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Taku is legit one of my fav new youtubers, he isn't super over the top with his videos. I love how the videos are chill and they're all super creative. Love your vids man keep up the good work!
If you haven't already, check out Philophy D's channel - th-cam.com/channels/8Qfp0VPWRdgDAibfq_qudA.html Similar production quality and content. They're friends and often colab with each other.
Woooo! Super cool that you tried my recipe! If you want it to taste a bit more like tuna, would recommend you add some nori flakes in the marinade to give it more of that seafood-y flavor, but yeah there's never gonna be a perfect substitute for tuna (I freakin love tuna so we'll never get something that tastes as good) -- just a cool trick to try at home :)
I avoided this video for days because I thought Taku (is that how he spells it?) might have gotten the vegan mind virus. Hmmm. He's skeptical too, huh? Let's see where this goes.
It all depends on how you treat the watermelon and what kind of and how strong of a marinade you put on it. If you put kelp powder and nori in the marinade it will get a fishy taste. Nonetheless it will never be exactly like tuna. Nothing vegan will be like EXACTLY what it’s trying to replicate and I don’t like how it’s always promoted like that. If you give people that high of expectations, disappointment is ensured. If you see it as a new flavor experience, you just take it as it is and don’t compare it to anything.
@@AnonYmous-qw1yk lol you have 0 concept of nutrition. Protein is not only found in meat/fish... and vegan food it generally healthy. Little small chode is mad about people eating differently
I kinda wanna try this, maybe it would be good as a spicy tuna roll, the sweetness of the watermelon and the spiciness of the sriracha might be a good pairing. or add it to a California roll with cucumber avocado and cream cheese with some sriracha mayo, with all those ingredients it might create the illusion of it tasting like tuna because its surrounded by familiar sushi flavors.
If u r intending to try it out/again maybe try with a tasteless watermelon. try a few pieces that are made from freshly cut watermelon and a few from a watermelon that u froze and then left outside/in the fridge (and maybe try to also press on it/massage it a little so it loses its crunch and some of the juices). Add some nori seaweed to the marinade and maybe even cook with it on the top/bottom.. Just some things that my brain tells me will make this better hahaha
Thanks for this video and your honest opinion. I'm going to try this weekend but will add dulce flakes or crumble some nori sheets in the marinade to give it more of a fish taste. Anyone who is wondering why a vegan would want to eat food that tastes like it's animal counterpart is because most people who are vegan didn't give up animal foods because of taste or texture but rather ethical, health and/or environmental reasons. Foods like beyond burgers or watermelon tuna for instance, allow vegans to still consume foods with similar flavors/textures to the foods we were raised on and grew accustom to without violating our moral and ethical beliefs.
I've seen people doing unspeakable things to innocent watermelons and gotten them to have some weird (but awesome) tastes. Fish isn't quite one of those tastes. Perhaps this guy had been vegan for so long that he forgot what tuna tasted like.
As someone who was vegan for 9 years (and still vegetarian), I can tell you that you COMPLETELY forget what meat tastes like - and if you accidentally eat meat it just tastes nasty - like fat and musk. If he (and other vegetarians/vegans) like it, more power to 'em - but I really don't think meat-eaters should expect it to taste like meat to them... You need to get a meat-eater to taste it before you make any big claims lol
Love the channel... My friend in Japan recommended that I try slicing avocado and dipping it soy sauce and wasabi as tuna substitute, and you know what. It's pretty good, loses a bit of the magic without the wasabi though. He said his Aunt that lived in Hawaii for a while told him about it.
Maybe marinade it with kombu, fish sauce, or dashi? Is it close to any other type of fish? Is the texture like the crunch you get with ika? Very interesting video lol
Soo I just made it but I put smoked coconut aminos, sesame oil, nori flakes and old bay seasoning and garlic powder it turned out very convincing! BTW, I'm a pescatarian that eats mainly plant based during the weekdays which is why I tried this so I know how real ahi tuna tastes!
I've had vegan "smoked salmon" tons of times, im not a vegan and I love smoked salmon and it was really close to the real deal in a bagel. It was made with carrot, liquid smoke and the thing that really made it take somewhat like fish was seaweed in the marinade. I wonder if you could make something closer to "vegan tuna" using an unripe unsweet watermelon and adding seaweed into the marinade.
