Pro Chef Reacts... To Uncle Roger Reviews Nat's Egg Fried Rice!

Did Nats What I Reckon make a better Egg Fried Rice than Jamie?
Let's see what Uncle Roger has to say!
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[@ChefJamesMakinson]

*Be sure to Subscribe and check out Jamie's Egg Fried Rice!* kzbin.info/www/bejne/imLEh5-laN1maKs

[@nicoskefalas]

We’re here for all the vids James! 😂

[@DrFrankLondon]

Not sure if I can go through that torture again, mate... That was a rough one to watch... 🤣🤣🤣🥵🥵

[@buttholasaurus99]

At one time in my life, I was so poor I ate white rice and bags of taters ( obviously not all the potatoes at once😂) for 6 weeks, truth

[@wasgreg]

Always look forward to your next vid. Have a few friends that are going to spend two weeks in Spain ( mostly Barcelona) and leaving soon. Any advice of a must see place or two that you'd take your friends that most tourists never see?

[@nikoniko1259]

In Indonesia, if you haven't eaten rice, you haven't eaten. sorry if my english bad im still learning

[@werebilbyj4449]

This is how Aussies are man. We don't take ourselves too seriously and yes, we do swear a lot. Nat is a national treasure. He came to power during covid and has helped to get young Aussies to home cook.

[@mr.morris2907]

In Nat's defense, he actually did tone down on the F Bombs. ...That was literally the most family friendly YT video I've seen to date from that place 🤣

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

really?? hahaha 😂

[@mr.morris2907]

@@ChefJamesMakinson in the Military, we used the F bomb as a noun. .....Aussies use it as a vowel 😂

[@PunkrockNoir-ss2pq]

Seems like he's trying to attract children by acting "cool"

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

@@mr.morris2907 in the kitchen too haha

[@dobiebloke9311]

@@mr.morris2907- At sea, we use it as both adverb, and adjective, along with the rest, as stated. As to the Aussies, I abso-fucking-lutely get your point, but sailors use it as punctuation, as well. End stop? Fuck.

[@Smoshy16]

Nate actually made cooking really accessible for me and by that I mean he made it simple and who cares if you get things a bit wrong. Nothing needs to be exact. That was a game changer.

[@eleanorcooke7136]

That's what's great about cooking. It doesn't matter what you do wrong or non authentically, as long as the food you like is on the plate.

[@kmr3614]

Nat IS THE BOMB…he is literally a legend in Australia…he taught so many people how to cook good Nutri ious meals during the 🥕years (2020-2022)….he is most beloved in Australia!!

[@nathanstolz4650]

As an Australian I don't even notice the swearing. Nats what I reckon is a good cook though, he often shows how easy it is to make things at home fresh and better then store bought things.

[@duggz4209]

best thing is he not even a chef he just loves cooking and learnt heaps from his dad who was a chef

[@Max_Sinister_26]

Nat is not only an entertaining cook, he's a great guy. He's very positive and always liftimg his fans up 💜

[@eldritchtoast]

I love Nats cooking. He tries to make it accessible to everyday people, and I adore his language.

[@gyg8853]

Chinese Aussie here - this is my version! Finely chopped carrot, onion, shiitake mushrooms, peas - sauté Day old rice, vegetable oil, cook/toss eggs in next (lightly scramble on the side of wok with rice still in wok then mix in. Add oyster sauce and toss. Add veggies back in and toss. That’s it. And yes, Aussies swear a lot 🤣

[@Mowgi]

There's nothing that really puts things into perspective as an Australian, than talking to American mates. They make me realise how much I do actually swear 😅

[@wacsnie]

Nat is unironically one of the most entertaining youtube cooking channels out there

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

he is entertaining! haha

[@galwaygirl5600]

I’m living for Uncle Roger’s MSG origin story and Chef James’ straight-faced reaction. Chef James, PLEASE make a collab with Uncle Roger happen ASAP. 😊

[@interpolagent9]

Nat is a legend. He has some very good recipes, and he knows his way around a kitchen. He didn't swear much in this video, compared with his other videos. I finally bought a rice cooker, because it was 50% off.😂

[@ltmatthewakj2466]

As Asian (Indonesian), I recommend you guys buy rice cooker. It multipurpose. You can cook instant noodles, soup, pasta, some dessert even spaghetti using rice cooker and it still taste good. If you don't believe me, watch Uncle Roger review on chef using rice cooker to cook other stuff 😂

[@interpolagent9]

I just bought a rice cooker today! I eat rice more often, so I could justify it.

