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There's so many video games I played

years ago that somehow had food that I

so desperately wanted to smell, see come

to life in front of my very eyes, and

more importantly, taste. I know I'm not

alone in this. Things like the cake from

Portal, and the shroom from World of

Warcraft, the Pac-Man melon. So, today

I'm making and tasting every famous

video game food voted by you, the

audience. Now, with the help of a few

video game experts, we're going to find

out which video game has the best food.

Starting with our first dish, the famous

sweet rolls from Elder Scrolls Skyrim.

If you can't feast on the souls of

dragons, your third place vote getter

may be the next best thing. You know, if

you can't do all the cool things that

you can do in Skyrim in real life, well

then the closest thing you can do is a

sweet roll and actually make it. These

are all about height and the icing. Just

make sure no one steals these from you.

But before I taste and rank this, two

legendary gaming figures will

occasionally drop in to judge the

accuracy of the toughest recreations.

Ninja, arguably the OG streamer, and

Jake Baldino, one of the most prolific

reviewers of Gamer Ranks. Oh my

goodness. Oh, the break apart. What are

you doing to me? What are you doing to

me, man?

Oh, it looks perfect. Look at that. Oh

man, look at that icing. Sorry. Too

weird.

Dip that in a cup of coffee, bro.

If I was in like a White Run tavern and

one of these was just sitting there

glistening on the table like that, I

would take one. I'd say this is probably

an A-lister.

It's simple, elegant. It's not a

question. I have to put it in the S

tier. It's going in there.

We'll see those two later. But joining

me now is Chef PK, a master of

recreating popular anime and gaming

dishes. Our game experts gave their

predictions, but we're here to taste and

render the final judgment. So, as it

turns out, someone did steal their sweet

roll. It was me. This appears multiple

times in Elder Scrolls and in Fallout,

believe it or not. We were going to use

the cookbook recipe until we found out

that a bunch of people found that

inauthentic. So, we worked really hard

to get these to look as close to the

game as physically possible. I think we

did a pretty good job. The frosting

looks great.

Oh, it smells really good.

Oh, it does smell delicious.

Give it a rip. Cheers.

That's so good.

That's actually very good.

It's like crumbly, but also soft and

it's not dry. Yeasty.

I think we can go into mass production

and sell these across taverns

everywhere. Do we teeter into S

territory? I don't know. I think this is

A tier.

Yeah, my mind isn't exploding, but it is

absolutely delicious. It's a strong and

powerful A tier. Moving on. Next up,

Minecraft cake. Might be the most famous

cake in all of gaming. I don't know. I

feel like the portal cake is pretty

close. Might even be cooler, but

whatever. This got the second most votes

of all in the video game foods poll.

It's also one of the hardest things to

make in the game. Thankfully, we didn't

have to grow wheat or milk cows for

this. So, let's just get our hunger

points and taste this. Minecraft coming

in with a beautiful cake. Only four

ingredients: wheat, egg, milk, and

sugar. No leavenning agent apparently.

Did you lemon this?

Yes.

Hey man, that's a good cake.

This is just a basic vanilla cake.

That's all it is.

Like, this reminds me of growing up. My

mom would make this. She'd make

something exactly like this in a bunt

pan. That's all this reminds me of. This

flavor.

It's good. It's a basic vanilla cake.

There's not much going on in my opinion.

The vanilla buttercream on top is really

nice. I think it's mid. I think it

deserves either a C or a B. I feel like

I'm leaning towards C.

For nostalgia sake, I would give this a

B tier. But also, yeah, it's just a

basic vanilla cake.

If it's in front of you, you'll eat it

and you're not going to hate it, but

you're not going to fall in love with

it. You know, I only fall in love with

things that are A's and S's like me. On

to the next. Moving on to the pizza from

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Thanks to

your votes, Zelda food is the only game

with two food items in this video. A lot

of people love Zelda. Cook it. You only

need three ingredients. Tobant wheat for

the dough, high in tomatoes, and hotino

cheese, which supposedly makes it

irresistible. Who knows? By the way,

none of those things exist, so we got

what was adjacent to that. But if you

look at the game card, there's tomato

sauce, green peppers, olives, you know,

those sort of things. So, we threw that

on there, too. Let's be real. Fighting

Ganondorf is hard work. So, let's taste.

So, in Legend of Zelda, Tears of the

Kingdom specifically, this highin pizza

will give you about six hearts. It's not

a huge recovery, but it's also the most

appetizing food I've seen out of the

newer Legend of Zelda series.

It's not like a mind-blowing pizza. You

know, out of all the pizzas in the world

that there are, this stands to me like

certainly not a Chuck-E-Cheese pizza.

It's not a Lindustry pizza either. To

me, this is like a very average pizza.

How do you feel about agreeing on a B?

I was going to say mid. Ctier.

Ctier. Moving on. Fortnite slurp juice.

It is one of the most iconic items in

one of the most famous video games in

the world. If it got Peter Griffin

jacked, we had to try it. Look, there's

no real recipe out there. Unfortunately,

all we know is that Lego Fortnite says

it's made of raspberries and uh whatever

the hell a slurp mushroom is. This is at

least what was suggested to me, which

was to combine a bunch of different

things into one. Baja Blast, Mountain

Dew, Blue Hawaiian Punch, Blue Kool-Aid,

Blue Red Bull. For extra boost, we

topped it off with more Mountain Dew.

