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  • @remi6820
    @remi6820 Před 3 lety +2531

    French guy talking about sauces, this better be whole movie.

    • @Glipglop886
      @Glipglop886 Před 3 lety +115

      Honestly this guy deserves a Netflix series because this reminds me so much of chefs table. So well done 👍🏻

    • @wild-radio7373
      @wild-radio7373 Před 3 lety +10

      Agreed! 100%♡♡♡

    • @houseof192
      @houseof192 Před 3 lety +12

      OK Netflix, 👏DO👏YOUR👏THING

    • @romanacord9837
      @romanacord9837 Před 3 lety +2

      Its going to be a whole series!

    • @acidperson7983
      @acidperson7983 Před 3 lety +2

      Probably will be something like a movie in the end

  • @isaacjackiw9711
    @isaacjackiw9711 Před 3 lety +675

    Alex: "The peoples' chef and the chef of the peoples"

    • @eldorados_lost_searcher
      @eldorados_lost_searcher Před 3 lety +6

      *Finally! The French Guy Cooking has come back! To CZcams!*

    • @Max-lf4br
      @Max-lf4br Před 3 lety +4

      i couldn't agree more

    • @mrclueuin
      @mrclueuin Před 3 lety +1

      So true.

    • @meowcula
      @meowcula Před 3 lety +1

      I was going to comment something, but this is to perfect.

  • @vengefulspirit99
    @vengefulspirit99 Před 3 lety +391

    Alex's videos : 50% cooking
    30% accent
    20% jokes
    10% some French guy on a bike

  • @Yoda63
    @Yoda63 Před 3 lety +358

    I have a feeling that library model isn’t 1/10 scale...

    • @HieuPham-fs8ug
      @HieuPham-fs8ug Před 3 lety +36

      It needs to be at least... 3 times bigger....

    • @skeetskeet0311
      @skeetskeet0311 Před 3 lety +44

      @@HieuPham-fs8ug what is that, a library for ants!

    • @lllllREDACTEDlllll
      @lllllREDACTEDlllll Před 3 lety +1

      Nerd

    • @HieuPham-fs8ug
      @HieuPham-fs8ug Před 3 lety +13

      @@lllllREDACTEDlllll Really really ridiculously good looking nerd

    • @aidans6257
      @aidans6257 Před 3 lety +21

      @@HieuPham-fs8ug How can we be expected to teach children to learn how to read if they can't even fit inside the building?

  • @levifowler7933
    @levifowler7933 Před 3 lety +287

    Bushy-tailed is like a squirrel. They are constantly energetic

    • @woofer2121
      @woofer2121 Před 3 lety +1

      No squirrel over there.

    • @chrisdavies2969
      @chrisdavies2969 Před 3 lety +10

      Like a rabbit. I think it's a Beatrix Potter quote

    • @realmaxpower
      @realmaxpower Před 3 lety +1

      I know it from dog shows.. re the dog being ready.

    • @MC_Mega-Jessup
      @MC_Mega-Jessup Před 3 lety +1

      @@woofer2121 What do you mean? France has the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris).

    • @woofer2121
      @woofer2121 Před 3 lety +1

      @@MC_Mega-Jessup my bad

  • @Spikeygal
    @Spikeygal Před 3 lety +440

    Alex. Is icecream on apple pie a sauce? A frozen sauce?

    • @MS-hd8yq
      @MS-hd8yq Před 3 lety +34

      You can take a creme anglaise and put it into an ice cream machine and it makes a ok vanilla ice cream. Or you can melt a vanilla ice cream and have an ok vanilla sauce.

    • @wge621
      @wge621 Před 3 lety +14

      If it's frozen then it's no longer a liquid! Melted ice cream though could be a sauce :) a very fattening one

    • @javierolavarria
      @javierolavarria Před 3 lety +2

      A sauce is liquid and complement, not the main (like a soup)

    • @716monk
      @716monk Před 3 lety +15

      Is cereal a soup?

