Tosh Show - My Food Reviewer - Stephanie Garofano

Episode Date: July 22, 2025

Daniel feasts on a gabfest with food reviewer Stephanie Garofano about LA’s restaurant scene, launching the Dining Dolls, and making meringues.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

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Starting point is 00:02:18 Tell me. Which country has the best food? Oh my gosh. I am going to settle this debate right now America All right another episode of Tosh show I'm Daniel and you are a listener, a subscriber, a watcher, a lurker, but soon you could possibly be, wait for it, family. What?
Starting point is 00:02:58 Yep. What have I and Vin Diesel always said? It's about family. That is my mantra. What's the hardest part about running a company, Eddie? Employees. Hiring the right employee. It's hard to know if you've hired the right person.
Starting point is 00:03:18 It takes such a skill to pick one qualified person over another qualified person. Imagine, like I know for a fact, you guys aren't the best at your job. Okay, imagine how amazing this show could be if I hired the best, right? I mean, I'm imagining it, it's pretty good. It would be an amazing podcast.
Starting point is 00:03:48 It would be better. It would be a better podcast. Everyone that listens would be better off. But the reality is you guys aren't half bad. I like that. Mm-hmm. I'll take it. You're not half bad. You're not great, but you're not half bad. You're not great
Starting point is 00:04:12 But you're not half bad. Where are you going with this Tosh? I'll tell you where I'm going with this much like hiring people is difficult also picking a Partner is difficult for some people for me whenever I dated It was always easy. I'm like okay are they physically attractive? Great. That's all I care about. No, no but seriously as soon as I meet somebody I could be like mmm there's some red flags here. It's fine that doesn't mean I won't date him for two years. Doesn't mean we won't have a great time. Doesn't mean I won't get myself into some financial trouble by telling them to, you know, get rid of their apartment and move in. But like, I get it. I know what I'm compatible with. And then I met
Starting point is 00:04:57 my wife and I'm like, oh shit, I'm gonna have to do it with this one. I'm gonna have to stick it out. Now, on the flip side of that is my wife's cousin. I brought her up many times. We call her Panda or Pa for short. Now she doesn't know how to pick a guy. It's just one surefire miss after another. You've been around some? I've been around a lot.
Starting point is 00:05:24 Yeah. So she has given up on picking. She's allowed me to have complete control. I am now going to pick the next person that she dates. And not maybe not just the next person, just for the rest of her dating life until she settles down. I am going to pick this person. Right.
Starting point is 00:05:47 Here's what I'd like. I'd like, if anybody's listening to the show that wants to do a reality show, here's my pitch for a reality show. And this is legit. You're saying, well, why don't you just go to your agents and your managers? Nah, you know what?
Starting point is 00:06:00 They've got other clients that they care about. Me, they just take a check. They're not gonna do a lot of work. Then that's okay, I get it. The ship has sailed. I'm an old man. But if someone in Hollywood wants to do this reality show, no, you just get in contact with Pete, I'll do this show.
Starting point is 00:06:24 Here's the reality show. It's like a dating show, like the bachelorette, but it's different. The show is who wants to be a member of my family. Okay. It's hosted by me and I get to pick. I get to handle everything. There's no, oh, we didn't have enough time this season to really get to know each other, but I have to pick tomorrow. No, no
Starting point is 00:06:45 You need an extra six months fine. You got it. We'll go we'll go an extra six months You know, oh guess what this person in in a confessional interview said this well, I'm gonna play that for you So you hear it. This is about finding Someone that when I go on vacation with them, I don't want to murder them. It's really just about me being happy. Yeah. Oh, also, you know, you, you have to be in love with her, I guess. And then you have to want kids because you got to knock her up within a year.
Starting point is 00:07:16 Maybe two, three at the max. Here's what I want. I don't want, uh, somebody that's been married and already has kids. I don't want that. Okay. It's too much luggage. Uh, your age, I like them younger than me. I don't want it.
Starting point is 00:07:34 I don't want to deal with some guy. I don't want to go on vacation with a guy that's older than me. Then when I start bossing them around, it's weird. Yep. But if you're a year younger than me, they all right. Now knock it off. How old's Oliver? How old's your son? He's 18.
Starting point is 00:07:49 Oh man, he's too young. He's too young. Is that too young? For her, I think so. Oliver's already like family, but if he's willing to knock her up in a year, I'll throw his hat into the ring. Well, he's trying to get his permit.
Starting point is 00:08:07 I mean, he's got his permit, but he's got his license. A lot of things have to happen. All right, so I'm thinking the age range. Let's go 35 to 45 is kind of a good range. Needs to be tall-ish. I think she's 5'8", 5'9". She seems tall. Yeah, she's tall. And by the way, I know that my viewers
Starting point is 00:08:24 probably aren't the right fit for her, but maybe you know somebody that is. That will help. That'll be better. You probably need to be liberal on certainly the social issues. I don't give a fuck if you're fiscally conservative. Employment? Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 00:08:41 I mean, you have to have, you have to be a stab. If you're fucking 35 to 45, you better have a real job. But it can be a cool job. Yeah. It just has to be, you have to be employed. You have to know what you're doing in your life. Oh, you also have to be okay that she's like hugely into horses, which I know is its own huge red flag.
Starting point is 00:09:04 If I do, I would do, you think I'm joking. I will do this reality show. And like, I would even have like a contestant, let's say there's somebody that's like, I would love to take her on a date, but I don't wanna be on your reality show. Like that's the right answer. Okay. I like that.
Starting point is 00:09:19 I'll blur you out. The right person shouldn't wanna be on a reality show. This pasta is delicious. Yeah, we'll do the voice thing for him. I like it. It's very good. I've already proven I can host a major reality show. Use that show that I did, The Goat, as my audition tape to prove, okay, he can do this. It's probably one season, unless things go south. I think this is gonna work. I think it's gonna work too. The show's gonna be fun to watch,
Starting point is 00:09:51 but I think it'll also work. You might think I'm lying about getting full control, but I am not. Let me see if she plays ball here. Hello? Hey. Hi. I just need this for legal.
Starting point is 00:10:06 You have given up complete control to me in finding your husband slash father of your baby, correct? Yeah. Why? I'm just, I'm just, I'm making it official. Okay. Yes. I've given you all, all power.