[@divyanshujaiswal9358]

Indian knows well 🧘🧑‍🔬

[@raisedfromperdition2x919]

You can also steam veggies in some models. Even though vegetables taste like sad, they are important for health!

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

really?? cool! haha

[@ltmatthewakj2466]

​@@ChefJamesMakinsonyeah chef. Most asian college students or worker overseas, at least in Indonesia, use rice cooker to cook anything, especially when they almost run out of money before monthly money transfer from parents or salary payment from company and it still delicious 😅😂 Here's the video chef, you might to review this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZ29h5qJe9JlfNEsi=B3SGB6l0Z2kBs5bc

[@qugart.]

So it took Nigel quite a long time to notice Nat. BTW Nat is a mental health advocate (and comedian and musiscian and social communicator). He makes great cooking videos. He's not the best chef, but he knows what he's doing.

[@gerdsfargen6687]

Sounds about right for a leftie.

[@barrydevonshire9749]

A rice cooker is the no. 1 kitchen appliance for me. Perfect cooking every time !

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

😉

[@UncleRimo]

Perfect cooking method: washed rice into pot, finger method for water, max heat until foam comes out through the lid, then lowest heat and 15min. Ezpz x)

[@llvn11]

I just cook rice like pasta

[@bencrepaux1565]

I love Nat he's hilarious, and would love to see you do more reactions of his videos. I actually got really excited for this one cause I saw 3 of my favorite KZbin cooks in one video lol.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

I'll check it out!

[@markg5552]

Nat’s carbonara video is worth a watch, although he does use bacon. his target audience is people who would otherwise not cook, so he makes the recipes very simple, but they are all solid.

[@ewankidner3466]

The most impressive thing about Australian cooking, is that everything stays in the pan and doesn’t fall out, despite everything being upside down.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

😂

[@helenahandkart1857]

I dunno how we do it, honestly!

[@user-ms2zh9bf4h]

Hope you are doing well James! It's always fun to watch reactions from uncle Roger with your commentary. 😊

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Thanks, you too!

[@itskmillz]

Only getting a few corrections by Uncle Roger must mean that's some damn good cooking! Well done Aussie bro

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

😉

[@moonstarry6214]

Having Aussie friends, Nat didn’t use nearly the amount of f-bombs he’s capable of. However, I would actually sit down and eat his fried rice. Nigella and Jamie seem to have little to no idea what Asian cuisine is supposed to taste, smell, include and look like. From the ‘husky hit of miso’ to the ‘chili jam’, it appears neither of these British chefs have a clue what they’re doing.

[@thembill8246]

As far as Western sensibilities go, we should just be glad he wasn't throwing around c-bombs like Jim Jefferies.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

😂

[@SuperSpecies]

​@@thembill8246not Australian sensibilities

[@thembill8246]

@@SuperSpecies You're absolutely right. And I watch a lot of British and Australian content, so I'm both a little bit desensitized to it, and also I don't have any problem with people using epithets as long as they're not used to hurt people

[@keithdavies6771]

I built a huge kitchen island, and my stove is in it. It's absolutely covered, chef mike, air fryer, spice rack, knife block full of knives I don't like but they were a gift, blender, crockpot, sometimes a waffle iron and an ice cream maker, often tomato starters or herb plants, the scoops to feed the chickens, along with everything random they decide to put on a flat surface. I don't like clutter, but I'm not great at managing it, either. If it were just me, I could figure it out now and then, but with all of the variables, it's too much. Another counter is about 16 ft. Giant flour jars, baking books, a popcorn maker, cereal boxes, bulk bags of PG Tips, food processor, more tins of tea.... then another with a toaster oven, giant jars of sugar. a spice cabinet. Then a separate counter for the kettle, a pot to hold the tea hot, a coffee maker, more tea, a jewelry box I made is there for some reason, bags of coffee, but the grinder is on the counter beside the flour way over there....Chaos, and it's all opposite side of the house for all my BBQ stuff. So I do get my steps in to make up for brisket and pulled pork. 2 more counters with sinks with clean dishes piled on both sides of them, and a zip lock bag hanger/dryer thing. I'm making this post for therapy

