- Hey I'm Alvin,
I love steaks, and I love Mario Party.
I've always wondered, what is it like
to play those mini games in real life?
And today we're gonna be playing Mario Party Mini Game
Sizzling Steaks.
It's crazy, it's intense, and somehow
you cook a perfectly cooked steak in like 10 seconds.
My area of expertise is food,
so I thought it'd be fitting to bring in
a video game expert.
This is Zach from BuzzFeed Multiplayer.
- Hey yeah, I am not a cook at all.
I play video games - Okay.
- a lot, so I think it's only fair
we play Mario Party first.
- I think that's a fantastic idea.
- All right, let's do it.
- All right, let's go.
(both laughing)
- So the rule is you have to cook all six sides
of the cube, and whoever's the fastest wins.
The catch is you have to only use flipping it
with the Joy-Con basically. - Yeah, meat doesn't flavor
like that, so we're gonna see how it's gonna play out.
- Safety first, everyone. - Gotta have safety first.
- Pans are flyin', steaks goin' everywhere.
- Yeah.
- Oh, the nerves
are kickin' in. - Oh, here we go.
- I don't think I'm ready. - We got the pan,
all right this is a perfect circle of oil in the middle.
- [Game] Start!
- Okay, so. - Start, oh drop the steak.
- Yeah, okay, cook it aside.
- One. - Oh!
- Oh, I got two, okay.
This is the most non-stick pan I've ever seen
in my entire life.
- [Zach] I only have one more.
- [Alvin] What?
How did you go so fast?
- The pressure, woo! - One side, you got it?
Oh my God, you're so good.
- Exactly.
- Woo, well to try to replicate this in real life,
I think I have a bit of work cut out for me,
but I'm gonna do the best I can.
(lighthearted music)
We worked with the culinary team to try to replicate
the game as much as we could.
There's a little plate of food on the side,
and nice plants because I think that's how
Mario likes his cooking set up.
How do you feel about all this?
I'm blown away, this is literally exactly like the game.
This is a boneless short-rib.
It's a really nice cut of beef I think.
It's got really nice marbling,
the muscle fibers are nice and even.
And I'm just gonna cut through and get really sharp slices
because we want it to be a cube.
Yeah, see that?
- Wow. - It's like sharp corners,
it's kinda cool, right?
I'm gonna go freeze these,
and we're gonna get cameras in here to get that set up,
you excited?
- Yeah, let's do it.
- All right, let's go.
(lighthearted music)
All right, so yeah, we are ready.
The cameras are here, the angles are set up,
pans are heating.
We're pretty much ready to go.
I'm gonna put some oil in because I think
the oil also needs to be hot for the sake of sizzle.
So I'm just gonna use some nice vegetable oil.
Okay yeah, Zach, you wanna put some oil in yours?
- You want me to do this?
- Yes, I want you to do it.
- Okay. - I know there's smoke
coming out, but that's a good sign.
- [Zach] Okay, so tell me when.
- [Alvin] Keep going, keep going.
All right, you're good, you're good.
- Mine's going a lot, - Is there water?
mine's going more than yours.
- Before these get too crazy,
I'm gonna season these steaks really quick.
- Okay. - While these pans
are smoking. - Oh, wow.
So the goal of the game is to cook each side
until it's brown.
- Yeah.
- I don't think it's fair if we're the judges
of our own steak, so we have a special guest judge,
Rie. - Hey.
- Hello.
- She will help us determine whether or not
the steaks are brown on each side
so that this is an even playing field.
But for safety, we wanna put on some goggles
because we don't wanna make sure any oil splashes out
'cause in the game you don't have to worry about that.
- When you get goggles for something
that like truly is like oh,
you are in danger. - Yeah.
Aw, these smell weird.
- Yeah.
(lighthearted music)
- Woo, all right oil's hot.
I'm ready, Zach, are you ready?
- I'm ready.
- Rie, are you ready.
- I'm ready, but I'm gonna step aside
just in case. (both laughing)
- Please do not do this at home.
- [Director] Ready, set,
go! - Go.
Oh boy.
- [Alvin] Oh.
- [Rie] Nice sound.
- Yeah, that's a good-- - In the game
you go like this.
- Uh oh,
mine's already kind of moving.
