Nick DiGiovanni - I Ate School Lunch From Every Country

Episode Date: October 7, 2025

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Saving those children is how we all go home. From binge all episodes exclusively on Paramount Plus. In this video, I'm trying the most popular school lunches in the world, and while some were delicious, I was one of the best bites I've ever had in my life. Others were not so good. I can't tell what looks worse. Us are the food.

And we're starting in North America with the United States, where the typical school lunch is dino nuggets, mashed potatoes, fresh fruit and vegetables, and chocolate milk. I remember eating this exact school lunch as a kid. Something very classic with American school lunches is that they like to turn things into fun shapes, like making chicken nuggets into the shape of dinosaurs. of dinosaurs. It just makes them taste better. Go ahead, do the honors. Obviously, starting with

T-Rex. I'm gonna go with the Stegosaurus. Little dip in the mashed potatoes. That's a wild move. That brings me back. So good, so unhealthy. In fact, school lunch in the US is so unhealthy that a slice of pizza counts as you're serving of vegetables because of the tomato sauce. That's really bad. This is an important thing now, Max. Opening the chocolate milk. The key is really that you got I've got to peel all the way back first, and then, boom, just like that. I'll feed you. Mmm. That is actually incredible.

There's just nothing like getting off the playground, being all sweaty and eating dino nuggets with chocolate milk. One more thing with American school lunches is that oftentimes parents will write you a little note in your lunchbox. So I got both of our moms to write us a note. No. Are you serious? Yeah.

Is it actually my mom? It is really your mom. No way. My note says, have a great day. I hope you get to play with Max during recess. Love mom. Hi, sweetie. Enjoy your blueberries.

Do I, did I, wait what? Shouldn't even give you any points. Let's read more Harry Potter tonight. Love mom, smiley face. How did you get a hold of my mom? For every school lunch in this video, we're also going to give it a ranking on a tier list. So for the United States,

delicious food, but a bit too unhealthy. I think it's fair to put it in sea deer. And now let's move to Canada, where we'll have pizza, carrot sticks, an ice cream cup, and apple juice. The cool thing is, Fridays in Canadian schools are Pizza Day. All the kids wait all week for Pizza Day.

To be fair, I would too. Look at the mini pepperoni's. Look how cute they are. Decent bottom crust, though. I'm feeling good about this. Not bad. Look at the thickness of the bread. The crust is sweet.

It's so incredibly bad that it's good. Carrot sticks. I feel like you need something to dip them in, but I've never been one to turn down a good carrot stick. Of everything on this platter, though, the thing I love most is the ice cream cup. That is a blast from the past. Mmm.

It is so distinctive, that fluffiness. Makes me want to melt, Max. But what's so amazing is the wooden stick. that comes with it. If you actually take the wooden stick and you kind of suck the air out of it, you taste that wooden flavor. Wow. Ooh, I'm getting it. Last thing, juice box. These straws were always annoying. Extremely. They're just not strong enough. Uh-huh. Look at this. It's already smushed. I can't get it in. There it is. Actually, that's pretty good. I don't know if any of you used to do this as a kid, but once you finish your juice box, you blow it up again,

and then you put it down and stomp on it. Whoa! I think it's fair to say Canada's school lunch gets a sea tier, see for Canada. And that brings us to Mexico, where we'll have a ham and cheese torta, tahine cucumbers, carrot sticks, mayonnaise packets, and Agua fresca. One thing about school lunch in Mexico is that lots of students go home to eat with their families, but when they do eat at school, it looks something like this. It looks very healthy. I want to start with the tahin cucumbers. They look so crunchy and well-season. What am I experiencing right now? They love tahin and shamois so much in Mexico that kids will actually have key chains on their backpacks like this. If you want a little more tahin on your cucumber, just pop it open.

Don't mind if I do. That's okay. That's gonna be excessive here. Ooh, que rico. A tart da is just a Mexican sandwich, essentially. You can put a variety of different things inside it, but as you can see with this one, we've got all sorts of fresh fruits, vegetables, quick, simple, on the go lunch. We were missing out growing up. That right there is a school lunch. Super flavorful, super fresh. Ten times better than anything else we've had today. It's even common to add on a little bit of mayo. And the best part is washing it down with some Agua fresca, which is fruit-infused water. Let's see.

