Spirited Away Feast | Anime with Alvin

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[@arniejolt]

Fun Fact: Hayao Miyazaki has actually made all of the dishes that appears in all of his movies which is one reason why food in Studio Ghibli films looks so uniquely delicious.

[@katprime2386]

If he makes a cookbook with his recipes in it I’m buying it!

[@chetmanley1885]

@@katprime2386 there's an unofficial one, but a legit one would be awesome

[@kyleloucks2275]

@@chetmanley1885 is there any way you could link the unofficial one?

[@kohakuaiko]

@@chetmanley1885 I second this

[@missdire]

Yes! Him and his crew take turns cooking at the studio on those particularly long developments. It's very neat. But the feast in Spirited Away has always been my favourite.

[@BlakeTheDrake]

A short while later, Babish returns to the studio and goes "Who the heck let all these live pigs into the kitchen?! And where's Alvin and the rest of the crew?"

[@garimasundriyal2933]

Why has alvin started working for bwb? Has he left tasty?

[@anonymousnlonely3315]

@@garimasundriyal2933 Alvin sometimes visits, as a normal visitor. He still works at tasty i think

[@anonymousnlonely3315]

But everyone will have probably been turned into pigs lol

[@hair_sauce6472]

"and where did all these weirds ghosts come from?"

[@karlawagner2886]

😆😆🤣

[@cemiller]

I always thought the dumpling the dad ate was one of those dumplings that is filled with soup since it looked pretty jiggly

[@beautifulvillian405]

In anime. Dad doesn't eat dumplings. He eats coelacanth stomach.

[@mariahzamora1662]

Whatever it is. Food from like anime and cartoons always look better than real food.

[@edwardhisse2687]

It's Ghibli, everything is jiggly there, be it dumplings, tears or hair.

[@Rasbby]

I also thought it was some kinda of soup dumpling.

[@jjrpoektl1925]

I always thought it was a whole animal 🤢

[@kakeyluvsu]

I was inconsolable as a young child during the scene where her parents became pigs, and she was so helpless to save them and had to run away on her own. The idea of losing your parents and having to fend for yourself as a child was so traumatizing and had a childhood phobia of this movie hahaha.

[@Kureemy]

Yeah, Chihiro probably felt like a fish out of water. I myself cannot imagine being in her situation either.

[@thomasjess5029]

To me it's like a reverse Pleasure Island from Pinocchio only it's adults turning into animals.

[@ghost.mp3]

yeah that scene traumatized me as a child and i haven't watched spirited away since lel

[@deliali4006]

Same!!

[@Luka1180]

Now Babish must redo that one dish!!!!

[@realkingofantarctica]

I've waited literally years for this episode. Arguably the reason for this whole series' existence is that anime food looks bussing, and Studio Ghibli are the kings of making the most mouthwatering food in animation.

[@hylianro]

Mfer can you not use the word bussing unironically

[@KurtIsFat]

Who

[@LastHalberd]

Can we not make bussing a word

[@Incredisav]

Bussing and bussin are so different

[@sweetmeatjuice]

bussing 😭

[@sleepytimetaquito]

The dad eating the dumpling thing is one of my most vivid memories from childhood. I’ve always wanted to know exactly what they were and eat one just like the dad did😅

[@HalIucinations]

Don't worry sweetie! Daddy's got credit cards and cash!

[@osmanyousif7849]

@@HalIucinations , I don’t know why, but the way he said that was pretty funny.

[@osmanyousif7849]

Dude, just swallow the whole thing like nothing….

[@sophiephilips-roberts3311]

Same! I always imagined it was a giant, whole, stewed (?) onion, personally!

[@SkylordMorgana]

I was always under the impression they were soup dumplings

[@swiftraven2346]

Watching 2 people struggle with stuffing sausages when andrew does it by himself with ease just reinforces the fact that andrew aka babish is a full-on chad of a human being

[@fatbuttbassett4732]

It's not that difficult. I make batches of 50 pounds or more and can stuff them in under 30 minutes by myself. Pricking a small hole in the end prevents the balooning, soaking the casings with a teasppn of baking soda will make them a bit slicker for eas of placing on the horn, and a longer soak makes them more pliable. Lots of small tips and tricks to make things easy.

