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The Most Overrated Foods in 2025

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0:00 [Music] What's the most overrated food right now? >> Oh, Filipino food. >> Overrated? Wait, >> I just wanted to say it highly in the first place. >> Well, I think Filipino food is not even in the bracket. >> Yeah. Yeah, it's not. >> I don't think people are familiar with it. I don't see a lot of Filipino restaurants. >> As soon as Filipinos start making money, they stop eating Filipino food. >> Now we don't have to anymore. That's what they all I think I think Filipino Filipino renditions of foods, you know, are very good, but Filipino food, it doesn't >> I see a lot of Filipino bakeries more than I see Filipino restaurants >> like Starbre or or like Jollibee is like number one. >> Yeah, that's true. That's true. >> But it's but it's a food, you know, done by like Philippines. >> I think Church's Chicken destroys

0:50 Jollibee by the way. >> Take take it to your deathbed then. >> I will. >> Church's chicken. >> Yeah, Churches destroys Jollibee. >> Churches is really good. >> In what? in having debt. >> No. Inconsistency. >> Inconsistency. >> Greasiness. >> Cuz cuz Joy Beans is hit. >> Oh, yeah. >> I will always say this. Salt and straw. >> Oh, the ice cream. You don't like the goat cheese. >> Yeah, it gets that place gets roasted a ton for just making >> I can't stand it. >> Batchet flavors like limited things. Yeah. >> Uh I think crumble cookies is a pretty overrated >> That's true. >> I I I tried it and I was like, yo, >> it's the sweetest cookie you'll ever eat and it's like 3,000 calories. There's more sugar than dough. It is really sweet. >> Are you guys ready for this one? Princess Pizza. >> Prince Street. >> Prince Street Pizza. I think >> I want to try Princess Pizza. >> I think it's hella overrated, dude. I really do. I think it's overrated. >> Wait, what? What is it? >> We had it at Anony's house.

1:40 >> It's like a It's like they came from I think they originated from New York, so it was like a big deal that they came over to the the West Coast. And then >> How is it made differently? >> I think they someone said that they they get their dough from New York and they use like the water and stuff from New York. That's what I thought. >> Water from New York. Apparently that makes it way better. >> I had way better crust in in Vegas from other places. >> Yeah, that's true. >> Well, like for pizzas, it's just it's a hard market to get into, right? Cuz there's so many good food like pizza spots in in Vegas and LA. So, it's like we're kind of spoiled. >> I think all the foods are overrated now. Everyone, >> every food, every ████ >> ramen beria. I see that everywhere. >> You think beer is overrated? >> No, I just mean like how people like make it >> beria is overrated. >> I No, I don't think it's overrated. >> ████ lie, bro. You just said the >> I said like ramen beria, you know, you see that ████ everywhere. Like every >> ramen beer. I don't get that one.

2:30 >> That don't look good. >> It doesn't look good. Yeah. >> No, it just looks like sodium. >> They do like cup of noodles and they put beer in it. It's like >> But is it not? It's Isn't it? That sounds great. >> It does. But you see it everywhere. Like every berio shop like they got it and you're like, "Oh, >> yeah. But get your blood work done after. Try to see your get your blood work done." I'm telling you, your cholesterol is about to be ████ overrated, but it's not. I I don't think it's even a thing anymore. But remember people would uh get those donuts that are just covered in ████ cereal. >> It'll be like covered in like >> voodoo donuts or something. >> It's kind of just more of like a statement piece than it is like an actual thing to eat. >> You can't eat the ████ donut. >> Yeah, I kind of pink donut box. >> Don't they do crazy ones like that? >> I don't know if they do that, but it was like a craze at one point where like everyone would bring that to a function and it was just like when you try to actually eat it, you're just like >> you don't like Froot Loops on your

