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379 — Toasted Alive Interlude
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Ty & Eric discuss whether Trump’s victory is good for the sandwich artists, getting toasted to death in a Walmart, consuming a cursed cuttlefish, seeking asylum at Harry’s Bar, why you should rub mozzarella on your armpits, creating a Subway-themed cocktail, whether Las Margaritas is overplayed, and if Subway’s quality is correlated with it’s neighbourhood income bracket.
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Ty's Jet Lag Adventure
00:00:04
Think Fresh
Bonjour, no.
00:00:06
Ty Fresh
Bonjour, not ciao.
00:00:06
Think Fresh
Como se dice, cheese and toasted?
00:00:16
Think Fresh
Oh.
00:00:18
Ty Fresh
I don't know anything. Dude, what year is it? I don't know what's going on right now. All the gray matter in my brain is melted into putty. What what is going on?
00:00:28
Think Fresh
Man, you tell me, Ty seems like extremely jet lagged, ah clinically jet lagged. I think you should be admitted to the hospital, to be honest. You look like you should be you should wait around for four hours for a doctor to tell you to walk home.
00:00:39
Ty Fresh
Please Dude I would love to go to the hospital right now because at least they're gonna feed me a balanced diet of yogurts maybe fresh fruit. I've been living off the last two weeks. I've been in a food coma. I just awoken from a food coma, Eric, of cheese and bread and oil and wine. And it's oozing out of my pores now. I can't, I can't get the stink of pecorino and off of me.
00:01:11
Think Fresh
Dude, that's a nice stink to have, I'll be honest. I'm pretty sure all Italians, like, they use a ball of burrata for deodorant every morning.
00:01:17
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:01:18
Think Fresh
They just rub that against their pits, you know what I mean? It's it's like, a here we have, like, all kinds of cleansing milks. Like, my Aesop cleansing milk was, you know, $75, but over there you just have a fresh buffalo mozzarella and you can do the same thing.
00:01:34
Ty Fresh
Do you that's crazy that their milk in the buffalo and then you just rubbing it on your pits, rubbing that buff milk. Yo, but
00:01:42
Think Fresh
Dude, it's better than having the buffalo milk on you directly.
00:01:46
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm. That's a good point. You don't want to get creamed by a buffalo.
The Truffle Overload in Tuscany
00:01:52
Ty Fresh
ah Yes, I have been ah um ah away for two weeks. I've been in roaming the Tuscan hillside. And I've got to say, Eric, it's not actually the cheese aroma that I'm tired of. And this is a extremely privileged perspective but i'm so tired of the smell of truffle eric it's truffle season in tuscany everyone is out there with their little their little dogs hunting sniffing it out and every dish at every restaurant is just loaded with black truffle white truffle you name it and that aroma is so potent just
00:02:12
Think Fresh
Oh.
00:02:16
Think Fresh
Woof, woof.
00:02:28
Ty Fresh
gets in everywhere you walk down the street and you just get a whiff of it kind of like when you walk past a subway you'll just be walking the street and just hits you like there's some truffle nearby yeah dude you're on shrooms that's how
00:02:39
Think Fresh
Yeah, and you just start hallucinating and three hours later you wake up at the floor of a subway. You're like, how did I get here?
00:02:50
Think Fresh
Yeah, du and I'm not talking about the mushroom burger because they don't have that.
00:02:54
Ty Fresh
yeah
00:02:54
Think Fresh
um That's amazing. ti I love truffle and I'm so happy for you. What did people in Italy think of your MAGA hat?
00:03:04
Ty Fresh
oh jeez dude you know I didn't hear too much about what was happening in the United States I think across the pond they truly do not care what is going on in that weird Petri dish of a country I did have
00:03:05
Think Fresh
Any comments there or were they just kind of like them Americans?
00:03:21
Think Fresh
Yeah, fair. Why would they?
00:03:23
Ty Fresh
I had one moment where I was sitting, I was dining al fresco at a spaghetti restaurant and there was a an American group walked by me and I overheard their conversation. They said the weirdest
Eavesdropping Oddities: Hiring a Uterus
00:03:40
Ty Fresh
thing.
00:03:41
Ty Fresh
They're just speaking to each other. The weirdest thing they said, Eric. I'll try to recreate it. He said, so if I hire a uterus and then I inseminate it with my semen and then that produces a child and then I raise the child and I bring the child to Italy, me and the child will be arrested.
00:04:08
Think Fresh
What?
00:04:09
Ty Fresh
That was all I heard. And then they turned the corner. It was quite quite the 30 meters.
00:04:15
Think Fresh
Whoa. That doesn't even make sense to me. Like, there's no crime being committed here as far as I'm concerned. Unless, of course, he does not have custody of this child and he's kidnapped it.
00:04:22
Ty Fresh
Me either.
00:04:27
Ty Fresh
Maybe that's the case. I don't really know. But that was the closest to any type of political dogma that was spoken in the last two weeks. Why?
Vatican City Controversies
00:04:36
Ty Fresh
What did I miss?
00:04:36
Think Fresh
My advice?
00:04:36
Ty Fresh
What's going on over here?
00:04:39
Think Fresh
My advice to that guy is to run to the Vatican.
00:04:44
Ty Fresh
Mm.
00:04:44
Think Fresh
Because they have a certain tolerance of kidnapping children over there from what I hear.
00:04:49
Ty Fresh
Dude, the Vatican loves children.
00:04:50
Think Fresh
um
00:04:55
Think Fresh
They really love children there. Are there any like actual children with the Vatican zip code? like like Do they have the Vatican on their passport, or is it simply like they They're just guests, extended guests.
00:05:10
Ty Fresh
Right, right, right. They're trafficked in and out.
00:05:12
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:05:12
Ty Fresh
Dude, Jude Fogel should have fled to Vatican City the minute that the warrant was out for him. He could have posted up in the corner of the Sistine Chapel and just spent his days there.
00:05:20
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. Mm hmm. Totally. I watched the documentary on how like there's like a missing child and all evidence pointed to like the Pope in the Vatican and like his people. You know what I mean? Like, like, oh, he's definitely kidnapped this little girl, blah, bla blah, blah.
00:05:40
Think Fresh
And they just like had no jurisdiction there. Like the Romans or the Italians like just couldn't go in and investigate because it's like a different country. And like eventually they discovered like, oh, yeah, it's the girl's body is probably buried in the holy cemetery that's there. And they like had to dig it up. And I was like a huge thing. And in Europe, it was like, what the fuck? Like sacred land, you know?
00:06:07
Ty Fresh
Yo, that's insane. i was walk I went to the Vatican. I walked the Sistine, or the yeah St. Peter's Chapel in the grounds. And as I was walking around there last week, I even thought, why the hell does this need to be its own country?
00:06:24
Ty Fresh
And I thought maybe tax haven purposes, but then now I realized.
00:06:27
Think Fresh
Not so they can diddle the little boys.
