is cheesecake factory tastier from the
freezer let's talk about that
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good mythical morning over the past year
the way that we interact with
restaurants
has changed drastically now when we
think about getting our favorite dishes
from our favorite restaurants
we think about ordering it for delivery
or takeout as a viable option
right alongside actually going to the
restaurant and dining in
ordering delivery just wasn't top of
mind before
but now that it is it brings to mind an
episode from almost
three years ago what when we compared
signature restaurant dishes to their
official grocery store
frozen section counterparts and at the
time we discovered that some
store-bought foods are actually tastier
than the restaurant's original dish so
now the order in delivery is just
something that we do let's make sure we
shouldn't be going to the frozen section
instead
it's time for this food tastes familiar
have we had it before
oh yes at a restaurant but wait this
came from a store
we're gonna be presented with two
versions of the same dish one's gonna be
straight from the restaurant chain and
the other one's gonna be
straight from preparation having been
purchased from
a grocery store okay we're going to be
competing to identify the restaurant
versions whoever guesses the most right
will receive a custom
mythical kids menu with complimentary
crayons excited about that
we're starting off strong y'all with the
red lobster cheddar bay
biscuits yeah one of these is from the
restaurant and the other one
is from a mix that then you actually
make the biscuits fresh but
so it's not like you're just taking a
biscuit that's frozen and warming it up
that is a factor because you actually
have to make them
and but you're going to pay 250 to make
10 versus
5.30 to get a dozen from the restaurant
okay good
cheesy salty as i remember it
and then these these are a little
smaller
hmm fluffier a little drier a little
more cheddary
i think these taste better there's
literally
okay so less cheese in the mix of these
we have to decide but i don't even know
which one interpret that
came already prepared from the
restaurant and i'm
gonna i'm gonna pay with my card and if
you want to get a close-up of that if
you want my
credit card number have at it i don't
care yeah it's not wouldn't be the first
time so
it's exactly the same credit card number
as mine so you have to specify in the
memo line we're sharing
our account whether it's for rhett or
link we're doing it three two one yeah
we're doing it three two one
restaurant style three two one
my instinct is that you this could be
right because there's more cheese in
there but i'm just thinking that maybe
it's something about
they don't look as good but they taste a
lot better and i'm just thinking maybe
because these might even be fresher
the restaurant cheddar baby
biscuits ron link side
yes okay and they're more convenient
they're more expensive but they're
they're just better i don't know you got
it these look better
but they just don't cut it tji friday is
mozzarella sticks with marinara
sauce okay the store-bought are 6.87
whereas in the restaurant they would be
11 and nine cents
did you know that in the 1990s tgi
fridays was the first
american chain restaurant to be
established on russian soil after the
fall
of the ussr i've always thought that tgi
friday's had that we got to be the first
and if you compare these there's i mean
there's a clear difference there's
definitely a difference
but how would you even describe that
difference this is like um
toasty and inviting and this is uh
store-bought looking i mean that would
be my guess
not bad but not good either i like that
dark marinara sauce yeah that tastes
fine
these are three times as tasty yeah they
didn't even try
to really match that's what it feels
like okay seems like you guys don't need
a three two one for this one yeah
i mean i'm just assuming that what's
coming from the restaurant is is
significantly better but
i don't know yeah that that's the one
from the restaurant link side
um maybe there's like a deep frying
baking difference here i
i don't know i don't know why the
restaurant would taste that much better
in this case
batter do you think nicole that these
just came out of the fryer
yeah i think so yeah and these are just
like you put them in the oven and
yeah oh that's not even getting close
and again this is the kind of thing i
would i don't know if i'd finish that
and i'll finish
anything order from the store the
restaurant the restaurant when you say
when he says store
he's a redneck like me so sometimes we
call restaurant stores
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now we're moving on to pf chang's
orange chicken there is a drastic
difference i mean one is wet and got
other stuff and then one is dry
so the wet one over here has got lots of
carrots edamame
but that could that could come from like
a pack that comes with a microwave is
this a water chestnut
yeah i like the crunch of a good water
chestnut hmm
nothing but the fried chicken strange i
mean it tastes fine
that could be from the restaurant but
why would this be so different
this tastes better but i think it's just
because it's wetter and you got all this
other stuff to enjoy
like never turn down an opportunity to
crunch into a water chestnut
the consistency is unlike anything else
wouldn't you say nicole similar to
jicama oh okay
except for jicama i definitely like this
one better so far which one we liked
has been the determining factor as to
which one came from the restaurant
also note that the store-bought version
is
half the price of the restaurant
15 to 7.49 that's almost exactly when
you get that delivery you're still
paying for ambiance that you're not
enjoying
pf chang brings the ambiance let's vote
three
two one i think it's over here yep you
