Hey, Wazer fans, Mindy here. And before we start the show, I got some big news for you. Seattle, it's time to make... Wow. That's right. June, me and my friends Carly Q, Dennis, Grandma G-Force, and Thomas Fingerling are headed to Seattle for our live Bonker Balls competition game show where kids turn their wildest and weirdest ideas into the world. to jaw-dropping inventions live on stage. Tickets are on sale now. Visit tinkercast.com slash events to get your tickets to make it wow near you.
Once again, that's tinkercast.com slash events. We can't wait to see you soon. But for now, let's get back to the show. Right away, Houston. And bring that down to a simmer stirring occasion. Next, we're going to add the fresh lemon burrito. Now, where did I put my lemon burrito? Let's see here. Huh.
Hey, Rosie! Mindy, you're early and empty-handed. Weren't you supposed to be bringing over your world-famous five-alarm chili? Yeah, but I've got something even better than Grandma G-Force's five-alarm chili. Wait. Grandma G-Force's five-alarm chili? I have got us a reservation at the hottest new restaurant in town. It's called the Sea Robin. The Sea Robin? Yeah, it's a...
concept restaurant. So it's kind of like a normal restaurant, except instead of focusing on one kind of food, they base the whole thing off of one idea. So get this. This restaurant is based on a bottom-feeding tropical fish found all along the East Coast of America called... But, Mindy, weren't we supposed to be having a nice, homey potluck dinner tonight? I was halfway through making my Thai green curry. Oh, great. So you're not done. I caught you just in time. Here, look. Check it out.
Dennis went there last week and reviewed it on his Blick Block channel. Dennis has a restaurant review channel? Yeah, let me pull it up. It's called Dennis... eats his feelings. It's mainly just him trying different pieces of gum around the city, but every now and then he actually goes to a real restaurant. And let's see. Oh, look, here it is. Well, here I am at the Sea Robin. And my review is... I don't like... The music is too loud and the light...
too dim. I want my lighting to feel like I'm in a hospital waiting room. How am I supposed to see what I'm doing in this candle lit labyrinth? Two stars! Well, that's not a ringing endorsement, Mindy. It sounds like Dennis hated the place. Which means it must be... Great! Come on, it's a full-on culinary experience.
You love full-on culinary experiences, Guy Raz. Yeah, that is true. Okay, fine, Mindy. Let's go. Yes. When did you make the reservation for? Oh, about ten minutes from now. What? Yeah. Mindy, how are we going to get there in ten minutes? Hey, Roz, I've got the ice cream truck waiting outside. If we leave right now, we'll only be five minutes late. Come on. Less whining, more dining. Come on. Okay, okay. Zoodle, turn off the lights. Booking return flights. No, Zoodle, turn off. I got it, Guy Raz.
All right, let's go. After you. Thanks, Mindy. Let's get this show on the road, Guy Raz. So, Mindy, you were saying this restaurant is a concept restaurant based on a sort of tropical fish? Yeah, the tropical fish known as the sea robin.
How exactly do you base a whole restaurant on a fish? Are we going to be eating sea robin? I don't think so. I mean, Dennis would have dolphinately mentioned it in his review. He won't eat anything from the sea. Here, let me just see what they say on their website. Okay, let's see here. Pulling it up. Oh, got it. It says here on the website that... Whoa, get a load of this fish, Gyros. Here, look. Whoa!
Mindy, get that phone out of my face. I'm trying to drive here. Oh, sorry, sorry, I forgot. But man, this is one strange-looking fish. You mean the sea robin? Yeah, it's a fish, but it's also got... A pair of wings on its side and legs? Legs? The fish has legs? Yeah, I mean, they look like tiny little crab legs sticking out of its belly.
