- Do I have a fancy little tongue? - Let's talk about that. Good Mythical Morning. - Now in the past, I've mentioned
how my youngest son, Shep has the palate of a wealthy oil baron. - Yeah. I mean, sometimes, the
boy would just order like a steak tartare as his meal. - Ugh god. - I mean I think he gets
that refined palate from me. - Well, and don't take this the wrong way. I mean it in the best way possible but I would describe
your palate as gullible. - What you do mean by that? - Because you would accept
anything that's thrown at your face. - Well, I would describe
your palate as like Hornet. (Link laughing) - The county we're from. - Exactly. - Listen, I...I - Hornet.
- You like everything. I'm not...I don't mean... Don't take offense. I mean, I do like fancy dinners but sometimes you just
can't beat Chinese takeout. - That's true. And that is exactly what we're
gonna be exploring today. What happens when you
strip away all the pretense of fancy food? Do they stack up to their
unfancy counterparts? Well, it's time for Naked Foods:
Naked Chinese Food Edition. Naked. Yeah. Today we're gonna be
focusing on Chinese food 'cause we gonna be tasting
and comparing dishes from 4 different price
points all of which will be "naked", meaning stripped of all their frills and specific presentation to lean on. - The four price points are
grocery store freezer section, and then fast, casual
restaurants like a Panda Express, and then we're gonna go up
to like a sit-down restaurant like P.F. Chang's, and then finally, the most expensive fine dining restaurant that we could think of and the one in LA that's
the fanciest Asian cuisine you can get is TAO. - Yeah, we're gonna be
tasting the same dish from all 4 of those places at once and each individually
picking out our favorite. Then, Stevie is gonna reveal
what our favorite came from and how much we paid for it so that in the end, we'll
each specifically know how expensive our taste
in Chinese food is. Alright, we got egg rolls up first. That's how Stevie told me to say it. Look at that. Here's a dark one. A lighter one. A really light one. And then a freaking huge one. - I think I know I'm gonna
like the big daddy but-- - Dunk it and sunk it. - Are you gonna just rip out the middle? - Yes, that is what I'm gonna do. - I just like egg rolls. This is gonna be so tough for me because I like everything. - [Link] That's good. Simple. I think I know where that's from but-- - That feels simple. - It doesn't matter. - It almost familiar. - [Link] Familiar. Well, this one got some
meatier stuff in it. - Not quite as good. - Yeah, there's like - [Rhett] I'm so confused
- [Link] The thing about the first one is it's like it was one experience. This one, I can taste
the different pieces. Carrot and there's pieces of meat. - This one is very uniformed. Almost feel mass manufactured. - I thought the first one did but-- - This taste...again, I
like but it taste like something for your college dorm room. - [Link] Look at how big this is.
- [Rhett] This is a big hunker. Look at it.
- Good god. - It's dripping grease out. - Dripping grease out. - Oh my god. Look at the
inside of that thing. It's bursting with ingredients. - [Rhett] Well, mostly carrots though. - There's not that much meat. - I definitely know
which one my favorite is. - I'm torn. Hold on. - Again, I'm not tryna analyze
where I think it's from or how much I should pay or... I'm not even trying to
be as cheap as possible which is my instinct. I'm just going with what I
want to take another bite of but I'm saving room for the other courses so I'm ready when you are. I've got my censored name tag here. - [Stevie] I mean, I can
give you guys a 3,2,1 but you are just picking
your personal favorite so I mean-- - Man, this is not easy for me. - I definitely like this one the most. - It's either this one
or the super big one. I like this but I...there was
a little heavy on the carrots and so I'm actually going to agree with you on this one
- Okay. Alright. - [Stevie] Okay, where do you
guys think that that's from? - Well, I thought it was
frozen but this one's bad. - I think this is P.F.
Chang's is what I would guess. - [Stevie] It's Panda Express. - Oh yeah.
- [Stevie] Where you can get two egg rolls for $3.90. The next one over is P.F. Chang's. One order of two for $6.50. - It was good. - It's very meaty. - [Stevie] Then the frozen
which is Great Value from Walmart. 4 egg rolls for $2.46. And then--
- Tao's the big dad. - [Stevie] TAO is the big daddy. It's a vegetarian egg roll. Get this, one order of two for $17. - I'm not surprised and if
they put some meat in there, this would've easily been my favorite because I liked everything about it except I want some meat in my egg roll. - That's...I'm surprised at the Panda. - This is fried rice. - Now, that's a...this one's strange. What is the-- - I'm not tryna insult anybody here. I'm going fork because
I wanna focus completely on the rice and not my
technique of getting rice. - [Link] What is that? A
sweet potato and a chive? It's a finely cut green bean and a carrot. - There's mushroom in
there. It's pretty tasty. - This is fancy pants. - Looking at all these, I'm most convinced that that's fancy but let's taste the rest. - A little bit greasy but not in a bad way. This one only has carrot pieces. - But it taste good. - Taste like it came out of a bag to me. - Yeah, that's why I like it. - A used bag. Well, there's a red thing. Oh and look. - [Rhett] A bean. (fork clinking) Can't get it. One edamame which is called eda-mom. I think that came from a different plate.
