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Can I make a fried fish sandwich that's 00:00
better than the most expensive 00:01
restaurant in LA? 00:02
In the cheap corner, we got the Catholic 00:08
delight, the fileo fish from McDonald's, 00:11
the Victor over the hoola burger, and in 00:14
the expensive corner, we have the $80 00:18
fish sandwich with caviar tartar sauce 00:22
from David. This is the most expensive 00:25
fish sandwich and the cheapest fish 00:27
sandwich in the city, but yet to be 00:28
seen. Mine tucked in the middle, the 00:30
middle spoon, if you will. Big spoon, 00:33
little spoon, overrated. I like to be 00:35
held from both sides. Is my homemade 00:36
version of a fried fish sandwich? Will I 00:39
be able to take down the most expensive 00:44
sandwich in a blind taste test? Or will 00:46
a person with a very shoddy cheap pallet 00:48
ruffle my ruffle my fins? I was trying 00:51
to make a fish pun. That didn't make any 00:53
sense. I talked too much about spooning. 00:54
What's that? 00:56
Uh, what? This one? Why? You don't think 00:57
there's real filet fish in there? This 00:59
is called a fileo fish. 01:00
We're going to see if I can win in a 01:03
blind taste test against the most 01:05
expensive fish sandwich in the city. I 01:06
will put forth my best effort. That is 01:08
my promise to you, the American people. 01:09
And I think roughly 6% of our audience 01:12
is Canadian. 01:13
Let's get cooking. I know what you're 01:15
thinking. You're thinking, Josh, is that 01:17
a Kim Dracula shirt underneath your 01:18
apron? Yeah. Yeah, it sure is. you got a 01:20
great new single out with in this 01:23
moment. Uh you're also probably thinking 01:25
for making a fish sandwich, you 01:27
certainly ain't got any fish out there 01:28
on the counter. And you would be 01:31
correct. That's because the fish is the 01:32
least important part of a fish sandwich. 01:34
So, we're going to blind them with a 01:36
bunch of very complicated condiments and 01:38
a lot of fry batter on the outside. Pull 01:40
pull in the room here. Do you know what 01:42
kind of fish is in a McDonald's fileto 01:44
fish? No. No. God dang it, Lily. Not 01:46
you. 01:48
Not you. 01:49
What did she say? Alaskan. 01:50
Oh, Alaskan. What? Lot of fish in Alaska 01:52
there. 01:56
You think it's salmon? You think they're 01:58
Have you had a fle of fish? All right, 02:01
Lily, what is it? 02:03
Alaskan pollic. 02:04
Alaskan pollic. It's a total like drag 02:04
catch fish. Uh, when you're frying fish 02:07
like that, to me, if you go to like a 02:09
fish and chip shop in London, right, 02:11
like you get like blue cod is like the 02:13
king standard. But for me, I can use 02:15
whatever fish. We'll catch that later. 02:18
The key is a good fry batter. We're 02:19
going to make a proper beer batter. And 02:21
then I'm not going tarter sauce. I'm 02:22
going remalot. I think it's just like 02:24
tartar sauce is kind of Cajun spicier 02:25
cousin. So, we're going to start doing 02:27
that. We got a bunch of mayonnaise in a 02:28
bowl. We're going to hit some wellused 02:30
crystal hot sauce. You want a lot of 02:32
residue crusted at the top. That's how 02:34
you know it's good cuz you've actually 02:36
been using it. And we do love crystal 02:38
cuz you get a lot of good acid from 02:39
that. And then you're getting a lot of 02:41
the almost like sweeter kind of acid 02:42
from lemon. And also when you squeeze 02:44
lemon, this is a fun fact. Lily, don't 02:46
chime in. Fun fact. When you squeeze a 02:48
lemon, the essence of it, the like per 02:50
the perfume, the oils on the outside 02:52
actually get into your food, which I 02:54
think is really really fun. And then 02:56
we're going to drop in some fresh dill. 02:58
I'm going to use a spoon. Dill is one of 03:00
those things that pairs really well with 03:02
fish. Dill. Does dill taste sour to you? 03:03
No. 03:07
All right, cool. Me neither. I was just 03:08
talking to talk. 03:09
Dill to me has like it like pairs so 03:11
well with citrus and fish. We're going 03:14
to drop in a little bit of parsley. Want 03:15
a lot of herbs in this. And then chives. 03:17
Always a fun welcome addition. Boom. 03:20
Going into the party. Capers. Capers are 03:22
a fun thing that you can always keep in 03:24
your fridge because they last forever 03:26
cuz they're just like pickled little 03:27
berries or whatever. 03:28
They berries. Not like a berry, but like 03:31
Well, this is a berry. There's caper 03:33
berries. Those are different than cap. 03:34
They're good. Get capers. They're fun. 03:36
You get home like drunk one night and 03:38
you just kind of start eating capers out 03:39
the jar, creeping everyone out. That's a 03:40
good time. Drop some chopped capers in 03:42
there. You can add pickles in there, but 03:44
we're actually going to add pickles on 03:45
the side as well. This is Creole 03:47
mustard. To me, this is like one of the 03:48
kings of mustards. You can get the 03:50
Zatarans brand. Do you guys remember 03:51
Zatarans commercials? They just went 03:53
Zadarans. 03:55
Zatarans. 03:57
And that's it. It's just a guy screaming 03:59
Zatarans with a whole lot of pepper on 04:00
it. It was great. I'm going to drop them 04:03
into smoke paprika. 04:05
I might be I might be ripping a lot of 04:07
catchphrases today cuz I've had running 04:10
through my head. Trust the Gorton 04:12
fisherman. You guys remember that 04:14
banger, right? 04:16
Trust the Gorton fisherman. 04:17
What do you mean, Maggie? What? Trust 04:21
the Gorton fisherman. Lily, how much you 04:22
know about Gordon's fisherman? 04:25
I recognize that. 04:26
Yeah, it's from 04:27
It's from Gloucester. 04:30
Oh, Massachusetts. 04:32
Yeah. Yeah. 04:33
Just some uh New England fishing banter. 04:34
You're going to grate a lot of raw 04:37
garlic. You add raw garlic to 04:38
storebought mayonnaise. basically turns 04:40
it into ioli and drop that in there. I'm 04:42
going whole garlic clove, man. I'm 04:44
ripping it. I would trust the Gordon's 04:46
fisherman with my life except the 04:47
Gordon's fisherman might also then sell 04:50
me to a Japanese seafood conglomerate. 04:52
And so that would be the only thing that 04:54
I don't know if I I would trust the 04:55
Gordon Fisherman to do. No, I love I 04:57
love the Gordon. I grew up like to me 04:58
the gold standard of Cajun seasoning or 05:01
Creole seasoning is Tony Sasher's gold 05:03
standard of frozen fish sticks. 05:05
Gorton's. When Gordon's went on sale 05:06
back when I was a kid, that was like 05:09
Christmas, except I'm I'm Jewish, so you 05:10
figure it out. But that was a really fun 05:12
time for me because Gordon's I think 05:14
makes a really incredible product. Also, 05:16
they have roots in the fishing business 05:17
like literally dating back damn near 300 05:19
years at this point in America. So, it's 05:22
a lot of stuff to dump in here. Whole 05:24
lot of fresh cracked pepper. And I mean 05:26
a lot of fresh cracked pepper. Um, a lot 05:27
of my Gordon's knowledge is going to be 05:31
coming from Mark Kuransky's seminal 05:32
book, Cod. 05:34
It's about cod. We're not using cod, but 05:37
we're using an adjacent fish that was 05:41
often passed off for a cheaper version 05:44
of cod, but I think it's good. More on 05:46
that later. God, this is exciting. We 05:48
once tested this on Myth Munchers. 05:52
Gordon Ramsay said, "You have to let 05:53
your beer batter rest overnight." That 05:54
is something I have never done before 05:56
because I thought you're going to lose 05:57
all the bubbles if you do that. And then 05:58
we actually tested it. It was 06:00
significantly crispier when we rested 06:01
the batter overnight. So, that is one 06:02
thing you can do or seems 06:04
counterintuitive, but what you can do, 06:07
you're going to want to really be 06:10
violent with it because you're trying to 06:10
get the carbonation out. This is how I 06:12
win. I want this to be like a like hard 06:14
