My god the dramatic irony of him standing in front of the apples saying he doesn't want a Red Leicester moment. That was well shot

5:41 “I just don’t want to have a Red Leicester moment where I walk by the key ingredient that I should have seen.” -spoken next to a pile of apples

chris: immediately guesses gochujang and gochugaru and almost nails the dish right off the bat also chris: it's DEFINITELY not apples

“It’s not just as simple as a scallion” scallion: is a scallion

Your dakbokkeumtang looks so delicious! I want to taste some with rice! : )

I never understood people yelling at sports teams on tv until I watched Chris go all in on the Asian pear

There's throwing shade, and then there's what Chris did when he heard rice being cracked. He threw pure darkness!

16:25 I love how Christina went full-on grandmaster "The answer is in you" and it made Chris go whole flat-earther conspiracy guy crazy.

chris did the thing in math class where you do an entirely different technique but come to the same answer

Chris smells it, then he tastes it. And then, he over-thinks it.

Chris eating something really spicy, visibly suffering, and then going back for more is a MOOD

Chris, putting asian pear into the chicken after he cooked it: "This method feels wack to me." me, in pain: "Then why are you still doing it?"

Chris giving himself 90% on technique when he actually got 52% is the mood for every practice exam ever

Chris carrying around a bottle of shampoo during his childhood is the most Chris thing ever

This man is a gift we don’t deserve.

When Chris puts those glasses on he looks like the most serious, oldest 8-year-old in the world.

First it was the cheese, this time it was the milk. The take away here is that Chris' real nemeses are America's Dairy Farmers.

oh the irony of the 'i dont want another red leicester moment' shot in front and next to and surrounded by apples. chris obviously is ridiculously talented and amazing, but so is the whole filiming and editing crew!!

I feel like Chris was trying to be all French with his technique when he needed to be Asian and just throw everything together

"I'm not asking for much. I just want spoons everywhere." I feel this in my soul.

This man is a legend. Can we appreciate how he comes so close every time without a recipe, without seeing it, without the dish name! Whack!

It's incredible how Chris acts like a 60-year-old man and a 6-year-old boy... at the same time.

Choking on spicy food and being like "oh delicious" is a mood.

when he finally got the scallion right I was like YES CHRIS

the next mask should have chris's face on it

That shot of Chris in front of the apples having another "Red Leicester Moment" at 5:38 ...

And, PRO Korean cooking tip. NEVER USE THE OVEN. There are no recipes that needs them basically. Maybe some fusion recipes might, but the basis is that YOU DONT NEED THEM

it’s so interesting that his brain just goes straight past “let’s throw it in a pot and wing it”

Chris: It's not just as simple as a scallion, definitely not. Scallion: :)

Chris tasting the spicy ingredients, lowkey dying and then saying he likes it is so typical

if it's a korean recipe you KNOW there's at least an entire head of garlic in there 😂 garlic is vegetable to us, not herb

This dudes taste pallet is seriously ridiculous. He is very good at these challenges. I'm a fan dude.

i love that they're putting him to the test with a non-western dish. its interesting to see how a western cooking background/techinque approaches an "mystery" asian dish.

Claire’s Gourmet Makes, Brad’s It’s Alive, Carla’s Back to Back Chef, Amiel’s Almost Every, and Chris’ From Taste/Reverse Engineering give me L I F E. Well done BA for zeroing in on your chefs’ unique personalities and talents and giving them platforms to shine in. Can’t wait to see more series from more of our favourite BA chefs.

*”you can do things with a glove on that you wouldn’t do otherwise”* -Chris Morocco, 2019

"It's like trying to do math while your slightly hypothermic" Can't say I won't be using that one...

Ok can we give some shoutouts to the editor who made all the animations to show Chris's accuracy in regards to the ingredients throughout the video? There were so many animations and Chris was talking pretty fast. That's high effort stuff and I want to express how much I appreciate the work

The fact that this man was blindfolded, and was only able to sniff, feel, and taste this obscure dish, and is then able to go and recreate it is simply amazing. At that, is a cultural dish, with specific spices and tastes, incredible.

"Doesn't want to have another red Leicester moment"... dozens of apples in the background LOL Edit: they keeping showing the apples in the background T.T

Chris: I don't want to walk past the key ingredient Also Chris: *Proceeds to walk past the apples*

while watching gourmet makes : god I love Claire she's my fav while watching its alive : god I love Brad he's my fav while watching recreating from taste : god I love Chris he's my fav

the thing is.... that Chris treats Korean home-style dish as a fancy restaurant dish, trying to saute the onions and roast the chicken... while in reality you just dump it all in and let it do it's own thing

*chris:* yeah i feel pretty good about the asian pear *me:* chris i am literally begging you to stop

I don't see how anyone could get the milk on a blind taste test being that the chicken was braised in the broth. on the other hand, the way he stuffed the pear into the chicken after the cook was very odd and should have led him to the correct method. overall I am once again amazed at how well he's done with this series. truly, Chris Morocco is a super taster.

I can't believe this kind of talent exists. Unreal.

Chris: I'm giving myself a 95% Milk: I'm boutta end this man's whole career

Bon Appetit execs: why has our eye mask budget gone up 500x this year

The way he "coughs" after almost every bite kills me 😂

Chris and mystery dairy ingredients. Claire and tempered chocolate. Perfectly balanced as all things should be

The fact he got most of the specific ingredients right on the first taste,WHAT A GENIUS

when he’s told about the milk and it just looks like he’s about to cry…

When Chris gave himself a 90% on technique on the first day when he really got a 52%... I felt that.

Diggin' the crossover. So funny the tunnel vision that kicks in. He keeps complaining about how fussy it is to put the slices into the chicken late, but never makes the connection.