00:06:29
Ty Fresh
So they changed the laws around the age age of consent.
00:06:32
Think Fresh
Yeah. I mean, like, all of the horrible stuff aside, wouldn't you do the same? Like, let's be real. Like, if you could
Trump's Hypothetical Return
00:06:41
Think Fresh
just change the laws for your house, wouldn't you?
00:06:43
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:06:44
Think Fresh
Should be like, oh, yeah, you can do that here.
00:06:47
Ty Fresh
That's true.
00:06:47
Think Fresh
You can have guns and.
00:06:47
Ty Fresh
My house, my rules.
00:06:49
Think Fresh
Yeah, I can download movies illegally here. There's no problem.
00:06:53
Ty Fresh
stupid yeah
00:06:53
Think Fresh
Like, why wouldn't you do that?
00:06:55
Ty Fresh
That's a good point. If I was in charge, you could tour it, you can drink underage, you can do all the things I wish I could.
00:07:00
Think Fresh
Yeah. 100% dude. Yeah.
00:07:04
Ty Fresh
Jaywalking is preferred.
00:07:04
Think Fresh
Buy and sell drugs.
00:07:06
Ty Fresh
yeah There's no speed limits in my house.
00:07:08
Think Fresh
You can order. Yeah. And you can order outside of the six and 12 inch formats, you know?
00:07:14
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm. Mm hmm. Get a seven inch. I don't care.
00:07:18
Think Fresh
Exactly. It's a lawless society.
00:07:23
Ty Fresh
They're just different laws here.
00:07:24
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:07:25
Ty Fresh
Wow. Yeah, so but lots, lots to learn. Hey, I don't what's going on with the election here. I missed everything. Was there a lot of drama?
00:07:36
Think Fresh
Dude, it's like you just woke up from a coma and Trump's president for the second time. You're like, I thought that couldn't happen. Wait, what?
00:07:43
Ty Fresh
What's going on here?
00:07:43
Think Fresh
He did two nonconsecutive terms? What's going on?
00:07:46
Ty Fresh
What the hell?
00:07:47
Think Fresh
Yeah, dude.
00:07:47
Ty Fresh
I didn't know anybody could do that.
00:07:48
Think Fresh
um
00:07:49
Ty Fresh
What a comeback.
00:07:51
Think Fresh
Dude, what a comeback story. That's an American story right there.
00:07:55
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:07:56
Think Fresh
You know what I'm saying? Like bro lost and he said, no, I didn't and never just admitted that you lost.
00:08:01
Ty Fresh
No, and that if you don't, if you fake it long enough, you will make it. That's the lesson here.
00:08:06
Think Fresh
Dude, that is, that's the American dream. That's a beautiful story. Like, wow. Next time we go to Subway, we can just be like, what do you mean? I i did pay for my sub. Like, just deny it.
00:08:17
Think Fresh
And then next time you order it, pay.
00:08:18
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:08:20
Think Fresh
And there you go. You've covered all your debt.
00:08:22
Ty Fresh
Dude, that's it. That's the Trump rulebook. Deny, deny, deny, attack, attack, attack. And that is how I will be ordering sandwiches from now on.
00:08:31
Think Fresh
Hell yeah. Yeah, dude, pretty crazy um turn of events. I don't know about you, but my stocks all went up.
00:08:36
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:08:39
Ty Fresh
Oh, yeah.
00:08:40
Think Fresh
So it's kind of wild that it is, hey?
00:08:42
Ty Fresh
but Bitcoin, Bitcoin's at an all time high.
00:08:46
Think Fresh
Wow.
00:08:46
Ty Fresh
It's also having a comeback season. Crazy, right?
00:08:50
Think Fresh
Yeah, absolutely. um What about Nvidia? Is Nvidia up? I could just Google this myself, but I haven't.
00:08:58
Ty Fresh
Yes, it's popping as well. But I think all the tech stocks are popping under Trump's reign. And I don't really know why.
00:09:05
Think Fresh
Big teeth.
00:09:05
Ty Fresh
Is he like friends with all these tech moguls?
00:09:09
Think Fresh
I think he is a tech mogul at this point.
00:09:09
Ty Fresh
Are they all hanging out on Trump's Island? Oh yeah.
00:09:12
Think Fresh
Whoa. Yeah, probably.
00:09:14
Ty Fresh
As the CEO of Truth.
00:09:14
Think Fresh
I think he is.
00:09:19
Think Fresh
Dude, being the CEO of Truth is kind of sick.
00:09:21
Ty Fresh
That's kind of crazy.
00:09:24
Think Fresh
It's like, what do you mean, dude? I'm this I can't be lying. I'm the CEO of Truth. Do you think he uses that and when he's arguing with Melania?
00:09:32
Ty Fresh
Oh, 100%. He's trying to get a, become a keynote speaker at South by Southwest next.
00:09:38
Think Fresh
Yeah, man. um but It's possible that the Elon Musk cosign is the like tech cosign that everyone needed. You know what I mean?
00:09:48
Ty Fresh
Mm.
00:09:49
Think Fresh
But to be honest, like all my stocks are up. like ah Every single one. So is it just more evidence that the presidency doesn't matter? Because like I'm pretty sure it would have went up anyway.
00:10:00
Ty Fresh
You know what? I think it might have gone up either way, but what I think actually happened is we all know that Uncle Trump is rubbing shoulders with every billionaire in America, right every hedge fund and institution. therere They're friends with this guy. you know he's
00:10:21
Think Fresh
Mmhmm.
00:10:21
Ty Fresh
He's well connected and his network has a high net worth. So if he says to all his friends, pump the stocks when I get elected, they'll pump the stocks for him. They'll throw him a solid. It's not going to last like this forever. It'll dip probably in a month or so, but that it is a very good look for a president if they can get all of the institutions to pump everything up a week after the election.
00:10:50
Think Fresh
That's interesting. I think this might have happened prior to the election, where he was like, you know, just just sell, sell everything. So it was like steadily declining up until election day. And then everyone's like, damn, I'm losing money under this under Sleepy Joe. Time for a change. You know what I mean? Maybe that's it. Maybe it was like the other way around.
00:11:13
Ty Fresh
Dude, life is a reality TV show at this point, the the reality and reality TV are too intersected.
00:11:18
Think Fresh
Yeah, dude.
00:11:22
Think Fresh
Dude, this season of America is insane, bro. Like, I can't look away.
00:11:27
Ty Fresh
Like, okay, so obviously this is good news for the shareholders. This is good news for the white men, bad news for women, bad news for minorities, um, clear divide there.
00:11:38
Ty Fresh
How, how do the artists feel about this?
00:11:40
Think Fresh
Is it though?
00:11:41
Ty Fresh
Like, are the artists gonna profit from Trump's reign or will they so be suffered?
00:11:51
Think Fresh
Ty, let me be very clear here. It's also a great day for white bread.
00:11:57
Think Fresh
Okay. Trump to me is a 12 inch kind of guy. You know what I mean? He's not no order the six inch, you know, hold the sauce. Like that's, that's the liberal way to go.