Starting point is 00:10:23 Do you have a race in mind? No, I'm open to all. You're. Do you have a race in mind? No, I'm open to all. You're open to all races? All races. Yeah. Huh. What about cultures that eat horses?
Starting point is 00:10:32 No, no, no. That's a hard no. Okay. I'm trying to draw the line. All right. Okay, we'll put that on the list. I think we just ruled out one billion people. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:10:41 Yeah. Just say hi to all your potential men out there. Just give them a nice hello. Hello. Oh, God. Hey, what kind of job do you want them to have? I don't care as long as they are successful and happy in what they do. How ugly will you go? If he has a great personality and he's a wonderful human being, I don't really care what he looks like when you say you don't care what he looks like, but you also But you do care how tall he is. I said he has to be tall He has to be taller than me Yeah, but five to five ten is not not acceptable in that. Yeah, I would say six feet and above
Starting point is 00:11:20 Mm-hmm. I'm gonna work on this. We'll see you later about. Mm-hmm. All right, I'm gonna work on this. We'll see you later. All right, see you later. There you go, it's official. Right now, that might've been the first time somebody heard their wife talking.
Starting point is 00:11:32 Mind-blowing. Isn't that crazy? Yeah. They're listening to this, and they're like, you know what, I could deal with that voice forever. You could do worse, trust me. And my family, oh, there's a few that you wanna stay away from.
Starting point is 00:11:44 Here's another thing about Amanda that I do need to let people know. Okay, she Gets this random eye thing that happens from time to time No doctor has pinpointed exactly what it is. It's probably hormonal but like her eye Cartoonish golf ball will just swell up. And this happens six to 10 times a year. It is disturbing. And it takes about 24 hours. She takes a ton of Benadryl or whatever to get it down.
Starting point is 00:12:16 She's gone to every specialist. Nobody can figure it out. Oh, whatever. That's it. So every now and then you'll wake up next to a mutant, but that's not that big of a deal. Take her out to a nice dinner. Don't be a jerk.
Starting point is 00:12:29 I mean, I don't know. I don't even know how to date anymore. But whatever, go out to dinner. And I tell you who could make a great recommendation for that dinner. Today's guest. Enjoy. Get ready for a celebration of play like no other
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Starting point is 00:15:31 My favorite line was what Neil Armstrong said it would have been harder to fake it than to do it Listen to American history hotline on the I heart radio app Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. My guest today is reviewed every Michelin starred restaurant in Los Angeles, along with every hole in the wall in a sketchy looking shopping Plaza in K-Town. Please welcome food blogger, meringue maker, and doll number one of the dining dolls, Stephanie. Hi. Stephanie, do you believe in ghosts? Oh, starting there. Yes, yes I do. You do? I, what is it, spirits, ghosts? I don't know. Ghost sounds a little Casper to me, like maybe, I do believe in spirits. Have you ever had an interaction? I haven't, but I've heard stories
Starting point is 00:16:28 that kind of make me feel like maybe true. I don't know though. So you're on the fence. I'm on the, yes, I'm on the fence. Stephanie, is that your real name? It is not. Oh, I didn't know that. Yes, so my real name is Rastislava.
Starting point is 00:16:46 Which is incredibly difficult. Rastislava Which is Incredibly difficult Rastislav. You nailed it. You're the only one that's nailed on the first try and you can roll your R's So that's wonderful. Uh-huh. But most people can when when I immigrated here I changed my name to like literally the most common name Did you pick it? It was kind of like my middle name. And I just, you know, it was so Americanized. Like I just wanted to fit in, you know? Do you fit in? And now I don't want to really fit in, you know?
Starting point is 00:17:14 Now I want to be different. Uh-huh. But you know, when you're a kid, all you want to do is fit in. Well, did you fit in as a kid or no? Probably not. You didn't? I don't know, probably not.
Starting point is 00:17:23 No, not when I moved here, no. You were born in the USSR, which is now Ukraine, and fled communism before immigrating to San Diego. Is your family just all big Padres fans? Um, I will have to say no. Actually, when my parents escaped communism, we first actually moved to Minnesota. So I'm actually a Midwestern girl. Then we moved to San Diego in college. So I did grow up in San Diego. I'm sorry, high school.
Starting point is 00:17:52 High school, I grew up in San Diego. I went to college there. I love it. I love people from Minnesota. They say Minnesota nice. You know that term? I do. Are you part of it?
Starting point is 00:18:01 100%. OK. Yes. And I feel that. I just went there recently a couple years ago And that's not recently. Well, yeah, I guess but it feels like it was yesterday but I went there for about ten whole days, which is like a month in Minnesota and Everyone was so nice and I was like, okay. Well, yeah, I love it makes sense What do you think of people in San Diego in general, when you compare them to your time in Los Angeles?
Starting point is 00:18:27 Oh. People lump us all together, but I feel we're polar opposites. Very opposite. Uh-huh. No, San Diego's very chill, laid back. It's very similar to Malibu, maybe. No, it's not.
Starting point is 00:18:37 But LA, no it's not. There's a bunch of right-wing radicals out there in San Diego. Really? It's like where you go and retire. San Diego's Texas by the beach.s out there in San Diego. It's like where you go and retire. San Diego's Texas by the beach. You can retire in San Diego and have a wonderful life. Okay, all right. You're a super taster.
Starting point is 00:18:53 Explain what that is because it sounds like bullshit. It could very well be bullshit, right? But growing up. I mean, people say that there are supertasters. People can taste things that other people cannot. Yes. And it's also a gift and a curse. Like, I don't want necessarily that. I don't know. I mean, it's...
Starting point is 00:19:14 I'm obsessed with food. Obsessed with the flavor of it. And sometimes something that's too much, it... I don't like it. Like, I don't like hard alcohol. It's... I can't handle it. My palate can't handle it. There's certain foods that I cannot eat because it's just too much for my palate, but I can taste every ingredient. It's an obsession.
