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  • @remi6820
    @remi6820 3 роки тому +2533

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

    • @Glipglop886
      @Glipglop886 3 роки тому +115

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

    • @wild-radio7373
      @wild-radio7373 3 роки тому +10

      Agreed! 100%♡♡♡

    • @houseof192
      @houseof192 3 роки тому +12

      OK Netflix, 👏DO👏YOUR👏THING

    • @romanacord9837
      @romanacord9837 3 роки тому +2

      Its going to be a whole series!

    • @acidperson7983
      @acidperson7983 3 роки тому +2

      Probably will be something like a movie in the end

  • @isaacjackiw9711
    @isaacjackiw9711 3 роки тому +675

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

    • @eldorados_lost_searcher
      @eldorados_lost_searcher 3 роки тому +6

      *Finally! The French Guy Cooking has come back! To UA-cam!*

    • @Max-lf4br
      @Max-lf4br 3 роки тому +4

      i couldn't agree more

    • @mrclueuin
      @mrclueuin 3 роки тому +1

      So true.

    • @meowcula
      @meowcula 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @vengefulspirit99
    @vengefulspirit99 3 роки тому +393

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

  • @Yoda63
    @Yoda63 3 роки тому +358

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

    • @HieuPham-fs8ug
      @HieuPham-fs8ug 3 роки тому +36

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

    • @skeetskeet0311
      @skeetskeet0311 3 роки тому +44

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

    • @lllllREDACTEDlllll
      @lllllREDACTEDlllll 3 роки тому +1

      Nerd

    • @HieuPham-fs8ug
      @HieuPham-fs8ug 3 роки тому +13

      @@lllllREDACTEDlllll Really really ridiculously good looking nerd

    • @aidans6257
      @aidans6257 3 роки тому +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?

  • @CHEFPKR
    @CHEFPKR 3 роки тому +493

    Alex, I've missed you.

  • @levifowler7933
    @levifowler7933 3 роки тому +287

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

    • @woofer2121
      @woofer2121 3 роки тому +1

      No squirrel over there.

    • @chrisdavies2969
      @chrisdavies2969 3 роки тому +10

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

    • @realmaxpower
      @realmaxpower 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @MC_Mega-Jessup
      @MC_Mega-Jessup 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @woofer2121
      @woofer2121 3 роки тому +1

      @@MC_Mega-Jessup my bad

  • @iadtag1853
    @iadtag1853 3 роки тому +25

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

  • @michaelt8282
    @michaelt8282 3 роки тому +56

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

  • @Lemanic89
    @Lemanic89 3 роки тому +143

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

    • @bettinafisher6291
      @bettinafisher6291 3 роки тому +2

      I'm sure he'll get there!

    • @evelyneb590
      @evelyneb590 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @ilikecommenting6849
      @ilikecommenting6849 3 роки тому +1

      What countries fall under the dessert worlds?

    • @sdm031
      @sdm031 2 роки тому

      I've never heard of that! Epiphany..

    • @danemon8423
      @danemon8423 Рік тому

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

  • @Spikeygal
    @Spikeygal 3 роки тому +440

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

    • @MS-hd8yq
      @MS-hd8yq 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @716monk
      @716monk 3 роки тому +15

      Is cereal a soup?

    • @EthelredHardrede-nz8yv
      @EthelredHardrede-nz8yv 3 роки тому +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.

  • @charlieibbeson6345
    @charlieibbeson6345 3 роки тому +36

    That end scene has to be the biggest teaser trailer ever

  • @TodAufDerFlutch
    @TodAufDerFlutch 3 роки тому +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.

  • @fnoogernooger
    @fnoogernooger 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @integza
    @integza 3 роки тому +191

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

    • @mdasilvac
      @mdasilvac 3 роки тому +2

      Oh god yes! :D

    • @igorbarbarossa
      @igorbarbarossa 3 роки тому +8

      Integza, watching some UA-cam while 3d printing something?