    • @EthelredHardrede-nz8yv
      @EthelredHardrede-nz8yv Před 3 lety +6

      @@716monk
      A soup can be made with cereal. Cereal is another word for grain. Wheat, rice, barley, rye, the seeds of grasses, all.
      The stuff in box from Kellog's is marketing.

  • @CHEFPKR
    @CHEFPKR Před 3 lety +493

    Alex, I've missed you.

  • @iadtag1853
    @iadtag1853 Před 3 lety +25

    Little did he know that he's going to look at Hollandaise never the same way again.

  • @fnoogernooger
    @fnoogernooger Před 3 lety +86

    The expression "Bright eyed and bushy tailed" comes from the traditional Fox Hunt. It would only be considered in good sport if the fox were healthy, as indicated by it not having cloudy eyes or a mangy tail - thus bright eyed and bushy tailed.

    • @iloveprivacy8167
      @iloveprivacy8167 Před 3 lety +1

      I'm not sure I like that new meaning to showing up to work "bright eyed and bushy tailed", though...

  • @mmerlevede7237
    @mmerlevede7237 Před 3 lety +198

    Alex: 'starts a new series'
    Me: 'still waiting when he is going to ferment cacoa beans' 😑

    • @dyuan
      @dyuan Před 3 lety +3

      they're fermenting

    • @virya827
      @virya827 Před 3 lety +1

      That's really, really easy. You should Google it. I've been fermenting cocoa beans and making my own cacao nibs and powder for a while.

  • @3100620842
    @3100620842 Před 3 lety +98

    I’m calling it now, this playlist will become one of the highest rated culinary playlists on CZcams.

  • @TodAufDerFlutch
    @TodAufDerFlutch Před 3 lety +22

    He has a whole other follower base by speaking in english, I absolutely love the times he speaks french, but the effort he puts into speaking another language, and the effort he puts into engaging with his audience is superbe.

  • @Lemanic89
    @Lemanic89 Před 3 lety +143

    There are mother sauces in the dessert world too. Custards, Chocolates, Caramels, Juice Reductions, Simple Syrups.

    • @bettinafisher6291
      @bettinafisher6291 Před 3 lety +2

      I'm sure he'll get there!

    • @evelyneb590
      @evelyneb590 Před 3 lety +1

      Oh!! I was looking for creme englaise but thats a different realm ofcourse. Dessert!

    • @ilikecommenting6849
      @ilikecommenting6849 Před 3 lety +1

      What countries fall under the dessert worlds?

    • @sdm031
      @sdm031 Před 2 lety

      I've never heard of that! Epiphany..

    • @danemon8423
      @danemon8423 Před rokem

      @@ilikecommenting6849
      to start I would say undeniably france, but we can add italy

  • @TheThrustProject
    @TheThrustProject Před 3 lety +71

    I like how he is going through a dining room at a 3 michelin star restaurant at 9:52 - casually with a backpack, a dangeling helmet and a camera in his hand 😂

    • @edstirling
      @edstirling Před 3 lety +2

      followed by a camera crew.

    • @penguwave4025
      @penguwave4025 Před 3 lety

      And no one wearing masks

    • @kschleic9053
      @kschleic9053 Před 3 lety +7

      @@penguwave4025 shot before coronavirus hit the scene

    • @Max-lf4br
      @Max-lf4br Před 3 lety +1

      That's Alex for you

    • @penguwave4025
      @penguwave4025 Před 3 lety +1

      @@kschleic9053 I know, and its just crazy to think about that

  • @charlieibbeson6345
    @charlieibbeson6345 Před 3 lety +36

    That end scene has to be the biggest teaser trailer ever

  • @michaelt8282
    @michaelt8282 Před 3 lety +56

    After 10 years, Gordon Ramsay may finally find his lamb sauce in Alex's channel.

