Recreating Candice Kumai's Japanese Soufflé Pancakes From Taste | Reverse Engineering | Bon Appétit
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ส.ค. 2022
- We challenged resident Bon Appétit supertaster Chris Morocco to recreate Candice Kumai’s Japanese soufflé pancakes in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen. The catch? He'll have to identify what he's making with a blindfold over his eyes, letting each of his other senses guide the way. Does Chris have what it takes to recognize and reproduce these heavenly matcha pancakes - without seeing exactly what they are?
Candice Kumai is a 6x bestselling author, journalist & host of the Wabi Sabi Podcast. You can buy two of her cookbooks here:
Kintsugi Wellness www.amazon.com/dp/0062669850
Clean Green Eats www.amazon.com/dp/0062388738/
Director: Matt Hunziker
Director: Cory Cavin
Director of Photography: Eric Brouse
Editor: Michael Imhoff
Host: Chris Morocco
Sr. Culinary Director: Kelly Janke
Producer: Halie Aaron
Culinary Producer: Stevie Stewart
Culinary Associate Producer: Rebecca Lucarelli
Line Producer: Jen McGinity
Associate Producer: Yoshivel Chirinos
Production Manager: Janine Dispensa
Production Coordinator: Elizabeth Hymes
Camera Operator: Jeremy Harris
Audio: Lily Van Leewuen
Production Assistant: Alaina Chou
Post Production Supervisor: Steph Cardone
Post Production Coordinator: Scout Alter
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araújo
Assistant Editor: Diego Rentsch
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April fools idea: Chris can look at the dish but can’t touch or taste it, he’d be relying on his eyes and nose only
That's *BRILLIANT*
No nose, eyes only
April fools idea. Send him over to the Try guys cooking show Phone it in. He can't see, taste, or smell anything, he can only hear the mayhem.
@@jooj3699 omg the clash of channels 🥹
April fools idea- give Chris a SLIGHTLY different dish the second time around and completely make him think he’s losing his mind.
Ex. A burger where the first round is beef, cheddar, iceberg, etc. He recreates it. But the second round is a Turkey burger with provolone and spinach
Nodding vigorously at "should we try more of a whipped cream element" why do these always put me on edge lmao
lmao same
Right?! Nothing makes me talk to the screen more than this show.
If I ever attempted a challenge like this I'd probably end up making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich
😂😂🤣ikr. He is not human. I'd be lost every time
LMFAO 🤣
so true for me too haha
dish: beef steak with baked potatos
me: hm this must be noodles with cream sauce
@@agentusx5606 😆😆😆😂😂🤷🏿
"Hmm... I'm sorry Corvax but wrong again. Good try with the peanut and fruit spread on traditional wheat, but the answer was actually a roasted garlic clove. Almost as close as it was to the salted watermelon...."
It’s amusing to see Chris being (1) “broken” by matcha and (2) humbled and graceful in “defeat”. Will always be rooting for you!
So BA just needs to cut the chord on a few of their other YT shows and dedicated the resources and time to this one. By far and away the best thing they currently produce. NEED these episodes far more often than we are getting them.
Amen! What a great comment!
YES!
Their new “day in the life x restaurant in nyc Burrough x” is my new fave. But I love this too
I agree with you, but actually it's mentally quite taxing to do this a lot. You're a pro chef that's being put under hundreds of thousands of viewers to be fooled; now we might be in awe of his intelligence by the end of it, but for Chris, to get things wrong in his craft or cook incorrectly, it's quite demeaning. I think once every 2-3 weeks is fine.
well they had a mass exodus of talent so it will be interesting to see how they get back to their big shows they had before.
It's hilarious that he thought it was a TikTok recipe and also that they'd go through the trouble of making a custard.
Love that you guys included Chris riding on that wheelie cart thing, a nod to his grocery store days! That being said, can't wait until we get to see him in the store again, so much fun watching him riding the carts and having breakdowns in the cheese aisle!!
i truly miss Chris experiencing a midlife crisis over cheese in the grocery store. It was the best parts bahahahaah
The image of young Chris being required to whisk egg whites by hand in order to make his own Saturday pancakes explains a lot about him!
I love Chris sitting on the floor to contemplate the matcha 😂
I think one of Chris's problems is that he's so smart and good at what he does is that he always over complicates things.
Instead of seeing a pancake and instantly thinking "whipped cream" like a normal boring person would, he goes direct to some complex pastry cream thing.
That said, I'd be so bad/horrible at this I have no room to criticize yet here we are.
Look at some of the challenges he's had though - there's been some really challenging & outside the box recipes he's had to reverse engineer, and he has no idea if the next one is going to be super basic or just completely unique.
@@RyTrapp0 A valid point.
Never heard of whipped cream on pancakes. Must be regional.
