- (PvF) Have you all ever been... - Oh she, oh!
- (PvF) To Flavortown!? - (laughs) Oh my God!
- Ash Fieri, take me to Flavortown!
- Ash Fieri! (both laugh)
- Yes! - I'm going to Flavortown right now!
- Hell yeah! - Woohoo!
- (PvF) Hell yeah!
Buckle up, because you're cruising straight into
an insanely fire Try Not To Eat:
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. - Oh, Try Not To Eat, dude!
- Aww, damn!
- Dude, this show... - Mm-hmm.
- Is like, this is my dream. - Mm-hmm!
- If you grow up with the Food Network,
you know damn well what this is.
- If I just had a ton of money,
I would just like watch those videos,
and just travel everywhere.
- (PvF) Is there anything you're excited to try?
- There was like a barbecue lasagna.
- There's that like crab pasta.
- Every time he goes to the south
and gets some barbecue. Oh my God!
- There's also one in Temecula, that I kinda...
That barbecue place? - (PvF) Oh.
- But I mean... - (PvF) You don't say.
- Here's the thing.
You don't have to have a lot of money to try the foods.
- Right here!
- You could try those foods for free today.
- My arteries are clogging just thinking about it.
- I feel like Guy is just a piece of American culture at this point.
- I'm ready Ash! - (both) Let's go!
- And have some awesome food today!
(Ed laughs)
- (Guy) One of the meats going into the lasagna.
Wait a second, lasagna at a barbecue joint?
- Oh my God. - Is this, I literally called it!
- The lasagna at the barbecue? - The barbecue lasagna.
- Yes! - Oh, it's the meat lasagna!
- Aww, this is what I was literally just talking about!
- Oh, this has pulled pork, it's got chicken,
I don't know if it has beef.
- There's no way we're eating healthy today.
- 'Merica!
- I could get there, it's in California.
- Oh. - God damn.
- Ooh!
That looks like a rib!
- Thick! - Oh my goodness.
- (Ed) Thick lasagna.
- (PvF) From HoBo's BBQ in Temecula, California,
we've got a crazy mash up of barbecue and Italian food
with this insanely delicious barbecue lasagna.
Packed with pulled pork, smoked chicken, and Cajun sausage,
we guarantee you haven't tried anything like this before.
- ♪ And I'm proud to be ♪ ♪ An American ♪
- Oh my God!
- ♪ Where at least I know ♪ ♪ I'm free ♪
(buzzer)
- Like, so much meat too.
- Oh my goodness. - Which is like what's great.
- I don't know about this one, Noah.
- I will say, in person... - Mm-mm.
- I really want the prize.
- I'm trying to think about what the prize could be right now,
because if this... - Is the starter?
- Is the starter?
- (PvF) Ed, you were just complaining about
driving all the way out to Temecula,
it's literally 14 inches from your nose.
- I know, right?
- How you gonna hype it up, and then not eat it, Travis?
- Aww, dude! - Gobble it up!
- To me, that's like putting cheese and pasta on a rib,
and I can't get on board with that.
- I almost took a bite,
without assimilating into Flavortown.
- Oh my God!
- ♪ Hmm ♪ - Yes!
- Yes!
- (PvF) How long have you lived here, Ed?
- Seven years.
- (both) Hmm.
- Never even stepped foot into Temecula before. (laughs)
- Exactly.
- Oh my God. - That's all she wrote.
- Let's go! (buzzer)
(gasps) ♪ Ah ♪
- Oh my God, there's so much barbecue sauce in there.
- Maybe I'll want it once I cut into it.
- It smells so good!
- See, 'cause the thing is, the day that I lose...
- No, don't.
- It has to be like a very, very big crazy thing.
- Like something you've been waiting seven years to try?
- See, this is why I didn't want you to cut it open!
- Oh man! That looks good!
- Dude, I can... ...up a barbecue.
But I'm not, 'cause I want the prize.
- Noah, Noah! - I'm gonna do it!
I said I wasn't gonna do it, but I watched this show my whole life.
- That's fair.
- And to have the opportunity to try the food?
- That's fair. - I'm doing it.
(buzzer)
- Challenge yourself to do something different and eat.
- Ugh! - (PvF) It's very predictable.
- It's kind, oh it's... - (PvF) Him not eating.