God, this is tough. Now, in a separate

jar, there was some cooked down

thickened blue Gatorade along with blue

edible glitter for extra shimmer. This

is making me go clinically insane.

Whatever. We mixed it up. It looks okay.

What did Jake and Ninja think? Ooh,

dude. Mountain Dew Baja. What are we

high sea? I haven't seen a high sea in

years. It's perfect. Where's the vodka?

Also, how did you guys get it all swirly

like that?

I think you're drinking about 100

different blue dyes. Put a gun to my

head. You put this in front of me. I

mean, I'm drinking this whole thing,

bro.

Even the jar is close to accurate. Look

at the attention to detail here. I love

this. I'm going to put this S tier. That

one took me by surprise

for the video. Man, I would fly there

and drink that live. S tier, not even a

question. 10 out of 10. High praise, but

how does it taste? I do love the swirl.

That's kind of cool.

The swirl is fun. Let's just dive in.

Cheers.

Mother of God, that is sweet. But that

is exactly what I would expect a child

to enjoy. Yeah, I I would expect this to

absolutely be sold on the shelf of a big

grocery store where it just says

Fortnite slurp juice and that's what a

kid picks out.

Yeah,

super sweet. It's really fun. There's no

way I could drink this.

This feels like the essence of blue

raspberry flavoring and that is all I'm

picking up. The rest is just sugar.

F tier.

I can also go down to an F. This feels

like something you would use like as an

inclusion to something like syrup over

pancakes. Not drinkable.

I can't drink more than a sip of that.

This is just sweet.

It's an F. Unfortunately, even though

this has S tier looks, turns out a

random myriage of different blue drinks.

Tastes not good. On to the next. Moving

on to Harry Potter Hogwarts Legacy

Butterbeer. In the game, you can travel

to Hogsme and drink it at Throomsticks

Tavern. The game says it can be served

both hot and cold. So, we're going to

try both, but here's how we made it. For

the hot version, we started by heating

cream soda in a pot, stirring in

butterscotch syrup till dissolved. Then,

we poured it into a glass mug, mix it a

splash of butter extract and vanilla

extract. I don't love the extracts, but

this is what we saw from a few recipes

online. Then you just top with fresh

whipped cream and serve. The cold

version is essentially the same

ingredients except we did not heat

anything at all. Simply mixed it

together in a glass mug, top with

whipped cream and serve. Did you know

that Universal Studios has made over

$500 million selling butter beer?

Imagine they're like 12 bucks a pop.

We have a frozen one and we have a hot

one. That is fire. Cold one's crazy.

Cold one's way better.

I would drink that until I'm sick.

Yeah, that's actually insane. Honestly,

certain simple things put together truly

are just perfect. Butterscotch is one of

my favorite flavors. And then you

combine it into a drink with some really

nice whipped cream.

I'm giving it an S. S tier. It also

looks really cool. The chilled one looks

crazy. Did you know the average human

cannot get drunk on butterbeer? And only

house elves can cuz if you trace amounts

of alcohol. All right, moving on to the

next round. Wow, this one I know. Well,

it is cake from Portal. This is like a

little bit of my childhood here. Is it

real? Is it not? Today it becomes real.

According to the info we have, it is a

Black Forest cake that's inspired by a

real bakery near Valve, the game design

studio in Washington that made Portal.

But since we're out of the test lab, the

tease is over and we finally get to eat

it. I just hope that we survive. This is

a scary one. But first,

that's a pretty good chocolate cake.

That's a very good chocolate cake. It's

moist. The icing is refreshing. It's not

too sweet. There's not too much of it.

Has a nice texture to it with the

chocolate shavings.

It's nice. This is nice. I think this is

an easy A.

I agree. Anything that would elevate the

flavor would bring it to an S.

True.

It's a good basic chocolate cake and it

deserves an A.

I wish people from Portal could have had

it.

Moving on from Persona 5, Leblanc Curry,

which surprisingly you voted for by a

wide margin over Persona cake. It's a

pretty traditional western style

Japanese curry, which is served at

Leblanc Cafe. We found the official

recipe translated on the site Wilto

Makes Food. It's similar to One Piece

Sanji's Curry, which I made in the

cartoon food video. The key to the

Lebanon curry is using all eight

ingredients. Let me explain. First, some

chocolate. Then, a little instant

coffee, some worster sauce, yogurt,

honey, beef banan. Stir to combine.

Season a taste with kosher salt. And

finally, stir in some unsalted butter.

Coffee in this is a little weird. I'm

not going to lie. I don't know that

that's actually going to translate to

something that's good in real life, but

that's what this video is about.

Hopefully, we make Sojiro proud.

Holy crap. That's a banger, dude. I'm

sure that some of the secret ingredients

in this did leverage it. I think

probably what makes this is the slow

cooking. At the end of the day, you slow

cook tender pieces of meat and properly

season it, it's going to be good almost

no matter what. There is a little bit of

tartness that's adding some depth of

flavor that I like. It's rich. It's

anxious. It's meaty. I can taste the

spices. It's fatty. It falls apart in

your mouth. I mean, this is phenomenal.

Easy S tier.

Yeah, S tier. This is something I could

eat multiple times throughout the week.

After taking that last bite and just

letting it linger, my mouth is still

salivating.

And another S tier joins the list. Now,

at the end, we are going to be having an

S tier showdown to determine which is

truly the cream of the crop. The very

best of the S tiers, but I'm more

curious to see if any more items join

the top rank before that. Moving on to

grilled slowpoke tail curry from Pokémon

Sleep made with a whole alligator tail.