00:12:10
Ty Fresh
Hmm.
00:12:10
Think Fresh
I think Trump is like, give me the fucking double meat. Quattro sauce it. And I want 12 inches of that thing. And therefore I think. The sandwich business is going to be booming.
00:12:22
Think Fresh
People are going to be, you know, Subway's an American company, god damn it. Everyone's going to be lining up for that 12 inches now.
00:12:26
Ty Fresh
Right.
00:12:29
Think Fresh
That's mark my words.
00:12:30
Ty Fresh
That's true. The next four years will be four years of indulgence. you know Don't whole hold the bread.
00:12:36
Think Fresh
Yes.
00:12:38
Ty Fresh
we No, bowls will be extinct in the next four years, Eric.
00:12:43
Think Fresh
I think that's.
00:12:43
Ty Fresh
Trump's going to roll back the bowl department.
00:12:46
Think Fresh
yeah Dude, you're telling me this doesn't come with bread? Wait, hold on. I actually did hear a thing that like Trump orders his Big Macs, like his McDonald's without bread.
00:12:59
Ty Fresh
because Because of his...
00:12:59
Think Fresh
Like he's like health conscious.
00:13:02
Ty Fresh
old I mean, and the I would be too if I had a gut that shape, and if I was at his age. You know you start thinking, like maybe i should maybe I don't need the third slice of bread in this burger.
00:13:12
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:13:18
Think Fresh
Yeah, true. But also, like, imagine just holding a Big Mac with no bread. Like, your hands are, like, in the cheese. Like, like you're just poking through the cheese, getting into the sandwich, you know what I mean?
00:13:31
Think Fresh
That's crazy. You can't even do that with Subway because the sauce is on top.
00:13:33
Ty Fresh
Dude, that is greasy.
00:13:37
Ty Fresh
This is the weird thing though with the sandwich is that there's nothing, if you there's no bread, there's nothing to grab. Like, it's just one long charcuterie.
00:13:46
Think Fresh
Just Lucy's.
00:13:49
Think Fresh
Yeah, dude. um Also, there's like another way you can flip this. um If people truly think the world is coming to an end because of this presidency, then I still think they're going to order 12 inches because why the fuck not? You know, it's like world's ending. I don't need to worry about my health anymore. I'm going to.
00:14:09
Think Fresh
um Attend Sex parties. I'm gonna do drugs and I'm gonna order the full 12 inches because life, you know Life is not promised tomorrow could could never come dude, you're not just
00:14:21
Ty Fresh
Dude, that's why this for the next four years, I will be speeding. I will be torrenting no matter what house I'm in.
Workplace Woes at Walmart
00:14:31
Think Fresh
gonna do that at home Exactly
00:14:32
Ty Fresh
Live your life, right?
00:14:36
Think Fresh
Um speaking of Not living your life tie some weird news happened while you were away or maybe right before you left for vacation somebody at Walmart was toasted alive and we never got a chance to talk about this, but I find that a kind of a crazy thing.
00:14:55
Think Fresh
They have a life-sized toaster there where they like put the rotisserie chickens in and I think somebody
00:15:04
Ty Fresh
ah
00:15:06
Think Fresh
try to end their shift early, so to speak, by going in there, closing the door behind them.
00:15:12
Ty Fresh
This is ridiculous. I remember seeing the article for this. So someone accidentally or intentionally toasted themselves to death while on the clock at Walmart.
00:15:24
Ty Fresh
They didn't even do it during their break.
00:15:24
Think Fresh
Yeah, dude. Yeah, that's kind of a sad way to go, like permanent shift, you know?
00:15:30
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:15:31
Think Fresh
Like your your shift never ended.
00:15:34
Ty Fresh
It's also funny to think of it as a life sized toaster, or I'm not sure what the language you said, ah yeah he but a human sized toaster just is asking to toast a human, you know.
00:15:45
Think Fresh
Yeah, it looks like a walk-in closet or like a sauna. Like a sauna is a life-size toaster if you think about it.
00:15:49
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:15:53
Ty Fresh
So it's like, it's 1 AM at your 24 hour Walmart. You're on your second shift. It's getting late. All you've had today is like Coke zero and maybe a a monster energy.
00:16:06
Ty Fresh
And you're just kind of like looking for the bathroom and you stumble into the life size toaster by accident.
00:16:07
Think Fresh
Damn.
00:16:13
Think Fresh
Wow, yeah. Dude, puts a whole new me on graveyard shift.
00:16:17
Ty Fresh
No kidding. Oh, so. Okay. but Is there any repercussions from Walmart or is this entirely like, but this can't be in the like terms and conditions of the job application. It's like Walmart's not liable if you accidentally toast yourself. Like can eat they claim workers comped or they're a state here?
00:16:38
Think Fresh
Yeah, this is a really good point. um I don't know how it is in other countries. It gave the US, but I think here, in our province, we have so many work safe programs. and I just feel like in general, Americans care less about their workforce. like like They'll send them to like a mine to like breathe in black smoke for the rest of their life. like Yeah, but you have to do it. but like There's no workers comp for those guys.
00:17:10
Think Fresh
and What?
00:17:12
Ty Fresh
Dude you're so right like dude this Walmart employee they'd probably just called them a patriot and then that was it
00:17:18
Think Fresh
Yeah. Yeah, they had a moment of silence at the Walmart stock room and then they just kept it moving.
00:17:26
Ty Fresh
yeah They ah made the in-house McDonald's sign at half mass.
00:17:31
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:17:33
Ty Fresh
They just lit half the amp.
00:17:36
Think Fresh
Yeah. Oh, no, it's just an N.
00:17:37
Ty Fresh
One arch.
00:17:41
Think Fresh
Dude, that's kind of yeah it's ah it's pretty disturbing. like I think the closing shift anywhere is the worst shift.
00:17:49
Ty Fresh
who
00:17:49
Think Fresh
but like and And the opening is like by far the best. you know i mean They come in it's spotless. All you have to do is flip the neon sign on. um So I can imagine this is also like a sick, twisted prank on those opening shifts, people.
00:18:03
Ty Fresh
yeah you really hate them enough you're just gonna make them clean up your ashes you creep bro bro cremated himself dude honestly cremation is very expensive it costs like 10k i get why someone would want to just take matters into their own hands
00:18:08
Think Fresh
yeah
00:18:20
Think Fresh
Dude, yeah. Mm-hmm. That's the thing I don't understand. It's like, can you just, like, not? You can just, like, not, right? Like, not pay for that?
00:18:30
Ty Fresh
What are your options if you want to don't want to pay? Like, I think you just have to disappear.
00:18:36
Think Fresh
Yeah. I mean, they're doing that anyway.
00:18:40
Ty Fresh
but They're disappearing to Vatican City.
00:18:43
Think Fresh
Oh, I see. you think wait You think this Walmart employee flew to Italy and left a body double in the toaster?
