- Last, but fuck,
that shit was spicy as fuck, man.
Oh!
You're okay, huh?
Yeah, so am I.
I only have a couple pieces left.
- What's good, you sexy motherfuckers?
I'm Tim Chantarangsu.
- Okay, I'm not gonna get used to that.
- And I'm David Slow.
- It's interesting times we're in.
We're not really going out, eating out,
but that's why we're here
to support our local businesses,
ordering food, picking it up, bringing it home,
eating with our loved ones.
So, that's why we're here today.
We're gonna be eating a whole bunch
of local LA food spots and hidden gems,
and some not so hidden gems from around the city.
- Let's get crunk.
- What do you want, man, you want tequila, Hennessy?
I got some Hpnotiq over there.
- Hpnotiq!
What the fuck?
Am I 18 all over again?
- That's what I'm saying.
You wanna take it back?
- I mean I drank when I was 21.
Shit.
- Cheers to you.
- So yummy. - There you go!
- That's yummy. - That's tasty.
- Here we go!
We got this spot right here from a place called Kitchen.
- Oh wait, I know what this is!
Roscoe's. - Roscoes.
- Obama's special.
- Obama's special?
Oh, my God!
- Yeah, so the Obama special used to be
the country boy's special.
- This is like Obama's shit, right here?
- That was Obama's favorite thing to order,
so they changed it to Obama's special.
Yes!
Open it up there.
Good, old classic Roscoe's chicken and waffles.
An LA favorite.
Every time people come to LA,
when they ask me what they should eat,
I say, "You gotta go to Roscoe's, all right?"
- Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
- The heat from the takeaway made the butter melt
and then we're gonna take this plate
and then you're just gonna, you know what I'm saying?
Like that. - Oh, my God!
- I don't give a fuck
about my arteries. - You're a savage, dawg.
- You know what I'm saying?
That's right, dude.
Hell yeah.
- I'll tell you what.
I just, I like the...
Are you more of a pancake,
oh my.
- Wow. - Yeah.
- Are you more of a pancake person or a waffle person?
- I'm a waffle person.
- Me too! - 100% waffle person.
- I prefer waffles for sure.
- Waffles have texture.
- I agree!
I mean, it's the exact same shit.
It's just the texture of it.
I love the flavor of Wasco--
I wove the fwavor of Wasco's waffles so much.
Sometimes I like to take my fwist bite
without any sywup or anything.
- You are adorable.
You gotta eat that up.
You're adorable right now.
- Like a lot of people will say,
"Roscoe's is overhyped,"
and I know that tends to happen with, like, local spots,
but I will stand by Roscoe's, man.
I fucking love Roscoe's, okay?
(moaning)
- The butter, syrup, waffle, amazing.
- I'mma finish that, but later.
- Okay, next one!
- Okay, so, we have a piece of,
it looks like a fried, maybe this is a schnitzel?
- A schnitzel? - A schnitzel.
- When I first had schnitzel, I was like,
"Oh, it reminds me of breaded pork loin."
- Yeah. - Like at the
diners and stuff.
- Yeah, it's literally just a piece of breaded meat.
Usually, chicken or pork, I think.
Or, you know, probably beef too.
What is this from, David, where's this from?
- This place is called Destroyer.
- Destroyer, very German!
Destroyer!
- Got a little greenage on top of that.
You know, there seems to be a little chili oil.
- Little chili oil, yeah.
Let's see, what else?
Looks like you got some corn in there.
- Hey, this little sweet chili thing going on right here,
is actually pretty fire.
I like this.
Wow, Destroyer.
Pretty good.
- And I tell you what, just how we like to order
and go to different restaurants,
and try different foods we've never tried before.
Since, we're on the tip of ordering in,
it's always fun to order from a place
that you've never ordered from before, like,
I've never been to Destroyer before.
But, I tell you what, I'm down to order some again.
- Yeah, man.
- And this here Jamaican food is
from a spot called Little Kingston.
- I'm not a Jamaican person, I don't, obviously.