I thought to myself, what is similar to

a slowpoke tail? What is an animal tail

we can eat? And although Slowpoke might

not be a reptile, the best

representation felt like gator. So, the

dish like Slowpoke itself has slight

variations across the universe. But in

Pokémon Sleep, it's just two

ingredients: tail and fiery herb. That

can't be right. What about the curry?

What about the rice? So, first you have

a whole gator tail. Going to remove the

loins from the tail. Trim all of the fat

off. Next, season it generously with a

nice red spice rub. Then we grilled it

over charcoal. Based it with a garlicky

spiced compound butter. Plated a top

yellow rice and drizzle with a Japanese

style curry and some fresh herbs. I

mean, this feels like it could be a real

life spicy grilled slowpoke tail.

Definitely good enough to feed Snorlax.

But let's see if Jake and Ninja approve.

Wa! Holy sh! Oh my gosh, it's a tail of

a crocodile. I didn't even know you

could do this.

I didn't expect that. Can you put that

on YouTube?

I mean, we flavor it, we season it, we

grill it over a beautiful little bed of

rice, tastefully grilled, just right.

I'm going to put it in the A tier. This

is something that I would eat. I would

eat I would eat tail. That's how it

should be if you think about it. Because

in the world of Pokémon, like a slowpoke

tail, as sad as that is, that should be

like a delicacy. And here in real life,

how often do you have a alligator

crocodile thing? Not often. I think you

guys did this justice. The preparation,

the choice, the cut of meat. I'm giving

this an A. Big scores from our game

experts. But how does it taste?

I think it looks like something I would

get at the Pokemon cafe. The story goes

is that slowpokes lose their tails

randomly and then they're harvested and

used for dishes. Then Team Rocket

started harvesting slowpokes to sell

their tails on the black market. Pokémon

is not that soft. I don't even want to

eat this. We're going to. It's

not bad. Tastes like chicken. The spices

help a lot though. It's not as muddy or

fishy as I normally would attribute to

Gator Tail.

I mean, it's heavily spiced. This is

spiced, grilled, glazed with a butter

sauce, and then top with curry if tast.

Realistically, you're just tasting the

curry,

which is good.

I actually like the whole dish, though.

Obviously, the Japanese curry is very

forward, right? It's curry, spiced,

fragrant. You could taste the sweet

fennel and the turmeric and the ginger

and all of those sort of things working

with each other. And then obviously

there's the gator itself.

I don't think it belongs any higher than

B tier, though.

Yeah, if I didn't know it was gator, I

would give it a B. Because I know it's

gator, I want to give it a C. But I'll

give it a B just based off the fact that

I'm tasting something tastes good. This

is a B. It's fine, but I could pass on

it. Moving on. Next up, Fallout's

Nucacca. One of the most popular on our

audience voted famous games list. And

not just one variety, but three. Of

course, we have the classic Nucacca.

Then there's the Quantum Cola, which we

acquired by making recipes from the

quote unquote Vault Dwellers official

Fallout cookbook, and not from an

overturn truck. But there were also two

special release sodas made by Jones Soda

Company, Victory Cola, and then another

version of Nucacca Quantum. The question

is, which one is the best? and can take

any sort of a lead here. Only one way to

find out and yes, we're saving the

bottle caps. Don't ask if we actually we

did throw them away if I'm being honest.

These two are homemade from the Fallout

cookbook. And these two are like

commercially approved. I will say thank

you guys for voting for this one because

the other option was iguana on a stick.

This is a homemade one. That was pretty

bad. Here's our homemade quantum.

Better.

That one's fun.

I like that one.

The acidity is really nice in that. The

blue in this is crazy. This looks

unnatural.

Not as good as the homemade. This one

has a little bit more of a blue

raspberry flavor though.

It doesn't have that kick though. I

really like the kick in the homemade

one. Our last one. Whichever one is the

best will be our entry to the list. Now,

it doesn't taste like anything.

It's supposed to have a refreshingly

patriotic flavor.

What does that even mean?

A taste as sweet as freedom.

If that's what freedom tastes like, send

it back. My favorite was the homemade

quantum. We kind of nailed that.

I would just drink that. It's really

refreshing. I'm putting this in B tier.

I'll follow that up cuz I wanted to put

it in Btier, but I I was afraid.

Btier, especially because the Nucacola

company is not a good company. Moving

on. What I've been waiting to taste for

a very long time. World of Warcraft's

Conjured Mana Strudel. You know, a lot

of people don't know this. I don't know

if I've ever even said this on the

channel or even in public. A much

younger me played this game way more

often than I'd like to admit. And I

definitely would have crushed 20 mana

strudel. Possibly in real life if we're

thinking about Big Jay here. Now I get

to eat it finally. It's just too bad

that I don't play WoW anymore, but I did

play for many years. So, shout out to

that. We got the official cookbook to

make sure we nailed this dish. We made

it exactly to spec. Now, let's taste.

This is the one that the mages would

summon for you. And as a healer, I would

always yell at them because it's like,

"Give me the free food."

This looks primo.

The only reason why I'm pushing it away

is so I don't swallow it whole.

Everything about this is great. From the

crisp crunch on the outside to the sort

of like oohy gushy almost like Queen

Aman croissant interior. It's sweet but

it's not too sweet and there's a little

bit of saltiness in the dough. I mean

this is an S.

