no
way the difficult thing about moving
abroad is that when you create a life
thousands of miles away you're usually
leaving behind people that you love for
me the hardest people to live away from
were my parents for years because of the
distance we missed important moments of
each other's lives I spent most of my
adult life seeing my parents on digital
screens all of this has given me a sense
of urgency to make the most of our
moments together last year however in a
bizarre turn of events my parents moved
to France and amongst other reasons it
was to be closer to me that major
distance that used to separate us it has
gone away it's like I've been given a
second chance to have them in my life
and I do not intend to miss it can you
trust me here for a second a secret
mission no there's something else going
on here so this year to celebrate the
two people that created me I wanted to
give them an experience of Lifetime a
birthday gift that they'll never forget
I booked a secret reservation for
arguably the most iconic restaurant in
Paris and it surpassed even my
expectations now when it comes to iconic
restaurants in Paris it's difficult to
name just one this is a culinary capital
of the world good food is the Baseline
here but I wanted the best of the best
so the place I'm taking them is a
Michelin starred restaurant inside of
the Eiffel Tower with a history of being
run by some of the best chefs on the
planet it's called L my mom has never
even been up the Eiffel Tower but I had
the Good Fortune of capturing her
reaction when she saw it for the first
time in her life last year wow doesn't
look real right it's amazing sometimes
you've got to make the conscious effort
to bring everyone together and create
Unforgettable experiences so here's how
this adventure
went they say it's not what you eat but
who you're eating with so my little
brother sky is flying in from Lisbon to
surprise my parents at a special
location in Paris this will only be the
second time we've all been together as a
family in Europe since I moved here 4
years
ago so as far as I'm aware they have no
idea what's going on no are we going to
some kind of artistic event with food
involved there's food at this
exhibition no dad is always thinking
about food so without revealing where we
were going I took my parents on a walk
stalling while my brother gets into the
right spot this is so cool I don't care
what we're doing it's
fun
nice okay okay apartment infiltrated
they already left like 10 15 minutes ago
now I just have to change get all my
gear ready and then I'm getting ready to
a cool spot right yeah I I like how the
day is going how is the day going so far
great I would like to know
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more okay as far as I know I think that
like statue thing right there is where
they're supposed to show up so I just
got to
wait I wanted to take you on this bridge
which was where Inception was shot it's
like this really cool
Bridge tour yeah I think they're here as
far as I know supposed to walk over now
how have you enjoyed the day so far
great what are things that would make
today better I wish it could be the four
of us yeah two so we'll we'll that's for
the future what do you mean all of us
together with your brother yeah yeah uh
yeah it's okay it's okay we'll we'll get
there we'll get there what mom doesn't
want her whole family to be together
fortunately she was about to get her
wish no
way D oh my god
wow oh my God and I set just two seconds
ago that I would have lik for the four
of us to be together this happen
but you know what's hilarious we picked
the perfect spot to not look weird
because everyone else is doing this yeah
true oh hey nice camera best gift ever
coordinating this was so freaking
stressful I'm so bad at this like what
happened I turned around and there's
Skyler I was like I was like am I seeing
him or someone that looks like I saw
your reac you know what I mean they were
so stunned they had no idea what was to
come the real surprise was standing
right behind them the Drew crew has
United this turned out perfect we did it
my plan was for all of us to go up the
Eiffel Tower of course I didn't mention
the restaurant framing it as though the
big surprise of the day was my brother
showing up that is so sweet I'm I'm so
touched a this way I could shuttle my
parents into the Eiffel Tower without
them thinking we were going to
dinner as the elevator slowly carried us
up what was once the tallest building in
the world I could not help but feel as
though we were beginning to enter a new
realm located 410 ft up in the air lulan
feels as though it is halfway to the
heavens it's
insane I felt it was time to let them
know about the real surprise basically
the place we're having dinner is in the
Eiffel Tower it's
all are you serious oh my God it say
cafeteria
no what Dad no I'm not going to take you
to a cafeteria to celebrate you my
goodness I just didn't know where the
hell the entrance was it was hidden okay
excit ex so basically happening just
listen so basically everything we've
done so far has been a preamble finally
we were entering this mythical
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restaurant before we get into a full
review of how this restaurant experience
went I want to thank the sponsor of this
video which is one plus and I'm grateful
for their support because it was what
has made it possible for me to surprise
my family with this experience they have
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and it is a phone unlike any I've ever
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unbelievable it's like carrying around a
smartphone and a tablet with you
allinone it's really light I was shocked
at how incredibly light it is given all
of that screen space and the phone
actually allows you to have up to three
apps open at once it has a really modern
elegant design
plus I have to mention the cameras as
OnePlus teamed up with hustel blood for
