- I'm Joshua Weissman and this is everything
that I eat in a day. (pleasant music) The first thing I do when I wake up is I probably to the
bathroom or check my phone at the same time, probably
both, both at once. And then normally I'll
go straight to the gym. This is the first time in my life that I've ever gotten a personal trainer. A lot of people don't know this about me, but I lost over a 100
pounds when I was 16. So I know my way in and out of a gym, but I decided to take
it a little step further and get a trainer and do
something a little more advanced. Shout out to Nor if you're watching. NJ, he's great and he scares me sometimes because he's a big man. The first thing that I eat
in the morning is, well, sometimes, sometimes nothing. Sometimes I try to get
in like a piece of toast and maybe a protein shake. But other than that,
usually nothing and water, lots of water. Water is good for you, remember. If I'm going to have breakfast, normally I'll have like four eggs, maybe a couple pieces
of toast, but you see, I do something very special with my eggs. Now I know I do a lot of fancy things and with my chef background
and everything like that, but on a regular day, let's be honest. We all just want to
chill and have something that's good for us and
satisfies us quickly. So normally I'll get a non-stick pan throw in some olive oil or
butter or whatever a little bit. And then I'll crack all
four of my eggs in one layer so that they're not like
on top of each other. Let them sit and fry and just before, like just right when they're still runny and the whites are almost completely set, I'll add some cheese, like some Gruyère, grate that on top and then
fold it like an omelet, put it on the plate. So it's like a fried egg omelet. So when you cut into it,
you get the runny yolks, but you also get the stretchy cheese. That's breakfast. I'm a big coffee drinker. I think the last time I had tea was when I was like 12 and I had a tummy ache and my mom gave me chamomile
tea and it made me sleepy. And all I know is what I drink, I do not want to make me sleepy. I wanna feel it deep in my veins. This is my coffee shop order. If I'm going to a coffee
shop, maybe I make it home, quad shot, iced latte,
16 ounce, whole milk. It's the right strength and flavor. And it's the right strength
in caffeination too. But you know, it's not
always just about caffeine. I can't go to a coffee shop
and have bad tasting coffee just to get my fix. I will go to the ends of the earth to find the right place that
knows how to pull a good shot. Once I've eaten breakfast,
I've had my coffee, the first thing that I'll
do after all of that is I'll go upstairs to my office,
which we're in right now. And I'll check my emails. I'll see what I have to do for the day. I always fill out my
to-do list the day before, this is a game changer. If you fill like your to-do
list the night before, and it's done, then you can wake up and not have to be stressed about like what am I doing today? It's all there laid out in front of you. I feel like probably most people know that but for some reason,
it's an epiphany for me. And then once I do that, then
depending on what I'm doing, I might be filming food that day. I might be testing recipes that day. I might be working on a
cookbook that's coming soon. That was a plug. I mean, I pretty much work. I work every day and not like I'm flexing because I'm like, the
grind never stops 100. Yes, that, but also I enjoy what I do. I think that's a big thing for most people is you should love what you do so much that you can't help, but
do it every darn day. So once lunch time
swings around the corner, if it's a really busy day,
sometimes I skip lunch. I try not to do that. But if I am skipping lunch, I
might have a big dinner later. Now, if I am gonna eat lunch, normally I'll do one of two things. I will have already
meal prepped something. I'll have already cooked something and I'll toss it together
and I'll fry it up in a pan. Or maybe I'll you know, look, let's be honest. If you're busy and you've,
pre-made your meal, sometimes you just toss to
the microwave and eat it. I know, I know. Oh my God, he does it. Now, if I'm not doing that,
and it's a really busy day, but I wanna get my lunch in, then, look, sometimes you just
gotta order Door Dash, which by the way, for
all the restaurant homies that are out there, or people
who love and appreciate their local restaurants,
please, order to go if you can. If I didn't, I will say one thing. If I chose not to eat lunch, I will have probably like three or four miniature snacks throughout the day. That could be anything from like maybe a piece of sourdough
bread that I baked, slice it off toast,
it, throw some avocado. I'll hit it with some flaky
salt, some lemon zest, lemon juice, and then
finally chopped chives and then a glug of olive oil. That, that is a perfect snack every time. If that's not what I'm
