Tacos Al Pastor from FINAL FANTASY XIV | Arcade with Alvin

Inspired by the Tacos al Pastor in FINAL FANTASY XIV, Alvin had to make tacos al pastor completely from scratch.

My playlist of preferred cooking tunes, Bangers with Babish!

[Chozo]

The fact they couldn't use music from the game in the beginning despite being sponsored by them seems... funny for some reason.

[thatguyoverthere]

Andrew: "so what qualifies you to be part of the Babish team"

Alvin: "cilantro is the bane of culinary existence"

YOURE HIRED!

[TheMadTube]

Using pineapple juice as a marinade: if you use canned shelf stable pineapple juice, the enzymes are reduced. It will not be as mushy. Fresh pineapple juice or juice you get from a container that needs refrigerated has way more bromelain in it. You should not use that for long marinade times.

Quick tip: if all you have is fresh or refrigerated juice, put it in a saucier and bring it to a low boil. Keep boiling for 5 minutes at the lowest heat setting you can muster. Then let the juice cool down to room temperature naturally. A significant portion of the enzyme becomes denatured, reducing the mush potential.

[stevemanart]

The enzyme you hate in cilantro is denatured with acid or heat. By mixing it with citric acid and allicins, you break down the chemical that triggers your genetic marker and you only get its natural flavor.

[failwiz]

Not even Babish is safe from the "have you heard of the critically acclaimed MMORPG" meme

[ShadowMage-]

hearing "POV pounding meat" was funny, Alvin's tone while saying got me the most 😂

[aaaababab]

Have you heard of the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV? With an expanded free trial which you can play through the entirety of A Realm Reborn and the award-winning Heavensward, and thrilling Stormblood expansions up to level 70 for free with no restrictions on playtime.

[JoinTheVoidOfEnuo]

"Does pineapple go on tacos?"

Yes, and it shouldn't even be a controversial opinion. If you say otherwise, you probably haven't gotten tacos al pastor at an authentic Mexican taco truck/restaurant.

[handongpark]

"Heat...fry...taste..."

(In all seriousness, hope everyone is enjoying Dawntrail! And thank you for this wonderful recipe!)

[NtcPedroPeterNews]

I like it how Alvin is always honest about how his recipe turned out. And humble too.

[nimbrennilthepalelady]

The cornservant approves the addition of corn tortillas

[Valavaern]

The tripple-skewer system was interesting and innovative, but this would have been to perfect time to pull out the old shwarma machine from back in the day.

[Nexwulf]

Alvin needs to make Xibruq Pibil next from Dawntrail.

[tracyglasper]

Culinarian main? Seriously though, so excited to see an FFXIV recipe!

[wryed]

no way, tacos al pastor from THE critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV??? which has a free trial, and includes the entirety of A Realm Reborn AND the award-winning Heavensward expansion up to level 60 with no restrictions on playtime?

[JaySay]

Glad that we're getting more Arcade with Alvin episodes (and hopefully Anime ones, too!)
I'm all for cooking and seeing talented chefs create amazing dishes, but I get the most joy out of the channel when I see more of what made Babish what it was all those years ago; recreating & improving upon foods found in TV/film, and now in anime/games!

Thanks for bringing this back again, Alvin. Hope to see more Babish & Anime/Arcade on the channel!🤙

[sergemazur]

"nice POV action, pounding meat... what website is this?" I chuckled louder than I should have watching this video after midnight. 😆

[Rhiannercakes]

I've been enjoying Dawntrail very much! So happy to see this.

[apathetk]

Yea, the expansion has some weird quirks when describing the tacos in the game. One of the characters describes the tacos as having a crunchy(!) corn tortilla, while the Culinarian crafting recipe has it using rye (why?!) flour to make a flour tortilla, then the actual model of the tacos you see are clearly flour tortillas. Japan moment, lol.

[taotaoliu]

Alvin, could you do the rabbit stew from Minecraft?