How to take this kettle out?
Hi guys!
Hi!
When it comes to food, do you focus more on presentation or taste?
Taste!
Honestly right, if it tastes good, I will love it.
You don’t see char kway tiao being nicely presented,
That is true.
but it tastes bomb.
Do you guys cook often?
I used to.
Nope.
No.
I cook everyday,
WOW!
because I always eat supper.
I always eat instant noodles, that kind.
Oh so you cook instant noodles?
Eh, it’s an art form okay?
Good job Alison!
As in I will zhng (upgrade) my instant noodles la!
So on today’s episode of Singaporeans Try
you guys will be competing against each other
to create a meal with Maggi’s Hot Meals
under $5 each.
Huh! Omg.
Ali and Fau you’re one pair, Ra and Chuan you’re one pair.
Omg I’m so glad!
Oh!
Omg!
10 minutes to gather all the ingredients needed.
What?
Wow, that’s like one dollar per minute!
There’ll be a judge, to judge your bowls based on 4 factors.
Cost,
preparation time,
presentation,
and the last one is taste.
Who is the judge?
Jonathan Paul.
Walao!
What does Jonathan Paul like?
Duck!
Mine is the curry flavour, which I love.
I love Maggi’s curry, one of my favourites.
Yours is the roasted sesame chicken.
Yes, I love chicken flavour the best!
Yours sounds really good by the way.
Mine is tom yam flavour.
I love tom yam.
Classic!
Mine is curry chicken.
I feel like they already gave me the inspiration right here.
Ya!
Do we win anything if we win?
The winning team will get a hamper.
OH!!
What's your game plan?
Microwaving our food.
Everything is instant.
Key things that we need to find are the eggs,
the hanjuku eggs.
We are going to use a bunch of colours in our dish.
Things we are going to get include prawns.
A little dip, it's ready!
Okay, are you guys ready?
YES!
3, 2, 1, go!
Where is it? Where is it?
This is the holy grail of everything.
Oh, how about this?
Eh, we buy the chicken rice,
then we just take the chicken.
How about we get a sandwich?
This?
Ya.
Oh my God, look at that!
We are going to get some pre-made yong tau foo first.
There's more things that we can do with this.
Boneless chicken leg!
There's a lot of ham and there's vegetables.
Veggies, yeah.
Okay, calculate.
Oh $9.60, we have 40 cents left.
Go Chuan!
Oh my God, egg! EGG!
Ahhhh!
So many eggs!
There's no pre-cooked eggs.
I think don't need la hor.
Are y'all nervous?
YES!
I think the biggest problem is that
our food is not going to be nice enough.
At the most, the judge eat raw food la.
I think it is okay one la.
I think it is okay la hor.
I'm sure raw chicken is fine.
Well, you can rest assured that
our food is definitely cooked.
3, 2, 1, go!
Whoopsies!
Oh my God!
How to take this kettle out from the link?
You pull, I pull here.
Okay.
Is this even on?
No!
We have to take out the garnish,
because this is very important,
only got one piece.
I'm cutting up the chicken
because it's too big right now
We bought a sandwich right,
because we're going to use what's inside.
Can they make this chicken?
Nope! Unlikely.
The chicken sounds really good, by the way.
I'm just going to put a little bit more oil,
because we want that char.
Ali we have to cook our noodles!
Look at that curry powder, girl.
I'm dipping my chicken in the curry a little bit,
hoping it absorbs the flavour.
Oh my God, mine looks great!
Mine looks good too.
End of the challenge!
Yes!
How was the preparation process?
Didn't go great
The thing can't open!
but I'm surprised that we pulled it off.
Ya!
I think our preparation was surprisingly easy,
we didn't want to spend so much time
actually cooking stuff,
so we used pre-cooked stuff already.
That is very, very reassuring.
So I don't have to care about uncooked food.
Ya, they're all cooked.
Tada!
Wow!