were trying to trick me but it ain't
going to happen
i this is this the consistency of the
chicken tastes like it was more
like it was fried this tastes like
microwaves yep
and then you get the packet with the
stuff with the microwave that's my
theory
you are both correct the restaurant
version's on rhett's side
now if you were going to buy this
because you liked pf
chang's orange chicken and then you got
that version that's a problem
no most people don't think like that
they'll be like
you know hey like we said we like this
better so maybe there was for that
reason
beans and carrots that's when i was
there at the restaurant people's
memories suck they're not reliable
auntie anne's pretzel dogs
so it's like a pretzel but there's a hot
dog
in the middle and they are drastically
different they're not even trying now
you would think that this is the one
that they have at the restaurant right
it's
it's because it's so pretty it's
pristine
machine made right versus handmade by
annie annie who's like i'll i'll handle
the ones that are going on
people's homes i don't know if that's
how it works or not
but taste
a little chewy yeah the pretzel are
pretty packaged probably you think it's
pre-packaged at the store
it's in the middle of like a mall right
anything some moles
hmm the bread over here is more bready
the bread is better
doesn't look as good but it's tastier
how much more tasty
10 it's not drastic i would say it's
40 percent tastier so if you get i'm not
gonna disagree
from annie herself you're gonna be
paying
3.89 for one but if you get it from the
frozen section
it's 5.99 for four so significant cost
savings
if you go with the frozen one three two
one this has got to be the restaurant
right right i
agree because they're it's me
and sending it out and they're all
exactly the same and they're making this
you know on the spot and that's why it
tastes better it is better and yeah if
maybe it's 30 better but or maybe 40.
it's um
and again if you got to reheat it then
you're in problems and you're kind of
i don't know it's a toss-up you don't
want to be in problems you
are both correct again yeah we we had
already assumed that
as you can see we can't now because
we we thought we might have been getting
too swayed by the visual when we really
just want this to be
all about the taste right so blindfolds
from here on out and now we're with the
uh boston market
chicken pot pie okay start eating
chicken pot pie with
yours but the blindfold it's uh
yeah it's not it's is it you're both
going for the exact same
do i have any you have my fork you have
some without the crust that might be a
mistake
that might be a mistake i'll go back in
for crust
i think i have link has all of the crust
is this all of the crust yeah no you're
good you're good i got just a piece of
chicken a singular piece of chicken now
that takes
skills did you stick your fork in a
chicken pot pie that has a crust on top
and come out with just chicken
remember what we decided to put on
blindfolds in order to help us with this
test
are you out now
oh gosh this isn't going well what
rhett also just had a big bite of
nothing
there's nothing like getting a big bite
or another oh oh
this one's harder
i want to vote and then say what i think
about both of these is that your hand
no i'm out of the game man okay i
haven't gotten i haven't gotten this i
haven't tasted
this one yet oh well
if you keep going then i'm gonna go back
over here i'm gonna get it did i drop
pot pie into this pot pie
i don't know where it went but there was
a lot of it
it was going to be a great bite wasn't
it okay let's vote in the restaurant
just in in the general vicinity it's
fine i don't want you to hurt anything
at this point
i'm a plastic card i feel like there's a
difference but i just got so confused
with all that was happening
well that's you know what it's time to
vote rick okay
okay here we go three two
one okay just drop your cards it's fine
i understand what's happening
okay hi okay greens
this one was a lot more tasty it looks a
whole lot better too i
i didn't think it tasted good i got
really confused man
i i didn't get i'm clearly wrong i mean
look at the chicken in that one you eat
with your eyes
yeah it's a good thing you're
blindfolded because the restaurant one
is on rhett's side
um yes i've gotten everyone right so i'm
i'm i'm vying for a queen sweep yeah if
i had if i hadn't gotten hold of a
chicken cube that would have been a dead
giveaway
and last but definitely not least we've
got the original cheesecake from the
cheesecake factory
big big price difference here because a
slice of cheesecake at the cheesecake
factory is eight dollars and fifty cents
but you can get
eight slices of the store-bought for
fourteen dollars which is like 1.75 a
slice
so definitely
what is happening what the hell is that
i mean that tastes nice that is good i
don't want to use my hand but i want to
find
crusty
oh this is hard
learning something
i think i may have eaten all the crust
buddy i didn't mean to do that
all of it i don't think i even no no
you're good
i was watching to make sure you avoided
the giant piece that fell
out of link's mouth but you can't seem
to get a button it fell out of my mouth
it's okay there's no cheesecake here
uh like there's literally no cheesecake
here oh now you've confused me and you
might be eating the bite from link's
mouth but it's okay just go for it
yeah go for it man well i didn't eat any
of that one but
i can't win anyway okay okay
i haven't had a queen sweep in a while
i'm hoping this works
okay three two one
i mean this one's really good so i'm
just gonna say this one
okay you we agree probably can't tell
by looking at the plates are both
correct it tasted a lot better
i wouldn't really it really did i mean
this was actually
a little watery so uh
looks like i've i've claimed a queen
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