- This one has got some egg in it. That's awful. - Like awful, O-F-F-A-L? - That's super bland, dude. - Yeah. - So bland compared to this. - Now, this right here. This is tinning with large vegetables. This is like if you go to a
certain place in the ocean where like big whales jump
out and stuff, you know. - Oh. That's got a lot of soy sauce in it. - You got a snow pea. I love a good...is this called a snow pea? I love what this is. A sugarsnap pea. Sugar pea? - [Man] They're both...they're the same. - [Rhett] That's good. - [Link] The brocoli gets
a little out of control. So huge. I do not like that. - This is actually really tasty but it also-
- It doesn't look good. It looks like a lean
cuisine type sad plate but it taste a lot better than it looks. For me, - I'm sorry I'm just gonna keep eating. No, I'm really tryna make a good decision. - [Link] Don't apologize, man. I'm torn between these two. I don't know why you said that
was good or better than this. - 'Cause that taste like absolute trash and this is actually pretty good. In fact-- - I don't like the looks of that. - I'm actually gonna go with it. I'm going with it. - [Link] Seriously. - [Stevie] Okay so Link, the one you like the
best is from P.F. Chang's - Oh.
- [Stevie] For $10.50. - Thought that was TAO. - [Stevie] Rhett, the one
you liked the best is frozen - Yep.
- [Stevie] And from Innovasian for $3.79 at Food for Less
- It's really good. - [Stevie] And then the one
looks weird is from TAO for $24. - Yeah, I'm gonna eat and sit
here by myself eating rice all night long and all
y'all gone be jealous. - [Stevie] And the one that-
- Did you say $94? - [Stevie] 24.
- Oh okay. - [Stevie] The one that
you said was terrible is from Panda Express for $4.40. - I do not like the Panda Express one. - Before us, we have Mongolian beef. - Right. - [Link] Now, this one's orange. I can't wait to get to that. - [Rhett] This one's got
some little pasta situation happening underneath it. - Are you sure that's not just onions? - No. No. I'm not talkin'
about the little sticky stuff. - Oh. I lost an onion. I'mma get one. - I wouldn't stop eatin'
that if I started.. - No. Very good. - [Link] Now, this is unique. - [Rhett] What's going on here? - [Link] You got some bigger hunks of beef here.
- Oh man. - I wanna get the onion - That is so tangy.
- and the long green thing. - That is so extremely tangy. - [Link] It's a thick
sauce and it's a pep... It's a very like black peppery bit to it. - I am so super into that. Super! Super! Super into it. - Now this one. - [Rhett] This is more-- - [Link] Somebody just had
like a tired throw of the... What's those green things called? The long onions. - [Man] Yeah, that's correct. - Long onions is the official term-- - [Link] Long onion. - I think I know where this is from. I recognize it. - [Link] That's a hunk of beef too. - [Rhett] It's very
good. I've have it before and I like it. - I think the beef is
at risk at being chewy. - It's almost like eatin' jerky. - [Link] I don't like that about it. Okay, we got some red
peppers, some green beans, a very thick gravy situation. - That's not good at all. - This is horrible. I'm not even gonna waste a swallow on it. I only got so many swallows
in my life, you know. When you're reach your quo tion, you die. - I've already put my flag in. I'm just gonna keep eating. Head, head and shoulders, man. - This is very interesting but if I was gonna order
Mangolian beef blindly, that's not what I would expect. - [Rhett] This is very good as well. I love the flavor of that. - This is good. This is classic. This is great but - [Stevie] Link, your flag.
I call it something else. - [Stevie] Your flag. It's okay. We know it's yours. It's fine.
- Sorry. - [Stevie] Okay so no surprise. The one that Rhett picked
is from TAO for $44 and because you chosed the fanciest place, please sir, I would like
to do a fancy dance. (elegant music) - I'm so glad to meet
you here at Tao tonight, sir.
- Yeah. - For a business meeting.
- Have you had the Mongolian beef? It's $44. - [Stevie] And Link, you
picked the Mongolian beef from Pick Up Stix for $9.89. Fun fact about Pick Up Stix, it is the second restaurant
with sticks in it that our own MacCarney was employed at. - What?
- Oh he's a-- - [Stevie] You really "stix'd" him. - He's a stick man.
