The genius of the Mortadella Sandwich it can be made in 10 minutes including cleanup. I can grab all the ingredients out of the fridge, make the sandwich, and do the dishes in less time than just making Josh's version. And anyone can make it. No knife skills, no measuring, no anything. It's everything a sandwich is supposed to be in it's simplicity.
Josh's recipe is not that much harder. The sauce would take you maybe 5 minutes to make and slicing a little onion & then toasting the bread is trivial.
I always prefer hot sandwiches to cold/room temperature. Toast, such as that sourdough, always superior to buns/rolls. If I were to make this, the onion is a great idea, and I'd probably just buy Russian dressing.
The primary claim to fame of that sandwich is that it's super accessible and quick to make while also being an amazing experience. I'm a very experienced home cook, and I'd say that if you have to add any sauce that's more than 3-4 super common ingredients then you failed the assignment. I also appreciate that the added complexity yielded only a small improvement in the experience.
@@FearMyBootyThe second one was improved by the onion, and the change of bread. I'd definitely notice! Would I make that sauce? Probably not, because I don't buy sugary ketchup.
the ingredients were things oyu most likely already have at home. The bigger improvement is the onions, which means if you don't have the sices, you can just add the onions and ketchup.
@@StarGuardianKassadin You still need to cut the onions, though. The entire point of the sandwich was to keep it simple, with a little work as possible. By adding the onions, the chives, and the sauces he added more steps and work for not much improvement. It's like his Cubano, he over-complicated things and ended up making a not-a-Cubano.
@brat46 so you've cooked all his recipes? Mixing multiple ingredients together for a sauce isnt complicated 😂 its added steps 🤣 not cooking differently 😂 What recipe exactly do you judge him for using too much seasoning?
I used to work with your wife, I remeber her saying her boyfriend was a chef. I recently started watching your videos and didn't expect to see my old coworker! Glad to see you're doing well :)
I hope you'll do almost like a "part 1.5" where you remake the old recipes but make them easier, you even talked about how many pots and pans the Coq au vin used. Your recipe did only use 1 pot but it also had a lot of extra steps. It'd be cool to see it with one pot and also little time investment
I think this video should have been called: making chefs famous recipes fancier. Because I think making something better does not just mean adding different elaborate ingredients
correct. His versions still look delicious, but it doesn't seem like the added work to enhancement ration is there for this to be practical. That update to the Julia Child one though, that doesn't seem hard and looked hella good.
It doesn't but also all of these look better than the original recipes to be fair. Not that the OG recipes are bad but like the sandwich and chocolate games def feel like better versions of the original with slight tweaks while the coq au vin and breakfast one are straight up glow ups (even if the egg one is outright different to be fair) Beef wellington is the only one that I feel is straight up a fancier version since while potentially better, that one's straight up more elaborate while the rest were either small changes that had big effects, with the egg dish being a completely different dish (but I'd say *less* fancy since it feels like something you'd be likelier to see in cafes and stuff while the OG version of that is straight up some Michelin star restaurant appetizer)
@@Lexicon865 i think the word "better" is given tbh because this recipes are old not many chefs had that much access compared to modern days josh had many thing access in different types of recipes good for him i guess?
I made a lamb wellington for my parents 40th anniversary recently. Cooked to a slightly underdone, 5 lamb shanks in beef stock and red wine with cremini mushrooms, shallots, and carrots; stripped the meat off the bone and pressed into a log and then froze overnight. Lightly processed the cooking liquid/veggies with some uncooked morrell mushrooms and then cooked with port until dry for the duxelles. Made a rosemary and mint crepe (burnt 4 before I managed to get it right which was a new one for me, needs to go super low and slow). Used venison bacon instead of prosciutto. Slathered the frozen lamb blocks with a very mild mustard and a tiny amount of horseradish. Then prepped as usual for a wellington. One of the hardest things I've ever cooked but I was super happy with it.
Not sure how I feel about LAMB Wellington. It’s such a gamey meat, I feel like it would overpower the delicacy of the mushroom & pastry. You processed the cooking liquid, which had red wine…in a port? And you ended up with the flavors of mint overtop hints of mustard &…horseradish lol. Ever heard that phrase “Keep it Simple?” A for effort though. I’m sure your parents loved the depth of a what was supposed to be a very traditionally un-complex dish 😂
If there is one thing i absolutly love about Joshuas videos is the fact that he always adds the metric measurements too! This way it is so easy to get great results when following an american chef. Also the food always looks so good🤤🤤🤤
Not sure why, but I feel like, "Leave the classics alone." But I'm glad to see Josh giving a ton of respect to the originals before trying to improve them. And it's huge to have all these recipes. Thanks!
For sure, the video was enjoyable but the poutine and the wellington seemed like a downgrade to me if I am honest. I do have to ask how Joshua's wellington was more tender than Gordon's seeing as he used shortribs which aren't known to be the most tender in stead of the most tender piece of beef. Seems a little unrealistic in my eyes.
One thing that Josh does, that most cooking content creators do not do, is cover every little aspect of the process. The form of cutting a herb, the danger of adding alcohol to a pan while on high heat, the multiple measurements of ingredients or temperatures, substitutions of ingredients, the love for the game, so on and so on. This is extremely valuable for an untrained home cook. Love This Channel.