  • @javierblaustein1203
    @javierblaustein1203 Před 3 lety +137

    Alex, add Mexican “Mole” as one of the sauces in your series. B E A utiful

  • @RandomFactor
    @RandomFactor Před 3 lety +95

    he LIVES

  • @brdl6192
    @brdl6192 Před 3 lety +34

    Controvercial sauce:
    VSauce

  • @felixpaul97
    @felixpaul97 Před 3 lety +48

    This video is literally like watching a movie. The effort that he has put in making this is just spectacular...... Let it be filming, editing, research etc. Really appreciate his love for food.

  • @illuminatiCorgi
    @illuminatiCorgi Před 3 lety +33

    3:10 It's small, but being a video editor myself, I'm just in aww of how the sounds tie in 👀❤

  • @GiacoWhatever
    @GiacoWhatever Před 3 lety +343

    Missed ya!

    • @Max-lf4br
      @Max-lf4br Před 3 lety +2

      Didn't expect to see you here.

    • @paulantoni1934
      @paulantoni1934 Před 3 lety

      @@Max-lf4br same here

    • @rjfaber1991
      @rjfaber1991 Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah, a lot. I was walking through Paris about a month ago (I was actually going to Nancy, but I had a lengthy connection between Thalys and TGV), and it did occur to me that it had been far too long since I'd seen those views in one of Alex' videos.

    • @usa7upaccount139
      @usa7upaccount139 Před 3 lety

      I missed him so much too!!!!

    • @tomyrottman8012
      @tomyrottman8012 Před 3 lety

      the two masters of filming their work as a movie and making it fun and entertaining meet

  • @urouroniwa
    @urouroniwa Před 3 lety +13

    When I first started to learn cooking, I picked up "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" and literally worked my way through the entire first volume from front to back. Probably the most important thing I learned through the whole process was mother sauces (well, there are 12 pages on making an omelette and that changed my life, but...) Having said that, though, I really hope at some point to circle around to your cacio e pepe recipe. Making a sauce with a starch and cheese emulsion is amazing. Yes, I know... bechamel... But that one recipe (cacio e pepe) did as much for my cooking as any other recipe I've bumped into. I'm very grateful you did that video. Drilling home that starch + cheese == amazing is worth doing, I think.

  • @Frickes
    @Frickes Před 3 lety +9

    The best part about your videos is that you don't just drop a recepie, instead you're putting in a lot of efforts into the videos to share your journey of finding the perfect recepie with us.

  • @HardtechnoVictim
    @HardtechnoVictim Před 3 lety +43

    made hollandaise once and realized ive been cheated in 99% of restaurants since they always use convenience stuff
    the difference is mind blowing

    • @dumbass3843
      @dumbass3843 Před 3 lety +12

      Restaurants are business, so no surprise on that.
      The difference comes from the head chef being able to cut cost without decreasing quality

    • @lottatroublemaker6130
      @lottatroublemaker6130 Před 3 lety +1

      Same with Bernaise, which is basically the same with a few variations... Restaurants often use powder stuff which is nothing like the real one.

    • @Whiskypapa
      @Whiskypapa Před 3 lety +3

      LottaTroublemaker must be some shitty restaurants you’ve been to... it’s not very hard to make a proper bernaise and it keeps well throughout service. Ive never been to a restaurant that uses the powdered stuff...

    • @JohnHassink
      @JohnHassink Před 3 lety +1

      Most run of the mill restaurants will typically use pre-made packaged sauces in liquid form, which will get heated up in a steamer oven before being transferred into an au-bain-marie, for direct application during service.

    • @yosandypu
      @yosandypu Před 3 lety +5

      I know a restaurant in my town, when they opened they used homemade Hollandaise and the guests accused the owner of using a convenience product. They just didn’t know the taste of a real Hollandaise and felt they got ripped off. When the owner switched to a convenience product, not one guest complained but they started complimenting it.

