(foreign language) - Fuiyoh, this show's so epic. (foreign language) What? Everything's so epic and then suddenly, "You are a spoon." Are they big spoon or little spoon?

And look, so many chefs in this warehouse, imagine if a bomb hit this place.

It's gonna take Korea decades
to have good food again. Korea gonna feel like Britain. (foreign language) What, survival?

Uncle Roger never felt this
hype about spoon before. This show feels like "Squid Game." I think if they lose, they die.

This show has so many episodes, it's too long, but niece and nephew telling Uncle Roger to review this one specific episode. It's the best one.

And don't worry, they're
not gonna be spoilers. (foreign language) What is that? (foreign language) (foreign language) Ahh.

Convenience store challenge, fuiyoh. That's very cool because in Asia, convenience stores all
look like that, you know?

Nice and clean, colorful. You can get so many different cool things.

That's not how convenience
stores are in America. Go to any 7-Eleven out here. It's just stale hot dogs spinning, and homeless people selling you crack.

It's amazing also. (foreign language) So they have the term convenience store food gourmet.

Nice. I see why everybody likes this
convenience store episode now because they're teaching
you how you can save money but still make good food.

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Those must be judges, Asian Penn and Teller. Go, go, go, go, go. This is what Black Friday in America look like.

(foreign language) Balsamic dressing? What? What convenience store gonna have balsamic dressing, Haiyaa.

What you gonna ask for next? Caviar? (chef sighs) (foreign language) Everybody's so stressed.

Uncle Roger will be stressed also, if I in this competition, have to make convenience store food. I'm just gonna make some instant noodle and call it a day.

(rock music) (foreign language) Hmm, pad Thai, okay. (foreign language) How you gonna turn instant noodle like that into pad Thai?

(foreign language) Chicken breast, crab stick. Well, fuiyoh, Asian grocery store you can get whelk.

Nice. The only non-traditional meat you can get a Western grocery store is rat. (foreign language) Ah, canned whelk like that.

That is good. Convenience store canned whelk, the whelk soaking in very flavorful liquid. So he can use the liquid to flavor his noodle.

Nice idea. (foreign language) Correct, sweetness important. Acidity important also, correct. Usually in pad Thai, we use tamarind.

(foreign language) I don't think he's gonna be able to find tamarind in Korean convenience store. (foreign language) Lemon.

Hm. (foreign language) I guess lemon got good acidity also, okay. (foreign language) (tense music) (bell dings) (foreign language) No, no, no, you don't want your food to remind people of you, haiyaa.

Otherwise, all the fried rice Uncle Roger serve in my restaurant gonna taste sad and bitter.

Okay, let's see your pad Thai instant noodle. (foreign language) Ah. Fried egg on top also, fuiyoh, nice.

(foreign language) (Uncle Roger laughs) I like this guy. Twice the packet means twice the MSG.

(foreign language) Shocking explosion in your mouth. This nephew have a way with word. That what Uncle Roger tell all the aunties.

(foreign language) Spirit of drunk. This noodle must taste like regret. (foreign language) Of course it have harmony because pad Thai is just this existing flavor already.

Everybody like pad Thai. So you know if you copy pad Thai flavor, it's gonna taste good.

(paper rustles) Ah, another noodle dish. I guess it's convenience store. So I think everybody gonna make some type of noodle dish.

(foreign language) You po mian? (foreign language) What? Korean convenience store no chili powder?

Okay. You're not that great after all. (foreign language) Pouring oil over chili powder, it's good technique because chili burn very fast.

If you heat up oil in pan, then you put chili into oil, the chili gonna burn.

But the other way around, if you put oil into chili, then you're gonna cook the chili without burning it.

Bring out more flavor. (foreign language) I think she's searing like that to get rid of moisture.

Okay. So in that case searing without oil okay. I remember with Jamie Oliver making pad Thai, he tried to sear some ingredient with no oil.

So he called it, what, like dry frying. This not that, okay? This one she doing it on purpose and later, you po mian, she gonna pour oil on it.

So that's gonna be oil already. Jamie Oliver when he dry frying, it's not because he's trying to bring out flavor. It's because he's trying
to sell non-stick pan.

(foreign language) Okay, cooking noodle. Mm, Uncle Roger never have
you po mian with corn before.

In traditional you po mian,
very simple ingredient. Just like spring onion, red
pepper, some sort of vegetable.

That's it. (foreign language) Mmm. Fuiyoh, actually looks good. (foreign language) Yeah that's very impressive.

(foreign language) Loud slurping. That's very normal when you're
eating noodle in Asia.

That mean you enjoying it. (foreign language) Spring onion oil? Fuiyoh, she got time to
make spring onion oil?

Spring onion oil is nice
aroma oil for this dish. (dramatic music) (foreign language) What, you're not giving her more feedback?

You just say thank you, haiyaa. Uncle Roger want this job as judge. Come on, please. "Culinary Class War"
season two, as Uncle Roger.

I become just like these two people. I wear orange suit. How about that? That'd be nice job, you just eat.

Don't have to describe flavor, don't need to give any feedback. You just eat and judge them silently. (foreign language) A minus.

But earlier when you ranking,
you give people number, 8.7. What, what A minus mean?