[@lilyhope432]

@@dantheman9919 Babish

[@lilyhope432]

@@dantheman9919 Honestly valid

[@qq13563817153]

@@dantheman9919 that's his full name, Andrew 'Rea" BIngingWithBabish

[@synesthesia.aesthetic]

Andrew said 2 is better and he doesn't recommend that

[@sarahfitzpatrick148]

Yes! I love that you mentioned that it is Taiwanese inspired because the bathhouse and some the food was apparently inspired by an old gold mining and bathhouse/teahouse village just outside of Taipei called Jiufen. I went so many times and the boar sausages, and other snacks were always so amazing!

[@gojoluvr28]

i’m so glad he mentioned south east asia , it doesn’t get enough representation to the point ppl ask me if i’m every asian but south east

[@magicknight13]

That would be sooo amazing to visit! I'm so glad you got to go!!

[@Pakiu1306]

@@gojoluvr28 timestamp?

[@Vampirecrypt]

Pretty much every location in every ghibli movie is based on a real place, which I've always found really cool, it's nice to know the exact place this movie is based on :)!

[@zerotodona1495]

@@gojoluvr28then make your own material and stop crying.

[@demolisherman1763]

The fact Alvin had to eat the sausage under the table is hilarious, guess he learned from Andrew’s mayo incident

[@enslavedcontent]

'Insert the rock eyebrows'

[@ghostofdoom1941]

Wait what xD what episode is that from?

[@demolisherman1763]

@@ghostofdoom1941 towards the end of the Krabby Supreme episode

[@Terratetradon]

🤨

[@Silverwind87]

well crouching under the table to eat a sausage doesn't exactly look any better

[@babishculinaryuniverse]

Thank you so much @alvinzhou1 for finally doing justice to this feast - there’s no way I could’ve pulled it off like you!

[@casperstanden3017]

Ayo what U Doing here 😅

[@yesilbursa]

alvin should do a new slow cooking video. they are so therapeutic

[@sethaquauis]

It's not like anybody else cooks on this channel anymore

[@Matthew-he6id]

@@sethaquauis shut up. I've seen your comments on the other videos and your opinion is trash. Go complain somewhere else and leave babish alone

[@cici5039]

Happy Thanksgiving!! Have a great day and love the breakfast sandwich video. By the way ever heard of the April Fools Joke from Burger King. Chocolate Whooper. SO FREAKING FUNNY People were sad that it didn't exist. LOL. Eat Turkey and stay safe. 🍗🥩🥕🌽🥔🥖🍞🍚🥟🥧🍪🥛☕🍷

[@jasonfbaker]

The biggest mystery SOLVED 😉 !!! The answer to the question everyone's been asking after watching "Spirited Away": What is that food Chihiro's dad ate in one bite? The answer was finally revealed by entertainer Hiromasa Yonebayashi (currently director of Studio Ponoc). In his youth he started working at Ghibli and he was in charge of animating this scene, which was quite a challenge, as he didn't know what rare food that was. The reality is that due to the success of this film recently released in China that many netizens began to ask what food was that Chihiro's father ate so deliciously, so he decided to reveal on his Twitter that the answer was in the illustrated booklet is he described each of the things he had to draw and encourage, but in the food something unusual appeared, he had to draw what the director Miyazaki described as "Stomach of Coelacanth". The Coelacanth is a species of prehistoric fish that was thought to be extinct, but living specimens were found in 1938, their rareness is due to them inhabiting deep depths. But why would anyone eat an endangered fish? The answer is simple, no one would do it, only the gods, as the food served there was for the gods visiting the bath house, and in the spirit world that would be a delicacy. For a long time fans came to decide that it was a Taiwanese dish called "Ba-wan" because of the similarity in its texture and shape. But thanks to this former Studio Ghibli member's clarification we could learn what it was really about.

[@shrivak]

Also notable is that the cornish-looking chickens on display had a rich Sweet&Sour-looking glaze to them, not just simple seasoning.

