As a born and bred Southern Californian, I went to Sizzler often with my family. Yes, Meatball Tacos from the taco bar. This is why Anthony Bourdain touch so many lives: he never looked down on a restaurant that may be common. He ate at Sizzler and enjoyed it. I will miss his voice.
If it was my grandma she would have plastic baggies to take home extra steak. It’s a Korean thing. She would ask for a basket of bread and just shove it in her purse!
One thing i loved about Anthony is that he could go anywhere and fit in. He wanted to experience everything the way it was intended and loved to see the world through your eyes; no judgement and an open mind. Who knows how many people he influenced to go out and eat or experience something new. To me people like that make the world a better place. ❤
I so love how Anthony is willing to give Sizzler a try and admit their steak is actually good, just like he admits he always goes to In-n-Out when traveling to LA.
Never knew me and Choe had so much in common. This is where my family went and it was the best. Lots of different options and you were full at the end.
As a Korean from LA, Choe is a decent ambassador for the Korean-American experience. SIZZLERS in the 90's ALL DAY SALAD BAR LET'S GO MOM THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES.
Just glad to see another appearance from David Choe, although sporadic, just as entertaining. I really think him and Tony would be a hilarious team - well at least for a little while...
It's all fun and games until they end up doing ayahuasca and end up having a mutual mid-life crisis that spurs them on to become suicidal and question the whole idea of existence.
He is so right. Sizzler is my childhood favorite place. My high school graduation, my aunt and uncle treated me to Sizzler. It was one of my most favorable moment in my life. We usually Arby’s, but Sizzler for special occasion. My uncle actually own a chain of Chinese Restaurants.
Same here, they got rid of two that were near where I lived and now only one remains close to me :/ it wasn't the greatest place but I have a lot of fond memories and the food wasn't that bad
To be able to do such a piece on Sizzler was genius and shows a truly gifted professional with no pretence. R.I.P Tony and you were always like the friend I never met in food travel!
I'm a Korean American who was poor for much of his life (my family is doing very well now but my parents came here with $300 lol). We are now considered upperclass but we still have that desperate immigrant, lower-class mentality: we never buy nice things, we never buy expensive things unless we absolutely have to, when we eat out...we eat at fast-food restaurants and places like sizzler and TGI Friday is a major stepup that I personally haven't had for like months and I love those places. Funny thing is...my parents, especially, are millionaires but they always say you won't be a millionaire if you get cocky and forget about your roots. My dad says the most important thing in a person is their work ethics. He fucking loves honest illegal Mexican immigrants that are desperate and hard working and hate a lot of the flashy Koreans that are willing to be on huge debt to showoff good cars and houses lol.
What an incredibly un-pretentious man. Pointing out the positives of the Sizzler when he's with someone who loves it. Bless you Anthony. Not many can say we changed the world, and made it a better place.
I come back and watch this clip every so often just because I legit miss Tony Bourdain. Puts a smile on my face every time I hear this world-traveling gourmand say "I'm not messing around here" while shoveling food from a Sizzler salad bar onto his plate.
My favorite episode from Parts Unknown! As a kid growing up we went to Sizzler as a treat so this resonated. To this day we still frequent the Sizzler in Korea Town....can't beat the cheese toast!
Oh wow, there are still Sizzlers? The one near me closed down like 25 years ago. But I can still remember the salad bar, the popcorn shrimp, and that delicious cheese bread! Miss you Sizzlers!
Yeah, they're still around! They are more "upscale" than before even just like David said when he walked in (indicating that he probably hasn't been in one for many years). That cheese bread is still the bomb!
Sizzler is definitely a food experience that resonates with a lot of children of immigrants to America. In the early 2000s, I dated a woman who was a child when her parents came to America from war-torn Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation, and she absolutely LOVED Sizzler. She had fond memories of family dinners from the Sizzler buffet, and she also did the "meatball taco."
As a kid, I used to make sandwiches on leftover taco shells. Cold cuts, cheese, mayo, mustard, lettuce, tomato, onions, etc. All on a taco shell instead of bread. It's like having chips and a sandwich all together. Try it after you've had a date with Mary Jane.
This was the thing I loved about Anthony Bourdain. He wasn’t against going to a random chain restaurant because someone he knows loves it for some reason.
I lived with my grandparents growing up and we went to SIZZLER so many times and it absolutely rocked EVERY TIME. Classic spot. I miss these level of restaurants. Everything now has to be either too fancy/pretentious or crappy corporate quality. This was such a a great place for every type of person.