  • @livingwithfshd
    @livingwithfshd Před 3 lety +40

    Ah man welcome back we have missed you

  • @mayankshah7005
    @mayankshah7005 Před 3 lety +31

    Two things
    Editing on point
    Alex's confidence always fired 🔥
    Can't even imagine a world without you alex. You've inspired me to do so many things in life that I once feared. Much love ❤️

  • @AHG1347
    @AHG1347 Před 3 lety +5

    Alex is a modern culinary treasure. Borderline insane level passion for understanding food and cooking technique and driven to pass this love to the modern masses. Add his DIY and movie making skills and you have a legend in the making.

  • @planorban
    @planorban Před 3 lety +186

    This man’s literally bringing a French library, which many of us will never be able to visit, to us

    • @SarSaraneth
      @SarSaraneth Před 3 lety +9

      Many national library have their collections in digital form, available on the internet.

    • @manusjiedowen-ck12a18
      @manusjiedowen-ck12a18 Před 3 lety +4

      @@SarSaraneth its still feels different when you're inside a library rather then online

    • @SarSaraneth
      @SarSaraneth Před 3 lety

      @@manusjiedowen-ck12a18 Yes, that's true, but nearly every city has a library of its own.

    • @planorban
      @planorban Před 3 lety +2

      @@SarSaraneth Oh that's good information! I'll have to check it out. Thank you for sharing!

    • @SarSaraneth
      @SarSaraneth Před 3 lety +1

      @@planorban The greatest purpose of the internet is the sharing of information, a cause which every good library shares. I hope you find what you're looking for.

  • @stevenkenney3748
    @stevenkenney3748 Před 3 lety +11

    You make an old chef happy I’m glad you chose to do a series on sauces it’s a Lost Art my favorite book is the repertoire del cuisine .

  • @cbooth2004
    @cbooth2004 Před 3 lety +4

    Bushy-tailed: like a cheerful, energetic squirrel. Bushy means hair that stick out in every direction, like branches on a dense bush.

  • @majdhaddad5348
    @majdhaddad5348 Před 3 lety +3

    I'm still just 3 minutes into the video and i wanna say the video looks and sounds amazing the beat going with the sounds of cooking, the angles, the pace, it's all amazing keep up the good work Alex big fan. 😄

  • @integza
    @integza Před 3 lety +191

    Portuguese Francesinha sauce is amazing
    Those of you who come to Portugal have to try it

    • @mdasilvac
      @mdasilvac Před 3 lety +2

      Oh god yes! :D

    • @igorbarbarossa
      @igorbarbarossa Před 3 lety +8

      Integza, watching some CZcams while 3d printing something?

    • @franciscovitorino8602
      @franciscovitorino8602 Před 3 lety +5

      appart from the francesinha sauce, hot sauce and olive oil are the only sauces used in portugal!!

    • @merlijndepauw8436
      @merlijndepauw8436 Před 3 lety +6

      really didn't expect you here

    • @romeuribeiroPT
      @romeuribeiroPT Před 3 lety +5

      Francisco Vitorino just for the simplicity of arguments what is a “Molho à portuguesa”??? Portuguese Cousine makes use of many sauces, and not even thinking of modern chef’s old recipies books have many uses of sauces. So in my opinion it is not true that olive oil ( Not a Sauce ) e molho de francesinha are the only one used in Portugal

  • @jeff8289
    @jeff8289 Před 3 lety +52

    Welcome back! We missed you. As a former saucier in California, I'm paying particular attention. I assume you will be going into the basic types of sauces, then looking at the variations? I'm only five minutes into the video ;-)

    • @mahaimtiaz947
      @mahaimtiaz947 Před 3 lety +2

      I still look out for your insights in the comments section as in am a relative novice

  • @ardentdfender4116
    @ardentdfender4116 Před 3 lety

    I first saw part 2 of this series. I immediately went back to watch the series from the beginning and all 4 videos on sauces. Loving it and as someone that avidly cooks myself, its one the most complex things for me to master.