[@mikey_atman]

Uncle Roger's MSG story is true. I was there on the street when he was lying in the gutter, and a guy sprinkled it on him. He jumped up, ran into a store, then came out wearing the orange shirt. Really. 😎

[@philippacrowe8499]

I reckon Nate is great entertainment, good cook and makes cooking cool, simple, healthy and easy to follow for any-one starting out (without a huge ego to!!)

[@DrFrankLondon]

@Chef James this video is hilarious!! 😂😂 The Aussie chef is in fact a good chef..

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Thank you!

[@Hassimal]

Nat is one of my favorites. He has cookbooks too. Totally worth it. Australian cooking is better.

[@Enthusiastic-Trainspotter-BNE]

I never thought you would review this video, and it made me so happy!!!🎉🎉 I definitely would eat this one over any other British one, not just because I also am Australian, but because this looks far more appetizing to me. Also, the subtitles 🤣🤣

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

I'm so glad! 🤣

[@Enthusiastic-Trainspotter-BNE]

@@ChefJamesMakinson 🤣🤣🤣

[@aarondavidson6409]

Thanks for covering a Nats video! He's an absolute legend who helps people make healthy alternatives to processed food :) Also does a pretty wicked Ted Talk if you are interested.

[@aarondavidson6409]

He does has a foul mouth though... not for everyone

[@CorvusCorone68]

@@aarondavidson6409 i mean... he's an Aussie... clean-mouthed Aussies are rarer than long-haired Buddhist monks

[@ChantalsBackPain]

​@@aarondavidson6409 I find it amazing that the land of the free 😂😂😂 USA doesn't allow swearing on TV . So much for freedom of speech. We Aussie's take for granted the ability to swear ,at a politician or a cop or with mate's and not be shot 😂😂

[@YoutubeluvsGroomers]

I wanna jump in on rice cooker debate here. Finally bought 1 last month because of Uncle Roger. And It is hands down my favorite thing I have in the kitchen. Rice is so damn finicky and it can screw up a hectic home cooking meal real fast. Nothing worse than everything coming out great and you screwed up Rice

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

good to hear! :)

[@Revelwoodie]

Yeah...but not only can you make nothing but rice in it, you can make nothing but one specific kind of rice. No pilaf, no risotto, just...plain cooked rice. Which I pretty much never eat. Unless you need leftover cooked white rice for something like rice pudding or egg fried rice (so like 3 or 4 times a year for me), it's taking up space in my kitchen I'm not willing to spare. I'd be dusting a rice cooker more often than I'd be using it, lol.

[@dwarfy2k264]

@@Revelwoodie thats just wrong, rice cookers are multiuse even the cheap as ones.

[@Revelwoodie]

@@dwarfy2k264 What other uses?

[@notanotherenigma7759]

I bought a microwave rice cooker. 1 part rice to 1.5 parts water for 11 minutes, and perfect rice everytime. Oh, Nat doesn't like microwave ovens. We call food 'tucker' in Australia, Nat calls the microwave the Tucker F&cker....lol

[@Mr_Mooo]

James, you need to go look through more of Nat's content, its all bloody brilliant!

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

I can! :)

[@philharnett2884]

That is literally exactly how all of us Aussies talk. Swearing is part of our everyday, every sentence vocabulary. I don't swear like that in front of my kids, but at work or with my mates or siblings. You don't even notice it.

[@ludgerkres.1437]

When you brought up the sticker, I definitely missed it when watching this. But for real, I do agree with everything. Always a fun and educational watch. Keep it up James!

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Thank you!!

[@TheFoodExperience]

I remember when Uncle Roger made this video. It's one of my favorite ones for some reason. Even though it's not the best fried rice Nat sure is entertaining. F-bombs and all. Great reaction video Chef James! Also like how you pointed out the mold at the sink. Hopefully Nat got that fixed.

