I Wasted $5000!! Flying EVA From Chicago to Taipei!!

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[@nicolavershi6913]

who cares for your waste....

[@Hopeiswhatmatters]

Great show and that besty awards. Hilarious stuff on questions😂. Thank you for encouraging people to try new stuff!

[@bodyloverz30]

You made a mistake, not to "book the cook," before you left = Lobster Thermador!

[@lifeonable]

As practice has shown, it is politicians who impose war, without interrupting and controlling the people get rid of us themselves clogging the consciousness in the way of life education and understanding of freedom and movement. Russia helped, was left extreme, Russia is guilty that NATO was at the time of the conflict to hold the war and taking the opportunity to use the war against the people where there is a growing stupid people and not realizing where President Zelensky and near Germany where there is a connection and proximity with Ukraine to forget about the Great Patriotic War but the loss of human lives no one cares and at the moment, Zelensky, Trump and Putin did not negotiate. As for the war in Israel, the politicians made a mistake to favor the president of Israel to protect his people before the elections, the war to maintain genocide that should be concluded . People have forgotten about those times when they traveled around the country, and the authorities lived in their countries and did not organize the war, as now it is necessary to change the power in Ukraine and in general. We are waiting for a provocative war where there is no anger and genocide remained in the blood as under Hitler only under the cover of America and everyone lives abroad who has the opportunity, but you can not forbid people an additional income. Birth of children is made that to correct the dead people in Ukraine in Russia and in the world. America is the same people many of us, and the rich are capitalism where they destroy as in Russia and Ukraine some connection. The development of the country, not imposing evil in Syria, to satisfy life.

[@user-ow1mw9ih7i]

Woware you in Taipei, can we meet together?

[@foodbs]

I love how Sonny literally gets more and more powered up the further into asia he goes

[@jannalyzer3944]

He has a basement full of asians. He sucks Thier souls for nurishment. Production crew included

[@technewseveryweek8332]

Obvious, since the food is getting better

[@metalgearsolidsnake6978]

lololollllllllllSpiderman2Playstation5

[@Darkstar.....]

Asia is one popular girl

[@zes7215]

@@Darkstar..... etc wrg, no such thing as powerx or upx or better fx or not or popux or girlx or etc, doenst matter, talx etc 1uferiox bloat, doesnt matter, man, do, be, outx any nmw and any s perfx

[@DiarrheaMusketeer]

I've flown with EVA from London to Bangkok in economy / coach. It was fairly basic but the staff were lovely and the asian options for food were excellent. Asian food works way better than western on a plane in a pressurised cabin. It actually has flavour! I'd happily fly with them again

[@BenjaminGessel]

There needs to be more high quality Western foods on airplanes…. Duck confit. Shrimp antipasto. Filet mignon. Beef Wellington. Jagerwurst. Swedish meatballs. Risotto. Foie Gras. Ratatouille. Croissants and baguettes. Sauerbraten and Red Cabbage. German potato salad. Ladyfingers. Chocolate mousse. Chocolate eclairs. Creme Puffs.

[@pinkythechihuahua3156]

​@@BenjaminGessel Is there anything you haven't name dropped in that list of foods? Actually when Sonny said his hot dog had a snap, I was reduced to rubber legs barely holding me up. I love my hot dogs to snap back.

[@BenjaminGessel]

@@pinkythechihuahua3156 Dude. How many fancy restaurants/American/European type menus have you seen before???? That’s less than .01% of all the entrees out there from the western world…. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@giuseppelogiurato5718]

I agree with the diarrhea man who shoots old guns... Asian-style dishes are more adaptable and more easily suited to the requirements of airplane food-service than are European-style foods.

[@giuseppelogiurato5718]

If I owned my own airline, I'd serve nothing but tamales and hot chocolate. I'm not even from Mexico, lol!

[@chinaberg]

I have to comment because you made the mistake that many new business travelers make: you went to the lounge the staff told you to go to instead of the lounge you have access to. You could have accessed the Polaris Lounge because Eva Airlines is Star Alliance carrier and you are flying star alliance long haul. The Polaris Lounges are probably the best domestic business class lounge in the USA.