I think is a little pretentious...😅 one thing is to make a big Mac better or spam better... but those dishes are perfect. Having said that he did it respectfully
He knew his wife would tell the truth, that's why he had his henchmen taste the cake, rather than his wife who knows how real "Beatty chocolate cake's" supposed to taste! #MarriedToTheGameNotTheHusbandShouldntBeReservedExclusivelyWivesOpinionsWivesSupportTheBallAndOrTheChain
I tried making the Mortadella sandwich after you mentioned it in another video, and while it was enjoyable, in my partners words it was a "salt overload". So to cut down the saltiness, I removed some of the meat, substituted a shortcut slice of bacon and an egg over easy. That and a slice of gouda with the provalone, turned it essentially into a breakfast sandwich. We've enjoyed it so much it is now a part of our regular meal rotation. Can't wait to try your newest version.
So Josh's improvement is to make a different dish almost entirely. They look good, but they aren't improvements on the originals. They are simply different dishes.
Yeah definetly, I mean during the 1st one, the sandwich, immediatly after he picks Joshuas he starts talking about how what Joshua had added made it better while the original was a good base. Sure there was a small cut there where Joshua could have told him it was his but keep that in in that case, as it is right now it seems like he 100% knows which is Joshuas
I agree that it would be more fun to have a different taste tester who isn't around the set all day. Vikram is wonderful but in this instance how about Josh's wife or mom?
Let's be honest, isn't the whole key behind being an Artist to inspire others ? So, I guess the Chef's mentioned here should and would be pretty proud.
@@krilldion that's just youtube comments in general, they give hateful twitter nolifes a lot of competition nowadays. Josh does acknowledge the original recipes and admits some of the "improved" versions are less practical in some way but people are just being a bit harsh on him in the comments. And why is there all that crap about him paying the guy to say his versions taste better? I made Josh's stuff before, I trust it being good xd
you want chefs to fly and try it out instead? you want a random street person to be the one who tastes? it can also be what was just convenient. Also all this while its them who have been tasting in this channel so why expect it to be different this time around? if he never introduced his crew and they were the ones who were tasting it, you would have thought its a random person just because they work there doesnt mean they cant have different opinion but ig you cant imagine that since you suck up to your boss that much irl and cant expect someone else to not do the same right? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@Meh2021damn did someone piss in your cereal? Why are you so tilted? his comment is based in all of these but betters josh dishes are probably just set up to win bc it’s better for him his channel his cook books etc, I’ve watched a lot of the but betters & never seen the other person come out on top
@@Uhh16 OFC its a setup how can a chef win against FAST FOOD its a total setup to sell books quite the margin in selling books. The people who buy the books wont ever cook using the book thereby challenging his claims. The people who watch his videos of but better will never cook it and compare it themselves cuz they have blind faith in almighty josh, but what to do I know i eat my cereal with piss in it by random strangers and get angry at idiotic comments
The fact that Joshua needs to add a tons of ingredients and process to these recipes really solidifies that they are perfect in their own way and it is HARD to improve on those recipes. Really made me appreciate the original recipes.
The fact that Josh is not only aware of this, reiterates this with every recipe, and acknowledges that his versions are him fucking around and being extra largely for fun is what's making me confused about all the comments accusing him of missing the point or rigging the judging to skew towards his result, haha.
@@orcsmoocher3207 I agree, it's 'to each their own' things, all subjective. He's doing it the way he thinks it's better. Nothing wrong with that. I appreciate that.
As soon as the first glimpse of your hash brown/egg/lardon/caviar flashed on screen, my eyes got huge and I said “GOT DAYUM!” I’m making that this weekend. And if any restaurant made that I’d order it every time. Great work Josh.
I like the contrasting meals. Here we have milk in a bowl with cheerios, I decided to up the Auntie and make a Full Breakfast with Eggs, Hashbrowns and Steak. Whatta you like more?
JEEZUZ. Watching the number of pans & cooking processes for Julia's coq au vin made me think, that's how you cook when you've got other people to clean up. Thanks as always.😋😋😋
Not really. French cooking is generally taught with lots of pans for quite a few dishes. Generally it is faster if you have multiple pans going instead of browning something, taking it out, and browning the next thing. It also is a way to make sure you aren't overcrowding a pan and inadvertently steaming things you shouldn't be steaming. Plus, if you do a one pot version and that one pot has high sides it is going to be more of a pain to brown things compared to a skillet with low sides that is meant for that purpose.
@@freddievargas9315imo the wellington looked worse. Way to much pastry, all the color faded from the meat, airbubble, not cutable without falling apart.
Maybe I am uncultured but the OG egg recipe kind of makes me mad because it's just an egg with caviar and the chef probably sells it for 10x it's worth
I've been tweaking a variant of that chocolate cake for 7 years - my advice 1. Swap oil for salted margarine to give more of a butter like taste/creamy texture 2. Bloom the Coco powder, vanilla and dash of extra salt by putting them in a heatproof jug then pouring the freshly brewed expresso coffee into it to mix prior to combining with rest of ingredients. 3. Rough chop half a block of dark cooking chocolate and mix into batter (for brownie/chop chip cookie vibes). I only bake it as 1 cake and rarely bother with frosting but basic chocolate frosting with chocolate covered coffee beans and a dash of salted caramel chocolate as a topper is a win win for a special occasion.