Starting point is 00:19:33 And you knew about this as a child? Yes. Were you a picky eater as a kid? Well, the food that my mom was making, I was. Sorry, mom, I love you. Oh, you didn't enjoy it? I did not enjoy it because I love you. Oh, you did enjoy it? I did not enjoy it because I don't know if you're familiar with Ukrainian food,
Starting point is 00:19:50 but I, from my experience only, I like to call it war food. A lot of it is preserved, it's canned, or you know, for like the cold winters. It's not fresh. I like fresh food. So it would be things like salmon covered in mayonnaise, cooked in the oven for two hours, like that.
Starting point is 00:20:09 Sorry, you know, I'm sorry about it. But, and it, I, after that just made me really wanna go out and explore what else is out there. So I started cooking at a young age, started watching Food Network instead of cartoons. Like I was just always infatuated with it and I've always wanted to taste good things. Are you a good cook?
Starting point is 00:20:28 I'm a fantastic cook. Just call me chef. That's great. Thank you. Do you enjoy it? I mean, you still enjoy it? I love it. Do you like shopping for the food?
Starting point is 00:20:38 To be honest with you, COVID kind of changed that trajectory because I started doing Instacart and I got so fucking spoiled. And now that I moved to Westlake, yeah, I'll go to my farmer's markets. I'll go to my sprouts. Are you pro or anti-borscht? I am very pro borscht,
Starting point is 00:20:55 but I've only had my grandmother's borscht. I haven't had anyone else's borscht. I cannot vouch for borscht in general. Is there any borscht restaurants? Not that I know of, but to be honest with you, I don't go and seek out that culture of food. I just don't. Uh-huh.
Starting point is 00:21:09 You got a little PTSD with it or no? Maybe a little bit. I mean, I'd go to my grandmother's house to have it. Is there a borscht restaurant in Los Angeles? I need to know. You know, I have heard of an incredible one in Venice called Dacha. It's a Ukrainian restaurant.
Starting point is 00:21:27 Why wouldn't you pop in? You know, I just moved to Westlake. I used to live in downtown. I still, Venice is like. Why do you live in downtown? Gosh, I used to live there for eight years, but it was fantastic. You liked it?
Starting point is 00:21:39 I always feel like people that live in downtown, it's like, you're just a different person. Like you might as well live in a different country as far as I'm concerned. Oh yeah. Oh, I was so cool. Yeah, when I lived in downtown, I was just the coolest person.
Starting point is 00:21:54 I mean, I live right next to ODM. I love all the Michelin restaurants, next to the Broad Museum. I walked everywhere. I walked to get my nails done. I walked to Whole Foods. I mean, I didn't even need a car. You can do that everywhere.
Starting point is 00:22:03 It just takes a lot longer. It just takes, exactly. Got some borsch restaurants. You do? Starrah House. Starrah House. Oh, shit. Borsch restaurant. I haven't even heard of Starrah House.
Starting point is 00:22:14 What's Starrah House in, Eddie? It says Los Angeles, California. OK. Oh. Trakateer restaurant. Trakateer. My mom has gone there. It's very Russian.
Starting point is 00:22:23 I think it's pretty authentic, I would say. Robert's Russian a Robert's Russian cuisine. No, I haven't had the pleasure Where's a good bowl of soup Like Jewish delis have like the best like matzah ball, right, you know brand I don't like matzah ball soup that much. Oh, no. I love soups, but I don't love a matzo ball. I wouldn't even know where to go for soup. Where do you go for soup? Soup plantation. Oh no.
Starting point is 00:22:53 Oh, oh, you're making fun of me. Is this a San Diego thing? No, is that a San Diego chain? I thought it was so. No, is it from there? Stop it. Here's the... Oh my gosh.
Starting point is 00:23:02 Okay, here, I'm not funny. It's more mocking my illiteracy. The first time I came to California, I don't know if they weren't on the East Coast or what, but I had never seen a soup plantation. And I saw it and their font is a bit cursavy. And I read it as soup-alation. And-
Starting point is 00:23:22 That's amazing. I was like, oh, what is a soup-alation? But then when I found out that it was soup plantation, I'm like, you can't have plantation in the title of your business. Is that why they closed? Better be why they closed. Oh, you got canceled?
Starting point is 00:23:37 It should have gotten canceled. You can't have a plantation of soup workers. Well, now it's up to you to revive it with a different name with only soups you love. French onion. Let's go to Panera. I'm not going to Panera. It's Whole Foods.
Starting point is 00:23:55 What'd you say? Whole Foods has the best soup. Whole Foods has the best soup. I was gonna say, Erewhon doesn't do bad. I probably might go, my intuition would be Ere Erwan, but yeah. Tell me more about this Italian market you helped start
Starting point is 00:24:10 and is it still around? No, it's not still around. I opened, I was so in love with food when I was in college and I knew I had to be in the food industry one way or another and I wanted to open something. We had porchetta, we had fresh pasta, and I was making macaroons, like French macaroons. So that's where I kind of fell in love with meringue
Starting point is 00:24:32 through the process of making macaroons. Well, the two aren't, are they similar? Yeah, so to make a macaroon, you have to make meringue first. You just add the almond flour or whatever. So I was just so in love with it, and that always stuck with me. After that, I just, I gave it to my partner, wonderful partner, and then I ended up traveling
Starting point is 00:24:52 and exploring different things all over the world. And that's when I really learned, you know, through travel. And when I came back, I said, okay, I know I have to be in food one way or another. And I just started documenting my experiences. That's kind of how all of this came about, I said, okay, I know I have to be in food one way or another. And I started documenting my experiences. That's kind of how all of this came about. The Dining Dolls and everything. So it was just really a passion project.
Starting point is 00:25:11 You started a food review blog, The Dining Dolls, with your sister. Yes, it was with my sister. And then you fired her. Her ass is fired, yeah. Was she an older sister or younger sister? Younger. Younger, no. So she went back to San Diego and said no by the way
Starting point is 00:25:26 Why can't she keep doing it from San Diego? You can do a blog from anywhere? That's what I'm telling her I would love to have her involved. I mean, you know what though. Everyone is a dining doll That's kind of how I structured it. But yes, she we Started it together. She's amazing, but she just had two really young kids. So, you know, I mean, you know how it is. If you have kids, they're gonna they start out young. Yes, exactly. They're very young and they need so much attention. Okay, but eventually she's gonna need some, you know, me time. Thank you.