Thanks for trying it for us! I think I will still try it with some tweeks. Like use a watermelon that isn't sweet or underripe. I may try adding some kombu dashi to the marinade to make it feel like it came from the ocean more.
I love this! One note, the longer more oval watermelons do tend to be sweeter than the smaller round melons. I might try this even though i am not vegan:) would be a cool menu options for vegans!!!
Guysssss this is crazy, I know, but pickled watermelon rind is actually SUPER good. It's kind of like pickled radish but more refreshing. Amanda Tastes on TH-cam has a tutorial with eng subs on how to make it
Ok! I will say--there's a place in New York called Fresh & Co that has a salad in which they marinate tomatoes in a similar marinade, and I can attest that that genuinely tastes like tuna. If you add some nimono, furikake, and some seaweed, it adds to it as well! I'll try and look up the recipe if it exists!
"The tomato sushi features sous vide Roma tomatoes marinated in soy sauce and other ingredients that mimics the appearance, taste and texture of raw tuna."
Don't doubt yourself brother your video was on plant in your content is always firing I love watching it because you're always doing something that is worth my time I love your channel and thanks for everything you show us learning a lot of fishing techniques from you in sushi making techniques
ngl, watermelon sushi looks like it might be pretty good if you aren’t expecting fish. Its pretty common in some parts of the country to put salt on watermelon so there is longstanding precedent for pairing watermelon and salty things. If you do it right, you could get a sweet, sour, and salty sushi roll and maybe it would be good as like a snack or an appetizer
I could see it under the conditions of bad watermelon (underripe) tasting like bad tuna (low quality). Both of those have this mildly sour flavor that has reminded me of each other when I've had the displeasure of having them. But good watermelon and good tuna taste completely different, and Taku was never going to try this with sub par ingredients.
Ha ha.... ok yea right... Bobcat Goldthwait "Everything tastes like chicken... well if it tastes like chicken... just giver me some freakin chicken"!! Same goes here.
Beer and tuna with a sweet partner. Living the dream. Also, your knife skills are insane! What knife were you using in the video? And are there any knife tutorials you reccomend?
Holy sh!t Taku's face at 1:28 is freaking hilarious omg, 6:20 Taku you are on a roll. Funniest video on your channel lololololol The marinated watermelon looked a lot like zuke style tuna. side by side it is pretty obvious which one is marinated and which one is not.
@@LetsGoFlyers2011 though it might remind me of those Korean sushi rolls. The one with mango. It's on a sweeter side. Since watermelon is sweet it can have a bit of resemblance.
I love how he starts cutting and handling the watermelon like tuna, almost out of instinct
It did look like it though lol!
This man probably harvesred hundreds of tuna in his lifetime
Best sliced watermelon ever.
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@Tatum Collin Instablaster ;)
Taku is legit one of my fav new youtubers, he isn't super over the top with his videos. I love how the videos are chill and they're all super creative. Love your vids man keep up the good work!
agreed
Same here, can’t watch YTers who are always at 10
Yup
If you haven't already, check out Philophy D's channel - th-cam.com/channels/8Qfp0VPWRdgDAibfq_qudA.html
Similar production quality and content. They're friends and often colab with each other.
Agreed.
No imposition of one’s choice on another but sharing the perspective of the choice itself.
Jastaku way to Taklyn the world 😄
I love how you took as much care and attention slicing up that watermelon as you would a real tuna.
Woooo! Super cool that you tried my recipe! If you want it to taste a bit more like tuna, would recommend you add some nori flakes in the marinade to give it more of that seafood-y flavor, but yeah there's never gonna be a perfect substitute for tuna (I freakin love tuna so we'll never get something that tastes as good) -- just a cool trick to try at home :)
*He was fuming and trying to hide it cos he's a cool guy*
ikr! lol..he is so chill!
I can almost see the fumes tho.. lol
@@boer3134 like a titan from AOT
No he wasn’t he was more like trying no to laugh
I avoided this video for days because I thought Taku (is that how he spells it?) might have gotten the vegan mind virus. Hmmm. He's skeptical too, huh? Let's see where this goes.
this is how im gonna trick all my friends into thinkin I’m rich. I’ll just send them pics of me and my 200 piece tuna platter ....
The beginning of the video. Taku has the “how dare you” look on his face lol.
hands down, the “unexpected best episode yet” -the “zoom-in” and dryness of the humor.... pure gold
that's taku's WTF look!
