- I don't understand why I'm having cat poop for breakfast.
- It's so intense, oh, woo.
- I'm going to put the cup in the microwave to heat it up.
- Ah.
(fancy violins play)
Hi, my name's Tom and I'm from the UK.
- And I'm Jeff, I'm from the U.S.
- And today we are going to be swap expensive, luxury
fancy foods.
- We are getting bougie today.
- A lot of the fanciest most expensive foods that you
can try are imported or are from other countries as well.
So this is going to be an international round up
of luxury fabulous foods.
- We're giving you two other menus that are based
on what's popular in our own countries
but not everything that Tom is going to
be eating today is specifically American.
Not everything I'm eating today, specifically British.
- Yeah, I mean, at the end of the day, it's not our fault
that the rest of the world is just fancier than us.
Do you know what I mean?
So, Jeff, for breakfast,
you were going to be having a Maglio sausage
and bacon sandwich with Civit cat coffee.
Kopi luwak coffee is an Indonesian coffee
which is special because it has already been eaten
and digested through a cat.
(record scratch)
- What?
- There is a cap called a civic cat
which apparently has these this amazing skill
to hunt out the best ripest coffee beans
and what happens is the cat eats the coffee, digests it,
poops it out, and then they find the coffee beans stuck
in the cat poop, clean it and then now it's in a bag
and waiting for you to drink it.
(Tom laughs)
- No.
- It has been produced by free range
Civic cuts on has been fully cleaned.
So you've got the green to go, give it a try.
For lunch, you're going to be having afternoon tea
and for dinner you're going to be having a Beef Wellington.
- It sounds a bit like a bougie sausage roll, maybe?
- Yeah, kind of.
I suppose that's the way of looking at it.
If you just like a really,
really big, really expensive sausage roll.
- Mm, Tom for breakfast, you're going
to have crab cake Benedict.
As someone that was born and raised in Maryland,
I couldn't let you not have some sort
of crab cake, for lunch you're going to have some caviar
nachos along with some sushi.
To me, this is like classic American,
taking something a bit low brow, like a bar snack
but you add caviar
and you make it a really, really, really expensive dish.
Again, I know sushi isn't necessarily American
but it's very popular in LA.
There are a lot of very, very
very bougie and expensive sushi restaurants
and for dinner, you're going to have lobster risotto.
- There's a lot of first times
for me here today, I'm excited.
- As you should be.
I have my bacon and sausage, going to make a bougie
breakfast sandwich, this is like very nicely packaged.
It looks very expensive.
I even love like the gold plated background
and these look like some of the nicest sausages
I've honestly ever seen.
Oil, all right.
- I'm not always the best at making poached eggs.
I actually find them quite difficult to do
but I followed a recipe that said, like
add a little bit of vinegar and like swirl the water
and I think I've got it down.
- Although this coffee has been digested
by a wild animal and then picked up through their feces,
hopefully it will still give me the kick that I need.
- I also just for sort of camp value,
added some chives and some crayfish on top.
So, I mean, I'm not going to lie to you.
That looks kind of fancy.
- Here we are, bougie breakfast sandwich
with some fancy sausages and bacon.
This is supposed to be like the Kobe beef of the pork world.
- This is breakfast.
It is a crab cake with a poached egg on top.
Ooh, oh yeah, there you go.
- Bougie breakfast sandwich, let's go.
- Cheers.
- So I'm not gonna lie, I don't taste the difference.
- No, it was good, oh my god.
Also, I'm really proud of myself with this poached egg.
Like I think I nailed it.
- It is really, really good, but I wouldn't necessarily say
that this was like a supreme cut of pork.
Maybe my taste buds just aren't refined enough?
- The only thing that I don't like
about this is the fact that it's like maybe slightly rich.
I think if you just rolled out the bed,
this might be kind of a lot.
Maybe this is more of like a brunch item perhaps.
Our cat has true staring at me, so intently, it's like.
(plucked bass music plays)
- Now it's time for the coffee.
This is such a mind over matter thing.
I love coffee.
I drink a lot of coffee every single day.
However, this coffee has been digested by a wild animal.
Oh, it's been feced, is that a word?