00:18:53
Ty Fresh
That's an insane take. That's not even close to what I meant, but that's okay.
00:18:56
Think Fresh
OK, cool.
00:18:58
Ty Fresh
Is there, is there a chance that Subway would ever increase the size of their toasters to accommodate the infamous six foot party sub?
00:19:09
Think Fresh
Oh. I don't see why not. I mean TBD on how to tall this employee was but I imagine like the toaster itself is probably around six feet you know so you could probably fit this up anyway or you just cut it in a half but that kind of I don't know like that ruins the fun it's no longer six feet.
00:19:24
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm. I would think so too.
00:19:31
Ty Fresh
It's two it's two three foot sandwiches. It's not the same. Unless it's cut in half live in front of you, then then that's the only time you can actually count the full length, right?
00:19:42
Ty Fresh
Because you got to see it it in all its splendor.
00:19:43
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:19:45
Ty Fresh
One gigantic uncircumcised sandwich.
00:19:48
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:19:51
Think Fresh
Yeah, where else do they do this? They like I think if you order like a duck at a Chinese restaurant, they like present the duck to you and then they take it back to like slice.
00:20:04
Ty Fresh
Oh, really? they ah want Do they hold it by the neck?
00:20:06
Think Fresh
Yeah.
00:20:10
Think Fresh
No, it's not like a live duck. It's ah like cooked and perfectly crisp, crispened up. And it's like presented on a nice platter and it's like shown to the patrons.
00:20:22
Think Fresh
um And who knows, maybe it's like the same plastic one that they show everyone, but they like they bring it out.
00:20:28
Ty Fresh
There's just one for the show, Doc.
00:20:31
Think Fresh
It's been like embalmed to look perfect. um Or it's like those Japanese restaurants with the clay, the wax statues of the food, the replica food.
00:20:44
Think Fresh
It's like that. I don't know.
00:20:45
Ty Fresh
Right. They're always by the hostess stand. It's just ah some karaoke or something. That's clearly collecting dust.
00:20:53
Think Fresh
Yeah. Yeah, dude.
00:20:55
Ty Fresh
Well, I, this actually happens a lot in Tuscany too, Eric.
Culinary Tales from Tuscany
00:20:58
Ty Fresh
If you ever order a Bisteca Fiorentina from a nicer Osteria, they will bring out the meat before they fry it to have you inspect it, to see how fresh it is.
00:21:03
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:21:07
Ty Fresh
And that's always a fun moment because you're like, so you're like signing off on it.
00:21:09
Think Fresh
Oh.
00:21:11
Ty Fresh
and You're like, I signed off on the meat before you cooked it.
00:21:14
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. A cool move for you as a vegetarian would be to order that and then when they bring you the raw meat, be like, no, I'm good. This looks bad.
00:21:22
Ty Fresh
gi but No way.
00:21:26
Think Fresh
Yeah, I always say I wouldn't be able to help myself. I would say toaster up, um but you're in the unique position where you can say, dude, I'm good on this.
00:21:37
Ty Fresh
I'm good. I ah didn't get into any of the traditional Tuscan meats, the bisteca, the boar meats, which you'll find in a lot of the regus.
00:21:49
Ty Fresh
What else is there? Quite a bit of rabbit this time of year, but didn't touch any of that. I got into a little bit of fish action beyond my bread and cheese, especially in Venice because seafaring nation.
00:21:57
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:22:01
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:22:01
Ty Fresh
the ah The weirdest thing I ate there, Eric, was, have you ever had, have you ever had cuttlefish? Do you know what that is?
00:22:10
Think Fresh
Yeah, do, of course.
00:22:10
Ty Fresh
Yeah, I'd never, I'd never had cuttlefish before and I didn't really know what to expect. And when they brought it out, they're like, it's a traditional Venetian dish, you're gonna love it. So I said, bet, serve me it up as my second D for 35 euros.
00:22:25
Ty Fresh
And then they bring out this tree of like black mush.
00:22:26
Think Fresh
Oh, yeah.
00:22:31
Ty Fresh
Cause I guess the cuttlefish like naturally creates ink.
00:22:31
Think Fresh
What?
00:22:34
Ty Fresh
So when they fry it up, it just turns completely black like death.
00:22:35
Think Fresh
Oh, yeah.
00:22:40
Ty Fresh
And they served it with like these little cubes of polenta, which looked like little sponges to like soak up, literally soak up the black ink.
00:22:40
Think Fresh
Oh.
00:22:49
Ty Fresh
And then I was just like eating this.
00:22:49
Think Fresh
That's awesome.
00:22:50
Ty Fresh
I was like, this is the weirdest thing I've ever put in my mouth. and then And then I looked at a photo of a cuttlefish
00:22:54
Think Fresh
It looks like you're eating. Looks like you're eating SpongeBob and Squidward at the same time.
00:23:03
Ty Fresh
It literally does, dude.
00:23:05
Think Fresh
Oh, shit.
00:23:05
Ty Fresh
It's so weird. And then I was like, okay, what the hell even is this thing? So then I like look it up online. Like this is the creepiest looking thing I could have possibly consumed.
00:23:19
Ty Fresh
And now I'm just kind of off seafood again.
00:23:20
Think Fresh
Yeah, they're freaky little guys, eh?
00:23:22
Ty Fresh
They're so freaky looking. I do not want to cuddle this thing.
00:23:24
Think Fresh
Oh, yeah.
00:23:27
Ty Fresh
Oh, man.
00:23:27
Think Fresh
Yeah. I actually caught one of these in Croatia.
00:23:28
Ty Fresh
Yeah, I was What?
00:23:32
Think Fresh
Yeah.
00:23:32
Ty Fresh
You did not.
00:23:34
Think Fresh
Yeah, they're kind of like a weird, weird little guy. And they're really small too, hey?
00:23:39
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm. It's ah definitely a catch and release moment.
00:23:45
Think Fresh
Yeah, I think most people were catching and releasing those. I think you can catch them ah in the shallow or parts, which Venice is like kind of known for, right? Like the entire lagoon is like three feet deep, right?
00:24:01
Ty Fresh
Yeah, you could probably just wait in it and pick, pull the cuttlefish out with your hands.
00:24:06
Think Fresh
Yeah, it's kind of crazy.
00:24:06
Ty Fresh
It's kind of a weird town.
00:24:09
Think Fresh
I know, dude, what a weird town.
00:24:11
Ty Fresh
Dude, it's a weird town, but I kind of vibed with it. Like being there in November is awesome. Cause there's not that many people around. I there's still a lot of people, but I can't imagine the summers. It must, i I would, I bet you the entire town sinks like half a foot when you cram every one of those streets filled with tourists.
00:24:30
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. Yeah, most likely. Was there any high water? Aqua alta, as they say?
00:24:37
Ty Fresh
Oh, I did read about Aqua Alta and I came prepared, but I got nothing but sunny weather and low tide.
