Shadowing Practice: I Tried EVERY Costco Food! - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Today I'm at Costco.
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They are known for big portions and affordable prices.
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People love their value and consistency.
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I will be trying every food that looks good.
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Rate them and see how wonderful it really is.
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Funny thing is most of the food in there I've never had it.
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So this should be real interesting.
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But there's one place we must hit first and that would be the food court.
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And by the way to eat on the food court you do not need a membership.
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So here we go.
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All right Costco food court let's see what you got
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and like i said you don't need a membership to eat here i'm going to the food court
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but you don't need a you don't need a card to
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go on the food court yes you do you do building yes really
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so i just got busted
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and the guy did not let me eat on the food court without a card
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so maybe i was wrong on my statement but everywhere i search you don't need
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anything in order to eat on the food card
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but apparently that's wrong hey how are you brother it seems like there's something wrong with my membership
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because i have this okay
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and then i tried to go inside just to eat on the food court
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and i thought you can even eat on the food court without a membership is
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that true you can't you cannot yeah now you can't even enter the store
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if you don't have a membership really can i get a
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new card then one two three good got my card
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so it is a myth everybody you cannot eat here without
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a membership you have to be a member let's get some food
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so you get to place an order of everything right here you don't talk to anybody you just make your order.
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So there's a lot to order.
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Let's go ahead and order everything.
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One pizza slice, one chicken bake, a salad.
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Let's order this one as well and this one and a hot dog and then strawberry.
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Double chunk chocolate cookie.
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I don't think I can eat all of this even
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if I take a bite of each but we're doing this for science.
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One shake I'm gonna order two.
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Now all of this for $43 dollars.
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This is insane.
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I don't think I'll be able to carry all of this food to the table, but here we go.
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So we're gonna start with the pizza, okay?
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Insane value.
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Let's take a look at this pizza.
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Oh, oh wow!
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Look at the size of this pizza.
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This is a large.
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Now they are very generous with the pepperoni.
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It's a thick soft crust, sold by the slice.
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Very affordable and one slice can be a full meal.
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Check out the back and it's a greasy one.
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Let's go for a bite.
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I can't even hold that everybody.
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You know it reminds me of store -bought pizza, the one from the frozen aisle.
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That's what I can say about that.
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It's very heavy, it's very greasy.
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Since they're cooking so much pizza the fermentation here is not fully done.
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This is fulfilling and it will definitely get you full.
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Costco pepperoni pizza is getting a five.
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In my hand I hold the calzone.
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This thing is heavy.
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I mean take a look at this.
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It is also one of the most expensive.
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Check out the back.
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They're definitely using the same exact pizza dough.
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Let's go ahead and slice this in half.
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Take a look at the inside everybody.
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This is what we got over here.
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It's filled with tomato sauce.
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Let's take a bite.
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Immediately I feel the sausage together with some peppers and tomato sauce.
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Cheesy, extremely greasy, hearty and heavy.
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The pepper gives it a nice flavor.
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Kind of like it everybody.
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The calzone is getting a six.
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The Costco hot dog.
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Take a look at it everybody.
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I dressed mine very very simple to keep it real.
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Only ketchup and mustard, nothing else.
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Now the interesting thing is that the price has stayed the same for years.
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One dollar and fifty cents including a soda.
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Incredible value.
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Let's go for it.
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That's delicious.
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It is a steamed bun, very very soft.
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You can add whatever toppings you want.
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I kept it simple with only ketchup and mustard and the hot dog itself is beef.
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A hundred percent beef.
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And I can definitely say this one is better than the ones I had in New York City.
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This hot dog is amazing everybody.
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It's getting a 10.
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This is Costco turkey and provolone sandwich.
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It's also one of the most expensive items that they currently have at $6 .99.
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Let's see how it tastes.
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Oh I like this.
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The bread is nice and crispy.
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The cheese is nice and gooey.
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They give you a generous amount of turkey inside of the sandwich which is a good thing.
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I love the little balance of the tomatoes but this is a good sandwich.