shattering crunch on the on the coating. 06:17
And I don't know, man. We're going to do 06:20
it. We're going to do it. We're adding a 06:21
little bit of cayenne and salt. My 06:22
theory is that by getting the 06:24
carbonation out, it helps it stay 06:25
crispier. And then we're just going to 06:28
start getting some flour in here. I'm 06:30
going to whisk this flour in. And then I 06:32
can kind of like estimate the amount of 06:33
eggs that I need. There we go. 06:35
Beer got that little bit of yeast in it. 06:38
And then when you let a batter rest, 06:41
that is actually going to like hydrate 06:42
the flour. Because if you make a batter 06:44
and then you estimate its thickness, 06:47
right? If you uh did a uh what do they 06:48
call? Come on. What do they call it? 06:52
What's scientific word for like a 06:54
thickness of a liquid? Viscosity. If you 06:56
were to do a viscosity test 06:59
on a batter and then wait 10 minutes, it 07:02
would be infinitely more viscous. 07:04
Look at me go, man. God, he's so smart. 07:08
How does he do it all? 07:11
Big muscles, able to recite many 07:13
corporate fish brands 07:16
catchphrases, except it's really only 07:19
one. This looks pretty good. This is 07:21
about You want to go for like looser 07:23
than a pancake batter. Again, this is 07:24
going to hydrate up. We're going to let 07:26
this rest overnight. We have to do a 07:27
full like deep fried myth munchers to 07:29
see what makes a better fry batter 07:31
because this is my best guess right now. 07:34
And I think this is going to beat the 07:36
expensive sandwich. Do you know that 07:37
some languages don't actually have a 07:39
word for fresh cod? They simply have to 07:41
say the fresh version of salt cod. And 07:44
at the restaurant Laristraat, 07:47
um the chef once put cababo on the menu, 07:50
which is the French word for fresh cod, 07:54
and it didn't sell. But then when he 07:55
said moru fresh, which is fresh salt 07:57
cod, it did sell. Introducing fresh cod 08:00
to the Michelin star dining market in 08:02
France in the 1970s. 08:04
All right, cool. So 08:08
I have no one to talk to about these 08:11
things. Uh anyway, so we have a nice 08:13
fillet of hatock here. Like I mentioned, 08:15
hadock is kind of seen as like a cheaper 08:16
version of cod. I think it's just as 08:18
good. Also, cod to me has these big 08:20
white flakes in I think it's fantastic 08:22
for fish and chips, but to me, if it's a 08:24
sandwich, I think it can almost be a 08:26
little bit too chewy and if you overcook 08:27
cod, it's so lean that it'll kind of end 08:29
up having too much toothness to it. Uh, 08:32
so hadock, I think you can really kind 08:34
of hammer and try and get super crispy 08:35
batter to hold up to all those 08:36
condiments. So, I'm going to go ahead. 08:38
This has been dried off. I'm just going 08:41
to salt the outside. Then, I'm going to 08:42
go quickly into some flour. My thought 08:44
here, Gorton's fish fillet is greatest 08:46
product ever made in the history of man. 08:48
Everybody knows that is like the model 08:50
tea and then Gorton's fish fillet. Those 08:51
are the top two. Everybody agrees. Um 08:53
there's like this layer of goo between 08:55
the fish and the crispy batter and that 08:57
goo is what I want. The flour is going 09:00
to become that goo. The salt and the 09:01
fish juice from the hatock are going to 09:03
melt together to form a paste or goo. 09:04
And then that is going to be where your 09:07
flavor is coming from. How did people 09:09
let me host a cooking show? McDonald's 09:11
fileto fish is a delight. I've eaten a 09:12
ton of them in my lifetime. If you go to 09:14
a good McDonald's that's actually 09:16
changing out their fry oil, it can be 09:18
great. If you don't, you go to ones 09:20
where where you can taste like the 09:22
nuggets and the burnt fries that have 09:23
stayed in the bottom of that fryer, and 09:25
I have been to those. It's not a good 09:26
product. So, we'll see what kind of 09:29
fileto fish I'm going up against today. 09:30
And I've actually never had the fish 09:32
sandwich at Daybird, but a lot of that 09:33
cost is coming from the caviar. I got a 09:34
trick, though. Putting on kind of a 09:37
cheaper version of caviar onto our own 09:38
sandwich that you can get for like 12 09:40
bucks at home. And I think we can beat 09:41
it. Here's the technique. Check this 09:43
out. Make sure it's all covered. What 09:44
I'm going to try and do is pull it up, 09:45
give it one shake, go immediately to the 09:46
deep fryer and kind of waft it back and 09:48
forth with the hips. Waft it with the 09:50
hips. Check this out. Does someone zoom 09:53
in on this? 09:55
One shake, two shake. Uh-oh, he's going 09:57
for three and a half. Now we're in. And 09:59
now we're wafting. 10:01
Wafting with the hips. Let it go like a 10:03
nice raft. Now I'm going to run quickly. 10:06
Wash my hands. Is the camera still 10:07
following me? 10:09
Ah, they always do this. And they go 10:11
wash Josh wash Josh is washing himself. 10:14
Damn it. All right, so we're gonna fry 10:19
this fish and then we're actually going 10:20
to let it rest and we're going to drop 10:21
it in the fryer again before we put in 10:22
our sandwich. Other condiment on the 10:24
sandwich, we're going pretty simply with 10:25
this. We're going to do some nice 10:27
shredded iceberg lettuce. We have our 10:28
remal and then pickles are the other 10:29
thing you can really put over the top. 10:31
We've made a lot of vinegar pickles on 10:32
the show before, but a proper lacto 10:33
fermented pickle is one super easy to do 10:35
at home. Two, it's it's pretty safe. So, 10:37
if you're not like canning and storing 10:40
this stuff for years, you can really 10:41
just sort of like trust the science on 10:43
your counter for a couple days. Uh, so 10:46
that's what we're going to do right now. 10:47
We are making a 3% salt brine. So, if 10:48
you don't know the difference between a 10:51
lacto pickle and a vinegar pickle, uh, 10:52
the acid in a vinegar pickle is 10:54
obviously coming from vinegar, something 10:56
that has been pre-fermented. Uh, and 10:58
then in a lacto pickle, you are using 11:00
there's bacteria on the skin of every 11:02
cucumber known as lactobacillus. It 11:04
exists on the outside of most 11:06
vegetables. If you ever see a purple 11:07
cabbage that has a kind of dust on the 11:08
outside of it, that dust is actually the 11:10
lactobacillus bacteria that you can see. 11:12
And so that is going to ferment uh with 11:14
the addition of salt and then that is 11:17
going to create the acid itself, which I 11:20
think is really cool. And it gets a lot 11:23
of umami in, a lot of glutamate. So this 11:24
is a 3% salt rind. So if you have 100 g 11:26
of water, you need 3 g of salt. If you 11:28
have 500 g of water, 15 g of salt. Boom. 11:30
Basic math. God, I'm good. So, we're 11:33
simply going to add that. Stir it. You 11:36
don't really need to stir it. Back sore. 11:39
Been carrying this team all week. All 11:42
right, 11:43
take that. How's this doing? That's 11:46
looking nice. Maybe I should add 11:48
lemoning agent to it. 11:50
We were going back and forth on lemoning 11:54
agent. I think I want to fry two. One 11:55
with leavenning agent, one without. And 11:57
then choose between. I said I'd use 11:58
gloves. You don't want to get the 12:01
bacteria from your hands. I just wash my 12:02
hands. We'll be fine. You don't want to 12:04
get the bacteria from your hands on the 12:05
pickles. It'll be all right. Also, 12:08
always put your spices at the bottom of 12:10
the jar. 12:11
All right, check this out. We're going 12:13
to go in the middle. Going to pop some 12:14
dill on there. Dill as in dill pickles. 12:16
Boom. Check that out. Ever see that 12:19
before? Uh, we're adding some whole 12:20
black pepperc corn. The aromatics are 12:22
like really where you kind of went on 12:23
this. And we're adding some fennel seed. 12:24