Yeah, this is S tier. Of all the video

game food I think I've had. This is one

I would probably make regularly.

Yeah, I would make this. I feel like I

just relive my childhood.

I mean you play tank, I play healer. We

can go start a group.

I can't get back into that. It's too

much.

One of us.

No, we have another big S tier joining

me S tier list, but that means we have

something even bigger. We're going to

have an S tier showdown coming up very

soon. But first, moving on to the rest.

Next up, League of Legends with porro

snacks. Pearls may look cute, but if you

don't feed them, they have a sinister

response you might not expect. So, to

keep them happy, you feed them snacks.

Essentially, doggy biscuits made of wild

hen and herbs. So, we piped that mixture

into spirals, seared them until crisp,

and cooked through. Then, many people

think of poro snacks as sweet

Danish-like treats, but that's only in

the card game, not the main fighting

video game. So, turn on all random, all

mid mode, and I guess taste at your own

risk. Smells great.

You know what that kind of reminds me

of? A little bit like kefta. That's a

great comparison.

You know, like almost like if you mix

shawarma and kefta, the flavors are kind

of reminiscent. Like it's like garlicky.

There are spices in there. It's meaty.

It's like look at the mayard. This would

be fire on a sandwich.

I would eat this all day.

Fire. At the end of the day, this is

just a meat patty. And notice how the

first thing we said was, "Oh, if this

was on a sandwich, but it's not." I feel

like B is fair and also generous.

I'm good with that. B tier. Moving on.

Kirby's Super Spicy Curry, which first

appears in Kirby's Dreamland on Game Boy

in 1992. I wasn't even born then, but

you all called for it in the Super Smash

Brothers series. Since there's no actual

recipe, which honestly there were not a

lot for a lot of these things, and it is

on fire in the game. We made fall curry,

the hottest curry on Earth. It's loaded

with six whole ghost peppers, three

Carolina Reapers, and four ty red

chilies. It's a lot of Scoville in one

dish. Hot enough to make you spit flames

from at least one hole in your body. I

know a few of you wanted me to inhale

this in one bite, but I'm not going to

do that. I am going to taste it, though.

This might be a game almost everybody

has played at least once, most likely at

a party. Super Smash Bros. The curry

that they eat in the game, specifically

Kirby, makes Kirby spit fire. So, we're

like, what's the hottest curry that

exists? And unfortunately, it is fall

curry.

It does look delicious.

Little rice, little meat. Here we go.

Cheers.

Immediately.

Oh my god. I love curry and I love

Kirby. I don't taste anything besides

heat. I can't take more than a few

bites.

Yeah, I'm going to stop.

That's That's really spicy. I'm not a

huge spice fan.

I love spicy. This is too goddamn much.

This is a lot.

Despite the fact that it's so spicy,

there is flavor in it. So, I think I am

willing to give it maybe a C or a D. And

I'll let you decide which that is.

As is D tier. My tongue hurt. Moving on.

Kingdom Heart 2 with sea salt ice cream

popsicles. Apparently inspired by a real

item at Tokyo Disney Sea. We made our

own by adding sea salt and food coloring

to our ice cream base and piping it into

popsicle trays, making sure to give them

a little extra sprinkle of sea salt at

the end. You guys kind of got deep when

voting. You were telling us things like

the salty sweet flavor is a metaphor for

life. Now, while this is a game about

Disney characters and what looks like a

boy band, I'm kind of into that

metaphor. It's beautiful. But does it

taste beautiful?

It's a little soft cuz the freezer

couldn't get cold enough.

Cool, though.

Dude, that's good.

Oh, I'm a fan of that. It's

like salty, sweet, kind of everything

that I want in an ice cream. What flavor

is that?

It's vanilla salt. A little bit of extra

salt on top.

Yeah, that's fire.

Oh, that's so good.

I really like this one. I love a good

salty sweet. I think it contrasts really

well. When I think of salt, I think like

caramel and salt. I think like something

spicy, sweet like mango and salt.

There's not that many just straight

vanilla and salt and it goes splendid.

I'm a huge fan of this one.

I'm going to give it an A because it's

not my first pick, but if it was given

to me, I would be happy.

Absolutely. If this had the caramel

ribbon, S tier as it is, A tier for

sure.

A tier. Moving on. Next up, a big one.

Cup of noodles from Final Fantasy 15.

God, how many of these do they have? Not

one, but all three from the perfect cup

side quest to find the best toppings. A

steak top version from The Behemoth, a

shrimp top version from Carlos, and an

egg top version to represent a

glimmering zoo egg. This may be the best

in-game advertisement I have ever seen.

Now, let's taste test. If you haven't

played Final Fantasy 15, a large

majority of the game is cooking, and the

food looks amazing. They probably put

like 20% or 30% of the budget in those

images. So, these look spot off.

I thought I was going to rate this

higher. I'm now realizing I don't really

like Cup of Noodles that much. I

understand the importance of Cupa

Noodle. People survived off this. That

said, I'm going to have to give it I

feel a C tier.

Ooh, I say it's mid. I I give it I'll

give it a C tier.

Remember, this is a competition about

finding the best. We have a lot of

things to taste here and there's a lot

coming. So, I think this deserves the

spot it got. Moving on. Next up from Red

Dead Redemption 2, Pearson's Stew. We

remember this one. Arthur just came back

from hunting and brought us elk and

deer. Unfortunately, no bear out in the

plains of Austin today. But we start by

cutting our meat with a hunting knife,

of course. Season the taste with salt

and pepper and sear in a cast iron pot.