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I like this.
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I'm giving it a seven.
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At $3 .99 we got the chicken bake.
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Maybe one of their most popular items everybody.
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Shout out to Big Justice and AJ.
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I'm gonna go ahead and break it in the middle everybody so you can actually see what's going on.
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Oh this chicken bake inside.
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I mean take a look at that.
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This crispiness that they have right here is some next level and that feeling.
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Now you can really see the chicken breast, the melty sauce and the bacon inside.
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They are generous with the amount of chicken that they're putting inside of this chicken bake.
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I will tell you that they're using the same pizza dough for everything.
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I enjoy this, it's nice warm, it's heavy, it's hefty.
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I love that it's easy to eat on the go.
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It's not fried, it's baked, but by no means is this healthy.
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But it is delicious.
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I'm giving the chicken bake a solid 9.
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Not better than the hot dog.
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I still think the hot dog is better, but this one is pretty close.
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And here we have the vanilla strawberry sundae from Costco.
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At $2 .49, take a closer look.
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Okay, so this is what we got right here, everybody.
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Made with vanilla soft serve.
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I mean, you can see that.
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Look at that.
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Yeah, see how this thing tastes.
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That's delicious.
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Oh that's so good.
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After all that savory food eating this right after is just so fulfilling.
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I'm giving this one a 10 baby.
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It deserves it.
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It goes down nice and cold, refreshes everything.
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I like this, like it a lot.
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This is insane.
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The most expensive item here is actually this.
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$8 we got the salad.
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Alright take a look at this.
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They give you a generous amount of chicken breast.
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We also have a little bit of cheddar cheese, some cherry tomatoes.
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Let's see on the bottom that's where the healthy goes away because they give you all of this sauce.
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They also have some bacon bits.
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Oh even in egg.
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Okay this is starting to be actually a very good value right here
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because they're giving a lot of things and of course some croutons as well.
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So here's what I'm gonna do.
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We'll throw everything inside followed by the bacon.
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The boiled eggs go right in.
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Now the sauce will also go right in.
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In with the sauce.
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I will say it doesn't look that pretty.
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It's not supposed to be.
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It's supposed to be healthy everybody.
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Keep that in mind.
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You know everything healthy don't look good.
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This is what I like to do with my salad.
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Close that down and we shake.
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Open that up.
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Okay not bad.
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Now we'll throw in the croutons so that they don't get soggy.
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The healthiest and most expensive item here.
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Let's give it a try.
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See how it tastes.
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I'm gonna go with a lot of protein everybody.
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Mmm that's delicious.
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Very nice fulfilling salad.
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Nice and refreshing.
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The chicken.
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This is a huge piece of chicken right here.
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Yo that's good.
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If you thought I was gonna hate on the salad like Uncle Roger, no. This salad is actually good.
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I can't believe I'm saying this about the salad
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but great healthy alternative from everything else that they have in there and I'm giving this salad a 10.
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Strawberry banana smoothie.
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Let's take a look.
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Let's investigate this smoothie.
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Supposedly it's made with real strawberry and banana.
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Served ice cold.
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It's a big portion.
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It looks smooth and creamy.
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Let's drink it.
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Oh it's super sweet.
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It's extremely sweet.
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I don't like that at all everybody.
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Oh this is terrible.
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This one is getting a zero.
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Stay away from me.
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Don't like it?
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No. Let's go for our next item.
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Take a look.
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Oh the double chunk chocolate chip cookie.
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It is extremely large, it's heavy in the hand, it has chunks of chocolate.
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Oh take a look at that.
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It's good.
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It's very gooey in the inside.
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Look at the generosity of chocolate chips in there.
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You can clearly see it's not just dough everybody.
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They are being generous with it.
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Is it good?
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Yes it is.
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I'm giving this a 9 out of 10.
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It's very good.
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Now that we ate everything here on the food court let's go ahead inside
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and see all of the foods that they have ready to eat.
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I am tasting everything.
