Spirited Away Feast | Anime with Alvin 

Fun Fact: Hayao Miyazaki has actually made all of the dishes that appears in all of his movies which is one reason why food in Studio Ghibli films looks so uniquely delicious.

Thank you so much @alvinzhou1 for finally doing justice to this feast - there’s no way I could’ve pulled it off like you!

I always thought the dumpling the dad ate was one of those dumplings that is filled with soup since it looked pretty jiggly

Watching 2 people struggle with stuffing sausages when andrew does it by himself with ease just reinforces the fact that andrew aka babish is a full-on chad of a human being

A short while later, Babish returns to the studio and goes "Who the heck let all these live pigs into the kitchen?! And where's Alvin and the rest of the crew?"

The biggest mystery SOLVED 😉 !!! The answer to the question everyone's been asking after watching "Spirited Away": What is that food Chihiro's dad ate in one bite? The answer was finally revealed by entertainer Hiromasa Yonebayashi (currently director of Studio Ponoc). In his youth he started working at Ghibli and he was in charge of animating this scene, which was quite a challenge, as he didn't know what rare food that was. The reality is that due to the success of this film recently released in China that many netizens began to ask what food was that Chihiro's father ate so deliciously, so he decided to reveal on his Twitter that the answer was in the illustrated booklet is he described each of the things he had to draw and encourage, but in the food something unusual appeared, he had to draw what the director Miyazaki described as "Stomach of Coelacanth". The Coelacanth is a species of prehistoric fish that was thought to be extinct, but living specimens were found in 1938, their rareness is due to them inhabiting deep depths. But why would anyone eat an endangered fish? The answer is simple, no one would do it, only the gods, as the food served there was for the gods visiting the bath house, and in the spirit world that would be a delicacy. For a long time fans came to decide that it was a Taiwanese dish called "Ba-wan" because of the similarity in its texture and shape. But thanks to this former Studio Ghibli member's clarification we could learn what it was really about.

I've waited literally years for this episode. Arguably the reason for this whole series' existence is that anime food looks bussing, and Studio Ghibli are the kings of making the most mouthwatering food in animation.

The dad eating the dumpling thing is one of my most vivid memories from childhood. I’ve always wanted to know exactly what they were and eat one just like the dad did😅

Yes! I love that you mentioned that it is Taiwanese inspired because the bathhouse and some the food was apparently inspired by an old gold mining and bathhouse/teahouse village just outside of Taipei called Jiufen. I went so many times and the boar sausages, and other snacks were always so amazing!

I was inconsolable as a young child during the scene where her parents became pigs, and she was so helpless to save them and had to run away on her own. The idea of losing your parents and having to fend for yourself as a child was so traumatizing and had a childhood phobia of this movie hahaha.

Him: I’ll eat with gluttony Also him: *only takes one of everything*

No one turned into pigs, 0/10 But yes, the spirited away feast was always something that I wanted to try (preferably without becoming a pig). Also my love for Taiwanese sausage cannot be overstated.

The fact Alvin had to eat the sausage under the table is hilarious, guess he learned from Andrew’s mayo incident

Legend has it Alvin actually stumbled onto the Babish set where he found a delicious feast all cut into beautiful cross sections, and upon partaking he was forever trapped in the culinary universe. Babish was generous enough to give him room and board in exchange for trendy video ideas and recipes.

The dumpling the father ate looked like a super soft thing yet I can’t imagine anything but a bird .. it has wings !

Saw Spirited Away and then Alvin.. this video just cannot get any better. Would love to see you make the Coraline dinner feast (+ mango milkshake), that’s been my favorite animated movie since it came out!

The raw finger strength to pick up an entire Cornish hen with chopsticks. More than once, and still steadily take a bite... Your feast looks delicious!!

it has always been my dream to eat any food from a ghibli movie they make food look so magical

Fun fact: Yasuko Sawaguchi (Chihiro's mom) ate a KFC bucket while recording her lines for the eating scenes, while Lauren Holly only ate an apple. EDIT: I honestly didn't think this post would be that popular. Thanks!

When is Ordinary Sausage going to come on the show to show them how sausage making is done?

A dream feast come to life :) Thank you for this amazing recreation.😍😋😍 :)

I don't know what it is about this video that I find so warm and comforting and keep playing again and again.

Fun fact, the "odd looking dumpling" is actually based on Coelacanth stomach!