- Oh, it's super predictable. - Oh, I know.
Believe me, I read the comments all the time.
- (snores) Yawn fest, boring.
- But there also are people who appreciate the fact
that I've never eaten a single thing.
- The meats don't clash. - Okay.
- And the barbecue sauce with it,
is like the best baked beans you've ever had.
- (PvF) Noah, you're really channeling Guy Fieri right now.
- Mm-hmm. - He really is.
- (PvF) Like that sounded like a whole spiel.
- Woo, I love it.
- The one that I remember most is that's all she wrote.
(laughs) That's all she wrote.
- (PvF) He goes that's off the hook!
- It's off the hook! - Oh. (laughs)
- (PvF) If you try it...
- I'm gonna be so cringey if I say it.
- Mm, you better say it.
- That's off the hook! (both laugh)
I feel like I put too much like... (Travis laughs)
It's not like...
- (chef) Steak and cola ready to finish, gents.
- Steak and cola?
- Woah! (laughs)
- Steak and cola?
- (Guy) Steak and cola pizza?
- Hold up.
- Like Coca Cola?
- (Guy) And now we put the cola.
- Like, I love me some pizza, but like...
- Have you ever had soda marinated meat?
- No.
- Oh, bro!
- I feel like it works. It's like sweet sausage.
You know what I mean?
- I wanna eat it. I gotta put it in my body.
Oh yes!
- Coke marinated steak on pizza.
- Oh, you can smell the cola.
- (PvF) Our next stop is Dirty Water Dough in Boston
for steak and cola pizza.
This cola marinated, thinly sliced steak
complements the perfectly chewy, cheesy pizza,
and will leave your taste buds satisfied.
- So they marinate the steak in cola?
- (PvF) Mm-hmm. (buzzer)
- Dude, this smells fantastic. - Ugh, so good.
(buzzer) - No!
And I like it thick!
- (Noah) You.. - Oh my God.
- I thought you were just gonna do it.
- (laughs) This ain't a Nike ad!
- See, like this one doesn't really like scream out at me,
'cause I know he's gone to a ton of pizza places.
- Pizza's been my downfall the last couple of months.
- (laughs) Wait, wait, the last couple of months?
- Damn! - Really?
- It's so good! - Can you taste it?
- It's a little bit sweeter.
- That's really weird.
- I don't know if I can get on board with the steak on the pizza.
- For me, I know, like, if I'm gonna have a steak,
I'd rather have a steak. - Yeah.
- (PvF) Did you know Guy Fieri started cooking from a young age
because he got tired of his mother's vegetarian cooking?
- Ugh!
- No way!
- (PvF) According to Guy, his mom said
if you don't like it, then you can cook,
so guy went to the butcher shop, bought rib eye steaks,
and because he grew up liking soy sauce,
seared the steak in butter and soy sauce.
Apparently, Guy recalls his father saying
it's the best steak he ever had.
- Butter and soy sauce? - That sounds great!
- (PvF) Yeah.
- That's a lot of sodium! (Noah laughs)
- Okay. - Well, if he was vegetarian,
it may have been the only steak.
The first steak he had.
- (laughs) It's the first, yeah, it's the first steak he ever had!
- I mean, if it's the first steak he had,
you're like God dang, this is great.
- Mmm! - No!
I'm actually really curious.
I just wanna eat this one meatball.
- (Travis) She deserves to be treated right.
- (PvF) Go for it, you don't have to eat the whole thing.
You can just eat the meat part.
- Three, two, one!
(buzzer)
Ooh, did you get a little crust in there too?
- Mm-hmm! - So happy!
- Oh, it's so... - It's so what?
- Sexy. (laughs) - Mmm.
- It did not take you to Flavortown?
- It did not take me to Flavortown.
- Mmm.
- (PvF) Alright Jair, you're saying no to the 'za?
- I'm gonna say no to this 'za.
- (patron) To put a Philly cheesesteak into the crepe is just an anomaly.
- A crepe Philly cheesesteak? - Mm-hmm.
- Ooh! You were talking about cheesesteaks!
- I'm a little particular about cheesesteaks.
- Oh! (laughs) Jair, what are you gonna do?
- You know what?
I feel like people always thought crepes were just sweet,
but the savory ones are where it's at, dude.
Oh my God, I love onions!