Starting point is 00:25:55 Then are you gonna let her come back or no? She's gonna have to prove herself. No, no, no, just kidding. No, no, she can come back anytime. Is she a super taster as well? She is she is we have so much in common in that sense She loves food just as much as I do. We love going out to eat. We we love the whole thing So how often are you putting content on there? Well now I put content on all my social channels Okay, recently started with tik-tok. Well actually love it. I'm not scrolling on there, but I'm posting content. My content's going crazy viral on TikTok. What has been your favorite meal or restaurant in Los Angeles?
Starting point is 00:26:33 Shit. By the way, do you get, your Los Angeles parameters confuse me because you'll go from fucking Orange County to the Valley. And all of it is, it's nonsense. It's not, or do you like specifically is there area in Los Angeles? No, this is where I like to go to restaurants. For a while it really was downtown.
Starting point is 00:26:51 Okay. Michelin restaurants. And my favorite for a while was Orson Winston which is a Japanese Italian mixed concept. They have a Michelin star and absolutely incredible. Now, and I hate that question to be honest, but I've given it a lot of thought recently, and I've come to the conclusion that yeah, I actually do have a favorite.
Starting point is 00:27:10 Somewhere that I could go eat every single day, and that is sushi, and specifically Shibuya in Calabasas. You actually are a big fan of Los Angeles as far as the diversity, the restaurants, the choices. Give me some hole in the wall dive places that you're like, oh, you need to check that out. What's your, here, I'll go quick with you. Sandwich place.
Starting point is 00:27:32 I want a good sandwich place. Where do you go? A couple of doors down, there's Lorenzo's. Crazy, amazing sandwiches there too. Breakfast. Are you a breakfast person? I'm not, but I do have my favorite. Oh my gosh. All All Time Los Feliz,
Starting point is 00:27:46 the fucking best, the best breakfast place you'll ever have. There's no, it's all fresh, farmer's market, no seed oils, it's just, you feel good after eating it. There's always a fucking line though, but it's fine. It's one of those places you feel good. It's called All Time, it's legit. And Tartine, I fuck with Tartine for sure. Okay. It's legit. And tartine. I fuck with tartine for sure. Okay.
Starting point is 00:28:07 It's not a hole in the wall though. But all time, maybe like a little bit. What do you order? Salad, sandwich, whatever. They're obsessed with creating the perfect simple dish. But it's perfect. Can't get it anything better than that. Do you like lunch?
Starting point is 00:28:23 Or are you not a lunch person? No, I'm actually more of a lunch person. I love lunch. I love lunch. I only go to dinner if it's like a tasting. I'm not a dinner person. I'm a dinner person. Fuck yeah, yes.
Starting point is 00:28:35 Go to bed by night, yeah, dinner, dinner. Because I don't want to make reservations and when you call these places that normally wouldn't, you're like, no, no, I'll eat it the second your doors open They're like yeah come in. Yeah, exactly. No, no me too. Five o'clock. I'm there Yes well That actually makes me sad when restaurants close or don't open until but because if they stay open from lunch through
Starting point is 00:28:58 Then I know that I can eat it for and then no one is there That's my favorite time to eat too. That's why, yeah. I can't, I'm not salads. You do enjoy your salads? You know what? I fucking hate salads. I hate salads, but there's only a few places that I love salads.
Starting point is 00:29:14 I'll fuck with salads only at like three places only, which is Lodge Bread, All Time, and Tartine. That's it. Have you had any good restaurants in South Bay? Yes, which ones you like gosh Don't say any post barons Barons baron's plastic. Okay. Oh Jade trainees
Starting point is 00:29:37 So good. Yeah, I posted about it recently. I mean the South Bay its own little pocket It's just like Malibu its own thing. You don't leave the South Bay if you live there Well, you can't. It's too crowded. You're you're smushed in. Yeah, but there are a few South Bay Can you get into every restaurant? I mean Yeah, I mean that's really the big thing in Los Angeles is not having to you know Some of these places they like oh we only take reservations on the first Tuesday of the month and it's nonsense. Oh it's so fucking annoying. No I've had to do that for like French Laundry like I've had to.
Starting point is 00:30:10 No it's annoying but if you're diligent or if you know people are I mean there's always a way. Did you love French Laundry? I you know I did I actually did I think it lived up to that. Do you love fine dining? I love fine dining is my first love. Oh, good for you. It's a little too much for me.
Starting point is 00:30:28 I appreciate it. I think it's, I'm glad it exists, but it's certainly not my go-to. What is your go-to? What do you? I don't know. I love cooking. You know, if my wife, if we eat at home, I like that.
Starting point is 00:30:41 I like going to restaurants. I don't like to go to restaurants that are seedy. I just went to Funky the other night. I didn't, was like I don't like this. Okay. Yeah, pretty seedy Yeah, that's you know, I was like whatever it was fine. It was good. I like there the other one in Venice more Yes, Felix Felix. Yeah, the OG one. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah Felix more. I hear that Whatever. I'm just trying to think just what I did recently. I eat Yard Malibu. There are some good spots here. Occasionally.
Starting point is 00:31:07 I'm not afraid to travel for a meal. Same here. Not too far. Exactly. You don't like to give bad reviews or do you just refuse not to? It's not your thing? It's mixed, I have done it in the past,
Starting point is 00:31:20 but sparingly. Because my whole thing is just to showcase talent and innovation and chefs. You know, they work so hard. I respect it. It's really admirable what they do. Crazy long hours and they don't get, you know. So I really want to shed a good light on chefs in the community and, you know, contribute something that's positive. But there are instances that will call for that. Do restaurants hit you up on Instagram to come and review their spots? Yes. And what do you do? I do my research.
Starting point is 00:31:54 I do it very thoroughly. I don't post anything that I don't stand behind. And I don't also just don't go anywhere that I don't know 100% about. What about your, will you take free meals? Oh yeah, sure. Yeah. Oh. Oh, if you're listening to restaurants, send me all the free stuff.
Starting point is 00:32:09 Yeah, go, go. But that, that doesn't sway how you're going to write it? If it's good, it's good. You know what I mean? If it's not good, am I going to write it? Yeah, but if it's free, I'm always like, well, it's free. I guess that was a good experience. But I don't also go to places that are gonna be mediocre.
