An Italian Tries Fazoli's

[@theresamimnaugh1190]

I’ve been cooking Italian American food over 40 years and got rave reviews. After watching you guys, Vincenzo’s Plate and Pasta Grammar, my cooking has completely changed. I now make as much as I can fresh, like bread and some pasta, and I only buy products that are good quality and no preservatives. It tastes so much better, my health is better and everyone is amazed by the flavors! I even have my daughter and granddaughters cooking more authentic. Thank you so much!

[@Hdgsgdhsh]

That’s funny because I watch them , Pasta Grammar and Vincenzo’s plate too . They are my 3 faves . I love Eva 😂😂

[@msp_isyourteacher6139]

Those are my go to channels too! Love them! Oh and Pasta Queen.

[@MrTwitch62]

You are much like me. I watch them all too. My cooking has changed dramatically and I still am trying to empty the crap from my cupboard and restock with better quality.

[@hippychicktarot]

Yes!!! 👏🏽 I’m a Sicilian American and I have always cooked simple fresh Mediterranean dishes…. Pasta grammar also helped me understand how garlic is not a centerpiece (although I LOVE heavy garlic) it really made a huge difference and then watching Jessi and Alessio talk about the differences……. Made me fully understand. My daughter and parents LOVE where this has taken my cooking. Simple. Fresh. Delicious! I had no idea abt chicken not being a pasta acceptable ingredient but I’ve always said no… chicken doesn’t go with pasta so I guess that was just written in my Sicilian soul … haha

[@MadMaxine1979]

I know Vincenzo, his wife Suzanne & son Sebastian ☺️☺️ He took my family on a tour through Abruzzo where my dad was born 🇮🇹💖

[@kellyfoster8903]

I love the ending, so happy and playful.

[@ThePasinis]

it is all the time like that :) ciao Kelli un salute day Paninis

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Fazoli's: This is classic Italian! Alessio: *You sit on a throne of lies* Former MasterChef judge Joe Bastianich (whose parents are Istrian Italians) mentioned about the fact that garlic breadsticks or garlic bread in general is nonexistent at an authentic Italian restaurant and it's very much an American thing, and the comments section where that clip was featured were overly hating on him for that.

[@sweynforkbeard8857]

He just does not know real Italian food.

[@adipocere4777]

I’d listen to anyone except Joe Bastianich about Italian food

[@francescograziano1819]

Bastianich di cucina non capisce un cavolo, come tutti gli italo americani hanno una considerazione della cucina tutta loro, non saprebbe preparare neanche un semplice spaghetto aglio olio e peperoncino

[@zerlina9302]

Bastianich is not wrong, bread and garlic breadsticks are part of Italian American cuisine, you won't find them in Italy.

[@denisejohnson1815]

I absolutely love these two..his accent is nice and he's funny 😂

[@itsme5042]

Never seen a french guy so invested with italian food

[@crystalscashgoals]

Joking right?

[@schylerpierce930]

@@crystalscashgoals it's a joke throughout their videos

[@alessandrorossi5992]

😂😂😂

[@trace8153]

@@schylerpierce930 LOL BRILLIANT

[@Ccamero123]

😂

[@thenargles]

You two are just wonderful!

[@ThePasinis]

grazie mille

[@dave_h_8742]

Hilarious and love the whole thing. Was going to try Olive garden in Liverpool UK but think I will stick with the little Italian place opposite.

[@MedjayofFaiyum]

5:18 you could LITERALLY GO TO THE SUPERMARKET AND BUY BREAD, MAKE YOUR OWN MEATBALLS, GET SOME GOOD CHEESE AND TOAST YOUR BREAD. That's...stuff I could make at home. 5:25 - I get his reaction...this is stuff you find at Subway or cheap Uni food.