The perfect feast for a Studio Ghibli themed party.

sooo, the dumpling is a choelacanthus stomach (like a haggis), also the bird is a japanese quail (they're really small tho) but is extremely beautiful what you made 😍 It can feel the movie vibes and appearance. Also I have the same issue with overfilling the dumplings 😅

This movie is a gem. Such a unique storyline inspired by Japanese folklore. The characters and overall scenery are so distinctive and full of creativity. You can tell the people working on this film really enjoyed their work.

I appreciate the emphasis at the end on making sure this food was shared, it shows an understanding of the original scene that I was afraid might have been missed by the amount of all the food

I watched this movie the week it came out in my city in theatres, and it was one of the most terrifying movies I'd ever seen as a kid. One of the most distressing things was KNOWING Chihiro was right to not eat the food because there was something so "off" about the feast with no staff, but being unable to look away because it looked so delicious... I have wanted to know ever since what the dumpling was that the dad swallowed whole! Thanks Alvin and the Culinary Universe!

the thing the dad horfed down always made me think of a deboned chicken or bird but also the juiciness of deep-fried tofu puffs in saucy dishes (like mushroom-tofu puff dish)

This is my favourite Anime with Alvin episode!

How has this not been done yet? This is like, the quintessential anime food scene.

the food always looked heavenly

🤤 looks amazing

LOOK SO YUMMY !!!

I love when he ducked to eat the sausage 😂😂😂

14:14 glad Alvin is taking precautions to make sure he doesn’t have a “mayo moment” like Babby did.

The dumpling thing and wrapping each one with family and gossiping is DEFINITELY a shared experience. My family doesn’t eat dumplings often, so this is more with spring rolls and wonton but I feel it 😅

I’m so happy to see Alvin!!

Spirited away is worth watching just for the visuals alone. The fact that it’s completely hand drawn is even more incredible.

It all looks so wonderful and delicious!

Uggghhh the desire to eat everything is so overwhelming, Ghibli movies always open the appetite

All the food in ghibli movies looks like the most delicious thing to ever exist.

Always loved how the dad just horfs the noodles down in one swallow

Dude I wanted someone to do this for the longest! The anime made the food look so bomb

i literally just rewatched spirited away for the first time in years just yesterday, the timing for this video is crazy im genuinely shocked

Bravo, Alvin!!! I would be more than pleased to be a part of this and walk away with a banquet of magnificent Spirited Away-inspired dishes... ❤

As someone who worked in a commercial butchery, the sausage was extremely difficult to press out because of how much it was emulsified, but I understand why you did it that way. Normally for very fine sausage, we'd work the meat through a meat grinder 2 or 3 times, through smaller and smaller plates to grind it finer and finer, while also adding dry and wet ingredients by hand between grinds, this keeps the grind airy and not sticky. We also had a hydraulic sausage press, which made large quantities much easier. You're definitely right about the dexterity though, and yours came out great, maybe just a little too tight, but not a bad attempt! All of this looks so delicious, loving Anime with Alvin as always!

"I've never really made massive dumplings before." Guess it's time for another episode of making it big...

From what I have read the "dumplings" is actually supposed to be a coelacanth stomach.

as a Taiwanese person and fellow Spirited Away lover, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS EPISODE ALVIN :'D my homeland doesn't get the opportunity to shine much on the world stage, even food-wise, and not many people know this movie was even based on the area of Jiufen, so i really appreciate the enlightenment and insight this provided; thank you

No wonder why yubaba was upset with chihiro's parents, it took days to make all that food xD

Cool! Studio Ghibli inspired! 🤟

I love his voice, makes the video wonderful.

“I’m going to go take a nap now”, is me. especially after a delicious feast!! Yumm!!

Ahh yes, a true Thanksgiving feast. Respect for the amount of prep and effort that went into this.

The food of everyone's dreams 🤤

Currently waiting for my dinner to finish cooking. I'm beginning to feel like I won't be able to wait after watching this. I've always wondered what the feast was filled with in the movie, and you did not disappoint! I would love to taste the feast of the spirits, even though I'd definitely get a one-way trip to becoming a pig for it. Amazing as always!

I missed Alvin, I hate that he isn't doing making it big but I am glad I still get to watch him

I will definitely be trying out the dumplings! They look so delicious 🥟!

I always thought the dad was eating a big soup dumpling, which would be DELICIOUS

Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate, and happy day to those who don't.

