You bua (spread) the banana!
You bua (spread) the banana har?
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[PD] Hello ~
Hi.
[PD] You guys have been identified as one of the office pickiest eaters.
[PD] Can you guys describe how picky you are?
Wait, you are?
Okay, wait.
Before I start, why don't you start first?
Because I feel like yours like everyone knows already.
There's nothing for me to start.
Everybody knows about me.
Okay, so it's everything you say, right?
But got more.
Sh*t!
I don't eat beans.
Like black beans, green beans, red beans.
- Everything, I dont want. - Oh, but I like.
Then taro,
- No. - Oh I love!
Yam,
no.
What have you been doing?
Why have you not been stepping up to all these challenges?
Why must I... :(
Suddenly I feel like I'm not the problem.
[PD] Your challenge is to eat whatever
[PD] Eatbook cooks for you for a day using mystery ingredients.
Oh my god, I don't like the word mystery.
But more importantly, who is the cook?
That one makes a big difference.
Who do you guys think is the cook?
I hope it's either Mandan or Chiara.
Because they are the only Eatbook people
that I know that can actually cook.
[PD] Hi Chiara!
Hello, what's up?
[PD] You have been tasked to cook for two of the pickiest eaters in TSL!
I know, I heard........
I tried to sus out what they can and cannot eat.
Actually, not that bad lah.
I know Sew doesn't eat fruits
Chloe doesn't eat beans and beansprouts and tofu.
[PD] Your task will be to utilize leftover food from the office
[PD] and to help inspire you,
[PD] Three youth entrepreneurs who
[PD] converted food waste into tasty ingredients
[PD] will share what you must incorporate into your dishes.
Okay, I'm excited because they all seem pretty interesting.
Hi guys.
[All] Hi!
I’m Chiara from Eatbook.
And I'm not a chef, I'm just like a home cook.
So I want to know more about the products you guys have.
Maybe you can introduce yourself first?
I'm Kong from the Moonbeam co.
where we actually convert brewer's spent grains,
which are byproducts from the breweries,
into sustainable granola that you can incorporate
as a snack, as a dessert or even as breakfast.
We at the Veme team,
we realized that almost half of our imported fruits and vegetables
are actually thrown away just because they look less than perfect.
So what we want to do is that we took these discarded vegetables,
and then we turn them into Veme.
When we incorporate them into bacon bits or dumplings,
we can mimick the cook, look, taste
and smell of animal meat without the animal.
It's not only just vegetables, it's like vegetable waste?
Yes.
Wow.
I'm very intrigued because like I love bacon.
And bacon bits is like something that you can incorporate
- into a lot of dishes right? - Correct.
I'm Kai Ling from the Jiro-Meat team.
We're actually working with okara, which are soybean pulp.
Soybean pulp is actually a byproduct of tofu and soy milk production.
Through some fermentation,
we actually convert it into some sort of alternative meat,
which can be incorporated into various dishes
as a minced meat alternative.
I think I learned a bit more about what
each products are made from,
and what I can make with them.
So I'm quite confident.
I just have to cross my fingers and toast,
and hope that both Chloe and Sew will eat them.
Good morning, Kara.
Good morning.
Are you ready to cook breakfast for the picky eaters in the office?
I'm just gonna assemble a very
aesthetic looking yogurt bowl with whatever
stuff that we've found in our kitchen and on my personal table.
Two nights ago,
I was at the supermarket and I saw bruised bananas on sale.
It was like 10 cents, 20 cents only!
So I’ve ransacked the entire Eatbook fridge
and here are all the ingredients that we have left over
from all the food shoots that we have every week.
Okay, so I'm gonna put our leftover yogurt as the base.
Let's just scrape everything out.
Okay, for Sew's yogurt bowl, I'm gonna add colourful chocolates.
For Chloe's, I'm gonna add a lot of fruits.
Can you put a bit of fruit in here?
A bit ah?
Okay, okay, I will.
Actually, I don't want one leh.
Sew if you're watching this, it's not me,
it's Vic (the PD)
I have no idea what this is, but like some nut-based candy.
These were given to us by our
lovely editor who is working from France.
Blueberries left over from our previous shoot.
Some melon.
Oh my bananas, my bruised bananas!!
See, still can!
Beautiful!
Should I hide one (banana) in Sew's bowl?
Like just a small one.
Shh. Don't tell her okay?
Okay, I'm going to finish it off with
the brewers grains from Moonbeam.
Actually, I want to try it for myself because
they were explaining yesterday that
these are converted from leftover barley husks from brewers.