3:20 donuts. >> I mean, it's not that. It's just that the doughnut itself is not superior. It's like a very like boring like doughnut. >> Once you had it one time, you're like, I don't need to eat this again. >> Yeah. It just looks better than it tastes. I think that's what makes >> this video is us just being haters. I love this so far. >> But it's true, though. >> Me nega hater. >> This is a food critic the food critic's dream. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> Just talk ████ >> Oh, you know what? Fruity Pebbles are ████ overrated, dude. >> I agree. I agree. >> People always talk about Fruity Pebbles when they talk about cereal stuff, and I'm like, I don't I haven't eaten that ████ >> I never liked it as a kid. One, dude. I don't like that one. >> I don't like that. >> Cinnamon Toast Crunch. That's a favorite, but >> Oh, >> Fruity Pebbles. >> You don't think You don't think Gold Flake on steak is overrated? >> For sure. >> I never even tried it. I'm not a chunk. >> Biggest scam of all time. >> I didn't know they still did it. >> That's just so they could serve you a ████ $10,000 ribeye, you know. >> Yeah, I think >> for mostly crypto scams, not not real

4:11 life stuff like that. >> No way. But >> Oh, you do like bone marrow? >> Yeah. >> Oh, those are good. >> Yeah, I actually like toast, brother. >> Yeah, it's good. >> Toast. I think Wagu is overrated. >> Wagu is hella overrated. Wagu. >> Wow, that's an interesting one. >> The day you slap a Wagu in anything, of course, it's going to be a Wagu. You know what I mean? But the most like it's just it's just Wagu. You know what I mean? >> It's too much fat in there. I know that's the whole idea, but I'm not into you feel like ████ You feel like >> I feel like any steak is good long as you put a specific seasoning. >> No, you trashy trashy human. You can't tell the difference between cuts. >> No, you can't. But all I'm saying is at the end of the day, even if it's Wagu and it's s█████ seasoning, I'm not going to lie. >> You don't put seasoning on Wagu, bro. It's just Yeah, it's just >> But nowadays, too, in like especially

5:01 when you go to like these steak houses, >> they'll they'll just say it's Wagu, but then when you eat it, you're like, >> that's probably what you're eating. >> It's probably like Angus and ████ >> There's a lot of that. >> You know why? It's cuz um they get the Wagyu cow and then they like but they don't really treat it like fatty >> so it doesn't come out like marbled and ████ >> Like when you do the A5 ones I'm like I can have a couple pieces but I'd rather have like like a pecan. >> Have you had the A5 while you at Costco that you can get? >> Yeah, it's good. >> It's actually good. >> It's really good. But once again, you have one steak and you're good. Like that's it. >> I can't even eat a whole steak of it. >> You're supposed to eat a thin slice. Yeah, it's really really >> If I go to a steakhouse and they don't have A1, I know it's not a real steakhouse. >> That thing A1's lit. >> Fire, brother. >> Yeah, but on a waggy scale.

5:51 >> It makes s█████ meat taste so good. >> So good. >> Here's your guys' option. You guys ready to pick? >> Yes. >> We'll go with >> I already picked a couple. >> We'll go. >> Okay. >> First reveal is Wag You, obviously. >> Wag you. First reveal. >> So now you're going to eat it with rice. Okay. >> Okay. >> Rice and Wagu. Okay. That's option one. Option number two, rice and spam. >> Which one you picking? >> Give me spam. >> Huh? >> You pick spam over Wag. >> I don't like Wagu. >> I straight up don't like it. My combo is with spam is indomi and spam. >> That's my childhood. >> What's Indo? >> Indomi is like this. >> It's like chiao. >> It's migorang. But it's like the it's like the biggest brand I guess for instant noodles. >> Love it. >> And you put that with some spam and egg.

6:42 Come on. You know what I'm talking about. You like Indomie, right? >> Yeah. But it's like it's like baby portions cuz it's like meant for like 4 foot Southeast Asians. So you got to get two packs. >> Yeah. You got to do two. >> You don't like spam? >> I don't like spam >> at all. >> I' I've had it too. I even went to McDonald's in Hawaii and had their like spam. >> Yeah. But if your husband loves spam, would you cook him spam? >> Sure. I'm not I'm not eating it. That's fair enough. That's fair enough. >> That's a good answer. >> Would you start eating spam if it if it could cure endometriosis? >> Sure. >> Then at that point, it's not about the health. >> You love spam. >> You like spam. >> You love >> You like spam? >> Spam. >> What about What about like a msubi? >> Oo. And like a spam msubi cuz I feel like the vehicle in which you eat spam. >> I don't like seaweed. >> I like beef mousi. >> You really? >> I don't like seaweed. >> It has to be like really crunchy and like super fresh.

