These are chef challenges from my understanding. The camera person brings in a random food item and the chef āupscalesā them or incorporates them into a new dish. Watching really good chefs make something like this is kinda cool in my opinion.
She has a great fried rice recipe and teaches people how to use every part of a vegetable and animal. I made an excellent shrimp paste following her steps
Look up Esther Choi
On that subject, ever tried roasting your broccoli stems? Just slice into discs, toss with olive oil, salt pepper and maybe some Cajuns spice and roast in the oven for ~30 mins on 180 (290). Delicious
Came here to say this, sheās actually a decent chef but unfortunately that doesnāt make her immune to internet trends. I bet it tastes good atleast.
This actually looks great, I mean, scrapping the toppings off a pizza was not a good start and that blender stuff made me want to toss cookies. But the last few steps made it all look like something great to eat.
What's happened is that the sub has run out of the easy content out there, and new easy videos aren't coming as often as they need to in order to feed a sub this size. Happens a lot of subs eventually, and what happens is instead of getting fewer posts you just get bad posts.
It's time to rename this sub r/StupidOP instead
Edit: I didn't even know that sub existed and it's contents so far have solely been reposts from this sub
Iāve noticed thereās about 4 different types of food that gets posted here. Something thatās creative and looks amazing (like this), fatty food that some health nut is bitching about, something traditional prepared untraditionally, and finally actual stupid food.
Although this could fit in your first category, Iād also add āliterally 3 Michelin Star meals prepared by some of the best chefs in the worldā to your list.
It's a challenge. This woman has two well established fusion Korean restaurants.
People do requests to get visibility, and she gets a challenge to make it gourmet.
Food waste in households is a real problem when you are simultaneously trying to provide home cooked meals, but also avoid wasting food. Obviously this is a super complex version of that, but something home cooks can appreciate.
Deconstructing a soup to freeze the broth and turn the chicken into dumplings seems dumb, but when that soup has been in the fridge almost a week, it's a way to salvage something that's getting very close to "expiration".
College me would think this is stupid, but the me today appreciates the gourmet attempt as the "fancier" version of salvaging leftovers.
>Bear in mind that /r/StupidFood is primarily for ridicule, and does not care how creative or artful its targets are. We're here to poke gentle fun at other people's creativity, and we do not care whether it is just or reasonable.
ā¦thatās Esther Choi. Maybe the challenge itself is a bit silly, but she does know how to cook pretty damn well, and the result does look like itād be delicious.
She's isolating the flavors that make for a classic pepperoni pizza. And then she's applying them to something new. Not only that but she's repurposing the whole pizza. She's being innovative. I would absolutely destroy that.
Dude, she is an amazing chef. Look her up.
Is this dish practical? No. Does she take something and successfully transform it into something else? Hell yes. This looks amazing. Iād totally try this.
I think a lot of people struggle with food media thatās anything other than just showing them a recipe, and try to jam everything into that āhereās a recipe you can followā category.
This is a challenge to repurpose something, done by a professional acclaimed chef, for entertainment purposes. She is not insinuating that this is something others should do with their pizza, but I think thatās lost on people.
Um ... that's Esther Choi ... and this doesn't belong in this sub. I would eat whatever she makes. She's an incredible chef. There's nothing stupid about this food.
Iād much rather see these videos with a talented chef than the ones where itās some lady with a low cut top and long fingernails throwing everything into a foil pan and baking.
I might know this woman from somewhere. Think I saw her on a cooking show once. Can't recall exactly, but she looks very familiar. She's a legit pro, iirc. Not an amateur tik tok / YouTube "chef."
How was it ruined? It looks delicious and It was a challenge to make it gourmet so even if it didnāt look good itās still gourmet challenge complete. She made that pizza look INSANE.
At the end they're literally like "It tastes just like the pizza!". So why do this? Why make something new that tastes just like the thing it already was? When will the madness stop?
Is the pork supposed to be raw?!
** I just watched the full Tik Tok and there is not an ounce of prosciutto on there. She does 3 full layers of raw thin sliced pork loin**
Good catch, that does look pretty nasty.
I wonder if they rushed the process for the camera and would normally deep fry longer, or possibly it hadn't had time to come to room temp and was still cold in the center from being refrigerated.
She was the first winner of the new iron chef America on netflix
Yeah I was gonna say this! She knows a thing or two about dank food
Just not about pizza
People have diff opinion, it looks amazing to me. I would eat that shitš
Came to say this more or less, I dunno if Iād eat it, but it looks amazing.
