Which Country Has The Best Breakfast?

I'm a believer that breakfast is one of the greatest meals of all time.

And that's why today I'm on a mission to find the best breakfast in

the world.

Viewers from all over the globe submitted their favorite breakfast from their representative countries

and thousands of votes later the results are in,

and we're left with a top 12

that come together to meet today in one insane battle.

The top four most popular dishes will have earned a bye,

while the remaining eight will compete for their chance to move on through the

tournament.

The world's most beloved breakfasts are going to battle

and we will find our champion,

starting with our first matchup: Ireland versus the Philippines.

Philippines with longsilog, it's garlic fried rice topped beautifully with a generous amount of

fried garlic,

longanisa, fried egg.

Our favorite Filipino Chef Christian said to serve with sliced tomatoes seasoned with fish

sauce and the commenters in our Filipino versus American breakfast called for achara,

pickled papaya, and separately a dipping sauce made with cane vinegar and soy sauce,

you know to cut the richness of all that garlicky fried rice and pork.

Next up Ireland with the full Irish Breakfast.

You've been asking for this for a long time, it's very simple.

Black and white pudding, bangers rashers, baked beans, fried eggs, Fried Tomato boxty,

and mushrooms.

And we even got soda bread, served on the side with marmalade and butter.

We ain't around brother.

Our Guest taste tester today is David Douglass.

He is an Austin legend known for trying all of the greatest restaurants

and telling people all about it on Instagram

and of course Pwince Vicwam,

director and seasoned Channel taste-tester.

Two unlikely competitors the Philippines versus Ireland.

Honestly these are really strong contenders, I don't even know where to begin.

I want to go Philippines I can't even say anything I want to just

keep eating it that rice is incredible longan is incredible it's just a great

combination of things I'm busting

that makes two bust the rice unbelievably garlicky

but not overwhelmingly so it's almost more of a fragrance than it is like

some sort of blast in your face long Anise is fantastic it's sweet it's

salty it's Umami fried egg only makes a beautiful sauce with crispness all the

acutron it's wonderful there's

so many different flavors

and textures and they all go

so well together and individually each bite is incredible no matter

which component you taste there's nothing to not enjoy it's great

when flavor town was founded this is what they had in mind they wanted

that garlic they wanted the sausage they wanted these Town members coming together to

form a sort of a town maybe a town of flavor you could call

it okay I I I Rend I don't even know where to begin with

this I know where I'm beginning soda me bread that's what I'm thinking too

for me this one has the variety going for it it's kind of a

playground for you to dip dive dunk I can't stop eating I keep eating

something then I go back for something else it's all great flavors all combined

into one amazing plate

that I thought would be a bit too much I thought there's too many

different components but all of them work really well together even the Filipino one

same thing it's hard I'm hard what um this is really hard it's voting

Time 1 two three unanimous wow Ireland I'm really sorry it's

so tasty the unanimous vote it doesn't represent how close these were for me

but I think we all put the slight Edge to the Philippines moving on

the Philippines moves on powerfully to the next round to face Mexico

but first we head to our next round one matchup France versus Colombia Colombia

with arapa conos I've never had this before

and I got to say these are two things

that I love so I have a feeling this is a strong Contender two

pan of sauté tomato

and green onion add eggs seasoned taste with salt

and stir until soft scrambled served with a hand formed fried white corn arapa

crispy on the outside

but tender chewy almost voluptuous on the inside

and enjoy France with the corant I mean we know what this is right

butter and dough rolled into multiple layers

and once cut and baked crisp be Airy pastries

that make me want to take my socks off

and wiggle my little piggies I think we should start with France cuz it's

the simplest you can dip them into a cappuccino

if you want or eat them by themselves this is a good croissant the

butter is buttering nice crispy Airy all the qualities of good croissant

and I think a good breakfast

as well so crispy part of me does want to americanize the croissant

and stuff it with other things the French would be appalled well actually the

French are finally evolving a little bit you know took them a

while but they're on their way God bless them every laugh I get out

of Josh he pays me another five nickels I've got a whole dollar now

let's move on to the Colombian dish I like this

if you are not from Columbia

but you're used to like maybe an egg Andor bacon Centric breakfast it feels

new you're so used to maybe like toast

or hash browns with your eggs this is a great change of pace

if you've never had this before I love this I also love

that the eggs are deeply flavorful

and they've got some vegetative quality to them it's nice the eggs are great

everything that's combined into the eggs really elevates it past to very basic scrambled