Anthony looked like he was having an out of body, nirvana type experience when he sees David take a bite of that taco. Miss this man a lot. His videos were always the best.
lol similar phenomenon across the globe in Sydney if you grew up in the St George area, Sizzler was like the expensive place my Asian immigrant parents would take me
Sizzler was a special place for many a lower middle class family in the 80s and 90s. I always used to get the all you can eat shrimp with salad bar. Happy times.
I grew up in K-Town in the 90s. Every Sunday morning, there was an omlet and waffle bar in that Sizzler. I guess it was discontinued because it has not been there every time I've gone since. 😩
This is true for second generation Korean Americans who were born in the United States, only on special occasions they would go for example like getting A on your test or like David said birthday.
I love sizzler. When I graduated high school, my uncle treated me to Sizzler. For a food loving high school graduate, that was heaven. Steak, all you can eat shrimp, and salad bar (dessert bar included). Heaven. My brother in law is Korean, and they have a thing for buffet.
Who else never knew you could get more cheese bread at Sizzler?? I didn't discover that until I was an adult and was so pissed because I loved it so much and savored that one piece that you got, and sometimes a second if my Mom was nice enough to give me hers...
C. S. I’d been to that sizzler many times after school. It was on my way home down Vermont. Miss that place. I used to hotbox with some classmates on the way home and we’d stop at sizzler and that salad bar was so good
I was only talking about sizzler the other day saying it would be nice to see it come back again. Partly because there is nothing like that now and secondly nostalgia
My regional version of Sizzler (Ryan's steakhouse) closed all their locations 10+ years ago. As son of vietnamese immigrants, this was also where we went for special occasions. I can literally afford to go to one of the best steak houses in the country, and I do, But I always miss Ryan's and buffets like this
I was shocked when he went to this freaking Sizzler! I live like twenty minutes by car from there and ate there when I was younger. Wow, looks nicer now. And the salad bar has definitely expanded :) And yes, NO SNARKOLOGISTS at Sizzler.
In Korea there's this steakhouse chain called Vips that's a lot like what I imagine Sizzler is like (although probably a little nicer). They may even have the taco shells and taco meat in the buffet section, which you rarely see elsewhere in the country. I wonder if it might have been started by a Korean who'd experienced Sizzler in LA or someplace.
I lived few blocks away from this sizzler during my college years and my roommate and I would treat ourselves to a steak and salad bar if we had extra money left over or special occasion to celebrate lol... Sometimes I miss being a broke student.
i worked at sizzler. the bread is pound of butter, quarter pound parmesean cheese. mix well spread on texas toast. all there is too it
As a born and bred Southern Californian, I went to Sizzler often with my family. Yes, Meatball Tacos from the taco bar. This is why Anthony Bourdain touch so many lives: he never looked down on a restaurant that may be common. He ate at Sizzler and enjoyed it. I will miss his voice.
I loved Sizzler. Their wings from the salad bar, you can’t go wrong with those.
Sizzler and Coco's for us
this is fake ASF. when it was opened they never had quac in the open.
As someone who is watching this, no one cares. Get a job. It's sad making a post on youtube about your sob story.
As a Korean, definitely concur with this. It was Ryan's Steakhouse for us in the midwest. My grandma would sneak in kimchi to eat with the bread :)
Also from the midwest here. Our special eat out place was Ponderosa. The special special place was Jed's Steak & Ribs.
Ryan’s had slamming honey butter
If it was my grandma she would have plastic baggies to take home extra steak. It’s a Korean thing. She would ask for a basket of bread and just shove it in her purse!
For me it was golden corral
@@69bucksfan I do miss Ponderosa in Michigan. First time I ever tried chicken wings.
I love Anthony's expression when Dave takes a bite out of his hybrid taco - classic!
I don't think anyone has made Anthony stop mid sentence and watch them take a bite like that. I was DYING.
It was like shear astonishment, wonder, and curiosity, all rolled into one, lmao.
@@spacepopeXIV he was in awe of Choe’s shameless gluttony w/ a sprinkle of repulsion 🤣 RIP BOURDAIN 💯 you are missed
He said “I love this dish. I will have to go back & have meatball taco.”