Once brown, remove the meat from the

pot. Add some diced onions. Season with

salt to cook. Add in tomato paste.

Caramelize for a few minutes. Stir in

the beeftock. Bring to a boil. Then

reduce to a simmer. Then you're going to

add potatoes, mushrooms, carrots,

followed by your meat. Cover and cook

until tender. Serve in a metal bowl and

enjoy. As Pearson would say, nothing

like good honest labor. Back to work. We

have elk and venison in here.

It does look very nice.

Oh boy, it smells gamey.

That is very gamey.

Upon the first bite, it's like, oh, this

tastes good. It tastes like what you

would expect from a stew, but then

there's like that deep grassy almost

ironike gameiness that is definitely

gnawing away at a positive experience.

This is very much survival food. You're

going to make this and you're making a

lot of it. It's going to hold up really

well. I don't actually know if I want

another bite. We could have made it with

beef, but we wanted to make it lower

accurate, right? So, we used wild game.

And it is gamey. I don't know. I just I

don't love it. I think a C teacher

solid. Moving on. Next up, another

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild with

hearty simmerred durian. Ah, durian. It

is a fruit that's known for a very

strong and pungent scent, to say the

least. It's not one of my personal

favorites if I'm being flatout honest

with you. But, we're going to do this

right. The game has grilled meats,

mushroom skewers, monster cake, but you

all voted for this. Thanks, I guess. I

don't know. I don't know why you did

this to me, but hey, Breath of the Wild.

So, you cook durian properly and you'll

get breath of the well, something else.

We blended the durian into the broth of

this fruit stew. I get it. This is the

fastest and easiest way to get extra

hearts. But what did Chicken Ninja think

of this recreation? It looks too nice

while looking delicious and something I

would order at a Michelin star

restaurant. It doesn't look like it was

cooked in a pot in the woods in Hyrule.

You know, in terms of it just giving me

the video game vibes, I' i'd put it more

on like the C tier. I can see myself

eating this at a fivestar restaurant.

Man, I'm going to give this an A. I feel

like this would just absolutely start

off the meal with a very light and

delicious way. Surprising to hear that

they would see this at a restaurant. How

does it actually stack up?

This is way more stinky than I thought

it was going to be.

I've actually never had it. I've had it

around me and whenever I smell it, I'm

like, I'm noting eating that.

It is very ripe and not in a lot of good

ways. It has spikes on it for a reason.

It's meant as a weapon. We just got to

do this. It's not bad.

It's not that bad, right?

It's just like a fruity flavor and then

you're you're expelling like BO and

gasoline out your nose. F F tier.

Would you eat more bites of it?

I would not have another bite. I will

then agree with F tier cuz I would not

have another bite of that. It's also the

texture of baby food and it's not my

thing. I don't know what they were

thinking in Breath of the Wild.

It wasn't that bad, but I literally

never want to eat that again. I know

people love it and I respect if you do

love it. I just don't. Moving on. Next

up from Overcooked 2, sushi. Basic sushi

to be clear. This is the only cooking

game you gave enough votes to make it to

the top 25. Shout out to Cooking Mama

and Dave the Diver. But while sushi

making may seem zen, it's not an

overcooked. You know, it's kind of like

working the line, working in a

restaurant, chopping, rolling, plating

in controlled chaos. You know, if you

think about it, like maybe design your

kitchen well so that doesn't happen. The

question I have is, will this be enough

to get us three stars and make the onion

king dance? I implore you, if you play

this, do not be on the same team with

your significant other or you may or may

not have problems.

It's a basic sushi roll. It's not too

crazy. I'm not hating it. I'm not like

in love.

Yeah,

I think take it or leave it.

I don't even need to taste the salmon to

know what this is going to be. I'm going

to put it at a B.

It's not as impressive as some of the

other things we've had. So, B tier.

B tier. Moving on. From Halo Universe.

You wouldn't think there's food in here,

but there's rations aka MREs or meals

ready to eat. You know, you crashed your

Pelican, you need a bite. Inside the

pouch is a single meal of pre-cooked

food that has been vacuum sealed so it

doesn't spoil. Obviously inspired from

real military culinary, I suppose. So we

have real MREs here and we're going to

make them and taste them. My choice of

MRE for today will be the cheese

tortillini and tomato sauce. I'm going

to go for the beef stew because the

other ones sound like I may or may not

vomit. Oh, what is going on in here?

This looks like a lunchable. Comes with

a spoon. The thing is with MREs though

is they have to be super high calorie.

You're out there fighting the flood.

This is worse than IKEA. Look at this.

Look, look, look. It literally says to

perch this up on a rock or something. I

you not. Rock or something.

This is technology, baby.

We'll be back in 10 to 15 minutes. All

right, we're removing from our rock or

something.

It is hot, which is cool.

But the bottom part of mine is hot and

the top is cold.

Yeah, mine's a little cold up top, too.

Oh, look, look, look. You just You could

eat it right out of the thing, right?

Oh.

Oh.

Honestly, not as bad as I thought it

would be.

Mine is not good. I hate to say it cuz I

know people are surviving off of this.

Like the potatoes actually taste like

the beef and the beef tastes like the

potatoes. Like it's the same texture.

