Can Babish Beat NYC's Best Breakfast Sandwiches? (Blind Taste Test)

[@itsryface]

the captions at 12:54 calling for human seed instead of cumin seed right after the busting in the pan on a beat off bit really got me

[@nomam9085]

thats literally what i heard

[@Froggee3]

That's what he said though lol

[@Techfuse13]

@@Froggee3 C-humin

[@peterhansen7068]

I would've liked to see the tasters reaction when they found out which sandwich was made by who.

[@Femroe]

Not just that, but also Andrew's reaction to the various feedback and discussions that were had in terms of their rankings, I mean, he's gonna find out later on anyway. It'd really improve it, because at the moment, it feels like these episodes end a bit too suddenly after all the build up.

[@Badguy292]

@@Femroe I agree entirely.

[@eabeeson]

Came here to say this.

[@tedwardoe999]

Agreed.

[@grammaurai6843]

Came for the beatoff, stayed for the... Actually, also the beatoff.

[@Heyhey_1792]

pun???

[@josephgavlek3419]

@Heyhey_1792 there is no puns when it comes to babish my friend 😏😂

[@RazanaArcclaw]

Came from the beatoff

[@grammaurai6843]

@RazanaArcclaw wash your hands.

[@Beyond_Beyblade]

I came from the beat off

[@MetoMisJuevosEnTuBoca]

Watching Babish beat off breakfast sandwiches is my favorite way to start the day

[@ohnosmoarlulcatz]

This show just needs to be titled Babish Beat Off

[@mco3884]

I love how Andrew's getting unabashedly dirty as time goes on lol

[@lornahuddleston1453]

​@@ohnosmoarlulcatz🤪😆👏 I'm loving this beat off Babish!

[@joel5956]

Since we are getting fewer "Binging with Babish" episodes, I think we deserve a spinoff "Beating Off with Babish."

[@LukeRose24]

I love beating off to babish for breakfast- wait that came out wrong

[@jonah64]

If this doesn't work, we're out of eggs. Next scene: pulls out two types of eggs for the egg wash on the buns.

[@OKCCreez]

This was a fantastic ad for Daily Provisions

[@garcipat]

i think they have to make this sandwich now official.

[@MatUrb01]

How much ?

[@ottokopp770]

BUUT I believe Andrew gets the creativity price for whatever that’s worth. Turning a croque madame into a handy sandwich is actually really cool and I would love to try it. A thick slab of bacon + egg in a donut obviously is great, who would have thunk, but doesn’t quite win the Nobel Prize for me.

[@lornahuddleston1453]

Prize 🏆🥇

[@JonathonBall]

It's 2025, Andrew. WHERE IS OUR JAZZ ALBUM?

[@insipidpanda6097]

Where's the Jazz!?!?!!!

[@sharksdudes8445]

Was it not classical

[@GuitarSlayer136]

Hard to enjoy a beatoff if noone gets to jazz

[@Brandonisfinished]

Andrew did you mean costed??? From you Japanese fruit episode? Costed?

[@TheMorningIWokeUpDead]

Hopefully it's not going to be DADROCK

[@MrJmagenta]

Daily Provisions was absolutely amazing. I have never had something so classic, yet done so perfectly and different that it becomes ingrained in your memory forever.

[@JayEffW]

hot roux, cold milk, no lumps. don't waste your time, just dump it all in. After all, you're the chef john of the sauce you work on.

[@mariaj3263]

I was saying the same thing as he was whisking it in so slowly! just dump it and whisk!

[@jucks]

Babby has had that rich guy well-put-togetherness and glow to him for like the last year or so. Thats how I know he made it, and I'm super happy for him=D Proud of you mayn!

[@MrMillionDub]

That twitch at 0:13 just makes me wonder what the other takes were like.

[@butchersgreat]

12:54 definitely heard “2 tablespoons human seed”

[@calypzo69]

Now, I can't unhear it 😂😂.

[@butchersgreat]

@ skipped back twice to be sure. Babish beats off indeed!

[@fire23fairy]

That's what the auto subtitles say, too! 🤣

[@LockeTheCole]

It IS a beat off after all. ^_-

[@tstahlfsu]

SAME

[@DaxHoops]

This legitimately made me get up after watching and make myself a breakfast sandwich, so thanks for that.

[@Darkime_]

Day 41 of asking for a video called "Botched by fans" where Andrew tries to fix the suggestions the fans made in "Ranking your strange recipes"

[@bradacash]

👀

[@Bizzaro_Pope]

@@bradacash👀

[@bohmsaw]

10:39 "this seems so small" - something I say to myself every time I join a beatoff

[@BrianWright70]

Can't beat a Scottish morning roll buttered with lorne sausage, back bacon, haggis and a fried egg, with your sauce of choice along with a mug of builders tea. A bottle of Irn Bru too if you're still rough.

