Can These Chefs Turn A Pokémon Drawing Into Real Dishes?

- Hello, I'm Maxley and I'm nine years old. (dramatic music) Today, two

chefs

will compete to prepare the Pokémon dish of my dreams. (cartoon attack sounds) (funny music) - What's up? - Hello. - I'm Owen. Nice to meet you. - Hello, I'm Maxley. - I'm H. - Hi, I'm Maxley. - I'm a food content creator based in Los Angeles and I specialize in sandwiches. I am very excited to be in this competition and even more excited to cook alongside my dear friend, H Woo Lee. So if you were a Pokémon, what would you eat? - Hmm... first, we get the berries. - So yellow berries? - Yes. - Are the Pokémon very hungry today? - Probably.

They haven't even eaten. - I am a food content creator and this is my first time on "I draw, you cook". I feel like, especially with Owen, it's not

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ly a competition. It's just for fun. I'll still win. - Now we need the cake. - So these are capes, right? - Yes, they are layers. - Okay, now what is that? - It's just the brands and stuff. - You like candy? - Oh yeah. A bit. - A little hesitant. So, do you prefer more salty or... little of both? - In the middle. A little of both. - Do you have a favorite fruit? - Fruit?

Fruit, banana. - Okay, so banana is your favorite? - Yes. This cake was supposed to be given by Arceus. -So it's a resurrection for all Pokémon. - It's something like that because there is no... - Like a complete restoration? - Yes, it's like a complete restoration. - Yes. I feel like he and I are connecting on some Pokémon level. I got some of the references. - Do you have any favorite food? - Loco Moco. - Crazy Moco! - Well. - It's Hawaiian food. - What are your other favorite types of foods? - Chicken cutlet. - Do you have any favorite type of sushi? - Oh yeah.

California roll. - What is your favorite vegetable? - Broccoli. - Alright. So what is this blue stuff? - It's called ocean fog. - To quench the Pokémon's thirst? - Yeah. - I mean, yeah, like I'm eating a cake that big. It needs a lot of liquid. - You are right. - I'm a little nervous because there are so many colors and I immediately see a very big cake and I don't bake anything. Alright, we've got some stellar action here. - Yes. - So what's that for? - Well, they eat it like normal food, like cake. - So do you think we can

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this Pokémon plate into whatever you want? - Yes I think so.

Good luck to both of you. (high five) (cartoon explosion) (laughter) (upbeat music) - I'm going to start with a tiered banana bread cake, because Max's favorite fruit is banana. - I'm preparing sushi rice for the first layer of the cake, which will be covered with other components of Max's favorite food, Loco Moco. -Ah. I'm very worried. I was also thinking about making a Loco Moco. I thought it was a great idea. You hit the nail on the head about what his favorite food is. - You start with grain rice for sushi. I'll start it and then move on to the next layer of the cake, the chicken cutlet layer of the cake. - That's not a normal Loco Moco, okay? -If you remember, -I don't know--he said that his other favorite food was chicken cutlet. - Oh, that's true. - So I'm adding all those favorite foods. - Is this your mom's recipe? - It is. - Damn. - Is very good. - Makes a very good banana bread. - The truth is that I never make sweets except ice cream.

But... (Owen hits the meat mallet) Do you want to wait? (laughs) - No, I don't. - Well. (meat pounder hitting cutting board) This is my impression of how Owen cooks. (making sound effects with noisy kitchen utensils) (meat masher banging on table) But this time, I'd like to make a banana bread cake. - I feel like I cook pretty fast. I do the work. It's very fluid. -He is loud and big and that also reflects his personality. I have to be honest, I'm really bad at cracking eggs with one hand. - I'm pretty good at that. I know almost all the ways there are to break an egg.

So you take one egg, you take another egg, and you crack the egg over the other egg. Check it out. Have a little fun with it. You know, break the eggs together. (eggs break, both laugh) Hey! - Perfect! Works. - Make two hands. See this. (eggs break) Boom. - (laughing) What? Beat the eggs well. Baking soda, salt, white sugar, brown sugar, vanilla bean paste, canola oil, buttermilk secret ingredient, wet dough, dry dough. Combine it all together. (beater hits glass) I'll just fold it in. So, once you don't see too many lumps of flour, you can start pouring it into your previously greased cake pans.