I can eat an onion raw, like no problem.
- Oh man! - Noah, be quiet!
I will not open my eyes! (laughs)
- (PvF) Smell it! - No!
- (PvF) Surely, you've had a crepe and a cheesesteak before,
but ever had the two together?
From Gambino's Creperie in Palm Springs,
this ultra unique cheesesteak crepe has a perfectly crunchy wrap,
and a lovely gooey interior.
- Oh my God, why did that look so sexual, Travis?
- Bro, fun fact, I had my first crepe on this channel.
I never had one before.
- (Daniel) You've never had a crepe? - (PvF) You never had a crepe?
- No. (buzzer)
It's like cream cheese, with like a thin pancake.
- And you fell in love?
- Nah, too sweet. - Ah.
- But...
- (PvF) This is a savory crepe. - Ugh!
- But then, coming from the east coast,
like, I've had a lot of Philly cheesesteaks.
- Yeah.
- I really want the prize. But imagine, this is...
(whispers) Better than the prize.
- Oh man.
- (whispers) There's chimichurri on it?
- There is chimichurri, there's also fresh onions.
- I just feel like the prize is always gonna be worth it.
- Yeah, yeah, whatever. - Oh. (laughs)
- (Jair) Stop, are you moving it? I can smell more!
- (Noah) Yeah!
- (gasps) It smells so good. - Ooh!
- I'm down.
(Ed laughs) (buzzer)
- I'm pickier with my cheesesteaks. I'm good with this.
- That's what I'm talking about!
- Are you gonna eat it?
- I am, but I'm gonna do it in a way that makes everyone at home upset.
- He's my hero. - Here we go.
(buzzer) - (PvF) But why?
- 'Cause why not?
- There's a time and place for everything right?
Sometimes for the big rolls, other times, this!
- I can smell while you talk.
(Noah sighs) Yeah, gimme some more of that.
- Oh, this is good.
- It doesn't really speak to me either.
- Let me tell you, it was really good.
- Noah! (laughs) - Yeah.
- I don't win these normally!
- (judge) She really puts her heart and soul
into every single sandwich.
- (judge) She's ruined BLTs for me.
- Aww, aww!
- Oh yes!
- A BLT on a bagel.
- (chef) And there's a spicy peppercream cheese.
- That's a spicy jalapeno cream cheese.
- ♪ Ah ♪ I'm eating this!
Dang, I made it this far! - You're gonna eat it?
- No!
- I might be finishing this whole thing if I eat it.
- (laughs) Oh my God, I'm so excited!
- (Guy) As a bagel... - As a bagel!
- As a bagel!
- (Guy) Light, tender, great chew, bacon's great,
but these oven-roasted... - Ugh.
- I could hear Guy Fieri talk about food all day.
- Dude, this is the fun part,
when I know that I'm already screwed with the punishment, so...
- Oh, what were you trying to say?
- (PvF) Next up is an off the hook... (buzzer)
Alright.
Next up is an off the hook bagel BLT
from Bagelsaurus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
With slow roasted plum tomatoes and a lovely spicy cream cheese,
this sandwich takes the BLT and bagels to the next level.
(buzzer)
- BLTs would always be better on a bagel,
'cause they usually just come on a sandwich.
- Woah! (Jair laughs)
- All my dreams in this parchment paper.
- Oh, that's so good!
- Dude!
- (PvF) It's an onion bagel. Oh, I love onion bagels.
They're the best.
- You clearly don't if you're not gonna eat it.
- There may be one thing that stops me.
- What?
- What kind of bagel is this?
- (PvF) It's an onion bagel.
- [Censored]. I hate onion bagels.
- What!? - I smelled it!
No, that's the worst bagel!
- I love plum... (whispers) Fudge.
- There's the kick from the jalapeno.
- Bacon and lettuce and beautiful plum tomatoes on it.
It's got a little bit of a kick to it.
- Let's see what you about.
- Oh, I want this so bad! (buzzer)
(whispers) Oh goodness gracious.
- (PvF) So super random fact. Guy Fieri was the inspiration
behind Melissa McCarthy's character in Bridesmaids.
- No shot!
That's like one of my favorite movies.
- That movie's hilarious. - (PvF) Apparently, Melissa McCarthy
fought to actually don white, short, spiky hair,
but the producer said that she couldn't actually be Guy Fieri.