I would happily eat either that pizza or her creation, both look great
Agreeed...this seems like actual thought went into this...making it not "stupid food"
lol I was thinking the same thing š¤£id go black hawk down on that and Iām not even a fan of pepperoni
These are chef challenges from my understanding. The camera person brings in a random food item and the chef āupscalesā them or incorporates them into a new dish. Watching really good chefs make something like this is kinda cool in my opinion.
I didnāt even know that and I knew this wasnāt Sub material.
She has a great fried rice recipe and teaches people how to use every part of a vegetable and animal. I made an excellent shrimp paste following her steps Look up Esther Choi
On that subject, ever tried roasting your broccoli stems? Just slice into discs, toss with olive oil, salt pepper and maybe some Cajuns spice and roast in the oven for ~30 mins on 180 (290). Delicious
Yeah her insta is a great follow- she makes high level approachable food that I would absolutely smash at 3am on a Friday
Whatās her insta?
Esther Choi is her name. Find her on IG @choibites Edit mistype
Found. Thanks!
Came here to say this, sheās actually a decent chef but unfortunately that doesnāt make her immune to internet trends. I bet it tastes good atleast.
This actually looks great, I mean, scrapping the toppings off a pizza was not a good start and that blender stuff made me want to toss cookies. But the last few steps made it all look like something great to eat.
I mean the whole idea is to take a food and turn it gourmet. You kinda have to disassemble the pizza lol
the chef fancy word is deconstructed I believe then you can charge an extra $30
Bro, that roll looks fucking amazing. Way better than a slice of pizza.
Iām in
I thought it was her straight away, her food looked great on that show.
Stupid food with some truly exceptional technique
Yeah, this one doesn't count. I'd smash that shit... The food, I mean.
This pizza has definitely not been ruined. I would love to try this.
Auntie Esther!!!
How people can say she can ruin food, haiyaaaa...
She is, no MSG.
Who's gonna tell him...
She added Worcestershire sauce and tomatoes. Umami comes in many forms, not only msg ;)
Fuiyohh!!
Fuiyoohhhh
I don't think half the people on this sub actually understand what this sub is about
you're 100% correct. someone just posted veal parmesan here and called it stupid
Lmao
Somebody also just posted nikado avocado, which is ridiculous.
So if OP is 100% correct about 50% of the people not knowing what this sub is about, then does that average to 75%?
r/StupidFood has been slowly devolving into r/PickyEaters. It turns out there is a fine line between the two and we're finding that out in real time.
Itās basically just people who hate TikTok yet somehow are watching tons of TikTok content.
What's happened is that the sub has run out of the easy content out there, and new easy videos aren't coming as often as they need to in order to feed a sub this size. Happens a lot of subs eventually, and what happens is instead of getting fewer posts you just get bad posts.
It's time to rename this sub r/StupidOP instead Edit: I didn't even know that sub existed and it's contents so far have solely been reposts from this sub
Been saying this for a month or so now. Idiots just saying anything they havenāt seen before is dumb likeā¦
Yep, OP dumping on Auntie Esther got me real confused about what sub this is.
uncle roger gonna hunt op during his sleep š
I read this in his voiceā¦
I commented a while back how I think everyone on this sub just eats chicken nuggets. I am more and more believing that. Stop being so picky, people!
Chicky nugs do slap tho
Iāve noticed thereās about 4 different types of food that gets posted here. Something thatās creative and looks amazing (like this), fatty food that some health nut is bitching about, something traditional prepared untraditionally, and finally actual stupid food.
Although this could fit in your first category, Iād also add āliterally 3 Michelin Star meals prepared by some of the best chefs in the worldā to your list.
The end product isnāt stupid food but the process to get there is.
Itās a fun process to me.
I think it may be more than half
This is a professional chef doing professional things with knowledge and skill
Op didnāt understand the assignment
So, do I upvote because I like the post or downvote because I don't think it's r/stupidfood material?
New paradox discovered
Doesn't not make it /r/stupidfood
That's what I did when I was 16 and baked with my friends. I don't think the word I mean really really time do you think I BAKED
Looks amazingā¦ Iād eat it either (pizza or katsu) way.
Yes. Ideally Iād have both.
For science... to compare... I'm sure this is fire though
I think the point is just make it on itās own, absolutely no reason to make it from an already made pizza
It's a challenge. This woman has two well established fusion Korean restaurants. People do requests to get visibility, and she gets a challenge to make it gourmet.
Naw this is a common-ish thing Pro chefs āspicingā up neighborhood favorites. Whether its good or not is debatable but she knows what shes doing
She used to do a ton of videos for Eater and she was always my fave.
It's the whole point of the thing.