First off. Don’t follow the channel lol second. That’s why he had a taste tester as well who gave unbiased opinions. You don’t have to make his version if you don’t want to. He’s simply giving you options if you wanted to or felt like doing something different.
@@kaseyrolow not that I needed your opinion but I actually don't follow any more. Nore do I need your input to not make his stuff. I'm quiet over how his channel has devolved from what he use to do before he got popular.
@@kaseyrolowa “unbiased” test taster that 1 works for him and 2 records him while talking about why his dish is better… yeah really unbiased blind tasting
Just this once Josh lost me with the Coq Au Vin, the dish he made was no doubt a creative masterpiece. But it just in my opinion can never replace the importance and status that a traditionally made coq au vin. Also Josh idk which Beef Wellington recipe you're referring to but in his masterclass Gordon does use crepes. Love you Josh.
This was great episode josh. At the end talking about old recepies made me think you should try to do a colab with tasting history. I bet you two could do something really fun
I struggle with videos like this... As much as I like this channel and Josh's recipes, having the chef and people reliant on him to make a living judge/rate the dishes feels like the tail wagging the dog. I'm not saying Josh didn't improve upon any of the recipes showcased here, it's just so... subjective? Whatever, keep making videos and I'll keep watching.
I decided to make that mortadella sandwich, but being low on funds and mortadella around here being pricy i made it with some nice quality ham and i will say it tastes AMAZING. You could really interchange any meat in that recipe and i can assure you it would taste AMAZING. Thank you for opening my eyes to these wonderful foods!
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"kind of, a little bit of both. this is a kaiser-sourdough roll" SIR! THAT IS EXACTLY BOTH? lmao i love you josh, literally only foodtuber i pay any attention to whatsoever
Joshua! My gf meet you the other day when you bought bagels from her work. I had left early and didn’t get to met you, so sad. I love your videos and try to recreate a few things, still working thru your first book! Trust me I don’t just watch lol. Much love.
While watching this video I was thinking of making some of these more complicated dishes myself. Whew! That's a lot of work. But then I realized you're not only making the original version but creating a new version and making that one too. I'm impressed.
I'm sure us Bourdain stans are proud of you sir, you built upon it without any insult, if anything, a great compliment. I'm personally happy to throw a splash of siracha and just a slight glug of worsht to the mayo.
Have to say I never tried Coq au Vin but my mom used to make a way simpler chicken recipe with beer instead of wine. Now I crave that. Thanks, I guess?
I love how Josh really takes care to avoid criticizing those legends and their dished... then the dude tasting Jean-Georges's caviar dish is like "this is so one-note" :D
Gotta say Josh, that cake layer didn’t collapse when you slapped down the frosting, it fell in the over, check vid at 15:45, you can see the front layer is dented already
Ina’s recipe specifies that the centers will indent and are soft based off her recipes. When I threw the frosting on top the tender center it indented even more. It doesn’t require a mathematical scientist to figure this out.
@@JoshuaWeissman oK, I’ll agree partially with that, but on the other hand, it also doesn’t take a mathematical genius to figure out that you don’t slam icing down on a soft centered cake.
I made the beef wellington once from Gordon ( an updated version to this) and I almost died after eating it, I actually couldn't believe I had cooked it. It was that good! I can only imagine how I would react to Josh's better version 😍
Thank you for putting all measurements also in grams. Not only because of metric system, but also because I think gravimetric measurements make a lot more sense for measuring solids than volumetric measurements.
i kind of take issue with this episode bc a fundamental rule of bartending is if you can simplify a drink to it's most necessary components then you have a good drink. extra flavors are cool, but the fundamentals is what matters
Just want to say that I love the fact that you add the metric measurements as well. Converting is never fun...although, some conversions I know by heart now, just not some of the weight ones...
Anyone else feel like this is a flex? One, monstrous, extraordinary Weissman flex? I enjoyed this video immensely and look forward to mimicking so many of the dishes for my friends and family. My kitchen skills are directly related to my ability to impersonate this dude. Yup...they're bad.
This is what I've always come back for. The man actually really knows food and how to prepare it. If he just had a straight technique/cooking show, I'd be stoked.
My husband yells every time I watch your channel, "you told me to wash the rice!" . In our household, we like sticky rice, spent a lot of time in Asia and prefer sticky rice, Not the Uncle Ben style rice served with butter and salt🤪 I love your channel😄
Cooking the welly meat Sous Vide is hands down a win, I do that for my regular welly - only i use a tritip, sous vide for 6-10 hours- So much tastier than the filet.
Your cookbook was delivered as i was watching your video, i have just finished reading the texture + flavour... section and I love it. I can't wait to make that Italian hot chocolate!!
This is a great episode , more like these please, old recipes and not necessarily from famous chefs, but upgrade them a la " CHEF WEISSMAN STYLE " . let's GOOOOO you culinary Picasso!!!
i get that the show demands "but better", but after Joshua was carrying on about making the Coq Au Vin simpler and not with three freakin pans i was _really_ hoping that would be the actual recipe he did 🥺
He got that recipe completely wrong too. The whole point is to use old rooster meat and make it tender, hence the strange cooking method and multiple pans.
I hope Gordan sees this video. "Sweetheart, I'm coming for you." Gordan is the one chef I have always wanted to meet. I have cooked a few of his recipes and loved them. A lot of my cooking is inspired by his way of cooking.
hey josh, i’m a home cook and I really like to experiment in the kitchen and combine flavors that may seem unconventional at times. sometimes they work tremendously and sometimes they don’t. i was just wondering how long it typically takes you to brainstorm recipes and if you conduct any R&D in the process? love your work!