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We got all of these items for a total of $174 .69.
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I want to know which ones are worth it, which ones are complete disaster.
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Let's go.
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Let's start with something that can go bad really quickly.
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The Costco sashimi tray at $38 .10.
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This is extremely expensive for Costco but let's take a look.
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Now we have a few types of fish here.
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We got salmon, tuna, and emberjack.
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We got soy sauce.
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I'm gonna put that right over the salmon.
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A nice little amount.
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Let's go ahead for the salmon.
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Oh no!
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The first thing I noticed is this.
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Take a look at that everybody.
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We got a little bit of a bone in there.
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Oh that's not good.
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Yeah that was just that one.
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So this is the salmon.
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Looks like good quality.
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Let's give it a try.
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Cheers.
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That's good salmon.
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It's actually very good i like the nice thick cut they're
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actually being quite generous with it okay it's a good salmon i can tell immediately
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that it is farm raised and it's not wild
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but nevertheless this is a very solid salmon okay let's try the tuna i'm gonna go ahead
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and grab it so far i'm liking it for the quality
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and price everybody because we all know
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that sushi can actually be expensive this tuna looks nice and red it looks fresh let's give it a try
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that's actually very good I don't mind this tuna at all
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it is good quality for the price it's perfect for sushi
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lovers ready to eat immediately okay let's try the white fish
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this one looks the least appetizing let's just say this one look a little sus yeah This one tastes fishy.
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I don't like this one.
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If you ask me Guga which one is your favorite out of all of these sashimi?
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Definitely 110 percent.
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The salmon is actually delicious.
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I like it and for that reason.
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Oh that was another bone on this one because there was another bone on this sashimi and it was not done properly.
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Seven out of ten.
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Ahi tuna spicy poke $17 .15.
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I'm gonna open it up.
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Take a look at this everybody.
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The spicy ahi tuna from Costco.
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I'm looking forward to see what this is going to taste like.
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Let's give it a go.
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It's supposed to be mild spicy.
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It is not.
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Definitely mayo and sriracha in here.
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It's Hawaiian style cut into fresh cubes.
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It has soy sauce as well.
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It's ready to eat right away.
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I think it will go great with chips or rice.
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Spicy tuna gets a nine.
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It was delicious.
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Roasted chicken Swiss roller tray.
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Now if you take a look at this you can see it's like little wraps that they cut up.
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Let me go ahead and grab myself one.
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It has a little wonderful sweet sauce inside.
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Oh I like this.
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This is good.
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This is actually delicious.
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Made with roasted chicken.
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Includes Swiss cheese.
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Rolled soft bread.
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I thought it was actually tortilla but it's not.
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It's raw soft bread.
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It's great for parties.
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This can be overeaten because it's very good, mild flavors, nothing overpowers.
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So I actually enjoy this quite a bit.
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I'm giving it a solid eight.
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At $21 .29 we got the Costco ready to eat chicken wings.
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Take a closer look.
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I will say this immediately what I noticed the most is how large these chicken wings are everybody.
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They are very very big.
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Cheers.
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That's good.
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That's a good chicken wing.
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Now the skin should be crispy but it's not everybody.
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It's slightly soggy.
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Yes they are huge.
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It's great for sharing.
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It's simple and satisfying and surprisingly this one tasted a lot better than I expected it to be.
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It's a good chicken wing.
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Is it the best chicken wing I've ever had?
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No it's not but it's easy grab and go food and I'm giving it a 7 out of 10.
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Shrimp ceviche $16 .19.
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Here we got this ceviche actually looks beautiful.
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You can clearly see we have shrimp, we have peppers, lime, and a generous amount of cilantro in there.
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Oops.
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Yo that's fire.
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That is incredible.
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How can that be so good?
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The shrimp was definitely frozen previously.
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It is not fresh shrimp but there's nothing wrong with that because it's light refreshing, it's served cold, it's slightly citrusy and tangy.
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Delicious everybody.
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I really enjoyed this one to the max.
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The shrimp gets a 10 out of 10.
