This week on the channel +14M views this week

Reddit sends 1 Hour Lunch Break to a $40 katsu sando

Homemade milk bread, onion sauce and repurposed crusts make up the meal in the channel's most-watched new upload.

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Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Buying Lunch from Reddit

1 Hour Lunch Break had the largest weekly views gain among its nearby food-channel peers, with roughly 14 million views across the channel. The week's most-watched new lunch came not from a restaurant recommendation, but a Reddit post offering homemade katsu sandos.

In "Buying Lunch from Reddit," the host says he was one of four people who ordered. Sitting in his car, he works through thick pork loin on homemade milk bread with caramelized onion katsu sauce. The sandwich gets his attention, but the leftovers get their own little moment: the trimmed crusts have become salty honey butter bread sticks, served alongside pickled Korean radish.

He calls it possibly the best katsu sandwich he has eaten and makes clear the review isn't sponsored. Then comes the price: $40, with a half available for half the cost. That late reveal dominates the comments, where viewers question the expense and ask what goes into it. Others pick out the decision not to waste the crusts.

The Reddit outing has passed 1.4 million views. "Best Hardshell Tacos in LA?!" was the week's other upload, and both are drawing more daily views than the older "Hottest Smashburger in LA?!", which remains another busy stop in the archive.

Subscribers increased modestly over the week, while today's viewing is above the channel's usual daily level. Among nearby food channels, sweet bread also had a substantial week for views, and Crazy Korean Cooking added more subscribers. For 1 Hour Lunch Break, the distinctive discovery was a small-batch sandwich whose bread crusts earned almost as much curiosity as its filling.

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What viewers say

I was waiting patiently for the price
@josepha6621See it on YouTube
I love that she didn't waste the crust
@BubblesMcGee3See it on YouTube
Repurposing those crusts is genius. And repurposing it and it’s delicious is just next level
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