It's basically just like a cold tea. In the heat that you probably have on a playground in Mexico, this must be extremely refreshing. This would hit the spot. We're going to put Mexican school lunch in B-tier and move on now to Jamaica, where a typical school lunch is fried chicken, peas and rice, mac and cheese, plantins, a side of fruit and fruit punch. We are really leveling up here. Yeah. This looks unbelievable. Even this. Look at this thing. I say we divide and conquer. I feel like I gotta do mac and cheese on the chicken School lunch or not that was one of the best bites I've ever had in my life Put some mac and cheese on there

They just pair so well together Often times kids will take their mound of rice and they'll take some of this Jamaican gravy and they'll make a little volcano While you eat that I'm gonna set up the drink I love the way they serve the drink in a little pouch like that and everybody knows that blue tastes better If I had this lunch every single day I would be a very happy student Jamaican me crazy with this school lunch, it's getting a nate here. And now that we've finished in North America, we'll move on to South America, where we'll start with Brazil to have rice and beans, ground beef, a side salad,

jello, and cashew juice. This looks amazing. I'm kind of- That-da-da-da-that-that-th... Hold on, hold on. In Brazil, everybody needs to scan their ID card before they eat. I mean, it's both a Brazilian student ID just in case we ever go back to school in Brazil. This is hilarious.

Why do I look way more handsome than you? Before either of us eats, I'm going to scan these. Max, yours isn't. The principal called my mom, everything's fine. Sorry, Max. You can't eat lunch today. Ah, mine's scanned. I'm good.

What? All right, where do I begin? Maybe a little bit of the beans and rice. Looks like there's some bacon in there. Wow. This rice has been cooked to perfection in bacon and bacon fat. And when you pair that with the ground beef, it is unbelievably good.

Everything tastes so incredibly fresh. And part of the reason is because it's the law in Brazil that lunch must be cooked fresh every day and one third of it needs to come from nearby farms. That makes the food even. I'm so happy I paid my lunch bill for this one because this is good. I've never had cashew juice before let me guess it tastes amazing it's fruity but at the same time it's naturally really creamy it's really good last stop here Jello soccer ball look at

thing I feel bad I feel bad I'd ask Max what rank he thinks we should give this but he's not gonna be any help so we're gonna put Brazilian school lunch in a tier that rice was too good and now let's move to Argentina where we've got chicken milanesa with salad white rice bread fresh lemon mayonnaise and pineapple juice Milaneza is this fried and breaded chicken here and Argentinian people love it so much that they have a national holiday called National Milaneza Day. It looks like something you'd order at a restaurant. Every milanesa comes with fresh lemons and it is never eaten without a huge squeeze of lemon over the top. You know that crunch? Crunch. A lot of students also love adding mayonnaise to their milanesa so we're going to try the same.

It's a lot of mayo there, Nick. Greenness from the mayo and the acidity from that lemon, so good. Another thing I love here is they put some butter on the rice. There's really nice. Nothing like simple buttered white rice. This for me is closest to what I would want to have at school lunch every single day. You've got carbs, you've got protein, you've got healthy, fresh greens, and even this really delicious looking juice box. One of the best juice box, tips I've ever had.

What? I might start buying these just to have. Argentina school lunch, we're going with eight here. And now on to Columbia, where we've got a rose compoyo, vegetable soup, plantains, hot sauce, and passion fruit juice. What do you think? I mean, it looks sunny. is the biggest and most important meal of the day in Columbia, so this is a big deal right here. Apparently we're supposed to eat the soup first.

Not my favorite, but it's good. There's something in there that's very unique. The corn is really sweet and tender. That's actually game changer. Let's add a little ahie to our rice here. Spice things up a little. I love the ahie on there. A little kick at the end though. The plantains here are said to be so sweet that the kids actually call them banana candy.

So it's almost like a dessert. Nice crisp on the ice. outside but kind of dense and shooy of all we see here for a Colombian school lunch my eyes are drawn to the bagged passion fruit juice how do we approach that I honestly think we just tossed two straws in there and just go for it feels dangerous mm-hmm wow it's almost creamy that tastes like somebody juiced it five minutes ago we're going to give Colombian school lunch a solid B tier I'd call it a B plus and with that we finished in South America and are moving on to Europe where we'll start in France to eat a multi-course school lunch that includes a salad some roast chicken and

vegetables, a bread and cheese plate, some fruit for desserts, and water. France takes their school lunch very seriously. In fact, students get between one and one and a half hours just for lunch. Wow. First course is a shredded carrot salad. This is so fancy. Almost too fancy. Really fresh. 10 times healthier than any school lunch I've ever had in America. And the rules, by the way, for school lunch and France are very strict. No soda, no candy, no vending machines on campus at all. All the food is cooked from scratch by chefs, and no more than four times a month can you have any fried food. That is impressive. The second course is roast chicken with vegetables. It's simple, but it looks like French food. Let's check the crispy skin. The chicken is incredibly well cooked.

Crispy skin, juicy meat. Crazy as part is you get one of these fancy napkins that you'd get in a nice French restaurant. We didn't even talk about the fact that this is served on an actual plate. I noticed that we've stayed clear of the broccoli. Open up. Oh, no, no, no, no, I thought you were going to have it. You said yummy. No, no, it's, I, I, I, well, yeah. Course number three, Bread and cheese plate. I cannot believe they're serving high-quality cheese at school. Wow. It's simple, but it just hits the spot.