    • @franciscovitorino8602
      @franciscovitorino8602 3 роки тому +5

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

    • @merlijndepauw8436
      @merlijndepauw8436 3 роки тому +6

      really didn't expect you here

    • @romeuribeiroPT
      @romeuribeiroPT 3 роки тому +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

  • @3100620842
    @3100620842 3 роки тому +98

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

  • @felixpaul97
    @felixpaul97 3 роки тому +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.

  • @TheThrustProject
    @TheThrustProject 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +2

      followed by a camera crew.

    • @penguwave4025
      @penguwave4025 3 роки тому

      And no one wearing masks

    • @kschleic9053
      @kschleic9053 3 роки тому +7

      @@penguwave4025 shot before coronavirus hit the scene

    • @Max-lf4br
      @Max-lf4br 3 роки тому +1

      That's Alex for you

    • @penguwave4025
      @penguwave4025 3 роки тому +1

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

  • @GiacoWhatever
    @GiacoWhatever 3 роки тому +343

    Missed ya!

    • @Max-lf4br
      @Max-lf4br 3 роки тому +2

      Didn't expect to see you here.

    • @paulantoni1934
      @paulantoni1934 3 роки тому

      @@Max-lf4br same here

    • @rjfaber1991
      @rjfaber1991 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому

      I missed him so much too!!!!

    • @tomyrottman8012
      @tomyrottman8012 3 роки тому

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

  • @mayankshah7005
    @mayankshah7005 3 роки тому +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 ❤️

  • @Frickes
    @Frickes 3 роки тому +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.

  • @mmerlevede7237
    @mmerlevede7237 3 роки тому +198

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

    • @dyuan
      @dyuan 3 роки тому +3

      they're fermenting

    • @virya827
      @virya827 3 роки тому +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.

  • @RandomFactor
    @RandomFactor 3 роки тому +95

    he LIVES

  • @brdl6192
    @brdl6192 3 роки тому +34

    Controvercial sauce:
    VSauce

  • @urouroniwa
    @urouroniwa 3 роки тому +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.

  • @planorban
    @planorban 3 роки тому +186

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

    • @SarSaraneth
      @SarSaraneth 3 роки тому +9

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

    • @manusjiedowen-ck12a18
      @manusjiedowen-ck12a18 3 роки тому +4

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

    • @SarSaraneth
      @SarSaraneth 3 роки тому

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

    • @planorban
      @planorban 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @SarSaraneth
      @SarSaraneth 3 роки тому +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.

  • @javierblaustein1203
    @javierblaustein1203 3 роки тому +137

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

    • @tomatosoup44
      @tomatosoup44 3 роки тому +11

      Ignoring any kind of Mexican sauce would be a crime

    • @VictorPerez-ei9si
      @VictorPerez-ei9si 3 роки тому +1

      Was looking for this comment

    • @caocaoqueretaro
      @caocaoqueretaro 3 роки тому +1

      Mole, and guacamole.... It's just the beginning.

  • @AHG1347
    @AHG1347 3 роки тому +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.

  • @bruellwitz
    @bruellwitz 3 роки тому

    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.

  • @HardtechnoVictim
    @HardtechnoVictim 3 роки тому +43

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

    • @Limpass610
      @Limpass610 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +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.

  • @illuminatiCorgi
    @illuminatiCorgi 3 роки тому +33

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

  • @majdhaddad5348
    @majdhaddad5348 3 роки тому +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. 😄

  • @robinbenjamin5489
    @robinbenjamin5489 3 роки тому +3

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

  • @livingwithfshd
    @livingwithfshd 3 роки тому +40

    Ah man welcome back we have missed you

  • @stevenkenney3748
    @stevenkenney3748 3 роки тому +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 .

  • @sarby603
    @sarby603 3 роки тому

    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 .