[@Ca55per]

9:13 he says that he's lived in the new place for almost 3 months. You can also tell from the position of the camera that his sink is now on an island and not the same as the old moldy one.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

😉

[@waitingforapril]

I’m shocked because I’m Korean and my 74-y.o. mom has always made fried rice in a saucepan with sesame oil. (I don’t think most people in Korea know about woks, and we don’t have peanut oil?) maybe we do Asian wrong 😂 but kimchi fried rice tastes great with sesame oil and butter (that’s all umami, without msg 😅)

[@jayebradley8849]

Would love to see you react to more of Nats video's. He's an entertainer first and foremost with a heart of gold. I just found him (Im an Aussie too) and i cant get enough of his content. His cooking is comfort food 101

[@laidbacksage2574]

Ive been a homecook for about 15 years now but i respect chefs like you keep up the good work chef

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

I appreciate that!

[@benjaminbouyant2675]

The rice cooker isn't a single use appliance, the one we have at home we use for making curries sometimes, and even for steaming stuff!

[@kellys-sx7gf]

Chef James and Uncle Roger - a match made in heaven! 😁😆

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

😂

[@bigglesharrumpher4139]

Very funny from both Nat and Uncle Roger. I enjoyed James amused response, too.

[@zaphodbeeblebrox8184]

Hi, another great response video :) Thanks to you, I start following so many great guys, like Uncle R., Vincenzo and now this aussie :) Good job, thank you :)

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

good to know! :)

[@Hawky2947]

"If cockroaches live there, you know their food is edible." - Uncle Roger lol Thanks for another great reaction video.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

haha 😂 I need to put that on a shirt! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Enthusiastic-Trainspotter-BNE]

​@@ChefJamesMakinsonplease do

[@kimlend7680]

If you're sick of single purpose toaster just like Uncle Roger, then i welcome you with the greatest Turkish invention. The word of toast, we use it for grilled cheese or almost any kind of pressed/grilled sandwich. So we have a thing called "toast machine" which is an electric grill or press basically. If you have two slices of bread and preferably some cheese then you'll have a "toast" as we say or grilled cheese for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or at any time. This is the greatest multi-purpose tool ever :)

[@Short-mistress]

Your thing makes me think of a panini press when we got ours we used it for like fifty percent of our meals. We still love it but we air fry a lot now.

[@kimlend7680]

@@Short-mistress Oh yeah, thank you! I completely forgot about the panini press machines. It is basically the same thing and works with electric only. There are such models with different pre heated programs for different things to cook on our toasters too. But mostly we use it for making "toast" as i described and sometimes for reheating stuff with baking paper. Well it is basically a grill so i guess you could make almost everything with it if you're willing to clean it afterwards :)

[@GuruPrasad-bv7of]

Fuiyoooooo for Australian nephew.... awesome content, keep rocking chef... 🎉

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Thank you! Will do!

[@osier769]

Hadn't come across Nat's channel before, cheers for that, will go drop him a sub. Was just about to get rid of my rice cooker, despite being an Aussie, a good portion of what I cook are Asian dishes (mostly korean, chinese) and I barely use the bloody thing, now I'm on the fence about tossing it out, thanks. 😏

[@bdavis7801]

I just wanted to add that there is a lot of regional differences within the same country too with what folks will use. In the US if you go into the interior like WY they use way more peanut oil in things I hadn't seen on the West Coast. Most Mexican food is ok but depending on where they are from the fresh salsa and enchilada sauce may have peanuts. Mole sauce should be avoided always because even if it usually doesn't have peanuts people will reconstitute mole concentrate with peanut butter. Your local friends may not know or think to mention it. Always ask the server to make sure. Don't take a risk in a new area without any meds on hand. Got told a cookie was something else then realized it was peanut in MO. The person felt bad because they thought a different cookie had been set out. I caught it quickly and spat it out but still reacted to it. Then I had to get benadryl as they had none. Always have your meds and epipen.