Now for dessert, a piece of fruit. Presentation on point. I know a piece of fruit might seem like such a lame dessert, but for me, it's actually perfect. We wash it down with a little water. A bunch of points for presentation, but just not quite exciting enough. France school lunch is getting beat here. Continuing on to Italy, a typical school lunch is chicken alphorno, tomato pasta, salad, and a water. Mamma Mia! This looks like real food.

Let's start here with that chicken alforno. Alright, I'm gonna have a little bit of this tomato pasta. It's like a perfect roast chicken. Italian schools always use olive oil instead of butter. I'm going to open it up and drizzle it across our salad, if you're okay with that, Max. It's so fancy for a school lunch to have fresh olive oil. It really adds to it.

And then you see how we have those little tomato bits left at the bottom there? You then just take your fresh bread, and then you're meant to use it as a mop to make sure you get every last bit of that sauce so that your plate is completely clean. Did you already have some water? Was it good? Add a little bit, yeah. Did it taste like Italian water?

It tasted exactly like water. Ah-oh-woo. Oh, whoa, did you see how it sprayed out? We gotta see that in slow motion. Uh-huh. Italian school lunch was just slightly above average, so we'll go with B-tier and move on to Spain, where lunch is served in a three-course meal that includes soup and rice,

fish and salad, and a small dessert. Course number one, soup and rice. I usually hate soup. That is one of the best soups I've ever had. Let's go to course number two. What? What? You want more? For course number two, you've got fish and a side salad.

Fish in Spanish schools is served at least two to three times a week. They love fish. Really? Caffeteer is definitely... Fungent. It's a little bit of a sad piece of fish. I would have liked some better presentation here. It tastes a lot better than it looks. And then a side salad.

Who doesn't love a side salad? Me. Very healthy. I feel like as a young kid, though, I would not be pumped about this. Max at 12 years old, this over pizza, we're going pizza all day. Now course number three, the dessert. We've got flan. Do you like flan?

I love a good flan. I don't like flan. Really? Look at it. It's like jelly. but worse. Ugh. That is absolutely fantastic.

Before we give our tier ranking, there's one more thing. In Spain, they care so much about what the students think of the food that they actually, at one school, used emojis to let the students rate the meals. So why don't you hold up the one or two that come to mine?

I'll do the same. I don't know about the first two dishes, but that dessert, I'm in love. I'm gonna go with two. I've got the confused emoji. I've also got the fire emoji. I don't understand why they paired that rice with that soup, but the overall experience was fire.

school lunch is getting B tier. And this brings us to the United Kingdom, where students get fish fingers, baked beans, chips, a bread roll, and grape juice. There's a reason my tray looks better than Max is here. And that's because in the United Kingdom, better behave students can earn golden table privileges, which come with shiny gold tableware and the perk of being served before everyone else. That's not fair. You should have behaved.

Max, I'm going to show you a little lunch hack that some students do. You take a roll of bread and you cut that roll of bread open and then you stack on some of these nice, crispy fish fingers, then French fries. Chips, as they say. And last but not least, I'll put some of those Heinz baked beans over the top. This is a UK lunch hack called a fish finger sandwich. You can enjoy your fancy sandwich, your gold, this, that, the other thing. I'm going to eat them like a normal person. It also tastes better with the gold tray and the gold plate and the gold placed mat. Wash it down with a little grape juice. I love how fancy my lunches. Look how much more fun I'm having than Max. You want to bite in my sandwich?

Sure. Sike. That's called bullying, all right? I love this lunch. I'd give it a B tier. Honestly, I think it's an F. He's only saying that because he didn't have a gold plate. I'll meet you at D.

Fine. The UK school lunch gets D tier. And we'll move now to Sweden, which serves meatballs, boiled potatoes, crisp bread, Lingenberry jam, and whole milk. Before we eat, Sweden is famous for having its teachers come in and sit with the students to teach proper posture, proper eating habits. So I invited my old history teacher

to come in and just watch over us while we eat. How are you? How are you? What's going on, Mr. That's going. Very nice to meet you, Max. I'm a little nervous now. We've got a teacher here. Yeah. With that, Max, dive in. You already know I'm going for the meatballs. I'm going to go for one of these. I'm going to go to the fork, Nick. Oh, is that to tension? I'm going to dip it in the jam.

This jam, Lingenberry jam, it's a little bit less tart than cranberries, but they put it on everything. So you can put it on this crisp bread. You can put it on your meatballs, your potatoes. It's delicious with everything. I might do them all together. Be careful with the spillage there. Okay. My bad. Sorry. I'm making a mess. Show Max how it was done, by the way. Fork. Okay. Right into the jam. All right. Yep.