[@bamachine]

Fazoli's is basically fast food Olive Garden. Neither are great, they are just there. Of course, making pasta and sauces from scratch will lead to better taste and better for your health. Just like I grew up with a garden and we only bought a few staples from the grocery store. Got too busy as an adult to take the time to grow a garden, to make stuff from scratch. That is something I hope to get back to soon, now that I am retired.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Fazoli's fun fact: The concept of the casual Italian-American dinner, Fazoli's, began in 1988. Two years later, the Fazoli's system was established. Fazoli's started with five locations in the Lexington, Kentucky, area. Fazoli's was originally managed by Jerrico Inc. but later was put up for sale and sold to Duskin Co. Ltd so that Jerrico Inc. could focus on Long John Silver's.

[@RadDadisRad]

Thanks fearless leader!

[@Y42]

wow. me (european) don’t know what to say than; wow respect for remembering that 🫡

[@carlajohnson9369]

Thx for the info; so disappointing the food here

[@rgomoffat]

Kentucky?

[@a.tok.a]

Supremely fun facts my guy!

[@spanishdncr71]

😂😂😂 I loved this video!! What Alessio said about ricotta cheese in lasagna brought me back to when I first came to the states. My two American friends took me to Applebees for my first time and I ordered the lasagna. When I tasted the ricotta cheese I felt nauseous and told my friends I didn’t like it and they told the waitress for me and sent it back. She very kindly gave me something else. That was also my first experience of how great American restaurants are, because there’s no way I would have sent that back if I was in my own country. I would have left it, paid for it and gone home to eat dinner instead. I’m used to lasagna with bechamel sauce which is how my friend from Rimini taught me to make lasagna when I was 17. Now that’s delicious!!

[@Solidaritas1]

In the states the Greek version (Pastitsio) is usually made with Béchamel sauce, but otherwise its pretty rare.

[@deecohen1383]

Interesting. I used to like ricotta. One dayyears ago I made a little appetizer w it.. puked immediately. Me be it was expired. I dont think so. I quit cheese 4 yrs ago (it makes me sick). Miss it

[@deecohen1383]

@@Solidaritas1 watch Asemeri. Greek asmr girl. Such great content

[@tdpooh1972]

I LOVE ricotta cheese. Don't care for bechamel at all.

[@pag9228]

When you said "meatball sandwich with pepperoni", I had instant acid reflux. LOL

[@tammiemcwilliams4259]

I ate one the Subway makes and I didn't like the pepperoni in it

[@torintalcul]

il piatto con le fettuccine Alfredo, gli spaghetti con meatballs e le "lasagne" tutto mischiato nello stesso piatto, che viene spacciato per cibo italiano, è un colpo al cuore.😄

[@fiore7939]

Che schifo!

[@vittoriobertoletti982]

Che porcherie mangiano negli USA? Quando mancano le basi....

[@Gator-xi2jq]

Why are you torturing a real Italian with this garbage. Fizolies is terrible, and I’m not even Italian.

[@TRATTORE1225]

Le atrocita' che fanno gli americani con Il cibo Italiano non hanno confini!

[@jake-qn3tl]

Nah it's better than your bland unseasoned food. Italy was once good, in the Roman times lol

[@nad7263]

True i wish i will see you guys one day !! 🤞 Your videos are always entertaining and fun too watch😊❤️

[@ThePasinis]

That would be wonderful! If you ever see us around, please say Ciao!! ❤️

[@nad7263]

@@ThePasinis but i have to be on a holiday tho 😊

[@legolas7r]

I also want to meet you one day. I am a BIG fan 😁

[@zachk5270]

You guys are awesome..... May you be loved and blessed...today and always!!!

[@annetterose8948]

I think that comparing Italian American food (especially fast food) to authentic Italian food is so funny. Not the same at all.

[@AzraelThanatos]

It's the same kind of thing as looking at some of the "American" food you can get in Japan or similar things, every place takes things and adapts it to both what they have and what the locals like, especially with multigenerational immigrant developments. Hell, you can even look at parts of europe and what they view as "american food" outside of the international fast food chains...and you have things like the source for most of the worlds take on Mexican food comes from either Taco Bell or ChiChi's menus... Then you add the fast food take on things from there which heavily simplifies things anyway. The big mistake for a lot of these videos is not going inside and eating there

[@atkinscozzi1651]

Exactly

[@jimcathcart5116]

It’s no an American concept about garlic it’s that when the poooor from Calabrian and Sicily came to America they found a bounty they had never seen before so the Italians used more garlic and meat than their relatives in the old country could never imagine

[@Shuan-t1h]

I think people forget histories, even the Italians themselves. The class/poor immigrants who came to the US are not the same as the families who stayed in Italy. In some ways the recipes and cooking are probably no longer available in Italy. Migration does strange things to the country they leave behind but a lot of times pride plays a part in a negative opinion of something they don't understand.