But, what I mean by that is,
I haven't had a lot of Jamaican food.
Whoa!
- Curry goat, not bad.
- The great thing about curry goat,
for a lot of people out there who don't like goat,
it's because it has a very gamey, metallically weird taste
that if you didn't grow up eating it,
you're not gonna like that much.
Curry goat does a great job, specifically,
because of the spices and how long it's been stewed,
it takes away that weird flavor.
- Oh, it looks like, oh yes!
These are some type of spare ribs.
Short ribs.
- This is what I had, this fried stuff.
I don't know what that is. - These are called festivals.
- Oh really?
You fucking with me right now.
- No, I swear, they're called festivals.
- It's like a fried, sweet fritter.
It is really sweet and I like it.
You should try that curry goat though, man.
It is tender, just fall-a-part delicious.
That curry spice in it, it has a little heat.
But, my God, the flavor is dank as fuck.
Wow, right?
- I got really good fatty piece of goat too.
That's why it's dope to have this bomb ass rice
to soak in that little juice.
You know, I'm Thai, so I love me some curry already.
It's interesting with curry, like, 'cause like,
so many people in so many different countries
do curry in their own different way.
But, it always kinda has an underlying similar taste, too.
You know what I'm saying?
But, it's like, I like the Jamaican curry
'cause it's kinda spicy like Thai curry.
It's not overpowering though.
And it's just like, just...
- Stick to your ribs.
- Stick to your ribs
and it's also very, like, comforting, you know?
It's nice, I like it.
Maybe 'cause I'm Thai and I grew up on curry,
but I just love a good, hearty curry.
- I mean, it's just very different from, like,
the other curries.
Like, I think, like, Thai curries are
one of the lightest ones out there.
It's flavor packed, but it's ethereal.
- Oh, man, bomboclaat, this is so good!
It's okay dude, you don't have to drive home.
You can take a nap here until,
that's the beauty of shooting at my house.
You can literally take a nap here.
Okay, so this is from Northern Cafe.
You ever been there?
- Northern Cafe sounds really familiar.
I believe it's like a Taiwanese spot, right?
No, it's a Chinese spot.
It might be northern Chinese food
and if it's northern Chinese food,
I'm thinking, very, very spicy.
We're thinking Sichuan spices.
What's that, mapo tofu?
It is mapo tofu!
- What's that?
- Mapo Tofu is like a spicy, meaty, tofuy,
a dish that you put over rice.
- Lots of chili oil in there.
- A lot of that mala spice.
So, if you got Sichuan food you'll see
a lot of stuff is really red.
But, that mala spice is a numbing spice.
So, it feels like somebody just took
electric cords and put it on your mouth.
- Oh, that!
Yes, we've talked about that before.
- Usually, we have it with rice.
But, you know what?
Let's keep it low carb, huh?
- No, I'm gonna grab my waffle from Roscoe's.
- You're gonna do the leftover thing right now?
- Yeah!
Oh you want a half?
- Yeah.
- Hoyeah? - Hoyeah.
- Hoyeah. - Hoyeah.
- So, we have our waffle from Roscoe's.
We got some sweet and sour fish.
- Oh, I got the giggles!
Oh, no, I got the giggles.
- Don't fight it!
Let's check this out.
- Oh, man.
Yo, sweet and sour fish is actually good.
- Oh, I've never had sweet and sour fish before.
Wow!
It almost, if I closed my eyes,
I would've thought this was chicken.
- This?
Sweet and sour, tangy, sticky sauce
can go on any type of meat and it's fucking fantastic.
- That's facts, bro.
Like I feel like,
with the Americanized Chinese food,
people are always really familiar with like,
this reminds me of like, you know, some orange chicken,
or some sweet and sour pork.
I mean that type of thing.
People are used to that.
You know, if you can't handle the spice
of what this tofu is about to be.
Then yeah, I think some sweet and sour fish
is right up your alley.
What is that, is that some pineapple right there?
- I believe it's pineapple, yeah.
The preparation is so interesting.