No spillage. And then, no spillage. See that? Max, go ahead and try again. A little bit more polite this time. I'm going to get some jam. Maintain that posture. Straight up.

Straight up. Got it. It's always good to sit up straight while you're eating. That's true. You got to try this mac. No talking with your mouth full. Yep. I forgot.

The one time there's a teacher here watching. I can't get it together. I'm a huge fan of the school lunch in Sweden so far. It's simple. And I love the jam. It really ties it all together. It's delicious. Mr. Petherk, you got a final grade for our behavior during this lunch here?

You know, improvements could always be made. I feel like I brought down our grade, but I'll take B plus. All right. And now that you've graded us, every school lunch is going to get a ranking on a tier list. So you want to help us give this one the ranking? Sure. We're going to give Sweden a B tier ranking. Max, come over here for a minute.

You did a good job today, but you just got to keep working on manners. It happens again. You're spilling stuff on yourself. I'm going to have to talk to your mom. Moving on to Finland, we've got pea soup, rye bread, carrot and tomato salad, orange kiseli and skim milk. In Finland, they eat in complete silence for the first 10 minutes to encourage mindful eating.

So we're going to do exactly that. Okay, we can talk now. We did some damage, huh? I wish the food tasted better. Finland is famous for offering free school lunch to every single student. And every single Thursday is pea soup day across all sorts of places in Finland, hospitals, schools, the military. That's why we have pea soup.

I know exactly what day I'd be skipping school. I actually happen to disagree. I like the pea soup. I think it's seasoned super, super well. But I know you're thinking F tier, so I'll settle with you at D tier. And that brings us to Germany for some chicken schnitzel, mashed potatoes, peas, and water. Wow, I can't tell what looks worse.

Us or the food? Oh boy. What do you guys think? I think it's probably me and Max. How about this? Subscribe if you think we look worse and like the video if you think the food looks worse. Before we eat, I think it's good to let you know that the students in Germany call this food Flutesoygesin, which means airplane food, because it's really bland, comes on a tray, and it always tastes the same.

I'm feeling optimistic. The Schnitzel does look pretty good. I don't know, Max. I'm gonna be honest, it's a little dry. It's dry with no seasoning. Let me help you out with that, Nick. If there's anything that can help German school lunch, it is Osmo. I'm not just saying this because I like Osmo.

10 times better. Let's try some peas. Here comes the airplane. Tastes absolutely horrible. This is mean to feed kids this. I know we're not through every country yet, but this might be the most boring school lunch in the world. It's got to go F tier. Couldn't agree more.

We're moving on to Russia to have chicken cutlet, eat salad, beet soup, and tea. In some Russian towns, grandmothers come to serve the food. so I brought in a Russian grandmother to serve this one for us. What is happening? I should explain Max, she doesn't speak any English, so she has absolutely no idea what you're saying. Who's this? Oh, what's a great.

Chai. Chai. Ura. I think she's hot. Not be hot. Oh, how good. Very good. There you go.

Okay. Oh, uh, uh, it's. It's, uh, uh, it's going to cut it for us. Max, do you want to start trying the chick cut it? I think she's going to cut it for us. Good. Oh, good. I'm going to try this soup, Max.

Mmm. Well, it's true. Yeah. Interesting. What's what's what's What's like? A fun fact about Russian school lunch is that it's actually called abiet, which means dinner because this is the main hot meal of the day.

And then in Russian tradition, you always have tea. Ohchen wussna. Very good, yeah. I would say the food here was a bit basic, but the experience was incredible. So we'll go with a nice even sea tier. And now with Europe done, we'll move on to Africa, where we'll start to Europe. Africa, where we'll start in Morocco with a vegetable cuss-coose, tomato cucumber salad, fresh figs, and mint tea. Just got one thought. Where's the meat, Nick?

Not everything needs meat, Maximus. Crazy flavor profile. Unreal. A depth of flavor you wouldn't expect. You see, not everything actually needs meat. I can tell this is going to be filling. We're going to have to agree to disagree. The other thing I noticed right away, these fresh cucumbers and tomatoes.

Summing up this meal with one word, it's just fresh. Even that fresh chopped parsley on the vegetables elevates this school lunch to a whole new level. What's going on here, Nick? Morocco is incredibly famous for its tea. And I'm not sure if you've seen this in videos, but in Moroccan tea culture, the higher the pour, the better the foam. People in Morocco are so good at pouring the tea from high up that kids will actually learn this and practice this at home

because it's a real skill to have. You know I'm competitive, Max, so we're going to do a little challenge. Who can pour from higher without spilling? I feel like we're not going to be able to agree who does better on this, so we're going to let you decide. Comment down below who does a better job with this right now. Not bad. Create that foam, Max.