[@art3mide644]

@@Shuan-t1h Without controversy, the vast majority of those immigrants came from southern Italy and therefore represented the population of a third of the Italian territory and are traditionally different from those in the center who are different from those in the north. Even today. We have not forgotten our history, it is that the history of the immigrants who settled in the USA does not belong to us, it belongs to the Americans as those people became US citizens; it is you who have a distorted vision of what it is to be Italian and you are confirming that it is an American concept (deriving from this distorted vision) to put garlic in all Italian dishes. P.S. I'm Italian and I don't like garlic at all.

[@JamesCrichton-m1g]

​@@art3mide644I'm Scots, have worked from north to south in Italy. Every 30 Kms, more or less, the cuisine changes. Also lived in Sicily, Rome, and a lot of time in the Veneto. I also hate garlic...

[@art3mide644]

@@JamesCrichton-m1g I love Scotland, I have visited it 3 years in a row on my summer holidays.

[@allier1867]

my grandpa is a dentist in italy and he lowkey was shading us when he visited (different country) saying we're very crazy in using a lot of garlic in our food haha

[@johnweiland9389]

At subway they sell meatball subs. No pepperoni but I get spinach, green peppers, olives, tomatoes, cucumbers, pepper, 1row yellow mustard. The 2 of you could split a 12 inch.

[@andieluke1366]

His look of panic at 9:56 at her comparing the next dish to Olive Garden's "Tour of Italy" BWAHAHAHHAHA

[@logic-facts]

I love their breadsticks! Everything else is just okay. edit: by the way, I freaking love Garlic. I could put it on almost everything.

[@emptynestaroundtheworld8484]

“What the hell is this amore?” 😂 😂 😂 I died laughing

[@kellyfoster8903]

The crust very well has sugar in it. Sugar feeds the yeast in the dough to make it rise better. It doesn't take much ,so they most likely put too much sugar. I love yalls difference of opinions. He rolled his eyes so hard that I thought he was going to break the window next to him, 🤣😂🤣

[@aia1229]

You two are adorable and I just love your videos!

[@mariafreire6948]

Best food ever and ever is Mediterranean diet!!!!! True Mediterranean food… from Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece… 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼 Love you guys

[@atomfallen2409]

It's true tho😊

[@cherokeelegs]

We here in the USA, are addicted to PROCESS FOOD, NEVER FRESH!

[@phillipfournier7880]

😂😂😂😂love the reactions as always and iconic couple goals as always❤❤

[@Bradamante68]

Well, you don’t know that maccheroni al pettine from Modena or garganelli romagnoli may have a chicken ragù. So it is not true that there isn’t pasta with chicken. It’s that it is a proper ragù, not just chicken breasts tossed on the pasta. The chicken ragù is made in the same way as preparing pollo alla cacciatora. Then there are also the Roman fettuccine alle rigaglie di pollo (chicken liver, heart and so on).

[@emanuelapartis9978]

Esatto !!! E' strano che tanti italiani non lo sappiano ( o non lo vogliano sapere ).

[@Bradamante68]

@@emanuelapartis9978 siamo diventati troppo ricchi e abbiamo scordato piatti della tradizione contadina, poveri, di quando c'era poco da mangiare e le bistecche erano alla portata di pochi, mentre un pollo anche i più miseri contadini ogni tanto riuscivano a metterlo in pentola.