We're going to add some garlic. Leave 12:26
the skin on. Palmill strike. Pomeill 12:28
strike. Pomeill strike. Bass rootin. And 12:29
pop that in there. Whole coriander seed. 12:32
whole mustard seed. Single bay leaf. 12:35
Sandwich more cucumbers on it. That fish 12:38
is doing good. Again, you don't need 12:40
like a perfect medium rare fish fillet. 12:42
You probably don't want to do that with 12:44
a white fish. Anyways, 12:45
give her a flip. See how she's doing. 12:47
That's looking nice. Looking crispy. 12:49
We're going to let that fry. We take the 12:51
salt water. Pour that over the pickles. 12:52
Perfect. And then you don't want to put 12:57
a lid on it because the lactobacillus is 12:59
actually going to create gases that kind 13:01
of need to escape. If you have a real 13:03
home fermentation setup, they have like 13:04
call like a like a jar burper. You know 13:07
what I mean? The things that like burp 13:09
the jar for you where it'll like let out 13:11
pockets of air. You don't need to do all 13:13
that. What you can do is just take a 13:14
piece of plastic wrap, 13:18
stuff it in there, and just make sure 13:20
this is pushing the pickles down and 13:24
holding them under cuz you don't want 13:26
things to be able to float to the top 13:29
and not be submerged in that salty brown 13:30
because salt is effectively 13:32
antimicrobial, right? Salt bacteria does 13:34
not like salted things. Awesome. So, now 13:37
you're literally just going to leave 13:39
this sitting out on a counter for 3 to 5 13:40
days. Um, I've talked to food safety 13:42
experts who maintain that like a lacto 13:45
ferment that's that short of a time, 13:48
even if it something else happens to it, 13:50
it's not actually going to be dangerous. 13:53
And I tend to trust them. Uh, people 13:54
have been lacto fermenting things for 13:56
literally thousands of years. But if you 13:58
want to be extra sure, take some salt 14:00
like a margarita, boom, boom, boom, 14:02
around it. Add some tequila to that. 14:05
Drink it later. Fish 14:06
done with the first fry. We're going to 14:09
drop it in there for a second fry before 14:10
the sandwich. Let's make a sandwich. I 14:12
know what you're all thinking. Josh, 14:14
isn't hadock technically part of the cod 14:16
family? Yes and no. It becomes very 14:18
scientifically ambiguous. What is and 14:20
isn't a cod? Also, cod is an English 14:22
word. Many different nations fish. So, 14:25
is that distinction even important? 14:27
That wasn't rhetorical. Is that 14:31
distinction even important? 14:32
No. 14:34
It's more complicated than that. Taylor, 14:35
I'm going to pull this. And we've dunked 14:37
our fish in for a second fry. It's super 14:39
super crispy. Wait, do the little Tik 14:42
Tocker thing where they go 14:44
they they hit their food. They go ah 14:46
they slap their meat. They hit their 14:48
food. They throw their knives. The tick 14:50
tockers are out of control. Um, if 14:51
you'll see, we have a lot of batters 14:54
right here. Uh, because we couldn't 14:55
decide if we should add lemoning agent 14:57
to it, if we should add vodka to it, if 14:59
that's a myth. So, we're kind of doing a 15:00
mini myth munchers right here. I'm going 15:02
to fry all this fish in different 15:03
batters. We have uh this is the 15:04
original, but we want this fresh. So, 15:06
there's no vodka, no bang batter in 15:08
there. This one we're going to add just 15:09
a nice little shot of vodka to. 15:11
And then this one we're going to add a 15:14
shot of vodka with the baking powder. 15:15
The theory behind adding vodka is that 15:17
alcohol has a lower evaporation point 15:19
than water. And you want all that 15:21
moisture to evaporate because that's 15:23
what creates crispiness effectively. And 15:25
so, I've heard that from so many chefs. 15:27
I generally add a shot of liquor to my 15:29
batters. But I I've also kind of never 15:31
thought that it actually was doing much. 15:33
So now we're going to see once and for 15:35
all. We could do an actual myth munchers 15:36
on this. We still might do an actual 15:37
myth munchers on this. Uh stay tuned. 15:39
But I just want to do this right now. So 15:40
fish hatock cod family. Maybe Taylor 15:42
thinks it is. I think it's pretty messed 15:45
up. But Taylor's been allowed. Yeah, 15:46
it's the last time I asked. My bad. I 15:50
forgot to add the baking powder sitting 15:51
right there the whole time. There we go. 15:54
Baking powder, also known as sodium 15:55
bicarbonate plus tartaric acid. Okay. 15:57
Fish fryer out. Okay, bye. 16:01
We got our little experiment here. Look 16:06
at how different these look. Man, this 16:08
is crazy. Also, I realized I was 16:09
completely wrong with my no leavenning 16:11
agent hypothesis. Check this out. I'm 16:13
doing the sound reverberation technique. 16:15
You can listen to which one's going to 16:17
be crispier. 16:18
Oh, if I was I will spit on it. Getting 16:24
there. But 16:27
you hear that? That's the sound of 16:30
greatness. That's the winner right 16:32
there. Okay, so the baking powder plus 16:33
vodka. It does appear to actually work. 16:34
I think that is going to be the best 16:36
tasting fish fillet right here. I'm 16:37
going to take this Remlad. This remod is 16:39
just like seasoned to the brim. So damn 16:41
good. I'm going to go 16:43
remlad on the bottom. Oh, I'm not 16:46
putting uh cheese on mine. I Fish and 16:48
cheese do go together in a lot of 16:50
context. Just like not this one. Like I 16:52
want the acid. I want the spice. I want 16:54
all of the fat to come from that crispy 16:56
batter. I want just a little bit shredd. 16:58
Dude, I'm gonna see if this technique 17:01
works because that Mitchell Freeder dude 17:02
put the greens in his hand and like 17:04
twisted it. 17:06
Twist this to kind of hold it together a 17:07
little bit better. 17:08
That didn't really work. That's 17:09
whatever. Dude, 17:10
it worked with dressed arugula. All 17:12
right, now I got to sit here and fiddle 17:14
at this for like 10 minutes. Take this 17:15
big boy, right? Oh, perfect size. Look 17:18
at that. All right. Now, this is my 17:21
secret that I'm telling you all my 17:23
biggest dirty secret. Everyone's putting 17:26
caviar on stuff these days. Rihanna's 17:28
putting caviar on chicken nuggets. 17:29
People blowing half the rent money on 17:31
things of Beluga Caviar. Or if they're 17:33
getting cheap stuff, it's just 17:34
paddlefish row, baby. Why not spend $12 17:35
and get salmon row? Salmon row tastes 17:39
absolutely delicious. If you're head 17:41
sushi, it's great. This is a lovely way 17:42
to make your sandwich feel a little bit 17:45
elevated. We're just going to dollop 17:48
some salmon row all around this bad boy. 17:50
Now more ramalad 17:53
to the top. And now our lacto fermented 17:55
pickles. These are really the kicker 17:58
right here. Is so much better than a 17:59
vinegar pickle. And take just like a 18:01
nice handful. Dollop these around. Flick 18:04
some pickle juice onto the fish. Shout 18:06
out to Hannibal Burrus. Anybody know 18:09
that bit? You ever want the flavor of 18:11
pickles on a sandwich? You know what the 18:13
whole thing? So you just flick the 18:14
pickle juice at it. Man, my millennial 18:16
references, dude. They're getting more 18:18
and more arcane by the day. Okay, take 18:20
this. 18:23
Pow. Crown it on top. There we have it. 18:25
The old fileo Josh. Taste the Josh. Now 18:28
made with 80% more Josh. 18:31
An all white meat Josh. 18:34
Trevor Foster Wallace. Welcome to the 18:36
kitchen. Thank you for having me. 18:38
Anytime. That was reference to your 18:40
bandana. Yeah. Before me, you have three 18:41
fish sandwiches. One expensive, one 18:43
cheap, one homemade. Your job is to sus 18:45
them out. Do I have permission to feed 18:47
you? 18:48
Yes, of course. Do you think I should 18:48
cut these in half? 18:50
No. Unless you think that's going to 18:51
give me a better eating experience. 18:53