2:42 different hot sauces are so different though!! Is it made from cayenne, green chiles, jalapenos, chile arbol, habanero...? How much vinegar is added? How are the peppers aged? I'd like to see you do a whole video of hot sauces and taste testing them!
The wellington of gordon looked so much better. The color contrasts nicely with the outside, a thin layer of pastry that adheres well. Its honestly a classic. Meanwhile joshes had a really think layer of pastry and crepe, which didnt adhere (you see an airbubble) which is why we never saw it cut
Josh: *worried about using three pots*
Also josh: *uses a whole Walmart section of tupperware for the ingredients*
Actually two😂😂
tbh, the more pans / pots you use, the more you need to pay attention. Tupperwares won't overboil 😅
Tbh il probably use 12 pots haha😅
😂😅
fr cock oven dish aint even look that good
The genius of the Mortadella Sandwich it can be made in 10 minutes including cleanup. I can grab all the ingredients out of the fridge, make the sandwich, and do the dishes in less time than just making Josh's version. And anyone can make it. No knife skills, no measuring, no anything. It's everything a sandwich is supposed to be in it's simplicity.
You know what? Screw it, don't even cook the mortadella and you got yourself a beautiful 2 minute sandwich with no clean up to do
His Appetites cookbook is filled with stuff like that. “Whip it up” recipes that can be made by just about anyone. But they’re all so good.
Josh's recipe is not that much harder. The sauce would take you maybe 5 minutes to make and slicing a little onion & then toasting the bread is trivial.
I always prefer hot sandwiches to cold/room temperature. Toast, such as that sourdough, always superior to buns/rolls. If I were to make this, the onion is a great idea, and I'd probably just buy Russian dressing.
i made one for the first time a couple days ago and tried it with some stone ground mustard instead of dijon… so good!
"I didn't change too much, I kept it simple"
Adds a 10 ingredient sauce to the sandwich
If that sauce wasn't simple to you, then you should try cooking more often.
The primary claim to fame of that sandwich is that it's super accessible and quick to make while also being an amazing experience. I'm a very experienced home cook, and I'd say that if you have to add any sauce that's more than 3-4 super common ingredients then you failed the assignment. I also appreciate that the added complexity yielded only a small improvement in the experience.
@@FearMyBootyThe second one was improved by the onion, and the change of bread. I'd definitely notice! Would I make that sauce? Probably not, because I don't buy sugary ketchup.
the ingredients were things oyu most likely already have at home. The bigger improvement is the onions, which means if you don't have the sices, you can just add the onions and ketchup.
@@StarGuardianKassadin You still need to cut the onions, though. The entire point of the sandwich was to keep it simple, with a little work as possible. By adding the onions, the chives, and the sauces he added more steps and work for not much improvement.
It's like his Cubano, he over-complicated things and ended up making a not-a-Cubano.
Josh: "I wanna keep it simple"
Also Josh: * proceeds to assassinate the Dijon & mayo combo *
99% of Josh's food I would not eat. Too much over seasoned/ over flavored?. Sometimes simple is best.
@brat46 so you've cooked all his recipes? Mixing multiple ingredients together for a sauce isnt complicated 😂 its added steps 🤣 not cooking differently 😂 What recipe exactly do you judge him for using too much seasoning?
I used to work with your wife, I remeber her saying her boyfriend was a chef. I recently started watching your videos and didn't expect to see my old coworker! Glad to see you're doing well :)
That’s crazy!
damn
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Thanks!
Oh wow I thought he was gay.
I hope you'll do almost like a "part 1.5" where you remake the old recipes but make them easier, you even talked about how many pots and pans the Coq au vin used. Your recipe did only use 1 pot but it also had a lot of extra steps. It'd be cool to see it with one pot and also little time investment
And for those cooks with ADD preferably 5 ingredients or less.
I think this video should have been called: making chefs famous recipes fancier. Because I think making something better does not just mean adding different elaborate ingredients
correct. His versions still look delicious, but it doesn't seem like the added work to enhancement ration is there for this to be practical.
That update to the Julia Child one though, that doesn't seem hard and looked hella good.
Exactly this feels like a bias competition LOL
Totally agree, some of these are just flat out new recipes and creations.
It doesn't but also all of these look better than the original recipes to be fair. Not that the OG recipes are bad but like the sandwich and chocolate games def feel like better versions of the original with slight tweaks while the coq au vin and breakfast one are straight up glow ups (even if the egg one is outright different to be fair)
Beef wellington is the only one that I feel is straight up a fancier version since while potentially better, that one's straight up more elaborate while the rest were either small changes that had big effects, with the egg dish being a completely different dish (but I'd say *less* fancy since it feels like something you'd be likelier to see in cafes and stuff while the OG version of that is straight up some Michelin star restaurant appetizer)
@@Lexicon865 i think the word "better" is given tbh because this recipes are old not many chefs had that much access compared to modern days josh had many thing access in different types of recipes good for him i guess?
I made a lamb wellington for my parents 40th anniversary recently.
