This is from a cow? [From a cow] Be honest with me, did this cow smoke?
Welcome to the best ever food review show where today
We're going on another food adventure on the Rainy City of Saigon in Vietnam and today
We're eating- I actually l even know what we're eating. What are we eating today?
Pha Lau Bo
What is in that? [Well Pha Lau Bo is all about cow intestines]
Oh. Cow intestines? [Yes]
Ah, what else is inside?
[Internal organs]
Internal organs of the cow? [Yes] I'm sorry
Can you pull over really quick? [Okay] Okay, thanks man I just need a quick minute. Uh, I don't- I'm not sure
What to do. Um. I think here's what people don't understand. You know I go to a great lengths to make sure that
Every time I do a yummy face in this show, it's authentic
It's always because what I'm eating is yummy, and it it it produces it manifests a yummy face on me
and I can't start doing any fake yummy faces, but uh
We're eating uh cow intestines. Is that- could that be good? Andrew, can you hear me?
Um, they
want me to eat cow intestines.
It's just that I've never done a fake yummy face
And I can't do a fake yummy face today like I'm a little bit worried about the yummy face
If it's not yummy, I don't have to fake a yummy face. Is that what you're saying?
Okay thank you. Alright. Bye. Ok hi. I'm back. Cow intestines. [Yeah] Do you promise it's yummy?
[200% Trust me]
Okay let's go
Okay guys we have the two hundred percent guarantee of my guide Luan that this is gonna be the most tasty cow organ soup I've ever tasted
It might also be the only cow organ soup I've ever tasted
All right, let's go for it
Alright. Hey, Luan.
So the thing is, I'm a little bit worried about the organ soup
The only reason is because sometimes organs can be "gamey" do you know what gamey is? [I don't get it]
"Gamey" is like what it takes a little animal-y, or like a farm. When it tastes like how a farm smells
That's gamey. [Animal smell, you mean right?] Yeah. Is this gonna be gamey? [I don't think so] Okay. [You don't trust me?] No, I trust you.
Wow, such a beautiful array of organs from the cow. Okay. Let's see if I can name all of these
It's time to play guess the organ. Intestine? [Right.]
Liver?
Not
What is it? [Spleen.] Are you serious? [Yes]
I've never even seen
I've never even seen a spleen let alone eaten one. [These two are same one but this is the fried.]
[Fried, with oil] Oh. [Yeah, so this one is with soup and this one is with oil.] Can we try both? [Why not?]
I feel like, look, as long as we're here, as long as I'm getting used to these organs
Let's have all the organs possible [Every part of the soup one] First? [Yeah] And then the fried one for dessert!
Whatever she thinks is the most yummy I want to try a piece of it now. What is that? Is that spleen?
[No, that's]
[stomach, a part of stomach] A part of the stomach? [Yeah]
Okay. This is cow stomach. It has been kind of fried in this pot here for some time
Usually you would eat this with some bread
[Right, but you can eat it alone like that]
[Does it taste animal?]
No
It tastes good. I was worried, but that's good. Very fatty, a little chewy. I can see that would definitely go well with bread
So here we have our cow organ soup [Right]
Also known as [Pha Lau] Good. We've got some fish sauce with chilies inside
And we have Banh Mi, which is bread. [You should try a little bit of soup first] Okay
It looks like a beautiful oil slick on top. Nice fat. Tons of fat inside, but you said some coconut too? [Yep]
Oh [How does it taste?] It tastes really good
I mean you can put coconut milk in anything and it's going to make it taste amazing. Is this stomach? [Yeah]
So I'm gonna put it in the bread [Right]
And then I'm going to dip it. So I'm going to do everything that's possible [And how about the sauce as well?]
So [Don't forget the sauce] Broth and fish sauce? Yeah
There's nothing you can't put fish sauce on here in Vietnam.
[Great combination, right?]
[Is it too tart?] It's so refreshing
So the sauce is really
Surprisingly delicate and the bread is nice and soft and so the organ is a little bit chewy but not too chewy and it's certainly not
gamey at all. So good. Okay, so next we're trying spleen [That is spleen, yeah]
[It tastes quite different from the stomach] I've never even seen a spleen let alone tasted a spleen and here it is before me
It's very dark. It looks a little livery
Oh, and it tastes really livery. It's kind of bitter. It tastes a lot like liver
I think this would be my style if I came here. I'll make a bunch of little mini sandwiches like this
[So have you changed your mind yet?] I would dip them- Yes, I have. And I would eat it like this
So we already had all the splendor and beauty that is the cow organ soup
And now we have the fried cow organ [Right] And we have a special kind of jerky made from organs. Okay.
Let me guess. It's black. It's a bit oily [Mm-hmm]
[Tell me what it is] It doesn't taste that much like meat. It's very sweet, a little chewy [Mm-hmm]
It's not, you know, dry like normal jerky [Just guess, what organ is it?] Um, a lung.
[You got it.] Is it lung? [Yes.] These are the best lungs I've ever eaten [It really taste like beef jerky]
This is from a cow. [From a cow.] Be honest with me, did this cow smoke?
Why does this cow have black lungs? [Because of the seasoning, because of the soy sauce]
[The seasoning, marinating] Of course. Guys, these cow lungs have no carcinogens. This cow did not smoke
It's a seasoning and they've made this beautiful lung jerky. It's very sweet on the outside kind of syrupy and
Might I also say, it's very yum
Here we have the fried organs [Right] A little bit of spleen [Right]
We got a little bit of cow's stomach and we've also got intestine. Oh, that is a big piece of cow intestine [Right] Again
I don't know what's wrong with me. I like squid a lot and I like intestines a lot, okay
I mean, I don't know what's right with me because there's nothing wrong with that. Dip it, give it a little dip
[So for the next bite, why don't you put everything in one?]
Okay
To finish it off for today
We're putting all three organs [Right] in one mini sandwich [Altogether]
Intestine. Stomach [Stomach] and
Some spleen. Put it in the fish sauce. It has never been done before in Vietnam. Three organs in one sandwich
[Okay]
[Does it taste different?] There's a cacophony of flavor and confusion. A parade of flavor. A tornado of yumminess in my mouth
I'm really blown away, man. You know in the west people a lot of people they shy away from the cow organs
Maybe they'll have a chicken heart now and then like I did when I was a kid in Minnesota
Minnesota, what
But people get a little bit shy when they see a giant Cauldron with boiling
organs inside. You have shown me the light. And for that I want to say thank you
[You're so welcome, man] And for you guys, if you're interested in this kind of Vietnamese insider foodie experience hit up one trip for
an amazing food tour in Saigon or Hoi An. I've done the tour myself and it was very yummy
And I'm the duke of yum so I know. Links for that are in the info box down below
I'll see you next week. Ah, peace!