eggs the egg and the pepper mixture it's really working for me in way

ways that other dishes haven't

so far it's voting Time 1 2 3 what the eggs are great

but you know it's just eggs

when you're on the streets of France you're walking down

and it's like 5:

in the morning you just smell those buttery croissants

that hits like nothing else that's why it just takes a slight Edge I

have a retort just eggs is ignoring the tomatoes the peppers spices

and the so that went into this delicious Colombian meal

and that's why frankly I disagree with you I'm in between the two opinions

here the croissant is

so unique to France

and there's nothing else like it

so I almost wanted to vote for this

but just personally I enjoyed this one more

that means Columbia moves on to the next round onto our next match up

Vietnam versus Turkey Vietnam coming with fa Vietnam recently did very well in our

other video where we were looking for

which country has the best sandwich now look

although f is popular in the United States it's much lesser known

as a breakfast item

but we're told by a few Vietnamese Chef friends

that in Vietnam it's a way of life lay thinly sliced raw beef on

top of your cooked rice noodles pour over boiling hot broth to the beef

garnish with Thai Basil sliced onion green onion Little Thai chili cilantro bra sliced

beef and finally bean sprouts serve

and enjoy turkey coming in with menamin we followed this recipe exactly from a

YouTube channel Turkish food travel thank you for

that you start by sautéing peppers

and butter and olive oil followed with chopped tomato season with salt to break

that down cook it down roughly crushed using your potato masher

then gently stir in some scrambled eggs

and very gently cook till the eggs are just barely set you don't want

to overcook this add a little cheese on top optionally serve

that with bread and it's

that simple what should we try for first this one's giving a lot more

breakfast energy for me

so I'm going to get in here first that's insane it got really cold

outside and this feels like such a nice warming presence this is a great

breakfast to start off the day on any day I didn't know how the

bread was going to go with it

but that soft texture on top of another soft texture wasn't a problem it

was just a really good taste whatever

that light green spicy pepper in there it's like the perfect amount of heat

and also the flavor is a little bit more subtle than a jalapeno you

got cooked down concus tomato essentially red ball Pepper for a little bit of

sweetness and then you have this green pepper

that provides an herbaceousness a little bit more of a vegetable flavor

but then there's the egg it's custardy it's juicy it's cheesy I mean it's

kind of like everything

that you like about many breakfasts in the world in one

but it's funny you bring up needing to warm up

because we have a bowl of warm fa

which I would argue is maybe the perfect item for the winter this is

light refreshing I can feel good about going along the day

if I had this for breakfast

but the menen is a flavor punch I don't know

that I would say this is less flavorful less spicy it's definitely less spicy

but I think f is all about Flavor they're both good in in their

own right what do you think David never came here to taste anything he

came here to eat time to vote 1 2 3 wow unanimous I'm not

saying that this dish is better than this I'm just saying

that this is a better breakfast dish than this I wish I grew up

in Vietnam eating Fu for breakfast every day

and Associated that with breakfast

but unfortunately I didn't

and so this eggy peppery bready dish just gave more breakfast energy to me

I I couldn't help it I fully agree turkey moves on to the next

round onto our final round one match up Brazil versus Australia two places I

love but who is going to make it to the quarterfinals Brazil with pow

Deo AKA cheese bread I could eat a thousand of these I'm not going

to lie you need an oiled hand to get your dough balls separated placed

onto a baking sheet baked at 350 fhe until they come out Rich golden

and beautiful serve immediately with strawberry jam

and black coffee Australia with avocado toast in our recent fast food breakfast video