[@Fluuuv]

Is Polaris lounge access complimentary for business class travelers?

[@peetiegonzalez1845]

@@Fluuuv Yes. Any biz class passenger on Star Alliance departing internationally from O'Hare. It's good to take advantage of the best lounges on offer in your partner group, wherever you fly.

[@jasonx4089]

EVA departs from terminal 5 in ORD. Polaris is in terminal 2, which is a seperate terminal which is a ~5min bus/train ride away.

[@zes7215]

wrr

[@blessedbeauty2293]

- Interesting. Good to know!

[@garyb1534]

I have flown EVA from NY to Manila with stopover in Taipei about 20 times in evergreen Deluxe or Business class & never had a problem, every flight was on time or early, the staff was outstanding & food was FAR better than on any US carrier. The lounge in Taipei is great, large with lots of comfortable seating, good variety of drinks, alcoholic & non & decent variety of food. I have made this same trip on Delta & it can not compare, also have made trip on Philippine Airlines, it was better than Delta but far from EVA..

[@rocketsjudoka]

Also surprised that Sonny didn't recognize the wrapped pasta dish is a Cheong Fun. It is very common in many parts of Asia including Vietnam and can come with a variety, or no, fillings.

[@RyanLackey]

Wow, hope you had a great time in PR (I've lived here for 5y). Looking forward to the video. Eva is great -- since CX has gotten so expensive, most of my HK friends fly Eva and connect in Taipei now.

[@lesterjack9122]

As a fan of his show, this is how I would sum up his food preferences in a few words: Sonny is super fond of juicy meat and has a peculiar distaste for fresh cucumber. He must be born that way.

[@pinkythechihuahua3156]

Funny cuz the man will Litterly put anything in his mouth in great big bites, even his FAVORITE food BILE.

[@scholasticbookfair.]

​@@pinkythechihuahua3156ugh I danger even STOMACH the thought of eating bile. No pun intended. Some things you just dont do lol.

[@user-ew4fj3wl3o]

Sometimes I wonder if I'm sitting next to Sonny trying to get some rest and I have to listen to him talk about food the whole time

[@thaniaxo]

When you threw a fit on the airplane, the guy behind you was like...what the? ... LOL So funny. Happy thanksgiving Sunny!

[@iammaxhammer]

*Love the Mark Wiens face at **12:18* 😂

[@johanyou1516]

Respect for Sonnys honesty ❤

[@destroymalefeminists]

for real what other straight man would squirt mayo on a weiner and eat it for millions to see

[@metaforcesaber]

I live in Illinois, and that lounge sums us up in so many ways. Boring decor, boring and stale food, and just overall dreary. At the University of Illinois basketball games, they have these "high end" areas that you can pay and exorbitant price for, and they are exactly like that lounge. In other words, rich people in Illinois have no taste and they don't know better. Because they're from Illinois.

[@LeftyAmigo]

The fact that we get free food & travel videos from Sonny on KZbin is priceless; keeping the knowledge and entertainment alive.. 👏👏👏👏👏

[@NurseVic-sy5nd]

Knowledge.

[@rumbatumblajambomambo6241]

It's not free. You pay with your views....

[@zes7215]

wr

[@metalbob123]

I love when sonny wastes money so we don't have to

[@Redbird1504]

A hot with mayo only is honestly one of the most disturbing things I've seen Sonny eat.

[@tanikokishimoto1604]

Mustard with a dog. No mayo, no ketchup. Chili if available is acceptable, or sauteed onions.

[@randallcurwen8041]

Can’t believe a lounge in Chicago wouldn’t have Chicago-style hot dog fixings (steamed poppyseed bun, neon green relish, mustard, chopped onions and tomatoes, pickle spear, sport peppers and celery salt-NO ketchup).