Ahstone Wong he don’t play do he
It all depends on how you treat the watermelon and what kind of and how strong of a marinade you put on it. If you put kelp powder and nori in the marinade it will get a fishy taste. Nonetheless it will never be exactly like tuna. Nothing vegan will be like EXACTLY what it’s trying to replicate and I don’t like how it’s always promoted like that. If you give people that high of expectations, disappointment is ensured. If you see it as a new flavor experience, you just take it as it is and don’t compare it to anything.
This is a good take
Vegan version will never:
1) Taste the same
2) Have protein
3) Be healthy
@@AnonYmous-qw1yk lol you have 0 concept of nutrition. Protein is not only found in meat/fish... and vegan food it generally healthy. Little small chode is mad about people eating differently
@@adambrockbank2842 you sound irritated. Sounds like you need less soy and more complete proteins.
@@AnonYmous-qw1yk "will never have protein" lol do you have brain damage
nothing tastes like suhi- and anyone trying to tell you otherwise either has never eaten it or has forgotten how wonderful it tastes.
As soon as I heard buzzfeed...
Exactly....
I threw up in my mouth. Political propaganda.
Of course LoL
Why does everyone of their vloggers sound like an annoying polsci student
Why would you even sorta believe this?
i could feel taku's pain watching the video
I kinda wanna try this, maybe it would be good as a spicy tuna roll, the sweetness of the watermelon and the spiciness of the sriracha might be a good pairing. or add it to a California roll with cucumber avocado and cream cheese with some sriracha mayo, with all those ingredients it might create the illusion of it tasting like tuna because its surrounded by familiar sushi flavors.
If u r intending to try it out/again maybe try with a tasteless watermelon. try a few pieces that are made from freshly cut watermelon and a few from a watermelon that u froze and then left outside/in the fridge (and maybe try to also press on it/massage it a little so it loses its crunch and some of the juices). Add some nori seaweed to the marinade and maybe even cook with it on the top/bottom..
Just some things that my brain tells me will make this better hahaha
1st cut into watermelon was the watermelon belly, the fattiest part!
Watermelon toro 👍
It had holes 😂
😂
Lol your reaction in the beginning just looking back and forth to the camera is me haha
Thanks for this video and your honest opinion. I'm going to try this weekend but will add dulce flakes or crumble some nori sheets in the marinade to give it more of a fish taste. Anyone who is wondering why a vegan would want to eat food that tastes like it's animal counterpart is because most people who are vegan didn't give up animal foods because of taste or texture but rather ethical, health and/or environmental reasons. Foods like beyond burgers or watermelon tuna for instance, allow vegans to still consume foods with similar flavors/textures to the foods we were raised on and grew accustom to without violating our moral and ethical beliefs.
How’d it go?
I'm not sure why but I just kept laughing in this video. Especially when you cut the watermelon like sashimi, it looked perfectly like it lol!!!
Taku/Jocelyn always killing it on videos and making great content! What great partners and good education from Taku🙌🏽
I saw this on your Instagram and I was super stoked when I saw you were actually making it yourself! Love your vids man, they are the best.
@6:49 he says "we're gonna cook watermelon" with such scorn and I can feel him trying not to laugh :'D
Regaedless of the results it's just so satisfying watching him cut and prep! But I lost it when he "vacuum sealed" his marinated watermelon lol
My watermelon would slap me if i did that
I've seen people doing unspeakable things to innocent watermelons and gotten them to have some weird (but awesome) tastes. Fish isn't quite one of those tastes. Perhaps this guy had been vegan for so long that he forgot what tuna tasted like.
Did he ever had tuna be4 making that vlog?
As someone who was vegan for 9 years (and still vegetarian), I can tell you that you COMPLETELY forget what meat tastes like - and if you accidentally eat meat it just tastes nasty - like fat and musk.
If he (and other vegetarians/vegans) like it, more power to 'em - but I really don't think meat-eaters should expect it to taste like meat to them... You need to get a meat-eater to taste it before you make any big claims lol
I was going to say that about vegan dishes( that are supposed to taste like meat, fish or cheese) in general, they simply don't remember.
@@Sam_1984a Or maybe so much ingredient masking that the actual main ingredient becomes a matter of texture?
True, I never even thought about the possibility that he just forgot the taste of meat.
I laughed so hard at that long pause and blank stare into the camera at 1:24. How is this not titled "SUSHI CHEF triggered by WATERMELON TUNA"??
