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Ty & Eric tune in from Santa’s Workshop to discuss gifting a holiday footlong, dining a la train carte, the similarities between rappers and Santa, Subway’s new footlong nachos, the rigatoni-penne switcharoo, hot vs. cold saké, Drake’s aging dad bod, being sandwich smart, and how to avoid ruining your new years kiss.
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Santa Claus-inspired Beats and Rapper Christmas Albums
00:00:09
Ty Fresh
Ho, ho, ho, ho.
00:00:10
Think Fresh
You hear that, Ty?
00:00:13
Think Fresh
The Santa Claus is coming to town.
00:00:15
Ty Fresh
Dude, that was a sick beat. i want we We need a more rapper like Christmas albums.
00:00:19
Think Fresh
You like that?
00:00:25
Think Fresh
More rapper Christmas albums? We have a few.
00:00:26
Ty Fresh
Yeah.
00:00:27
Think Fresh
there's a ah sno I think Snoop Dogg is on one of them.
00:00:32
Ty Fresh
Yeah, I'm sure he's done that.
00:00:34
Think Fresh
Is that Tyler, the creator one?
00:00:34
Ty Fresh
Christmas in Long Beach. There is a Tyler one, it's pretty mids, but his whole catalog has gotten pretty mids.
00:00:39
Think Fresh
Yeah. Yeah.
00:00:42
Ty Fresh
Hot take right off rip.
00:00:42
Think Fresh
That's true. Yeah, no. Well, I actually agree with you. um But I actually pulled up the album here at one second. um There is a oh, it's from The Dog Pound.
00:00:56
Ty Fresh
The dog pound?
00:00:56
Think Fresh
Hang on.
00:00:58
Ty Fresh
I think, is that what they're calling um Odd Future now, or?
00:00:58
Think Fresh
Yeah.
00:01:04
Think Fresh
Actually, no, this is this is one of the songs it's from like a it's like a Christmas compilation that I have.
00:01:10
Ty Fresh
Hmm.
00:01:12
Think Fresh
I'm showing you live right now.
00:01:14
Ty Fresh
Oh, yeah, we're looking at Eric's Apple Music's playlist.
00:01:19
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:01:20
Ty Fresh
Oh, interesting, interesting.
00:01:22
Think Fresh
Yeah, I don't know most of these. I know the soup soup dog. I know um Nate Dog. It's funny how these artists don't can't come up with another animal to use.
00:01:32
Ty Fresh
Yeah, no one wants to be a kitty cat.
00:01:35
Think Fresh
Exactly.
00:01:35
Ty Fresh
They all want to be dogs.
Rap Culture and Christmas Parallels
00:01:38
Think Fresh
But there's a lot of parallels between like Christmas music and rap culture, if you think about it. Like, for example, being iced out, like having like an iced out chain is kind of, you know, frosty, the snowman like he's dripped in diamonds, you know.
00:01:53
Ty Fresh
That's a good point. There's also a lot of gifting, you know, Santa gifts children in the same way a future gifts cars to his baby mamas.
00:02:01
Think Fresh
Exactly. It's all about finding that new Uris under the Christmas tree, right?
00:02:05
Ty Fresh
Exactly. ah
00:02:09
Think Fresh
Damn.
00:02:10
Ty Fresh
Dude, nothing like blessing the ho ho ho homies every Christmas. hey Like imagine like what Drake's gifting his entourage this year.
00:02:20
Think Fresh
Damn, Drake is running out the tab if he's buying every one of his past baby mamas or his past ex-wives something, you know? Do you remember the video, the music video where he had like 20 brides?
00:02:31
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm. Yeah, that's a lot of gifts under the tree and that's not even including the OVO chains for the squad That's a lot exactly
00:02:38
Think Fresh
Oh, that's right, you gotta bless OVO Mark.
00:02:43
Think Fresh
My favorite thing about Rap Cruise, Ty, is how like you have like the IT guy who is like the least threatening of the bunch, but he still has the OVO in his handle.
00:02:54
Ty Fresh
He's like, is a like yeah you're lucky if Mark like knows pyrotechnics.
00:02:56
Think Fresh
Mark.
00:03:00
Ty Fresh
He mostly just knows JavaScript. in like
00:03:05
Think Fresh
Yeah, dude, he'll be able to do an insane merch website. but I don't know. When it comes to putting down the 808s, it's all all out in 40. 40's got to take the reins on that one. No pun intended.
00:03:17
Ty Fresh
Yep, a little specialization is key here. 40 is kind of like Drake's head elf, you know? He's just responsible for making it all happen behind the scenes.
00:03:22
Think Fresh
who
00:03:26
Think Fresh
Shout out to 40. Some elves just don't get enough credit. But you know we're on Think Fresh Podcast, we're here to you know bless up the OVO goons.
00:03:35
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:03:36
Think Fresh
Um, it's been real quiet for OVO, Johnny rocks. Have you heard of him?
00:03:42
Ty Fresh
No, I haven't heard of Johnny wrongs. What, what, what is his job?
00:03:44
Think Fresh
I think he's, ah he's the Reddit mod.
00:03:45
Ty Fresh
Is he like run admin?
00:03:50
Think Fresh
No, he's, uh, like a personal trainer.
00:03:54
Ty Fresh
Hmm. For specifically for pop, poppy, poppy's personal trainer.
00:03:55
Think Fresh
But yeah, for yeah.
00:04:01
Think Fresh
Yeah. Champagne. Poppy has his own personal trainer in the gym. And I haven't seen from him in a while. I don't know if he's still on the payroll, but, you know, thoughts and prayers go out to OVO Johnny rocks, I guess.
00:04:12
Ty Fresh
Dude, I think he got laid off because if you see any recent photos of Drake, it's kinda like he's starting to get into his dad bod era. like Give it three years, he's gonna be like sporting a ah little beer gut.