[@alessiopeluchetti2117]

love your channel, you both are semplicemente meraviglioso I just found your channel and absolutely love it keep it up from australia 🇦🇺 grazie tutti

[@pliny8308]

The reason that chicken is never added to pasta is very simple and correct: chicken dries out too much if it cooks in a sauce. Italian sausage will never be dry, so that's why you sometimes find it crumbled in a sauce. Same goes for beef: it is crumbled or shredded, and even then it's simmered in milk, for example, for hours, to soften and tenderize it. Meatballs are NEVER served on top of pasta, so the rule holds. I have seen pizza in Italy with meatballs, but they are tiny, almost pea sized, so they won't get overcooked and dry. I'm sorry, but never question Italian food rules, especially with regard to pasta dishes. There's always a logical reason.

[@TheDailyDose404]

Hahah I’m glad you chose the pizza. I suggested it on Instagram. Also you are right. That pizza tastes sweet and it’s SO bizarre. I’ve never had pizza like EVER!! I love pizza and have tried SO many different kinds, I make my own from scratch, and have tried different pizza dough recipes, but something just went totally wrong with their pizza. You would think over the years they would have fixed it but nope. Apparently it still tastes the same way it did like 20 years ago. Yuck! Oh and the meatball icky!! The texture is like pate cat food. That is NOT what a meatball texture is like. Alessio is also not alone in his hatred for Alfredo. One of my biggest pet peeves is white pizza. 🤢 Btw the reason why they over season everything in the states is because we having an obesity issue. When you are obese you inevitably have killed your tastebuds so to make the food more palatable is by over seasoning everything otherwise people can’t taste the food. It’s so sad, but true. This is why I don’t eat out unless I absolutely have to.

[@danielflynn8530]

I’ve been to fazzolis in Colorado Springs and the breadsticks were pretty good from what I remember. The spaghetti was a little better than my homemade spaghetti made with Raghu then again I was in the military eating MRE’s so everything else was amazing. They had one for one year at a truck stop in Connecticut. It didn’t do too well here. Just like Checkers and Sonic is fading too.

[@Ellietiger1]

i remember this Fazolis. As a teen, we would go there specifically for the breadsticks. 😂

[@emiddleb2]

I need Alessio to try food from the greatest Italian ever: Chef Boyardee!!!

[@shannonburgess8821]

Bahaha that would be epic

[@msp_isyourteacher6139]

Lol

[@msp_isyourteacher6139]

Or pizza lunchables

[@MsWarriordiva]

He did. Jessi gave him some ravioli & said she made it. LOL!!! He grated a pile of cheese on top of it!! Didn't want to hurt her feelings.

[@spoonfudge1284]

I am half french. So I'm happy to see you both on KZbin.

[@ChrsLee78]

My understanding is that the reason why there is such a heavy use of garlic in Italian-American cuisine, is that many of the early Italian immigrants to the US were poor. Garlic was a cheap and easy way to mask the absence of higher quality/more expensive ingredients in their food and so was used heavily. And while it may not be “authentic” to the original Italian cuisine, it’s something that was introduced by Italian-American immigrants. At least that’s what I had always been told.

[@naveconterosso]

They were not real Italians: they came from south Italy, a land closer to north Africa than to north Italy or Europe.

[@dramriddell]

I was constantly surprised and laughing. I look forward to your reviews/observations with much joy. Thank you.

[@ugiougio2775]

Video divertente..grazie...ma il sorriso di jessi, è la parte migliore😅😅.. davvero contagioso... un saluto dall'italia

[@ThePasinis]

E' vero e' super contagioso

[@gensmr]

Have you guys made a lasagna video? I would love to see a traditional authentic lasagna

[@jreyman]

Meatball Peperoni sub looks amazing. This may not be Italian, but what it is, is Italian/American fusion, and I'm hungry to try that, but no Fazoli's in my part of the US.

[@foolsplay5880]

"What the hell is this??!!" PERFECT !! Povero Alessio. Conosco il suo dolore. Grazie per questo video divertente. Jessi e una bambola. Bravo.

[@smoothbrain6320]

You guys make me wanna visit italy

[@ThePasinis]

Let’s go!!!

[@JamesCrichton-m1g]

Over 25 years of visiting the USA I have never had a good Italian meal. Frequently I was told that I had NEVER had a proper Italian meal. Ho lavorato in Italia per quasi 30 anni. I miei amici hanno due ristoranti, quindi penso di poter giudicare. keep up the good work!