I live cooking and I live anime, I’m so happy I found your channel so I can make some of these amazing dishes!

A tower of roast fowl seems to be a universal feast dish: Samuel Pepys, writing in England in January 1663, spoke very proudly of one such dish that he served to his dinner-guests, and your tower of Cornish hens reminded me of the passage..

Love this movie! I’ve always assumed the dumpling the dad ate was a soup dumpling; I’m glad I know what everything really is!

What I actually want is the bun chihiro eats on the balcony

I love this! Thank you for making it!

This all looks amazing! Quick note - this is not actually No-Face's feast. His feast was in the bath house and ended with him eating the other spirits, right? This is clearly Chihiro's parents' feast. Minor note on the title - but the video was amazing!

Oh how I wish I could work with babish and be fed these things😂

Just did the chefs platter from monster hunter from your recipe it turned out amazing! This will also be a meal to make

spirited away was my first studio ghibli movie as a kid when I saw it in theaters years ago. fantastic to see the spirit feast come to life! food looks fantastic! No wonder Chihiro's parents couldn't resist!

This channel makes our dreams come true 😍😍

My husband makes brats and sausage during deer season. It’s his least favorite task during processing. You did a great job! It is not easy making sausage from scratch.

Yes! I've waited for this episode for years! And Alvin, you really outdid yourself with this one. You're one of the best additions to the babish universe

I always figured that dumpling the dad ate was a massive soup dumpling.

its a dumpling ive been curious for so many years as to what that mysterious delicious looking food was and it turns out to be one of my favorite foods

Thank you for giving Taiwan a shout out! Cant wait to go back to my mother land for a visit.

Spirited away as been and always will be one of my all time favorite movies its thanks to this movie that I'm such a huge anime fan. I still remember the first time I watched it has a kid

You gotta know I’m making some mochi sticks later

The thing her dad ate is indeed a historic dish from hundreds of years ago. But the animal in question isn’t gone or anything, it’s just not fished anymore like it was back then. You could probably get some in rural Japanese fishing ports. It’s a Japanese-Salp. They live in long ring or corkscrew-shaped colonies drifting in the ocean, tastes a bit like jellyfish but they absorb other flavors better.

I kind if always figured the chicken was that super bright sweet and sour. Definitely missing the color, but it was REALLY cool to see the dumplings because they always seemed supernatural.

I clicked onto this video and my boyfriend laying beside me said “please watch that all the way through, I’m going to fall asleep to it” and now 8 minutes in he is asleep and I am hungry. Lovely work :)

This episode brought me so much joy. Chef, thank you. I needed this.

thank you for making this video! I always thought those foods looked like the tastiest thing ever, but I wasn't sure how to track down recipes. I'm excited to try these!

I've missed seeing you in videos so much, Alvin! I'm glad I stumbled upon this.

I recently rewatched Spirited Away and and something I only noticed on my second watch was how amazing all the food looked, Alvin did a fantastic job as always and now I'm hungry.

Greetings from Taiwan! I'm glad to see you using cooking wine in a sausage. I can almost smell it from here. Nice recipe.

You know I always thought the father was eating a whole braised onion rather than a giant dumpling all these years tbh

This looks amazing! The only thing is I always thought the birds were quail or some other game bird😆

I squeed like a pig when I saw the title for this one! Thanks for making it!

I haven't seen spiried away for years 😔 The movie is so nostalgic to me ❤❤❤❤ I'll watch it again in summer probably around June❤❤❤❤❤

The pig transformation scene makes me both horrified and hungry. Top tier movie

I just watched Spirited Away for the first time a few days ago and I was hype to come back and watch this video after seeing it.

Quails would have been a better choice than Cornish hens, but it looks mouthwatering regardless 🤤 great video 👌

I love seeing these videos 🥰 especially when the staff behind the scenes gets to eat too 🥰

Spirited Away is also one of my all time faves and the nostalgia is overwhelming

9:21 i think i'll always have fond memories of helping my grandmother make pierogi :)

The sausages look great! It's hard to believe that it's the first time you guys are making sausage. 👏👏👏👏👏

I love the personal and nostalgic tone of AWA, in contrast to BWB's jokes and innuendos. Both are great, but I'm glad to see you carving out a niche for yourself.

I'm so excited that this has been made watching and the nostalgia sitting in

This is officially in my top 5 recipes to make. Well done Babish team 👏👏