00:04:24
Ty Fresh
he's He's at his kid's games. you know I think we're gonna see a new era of Drake where he's embracing fatherhood.
00:04:27
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:04:32
Think Fresh
yeah like he hasn't this up until now um but yeah you're right he's just you know leaning into his dad bod era i think
00:04:35
Ty Fresh
Yeah.
Drake's Evolving Persona
00:04:41
Think Fresh
he's no longer sprinting back and forth on stage like he once was now he's you know sitting on his you know childhood couch with his hip with himself if you if you remember the show yeah
00:04:41
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:04:50
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm. of course. Yeah. And I think like this whole like Kenny the Kung Fu Kenny fiasco has put a few more grays on Drake's head.
00:05:03
Ty Fresh
So I would be surprised to he says, you know what, my brand now is I am washed, you know, I'm just gonna be washed and own it and like, let the beer gut spew. Sorry, Johnny rocks, you're off the payroll.
00:05:12
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:05:15
Ty Fresh
i'm going We're going in a different direction.
00:05:18
Think Fresh
Yeah, dude, we're going in the Rick Ross direction of being a fat bastard.
00:05:23
Ty Fresh
exactly either way I'm sure we'll get some meme-able content from him in the future
00:05:25
Think Fresh
Oh, man. Well, shout out to Drake and
00:05:34
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
Holiday Greetings and a Surprise Subway Gift
00:05:35
Ty Fresh
man so that's the ho ho holiday season's greetings to the breadheads I think we should do a holiday acknowledgement
00:05:35
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. Man, well, um what's up?
00:05:47
Think Fresh
Yeah, that's right. We don't say Merry Christmas on this podcast. We only say happy holidays as a really just a catch all for anything that you may be celebrating, whether you're a sauce daddy.
00:06:00
Think Fresh
Or you don't toast your sub. We got you. You know what I mean? We celebrate all sand sandwich fans out here.
00:06:07
Ty Fresh
the diversity and bread collusion department has insisted that Eric say that ah Man dude, I got get this.
00:06:13
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. That's right.
00:06:18
Ty Fresh
Have you ever been gifted a Subway sandwich?
00:06:24
Think Fresh
Um... I think I was given a gift card once.
00:06:28
Ty Fresh
Mmm
00:06:29
Think Fresh
Never like, I mean I've had someone buy my, i I think you've bought my sandwich before, in line at Subway. Probably because I owed you, or you owed me something. um But no, I don't think anyone's like, come to my birthday party or something, or Christmas with a footlong in hand.
00:06:46
Ty Fresh
It is kind of a twisted move but hear me out Eric last night I was gifted a foot long.
00:06:53
Think Fresh
No way.
00:06:54
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm the
00:06:55
Think Fresh
How did this come about? did you like Did you make a special request to Santa? Did you leave a note under the Christmas tree with some cookies?
00:07:04
Ty Fresh
You'd think that like my yeah my Christmas list just looks like a grocery list for the produce section, you know? Dear Santa, lettuce, black olives, green pepper.
00:07:13
Think Fresh
Oh, shit.
00:07:15
Ty Fresh
A little dab of mayo.
00:07:17
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:07:17
Ty Fresh
No, no, no. A very wholesome means ah the in-laws picked up dinner last night and dinner was just some subway as we were on the road.
00:07:26
Think Fresh
Oh,
00:07:30
Ty Fresh
So it caught me off guard. A surprise footlong was just handed to me. Which is so cool to be like, wow, this is everything I could have ever wanted.
00:07:36
Think Fresh
wow. That is pretty cool.
00:07:41
Ty Fresh
A consumable that is also a content generating concept.
00:07:46
Think Fresh
Do they, yeah, they gave me.
00:07:46
Ty Fresh
You gave me the gift of the gift of content.
00:07:48
Think Fresh
and get
00:07:51
Think Fresh
Not just, it means it's content to the breadheads. So if anything, like shout out to your in-laws who are gifting our beautiful audience some, you know, amazing topics for today.
00:07:59
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:08:02
Think Fresh
But I'm just curious, Ty, like, how did you cultivate this, you know, environment where someone would think it's acceptable to give you a footlong?
00:08:13
Ty Fresh
You know what, Eric? I think it's a, you just, you put out to the world what you want to bring back in. We put out 391 episodes. We're going to get back a few inches. It's just a matter of time dividends, if you will.
00:08:27
Think Fresh
Totally. What's wild is like we've probably podcasted less than somebody who has eaten at Subway.
00:08:35
Think Fresh
like There's people out there who have eaten more than 400 sandwiches.
00:08:35
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:08:39
Ty Fresh
Yeah, 100 percent. Like if even at like one inch for every episode puts us in like the like 80 inch range, which is what, like 10 foot longs, someone where so like there's people on earth that have eaten less foot longs than that. Just to just to put things into scale.
00:09:00
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. So walk me through this um surprise sandwich.
Adventures with Subway Sandwiches
00:09:05
Think Fresh
Like, I don't think anyone really wants a surprise sandwich. Did you close your eyes when you bit into it?
00:09:05
Ty Fresh
Well,
00:09:09
Ty Fresh
and No oh What was the damn what was the tweet I saw the other day
00:09:10
Think Fresh
Did you moan a little bit?
00:09:14
Think Fresh
Tell me what happened, Ty.
00:09:21
Ty Fresh
Oh, Christmas tree, oh, Christmas tree, harder Christmas tree.
00:09:28
Think Fresh
Oh, no.
00:09:30
Ty Fresh
Yeah, there's your moan. Okay, back to the sandwich. Eric, this is awesome because when in doubt, lean on the experts. And that's what happened here. The sandwich artist was given full control to build this sandwich. And it was based off of the recommended ingredients that come with the menu in the Subway series.