Wow!
It is nice eh.
They flavoured it with some sweetener, coconut and dried fruits.
Really very nice.
I'm gonna serve them matcha latte also.
Because we have oat milk that's left in the fridge.
It belongs to Faith from Eatbook but she's in Bali for a month,
so she said feel free to take and we're gonna take it today.
This matcha might not be the best looking
because they've already oxidised,
but it's okay, it's still drinkable, it's just not aesthetic.
Okay, so I'm gonna bring the food to our pantry now.
Can you help me call the two girls over please?
Oh my god.
I like sprinkles, I like the granola, I like the, is that pecan?
Yes.
- Matcha?! - Oh my god got matcha!
You made matcha for us?
I love matcha!!!!!!
Can I just eat this half?
Which is the granola and the Nuts. - Can I take out the Pecan then I give you.
[Chiara] You didn’t say you don’t like pecans!
But before that right, come.
We need to tell you okay,
- if our reactions are not good, - It’s not you.
It's really not you.
Some more this one there's no cooking involved,
so it's definitely not your skills.
It's also not that the food is not good.
It's just us.
You all rehearsing this beforehand is it?
No.
We are just very aware.
We eat one thing, one thing, one thing and then we give each other which one we want.
Damn good.
Because you know sometimes granola right, it's just plain oats.
There's no taste.
But this (granola) actually got a lot of taste.
It's sweet and got the nutty roasted taste.
Like raisins and things inside.
I just want to eat this side.
This one very nice.
Ya, this side okay.
Wait, didn't you say that you'll eat your mother's cut fruits?
So what's the factor?
It’s only ‘Mother's’ cut apples.
Okay, wait, wait, wait.
Why she like that?
Did you accidentally drop a banana inside then you take out?
I tasted a bit of banana.
You bua (spread) the banana!
You bua (spread) the banana har?
Would you like some amazing breakfast?
You dump everything inside?
- No! - No lah...
We plate nicely.
Thank you.
So for now I'm gonna start prepping for Sew and Chloe's lunch.
And what's on the menu is Pao fan.
So other than challenging myself to cook for the pickiest eaters,
I also have to incorporate Veme’s bacon bits into the dish.
So let me take out everything, all the ingredients I need.
I already have rice cooking here.
We have one leek that looks very wilted but still edible.
This one I don't know what I still can use anot.
I think can.
I'll just have to pick and choose the right strands.
I off-camera kind of dragged one of the crew to help.
Introduce yourself.
Hi, I'm Evan.
And I'm a chef.
Because we have some prawns left in the freezer
and I'm just gonna make full use of every part of the prawn.
The prawns actually give a lot of good flavour
which will really help upgrade the pao fan.
I have the seasoning here and I'm gonna put the Veme meat in.
I'm just gonna mix it up.
Make sure it gets well flavoured
because it's gonna turn up looking and tasting like bacon bits.
WOW!
You don't say like this.
This is what you said when you saw the bowls outside for breakfast.
No, that one aesthetically looks very nice.
This is your skills.
Okay, now that we have Sew and Chloe here,
I need more hands
so you all need to help me work for your food.
Yes, chef!
Okay, I have warm water here.
I need you all to make the dumplings for me.
Got dumplings for lunch!
Because Sew and Chloe is so small right,
they look liein the kitchen lah.
It's not like playing with food lah.
Eh, what are you talking about?
Please look at this.
This is a dumpling.
What are you talking about?
We working hard.
Okay, it's lunchtime so there are people already eating outside.
- Okay, it's lunchtime so there are people already eating outside. - EW!!
What's happening?
She's eating the green thing!
- Why are you eating it raw? - This one actually can eat raw what.
If not, how to eat?
She's gonna cook this meh?
No meh?
- No, this is for the topping. - Yeah.
That’s why ask you try.
Wah, your breath!
- Okay! - I'm very excited to eat.
Prawn soup is like one of my
favourite things to eat like in this whole world.
- Is it? - Same!
I eat until I want to cry,
I feel like there’s a lot of effort put into it.
Okay, try.
At least it’s a good cry if you guys cry.
Not like this morning.
I’ve tried dumpling.
The dumpling is really good.
I was worried about the pao fan.
The pao fan is really good!
It's a success!
Oh my goodness, right?
Your soup is so good!
WOW!
The filling of the dumpling is very fragrant.
So the meat itself, I think after you toasted it again,
there's a difference between the one you eat in dumplings
and the one you eat outside.
So it's quite versatile in terms of the flavour but I really like it.