[@boanoah6362]

Which can't be the answer either, coelacanth stomachs don't have little limb nubs sticking off them like the soup dumplings in the film do. So really they're just made up nonsense and not any actual kind of food.

[@rorororroror12]

Thanks for this!

[@scientistservant]

Thank you so much! Now I know to go hunt for a Coelacanth for its stomach :)

[@koopie_koop]

also fun fact that i just discovered; one of the two species of coelacanth still alive, the Indonesian coelacanth is called "ikan raja laut" in Indonesian or directly translated; king of the sea fish!

[@4JBrewer]

6:36 According to an artist who worked on "Spirited Away", the giant dumpling is actually the stuffed stomach of a coelacanth.

[@ajtheva6694]

Fun fact: Yasuko Sawaguchi (Chihiro's mom) ate a KFC bucket while recording her lines for the eating scenes, while Lauren Holly only ate an apple. EDIT: I honestly didn't think this post would be that popular. Thanks!

[@wchan39]

I remember seeing that in a behind the scenes video.

[@anonymousnlonely3315]

Wait really??? That’s amazing

[@Kelly-pr8lz]

Can you link it pls

[@wchan39]

@@Kelly-pr8lz Search 'spirited away sound & music 1of3' on KZbin.

[@Kelly-pr8lz]

@@wchan39 thank you

[@Char12403]

How has this not been done yet? This is like, the quintessential anime food scene.

[@towelociraptor]

Miyazaki would hate that it's being called "anime" lol

[@toby6477]

@@towelociraptor i mean, it's japanese animation... isn't that what anime is? why would he be upset? /gen /nm

[@young_child_support_4322]

Because if you're gonna do this you gotta do it right, and what chef could do this besides these guys?

[@Folbak]

@@toby6477 probably wouldn't want his movies to be associated with what usually comes up when talking about anime

[@sbraypaynt]

Probably because the scene is absolutely terrifying and stomach turning.

[@kevinrunnion5790]

Him: I’ll eat with gluttony Also him: *only takes one of everything*

[@dougharris6508]

That's the meta when you're in a buffet. You take a little of everything, so you can figure out what you want to come back for. Stomach real estate is limited, after all.

[@kevinrunnion5790]

@@dougharris6508 i think we do buffets differently but to each their own

[@UltravioletNomad]

Legend has it Alvin actually stumbled onto the Babish set where he found a delicious feast all cut into beautiful cross sections, and upon partaking he was forever trapped in the culinary universe. Babish was generous enough to give him room and board in exchange for trendy video ideas and recipes.

[@ryuu.hakugin]

sooo, the dumpling is a choelacanthus stomach (like a haggis), also the bird is a japanese quail (they're really small tho) but is extremely beautiful what you made 😍 It can feel the movie vibes and appearance. Also I have the same issue with overfilling the dumplings 😅

[@slaplapdog]

Great post!

[@tillybee9083]

😂 all my life, I have been calling the dumpling/stomach thing "chicken onion thing" because I thought it looked like a big onion filled with juicy chicken. Lol

[@ryuu.hakugin]

@@tillybee9083 hahaha I belive that everyone thinks it was something strange 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@devanbrowne8706]

Are you basing that on anything?

[@leobriccocola8141]

@@devanbrowne8706 Ye, one of the animators of Spirited Away had revealed it was a Coelacanth stomach a few years ago. _"It was written on the storyboard that the soft, flabby food the dad eats is the stomach of a coelacanth."_

[@ItsLoHere]

The dumpling thing and wrapping each one with family and gossiping is DEFINITELY a shared experience. My family doesn’t eat dumplings often, so this is more with spring rolls and wonton but I feel it 😅

[@alexisgrunden1556]

In Hispanic families, it's a _tamale_ chain; shredding, frying, filling, tying, and steaming~

[@miriamvlachoulis6875]

For Greek/Hellenic families we make /tiropites/. Cheese filled filo pastry triangles with tonnes of butter in each layer

[@justinli826]

No one turned into pigs, 0/10 But yes, the spirited away feast was always something that I wanted to try (preferably without becoming a pig). Also my love for Taiwanese sausage cannot be overstated.