(both laugh)
- That would've been funny. - I did know that.
- That makes so much sense thinking about the movie!
- Yeah.
- I'm still good on these.
I haven't seen my crab pasta.
That's my number one.
- The best bagel I've ever had ever.
- I know, I think this is gonna be the one I really regret.
- (PvF) Why deny yourself of this pleasure?
- Because I'm a winner, starting today.
- (PvF) If you're not gonna eat this...
- Oh snap! (buzzer)
Let's go! Let's go, Chef Ash!
- Stop, don't put the glasses on!
(both laugh) - (Travis) Yes!
- (PvF) We are fully in Flavortown right now.
- Mm-hmm, we really are.
- (chef) Fried lobster, fried shrimp, and a buttermilk waffle.
- Fried lobster!?
- Oh, I'm done.
- What!?
- Oh, oh!
- ♪ Oh ♪
- ♪ Fuh ♪ - Fried lobster!
Fried shrimp! - [Censored] you!
- Oh!
- Wowzer!
- The fact that she saved this for last...
(Noah laughs) ...is messed up!
- (gasps) Don't! Not with seafood!
- (Travis) Ugh!
- If there is one thing I will ever fold for on this channel,
it is fried seafood.
- My God!
- Giddy up.
- (PvF) You've heard of chicken and waffles,
but ever heard of fried lobster and waffles?
This dish, called the Hulk,
hails from The Seafood Lady in Louisville,
and will surely make you rethink the way you eat seafood and waffles.
This is spicy maple syrup. - Spicy maple syrup?
- Well, I didn't know it was spicy until I was pouring it,
before, I guess that's why you're supposed to wait
'til they explain it.
(buzzer)
- Woah, woah, woah! What's happening over here?
- I'm just looking. - You're just looking?
- Just window shopping.
- Oh my God!
I am a seafood girl!
- You're just checking out the consistency of the waffle?
- Yeah, I'm just seeing if I can make a perfect bite,
if I was going to eat this.
- Oh yeah, if you were. - If I was going to eat this.
- Mmm. (laughs) - Spicy, got a kick?
- No, it's not bad.
- Than the prize?
- Like, how is the prize gonna be better than this?
- I'm actually not a huge seafood lover.
- Huh?
- So this one's pretty easy for me to...
- Oh, to turn?
- ♪ Bow chicka wah wow ♪
- (Izzy) Damn.
- Mm-hmm!
- I do love me some lobster tail.
- Ooh! - This could be...
- Oh, that was a commercial!
- (whispers) Oh my goodness, yes. (buzzer)
Oh my God!
- I don't like having syrup on my savory stuff.
- Shut up! - (PvF) But it's not on yet.
- Shut up!
- Mm-mm, can't do it.
You get syrup on my chicken, I ain't eating it.
- Mmm. - (laughs) Yes!
- Wow, well done, man!
- You held out the whole show. You couldn't do it!
- Oh my God.
- She can't even tell me what it's like.
- That's the prize. - No!
- That's the prize. (laughs) - How about no?
- Think about pigs in a blanket. - Uh-huh.
- Instead, it's lobster. Mmm!
- It sounds like a fancy bar mitzvah.
- I'm in heaven right now.
Oh, I'm not in heaven! I'm in Flavortown. (laughs)
- This is the third time I folded on the last one.
- (laughs) You've done this two other times!?
- Give me the prize! I need it now!
- ♪ I'm so happy right now ♪
- (PvF) Well, I'm so glad that you're happy right now,
because guess what, that's our challenge.
- Damn.
- Mmm.
- (PvF) Congratulations, Ed and Izzy,
you were able to avoid some delicious dishes,
and for that, we're firing up the ultimate Flavortown feast.
- Uh-oh!
- It better be better than the lobster, bro!
- Boo!
- (narrator) Lobster ravioli. - (patron) The ravioli is made fresh.
- You get lobster ravioli!
- The lobster raviolis,
with the jumbo, jumbo pieces of lobster.
- These are those huge crab ravioli.
- Can I tell you! - There's your seafood.
- I love lobster ravioli! - Wait a second!
- What?
- I thought she was getting the raviolis!
(Izzy whimpers) (Travis laughs)
- Oh!
- There is a lot going on here right now.
- Oh!