Then we will bake them. - Have you cooked a lot for children? - Not you? - No, but I consider myself a child and I cook for myself every day. - I understand. - Then yes. - So now we are going to fry little by little. You want to leave it. - You are looking for a nice golden color. And then you'll

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it around. Three to five minutes per side. - So for the next part of the

drawing

, these five little star children will be star-shaped chicken nuggets. - I love chicken nuggets. - We season our ground chicken with paprika, a little onion powder, garlic powder, black pepper and a little salt. (hot oil sizzling) - We have a nice golden color and we'll set it aside.

Let it rest, season. Thanks cook. - Of course. - Now let's start with the Loco Moco beef burger. - Okay, so let's break two eggs here. Mix it all together. You have your wonderful mix and bang! (mixture falls onto parchment paper) flatten. - We have ground beef, chopped onion, two eggs, panco, garlic, oyster sauce, Worcestershire. I feel like that was pretty good. - It was pretty good. - Really combine the ingredients. We will take this ring mold and we will shape the meat. Once we have it nice and compact in its perfect circle, we are going to bake it. - This looks good. - Do you think it looks good?

There's just a layer of chicken sludge. (fun music) - I'm going to freeze this and let it sit. - Now we are going to make the sauce for Loco Moco. So we'll start by melting some butter in a pot. Let's sauté the mushrooms. - Here I have clean and washed rice. A cup of fresh mountain spring water. - That is a lie. - That's not a lie. - I saw you take it out of the sink. - I never lie! - You took it out of the sink. - No, I did not do it. I'm going to make sushi rice. - That sounds familiar to me. - MMM. - Wait, what is rice for? - I don't know.

Maxley loved Ritz crackers, so I'm going to coat my chicken nugget stars with Ritz crackers. - Dude. (cookies clicking against plastic) - Put them all in... (cookies grinding) You want a fine powder. - Now that my mushrooms are cooked through, we will add the beef broth and then the cornstarch mixture. So now it's very runny, but give it about five minutes and you'll have your sauce glue. - Ritz crackers liquefied on dough. Here I will put a little paprika, but at the end we will sprinkle it with fresh ketchup powder. - Check it out. That's a good sauce.

Nice, thick and shiny. We can let this go and cool down. The rice is already cooked, so we're going to add it to a... (rice falls into a glass bowl) a bowl, and then we're going to add the seasonings: rice vinegar, sesame oil, salt, and sugar, and we're going to mix it all together. so it will be nice, compact and sticky. Place it on a sheet tray and spread it evenly. - You can be messy. Keep him on your side, that's all. - Yes, but come on. There are like a few grains of rice. - Messy isn't bad... but he's messier than me. - Flatten it.

We will freeze it, cut it and fry it. - And let's start with my sushi balls. - I knew you were going to mix them up. (laughs) - I'm cutting some avocado into very fine cubes. So I'm going to cut these cucumbers into little thin stems to make them look like the tops of the berries. And this is something I'm still working on, but you can peel a cucumber by pressing down, making small cuts. You can rotate the cucumber to remove the skin. - Why do you have to complicate everything? Let me get out my tweezers and be picky. - So the cucumbers look quite full of stems. - I have puff pastry.

So I'll start by implementing it. I'm going to cut out shapes. Bit struggling here... I'm having some trouble cutting out the stars. Look at this star. (Audience laughs) Like what? What is this? But I heard some great advice on how to bloom mold so it just slides off. Oh, look at that! It worked! It worked! - Tips for Owen. That's perfect. You got it! - Now we are going to paint this with beaten egg. This will be a good binder for the parmesan that we are going to sprinkle on top. I'm going to bake them. Hopefully the form will hold.

For the last component of the California roll, imitation crab. And I'm just going to do a little test because this is my first time making California rolls. But I'm going to try combining the avocado with the imitation crab with a little mayonnaise. - Now that the rice has cooled and set, I will use these two shapes to cut out the layers of the cake. I'm like scared. I've never made a rice burger this big and I'm definitely struggling to fit it into the pot. - No, lay it flat on the cutting board. Classic Owen. I just need my help again.

Here. No no. Turn it over right now. - How is my hand supposed to turn like that? He is always there for me when I need him. No, go like... - There, and then remove the paper. - Oh thanks. - Alright. - Gently slide it away from you. (triumphant music) Yes! (H applauds) - If I lose because of the cake... (Owen laughs) I swear to God. My California blender is ready and I'm going to start seasoning my rice. (the rice falls against the glass and wood) - Friend! (H laughs) - Rice vinegar, salt, sugar. - I will say, this worries me watching him make rice.

