- I'm Cody Reese,
and I'm your New York City host for "5 Buck Lunch."
My love of food has taken me to more than 35 countries.
I've worked as a cook, farmer, and cheese maker.
Now, I'm in NYC in search of the tastiest,
and cheapest food my duckets can buy.
Join me, as I take you to the dankest lunch spots
for five bucks or less.
Wee!
What's up, everybody? My name is Cody Harrison Reese.
I'm a helicopter pilot, and I'm also a helicopter parent.
So many freakin' dogs in the world.
There's big dogs, small dogs, some dogs too fat.
Heck, even my mom has dogs.
But there's something that no one can argue against.
One of those dogs is the hot dog.
Now, you can find these little mysteries poppers
all over New York.
I even got one with me right now,
but we are not looking for any dog, all right?
We are in the East Village,
and I'm gonna gobble down a particularly nice wiener.
First up, I'm hitting the streets for a sausage truck.
I only got five bucks,
and I can't sleep at night cause I'm afraid of my dreams.
How old do you think the sausage is?
- I think the sausage is more than 200 years old.
- More than 200 years old.
- Maybe the 1920s?
- 1920s?
So, you're thinking,
"Wow! Thank God, War World I is over.
Now, it's hot dog time!"
How old do you think the hot dog is? The sausage in general.
- I hope where they keep it,
I mean, within expiration.
- No, no, no, no.
Would you believe me when I said,
they've been around since Ancient Roman times?
- Really?
- Someone was cooking an old animal,
and they left intestines in there,
and they cooked,
and they realized that the intestines inflated,
and kept the shape of what was on the inside so,
like oh we can just stuff a bunch of meat in there.
- So, it's like a big mistake.
- It's like a big mistake, kinda like I was.
When's the best time to eat a hot dog?
- At night, would be the best time to eat a hot dog.
- Yeah, at night.
Who's waking up and being like,
"Man, I would love to down wiener right now."
- Not me, I don't know.
- Well, hard to say.
Mustard and ketchup, which side are you on?
- Mustard.
I always say that ketchup is like a disgrace to my people,
because it's like tomato sauce, but with sugar in it.
- Like, I don't know how into, like role playing you are?
But, well let's just pretend, like,
how about you'll be mustard,
and I'll be ketchup and well just kinda go from there. OK?
- All right.
- Hey, how's it going?
- Hey, I'm from a seed.
- I got a bunch of stuff in me including,
high fruit fructose corn syrup, I think.
- Yeah, I'm like,
pretty much just mashed up, ground up seeds.
- Yeah, well listen up, dude.
There's only room from one of us on a hot dog,
and you need to get the hell outta here.
- We can't both be on a hot dog?
- We can't both... Well, I guess we could.
Maybe we should be friends.
No, I don't... Yeah, OK.
- Wow! One of the best improv scenes that,
I think either of us has done.
Anything you want to say,
to the people at home about hot dogs?
- Make your own choices about,
what kind of hot dogs you put in your body.
- Everybody deserves the choice.
- What's up! Here we are at Crif Dogs,
or as I like to call it... Crif Dogs.
Today, I'm gonna introduce these little snappy bangers
right to my mouth.
Let's go!
- Hey, how's it going?
- Hi, and welcome to Crif Dogs.
- Thank you.
- Have you been here before?
- I have, but I have like,
about a million people that have not.
- Let me be the first to welcome the million people here.
Just so they know our most popular dogs in the menu
are Spicy Redneck, Tsunami, Chihuahua,
and Jon-Jon Deragon.
Or you can build your own
using any one of these three hot dogs.
- OK.
- And anyone of these 20 toppings.
- Damn! Dude, they've got Taylor ham.
What do I want?
- Philly Tuesday with jalapeños--
- Our spicy redneck could be delicious.
- Tsunami, Jon-Jon Deregon, Chihuahua.
- I'll take a Crif Dog, please.
- Would you like any of the free topping on that?
- Yes, I would like them all, please.
- Ketchup, mustard, sauerkraut, relish, and raw onions.
Is that all?
- Yeah, that sounds great.
- Your total would be $4.50, hun.
- Nice! I'm excited to eat this dog.
There you are.
Hi! How's it going?
Hey, wait... I love you.
How's it going guys?
Without further a do, The Crif dog.
This ain't no boiled dog.
Ah, like they say, um basically nowhere.
This is a deep-fried dog... Crunch, crunch.
Crif Dogs is chill enough
to have a customizable menu of toppings here.
And a lot of it it's for free.
We got sauerkraut, we got fresh onions, we got relish,
we got mustard, we got ketchup.
This guy's beggin' to be stuffed
right were the sun don't shine.
In my mouth.
Oh, dang! It's so crunchy and it's soft.
You got freshness, sweetness, acidity, crunch.
With a whole bunch of different textures and,
flavors going on in here.
If your a dirty dog and you like dirty dogs,
and your looking to go dirty dog dancing.
Come on down to Crif Dogs.
All right? That's about it for me.
I'm taking the express train straight to dog heaven.
See you guys.
Let's say your walking into Crif Dogs,
and you have more than five bucks.
Um, somehow I lucked out today, and I got it!
For $6.50 dude, grabbed this guy.
The spicy redneck, it's got coleslaw,
bacon-wrapped hot dog, it's got chili and jalapeños.
Very dank, you should get it.
I told you, Mom, I can't talk right now, gosh!
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I can't talk, Mom.