the highest quality lenses which is of
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need my phone to be able to capture
moments of my life especially
experiences like this one I am really
grateful for oneplus's support of this
channel you can check out the phone for
yourself if you're interested with the
link in the description and now for the
rest of this
experience arriving at our table we were
all chaotically and excitedly reacting
to our new and very foreign surrounding
I'm going to do my best to give a proper
account of what would ensue but this
excitement you see it's the kind that
sort of consumes you and I can't away
this was so um special we all knew we
were in for a
ride we were greeted each with a poem
written by J Val himself welcome again
remember this
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guy only 2 years ago Edy was a student
who I took to the best restaurant in the
world in the south of France and now he
was amongst the servers this evening
working in this incredible restaurant I
could not be more proud of him it's
thanks to him that I even got a
reservation into this restaurant on such
short
notice as it often goes with this kind
of thing the night was just beginning to
have the full experience I got everyone
of the seven course meal that goes for
€275 per person and then we got the wine
pairings on top of that it's a lot of
money and some people scoff at spending
that much money on one single meal but
for me this is like getting tickets to a
Taylor Swift or Beyonce concert it's a
once-in-a-lifetime experience I think
this is one of the best experiences
money can buy but I'm getting ahead of
myself the food was only beginning to
come
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out first with a few amus bu a chestnut
pagata tartlet alen baking cream and
Sherry vinegar like literally what did I
just say maybe I'm not refined enough
but I barely understood what the waiter
said when explaining these elaborate
little dishes all I end up doing is
saying silly things like it smells
fantastic or that doesn't taste like
what I thought it
would what am I tast
wow wait hold on
okay it is in fact bread and butter if
this is just the beginning I can I can
it was because only then did the seven
courses actually begin first came the
crab wo W wo wo so this is heaven heaven
then the
scallops this food is so surprising
threedimensional this is so awesome I'm
so entertained by their reactions
threedimensional what the heck is three
dimensional flavor dimensional flavor
how I explain threedimensional flavor
explain well you go in first of all you
imagine what you're going to go get okay
you have to go all the way in then you
take a taste and then there is like one
two and three flavors there you go
threedimensional I usually don't even
like crab wait there's crab in there m
okay you don't think there's like a
candish way
right then the langus it is delicious oh
my that is ridiculous
wow stop
laughing this was ins Saye I literally
cannot believe the Eiffel Tower is what
is behind me as we're eating right now
halfway into our meal the reality of
what we were doing began to sink in and
all four of us were acting like children
in a candy shop so silly and so enjoying
this barrage on the senses mhm bro I'm
having so much fun this is so much fun
this wine is exquisite it is off the
charts try try the so delicious said
they come that wow what an experience
damn this is crazy you say in Latin
America
amazing then two incredible things
happened the first is that my parents
actually got recognized by another
YouTuber for their work on YouTube which
is unbelievable but what the [ __ ] yes
what the and we were all taken to the
larger room with the view of the city
for the remainder of the meal it was
gorgeous this is this kind of thing is
such a sensory overload the further we
went the tipser we all all got we got
way too
much way too
much it felt like the food was endless
this was definitely not one of those
restaurants you leave feeling hungry
this just reminds me how bad of a cook I
am oh my God this is insane I don't know
look at what look at what he's we were
met with an onslaught of delicious
combinations the quality never seemed to
dip the service wonderfully coordinated
okay oh my
God this is like that Ratatouille clip
where he's just the fireworks the
fireworks this is the fireworks this is
the fireworks oh amazing the biggest joy
of the evening for me was not the food
despite how World Class it all was it
was giving this experience to the people
that I love my parents and my brother
with me doing this all together the view
is impeccable the food is impeccable I
have seven words for you
go for it
Dam I've never had a wi that tastes like
this I'm met of words oh my God I'm so
sorry I'm so dry I I have no more
thoughts no more you have no more
thoughts it's all so delicious I've lost
my sense of you have no more this was
just so much so rich so deep so
enjoyable the four of us together yeah
yeah and that makes difference too being
together being together it added value
to the meal I I don't even know I I I
can barely make sense of this entire
evening this entire day it was insane
this is this is just ridiculous we're
the last people here in this restaurant
this was insane behind me is literally
the City of Paris really an experience
unlike any other best experience in my
life def more best experience in your
life yeah this is the best experience in
my
life did I think he would go for 4 hours
no I wasn't sure what to
expect but we stumbled out of the
restaurant at 12:30 a.m. reving in the
experience we had just had and off on a
walk through a sleepy
Paris we Jam back the day and you kept
like adding layers like then you bring
your brother and I was like wow that was
that was it for me and then you're like
no we're going to the afle Tower and
then I'm like wow and then you're like
guess what we're eating at the Eiffel
Tower no
more to let us have this thank youer
thank you
for thank
you