No, we'll just shove it in your mouth. 18:54
Okay, hold on. Let me shuffle these 18:55
around. Okay, I'm a little lightheaded 18:57
cuz I haven't eaten anything today. So, 18:58
if I fall over, do you like fish 19:00
sandwiches? 19:02
Yeah. What are we talking? Is there 19:03
going to be a fileo fish in here? 19:05
There's a file fish. 19:07
Find out. First one coming in the 19:08
hanger. 19:10
It's big. It's big. 19:12
Yeah. Yeah. You're good. I'm I'm just 19:14
holding. I'm not pushing. Okay. 19:15
Wow. That ain't no fail. 19:20
You enjoy it? 19:24
Yeah. 19:25
What flavors are you tasting? 19:26
I mean, definitely getting there's some 19:27
tartar sauce. There going to be tartar 19:29
sauce on all these. Some variation. 19:30
I can confirm that all three have at 19:32
least some sort of variation of tartar 19:33
sauce. 19:34
Okay. Getting that. I don't know. The 19:35
the breading is nice. It's crispy. I 19:37
feel like the fish is is soft, flaky. I 19:38
mean, it's just a good sandwich. 19:41
Yeah. All right, man. You ready for 19:42
number two? It's got a little pep and 19:44
zing to it. I don't know if there's a 19:45
little spice on there. I I ate it 19:46
immediately after you. I don't know if 19:48
you could hear the wetness in my mouth. 19:49
I could. Yeah. Boy, do I know that 19:50
wetness anywhere. All right. Number two 19:52
coming in the hanger. It's a little 19:55
smaller. 19:56
[Music] 19:57
See 20:04
that? Feels like a file fish to me. 20:07
Is that a file fish, guys? I can neither 20:10
confirm nor deny. I 20:13
I don't It's been a long time since I've 20:16
had a file fish, actually, but I don't 20:18
know why it's just bringing me back 20:19
somewhere. 20:20
I'm going to keep that. I don't know. It 20:22
could be super wrong. I wouldn't be 20:24
surprised if I'm very wrong, but 20:26
that could be the expensive one. You 20:27
don't know. 20:28
Could be. 20:28
You don't know. Ready for sandwich 20:29
number three? 20:30
Yeah. 20:31
All right. This one I'm giving you. It's 20:32
a corner, but I'm I'm kind of going to 20:33
have to shove it a little bit. Okay. 20:35
Okay. 20:37
Yeah. There you go. 20:38
There you go. 20:40
Wa! 20:43
That fish almost just like 20:45
disintegrated in my mouth. I felt like 20:48
so flaky inside. It's like I bit through 20:50
the through the fried crispy outside and 20:52
it was just like butter in there. Do you 20:54
like that sensation? Yeah, I like that a 20:56
lot. I was about to ask if your hands 21:00
were also covered in sauce and then I 21:01
realized that I've been feeding you. 21:03
Yeah, I know. 21:04
And if you could see right now, this is 21:05
horrifying. 21:07
Can I have another bite of that one? 21:08
Yeah, of course. Is this out of joy or 21:09
out of curiosity? Out of joy and I want 21:11
to come in. 21:13
That is the bite of an of a legitimately 21:17
hungry man. 21:19
I wasn't joking. I haven't eaten. 21:21
Cuz what had happened was you know Mike. 21:23
You know our friend Mike the sue chef? 21:26
No. Mike formerly of being employed 21:29
here. 21:30
Oh, I thought you meant the microwave. 21:31
No. 21:32
Michael Chris Amana. 21:33
Yeah. Yeah. 21:34
Yeah. Yeah. I know Mike. 21:34
No, cuz what was happening is I was 21:35
going to get lunch with him and then 21:37
he's like, "Yeah, we're going to get 21:38
lunch. to come with us. And then I get 21:39
there and everyone had ordered ahead and 21:40
just picked up food. Uhoh. And they 21:42
didn't tell me. So I just kind of walk 21:44
in and everyone's like, "Grabs their 21:45
took orders." And I was like, "Well, 21:46
what the heck, man?" So I just didn't 21:48
get anything. 21:50
I'm sorry. We treat you better. Yeah, 21:51
there it is. I couldn't see it from my 21:52
angle. 21:54
I felt it, but I forgot that. 21:54
Well, the napkins. 21:56
Yeah, the napkin's also dirty. So now I 21:57
wiped parsley into your mustache. 21:58
There's a little more there. 22:01
Is there Is that my napkin? That was a 22:02
napkin that was given to me to you. 22:03
Trevor, it's now our napkin. 22:05
Okay. Are there any sandwiches you want 22:06
to revisit? What are your thoughts? 22:08
Um, I don't think that there's any that 22:10
I that I don't think there Sorry, I'm 22:13
freaking out, man. I'm lightheaded. 22:15
More fish. 22:18
Dude, have doing this with my eyes 22:19
closed is so weird. It doesn't feel like 22:21
I'm filming a video cuz I can't see the 22:22
cameras, you know? I'm like a baby. 22:24
Like, I don't see the cameras, so I'm 22:26
not being filmed. Um, no. I don't think 22:27
there's any that I want to revisit. I'm 22:30
pretty confident that the second one you 22:32
gave me was a fileto fish. 22:33
That's tough to tough to obscure. 22:36
Um, should I can I say which one is my 22:38
favorite now? Is it 22:40
I think the last one is my favorite. It 22:42
was I don't know what about it. It's 22:44
just the flavors were very tasty, very 22:46
scrumptious. That that fish was 22:48
genuinely so soft and buttery in my 22:50
mouth. Trevor, which one do you think 22:52
was the most expensive fish sandwich? 22:55
Here's the thing, Josh, and I think that 22:57
you made the one that I like the most 22:59
because I think you're capable of making 23:02
the best fish sandwich here. So, I'm 23:03
going to go with the first one was the 23:05
most expensive. The second one was the 23:07
fileto fish. And the third one was the 23:09
homemade that you made. Trevor, open 23:11
your eyes, but keep the blindfold on. 23:13
That's I did the opposite. 23:15
Oh god, it's bright. 23:18
You are correct. That was indeed a 23:20
fileto fish. What a distinct flavor that 23:22
is. And then this right here, this is an 23:24
$80 fish sandwich from Daybird. There is 23:26
a ton of caviar mixed right into the 23:28
tartar sauce. 23:30
Okay, that makes sense. It was very I 23:31
was getting a lot of that like little 23:33
extra fishy like saltiness. So that 23:34
makes sense. 23:36
Yeah. But then I tried to somewhat 23:36
recreate the luxuriousness of that by 23:38
adding salmon row to mine. So the main 23:40
difference is we did a wet batter on 23:42
some hadock. This is like a nice panko 23:43
crust on there. I didn't go with cheese. 23:45
I just wanted extra acid from Remalad. 23:47
No, that's incredible. This is something 23:49
special, man. 23:51
Thank you. 23:51
Do you like it? I've had it. 23:52
I actually really really like it. 23:53
It's really good. You get what I'm 23:54
saying, right? Like it's melting in my 23:55
mouth. This is delicious. 23:57
And I think it very much tastes like me. 23:58
Mhm. M you know, it's incredibly wet. 24:00
It's very spicy, overly acidic, and 24:02
incredibly fishy. Those are all things 24:05
that I love. 24:06
No, I love it. You knocked this one out 24:07
of the park, man. 24:08
Thanks, man. I appreciate that. Thanks 24:09
for coming by for lunch. I won't I won't 24:10
stiff you and, you know, order food to 24:11
go. Mike, 24:14
Mike, 24:14
take that. 24:15
You 24:16
You're not invited to my Thanksgiving 24:17
next year. Mike came to my Thanksgiving. 24:18
It was funny. He was there with my 24:20
neighbor Craig. 24:21
He didn't come to my Thanksgiving. 24:22
Pretty messed up. Well, thank you so 24:23
much for stopping by Mythical Kitchen. 24:25
We got new episodes out wherever you got 24:27
your episodes. Tell us what dish you 24:29
want us to see make next against 24:31
expensive versions of it. 24:33
Dude, is this all Gwenna does? 24:34
Yeah. 24:36
She just comes in here and eats and now 24:36
I get to go home after this. 24:38
Actually, yes. 24:40
This is the best gig ever. 24:40
I know, man. I've been saying that. 24:42
Trevor, you got a message for the fans? 24:43
Hey, everyone. It's good to be here. 24:45
I'll see you later. All right. 24:46
Wonderhole season 2 is coming your way 24:49
Sundays starting August 24th. You can 24:51
get your tickets now for an evening with 24:53
Rhett and Link, an exclusive Wonderhole 24:55
season 2 premiere event at 24:56
wonderhole.com. 24:58