[@mco3884]

I think Andrew's sandwich would have at least come in second if he'd had a hearty bacon instead of plain old ham.

[@scent-bubbles]

100% agreed. It would have added a textural difference too. ​@@mco3884

[@omniscient.nescience]

As both a born and bred Scot and a student, I know this one well. Nothing like one of these after a long night.

[@liammccabe05]

100%, no notes other than a tattie scone can make an appearance and it just gets better 👌

[@tiptaphooves]

Can't imagine drinking Irn Bru for breakfast. Or any time. Absolutely foul liquid.

[@BlazeMiskulin]

My suggestion for a beat off? Pasties (that's the Cornish meat pie, not the thing with tassels). Because I really want to see Babish step out of his wheelhouse on one of these. Only question: Can you get pasties in NYC? Or aren't you guys cultured enough? ;)

[@colbunkmust]

Pasties are a Michigan thing in the US, not NYC.

[@BlazeMiskulin]

@@colbunkmust They're a Wisconsin thing. And that was the joke: Trying to find pasties in NYC.

[@colbunkmust]

@ They're also a Michigan thing. Cornish miners immigrated to the US in the 1840s and worked in the copper mines in Michigan's upper pennisula.

[@Phi1618033]

Separate a dozen egg yolks from the dozen egg whites. Mix half a cup of heavy cream into the egg yolks. Whip the egg whites into a meringue. Add salt to the yolk mixture. Fold the egg whites into the yolk mixture. Pour mixture into a greased casserole dish and bake in the oven for 250F for 10 minutes. Voila.

[@mikeytorres4595]

There’s a sandwich in fort Myers Florida from Wally’s deli. It’s call the Sunday funday. Fried chicken, hash brown, eggs (your way), and hot honey. All on an amazing Kaiser roll. Best breakfast sandwich I’ve had in my life. 10/10 recommend.

[@frightenedsoul]

Sounds messy but also delicious

[@MCarrington01]

I wonder if you tried folding the egg around the béchamel, to keep the sandwich non slippery. This would also kind of mimic the runny yolk sensation when you bite into the sandwich and release the béchamel.

[@The063091]

You used packaged black Forrest ham…? YOU COULD HAVE MADE INCREDIBLE BACON. Breakfast sandwich without bacon.. madness.

[@dylanjohnston4388]

I think if he did a crispy pork belly using that spicy pepper sauce as a rub, would have made a huge difference. Plus reducing his egg slab by a 1/3.

[@tugstanboat779]

Bah, got robbed by the bacon sub. Should have went with gababool and laid off the egg wash. You'll get 'em next time! Next time do Babka so you can bake big boys with impunity.

[@tekvax01]

A doughnut bun... COME on!! Andrew, you were ROBBED!

[@grantbosse6437]

That looks amazing. I am definitely steaming a tray of eggs as soon as I get through Veganuary.

[@MrQuickLine]

I have never seen such a solid attempt at a beat off. I'm sorry that you couldn't beat them off hard enough. A valiant attempt.

[@lornahuddleston1453]

🤪😇

[@anagiddings8252]

That sounds so wrong 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lenscraftedlife]

Everything croissant?!!? Life will never be the same.

[@HaddaClu]

and the team didnt get to try it either.

[@loukas6373]

5:25 please don't use AI images. I really thought the Babish team would be aware of all the problems surrounding it.

[@darcyemullen]

did they say it was ai or is it obvious cause i’m curious

[@coldfooted]

​@@darcyemullen i don't think anyone explicitly said it was ai but the image definitely has the ai "look" about it. upon closer inspection there are elements drawn into the croque madam that a human artist wouldn't have done because they make no sense-like the way the cheese is melting unnaturally with multiple jagged edges rather than just the corners, the parsley randomly floating behind the sandwich, and most obviously, the white cheese melting into a puddle of yellow egg yolk onto the board. yeah... definitely ai-generated slop 😞

[@VexedVaati]

Something about Sawyer always subconsciously preferring Andy’s cooking is always so sweet to me.

[@thatdudebro]

i absolutely LOVE this series. this episode proves it is completely unbiased.

[@wulf2623]

I hope we get a training arc of Babish learning to make a perfect bun consistently.

[@Kimboslic]

Seen a lot of your vids not sure why this was fantastic, cinematic, great meal, made me feel comfy on my couch a very rare 10/10 you been on a run lately.