Starting point is 00:32:28 So I will only go to the best places. Do you go by yourself? Oh, no, no, it's an experience. Do you bring like a crew with you? Sometimes, yeah. I mean, that's what I love. I bring all my girlfriends, yes, yes. Oh, this operation.
Starting point is 00:32:42 This is like the best gig in the world. It truly is. And we have the best gig in the world. It truly is. We have the best time. Yelp, did Yelp ruin the world as we know it? You know, it's almost like a fucking mafia because from my understanding, they threaten restaurants. Like restaurants have to pay them to, in order to keep like good reviews.
Starting point is 00:33:02 Pay who? Like there's like a yelp Yeah, I that comes around like hey, it's me. Give me my bag from my understanding. Yes, it's Yeah, it's weird. I mean I'll use it sometimes but I don't read the reviews Yeah, I know it's from amateurs, but like I'll use it just to see it's quick. Like there's a phone number There's the fucking address like it's quick, but I know that it just to see it's quick. Like there's a phone number, there's the fucking address. Like it's quick, but I know that it's a total mess. I need the photo of how far apart the tables are.
Starting point is 00:33:31 I like that. Exactly. The lighting, I wanna see that. Yeah, exactly. All these people, they really put out some decent content on Yelp. Do you travel internationally for the old food blog? I, yeah, so when, well, when I first started,
Starting point is 00:33:46 I would seek out Michelin restaurants. I'd go to Vegas and France and New York, you know, whatever to try Michelin. Now it, you know, with kids, it's a little harder, but yeah, I've been to Paris, I've been to- You ever been to Septeen? No, I haven't, I want to. In Paris? Oh, it's garbage.
Starting point is 00:34:01 Oh, oh, shit, what, really? No, I'm sure it's great. I'm sure, I'm not bougie enough for it. It's too, it was too fancy for me. All the food, everything, I was eating every dish. And then my server was really being funny with me. He's like, how was that one? He's like, I was like, oh.
Starting point is 00:34:16 He's like, a bit woodsy. I'm like, oh. Oh, no. Have you been to Japan? That's the one place I really wanna go. I have not been to Japan. That's like, I'm really want to go. I have not been to Japan. That's like, I'm saving that. What about Antarctica?
Starting point is 00:34:28 I hear they have great food. Totally. Yeah. Settle this debate once and for all. Tell me. Which country has the best food? Oh my gosh. I'm gonna settle this debate right now.
Starting point is 00:34:41 America. Oh gross. Yes. No, listen. Not, not really, but in America you definitely can go to some of the best restaurants. I mean chefs from all over the world open restaurants here. But where is the best chefs from or what type of food are they making? You're not going to just say Italy? I'm not going gonna, no, you know what, Spain for- You don't think Italy has the best food in the world? That's objective.
Starting point is 00:35:09 I mean, I think Spain for a while was because that's where El Bulli came from. That's where molecular astronomy was coming from. That's where real innovative things were coming from. France is the foundation of French techniques, French cooking. Everyone needs to know those techniques if you're gonna be a chef.
Starting point is 00:35:26 So that's really hard to say, but in America we have all of it. That's the cool part. I get it, all right. You like a food court. Ah ha ha! Oh yeah, that's my jam, yeah. You ever review food trucks?
Starting point is 00:35:39 Yeah, like sure, like Mexican food, you know. I mean, I don't go out of my way. I love just the experience of dining. So I don't search out food trucks, but if there's something really special happening, yeah, like Yeasty Boys Bagels, like yeah. Favorite chain restaurant that you can remember as a child that brings you like, ah, I had some good memories eating there.
Starting point is 00:36:04 Cheesecake Factory. Oh, that's a good one. Come on. It's so good had some good memories eating there. Cheesecake Factory. Oh, that's a good one. Come on. It's so good. Like, I'll fuck with the Cheesecake Factory. The menu, just so thick. Who's got time to peruse 40 pages to pick a chicken club sandwich? I- I-
Starting point is 00:36:17 There's like watches. It's wild. There's so much information on that menu. It's so overwhelming, but that dark bread, that rye bread, oh. Not as, I don't think that bread is as good as Out it's so overwhelming. But that dark bread, that rye bread, oh. I don't think that bread is as good as Outback's dark bread. Mm, that's good. Okay, yeah, no, I vaguely remember.
Starting point is 00:36:33 Yeah. You're saying no, John? No, no, I'm saying it is. I'm saying it's great. That butter, it's a little sweet. Yeah, well, and they stick that big fat knife in it. Well, it's good stuff. I mean, it's rare anyone eats bread these days, but yeah, I love bread. I love bread. I love bread. Have you ever been to an Arby's? No, let me tell you something good about Arby's
Starting point is 00:36:50 Okay, they have the meats that part. Yeah, that's that's their slogan Which is weird because they've been promoting fish lately, but that's no no Oh no! Well, whatever. Technically it's a meat. Not... I mean, it's in the meat group. Is it not? That's not on my For You feed, so I haven't... Forget that. Here's what they actually...
Starting point is 00:37:12 Arby's does have good french fries. Really? They have curly fries seasoned. I love a good... And you get one of those tight curlers. Oh, that's exciting. It's nostalgic. Are your kids adventurous eaters?
Starting point is 00:37:23 They are, I will say they're bougie eaters. I always blows my mind. My kids do it, but watching my kids eat sushi, I just can't stop reflecting back to myself as a child going, I never would have in a million years put that in my mouth. Yes. It is very much like that. I look at them like, what's even happening? But they'll go to sushi, they'll order ikura, caviar, toro. They're on caviar?
Starting point is 00:37:51 It's silly. Caviar's their go-to. Mm. I mean, I like all the little cool things to put on the caviar, but I don't know if my child is like, although he didn't destroy all those snails in New Orleans, he was just all about those. The escargot.
Starting point is 00:38:07 He just loved it. Yes. He loved it. He was like, this is the best. I'm like, you know you have a book at home called Escargot and now you're just eating them. And he's like, yeah. Oh, good for him.