Did he try one???
as a korean american, i can confirm that sizzler is a cherished, post camping, on the side of a highway, semicompulsive meal full of memories
One thing i loved about Anthony is that he could go anywhere and fit in. He wanted to experience everything the way it was intended and loved to see the world through your eyes; no judgement and an open mind. Who knows how many people he influenced to go out and eat or experience something new. To me people like that make the world a better place. ❤
Anthony seems like that type of person that you could talk to about anything. What a great person he was. Mad respect.
I so love how Anthony is willing to give Sizzler a try and admit their steak is actually good, just like he admits he always goes to In-n-Out when traveling to LA.
Never knew me and Choe had so much in common. This is where my family went and it was the best. Lots of different options and you were full at the end.
As a Korean from LA, Choe is a decent ambassador for the Korean-American experience. SIZZLERS in the 90's ALL DAY SALAD BAR LET'S GO MOM THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES.
I went to Loyola, we used to hit up the Vermont sizzler all the time.
As soon as the covid ends I wanna head back down for some taco
Just glad to see another appearance from David Choe, although sporadic, just as entertaining. I really think him and Tony would be a hilarious team - well at least for a little while...
No chance now.
at least for a little while..... yea i agree
David was so good in Beef as an actor!!
It's all fun and games until they end up doing ayahuasca and end up having a mutual mid-life crisis that spurs them on to become suicidal and question the whole idea of existence.
Who’s here after David Choe on Joe Rogan?
i watched during, paused the video toked up and cheered Tony and checked this out.
Same
Same
same
We are here cos we know Sizzlers is the suicide case😂😂😂😂
He is so right. Sizzler is my childhood favorite place. My high school graduation, my aunt and uncle treated me to Sizzler. It was one of my most favorable moment in my life. We usually Arby’s, but Sizzler for special occasion. My uncle actually own a chain of Chinese Restaurants.
Same here, they got rid of two that were near where I lived and now only one remains close to me :/ it wasn't the greatest place but I have a lot of fond memories and the food wasn't that bad
THIS WAS A VERY TENSE AND EXCITING STORY.
This completely resonated with my childhood. I went to that exact Sizzlers 20 years ago. David Choe keeping it OG.
Michael Choe me too, I grew up by Hoover St. and Venice Blvd.
mayanking213 sorry to hear that
@@pedroGomez-pr6un dont be sorry your life was probably ass
No more meat or guacamole at the salad bar now!!!
To be able to do such a piece on Sizzler was genius and shows a truly gifted professional with no pretence. R.I.P Tony and you were always like the friend I never met in food travel!
David Choe makes sizzler look amazing.
you look amazing, give me your number!
Better then golden corral thou.
@@yanerosolitario8572 Golden Corral is garbage
@@FecalMatador Sizzler is crap also
I'm a Korean American who was poor for much of his life (my family is doing very well now but my parents came here with $300 lol). We are now considered upperclass but we still have that desperate immigrant, lower-class mentality: we never buy nice things, we never buy expensive things unless we absolutely have to, when we eat out...we eat at fast-food restaurants and places like sizzler and TGI Friday is a major stepup that I personally haven't had for like months and I love those places. Funny thing is...my parents, especially, are millionaires but they always say you won't be a millionaire if you get cocky and forget about your roots. My dad says the most important thing in a person is their work ethics. He fucking loves honest illegal Mexican immigrants that are desperate and hard working and hate a lot of the flashy Koreans that are willing to be on huge debt to showoff good cars and houses lol.
Mexicans and Koreans yield the most amiable, respectable relationship. 🤝
Definitely relate to this. Sizzler was a step up for us.
THIS WAS A VERY TENSE AND EXCITING STORY ABOUT A POOR KOREAN-AMERICAN BOY AND THE STRUGGLES OF HIS POOR KOREAN-AMERICAN FAMILY.
@cm. CG this is something all immigrants and first generation Americans can relate to.
@cm. CG YES IT'S VERY TENSE AND EXCITING AND I'M CURRENTLY ADAPTING THE STORY INTO A SCREENPLAY FOR NETFLIX.
Rip Anthony bourdain..
What an incredibly un-pretentious man. Pointing out the positives of the Sizzler when he's with someone who loves it. Bless you Anthony. Not many can say we changed the world, and made it a better place.
he is in hell
Good men like Anthony these days are hard to find.
No You are-because You have to live with Your loser self daily
this episode is the only reason i went to sizzler -_-
I come back and watch this clip every so often just because I legit miss Tony Bourdain. Puts a smile on my face every time I hear this world-traveling gourmand say "I'm not messing around here" while shoveling food from a Sizzler salad bar onto his plate.