[@matthewschwartz6486]

29:06 "this one is giving me nutrition in a way that this [[other]] one is flipping me off" is a fantastic line.

[@SimuLord]

Best breakfast sandwich I ever had was the one I used to make on Sunday mornings when I was in college. I lived off campus in an apartment complex across the street from a Whole Foods and got friendly with the butcher counter folks. 8 AM, when the place opened, I'd get a quarter pound of breakfast sausage fresh. That plus an egg, a slice of real deli American, all on an English muffin fried in the sausage grease...as Steve1989 likes to say, "we're startin' the day off right."

[@acuddlyheadcrab]

yea i used to work at a small grocery store, cooking the freshly ground sausage for prep was one of my favorite activities.

[@Bluewolf1118]

That Win Som sandwich looked awesome. It's awesome that Andrew's sandwiches were actually appropriately sized! So fun.

[@Phellxion]

Run the eggs through a fine mesh chinois. It'll help take the foam away. Smoothing it out.

[@trilang1601]

This is soul crushing. I hate the taste of eggs. I have tried them in so many ways over the years because I want to like them , or at least be able to tolerate them in some form. I cannot. But breakfast sandwiches are the sirens call. After watching this I want to try one but I know it will end in regret and possibly heaving. All of these looked wonderful.

[@annawallace3383]

Rachel's little "jinx!" is the cutest thing I've ever heard

[@Moon525]

As a lover of breakfast sandwiches, I am so jealous of the judges! Also definitely going to try and find a place like Provisions to try something fancy 😉

[@10paces]

10:23 Thanks for the shout out!

[@MrBaconskinny]

Love this series! Would love to see the judges reaction to which dish Andrew made

[@nellgwenn]

I'm glad I despise eggs. When I make brioche all my ingredients are ice cold. Because it takes so long to fully incorporate the butter that the dough gets too hot before you're done kneading it, I use a machine. I also use a malt powder. The malt powder helps the yeast work better with enriched doughs. When making an enriched dough I use SAF Gold instant yeast. The malt powder also helps with brownning, so you don't have to go crazy with an egg wash. If you just want help with browning Ovaltine works too.

[@snowandlightsmusic]

33:36 "in many ways it wins by default... but it is an abomination of some regard" bahahahhaa

[@Duckman8213]

I make Brioche French Bread French Toast sandwich with eggs and bacon in it. You can put cheese on if you want. But I do this… Make French Toast with Brioche French Bread Make bacon with some maple syrup Make eggs (however you want) And then assemble the sandwich. If you want you can have cheese. If I have sausage available I’ll also make the maple syrup sausage and include that in the sandwich with the bacon.

[@tracylasseter1285]

Brad is being extra sassy in this one and I love it.

[@ragebb8]

5:27 Andrew dear (or your editor), don't start with the AI art...

[@outtaroute92]

It's his channel, he can do as he pleases.

[@kittypine42]

@@outtaroute92 and his audience can give feedback on what he does.

[@dominictalbot3720]

@@kittypine42 conveniently a great chunk of his audience agrees that using AI really doesn't matter

[@modzel2481]

@@dominictalbot3720 this statement is based on what data exactly?

[@Hybris51129]

I bet you yell at people who dare to use photoshop.

[@TheOddKris]

Let's goooo!! Very excited to see this one (I love this series) ❤

[@EricF170]

The best dishes of history always come from the poorest parts of society. The people who had such limited options of ingredients and tools; but still had the outstanding levels of creativity to take those meagre options and make something amazing.

[@sabersight908]

Babish is such a comedian but to be fair the editing is really making it whole xD

[@AustinLDenny]

my favorite sandwich to make is a soft scrambled egg with carmelized onions and fried spam. I usually have an english muffin with it now, when i first made it however, I used a brioche bun.

[@heathmessenger2708]

If you heat the milk before you add to your roux it will thicken immediately and you can add all at the same time. It will save time. It is also how Escuffier wrote the recipe for Bechemel.

[@philoctetes_wordsworth]

33:44 this is the point at which I become lost. Your scoring system makes me crazy!😂

[@SusieP]

I think you should beatoff a dessert next!! Cronuts, Babkas, creampuffs, etc. !!

[@tgyk80642]

Day 276 of petitioning Babish/Alvin to make the Triple Fried Egg Sandwich with Chilli Sauce and Chutney from Red Dwarf.

[@foxfirehehexd]

5:25 very disappointing to see AI generated images in a babish video.. come on, you can't get a picture of a croque madame??