Interesting. And this is the fish that this whole restaurant wanted to base itself off? Yeah, it says here on the website, just as the sea robin defies nature's categories with the body of a fish... The wings of a bird and the legs of a crab So does the dining experience at the Sea Robin restaurant. This unique culinary journey is unlike... anything you've ever experienced. I'm so excited. I wonder what it is that makes
Experience so unique. I know. Like, how many ways are there to eat a fancy plate of food? I guess we're about to find out, Mindy. Look, I think we're almost here. Oh, yeah. Here, let me take the wheel again. And... Great! Nailed it! Uh huh! Come on, Guy Raz. We're going to be late for our reservation. Okay. Lead the way, Mindy. Oh, hey there, lady. Would you like to valet your food truck? It's an ice cream truck. Except we don't have ice cream. It melted years ago. Oh. And yes.
Please. Here, catch. And be careful of the steering wheel. Sometimes it comes off. What? Come on, Guy Raz. Right through here. All right. Walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk. Opening the door? Whoa! Get a load of this place, Mindy. I know, I can barely see a thing. It's so moody. Yeah, I think it's entirely lit by candlelight. Hello, welcome to the Sea Robin. And yes...
Those candles are made out of 100% sustainably sourced elephant earwax. Oh, gross. Do you have a reservation with us today? Yes, we do. It should be under Sally Toots. Okay, Sally Toots. What? Yeah, did you know you can give any name you want when you're making a reservation, Guy Raz? It's really changed the game for me. Uh-huh. Here we are. We have a table ready for you. Take off your shoes. Okay. It's just like the rules at your micro house. No shoes.
And also your socks. Do you want me to take off my socks? Yes. Here at the Sea Robin, we offer a barefoot dining experience. It's all part of our head chef's imaginative, immersive vision for the restaurant. You heard it, Guy Raz. Come on, let me get mine off. There we go. Feels good. Whew, gotta wiggle out the old toes. Mindy, is this a portrait of my face? Painted on your big toe? Oh, yeah. I got the whole gang painted on during a pedicure. Look.
There's Grandma G-Force, Thomas Fingerling, Dennis, even Reggie's hanging out there on my little pinky toe. Isn't he cute? Uh, yeah. Sir, do you want me to take your shoes? Come on, Gyros. anything for a good meal? Okay, fine. There you go. Ooh, look at that. Somebody clipped their toenails this morning. Can we just sit down? Okay, right this way.
Wow, this place is so fancy, Guy Raz. I feel like I should have worn my formal overalls. Yeah, but Mindy, are you noticing that it's a little weird? There's no... Food on the table or even cutlery. Yeah, no forks, knives, spoons. Huh. Maybe it's like a eat with your hands kind of place and the food isn't visible. Yeah, maybe. Here we are. Have a seat there.
Here are some menus. And your waiter will be here shortly to take your order. Thank you very much. Enjoy. All right, let's check out this menu and see what we've got here. Huh. Looks like all of these dishes are inspired by the sea robin, Guy Raz. Yeah, look at this one. TBX3A? Catchy name. Looks like it's some kind of... Chicken leg dish. Hello, I am your waiter. Do you have any questions about the menu? Oh, hi. Yes, actually, we do. What kind of food is TBX3A right here on the menu? Ah, yes.
That is one of my favorites. TBX3A is the gene inside of the sea robin that allows it to develop legs. Ah, and a gene, of course, is a tiny little instruction in your DNA that tells your body how to grow like... What hair color you can have or what color your eyes are. Or how many eyes to have. Wait, what? Well, scientists have experimented with the TBX3A gene, and by tweaking it in various ways, they were able to make sea robins that had as many as ten legs.
or some that had no legs at all. Wow, creepy. Yeah, that's kind of made me lose my appetite. Well, perhaps one of our... specials will bring it back. Tonight, the chef has put together a dish inspired by the sea robin's diet. Ooh, you mean we'd be eating what the sea robin eats? That is correct.