Oh. Oh! No, you saw that. Ah. Oh. Pretty good. Here's a look at my spillage. And now, Nick, you're up.

Here we go. Not even close. Here's a look at my results in my spillage. Comment below. We need to know who you think want. As for the rating, Morocco's school lunch is getting a B tier. Moving on to Nigeria, a typical school lunch is Jal Off Rice, Steam vegetables, stewed chicken, and Cheveda juice.

Javita juice. most popular dishes in all of West Africa and I am very excited to try. It smells insane. You have to try that. Is it amazing? So good. It's so flavorful. It's the perfect amount of spice. Watch when I break this chicken too. It is fall apart tender. Go ahead. Amazing. Insanity. It's a little bit like an Indian curried chicken. This chicken, by the way, is so popular in West Africa that kids call it party chicken because it's served at parties. People love it that much. And speaking of parties, a lot of schools actually have a dance party with me. music during lunchtime, so we're going to do exactly that.

Not going to lie, Max, I think Nigeria deserves our very first test here. Well deserved. Next up is Ethiopia, where a typical school lunch is Injira with lentils, stew, cooked vegetables, and mango juice. Visually, what do we think? Looks like a sponge? Yes, this is a spongy fermented flatbread. It's traditional in Ethiopia for kids to eat off the same tray.

So what we can do is just tear the injera. Smells really good. It's almost like sourdough. I almost don't want to eat it. I just want to play with it. What we do here is we use our right hand to dip it into the stew, soak up some of the juice in there, and then you eat them. Amazing.

Those soft chickpeas, the seasoning in there. That's one of the best bites of food I've had in a while. I didn't tell Max this yet, but traditionally, in Ethiopia, people will give each other what's called a gorsha, which is a bite fed by hand, and it's a sign of love or friendship. So, Max, please open up. Wait, do you love me or you're my friend? He licked my fingers a little bit.

That's okay. I'm going around and ask all my friends for a gorsha. The lentils too look expertly cooked. If those lentils taste good, this might be S-tier. They're all right. They're all right. I still think it might be S-tier. I think the same exact thing.

I'm just going to say it. Ethiopia school lunch, that has an easy S-tier. Moving on to South Africa, we have Pup and Beans, a poloni sandwich and series juice. Right away, the pup here almost looks like a circular chicken breast. I think it's like an half-onion to me or something. This right here is a thick corn porridge, and we're going to eat it in the traditional style with our hands.

We grab some of the pup, and you kind of mush it together okay like this hold that with your four fingers and then you want to go onto the beans and you use your thumb to kind of smush the beans into it and we've got a beautiful bite right there of puppet beads then in you go the flavor combination is so unique it's a little bit earthy it's almost like a little bit grainy but then there's a bit of a sweet corn flavor the great thing is you can wash it down with some serious juice it's a really popular south african brand almost like a pineapple flavor poloni sandwich we would call it baloney they call it poloni I don't always like balaone.

There's something about it. It's not premium per se, but it's so good. These might not be my favorite flavors of anything we've had, but in ranking this one, I'm going to give a lot of extra points for the experience of eating it. We'll put South African school lunch right in the middle at sea tier. Next up is Egypt, where we'll have full metamess, Baladi bread, carrots, and sugar cane juice. Commonly in Egypt, students actually go out and buy their lunch from street vendors,

because there's all sorts of amazing street food in Egypt. And what they most often buy is this thing right here called Fool Metamess. It's slow-cooked fava beans that, beans that are seasoned with lemon juice, olive oil, and different seasonings. And this here is Baladi bread, or Egypt's version of pita. We'll open this up and then take some of those stewed fava beans to make a pita pocket. There's no beef in here, no meat, it's just beans. Just beans.

It's a little bitter. I'm following somewhere right in the middle here. Before we make any judgments, let's try the sugar cane juice. Kids will normally go to street stands for this as well and get that amazing, fresh-pressed sugar cane juice. I personally love sugar cane juice. This is not quite there since it's canned, but it's still very very. Very good. One other thing, in Egyptian street food culture, the vendors will often hand the kids a free pickle or olive. So I've got one in each hand. Make your choice?

Boom. That means I got the olive. Makes it a little more fun. On the one hand, I love that kids are going out and getting their food from street vendors. That's such a cool thing to do. It's like a little mini field trip throughout the day. But on the other hand, I just wish it was a little bit more exciting. Not my favorite Egypt school lunch. We're gone with D tier. And that means we finished with Africa. So now let's head to Asia with our first stop being Japan, where students get chicken katsukari, rice, miso soup, and fresh milk. For this section, Max is dressed up as one of the students from the lunch team. Because there are no janitors in Japanese schools, the students take turns serving food, cleaning up, and wiping down trays,

meaning that the entire school lunch is run by students like Max. They also don't eat in a cafeteria. Instead, students are served at their desks in the classroom, so we're going to do the same. Thank you. Oh, and before I eat, most kids bring their own chopsticks in cute cases like this. It's a total flex to have cool ones like mine. Only my favorite chopsticks. Hello Kitty? Mine totally got mixed up with someone else's. This chicken katsu curry is one of the best things we've seen all day, and I'm not surprised.

