- Man, that's really oily.
- Oh my God.
No.
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- Ciao, my name is Ludovico.
- Buongiorno, sono Valentino.
- I'm Davinia.
- Hey how's it going, I'm Massimiliano.
- And today we're trying
Italian food from Trader Joe's.
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- Oh my God.
Who cooked this?
It's kind of offensive.
But it's okay, we can try this.
- They look overcooked already.
- Yeah, they look very overcooked.
- I mean, this is like, you know,
bad memories from childhood
when you went to, like,
the school and they did like overcooked.
Mess.
No, I can't.
But I mean, the sauce, it's nice, right?
- Best to add some flavor.
- I don't know, there's not
that much flavor to it--
- There is no flavor at all.
(speaking in Italian)
- They didn't get anything
right with this dish.
Missing salt, the way it was cooked.
It is overcooked.
Not enough sauce.
Sticky in the mouth.
- Amen, that's horrible.
- Nope (laughs).
I am not gonna eat that again.
- I wouldn't eat this again, I'm sorry.
- I would rather make it myself
or have my mom make it, to be honest.
- My grandmother would scream at this.
- La pizzetta from
Trader Joe's, I can tell.
- Oh my God, pizza.
Oh, can I try, can I go?
- Yeah.
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- Is it good, I don't know?
- I can tell also that
this is a frozen type
that you have to put in--
- 100%.
- Yeah, put it, I can tell
'cause it looks kinda plasticy.
And I'm hungry, I didn't eat breakfast.
Oh dear, it's sticking on
the plate, that's not good.
- I think it's raw.
Davinia, would you like
to taste the first bite?
So if you pass out, I
know I'm not gonna eat it.
- It's missing a little bit of salt.
- And the crust is not crunch.
It's very soft.
- But, I would eat this.
- Cheers.
- Saluti.
- Okay, it's not that bad.
- It's okay.
- It needs a little more oregano.
Yeah, the consistency of
the crust is, a little soft.
- The dough is not that bad.
Like you can tell it was frozen before,
but it's actually pretty good.
- Yeah it's not bad.
Would be nice for--
- From one to 10.
- Five.
- Six.
- Five.
It's good for kids' birthdays.
- The mozzarella tastes good,
the tomato sauce is good.
It need a little bit more salt,
a little bit more crunchiness,
but overall, it's a pass.
(bell ringing)
- So obviously this is not comparable
to the pizza that we are used to in Italy.
But, you know, if you're
watching Games of Thrones
or you're Netflix and chill
and you need a little bite
and you wanna think you're eating Italian,
that's a good compromise.
- It's a snack, a good snack.
- Italians don't eat frozen pizza.
We eat it fresh, from scratch, hand-made,
that's the answer.
- Good job.
- Case closed.
- Polpetta!
Oh my God, no.
- Is that beef?
- I think it reminds me of a sausage,
so that's definitely not the kind of meat
you put in a meatball.
- Man, it's really oily.
Juicy, as we say, here
in the land of the free.
(laughs)
- In the south, we used
to make polpetta smaller
because they have to fit with the ragu.
They have to fit with the tomato sauce.
So this is already a little,
this is like Lady and the
Tramp meatballs, that's why.
- It smells like Burger King meat.
- Smells like cardboard,
and I never even ate cardboard.
- It's a little spicy,
not spicy but it has
I think pepper in it.
It's not bad.
I think it lacks of cheese
because when you make
meatballs, you put cheese.
- Now that the flavor is more in my mouth,
it tastes more like cardboard, no?
Or plastic?
- It tastes like plastic.
It tastes very oily
and it doesn't even taste like a good oil.
It tastes like--
- Like fry pan.
- Yeah, but like the old
fry pan oil.
- Yeah.
- Doesn't taste like meat.
- No.
I would not eat it again.
I'm still trying to figure
out what I'm eating.
'Cause it's like, I cannot
even figure out the taste.
- This is probably for
an American standard,
but from an Italian point of view,
I wouldn't eat them again.
- It's like a quick, fast meal,
fast thing that you just
pop in the microwave
if you're hungry and it's 12 a.m.,
but it's not a true
Italian meatball polpetta,
so Trader Joe's, good try.
I'm sorry but next time.
Did I already say that
it tasted like cardboard?
- Yes, you did.
- Okay, I just wanna make sure.
- I was expecting bad,
and that's what I got.
- I don't like this restaurant.
- But, the pizza was good,
so one point to Trader Joe.
- Sure.
- And that's it,
'cause only pizza was good.
- What I was expecting,
knowing Trader Joe's was
a surprise, a little
more surprise from them.
So, apart from pizza, which was, you know,
good, the rest was a little disappointing.
- The rest was (whining).
- Sure.
- Look man, the pizzetta were bad,
but they weren't that bad.
The portetta were surprisingly horrible.
For me they were horrible,
I thought they would have
been better, honestly.
- Yeah, they were horrible.
They didn't taste like meat at all.
- Yeah, they tasted like cardboard.
- The pasta was the worst.
- I would say, let's
stick to like vegetables
and chips at Trader Joe's,
and like the Italian, maybe
let's get it somewhere else.
- I wouldn't go for Trader Joe's for this.
I would go for Trader
Joe's for any other things.
Fruit, vegetable, water.
- Fiji water.
- Fiji water.
Olive oil, they have a
good Sicilian olive oil.
- Yeah, they do.
- It's not a filter olive oil.
It's very dark color and
you really taste the olives.
- Absolutely, I agree.
- Not like my grandma, for sure.
But still good.
- The wine is good.
If you are 21 and over.
We are open-minded, Trader Joe's.
We love you.
You can sponsor me.
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