our friend Andy Cooks said

that Australia loves and is known for its breakfast

so Andy's here to describe the Australian avoc toast it has to be avocado

on toasted SOS and a poach dig on top soft goat cheese

and a nut seed topping called duer seasoned with salt

and seasoned with lemon zist garnished with micro coriander

and served with cold smoked salmon on the side back to you Legend Andy

we love you and by we I mean me it's funny

because this is clearly from Brazil

but to me when I think of avocado toast I think of California

so let's try one the powder cjo I thought this was going to be

heavier coming into this

but it's really light it's Airy I feel like I could eat three of

them maybe four and this Jam

that goes with it is a great pairing I'm not a fan of the

coffee I'm not a fan of any coffee

but that's besides the point this is great cheese bread

and coffee in my head I'm like ah it's nice by far the best

part for me is the texture It's like got almost like a Mochi sort

of situation where you're like chewing it a little longer you think

but you're enjoying every moment of it the jam the coffee sweet not sweet

works just like the boys were saying I also like the saltiness

that the cheese adds to the bread a lot of breads to me are

often times UND salted this is perfectly salted this actually one of my favorite

breads of all time this going to be a tough battle

that said avocado toast I will say avocado toast is one of my favorite

foods on Earth but having it next to the pwed cjo I don't know

it's tough It's light

and refreshing as well it's in a different way I would not be upset

starting my morning with something like

that it's a good texture it's a good flavor you know what avocado toast

is it's exactly what you expect that's the challenge for me it's like there's

no novelty Factor here I'm trying to put my brain into objective mode

but it's just saying I've had

that before I haven't had cheesy bread

and jam before that's a new thing I want to latch on to

that now we vote one two

and three oh the odd man listen avocado toast is great

and most times I would want it for breakfast one of my problems with

it is it's kind of just is what it is you get bored of

it really quick what I liked about the powder cjo is on its own

it's delicious delicious with Jam

but think of all the other things you can do with this this is

such a great base you know I don't know

if I could say the same thing about this it's fighting against something

that has like how many components on it this is one the flavors are

they're not similar but I'd say they're on like a similar level for me

but the texture of the pow dejo is just

so much higher for me it's more interesting it's something I'm going to be

thinking about later today

and you know after youat a couple of them I feel like you're pretty

full I feel like I kind of have to work my way through the

avocado toast nothing wrong with it I just prefer the Brazil one a bit

more moving on sorry to Australia

and our man Andy

but Brazil deservedly takes the final spot in the quarter final matchups our first

matchup of this round is a battle between two heavyweights Mexico versus the Philippines

Mexico with Chile kiles this is our top vote getter today we have my

Rojo recipe which features guo ancho

and sorrano chilies the recipes in the in the description along with an even

easier variation using a can of chipot lace we sent this recipe to Chef

Alejandra at Estee one of the top Mexican restaurants here in Austin

and she gave her stamp of approval she did mention

that she tossed the chips

and sauce together in a separate Bowl being careful not to oversaturate the chips

to prevent sogginess great tip I don't know what to do here

because if someone were like Josh what's your favorite breakfast it would be one

of these two things you're in a tough position I on the other hand

just want to eat food

and I'm going to worry about the rest later that's crazy how good

that is I would like to be baptized in this salsa I went on

vacation recently and for 4 days I was out I had Chile killes every

single morning for breakfast unapologetically it is incredible we'll get into this I don't

know they're so different I feel sorry for us having to make this decision

but I feel sorry for everyone

that can't experience what we're eating right now cuz this is incredible I don't

know what the to do here I think we got to stop thinking

and start writing all right guys 1 2 3 wow this is not an

easy decision I thought it would be going into this I thought it would

blow it out of the water

but honestly I couldn't stop eating

that garlic fried rice I couldn't stop eating the longa even

though the chil Heil is I feel like flavor-wise was a little higher

but this is just such a good balanced breakfast for me it came down

to one factor only these right here I couldn't stop eating these

if this was on

that whole different story despite the chili killes being very good couldn't top

that for me the way I looked at it was

if I was at a restaurant

and I saw both of these on the menu I would pick this over

this every time chili kace is everywhere

but how often do you see a great Filipino breakfast somewhere

so Philippines moves on to the next round our next matchup is the 12th

seated Columbia versus our fourth seated India India with masala dosa breakfast varies widely