  • @abrahamfaraj418
    @abrahamfaraj418 3 роки тому +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

  • @jeff8289
    @jeff8289 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @SpelliZNX
    @SpelliZNX 3 роки тому +25

    "A sauce has to be based"
    Damn straight

  • @A320flyerB6
    @A320flyerB6 3 роки тому

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

  • @ardentdfender4116
    @ardentdfender4116 3 роки тому

    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.

  • @ayaken5972
    @ayaken5972 3 роки тому +13

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

  • @largefamilyruralliving7434
    @largefamilyruralliving7434 3 роки тому +3

    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 3 роки тому +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.

  • @Cloudnerd
    @Cloudnerd 3 роки тому +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!

  • @joegolok
    @joegolok 3 роки тому +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!

  • @mangethegamer
    @mangethegamer 3 роки тому +16

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

  • @relevantspace7786
    @relevantspace7786 3 роки тому +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!

  • @outofmymindvideo
    @outofmymindvideo 3 роки тому

    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!

  • @Lowi
    @Lowi 3 роки тому +31

    I LOVE

  • @beepboopbeepboopbeepboopbeep
    @beepboopbeepboopbeepboopbeep 3 роки тому +4

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

  • @ajillfoster
    @ajillfoster 3 роки тому +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.

  • @kranky216
    @kranky216 3 роки тому +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 👌🏼

  • @briel_vps
    @briel_vps 3 роки тому +3

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

  • @btwene6169
    @btwene6169 3 роки тому +28

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

  • @alkoxy
    @alkoxy 3 роки тому

    Oh man, that first sauce montage was perfection!! Your video editing has levelled up so much and you were great to begin with!!

  • @francescaiannuzzi9577
    @francescaiannuzzi9577 3 роки тому

    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

  • @cbooth2004
    @cbooth2004 3 роки тому +4

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

  • @stevenkirkman601
    @stevenkirkman601 3 роки тому +3

    FINALLY the mother of all videos is here!

  • @Delvalle156
    @Delvalle156 3 роки тому +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!

  • @nnorm
    @nnorm 3 роки тому

    Welcome back! ❤
    I can't wait to see how this series goes. I'm so excited about the next episode already!!
    Cheers!

  • @eveakane6563
    @eveakane6563 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +1

      we call that sabow in my house

    • @aerindeleon9878
      @aerindeleon9878 3 роки тому

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

  • @pramudimekala2959
    @pramudimekala2959 3 роки тому +5

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

  • @void1634
    @void1634 3 роки тому +1

    Making sauces is something that I've struggled with for a while now, specifically making bechamel, mine always comes out lumpy no matter how much i whisk. I can't overstate how excited i am to see you tackle making sauces, you're ramen series was fantastic and i have no doubt this one will be just as good if not better, you're one of the only UA-camr's that's not only educational but somehow extremely entertaining at the same time. I hope you conquer bechamel and do me proud.

  • @axtran
    @axtran 3 роки тому

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

  • @bloo4456
    @bloo4456 3 роки тому +29

    THE FRENCH COOKING GOD HAS RETURNED!

  • @VandrothSoryn
    @VandrothSoryn 3 роки тому +24

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

    • @ianbruscky
      @ianbruscky 3 роки тому +4

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

    • @heavymetalbassist5
      @heavymetalbassist5 3 роки тому +1

      mythical kitchen has a podcast called hotdog is a sandwich

    • @123Filmfreak
      @123Filmfreak 3 роки тому +3

      Everybody knows mayonnaise is an instrument!

    • @mattgieseke8302
      @mattgieseke8302 3 роки тому

      Hotdogs are tacos, obviously

    • @ianbruscky
      @ianbruscky 3 роки тому

      @@mattgieseke8302 tacos are sandwich

  • @waitwut20
    @waitwut20 3 роки тому

    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!

  • @Nosceteipsum166
    @Nosceteipsum166 3 роки тому

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

  • @ryanwjohnsen
    @ryanwjohnsen 3 роки тому +4

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

  • @JoelBrennan
    @JoelBrennan 3 роки тому +4

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

  • @shanetravis6120
    @shanetravis6120 3 роки тому

    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.