00:24:44
Think Fresh
Dude, hell yeah. Low tide, high tea, am I right?
00:24:48
Ty Fresh
Hell yeah.
00:24:49
Think Fresh
That's awesome, man.
00:24:49
Ty Fresh
ah Which allowed me to perfectly explore every nook and cranny of that city, hop on a few gondolas and patron Harry's Bar, which you mentioned in a previous episode on your own truck to Venice.
00:24:58
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:25:04
Think Fresh
Hell yeah. Did you like it?
00:25:07
Ty Fresh
Uh, I don't know, man. It was kind of a funny spot.
00:25:08
Think Fresh
ah What?
00:25:10
Ty Fresh
I just felt like I expected more for what I got. You know, you walk in, you sit at the bar, Harry's bar, and the, the servers are all, they're all buttoned up like cartoon characters in a Pixar film.
00:25:24
Think Fresh
Hell yeah.
00:25:24
Ty Fresh
and then you order the $35 Bellini and they they literally just take a a glass jar out of a fridge and pour it into a cup and it's little tiny cup and you're like this isn't what I thought a Bellini was but I guess they invented it so I'm not gonna complain
00:25:28
Think Fresh
ah huh
00:25:33
Think Fresh
Yeah.
00:25:37
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:25:41
Think Fresh
Yeah. I mean, but what else do you want? i Like, you got your Bellini. You want a show as well? You're the kind of guy who wants a show with your drink.
00:25:49
Ty Fresh
I just feel like I need a little more. The only performance I got, the only show is when the like these big lard ass tourists tried to walk in.
00:25:52
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:25:58
Ty Fresh
They could barely fit through the door.
00:26:00
Think Fresh
Yep.
00:26:00
Ty Fresh
There was four of them. They waddled over to a chair behind me. And then one of them gets addressed by the maitre d' and is immediately removed promptly from the establishment because he was wearing sandals.
00:26:14
Ty Fresh
And then as he's being dragged out, he says to his table, guys, they're not letting me in because of my shoes.
00:26:14
Think Fresh
ah
00:26:20
Ty Fresh
And they're all yelling back, what? What? He's like, my shoes. I don't got any shoes. And then they the rest of the table sat down and had a meal and a drink and they made their friend just stand outside and watch ah from outside.
00:26:38
Think Fresh
He's standing in the window or something?
00:26:41
Ty Fresh
Yeah, I like finished up I left and the guy was just standing there in his sandals waiting for he waited an entire meal surface out there.
00:26:46
Think Fresh
whoa Whoa.
00:26:50
Ty Fresh
Just terrible friends.
00:26:50
Think Fresh
Whoa. That's dark. That's really dark.
00:26:55
Ty Fresh
it' So funny.
00:26:55
Think Fresh
It's like you just offload one of your friends like like an NPC. You're like, actually, can you just sit here? I'm just going to park you over here.
00:27:04
Ty Fresh
You're gonna have to wait in the lobby till this game's finished. You can join the next one you can join the the team party after.
00:27:09
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. Mm hmm. What I love about Harry's Bar is it just feels like an old money like stronghold. you know
00:27:18
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:27:19
Think Fresh
When I was there, Ty,
Visit to Harry's Bar in Venice
00:27:21
Think Fresh
I was like wrestling with tourists the entire day. It was like 30 degrees. I'm walking down the narrow streets, elbowing people with my suitcase.
00:27:32
Think Fresh
like We had just arrived. I was like dragging my suitcase on the cobblestones. I'm like, this is horrible.
00:27:37
Ty Fresh
Hmm hmm.
00:27:37
Think Fresh
I hate this. And I'm like fighting a bunch of people taking selfies and swatting selfie sticks out of the way.
00:27:44
Ty Fresh
Selfie stick!
00:27:44
Think Fresh
you know
00:27:46
Ty Fresh
Selfie stick! Would you buy a selfie stick?
00:27:49
Think Fresh
Yeah, people are ah trying to hand me a bracelet, shit like that. And I'm like, fuck off. And then finally put our suitcases down, and we're like, I need to drink bad.
00:28:00
Think Fresh
That's what's first thing I said. And we find Harry's bar, walk in, and when I open the door, it's just like a cold breeze hits you, and I'm like, oh, what an oasis.
00:28:10
Think Fresh
I finally like, is this some is this real, is it or is this a mirage tie?
00:28:11
Ty Fresh
who
00:28:14
Think Fresh
There's just like, old rich guys wearing gold Rolexes and they're like trophy wives with like lip fillers. And I was like, I'm where I'm supposed to be.
00:28:26
Ty Fresh
I couldn't completely understand how it's a safe haven for people like you, Eric. And I, I appreciated that aspect of it.
00:28:31
Think Fresh
Thanks.
00:28:35
Ty Fresh
I felt like I was where I was supposed to be too. I almost, because after leaving, I read a review online.
00:28:40
Think Fresh
you
00:28:42
Ty Fresh
Like I, okay. I went in, I sat at the bar right after I walk in, posted up great location until I read a review that they put the tourists downstairs and there's a secret upstairs for private clientele or like the good clientele.
00:28:56
Think Fresh
Oh.
00:28:57
Ty Fresh
the non-tourists or the rich people. So I was a little disappointed.
00:29:00
Think Fresh
So meaning, like, you got to go upstairs.
00:29:03
Ty Fresh
Yeah, there's a secret second floor for like, it's kind of like how there's like two Nobu in Malibu, one for the celebrities and one for the plebs.
00:29:05
Think Fresh
Oh,
00:29:12
Think Fresh
ah wait, two in Malibu or two in L.A.?
00:29:16
Ty Fresh
Two in malaw at Malibu. There's ah two buildings side by side at that Nobu location.
00:29:18
Think Fresh
Wait, what?
00:29:23
Think Fresh
I thought one was Soho House.
00:29:24
Ty Fresh
They're kind of connected.
00:29:27
Ty Fresh
Oh, maybe no.
00:29:27
Think Fresh
Is it one solo house?
00:29:29
Ty Fresh
Pretty, pretty sure one of them is there's like a second dining room.
00:29:33
Think Fresh
Oh, okay, okay, okay. Oh, no, that one, you're right. There is like a bar that's like attached, right?
00:29:40
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:29:41
Think Fresh
Like you, when you walk into Nobu Malibu on the right, or you like kind of go straight ahead, there's like a bar and then I think like a private dining room.
00:29:48
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:29:50
Think Fresh
That's like where the infamous Kanye Kid Cudi Pete Davidson photo was taken.
00:29:54
Ty Fresh
Dude, incredible, iconic.
00:29:56
Think Fresh
And then I think on the left is like the regular big dining room with like the patio and all that shit.
00:30:03
Ty Fresh
Dude, next time we're going to LA, me, you, and Jason Stewart are going to recreate that photo.
00:30:08
Think Fresh
100%, dude. Come back on the pod.
00:30:11
Ty Fresh
Yeah, bring them back.