  • @bruellwitz
    @bruellwitz Před 3 lety

    Your videos just rose to a completely new level over time. This is prime entertainment and SO. WELL. MADE! Can't wait for the next part of the series.

  • @abrahamfaraj418
    @abrahamfaraj418 Před 3 lety +3

    I’ve been following you for a while and I even have your book. I just wanted to say keep up the good work I can see you improving in both culinary and as videographer. You are starting to understand the art of video editing. Much love good luck

  • @robinbenjamin5489
    @robinbenjamin5489 Před 3 lety +3

    It's good to have you back. Cannot wait for this series.

  • @SpelliZNX
    @SpelliZNX Před 3 lety +25

    "A sauce has to be based"
    Damn straight

  • @francescaiannuzzi9577
    @francescaiannuzzi9577 Před 3 lety

    Straight up from my culinary class, everything on point. This is going to be so fun to remember all those sauces from the first classes of culinary school.
    Also the story about Scoffer, very well explained in a very short amount of time

  • @ayaken5972
    @ayaken5972 Před 3 lety +13

    We all know that this is going to be an obsession series.

  • @largefamilyruralliving7434

    That Edit, wow... it was worth the wait, looking fwd to this series, although I can't do dairy, I think it will still be most beneficial. Love your work.

  • @Inspirawesome
    @Inspirawesome Před 3 lety +2

    I'm a self-taught cook that has been following your channel for years. This has given me such incredible motivation to master the art of sauce making.

  • @A320flyerB6
    @A320flyerB6 Před 3 lety

    The production value of your videos just keeps getting better and better. Simply stunning to watch some of the food sequences. Great video, Alex!

  • @JosephKyo
    @JosephKyo Před 3 lety +3

    Wow I’m so early 😱 I still remember listening to culinary podcasts 15 years ago and that was when I first learned about mother sauces. I LOVE sauces lol. Food is a carrier for great sauces!

  • @btwene6169
    @btwene6169 Před 3 lety +28

    He´s back, tought that his homemade pizza oven caught fire and killed him

  • @jwb19809
    @jwb19809 Před 3 lety

    Glad your back can't wait to see the whole series

  • @AaronSpielman
    @AaronSpielman Před 3 lety

    *So* looking forward to the rest of the series!

  • @VandrothSoryn
    @VandrothSoryn Před 3 lety +24

    "Is mayonnaise a sauce" is going to be the new "Are hotdogs sandwiches" isn't it

    • @ianbruscky
      @ianbruscky Před 3 lety +4

      it that an actual doubt? never heard that before, of course hotdogs are sandwiches.

    • @heavymetalbassist5
      @heavymetalbassist5 Před 3 lety +1

      mythical kitchen has a podcast called hotdog is a sandwich

    • @123Filmfreak
      @123Filmfreak Před 3 lety +3

      Everybody knows mayonnaise is an instrument!

    • @mattgieseke8302
      @mattgieseke8302 Před 3 lety

      Hotdogs are tacos, obviously

    • @ianbruscky
      @ianbruscky Před 3 lety

      @@mattgieseke8302 tacos are sandwich

  • @BiggMo
    @BiggMo Před 3 lety +80

    5:54 “...1/10th replica...” Alex, better check your math.

    • @heinrichagrippa5681
      @heinrichagrippa5681 Před 3 lety +2

      Glad I wasn't the only person thinking "wait, 1/10th... wouldn't that still be at least the size of a house?"

    • @samijacquin8814
      @samijacquin8814 Před 3 lety +1

      more like a 1/1000 replica

    • @ponalvsiki2254
      @ponalvsiki2254 Před 3 lety +8

      That's 1:1 replica.

    • @Asmodeus555
      @Asmodeus555 Před 3 lety +5

      @@ponalvsiki2254 "A library for ants?!!!"