Actually right,
I think it's a great thing that the texture isn't exactly like bacon bits.
I think that's just nice.
Okay, dinner time, we're gonna make bibimbap.
I'm worried because it's full of vegetables.
From what I've heard the entire day,
I think they absolutely hate all vegetables
except sambal kangkong.
I don't know how they're gonna be full with this meal,
but... how producer?
Just do?
Just do.
Just do, okay.
But I need to incorporate Jiro-meat into the dish.
And this one I have here is marinated
so it's actually very easy to make.
I was about to make the sambal spinach
but good point, they like the Din Tai Fung spinach.
So I'm going to do the Din Tai Fung spinach
and then use the sambal belacan for the bok choy instead.
So that hopefully they'll eat more than just the spinach.
Cross fingers.
I'm very tired already eh?
This is the first time I've cooked like three meals a day.
You know what?
Mandon come here ~ [Mandon] Don’t want.
[Chiara] You need to come here. - Dont drag me into your mess.
No, you know why?
I'm here drinking coffee only.
What do you want me to do?
You really just want me to stand here and cut for you?
Yeah.
Are you going to cook over a can lah?
Huh?
Yeah, I'm very tired already.
He's ready eh?
Can don’t so show off or not?
Did you all see that?
What?
Oh my god, I'm very scared.
Bibimbap?!
Yes!
Wait, is that a good thing or a bad thing?
You are amazing.
You're amazing.
- You say one ah. - No because right,
I actually don't like bibimbap.
Okay wait wait wait, change sides.
- This one is... - Why ah?
This is Chloe's one and that's yours.
Why you got difference?
I put lesser seaweed for you because there’s sesame inside.
You say you don't like.
Oh my god, thank you!!
I really dont like sesame.
- I really dont like sesame. - Don’t say thank you yet. You all dig in.
So thoughtful.
But got a lot of veggies.
I don't know why it's that green thing but I can eat because it's leafy.
Yeah, I don't know why it's that also but...
Unless underneath all those rice is one cucumber.
GOODBYE.
What is this? Is this beef?
That is called Jiro-Meat.
Beef ah?
Which sounds like “ji rou” (chicken in chinese).
Oh, chicken.
Minced chicken?
It is a vegetarian friendly chicken alternative.
See ah! Got onions,
got carrot,
got the green one...
A lot of carrots underneath.
Got corn,
got all the meat.
Green ones..
Cheers.
Wait...
The last vegetable that y'all didn't get to see
was the sambal kang kong.
NOT!
Because it’s sambal bok choy.
Oh my god, can't wait.
- Huh, where? - OOOH!
This one?
I can't even...
I don't even know.
But I thought that y'all would be so grossed out
by with the bok choy flavour because it is very grassy.
Chiara really very kind.
No, I swear
the bok choy was supposed to do something to y'all but it did not.
Okay, the thing is right...
I don't even eat enough vegetables
that vegetables are supposed to taste different.
If you dont tell me which one is the bok choy,
honestly I don't know what I’m eating.
I'm so confused.
But I guess some things are just unexplainable.
Correct.
[PD] It's finally the end of the day, guys.
- Aww ~ - Thank you for today.
Thank you to two of y'all for being adventurous and brave.
I really can't believe that the day ended like that.
Say real.
Y'all thought the day was going to end in tears, right?
Yeah.
I also thought so.
So let's do a recap, okay?
The entire day today,
in the morning, you guys ate a granola bowl.
Lunch, you guys ate pao fan.
With dumplings.
Then just now, you guys had bibimbap for dinner.
Out of all these three, which one is your favourite?
Mine is the pao fan, like hands down.
Because for me, I really like broth.
Like rice and broth together.
And I was super impressed by the way it was prepared.
There's a lot of different textures in the food.
The dumplings were super nice.
And even though it's not the traditional dumpling skin,
I thought it was still a very nice addition.
Legit, feels like home-cooked food.
My favourite is dinner, bibimbap.
Wow.
Yeah, you know why?
It's the fact that there's so many different kind of vegetables inside.
And I'm eating it.
That itself is a miracle.
Yeah.
Because it's very hard for me to eat so much vegetables
in one go and love my meal.
But I feel like a takeaway point for this video is that
y'all can try, y'all just try.
And also, be it leftovers or like bruised fruits
or vegetables that you want to dispose of,
actually still can buy and still can eat one.
It's not that bad, you just have to know how to use it
and make sure they are still edible.
Yes.
So actually, the only thing I'm lacking
is that person to do this for me.
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Thank you, Chiara! <3
Thank you too!