00:09:51
Ty Fresh
So we got like the big veggie we got like the tandoori spiced veggie There's all these like new subway series sandwiches that are like pre-loaded locked ready to go the ultimate giftable sandwich is the series because You're not making any false assumptions about your gift ease palette. You're just going with something tried and true.
00:10:11
Think Fresh
Absolutely. But if I recall, Ty, there's not that many options that are vegetarian friendly. So are you talking about going for like the tandoori chicken and just saying no chicken?
00:10:19
Ty Fresh
I
00:10:24
Ty Fresh
Yeah so what they do actually on the series menu is a tandoori spiced mozzarella. So like your meat in quotations is just like a giant hunk of cheese.
00:10:30
Think Fresh
Oh, wow. I wonder know how people in Italy would feel about that. Like a tandoori what now?
00:10:39
Ty Fresh
You did what to my mozza?
00:10:41
Think Fresh
Yeah, get the
00:10:41
Ty Fresh
one yeah uh yeah they would not be happy but i was very happy it tasted delicious and there's two quality two decisions that were made very well that helped this sandwich just like it would be perfect on the palate okay the first decision was no toasting just kind of insane.
00:11:05
Ty Fresh
It's been so long since I've had an untoasted sandwich, but Eric, this sandwich had to survive a commute before it was like maybe a couple hours before it made it to my hands.
00:11:06
Think Fresh
Let's go.
00:11:14
Ty Fresh
I don't know the timeline, but I'm so grateful that it was not toasted because the bread was just like perfect condition.
00:11:16
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:11:22
Ty Fresh
The integrity of the sandwich was like, it kind of looked like it was a toy sandwich. It was so perfectly put together.
00:11:28
Think Fresh
Oh, man, I love when that happens. And I actually had that happen to me at your subway time. The sandwich that I got was a perfect cross section. It almost looked like someone generated it with AI.
00:11:41
Think Fresh
It was like unbelievably nice so I can relate.
00:11:43
Ty Fresh
yeah i've been such a toast uh apologist for so long i've been a a raw a raw footy denier that i forgot how disruptive toasted is to the makeup of the sandwich it like rips it apart it's a it's a it's a home wrecker of sorts
00:11:52
Think Fresh
Yeah, dude.
00:11:58
Think Fresh
who
00:12:04
Think Fresh
Yeah, I'm with you. I'm honestly so pro ah cold sandwich. I'm team cold sandwich. I'm like Frosty the Snowman. I don't need the toast. And especially in the summer, like I feel like it's just nice used to have a sandwich that can cool you down.
00:12:20
Think Fresh
Like, if anything, I want to reverse toast it. I want him to plop it in the fridge for 30 seconds instead. Like, I think that would be a nice move.
00:12:25
Ty Fresh
Can I get a flash freeze over here?
00:12:30
Think Fresh
Yeah, man, wouldn't that be nice?
00:12:32
Ty Fresh
Yeah dude, everyone wants to know if it's a cold cup and no one wants to know if it's well hung.
00:12:38
Ty Fresh
So that was number one was an untoasted, a brilliant move.
00:12:43
Think Fresh
Oh.
00:12:44
Ty Fresh
The second move, single sauce, just one sauce.
00:12:47
Think Fresh
home
00:12:47
Ty Fresh
And this is crazy. Because once again, inadvertently optimized for the long activity of the sandwich. Like the sandwich just could have like a half life of maybe ah a day because of these two very careful moves.
00:13:03
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. That's brilliant. I mean, if we think about like how for decades, Thai salads have been transported as like sauce and salad separate, like the dressing always comes in a little packet.
00:13:15
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:13:17
Think Fresh
So why why haven't we ever applied that learning to Subway? Like why don't they just do sauce on the side? It just seems like the no brainer.
00:13:25
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm. Little packet of sauce is all I really need, you know.
00:13:26
Think Fresh
Especially for delivery.
00:13:29
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. And you shake up the box.
00:13:31
Ty Fresh
And what do you do with that? You just like squirt it on the sandwich and then give the sandwich ah like ah a a jerk.
00:13:39
Think Fresh
Nice rub and tug.
00:13:40
Ty Fresh
Yeah.
00:13:40
Think Fresh
Exactly. Yeah, dude. So that's that's really great to hear. I'm happy that this is super in line with, you know, the official Think Fresh instructions for delivery.
00:13:51
Think Fresh
Because we've definitely like covered this in episode like seven, where the only way to get a full-on delivered is to not toast it and to go really light on the sauce, like one or none.
00:13:51
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:14:03
Ty Fresh
Yeah, and I think like it doesn't I was always so critical of it compromising the quality of the like the flavors because like toast it and tripling down on sauce are two ways to just really like give your sandwich punch. But what I didn't realize was that your sandwich can still go hard if it's well balanced.
00:14:24
Ty Fresh
It doesn't need all that extra firepower if you just get the balance right.
00:14:24
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. Mm hmm.
00:14:28
Ty Fresh
And that's why I'm like, okay, these Subway series menu, these are like, these sandwiches are beginner sandwiches, you know, like, hi, I've never had a sandwich before, what do I do? Kind of thing, you know, onboarding.
00:14:37
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:14:39
Ty Fresh
And because they're like, they like hit on all hit all the notes just right.
00:14:44
Think Fresh
Yeah, everyone needs to have a man maker sub, you know, at one time in their life.
00:14:48
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:14:48
Think Fresh
But and so when this when the sandwich makes a man out of you, you know, that's what I'm looking for.
00:14:53
Think Fresh
But
00:14:53
Ty Fresh
put some hair on your meatballs.
00:14:56
Ty Fresh
You don't want hair on your there's already a hair on these meatballs.
00:14:57
Think Fresh
Exactly.
