 Hey friends, today we are hanging out in Los Angeles and we are going to be eating at Walt Disney's favorite restaurant, the Tamo Shantar. This restaurant is only 9 minutes away from Walt Disney Studios and him and the Imagineers came here all the time after work. It was their favorite local joint and I've always wanted to eat here. After lunch we're going to be joining up with Roosevelt's and we're going to be kicking off the LA Comic Con for this year and I'm just so excited to have a beautiful California kind of day. Any hoos, let's go do this. Not only was this restaurant Walt Disney's favorite local joint, but it's also the oldest family owned and operated restaurant in Los Angeles being around since 1922 over a hundred years and it's also said to be the very first themed restaurant so I'm so excited to try it. Walt Disney and a lot of the animators came here all the time after a work day and it's really close to where Walt used to live, where he used to work and he even has his own table, table 31. I'm not too sure if we're going to be able to get that, but they said that there was a bunch of sketches on the tables that has been left by some of the animators and I just think that is so amazing. The restaurant itself is open for lunch and dinner and I just love the look of it. Look at this. And it's like a perfect restaurant for Walt Disney because he was a big meat and potatoes kind of guy and they're well known for their prime rib and you definitely need to get a reservation because it is kind of busy, but I'm heading on in for lunch and I think we might be okay. Look at this. I love all the history on the walls and the doors. This is really cool. Someone is already sitting in Walt's table, which is table 31, but I'm sure we're going to be able to maybe go over there and take a peek-see like as someone gets up and before someone else sits down and I got the menu and I want to show you guys a little bit of it because it looks all so good. I'm definitely going to order a lot of food. Here is a look at the menu. A hundred years of service holiday menu, the Tamo Shantar, and they got a lot of cool things. Scotch, rarebit, French onion soup, candied yams, Irish nachos, but the thing that I'm excited for is the world famous prime rib. They have a Tamo Shantar cut, a California cut, an English cut, a Prince Charlie cut, and it all looks so good. You guys know I love some prime rib and Walt usually would stick to getting like sandwiches, but he did always get this drink and they actually named it after him. It's the table 31. It's a high west double rye and this is Walt's drink, so he would always actually drink it, so we're definitely going to get some of that, but they have a lot of good offerings. I'm very excited. Walt's table is table 31 and it has a little plaque on it that says Walt Disney, and that's where he always wanted the seat, like that was his table. So I wonder, like when Walt came in, do you think he had a weight for that table or do you think they just kept it for him? You know what I mean? Or you know what I mean? Or like someone's sitting at the table and you think he just walked in and was like, excuse me, that's my table. I'm going to make my names on it, you know? Here is a look at the restaurant on the inside and it has such cozy vibes, the fireplace, the big chairs. I love it. And then the walls are just covered with history. I love just looking at everything. I mean, it's not just Walt Disney. I mean, this is Hollywood right here, but there's a picture right here of Walt himself. I like that a lot. And you can see some of the older menus and match boxes. In the front lobby, they actually have some artwork from Disney 2. There's a little autograph right here. I don't know if he did this artwork, but that's kind of cool. Look at the way Goofy looks. That is really fancy, probably worth a fortune, priceless. I got my spot, a nice little table over here. And I like how they have like the little boots like this. It's very fancy and then here's my table 31, Walt's favorite drink. They do serve a drink like this at Steakhouse 71 in honor of Walt 2. And I've had it before. It's very good. I really like the double rye that they put inside of it. So cheers. Oh, that's good. You got a little kick, but a nice little citrus flair. Seriously, just think about how cool it is that you would see Walt Disney and a bunch of animators just sitting in here enjoying some good food and cocktails, brainstorming some of our favorite animation and movies and Disney classics. This is like, I kind of got like the feels right now, big time. Look at how these tables are set up. I like it so much. It's like a little cozy little nook. And then they got tons of other cool things. Right now I think they're decorated just for the holiday season itself, but I could spend a lot of time in here. Oh, and they actually sell some souvenirs. I'm going to have to get me some of this. Got to remember this occasion, you know? This drink though is actually really good. I think I like this one a little bit better than the one that they have at Steakhouse 71. And I like the elderflower liqueur that they put inside there. And then also some apple bitters and lemon juice. Definitely a sipper though. I don't want to drink it too fast. I decided on going with the candied yams as my appetizer. And then I went all in on the world famous prime rib for the Teemo Shander cut. Our traditional and most popular cut comes with mashed potatoes and cream spinach or cream corn. I went with the