I wish he did... litraly anything with it. Pickle it, marinade it, make it spicy. Do something! Do not ruin a bowl of soup and waste spinach by making it inedible.
Heard another chef explain, sometimes chefs will squeeze the spinach into a ball to get all the water out so that it doesnt dilute the soup or the sauce. But yes it looks disgusting, probably tastes disgusting, and is just all around unappetizing. I feel like it wouldve been just a little better if he tried unraveling it or smth.
Okay so maybe there is a deep lore Jamie Oliver was held at gunpoint by an american-asian person and they said "make a ramen or I'll kill you" Jamie tried and the person was so dissapointed that he went "Okay dude so see ya, I will never hold you at gunpoint again, F you"
I read that when Jamie Oliver got into trying to improve school lunches, he quickly got stuck because the kids preferred the original cafeteria food. Now I understand why.
He also failed in the US for a variety of reasons. One being he got pissy that the schools in Los Angeles refused to let him film on school grounds (they invited him still without cameras, they didn't want any reality TV bullshit in their schools though) but he tried to be a sly cunt about it anyways. On top of his misrepresentations about "pink slime" (using similar bullshit that got ABC sued, and settled, for hundreds of millions of dollars), and his meals not meeting minimum nutritional requirements. No wonder they canceled his show and aired Dancing With The Stars reruns. Lol. Of course you'll find a few cherry-picked interviews where students claim to like the food he introduced, as well as some suspect answers by young "children" that look like they were written by adults. Also, the recipes he had schools cook in the US and UK were so shit that some schools saw up to 25% drop in cafeteria usage by students (that they admitted). And somehow his often bragged "cheap and healthy meals" were far more expensive for schools to make, even with complaints of his portions being too small to feed the children properly. The fallback excuse he and his supporters make is that schools didn't spend enough time and money marketing the food as "cool." Because obviously it couldn't be that his food is shit. If your food needs a fucking hype man and a marketing campaign, it's garbage.
A similar thing happened here in germany, where a few TV chefs served asparagus and artichokes to kids and then bitched about them not liking their food. Say about kids what you want: When it comes to food, they are honest. And you can make amazing food for kids that goes FAR beyond fries and hot dogs. You just need to know your "market" and your craft and put your ego aside.
@@Abfallkannibale I don't think this is the right approach, I mean I remember as a kid I loved ultra processed stuff more than a healthy meal I know now tastes amazing. If your tactic for parenting is a competition between the available options, you as the parent are going to lose.
Here in India, we have raw sesame oil called Gingelly oil. It has a really high smoke point. Every time, Jamie Olive oil (or any other clueless cook for that matter) uses the Asian version of sesame oil to cook something, I am overcome by the urge to place the Gingelly oil in their hands.
@@msjkramey no, it actually has a very subtle hint of sesame flavour to it. But it has a very light taste compared to the normal sunflower oil which I like a lot. It's also healthier as well. I have tasted the Asian style sesame oil before and it's very heavy on sesame flavour.
Im also a chef of 15 years i love that you went there at the end. More people need to respect what chefs and cooks do. People like Jamie just put bullshit out and people just think its right because he on tv. Good content bro. I wish i could smoke with you one day haha
I probably think Jamie puts whatever he thinks is still good. That's why he said in fried rice, "random dish" with random sht rather than a main dish. Same goes to his ramen. Random things with a little miso, and there it goes, the so called dish is ramen.
There should be a Jamie Oliver "Pimpage Montage" meme. Got me laughing so hard on that plating part. Looking at that huge as* spinach ball felt very disappointing! Even them wringing, it failed to impart anything into that ramen, and I blame Jamie Oliver for wasting the food!
I love Ramen. There was one day where the craving was too much and I needed some spicy tonkotsu ramen, so I drove an hour just to get it. Was it a waste? No, I had a very rough day and that is some amazing comfort food. I left that shop happier than I'd been in days. Good ramen is amazing, and deserves respect.
Makes sense Uncle Roger said MSG couldn't save this. Broth tasting like water. MSG needs the dish to have flavor in the first place. A flavor enhancer cant enhance what ain't there in the first place.
Imagine trying to actually eat that spinach. You'd have to either just pick it up and gnaw on it, or like tear it apart with the chopsticks, then you'd have a massive bowl of spinach. That's just an insane amount of spinach that went into making that "dense ball of goodness."
16:23 The astonishing thing is that ramen noodles are, if anything, easier to find in Europe than soba. It's just weird and makes the recipe harder for the home cook it is ostensibly aimed at.