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[English]
Can I make a fried fish sandwich that's
better than the most expensive
restaurant in LA?
In the cheap corner, we got the Catholic
delight, the fileo fish from McDonald's,
the Victor over the hoola burger, and in
the expensive corner, we have the $80
fish sandwich with caviar tartar sauce
from David. This is the most expensive
fish sandwich and the cheapest fish
sandwich in the city, but yet to be
seen. Mine tucked in the middle, the
middle spoon, if you will. Big spoon,
little spoon, overrated. I like to be
held from both sides. Is my homemade
version of a fried fish sandwich? Will I
be able to take down the most expensive
sandwich in a blind taste test? Or will
a person with a very shoddy cheap pallet
ruffle my ruffle my fins? I was trying
to make a fish pun. That didn't make any
sense. I talked too much about spooning.
What's that?
Uh, what? This one? Why? You don't think
there's real filet fish in there? This
is called a fileo fish.
We're going to see if I can win in a
blind taste test against the most
expensive fish sandwich in the city. I
will put forth my best effort. That is
my promise to you, the American people.
And I think roughly 6% of our audience
is Canadian.
Let's get cooking. I know what you're
thinking. You're thinking, Josh, is that
a Kim Dracula shirt underneath your
apron? Yeah. Yeah, it sure is. you got a
great new single out with in this
moment. Uh you're also probably thinking
for making a fish sandwich, you
certainly ain't got any fish out there
on the counter. And you would be
correct. That's because the fish is the
least important part of a fish sandwich.
So, we're going to blind them with a
bunch of very complicated condiments and
a lot of fry batter on the outside. Pull
pull in the room here. Do you know what
kind of fish is in a McDonald's fileto
fish? No. No. God dang it, Lily. Not
you.
Not you.
What did she say? Alaskan.
Oh, Alaskan. What? Lot of fish in Alaska
there.
You think it's salmon? You think they're
Have you had a fle of fish? All right,
Lily, what is it?
Alaskan pollic.
Alaskan pollic. It's a total like drag
catch fish. Uh, when you're frying fish
like that, to me, if you go to like a
fish and chip shop in London, right,
like you get like blue cod is like the
king standard. But for me, I can use
whatever fish. We'll catch that later.
The key is a good fry batter. We're
going to make a proper beer batter. And
then I'm not going tarter sauce. I'm
going remalot. I think it's just like
tartar sauce is kind of Cajun spicier
cousin. So, we're going to start doing
that. We got a bunch of mayonnaise in a
bowl. We're going to hit some wellused
crystal hot sauce. You want a lot of
residue crusted at the top. That's how
you know it's good cuz you've actually
been using it. And we do love crystal
cuz you get a lot of good acid from
that. And then you're getting a lot of
the almost like sweeter kind of acid
from lemon. And also when you squeeze
lemon, this is a fun fact. Lily, don't
chime in. Fun fact. When you squeeze a
lemon, the essence of it, the like per
the perfume, the oils on the outside
actually get into your food, which I
think is really really fun. And then
we're going to drop in some fresh dill.
I'm going to use a spoon. Dill is one of
those things that pairs really well with
fish. Dill. Does dill taste sour to you?
No.
All right, cool. Me neither. I was just
talking to talk.
Dill to me has like it like pairs so
well with citrus and fish. We're going
to drop in a little bit of parsley. Want
a lot of herbs in this. And then chives.
Always a fun welcome addition. Boom.
Going into the party. Capers. Capers are
a fun thing that you can always keep in
your fridge because they last forever
cuz they're just like pickled little
berries or whatever.
They berries. Not like a berry, but like
Well, this is a berry. There's caper
berries. Those are different than cap.
They're good. Get capers. They're fun.
You get home like drunk one night and
you just kind of start eating capers out
the jar, creeping everyone out. That's a
good time. Drop some chopped capers in
there. You can add pickles in there, but
we're actually going to add pickles on
the side as well. This is Creole
mustard. To me, this is like one of the
kings of mustards. You can get the
Zatarans brand. Do you guys remember
Zatarans commercials? They just went
Zadarans.
Zatarans.
And that's it. It's just a guy screaming
Zatarans with a whole lot of pepper on
it. It was great. I'm going to drop them
into smoke paprika.
I might be I might be ripping a lot of
catchphrases today cuz I've had running
through my head. Trust the Gorton
fisherman. You guys remember that
banger, right?
Trust the Gorton fisherman.
What do you mean, Maggie? What? Trust
the Gorton fisherman. Lily, how much you
know about Gordon's fisherman?
I recognize that.
Yeah, it's from
It's from Gloucester.
Oh, Massachusetts.
Yeah. Yeah.
Just some uh New England fishing banter.
You're going to grate a lot of raw
garlic. You add raw garlic to
storebought mayonnaise. basically turns
it into ioli and drop that in there. I'm
going whole garlic clove, man. I'm
ripping it. I would trust the Gordon's
fisherman with my life except the
Gordon's fisherman might also then sell
me to a Japanese seafood conglomerate.
And so that would be the only thing that
I don't know if I I would trust the
Gordon Fisherman to do. No, I love I
love the Gordon. I grew up like to me
the gold standard of Cajun seasoning or
Creole seasoning is Tony Sasher's gold
standard of frozen fish sticks.
Gorton's. When Gordon's went on sale
back when I was a kid, that was like
Christmas, except I'm I'm Jewish, so you
figure it out. But that was a really fun
time for me because Gordon's I think
makes a really incredible product. Also,
they have roots in the fishing business
like literally dating back damn near 300
years at this point in America. So, it's
a lot of stuff to dump in here. Whole
lot of fresh cracked pepper. And I mean
a lot of fresh cracked pepper. Um, a lot
of my Gordon's knowledge is going to be
coming from Mark Kuransky's seminal
book, Cod.
It's about cod. We're not using cod, but
we're using an adjacent fish that was
often passed off for a cheaper version
of cod, but I think it's good. More on
that later. God, this is exciting. We
once tested this on Myth Munchers.
Gordon Ramsay said, "You have to let
your beer batter rest overnight." That
is something I have never done before
because I thought you're going to lose
all the bubbles if you do that. And then
we actually tested it. It was
significantly crispier when we rested
the batter overnight. So, that is one
thing you can do or seems
counterintuitive, but what you can do,
you're going to want to really be
violent with it because you're trying to
get the carbonation out. This is how I
win. I want this to be like a like hard
shattering crunch on the on the coating.
And I don't know, man. We're going to do
it. We're going to do it. We're adding a
little bit of cayenne and salt. My
theory is that by getting the
carbonation out, it helps it stay
crispier. And then we're just going to
start getting some flour in here. I'm
going to whisk this flour in. And then I
can kind of like estimate the amount of
eggs that I need. There we go.
Beer got that little bit of yeast in it.
And then when you let a batter rest,
that is actually going to like hydrate
the flour. Because if you make a batter
and then you estimate its thickness,
right? If you uh did a uh what do they
call? Come on. What do they call it?
What's scientific word for like a
thickness of a liquid? Viscosity. If you
were to do a viscosity test
on a batter and then wait 10 minutes, it
would be infinitely more viscous.
Look at me go, man. God, he's so smart.
How does he do it all?
Big muscles, able to recite many
corporate fish brands
catchphrases, except it's really only
one. This looks pretty good. This is
about You want to go for like looser
than a pancake batter. Again, this is
going to hydrate up. We're going to let
this rest overnight. We have to do a
full like deep fried myth munchers to
see what makes a better fry batter
because this is my best guess right now.
And I think this is going to beat the
expensive sandwich. Do you know that
some languages don't actually have a
word for fresh cod? They simply have to
say the fresh version of salt cod. And
at the restaurant Laristraat,
um the chef once put cababo on the menu,
which is the French word for fresh cod,
and it didn't sell. But then when he
said moru fresh, which is fresh salt
cod, it did sell. Introducing fresh cod
to the Michelin star dining market in
France in the 1970s.
All right, cool. So
I have no one to talk to about these
things. Uh anyway, so we have a nice
fillet of hatock here. Like I mentioned,
hadock is kind of seen as like a cheaper
version of cod. I think it's just as
good. Also, cod to me has these big
white flakes in I think it's fantastic
for fish and chips, but to me, if it's a
sandwich, I think it can almost be a
little bit too chewy and if you overcook
cod, it's so lean that it'll kind of end
