Spirited Away Feast | Anime with Alvin 

Fun Fact: Hayao Miyazaki has actually made all of the dishes that appears in all of his movies which is one reason why food in Studio Ghibli films looks so uniquely delicious.

A short while later, Babish returns to the studio and goes "Who the heck let all these live pigs into the kitchen?! And where's Alvin and the rest of the crew?"

I always thought the dumpling the dad ate was one of those dumplings that is filled with soup since it looked pretty jiggly

Yes! I love that you mentioned that it is Taiwanese inspired because the bathhouse and some the food was apparently inspired by an old gold mining and bathhouse/teahouse village just outside of Taipei called Jiufen. I went so many times and the boar sausages, and other snacks were always so amazing!

The dad eating the dumpling thing is one of my most vivid memories from childhood. I’ve always wanted to know exactly what they were and eat one just like the dad did😅

I've waited literally years for this episode. Arguably the reason for this whole series' existence is that anime food looks bussing, and Studio Ghibli are the kings of making the most mouthwatering food in animation.

I was inconsolable as a young child during the scene where her parents became pigs, and she was so helpless to save them and had to run away on her own. The idea of losing your parents and having to fend for yourself as a child was so traumatizing and had a childhood phobia of this movie hahaha.

Watching 2 people struggle with stuffing sausages when andrew does it by himself with ease just reinforces the fact that andrew aka babish is a full-on chad of a human being

The fact Alvin had to eat the sausage under the table is hilarious, guess he learned from Andrew’s mayo incident

Thank you so much @alvinzhou1 for finally doing justice to this feast - there’s no way I could’ve pulled it off like you!

The biggest mystery SOLVED 😉 !!! The answer to the question everyone's been asking after watching "Spirited Away": What is that food Chihiro's dad ate in one bite? The answer was finally revealed by entertainer Hiromasa Yonebayashi (currently director of Studio Ponoc). In his youth he started working at Ghibli and he was in charge of animating this scene, which was quite a challenge, as he didn't know what rare food that was. The reality is that due to the success of this film recently released in China that many netizens began to ask what food was that Chihiro's father ate so deliciously, so he decided to reveal on his Twitter that the answer was in the illustrated booklet is he described each of the things he had to draw and encourage, but in the food something unusual appeared, he had to draw what the director Miyazaki described as "Stomach of Coelacanth". The Coelacanth is a species of prehistoric fish that was thought to be extinct, but living specimens were found in 1938, their rareness is due to them inhabiting deep depths. But why would anyone eat an endangered fish? The answer is simple, no one would do it, only the gods, as the food served there was for the gods visiting the bath house, and in the spirit world that would be a delicacy. For a long time fans came to decide that it was a Taiwanese dish called "Ba-wan" because of the similarity in its texture and shape. But thanks to this former Studio Ghibli member's clarification we could learn what it was really about.

Him: I’ll eat with gluttony Also him: *only takes one of everything*

Fun fact: Yasuko Sawaguchi (Chihiro's mom) ate a KFC bucket while recording her lines for the eating scenes, while Lauren Holly only ate an apple. EDIT: I honestly didn't think this post would be that popular. Thanks!

How has this not been done yet? This is like, the quintessential anime food scene.

6:36 According to an artist who worked on "Spirited Away", the giant dumpling is actually the stuffed stomach of a coelacanth.

Legend has it Alvin actually stumbled onto the Babish set where he found a delicious feast all cut into beautiful cross sections, and upon partaking he was forever trapped in the culinary universe. Babish was generous enough to give him room and board in exchange for trendy video ideas and recipes.

The dumpling thing and wrapping each one with family and gossiping is DEFINITELY a shared experience. My family doesn’t eat dumplings often, so this is more with spring rolls and wonton but I feel it 😅

sooo, the dumpling is a choelacanthus stomach (like a haggis), also the bird is a japanese quail (they're really small tho) but is extremely beautiful what you made 😍 It can feel the movie vibes and appearance. Also I have the same issue with overfilling the dumplings 😅

The dumpling the father ate looked like a super soft thing yet I can’t imagine anything but a bird .. it has wings !

No one turned into pigs, 0/10 But yes, the spirited away feast was always something that I wanted to try (preferably without becoming a pig). Also my love for Taiwanese sausage cannot be overstated.

Ahh yes, a true Thanksgiving feast. Respect for the amount of prep and effort that went into this.

From what I have read the "dumplings" is actually supposed to be a coelacanth stomach.

Saw Spirited Away and then Alvin.. this video just cannot get any better. Would love to see you make the Coraline dinner feast (+ mango milkshake), that’s been my favorite animated movie since it came out!

Fun fact, the "odd looking dumpling" is actually based on Coelacanth stomach!

Always loved how the dad just horfs the noodles down in one swallow

Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate, and happy day to those who don't.