That's great. Doesn't that sound great, Guy Ross? That depends on what exactly a sea robin eats. Please say tacos. Please say tacos. Please say tacos. Please say tacos. Well, in the wild, the sea robin scrounges around on the ocean floor, sifting... Sifting through the sand to find small fish and crustaceans. Ooh, a bowl of little fish and sand. Sounds delicious. So tonight, our special is an array of clams and scallops.
to represent the sands of the ocean floor. Well, that sounds a lot more palatable. Yeah, we'll take two of those, please. Very good choice. I'll be right back with those special spoons. Ooh! I still haven't seen any food come out, Mindy, or even any cutlery. I mean, what kind of place is this? It's a fancy place, Guy Raz. This is just how they do things here. And the no shoes and socks thing? What's up with that? I don't know, but I like it. It means I get to have dinner with all my friends.
In fact, let me put them up on the table here. Hey there, buddies. Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle. Mindy, get your feet off the table. Fine. I mean, I don't know. It just seems a little weird to me. Something is going on here. Hey, Roz. Take a breath and relax. Try to enjoy the elephant earwax candles. They're sustainable. All right, well, I'll try. All right, here we are. Two Sea Robin Ocean Floor Specials. Wow, that was fast.
And there we go. Put these down on the floor here for you. Uh, what? Oh, em, gosh, Gairaz. Look at the other tables. What about them? Look on the floor! What in the... All their dishes are on the floor and they're... Smooshing the food with their feet. What in the... That is correct. Here at the Sea Robin, we don't just serve food inspired by the Sea Robin's diet.
encourage you to engage with your food in the same way a sea robin might with their feet indeed the sea robin eats with its feet well they taste with their feet well don't mind if I do. Hey, Roz, you gotta try this. These clams are... die for. Mindy, you're not really shoving your feet in that food, are you? Well, yeah, of course I am, Guy Raz. When in sea robin, do as the sea robin does. Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum. I don't think that's how that saying goes.
So how exactly is this supposed to work? Because I'm not tasting much here. Well, in the wild, sea robins have very similar receptors in their feet that we have in our mouth. They use these receptors to taste around in the sand in an attempt to find the food that is lying underneath. Sea robins have taste buds on their feet? That's right. Please enjoy. Oh, Guy Raz, you've got to try this. It's so...
Squishy. That's what I'm afraid of. This is so good. I'm getting hints of lime. No, you're not, Mindy, because unlike the sea robin, you don't have taste buds on your feet. Oh, oh yeah. Okay, here goes nothing. Mindy, this is horrible. Oh, I hate this. Hello there, me again. How is everything?
Oh, it's so good. Oh, yeah, this thing I've eaten with my feet all week. Wonderful, wonderful. Enjoy. I don't know about you, Guy Raz, but this clams and breadcrumbs thing isn't really filling me up. Well, that's... It's because we're not eating anything, Mindy. Okay, okay, let me take a look at the menu again.
Uh, let's see here. Oh, look, they have a catfish special here. Well, do you have to eat that with your feet, too? Uh, no. Okay, great. It says you have to eat that with your hair. Wait, what? Well, according to the menu here, the catfish also has those same sorts of taste receptors that the sea robin has. Only the catfish has them in its whiskers. And so catfish use their whiskers to taste their food as well? Yeah. I guess. Looks like it. Yeah, I think I'll pass.
How are we doing over here? Would you two like to have a look at the dessert menu? We have a banana pudding that is particular. particularly squelchy. No, thank you. I think we're okay. Oh, filled up on your foot. Good food, huh? Well, not to worry. I'll come back around and check on you. I don't know about you, Guy Raz, but I am still feeling pretty hungry. Yeah, me too.
Too. But don't worry. I still think I can whip up that Thai green curry that I was making at home. Yeah, maybe I'll join you. Well, you are always welcome, Mindy. First, I need to clean all these breadcrumbs out of my toenails. Ah! Ah! Ooh! Ooh! Wow in the World will be right back. Grownups, this message is for you. Psst. Hey, Wowzer fans. It's Guy Raz and Mindy here. And Mindy, can you believe we have our...
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