up having too much toothness to it. Uh,
so hadock, I think you can really kind
of hammer and try and get super crispy
batter to hold up to all those
condiments. So, I'm going to go ahead.
This has been dried off. I'm just going
to salt the outside. Then, I'm going to
go quickly into some flour. My thought
here, Gorton's fish fillet is greatest
product ever made in the history of man.
Everybody knows that is like the model
tea and then Gorton's fish fillet. Those
are the top two. Everybody agrees. Um
there's like this layer of goo between
the fish and the crispy batter and that
goo is what I want. The flour is going
to become that goo. The salt and the
fish juice from the hatock are going to
melt together to form a paste or goo.
And then that is going to be where your
flavor is coming from. How did people
let me host a cooking show? McDonald's
fileto fish is a delight. I've eaten a
ton of them in my lifetime. If you go to
a good McDonald's that's actually
changing out their fry oil, it can be
great. If you don't, you go to ones
where where you can taste like the
nuggets and the burnt fries that have
stayed in the bottom of that fryer, and
I have been to those. It's not a good
product. So, we'll see what kind of
fileto fish I'm going up against today.
And I've actually never had the fish
sandwich at Daybird, but a lot of that
cost is coming from the caviar. I got a
trick, though. Putting on kind of a
cheaper version of caviar onto our own
sandwich that you can get for like 12
bucks at home. And I think we can beat
it. Here's the technique. Check this
out. Make sure it's all covered. What
I'm going to try and do is pull it up,
give it one shake, go immediately to the
deep fryer and kind of waft it back and
forth with the hips. Waft it with the
hips. Check this out. Does someone zoom
in on this?
One shake, two shake. Uh-oh, he's going
for three and a half. Now we're in. And
now we're wafting.
Wafting with the hips. Let it go like a
nice raft. Now I'm going to run quickly.
Wash my hands. Is the camera still
following me?
Ah, they always do this. And they go
wash Josh wash Josh is washing himself.
Damn it. All right, so we're gonna fry
this fish and then we're actually going
to let it rest and we're going to drop
it in the fryer again before we put in
our sandwich. Other condiment on the
sandwich, we're going pretty simply with
this. We're going to do some nice
shredded iceberg lettuce. We have our
remal and then pickles are the other
thing you can really put over the top.
We've made a lot of vinegar pickles on
the show before, but a proper lacto
fermented pickle is one super easy to do
at home. Two, it's it's pretty safe. So,
if you're not like canning and storing
this stuff for years, you can really
just sort of like trust the science on
your counter for a couple days. Uh, so
that's what we're going to do right now.
We are making a 3% salt brine. So, if
you don't know the difference between a
lacto pickle and a vinegar pickle, uh,
the acid in a vinegar pickle is
obviously coming from vinegar, something
that has been pre-fermented. Uh, and
then in a lacto pickle, you are using
there's bacteria on the skin of every
cucumber known as lactobacillus. It
exists on the outside of most
vegetables. If you ever see a purple
cabbage that has a kind of dust on the
outside of it, that dust is actually the
lactobacillus bacteria that you can see.
And so that is going to ferment uh with
the addition of salt and then that is
going to create the acid itself, which I
think is really cool. And it gets a lot
of umami in, a lot of glutamate. So this
is a 3% salt rind. So if you have 100 g
of water, you need 3 g of salt. If you
have 500 g of water, 15 g of salt. Boom.
Basic math. God, I'm good. So, we're
simply going to add that. Stir it. You
don't really need to stir it. Back sore.
Been carrying this team all week. All
right,
take that. How's this doing? That's
looking nice. Maybe I should add
lemoning agent to it.
We were going back and forth on lemoning
agent. I think I want to fry two. One
with leavenning agent, one without. And
then choose between. I said I'd use
gloves. You don't want to get the
bacteria from your hands. I just wash my
hands. We'll be fine. You don't want to
get the bacteria from your hands on the
pickles. It'll be all right. Also,
always put your spices at the bottom of
the jar.
All right, check this out. We're going
to go in the middle. Going to pop some
dill on there. Dill as in dill pickles.
Boom. Check that out. Ever see that
before? Uh, we're adding some whole
black pepperc corn. The aromatics are
like really where you kind of went on
this. And we're adding some fennel seed.
We're going to add some garlic. Leave
the skin on. Palmill strike. Pomeill
strike. Pomeill strike. Bass rootin. And
pop that in there. Whole coriander seed.
whole mustard seed. Single bay leaf.
Sandwich more cucumbers on it. That fish
is doing good. Again, you don't need
like a perfect medium rare fish fillet.
You probably don't want to do that with
a white fish. Anyways,
give her a flip. See how she's doing.
That's looking nice. Looking crispy.
We're going to let that fry. We take the
salt water. Pour that over the pickles.
Perfect. And then you don't want to put
a lid on it because the lactobacillus is
actually going to create gases that kind
of need to escape. If you have a real
home fermentation setup, they have like
call like a like a jar burper. You know
what I mean? The things that like burp
the jar for you where it'll like let out
pockets of air. You don't need to do all
that. What you can do is just take a
piece of plastic wrap,
stuff it in there, and just make sure
this is pushing the pickles down and
holding them under cuz you don't want
things to be able to float to the top
and not be submerged in that salty brown
because salt is effectively
antimicrobial, right? Salt bacteria does
not like salted things. Awesome. So, now
you're literally just going to leave
this sitting out on a counter for 3 to 5
days. Um, I've talked to food safety
experts who maintain that like a lacto
ferment that's that short of a time,
even if it something else happens to it,
it's not actually going to be dangerous.
And I tend to trust them. Uh, people
have been lacto fermenting things for
literally thousands of years. But if you
want to be extra sure, take some salt
like a margarita, boom, boom, boom,
around it. Add some tequila to that.
Drink it later. Fish
done with the first fry. We're going to
drop it in there for a second fry before
the sandwich. Let's make a sandwich. I
know what you're all thinking. Josh,
isn't hadock technically part of the cod
family? Yes and no. It becomes very
scientifically ambiguous. What is and
isn't a cod? Also, cod is an English
word. Many different nations fish. So,
is that distinction even important?
That wasn't rhetorical. Is that
distinction even important?
No.
It's more complicated than that. Taylor,
I'm going to pull this. And we've dunked
our fish in for a second fry. It's super
super crispy. Wait, do the little Tik
Tocker thing where they go
they they hit their food. They go ah
they slap their meat. They hit their
food. They throw their knives. The tick
tockers are out of control. Um, if
you'll see, we have a lot of batters
right here. Uh, because we couldn't
decide if we should add lemoning agent
to it, if we should add vodka to it, if
that's a myth. So, we're kind of doing a
mini myth munchers right here. I'm going
to fry all this fish in different
batters. We have uh this is the
original, but we want this fresh. So,
there's no vodka, no bang batter in
there. This one we're going to add just
a nice little shot of vodka to.
And then this one we're going to add a
shot of vodka with the baking powder.
The theory behind adding vodka is that
alcohol has a lower evaporation point
than water. And you want all that
moisture to evaporate because that's
what creates crispiness effectively. And
so, I've heard that from so many chefs.
I generally add a shot of liquor to my
batters. But I I've also kind of never
thought that it actually was doing much.
So now we're going to see once and for
all. We could do an actual myth munchers
on this. We still might do an actual
myth munchers on this. Uh stay tuned.
But I just want to do this right now. So
fish hatock cod family. Maybe Taylor
thinks it is. I think it's pretty messed
up. But Taylor's been allowed. Yeah,
it's the last time I asked. My bad. I
forgot to add the baking powder sitting
right there the whole time. There we go.
Baking powder, also known as sodium
bicarbonate plus tartaric acid. Okay.
Fish fryer out. Okay, bye.
We got our little experiment here. Look
at how different these look. Man, this
is crazy. Also, I realized I was
completely wrong with my no leavenning
agent hypothesis. Check this out. I'm
doing the sound reverberation technique.
You can listen to which one's going to
be crispier.
Oh, if I was I will spit on it. Getting
there. But
you hear that? That's the sound of
greatness. That's the winner right
there. Okay, so the baking powder plus
vodka. It does appear to actually work.