00:30:12
Think Fresh
um
00:30:13
Ty Fresh
ah Yeah, so there's a second floor of Harry's bar that they don't notify me of and they didn't invite me to go up there. So I'm just a little bit bummed that my food fluence hasn't made its way to Europe yet.
00:30:25
Ty Fresh
So if you're a European listener, spread the word.
00:30:28
Think Fresh
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, did you hit it but hit them with a Buongiorno or a Ciao? Because usually that gets you pretty far.
00:30:34
Ty Fresh
Dude, I try my best. this is
00:30:35
Think Fresh
Okay, good.
00:30:38
Think Fresh
I find that it like gets you so far with Europeans. If you just say like one word, actually anywhere you go, you just say like one word and they're like immediately like, oh, you're the best tourist I've ever seen.
00:30:43
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:30:50
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm, thank you for trying.
00:30:50
Think Fresh
Prego.
00:30:53
Ty Fresh
ah It merely makes me want to like sit down with the doodling go owl for a few hours and just work out some kinks in my ah in my speech.
00:30:53
Think Fresh
Yeah.
00:31:01
Think Fresh
Yeah, dude, I got to set up a one-on-one with a dueling go owl.
00:31:05
Ty Fresh
Because you know the subway menu isn't teaching me shit.
00:31:08
Think Fresh
Exactly. they don't They don't have a word for carnivore in Italy.
00:31:15
Ty Fresh
Everyone understood vegetariano, which I made up and it turns out that's the right word.
00:31:21
Think Fresh
Dude, that is awesome. Did you like flail your arms around when you said it? Like, vegetarian, no?
00:31:26
Ty Fresh
Of course, of course, I say it with a silly accent too. Even when I'm speaking English, I say it like Mario would and they seem to like that.
00:31:31
Think Fresh
That's awesome.
00:31:36
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. There's no way they would understand pescatariano. Or would they?
00:31:41
Ty Fresh
Not even worth trying. I don't think so.
00:31:43
Think Fresh
Probably not. Yeah, that's like a category that we made up over here to to like, I feel like vegetarians everywhere just have fish because it's like whatever.
00:31:54
Ty Fresh
If it's a cuttlefish, we're that's barely alive. like That thing is otherworldly.
00:31:59
Think Fresh
Yeah, dude, that's just much.
00:32:05
Think Fresh
Yeah, I forgot that they spray ink.
00:32:05
Ty Fresh
the um
00:32:06
Think Fresh
It's kind of cool.
00:32:08
Ty Fresh
Yeah, they're special. Special little, little critters.
00:32:14
Ty Fresh
Dude, I'm every I don't know if it's just the time of year I was there, but like every single restaurant I'd go to was empty. Like three nights in a row, I would go out for dinner, I'd go to like a nice spot or a cool town and I would be the only person in the restaurant for the entire meal service.
00:32:37
Think Fresh
Hmm interesting love that and they're probably like still slow because you're in Italy
00:32:37
Ty Fresh
completely empty. Yeah, that's never happened to me before. I guess this truly is the offseason in Tuscany, but it was so weird to like walk into a restaurant and there's one server and they're only serving you for the whole night and not a single other person came in.
00:32:59
Ty Fresh
Yeah, dude, they're still slow. They're still like, not super happy. You're there even though you're the only customer like one guy. I once over he like had a glass eye and he was wearing pajamas.
00:33:11
Ty Fresh
He was like clearly just not happy to even serve anybody.
00:33:11
Think Fresh
whoa Whoa.
00:33:13
Ty Fresh
You know?
00:33:15
Think Fresh
Yeah. um That's kind of interesting. I feel like it definitely is the season. But also, like what time are you eating?
00:33:21
Ty Fresh
the
00:33:25
Ty Fresh
Like 9? 9 p.m.? What is that?
00:33:27
Think Fresh
OK.
00:33:29
Ty Fresh
1100 hours, they say?
00:33:32
Think Fresh
Wait, what? No, 2,100 hours.
00:33:36
Ty Fresh
2100 hours? I don't even know. I mixed it up all the time.
00:33:40
Think Fresh
Um, yeah, cause I feel like in the summer they eat really late. Maybe that changes in the winter, but I was going to say, if you're eating like early dinner, then there's a chance that you won't run into anyone.
00:33:51
Ty Fresh
who Yeah, you'd think.
00:33:51
Think Fresh
Cause it's just too hot at like 5PM. You're like swimming still. It's finally nice enough to swim.
00:33:55
Ty Fresh
That's true. And all the, all the restaurants don't even open till 7 30. So if you want to go for supper with your, your American grandma, you're out of luck before the restaurant even open.
00:34:02
Think Fresh
Oh, there you go.
00:34:06
Think Fresh
Yeah. Grandma's been asleep for four hours already. Wake up. Yeah, that's crazy. I did notice that, actually.
00:34:17
Think Fresh
Like, they give you ample time to kind of mosey on around and have wine, you know, which I appreciate.
00:34:23
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:34:24
Think Fresh
Like, there's not even an option to have early dinner. It's like, no, now is for a Peritivo hour. You're supposed to be walking around drinking wine.
00:34:30
Ty Fresh
Yeah.
00:34:33
Ty Fresh
Yeah. If you're lucky, you can have some bruschetta and that's about it.
00:34:36
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. Oh, yeah, did you dabble in the jigeti?
00:34:40
Ty Fresh
Oh, of course. Well, ah what while in Venice, of course, a few like weird, weird little mushy things on toast.
00:34:44
Think Fresh
Oh, brilliant.
00:34:48
Ty Fresh
Get in me.
00:34:48
Think Fresh
Oh, my favorite. It's my absolute favorite.
00:34:52
Ty Fresh
In, in Venice, they also do. um Have you had a special spritz?
00:34:58
Think Fresh
Special spritz.
00:35:00
Ty Fresh
ah special spritz yeah it's their regionals so it turns out there's different spritzes around italy it's not just about aperol in venice they do special spritz which is kind of like a campari spritz but a little bit more of a cherry flavor and they put some spices in it because
00:35:02
Think Fresh
I don't think so.
00:35:08
Think Fresh
Oh.
00:35:18
Ty Fresh
Venice, given its location to Eastern Europe and closer to the Silk Road, they were able to obtain more interesting spices than the rest of Italy. So they sprinkle a little bit of that in their spritz.
00:35:30
Ty Fresh
It's quite good.
00:35:30
Think Fresh
Nice.
00:35:32
Ty Fresh
Down in like Val d'Or region of Tuscany, you can find artichoke spritz, which I also had, and they actually put artichoke in it. That's pretty cool.
00:35:41
Think Fresh
Wow, that sounds good. Is it like kind of like a martini like situation where it's like on a toothpick?