[@IamIceQueen7]

The dumpling the father ate looked like a super soft thing yet I can’t imagine anything but a bird .. it has wings !

[@ollieb6375]

Some folks say the dumpling looking thing was a coelacanth stomach, a super rare fish that was thought to even be extinct for a long time until some point in the 20th century, which makes sense since the meal was for the spirits so it’s even more insult to injury that the parents are consuming something so rare.

[@beautifulvillian405]

In anime. He eats coelacanth stomach , not dumplings. It's fish's stomach.

[@Xalerdane]

Someone else commented that the animator in charge of the food said it was the stomach of a prehistoric fish and wasn’t meant to be something that you can actually get in real life. You could probably get actual animal stomachs and fill them with some kind of broth to make something that would work as a stand-in, or a broth filled thin dumpling of actual offal is too much for you.

[@YourFavTessa]

The raw finger strength to pick up an entire Cornish hen with chopsticks. More than once, and still steadily take a bite... Your feast looks delicious!!

[@JoeCambo]

Always loved how the dad just horfs the noodles down in one swallow

[@atsukorichards1675]

That's the way you do it!

[@tajeand]

Saw Spirited Away and then Alvin.. this video just cannot get any better. Would love to see you make the Coraline dinner feast (+ mango milkshake), that’s been my favorite animated movie since it came out!

[@FlipX100]

Don't forget the gravy train

[@TheSonicFairy]

Choo choo!

[@isaackrantz-perlman6775]

"I've never really made massive dumplings before." Guess it's time for another episode of making it big...

[@KanyeWest-rk2br]

I don’t know if it’s just cuz I’m high but I don’t get it

[@ShojiNoodelz]

From what I have read the "dumplings" is actually supposed to be a coelacanth stomach.

[@dianacortes4253]

Yess I was looking for this comment

[@Southernpinesranch]

"An ancient animal from many many thousands of years ago" fits lol

[@UnhingedArtist7]

@@Southernpinesranch Nah they're still here today

[@wchan39]

@@UnhingedArtist7That and maybe coelacanth is more common in the spirit world.

[@UnhingedArtist7]

@@wchan39 I mean I wouldn't be surprised

[@katherinepeter2094]

I watched this movie the week it came out in my city in theatres, and it was one of the most terrifying movies I'd ever seen as a kid. One of the most distressing things was KNOWING Chihiro was right to not eat the food because there was something so "off" about the feast with no staff, but being unable to look away because it looked so delicious... I have wanted to know ever since what the dumpling was that the dad swallowed whole! Thanks Alvin and the Culinary Universe!

[@loksven83]

Fun fact, the "odd looking dumpling" is actually based on Coelacanth stomach!

[@Motschekibschen]

Which apparently tastes really bad and comes from a critically endangered fish. I prefer the dumpling alternative

[@leannechambers4064]

@@Motschekibschenthe idea is that this is food for gods, so everything’s rare/expensive. Until the early 20th century people thought they were extinct, cause they live in very deep water. The rarity is the point, not the taste.

[@Motschekibschen]

@@leannechambers4064 yeah and my point still stands.

[@PharySoul]

“I’m going to go take a nap now”, is me. especially after a delicious feast!! Yumm!!

[@Ableten]

This movie is a gem. Such a unique storyline inspired by Japanese folklore. The characters and overall scenery are so distinctive and full of creativity. You can tell the people working on this film really enjoyed their work.

[@julesoxana]

So true

[@riqqi5001]

Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate, and happy day to those who don't.

[@Notreallyhereanymore]

A thank you from the United Kingdom 🇬🇧

[@funwithfish1507]

A thank you from the United Kingdom as well 🇬🇧

[@dullicecream]

A thank you from not the United Kingdom 🇺🇸

[@realperson9951]

A thank you from hong kong

[@JimboMarsh]

thank you :)

[@MimiUsagichan]

it has always been my dream to eat any food from a ghibli movie they make food look so magical

[@peterschorn1]

A tower of roast fowl seems to be a universal feast dish: Samuel Pepys, writing in England in January 1663, spoke very proudly of one such dish that he served to his dinner-guests, and your tower of Cornish hens reminded me of the passage..