A minus mean failure in Asian culture. Okay, what her dish? Another noodle dish, haiyaa. (foreign language) Chicken chow mein, boring, boring.

(foreign language) So you just get the chili oil from packet and get chicken and put it on noodle.

Mm, that not interesting. (packet rustles) What, what this guy doing?

(foreign language) Your hobby is convenience store? You need better hobby, little nephew, haiyaa. Get PlayStation or something.

But this guy's just chilling on floor eating chocolate when everyone around him just frantic scrambling. I think he like main character in anime.

Everybody scrambling but he just having 10 minute internal monologue. (foreign language) Cream bun? Okay. What he gonna make and that look like, that look like cookies.

(foreign language) Dessert? (foreign language) Fuiyoh!

This guy, not only is he making something different, he predicting what everybody gonna make. This guy not chef, he Sherlock Holmes.

He like that smart guy from "Death Note." (foreign language) Tiramisu from convenience store ingredient? Huh?

(foreign language) He just chilling there eating chocolate. Fuiyoh, this guy is sigma male. 10,000 aura.

Uncle Roger need to be more like him. Maybe that how I gonna win Auntie Esther back. Oh by the way, when we hit 10 million subscriber, Auntie Esther promise she gonna film with Uncle Roger again.

One last chance to impress her, so we so close to 10 million now.

Hit subscribe, hit subscribe. Tiramisu have two components: the biscuit base called ladyfinger, and then the cream part on top.

(foreign language) See? That the ladyfinger layer. Fuiyoh, he even dips it in coffee, smart.

(foreign language) Okay, okay, smart again. Fuiyoh, this guy good. (foreign language) Chestnut puree.

(foreign language) Granola on top. Walao, the fact that he knows convenience store yogurt has granola in it.

This nephew really loves convenience stores. I think he spends more time in 7-Eleven than with women.

And what is that? Chocolate, extra chocolate on top? (foreign language) Uncle Roger likes how cocky this guy is.

(rock music) So confident. (foreign language) Fuiyoh, this looks straight from Italy. This looks like real dessert you can get at a restaurant.

(dramatic music) (foreign language) Texture looks good, nice and soft. (dramatic music) (foreign language) That's a good sign.

When a cooking show judge is trying to eat more of your food, you know you've made something good.

Usually cooking show judges, they just take one small bite. It's like they're so scared the food is poison. (foreign language) Mm, whipping cream adds air bubbles into it.

He whips the cream to mix with the chestnut puree. (foreign language) That's the face Uncle Roger makes when Uncle Roger realizes Uncle Joshua is cooking with Auntie Esther behind my back.

(dramatic music) Do we even need to watch this? We know he's gonna win, correct? That's what Uncle Roger is predicting.

(foreign language) Just, this just bread with random stuff, haiyaa. (foreign language) This look good.

But the fact that the show gives you so little screen time, Uncle Roger knows you're gonna lose. (foreign language) (chefs clap) (foreign language) Of course, it's tiramisu guy, the sigma male.

(dramatic music) (foreign language) Tiramisu guy, this guy of course.

(dramatic music) (foreign language) See what I tell you?

Well deserved, well deserved. Not only is this dish so creative, but he takes so cheap convenience store food, elevates it to make restaurant level dessert.

And he predicts what all the other people are gonna make and try to counter that.

Uncle Roger impressed. Hope he do well in competition. And I want to check out his restaurant one day.

Squid Game But For Cooking? Turning Cheap Convenience Store Food Gourmet

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Uncle Roger's initial reaction to the show, comparing it to "Squid Game".

Comment on the show's dramatic tension and unexpected elements.

Humorous exaggeration about the potential impact of a disaster on Korean cuisine.

Comparison to other cooking shows and Uncle Roger's own experience.

Discussion about the show's length and the specific episode being reviewed.

Introduction of the convenience store food challenge and its cultural context.

Comparison of Asian and American convenience stores.

Explanation of the show's appeal and its focus on budget-friendly cooking.

Advertisement for ExpressVPN, highlighting its cost-saving benefits.

Discussion about the limitations of streaming services and how ExpressVPN can help.

Example of how ExpressVPN allows access to geo-blocked content.

Mention of ExpressVPN's compatibility with various streaming platforms.

Highlighting the multi-device functionality of ExpressVPN.

Competition Begins: Pad Thai and Other Dishes

Introduction of the judges and the start of the cooking competition.

Uncle Roger's humorous reaction to an unexpected ingredient.

Uncle Roger expresses his stress and preference for simpler dishes.

Analysis of a contestant's pad Thai recipe using convenience store ingredients.

Discussion of ingredient availability and substitutions.

Analysis of the contestant's flavor balancing techniques.

Analysis of another contestant's noodle dish.

Discussion about the availability of chili powder in Korean convenience stores.

Explanation of a cooking technique for using chili powder.

Comparison of a contestant's searing technique with Jamie Oliver's approach.

Comparison of a contestant's you po mian with traditional versions.

Description of a contestant's unconventional approach and choice of dessert.

Comparison of the contestant to fictional characters known for their intelligence.

Step-by-step analysis of the tiramisu creation process.

Uncle Roger's positive assessment of the final product.

Announcement of the winner and Uncle Roger's concluding remarks.

Squid Game But For Cooking? Turning Cheap Convenience Store Food Gourmet

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