7:32 >> Yeah, of course. >> It's just too bitter. Spam. I like my spam crispy. A hard little sear. >> I like mines in between. >> It's It's crispy on the outside. It just makes me tender on the inside. >> I like feel lethargic. >> Be rare. You playing with fire, boy. >> Yeah, it's a s███████ of >> What's other trendy foods right now that you started seeing popping up lately? >> I see Korean corn dogs all the time. What do you think about that? >> I like I like the all mozzarella ones. >> It's >> Yeah. >> What is it? It's just a straight up corn dog, but >> they just like they put it on their corn dog. >> Yeah, they have they have a version where it literally is a giant mozzarella stick like with a with a piece of wood in it. >> Say less, ████ >> Say less. >> You have that at hot dog on a stick. >> But sometimes they're kind of Sometimes they're a little sweet and savory. Sometimes they put like sugar on it, too. >> Oh, yeah. I'm not into that. >> Koreans should leave it. I think the

8:22 Koreans should leave it alone. >> What do you mean? >> People love it. >> You think Koreans should leave America? >> Leave the No, leave the corn dogs. Don't come back. Leave corn dogs to the Americans. >> Oh, so original. >> But then it's like it's killing it right now. They should all just stop. >> Yeah, because some of the corn dogs is not good. Like they put like potatoes around the corn dogs and >> Yeah. It's like you get fries. >> I like that. They're killing, dude. >> You want You want your people to have an economic downturn because you don't like corn dogs. >> No, not cuz of me. I'm just saying maybe they should not do corn dogs is all I'm saying. >> It's not cuz of me, but just don't do it anymore. Go back to your home country. >> Yeah. based on the metric of >> I just don't like it. >> I still think hot dog on a stick is makes the best corn dogs. Yeah, >> I always get it when I go to mall. >> Especially when a soapy teenager's making it and they're like dropping it in. It tastes better than

9:12 >> Yeah. They have to wear that goofy outfit and they're so embarrassed and they're just like, "Can you tell Can you guys really tell the difference between pizza that's made in like a stone oven?" >> Yeah, I think so. >> Yeah. >> I like to think I can. I like to think I can. >> I can't tell the difference. crush. That's how you know it was in the oven. >> Cuz you could you could taste crush. ████ man. >> It's all black on the bottom, bro. I don't want to eat this ████ You even ████ clean your grill. Like, ████ >> Dude, my in-laws got me one of those ovens. >> Really? >> Oh, yeah. >> Yeah. I got to use it. >> You've been making it? >> I haven't used it yet. >> Oh, you haven't used it at all? >> No, cuz it was too cold first and now it's too hot. So, I'm just waiting for it to chill out a little bit. So winter. >> Yeah, cuz Vegas it was like it was it was like it was cold till like freaking like April >> for some reason this year and then it just started getting blazing hot. So I'm like I'm not going outside, bro. >> I'm a little bit like I I think I'm starting to feel like uh sounds so first

10:02 world. But like the idea of street food I think is is pretty overrated. Like I don't think just cuz something's sold on the street there's anything special. >> What item are you thinking about specifically? >> Really? I love street food. I would love this though. Let's try But that's like saying I love good food. It's like there's good street food or there's bad street food. But then the idea that oh let's get street food. It doesn't mean anything. It's just like >> Oh yeah. Yeah. It's like restaurant or it's a category >> like you guys had interior food. >> I think I think it's kind of like stadium food where it's it's just its own category that you can only really get authentically there. You know what I mean? Like >> cuz like I love stadium food, brother. But like when you're at the ball game or whatever, >> what's your move? What do you get? You get some tendies. You got to get the hot dog number one. And then number two, you got to find whatever the hell nachos is going on. >> You get the nachos in the helmet or some ████ like that.