Given that JO is very health conscious, the only reason that I can think of replacing ramen with buckwheat boodle is to create a gluten-free ramen. Buckwheat plant does not contain gluten. But buckwheat noodle can contain gluten since wheat flour is usually mixed with buckwheat flour to form dough unless you bought pure 100% buckwheat noodle (available in Japan but sure in oversea).
You know how we think the British are smart because of their accent, refined manners, and whatever? Do you think Jamie Oliver is just a healthier, British version of...Jack from Cooking with Jack? I mean, too often, both of them seem to just kind of throw stuff together.
I've never understood that phenomenon of people thinking British (specifically English) people are more intelligent by their accent. But I'm willing to bet it was based on "refined" Hollywood-esque accents or stereotypical London accents (gag), and answered by people that weren't too bright anyways. Honestly, the majority of English accents are just annoying and grating. Especially scousers and brummies, my brain cells commit suicide one by one listening to those. I would say brummie accent sounds high or drugged but judging by Birmingham, that's just stating an obvious fact. Lucky for them, they aren't quite as bad as Edinburgh, yet. Scousers just sound brain damaged and like they are trying to mimic what they think English sounds like. At least the Welsh commit fully by speaking proper gibberish and claim it as a full-fledged language.
I think I know why Jamie Oliver originally wrung out the spinach. This is a way that spinach is prepared in Korea as a side dish or for Kimbap. Not suitable to be eaten unseasoned in the way it is included in this dish. Overall, very strange thing to include in ramen. After the spinach is blanched and wrung out, it is often seasoned with salt, toasted sesame oil, toasted sesame seeds, and garlic. It is actually quite delicious. Preparing spinach this way also reduces oxalate content, so there is a nutritional reason to prepare it this way. See Maangchi's videos for how to do this properly.
Totally felt ya on this. I had the same reaction when Olive oil made, "Mexican" food. 🤦🏽♀️ I commented previously on another one of your Jaime/ Uncle Roger reaction videos. That I get fusion or an interpretation. But this guy straight up massacres dishes. I seriously wonder how he runs restaurants. But then I realize he's got a chef and staff. He's basically just the face. *Whew* 😅 Thank goodness for that.
Love the content. You are 100% right on putting out videos that help people. I can not tell how much my cooking has gotten better with watching cooking videos. My favorite thing about your show is explaining why and how you do things.
Chef... hello from Australia 👋👍 Question if I may? Once saw a pizza made upside down in a pudding bowl. Oil, line bowl with cheese, add toppings, cheese then sauce. Put dough over the top. Crust is well cooked above the toppings, but steamed with everything too. To serve you break the crust edges around the bowl, and dump the toppings onto it. Ever seen this? I thought the guy called it upside down Chicago pizza.... but im not sure. Old Italian pizza shops in Australia use shredded ham, bacon etc...and make sure the ends poking up get blackened. Perfection 😊
For soft boiled egg, I like Chef John's steam for 8 to 9 minutes, then flash cool under cold water. It's the most consistent technique that I've found so far. Less breakage than boiling.
The spinach made me think of the old Calvin and Hobbes cartoon where the limp pile of green stuff on his plate becomes a tentacle and attacks Calvin. Scary.
Man… first the rice, now the ramen. Whenever Roger recreates Jamie’s dishes, it really does amplify just how f*$ked the dish is man. That spinach squeezing part alone almost made me gag
That is very educational re the half pan with holding moisture.....Can you do a tutorial on pork belly, pork chops and what are your thoughts on an air fryer?
Preach. It makes me so sad when I get crap like this at restaurants. It's like... Have you eaten food before? What made you think you needed to share this food with other people?
Chef Brian, you say you have never seen a good spinach ball, please check out Spinatknödel with molten butter and parmesan on top 😍 (Austrian Specialty)
Bro, awesome content as always. I always learn a lot from your videos. Also, I've been listening to Loss Becomes as of late, and I'm REALLY digging you guys' music.
uncle roger " sometimes in life, you have to do something that scares you the most"😂😅😂 he should re-create BBC EGG FRIED RICE( the entire ridiculous cooking method)😂
yes! re: disrespecting the cuisine, it's so common with eastern dishes. lumping together anything asian as if there's no difference (like what happened with GBBO's "japanese week"), assuming there's no actual technique etc
4-5 minutes is perfect for the eggs if you put them in cold and bring it to boil, on my furnace. It depends very on the time between 50 and 100 degree celsius, as it already start to cook. The longer it takes the shorter the cooking at 100 degree celsius.
