‘Fast Foodies’ Recap: ‘Bobby Moynihan’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode 207 of ‘Fast Foodies’. To revisit the previous episode, click here.
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Over the course of the past few weeks, the truTV series, Fast Foodies, has done a phenomenal job of exploring exactly what it is that makes a food someone’s favorite. As it turns out, sometimes that revolves around memory since we are introduced to meals on an important or significant day in our lives and that tasty dish helps to remind us of those moments. Plus, it also boils down to how the dish is made, since sometimes its preparation and assembly leaves a powerful impression upon our taste buds. And sometimes, our favorite dish exists, simply because it’s downright delicious and the thought of not enjoying its incredible taste breaks our heart, and wouldn’t you know it? The show uncovered yet another reason as to why certain foods stick with us during this week’s episode.

For comedian Bobby Moynihan dropped by to share his favorite dish with the Fast Foodie chefs and it turns out that for him, the Baconator from Wendy’s is a burger that brings him great joy, but for a very different reason. Because it is not the bun or the meat or the arrangement of the burger that puts a smile on Bobby's face. No instead, he loves this burger because of the bacon. Which means that sometimes we fall in love with a dish because it knows exactly how to properly make use of a particular ingredient and its flavor, and few things in this world pop on a sandwich or a burger such as bacon, and well… that revelation brought forth some interesting results in the kitchen when our chefs got to work in replicating this burger.

Because both Jeremy and Kristen more or less decided that they had to perfectly recreate the Baconator from top to bottom. Right down to how the bun and the meat are made and while they definitely created some gorgeous and tasty burgers, the kind that resembled exactly what you’d get at the drive-thru… something was missing. But Justin, well he figured out what that something was. Because if Bobby was all about a burger packed with bacon, the pork had to be the key to the whole thing. Which motivated Justin to really focus on the bacon above all else and design a burger where the flavor from that just exploded with every bite, and because he put the bacon on a burger pedestal, he won round one with minimal fuss and with that in the rearview mirror, it was time for another incredible Remix round.

One that truly embraced the spirit of the Baconator through and through and Guy Fieri for that matter as well. Since his unique wardrobe came into play as the disadvantage this week. But what matters more are the dishes in question. For Justin brought forth a Sea Scallop with Smoked Pea Purée and Salmon Roe, a dish designed to invoke the wonder of pork and the smoked flavors that bacon brings to the table and his amazing dish was complimented nicely by Kristen’s Bucatini with Pancetta and Egg Yolk Crème. A dish designed to resemble all the wonders and flavors of the Baconator, and we can’t leave Jeremy’s dish out. Because his Ricotta Gnudi with Bacon Wrapped Maitake, was designed to be a five-star bacon meal and it delivered for certain… since Bobby absolutely enjoyed every delicious bite.

But in the end, it was Justin’s dish that won the day and gave him the sweep, because it really did trick Bobby’s palate into thinking he was eating a Baconator and with the Chompion-ship trophy in hand, Justin made the others suffer through a Silence of the Hams punishment. Wherein they had to wear bacon on their faces and well, in the end… this was just another amazing episode of this incredible show. Because not only did it celebrate the wonder of a single ingredient… but it did so in the most epic manner possible. For this was bacon’s first time on the show and boy did the chefs showcase its versatile wonder and well, now that we’ve reached the end of this pork-filled adventure, we are once again left starving for more of this filling show and all the incredible joy it sends our way. Until next time.

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