[@tompov227]

does this really matter that much? like really in the grand scheme of everyone's lives

[@evs251]

@@tompov227 Mattered enough for you to comment lol

[@tompov227]

@ Yes, KZbin comments are pretty trivial. Thank you for supporting my point about how this doesn't matter but someone on the internet told you to hate AI so now it has to be everyone else's problem

[@gloomy_gus]

@@tompov227Stay mad AI shill

[@BioYuGi]

@@tompov227 It does, because AI image have begun to absolutely plague the Internet. It's getting harder to search for images without AI-generated ones popping up, and the increase of their use in casual things like this video means it will be even harder for people to understand they aren't real when dangerous ones are created.

[@Quadraxis]

Would love to see you try and create and/or improve upon the signature dish from each American state.

[@CO-Ray]

Single handily finished that beat off

[@BluemanDrummer]

May I offer a moist towelette? 😂

[@sketchystorm214]

5:29 Really disappointed to see the babish team using AI in a video :/ I come here because I love the time and effort put into your work! I love seeing all of the care you put into cooking AND into the video and it's composition. AI art isn't only effortless, it's poor quality, and most importantly, it is built on stolen art. Please, please, PLEASE, support real artists in the future. I'm sure there are so many that would be thrilled to work alongside you. If you don't want to do that, then use stock photos. But please, don't tarnish your work with AI.

[@BindiDoes]

Came to say the exact same thing.

[@xring427]

I think you need another shot at this. So much potential in the idea

[@funtimeisaiah.8715]

0:12 me when I say “breakfast sandwiches” in a dramatic tone and then smile.

[@wunnup3229]

I feel like my favorite would have been a combination of the three. Your egg patty and cheese with Winson's bun and Daily Provision's bacon.

[@sam-makes-stuff-sometimes]

Well, you know what they say: you Win Son, you lose some

[@ellafoster-molina2288]

There's a difference between smoking cumin and burnt cumin, fyi. Cumin often smokes as it toasts, not horribly, but distinctly. I assume it's the cumin powder burning, leaving the actual seeds unburnt. It tastes great.

[@Chowdahhh]

I love watching Babish beat off

[@robertschall6548]

My favorite breakfast sandwich is pancake with maple syrup mixed in the batter sausage patty pepper jack cheese thick cut bacon and for the top bun put an egg in the pan and pour the pancake batter over it then cut to fit as a top bun

[@lucasdegennaro]

The title of this video cracked me up, but the video, made me laugh so hard!! pun after pun after pun. and innuendo after innuendo! Just impeccable ⭐

[@mwinchesterjr6862]

Watching his reaction to the Everything Crescent could be a short on it's own. I laughed, out loud, for a solid minute.

[@TaberIV]

The first two guys waxing philisophically on the crawler sandwhich was amazing lol

[@RoJo16]

Run the blended eggs thru a sieve, will remove the foam

[@NiKA2-r2i]

Binging with Babish

[@joecalcagni9615]

Busting the heat source into the pan while beating off is exactly why I am here.

[@MadamMaru-gm5ff]

My intake of "breakfast sandwiches" has been sadly limited. My favorite is the sausage croissanwich with egg and cheese from BK. But really, an everything bagel with cream cheese and a pickle, followed by cinnamon raisin toast with butter and cream cheese are my usual. Or some nice fluffy scrambled eggs with toast, if I feel like cooking. biscuits and sausage gravy for celebratory breakfasts, or bread pudding.

[@gracebordman3535]

Love your vids Andrew! And your sandwich looked amazing🥹😂

[@Zelmel]

Just by ingredients, I'd 100% eat Andrew's any day of the week over both the others. If the donut one was on a normal roll it'd win for me.

[@horaciolerda]

Do not despair Andrew. The day will come in which you have mastered "Breakfast Sandwich".

[@lornahuddleston1453]

And he shall create the perfect hand job beat off! 🏆🥇

[@SirDr.ReginaldVonTea-BottomsEs]

Was that an AI generated image at 5:29?

[@sailordeathstar2364]

I really really hope it isn't, but I'm wondering the same thing!

[@FiLepsy]

Yeah. Look at the egg. It drips down a second time for no reason.

[@bondfool]

@@FiLepsyAlso, the weird, random little wedges of extra cheese, the way the yolk seems to be cutting through the white, the sprig of parsley sticking straight up in the back… This is disappointing.

[@drahoop]

It 100% was, I remember that exact identical Art Style from the sorted food video where they got given shade for using it.

[@mathewbaldwin2664]

Why is it wrong to use AI generated art in an insignificant way like that?

[@SoldierSeuss]

If Im buying one, the Panera breakfast bagel is pretty solid. If Im making one then I usually stick to sausage, egg, and cheese over the bacon, egg, and cheese. Still with a bagel though.