It's been defecated.
Every time I go to drink,
I just think about how this has been found in poop.
I'm like trying really hard to like it.
It's a very good flavor of coffee
and it's feels like a good strength of coffee.
It's not like overly bitter but I just continue
to imagine it being in poop to be honest.
Overall this breakfast is a lot more expensive
than it probably needs to be.
You can get this meal for quite cheap
but since we're living bougie
for the day, pinkies up, cheers.
- So it's time for lunch, I have ordered sushi.
So that is on the way
and now I have to make the caviar nachos.
- Okay, it's tea time, I'm very excited.
I feel like I should be wearing something more
sophisticated, should I go change?
I think I'll go change.
When having afternoon tea, one must look presentable.
- Tortilla chips, you know what, we're just gonna use
the whole bag apparently, great.
- So I've been sent these amazing boxes
to have afternoon tea at home.
First up we have scones with jam.
I'm an American, so sorry.
Scones with jam and Cornish clotted cream.
Then we also have some sandwiches.
As expected mini finger sandwiches with cucumbers.
I don't know why that's high end.
It's probably the cheapest things you can get
at the grocery store, but there must be tradition to it.
So I'm very excited.
- I've never used mozzarella for nachos before
so this is definitely a bit different,
a bit bougie, bit unusual.
You know what, I know it's supposed to be fancy
but it doesn't feel that fancy when you're making it.
So now I'm going to put this
under the grill for three to five minutes until it's melted.
- It wouldn't be afternoon tea without actual tea.
So I had the tea bag right here.
The first thing I'm going to do is I'm going to take my cup
and I'm going to fill up my mug with water
and then I'm going to put the cup
in the microwave to heat it up
for a certain amount of, hahaha,
you thought I was going to do it.
You all wanted to laugh at me, guess what?
I'm an American and I have a kettle.
I know you were ready to come
for me in the comments, but I know.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
- Okay update, mozzarella has melted,
looking kind of fabulous.
Now I'm going to put tomatoes,
try and do this in one fell swoop, ooh, okay.
- I have been given very clear instructions
on how to make the perfect cup of tea.
Tea goes in first, then comes the water.
I am so nervous to get this wrong, you guys have no idea.
We are letting it sit.
I don't know how long it needs to sit in there.
I think that was long enough.
So I'm going to take the tea bag out.
Now, your boy has a few dairy issues.
So we're going with some soy milk, I'm sorry.
Ah, too much, I don't know.
- And now for the main event,
we're going to add on the caviar.
I have four different types, I've got no idea what they are.
When I imagined caviar in my head,
I imagine like the dark black type,
so I think I'm going to go for that.
I've never had a caviar before.
I am like really interested by it, like as a concept like.
Can I just, I can't, oh, is this a good amount of caviar?
Like, I don't know, it's like, it's one of those jars,
like what you get like jam in when you go to a hotel.
Oh, it's on my hand, oh my gosh.
If I'm this grossed out by it being on my hand
how am I going to eat it?
- We have our lovely four different finger sandwiches.
There's a salmon one, a prosciutto one, a rocket one
and a classic cucumber one.
We have our lovely desserts, which I am stoked about.
I wish I could dive right in and of course our tea.
- I've never been sat in front of a plate
of nachos and thought to myself, do I want to eat this?
Do you know what I mean?
That's quite an unusual feeling.
I've also never been sat near a plate
of nachos and thought
there's an incredibly strong smell of fish.
- Mm, mm.
- This is the first time trying caviar
and it was on nachos, cheers.
Oh, interesting.
- That's a very strong flavor, it is absolutely delicious.
I don't know if I was expecting prosciutto in afternoon tea.
I'm not sure why.
- The texture isn't what I expected.
I thought they were going to be
like jelly and they're actually like, they're kind of
like pop, fishy water inside, but let me go again.
- Next we have a roasted red pepper, cheese and walnuts.
I don't know if walnuts belong in a sandwich.
The red pepper and the cheese is banging
but the walnut is just kind of weird, if I'm honest.
- This is the most American thing ever,
like nachos, throw some caviar on it, now it's fancy.