  • @sarby603
    @sarby603 Před 3 lety

    the most amazing part of your journey is not really the culinary side of it, but more the level and the quality of your videos and how fast they've improved over time that is the most amazing! GREAT scenography behind it .

  • @relevantspace7786
    @relevantspace7786 Před 3 lety +1

    Wow! This was some freaking awesome video, that cliffhanger tho, I need the next episode of this series asap, love your videos man, keep the great work and effort you usually put on them!

  • @eveakane6563
    @eveakane6563 Před 3 lety +45

    Wow, I don't think Alex has been shaving.
    Also, sauce is important here in the Philippines. Or at least soup to pour on the rice.

    • @77rong77
      @77rong77 Před 3 lety +1

      we call that sabow in my house

    • @aerindeleon9878
      @aerindeleon9878 Před 3 lety

      A lot ulam is sauce-y so that it can spread over rice

  • @bloo4456
    @bloo4456 Před 3 lety +29

    THE FRENCH COOKING GOD HAS RETURNED!

  • @MrKhoshkhial
    @MrKhoshkhial Před 2 lety +1

    every episode can take Oscar in music, editing, script everything. this is not culinary channel, this is something else i call it love

  • @Delvalle156
    @Delvalle156 Před 3 lety +1

    Love this new series! I think sauces are very important for any type of food. Even desserts needs to have quality sauces to enhance the experience! I will follow this serie! You go to the roots of everything you do! I like that so much!

  • @briel_vps
    @briel_vps Před 3 lety +3

    Can we talk about how his production quality keeps getting better? Everything is so well made! We missed you Alex!

  • @MrVovansim
    @MrVovansim Před 3 lety +4

    6:01 -- third tab: italy, spain, portugal, and the rest of europe.
    Ouch!! That kind of hurts, hehehe.

  • @waitwut20
    @waitwut20 Před 3 lety

    very much looking forward to hearing about your revised version of the classification of sauces! this is going to be very critical to the skills we are trying to improve here!

  • @Cloudnerd
    @Cloudnerd Před 3 lety +1

    It has been so long since I've seen anything from Alex and what a lovely surprise I return to on this fine autumn day! Cheers!

  • @ryanwjohnsen
    @ryanwjohnsen Před 3 lety +4

    I feel like we need to talk about sauce pans now and what impact they have on the sauce

  • @mangethegamer
    @mangethegamer Před 3 lety +16

    When the French talk about sauces you should know to listen attentively.

  • @kranky216
    @kranky216 Před 3 lety +1

    This is more of what we need :) someone who is always so passionate in everything that is worked on the quality of every video is 👌🏼

  • @aaronlair262
    @aaronlair262 Před 3 lety

    Got chills walking through that library. What an incredible resource.

  • @guynicklin271
    @guynicklin271 Před 3 lety +9

    First of all, I love the passion to learn and educate. That is why this is one of my favorite channels. However, I do beleive sauces would be better learned through chemistry, than culinary. I am a chef. And for 90% of the sauces out there, the main goal is salinity, viscosity (richness), and acidity. THIS would be the place to start. Espacially since the "old school" chefs you speak of in the video, cooked for people that only knew HEAAVY foods as "good food". Salad dressings, heavy or light, could very well contain the needed knowledge for "sauces" that you seek since they vary so much and do varried things. Keep it up Alex!!!!

  • @pramudimekala2959
    @pramudimekala2959 Před 3 lety +5

    Aleeeexxx happy to see u agaiin.. ❤️❤️❤️❤️🌠

  • @JJsheep
    @JJsheep Před 3 lety

    Masterful Videography, Alex! Great Introduction to this series, I`m pumped to see it all!

  • @shallowandpedantic2320

    Beautiful camera work, editing, and audio on that first cooking sequence in particular. Great video.

  • @stevenkirkman601
    @stevenkirkman601 Před 3 lety +3

    FINALLY the mother of all videos is here!