[@jujunita12345]

omg thought the exact same thing

[@joerunge3915]

The hot dog segment just kept getting funnier and funnier lol

[@pang-ngiavang1956]

Totally agree with Sonny about the food gets better when you get closer to Asia LOL!

[@vilasyang]

Love your natural comments. Good editing on the sandwitch too😂 Keep your brand,Sonny

[@jameshoward8763]

This really could be 2 separate series’. One for airline/airline food review, and the other for airport/airport food (and not just the lounge but, all of the airport food that is unique to that airport/city/country) review.

[@Blingchachink]

The jadedness is creeping slowly into this man’s views

[@erdwinjc]

11:50 Your about to get some fizzpoppers from that Frobscottle! lololool

[@angelkisses5933]

That flight seemed really cosy! I'd happily fly that long if I got served food like that, comfy seat an TV to watch 😂 x

[@Mike_Y.]

No worries brother, once you get to Taipei it will blow your mind. My bucket list destination for street food

[@chuckhuang4359]

Unbelievable! You're back to Taipei again. Looking forward to seeing you. Cheers!

[@jenniferc7353]

Only Sonny can make reviewing sad airport lounge food hilarious and entertaining while still being as quiet and respectful as possible to the other guests!!

[@dawngreene6145]

Love you Sonny❤ your humor 😅😅 Glad you made it safe. But the lounges were pitiful...lol😊

[@benjaminjantzen1398]

Hello Kitty pillow….and that goodie bag! Too funny.

[@legacyturbo8485]

Sonny your charisma is off the charts 😂

[@Kenyel_lugo94]

Thank you for visiting Puerto Rico. I am Puerto Rican and it’s so amazing that people go to our island and experience all the different cultures we have.

[@aerofoca]

I grew up in Mayaguez so looking forward to that video too. I was always hoping Sonny would do a video there!!

[@blessedbeauty2293]

- I'm Puerto Rican, Sicilian, Irish && Italian ❤

[@jesdadotcom]

I havent flown EVA in about 25 years but it's nice to see that the quality and service are still great.

[@mightymight365]

That beat drop build at 12:15 was fire! You gotta pay your editors more Sonnyboy.

[@maestradequimica6489]

I always fly Chi-Taipei-BKK via EVA air. I also purposely book the EVA Hello Kitty Plane.😂

[@ronnie2k685]

man I was hoping you would get on the hello Kitty wrapped Eva airplane. Literally in the plane the utensils were hello Kitty, the blankets, cups, pillows and bathroom decor 😂. It was the best experience I’ve ever had flying from San Francisco to Taipei and then Taipei to Manila.

[@OleFalla]

I just love learning from his simple to understand videos ... I respect this man immensely. 👍👍👍

[@lonelyalaskan7208]

Yeah.

[@WorldsOfAiArt]

The way you deliver these subtle jokes are hilarious!

[@AbeLie]

I'm laughing hard when you say Good for the Italian salami sandwich 🤣

[@Bradimus1]

The bite from that second roll. 😂

[@sipofcola69]

i was at the eva air lounge in taipei a week ago its called garden or something idk and i was really impressed. they had a diy beef noodle station, hagen daaz self serve and some dimsum so it was pretty decent. i was there at night though so im assuming the congee station gets switched out for the beef noodle

[@ithebandon]

With the mayo packet move, I know your my spirit animal 🐐

[@lindavo888]

Getting g a bit spoilt there Sonny!😂 it’s hilarious though. Especially the Hello Kitty blanket part! 😅

[@relaxinparadiseUSA]

Please more of these flight food reviews. 🎉🎉🎉

[@narrowpath9491]

Sonny is getting a little spoiled, i am used to sitting hours and hours on a hard bench at airports. Are there lounges everywhere? I am baffled

[@Freddy99871]

Yes, but obviously poor people such as yourself wouldn’t know

[@cannibalronny7314]

Excess money makes u feel privileged

[@adnanomer9089]

​@@cannibalronny7314if he's paying 5 thousands he has the right to 😂

[@adnanomer9089]

@@AngelDollGypsy if he's bored then he should.. But what gave you the impression that he is?