[@stewieDM]

Although Nat's had his channel since 2006 he only started the cooking videos when his 2020 comedy tour was cancelled due to covid. While shopping he noticed that although the supermarkets had lots of fresh produce in stock, they were all low on packet mixes and jar sauces so he decided to make his cooking episodes about cooking from fresh, hence the destroying of the packet of stir-fried rice at the beginning which is a running theme.

[@brini2439]

Thanks James! Greetings from the rainy Upper Palatinate 😊

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

My pleasure!

[@AlysiasArtStudio]

I watched him y year or two ago and always laughed 😂 Love your videos Chef!

[@jmoney6900]

The reason why food is better in Australia then most places is their ingredients, their proteins like beef and fish for example.

[@jlaw131985]

Japanese culture around tattoos is certainly complicated, but generally I think it is looked down upon most because if people see you have tattoos they assume you are yakuza. (Or comparable member of an organized crime group, if you are a foreigner)

[@JontyBlue67]

Love beans on toast. I always drop a knob of butter in the beans towards the end...yum!

[@guillaumejeremia8779]

In the family we used to have peanut oil at home as a base oil for cooking but it's not available anymore. It was replaced by sunflower seed oil.

[@UncleDansVintageVinyl]

Thanks as always, Uncle James! Uncle Roger should really do a video with you. Your calm, thoughtful, knowledgeable explanations pair well with his hilarity.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Maybe one day! I would love it!

[@Cubesy73]

Nat is a legend, swears a bit though. His end of days bolognese at the start of the pandemic was the video that really took him to prominence. I enjoy his humour and message that anyone can cook and not rely on processed food hence his motto "#$%^ jar sauce"

[@patriciamedaris8552]

As someone who had worked in kitchens for 20 years, and a GenX, I'm loving the way the Aussie does his thing lmao. It's like the old school days in the kitchen❤😂

[@Kuchiki3]

Beans on toast for dinner is awesome 😁 Filling, quick, and easy!

[@MrGeneralScar]

Nat's videos on cooking are awesome. Probably not as authentic recipe wise, but he's no professional chef either. He just puts it together into a funny video, the way he has waged an all out war on packet food and jar sauce is just hilarious.

[@joannasunday]

That was cool to see your dad! Fun video Chef James, and informative as always. BTW i love that beautiful bowl on the shelf behind you. My family is Italian and we always had bowls like that for our family pasta dishes.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@slebetman]

More reactions of Nat please. He is hilarious!

[@YoutubeluvsGroomers]

As a Former Culinary arts Graduate and current Truck Driver. I enjoy your videos.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@ksaunders4362]

Yeah, swearing is pretty much par for the course here in Australia. You either accept it or you get inured to it. Nat isn't even that bad. I live in a country town and some of the swearing I hear on a regular basis would make a sailor blush. I would definitely eat Nat's fried rice over Jamie's.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

😉

[@marygold2053]

The amateur chef made tasty food. I love the video. Thanks James.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@thegastrotraveler]

Now someone needs to react to this reaction of a reaction of a bloke cooking. Keep going deeper.

[@nsn5564]

In India we cook rice in a pressure cooker. We also have a rice cooker, and my mother used to use it for several years. But I just use the pressure cooker. When I was in the US, I just used a plain open pot.

[@Kyduk]

Japan still has a stigma towards tattoos because they associate them heavily with yakuza and criminals in general.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

really? good to know!

[@HoshikoStarz]

Till these days, Japanese stores still refrain people with tattoos

[@samanthamcgahan2066]

Beans on toast is my go to meal ... sometimes it's just the beans!! 😊

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

😉

[@arikauraniemi9383]

In Finland we just warm up a porridge pie and spread some eggbutter on it. Simple and delicious

[@samanthamcgahan2066]

That does sound rather delicious but beans are my happy place - hot, cold, straight out of the can, with an egg, or with cheese, or with anything you can imagine ... beans are the ultimate go to!! ❤️

[@riceythemasshole9153]

Chef James and Uncle Roger are a perfect mix! Love these, thanks for sharing! The rice looked very good. I need to try and make my own one of these days.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Thanks so much! :)

[@grigeroz]

😂😂😂🎉! Did you notice there was a knuckle tattoo of jamies favorite word! Yeah😂😂😂🎉

[@christinelawrie3476]

The packet rice Nat destroyed at the start is Continental brand "Oriental Fried Rice," cooks in 10 minutes with water and butter added. It has freeze dried vegetables in it, and tastes very weird.