Because, to be honest, the best sushi rice I've ever tried is H. - Making sure every grain is covered. It's too seasoned, but... It's too seasoned. It's too much vinegar. - That was not the rice I was talking about. - No. (laughs) I'm just not in my element. This isn't my rice cooker, nor- - Hey. - the correct amount I use. Can you lend me some rice? - So do you want to have some of my rice? - MMM. -I was a little surprised when H asked me to use my rice to improve his rice, but since he helped me put the rice in the fryer, I'll obviously help him.

Yes. You got it. - OK thanks. (laughs) This looks great. We got that nice golden crust on the outside. So we'll just transfer it and let it drain and cool. - So now let's form our yellow sushi ball with berries. To make it yellow, we will use yuzu or yellow tobiko. So our base layer, you have to be very careful with these things. - I think H is taking a big risk with the sushi balls. He is covering it with fish eggs. I don't know why a nine-year-old likes that. - The next layer is rice. A little bit of our filling, a little more rice to seal that.

So he puts all this together and tries to get all the air out, and he'll twist it and form a sushi ball. Untangle this puppy. I'm going to add little stems. - Thats not all. Thats not all. - It's cute! - That's not a yellow berry. - This is an interpretation. (laughs) I think it looks more like a yellow brain. Either way it doesn't look very good, but when you put the little stem on top, I think it looks cute. - Now I will show you how to make real yellow berries. Then we will start by cleaning the pineapple.

So I have this ring mold that looks like the shape of a berry. Oh! Ha ha! That is very beautiful. So I'm making punctures in the pineapple to put in the little airhead stems. - My chicken has frozen. I'm going to punch them with these star shapes. Flour, beaten egg, Ritz cracker breadcrumbs. - Very good, now we have our puff pastry stars. These are great. Check it out. Now we just have to make them red. And for this we have even more cheese. Mix it with a little bit of red food coloring and then we'll cover it and throw it in and you'll get a red cheese star.

Check it out. - That looks radioactive. Why does it look like a nuclear power plant? (laughs) - You might think it's radioactive. I think Maxley will think it is identical to the image. - Bang, fry. (Hot oil sizzling) Dude, look at that. That seems unreal. - That is very beautiful. - My final stage, I'm going to dust off this... ketchup powder. Pop! Red stars that are not radioactive. - Dude, that seems as twisted as this. (H laughs) - My banana bread cake is ready. So I'm simply cutting off the top to flatten it and create my three tier banana bread cake. - I'm going to shave some vegetables.

I have a lot of different colors here. Yellow strips, purple cabbage, green... We will use his favorite vegetable: good old broccoli. - Check it out. That seems sick. - That's a cake. - I am not an expert in glazes. - But your mom is a great baker. - My mom is a great baker. - Do you know H's mother well? - I know H's mother quite well. (H laughs) She would... (laughs) (both laugh) Hi, Susan! - They do not get along. (the producer laughs) They get along very well. So let's start with our ocean fog right now.

I have a lot of delicious ingredients here. Everything natural. What is that over there? - Okay, listen to me. Children love all this. (H laughs) We have ingredients for a Mountain Dew Baja Blast. And now, forTo make this magical drink, add a little honey around the rim, roll it in some pop stones, an even ratio of Mountain Dew and Sprite, and then the rest will be Frost Cool Gatorade. And this is blue and it's sugar, so I'm going to put it inside the glass too. There you go! Blue misty drink. - So to make this ocean fog hazy and oceanic, I'm going to add a powder with a spoon. -My man, with your plate, is eating chicken nuggets, a whole cake, sushi balls.... he is going to be quite dry.

And does he want to have a thick shake? No. He'll want a nice, cool Mountain Dew Baja Blast. -You know... -That's my thought process. - You do. My thought process was to nail down each component. I don't think a nine year old would think about the balance of a full plate. - Very good, the drinks are ready. Let's play it and present it. - Yes, chef. - My burgers shrank significantly, so I'll basically have to shrink everything else to make sure I have that tiered layer for the cake. - The first thing I'll do is decorate my banana bread cake.