Yours is not half bad. A step below Chef

Boyardd.

Do you want to vote on this one then

instead of that one? Cuz that's

obviously an F.

This is F tier.

I think this deserves a D. If I had to

eat this, I honestly wouldn't be like

terribly bummed. It obviously needs

salt. The pasta is terribly overcooked.

But honestly, for an M like this

prepackaged thing, I mean it is a

tortillini. It's stuffed with something.

It's got a tomatoey flavor.

You can make it hot anywhere you want.

Like that's actually not bad.

That is a D tier. Moving on. Sims. This

game is a personal favorite of my wife,

but we are doing the Sims grilled

cheese. This may be a secret aspiration

in the game, but don't worry, you're

safe here. I mean, it's a grilled

cheese, guys. We're not going to over

complicate this. All right, you can eat

and serve and make as many grilled

cheeses as you want. Just don't burn

them. Butter, America cheese, melted.

It's great. So, in the Sims, your goal

as an aspiration is eat 200 grilled

cheeses in the lifetime of your

character. Easy. I've eaten thousand.

Going to eat 200 grilled cheese in a

video game I feel like would have me

questioning what I'm doing with my life.

That's fair. Good grilled cheese.

It's the typical grilled cheese you

would expect. American cheese, white

bread, toasted with butter. It's exactly

what I think it's going to be. I think

they're great. It is worthy of a strong

A.

I agree 100%. I'd eat that whole plate,

but my aspiration has already been

accomplished, so I don't need any more

of those. Moving on. Next up, Delicious

Adeptus Temptation from Genchin Impact.

This might be the craziest recipe in the

entire video. The game calls it a rare

and exquisite mix of both land and sea,

combining countless and delicious

delicacies. What the hell does that

mean? By countless, they weren't

kidding. The game calls for crab,

shrimp, ham, mushrooms. But the image

shows a lot more happening. We follow

the YouTuber Chef Mar whose video on

this is honestly pretty incredible.

Cabbage, crab, matake mushroom, jinseng,

Chinese gininoa ham, pork belly, shrimp,

crab meat, abalone, scallop, quail eggs.

Covered all with a broth made of duck,

pork, and chicken. Seasoned taste with

Shiao singing wine and rock sugar.

Covered then tightly wrapped in aluminum

foil. And this is the part that blows my

mind. Place in a steamer basket and cook

for 3 to 4 hours. What? Why? Anyway,

when it's done, garnish with a few

leaves of parsley. And there you have

it. You know, this could go many

directions, but there's only one way to

find out. Let's taste. This next dish is

based on a real life dish called

Buddhist Temptation. And it is also very

smelly.

Smells like a fish tank.

I mean, it looks really pretty. Smelly.

Broth is good. Nice and salty.

It doesn't taste like seafood at all.

And it's not overpowering in one way or

the other. That's really nice. I'm going

to try some of the ham, too. I thought

this was going to be completely

overcooked.

Everything is like soft and nice.

This is honestly pretty great.

The shrimp is a little overcooked and

dry, but the rest of it really good. I

want nothing to do with that quail egg.

Honestly, this is really good. I'm going

to give this

I think a I was going to say it's not

quite S tier. The ham is tender. The

pork belly is tender.

The flavor is, I would argue, possibly

perfect.

Yeah,

strong A tier. Moving on from the

original Pac-Man, the melon. The most

high value fruit Pac-Man can get. So, we

went with the most high-V value melon

that we could find. A $150 premium

Japanese musk melon imported from Japan.

It is the finest melon in the world, or

at least considered to be. They get more

care than honestly the average person.

Farmers handpollinate the flowers with

brushes. They even massage the exterior

of the melons to promote even sweetness

and a beautiful appearance. I'd say this

makes a 1,000 point melon at least. So,

let's taste. Everybody talks about the

cherries. The highest value you can get

is the melon. So, we have the one and

only crown melon. This is the most

expensive treated better than humans

melon in human existence. They literally

put this on like a red velvet pillow.

Oh man,

I just flung juice all over the table.

Worth it. 100% worth it.

We were talking about how we've never

had the really expensive fruit before

and we didn't think it would be an

experience.

This is great. Honestly, this is the

most flavorful melon I've ever had. It's

almost like candy level sweet, but it's

balanced. It's super juicy.

This is the juiciest piece of fruit I've

ever had in my life. This has to be way

up there on the tier list.

This with taheen, I would probably take

my pants off if I'm being flat out. I

feel crazy saying this for a piece of

fruit. I feel like this deserves an S.

That's S tier for me. This is the best

melon I've ever had. What do you want me

to say? That's an S. Moving on. Moving

on to Spicy Eel from Stardew Valley. For

a game where food is so big, these 8-bit

images are not really doing it. I

honestly thought seafoam pudding or pink

cake would win, but you all voted for

the spicy eel, which actually only calls

for two ingredients, eel and hot pepper,

which wow, that's what does that mean?

Hot pepper what? So, we took inspiration

from Allison's Wonderland recipes and

glazed our grilled eel with a spicy goch

jang sauce so we can earn plenty of

speed and luck, but also so it tasted

good because that's really what is

actually going to happen. We'll need

both to get through every dish in this

video. Now, only 79 more recipes to

become a true gourmet chef. That's a

That's a joke. We are actually almost

done. Stardew Valley is one of the

bestselling games of all time. Fun fact,

here we have the spicy eel with go junk

sauce. One of our most highest voted on

the entire list. So, let's give it a

rip.