Great editing with the slow pan-in showing skepticism!
Joslyns camera skills keep getting better and better! You two are killing it!
Honestly the only catch n cool person I still watch. You find ways to keep your Channel interesting !
Taku is the real mvp. Eating watermelon with tajin. Love the channel!
Sticking with the fish version :P
4:36 anyone else find this incredibly satisfying??
Love the channel... My friend in Japan recommended that I try slicing avocado and dipping it soy sauce and wasabi as tuna substitute, and you know what. It's pretty good, loses a bit of the magic without the wasabi though. He said his Aunt that lived in Hawaii for a while told him about it.
I love eating avocado that way! I slice some cucumbers as well and munch on those too
Thank you for taking one for the team on this one man! Loved the vid:)
happiness is a cold watermelon, great video!! Keep up the great work
Haha, I agree. Love it on a hot sunny day🥳
Excellent Video !! Taku makes Sushi out of anything !!! 😍 🌟
LOL I replayed Taku "vacuum sealing" it like 10 times
Maybe marinade it with kombu, fish sauce, or dashi?
Is it close to any other type of fish?
Is the texture like the crunch you get with ika?
Very interesting video lol
Nice video Taku, great as always! Keep it up! Beers from Panama
Soo I just made it but I put smoked coconut aminos, sesame oil, nori flakes and old bay seasoning and garlic powder it turned out very convincing! BTW, I'm a pescatarian that eats mainly plant based during the weekdays which is why I tried this so I know how real ahi tuna tastes!
Excellent debunk! Would love to see more videos like this!
I've had vegan "smoked salmon" tons of times, im not a vegan and I love smoked salmon and it was really close to the real deal in a bagel. It was made with carrot, liquid smoke and the thing that really made it take somewhat like fish was seaweed in the marinade. I wonder if you could make something closer to "vegan tuna" using an unripe unsweet watermelon and adding seaweed into the marinade.
Taku’s next video: how to filet a watermelon like a sushi chef
Thanks for trying it for us! I think I will still try it with some tweeks. Like use a watermelon that isn't sweet or underripe. I may try adding some kombu dashi to the marinade to make it feel like it came from the ocean more.
i love that you used the marinade on the tuna just the same in an attempt to do a real comparison. great video
1:23 love the look of disbelief on your face with the zoom in... hahah
Mahalo Taku!!! Your vid debunks a Vegan's best attempt to swindle the world's sushi and sashimi connoisseurs!!!!! Love it!!! Keep up the awesome vids.
You had me rolling I looked at your video like no way ahha glad it’s not your idea and you’re just trying it 😂👌🏽
Looks kind of like salmon. Maybe someone should invent desert sushi with sweet rice.
dop flippy it exists but mochi rice is used instead.
They have that, no fish, just desserts that look like sushi.
@@greghelton4668 they have that but usually is loke mochi, jelly
Nobody:
Jocelyn in every video: It’s good
I think it’s so nice to learn my friend! Thank you
Omg this was funny. You guys handy Husband and I laughing . Looked like tuna doesnt taste like tuna 🤣🤣🤣 great video
Well done! solid replication. Loved the breakdown. "It's good, but don't tell people it tastes like tuna"
I love this! One note, the longer more oval watermelons do tend to be sweeter than the smaller round melons.
I might try this even though i am not vegan:) would be a cool menu options for vegans!!!
the way taku is treating the watermelon, its like its actually tuna xD
My vegan friends would probably love this haha. Shizen SF has the some of best vegan sushi. They use tomato as their faux tuna...
I'm so glad donut operator suggested your channel, i cant stop watching haha
Your skeptical silence was hilarious 🤣
I purchased Watermelon Barbeque sauce years ago.. YUMMMY on Steak, Chicken and Pork
Dude it gets funnier and funnier every time you repeat it 😂
Knife is Life- Just got my long sleeve t-shirt, love it, great quality!
Taku’s expression the whole video is like “are you serious?”
Guysssss this is crazy, I know, but pickled watermelon rind is actually SUPER good. It's kind of like pickled radish but more refreshing. Amanda Tastes on TH-cam has a tutorial with eng subs on how to make it
Watching Taku’s skepticism really made my day 😆
looked so real I had to make it for my grandparents to see if they'd notice haha
Love your skepticism Chef
I’ve seen people put nori in with the marinade. Maybe that would help? Thanks for experimenting, very fun.