  • @JoeEdwards8D
    @JoeEdwards8D 3 роки тому

    Alex, I must say, I've followed you for a while and I love the way you masterfully present ideas. Each video, I'm glued to the screen with anticipation; enjoying every moment of this theater. I learn so much here and incorporate many of these ideas into my own styles. I'm a creole / cajun home chef :)

  • @greengohm
    @greengohm 3 роки тому +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 :)

  • @BiggMo
    @BiggMo 3 роки тому +80

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

    • @heinrichagrippa5681
      @heinrichagrippa5681 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +1

      more like a 1/1000 replica

    • @ponalvsiki2254
      @ponalvsiki2254 3 роки тому +8

      That's 1:1 replica.

    • @Asmodeus555
      @Asmodeus555 3 роки тому +5

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

  • @dwaynewladyka577
    @dwaynewladyka577 3 роки тому

    Welcome back, Alex. I can't wait to see where you go with sauce making, in this series. Cheers!

  • @rhijulbec1
    @rhijulbec1 3 роки тому

    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 3 роки тому +18

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

    • @fedeini
      @fedeini 3 роки тому

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

  • @andrevuuren7043
    @andrevuuren7043 3 роки тому +24

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

    • @108108qwerty
      @108108qwerty 3 роки тому +1

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

    • @MC_Mega-Jessup
      @MC_Mega-Jessup 3 роки тому +11

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

    • @cin3859
      @cin3859 3 роки тому +4

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

  • @WunHeart
    @WunHeart 3 роки тому +1

    you kidding me, looks like the best series yet. Lovin' it.

  • @dlg2038
    @dlg2038 3 роки тому

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

  • @MrVovansim
    @MrVovansim 3 роки тому +4

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

  • @Romandy13
    @Romandy13 3 роки тому +13

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

  • @jwb19809
    @jwb19809 3 роки тому

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

  • @aaronlair262
    @aaronlair262 3 роки тому

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

  • @guynicklin271
    @guynicklin271 3 роки тому +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!!!!

  • @hallobre
    @hallobre 3 роки тому +7

    Btw, the national library is shaped like half open books

  • @MrKhoshkhial
    @MrKhoshkhial 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @mousetrap5244
    @mousetrap5244 3 роки тому

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

  • @coffeejn
    @coffeejn 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому

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

    • @fnors2
      @fnors2 3 роки тому +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.

  • @swintsdeco6109
    @swintsdeco6109 3 роки тому +6

    French guys talking about sauces can be a whole movie long

    • @indecisiverift
      @indecisiverift 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому

      @@indecisiverift And I would buy it all

  • @JJsheep
    @JJsheep 3 роки тому

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

  • @Tarry040
    @Tarry040 3 роки тому

    Finally you‘re back! I’m so looking forward for this series.

  • @Iskandar64
    @Iskandar64 3 роки тому +5

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

    • @thatkoakid
      @thatkoakid 3 роки тому

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

  • @victorkoropeckyj2771
    @victorkoropeckyj2771 3 роки тому +5

    this means you started filming this series in like... march of 2019

  • @Kresnov
    @Kresnov 3 роки тому

    So happy your back, and your production quality is off the scale good.

  • @daoudnawaz
    @daoudnawaz 3 роки тому

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

  • @rohiteshsutar8896
    @rohiteshsutar8896 3 роки тому +24

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

  • @e21big
    @e21big 3 роки тому +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

  • @jamesodwyer4181
    @jamesodwyer4181 3 роки тому

    I am so hyped for this series! I can already feel my own home cooking is going to get an extra dose of inspiration =D

  • @andrewwmitchell
    @andrewwmitchell 3 роки тому

    Excited for this new series. I'm sure I'll learn something that will enhance my cooking.