My favorite episode from Parts Unknown! As a kid growing up we went to Sizzler as a treat so this resonated. To this day we still frequent the Sizzler in Korea Town....can't beat the cheese toast!
+Brett Alan Couldn't agree more - after I saw that ep I felt like David Choe should be his traveling buddy in a few more.
+Turnabout I know, right. Even I wanna hang out with the dude.. actually, both of 'em .. lol 😃✌
Oh wow, there are still Sizzlers? The one near me closed down like 25 years ago. But I can still remember the salad bar, the popcorn shrimp, and that delicious cheese bread! Miss you Sizzlers!
Yeah, they're still around! They are more "upscale" than before even just like David said when he walked in (indicating that he probably hasn't been in one for many years). That cheese bread is still the bomb!
RIP Tony. Great storyteller.
My favorite scene. Tony has 'No Reservations' in trying the unknown. His humbleness and sense of humor are indicative of his brilliance. LOVE THIS.
Heck yeah...cheese bread at Sizzler ftw.
Totally LOL'ed when I found out Choe took Bourdain there.
Sizzler is delicious. Can't believe they didn't highlight the fried chicken wings at the salad bar, it deserved an honorable mention at the least.
They don't have them anymore unless you want to order them as a separate dish now!
i love that he gives other people the space to share their memories and happy thoughts in unexpected places
Ty for posting this Mr. Bourdain is dearly missed
2:45 the look on Anthony's face, David changed his world upside down.
love the honesty, no matter what the food at the core is enjoyment!!
Sizzler is definitely a food experience that resonates with a lot of children of immigrants to America.
In the early 2000s, I dated a woman who was a child when her parents came to America from war-torn Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation, and she absolutely LOVED Sizzler. She had fond memories of family dinners from the Sizzler buffet, and she also did the "meatball taco."
This is so cool , we loved sizzler growing up in Australia
Cheese bread is the best !
Love the sizzler red suit !!!
When I was a lance corpral in the Marines my wife and I would treat ourselves to Sizzler twice a month. It was Cheap and it was good.
The hostess eyeing Bourdain up and down twice. Being tall and famous is a good combination.
The Classic Trio. And that bread!
Sizzler is one of the few things I miss about America. I always go there at least once whenever I visit the states.
I actually eat at Sizzler now because of Cho...Meatball tacos FTW!
How are they? haha
AGENTARMES I will have to try one now.
This one hurts. Seeing Dave get emotional on Rogan about his friend. I’m glad they had this time together.
😢
Kinda fun fact, this Sizzler closed down but the space is now being used for a Sun Nong Dan, a proper Korean restaurant now!
Still open in Thailand. Was there today
damn, i really miss Bourdain... RIP.
best performance art piece ever!
Looks like I gotta hit this place up. I always drove by it but didn't know they had such an awesome salad bar. Thanks, Mr. Bourdain.
I literally haven't been to Sizzler in like 20 years, but I remember absolutely LOVING their little corn fritter things.
This was just f'n awesome.
I loved this segment!!!
Dave choe is awesome.
Sizzler was our go out to eat as family for better occasion too! Loved that place!
As a kid, I used to make sandwiches on leftover taco shells. Cold cuts, cheese, mayo, mustard, lettuce, tomato, onions, etc. All on a taco shell instead of bread. It's like having chips and a sandwich all together. Try it after you've had a date with Mary Jane.
A very young David Choe! Hasn't changed a bit. And then again... he's changed so much. Poetry in motion.
Omg" I had so many bdays and events with my family here in the 90's . My childhood is in koreatown. I grew up in k-town.
Those dudes make me feal so comfortable .both are real gems
The eyes of Tony when he bit into that meatball taco is one of amazement and I gotta have one right now!
This was the thing I loved about Anthony Bourdain. He wasn’t against going to a random chain restaurant because someone he knows loves it for some reason.
I grew up eating at Sizzlers. It’s classic good food and a little taste of the past. The good old days. A bite of old America. 😄
Dave loved him man rip Anthony one of the best dudes
Yo, this guy David Choe knows whats up! RESPECT
I went to that sizzler when I graduated from Middle school.
Lol, classic!
SAME!
It’s often unexpected where you can make memories and find comfort and happiness.
I lived with my grandparents growing up and we went to SIZZLER so many times and it absolutely rocked EVERY TIME. Classic spot. I miss these level of restaurants. Everything now has to be either too fancy/pretentious or crappy corporate quality. This was such a a great place for every type of person.
