get 'em to write down the recipe. And you know what they'll do? My wife's grandma, she wrote down a bunch of recipes at the end of her life.

and she left out key ingredients-. (crew laughing). As like a prank. Everybody's like, this is not what... 'Cause it was just like, that recipe's gonna die with me. You're gonna have to work your way back to the real thing. Okay. - [Mikayla] I had a grandma, she told us. that you had to stand. and watch her, 'cause she was not gonna write it down. She did not want to. So, we would stand. and I still remember how to make her cornbread. 'cause it was so good. - Grandmas can get away with that kind of thing. - All right, so I'm gonna-.

- [Mikayla] They can. - I'm gonna try to get some, try to get some sauce here. - She did not write this one down. She was like, "You're gonna watch me. and write whatever you see.". - Oh, so that is what you did. - Mm-hm. - You did the Mikayla grandma thing. - Huh. - All right, I've gotta go with the sauce because-. - They're very, very good. Both very good. - So similar in my mind. Throw that on there. - [Rhett] I definitely have a favorite between these two. - I think I know. I have an inkling. - You think you know? Okay. - [Mikayla] Okay. - Hands over-. - What's your percentage confidence?

- 99. - Whoa! - Oh, really? - But if I'm wrong, sorry, Grandma. - 99. - [Mikayla] Okay, hand over Amikka's grandma's dish in three, two, one... - Yeah. - [Mikayla] Okay. - It's just, it's got that zhuzh. - [Mikayla] Okay. The chicken adobo made. by Amikka's grandma was on Rhett's side. - Yeah. - Oh, I'm so relieved for us. - There's something about the... If I didn't have this one and I had that one, I would be like, "This is really, really good.

It's incredible.". But there's just something about... I don't know if it was just like, there's more. bone flavor or something in there. I don't know how to explain it. - A little more savory or oily, but in a good way. - Yeah, mm-hm, yes. - [Nicole] When we popped open the top of it, this delicious savory smell wafted over us. and we're like, "Oh, this is a little different.". So, we tried our best to replicate it, but your grandma probably knows what she's doing. - Oh, she does. - I got a Slack from kitchen that was like, "Oh,

is it really two heads of garlic?". And I was like, "Yeah, is that crazy?", but... - [Nicole] Uh-uh, it was perfect. - It's perfect. - So good. Pretty great. Absolutely amazing. - All right. And you can still go to grandma dinner. - Yes. - And now I kind of think we might be invited. - Yeah, she's close by. - If you guys wanna go to grandma dinner... - Saturday night. - She loves the show. - Yeah. (crew laughing). Hey, you think you wanna see more chefs versus mom stuff?

- Ha-ha, yeah. - Well, you can check out KG's mom face off. against Mythical Chef Josh. - Only on the "Mythical Kitchen". (upbeat music). - Chase, you're doing this again. - I feel like I kinda had to. - Well, yeah. You gotta redeem yourself. 'cause last time you got your mother's dish wrong. (Chase snorts). And then also her little fun fact about you. was a little compromising, about how you. beat your head against the fireplace as a kid. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. Definitely didn't know. that was a story she was gonna tell,

but yeah, I had quite a temper and I took it out on myself. - Yeah. And you did switch up the family member, right? This is your sister, not your mom. - Yeah, I thought maybe my sister wouldn't tell. something quite as revealing. - Okay. - Okay, well, let's see it. - Hi, I'm Chase's sister, Chelsea, and I made banana bread for you guys. And one thing about Chase is when he was little, he used to pick his nose all the time. and actually collect the boogers. in his pocket or little containers. One time I was walking by his bedroom.

and I heard this little groaning voice. I opened the door and I'm looking around. and I see this collection of boogers under his bed. in the form of like a little man. And said little booger man is saying, "Kill me, please kill me, bastard. Please kill me.". I just slowly backed out of the room. Chase asked me if I had met. the little booger man under his bed. He asked me if the booger man asked to be killed.

and I said, "Yeah, but I didn't touch it. I didn't do anything, I just left.". And he said, "Well, he's trying to trick you. You can't kill it. He can't die yet. because our work together is not yet done.". (dramatic music beat). So yeah, now I'm actually terrified. And then around that time, there were pets. and just animals in our neighborhood. that just started to disappear. (eerie music). And I'm pretty sure around that time is when. he has to stop picking his nose. (dramatic music beat).