[@ktlivingherway516]

Sonny is turning Bougie now that he's Rich. 😂

[@lexlethalxx]

Putting mayonnaise on a hotdog is questionable. Putting ONLY mayonnaise on a hotdog is insane.

[@dawnbanerdt-adams8356]

Yeah, I thought it was just me. I've never seen anyone ever put mayonnaise on a hot dog. I thought I was gonna puke.

[@meows_and_woof]

You didn’t waste that money, you sat in comfort and had some privacy not to mention chef prepared food and unlimited good quality drinks

[@herzogsbuick]

Those Swissport Lounge sandwiches said "Bri Inc" on the labels. So I looked up Bri Inc, who operate in Missouri, Kentucky and yes -- Illinois where O'Hare is: "BRI specializes in the application and service of fluid pumping and treatment equipment and serves as a regional distributor of rotating equipment."

[@jacquibradley1598]

Isn't it lovely watching Sonny, great and not-so-great food, with all the laughs along the way? Smashing. 👍👍👍👍

[@uhhhwhat918]

Hey Sonny! At Chicago O'hare, you could've travelled to the B/C Gates and head to the United Polaris Lounge (as you have EVA Royal Laurel Class ticket), but overall, great video! Happy to see you back in Vietnam.

[@khalidcarrillo1132]

not worth going through Chicago TSA twice though! T5 seriously lacks in lounge offerings even before Airfrance lounge closed.

[@VirgilKevinReed]

Thanks Sonny! Watching your awesome travels (so I don't have too!) is immensely pleasing. :) I've been to Russia with a stop in London once, but my palette just isn't daring like yours and Mr. Zimmerns. Russian food didn't speak to me. British food, it's a smorgasbord of side street nationalities. I enjoyed British Airlines way more than any American one. Even the Russian airlines, Aeroflot maybe, was pleasant. One of the steward's on the Russian liner looked just like Topher Grace and every time he spoke to me in Russian, it was surreal. 24 hours of flight from Dallas to my destination was interesting exactly 1 time. Love your channel!✈

[@jonroca]

Hey Sonny, not even sure if you are going to read this comment but me (German) and my wife (Taiwanese) would love to see you making a food tour through Taiwan! It’s a beautiful island with incredible food! I know you have been in Taipei several years ago but you barely scratched the tip of the iceberg of the food piramide😁 Nevertheless keep doing the work you do! We enjoy it anyways! Many regards from Germany!

[@Chante_jacksonn]

Würde ihn sooo gerne endlich mal in Deutschland sehen😂!

[@jonroca]

Das würde ich auch abfeiern 😂

[@Jessica-vv2oh]

how does your wife not lose it laughing while filming these 😭

[@rocketsjudoka]

I 've flown EVA a few times including just two months ago from San Francisco to Hong Kong through Taipei. Didn't get the business class treatment as was stuck in coach. I will take the coach EVA treatment over US carriers anyday as the food is much better even there. When I flew EVA back in the 90's when you would go to Taipei they wouldn't let out in the concourse during transit but keep you in a transit lounge similar to the one in Chicago in this visit. Main thing I remember about that was the food was probably worse than what Sonny got in Chicago and they kept the AC going at freezing temperatures.

[@grantbradshaw7907]

The best food review podcast by far and always entertaining

[@JamesBond7E]

It’s always fun to watch his episodes 100% thrilling

[@pl7868]

Thank You for the Video and suffering through all that food and to top it off such a long flight with all those connections :)

[@kanenstuff]

I love to fly business class with Emirates on the A380 the stand up bar and service is amazing. My favorite longe is Dubai's business class B lounge it's huge has what ever you want and for me the smoking lounge it's open and huge, a nice way to relax between flights.

[@j.d.4697]

Making food taste good on a high altitude flight is like making food taste insane on the ground, cause at high altitudes the taste buds don't work properly on high altitude flights.