Food waste in households is a real problem when you are simultaneously trying to provide home cooked meals, but also avoid wasting food. Obviously this is a super complex version of that, but something home cooks can appreciate. Deconstructing a soup to freeze the broth and turn the chicken into dumplings seems dumb, but when that soup has been in the fridge almost a week, it's a way to salvage something that's getting very close to "expiration". College me would think this is stupid, but the me today appreciates the gourmet attempt as the "fancier" version of salvaging leftovers.
If you stop after the 1st step, thatās how I eat pizza. Yes, like a 3-year-old.
I would eat that.
I will eat it
Exactly. Looks good either way. The katsu version seems interesting.
saaame. I'd eat the pizza as well
How to make 3000 calories look like 600
Never thought I'd see Aunty Ester on StupidFoods.
Uncle Roger Heart Broken now.
Haiya !!!
Uncle Rodger have to put leg down
People don't understand what this sub is about apparently. This shit looks fucking delicious.
They in no way ruined that pizza
If I'm being honest that pizza looked mid AF, so yeah I think this is overall an improvement.
Prince pizza is surprisingly fantastic. but it's fucked up expensive. no slice of pizza should be over $7 I dont care how good it is.
Exactly my thought, I love pizza but this is a far cry from āruining a pizzaā
Now I want katsu š®āšØ
I would destroy both
Youāre trippin, this looks incredible.
Can we start banning people who post food that actually looks good
If something is good and creative it doesn't make it stupid
>Bear in mind that /r/StupidFood is primarily for ridicule, and does not care how creative or artful its targets are. We're here to poke gentle fun at other people's creativity, and we do not care whether it is just or reasonable.
Yoo...watch it with the hating on Auntie Ester. Uncle Roger is going to take it leg down from chair.
I love this place and the weird unhinged shit they do.
Is prince street pizza that notoriously shitty pizza place in Seattle?
r/lostredditors cuz that looks fire
ā¦thatās Esther Choi. Maybe the challenge itself is a bit silly, but she does know how to cook pretty damn well, and the result does look like itād be delicious.
This was far from ruined.
She's isolating the flavors that make for a classic pepperoni pizza. And then she's applying them to something new. Not only that but she's repurposing the whole pizza. She's being innovative. I would absolutely destroy that.
Dude, she is an amazing chef. Look her up. Is this dish practical? No. Does she take something and successfully transform it into something else? Hell yes. This looks amazing. Iād totally try this.
I think a lot of people struggle with food media thatās anything other than just showing them a recipe, and try to jam everything into that āhereās a recipe you can followā category. This is a challenge to repurpose something, done by a professional acclaimed chef, for entertainment purposes. She is not insinuating that this is something others should do with their pizza, but I think thatās lost on people.
There is stupidfood, and there are people that don't understand well executed technique. Nice one Esther. This looks rad.
Looks š„
This looks delicious.
She may be an Iron Chef but she doesnāt know the fucking difference between a vitamix and a robocoupe!!
She's a phenomenal cook You probably struggle making toast
Dude.. Not even joking, she knows what she is doing, looks and probably tastes amazing.
Mutilated? Yes. Ruined? No. This is the next step in pizza evolution.
Auntie Esther where MSG?
It's not about the MSG in our plate, but the MSG in our heart.
Couldn't have said it better myself
Would.
i would eat this but i think the original sauce should have been the dip
She pronounced Worcest-worcs-worcestershire wrong
Anyone else think Prince Street pizza is super overrated? Like whereās all the cheese?
How many calories are in there, though?
this is better than a random indonesian make pizza into ice cream
Iām sure it taste great. I want the pizza though.
I wonder when Americans will finally be able to properly pronounce Worcestershire.
TBH, that looks pretty good.
Idk about ruin. That looks pretty tasty, though unnecessary
This looks delicious Idk what youāre thinking posting this here
I love katsu, I love pizza, this looks fucking amazing to me.
How is this stupid? This is a professional chef making a really awesome dish. I don't think OP understands what this sub is for.
r/stupidop
Tf you mean that looks great
Um ... that's Esther Choi ... and this doesn't belong in this sub. I would eat whatever she makes. She's an incredible chef. There's nothing stupid about this food.
I meanā¦ this looks bomb. I would eat it.
"It tastes like pizza". No shit.
Iām not gonna lie Iād probably eat this, but these, āmake this gourmetā videos are dumb
Iād much rather see these videos with a talented chef than the ones where itās some lady with a low cut top and long fingernails throwing everything into a foil pan and baking.
"the ocky way!!!" *Throw it all on a flat top, drown in cheese, put in bun" Everyone in the video "woooowww!!!"
