Celebrity chef Susur Lee has stunned foodies by turning various fast food meals into gourmet, multi-course dishes.
The 63-year-old Hong Kong-born chef, who lives in Tornoto, has gone viral on TikTok since his son Jet Bent-Lee started sharing videos of him transforming food from popular fast food chains like Starbucks, Panda Express, and Taco Bell into high-end plates of food.
Jet documented the entire process for his followers, and many people were in awe over how easy it was for the acclaimed chef to elevate the cheap food into fancy dishes.
Celebrity chef Susur Lee has stunned foodies by turning various fast food meals into gourmet, multi-course dishes
He takes food like this Taco Bell burrito (left) and turns it into fancy soup (right)
The Toronto-based chef turned this Chipotle burrito bowl (left) into a savory puff pastry dish (right)
Jet documents the process for his followers, showing how he made stadium food (left) into something one might find on a tasting menu (right)
Susur’s son Jet Bent-Lee has shared the videos on TikTok. Susur previously competed in Iron Chef: Masters
One video, which has earned more than 17 million views, showed Susur taking a plate of chow mein and fried rice from Panda Express and turning it into a five-star restaurant-worthy meal.
After tasting the noodles, Susur said they were ‘awful,’ so he began the process of rinsing them with water in an attempt to remove the sauce that they were cooked in.
He then fried them until they were nice and crispy.
After that, Susur made a crepe by mixing eggs, corn starch, olive oil, and salt, and frying it on the stove.
He then added corn, onion, lettuce, chives, green beans, peppers, beef, soy sauce, and ginger to the fried rice.
Finally, he placed the rice on top of the noodles and covered it with the crepe.
In one viral video, he started to transform Panda Express chow main by rinsing the noodles with water in an attempt to remove the sauce that they were cooked in. He then fried them
After that, he made a crepe by mixing eggs, corn starch, olive oil, and salt, and frying it on the stove
He then added corn, onion, lettuce, chives, green beans, peppers, beef, soy sauce, and ginger to the fried rice
Finally, he placed the rice on top of the noodles and covered it with the crepe. The meal is pictured before (left) and after (right) chef Susur fixed it up
The finished result looked liked something one would order at a high-end restaurant, rather than at a mall food court.
In a second video, which has been viewed more than six million times, Susur turned a beef burrito, tortilla chips, and cinnamon twists from Taco Bell into a decadent dessert and extravagant appetizer.
He started by heating up some honey and sugar and mixing it with the mashed up tortilla chips.
He then made a meringue using egg whites and sugar, and used it to fill the cinnamon twists.
He placed the cinnamon twists on top of the mashed tortilla mix, and added a caramelized banana, chocolate ice cream, and shaved almonds on top.
In a second video, Susur turned a beef burrito, tortilla chips, and cinnamon twists from Taco Bell into a decadent dessert and extravagant appetizer
He started by heating up some honey and sugar and mixing it with the mashed up tortilla chips (left). He then made a meringue and used it to fill the cinnamon twists (right)
He placed the cinnamon twists on top of the mashed tortilla mix, and added a caramelized banana, chocolate ice cream, and shaved almonds on top
As for the burrito, he turned that into a soup by mixing the beans, tomatoes, cheese, and lettuce with a stock that he had already made
To garnish the dish, he added an ‘avocado dumpling’ on top – which was filled with the ground beef from the burrito – as well as coriander, charred jalapeño, and grilled tortilla
He turned the burrito into a soup by mixing the beans, tomatoes, cheese, and lettuce with a stock that he had already made.
To garnish the dish, he added an ‘avocado dumpling’ on top – which was filled with the ground beef from the burrito.
He finished it off with some coriander and charred jalapeño, as well as a piece of grilled tortilla.
In a third video, which has earned 34 million views since it was posted last month, Susur took some cake pops, a cup of espresso, and a caramel Frappuccino from Starbucks, and combined them to make a delicious-looking apple pie.
He started by dicing some apples, which he blended with lemon zest, lemon juice, and white wine to form an apple puree.
In a third video, Susur took some cake pops from Starbucks and made a delicious-looking apple pie from them. Pictured is the meal before (left) and after (right) he transformed them
He started by dicing some apples, which he blended with lemon zest, lemon juice, and white wine to form an apple puree
The chef peeled the outer layer of chocolate off of the cake pops and melted it. He then mixed it with the Frappuccino, espresso, whipped cream, sugar, butter, and rum – to form a sauce
Susur then made a dough using butter, sugar, almond extract, baking powder, egg yolk, and flour
He used the dough to form a pie crust and baked it in the oven with the apple puree
Finally, he completed the dish by adding sliced apples, cinnamon, powdered sugar, and the sauce to the top
After that, the chef peeled the outer layer of chocolate off of the cake pops and melted it.
He reduced the Frappuccino by boiling it on the stove and mixed it with the melted chocolate, the espresso, whipped cream, sugar, butter, and rum – to form a sauce.
Susur then made a dough using butter, sugar, almond extract, baking powder, egg yolk, and flour.
He used the dough to form a pie crust and baked it in the oven with the apple puree.
Finally, he completed the dish by adding sliced apples, cinnamon, powdered sugar, and the sauce to the top.
In other videos, he turned a pie of Domino’s pizza (pictured), a hot dog and pretzel from a stadium food stand, a Chipotle burrito bowl, and more into gourmet dishes
Susar was the runner up in Top Chef: Masters season two and has published a book
He has also opened restaurants across Canada, the U.S., and Singapore
In other videos, he turned a pie of Domino’s pizza, a hot dog and pretzel from a stadium food stand, a Chipotle burrito bowl, and more into gourmet dishes.
Susur is most known for creating the Singapore Slaw – his take on a Lo Hei salad – which is traditionally eaten during the Chinese New Year.
He was a finalist in the second season of the Bravo TV show Top Chef: Masters in 2010, and has since gone on to appear on numerous other cooking shows, including the Food Network’s Iron Chef America.
He has opened many restaurants across Canada, the United States, and Singapore, with current restaurants including Lee, Lee Kitchen, and Kid Lee in Toronto
He also owns Tung Lok Heen in Singapore.
In 2005, he published A Culinary Life, co-written with Canadian Chef Jacob Richler. Published.