good old broccoli because I don't like the cream stuff. But I'm excited for the prime rib. Here are the candied yams. We've got red garnet yams with brown sugar and walnuts. And look at this. This looks actually so good. I have a feeling before I even dive into this, this might be one of my best meals ever. I mean, you guys know how I like to eat. Like I love steak, I like meat, I like potatoes. And this is like everything combined, but 100 years worth of knowledge. If a restaurant is around for 100 years, they have to be doing something right and executing on another level. And like I said, I kind of feel like this is going to be just phenomenal. So here we go. We're going to get into the candied yams. Got a little of the walnuts, some of the potatoes, wow. Perfect combination of sweets with a little salty because of the walnuts. And I love it. This is such a great little appetizer. I could actually eat it with my prime rib if I wanted to. I know I got the good old mashed potatoes, the Idaho mashed potatoes come in with some gravy. These little thick candied yams could be a dessert on its own, but like not overpowering like on the sweet side. But I still think we should look at the dessert menu, you know what I mean? Even though I'm probably going to be pretty full because I'm going to eat a gigantic prime rib. And here it is, the main event. Look at this. The bone in prime rib. It looks phenomenal. I wanted a little bit of char on it, so I asked them to cook it a little bit more, so that's why it's kind of like a medium, but usually I get it medium rare, but I can't get over the char. I just love it. And we got the mashed potatoes and some broccoli, and we're going to dive right on it. It comes with some horsey sauce over here. I'm excited. This looks phenomenal. I'm all prepped up for the meat sweats. This is the way I feel like John Candy attacking the 96er here. It's a big piece of prime rib, but I'm excited. I'm going to take a nice little piece here. It looks so good. I'm going to get a little mashed potatoes kind of rubbing on there, just like that. And we're going in. One big bite. Absolutely stunning, amazing. So good. Look at this. I could eat a whole another one. I'm not even lying. I'm going to have no issue getting this or eating all of this. You could get a California cut, which is like a smaller portion, but it's $10 less. You might as well go big. Go big or go home. Go tamo shantar cut with a bone and everything. And when I get done, I'm going to eat this bone like ribs. I'm going to literally get all the meat off there. There's nothing fancy about this prime rib. It is just straight up meat and potatoes cooked to perfection, and that is the way it should be. I love it. It's seasoned well, and it is so good. Now you could ask for some mazhu on the side, which I think I'm going to do that. I'm going to get a little mazhu because I like to soak my meat. I like to let it soak, you know? But I could just eat it just like this, and even without the mashed potatoes. But the combination, much too good. Oh, and it comes in a little gravy boat. Fancy. Look at this. Here's the mazhu. Oh, yeah. Oh my lord. I think we just enhanced it. I think we done did it. Then you take your bread like this, and you soak up all that juice. Get it all good. We're going to be joining the clean plate club here. That's the plan. We're time for the best part though. Look at this. The prime rib was phenomenal, but like I mentioned before, Walt really didn't eat prime rib. He just stuck to like the sandwiches. He'd like his Midwest meat like sandwiches, and I couldn't leave here without actually trying something Walt would have traditionally ate. That's what I ended up doing. I got myself one of the brisket sandwiches, which is one of the more popular ones, and it comes on a homemade Kaiser roll, and it has pickles, beet, and peanut coleslaw. Look at this. This is something Walt would have ordered too. He liked everything. They have turkey or roast pork, so we're going to give it a go. I have to go all in because I don't know if I'll ever be back here again. I can't waste a moment, you know? I appreciate it. That is a solid sandwich, and the Kaiser roll was fantastic. Now you could get an onion Kaiser roll or on rye bread, but I had to go traditional, and I really do love the combination of beets and pickles, bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica, and brisket. Enough of the sandwich business. That was a great meal, all in all together. I loved it so much from the drink, the appetizer, to the two entrees, but I can't do the desserts. I mean, I didn't even finish my sandwich. I did eat all the prime rib though, but I can't do it. I mean, that's a lot. That's a lot of food. Now, I want to see if someone's sitting back at Walt's table, and maybe we can take a quick peek-see and see if we can see something really funny or fancy. Not funny, fancy. The theming in this restaurant is really something else. Look at it in here. I love it, and this is the way it's been since 1922. This is the Royal Guards Room. Take a peek-see in here. I love it. It does remind me of one of the restaurants like that, kind of like a local spot. It's very, very cool. It looks like somebody actually sat back down at Walt's table, so I'm not going to be able to give you guys a good look, but I will show you above the table in the little plaque that they have because I asked them and they said it was okay, but I was just too busy over in the corner. I didn't notice that they changed, and