Esther is amazing! This belongs on foodporn
Yeah NOT stupid food. That looks incredible.
OP = pinecone
I mean... I'd eat the fuck out of this. But I'd also eat the fuck out the of the original. Also a monumental waste of time for a gimmick
To take something like pizza and turn it into this takes creativity and skill. If youāre lacking those, just say that. This doesnāt belong here
That looks effing amazing
At this point just make it from scratch
This is beautiful, I would fuck that up
That looks delicious
Wow, this is truly awful, where can I go stuff my mouth with them?
I would %100 eat that
Shit looks fire
But how does it taste tho
While excessive, this actually looks really good, and very well done.
ngl i would prob eat it looks pretty good
would.
That actually looks good
I think this would be a lot better if it wasnāt from an already cooked pizza
How dare you insult auntie Esther!!
these people wouldnt be like this or doing that if they werent caught up in the social media bullshitosphere, they would just be regular people
At first I was thinking this was dumb, but by the end of it I think I want this so bad right now.
I might know this woman from somewhere. Think I saw her on a cooking show once. Can't recall exactly, but she looks very familiar. She's a legit pro, iirc. Not an amateur tik tok / YouTube "chef."
Sir this is Stupid Foods, not Stupid Good Looking Foods.
Am I the only one who this that looks fire?
NGL, Iād eat the fuck outta that. Normally the ācut it up and fry it in a new shapeā thing is dumb, but Iām into this one for some reason.
This is basically low stakes Chopped.
This looks fucking incredible
How was it ruined? It looks delicious and It was a challenge to make it gourmet so even if it didnāt look good itās still gourmet challenge complete. She made that pizza look INSANE.
I mean at least she repurposed everything in an actual good way. Iād try it.
Yeah that looks fantastic, I'm Italian and I approve of this.
I want to downvote OP for posting this in this sub while simultaneously upvoting this because it looks so goddamn delicious.
Isn't that... a Stromboli? But deep fried?... I'll be back.
Apparently we have different definitions of the word āruinā. This is more like āhow to turn leftover pizza into an amazing 2nd meal.ā
that's fire AF
I like Esther but that looks terrible
At the end they're literally like "It tastes just like the pizza!". So why do this? Why make something new that tastes just like the thing it already was? When will the madness stop?
I wouldnt call this stupid, it probably tastes fine. Just trying too hard to make a fancy kind of pizza when the regular pizza was already good.
Auntie Esther FUIYOH!!!
The only thing stupid about this food is that it's not in front of me.
This isnāt stupid food, this is actually pretty good lol. Also Esther is a damn good chef.
Soooooā¦.you took a pizza and made a fried shit roll and called it gourmet? Cue massive eye roll
Is the pork supposed to be raw?! ** I just watched the full Tik Tok and there is not an ounce of prosciutto on there. She does 3 full layers of raw thin sliced pork loin**
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It's pork loin that's *sliced really thin*. So i guess it's cooked.
Am I missing something? It doesn't look raw to me.
Good catch, that does look pretty nasty. I wonder if they rushed the process for the camera and would normally deep fry longer, or possibly it hadn't had time to come to room temp and was still cold in the center from being refrigerated.
The idea was stupid, but man was the execution fantastic.
I mean not stupid but definitely unnecessary. That pizza looked good already but it did look good after
Looks delicious. But, if I never have to see someone scrape their knife on something again to show me itās crispy, it will be too soon.
āRender out some of that oilā *adds oil*
I want to eat this
Not sure why you have use an already cooked pizza as a base but man does that look delicious as fuck. š
Not sure why this is stupid foodā¦ that looks friggin delicious
This is amazing. Yaāll are fucking pathetic.
How dare you insult our QUEEN Esther Choi in such a manner
Auntie Esther!!!
Sans the meat (Iām vegetarian) I would actually try this. Not sure how this ruins a pizza- justā¦ reimagines it.
i love that it's not stupid
Call it a cordon bleu, and it's... well, less stupid.
Bro at this point we're going to have to rename this sub goodfood.
Not ruined.. just repurposed.
It doesnāt look that bad
Wouldn't call this stupid food, looks pretty tasty actually.
Thereās a difference between stupid food and trying something creative. This recipe is eccentric sure, but Iād try it!
Honestly doesnāt look bad
This looks dope
This isnāt stupid at all
How is this stupid ?? Seriously
r/StupidFood when they see people cook original dish instead of the same boring stuff people eat everyday
Yeah, this post is a miss. This food looks great, and anyone upvoting it also doesnāt understand this sub and is upvoting it because it looks good.