10:52 >> Yeah. You know what's overrated? >> Stadium food. >> Yeah. >> Hot dog bacon wrap. >> What? I might I might have to fight you right now, bro. >> That's like saying p████'s overrated, dude. >> Mexican dogs are ████ LA dogs are the best. How come you don't like that? How come you don't like that? >> You know what's overrated? My wife's mouth. >> I didn't say that. >> He didn't say that. On the record, he was saying that why what do you why do you say that? >> Cuz they're overpricing though. >> Like it was me like a LA Dirty Dog was meant to be cheap and easy. >> LA Dirty Dogs I remember out of the clubs and ████ or the bar after five bucks and I was like give me four. You know what I mean? But now because they $9. >> Yeah, it's No, it's 10. >> What? It's $10. >> The bacon is what puts them out. >> Yeah. It's not the greedy street vendor. It's probably just like ingredients, everything. It's not even a solo street

11:43 vendor. Before it was just that it was for that vendor. Now it's literally someone is is >> That's right. It got enterprised. >> Enterprised. One guy bought 20 carts and he puts them to work on the carts. Yeah. >> Yeah. So now you're not you're not looking at her like, "Dude, I'm going support you. Support you." Now you're supporting a company. >> You know you funny. >> This is whack. That's why it's $10. Like this is whack. >> So like when I was in downtown LA, always protest, right? Always protest. People going there. >> Yeah. >> Without fail. The cart people are there with the carts, right? >> Even immigration ones. >> Even those protests, they're still out there. ████ you don't want me here, but you want my hot dog. >> Yeah. >> You know what's hella overrated in my opinion is barbecue. >> Honestly, Steve, get out of my head, bro. You know what I mean? >> Get out of my head. So, I was in Cleveland and I was like, "Okay, what could be good in Cleveland that I can get?"

12:33 >> They're not known for barbecue. >> I know, but there was a ton of like highly rated barbecue foods and I got it and I just was like, >> "Eh." You know, there's a lot of >> It's not worth it for how you feel after. >> Mac and cheese to me, brother, I want to like mac and cheese, but like the best mac and cheese to me is always going to be out the box. >> You're absolutely 100% right. >> As soon as you make Sometimes you make the homemade ones, bro, I' I've had very rare homemade mac and cheese where I'm like, "Yo, this is banging." Cuz a lot of times it's unseasoned and then it just it doesn't taste like anything. It's like it's just a cheese block and you're like, "All right, I'm good off this." I have a little bit of it and I'm like, "Nah." But craft Come on, dude. The flavor is just so >> Craft is nostalgic. >> It's so bad. It's so good. >> Yeah. There's nothing like that taste. >> When you're putting when you're putting the ████ cheese powder all over it, you just know it's going to be a good time. You can't beat that, bro.

13:23 >> You can't. That's true. >> For real. You're adding the milk to it, whipping it up. It was so hard for us to find like decent restaurants. >> By the way, >> when you're listening to the crackle as your spoons going in, >> that's where it is. That's where it's at. Sounds like a ki far. We got a lot actually. >> You know what though? The the actual I there's like trash versions that are way better than actual stuff. Like I think corn beef hash in a can is way ████ better >> than actual shredded corn beef. >> Dude, >> every corn beef hash, bro. Can't beat that. >> I love can corn beef you press that ████ on a skillet and crisp it, bro. Got to be crispy. If you make corn beef hash and it's like soggy, get the ████ out of my face. >> If I don't have a headache from all the salt, >> get the ████ out of my face.

14:13 >> But when you go to a diner and you're like, "Oh, with the corn beef hash, it's never the same." You're going to >> No, it's not. It's hella It's hella different with it. Yeah, >> it's hard. It's cooked and says homemade corn beef hash. I go, "It's probably going to be whack. It's going to be horrible. You got the canned stuff." >> Give me the can. >> Hey, I brought my own can. Can you guys cook it up? >> Give me some toast and the egg.

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