going for, then honestly, there's one thing that I can't let go and I don't think I ever will let go. I will find a way to fit cereal in. Frosted Flakes, number
one, the King, the CEO. And then the second would be Cheerios. Those two, and I know that's like, some people are like Cheerios, bro. That eh. I like Cheerios. So Cheerios and Frosted Flakes, I'll just grab handfuls
and then like eat and work. Like I'll stir a pot. More strategic than
that, but I'll stir a pot and eat Cheerios. All right so let's say
it's dinner time, right? Dinner time can be anywhere
between 7:00 and 10:00 PM. I try to eat before then because
once 10:00 PM comes around, nobody, you wanna just
go to bed at that point. Let's be honest. Now, if I'm making dinner,
I'll either spend that time meal prepping the food. So I'll make a big batch of like proteins. I'll get the sous vide out. I'll sous vide eat a bunch
of chicken and by the way, this is a great tactic. If you're a busy person,
but you wanna have fresh cooked meals, get a sous vide. Please, get a sous vide
and get a vacuum sealer. You just vacuum seal
like six chicken breasts with a marinade or
whatever you want in there. You drop it in, you sous vide, you pull it out, you cool it down. And then you've got a
ton of meats that you can pull out and sear and
they're perfectly cooked within a couple minutes. Normally for me, it's just like, it's one of those sous vide proteins plus a sauteed vegetable. Last night, I had bok choy
that I stir fried in a wok but you can do any sauteed
or roasted vegetable and steamed rice, which by the way, you should be cooking in the
rice cooker, just as a note. My beverage of choice for
every meal is usually water. I feel like dinner time is the
time that I try to catch up in my water consumption. So I drink a lot of water,
but I'm feeling the vibe, I don't mind a nice glass
of whiskey or bourbon or something in that vein. I did try my first sort
of real deal tequila that is actually sippable on rocks. And it was, it was quite the experience. Some foods that I might typically avoid would be most fast foods. I mean, my background of like losing over a 100 pounds when
I was 16, it's just, it's just like something that
I can't ever bring back in. But then the second thing
is it never satisfies me. I always feel physically bad. The one exception, the
one exception is In-N-Out. Given my background in sort
of cooking professionally, I don't really avoid
that many ingredients. I'll eat pretty much anything. And I've eaten some pretty strange things. You know, like, like bull penis. Can I even say that? Can I say bull penis? But my point is I will,
I'll try almost anything and I won't usually avoid it. But if there's one single
item that I'll avoid, it is blue cheese. And anyone who knows me,
they deeply understand that. I think my favorite food city would be, now this is limited based
off of where I've gone. There are couple of places
that I still need to visit, but my two favorite
food cities of all time are easily New York and Austin, Texas. Now in Austin, I have a couple
of favorite restaurants. I worked at Uchiko for a
number of years as a lead cook. And so naturally that's gonna
be one of my favorite places. I know, I have bias, but there are, there are a couple of sort of hidden gems that not everyone knows about. Now, people know about
the fine dining ones like Uchiko but all the local
Austin-ites know this one and it is 888 Pan Asian restaurant, right? It will never let you down. They are the kings. Now in New York, I would say my favorite, some of my favorite
restaurants in New York are some of the more upscale ones. I do love Blue Hill. Every time I go there, I
try to make it to Blue Hill. It's it's an amazing experience. If you've never gone, you need to go. I've never been to 11 Madison. I desperately wanna go and I was actually supposed to go this year, but haven't for obvious reasons. But I'd also like to
add that a bodega meal is almost equally satisfying if you're in the right mindset. When I'm cooking anything, it depends on what frame of mind I'm in. Honestly, one of the things
that I really miss cooking is sort of doing more
refined, fine dining stuff and doing the intricate plating. That I really, really enjoy. I enjoy the art of cuisine. I enjoy making food, look beautiful and taking it a step above and looking at every single element. But when I'm with my family,
just a good old fashioned steak and a couple sides, cause
it's easy, it's delicious and it's so satisfying when
you're basting that steak with that butter and it's foaming, you've got the garlic smelling great. It's the right way to go. And that is everything
that I eat in a day. Be sure to check me out on
YouTube, Joshua Weissman. And I'm also going to
be releasing a cookbook in the near future, so
keep your eyes peeled.
