Hey, what's up guys? It's Mike Chen, so last week, I literally got
humiliated. I got
annihilated by a huge ice cream Sundae.
No bloody way, oh my God it's falling. It's avalanche right now.
Oh my goodness
And just about four days later, here I am at the Corner Pho. I'm about to take on the ginormous
Pho challenge, I feel like I'm just a glutton for punishment right now. I-I just I can't get enough beatings
It's like I took a beating and I came back for more
but I am a little more like-like a teensy bit more confident about this challenge because
I love pho.
In the ginormous pho challenge
it's supposed to be a combination of three water to pho (3:1)
And I remember back in the days when I used to eat more than I do now
I will go to a pho place, and order two orders of pho just for myself
so I guess today I get to channel the young me, the me that will go to Popeyes get a
[18-piece] bucket and eat it all by myself
Okay, I think I'm ready. Let's go take down that pho
Now we're going to head into back into the kitchen and see how my opponent is constructed.
All right, this is this is it right here. This is two pounds of meat.
So what do we got we got the trike. Got brisket, steak, meatball tendon,
and fatty brisket. Nice, this looks awesome. I'm excited. It's making me hungry. Here's the noodles
Are you just are you just gauging by eye?
Okay, okay, okay? I prefer under.
-Prefer under? Okay.
That's going in. Oh, there's my [bowl]. You kidding me.
-Yeah that's your bowl. Wow
-About 2 pounds, perfect. Wow! Look at you, holy cow! On the spot.
Yup, about four pounds right there [I]?
Catch my opponent in the kitchen. I signed my waiver and ready to take this challenge.
I am actually starving right now. I didn't eat all day,
which a lot of people will say it's not the best strategy
but I feel like this is how I can best tackle, like you just saw two pounds of
Noodles. I think the noodles might give me some trouble
But I put the meat I almost wish he put more meat in there 'cause man that meat looks good. Here comes,
Holy Crap!
How come that looks bigger now, did that grow?
No...
No, what is this?
Nick, did you change a bowl on me?
How come it looks bigger
Did this bro ugh came out of kitchen, you got bigger? How's that possible? Wow!
[alright], let me show you guys what this looks like from my perspective
Check out this...
the spoon!
It looks delicious. It smells great. First of all, guys, I cannot eat pho without a lot of sriracha,
So sriracha is going in.
I might need a whole bottle of sriracha for this, I'm not sure. Also I'm gonna put some of this garlic Chilli sauce in there
Nice, and spicy. Alright, I'm ready Nathan. Alright, 50 minutes have started.
Here's my strategy, I have to finish the noodles first because they're gonna get soggy
And nothing is worse than soggy pho noodles, so. And as tasty as the soup is
And that's tasty.
I can't be bothered by the broth.
I've gotta just eat whatever is in here.
Oh, delicious.
Delicious and got to get the noodles conquered.
Meat will always be good.
Loved this right now. So hungry, tastes so good. You know what I need...
Haha, it needs more sriracha.
I feel like I'm a little intimidated by this
because it's like such a big bowl in front of me.
But...
I gotta just keep in mind, it's mainly broth. So the bark is a lot worse than the bite.
In this challenge, I'll tell you guys right now.
A lot easier than, um,
than the ice cream challenge. Because ice cream, after like a couple scoops, you're like so sick of it,
but this is so delicious
This big spoon actually is really helpful because just grabbing the noodles from this big bowl, it's kinda challenging right now for me
Alright, I feel like I'm making a dent in the noodles right now, although it might not look like it.
Because this bowl is so big.
Because I'm literally eating out of a real life swimming pool, but...
ogh
Whoo! Just picking up the texture a little bit
Sorry,
It needs more sriracha, it's nice and spicy for me. It needs to be spicier.
My other strategy
Is eat as quickly as I can. I've got to eat this before my stomach realizes that it's full. [haha] Get it? That it's full.
I'll tell you guys what, I'm going strong right now
I'm like really hungry, and this is so much easier than the ice cream challenge.
The Ice Cream Challenge, after like a few bites, I knew I was in trouble
Because the flavor, the texture it wasn't. I mean you're not supposed to eat like two gallons of ice cream.
But you can eat a lot of pho.
I'm slowly trying to make my way through the meatballs, because they are very filling.