"I don't want to have a Red Leicester moment, where I walk right by the key ingredient. That I should have seen you know." Camera pans to apples behind Chris... 😅

Best part after talking to Christina "What did that mean?" Gives look.

I hope Chris knows he does a really good job everytime. I feel like he gets really stressed at the end when he's getting "evaluated"?

Chris can probably already tell what's in Area 51 by just sniffing the air

"Look, i don't ask for a lot, i just want spoons. I want spoons everywhere." --Chris Morocco

“So how did you spend your quarantine?” Watching a man eat various soups with his hands

I live for Chris’s analogies like he really just compared someone cracking rice to trying to do math while hypothermic

chris morocco could punch me in the face and I'd apologise, what a man

If you wrote the name of the dish and made Chris smell the ink he could probably write it correctly

"I just don't want another Red Leicester moment" He says while having a Red Leicester moment

I’ve been noticing how the test kitchen chefs just use whatever tupperware to drink water out of such as 11:12 I saw Molly do it in a making perfect episode too

I see no comments about how he nailed those Korean spices immediately

After Claire and her breakdowns in Gourmet Makes, it seems like BA is determined to psychologically destroy each member of the Test Kitchen.

The mangchi version's replay inset video is a good idea. Nice to see the two versions side by side

16:50 chris dramatically kicking the cabinet shut really got me for some reason

"I don't ask for a lot. I just want spoons." ―Chris Morocco, 2019

BA is slowly forcing all of its food editors to do extremely difficult reverse-engineering shows and I'm HERE for it.

"I'm walking.. I'm free range. " Lmao

This has quickly become my favorite BA series by far. I rewatch these videos on my break at work when I'm stressed (I'm a trauma nurse). Thank you for being my much needed relief!

"I don't wanna walk by the key ingredient that I should've seen" camera showing apples when chris gets pears instead

A few things about Korean culture and cooking 1. Many homes don't have ovens, and they weren't traditionally used. You probably won't be roasting anything. 2. Stews are stewed for a pretty long time in one pot. 3. There's probably garlic in whatever you're making 4. Most foods are seasoned by a spice paste. It's because the building components are mostly 고추장, 된장, etc. It was very interesting watching Chris make a Korean dish without a recipe - I could see the differences in Korean cooking methods and more Western methods.

I like how Chris continues to bond with his own food using his fingers instead of exclusively using a spoon because it became a relevant perception in the first test.

My favorite part about this series is the different masks they put on chris

Petition to make “Red Leicester moment” an actual phrase

Is this the crossover I've secretely been waiting for?

"Look I don't ask for a lot, I just want spoons" -Chris Moroco and people with chronic illness 🥄

I see Chris is hitting that garlic. Crushing them cell walls. It’s like a two part epoxy and it creates that allicin which is so good for you... I believe.

As a Korean I’m pretty impressed. You knew something was wrong with the cooking method. The Asian pear vs apple is not that big a deal to me because that is totally acceptable to swap the two. My mother would probably even prefer Asian pear. So don’t let that bring you down. I can’t imagine that the flavor would be so strong that you could tell through all the spices. After the pear breaks down into the broth the texture of it would be similar to an apple and honestly you’re just aiming for the fruit sweetness to balance it. I’ll let you know a lot of Korean cooking is toss it all into a pot and just cook lol. This isn’t true for everything but like a lot of home cooking type things like this my mother wouldn’t take the time to do anything but toss it all in one pot for a lot of dishes. XD and yeah the comment about cleaning meats is something she taught me that I’ve tried to stop doing (washing chicken, etc). Also yea scallions. Add soy sauce to any sauce you make that’s Korean when in doubt lol. You have a high chance of being right. I’m not too surprised you got a lot of the spices and the vegetables right because they are standard for Korean dishes. Great job! I would gladly eat your version without complaint! Oh and never be shocked about milks or cheeses in Korean cooking, we love it!

"solving a math problem while mildly hypothermic" : a mood. thank you, chris.

Dish: *obviously Asian stew* Chris: "I T 's a R a M P"

Chris deserves some kind of award. Doing what he's doing here is no joke.

“This method feels whack to me” Same Chris which is why it was wrong lol

Living for Chris' reaction to Christina's pep talk 🤣🤣🤣 "wtf is she talking about?"

5:43 “I DONT WANNA WALK BY THE KEY INGREDIENT THAT I SHOULDA SEEN” * AS HE WALKS BY THE KEY INGREDIENT THAT HE SHOULDA SEEN *

I think BA should also include an extended version of Chris watching and reacting to Maangchi's original video, maybe 1 min of it. We won't complain.

“The Korean Julia Child of KZfaq” is the most apt description of Maangchi I think anyone could come up with haha

baseline of beginners' asian cooking: just dump everything together

20:30 I think Chris needed to sharpen his occam's razor here: "wow this is a real pain, why would anyone do this? ...oh well, it must just be someone else's vision."

A link to Maangchi's KZfaq channel in the description would be nice, seeing as how this whole episode is based around her dish

Chris carrying around shampoo because he likes the smell is so on-brand.

6:36 "I'm walking! ... I'm free range!" -Chris Morocco, September 2019 Put THAT on a t-shirt!

"you can do things with a glove on that you wouldn't do otherwise, let's just say that" oh my god

Honestly, Chris drinking out of a plastic container is so relatable

I'd love to see some video-swapping month. Maybe Chris does a Gourmet Makes, Molly Recreates, and maybe Claire does a Pro Chef Tries.

Was anyone else shook when he was stuffing the cooked pear into the cooked chicken??

I love how this series shows off how amazing Chis is, while humbling him at the same time.

"You can do things with a glove on that you wouldnt do otherwise..." Comedy gold right there! @20.30