Cooked to a slightly underdone, 5 lamb shanks in beef stock and red wine with cremini mushrooms, shallots, and carrots; stripped the meat off the bone and pressed into a log and then froze overnight. Lightly processed the cooking liquid/veggies with some uncooked morrell mushrooms and then cooked with port until dry for the duxelles.
Made a rosemary and mint crepe (burnt 4 before I managed to get it right which was a new one for me, needs to go super low and slow).
Used venison bacon instead of prosciutto. Slathered the frozen lamb blocks with a very mild mustard and a tiny amount of horseradish. Then prepped as usual for a wellington.
One of the hardest things I've ever cooked but I was super happy with it.
Sounds amazing!
Not sure how I feel about LAMB Wellington. It’s such a gamey meat, I feel like it would overpower the delicacy of the mushroom & pastry. You processed the cooking liquid, which had red wine…in a port? And you ended up with the flavors of mint overtop hints of mustard &…horseradish lol. Ever heard that phrase “Keep it Simple?”
A for effort though. I’m sure your parents loved the depth of a what was supposed to be a very traditionally un-complex dish 😂
@@annaelisavettavonnedozza9607could have worded it nicer, but i agree lol
Sounds insane!
@@annaelisavettavonnedozza9607 yikes you must be fun at parties
This has something of "Let's add a beatbox to Mozart, and some Maracas! and that special Skrillex sound!"
If there is one thing i absolutly love about Joshuas videos is the fact that he always adds the metric measurements too! This way it is so easy to get great results when following an american chef. Also the food always looks so good🤤🤤🤤
Not sure why, but I feel like, "Leave the classics alone." But I'm glad to see Josh giving a ton of respect to the originals before trying to improve them. And it's huge to have all these recipes. Thanks!
For sure, the video was enjoyable but the poutine and the wellington seemed like a downgrade to me if I am honest. I do have to ask how Joshua's wellington was more tender than Gordon's seeing as he used shortribs which aren't known to be the most tender in stead of the most tender piece of beef. Seems a little unrealistic in my eyes.
The poutine just seems like one of the most confused dishes ever. Stewed carrots on top of fries just seems…bad.
@@filmsarefriends1950I once put japanese curry with carrot, onion, stewed beef, and potato over some leftover fries
that shit slapped
Actually for cooking, i feel the opposite. Never leave the classics alone.
How can cooking evolve if we never let it? You have to mess around with the originals to find something new and potentially better
One thing that Josh does, that most cooking content creators do not do, is cover every little aspect of the process.
The form of cutting a herb,
the danger of adding alcohol to a pan while on high heat,
the multiple measurements of ingredients or temperatures,
substitutions of ingredients,
the love for the game,
so on and so on.
This is extremely valuable for an untrained home cook.
Love This Channel.
Brian Lagerstrom is a favorite of mine for that exact reason!
The "But Better " is the one that I always return to watch. Thanks for the new video!
I think is a little pretentious...😅 one thing is to make a big Mac better or spam better... but those dishes are perfect. Having said that he did it respectfully
Same! Love to see it.
He knew his wife would tell the truth, that's why he had his henchmen taste the cake, rather than his wife who knows how real "Beatty chocolate cake's" supposed to taste!
#MarriedToTheGameNotTheHusbandShouldntBeReservedExclusivelyWivesOpinionsWivesSupportTheBallAndOrTheChain
didn't make them better, just different
He’s just pretentious and popular. He’s kinda annoying.
I tried making the Mortadella sandwich after you mentioned it in another video, and while it was enjoyable, in my partners words it was a "salt overload".
So to cut down the saltiness, I removed some of the meat, substituted a shortcut slice of bacon and an egg over easy. That and a slice of gouda with the provalone, turned it essentially into a breakfast sandwich. We've enjoyed it so much it is now a part of our regular meal rotation.
Can't wait to try your newest version.
To remove saltiness, you added a meat that has more sodium and an egg?
So Josh's improvement is to make a different dish almost entirely.
They look good, but they aren't improvements on the originals. They are simply different dishes.
Thought the dame thing with that egg dish. The cake was one of the closest things to really match the spirit of a "but better" I think.
It’s so clear that the taste test isn’t actually blind and that Vikram knows which is Josh’s and what the talking points are for why it’s better
If Vik help with filming, he’s gonna hear Josh’s talking points. I def wish they brought someone random in who wasn’t on his team
Yeah, even if it isn't on purpose, just hearing the descriptors is enough to suggest one's brain to use them later, thus biasing the outcome
Vikram is such a kiss ass, using him for the blind tasting is a waste and fraud.
Yeah definetly, I mean during the 1st one, the sandwich, immediatly after he picks Joshuas he starts talking about how what Joshua had added made it better while the original was a good base. Sure there was a small cut there where Joshua could have told him it was his but keep that in in that case, as it is right now it seems like he 100% knows which is Joshuas
I agree that it would be more fun to have a different taste tester who isn't around the set all day. Vikram is wonderful but in this instance how about Josh's wife or mom?
Let's be honest, isn't the whole key behind being an Artist to inspire others ? So, I guess the Chef's mentioned here should and would be pretty proud.
W take!