@@wildkeith me neither, but when trying to figure out what that pancake topping is I would definitely reach ‘whipped cream’ well before I hit ‘custard’
Idk man, after j kenji lopez's asada tacos i think some over complication is merited
I know it’s been a long while but i still miss the little grochery shopping section that they had
Chris riding the grocery cart
Whatever that was he was riding in this, was not the same......95% for riding technique, 75% for ingredients, 80% for appearance. 😂
Chris getting himself some Justin’s PB cups
i’d love to see a version of this where it’s a competition, like Chris vs Christina, I feel like that could be fun
He is so brave to me. The idea of touching something and having to eat it without seeing it, freaks me out
seeing Christina again, just warmed my heart for the old BA
OMG It put such a smile on my face!! Ain't gonna lie, I miss the old gang!
@@thormaster06 horribly
this
Especially the Christian and Chris interaction. I miss their banter.
Did she get paid this time?
Chris always makes a version of the dish i would rather have than the original dish...
so true
Good to see Chris rise to the occasion. Every time he does these challenges.
And never has more rising been involved than for a soufflé pancake!
I would love to see another chef try this challenge!! Maybe with a dish Chris picks, just so see how impressive his super taster abilities are in comparison
“Inside they are completely different”
Taste: 80%
I can only conclude that there’s a huge discrepancy between what I think of as “completely different” and what Hana thinks of it.
taste and texture are different metrics. she says the texture was off, the taste could have been similar.
Right? 😂
I’m getting Chris is not a fan of TikTok and I’m right there with him
I'm impressed actually. People go nuts trying to recreate this dish, and he hit a solid triple (not quite out of the park) without ever having heard of it.
I take back my comment about Chris doing the shopping. The moment he tested the warmth of the items (this may have been a different video) and admitted his strategy, gave me all the warmth in the world. No other celebrity chef has the balls to do a challenge like this. Chris does it, and also just straight up tells us the advantages he is trying to get. That's how hard it is. You go man.
I use to think Chris was this uptight, neurotic dude that I didn't necessarily appreciate, but over time he's really become one of my favorite vlog chefs. I think maybe he reminds me of myself, if that makes any sense. 🤷♂
Can u try putting a dish in front of him without blindfolding him, and challenging him to make it PERFECTLY since he can see it? I'm interested to see how close he can get. One of the issues with seeing it is that he may gain a false since of security and lean too much on it. I think that would be an interesting battle to watch 🤔... especially when dealing with traditional foods of different cultures. The way different cultures do things makes the outcome sometimes slightly different and other times wildly so.
This is just the basis of Claire’s old show lol
@@ChristineTR True! I forgot about that 😂.
But wasn't she supposed to make it "gourmet"?
@@kandirain_1172 She rarely did. It was usually just recreation.
I didn’t know you could heat cream first, than cool it, than whip it. Thank you Chris. So many ideas!
When the ingredients are flashed, please keep them there longer. Thank you!
Yes! I was going to say the same on another one.
Agreed!
Agreed
Chris going into the take to meditate figuring out the Macha. That's such a specific flavor that I'm really use to, especially food Macha has a distinct bitter chalky flavor, but if you haven't had it recently or just don't have the color give away I can imagine how confusing it is on a western pallet.
I can’t see the chemistry with the new group. Chris and Brad is keep this channel going.
Chris your first guess is your best guess. TRUST YOUR TASTE BUDS !! He overthinks about everything but to his credit he is a very good analytical thinker.
Christina!!! I've missed you! God, I'm going to go watch the Thanksgiving episodes again now
I loved those eps. 😌
I was looking for a comment fangirling over Christina and I found it😁 I couldn’t tell if it was her because she looks so different now and I didn’t realize she stayed at BA definitely making me what BA used to be 🥺
Who else sits there, watches this and yells at your screen "No Chris, don't add that!"
I can't believe they basically gave him the matcha.
Oh my, I’m shook that Chris has not seen Japanese soufflé pancake.
The way I clapped profusely when he discovered that it was Matcha 😅 I am a little way too invested in this. LOL
He didn't discover it, they cheated and basically told him.
@@Gigi-fv9ky yep. Exactly.
We all need a ''Christina'' in our lives!!
Why does she reduct points in the technique category for him not using 4 egg whites? This has nothing to do with technique....
Can't believe Chris is unfamiliar with Japanese soufflé pancakes, i remember whole internet being infested with these
Doesn't mean all chefs take a trend and think it's valid
@@CelticRuneSinger it's strange to consider something like this to be not valid
@@vsb101 You seem to not understand how many chefs view souffle pancakes as a TikTok trend
@@CelticRuneSingeryou seem to be uninformed about the scope and character of the distribution of this recipe years earlier.
Anyway, what are you trying to say? That Chris is not obliged to know this recipe? No sh*t.
@@vsb101 And you don't seem to understand that a good portion of well-to-do chefs didnt even know this thing was a thing When you're claiming this was a thing
I spent the entire video staring at the decorative stitching on Chris' Bon Appétit apron
So impressed AGAIN. Chris is the GOAT
The maple syrup was throwing off the texture of the whipped cream making him think it was something else
“I’m sure there’s some kind of tik tok dance associated with this” AHAHAHAHAHHHHAAAAAAA I love Chris so much
Starch choices got him pretty good- recognizing matcha and not immediately considering what starches would be most likely in a Japanesque dessert.
The recipe as written would have left an unused egg yolk too, and that's not something someone in recipe dev would consider ideal so missing that was a gimme.