00:35:42
Ty Fresh
Yeah, so
00:35:47
Ty Fresh
Yeah, they'll dump a stick, a little artichoke heart and a little olive on the toothpick. And I think they like grind a little bit into, cause you can kind of taste the flavor throughout every sip. So Eric, here's what we gotta of do. We need a regional spritz for our little podcasting neighborhood here in Vancouver. What are we, what are we going to do? You want to put a little mud, little mud in some Prosecco?
00:36:13
Think Fresh
Whoa, a coffee Negroni? I feel like I've had that here.
00:36:17
Ty Fresh
Yeah, that'd be pretty good.
00:36:19
Think Fresh
um That's really cool. I don't know. We should definitely come up with something.
00:36:23
Ty Fresh
The subway spritz.
00:36:23
Think Fresh
Like, I'm thinking if we do that, I kind of want to freak the martini format some more because like black olive comes to mind right away.
00:36:31
Ty Fresh
Mm. Okay. Mm hmm. Yeah, we can play off that a black olive is made for a spritz a little spice would be good too. A few few drops of Chipotle mayo in there.
00:36:44
Think Fresh
Ooh, whoa.
00:36:48
Think Fresh
Maybe a climato, because like we're talking marinara, you know what I mean?
00:36:53
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:36:53
Think Fresh
Marinara and beer, like a micolata.
00:36:56
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm. Because beer has got this kind of grainy, wheatyness to it.
00:37:01
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:37:01
Ty Fresh
I think there's a like a subway cocktail that we could produce a signature cocktail here.
00:37:07
Think Fresh
What did we have at Savio that one time when we asked for a cocktail that reminded him like a sandwich? I think we just got in a groan or something stupid, like nice effort bro.
00:37:14
Ty Fresh
Dude. Yeah, I think we were just served a rejection letter. That's all.
00:37:20
Think Fresh
Yeah, cease and desist. Get the fuck out.
00:37:25
Ty Fresh
It's tough out there.
00:37:25
Think Fresh
Wow.
00:37:27
Think Fresh
Yeah, I've recently tried to get back into the Michelada game, which is such a niche thing. um ah had ah I had one at Taco Fino and it was like, I thought I was drinking puke.
00:37:36
Ty Fresh
Yeah.
00:37:40
Think Fresh
It was nasty. I don't know what it is, bro. Clamado just doesn't go in beer. the please It's not really a crazy take.
00:37:47
Ty Fresh
yeah No, it's not. I completely agree with it. We need to ban it entirely. I'm not a Michilada fan.
00:37:53
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:37:54
Ty Fresh
I find them just grotesque.
00:37:58
Think Fresh
Yeah, although I did have a lime one at Las Margaritas on West 4th, and it was quite nice. I gotta admit, it was so refreshing. I just i immediately drank the entire pint and got another one.
00:38:10
Ty Fresh
Dude, it's crazy how frequently people end up at Los margaritas for it being a pretty mids establishment. Like I've been there more times than I can count.
00:38:17
Think Fresh
Are you kidding me? It's awesome.
00:38:19
Ty Fresh
Do you think it's awesome?
00:38:20
Think Fresh
Dude, it's so good. I mean, it's you're right. It's kind of mids. It's like six out of 10. Like it's not mid mid. It's like slightly better because it's a, like, it just reminds me of being in an all inclusive, like all the decor is like very literal.
00:38:33
Ty Fresh
Hmm.
00:38:37
Think Fresh
And then the food's good. Like I can't complain, you know?
00:38:41
Ty Fresh
Yeah. Describing it as an all inclusive resort actually perfectly nails the vibe in there. It's like if senior frogs never franchised.
00:38:46
Think Fresh
Yeah. I don't even know what that is.
00:38:54
Ty Fresh
Perfect. It's lost margaritas.
00:38:57
Think Fresh
Okay, awesome. Yeah, it's like, everyone's sitting on these like rickety old wooden stools. And like, there's like a sombrero on the wall.
00:39:06
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:39:06
Think Fresh
And they're playing good music, good Mexican music. And there's like, people drinking modellos. Everyone just kind of looking at each other. It's like, this is awesome.
00:39:15
Ty Fresh
Yeah, they're all looking at each other because the lights are really bright in there.
00:39:18
Think Fresh
It wasn't that bad when I went, but it could be dimmer.
00:39:22
Ty Fresh
It could be dimmer, but they don't, they don't understand a vibe they or maybe they understand the vibe that they're trying to curate.
00:39:27
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm.
00:39:31
Ty Fresh
And I don't understand their vibe.
00:39:31
Think Fresh
Yeah.
00:39:34
Think Fresh
That's true. But it's also like on Westforth, what else are you going to eat? Like there is Okontar, which is like very, very, very good.
00:39:38
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:39:42
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:39:42
Think Fresh
But if I'm not feeling like spending $120 on a steak frites, then I'll probably get an enchilada, you know?
00:39:50
Ty Fresh
Yeah, facts. I mean, rice is pretty good. You go there.
00:39:53
Think Fresh
I've never even been there. Maybe, yeah.
00:39:56
Ty Fresh
And then there's a sort of Vietnamese restaurant starts with an M.
00:40:03
Ty Fresh
I've been there once or twice.
00:40:04
Think Fresh
Hmm.
00:40:08
Ty Fresh
Names escape me.
00:40:08
Think Fresh
There's a red beef. There's a red beef as well. It's like the Taiwanese noodle spot. I don't know if it's still there, but I went I tried to go there like five years ago and they didn't have a liquor license.
00:40:20
Ty Fresh
Mmm, that's weird.
00:40:21
Think Fresh
And I was like so disappointed. Yeah, I was like, I'm never coming back.
00:40:25
Ty Fresh
Dude, they have a liquor license. You just have to ask correctly.
00:40:27
Think Fresh
Oh, yeah, I forgot.
00:40:28
Ty Fresh
Or they don't have a license, but they have a liquor.
00:40:31
Think Fresh
ah I mean, if I was
00:40:33
Ty Fresh
Maynam.
00:40:35
Think Fresh
Oh yeah, okay, I've heard of that one.
00:40:38
Ty Fresh
Yeah, that place slaps.
00:40:39
Think Fresh
Okay, maybe there's some good food on West Wharf. There's also ramen danbo. It's kind of overhyped, but still good.
00:40:43
Ty Fresh
That's right, they're stand-bo. I don't think it is overhyped. I feel like it's world class ramen.
00:40:52
Think Fresh
It is, but so is every other ramen spot in Vancouver. And this is the only one with like a two hour wait.
00:40:58
Ty Fresh
Yeah, that's a good point, actually. You shouldn't have to wait in line for good ramen around here.
00:41:02
Think Fresh
Yeah, like I'm not going to ah not go to say where it is. I'll tell you off mic. But I have a ramen spot tie that's like steps away from the Danbo on Robson. And it's like better. It's honestly just as good. I've never waited for more than five seconds there.
00:41:20
Ty Fresh
Wow, you're gatekeeping that because you don't want to line.
00:41:22
Think Fresh
I'm gatekeeping hard. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll tell you off mic, though.