Right? So many folks all judgy in these comments
@@krilldion that's just youtube comments in general, they give hateful twitter nolifes a lot of competition nowadays. Josh does acknowledge the original recipes and admits some of the "improved" versions are less practical in some way but people are just being a bit harsh on him in the comments. And why is there all that crap about him paying the guy to say his versions taste better? I made Josh's stuff before, I trust it being good xd
Wow- his employee picked his dish every time -crazy
Sycophant
you want chefs to fly and try it out instead? you want a random street person to be the one who tastes? it can also be what was just convenient. Also all this while its them who have been tasting in this channel so why expect it to be different this time around? if he never introduced his crew and they were the ones who were tasting it, you would have thought its a random person just because they work there doesnt mean they cant have different opinion but ig you cant imagine that since you suck up to your boss that much irl and cant expect someone else to not do the same right? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@Meh2021damn did someone piss in your cereal? Why are you so tilted? his comment is based in all of these but betters josh dishes are probably just set up to win bc it’s better for him his channel his cook books etc, I’ve watched a lot of the but betters & never seen the other person come out on top
@@Uhh16 OFC its a setup how can a chef win against FAST FOOD its a total setup to sell books quite the margin in selling books. The people who buy the books wont ever cook using the book thereby challenging his claims. The people who watch his videos of but better will never cook it and compare it themselves cuz they have blind faith in almighty josh, but what to do I know i eat my cereal with piss in it by random strangers and get angry at idiotic comments
@@Meh2021 yeah you do eat your cereal with piss
The fact that Joshua needs to add a tons of ingredients and process to these recipes really solidifies that they are perfect in their own way and it is HARD to improve on those recipes.
Really made me appreciate the original recipes.
The fact that Josh is not only aware of this, reiterates this with every recipe, and acknowledges that his versions are him fucking around and being extra largely for fun is what's making me confused about all the comments accusing him of missing the point or rigging the judging to skew towards his result, haha.
@@orcsmoocher3207 I agree, it's 'to each their own' things, all subjective. He's doing it the way he thinks it's better. Nothing wrong with that. I appreciate that.
6 months after you, but I was schooling looking exactly THIS ☝️
@@orcsmoocher3207 exactly this 👏
As soon as the first glimpse of your hash brown/egg/lardon/caviar flashed on screen, my eyes got huge and I said “GOT DAYUM!” I’m making that this weekend. And if any restaurant made that I’d order it every time. Great work Josh.
I like the contrasting meals.
Here we have milk in a bowl with cheerios, I decided to up the Auntie and make a Full Breakfast with Eggs, Hashbrowns and Steak.
Whatta you like more?
JEEZUZ. Watching the number of pans & cooking processes for Julia's coq au vin made me think, that's how you cook when you've got other people to clean up. Thanks as always.😋😋😋
Not really. French cooking is generally taught with lots of pans for quite a few dishes. Generally it is faster if you have multiple pans going instead of browning something, taking it out, and browning the next thing. It also is a way to make sure you aren't overcrowding a pan and inadvertently steaming things you shouldn't be steaming. Plus, if you do a one pot version and that one pot has high sides it is going to be more of a pain to brown things compared to a skillet with low sides that is meant for that purpose.
Thanks for recognising that Brazilian vibe to the Bourdain sandwich. Classic São Paulo sandwich
That's not "But Better", but "But Different ", especially the egg caviar one, it's two completely different plates
so is the beef wellington. I mean, they may look similar but pretty much every ingredient was different
But the egg one did look a lot better than the original
@@freddievargas9315imo the wellington looked worse. Way to much pastry, all the color faded from the meat, airbubble, not cutable without falling apart.
@@christophertaylor9100that’s not how Jean Georges makes his eggs. There’s no recipe for it out there. James made it the way he makes his own eggs.
Maybe I am uncultured but the OG egg recipe kind of makes me mad because it's just an egg with caviar and the chef probably sells it for 10x it's worth
Joshua, as a chef I can tell you that it is a pleasure to watch you cook.
Thank you.
>Today we're going to make this dish, but better!
>Proceeds to make a completely different dish
Only the egg was different tho
The but better music is like ptsd in a good way every time it pops up I know it's that time ... but better😂
“Ptsd in a good way” is the funniest description of nostalgia I’ve ever seen 😂
Fun fact: "One of these tools" at 19:29 in Germany is called an "Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher"... probably my favorite German word.
So simple, so elegant - like a cloud ☁️☁️
The fun thing is that Not Even every german knows that Word
the German language is a weapon.
@@Filo1337Hans get ze Wörterbuch
Its funny seeing you post this bc I had JUST heard the word a few days ago for the first time in a Short
I've been tweaking a variant of that chocolate cake for 7 years - my advice 1. Swap oil for salted margarine to give more of a butter like taste/creamy texture 2. Bloom the Coco powder, vanilla and dash of extra salt by putting them in a heatproof jug then pouring the freshly brewed expresso coffee into it to mix prior to combining with rest of ingredients. 3. Rough chop half a block of dark cooking chocolate and mix into batter (for brownie/chop chip cookie vibes). I only bake it as 1 cake and rarely bother with frosting but basic chocolate frosting with chocolate covered coffee beans and a dash of salted caramel chocolate as a topper is a win win for a special occasion.
"Making Celebrity Chefs' Best Recipes But More Americanized, Complicated, To My Taste and Better According To Me"
First off. Don’t follow the channel lol second. That’s why he had a taste tester as well who gave unbiased opinions. You don’t have to make his version if you don’t want to. He’s simply giving you options if you wanted to or felt like doing something different.
@@kaseyrolow not that I needed your opinion but I actually don't follow any more.