[@HoshikoStarz]

😂😂😂 omg Jamie's package rice

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

😂

[@HoshikoStarz]

Man... I'm not walking that aisle ever again.

[@HeronCoyote1234]

I use my rice cooker for more than just rice. Other grains, hard boiled eggs, steaming veggies. I don’t have a toaster. I make toast in a dry skillet.

[@LAMAxFACE]

lol was literally talking to my son about that chilli jam vid just a minute ago LOL!!

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

🤣

[@chilliinsanity6898]

I don't understand why still so many people don't understand the difference between "Egg fried rice" and "Fried rice". Egg fried rice is a specific dish. Fried rice is whatever you want it to be.

[@WhoStoleMyAlias]

Exactly. And the most amazing part in fact is even that they are constantly about that the rice needs to be a day old (it doesn't - it just needs to be complete cooled down and preferably refrigerated for at least an hour) and then everything else is apparently supposed to be fresh. Myself I'll add practically any leftover that I stored in the fridge to my nasi goreng and for fresh ingredients I use whatever is in season. Admittedly this has not always turned into a success, strong flavoured veggies such as fennel and (root) celery make it somewhat weird and purple carrot gives it a kind of Halloween appearance.

[@TheDegan79]

The idea of day old rice is, by storing it in the fridge, you remove all the moisture out of it and stops it from going "gluggy".

[@taylerjensen7272]

In the Midwest every now and then we’d have cream corn on toast for a quick supper if it was late

[@Recluse336]

I own a rice cooker, and yet still find myself cooking rice most often in a small Staub dutch oven. Especially when cooking rice in styles where you need to toast the rice first it is simpler. The heavy cast iron dutch oven does a fantastic job of cooking the rice. Add rice and liquid, get to boil, put lid on the dutch oven, reduce the heat to super low, 25 minutes, turn off the heat and let it finish with about 10 minutes of steaming in the residual heat before lifting the lid. Thats more or less how I was taught by a Chinese woman who was trained as a chef in Japan and later moved to the US, where I met her.

[@lyrebird3102]

I love Nat! He's like super Australian and has a bunch of other great videos. In one he talks about not buying a particular herb because it's like a weed and found everywhere. Lol. Love your videos!

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Thank you so much!

[@frightbat208]

That was rosemary. Most people have a rosemary bush and many council gardens do too. Just pick a bit off when you see a bush and take it home 👍🏻

[@fetomy]

love on Nat’s ingredients the “Coriander/Soap tasting poison” 😂😂

[@IrishBrotato]

I also cut the tip of my finger off while cutting potatoes and to this day when ever something touches directly to the wound it stings bad

[@TrohnJavolta]

can't miss with these two

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

😉

[@Maplecook]

Here supporting (even though I'm officially off of YT for a while)! Hugs, brother! =)

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

You're the best! :)

[@CliffordKintanar]

On sesame oil, I heard that there are actually different sesame oils for frying and for finishing. The finishing oil is more aromatic and flavorful, while the cooking sesame oil is lighter, and more neutral

[@christinelawrie3476]

Virgin sesame oil is the lighter one used for frying. It's much more subtle but has a delicate sesame flavour. It's made by pressing the oil out of raw sesame seeds. The finishing one is made by pressing the oil out of roasted seeds - this concentrates the flavour. The virgin sesame oil is used a lot in Middle Eastern and Indian (west Asian) cooking, but very rare in east Asian cooking.

[@alpham777]

Yeah the rice cooker is one appliance I had no problem adopting lol. If you get the 3- 400 $ Asian branded ones it really takes every bit of guess work out of it as well as being super easy to clean and maintain. A lot of small kitchen appliances cause more trouble or cleaning up after than they are worth, for me the rice cooker, Kitchen Aid mixer and a medium to large food processor are the trinity that any home cook should consider buying anything else is just specialized or fluff.

[@2adamast]

It's hard to imagine where 300$ is needed for cooking rice, besides status

[@tom3829]

Great video Chef!