[@CHEFPKR]

Ahh yes, a true Thanksgiving feast. Respect for the amount of prep and effort that went into this.

[@KauthicDreamings]

Will you be doing the same sometime?

[@CHEFPKR]

@@KauthicDreamings Yep, but I'll do it at Anime Expo.

[@KauthicDreamings]

@@CHEFPKR Awesome!

[@Neron616]

I recently rewatched Spirited Away and and something I only noticed on my second watch was how amazing all the food looked, Alvin did a fantastic job as always and now I'm hungry.

[@brianpeterson9950]

As someone who worked in a commercial butchery, the sausage was extremely difficult to press out because of how much it was emulsified, but I understand why you did it that way. Normally for very fine sausage, we'd work the meat through a meat grinder 2 or 3 times, through smaller and smaller plates to grind it finer and finer, while also adding dry and wet ingredients by hand between grinds, this keeps the grind airy and not sticky. We also had a hydraulic sausage press, which made large quantities much easier. You're definitely right about the dexterity though, and yours came out great, maybe just a little too tight, but not a bad attempt! All of this looks so delicious, loving Anime with Alvin as always!

[@jackisawesome3]

I appreciate the emphasis at the end on making sure this food was shared, it shows an understanding of the original scene that I was afraid might have been missed by the amount of all the food

[@Craftycatz1289]

oh?

[@viciousyeen6644]

The thing her dad ate is indeed a historic dish from hundreds of years ago. But the animal in question isn’t gone or anything, it’s just not fished anymore like it was back then. You could probably get some in rural Japanese fishing ports. It’s a Japanese-Salp. They live in long ring or corkscrew-shaped colonies drifting in the ocean, tastes a bit like jellyfish but they absorb other flavors better.

[@ryans600]

When is Ordinary Sausage going to come on the show to show them how sausage making is done?

[@julian4868]

I was thinking they subtly shouted him out in this lol

[@timothysalomon4440]

I had to go down down way to far to find this comment.

[@nerdiisage6032]

All the food in ghibli movies looks like the most delicious thing to ever exist.

[@ajanimation8239]

The perfect feast for a Studio Ghibli themed party.

[@dimmingstar]

as a Taiwanese person and fellow Spirited Away lover, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS EPISODE ALVIN :'D my homeland doesn't get the opportunity to shine much on the world stage, even food-wise, and not many people know this movie was even based on the area of Jiufen, so i really appreciate the enlightenment and insight this provided; thank you

[@pintotheevil]

That's because it isn't based on Jiufen. Miyazaki has specifically denied this theory.

[@tinayang525]

my dude, food-wise, Taiwanese has been praised by many youtuber and channels, by many many foreigners. as a fellow Taiwanese, you don't speak too fair. Tho yeah we have low self-esteem as a "country" but, hey, our food is top notch okay

[@fritzjackson4336]

Just checked this out online and it seems the setting of spirited away is a real onsen in japan.

[@frds_skce]

>Taiwanese >Spirited Away lover >homeland doesn't get the opportunity to shine Idk why but you sound so obnoxious atm

[@millistiah874]

If only there was some specific sausage related channel, which frequently makes sausages from strange things, perhaps hosted by a man with a fantastic mustache

[@user-iu2gv9oy5d]

Greetings from Taiwan! I'm glad to see you using cooking wine in a sausage. I can almost smell it from here. Nice recipe.

[@rotomRASENGAN]

14:14 glad Alvin is taking precautions to make sure he doesn’t have a “mayo moment” like Babby did.

[@lancemaxwell8464]

Yes! I've waited for this episode for years! And Alvin, you really outdid yourself with this one. You're one of the best additions to the babish universe

[@InDedede]

The pig transformation scene makes me both horrified and hungry. Top tier movie

[@andrewmunro6106]

Spirited away is worth watching just for the visuals alone. The fact that it’s completely hand drawn is even more incredible.