Starting point is 00:38:16 It's amazing. I guess. All right, so your kids lead anything. That's pretty cool. Do they, do your kids eat fast food? I mean, I don't let them. I told them this specific fast food restaurant has rats and then they won't ever ask me to go there again.
Starting point is 00:38:31 I did that. Did you make that up or did they actually have rats? To be honest with you, I know it's actually not a lie because if you Google it somewhere, I'm sure at some point, one of them had rats at some point. So I did not like it. Okay, so you're saying just one of the locations Yeah, so just in general but
Starting point is 00:38:48 They let them eat in and out I let them eat in and out and they let them eat Shake Shack Those are the two anything else like what about Chick-fil-a? That's also Like a half. Yes. Mm-hmm two and a half. You have to turn a blind eye to the gay rats that could be there. Yep. Goddamn Chick-fil-A. So you're saying your kids did inherit
Starting point is 00:39:12 your super taster gene? I don't know. I feel like my daughter for sure, yeah. My son's still a little picky, but might've been because I breastfed him till he was like embarrassingly old age, I don't know. Why did you do that? Because you just wanted to keep the milk going? Yeah, no, because he just happened.
Starting point is 00:39:31 I told him I would knock it off at one year. I'm like, come on, let's go. Let's wind this down. No, I loved it, he loved it, and that's it. And it was wonderful, but he's still a really picky eater. Is there anything I can do to improve my palate? You know what? I'm being honest.
Starting point is 00:39:50 Yeah, actually, I just think that experiencing different foods, trying new things, trying things you wouldn't otherwise try, like if you're not familiar with certain cuisines, like go, just eat. Yeah, but I have a sensitive tummy. You know what I'm talking about? Things get bad quickly. I can recommend some holistic doctors to go to. No, it's never gonna work. Can you, your stomach's fine you can just eat
Starting point is 00:40:15 things and it's like it doesn't bother you? Oh my stomach's like iron ball like I can eat anything. Good for you. What's your next big enterprise that you're gonna start? So I came up with a meringue concept called Malibu Meringue because meringue is so underrepresented in LA, in America. It's not good, that's the problem. I love you for saying that because I'm gonna convert you into a total meringue lover. I love all sweets. You do. For the most part. But meringue, I'm just convert you into a total meringue lover. I love all sweets.
Starting point is 00:40:46 You do. For the most part, but meringue, I'm just like, ugh. Oh my gosh, I'm gonna fuck you up with some truth forever. You try my, I have some, do you wanna try it? Yeah, let me try your, by the way, meringue is just, is it three ingredients, what is it? It's just egg white, sugar, and, well, yeah, cream of tartar, whatever, that's it,
Starting point is 00:41:04 and then whatever ingredient I put. So I don't put any artificial flavors, no dyes or anything, sugar, and well, yeah, cream of tartar or whatever, that's it. And then whatever ingredient I put. So I don't put any artificial flavors, no dyes or anything. Like if it's a raspberry meringue, I'll put freeze dried raspberries or whatever. Are they beautiful? Do you make, are they pretty? I mean, look at this.
Starting point is 00:41:15 Oh yeah, yeah. They're gorgeous. They're like little kisses. Is this yours? This is mine. Malibu, and where does the Malibu part of it? The Malibu, well. Why'd you come up with Malibu. And where does the Malibu part of it? The Malibu? Well. Why'd you come up with Malibu is what I'm saying.
Starting point is 00:41:26 Malibu because it just represents like the California casual lifestyle. I getcha. I live close to Malibu. Your plan is to get Airwon, right? Yes. Or are they already available at Airwon? So they are not available at Airwon because I'm rebranding. But they were available at the Cheese Store Beverly Hills.
Starting point is 00:41:47 Oh, I love the Cheese Store Beverly Hills. Oh my gosh, they're just such wonderful people, such wonder, they really take pride in what they serve. Man, there's nothing better than picking up a sandwich after I leave the dentist. No, I agree, it's the best. Well, I'm starving because I didn't eat all day, and then I went to the dentist,
Starting point is 00:42:02 and then I get a sandwich at the cheese store Exactly. It's it's the go-to you ever go there just get slices of cheese and just try it. Yeah watching people do that I'm always like I can't do that. They just stand there and just take free samples for too long. I'm like, let's go You do that and order or let me just see this for a second here. Um, are these different flavors now? What do I what am I looking at? Yes, so on the bottom is a coffee flavor. Rose? They don't mix, the flavors don't mix into each other
Starting point is 00:42:32 if they touch each other? No, no. So we have a raspberry flavor, a toasted marshmallow flavor, and yeah, this is coffee with a praline. Okay, so I guess I'm gonna grab for the raspberry. Go for it. And they're gluten-free? 100% gluten-free, fat-free, high in protein.
Starting point is 00:42:52 They're high in protein? They're really, yeah, just egg white, yeah. Which I don't care about any of those things, but a lot of people do, so I guess it's a selling point. What if I don't like it? Please be honest, if you don't like it, you know, I guess it's a selling point. What if I don't like it, please be honest if you don't like it You know what? I will not like you that Yes
Starting point is 00:43:17 I Guess I I don't know how to say this There It's not my thing. Okay, I can respect that. It's so chewy. Yes, but also so, just the perfect amount of sweetness and lightness.
Starting point is 00:43:34 Oh, it's intense, so much raspberry. Yeah, yeah, yeah, so much raspberry. I love that part. Ah! There's so much raspberry. Ah! Do any of you guys eat these? If I'm in Europe.
Starting point is 00:43:46 See? If you're in Europe, they're everywhere. How much are you gonna sell a bag of this for? I mean, it's like around $16. That is so much taste in such a small little package. I love that review. I'm gonna use that. No, you're not. So much taste in such a small little package. And this one is marshmallow in it
Starting point is 00:44:05 I don't like marshmallows marshmallow. I don't like it's just more meringue literally is is essentially marshmallow I hate marshmallows. You know what? I hate gummy bears So if you offered me gummy bears gummy bears are made from like from pig hooves. I don't like the texture They're all I know that's what I'm saying or isn't it pig hooves or I don't like the texture. They're awful. No, I know. That's what I'm just saying. Or isn't it pig hooves or snout or something? I don't know what it is. Ian, I don't wanna know what the sausage is made with. I don't wanna know.