Listen to this. And now the best part, I get to wash it down with some fresh Japanese milk. This might be the creamiest milk I've ever had. I'm putting Japanese school lunch right up in A tier. Next is South Korea, where we'll have pork bogi with Dwenjung jige soup, rice, seaweed cheats, kimchi, bean sprouts, and strawberry milk. This is what I'm talking about. So many side dishes, but the South Koreans also nail the meat.

When I think of South Korean food, I think of these massive spreads of food where you can pick from all these different dishes. And this school lunch looks like exactly that. So I'm going to take a seaweed sheet here. Your little pork on there. You need some kimchi. A little rice on there. Thank you. A few bean sprouts.

I'm going to go for this one in one bite. Boom. I get sweet. I got salty. I get sour. I get crispy. I get everything. I'm going to open up the strawberry milk here.

Mmm. Good? Yeah. The soup is always always. serve piping hot. Sometimes the kids will stir in a little bit of rice to try to cool it down. We'd also be expected to finish all this food because South Korean schools are very serious about food waste. They have the most high-tech school lunch system in the world and use AI scanners to track the food waste every single day. My plate would be cleared every time.

South Korea's school lunch is getting s tier. That's a hard one to beat. We're moving on to India where we have vegetable subsea, alu parata, roti, achar, and mango juice. India serves 100 million children school lunch every single day. And traditionally, it's served in what's called a tiffin. That is the coolest looking lunch box I've ever seen. The problem is I have no idea how to open it. Here, let's just. I'll take the base.

Nice around. Oh, hey. One, two, three, four. Kids will bring their own pickled vegetables that their parents made, and everyone likes to trade with each other to see what other people's pickles tastes like. I'll smell your pickle. Oh, mine smell way better than yours.

I'm not trading with you. In India, lunch is also most commonly eaten on a rug on the classroom floor. So here we are. Let's dig in. Just gonna grab some of this, and get some potato in there. A strong lack of flexibility right now.

I can't even get to the food. Definitely delicious. I gotta cramp my obliq, one second. Ooh, this is spicy. I don't know if I could last more than like half a day in India. This is really tough. You may need that.

Here, this piece of my pickle. How is it? My moms are better, but it's pretty good. There's no way your moms are better. This recipe has been passed down for generations. Wow, those are very tasty. Oh, yours are super spicy. My hands are even, I'm swaying.

I'm gonna call my mom after this one. I need to go drink some milk, so while I can still talk, I'm gonna give Indian school lunch eight here. Next is Thailand, where we've got sauteed chicken, rice, soup, a fried egg, watermelon, and a yogurt drink. Once again, we've got fun shapes for the kids. This cute little guy is a little rice elephant. I thought it was a dog.

In Thailand, you hold your spoon in your right hand and use your fork in your left hand to push the food into your spoon. And then, you gotta try that. Really? The flavors off the charts. What a perfectly cooked egg. Just takes it over the top.

I'm gonna try this. here. I love the flavor of that. It makes sense that this tastes so fresh because the meals in Thailand in school are meant to taste like a home-cooked meal. Gotta try the dumpling. So good. And watermelon is a pretty classic side here. You leave the rhinoon for an easy handle and delicious. We've got two flavors of the classic yogurt drink they love in Thailand. Which one would you like? Blueberry or mixed fruit? I'll try blueberry. Oh, if I didn't know any better, I might think that this has gone bad. I was just thinking the same It's definitely a little sharp. Taking into account the visuals and the incredible taste, Thai school lunch is getting eight tier. And next is Vietnam, where a typical school lunch is beef,

stir fry, sweet and sour fish soup, rice, dragon fruit, and soy milk. What's the first thing you notice when you look at this school lunch? Fish bones. In Vietnam, they teach the kids from a young age to look out for fish bones and fish skin. So you'll notice there are fish bones here. There's a fish head right here. And there's even a whole shrimp with the head on. I kind of wish I got this learning lesson when I was little. Ooh. I love the flavor in the soup. You can tell they use real fish bones to make this.

Just has this incredible depth. I'm going to go for some of that. Beef stir fry. You really can't go wrong with the beef stir fry. One cool thing here is that most schools in Vietnam don't allow home-pack school lunches, so you have to eat at school. Which I can't tell if I like or don't like,

because on the one hand, everyone has the same food, so you're all sharing the same experience. But on the other hand, it's kind of fun to trade. Speaking of trades, though, the number one thing kids look out for at school lunch in Vietnam, the dragon fruit. If you can get your hands on red dragon fruit, it is considered a prized trade. So if I, Max, got Red Dragon Fruit at lunch, you would really want to trade with me.