[@angeliricafort2478]

Can you do a review and comparison of the different boxed pastas? Like Barilla, de cecco, etc...

[@sammhammiam]

Watching this while I'm making chicken spaghetti 😂

[@giulias.orlando347]

I feel you Alessio, as an Italian living in Finland. I really feel you...and the obsession of foreigners with the garlic 🙈 totally relatable unfortunately

[@jake-qn3tl]

You Italians are married to your food. It's weird.

[@giulias.orlando347]

@@jake-qn3tl it's cultural. I don't see anything weird in how we perceive our cuisine as part of our identity. Plus, you don't have to take my comment that seriously. I am half joking about it 😅

[@jake-qn3tl]

@@giulias.orlando347 No it's definitely not weird. I'm just a Canadian with no real culture lol. Sometimes I wish I had more traditions in my family. I'm sorry I said It was weird.

[@Julzsavedandsetapart]

My husband loves meatball subs! I like grilled veggies on a sub with mozzarella.

[@giuliastranieri2130]

Facce di Alessio sono impagabili! Siete fantastici!

[@bubbles-o72]

I love you guys so muchly. Be yourselves always.

[@willsmith2161]

Fazoli is just like Chipotle, eat it in the bathroom and avoid the awkward walk of shame! "ops, mi sono fatto la cacca nei pantaloni"

[@eris4331]

definitely more american than italian! Love your videos :D

[@saratemp790]

Well Italians keep comparing Italian food in America with Italian food from Italy, and it is not the same. It's like Tex Mex and Mexican food. So like it for what it is, or not. Here in the US, in our "Italian" food, we mix pasta and meat, we like garlic, we make a lot of sandwiches, etc. I think the American Italian style can be very delicious as well.

[@naveconterosso]

As an Italian native, believe me: American Italian food is dodgy. I loathe it! But it's on the cards that nothing is gonna change in the future in the western lands of the pond... You, ladies and gentlemen, should squrrel away the secrets of real Italian cuisine. Take a plane, fly to Italy and have a gander to what the real cusine is. And go fo it! We're waiting for you

[@rosiekaytrevino166]

Thank you for sharing these videos you are amazing have a wonderful day

[@Savantskd]

Beautiful couple, you must carry a gallon of water each when eating American fast foods! Your sub sandwich had 6080mg of sodium!🤦🏾‍♀️ Italian, French and African foods are fresh, light, packed with fresh herbs, filling, flavorful and free of chemicals. I taught in foreign language schools, so I learned to eat superb foods from my colleagues.❤️

[@highjinx6519]

Holy crap that’s a Lot of sodium.

[@ellynaholson5602]

i definitely wanna go to italy to taste authentic italian pasta. i love italian food here!

[@juanvalence899]

If you will come in Italy you will find that u have eaten lies for years...lol

[@tizioincognito5731]

Oh my... Cant you just make a simple tomato sauce from scratch, with crushed peeled tomatoes, oil and a clove of garlic or a shallot...?

[@jazzycrescendo9465]

If you guys are ever in Chicago, you NEED to try deep dish pizza. I think it would be so funny to see Alessio's reaction XD only do legit Chicago pizza though!

[@myrdraal2001]

Why? It isn't a pizza. It is more of a quiche.

[@jazzycrescendo9465]

@@myrdraal2001 Quiche has an egg-based filling and deep dish most definitely does not, so they are not at all the same thing XD I've heard a lot of variations of the ole "Chicago pizza is just X" but I've never heard that one

[@myrdraal2001]

@@jazzycrescendo9465 well it definitely isn't a pizza.

[@wavewatcher_]

It’s oily, heavy, disgusting sauce and very hard to swallow! Looks like a cheese pie, definitely not pizza But I’d love to see him try it 😂

[@foutocraite]

My Italian friends call it a casserole! 😊

[@nancyd1104]

That food looked and sounded delicious!

[@cooper7031]

Location un Orlando Florida on Colonial drive is the worst all around! If you want food poisoning then by all means go there! Enjoy your long hospital stay afterwards too😂!