00:15:01
Ty Fresh
kill
00:15:02
Think Fresh
Oh man. But you know what though, I'm going to start to embrace the true integrity of a cold cut combo tie. I think the cold cuts, they need to be cold to be good. And as soon as you toast it, you immediately like disregard the intention behind the design. Like you kind of have to, you know, go for whatever like the sandwich wants to be. You can't like,
00:15:25
Think Fresh
try try to move in a direction that it doesn't want to go, you know, this train is on the tracks and it's heading to, you know, terminus station.
00:15:33
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm. 100%. It's like the equivalent of putting like, a like a sticker on your MacBook, you know, it's like, this thing's intended to be a Yeah, Steve Jobs is rolling in his grave right now if you because you put your like shitty startup sticker on your computer.
00:15:41
Think Fresh
Yeah, dude, Steve Jobs will be livid. Mm hmm. Mm hmm.
00:15:52
Think Fresh
Same thing with ah Mr. Cold Cuttersby. You don't want to disrespect him and he will be rolling his grave.
00:15:56
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm. Mr. Coldcutters, yes, the the the founder of the Great Coldcut.
00:16:05
Think Fresh
yeah Who would have thought putting cold meat together would be like the best thing you could do?
00:16:11
Ty Fresh
Dude, the Coldcut is corporate America's favorite sandwich because it's named after rounds and rounds of layoffs. What a Coldcut, hey?
00:16:23
Think Fresh
100% dude. LinkedIn hates this one sub.
00:16:28
Ty Fresh
the LinkedIn community hates the cold cuts.
00:16:34
Think Fresh
Don't bring up cold cuts around your unemployed friends. They might kill themselves.
00:16:36
Ty Fresh
Dude.
00:16:38
Ty Fresh
Yeah, they they prefer ah a warm ooey, like a warm tuna, you know, something soft that they can just like make a home and make ah a nest making sandwich.
00:16:47
Think Fresh
who Yeah, they got to keep warm when they're out in those cold streets, Ty. They got to get the meatball marinara and just kind of hug it for a while before they eat it.
00:16:56
Ty Fresh
Yeah, totally.
00:16:57
Think Fresh
Warm up the digits.
00:17:00
Ty Fresh
um there was a sandwich gifting moment that i was just reminded of yesterday because i was talking to a friend and then my friend got married this year and at the wedding like the morning of the wedding and his best man arrives at it to like meet him in the in the morning it's like hey do you want any subway to like fuel before the big day You're going to be walking down the aisle later.
00:17:23
Think Fresh
Wow.
00:17:24
Ty Fresh
You need some, you need some subway. That was like his recommendation.
00:17:27
Think Fresh
Very risky.
00:17:28
Ty Fresh
Super risky move. I'm, I'm standing adjacent. I'm bearing witness to this conversation. it
00:17:34
Think Fresh
As best man, Ty, you have to step in and say, this this can't be good for anyone if you eat Subway, you know?
00:17:34
Ty Fresh
and
00:17:40
Ty Fresh
Yeah. Well, that was the thing. I was like, this guy's trying to like give the groom a tuna fish sandwich right now. It's like one 10 in the morning and two, like you're going to ruin with this guy's wedding day.
00:17:50
Think Fresh
yeah
00:17:50
Ty Fresh
who
00:17:52
Think Fresh
Yeah, dude, if he hasn't ruined it himself, his soon to be wife will, you know, call it off last second. Like during the vows, she might say like in sickness and in stench.
00:17:59
Ty Fresh
Damn.
00:18:04
Ty Fresh
yeah She's gonna vomit in his mouth when they kiss when he kisses his bride.
00:18:08
Think Fresh
Oh, no, that's the last thing you want to happen on your wedding day.
00:18:14
Ty Fresh
Yeah, so you're gonna have to do it like a sandwich cleanse of at least two weeks if you're gonna be thinking of um locking lips with any any other human.
00:18:20
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:18:25
Ty Fresh
So we're like kind of at the one week mark for New Year's Eve and the New Year's kiss that comes with it Eric. So I think we need to do a sandwich hiatus from here until then just to make sure the entire system has been gutted of any like residual sweet onion sauce.
00:18:42
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. Not gonna lie, I'm starving right now, and I might have to get a sub. But I think we are, you know, we're one week away from the big day, um so we might be able to pull it off.
00:18:55
Ty Fresh
Well, if you do it, Eric, just follow some simple ground rules, okay? Like I'll give you one whole pass right now, but like non-abrasive sauces, mayo, light mayo, chipotle mayo, maybe honey mustard is ah okay, but not regular mustard, that's too fragrant.
00:19:11
Think Fresh
hanimaad
00:19:16
Think Fresh
Oh man, that's my favorite.
00:19:18
Ty Fresh
I know. um And I think the cold cuts are good because they're flavorless cardboard sheets, but I think like the salami and like, oh wait, that is a cold cut. There's got to be like, I would stay away from, yeah, obviously the tuna. Chicken breast is probably fine. That's a flavorless or black aromatics as well.
00:19:38
Think Fresh
An animal bred purely for, you know, protein consumption.
00:19:42
Ty Fresh
Yep. Tomatoes are solid, but not no pickled veg, like be smart with it.
00:19:46
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. Mm hmm.
00:19:48
Ty Fresh
Use your sandwich sense.
00:19:51
Think Fresh
Sounds like a it's like mothers against drunk driving like commercial. It's like be sandwich smart out there.
00:19:59
Ty Fresh
Dude, yeah, artists against bad breath.
00:20:01
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. um
00:20:04
Ty Fresh
Hey, baby.
00:20:06
Think Fresh
Hey, baby.
00:20:07
Ty Fresh
Hey, baby.
00:20:12
Think Fresh
um I really want to talk to you about a novel dining experience that I had on Friday. It was, I got to say, a really memorable one. And that's right.