Everything's still tasting really delicious to me
That's a good sign
There is still a lot of noodles left, but I feel like I'm making good progress.
I'm gonna start mixing a little meat with my noodles, so I can get a little bit of a different flavor profile.
You know, eating challenges are like a relationship. You gotta mix it up. You gotta keep things interesting. This is a two-way street.
I am feeling the noodles in my stomach right now. I feel a little bit, but just a little bit. I'm still good
I feel like I'm at least
2/3 way through the Noodles right now. It's not slowing me down much
Because I'm a warrior. I'm a phorrior. Haha. The pho has apparently brought out the dad jokes from within me.
I am worried a little bit about the beef meatballs right now, cause they are so dense
Alright, this pho is punching back on me
But I'm still on the offensive
Yep, the noodles
actually are almost gone. I think there's only like, I think, a quarter of noodles left, or even less.
I do feel at this point, I am definitely feeling the formation of a pho-baby
I'm going to start mixing my meat with the noodles
Because noodles, essentially taken care off.
Just thinkin', where do you even find a bowl like this, like food challenges r us. The beef from Boston.
Is definitely taking their time, these are so heavy, so dense
At this point
I'm pretty much full. See what I did but yeah
I'm really getting there
OhMy God! I found more noodles. They were hidden.
It was an ambush. I thought I finished them off already and they came from behind
This is so unexpected. Oh my God. I feel like the pho just got some reinforcements
I feel myself slowing down.
But there's not that much left. I feel like I took turn most the pho firepower
Okay, I am [getting] the dreaded football works these have no taste anymore, just gonna force it down
Only one full beef meatball left to take, so i'm just going to take care of it, everything is still boiling hot, there is so much dropping
I believe, I still feel pretty good
I Love fatty brisket, my favorite meat in Pho
alright
I can see the light
I am sweaty
The key right now even though I want to you cannot...you cannot get the bunch managed to breathe and the chance to recooperate
You [gotta] just step on this road and finish it off
and when you let the [noodle] Soak in the soup for too long, and they suck the soup, so you're eating more, so
Definitely if you guys ever attempted it
conquer the noodles first
Guys, it's going I'm just fighting for victory doesn't look that way, because this thing is massive
Victory is within sight
Oh the dreaded beef tendon. This is a another stomach stuffer
Very gelatinous very dense
Super-Heavy
These tendons are fighting back
I definitely underestimated the tendons. I thought the beef meatballs *sniff* were the only thing I had to worry about
No it's not true. This thing was lurking in the ranks and now it's come out full frontal attack on
there is so much of it!
Oh my god
They're everywhere
This is all beef tendons right here.
UGHHH
Sneaky buggers there everywhere *sniff*
There in the bottom, because they're so heavy
Oh no
alright i've finished these
these tendons are the only thing that could stop me from victory today *sniff* oh man.
i feel myself slowing down guys.
Gonna have to do something i didn't want to do want to . I'm gonna have to drink the broth
That's the only way you're going to keep the tendons some flavor, so this is also a very risky move. I mean the broth is heavy
once it is
Where are they coming from?
i feel like there's something for me there signs of a portal on the bottom of this bowl
where tendons just like creeping in from another dimension
Another one sharia(seriously). We're are they coming from.
At this point...i'm weary from battle
I'm wounded
But my fighting spirits will not be wavered
Do i look as bad as i feel right now???
*cough**clears throat*
I can't believe this I keep finding TENDONS everywhere.
That's going to be there last line of defense cuz
I am definitely down to my last bites.
At this point, I need something sweet
The Tendon has made my mouth *clears throat* like covered it's so gelatinous, so I feel like there's like...
layer of Fat in my mouth
Have to wipe it down. Hopefully my last bite
*sigh*
Last little bite.
I think i'm done. WOOOO *clap*
*claps*
WOOOO
Oh my god
Wow, oh, thank you Nathan...I won
The Phomongous challenge got the shirt I get my picture on that wall
Awesome. I gotta say it's nice to bounce back after a humiliating defeat by the ice cream Sundae last week.
Holy cow so this is a good victory the only thing I feel bad is physically I feel pretty bad physically, but arises
I'm really happy right now
You might not be able to tell from my face because I'm crying pho-tears, so I guess in this video
of Mike versus food Mike Won!!!
*Applause*Mike WON
Yeah!!
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