[@songsinschool]

You guys are so cute! I stumbled across your channel recently and I'm hooked.

[@karencartoscelli-y6c]

Italian cooking is simple, subtle, fresh, and delicious.

[@ccruz820]

I just love to laugh with you guys! You have the best energy and I agree that the food in Italy never gave me heartburn and I visited many cities along the coast twice, from northern Italy all the way down to Sicily and the food was amazing. What gave me heartburn was the wine! 😂😂😂

[@martinchochol1756]

@ 12:15 "Tell me what’s wrong with the pasta..." - Well, it would be more efficient to tell what’s right: basically only the hand that’s holding the fork, cause it’s his RIGHT hand 🤣 BTW I have watched quite a few of your videos, and I just can’t stop wondering: which part of Italy does that /aˈmoɹe/ (sometimes even /aˈmoɹ/) pronounciation come from? 😉 Or is it just minor victory of english phonetics? 😇

[@erinnae6018]

Nice to hear your opinions about Fazoli’s. It’s good to know what to try and what to avoid at Fazoli’s!

[@highjinx6519]

Yep I’ve never had it and always wondered.

[@misfits_brenden2493]

my favorite baked spaghetti with meatball was good!

[@nicoler.8581]

I felt validated when Alessio said we use garlic too much. 😂

[@ditackett]

Italians and their “rules” comes down to hundreds if not thousands of years of tradition. That’s what makes Italy Italy. Thank goodness.

[@briiree]

Technically 'breadsticks' are 'grissini'. Here in the UK you can easily find grissini in the supermarkets, and they are called 'breadsticks'

[@kurtvanderweg9147]

having spent time in Italy away from big cities eating at people's homes or "mom &pop's" ristoranti, I can appreciate this review. That isn't close to italian food.

[@lmn6803]

You guys should review more italian restuarants

[@Y42]

HOW MANY ITALIAN FAST FOOD CHAINS ARE THERE? 😮

[@daniellelopez3342]

@@Y42 There are probably hundred of Italian restaurants in their area alone.

[@Y42]

@@daniellelopez3342 I’m talking about fast food chains - not restaurants 😌 and sorry to say; but u rly cute 🙊

[@deanadea4210]

“what the hell is this Amore?”😂😂😂😂

[@Linda-j2o]

I ate at an authentic Italian restaurant in Alexandria VA, USA. I ordered of course, spaghetti. It came with very very little sauce. At first I thought, what? The first bite until the last was the most amazing, flavor filled spaghetti I have ever in my life, had!! I just kept thinking, how did they get all of that wonderful flavor in there? The owner came out to introduce himself and he was authentic Italian, too! Loved him. He was so sweet. I wish I could have that restaurant food every day.😊 Mmm, mmm, good!

[@deannalee7797]

Y'all crack me up! If you guys every come to Tennessee you will have to go to my friends Italian restaurant. He is from Sicily and all his food comes from there. Its called Massimos. Its so delicious. After eating there I can't eat those jarred sauces anymore. So nasty!

[@mayjean]

not fast food - but carpenettis in Moody alabama has excellent Italian food. I'm not Italian but of the other Italian places I have tried carpenetti's is waaay above and beyond.

[@WrightWriting]

I can’t find a lasagna recipe from Alessio. Is that a video you’ve made before, or is that something coming up?? I’d love to see more recipes from you guys!🧡

[@kellykrug8056]

When I moved to Fl 25 years ago and there was a Fazolis. I tried it once and never went back. They went out of business in central Fl shortly there after.

[@melissamissyholmes4366]

Hey - Just found your channel and love it! Worst restaurant my family has ever been to is Olive Garden, and not necessarily just Italian food.

[@bubbles-o72]

What the Hell is this. Love Alessio's reaction. Jessi you set him up LMAO.

[@JourneyLife]

If you are ever in Dallas, Texas stop by Mimi's Italian. They have the best spaghetti I have ever tasted. They cook it 3 times. It's so good.