Ngong Kwa. Now, the drink. I haven't had much soy milk in my life, but that's probably the best most flavorful soy milk I've ever had. I'm not usually a fan, but it tastes really fresh. I love Vietnamese food, but we agree this wasn't quite exciting enough. We're going to put Vietnamese school lunch in seed here. Still a solid score. Moving on to Indonesia, we have nasi gorang with egg, sliced cucumber.

shrimp crackers, sambaol, and a box of tea. I'm loving the shape of this tray. And the colors. Everything just pops. I mean, we have a pink shrimp chip. I just gotta do it. Let's break the egg yolk. Oh yeah.

Nasi Goring is one of my favorite dishes in the world, so I'm just gonna go right in. Do you eat it like a nacho? I don't see why not. That's a great idea. I'm gonna load you up. A little bit of the sauce. Wait, did you hear that?

Yeah, it's crazy. Listen, when you dip one of these shrimp crackers... It's like pop rocks. That sombal might be my favorite. favorite part. If you haven't heard a sambal, it's a spicy chili paste. Absolutely delicious. Goes so well on everything. This one's maybe a level one spice. And I've also got a level two, a level three, and a level four. And we're going to spin this wheel here to see which one each of us has to taste because kids growing up in Indonesian schools like to dare each other to try a

spicier and spicier sambal. Ready? Oh, you got the least spicy one. Nick, you're up. You've got to be kidding me. Let's go! Wee! Got to eat the whole thing, Max. Your turn. Give yourself a nice big scoop. Fine. A little bigger, yep. You gotta swallow that. I need juice. Oh my, my, that is. I was gonna go see, but because that was so enjoyable watching Nick Suffer, Indonesia's school lunch is getting beat here. Next up is Bangladesh, where we've got kichuri, a comforting lentil rice, as well as spice mashed potatoes, a curryed egg, raw green chilies, and some lemonade. We'll eat this traditionally using three fingers where we'll pick up nice little bits of this, and then, and you go. I know you well enough to know you're gonna love that.

Really? Oh yeah. That is packed with flavor. The spice mashed potatoes here are called alu borta. And what you do is you also take your fingers and you roll it into like this nice little ball that you can then just simply. Oh, I must choke on it. Just when I thought mashed potatoes couldn't get better.

Comparing this to the German mashed potatoes, night and day. Try the egg. Mmm, that's not what I expected, but it's delicious. Whatever that is definitely elevates the egg. Before we give Bangladesher rating, I think one of us needs to eat a green shirt. How do you play rocks, paper, scissors, shoot, and Bangladesh?

You read my mind. Pathor, Kagosh, Khachis, Sholo. Oh, it's a Thai! Pothor, Kagosh... Tachi, Chah-oh. Oh! This is how it's done. Wow.

It's bad. It is horrible. That food was delicious. We're going to go S-tier for Bangladesh. Continuing on with China, we're having chicken thighs, boiled veggies, egg drops, soup, rice, and soy milk. Lunch breaks in China are two hours,

making it the longest school lunch anywhere in the world. Oh, wait, two hours? We might be here for a while. What do we think? Country-like tub, you how'd you? You're going for a chicken thigh? I'm going to go for a little egg drop soup. Wow, the egg drop soup is packed with flavor.

It's like the best chicken thigh I've ever had my life. It's very good. How does it taste like that? If I was at school lunch in China and I was allowed to get seconds, you bet I'd be running up and getting as much of this chicken as I possibly could. At first, by looking at this, I didn't think it was going to be quite as good, Max. And this is so far very, very good. There's only one thing left way to try.

I'm not a big soy milk fan. I'll preface it with that. Milk should come from cows. That's the worst drink we've had all day. Ooh. I wish there was just water. I would take anything at this point over that. China school lunch, we're going with Bs here.

Moving on to the Philippines, we have a pork adobe ba'an set with sauteed cabbage, white rice, and zesto. Lunch in the Philippines is traditionally brought to school in these lunch boxes called Ba'an. It's a little bento box or something. Yeah, I like it a lot. This is like super premium looking. That is my type of food, I can tell you already. Use a spoon in the right hand, fork in the left to push in the food. We've got a little bit of rice here.

Oh, look at that pork belly. It's like fall apart, tender pork belly. I can already tell it's going to be good. Crunchy and tender, insane. I want to try the drinks? Sure. It's almost like a Filipino capri sun. Does it have the same design flaw, though, that the regular Capri Sun has?