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I can't believe it.
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Next one we have chicken salad made with rotisserie chicken from Costco.
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All right let's dig in.
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Take a look at this salad everybody.
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Oh it's oh it's a lot of chicken.
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Oh yeah they put a hefty amount of chicken in there.
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It's very very juicy.
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A little bit overpowering in taste of salary for me.
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You know the rotisserie chicken is great but I can barely feel the flavor of rotisserie chicken.
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If you are a salary hater you're gonna absolutely hate this.
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There's such an overpowered flavor of salary in here that is crazy everybody.
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All I feel is salary.
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For that reason I'm not loving it too much.
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Is it good?
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Yes it is good.
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Six out of ten the rotisserie chicken from Costco.
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They actually sell this at a loss everybody.
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They don't make money with this at all.
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Take a look at that rotisserie chicken inside everybody and I only wish you could smell this.
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Oh it's dripping juice.
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I mean there's so many good things you can do with this.
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It doesn't get any cheaper than this.
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All right I'm gonna go for the breast right inside of the breast.
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Now the breast is always the worst part because it's literally very very dry.
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Wow I can't believe it even though it's a chicken breast it is so juicy.
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If you take a look at it you will go like oh my god
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that is as dry as the Sahara Desert but it's not everybody it's actually quite juicy inside.
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It's very very juicy.
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This rotisserie chicken is delicious.
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This chicken it's worth its price and the best part of this chicken is a hundred percent that skin.
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That skin is to die for that golden brown color and it deserves a 10.
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At $22 .25 we have the St. Louis ready to eat ribs.
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Let's take a look.
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Wow, just by the look itself, I must say a nice beautiful golden brown color, a little bit of crispiness over here, which I actually like.
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You see that?
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It had a little bit of extra color in there.
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Now let me see the smell test and if it's smoky.
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It's not smoky at all.
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It's an oven rib, okay?
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Oh no!
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As soon as I turned it around, take a look at the other side everybody.
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Seriously?
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It was nicely golden brown on the other color, but take a look at the back.
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There's no browning at all.
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Let's give it a try.
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Oh, it's very salty.
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There's also no smoke flavor at all, and I'm so used to a smoky flavor on a rib.
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Because it's not smoky, the porkiness flavor is a little bit overpowering to me.
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It's seasoned with only salt and pepper, I guess, and if they do put any kind of rub, it does not feel like that they are using barbecue rub
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and they're also using barbecue sauce but I don't feel that at all.
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The back over here it has absolutely no crust, the fat was not rendered at all so it doesn't taste
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that great and it's very very porky flavor and it's greasy and not very appetizing.
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I don't enjoy this at all.
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I'm giving it a 3 out of 10.
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Chicken Street Tacos Kit at exactly $15 .98 cents.
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Let's open it up.
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I give them a plus right here because this is not flour tortilla, it's actually corn tortilla which at least for me is as good as it gets everybody.
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If you don't have your tacos with corn tortilla, you're doing it wrong.
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Let me see.
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Oh wait, why does it smell like that?
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I'm not liking the way that this corn tortilla smells.
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I'm not quite sure what to think of it.
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I'm sorry I can't eat it like that.
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I gotta heat up the tortilla.
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Yep I'm definitely heating up this tortilla.
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I can't everybody.
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I can't eat it raw.
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Please everybody listen to me.
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Just toast up your tortilla like this.
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Nicely toasted tortilla.
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Tortilla goes down right there.
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I'm gonna go ahead and add some chicken in here with a little bit of cilantro lime sauce right here.
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I will also a little bit of cheese there.
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Tiny bit of lime juice right on top.
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They have one more salsa over here.
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So that goes right on top.
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Let's give this a go.
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A little taquito right there.
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Oh no you know I'm fortunate enough and I've tried tacos all over the world.
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This is not it everybody.
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I did not enjoy that bite whatsoever.
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The tortilla really wants to be good but it's really not even though it's a corn style tortilla.