That looks good.
Look at the smiley face.
Oh my God, I'm going to win such brownie points
with this little smiley egg.
I chose this particular chicken right,
because we actually marinated it in sesame oil
Wait, you marinated it yourself?
Yes.
The smiley face really, really impresses me.
I also like the fact that there are two different types of meat,
because I love my meat.
Oh my God, it smells damn good!
It does.
Like the sesame flavour is damn strong, right!
Oh I freaking love it,
because I always add sesame oil to my instant noodles.
Nice!
So I tasted the noodles on its own
and it's pretty good,
but when you actually eat it with the chicken right,
the flavour tastes damn complete.
Tada!
WOW!
Got prawns!
My flavour is tom yam kaw.
When you think of tom yam, you think of?
Prawns!
That's right!
Sometimes you have a bit of lime,
because we need the sourness right?
Sticking to the whole tom yam theme right,
I like that you actually went with that
and tried to enhance it.
I also like the fact that you used fresh ingredients,
because that's kind of like a healthier choice in some sense,
also means that you put in more effort into cooking.
Wow, this one has a very authentic taste eh.
I should try it with the lime flavour.
I'm so excited for you.
Oh my God.
Nice?
Mmm.
Yay!
I think the lime is fantastic.
It gently coats the noodles,
so you get the sour punch.
Eh, wow, the prawn's nice.
Nice!
Everybody loves this Maggi flavour,
and that is curry flavour.
That was my challenge la,
how to up it a little bit.
Here you go.
Woah!
So instead of giving you half an egg,
I give you one whole egg.
Yes, why stinch right?
Ya exactly!
I'm actually curious,
what happened to her other half?
She ate it.
I'm eating the egg because I only used one half.
I knew it.
I feel like curry already has a strong flavour,
all the ingredients are just adding to the flavour.
Wow!
Out of all the flavours, I think this one has the strongest.
It really, really packs a punch.
Wow, really, I cannot stop drinking the soup!
Whenever you think of the curry flavour
when it comes to instant noodles right,
Maggi's flavour is the only one that I can remember.
Oh my God!
You're eating the egg, yaaasss.
I personally like, you know,
Japanese curry, that kind of thing.
So the egg has a very Japanese flavour,
and then mixed with the curry right,
it kind of reminds me of that.
Okay, so this is curry chicken,
you know like laksa, like that.
Yes!
So,
got taupok,
got fishballs,
special grilled chicken by Chuan.
Nope.
I love the fact that she added the taupok.
That stuff really helps to soak up the soup,
and wow,
it bursts in your mouth.
Oh my God, it does look very thick.
It's so creamy, you know,
like asian-style carbonara.
Wow,
eh,
well-played.
Wow,
the taupok is one of the best things that you can add to instant noodles actually.
Wow.
It soaked up all the soup already,
so you get a very concentrated burst of that flavour in your mouth,
which is damn shiok.
So I'm done with the judging,
confidence levels?
Do you think you're going to win?
I think Ali and I have a good chance.
Okay, y'all?
I think we have a 50-50 chance.
Yup.
First criteria is price.
You guys spent $9.60,
and you guys also spent $9.60.
Oh!
So the first criteria is a tie.
The second criteria is time.
Fauzi and Ali,
you guys completed your whole preparation
in 9 minutes
and 40 seconds.
Woo!
Oh my God, under 10 minutes!
Ra, Chuan,
you guys completed everything
in 9 minutes
and 55 seconds.
Oh!
The third category, taste.
The winner for taste has to go to
Ra and Chuan.
Yay!
I think you guys work very well
in terms of enhancing the original flavours of the dishes.
Final criteria,
which is presentation.
Ohh!
The winner is...
Alison and Fauzi!
You bring a smile to me, I'll bring a smile to you.
YES!!!
Mashed potatoes,
spicy noodles,
it has everything!
So thanks guys for watching,
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Bye!