- [Alvin] I'm gonna go for a flip here.
- [Zach] Already?
Oh okay.
- Yeah, what do we think here?
- It looks good, but I want a little bit more crusty.
- More crust, - Oh, she wants more
of a crust. - I gotta redo it,
send it back.
- And Zach, - Okay.
- maybe you want to put it on the hot plate.
- Leave it there? - You're flipping on the air.
- [Zach] Leave it there?
Okay, in the game, you're always just constantly
moving it. - Just like this.
- And I think I took that kinda to heart.
I was like yeah, I'm gonna finish in 20 seconds.
You want, okay.
- Is that a crust?
- Showboating a little.
I'm gonna try it.
Okay, it turned.
- [Alvin] Mine won't come back over.
- It rolled, you know?
- Rie, is that a good crust?
- Let me see.
I like the one on the top.
- Okay, so everything should like the one on the top.
- [Zach] How's this looking?
- This one looks-- - What do you think?
- I like the one on the side.
- Okay, there's the one on the side.
- Do you see?
- Oh, that one looks good.
Okay, - Yeah.
- Let's do more of that.
- Mine's turning into a tube.
- I have one side that is just red.
- Mine looks like seared ahi tuna.
- Yeah. - But I should have
cut yours worse than I cut mine.
- Everyone see that?
All right, I'm going for a big one.
- All right, come on. - No, no, no.
- [Alvin] Careful, if you drop it,
it won't just poof in the air.
- Wait, the shrimp is important?
- No.
- Unless I get extra credit.
- I cannot get the last side for the life of me.
- Your side is,
it's like way too hard,
I just don't think I can--
- It's a tube.
Wow, this is so much harder than the game.
How much time have we had so far?
- [Zach] This is very hard.
- I'm so mad I can't get this piece!
See, in the game everybody's steaks looks the same.
You don't know how to deal with this kinda stuff.
I'm just gonna go off the side of the pan there.
- Yeah, yeah. - Yeah.
- What do we think of this?
- Good, good,
good!
- [Director] What?
Yeah!
- Zach is the winner.
- What the heck?
- Well done, well done.
Woo, that was pretty wild,
I feel cheated even though I know I cut my own steak.
Well in the game, there's like a sauce
that goes on the plate,
so I'm gonna use fun from the beef
to make a little quick like deglaze sauce,
and we're going to go on a tasting after that.
- Do you know why it's fun?
- Oh, no, no.
- Don't worry about it.
(lighthearted music)
All right, so we have orange juice just like
in the video game.
These steaks are plated.
And I've made a quick soy honey glaze just to kinda emulate
the dark sauce on the plate.
So I'm just gonna start here,
and it's gonna pour, and go around.
- [Zach] Look at that.
- This is the smallest steak I've ever seen.
- If I ever served this at a party, I'd be pissed.
- Yeah. (Rie laughing)
- And I think now it is time for a taste test.
Rie, our special judge, you may please.
- Yeah.
- This is like every cooking show,
and they cut it,
and they're like please be the right temperature.
- This is so small, it's very difficult to cut.
- [Alvin] Whoa, that looks perfect, dude.
- Yeah! - Oh my gosh, yes!
- Yeah, look at that.
- [Rie] Classic rare.
- Good job, dude.
- Thank you. - Yeah.
- Nice.
- Oh okay, yeah,
how does it taste?
This would have nothing to do with me
'cause you seasoned it.
- Oh, she's nodding her head.
- Mm-hmm. - Yeah.
- Yes. - Wow.
- Next.
Yeah, yeah perfect. - Oh, pink too.
- Yeah. - Oh, cool.
- [Zach] That's perfect.
- Forget Gordon Ramsay,
I'm gonna use Mario's six cube side steak method.
- Mm, mm-hmm. - Good?
Yes. I mean it tastes
exactly the same.
- Yeah. (Alvin laughing)
- So you guys are both winners.
- Oh! - Hey!
- [Both] Yipee!
- Yipee.
- Oh.
If you guys have any ideas for other games
that involve food that you want us
to try to replicate in real life, let us know
in the comments.
I'm gonna keep eating this steak.
- Yeah, this is good.
- It's actually a really good steak.
(lighthearted music)