[@cle3446]

i literally just rewatched spirited away for the first time in years just yesterday, the timing for this video is crazy im genuinely shocked

[@superlynnie]

The sausages look great! It's hard to believe that it's the first time you guys are making sausage. 👏👏👏👏👏

[@blokvader8283]

The homemade ones or the professionally made ones?

[@pookhahare]

Thank you Alvin. Spirted Away is also one of my 😍 favorite movies. Hopeful one day we will see some of the food from Noname feast. Appreciated once again how mistakes are included.

[@katyrichardson9046]

Love this movie! I’ve always assumed the dumpling the dad ate was a soup dumpling; I’m glad I know what everything really is!

[@gwenyn6177]

the thing the dad horfed down always made me think of a deboned chicken or bird but also the juiciness of deep-fried tofu puffs in saucy dishes (like mushroom-tofu puff dish)

[@leociresi4292]

Yubaba:”And, you humans, always making a mess of things! Such as your parents who gobbled up the food for the spirits like pigs! They got what they deserved!”

[@markmcconkie9957]

This all looks amazing! Quick note - this is not actually No-Face's feast. His feast was in the bath house and ended with him eating the other spirits, right? This is clearly Chihiro's parents' feast. Minor note on the title - but the video was amazing!

[@KingfisherTalkingPictures]

I had to say this, too.

[@Amanda-C.]

What was the original title? It just says "Spirited Away Feast" now.

[@markmcconkie9957]

@@Amanda-C. It used to be called "No-Face Feast from Spirited Away" (or something close to that). Glad to see they changed it!

[@ArchAngel673]

As someone who has shamelessly eaten a Cornish hen whole, without carving it? It's an amazing experience and I highly recommend it to everyone.

[@viridianfurn9414]

I would love to see a Spy X Family episode with Yor and Yuri's childhood stew!

[@marlon8597]

Dude I wanted someone to do this for the longest! The anime made the food look so bomb

[@chronicallynerdy4074]

Bless Babish & Co. for posting on Thanksgiving when I desperately need some calmness and joy. 💕🙌💕

[@pearlbloomer7523]

I have been trying to find this show for so freaking long I'm so glad y'all did a video on it thank you!!!!

[@MissTaelus]

I love my Kitchen aid, but it is definitely not the best at grinding meat and stuffing sausages. Start by feeding much smaller amounts into the hopper and forcing them down the hopper before really loading it down and don't tie off your casing until all the air has been forced from the hopper/stuffing tube and meat has begun to enter the casing. Awesome video!

[@cedarwriter26]

I don't know what it is about this video that I find so warm and comforting and keep playing again and again.

[@stephgilliam]

I always thought the big dumplings where huge soup dumplings, which makes me so hungry to think about.

[@kalwiggy]

Can't wait for Bulmas birthday party food from Battle of Gods. Especially a pudding cup.

[@rosecoloredkatie]

I clicked onto this video and my boyfriend laying beside me said “please watch that all the way through, I’m going to fall asleep to it” and now 8 minutes in he is asleep and I am hungry. Lovely work :)

[@lawliez]

I was waiting for this episode forever!!! I love spirited away foooood

[@rachelmullins6594]

This is why I'm here. Spirited Away is such an amazing story and of course, such amazing food! Now I know what I'm making for a feast.

[@yourbuddyunit]

This episode brought me so much joy. Chef, thank you. I needed this.

[@neolithiumproduction]

Yes. So many videos that did food from this movie, but missed this FEAST at the start. This is what I always wanted to see.

[@waqasbadar300]

One of my favorite films of all-time! Clicked as soon as I got the notification.

[@samwise495]

"Just keep the food coming! I wanna eat EVERYTHING!"

[@samuraihei7]

spirited away was my first studio ghibli movie as a kid when I saw it in theaters years ago. fantastic to see the spirit feast come to life! food looks fantastic! No wonder Chihiro's parents couldn't resist!

[@usersknxcjdkzm]

Wow it has been a while since I watched Alvin content and he talks differently from before and now he talks like Babish a bit. Love you always

[@Jerrbearr0520]

Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss one of the animes i've been waiting for Alvin to do. What a great thanksgiving gift.