So first I'm going to measure some of these Twizzlers to line up the cake. Yours is much more difficult. (laughs) - The sauce glue seems to be working well. It will also be very tasty. And now I'm just going to cut out a mold for the chicken. And the last part is just a fried egg. Check it out! It is a tasty cake. -Do you think that when Maxley tries your cake, he will think of Loco Moco? - I really hope so. (both laugh) - So now we are going to decorate said cake. It's the cake for the Pokémon God.

However, I realize I need to decorate a little more than I thought or this cake will look pretty plain. - We'll add the red stars... So it's got some red stripes there, I'm going to try to make some red lines with ketchup. - Purely for space, I chose this really big lazy Susan, because The cake is what... - What is a lazy Susan? - That's the term for this. She's a lazy Susan. - That?! - Yes. - It's your mother's name. - It's my mom's name! (laughs) - My red stars on the plates. My yellow berries and my wonderful Ocean Mist smoothie.

And I'm done. - Okay, well, let's see what Maxley thinks. -And may the best cook win. ("Brindisi" from Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata plays) Overall, I am very happy with the dish as a whole. I am very excited with the result of the cake. I think you can clearly see each layer and the different colors. I think the red stars are identical. They also taste very good. I think the blue drink is also great. Give it that fog effect. It's blue, it's sweet, it's sugar. What else do you want? The berries are just pineapple, but I added the green hollow heads.

Hopefully I'm a fan of that. I think it looks a lot like the image. I hope Maxley likes it too. - I feel very good about this dish. Starting with the cake, I think it looks great. I think it looks like the photo, although it is not a perfect oval with a hundred colors. The yellow berries, I think, look adorable and honestly look like something out of Pokémon. He likes chicken cutlets; I think the chicken nuggets hit the spot. Ocean mist tastes great. I feel like every kid in the world loves vanilla milkshakes. Hopefully Maxley enjoys my dish more than Owen's and he can take home the prize. - Bring me the Pokémon plate of my dreams! (funny music) (cartoon flourish) Oh my gosh!

In fact, they went all out on this. It was actually supposed to be green, not purple. - Maxley, I did the best I could with the colors. Just give me a break. - And they actually made the umbrella. (Maxley applauds) I think I'll eat the stars. That's chicken! (Maxley bites the nugget) - Now I wonder, what is red? Hmm! That really tastes good. (Playful music continues) I really don't like... - Oh my God. He didn't like sushi balls. - What are they? - Just take a bite in the middle. It's your favorite California roll! - Wait a minute...

What's inside? Let's try. It tastes like my dad's coffee with frosting. (Owen drowning out laughter) - Why is he drinking his dad's coffee? (laughs) - The cake itself is right in the middle. The colors really bring it out a bit. In general, I think the drink is what keeps the pace going. - I am going to lose. (cartoon flourish) - Holy shit! I can not believe this. It looks a lot like that. How did they get the egg to be so small? - He seems excited. - They burned it a little. It has a lemon flavor.

Tastes good. (Maxley chewing the sugar bar) Hard candy is very hard to bite into. That's pop rock! (laughs) I think we'll try the star. It's difficult... or something like that. (Maxley chewing on the puff star) What is this? Hey, it's cool and edible. Hey, they actually look like it. - I think I'm definitely getting more points in accuracy. - I think I'll try this cake. Oh, I know what this is. The Crazy Moco. That's really good. That's chicken. The red chicken was better. (Audience laughs) - He's as smart as I thought! He is good. - I knew it.

It was pineapple. The green mixed well with the pineapple. Overall, the cake was pretty good, and so was the pineapple. Let's bring out the

chefs

! (playful music) - What's up? - (laughs) What's wrong? - Hello hello! - Oh hello! - How are we doing? - Good. - Very good, Maxley. Which dish did you like the most? Plate one or plate two? - Plate one. (triumphant music) (H claps, Maxley laughs) - I won! - Here you have! - Thank you. Thanks thanks. - Thank you for being with me and also making me the best lunch ever. - Oh thanks.

That was really sweet. - It is the greatest achievement of my entire life. - Congratulations, H Woo. Maxley, I hope you enjoyed your meal and I'll see you in fourth grade. Do I get a consolation prize? - Yes, a hug. - Oh, come here Maxley. - Oooh. You give me a hug? - Yes, sure. - Thank you very much for letting me eat what you made. - Thank you. - It is an honor. - It's not your honor! They pay you to do it. (everyone laughs) (funny music continues) (music fades)