It's obviously gonna taste way better
when you eat it in the restaurant.
Because, what they'll do with this,
if it's sweet and sour pork,
I'm pretty sure they're doing the same thing with this.
Corn starch, you know, lightly dusted with that.
Then, you're gonna deep fry it,
so it adds a nice crunch.
Then, you wok stir-fry it with the sauce
and it sticks to that.
And you have crunch, sweet, tang, everything that you like.
- And let me tell you something,
I'm not mad at it with the pancake
or with the waffle either.
- Good, right? - Yeah.
- Oh, yeah.
- Oh, would you like some tofu?
- Yes.
Yes, today, motherfucker.
- Yes, today, yes.
What was tofu in Korean?
- Dubu. - Yes, dubu, motherfucker.
- Yes, dubu, motherfucker.
- All right, how's the tofu?
- It's good.
It has that mala spice, that I really like.
I never made mapo tofu before,
so I don't know anything else
besides the stuff that I'm tasting right,
which is chili, chili oil and the mala spice in it.
But, savory, salty, spicy.
Tofu's really great vehicle.
Specifically soft tofu to be in any type of sauce or stew
'cause it absorbs all of that stuff
the longer you let it sit.
- Yep.
- Mmm, one-year-old David.
- And it's looking like we got
some type of Mediterranean kebab situation,
and of course we have some pita bread here.
And where is this from, David?
- This is from a place called Zankou Chicken.
Now, I think they're one of the first, like, spots
that really commercialized Mediterranean food
to people like in LA. - Really?
- 'Cause I never actually had this stuff until
I first came to LA and Zankou was the first one that I had.
- Really? - Yeah.
- We got some hummus out here, I love hummus.
Hummus is made from garbanzo beans, correct?
- Chickpeas.
- Yeah, same shit, there you go.
I'm just gonna make me a little gyro here.
- Gyro! - Gyro!
♪ I can be your gyro, baby! ♪
Let's see, I got my hummus on here.
Let me get a little of this motherfucking...
What was this again, garlic paste, you said?
- It's a garlic sauce, man.
- Garlic sauce? - It's so good.
- 'Kay.
- How is that garlic sauce?
- It's delicious!
I love garlic.
I love garlic, I love garlic sauce.
I love Mediterranean food, I like kebabs.
Delicious.
- They always give you the guarantee.
Have you ever heard of that shit?
- What's the guarantee?
- It's like, "Oh, how good is this?"
"I guarantee this is the best thing
"you'll ever have in your life."
They always guarantee it.
No matter which fucking Mediterranean restaurant you go to.
It's like, "Oh, what's good on this menu?"
"I guarantee you, right here, the best thing
"that you've ever had in your life."
- "Buddy, buddy, buddy, buddy, buddy, I guarantee it.
"I guarantee, buddy, buddy!"
Hey, don't feel pressure to drink it, dude.
I just like drinking it.
- That bitch just tastes good though.
- It's really good.
I haven't had one in so long.
All right, man, so we had some delicious food
from Los Angeles today.
What would you say was your favorite thing
that we had sent to us?
- I would say, it was the one that shocked me the most.
It was the curry goat,
with that rice and the festival bread stick thing.
Together, so good.
- Yeah, I love Jamaican food as well.
So, you know what?
But I'm gonna stick with Roscoe's, man.
I love me some Roscoe's.
Some good ol' chicken and waffles.
You can't eat it all the time, 'cause the shit is filling.
But, you can't go wrong with
some fresh Roscoe's chicken and waffles.
I love it!
- I love it too.
- All right, y'all!
Thank you for watching another episode of "Send Foodz,"
takeaway style, to-go style, doggy-bag style.
Let us know in the comments below,
what are some of the spots in your city
that we should have sent to us
and maybe we'll work out some way
where we can get that shit to my house.
Thank you for watching another episode of "Send Foodz."
I'm Tim Chanturangsu.
- And I'm David So.
- Make sure you like, comment, subscribe,
share this shit if you love it.
Peace, bitches.