[@aguythatworkstoomuch4624]

Prawn is the fancy way of saying shrimp

[@stevemallorie1481]

Mayonnaise on a hot dog? You are fired dude

[@dianereeves8632]

Love your videos! I recently flew Swiss Air business class from Boston to Zurich. The lounge food was so awful we went and ate at one of the places near the gates. Same returning Swiss lounge was almost as bad. Pre covid it was so much better. I ate at Guy Fieri in NYC it was awful! chain food

[@genslug]

I too am a fan of mayo on a regular hot dog. great vid again.

[@mvp2628]

I’ve done this flight several times. You are spot on with your review. Next time check out some of the other lounges in Taipei as they have better food options.

[@JMPschool1]

Why have I never heard of Mayo on a hot dog lol. It's almost like a warm bologna sandwich 🤣

[@simonmoine]

Sonny is so cool and funny, I love every review he does !!

[@jeffsomer]

6:34 I'll take Chilean Sea Bass EVERY TIME

[@jc-tu6pg]

the airline reviews might be my fave

[@kxrosie]

9:32 is everything lmfao

[@brokenglish]

The content and editing, TOP TIER!

[@marieneu264]

10:00 I feel like they should have had the hot dogs at the Chicago lounge lol

[@rolux4853]

Before the pandemic I flew a lot around the world for my company, business class fortunately. The very best airplane food and the very best lounges where always the Asian ones! Ma favorite lounges on this planet are in Beijing China and Incheon/Seoul South Korea! The nicest flight I had was with a smaller Chinese airline called Hainan Airlines. It was a 10 hour direct flight to Beijing in a small airbus a330. The special thing about that plane was that it’s a pure business class jet. No eco seats on that flight. Because of that the personal as extra good and food perfect since they could use the whole storage for premium stuff. It was better than my business class experiences with Emirates and Lufthansa. Also the flight was only 1500 bucks, which is insanely cheap! My 11 hour Lufthansa flight to Incheon/seoul with Lufthansa was over 5000 and was worse!

[@markwitte303]

will you be home for the holidays? The 43rd Hmong new year was November 25-26 at Saint Paul River center 2023. It gets as many as 40,000 visitors from all over. It might be a fun episode best ever food review show next year. Maybe a special hour long with other guest food reviewers that you have worked with.

[@asrajaweed9669]

Ur comments n review about that airport lounge was hilarious 🤣

[@brians2733]

Lounges in the US are generally depressing. Even the ‘exclusive’ lounges like Centurion lounges are probably underperforming almost every international lounge.

[@chenezy]

You guys got me there with "guest appearance" of Owen with his signature "Wooooowww"

[@odadiablo]

keep it coming , love your content!

[@extremefishingfl]

I'm so thrilled you went to Puerto Rico can't wait to see that episode.

[@Charliesparks-mg7tt]

Years ago my wife and I flew EVA from San Francisco to Bangkok (transiting Taipei). We had business class seats and food for a lot less than other airlines. It was a great experience.

[@dimitrijordens7998]

Same pods than on Sri Lankan flight I once did. Had the same feeling, that it felt 90's like 😀

[@zorayaguzman6391]

Tienes que venir a Puerto Rico y probar nuestra comida!!!

[@davidzhang218]

Bro! I just flew on that airline back in February of this year for the lunar new years.....the flight was long but the staff/service were all around great

[@ivonne550]

Love watching all this video and happy you got to go puerto rico my lil island with alot of food every were specifically the lechon explosion of good food flavors recommend

[@Jane-xw9xx]

Sonny, have you ever thought about doing a confab video with a couple of survivalist KZbinrs? I would ove to see you with the wooded beardsman , and Fowlers mischief and makery... You 3 are all in my top 5 favorite content experts

[@BellaBlkBerry]

Looking forward to the PR episodes! You're catching up to your buddy Mark on travels. You two are _the_ vloggers now. And all hotdog buns should open from the top. Side splits always fall apart 😂. Mayo all day. With horseradish. Nom.