depending on where you are in India

but most votes from you went to the masala dosa filled with spiced potato

and onion mixture served with a coconut chutney

and sambar a spiced lentil stew from South India really tasty wow I grew

up with this masaladosa is such a classic it has

so many good flavors

and different options you can choose from

while still just being a light vehicle to eat it's really balanced there's a

lot of good flavors

but it's not too heavy you can eat

that whole thing for breakfast

and feel good about it the rest of the day it's fragrant got a

little crunch it's got a little chew you have the creaminess of the mashed

potato it's a little spicy it's a little sweet the auton on the side

just an extra layer of flavor a little bit of hydration to it even

though it doesn't need it not dry at all really good

and then when you do the dunk now half of the crunchy Isn't

So crunchy anymore it's a lot going on

and it all works together

but it's going up against a heavy hitter will it be enough to overtake

Columbia this is a tough pick

but it's time 1 2 3 unanimous

although the araba com W us are delicious this is just super unique there's

nothing in the world like this I could eat this every morning I can

eat it every morning I could also eat it for lunch

and dinner it's just something

that keeps you entertained the whole time you're doing I agree I've done

that and it's fantastic you can mix

and match what's inside you can mix

and match the acont it's a great dish India moves on to the semi-finals

against the Philippines now to our next quarterfinal matchup USA versus Turkey USA the

full American breakfast this needs no explanation big fluffy pancakes to with butter maple

syrup a plate of bacon hash brown

and scrambled eggs it's a Timeless staple

but is it really going to be able to stack up against our contenders

today I love seeing these two dishes in front of each other cuz they're

so incredibly different funny enough the American one looks a little anemic just

because there's such a lack of color I like

that there's like red

and green and peppers

and this nice rustic bread beautifully in a bowl is kind of telling a

cultural differences should we start with this one yeah Jesus David you can eat

as much as you want after this we're making a sandwich M I will

say there's no combination on Earth that's more more iconic in The Breakfast world

than bacon maple syrup fresh pancakes what's more iconic than

that back to the menen just to refresh my memory here all right it's

so tough cuz these are classic flavors

but compared to all the flavors we've had today all these new diverse flavors

that I'm experiencing it doesn't hit the same I think I'm getting hit in

the head with sweetness

and fat which I do love

but when you introduce other flavors

then suddenly those kind of turn from a bright light to a kind of

a gray dullness you know ready 1 two three unanimous again I love both

dishes but the sweetness

and the fat it just didn't compare to the araceous the spice of the

Turkish dish yeah this warmed my soul

but this danced on my tongue one more thing look how fast this comes

together if you want to make this you need to cook bacon you need

to cook hash browns you need to cook scrambled eggs

and you need to cook pancakes all in separate pans by the way this

is kind of a high effort all

that to lose to a one pan wonder

and the one pan Wonder moves on a big upset turkey continues its Journey

towards the crown with a triumphant win over USA onon the quarterfinal matchup brazils

versus England number two England with the full English fry up we've seen this

video before all right I have a whole recipe for this

and it is that exact recipe except we did include black pudding

and bubble and squeak we wanted to keep it OG onto a large plate

spoon of generous portion of Hines beans separating the rest of the plate with

a sausage wall lay down your eggs mushrooms English bacon black pudding bubble

and squeak fried bread finish with brua tomatoes

and some fresh cracked black pepper the full English breakfast I'm trying to get

everything in one bite that's my strategy here is build up sort of a

tower of Babble sort of situation now

that guys I will admit quite delicious getting all the flavors together it really

gives you an appreciation for all the small individual kingdoms of England

that came together to make this beautiful dish probably a lot of people died

oh certainly I think that's mostly what I'm tasting here he had the experience

of putting everything together

and having a great time I had a great time having everything separate

and it's just as good there's a lot of components on here I didn't

really touch the beans

but everything else on here is really good individually

and I keep coming back I think

that says a lot about this dish I'm one of the most indecisive eaters

you'll ever meet anytime I go to restaurant I will order almost everything off

of the menu that may seem gluttonous

but the funny thing is it's not

so much about volume of eating it's more

so volume of choices

and what I love about an English breakfast is it has many textures

and flavors and proteins

and carbs and starches

and crispy and chewy

and fatty and juicy

and so on and

so forth if I'm going out to breakfast

and I order this I don't need to order anything else I live in

fear that my tower of English breakfast will be the best thing I've had

today and nothing else will be able to compare

but that's something I'm just going to have to live with unless we find

something better could be Brazil one two three unanimous I mean it's not really

a Fair competition the pow cjo originally up against the avocado toast was the

simple one over the complicated

but in this case the complicated one

because of the variety of choice

and it was all delicious I'm

so happy with this I feel like I could eat this every day it

goes to show you just

when you think you've got it figured out you don't true on to the

next and England takes our final spot in the semifinals now it's getting serious

with only two more matchups until our final round starting here with the Philippines

