Welcome to Louisville,
in Kentucky, in the US. This is day two of our tour. Day one didn't disappoint. That's mainly because
Mike went ahead the week beforehand to get some
clear recommendations for the community. The lesson that we wanted
to teach the other guys was that you shouldn't just
Google things to do in the city and go and do those things. We got a ton of
amazing stuff lined up, and it starts with
a local delicacy. The reason we were up
at the crack of dawn was that Kern's Kitchen-- the name of the inventors
of the famous Derby Pie-- were making pies that
morning, and invited us to see the production
process and eat some. Cheers. Cheers! But first, let's
talk about Derby Pie. Named after the famous
Kentucky Derby horse race-- by pulling a name out of a hat-- this is a sticky-sweet
chocolate and walnut pie with a recipe so secret
only the head chef knows it makes it behind a curtain. That recipe is five
decades old, and served in hotels, restaurants, and
homes across all of Kentucky. And it was good. Look. A prong of fork has pierced
a pocket of warm chocolate. Is it frowned upon
not to use a fork? Nope. Oh that's good pie. It's so rich, but then that-- the walnut has kind of a-- nuts have almost a
bitterness to them, with the richness of chocolate. Obviously a lot of sugar
going on there, and it's-- ah, so good. This is the Ohio River, which
runs alongside the north part of Louisville. It forms a state line
separating Kentucky and Indiana, and is also great for activities
like stand up paddleboard yoga. Yes, you heard that right. Barry forgot his swim shorts,
so we sourced an alternative. What the-- They're massive! Looking good. Why are you wearing
matching shorts? We go shopping together. That is Mimi, our instructor,
the most patient person in the world. You're OK, mate. James stole the show, though. And that was us done. With our zen fully
topped up, we split up to cover the next
part of our itinerary. For Ben and I, that
meant Hi-Five Doughnuts in the trendy industrial
Butchertown neighborhood. Hi-Five Doughnuts-- cool place. Started as a tent,
became a food truck. Now they've got a shop. They make everything
from scratch. And this is Vietnamese
Coffee Doughnut washed down with cold brew. Coffee is always good. But I remember the coffee in
Vietnam as being really strong, and then with that really
sweet condensed milk. And here, the fried dough
that's chewy and fluffy at the same time. Oh, yeah. I've got a really
strong taste of coffee. It tears and it chews. I'd say it's a cross between
the fluffiness of brioche and the chew of pretzel bread. Best donut I've
ever had, easily. So we've split off
from Mike and Ben, and Mike's told us to come here
to the Stevens & Stevens Deli to have-- Benedictine? Any idea what that is? No. Benedictine is a spread with
cucumbers and cream cheese, and it was invented by Jenny
Carter Benedict from Louisville in the early 20th century,
and is a Louisville staple. This is where you
realize that Mike got some pretty good
recommendations, because this is an iconic Louisville recipe
that the rest of the world hasn't caught on to yet. That is a good sandwich. It has a lot of cream cheese. With the bacon, it kind
of evens out the fat. Does that makes sense? Oh, mate, your beard. There's a whole tub of cream
cheese in the sandwich. It's not going to
not go in my beard. Next stop on Mike's magical
mystery tour of Louisville for me and Barry, he's
asked us to come here to the Seelbach Hotel. Now this, as well as being
one of the grandest hotels in the whole city, is actually
where Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, and a load of gangsters
during the Prohibition era, would come here to
drink, gamble, plot. And they've even got
secret passageways underneath the hotel
to evade the cops. Mike's told us we have to
get the Seelbach cocktail. We'll drink that, and then we'll
go meet them somewhere else. Not only that, but
I was told the hotel was where F. Scott
Fitzgerald was inspired to write his
novel The Great Gatsby. The character Gatsby was even
based on one of the gangsters Fitzgerald met whilst visiting. Meanwhile, Evers and I met
Andrew from Chef Space. It was here that we learned
that Louisville has the highest number of independent
restaurants per capita in the US, second
only to New Orleans. That's why the food
is so good here. Kentucky is well
known for horses, and here in Louisville in 2015,
there was the third installment of Gallopalooza Art Exhibition--
that's 50 life size horse statues dotted around the city-- and there's a map. Welcome to Horse Art Hunters. Horse art. Horse art. Horse art. Horse art! Horse art. There! Horse art! Stop-- stop! It's raining. The things we do for horse art! There she is. Oh, look and see. You can see it. I need to get in. Sneaky car park horse art. 20% of horse art hunting
in Louisville, done. Can you do better? Right. We've kicked Mike
off the voiceover to tell you about this bit. In the last episode, Mike
tried to teach us a lesson, because apparently we didn't
do enough due diligence on some of our restaurant research. And our punishment was to watch
everyone else eat our food at our restaurant choices. It was torture. So as we were in Kentucky-- and
Mike loves fried chicken more than anything else-- we thought we'd
get some revenge. Muah-hah-hah. Shut up, Jamie. I'm done. I don't mind. This is-- this is not a problem. The sweet hoisin. The pickle. The marination. The bite and the crunch
of that fried chicken, with the soft pillowy bun. Oh no. I have not had a better fried
chicken sandwich than that. They literally ordered
everything I love. Look at that! That's the best-- When you break into
it, and it steams, then you got that golden
crisp on the outside, that gets a wow and two thumbs up. You zoomed out, right? I'm as far out as
I can, aren't I? Come in closer. Oh no. I was going the wrong way. I found things now. Mike, you've done an amazing
job at organizing all of this. Thank you. I can actually eat this? I didn't say that. You know I have a format. I don't think it's fair. I had some pent up
frustration to release, so throwing sharpened
steel implements at painted wooden targets
seemed a fitting remedy. And it also happened
to be next on our list. Barry! [INAUDIBLE] Oh! Don't worry. At least Barry didn't do well. Oh. If there was one sport Jamie's
made for, it's axe throwing. Here he goes. It's safe to say Evers
hasn't found his calling. What, what? What? I'm going to stick
to horse art hunting. Our final destination on our
local tour guide of Louisville was a restaurant so
frequently recommended, we had to finish up at Milkwood. Described as
southern inspiration plus ancient flavors,
plus urban cocktails. This was a local
recommendation, and this is what I think of the restaurant. It's nice. Thanks, Jay. It's hidden under a theater. You wouldn't know it was here. And therefore, it feels
a bit like a hidden gem, and that we stumbled on
something that was special. I ordered the pork
shoulder, and the more you go towards the
middle, the more you get the texture and the flavor. And by the time
you get to the end, you realize what an amazing
pulled pork shoulder it is, and it's absolutely doused in
a glaze which is really sweet. The first mouth, you're
like, that's pretty good pork shoulder, and then it keeps
going, keeps delivering. That's amazing, isn't it? Bulgogi beef tartare with
smoked coconut on top. I think I can honestly say
I've never tasted anything like that in my life. It is so unusual. I reckon I probably had some
preconceptions about Louisville that were based
solely on bourbon, and I had no idea that there was
such an independent food scene and a real community of
people who love food and are doing amazing things with food. Louisville has so
much going on for it. It had the beautiful
greenery and waterside. Not gonna lie-- a
whole bunch of ideas that I'm already jotting
down and trying to steal, including trying to hack
the recipe for Derby Pie. 48 hours in Louisville is a
phenomenal whistle stop tour. We have experienced so
much, and it's not over yet. We're now heading to Iowa.