- Lobster ravioli is like... What!?
- Is that alcohol!?
- Oh, and then we... And it was!
There was tequila! (Jair laughs)
We could've had the bottle!
- (PvF) For our winners, we've got a spread
of Italian inspired dishes, approved by Guy himself.
We've got scampi wings, lobster ravioli,
and creme brulee French toast, all featured on Triple D.
We also have Guy's special nacho recipe, Guy-talian nachos,
and a nice paloma made with Guy's tequila brand, Santo tequila.
- ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Oh yeah yeah ♪
Do you like that? That's my victory song.
- Oh, ooh, really? That's your victory...
- God damn!
- Oh, that's good ravioli. - Is it good?
- Woo! This is good!
- (Travis) Give me that punishment.
- Enjoy.
- There is a lot going on on these nachos.
- (PvF) Sharon. - What, what?
Ash! God dang it, what?
(Ed laughs)
- Oh my God, I feel like it would taste better
when I see Travis eating his punishment.
(both laugh)
- (PvF) Unfortunately... ♪ (sad trombone music) ♪
Sharon, Travis, Noah, and Jair,
you were tempted, and for that, you must suffer the consequences.
- It was so not worth it!
- (Guy) And check out the Duane Purvis burger!
- (Duane) Peanut butter.
- A peanut butter burger?
- Oh, peanut butter burger.
- Peanut butter burger?
- (Duane) Lay it on there. - (Guy) That much!?
- (Duane) Nice!
- That's a lot of peanut butter.
- I feel like a peanut butter burger isn't that bad.
- (laughs) The look that he just gave the camera, dude.
- He's a little skeptical.
- (Guy) I absolutely don't enjoy that at all.
- Oh! He didn't like it!
(Jair laughs) - Oh man!
- Ugh, God, there's cheese on it.
- (PvF) Finally, for our losers, we've got a dish
detested by the mayor of Flavortown,
the Duane Purvis All-American burger
from Triple XXX in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Smothered in peanut butter, this burger is truly not for everyone,
especially not our guy.
- This is your hometown. - It's from Indiana?
- Ugh!
- Did you already know about this beforehand?
- (PvF) So fun fact, I actually grew up going to that restaurant.
- Oh really?
- (PvF) And that is my dad's favorite burger.
- Oh, the peanut butter? - Is it really?
- No it is not. - (PvF) Yeah. (laughs)
- No it is not!
- I bet it's a lot better than this one. (laughs)
- (PvF) It is.
- Bro, the smell is so bad!
- First of all, the cheese, if you like cheese,
which obviously, I do not, is not even melted on there.
- I'm so happy I waited.
- That was a lot. (laughs)
- Oh oh oh oh. If I have to, ooh...
- But I do feel like you did me dirty,
'cause you cooked the heck out of that thing.
That's not a burger, that's like beef jerky.
(both laugh)
- ♪ Swallow me ♪ ♪ Drip down the side of me ♪
- What is it, Virgil's what's it called?
- (Izzy) Woo! - (PvF) Okay, that's enough.
(Izzy laughs) - What's the, Captain?
- You know what? I'm actually not mad at it.
(laughs)
- Oh my God! (Travis laughs)
I had a bit too much alcohol!
- I think the onions are frozen!
(Jair laughs)
- Like, I feel like if you made this a normal way,
it wouldn't be bad.
- I kinda wish we had some jelly on this.
- Ugh!
(Noah mumbles) (Jair laughs)
- (PvF) Did you just take a second bite?
- Yeah. (laughs)
- You are weird. - (PvF) Oh my God.
- That's actually not bad, I actually like it.
- There's not anything overtly bad about it,
but there's just so much of it. (laughs)
- (PvF) Well, do you guys regret your decisions?
- Yes! - Not at all.
- Yes I do!
- (PvF) We're rolling out. (Travis laughs)
- Oh my God.
- (PvF) Thanks for participating.
- I think you're my favorite part of this episode.
- (PvF) Thank you guys so much for watching
this episode of Try Not To Eat.
Let us know what else you guys wanna see
in the comments down below.
You know what?
I grew up going to this restaurant that this burger is from,
and I didn't think it was that bad,
but then again, I also haven't had my version of it.
So, bon appetit.
Ugh! Ugh!
I'm rolling out! Peace.