Nore do I need your input to not make his stuff.
I'm quiet over how his channel has devolved from what he use to do before he got popular.
@@kaseyrolowa “unbiased” test taster that 1 works for him and 2 records him while talking about why his dish is better… yeah really unbiased blind tasting
Wow, the taste tester picked your recipe again, what a shock. Glad to see he gets to keep his job another day 😂
😂
Just this once Josh lost me with the Coq Au Vin, the dish he made was no doubt a creative masterpiece. But it just in my opinion can never replace the importance and status that a traditionally made coq au vin. Also Josh idk which Beef Wellington recipe you're referring to but in his masterclass Gordon does use crepes. Love you Josh.
Did you just call Gordon Ramsay "part of the historical past"? Lmao!
He is part of the historical past
I love adding a spin to classics, and I think you killed this Joshua!!
Josh: "I tried to keep it simple..."
Also Josh: "Make this sauce with 92 ingredients."
“We have to respect Julia child” *puts her dish on top of French fries*
Fried potatoes are disrespectful? I feel bad for anyone that doesn’t like French fries :(
@@JoshuaWeissman I guess maybe cause poutine is Quebec's "dirty" food, but he did say fries and not poutine😅
He mastered the art of French fry cooking
in europe especially Austria french fries are literally the embodiment of fastfood xD
@@JoshuaWeissman it’s a sick idea and I’m not saying it’s disrespectful (she’d probably love the idea) it’s just pretty funny
This was great episode josh. At the end talking about old recepies made me think you should try to do a colab with tasting history. I bet you two could do something really fun
I know your success speaks for itself but you’re absolutely killing it, Josh. Great content.
I struggle with videos like this... As much as I like this channel and Josh's recipes, having the chef and people reliant on him to make a living judge/rate the dishes feels like the tail wagging the dog. I'm not saying Josh didn't improve upon any of the recipes showcased here, it's just so... subjective? Whatever, keep making videos and I'll keep watching.
Really enjoyed this one! I like the guest, it was nice having an unbiased opinion on the restaurants. Also the very end was precious 😂🖤
"I'm gonna keep it simple like the original." *adds 9 ingredients to a sauce*
Next video: the Great Depression meals but better
You put so much time into each video and it shows! BRAVO! 👏🏼❤
I usually avoid long recipe videos. But yours are addictive. You’re an amazing presenter. Very entertaining and educative❤
I decided to make that mortadella sandwich, but being low on funds and mortadella around here being pricy i made it with some nice quality ham and i will say it tastes AMAZING. You could really interchange any meat in that recipe and i can assure you it would taste AMAZING. Thank you for opening my eyes to these wonderful foods!
13:08 Despite the spelling, it's pronounced without the A. Betty's Chocolate Cake. The best there is
First Guga then Josh?! I’m salivating🤤
My wife left
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@@SpringAutumn2001wrong
@@SpringAutumn2001my wife middle
Wowzers!!! 🤣🤣🤣
"kind of, a little bit of both. this is a kaiser-sourdough roll"
SIR! THAT IS EXACTLY BOTH? lmao
i love you josh, literally only foodtuber i pay any attention to whatsoever
Joshua! My gf meet you the other day when you bought bagels from her work. I had left early and didn’t get to met you, so sad. I love your videos and try to recreate a few things, still working thru your first book! Trust me I don’t just watch lol. Much love.
These are they type of recipes that people make on master chef and get yelled at for messing with the classics 😂
J: "Say mine is better or you're fired".
Fr XDD
Yeessssssss
But better series is back❤❤
While watching this video I was thinking of making some of these more complicated dishes myself. Whew! That's a lot of work. But then I realized you're not only making the original version but creating a new version and making that one too. I'm impressed.
I'm sure us Bourdain stans are proud of you sir, you built upon it without any insult, if anything, a great compliment. I'm personally happy to throw a splash of siracha and just a slight glug of worsht to the mayo.
I like how Josh says "if your gonna do all this just also sous vide it" like I just have a sous vide lmao
that chef JG remix was one of the best things ive seen in my life i am salivating and want to make sure i don't die without making this
Have to say I never tried Coq au Vin but my mom used to make a way simpler chicken recipe with beer instead of wine. Now I crave that. Thanks, I guess?
I love how Josh really takes care to avoid criticizing those legends and their dished... then the dude tasting Jean-Georges's caviar dish is like "this is so one-note" :D
God bless you Josh. Thanks for helping me severely improve my cooking. Let the haters roll off man. Keep doing your thing. 💪🏾
Gotta say Josh, that cake layer didn’t collapse when you slapped down the frosting, it fell in the over, check vid at 15:45, you can see the front layer is dented already
Ina’s recipe specifies that the centers will indent and are soft based off her recipes. When I threw the frosting on top the tender center it indented even more. It doesn’t require a mathematical scientist to figure this out.
@@JoshuaWeissman oK, I’ll agree partially with that, but on the other hand, it also doesn’t take a mathematical genius to figure out that you don’t slam icing down on a soft centered cake.
@@grendal1753so you admit you were mistaken, you lost dude lmao.
@grendal1753 mission faild, you’ll get em next time
@@JoshuaWeissmanmathematical scientists man
Josh = Colonel Sanders
Vikram = Trunks from DBZ
I just can’t unsee it.