This is another situation.

Uhhuh.

Where if it was with rice,

I want it on rice. Yeah.

But if you've never had unagi or eel,

it's almost like a perfect fish in a

way, right? Like it's super tender. It's

not fishy at all. Fatty in a nice

moisturizing way.

Melts in your mouth is the best way to

put this.

Flaminana fish. And then the spicy sweet

sauce. Yeah, the gojong is perfect on

it, but again on its own. B tier.

Strong be would eat again. Moving on.

Next up, Monster Hunter Chef's Choice

Platter. This got far and wide the most

votes. And I get it. If you're about to

fight some monsters, wouldn't you want

to bulk up? Wouldn't you want to get

them calories in your body, brother? The

menu is chef's choice. But since

Meowscular couldn't be here to make

those decisions, we recreated one of his

masterpieces, which is this. A whole ham

sliced. A stew with lobster tail. A big

hunk of cheese. Who knows what kind.

Three massive grilled skewers stuck into

a pineapple. I don't know why that is

what was done. But shrimp, sausage,

pana, a massive pan of paella topped

with prawns, and of course a flag and a

whatever we can eat, we bring on the

airship. But before we dig in, what do

Jake and Ninja think?

Oh my goodness. What a replica, though.

Wow. Damn. I mean, this is a feast and a

half. You got the big old bowl of rice

with the muscles on top. Like you really

went the extra mile with this one, but

it was the skewers. That's what I was

looking to see. I do like lobster. I'm

not a shrimp guy, though. So,

unfortunately, this dish isn't for me.

Looking at this, it looks delicious, but

because of all the shrimp, I have to

give it a B.

Look, even though Josh didn't dress up

as a cat and do the big reveal, would

love to see that. I still definitely

give this an S. Nailed it.

A bit divisive, but let's see what we

think. This is nuts.

I guess we just dig in.

We're just eating. This is that Monster

Hunter experience.

Oh yeah, that's a nice sweet shrimp.

I like the char on it, too.

Mhm.

The ham is super salty, but I don't mind

it. As long as you get a little rice.

I'm pretty happy with this. I'm kind of

vibing with this.

This is just something I would just put

in front of a table with a bunch of

friends and just go to town on.

Honestly, for the amount of food that

you get for this dish, this is pretty

high up here. This is a

straight beer.

This is straight beer.

I'm not drinking that right now.

And it's warm.

Is this really an S tier meal?

Everything on here fun to eat, exciting,

having a good time, but really it's just

meat, meat, and more meat with a couple

of things, but it's just kind of random.

It's not exactly that cohesive. If a

restaurant handed this to you, most

people would be like, "This is good, but

why is there a block of cheese?" But why

is there a random pineapple that's not

really even being eaten? If I'm looking

at the reality of the culinary of this,

I don't think it's an S tier cuz there

were other things in this that were S

tiers that were incredible on their own,

and I wasn't thinking of a damn thing.

In coolness, it's an S tier. To actually

sit down and eat, it's an A. A tier is

good. But that being said, this is not

the end. We have something special for

you. You see, we have four S tiers, and

that's a problem for me. We want a

number one. And the only way to have

that is with the one and only S tier

showdown to find our final S tier god.

Let's find it. Wow. The final countdown

has arrived. What is in front of me

makes me feel sad because I don't want

to pick a winner. They're all really

good. Why did we do this to ourselves?

We actually have to pick a favorite.

Let's do this. We're going to go down

the line one by one by one by one and

we're going to rate each one out of 10.

Up first, butterbeer.

Now, remember, these are all good. In

the world of S tier, a one is like

teetering on the verge. It's basically

almost an A. A 10 is on the highest end

of S. 3 2 1. Wow. Unanimous. We're in

the right headsp space. This one is hard

cuz this is tied to nostalgia.

Wow. So good. It's also so balanced. I

wonder if we'll get the same one again.

Oh no. 3 2 1. Yo, two double. Yellow.

Let's go. Dude, that's how I know that

these are good. We are on the right path

here. Okay,

these last two are very hard though.

I'm going straight in. H, you know,

after tasting that,

I know the sweetness is actually lost

because those were a little bit sweeter,

if that makes sense.

If I were to choose between these three,

which ones am I going back to first? Is

it going to be unanimous again? 3 2 1.

Oh, okay. Close enough. Close enough.

We got one more. I'll be honest with

you. I do have a bias towards this

because I played World of Warcraft for

years. I'm not voting for it because I

wanted to win. This is truly how I feel

about the taste of it. So, this is going

to need a 14 or higher to win. Now, I'm

going to eat this properly. All right.

So, I think you get a little bit of

meat, a little bit of rice, and then

just go in.

I have my answer.

Yeah. Do you guys think it's unanimous?

I have a feeling we're going to be

pretty close. Let's just do it. 3 2 1

Yes, we have a winner. It is damn good.

I might even round mine up to a nine,

honestly.

It's just balanced. It's nice. It's

spicy. Like, the rice is good. Like,

everything about this is just really

good. LeBlanc Curry, our ultimate

winner. Congratulations. But these were

all really good competitors. Video games

know their food. I might have to start

playing a few just to celebrate.

Let's go. I'll send you my gamer tags.

