- Live and direct from Hollywood.
- It's the Feast Mode Hunger Squad.
- Today, we have a very special episode
of Feast Mode Hunger Squad.
We will be going to
- Eat signature dishes from each other's hometown.
- I'm from the Midwest.
Cincinnati, Ohio represent.
- Now, me, being from Virginia which
is the East Coast, a.k.a. I guess the South.
They're gonna have a lot to live up to.
- And being from San Diego, California.
Pretty sure I got this one in the bag.
So, I think we need to make a little bit
of a competition out of it.
- Wait, no this is not a contest.
- [Voiceover] Yes, this is a contest.
- No, this is a bonding experience for
the Feast Mode Hunger Squad.
- It's a contest.
- [Voiceover] No, Freddie it's not a contest.
Back me up here.
- Steven, Ohio ain't got nothin' on me.
- You're worried you're gonna lose, aren't you?
- [Voiceover] Shut up. Let's do this.
(upbeat music)
- [Voiceover] Woo!
- So, we're on our way to Ricky's Fish Tacos
in East Hollywood.
It's a truck.
We get to sit outside,
enjoy this beautiful Southern California day.
- [Voiceover] Doesn't he have like a million taco trucks?
- No.
He's got one because he's a man of quality.
- I respect that he's a monogamist.
Are you a one man kinda girl?
- [Voiceover] I am, I'm a one man kind of girl.
- [Voiceover] How are you?
- How you guys doing?
- This is Ricky of Ricky's Fish Tacos.
Where did you learn to make fish tacos?
- I've been eating them since I was a little kid.
You know, mom from Ensenada.
They know how to make fish tacos.
- We are going to eat a lot of your fish tacos.
- [Voiceover] All right.
- Okay, thanks.
I literally ate fish tacos every single day
after baseball practice with my dad.
- Let's eat these tacos.
I will say, I am the most excited about this mayo sauce.
Oh, I don't even know if you want this.
Do you want this? - [Steven] I guess I do now.
- [All] Cheers.
- Whoa! Your hair.
Can we get a replay on her hair trying
to eat my food?
(growl)
- [Voiceover] Mmm.
- Wow.
- Ricky's gets extra points because he put
a surfboard in his logo.
He gets two points for that.
- Ricky also gets two points for that fedora.
- Ricky gets five points for just keeping it simple.
- That's the thing about tacos,
it's really all about the meat.
Look at that ratio.
- Let's give Ricky three points for having
quality tortillas.
- Three points for the crunch.
- You love crunch.
- I love crunch like you love ratios.
- All his sauces are on point.
- Plus one per sauce.
Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom.
And a solid four points for the atmosphere.
- Even the patrons are just super diverse.
Everyone who's here at this truck on their
lunch break, they look like they come from
all walks of life.
- Three points to the three specs of food
that are left on Colin's mustache,
right now.
- [Voiceover] The flavor saver.
- I hope you guys got a good fish taco experience.
You enjoyed it.
- Yep, I--
- It was okay.
- I'm trying to save room for the next spot.
We're gonna have some amazing B-B-Q.
- [Colin] Oh. - [Steven] Oh, snap.
- We're heading to my spot.
It's known for its like Texas style barbecue,
and I'm not from Texas, I'm from Virginia,
but I would say that's the closest you can get
to like Virginia barbecue.
The sweet to savory ratio in the barbecue sauce
must be correct.
- [Voiceover] I love me some ratios.
Freddie, you know the key to my heart.
(lively guitar)
- So, we're here at my spot,
a.k.a Bludso's.
This is Tad.
- How you guys doing?
- Basically, everything on this menu I'm obsessed with.
- I mean, I can just send you guys out what I think
is best here, if you wanna just go with that?
- I think that sounds good.
- [Voiceover] Clear out some space. Make room for the food.
- [Voiceover] Excellent. Wow.
- If this doesn't make your mouth wanna water,
than y'all are just dead people inside.
- I can hear the South coming out of you,
right now Freddie.
- Presentation, they get five presentation points.
- [Voiceover] Yes.
- For what? Like what?
- Every just looks awesome.
- It looks so good.
- Just look.
- Oh, and then we got the cornbread.
- [Voiceover] Oh goodness! Did you see that?
When you pick it up.
- [All] Oh!
- That's a plus 10.
- The real deal right here.
Major flavor points right here.
We're giving him five, five flavor points.
- Yeah, three points for the tender.
- [Voiceover] Three! - [Voiceover] Three!
- You can't just start dishing out points,
all right randomly.
- Why? There is no scale.
- We're just giving points like crazy people.
- For how buttery that is, plus two.
- Cheers.
- That's a negative point right there.
- What are you talking about?
It's not its fault, it's your fault.
- You just out here tryin' to deduct points
'cause you're gettin' nervous.
- I'll give another three points for that mac and cheese.
That's some solid mac and cheese.
- Everything melts in your mouth.
A baby could eat this.
- The pickles
crunch on fleek.
- We gotta try that spicy thing.
- The hot link.
- Mmm.
- And there truly is an art to like making good
comfort food, and I think this place nailed it.
Plus 17 points.
- Okay.
There's gotta be some order. - [Freddie] No.
- [All] Feast Mode Hunger Squad.
- Ah, how am I gonna stay awake in the car?
- So-- - [Colin] Where are we going?
- We're gonna get Cincinnati chili.
- I've never heard about Cincinnati chili
until I met this one over here.
- What?! It's world famous.
- I think it's Cincinnati famous.
- Nope.
- We are on the way to my spot.
The closest thing to home spot for Steven Lim.
Chili John's.
Over in Cincinnati we have these things called
Three Ways, and it's not what you're thinking.
They are chili, cheese, and noodles.
We are here with.
- Anthony.
- [Voiceover] What is your signature dish here?
- Beef and beans.
Our California pink beans.
- [Voiceover] This place reminds me so much
of the Midwest.
- I'm gonna give 'em five points just for decor.
I'm diggin' the vibe in here.
- Two points for the lobster bib.
- [Voiceover] See how fast it is guys.
- [Voiceover] 'Cause Ohio likes their food fast.
- All right, the fact that it came out in 10 seconds.
10 points, c'mon.
- [Voiceover] Yeah, it's Cincinnati style.
- Five points.
- Now, do you guys have cheese to throw on there?
- I have buckets of cheese.
- Whoa!
- So, how much cheese should I put on here, Steven?
- [Voiceover] That is so much cheese.
- Mmm.
- This gets five points just off the beans.
- Oh, and then we got onions.
Onions go on there too, right?
- Plus five points for all the variations,
the mix and match.
I gotta say, if spaghetti was like this all the time
I'd probably eat it more often.
- This is like a great quaint date.
Where it's like, I'll take you to my spot.
- What do you think I'm doing right now, Freddie?
- Oh, man I'm getting meat sweats.
- Point system wise, I think we know who won.
- [Voiceover] I feel like I know you guys better now.
- See, it's better as a bonding experience.
- [Freddie] Yeah. - [Colin] Yeah.
- [Voiceover] Ah.
- [Voiceover] What are we doing next time, guys?
- [Voiceover] Feast Mode Hunger Squad signing out.
- Comment below, what should we eat next?
Let's do it.
- [Voiceover] Yeah, where do we eat next?