Lmao 100%
I made the beef wellington once from Gordon ( an updated version to this) and I almost died after eating it, I actually couldn't believe I had cooked it. It was that good! I can only imagine how I would react to Josh's better version 😍
Yeah, well... Joshe's better version is actually not better. Who TF in a right mind wants to eat a rib wellington?? Big L on his part with that one...
@@MXMAPjust the color looks wrong. I understand its a different meat, but it doesnt look appetizing
I love that you took on that cake and said what we all wanted to! More salt required!
Thank you for putting all measurements also in grams. Not only because of metric system, but also because I think gravimetric measurements make a lot more sense for measuring solids than volumetric measurements.
GBD all day! Thanks for the fun video as always
Great day when Joshua drops
drops dead
i kind of take issue with this episode bc a fundamental rule of bartending is if you can simplify a drink to it's most necessary components then you have a good drink. extra flavors are cool, but the fundamentals is what matters
Just want to say that I love the fact that you add the metric measurements as well. Converting is never fun...although, some conversions I know by heart now, just not some of the weight ones...
Josh always makes enough sauce to feed a family for a year and sit in the fridge until 5 years past the expiration date.
Just the mention of Anthony’s name made me tear up. He’s been such an immense influence on my cooking and life in general. Forever missed. 🥺
Anyone else feel like this is a flex? One, monstrous, extraordinary Weissman flex? I enjoyed this video immensely and look forward to mimicking so many of the dishes for my friends and family. My kitchen skills are directly related to my ability to impersonate this dude. Yup...they're bad.
This is what I've always come back for. The man actually really knows food and how to prepare it. If he just had a straight technique/cooking show, I'd be stoked.
Your Julia Child recipe shouldn't be called a but better, it was a completely different dish.
My husband yells every time I watch your channel, "you told me to wash the rice!" . In our household, we like sticky rice, spent a lot of time in Asia and prefer sticky rice, Not the Uncle Ben style rice served with butter and salt🤪
I love your channel😄
Fun! Basically you made completely different recipes, so not really comparable, but fun none the less.
I make my coq au vin in one pot. 😊
I’m convinced Vik is paid off to choose Joshua’s cooking 😝
Awesome! But better is an amazing series🎉🎉❤❤❤
i agree
Id love to see you and Nick DiGiovanni in a Wellington cook off having Gordon Ramsey judging.
Please collaborate!
@GordonRamsey
@NickDiGiovanni
Cooking the welly meat Sous Vide is hands down a win, I do that for my regular welly - only i use a tritip, sous vide for 6-10 hours- So much tastier than the filet.
Anthony's recipes are my favorite. Inexpensive, simple, delicious. R.I.P.
Your cookbook was delivered as i was watching your video, i have just finished reading the texture + flavour... section and I love it. I can't wait to make that Italian hot chocolate!!
I love your videos Joshua weissman 🎉😊
But better? This time it’s definitely “but different”
Thank Goodness that this The Better Series is done in 30 minute so it doesn't feel too rushed
This is a great episode , more like these please, old recipes and not necessarily from famous chefs, but upgrade them a la " CHEF WEISSMAN STYLE " . let's GOOOOO you culinary Picasso!!!
ive missed but better so much, glad it came back in a way or form
I laughed waaaay too hard when you told him he was sucking on that spoon a lil too much 😂😂😂
Same!! 😂
i get that the show demands "but better", but after Joshua was carrying on about making the Coq Au Vin simpler and not with three freakin pans i was _really_ hoping that would be the actual recipe he did 🥺
He got that recipe completely wrong too. The whole point is to use old rooster meat and make it tender, hence the strange cooking method and multiple pans.
I hope Gordan sees this video. "Sweetheart, I'm coming for you."
Gordan is the one chef I have always wanted to meet. I have cooked a few of his recipes and loved them. A lot of my cooking is inspired by his way of cooking.
im glad u take the time to show how one can debone a wing, but for me, the chicken is already stuffed ---with the bone, who has a lot of flavors in it
To be honest Vikram clearly knows which one is which because what soup has french fries
If Uncle Roger made a video like this, all he would do to make things better is just add MSG lol
Super cool that the guys you pay keep saying your food is better. That’s the content we love
It was so cringe every damn time.
hey josh, i’m a home cook and I really like to experiment in the kitchen and combine flavors that may seem unconventional at times. sometimes they work tremendously and sometimes they don’t. i was just wondering how long it typically takes you to brainstorm recipes and if you conduct any R&D in the process? love your work!
2:42 different hot sauces are so different though!! Is it made from cayenne, green chiles, jalapenos, chile arbol, habanero...? How much vinegar is added? How are the peppers aged?
I'd like to see you do a whole video of hot sauces and taste testing them!
this is the classic josh we've all missed 😊
Are you fucking serious? This is rubbish.
You didn't make Anthony Bourdain's sandwich better, you made a new sandwich. The point of that sandwich is to be easy and quick, and yours is neither.
It look like he made a Reuben
Went out for ingredients immediately, and just made the OG mortadella sandwich recipe. WOW. Seriously life-changing, go out and make it now!
The wellington of gordon looked so much better. The color contrasts nicely with the outside, a thin layer of pastry that adheres well. Its honestly a classic. Meanwhile joshes had a really think layer of pastry and crepe, which didnt adhere (you see an airbubble) which is why we never saw it cut
The entire video made my mouth water ! ❤