00:20:22
Ty Fresh
Dude, every dining experience you have is a novel.
00:20:27
Think Fresh
It's a motion picture. And I just feel like I, you know, I spend so much money for for the breadheads.
00:20:35
Ty Fresh
On behalf of the Breadheads, you are draining the the checking account and we appreciate your service.
00:20:41
Think Fresh
who The Think Fresh corporate account is in the in the red.
00:20:46
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:20:47
Think Fresh
and It's in the red sauce. um But Ty, I went and had dinner on an actual train.
Dining in a Vintage Train Car
00:20:54
Ty Fresh
A subway? You had dinner on a subway train?
00:20:57
Think Fresh
Yes. I had dinner on a subway train. It wasn't the typical kind of like commuter, um, you know, rapid Metro type of train that you might be thinking of, like the subway in New York, for example. It was from the 1920s, a Canadian national rail, um, just like an old car. And yeah, it was like the dining car from way back in the day. So you can only imagine the, you know,
00:21:26
Think Fresh
Identities of the people who are kind of dining on there It's kind of like a high net worth move back in the day But it's been democratized so that you and I can go down there.
00:21:30
Ty Fresh
o
00:21:36
Think Fresh
But yeah, it was ah quite the experience I know why wouldn't they do like a pop-up?
00:21:39
Ty Fresh
Wow, that's wild a decommissioned rail car turned restaurant subway is like missing out on this absolute grail of an idea.
00:21:53
Think Fresh
inside of like a actual subway car.
00:21:54
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:21:55
Think Fresh
Actually, I know why, because someone will probably like throw like feces at them if they did that.
00:21:59
Ty Fresh
Yeah, I try to lighten a customer on fire too soon.
00:22:03
Think Fresh
Yeah, holy shit. um Very. But anyways, this train car was kind of cool because it was like a pop up dinner concept thing. And it was run by people who like do a food truck in the neighborhood.
00:22:12
Ty Fresh
Yeah.
00:22:17
Think Fresh
And they're always like parked in front of this train, this train car that's like on display. Like, why don't we just pop up in the train?
00:22:24
Ty Fresh
Hmm.
00:22:24
Think Fresh
And voila, fast forward a few months, they're doing a holiday dinner there. So I took a bay and, you know, some some siblings in law and we yeah had a nice Italian dinner.
00:22:37
Think Fresh
It's run by a couple of chefs, Vancouver chefs. One of them was the guy from the now closed down at Campagnolo restaurant. Do you remember that one?
00:22:45
Ty Fresh
RIP Camp in Yolo, that place slapped.
00:22:47
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. I've never actually dined downstairs, but upstairs they had a pretty iconic burger. Do you remember that Campino upstairs?
00:22:53
Ty Fresh
Dude, same. I only would go upstairs.
00:22:56
Think Fresh
It's like a full-fledged restaurant, but we only go to the speakeasy Yeah,
00:22:59
Ty Fresh
The grimy bar upstairs that doesn't even really only serves a greasy Asenburger.
00:23:04
Think Fresh
yeah you can get like a burger or a steak and that's like honestly the perfect menu in my opinion That's quite literally the most novel experience I ever had
00:23:06
Ty Fresh
Yeah. Well, I'm glad they're dabbling in new and novel concepts. You were right when you said novel. So these,
00:23:17
Ty Fresh
So closed-in camping, Yola opens a food truck, then goes from trucks to tracks. Now they're doing this pop-up and you are there. You are on the scene. How did the, what type of people did this dining experience even attract? Like men in top hats?
00:23:33
Think Fresh
ah That's what I was looking for. um But no, quite kind of the regular um autistic community, I would say.
00:23:41
Ty Fresh
Bummer. So you and your people.
00:23:42
Think Fresh
Yeah. Mm hmm. But I got to say, man, it was pretty nicely decorated for the holidays. Got some lights on here.
00:23:50
Ty Fresh
o
00:23:51
Think Fresh
um Once you walk in, there is like a staged kind of bathroom. That's like the bathroom that was like in that like train car. And it was like a little bunk bed. And there's a little Santa Claus taking a nice little post-it dinner nap in there, which is quite cute.
00:24:06
Ty Fresh
Wow, very cute. You're getting dinner and a show. You have a few little nativity scenes here.
00:24:13
Think Fresh
Yeah, that's right.
00:24:14
Ty Fresh
Hmm.
00:24:14
Think Fresh
Um, but I gotta say everything was like pretty good. I had very, very low expectations going in. Um, like everything was like pretty affordable. I was like, this can't be good. So I'm just going to like eat and like bite my tongue.
00:24:27
Think Fresh
And I was kind of right. And there was like one thing that happened to I, that I have to tell you about.
00:24:30
Ty Fresh
right that doesn't sound like what you ordered interesting
00:24:33
Think Fresh
There was a rigatoni on the menu. Rigatoni alla Greekcha, which is like some pork cheek. They dropped by a bowl of penne.
00:24:45
Think Fresh
Hmm. No, exactly. There was no penny on the menu, but they had branded it as a rigatoni.
00:24:56
Think Fresh
who
00:24:57
Ty Fresh
So like Jesus turns water into wine, they're turning pork into penne.
00:25:03
Think Fresh
Well, not exactly. They're turning a rigatoni into penny.
00:25:06
Ty Fresh
Oh, it was the wrong noodle choice. They lied to you about the noodle.
00:25:08
Think Fresh
Yeah, exactly. Exactly.
00:25:10
Ty Fresh
Dude, this is, this is such a common, like, ah catfishing action. I feel like I've fallen for this too, where it's like, it should be a rigatoni ala volca, and then they show up with a penne noodle.
00:25:22
Ty Fresh
And it's like, in penne, we all know to be the most pedestrian of all noodle forms.