This video made me love sizzler i go regularly now.
Anthony looked like he was having an out of body, nirvana type experience when he sees David take a bite of that taco. Miss this man a lot. His videos were always the best.
This show right here got me hooked on Anthony Bourdain.
I used to work there for almost 7 years! I was so sick of it. So cool BOURDAIN went here
lol similar phenomenon across the globe in Sydney if you grew up in the St George area, Sizzler was like the expensive place my Asian immigrant parents would take me
I loved Dave’s podcast lol
Sizzler was a special place for many a lower middle class family in the 80s and 90s. I always used to get the all you can eat shrimp with salad bar. Happy times.
Dude Dave is such a BOSS
I grew up in K-Town in the 90s. Every Sunday morning, there was an omlet and waffle bar in that Sizzler. I guess it was discontinued because it has not been there every time I've gone since. 😩
Really, really truly miss Mr. Bourdain.. Rest In Peace Sir.
This is true for second generation Korean Americans who were born in the United States, only on special occasions they would go for example like getting A on your test or like David said birthday.
Choe is awesome. RIP-AB.
Choe = right place, right time.
If Sizzler still operated in the NYC/ TriState area .. trust me ; I would be dining at this establishment every week .. props to David
I love sizzler. When I graduated high school, my uncle treated me to Sizzler. For a food loving high school graduate, that was heaven. Steak, all you can eat shrimp, and salad bar (dessert bar included). Heaven. My brother in law is Korean, and they have a thing for buffet.
lmao... Sizzler was also my childhood place of celebration!
Who else never knew you could get more cheese bread at Sizzler?? I didn't discover that until I was an adult and was so pissed because I loved it so much and savored that one piece that you got, and sometimes a second if my Mom was nice enough to give me hers...
I would have loved to have met him. RIP Sir.
I love both these guys and I only met one of them ' we'll I see him and his art.
I remember my first Sizzlers experience fondly back some 25 years ago just before it went to downhill.
This looks amazing.
I just watched the JRE had to see this video too
Meatball tacos: Korea's greatest gift to the world.
C. S. I’d been to that sizzler many times after school. It was on my way home down Vermont. Miss that place. I used to hotbox with some classmates on the way home and we’d stop at sizzler and that salad bar was so good
2024 has been great. I now place this video as my favorite. For this year.
i really hope sizzler comes back :( it was the spot for me and my family.
There are 140 locations worldwide.
I was only talking about sizzler the other day saying it would be nice to see it come back again. Partly because there is nothing like that now and secondly nostalgia
Born in Korea in 79 and came to the States in 90. This shit hits like ton of bricks, mixed with Miyukgook and a hint of Al Bundy. Miss you Anthony.
Dynamic duo.
My regional version of Sizzler (Ryan's steakhouse) closed all their locations 10+ years ago. As son of vietnamese immigrants, this was also where we went for special occasions. I can literally afford to go to one of the best steak houses in the country, and I do, But I always miss Ryan's and buffets like this
Two favorite people.
That taco spoke to me.... comfort food is comfort food in any country
I was shocked when he went to this freaking Sizzler! I live like twenty minutes by car from there and ate there when I was younger. Wow, looks nicer now. And the salad bar has definitely expanded :)
And yes, NO SNARKOLOGISTS at Sizzler.
We use to go to Sizzler every Sunday when I was growing up.
This was the spot my mom took me growing up
Sizzler is an institution in Korean town. Love that place.
Growing up in Alaska, where a head of lettuce in the early 80's was about $8, eating at Sizzler and getting the salad bar was a monthly thing.
We goin sizzla
I lived there! This is so true.
In Korea there's this steakhouse chain called Vips that's a lot like what I imagine Sizzler is like (although probably a little nicer). They may even have the taco shells and taco meat in the buffet section, which you rarely see elsewhere in the country.
I wonder if it might have been started by a Korean who'd experienced Sizzler in LA or someplace.
Bourdain is The BEST 💗
Sizzler was and is the shit. Used to go there all the time when I lived in LA.
I lived few blocks away from this sizzler during my college years and my roommate and I would treat ourselves to a steak and salad bar if we had extra money left over or special occasion to celebrate lol... Sometimes I miss being a broke student.
I remember going to sizzler with my family in Los Angeles on Figueroa next to usc. I think early 90s
This is the best