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Thanks 👍

[@PMsouichi]

Nice video and such a great explanation

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Glad it was helpful!

[@breadtoast1036]

swearing is just the aussie dialect ive heard super professionals just drop the f bomb as if it was just another word and whats great is they swear with such class

[@Scruffed]

I have a rice cooker that I use exclusively to steam vegetables, because I rarely make white rice. Most of my rice dishes require the rice to be cooked together with something else and for a long time.

[@ryuichiro.sakuraba]

Hm. Just a quick one for stovetop rice cooking - rice to water ratio may vary depending on the type of rice, but scaling the recipe up with that 1.5 cups of water per 1 cup of rice may be too soggy and may reach porridge territory if it was 3 cups or more (highly likely - have effed up a large batch of rice for lunch rush that way when I was starting in our family restaurant). For the longest time, we use the finger knuckle technique to measure the amount of water needed to cook rice and it always turned out great, except for the times when we went for a different type of rice or changed pots (e.g. larger or smaller) when we have to trial and error the right "knuckle" level for water. Turns out it will almost always take the same amount of water for evaporation no matter how much rice you cook, assuming you use the same pot and said pot is a uniform cylinder shape, which makes the knuckle method kinda working like an oil/dipstick to allow enough water for evaporation without sogging up the rice. And since the pot is cylindrical, the knuckle water level will almost always the same volume when measured. Seen this being tested on Still works to this day, and even at the restaurant when we use the big arse rice cooker (which isn't fuzzy logic or the smart Zojirushi), we still use the same technique, albeit with a wooden spoon nicked with a knife at the right water level. XD

[@angfast5647]

I have watched two of your videos and have not seen you cook anything. Nats is pretty fun to watch, and his girlfriends laugh is also good. They have fun cooking.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

I have been making cooking videos

[@magusmelanie828]

Love your channel Frank!

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

😂 Thank you!

[@decorumlopez9147]

The F bombs are integral part of the Ozzy egg scent.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

🤣

[@chaoticjam9388]

I love Nat. He's one of my favorite chefs to watch. He reminds me of me when I cook.

[@Sim.L]

Night & day 😂😂 great call.

[@thembill8246]

Yeah in Japan, tattoos are usually associated with the Yakuza, and so many businesses will not let people with tattoos that they can see into their business, especially bath houses and things like that. The last six or seven years they really cracked down on the Yakuza though. It's interesting, the whole history with how samurai became Yakuza and the relationship that they have had with the military and the police, especially after world War II. Is very little to do with anything in the video but it's still interesting.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

interesting!

[@iamtesting3824]

I enjoyed the review. So did you demonstrate egg fried rice to us by chance ? :) As always thank you so much.

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

not yet! :)

[@arunmozhiyanjaggu]

Wash two to three times and then soak the rice. After soaking, leave it for 5 min. Then drain and add the rice in rice cooker. Precise ratio of rice to water is 1:2 with the same cup or any measuring cup you use. Thats all. Leave the cooker to boil for 3 whistles and then take out and let it cool. Open the lid after the safety valve opens up.

[@deborahwhitney9427]

Your right about chefs swearing in the kitchen i used to work in restaurant kitchens😅😅

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

🤣

[@fernbrisot325]

Cheesy beanos = elevated beans on toast. Top beans on toast with slices of sharp cheddar and broil until the cheese is melty. Best dinner ever!

[@IvanStoynev]

Hey, Chef James, I am a new sub, really enjoy your content. Somehow you appeared on my list & after a minute, I subscribed and hit the bell & like =] I think your videos are brilliant & would like to thank you for how Normally you give us hints. It might sound like a joke, but after just a couple of minutes that I watched your reactions, tone, I was like - this is the kind of guy that, if you have a daughter, you would be like - go date this guy, this is a nice man. Keep it up. All the best from Bulgaria =]

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Thank you so much!!

[@marklock6421]

Ah back to the main man uncle roger… great video James, hope your doing well

[@ChefJamesMakinson]

Thanks, you too!

[@sealyibrahim9159]

Almost all island housing is like this if live near the equator. You can't escape the humidity.