Do you know what I mean?
But honestly, I kind of like it, it's good.
- I think I would change some things around
in order to make my ideal sandwich.
So the prosciutto and the dill and some cheese from there
then I'm going to take the red pepper
from that other sandwich, add on a bit more cheese.
It wouldn't be afternoon tea without cucumber so.
They have missed the mark
by not having this as one of the items, I'm sorry.
This was so good.
- Okay, so it is time for the main lunchtime event.
I've got to say I am so, so pleased
that Jeff picked this for me, I like sushi so much.
Nellie is sat right by me again.
Okay, so first thing I'm going to try
is the hot California roll.
It looks like crab and avocado
and then it's like battered, oh my god.
My mouth is salivating a lot.
Oh, that is so good.
It's honestly better than I expected it to be.
- Now what we've all really been waiting for, the desserts.
Normally in America, I would just kind of like,
dig in, but we're afternoon tea, darkling.
That is delicious, really, really, really delicious.
- One of the other most popular types of sushi
in the states and in California in particular is spicy tuna.
Oh, look, some of our little friends on there.
- Yeah, a caramel slice bites so that this guy, oh my god.
That is so rich and so flavorful.
I was not expecting there to be like, gooey
caramel coming into it, whoa.
- Mm, oh my god, okay, that is my favorite.
This is definitely bougie, this is the most fish eggs
I've had in like a half an hour space of time ever.
- Now, I know there is a debate
over what goes first, the clotted cream or the jam.
I am going to put an end to this debate right now.
I'm going to start one with the coated cream on the bottom
and then I'm going to do the other one the other way.
Let's get to the bottom of it.
I'm torn, I actually understand both.
I think I have an answer, both good
but I think the cream going on first makes the most sense.
Very happy to be helping out in this science experiment.
- Right kids, it is dinner time, the food is here.
We have got lobster risotto, oh my god, there's like a full
claw in there, ah beautiful.
- Beef Wellington has finally cooled.
I chopped it with a serrated knife.
The smell of truffle
and mustard is like very, very, very strong.
It's taken over my entire kitchen.
- Oo, seafood.
One thing I didn't expect is when I saw
that it was lobster risotto from like an order restaurant,
I did not think it would have full on like claws.
Like that is so intense.
Like look at that, look at it wiggle, ah.
- It tastes really amazing.
I'm not normally a truffle fan, but there's
like nice hints of it in this that tastes pretty good
and the like crusting
of it really adds something nice to it.
- Oh, wow, okay, okay, this is delicious.
This is actually I think,
this is the nicest thing I've tried all day.
- I'm a big fan of how much the UK loves wrapping meat
in like bread and crust.
I do you think it adds something, it's nice.
It's a nice little addition.
I don't know what it is, but there's something,
there is something about this kind of cut
of beef and then with the truffle and how it's wrapped
that just does feel a little bit more upscale
than even just a steak.
- The flavor is pretty subtle.
I almost go so far
as to say it doesn't really taste like much at all.
Regardless, I am going to eat this whole bowl.
(fancy violins play)
- Hello, Tom.
It's nice to see you when I actually like you today.
- Yay.
- Yesterday was amazing.
- Yeah, good, really fancy.
It was a lot of fish for one day, a lot of seafood.
That was the only slightly overwhelming thing
but generally it was all such like quality.
It was all very rich.
I'm dying to know what was the coffee like?
- The coffee itself was great, like it tasted good.
I couldn't stop wrapping my head
around the fact that it was poop coffee.
How was the caviar nachos, how was caviar in general?
- It was so weird.
Although when you first say caviar nachos,
it sounds ridiculous, it actually wasn't the craziest thing.
So I did like it.
I don't I've ever eaten so much seafood in one day
but I'm honestly not complaining.
I did feel very fabulous.
- At the end of the day, Tom, you and I love a meal deal.
It was nice to bougie and fancy for a day.
I don't know how much of that,
I would actually like, how much money I would
actually spend on it myself.
- To be honest, I know we ate all of this expensive food
but the most important thing I learned
from this experience is that I can poach
a really good egg and that is worth more
than money can buy.
(stringed music continues)