I think that is going to be the best
tasting fish fillet right here. I'm
going to take this Remlad. This remod is
just like seasoned to the brim. So damn
good. I'm going to go
remlad on the bottom. Oh, I'm not
putting uh cheese on mine. I Fish and
cheese do go together in a lot of
context. Just like not this one. Like I
want the acid. I want the spice. I want
all of the fat to come from that crispy
batter. I want just a little bit shredd.
Dude, I'm gonna see if this technique
works because that Mitchell Freeder dude
put the greens in his hand and like
twisted it.
Twist this to kind of hold it together a
little bit better.
That didn't really work. That's
whatever. Dude,
it worked with dressed arugula. All
right, now I got to sit here and fiddle
at this for like 10 minutes. Take this
big boy, right? Oh, perfect size. Look
at that. All right. Now, this is my
secret that I'm telling you all my
biggest dirty secret. Everyone's putting
caviar on stuff these days. Rihanna's
putting caviar on chicken nuggets.
People blowing half the rent money on
things of Beluga Caviar. Or if they're
getting cheap stuff, it's just
paddlefish row, baby. Why not spend $12
and get salmon row? Salmon row tastes
absolutely delicious. If you're head
sushi, it's great. This is a lovely way
to make your sandwich feel a little bit
elevated. We're just going to dollop
some salmon row all around this bad boy.
Now more ramalad
to the top. And now our lacto fermented
pickles. These are really the kicker
right here. Is so much better than a
vinegar pickle. And take just like a
nice handful. Dollop these around. Flick
some pickle juice onto the fish. Shout
out to Hannibal Burrus. Anybody know
that bit? You ever want the flavor of
pickles on a sandwich? You know what the
whole thing? So you just flick the
pickle juice at it. Man, my millennial
references, dude. They're getting more
and more arcane by the day. Okay, take
this.
Pow. Crown it on top. There we have it.
The old fileo Josh. Taste the Josh. Now
made with 80% more Josh.
An all white meat Josh.
Trevor Foster Wallace. Welcome to the
kitchen. Thank you for having me.
Anytime. That was reference to your
bandana. Yeah. Before me, you have three
fish sandwiches. One expensive, one
cheap, one homemade. Your job is to sus
them out. Do I have permission to feed
you?
Yes, of course. Do you think I should
cut these in half?
No. Unless you think that's going to
give me a better eating experience.
No, we'll just shove it in your mouth.
Okay, hold on. Let me shuffle these
around. Okay, I'm a little lightheaded
cuz I haven't eaten anything today. So,
if I fall over, do you like fish
sandwiches?
Yeah. What are we talking? Is there
going to be a fileo fish in here?
There's a file fish.
Find out. First one coming in the
hanger.
It's big. It's big.
Yeah. Yeah. You're good. I'm I'm just
holding. I'm not pushing. Okay.
Wow. That ain't no fail.
You enjoy it?
Yeah.
What flavors are you tasting?
I mean, definitely getting there's some
tartar sauce. There going to be tartar
sauce on all these. Some variation.
I can confirm that all three have at
least some sort of variation of tartar
sauce.
Okay. Getting that. I don't know. The
the breading is nice. It's crispy. I
feel like the fish is is soft, flaky. I
mean, it's just a good sandwich.
Yeah. All right, man. You ready for
number two? It's got a little pep and
zing to it. I don't know if there's a
little spice on there. I I ate it
immediately after you. I don't know if
you could hear the wetness in my mouth.
I could. Yeah. Boy, do I know that
wetness anywhere. All right. Number two
coming in the hanger. It's a little
smaller.
[Music]
See
that? Feels like a file fish to me.
Is that a file fish, guys? I can neither
confirm nor deny. I
I don't It's been a long time since I've
had a file fish, actually, but I don't
know why it's just bringing me back
somewhere.
I'm going to keep that. I don't know. It
could be super wrong. I wouldn't be
surprised if I'm very wrong, but
that could be the expensive one. You
don't know.
Could be.
You don't know. Ready for sandwich
number three?
Yeah.
All right. This one I'm giving you. It's
a corner, but I'm I'm kind of going to
have to shove it a little bit. Okay.
Okay.
Yeah. There you go.
There you go.
Wa!
That fish almost just like
disintegrated in my mouth. I felt like
so flaky inside. It's like I bit through
the through the fried crispy outside and
it was just like butter in there. Do you
like that sensation? Yeah, I like that a
lot. I was about to ask if your hands
were also covered in sauce and then I
realized that I've been feeding you.
Yeah, I know.
And if you could see right now, this is
horrifying.
Can I have another bite of that one?
Yeah, of course. Is this out of joy or
out of curiosity? Out of joy and I want
to come in.
That is the bite of an of a legitimately
hungry man.
I wasn't joking. I haven't eaten.
Cuz what had happened was you know Mike.
You know our friend Mike the sue chef?
No. Mike formerly of being employed
here.
Oh, I thought you meant the microwave.
No.
Michael Chris Amana.
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. I know Mike.
No, cuz what was happening is I was
going to get lunch with him and then
he's like, "Yeah, we're going to get
lunch. to come with us. And then I get
there and everyone had ordered ahead and
just picked up food. Uhoh. And they
didn't tell me. So I just kind of walk
in and everyone's like, "Grabs their
took orders." And I was like, "Well,
what the heck, man?" So I just didn't
get anything.
I'm sorry. We treat you better. Yeah,
there it is. I couldn't see it from my
angle.
I felt it, but I forgot that.
Well, the napkins.
Yeah, the napkin's also dirty. So now I
wiped parsley into your mustache.
There's a little more there.
Is there Is that my napkin? That was a
napkin that was given to me to you.
Trevor, it's now our napkin.
Okay. Are there any sandwiches you want
to revisit? What are your thoughts?
Um, I don't think that there's any that
I that I don't think there Sorry, I'm
freaking out, man. I'm lightheaded.
More fish.
Dude, have doing this with my eyes
closed is so weird. It doesn't feel like
I'm filming a video cuz I can't see the
cameras, you know? I'm like a baby.
Like, I don't see the cameras, so I'm
not being filmed. Um, no. I don't think
there's any that I want to revisit. I'm
pretty confident that the second one you
gave me was a fileto fish.
That's tough to tough to obscure.
Um, should I can I say which one is my
favorite now? Is it
I think the last one is my favorite. It
was I don't know what about it. It's
just the flavors were very tasty, very
scrumptious. That that fish was
genuinely so soft and buttery in my
mouth. Trevor, which one do you think
was the most expensive fish sandwich?
Here's the thing, Josh, and I think that
you made the one that I like the most
because I think you're capable of making
the best fish sandwich here. So, I'm
going to go with the first one was the
most expensive. The second one was the
fileto fish. And the third one was the
homemade that you made. Trevor, open
your eyes, but keep the blindfold on.
That's I did the opposite.
Oh god, it's bright.
You are correct. That was indeed a
fileto fish. What a distinct flavor that
is. And then this right here, this is an
$80 fish sandwich from Daybird. There is
a ton of caviar mixed right into the
tartar sauce.
Okay, that makes sense. It was very I
was getting a lot of that like little
extra fishy like saltiness. So that
makes sense.
Yeah. But then I tried to somewhat
recreate the luxuriousness of that by
adding salmon row to mine. So the main
difference is we did a wet batter on
some hadock. This is like a nice panko
crust on there. I didn't go with cheese.
I just wanted extra acid from Remalad.
No, that's incredible. This is something
special, man.
Thank you.
Do you like it? I've had it.
I actually really really like it.
It's really good. You get what I'm
saying, right? Like it's melting in my
mouth. This is delicious.
And I think it very much tastes like me.
Mhm. M you know, it's incredibly wet.
It's very spicy, overly acidic, and
incredibly fishy. Those are all things
that I love.
No, I love it. You knocked this one out
of the park, man.
Thanks, man. I appreciate that. Thanks
for coming by for lunch. I won't I won't
stiff you and, you know, order food to
go. Mike,
Mike,
take that.
You
You're not invited to my Thanksgiving
next year. Mike came to my Thanksgiving.
It was funny. He was there with my
neighbor Craig.
He didn't come to my Thanksgiving.
Pretty messed up. Well, thank you so
much for stopping by Mythical Kitchen.
We got new episodes out wherever you got
your episodes. Tell us what dish you
want us to see make next against
expensive versions of it.
Dude, is this all Gwenna does?
Yeah.
She just comes in here and eats and now
I get to go home after this.
Actually, yes.
This is the best gig ever.
I know, man. I've been saying that.
Trevor, you got a message for the fans?
Hey, everyone. It's good to be here.
I'll see you later. All right.
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fish