"I've never really made massive dumplings before." Guess it's time for another episode of making it big...

it has always been my dream to eat any food from a ghibli movie they make food look so magical

The raw finger strength to pick up an entire Cornish hen with chopsticks. More than once, and still steadily take a bite... Your feast looks delicious!!

This movie is a gem. Such a unique storyline inspired by Japanese folklore. The characters and overall scenery are so distinctive and full of creativity. You can tell the people working on this film really enjoyed their work.

“I’m going to go take a nap now”, is me. especially after a delicious feast!! Yumm!!

A tower of roast fowl seems to be a universal feast dish: Samuel Pepys, writing in England in January 1663, spoke very proudly of one such dish that he served to his dinner-guests, and your tower of Cornish hens reminded me of the passage..

I watched this movie the week it came out in my city in theatres, and it was one of the most terrifying movies I'd ever seen as a kid. One of the most distressing things was KNOWING Chihiro was right to not eat the food because there was something so "off" about the feast with no staff, but being unable to look away because it looked so delicious... I have wanted to know ever since what the dumpling was that the dad swallowed whole! Thanks Alvin and the Culinary Universe!

When is Ordinary Sausage going to come on the show to show them how sausage making is done?

I appreciate the emphasis at the end on making sure this food was shared, it shows an understanding of the original scene that I was afraid might have been missed by the amount of all the food

As someone who worked in a commercial butchery, the sausage was extremely difficult to press out because of how much it was emulsified, but I understand why you did it that way. Normally for very fine sausage, we'd work the meat through a meat grinder 2 or 3 times, through smaller and smaller plates to grind it finer and finer, while also adding dry and wet ingredients by hand between grinds, this keeps the grind airy and not sticky. We also had a hydraulic sausage press, which made large quantities much easier. You're definitely right about the dexterity though, and yours came out great, maybe just a little too tight, but not a bad attempt! All of this looks so delicious, loving Anime with Alvin as always!

The thing her dad ate is indeed a historic dish from hundreds of years ago. But the animal in question isn’t gone or anything, it’s just not fished anymore like it was back then. You could probably get some in rural Japanese fishing ports. It’s a Japanese-Salp. They live in long ring or corkscrew-shaped colonies drifting in the ocean, tastes a bit like jellyfish but they absorb other flavors better.

I recently rewatched Spirited Away and and something I only noticed on my second watch was how amazing all the food looked, Alvin did a fantastic job as always and now I'm hungry.

The perfect feast for a Studio Ghibli themed party.

i literally just rewatched spirited away for the first time in years just yesterday, the timing for this video is crazy im genuinely shocked

as a Taiwanese person and fellow Spirited Away lover, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS EPISODE ALVIN :'D my homeland doesn't get the opportunity to shine much on the world stage, even food-wise, and not many people know this movie was even based on the area of Jiufen, so i really appreciate the enlightenment and insight this provided; thank you

Yes! I've waited for this episode for years! And Alvin, you really outdid yourself with this one. You're one of the best additions to the babish universe

All the food in ghibli movies looks like the most delicious thing to ever exist.

Spirited away is worth watching just for the visuals alone. The fact that it’s completely hand drawn is even more incredible.

The pig transformation scene makes me both horrified and hungry. Top tier movie

If only there was some specific sausage related channel, which frequently makes sausages from strange things, perhaps hosted by a man with a fantastic mustache

Greetings from Taiwan! I'm glad to see you using cooking wine in a sausage. I can almost smell it from here. Nice recipe.

14:14 glad Alvin is taking precautions to make sure he doesn’t have a “mayo moment” like Babby did.

The sausages look great! It's hard to believe that it's the first time you guys are making sausage. 👏👏👏👏👏

This all looks amazing! Quick note - this is not actually No-Face's feast. His feast was in the bath house and ended with him eating the other spirits, right? This is clearly Chihiro's parents' feast. Minor note on the title - but the video was amazing!

Dude I wanted someone to do this for the longest! The anime made the food look so bomb

Love this movie! I’ve always assumed the dumpling the dad ate was a soup dumpling; I’m glad I know what everything really is!

Thank you Alvin. Spirted Away is also one of my 😍 favorite movies. Hopeful one day we will see some of the food from Noname feast. Appreciated once again how mistakes are included.

This is why I'm here. Spirited Away is such an amazing story and of course, such amazing food! Now I know what I'm making for a feast.

I don't know what it is about this video that I find so warm and comforting and keep playing again and again.

I have been trying to find this show for so freaking long I'm so glad y'all did a video on it thank you!!!!

Bless Babish & Co. for posting on Thanksgiving when I desperately need some calmness and joy. 💕🙌💕

the thing the dad horfed down always made me think of a deboned chicken or bird but also the juiciness of deep-fried tofu puffs in saucy dishes (like mushroom-tofu puff dish)

As someone who has shamelessly eaten a Cornish hen whole, without carving it? It's an amazing experience and I highly recommend it to everyone.