Starting point is 00:44:31 Sausage we know is made from pigs. It's just weird to think gummy bears are also made from pigs. I know, I know. Maybe. It's an amazing animal. Morangs. Try the coffee one. I'm not gonna try the coffee one.
Starting point is 00:44:43 I don't like coffee. Try the marshmallow one. I don't like coffee. Try the marshmallow one. I don't like marshmallows. But it's just vanilla. It's just vanilla? All right, I'm gonna try another one. But let me tell you something. I could be on the verge of willies. You're gonna love it.
Starting point is 00:44:58 I get the willies sometimes. Not the willies. I don't know what that means. But when you bite into it, it's like, it's... Ah! Guess what, though? Tell me, tell me. I like this one more.
Starting point is 00:45:12 Whoo! Less intense, right? Mm-hmm, but it's still... Is it the texture? I don't know what it is. I think it's the taste. Yeah. You know what? Everyone has their own taste.
Starting point is 00:45:24 People that love meringue love it. I am one of those, I'm obsessed with meringue. Do you like chocolate? I don't. I love chocolate. See, we're all so different and that's what makes the world go around and it's beautiful.
Starting point is 00:45:38 Right, but it's not good for business. No, it's fine because there's plenty of people like me, there's plenty of people like you. There's so many people like you Wow, are you are you full now? No, I'm not full A lot of sugar. It's mainly sugar anyway. Mm-hmm You know as an attractive woman do you feel like you have to be in Erewhon because Erewhon only allows hot girls to shop in there? A hundred percent. Yeah yeah if you're not hot just don't. I'm just kidding no no I mean it's it's the way where it's located and it's like... E know. Air one, every time, it's,
Starting point is 00:46:25 the people in Air One are more beautiful. It's the fun place to go and to feel just good. By the way, have you ever returned any of your bottles to Air One? The jars? Oh, I keep them. I don't know, I never use them. They give you substantial money if you bring them back.
Starting point is 00:46:40 Dude, they do? Yes, I've never done it. I've got a whole cabinet full of Erewhon thing from my sauces and things that we, they got our bolognese that we like. I like their biscottis. I do like their biscottis in the thing. Yeah, you like desserts that don't taste good.
Starting point is 00:46:57 That's funny. But I do, I do fuck with Erewhon. I do like Erewhon. I mean, if maybe if a Arowan. I do like Arowan. I mean, if maybe if a biscotti is dunked in dark chocolate. Dunked, yeah, dunked it or coffee, but you don't do coffee? No, I don't. I know.
Starting point is 00:47:13 By the way, I know that I'm wrong, that I'm not the one that's right here at this table. You're the more sophisticated one. Your palate is the super taster. I'm just trying to learn. Everybody that's on the show gets a gift. It's just stuff I take from my house. I thought you would like this heart sweatshirt.
Starting point is 00:47:31 Oversized, you're gonna wear it. You're gonna love it. That's so cute. I'm too old to wear a sweatshirt with something on it. You know, whatever. So that, you got your, this, somebody got me this. I have a, we have a rule in our house where I don't like things with words on it. So this is this is a Malibu pillow a regift. No all of its regift. I love that
Starting point is 00:47:51 That's the best. Yeah. Yeah. Oh my gosh. Thank you so much Welcome. I love things with words on it. So And that's good. I'm sure it's here. Oh I don't fuck with twizzlers. This isn't twizzlers. This is red wine Oh shit, I'm red vines. Here's the here's no this I just need your help with okay, okay Now what you do with it after this gift is I don't care you can give to my dog see what happens No, no This was in my home and the other day I saw that there was a brand new one and I said to my wife
Starting point is 00:48:23 What are you doing? And she says those are old and they're not good anymore. I said red vines never Expire she I go. There's no way they taste in different. She said oh they do they do taste it It's something when she's watching a movie, you know, it's like they have a thing It's more of a display on on the bar area Whatever my question to you is you tell that these things are way past their expiration with your super taster ability? Oh, this is a challenge I shall in part. And you don't like, and you hate a red vine?
Starting point is 00:48:59 I hate a red wine. Oh, you're going to hate this. Just take a tiniest, take the smallest bite ever. Oh my god. Is it bad? Is my wife right? It's like chewing on a rubber. Like it's not even flavored well. Well sure it's a red vine. It's not like Twizzlers. Twizzlers got the flavor. Red vines Red vines, you don't talk about war candy. This is war candy. Yeah, no, this will outlast a bomb. Like no.
Starting point is 00:49:30 So you're saying it's not bad. All right, your kids will love this. Send that home to them. Oh no. Give that to your kids. I will graciously decline. Here, I'll take you, the one that you already snacked on.
Starting point is 00:49:39 But you have to keep the rest of that. Okay. Please, set that on the floor. Oh, I. I, shh, okay. I can't have it on my desk. Do you order dessert every time you're at a restaurant, or no? Every time, you have to.
Starting point is 00:49:51 Okay. You can't finish a meal and not have something sweet, a little treat. But you don't drink alcohol with your meals, or? I've been getting into, I mean, wine, yes. Wine, yes. Just a little bit of wine. Especially a pairing, I do love a pairing.
Starting point is 00:50:06 But cocktails. The whole way through? You don't get trashed, it's too much alcohol. I ask them, did you have pours? And I just taste it. And when you taste, when it's paired well, it's like a magical experience, like religious experience. What about split pairings, is that acceptable?
Starting point is 00:50:18 Yes, yeah, that's what I do. I don't wanna, I'm not trying to get fucked up at a dinner. Like I just wanna enjoy myself, you know what I'm saying? But cocktails, I mean, they're doing some innovative cocktail stuff now, so yeah I have a girlfriend. That's a cocktail connoisseur, and she just orders for me, and I love it. Okay. I don't finish them But I love it. It's for toasting. It's really looking cute right to get you picture with a cocktail But do you ever camp? You've never camped no nor, nor do I ever want to.
Starting point is 00:50:45 I have, I've done it before when I was little against my will. I don't, no, not for me. All right. No. I had another gift for you, but I don't think you're gonna use it. Try me.