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I don't know it also smelled kind of funny which I didn't enjoy that.
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And the chicken inside this is flavorless.
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This chicken right here has almost no flavor at all even though it has a lot of seasoning
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which seems to be paprika has almost no flavor at all.
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Not good, not my thing, one out of ten.
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I tried every single ready to eat food from Costco.
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I cannot believe we have a tie with multiple items getting a 10.
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Now I will be honest with you with value flavor I'm gonna give it to the hot dog.
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That hot dog was incredible everybody at a dollar fifty cents you can not only get a hot dog
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but also a drink that is today's winner
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if you go to costco definitely have the hot dog it's beef it's good
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and you won't regret it let me know in the comments down below
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if you agree with everything i rated i hope you guys enjoyed this video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “I Tried EVERY Costco Food!”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: chicken, everybody, eat, costco, inside. This video has 396 sentences and 3294 words to shadow. The speech runs for 18:26. The speaker talks at a natural 179 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| tortilla noun | /tɔɹˈti.ə/ | A type of Mexican flatbread made out of cornmeal or flour. |
| flavor noun | /ˈfleɪvə/ | The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect. |
| salad noun | /ˈsæl.əd/ | A food consisting principally of raw vegetables (especially greens, e.g. lettuce), other savoury ingredients (typically cooked), fruit, or confectionary; often… |
| salmon noun | /ˈsæmən/ | One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily, brownish above with silvery sides and delicate pinkish-orange flesh; they ascend rivers… |
| tuna noun | /ˈtjuː.nə/ | Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae. |
| generous adjective | /ˈd͡ʒɛn(ə)ɹəs/ | Noble in behaviour or actions; principled, not petty; kind, magnanimous. |
| rotisserie noun | /ɹəʊˈtɪ.sə.ɹi/ | A cooking device with which food is roasted on a rotating spit. |
| bake verb | /beɪk/ | To cook (something) in an oven (for someone). |
| shrimp noun | /ʃɹɪmp/ | Any of many swimming, often edible, crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a… |
| greasy adjective | /ˈɡɹi.si/ | Having a slippery surface; having a surface covered with grease. |
| overpower verb | /oʊ.vɚˈpaʊ̯.ɚ/ | To subdue someone by superior force. |
| smoky adjective | /ˈsmoʊki/ | Filled with smoke. |
| juicy adjective | /ˈd͡ʒuːsi/ | Having lots of juice. |
| strawberry noun | /ˈstɹɔˌbɛɹi/ | The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria. |
| spicy adjective | /ˈspaɪsi/ | Of, pertaining to, or containing spice. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| go ahead verb | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | To proceed with; to begin. |
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). | |
| go down verb | To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one. | |
| heat up verb | To heat, to cause to become hotter. | |
| cut up verb | To cut upward. | |
| get over verb | To overcome. | |
| go away verb | To depart or leave a place. | |
| look forward to verb | To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure; to be excited or eager to. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Let's go ahead and order everything.
- One shake I'm gonna order two.
- Let's take a look at this pizza.
- Let's go for a bite.
- Is it the best chicken wing I've ever had?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've never had · has stayed · I've ever had |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | are known · was not done · was definitely frozen |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the most expensive · their most popular · The healthiest |
| Comparatives -er than / more … than — comparing two things | better than · cheaper than |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 95 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: smoothie /ˈsmuːði/, thumb /ˈθʌm/, myth /mɪθ/, nevertheless /ˌnɛvɚðəˈlɛs/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shrimp /ʃɹɪmp/, sashimi /səˈʃiːmi/, refresh /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/, sushi /ˈsuːʃi/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/
- Long words — get the stress right: rotisserie /ɹəʊˈtɪ.sə.ɹi/, overpower /oʊ.vɚˈpaʊ̯.ɚ/, appetizing /ˈæp.ə.taɪz.ɪŋ/, pepperoni /pɛpəˈɹoʊni/, affordable /əˈfɔɹ.də.bəl/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like tortilla, flavor, salad.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.