[@dave_h_8742]

😲

[@saldanagaona]

No it isn’t the same thing. It is a pizza with meatballs. The difference is sauce. You guys should go onto an Italian American tour round the states. You may not be welcomed back but the reviews would be fun. Midwest and Northeast first then down south and west coast. I have a number of suggestions of my favorites from Italian American neighborhoods in the US

[@tiredofit4761]

I have had food poisoning twice from Fazoli’s. It’s been 10+ years since I had them and I tried again about 6 months ago. Horrid! Love you guys though! So adorable!

[@theoneandonly1158]

Dude don't. Cook your own. 1000 times better.

[@GM-MarkOfExcellence]

Is it the same thing? Kinda. Italian is just mac n cheese with or without meat To be fair the only thing I would order from Fazoli's is the veal parmigiana, which I don't even know if they have anymore, and the only reason I ever went there once was because we bought one of those coupon books from a Bot Scout about 20 years ago

[@james8716]

You should absolutely put chicken and pasta was alfredo sauce it's freaking delicious you're welcome

[@saraarnett2557]

In college a fazolis side salad and order of breadsticks was my go to lunch (it was about 2 bucks back then!)

[@RamblingRob-vi7ct]

All foreign restaurants over in usa are americanized and us americans love our garlic . Because garlic really helps with blood pressure .

[@MadMaxine1979]

When you say "In Italy they don't put chicken & pasta together" are you including chicken ravioli?? Because my dad was born in Italy & my Nonna always made a regional ravioli dish where the filling is chicken (from her chicken soup, similar to yours), eggs, parmigiano & pepper. We still make it today. The same filling (Nonna & us) we also use in timballo which is pasta too 🇮🇹💖

[@theoneandonly1158]

😂😂😂 this video had me rolling in laughter. Damn so good.

[@west-Co_exploration]

After watching you guys the only thing I'm convinced of is that going to Italy is where you're going to find bland, boring and basically tasteless food. Doesn't sound like a trip I want to make any time soon. In my opinion, America has improved upon classic Italian dishes. And the meatball sandwich is something we should never even give Italy credit for because it is a classic American invention for the ages

[@robertmaturo799]

Hey in southern Italy, originally Naples they put ricotta in the lasagna and hard boiled eggs. Bechamel is lasagna in the north.

[@LillianC]

I’d love for you to try Carrabas Italian Grill

[@tornminds66]

I love you guys. I've had my finace watch some of your videos since his grandfather was from Italy and he would go there every summer until he was I think 13. Then he worked in Paris Hotel in Vegas for a few years and he knows that It food here is not the same.

[@wogozyt]

raffination OMG Alessio you crack me up! it's a refined taste!

[@anthonyC214]

When my Italian Grandma from Nusco would have us over for a holiday dinner, she would have homemade pasta and after the pasta, we had a meat platter,with meatballs, braciola, pork and Chicken but mainly the wings and legs. The chicken was not cooked in the sauce but separately.

[@BigJSA]

"Fast, fresh Italian"? You mean "Fast, fresh Italian-wannabe". I feel your pain. What you feel about Fazoli's is just like what Asians feel about Panda Express.

[@sseltrek1a2b]

my son and i used to share the sampler on a regular basis...not because it was amazing, but because it was a cheap meal we could split (and for the hang time...)...

[@RB-cz5jn]

I enjoyed the commentary.

[@nickl2118]

Unreasonably obsessed to this dude absolutely shitting on American version of Italian food lol

[@fabiofizzardi2457]

It's not Italian food so of course ahahaha

[@leecollings493]

I learn so much from Alessio. I would like to see more cooking episodes that involve real recipes.

[@MommaARA]

It's good to know I'm not the only one who gets sick from our food. I just make it at home and I don't get sick.

[@kevinspencereatstheworld4852]

As a Chef I am a new fan of your Show. Plus super funny! Aloha do a Hawaiian Food VLOG for your area. Aloha and MAhalo

[@jjangbs]

Tomato spagetti: carb + beef + tamato sauce. Meetball sub: carb + beef + tomato sauce. Hamburger: carb + beef + tomato ketchup. All basically similar combinations and great taste match. Meetball sub is awesome combination.

[@zzzdomzzzify]

i choked laughing when he said " what the hell is this"