  • @beepboopbeepboopbeepboopbeep

    I never clicked on a notification this hard
    Goddamn it man, you were missed ♥️♥️

  • @shanetravis6120
    @shanetravis6120 Před 3 lety

    Just found you a few days ago. I have a vast love for good food and the way you attack them. Starting a subject like sauces and knowing you will keep me coming back looking for updates. Everyday since I found you I keep coming back to see how and what you are going to do.

  • @rhijulbec1
    @rhijulbec1 Před 3 lety

    Hello Alex!
    From Canada 👋👋🇨🇦🇨🇦
    I'm so glad you took the time you needed. We've missed you. But in these times of great uncertainty and stress it's understood you needed time for yourself.
    Now...Get to making those sauces! I've been hoping you'd do something on sauces. My husband doesn't seem to "get" why I make them, even though he loves them!
    I shall now make him watch every video in this series! Even if I have to "A Clockwork Orange" him!
    Plus I need ideas. After cooking for over 50 years, new ideas are very much needed.
    Jenn 🇨🇦

  • @shibasss
    @shibasss Před 3 lety +18

    Salsa criolla is a weird one, it's chunky, raw and almost a salad. But definitely a sauce

    • @fedeini
      @fedeini Před 3 lety

      for me Its definitely a topping. how about chimichurri? a condiment or a sauce?

  • @JoelBrennan
    @JoelBrennan Před 3 lety +4

    I misheard you introduce the national library as the “Bechamel Library of France”....wouldn’t that be a wonderful place!

  • @fugitive42885
    @fugitive42885 Před 3 lety

    Welcome back! I'm looking forward to this series.

  • @axtran
    @axtran Před 3 lety

    The production quality of all of these videos and series is absolutely amazing.

  • @andrevuuren7043
    @andrevuuren7043 Před 3 lety +24

    Watching from South-African, just had a monkey gland sauce on my Burger...its a real sauce

    • @108108qwerty
      @108108qwerty Před 3 lety +1

      Does it taste like a tart thick ketchup? Ive seen it before,but never had it.

    • @MC_Mega-Jessup
      @MC_Mega-Jessup Před 3 lety +11

      After Googling, I'm glad to find out that no monkey glands are actually involved in the making of said sauce.

    • @cin3859
      @cin3859 Před 3 lety +4

      I don’t know whether to be relieved or mildly disappointed

  • @Romandy13
    @Romandy13 Před 3 lety +13

    "I'd love to hear your thoughts about controversial sauces."
    So like, there's a pineapple on sauce thing going on too?

  • @castonadams3147
    @castonadams3147 Před 3 lety

    Very nice and refreshing to get a new vid from Alex on my sub feed, especially one about sauces, one of my many obsessions.

  • @ajillfoster
    @ajillfoster Před 3 lety +1

    I love to hear Alex talk about food. I adore his French accented English, particularly as he discusses the Mother Sauces. His enthusiasm is engaging.

  • @Iskandar64
    @Iskandar64 Před 3 lety +5

    Salad dressings are sauces essentially, perhaps to an investigation of these.

    • @thatkoakid
      @thatkoakid Před 3 lety

      imagine in one of the ancient books he found "Ranch" lol

  • @halted_code
    @halted_code Před 3 lety +5

    if you dip bread in soup, the soup is a sauce.

  • @dlg2038
    @dlg2038 Před 3 lety

    One of my inspirations to getting into cooking and now I'm taking professional cooking in Canada, thank you Alex!

  • @OdinOfficialEmcee
    @OdinOfficialEmcee Před 3 lety +1

    I love this! I live for sauces, they are almost always my favourite part of a dish.
    Pan sauces are the first sauces I ever made and are hands down the easiest way to make a good meal great!
    I'm looking forward to learning how to elevate my skills further

  • @rohiteshsutar8896
    @rohiteshsutar8896 Před 3 lety +24

    Nostalgic. If any are from a culinary Arts background Xd.