[@williamreely4431]

Alvin is already adorable enough but the thought of him bickering with his mom over how big to make dumplings is just too cute

[@kcanded]

Spirited Away should be on the top ten list of any movie, animated or not. It's beautifully drawn with amazing everything.

[@mitchliam974]

Spirited Away is also one of my all time faves and the nostalgia is overwhelming

[@nelly5954]

I love the personal and nostalgic tone of AWA, in contrast to BWB's jokes and innuendos. Both are great, but I'm glad to see you carving out a niche for yourself.

[@gabriellekh3623]

You know I always thought the father was eating a whole braised onion rather than a giant dumpling all these years tbh

[@chelseab5467]

This had me laughing more than focusing on the food of my favorite Ghibli movie! Very well done! Thank you for adding the amounts!!

[@nathan8750]

Whenever I ate, I used to watch this scene while eating because I felt like it made the food taste so much better

[@mckenzieneve4258]

I love seeing these videos 🥰 especially when the staff behind the scenes gets to eat too 🥰

[@aslanpatience8278]

I honestly feel like that's something I really miss in a lot of cooking productions

[@boifromtaiwan2425]

I'm from Taiwan! And we usually eat these foods at Chinese new year. My grandma would make these sausages for us to eat, and all our relatives would help in baking the gigantic turnip cake, which is the size of a small coffee table!

[@richardrhodes9664]

Ever since I became a father I’ve been saying my favorite line “daddy’s got credit cards and cash”

[@remrat]

as a taiwanese, i must say that when i first saw this movie a lot of things seemed familiar to me, and seeing you make them is a joy!!

[@maiyang430]

I’m sooo happy a video finally made for this!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤

[@crudlucasconsigliere4084]

This was a lovely episode! Thank you for making it! I would like to see you try to make Stew-Shine, Tears of a Fallen Angel, and You-kisoba/Niceoodles from Love Live Sunshine!

[@shiawaru]

I'm imagining how Inga gets excited seeing this episode 😍 she would totally fall in love with this ep

[@francesleones4973]

Finally! Now Studio Ghibli fans have a reference when they want to recreate this feast 😄

[@xThePlayStation69x]

I’ve been waiting years for this episode

[@CeperatedSelf]

I had just finished watching Spirited Away for the first time, and I am personally so extremely happy that you have made this video!!! Thank you Alvin!

[@polgora]

Have I watched this multiple times? Absolutely.

[@alyssaH0922]

I love his voice! I can listen to it as asmr all night

[@Mister_kipling]

It's a great day when we get both Claire Saffitz and Alvin in the same hour !!! 💓

[@Sanee650]

What I actually want is the bun chihiro eats on the balcony

[@ellieboa]

This is my favourite Anime with Alvin episode!

[@megjnh]

I live cooking and I live anime, I’m so happy I found your channel so I can make some of these amazing dishes!

[@KammyBFunny]

YESSSS! we’ve waited so long and now… ITS HERE! tysm!!

[@THEFLASHJAK]

Yay! I am with everyone! Ever since I heard of Babish’s channel, I have been hoping for this. Thank you Alvin! So much great info and skill! I think it’s now time to have a dumpling party 😊

[@whitestar7641]

I remember helping my grandfather make sausage clear up into my high school years, I haven’t helped him since as I am in college, but I really hope to be able to again someday. Being a farm raised child, I always enjoyed getting to help making various things from the animals that we raised. It really gives somebody that’s okay with it a sense of pride and understanding of what our ancestors had to go through, much easier for us, but it still gives you a feeling of what it means to rely on yourself for your food.

[@joshuatrujillo9621]

This is my favorite Hayao Miyazaki film. I first saw it in 2005 during Cartoon Network's Friday Night segment. I know, it is about 4 years late. But I absolutely love this film!

[@HORRIOR1]

Wait... wasn't the No-Face Feast much later on into the movie? And had way different foods to it? This should be titled "The Street Buffet from Spirited Away."

[@markmcconkie9957]

I totally had a similar comment. The title is wrong. Still a great video! But they should fix the title.