I was waiting for this episode forever!!! I love spirited away foooood

I always thought the big dumplings where huge soup dumplings, which makes me so hungry to think about.

Yes. So many videos that did food from this movie, but missed this FEAST at the start. This is what I always wanted to see.

Whenever I ate, I used to watch this scene while eating because I felt like it made the food taste so much better

Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss one of the animes i've been waiting for Alvin to do. What a great thanksgiving gift.

One of my favorite films of all-time! Clicked as soon as I got the notification.

Spirited Away should be on the top ten list of any movie, animated or not. It's beautifully drawn with amazing everything.

I would love to see a Spy X Family episode with Yor and Yuri's childhood stew!

I love my Kitchen aid, but it is definitely not the best at grinding meat and stuffing sausages. Start by feeding much smaller amounts into the hopper and forcing them down the hopper before really loading it down and don't tie off your casing until all the air has been forced from the hopper/stuffing tube and meat has begun to enter the casing. Awesome video!

Can't wait for Bulmas birthday party food from Battle of Gods. Especially a pudding cup.

spirited away was my first studio ghibli movie as a kid when I saw it in theaters years ago. fantastic to see the spirit feast come to life! food looks fantastic! No wonder Chihiro's parents couldn't resist!

Wow it has been a while since I watched Alvin content and he talks differently from before and now he talks like Babish a bit. Love you always

I had just finished watching Spirited Away for the first time, and I am personally so extremely happy that you have made this video!!! Thank you Alvin!

I love seeing these videos 🥰 especially when the staff behind the scenes gets to eat too 🥰

as a taiwanese, i must say that when i first saw this movie a lot of things seemed familiar to me, and seeing you make them is a joy!!

I remember helping my grandfather make sausage clear up into my high school years, I haven’t helped him since as I am in college, but I really hope to be able to again someday. Being a farm raised child, I always enjoyed getting to help making various things from the animals that we raised. It really gives somebody that’s okay with it a sense of pride and understanding of what our ancestors had to go through, much easier for us, but it still gives you a feeling of what it means to rely on yourself for your food.

This was a lovely episode! Thank you for making it! I would like to see you try to make Stew-Shine, Tears of a Fallen Angel, and You-kisoba/Niceoodles from Love Live Sunshine!

I’m sooo happy a video finally made for this!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤

Spirited Away is also one of my all time faves and the nostalgia is overwhelming

This episode brought me so much joy. Chef, thank you. I needed this.

I love the personal and nostalgic tone of AWA, in contrast to BWB's jokes and innuendos. Both are great, but I'm glad to see you carving out a niche for yourself.

Wait but it says No-Face’s feast, is it Chihiros parents?

This is my favorite Hayao Miyazaki film. I first saw it in 2005 during Cartoon Network's Friday Night segment. I know, it is about 4 years late. But I absolutely love this film!

its a dumpling ive been curious for so many years as to what that mysterious delicious looking food was and it turns out to be one of my favorite foods

"Just keep the food coming! I wanna eat EVERYTHING!"

I’ve been waiting years for this episode

I'm imagining how Inga gets excited seeing this episode 😍 she would totally fall in love with this ep

i had an intrusive thought to want to rewatch spirited away for nostalgia. i open up my web browser, youtube is my home page, and here we are.

Wait... wasn't the No-Face Feast much later on into the movie? And had way different foods to it? This should be titled "The Street Buffet from Spirited Away."

One of my favorite movies in my life… I’m so glad to catch this episode 😩

I just watched Spirited Away for the first time a few days ago and I was hype to come back and watch this video after seeing it.

I clicked onto this video and my boyfriend laying beside me said “please watch that all the way through, I’m going to fall asleep to it” and now 8 minutes in he is asleep and I am hungry. Lovely work :)

What I actually want is the bun chihiro eats on the balcony

Finally! Now Studio Ghibli fans have a reference when they want to recreate this feast 😄

I live cooking and I live anime, I’m so happy I found your channel so I can make some of these amazing dishes!

Ever since I became a father I’ve been saying my favorite line “daddy’s got credit cards and cash”

I made sauseges just a couple days ago, we used a sort of lever actioned mega syringe to stuff the casings it was super easy that way

Alvin is already adorable enough but the thought of him bickering with his mom over how big to make dumplings is just too cute

i just watched spirited away again the other night, & the shot of the giant dumplings just makes me want them so much!

“I’m going to go take a nap” Ah, the best game to play after a feast like this or thanksgiving dinner, *Choose Up Sides and Sleep* , my grandpa’s favorite game

Yay! I am with everyone! Ever since I heard of Babish’s channel, I have been hoping for this. Thank you Alvin! So much great info and skill! I think it’s now time to have a dumpling party 😊