00:25:27
Think Fresh
Exactly. That's what I said at the table. It's the most badass 3 in 1. And it's really a shame because they like definitely sold us on the you know the clout of the Rigatoni.
00:25:39
Think Fresh
It photographs well.
00:25:40
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:25:40
Think Fresh
you know It always looks great. um Fun to eat.
00:25:43
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:25:44
Think Fresh
Great for the kids. And you get the penne, which is like it's hard to even like grab that with your fork. you
00:25:50
Ty Fresh
Do totally and then suddenly this entire train facade crowns crashing down, you realize this is just airplane food.
00:25:57
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. Yeah, that's when...
00:25:59
Ty Fresh
I'm just on a different type of transportation.
00:26:02
Think Fresh
Exactly. That's when this entire dinner derailed. No pun intended time.
00:26:06
Ty Fresh
Wow.
00:26:08
Think Fresh
But yeah, i was it was still quite tasty. It was just kind of a funny moment. And then, yeah, I had some risotto, which was ah actually very good. um They had some holiday cocktails.
00:26:20
Think Fresh
There was like a...
00:26:20
Ty Fresh
o
00:26:22
Think Fresh
One was like literally like a spiked Kool-Aid. It was like, it was like neon blue and it was like the strongest thing I ever had.
00:26:26
Ty Fresh
why Hmm Damn dude, it sounds like you're like kind of interweaving between like a Michelin level meal and like a frat host dinner Really bipolar Express over there
00:26:30
Think Fresh
I was like, damn, this is like a real Christmas in Harlem type type drink.
00:26:43
Think Fresh
Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. It's like when you're homey who lives in a dorm invites you over for like Thanksgiving.
Food Pairing Dilemmas
00:26:52
Think Fresh
It's like, that's what you're getting.
00:26:52
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm. Yeah, exactly.
00:26:55
Think Fresh
Yeah.
00:26:56
Ty Fresh
you're like heat They barbecued the pork shoulder perfectly, but it came with jungle juice.
00:27:03
Think Fresh
yeah dude and also like if you're ordering a like eggnog kind of base drink for dinner like that's like you're asking for trouble you know i mean like the milk to go with the subway sandwich is one thing but if you're going nog and pasta i don't know man that's like a deadly combo in my opinion
00:27:11
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm. Dude. It's such a bad combo.
00:27:22
Ty Fresh
Ignog is and notoriously difficult to pair. You're either geeked off the nog and you're not eating, or you abstain from nogging whatsoever if you want to actually enjoy a meal.
00:27:34
Ty Fresh
You you have to pick a lane.
00:27:35
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:27:36
Ty Fresh
You can't have them both.
00:27:38
Think Fresh
Yeah, dude, if you're geeked off the nog, that shit is going straight to your noggin and you are you're going to be out like that thing hides alcohol like no other.
00:27:42
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:27:47
Ty Fresh
100% dude, it's a a stealth weapon.
00:27:51
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. But yeah, overall, like decent experience. It was like kind of fun to dine inside of like a weird. place I don't know a new new environment like I feel like this would be something you'd be into honestly yeah I mean I just kept thinking about old spaghetti factory and how they like have one of those inside and
00:28:02
Ty Fresh
Dude, I just feel like subways permeated our life so much that you can't have a just a fun meal without being like, I'm on a train. Like, I'm in the subway.
00:28:24
Think Fresh
I think now that the holidays are over, me and you will have to go into Old Spaghetti Factory and experience that at least, you know?
00:28:31
Ty Fresh
It's crazy that like passenger trains of the Esther year have been, it's almost like they've slid so much over the years, become so useless that they've just been ah like, they're just down to becoming a novelty for kitschy restaurants.
00:28:50
Ty Fresh
that's That's all they are at this point, you know, unless, choo choo.
00:28:52
Think Fresh
Chew, chew. Chew, chew your food.
00:28:56
Ty Fresh
ju ah it's just kind of like put some respect on the train you know this thing was once a symbol of American dreams and and the Industrial Revolution and like prosperity and now you're like eating bad penny in it sort
00:29:16
Think Fresh
I mean, yeah, I guess so. I mean, we're never going to have, you know, passenger first infrastructure here in Vancouver. So the closest we're going to get is, you know, having like a nice meal, cozy meal inside of one, you know.
00:29:33
Ty Fresh
Yeah, 100%. I just, it's kind of weird that it's always Italian food that's served in a train. If I think old spag and your experience, because like, I get that they have like pretty, like efficient rail systems there, but there's efficient rail systems everywhere.
00:29:40
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:29:47
Ty Fresh
This is like rail systems from the 1910s. And you know, who built that Chinese people, Japanese people, but
00:29:53
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. They probably literally built this train if you think about it.
00:29:59
Ty Fresh
Yeah, exactly. But they're not serving their cuisine in the train. They built the kitchen, but they don't get to celebrate their cuisine with it. You'd think they would want to revisit their work and re kind of resurrect it, you know?
00:30:11
Ty Fresh
But no, it's the Italians that are moving in and occupying all of these train cars.
00:30:12
Think Fresh
Yeah. Yeah, no, I'm with you on that. And if you think about it, like China has the fastest growing rail network in the world.
00:30:23
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:30:23
Think Fresh
Like they're building high speed trains, dime a dozen. You know what I mean?
00:30:27
Ty Fresh
Dude, they're so train-pilled.
00:30:27
Think Fresh
They're going. Exactly. So, yeah, I mean, I would love to see China take back the train and really own this one. Maybe they should open up like a.
00:30:38
Think Fresh
I love to see a moving restaurant, actually, like I want to board the train in Surrey Central, sit down for a meal and have like three courses by the time I arrive at waterfront station, you know, that'd be fucking awesome.
00:30:51
Ty Fresh
That's just enough time. Just enough time to get through a couple bites.