[@richardvasquez9960]

you should do tacos or burritos next, i want to see your ideas on those!

[@gobbieribbons]

This is my favourite series in the world

[@NaturallyWavy21]

I could listen to Kirkland hat’s breakdown of food for HOURS. Abomination, Audacious- I want more

[@ghostrasmussen8414]

5:27 useing AI for images is incredibly harmful dude

[@outtaroute92]

Dude it's a picture of an egg on some bread and cheese. Calm down. He's not ruining anybody's art career with that silly little picture.

[@gloomy_gus]

@@outtaroute92No actually, he's using stolen art to fill his videos with trash

[@Hybris51129]

​@@gloomy_gusNo people like you are parroting talking points from "artists" afraid of a new tool appearing. Just as artists cried out when Photoshop came out they are now crying about people using A.I. because it's thought to be after their jobs.

[@gloomy_gus]

@ Sorry you're too uncreative to make art bro but that doesn't mean you're allowed to plagiarize other people's work and call it "ai art"

[@Hybris51129]

@@gloomy_gus Sorry that you lack the apparent intelligence to make your own opinions instead of blindly repeating what you are told to repeat.

[@StokersShanties]

The amount of innuendo Babish uses makes me look innocent

[@hensonjefd8681]

You need to be encouraging more yeast activity

[@asteroiddropper]

Rachel was great. Her approach to eating totally lines up with mine lol.

[@robertkendzie3]

Man, I am all about a Croque Madame. Favorite Breakfast sandwich of all time.

[@jorgegarcia-yj6cn]

Why are you using mexican peppers for a middle east spice blend?

[@rviolinfiddle55]

Michelin chefs say you don't need to add the milk a little at a time for a béchamel. But they do recommend you just use warmed milk.

[@kaseymiller7299]

looks like Babish got beat off this time

[@Sir_Shmoopy]

The most decadent hash browns. Potato tsuma taro sliced fried, baked potato fixings (proly some sliced ham, maybe some sliced and broiled tomato with sugar/molasses) lasagna

[@rikivlogs6598]

One of the funniest cooking videos out there

[@chrisdoob]

Southside on 6th Ave and 18th in Brooklyn had delicious sandwiches! Haven't been in a couple years, but have made my own versions at home

[@alyssatheexcellent]

Breakfast sandwiches are EASILY some of the best breakfast items and also sandwiches I love everything about them.

[@EmilyJelassi]

I honestly would've picked your breakfast sandwich, Andrew. I love the idea of being able to eat a Crocque Madame sandwich with my hands instead of a knife and fork!!

[@MrVovansim]

Remember, if you come last in a beat off, it just means you lasted the longest.

[@brentharvey6605]

So a so-cal chef here.....the harrisa was very similar to a salsa roja.... Maybe dive in with that, and manchengo instead of gruyere, I would've used those amazing orange yolks to really step it out visually, and steam those whisked up (why are you putting so much emphasis on the "h")

[@Need_RnR]

"Cool _h'whip..."_

[@joshuafeeney6174]

sad beatoff moment is the most relatable part of the entire video

[@scttydsntknw]

5:29 A.I. ANDREW!? REALLY?

[@tompov227]

is that really that big of a deal

[@scttydsntknw]

@tompov227 yes, dude is rich enough to pay someone to draw a picture or use a picture of of a stock site.

[@tompov227]

@@scttydsntknw ok but let's say he doesn't use AI, couldn't he just avoid using an image completely and still not pay anyone? Why is it necessary that he buys an image for this purpose??

[@aquadrious]

@@tompov227 it's less about the choice of using an image and more about using an A.I. generated image when other options are just as readily and easily available.

[@tompov227]

@@aquadrious they are certainly not as readily or easily available imo AI is very very easily available and cheap to use

[@TheARESxGOD]

Blind test vids better than ranking x thing, would love to see more of these.

[@hangfire]

I understand what you were going for when you steamed the egg in trying to beat the winson egg but they didn't steam it, what they did do was make HK style scrambled egg or "huadan" or "whampoa style scramble" if you search youtube for Lucas Sin Shares 5 Ways to Make HK-Style Egg Sandwiches he shares the technique of how to do it and the key is the cornstarch slurry.

[@galacticmechanic1]

You should try to beat the best Fries in NY. Fries are simple yes but you can do toppings and sauces as well.

[@cytherians]

OK, gotta ask... is like avocado considered a faux pas in breakfast sandwiches? I coat one side of bread with a layer of mashed avocado and I find it adds a nice richness to the egg-cheese-meat experience.