  • @greengohm
    @greengohm Před 3 lety +5

    As a fountain pen enthusiast, I am really happy to see someone using fountain pen everyday and showing it to others - Kawecos are awesome :)

  • @outofmymindvideo
    @outofmymindvideo Před 3 lety

    I for one am glad you took your time for this. Not only is this fun and educational, but the quality of the filming keeps getting better and better. I grew up watching Jamie on TV and learned that cooking can be fun. This is completely different but I can imagine kids now watching this and thinking: this is cool I want to make that mayo with drill-whisk!

  • @mousetrap5244
    @mousetrap5244 Před 3 lety

    ALEX!!! Welcome back. Seeing you had uploaded a new video really made my day. Glad to see your well. Looking forward to this adventure

  • @hallobre
    @hallobre Před 3 lety +7

    Btw, the national library is shaped like half open books

  • @swintsdeco6109
    @swintsdeco6109 Před 3 lety +6

    French guys talking about sauces can be a whole movie long

    • @indecisiverift
      @indecisiverift Před 3 lety +1

      French guys talking about sauces could be the new MCU and they'd still have several blu rays worth of bonus content to sell.

    • @schwig44
      @schwig44 Před 3 lety

      @@indecisiverift And I would buy it all

  • @cloack5702
    @cloack5702 Před 3 lety

    Absolutely beautiful and interesting, can't wait for more

  • @bulbhorn
    @bulbhorn Před 3 lety

    Can’t wait to learn more. Thank you.

  • @coffeejn
    @coffeejn Před 3 lety +23

    I expect some curry sauces, hope I won't be disappointed.
    Otherwise, any homemade sauces used for stir-fry will do. Can't wait and see.

    • @BigHenFor
      @BigHenFor Před 3 lety +5

      The Chinese Cooking Demystified channel can make simple stir-fried vegetable side dishes look and taste like a banquet. Check it out. They have a video on how to stir fry 3 green vegetables with 3 different tasty but simple sauces.

    • @rjfaber1991
      @rjfaber1991 Před 3 lety +3

      I imagine that if he's going to do a round-the-world tour like he did with the meatball series, Indian curry sauces will definitely be on the menu (if you'll excuse the pun). That said, there is a pandemic that seems hell bent on throwing spanners in works, so it could be a while.

    • @Mumumuth
      @Mumumuth Před 3 lety

      I think that curry is a whole new level and I hope that Alex does a whole series about it.

    • @fnors2
      @fnors2 Před 3 lety +1

      Curry is amazing, but I do believe curry is closer to a stew than a sauce.
      But then again, that's really just me looking at the definitions of things. I'd still be awesome to see him do a series on curry.

  • @e21big
    @e21big Před 3 lety +5

    controversial sauces: they don't have to be liquid
    joking aside, this is actually a fact - many of the Japanese dipping condiment for example, are just a ground powder (flavour salted, ground pepper, just salt etc.) and it's also true in many places in Asia

  • @shampooner
    @shampooner Před 3 lety

    So glad to see you're back!

  • @Nosceteipsum166
    @Nosceteipsum166 Před 3 lety

    The quality content is ridiculously amazing. I'm really excited, mate. Sauces are game changing.

  • @gearavien2784
    @gearavien2784 Před 3 lety +4

    My crapy take: Ketchup is just another kind of tomato sauce.

  • @tahoemike5828
    @tahoemike5828 Před 3 lety +4

    The first rule of being a Saucier: "Never get out of the boat!, Never get out of the F'ing boat!!"
    The second rule: Watch out for Tigers, and refer to rule # 1.

  • @TheJohnsKitchen
    @TheJohnsKitchen Před 3 lety

    This video is a whole vibe! I studied Escoffier as well a few years back, fascinating!

  • @daoudnawaz
    @daoudnawaz Před 3 lety

    Alex. Dude. The editing to the sound during the first sauce montage. WOW. I didn’t even notice it the first time watching this. 👏🏼