00:30:52
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:30:54
Ty Fresh
I love that idea. I'm sure every city's longest train line could accommodate ah like a three to five course serving.
00:30:58
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
00:31:02
Ty Fresh
Pretty cool.
00:31:02
Think Fresh
Yep. I had another great meal on Friday, Ty.
00:31:07
Ty Fresh
Ooh.
00:31:08
Think Fresh
Went to Michelin-recommended Sushi Hill over on Main and 18th.
00:31:13
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:31:16
Think Fresh
Got to say, fire is always. Celebrated my little anniversary with Bay there. And yeah, spent a lot of money on sushi.
00:31:25
Ty Fresh
Hell yeah, dude.
00:31:27
Think Fresh
It was good times.
00:31:28
Ty Fresh
um Any standout arrangements of fish?
00:31:33
Think Fresh
Yeah, I would say the oysters. I was, you know, scared to order them because of the recent B.C. oyster scare.
00:31:44
Think Fresh
I don't know if you've heard of it.
00:31:44
Ty Fresh
Oh yeah, all the oysters have Novovirus right now. You know, you're going to get like monkey pox from a clam.
00:31:46
Think Fresh
Yeah, exactly.
00:31:50
Think Fresh
Yeah, dude, the community, the oyster community has ah they've moved to clams recently, but No, these ones are good. I think it's just the West Coast that is affected. So if you get your clams and other shellfish shipped in, you should be good.
00:32:00
Ty Fresh
Hell yeah.
00:32:04
Think Fresh
um Mine came with a generous helping of uni on top, some sea urchin.
00:32:09
Ty Fresh
he yeah
00:32:11
Think Fresh
Yeah, quite good. I also moved from hot to cold sake. I had one of each. um Quite nice.
00:32:19
Ty Fresh
Dude, that's the move for sure.
00:32:20
Think Fresh
Trying to think what else.
00:32:21
Ty Fresh
Start with the hot sake, warm up the engine a little bit. And then once it's running in and purring babies, then you can just cool her down and keep her cool.
00:32:25
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. Mm hmm.
00:32:29
Ty Fresh
The digestion is going to try to redline the stomach, but you're not going to let it because you switched to cool.
00:32:32
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. Yeah, well said, man.
00:32:36
Ty Fresh
It was a brilliant move.
00:32:38
Think Fresh
Yeah, yeah, yeah. But overall, it's like, I don't know, it's like a basic sushi spot, but everything is done extremely well. Like it's not trying to be too fancy.
00:32:50
Think Fresh
You know what I mean? You can get like a set and it has everything in it and it's just like the best you've ever had. So highly recommend if anyone's listening and wants to check it out.
00:32:59
Ty Fresh
Damn, Eric's giving away all his favorite spots tonight.
00:33:02
Think Fresh
That's right. That's right, baby.
00:33:06
Ty Fresh
Wow, that's great. well um ah recent least favorite spot.
Innovative Fast Food Concepts
00:33:13
Ty Fresh
ah
00:33:16
Ty Fresh
Good old way subway I bring the subway news you bring personal experience um has come up with a fantastic new concept to bring in customers.
00:33:21
Think Fresh
right
00:33:29
Ty Fresh
So if you don't go to Sushi Hill, you can go here and order this. um So anyway, this is subway Canada. So it's gonna be blessing our palate soon to hear me out.
00:33:41
Ty Fresh
Footlong nachos Dude we talked about this like episode 20 and it's finally hitting the franchises
00:33:43
Think Fresh
Oh, shit. Wow, that's actually insane, so.
00:33:55
Think Fresh
But also kind of like why does that have to be a foot long? Like it doesn't really like make any sense for it to be a foot long.
00:34:02
Ty Fresh
Yeah, because nachos kind of defy shape, you know, it's not like being they're bigger or smaller doesn't really tell me much about them.
00:34:06
Think Fresh
They're a fluid.
00:34:10
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. Mm hmm. Yeah, it's not the width that matters here. It's the weight or the volume. You know, I want to know how many cubic inches I'm getting of of nachos.
00:34:18
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm. Yeah, exactly. Like the length of the nacho tells me nothing about whether I will like them or not.
00:34:29
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. Exactly.
00:34:30
Ty Fresh
but
00:34:31
Think Fresh
We're missing some key figures here, but um nevertheless, I think this is a fun move. I'm guessing the shredded cheese will be used on this.
00:34:39
Ty Fresh
I would to think the shredded cheese and then your pick of the veggie section.
00:34:42
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:34:43
Ty Fresh
And I would love, like I don't need the traditional salsas and sour creams here.
00:34:44
Think Fresh
Dude, fuck, yeah.
00:34:46
Ty Fresh
I want to like them to drizzle garlic aioli over the chips and maybe a little bit of like that spicy jalapeno sauce.
00:34:49
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:34:53
Think Fresh
Yeah, I mean this is how like Takofino makes their nachos. Like they don't put cream cheese on the side or nada or sour cream or I guess they do guac.
00:34:57
Ty Fresh
Mm.
00:35:03
Think Fresh
But yes, I wish totally just like drizzle the garlic aioli. You know what I mean? Maybe the southwest. And I'm definitely throwing some pickled jalapenos on there.
00:35:14
Ty Fresh
Oh yeah.
00:35:15
Think Fresh
Black olives.
00:35:15
Ty Fresh
Oh yeah.
00:35:16
Think Fresh
They actually have all of the best ingredients for this, so it makes so much sense.
00:35:16
Ty Fresh
Oh, this sounds so good.
00:35:20
Ty Fresh
Yeah. They're uniquely positioned to enter the nacho game and be like the best nachos in the fast food market immediately. If they like, if they just let you put it all on top, if it if I have to dunk a chip, I'm going to be so mad.
00:35:27
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:35:33
Ty Fresh
Just drizzle it. Save me the hassle.