maybe next time, next time I might come and just wait it out, you know, I'll wait the extra hour or two hours just so I can sit there. There's a little picture of Mickey above the table itself, and it says Tam O'Shanter in, and then right here on the table, a little cool thing says this was a favorite spot of Walt Disney and his Imagineers. I love that. That was such a phenomenal meal. Now I am super fall and we need to start making our way over to LA Comic Con, which I'm excited. I mean, the other day I got to go to Disneyland a little bit. We were checking out some of the iconic Hollywood spots, including the Snow White Cafe. If I have some more time, I definitely want to take you guys to show you that because that was a really cool place, but I've been enjoying my California little vacation here. It's been definitely memorable. You know, I've been in Florida way too long, and I start looking at hills and mountains, and they kind of catch my eye because I'm not used to seeing them. But look at that, the Hollywood Hills. That's so cool, the Hollywood sign is somewhere around here too. I'm not too sure where or at, but that's another place I'd love to go check out. Los Angeles Comic Con is right next to the Lakers Arena, and it was really fun because the day that I got here, we ended up actually going to the game, and it was nice because I got to see LeBron James. LeBron James. LeBron James. Like I said, today is the first day of the LA Comic Con, and it's actually only for VIPs, but because we have a booth here where exhibitors, so we get to go in and set up and kind of just check everything out. I'm actually really excited. I've been to almost every single major Comic Con this year, and it's been just so memorable. Later on tonight, we're actually going to be going to the LA Comic Con after-party Raiders of the Forbidden Temple, and this is going to be awesome because they have live music, and it's going to be Tom Kenney, who is the voice of SpongeBob and his band, and he's actually going to be singing. So SpongeBob SquarePants is going to be singing at a party tonight, and we're going to be going there, and I'm going to show you guys. This is going to be a lot of fun. I mean, I'm super excited. Comic Con Parties is where it's at, and San Diego is one of the, like, that's the best place for the Comic Con parties. The shirt that I'm wearing right now is actually a LA Comic Con exclusive that's going to be available only at the Comic Con. It comes with like a nice little badge, and I always keep those on my shirts, but I'll show you what the badge looks like. I love it. It's Guardians of the Galaxy, and you guys know we're, you know, hot off the Guardians of the Galaxy holiday special. So it's kind of a very hot topic. Here is the Roosevelt's booth. I'm going to be here most of the time during the convention. So if you guys see this video, you can always stop by, and that goes for any convention. I'm always hanging out with the Roosevelt's guys because they're just so awesome. You guys know I love wearing their shirts, and there's so much going on in here. This is one of the coolest setups I've seen for Comic Con, and it's hot topic with Tim Burton in the Nightmare Before Christmas. Look at the holiday trees in here, the pumpkin, Christmas, Easter. Look at it. It's actually really awesome and put together remarkably. Like, I love this so much. Anyone that's a Nightmare Before Christmas fan is going to love this, and this is all the queue. So like, can you imagine waiting in line for this? I think it'd be so cool. Ooh, and they got some stuff over there too. That's pretty amazing. That's definitely one of the coolest queues you probably will ever find at a Comic Con, I feel like. I love being able to come into the conventions before everyone gets in here because you get like a nice good view of where everything is without tons of crowds of people. I love it like this. Before I was talking about how I like coming into the convention or any of the cons before all the general public gets in and I'll show you the Nightmare Before Christmas and within just two minutes, take a look at this. Wow, and this is just people with VIP passes, but it is all the way full up. Look at that. I mean, I guess I think this is gonna be the hottest spot for the con this year. Definitely, oh, and they even have a Christmas town little photo opportunity too. Things can change quick. Wow, right? There was nobody in there and now it is so backed up. Like it's probably at least an hour. Wait, oh, and I see Wally. Look at this. Oh. First we get to see Wally and then look at all of this. Wow. This is what I love Comic Con. This is why I love Comic Cons. This is cool to get the Pizza Planet truck over there. And a DeLorean. This is great. Now this is something right up my alley. Look at this Walt Disney Disneyland map and we believe it's from 1978, 79 because of Big Thunder, but I love this. Some creases in this. This is an actual park map. I mean, I think this is really cool. It comes framed and it has all the characters. Look. Wow, I like this a lot. $400, but it's pretty massive. Like it's, I don't know how to give you guys a scale, but I love it. And then also I saw this piece right here too. Look at that. The little Pirates of the Caribbean. Dead men tell no tales. That's $75. Now I have decided to switch over to the new Mandalorian roper and I love this shirt. Look at this. It looks a little bit different. It's not a button up. It's like a little snap button thing, but I love this