00:41:24
Ty Fresh
that That's good, that's good. I appreciate the tip.
00:41:30
Think Fresh
Parking though is horrible. but So that's the only downside. But yeah, ramen anywhere in the city. Same as sushi. Like that's why I feel like there's no like like best sushi in Vancouver because they're all like very good.
00:41:46
Ty Fresh
Mm-hmm. it's there's outstanding options in every neighborhood. It's very nice You know the best sushi in Vancouver is the closest sushi restaurant to wherever you are at that moment You're it's truly convenience play at this point Mm
00:41:57
Think Fresh
Now we're talking.
00:42:00
Think Fresh
Yeah, I love that. I love that. Sushi is, it's like even when you go to Japan, like when you come home, you're like, I'm just so happy to be eating the same sushi that I was eating a week ago in Tokyo.
00:42:04
Ty Fresh
-hmm
00:42:15
Think Fresh
It's unreal.
00:42:15
Ty Fresh
Yeah, that is a very nice, very nice quality.
00:42:20
Think Fresh
Yeah, bro.
00:42:20
Ty Fresh
Man, can't be said this, the same cannot be said for subway because every time I go someone like this, subway is better or worse than my last experience. And you there, there are, I feel like there are quality differences, franchise to franchise.
00:42:30
Think Fresh
who
00:42:36
Think Fresh
Yeah, totally. I often have that thought tie when I drive by a subway on my morning commute. And I just like, over the over the years, I see the branding slightly changed.
00:42:47
Think Fresh
Like, yeah it's just like, oh, they got the new sign.
00:42:48
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:42:50
Think Fresh
Now they got the new tables. It's like, it's evolving. And I think like, what's their story, you know?
00:42:55
Ty Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:42:56
Think Fresh
Like, what's what's the bread like at this location? I actually have these thoughts, believe it or not.
00:43:02
Ty Fresh
I feel like location really affects the sandwich artists ability to perform. Because if you just got like bums coming in all day, you're not like they're not going to create great art for them because then maybe they don't appreciate it. Maybe if you're on campus as a subway, you're the student's body doesn't appreciate it because they're just getting the value picks, you know.
00:43:22
Ty Fresh
You need the right neighborhood where your clientele will appreciate true art in order to like maximize the potential of the sandwich artist.
00:43:34
Think Fresh
So much like like a real estate situation, you want to be the worst restaurant on the best street.
00:43:42
Ty Fresh
Yeah, I guess so. You want to be the worst subway on a like a block of Michelin star restaurants.
00:43:50
Think Fresh
Mm-hmm. Like, if there's a subway on Alberni, it's probably amazing.
00:43:56
Ty Fresh
Yeah, 100%, like a subway in Yale Town is probably going to be pretty good.
00:44:00
Think Fresh
we We went there, and it was good, Ty. i could The one on mainland in Nelson or whatever is pretty good.
00:44:02
Ty Fresh
It was good.
00:44:08
Ty Fresh
Yeah. Holds up. So there we go. There you have it. It's probably the case. We got to check out the L. Burnie Street one next and pop into the off-white store.
00:44:15
Think Fresh
Yeah, yeah.
00:44:18
Think Fresh
Yeah. Smelling like the way.
00:44:23
Think Fresh
i've I've also wanted to make a special trip to go out to the Horseshoe Bay location because I know you talk a big game on that one. And I'm like, that'd be a sweet bike ride to go all the way out there, have lunch and come back.
00:44:31
Ty Fresh
du
00:44:36
Think Fresh
Like it'd be like a hundred K.
00:44:36
Ty Fresh
Yeah.
00:44:39
Ty Fresh
It's worth the hundred K ah pedal to experience this thing.
00:44:43
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:44:43
Ty Fresh
It is, it is the best subway in the region, Eric. And it's the best subway because there's the tender love and care of the application of those tender greens.
00:44:46
Think Fresh
Mm hmm.
00:44:55
Think Fresh
Yeah, man, I think it's also the sea breeze. Like you get the salt coming off of the water entering the subway and it's just landing on all the veggies. You know what I mean?
00:45:05
Ty Fresh
Yeah, that's gotta help.
00:45:06
Think Fresh
They have an open sneeze guard policy there.
00:45:09
Ty Fresh
There's a weird irony that's manifested there though, because it is the closest subway to the ferry boat terminal and everyone who's going to catch a ferry is in a rush.
00:45:20
Ty Fresh
They need their sandwiches quickly, but that subway operates very slowly. It's a known fact that if you go in there, you need at least a one sailing weight in order to get that foot long.
00:45:32
Think Fresh
Oh, wow.
00:45:32
Ty Fresh
So it's almost like they are rejecting the pace of the environment around them in order to say like, Hey, if you're coming here, you better not be in a rush because we are quality over speed.
00:45:43
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. And also sounds like if you get a sandwich there, you're going to miss your fairy.
00:45:50
Ty Fresh
Yeah, for sure. I'm sure that's happened to many people. They, I bet you their bounce rate at like the veggie section is super high.
00:45:58
Think Fresh
Whoa, it's like, oh, fuck, I got to go. That's crazy.
00:46:01
Ty Fresh
yeah You eat it. Bye.
00:46:05
Think Fresh
Maybe that's why they put so much care into the sandwich and time, because like they know that there's like a 40% abandonment rate. And like if they leave the sandwich, then they can eat it. but The sandwich artist can take it home.
00:46:19
Ty Fresh
That's a good point. They're making it for themselves every other time.
00:46:22
Think Fresh
yeah Whoa. It's kind of a cool mantra for like a sandwich artist. like Make the sandwich as if you were going to eat it yourself. you know Perfect.
00:46:32
Ty Fresh
Yeah, it's a beautiful perspective. If there's any sandwich that's listening, carry that energy into your work tomorrow when you don the plastic gloves.
00:46:40
Think Fresh
Mm hmm. Mm hmm. It's also good feedback for the artist. Like, would you eat that? If you get if you get a crazy looking sub, like, bro, would you eat this? Be honest and then see what they say.
00:46:53
Ty Fresh
When they say no, how do you even react to that? You say like, well, you're gonna make me that?
00:46:56
Think Fresh
Yeah.
00:46:59
Think Fresh
Hmm.
00:46:59
Ty Fresh
Ya jag.
00:47:00
Think Fresh
Let me say, make it again.
00:47:03
Ty Fresh
Back to the drawing board.
00:47:06
Think Fresh
Oh, man. Well, Ty, I think it's time to make Subway great again. What do you say?
00:47:12
Ty Fresh
Let's do it. Forward together, Eric.
00:47:14
Think Fresh
Let's do it. MAGA!
00:47:21
Ty Fresh
uh breadheads thank you oh breadheads
00:47:26
Think Fresh
Sorry.
00:47:27
Ty Fresh
thank you for listening it's been an honor to podcast with you eric just a chow
00:47:32
Think Fresh
Likewise, King. Talk to you on Friday. Achow!