It does. My straw went right through the back. Got most of it on the tray. but it is delicious. I would say my biggest takeaway of this lunch is that it's the most home-cooked of anything we've had, and I don't mind that. To me, it lacks the X factor,

but to your point, it does feel very homey and nutritious. I think it's fair to put Filipino school lunch in C-tier. And moving now to Malaysia, we've got Nasi Lamak Bunkus, which is a coconut milk rice served with chicken, spicy chili paste, fried anchovies, roasted peanuts, and a soft-boiled egg,

all serve with a Milo drink. This is one of the coolest little packets of food I've ever seen. Love the presentation. It's like a little present. Should we unwrap it? Let's do it. Very gentle here. I have no idea what's inside.

Oh, wow. This whole thing is eaten with our hands. No utensils, no paper plate, no nothing. I'm a little thrown off by the little baby fish on there. It's easy, Max. Just get in there. Grab some rice. Put a little bit of chicken.

A little bit of sauce on there. Mmm. Phenomenal. That tastes way better than it looks. My mouth is just watering from all the different flavors that we're going to eat right now with this. What I'm actually wondering is whether a chocolate malt back. is going to go well with this.

Interesting. It tastes more like a chocolate bar in liquid form than it does chocolate milk. It's like a dark chocolate, too. This one's got to rank high. Malaysia's school lunch is getting a solid B tier. Next up, we have Lebanon, where we'll have Zatar flatbread, cucumber sticks, lebna, fruit, and a pyramid juice box. I mean, the food looks okay, but I'm dying to see what's going on with these little juice boxes right here.

Yeah. I've never seen a pyramid triangle-shaped drink before. He's got to bite it off. Oh. That is some of the freshest tasting pineapple juice I've ever had. I feel like the shape makes it taste better. I want to take a look at this Zatar flapbread. Look at that.

It's crispy. You can tell there's going to be a nice crunch. So much texture, so much flavor. Listen. Nothing like I was expecting. Do it traditionally. You tear off a little bit of the bread. Get some of that Lubna, throw a little cucumber on top.

Get yourself a little roll up. Ah. For me, the combination of the seasoning, as well as that pyramid drink, is taking the school lunch to the next level. I also love that dessert is just a simple, small banana. I'm amazed by the freshness, seasoning, and simplicity of this school lunch. I think we put Lebanon in C-tier. And with Asia finished, we'll jump now to Oceania,

where we'll try the classic Australian school lunch of sausage rolls, shapes, chips, kiwi slices, and a breakfast drink. Since Australian students eat outside, we're going to do the same, but not before putting on our magpie defense helmets. What is this? When eating outside, these birds called magpies will actually dive by. and attack your head. So this is a real thing that some people will do

to make sure their head doesn't get attacked while they're eating lunch. You look ridiculous. How do I like? Let's go. First priority, look out for the mag pies. Second priority, eat lunch. Sauces roll?

Sure. Very buttery and flaky. Super unhealthy, I think. Although you bet I'm washing that down with some fresh, cold kiwi. And then these shapes chips. Supposedly it's a very popular snack. I shipped a bunch of different flavors

straight from Australia. I mean, there are shapes. Is that? Whoa. It tastes like if you were at a bowl. put the ramen seasoning packet on a cracker. Very umami. These are the best part of the whole tray.

This drink here, very famous breakfast shake in Australia. Supposed to be sort of a thick, chocolate drink. I gotta hate it. I don't think it's not good. This has been a very unpleasant lunch. Max, go, come on. People are walking by while we're filming this. It's a tough one to explain.

How are you? Sorry about this. I think it's safe to say Australia lunch is going D tier. And that means our final school lunch is Antarctica where we'll have Hoosh, a hot stew made from ice, dried meat, and biscuits. I'm very confused. What am I looking at? Before we eat the actual dish, which looks kind of disgusting, I wanted to first show you all the ingredients in this lunch. These are called sludging biscuits. It's a very hearty biscuit that people use in Antarctica to survive. This is pemmican,

a mix of dried meat and fat, and this is ice. And if you put it all together, boom, you get something called Hoosh. That doesn't look like food. Well, here's the thing. There are technically no official schools in Antarctica. If there were, this might be what their school lunch would look like. I think I'd drop out if this is what they were serving me. I think we can all understand now why I save this one for last. I just can't see myself putting that in my mouth right now. I don't think my arm's in the right position. Three two, one. Nick, I'm going to sue. Oh, I'll have it for real. It's like pretty smooth beef turkey. I can, I don't think I can eat it. Oh, where's your trash can? Wash it down with some hot chocolate at least. Better? That makes up for

everything. What are we giving is our final ranking max? What is below an I don't know if I'm allowed to do this, but I am going to add a brand new category to the tier list and put Antarctica School Lunch in Z tier. It's as bad as it gets. One last, rocks paper, scissors, whoever loses has to eat the hoosh. Let's do it. Rocks, paper, scissors, shoot. No!

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