Subscribe. Love you so much. And also,

don't forget to check chef PK out. He's

been in our comment section for multiple

years and now he's here. You know, he

even has a food game of his own, Cooking

with Chaos. So, definitely give that a

look. I know there are many more video

game foods out there. And after today, I

know they're all likely pretty dang

good. But especially a big thank you to

the audience, for everyone who watches,

and helping us identify all the most

famous video game foods for us to try.

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
game /ɡeɪm/ A2	noun - a form of play or sport, especially a competitive one played according to rules noun - an activity that one engages in for amusement
taste /teɪst/ A1	verb - to perceive or experience the flavor of something by putting it in the mouth noun - the sensation of flavor perceived in the mouth and throat on contact with a substance
food /fuːd/ A1	noun - any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life and growth
make /meɪk/ A1	verb - form something by putting parts together or combining substances; construct; create
cake /keɪk/ A1	noun - an item of soft sweet food made from a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, sugar, and other ingredients, baked and usually decorated
sweet /swiːt/ A2	adjective - having the pleasant taste characteristic of sugar or honey; not sour, bitter, or salty adjective - pleasing in general; delightful
delicious /dɪˈlɪʃəs/ B1	adjective - highly pleasant to the taste
spicy /ˈspaɪsi/ A2	adjective - having a strong taste from a mixture of spices
roll /roʊl/ A2	noun - a small loaf of bread made by mixing and kneading dough, making it into a cylinder shape, and baking it verb - move or cause to move in a particular direction by turning over and over on an axis
vote /voʊt/ A2	verb - express one's preference for a candidate or option in an election or decision noun - a formal expression of opinion or choice made by an individual or group
melt /mɛlt/ A2	verb - become liquid or liquefy, typically by heat
expert /ˈɛkspɜːrt/ B1	adjective - having or showing special skill or knowledge because of what you have been taught or what you have experienced noun - a person who has a comprehensive and authoritative knowledge of or skill in a particular area
unique /juːˈniːk/ B1	adjective - being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else
rank /ræŋk/ A2	verb - give something a position in a scale of size, quality, importance, etc. noun - a position in a scale of size, quality, or achievement
butter /ˈbʌtər/ A1	noun - a pale yellow edible fatty substance made by churning cream and used as a spread or in cooking verb - spread butter on something
sauce /sɔːs/ A2	noun - a liquid or semi-liquid substance served with food to add moisture and flavor
melt /mɛlt/ A2	verb - become liquid or liquefy, typically by heat
vanilla /vəˈnɪlə/ B1	adjective - plain, ordinary, or standard; not special in any way noun - a flavoring obtained from orchids of the genus Vanilla or produced synthetically
steal /stiːl/ A2	verb - take something that doesn't belong to you without permission
grab /ɡræb/ A1	verb - take hold of something or someone suddenly and roughly
judge /dʒʌdʒ/ A2	verb - form an opinion or conclusion about something or someone noun - a person who decides the result of a trial or competition
icing /ˈaɪsɪŋ/ A2	noun - a sweet mixture typically made with sugar, often used for coating cakes or cookies

Key Grammar Structures

• There are so many video games I played years ago that somehow had food that I so desperately wanted to smell, see come to life in front of my very eyes, and more importantly, taste.

  ➔ Relative clause + result clause (so … that) + infinitive series

  ➔ The phrase "so many video games I played" uses a **relative clause** ("I played") to describe "video games". "so … that" introduces a **result clause** ("that somehow had food …"). The verbs "to smell", "see … come to life" and "taste" form an **infinitive series**.

• If you can't feast on the souls of dragons, your third place vote getter may be the next best thing.

  ➔ First conditional (If + present simple) + modal verb may

  ➔ "If you **can't** feast …" is a **first conditional** clause using the present simple "can't". The main clause uses the **modal verb** "may" to express possibility.

• I think we can go into mass production and sell these across taverns everywhere.

  ➔ Modal verb can + infinitive (ability/possibility) + coordinated verbs

  ➔ "we **can** go … and **sell** these" uses the **modal verb** "can" to show ability or possibility, followed by two **coordinated infinitives** "go" and "sell".

• If I was in like a White Run tavern and one of these was just sitting there glistening on the table like that, I would take one.

  ➔ Second conditional (If + past simple) + would + base verb

  ➔ "If I **was** …, I **would** take one" is a **second conditional** structure: past simple "was" in the if‑clause and "would" + base verb "take" in the result clause.

• Even though I don't love it, I think it's a C tier.

  ➔ Concessive clause with "even though" + present simple + main clause

  ➔ "**Even though** I don't love it" is a **concessive clause** introduced by "even though"; the verb "don't love" is in the **present simple**. The main clause "I think it's a C tier" follows.

• This looks like something I would eat all day.

  ➔ Comparative "like" + noun phrase + relative clause with modal "would"

  ➔ "looks **like** something" uses the comparative **like** to compare. The phrase "I **would** eat all day" is a **relative clause** with the modal "would" expressing habit or willingness.

• We have to put it in the S tier.

  ➔ Obligation modal "have to" + infinitive

  ➔ "**have to**" expresses **obligation** and is followed by the **infinitive** "put".

• I might even round mine up to a nine, honestly.

  ➔ Modal verb might + infinitive + adverb "even" + parenthetical adverb "honestly"

  ➔ "I **might** even **round** mine up to a nine, **honestly**" uses the **modal** "might" for a slight possibility, the adverb **even** to add emphasis, and the parenthetical adverb **honestly** to express speaker sincerity.