versus India we are now in the semifinals with two incredibly beautiful unique breakfasts

totally different from any American breakfast I think we just need to refresh oursel

here it's going to be

so hard to beat

that India this is a crazy matchup they're both flavor powerhouses I really thought

this would be a matter of

which one do I want to keep eating

but unfortunately both of them I want to keep eating it's also tough to

compare cuz they're really

so different this one has more sweetness more fragrance this one has all the

spices and aromatics and they both have a ton of textures too they're

so different and one

and the same at the same time all right I have my answer whoever

wins this could win the whole thing one two 3 waa India it was

a great journey and I really feel like it had a chance to win

the whole thing but for now we move on to our semi-final round England

versus Turkey England you have a lot of opportunity to win here

because you've got eight plus elements the Minimon has two the dish

and the bread let's begin back to the Menan this is tough I feel

like the texture bar is a lot higher on the English breakfast

but the flavor bar is a bit higher on the turkey breakfast I feel

like the flavor on the English breakfast it has a ceiling

but there is a lot to love about the English breakfast I'm definitely feeling

the fact that we're getting into the finals rounds here

and this is becoming a lot more difficult just remember whatever you choose don't

worry you're probably going to disappoint a whole culture

if you have an immigrant parent you're used to

that 1 2 three Oh I thought it was going to be another Clean

Sweep for turkey the only reason I chose the England one was simply

because there are more combinations on this plate

and you're going to scoop this bread in there 30

or 40 times until you're done at some point it's just going to be

the same thing over

and over and over

that will not happen with this

and here's the kicker this was the thing

that really sold me the brua tomatoes provide the same effect

that this does if you take these Tomatoes the eggs mix them together

and put it on toast now I'm not saying the flavors are the same

but just texturally a little bit of tomatoey sweetness some egg you can get

almost there I think I see what you're saying for me this is like

an amusement park I'm dipping I'm diving I'm combining things in different ways

which is great but for this I'm just going on the same roller coaster

again and again but it's the one

that goes the fastest goes the highest comes crashing down with the peppers

and it turns out I'm an adrenaline junkie

when it comes to breakfast

as I said before there's I think a bar to where the flavor can

go on this one at a certain point it hits a limit

and this one it just keeps going it keeps building

and I don't get bored of it granted it's like one of the first

times I've had it

but I think I'm going to want it again over

and over and over this has now become one of my favorite breakfast dish

it's a sleeper and I think it deserves its top spot

and there it is turkey medaman battled its way all through

and takes its rightful place in the final match up against the Philippines we

have two underdogs these were some of the least voted for dishes

and yet both of them made it to the finals I'm going to get

in here first I give some an examination to

that now the Mena men all right I have my answer you guys take

as long as you need Roo's trying to hit his minimum caloric requirement today

as soon as possible oh my God this does not help you make a

decision whatsoever does it now

that I've gone into the depths of my piggy nature I know what I

need to do 1 2 3 oh my God the wind goes to the

Philippines for the best breakfast

so many different cultures

so many different ingredients Philippines got a deserved wind it climbed all the way

from the bottom all the way to the top just like turkey did

which was a very very close second I feasted on both of these meals

and only one dish had pork

and it was sweet pork with garlic rice with pickles

and all those Sensations despite how good the dish from Turkey was despite me

loving every minute of eating it I had to give it to the Philippines

there's a winner here

but I think the real winners are us both of these are fantastic dishes

every dish we had was incredible really hard decision to make

but at the end I just had to give Philippines

that slight Edge because the flavor the texture combination was just

that much higher but I'm not disappointed at all in our second place Choice

there are many other breakfasts out there maybe there is one better than this

but we went off the list

that we got from you guys

so thank you for

that thank you for voting congratulations to the Philippines for best breakfast bye subscribe

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