- We gotto get some sticks around here. - Make him feel welcome. - Okay so it's like Panda Express but MacCarney would worked.
- [Stevie] Correct. - So I'm guessing that
this is P.F. Chang's 'cause I remember that, yeah
- [Stevie] That's P.F. Chang's for $20
- Not good. - And that's from the box. - [Stevie] That's frozen
P.F. Chang's for $7.29. - Oh really. Well, it is way different.
- That's why it looks good but taste horrible.
- Way different. - Quick reminder over on the
Mythical Kitchen channel, we have a sub-series called Snack Smash. Mythical Chef Josh is teaming
up with Dayven to combine Kit-Kat bars and Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Will the snack be a smash? Find out at Mythical
Kitchen, the YouTube channel. - Okay, Stevie, how should I say this? - [Stevie] This is orange chicken. - This is orange chicken. - I wouldn't call
that...well, I guess that's definitely--
- That's the only one that's actually orange. - This is just nugs right here. - I'll take a nug. Oh, that's a big nug. I'ma take a smaller nug. - That has a 'you put
sauce in the microwave and threw on top of it' taste to it. - [Link] Has a good taste to me. A little too bready. That's my thing but I like this sauce. - [Rhett] This is a step up for me. - [Link] Yeah, this was definitely better. - A lot of times that the
fanciest places though, they try so hard that I feel like when it gets really expensive, you fail just as often as you succeed with something that is a normal dish. - Okay. - Which is what we're basically exploring. - Alright, we'll find out. - So now, we've got the orangeiest. - That's a good flavor, dude. - I don't like the flavor though. The chicken is--
- [Rhett] The chicken is really good. - The sauce is just a matter of preference and to me, it's not good. - [Rhett] Now, this is barely sauced. - [Link] It just look like
fried chicken with no sauce. - That taste a very strong orange flavor. - Like the orange peel. - That's actually really good. - [Rhett] I know which
one I like the best. Yeah. I don't like that much orange. Alright. Stevie, which
one should I vote for? - [Stevie] The one that you like the best. - Okay. - I'm tryna narrow it down to these two. - This is definitely it for me. Good gosh. Look at-- Dude, I'm sorry. That's better. - Look at that right there. That is a huge...oh. I've tainted it. - You foiled-- - I've crossed the streams. - You've soiled my favorite chicken. Yeah, I like that. - Put it back there. - This one's very good. - This doesn't seem...I don't know, are you in fancy territory again? - [Stevie] He's in fancy territory again. That's TAO's crispy
orange chicken for $36. Please do the fancy pants dance. (elegant music) - It's like the end of
Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. - Have you had the
orange chicken from TAO? It's. 30...how much? - [Stevie] $36. - It's $36. - I've heard it's so orange in look. - Yes. - [Rhett] What did I choose? - [Stevie] You chose
the Panda Express orange chicken for $10.40
- I didn't think I like Panda Express. - I've been shunning them
for the past 6 years. - What? Why? - I went to a Panda Express and I was like
- It's good, man. I'm over this. - It's really good. I'll eat some more just to prove it. - [Stevie] So the first orange
chicken is Crazy Cuizine frozen orange chicken, which is $8.99 at Ralph's
- Not bad. And then the last chicken is P.F. Chang's orange peel chicken
- Yeah. - [Stevie] Which is $14
- Orange peel is so strong. - Too strong. - I like it but it sends
it a little too far. - [Stevie] So the lowest possible total for your whole meal, if
you guys chose the frozen, was $22.53 and the highest possible total,
if you chose all the fancy, would be $121. Rhett, your perfect meal was $87.69 and Link, your perfect
meal total was $34.69. - Hey bro. - Yeah man. - You did it. - I'm just as happy as you.
- you saved. You saved money. - And I got 30 sim ala
dollars in my pocket. What do you want to go.. go do?
- Maybe even 40 sim al. - What should we do? With 40 dollars?
- I don't know. Depends on how much you tip. We should go get some--
- Oh. I don't tip at all at the place I go to. - We should go get some
that Mongolian beef from TAO with that $44 you got. (Link laughs) Okay? - Okay. - Okay. All right. - Thanks for subscribing
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I wonder if the results would've been different if they were blindfolded. It's very clear which is the fancy one in all of these just from looking at it.
What an inventive game; it definitely held my attention! As a San Diego resident, I appreciate the inclusion of Pick Up Stix—I probably get takeout from there at least once a month.
Wow this was my favourite episode in months. This concept is definitely one of my favourites they’ve introduced. They need to do this again
Now I want to see them go to Tao in booty shorts. The world needs this!
really liked this new taste test. there’s a suggestion for restaurant food vs josh’s food in the comments that has close to 8k likes!