I love this series. Chris is so good !!
What we wanted: Chris Morocco being a flavor wizard and astounding us all.
What we got: the custard recipe we never new we needed, “The first pancake is never a winner” (one of the most strangely wise things I’ve ever heard), and Chris Morocco astounding us all with his ability to overthink a recipe.
its very entertaining watching this process
Morocco is amazing! Love this guy.
Now I'm wondering what would happen if he could see it but can't touch, snell, or taste it. Will that make sense? 🤔
this should be a weekly show
love this series more than anything
It’s insane how much your vision plays into your taste buds
Still rocking the badassery with humility & grace. Team Chris. Looking for an A someday.
I adore this series
Chris is my fav. And these episodes I so look forward to!
Really, because it ticked me off that she ruined it by basically telling him it was matcha.
Yay! More Chris
I feel like Chris' story abt his childhood explains a lot about why he is the way he is. Dang.
Where did you find his story?
Chris needs to go full monk and do the entire episode blindfolded.
Good job Chris you always amaze
I've watched a couple of vids where Hana is the judge and just felt like she doesn't credit/acknowledge Chris enough on how great of a job he's doing! He's recreated something he's never eaten before to almost exact likeness - with no sight! That's crazy stuff
Bring back Christina, it was so fun to have her pop into this.
Yayyy more Chris
I feel like Hana was the fairest and most accurate judge so far. All criticisms were totally valid and the scores matched appropriately.
I liked her as well. One thing that annoyed me though is that she deducted points in technique for not using the correct amount of egg whites. That should obviously go into the ingredients score.
I miss you Christina!!! ❤️❤️
Chris was very zen and poetic this episode.
I think it is like 99%, he just used less egg
put this man back into the grocery store with Danger Zone playing in the background, it's not asking for much
I will continue to comment this until it happens:
GET CHRIS A SHOPPING CART FOR THE KITCHEN. I miss him rolling around the grocery store.
Edit: I appreciate the rolling flattop but it’s not the same.
Giving him a hint on the colour of the matcha kinda takes away the whole blindfold idea 😅
Yes! That ruined it for me. Cheating.
Watching Chris miss the matcha has me worried that he had covid and has lost his super taster abilities. 😔
Morocco is so fun because he does everything very very seriously.
Pretty impressive Chris! 👍🏼🤩
Chris is amazing!
Chae was Chris’s unsung hero 🦸🏻♀️
The over thinking is amazing!!! I feel represented!!! LOL
12:36 man channels his inner Japanese by sitting in seiza to try and figure out what japanese flavor is in the whipped cream
glrorious nippon steel or smth idk
I like her scoring!! It's not as generous with her colleague unlike most of the other reverse engineering episodes where they gave ridiculously high scores
Heyyyy Christina!!! We missed you.
That was a really good try. I'm not much for sweets but I love matcha and any green tea. Japanese Gyokuro is deeeelish, but very, very $$$$.
The fun thing about this intro is that he’s like “it’s like someone made a pancake in a ring mold but I have no clue what this is” he always is so spot on at the start.
Also anyone would be fooled by matcha >:(
This is weirdly similar to my favourite waffle recipe. Gonna try this one
I was right there with Christina, like how can you not recognize matcha right away? Especially when you're already thinking in the Japanese direction. Sometimes I wonder if parts of this are scripted. (Also sidetone, I just realized that I Kris, am commenting on the interaction of Chris and Christina, so that's amusing)
Can we do this series but have him go against another chef? They have the same dish, but so it separately.
Christina is tha BEST!! I so miss her
Chris is amazing, that is all.
Not me thinking the blind fold was a used female sanitary product 😂
i love chris
Looooove this
There is NO way Chris hasn't heard of a soufflé pancake, they've been all over the internet for the past decade, if not more
Omg Chris! It’s just matcha, cream, sugar. You got it right in the first time, just maybe too much matcha or too much something that it didn’t taste right!
I've missed these! Also, bring more Chey into videos.
I might be mistaken, but I think after the grand fall of BA in 2020 she wasn't really interested in appearing in videos any more.
If I ever attempted a reverse engineering challenge like this???????..................... I'd be eating air and drinking tears of frustration. Lol
Can you do a Chris challenge where he can touch, smell and see the dish but can’t taste?
Very nice
When it panned to him sitting on the floor, lost on the ingredient train, I lost it.
I love the idea of giving Chris the most generic foods to recreate. Something like Kraft mac and cheese, or a big Mac.
12:44 omg chris🤣🤣🤣
I think this would be even more fun if after the first try, he gets to pick two or three ingredients to ask about and find out if he got them correct or not. Just a yes/no answer though. Not for them to tell him what an ingredient is supposed to be if he got it wrong.
loved the strict yet gentle asian mom critique vibes
Impressive 👍
Just dipping back into the BA stuff. I used to watch pre-2020. Are the streets safe?
I had to get my glasses. I kept looking at that blindfold and it looked like a pad. Just my blurry vision, but I kept being distracted. lol
I love that what broke Chris is something any basic would recongnise in a heartbeat 😂