/fɪʃ/

A1
  • noun
  • - a cold-blooded aquatic animal

sandwich

/ˈsænwɪtʃ/

A2
  • noun
  • - two slices of bread with something between them

fry

/fraɪ/

A1
  • verb
  • - to cook food in hot oil

batter

/ˈbætər/

B1
  • noun
  • - a mixture of flour, eggs, and milk used for frying

sauce

/sɔːs/

A2
  • noun
  • - a liquid or substance served with food

taste

/teɪst/

A1
  • verb
  • - to test the flavor of something
  • noun
  • - the sense of flavor

blind

/blaɪnd/

A2
  • adjective
  • - unable to see

test

/tɛst/

A2
  • noun
  • - a trial or examination
  • verb
  • - to evaluate or try out

expensive

/ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/

A1
  • adjective
  • - costing a lot of money

cheap

/tʃiːp/

A1
  • adjective
  • - low in cost

homemade

/ˌhoʊmˈmeɪd/

B1
  • adjective
  • - made at home

crispy

/ˈkrɪspi/

B2
  • adjective
  • - having a crunchy texture

flavor

/ˈfleɪvər/

A2
  • noun
  • - the taste of something

dill

/dɪl/

B2
  • noun
  • - an herb with feathery leaves

pickle

/ˈpɪkəl/

B1
  • noun
  • - vegetables preserved in vinegar

caviar

/ˈkæviɑːr/

C1
  • noun
  • - roe of sturgeon, often used as a delicacy

flaky

/ˈfleɪki/

B2
  • adjective
  • - easily broken into small pieces

crunch

/krʌntʃ/

B1
  • noun
  • - a sound or texture of something being crushed

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