[@VickyBhardwajvlogs]

He never fails to give us quality content ❤

[@TamaraInTanzania2]

Lmaoooo the dollar store of lounges😂😂😂

[@Vinod86876]

Im glad that swissport lounge is so sad compared to my life.. 😂

[@patriciafuchs5970]

Last bit looked great!!

[@theboz1419]

We always fly EVA from Sea to Malaysia and never have any problems with EVA

[@user-sn1xk7ed3s]

As a long haul airline pilot I can tell you the issue with your meal from USA to Asia, airlines are restricted to a few companies that provide the catering for the aircraft on the said sector, airlines can only offer requests on how the meal is made, yet the catering companies apply their own restrictions and recipes. American is notoriously bad for the meals it provides. This is by no measure the fault of EVA…

[@quokkakola1722]

Recently flew from BOM-CDG and the first meal served (“snack”?) was a 1/2 teaspoon of potato salad, a cold vanilla cupcake adjacent pastry sans frosting, a cold roll (no butter, nothing, just roll) and a mango yogurt. I’m pretty sure someone’s picky toddler chose the menu. This was for premium economy / business, who knows what the folks on the other side of the curtain were served. 😂

[@cilirhammersteel5515]

Almost sounded like he pulled his teeth out with that salami sandwich LOL.

[@markwitte303]

Living in Minnesota I do love to visit the big city of Chicago. I ride the Amtrak from Union Depot in Saint Paul. Also Chicago has a Xmas market german style.

[@maestradequimica6489]

The Cristkindel market opened on 11/17! There are now three locations..downtown Chicago, north side Chicago and the western suburbs!

[@andreewhangz1105]

"Meat, cheese, sadness, sorrow and despair"😂😂😂

[@sarayoung5281]

I like a matching Hello Kitty blanket too 😅😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@g3rrypaton]

The women at @2.40 looked well chuffed @3.35 she looked in despair 😂the further the flight went on the food looked amazing

[@TheJakobdouglas]

I get looked at super weird for wanting Mayo only on my hotdog! Thank you for making me feel not so alone 😂

[@ktlivingherway516]

😥😢😭. Deepest Sympathy for your tragedy and loss. 🙏

[@drewishaf]

I can't imagine being in a plane for over 10 hours, especially with my youngest son. Even though he's 9, he's also severely mentally disabled and is basically a 4-1/2 foot tall toddler. The last time my wife and I took the kids on a plane, our older boy was about 3 or 4 and the youngest was actually a toddler. They both did really well, but we had to sit in the terminal for like 3 hours and just swapped in and out babysitting while the other went to the bar. We were pretty buzzed by the time we got on the plane and made it into a big, drunken game. When we got on the plane, we realized our seats were NOT all together but managed to get my wife sitting with the boys while I traded seats with a stranger to be in the aisle about 3 rows away. The stranger that I swapped seats with got a handful of free booze from me, and we both cracked each other up during the flight because I kept running over to help my wife out. He was literally on the flight to go visit his disabled uncle who was on his last few days, so we bonded over the shared experiences. I also bought him basically one of every mixed cocktail drink that they'd serve us on the plane and noticed that everyone around us was waiting to see what drink looked good so that they could order one. It was wild. People in coach on 4-5 hour flights get DOWN, son. By the time we were descending, people within our 3 rows were high fiving and racing to the bathroom, including a couple on their mid 80s that was unable to stop cracking up the whole time. I figured that I shouldn't get on too many planes again because nothing is really going to top that experience. My dad picked us all up from the airport and was dumbfounded at the fact that I was hugging people at the baggage claim while my wife just laughed about it all. Then he realized I was pretty much HIM in his 20s since I was pretty smashed and making friends everywhere I went lmao

[@n00bspanker]

Great parenting man

[@MikeK2100]

You got one good meal in! And a lot of stories about food.

[@user-qb1di9rh5t]

LOL YOU COULD TELL HE WAS A LITTLE BUZZED EATING THAT BEEF DISH