Starting point is 00:50:56 Well, it was, somebody bought me this for my birthday. We're camping? It's a back country bathroom. You strap it to a tree so that you can go to the bathroom and it holds you in. And they thought that I could use this. And I said, I don't, first of all, I don't, whenever I'm in this situation,
Starting point is 00:51:15 I don't have time to set up. Yeah, you're grabbing a stump. That's ingenious. Yeah, it's got a little graphic of how it works. Look, so you- Oh, oh, wow. Yeah, yeah, so you got a little graphic of how it works. Look. Oh, wow. Yeah, yeah, so you got to crap in the woods. So you throw this thing around a tree
Starting point is 00:51:30 and then it harnesses you. And it says it can hold up to 400 pounds. I, wow, was this on Shark Tank? I mean, I don't know what it was on. Listen, I'd invest. I'm not giving it to you. I wouldn't use it, but I'd invest. I'm gonna find someone that needs to crap in the woods.
Starting point is 00:51:48 I hope you find that person. I will. Do you hate always having to figure out where you're gonna eat? No, I love it. It's my favorite thing to do. I want one. How many nights a week do you go to a restaurant?
Starting point is 00:51:58 I've really just slowed down in the past few years. Like maybe one to two. I can't do any more than that now. What about lunch? I do like lunch. You only go maybe one to two. I can't do any more than that now. What about lunch? I do like lunch. You only go to one to two restaurants a week or no? There's no way you... I do have like, I have to go get my little treat.
Starting point is 00:52:12 Like I have to go get my little coffee treat or my little treat, you know, but like a full on tasting experience when I'm reviewing something, I like to narrow it down to like two to three. Three is tough. That's still a lot. It's a lot and it gets to you because I do everything I do, the editing,
Starting point is 00:52:27 I do the captioning, the whole process. So, and also the eating, you know, it's a lot. And I'm kind of an extremist in that sense, in the food sense that I'm eating either everything or I'm like intermittent fasting. Yeah, I don't like all, I mean, it sounds great until you're like, oh, I actually have to do all this work. It's a shit ton of work. And you know, it sounds great until you're like, oh, I actually have to do all this work. It's a shit ton of work.
Starting point is 00:52:46 And people see that. People see like, oh, the skinny girl is just shoving carbs in her face and this fish. I know that I'm wrong, that I'm not the one that's right here at this table. You're the more sophisticated one. Your palate is the super taster. I'm just trying to learn.
Starting point is 00:53:04 I never know. I'll get it. I'm just trying to learn. I never know. I'll get it. I'm going to do palate exercises at home. That's right. You blindfold, you try things, and then you're like, oh, I can pick out this ingredient or that. Are you into food kinks? I don't even know what that is. Ew, what?
Starting point is 00:53:21 Well, you brought up blindfold, and it just made me think. You're so passionate about food, it's your number one thing. I'm just wondering if you've ever been in a situation where you're like, oh, I like to bring food into the bedroom. Oh, no. You keep those things very separate.
Starting point is 00:53:37 Although food is very sensual. It's very sensual. And you know, that's- I know what I'm getting you for Christmas edible arrangement I think they might be struggling for other reasons yeah yeah or they're thriving I don't know alright Stephanie thank you for being on the show I appreciate it oh thank you so much for having me what a blast get ready for a celebration of play like no other at the all-new LEGO Summer of Play event at LEGOLAND Discovery Center Toronto, now through August 3rd.
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Starting point is 00:57:08 Tosh Show! I want to thank Stephanie for being on the show and for her meringues. You actually ate one of the meringues. You thought it was right we got some plugs got a plug our store Tosh show store comm got some stand-up dates coming up Eddie and I check out those dates guys buy a ticket come come laugh with us want to do the free plug hit the free plug music. Drum solo. Give an ad a run for his money. Okay. This free plug. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It's the American Legion Auxiliary
Starting point is 00:57:54 is hosting an all you can eat pancake breakfast the first Sunday of every month. The event is open to the public. It's $8 for 11 years and older. What a weird age. They must have done the math on when you can start
Starting point is 00:58:12 choking down a large amount of pancakes. $2 for 10 and under. Okay, that may, maybe it makes more sense. It just, the 11 was so weird. I don't know how you're raising money If you're if you're hungry, I feel like I could eat eight dollars worth of pancakes Yeah Look banging, huh? All right. Don't let the name fool you because it's not just flapjacks
Starting point is 00:58:38 They're calling it though. All you can eat pancake breakfast, but they you know besides flapjacks, they've got sausages, eggs, coffee, orange drink will also be served. The orange drink. Okay. I love orange drink. Well, you know, and if that's not a typo, then I get it because orange juice is expensive, right? That's something that's like, so if they're, if they're just doing out
Starting point is 00:59:01 orange drink for this charity, I'm not going to, I'm not going to rib them for that. Uh, this raises money for veterans assistance, boys state, Legion baseball, I don't, none of that makes sense. Legion baseball, boys state, veterans assistance. One out of the three of those seems like it's a good cause. Oh, and other programs. Okay. So there's more, but veterans is, is the top billing and then boys state.
Starting point is 00:59:31 The fuck is boys state? It's a program they run at the Legion. What does it do? It's among the most respected and selective educational programs of government instruction. Does it help? Does it help girls in any way? No, there is a similar program for young women.
Starting point is 00:59:47 But, but they don't give any money to the girls. I feel like girls, you know, need help. Boys have already got a leg up. Ah, sorry. Don't want my wokeness spilling into this free plug for Sioux falls. South Dakota is all you can eat pancake breakfast. American Legion Auxiliary is located at, they've got a location. They're not just going to be at an IHOP.
Starting point is 01:00:10 No, they're cooking them. Okay. So they're making their own pancakes. Okay. I don't know. That's probably best. They're located at 1600 West Russell street, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It's across the street from the Sheridan.
Starting point is 01:00:22 I'll tell you what though, not for nothing. The Sheridan does a nice breakfast. Yeah. If you hate that, just walk across. Yeah. I mean, if you're, if you're like, if you want some actual orange juice, go over to Sheridan, just, just say you're in room, I don't know, pick a normal room, like 320 and then just get some free juice and then walk it back over and help the veterans.
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