What I hate the most about Jamie's stupid spinach ball is that spinach actually goes really well in some soups (Italian Wedding comes to mind). All you have to do IS JUST ADD THE SPINACH to the soup when its cooking, it literally could not be any easier. Especially if you are trying to get a nutritional benefit, steaming/boiling seperates a lot of the nutrients into the water that is being tossed out. That's why soups are such a traditional poor man's food that can still provide a wealth of nutrients, you simply drink the broth...
Love your videos Chef Brian, and, your audio levels are great now! Anyways, I’ve found 7 minutes on a low boil and then stop the cooking in cold water makes the perfect soft boiled egg. Fully cooked whites, soft and runny yolks 🤘
roaring boil enough to cover 1 layer of eggs, straight out the fridge, 7 mins from putting first egg in, lower in with a spoon or ladle etc, have ice bath ready, at 7 mins remove eggs, if you can remember order great if not doesnt matter, put in ice bath and wait till cool. Peel 10 mins later perfect ramen eggs over 100+ times.
Love your content Brian, fun to compare the reactions of you and Chef James Makinson, so I wondered could you two collab, decide a dish do it and comment each others dishes 😇? But anyway, thanks for your work and regards from Finland😇
So when I saw Gordon Ramsey literally spitting out pineapple pizza I stopped trusting professional chefs when they say that something taste bad BUT here we have Valentina tasting it and says that it's not that good. I'm assuming she doesn't have any culinary background so that just speaks volumes to me honestly
What would be a good cookbook for asian cuisine? Something that covers a lot of dishes like ramen, pad thai, curries etc. but are simple enough to follow.
Jamie Oliver should rename his Ramen video to White Asian spinach baseball pork soba soup. Not only its more accurate, its so original he can patent it!
I'm still a big fan of the teapot method for boiled eggs, though the instantpot is starting to come up too if I'm making something else in it at the time. Teapot is easy. Add 3 (for my kettle) eggs, add water to an inch above or min-fill line. Turn on, it'll auto-off once it's boiling. Let steep for 8, 14 or 20 mins...drain and remove.
The only Jamie Oliver recipe I've tried is his Chicken in Milk. Although instead of ground pepper on the outside I'd suggest fresh ground allspice. That was a happy accident I discovered. If he wanted a bunch of spinach he should have just had Gomaae as a side dish.
You can tell Chef Brian has ptsd from the Jamie ramen video. I can't believe someone is willing to put a ball of freaking spinach in some wish version of ramen.
Yea its a bummer to think anyone from jamie’s base making that and thinking ramen is meh because jamie didnt follow through with the correct way of making ramen
Spinach isn't the worst thing . Because we can remove it whenever we want . But mango chutney and chilli jam is the worst 😢 because it cannot be taken away
Chef Brian when Kay's Cooking and Cooking with Jack: "I try to look at the positives!" Chef Brian when Jaime Olive Oil: "Doesn't know what the fuck he's doing"
So much fun and ew, for these videos. Getting close to 100k. Doin' good. Thanks for reviewing another sht show and taking a hit for entertainment. Always fun, keep em coming
Ah the soft boiled egg the basics that everyone disagrees on while the standard is 6 minutes then shock it with ice water there are variables to think of. If your taking the egg out of the fridge go for 7 since the eggs will be colder. I don't know about the leaving the egg in the water as it's still going to cook.
That Video turned from "aaaah screw you Jamie" to "aaaah screw you Brian" my poor Wine didn't last very long :( guess you owe me one. Still sad what he did to that Ramen tho. I've seen it 3 times now...still sad. Good Video, as always :)
Hi, Chef Brian! Tell it like it is! Great video!👍🏻 Yes! Please review the video where Uncle Roger is making good ramen with Chef James!👍🏻 Also, review Guga making tacos videos. Seriously foodie eye candy!😋 Hope all is well with you and life is good. Keep doing what you do, and take care.🤘🏻
I am so glad you reacted to this episode because I forgot to tell you about it. I plan to become a sous chef for you next week BTW because I love you and your videos it's a lot of fun. I have a definition to what Jamie did "Didn't know what the ***** he was doing, so he did Miso soup want to be with Soba Noodles but without a doubt not a freaking Ramen." Good enough? Anyone agree? Please react to the older episode of Nigel and James when he made Ramen under James's instructions. I never got the chance to taste a proper Ramen and I am hoping I will one day.