00:35:36
Think Fresh
Exactly. um Do you think they tease this or maybe we're trying to get some customer sentiment by having the Tex-Mex bread as like a limited release?
00:35:46
Ty Fresh
Yeah, they're appealing to um the Southern American, Northern Mexican palette.
00:35:53
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. I just wanna make sure that the reaction to a Mexican inclusion is not gonna stir up some hate.
00:36:02
Ty Fresh
I don't want to um kind of pull a bud light here and break ties with their core demographic.
00:36:06
Think Fresh
Yeah.
00:36:08
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm, exactly. So it's possible, but um yeah, they should just totally ah invade Mexico and have like a taco on the menu, some nachos, maybe a burrito.
00:36:21
Think Fresh
I guess the wrap is the burrito. Do they still make wraps, Ty?
00:36:21
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:36:25
Ty Fresh
I've never ordered a wrap. I have no idea. I've never seen anyone order a wrap.
00:36:27
Think Fresh
I've only seen one.
00:36:29
Ty Fresh
Have you? I've seen the picture of the tortilla.
00:36:30
Think Fresh
Yeah.
00:36:31
Ty Fresh
They always have it by the bread. That's the only evidence I know of, of a wraps existence.
00:36:37
Think Fresh
The closest you've ever been to it was the flatbread.
00:36:40
Ty Fresh
Yeah, honestly, the flatbread slaps.
00:36:41
Think Fresh
That was a dark moment. No, dude, it doesn't.
00:36:47
Think Fresh
It slaps against the you know bathroom floor. and but That's the only time it slaps.
00:36:53
Ty Fresh
Because it's the grain equivalent of paper towel.
00:36:53
Think Fresh
um
00:36:56
Think Fresh
No, it just hits the floor really hard. It makes a splat sound.
00:37:00
Ty Fresh
Splat. It is a, it's a splatty bread.
00:37:03
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. But yeah, dude, the taco would be nice. um But also you putting on the nachos because I'm thinking like even a nice handful of shredded lettuce could be fun.
00:37:16
Ty Fresh
I know they could use their knife for more than the bread and dice some tomatoes. That'd be pretty fire.
00:37:21
Think Fresh
Oh, yeah.
00:37:22
Ty Fresh
Yeah.
00:37:22
Think Fresh
Well, they do that for the bulls, don't they?
00:37:24
Ty Fresh
Yeah, I think so. I think they're not afraid to like, dice a little if the customer ah talks nice to them.
00:37:29
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm nice little pico de gallo action
00:37:35
Ty Fresh
Pico de gallo. That's the move. Obviously black olives in there, some jalapeno. but Green bell peppers seems like a a natural choice. Most of the menu is super like, pro nacho.
00:37:50
Think Fresh
I would also even push them a little bit to grab the meatballs and kind of like break them apart with their hands and like sprinkle them on. I think that'd be a fun move too.
00:38:00
Ty Fresh
Oh dude, that's a great move, a little crumbled beef action.
00:38:05
Think Fresh
Yeah, dude, crumble some beef on there, toss tossed in the oven. Dude, that'd be fire.
00:38:10
Ty Fresh
Hell yeah, wow, I'm actually, I haven't been this excited about a new concept, because this is like straining away from the sandwich, but it feels so right.
00:38:20
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
00:38:22
Ty Fresh
Oh, but here's where it gets a little astray, and this is an important factor I forgot to tell you.
00:38:26
Think Fresh
Oh.
00:38:27
Ty Fresh
They will not be regular tortilla chips. They will be Doritos.
00:38:31
Think Fresh
Oh, what the fuck?
00:38:33
Ty Fresh
It's like in collaboration with Dorito to bring nachos to the menu.
00:38:38
Think Fresh
Interesting. I guess like plain Doritos or are we going like sweet chili heat?
00:38:44
Ty Fresh
I have no idea, dude, but there's something about like, as soon as they're not just plain tortillas, it no longer feels like a meal. Now it's like too novel. They're doing too much at once here. It's like, oh, you want junk food?
00:38:54
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:38:55
Ty Fresh
Do you want Doritos with like sweet onion sauce?
00:38:57
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:38:59
Ty Fresh
You're like, no, no, just throws everything.
00:39:02
Think Fresh
Yeah, nobody asked for that. Okay, I think mean you have to try some of this. um Is there like a, I don't know, specified launch date, an approximate launch date?
00:39:14
Think Fresh
but are we What are we working with here?
00:39:16
Ty Fresh
We're dealing with rumors right now. So no, no dates just soon.
00:39:18
Think Fresh
Oh.
00:39:21
Think Fresh
hmm very playboy cardi of them to to just tease the idea of an album and not drop it very cool whole lot of breadhead wow ty I've never been hungrier after an episode but this is uh making me want to eat some subway and I think uh playing an archers might be the play at christmas dinner like come pull up or maybe in you know new year's
00:39:29
Ty Fresh
Yeah, exactly. Whole lot of bread.
00:39:49
Think Fresh
Get the party going with some notch. I think that would be nice.
00:39:51
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm. Mm hmm. Yeah. I reject tradition of race modernity, right? It's not just for dinner.
00:40:00
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. We got subway notches before GTA 6.
00:40:04
Ty Fresh
Exactly.
00:40:05
Think Fresh
Crazy.
00:40:06
Ty Fresh
All right, King, this has been a wonderful episode. We're tight on 40. Shout out to Noah 40. And Breadheads, we hope you have a wonderful, wonderful non-denominational holiday experience this week. ah Ho, ho, ho, Ty and Eric coming to you from the North Pole once again.
00:40:27
Think Fresh
oh oh Merry Christmas to all the hos and bros indeed.
00:40:35
Ty Fresh
And to all, a good bite.
00:40:39
Think Fresh
bo appeito
00:40:40
Ty Fresh
Ciao.