To watch a guy with knife skills and a $$$ knife cut a watermelon is so satisfying.
You need a shirt thats says, " let's taste this... mmm hmm." 🤣
Loved the camera double take. LOL!
I love his face when the guy said it tasted like tuna haha 😄 😆 😂
Lol did you see tacu's face...?!; "Definitely not tuna" 😹😹😹😹😹
Another amazing content!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm in love with the new setup and table tho, waaaaaaaaaaaay to go taku San!!!!
Pickled Watermelon Rind is Delicious! I saw it on Cooking with Shotgun Red.
Ok! I will say--there's a place in New York called Fresh & Co that has a salad in which they marinate tomatoes in a similar marinade, and I can attest that that genuinely tastes like tuna. If you add some nimono, furikake, and some seaweed, it adds to it as well! I'll try and look up the recipe if it exists!
"The tomato sushi features sous vide Roma tomatoes marinated in soy sauce and other ingredients that mimics the appearance, taste and texture of raw tuna."
Taku, the YT food detective we all need but don't deserve
Don't doubt yourself brother your video was on plant in your content is always firing I love watching it because you're always doing something that is worth my time I love your channel and thanks for everything you show us learning a lot of fishing techniques from you in sushi making techniques
The editing is priceless 😂👏🏼
ngl, watermelon sushi looks like it might be pretty good if you aren’t expecting fish. Its pretty common in some parts of the country to put salt on watermelon so there is longstanding precedent for pairing watermelon and salty things. If you do it right, you could get a sweet, sour, and salty sushi roll and maybe it would be good as like a snack or an appetizer
I could see it under the conditions of bad watermelon (underripe) tasting like bad tuna (low quality). Both of those have this mildly sour flavor that has reminded me of each other when I've had the displeasure of having them.
But good watermelon and good tuna taste completely different, and Taku was never going to try this with sub par ingredients.
Ha ha.... ok yea right... Bobcat Goldthwait "Everything tastes like chicken... well if it tastes like chicken... just giver me some freakin chicken"!! Same goes here.
" ... the rest I'll eat like a normal person" 🤣
This was FUN! Thanks for posting review.
Pretty funny seeing a chef slicing a watermelon like you would do with sashimi
Maybe add MSG. or vegan bouillon in the marinade? Also you can use green jackfruit.
How about adding rice vinegar and some kombu to the marinade? it should reduce the sweetness and add some see taste
After every one of takus videos I always end up craving sushi
Beer and tuna with a sweet partner. Living the dream. Also, your knife skills are insane! What knife were you using in the video? And are there any knife tutorials you reccomend?
I like how you ask Jocelyn "what do you think" after eating the roll but then answers first. Funny
Holy sh!t Taku's face at 1:28 is freaking hilarious
omg, 6:20 Taku you are on a roll. Funniest video on your channel lololololol
The marinated watermelon looked a lot like zuke style tuna. side by side it is pretty obvious which one is marinated and which one is not.
You got me worried at first! Thank you for posting this!
This vid is great, I really liked it Taku, more of these contents in the future!! :D
That look on your face after the video he posted ended was priceless lol.
I’m confused why the OG post didn’t marinate it with nori or seaweed flakes.
Yeah... Coz they will add the taste of the ocean/sea to the watermelon.
@@michaeljaysonbanua4870 That's the idea, though. Or are you saying that would make it non-vegan?
As a vegan way back I added seaweed.
@@LetsGoFlyers2011 would seaweed make it non vegan though?... I thought they are vegan friendly.
@@LetsGoFlyers2011 though it might remind me of those Korean sushi rolls. The one with mango. It's on a sweeter side. Since watermelon is sweet it can have a bit of resemblance.
Looove your videos! Super entertaining to watch :) Keep it up!!
This was the most suspenseful cooking experiment I've ever watched
That’s so funny! This got me in the mood for watermelon and tuna! Awesome video.
You should do a series debunking all of buzzfeeds dumb videos 😂
Taku's own Myth Busters!
I found you because u commented on Bear Grylls video in malibu creek with Yao Ming. Sick channel bro!
OMG! Great job. Thank you Taku
that was a great idea for a video. I was really interested how it would taste since it did look like the real thing. Thanks for sharing
he cut the laughing part short..i don't blame you..i was balling...
I love your reaction in the beginning! Ahaha