(crew laughing awkwardly). - Banana bread. - Let's see the banana bread. (crew continues laughing). - Yeah. - Well, one's a little flatter, Chase. - Mm-hm, mm-hm. - Is this a dead giveaway for you? - There's definitely a tell. It's not the flatness. - Would you like a-. - But I would love a fork, yes, yes. - [Rhett] Okay, it's not the flatness. It's the color maybe? Let's see. - Ooh, it's spongy. - Mm-hm. - Spongy. - You know, banana bread's best. if the bananas are over ripe, right?

If you just wait too long. And a lot of my shopping is done here. at, when the "Mythical Kitchen" has extra groceries. So, I used to, when my sister. and I lived together, I would get bananas. whenever we had them and then not tell her we had bananas. until they went over ripe. And I was like, oh, now you got to make banana bread. - Oh yeah, okay-. - This is like my favorite thing she makes. - This one, I didn't need a fork for it. I don't know why. I just went off. I took Link's lead. I shouldn't have done that. You pick a piece of banana bread up.

- [Link] Yeah, you don't use it tool. - Yeah, I don't think I've ever used a fork before. - Yeah, we just all followed him. We should never do that. Okay. - This one's bringing more banana. - This one is excellent. I mean, this one is just, this is what you want banana bread to be. - Unless you don't like bananas, and then this one, it's just kind of like bread. (Chase chuckling). - Man- - Very subtle bananas. - And this is still kind of moist.

It's springy, but not rubbery. - They're definitely different, which is funny. since... Yeah. - I think you should say one of them is definitively bad. - I think-. - And it should probably be, accidentally be your sister's. - I'm really trying hard not to say the same, like to dig the same hole I did last time. (laughing). - Which you're still trying to get out of with your mom. - No, I just didn't send her the video. - Oh, right, yeah, yeah. (Chase laughing). They don't know. They only watch the episodes. that we send them, family members.

- Yeah, yeah. My mom doesn't... Yeah. She puts on what I put on for her. - Okay, all right. - But I think I know exactly which one. is my sister's, for sure. - Okay. - [Mikayla] Okay, are you ready to choose? All right. In three, two, one. - Yeah. - So we picked the one that we didn't like as much. - I like this one better. - No, you don't. (Rhett laughing). - But the thing I will say is. that I haven't had my sister's banana bread since she's had. two kids that are under three dealing with-.

- Oh, yeah. - You know-. - You think she stepped away from this one for a moment. - I think that maybe it's- - Crucial time. - A little something that is. missing from the way she usually does it. But yeah, I think it's this one. - Okay, all right. I think we've gotta be right about that, right? - [Mikayla] Well, the banana bread. made by Chase's sister was on Rhett's side. - Yeah. All right, he got it. - [Crew Member] Rhett, I mean Rhett, Chase, what about it. did taste like your sister's?

- So, there is that regular kind of taste of the banananess. It's not super banana-forward. I don't want it to smack me in the face. like when you leave a banana in your lunch. and then everything tastes like banana. - Yep. - It's just got a good baked bread quality. The thing that was missing is there's usually a really nice. kind of crusted top that it's got more. of a rise typically, and it also has just more of almost like a, you know, like a coffee cake has a nice.

kind of hard, caramelized kind of a topping. - But still the gooey part. - Mm-hm, like that is usually on this. that you can see that's kind of what it... - [Link] So, you're blaming that on the kids. - I think it's all Aiden and Maya, those two little rascals. - No, they make it tough. I'll tell you, they make everything tough. - But it's still there. I mean, Chelsea, you did a great job. I love you. - Even though she's sharing your secrets. - Uncle's still invited over. to the house, but he did have notes. So, I think you need to take that into account.

- Well offline. - So, I think, didn't every crew member. get their family member right? Is that what we just discovered? - [Mikayla] Yes, every single crew member. got their family member right. The only ones y'all didn't get right. was Leonard's sister, so... - Okay, so you know your family-. - [Mikayla] You did pretty good. - And your family knows you. - Thanks for being your mythical best. - You know what time it is. - Hi, I'm Morgan. I'm from Jupiter, Florida, and I made Mama Di's Tortilla Stack. And it's time to spin the wheel of mythicality. - Ooh, I miss 'em. Now Mama Di would do tortilla stacks.

But I haven't had the one stack. I'm interested in that. - Oh, singular stack. - Buckle up for an unfun fact. Eating too fast can cause a stomach ache, but sometimes you also get a trophy. (crew laughing). - Join us at "Good Mythical More". to see who can glove better. Get your food fix on the "Mythical Kitchen" channel now. - [KG] Trash bowl. - [Josh] Yeah, trash bowl, trash bowl. (KG crying). Are you pre-crying? You're pre-crying.

- My mom was funnier than me and I'm scared. (Josh laughing and clapping).