shirt. This is the first look that they're actually selling at the Comic-Con this year and it's so fun. I really, really like this actually. I like it a lot. And I definitely think I should wear one of these Nickelodeon T-keys later on tonight because we're gonna be seeing SpongeBob SquarePants. All right, now it's time to actually head out and go back to the hotel and get ready for our after-hour party and I'm excited. I'm excited to hear SpongeBob SquarePants sing. Every time you come to a Comic-Con, this like front area here or any big area like this is like ground zero for cosplayers. They all line up and take photos and just kind of show off all the work that they put into their outfits. It's always amazing. Like I said, I love just seeing the different characters and people that I love all kind of just walk around like, look at Moon Knight glowing white eyes. Look at those eyes. Look at that. It's been a very long day today but we're making the most of it. Ooh, are those churros? Ooh, hot churros. Oh no, I'm good. Thank you, though. Was that a bus tub? It was a restaurant bus tub. It was a restaurant bus tub. I mean, yeah, they probably just bought a brand new bus tub. Brand new bus tub, totally. Do you think your churros, should we do a side by side? A comparison? To Disneyland churros? Ooh, you gotta make it in. All right, we have made it back to the hotel and it's time to get ready for the party. I switched out to my Nickelodeon Tiki tune shirt. Look at that little SpongeBob on here and I think we're gonna have some drinks in the lobby and do a little pre-gaming. And I just realized this is my third shirt so I think we successfully done a hat trick in this video. So, kudos. Cheers to espresso martinis. Biggs out. The lobby at our hotel is such a hopping spot and it's actually got like a nice little restaurant and a bar area. I love this place so much. It is so cool. The rooms are kind of like, I don't know, like artsy or like old and vintage but it's a really cool place to stay if you ever are in Los Angeles. The hotel itself is set in a very old building and I love it. Actually, I think it might be haunted especially when you're walking the halls at night because they have those automatic lights that turn on when you walk by and it's kind of creepy. The hotel itself is called Hotel Figurora and this is what I'm talking about. Like as you're walking through the hallways it gets a little creepy at night. I'll try to show you some of the lights that turn on. It's got like old elevators and like, watch. Like, so if you have to go downstairs, stuff like that. I also decided to switch out to my Los Angeles hat, you know, because I'm doing the Los Angeles night life scene. And we have made it to the official LA Comic Con official after party at the Mayan. Look at this place, it looks very festive. Wow, this place is really cool. Look at this, LA Comic Con, the after party. Raiders of the forbidden temple. And then look at it in here. It's like we're in a temple itself. This is like perfectly well-themed. Very cool, and I can't wait to go inside there. Looks like so much fun. And, oh, there's SpongeBob right there. One more, there we go. This is so awesome, I love it in here. And the actor who voices SpongeBob SquarePants is playing on stage right now. He's the lead singer of this band. So as you listen to this, just picture SpongeBob SquarePants up there because that is him, this is the real deal. And I'm just so happy to be here. I realize this is a Comic Con, we gotta do some SpongeBob music. Yeah! I don't know where my hat at, thank you. Don't be a jerk, it's Christmas. Don't be a jerk, it's Christmas. Come up the line and say, please dress the bad moods that I am. I don't care, take this, take this. The fact that I just saw SpongeBob SquarePants singing, don't be a jerk, it's Christmas, live in a person, and I got to meet him and he came up to me and it was so awesome. And then they go up on stage, and we got up on stage with SpongeBob SquarePants. Like, I can't even believe that that just happened to me. Like, I'm kind of like really super giddy and this is incredible. And there's another band coming on and this band has a lot of other huge actors on it. Some of them are from Heroes and Silicon Valley and it's awesome. This place is, this is a great Comic-Con after party. I mean, San Diego always takes the cake, but this is just like the single one and DJ Elliot is killing it in there and I love it so much. ["Baddest Band"] Okay, if it can't get any better, how about Senator Robert Lipton from The Office and then Nathan Petrelli from Heroes and I just love it. All these people are coming up and they're going on stage and they're performing and it's amazing. I figured it's a lot easier to come outside and tell you guys what's going on, but the Pink Ranger, Amy Jo Johnson, the original Pink Ranger is singing and that is absolutely amazing. This has been such a crazy night. And with that, I think we are done here tonight. It's been a pretty epic day. Like honestly, it blows my mind that we've gotten so much accomplished and we got to do so much and enjoy Hollywood for the first time and I'm happy that I get to share it with you guys and now I think we're gonna be heading back to Pennsylvania. I gotta see my Gracie girl and start enjoying the holiday season a little more. We're in December. My birthday is right around the corner so I'm very excited for that and Christmas. So I hope you guys enjoyed the video. I enjoyed making it. We'll see you next time. Bye.