- (laughing) I think someone's trying to set me up.
- Mm hm, refreshing.
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- Hi, my name is Ada
and today we're trying each other's cultural snacks.
- Today is sweets.
- I'm not a massive sweet person, so I don't think
I've tried too many sweets around the world.
- How are you gonna identify the country?
- I feel like you can a bit more so than you can a biscuit.
- I have a sweet tooth, so I'm looking forward to this.
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- Strong.
- I can't smell too much.
- Aniseseedy.
- If this is licorice, I'm gonna be like fuming.
- Oh wait, it's not as bad as I thought would be.
- It's menthol, it's ugh. (mouth sucking)
- Mm hm, refreshing. (upbeat music)
- It's the one flavor I don't like.
It reminds me of like Sambuca.
- Yes, exactly like Sambuca.
Oh my God, it's so good.
- This is one that you chew for like an hour. (laughing)
- Yeah. (clapping)
- Love this candy. I love the sweets.
- Tom Tom, Tom Tom. I feel like that's Italian.
You never had a Tom Tom before?
Just for that.
- I don't think it's from any of these places,
but from this place. (dinging)
- Okay, here. That's it, I'm done.
- I'm gonna say maybe here.
- I'm gonna have to go with this one here.
- Tom Toms are, this is a black and white
menthol candy situation.
We're not a sweet nation, so this is like,
I think this is the max that we have.
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- This smells really nice.
- Ah, this is Indian.
- I'm a bit scared.
I think this is gonna be like very, very heavy.
- Caramel, is that just straight up caramel?
- Mmm.
- That's a fire flapjack is what's going on.
Now we've got some pistachio, mm.
- It's like quite a big slice,
and I feel like I need to have this with a drink.
- That's India.
- I think that it's from this place,
because of the level of sweetness.
- I'm going there.
- I'm going here.
- I'm pretty certain it's from this country
because it's very similar to something I know.
- So for my sweet, I bought Halwa,
which is a very like sugary, like carrot square basically.
So Indian sweets are generally like all called mithai,
basically sugar and carrot,
very, very sweet, so you only eat a little bit.
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- I thought you're wrong.
- Oh, they split.
- If anything, this is closer to a biscuit.
- Oh, this is nice.
- It's a lot harder than your typical wafer.
- No, because it's like four layers.
- I love wafers.
- I think I've messed up with Italy here.
- I think Liam's trying to set me up.
- Delicious. - Crisp.
- Chocolatey. - But not too chocolatey.
- I reckon it's one of those tea things.
So I'm going to put it here.
- I'm gonna put you here.
- It is telling me that it's from here.
- I feel like this country does a good wafer,
so we are putting you right here, baby.
- I'm gonna go right here.
- I knew it.
I think someone's trying to set me up.
- My sweet, it's a wafer chocolate biscuit.
We call them Napolitanke.
Again can be found all over the Balkans,
not limited to Kosovo, but super delicious.
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- It was like a giant party almond.
- It doesn't have a discernible smell.
- No.
- I was expecting it to like fizzle in my mouth.
- You're crunching it?
- Yes.
- I mean, it's really nice.
- It's got like a very milky flavor to it.
- People can't be enjoying that. What is that?
It tastes like salt in the cube.
- They're like the corner shop,
you get like the milk bottles.
It's kind of like that but like dusty.
- Because I believe these look like condensed milk,
and that's what that was giving.
- No, that these guys have tea and like milky like chai.
So I'm going to, I'm gonna go there.
- Oh, I'm just gonna go there.
- I'm gonna go with this because I feel like later,
there might be a snack
that I'm gonna more closely associate with this place.
- I just feel like this one, the people like it.
- My sweets are a galatine,
but they're basically milk based.
If you look at them, you would, without the packaging,
they will look like they're mint,
but then they're actually milk.
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- Nougat.
- Soft.
- Nougat for me is addictive.
- Oh!
- This is really nice.
- Mm.
- Mm!
- Pistachio's one of my favorite nuts.
And with nougat, this combo is amazing.
- I thought the texture is the main thing that stands out
about it because it's like squidgy and soft,
but then you've also got like a lot of crunchy texture
with the nuts in it.
- Because of what I'm stuck with, I have to say.
- You are going here.
- I thought Iran was India.
I was thrown off and now look, now this is gonna be right.
Yeah, I don't like it.
- I'm gonna go Philippines.
But I really think it's Iranian.
- Put it here.
Because I don't think that like nougaty flavor,
I don't associate it with here.
- So my Iranian suite is called gaz.
It's chewy, it's doughy, it's nutty.
It's like this is the baseline introduction
and I feel like I have to show it to everyone.
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- Honey, lemon menthol.
It'll be a lot of different flavors.
- Yeah, I feel it must be lemony, right?
- Oh, very lemony.
- I love sweets like this, man.
- Oh I love that. - Hmm.
- Oh that's really nice.
- Like a lemon sherbet, but not quite a sherbet.
- I'm just close my eyes
and I want some sort of tropical island.
- You don't bite it, do you?
Oh no.
- I'll crunch it. (crunches)
- Whoa.
- I think it's really from the Philippines.
- It's definitely the Philippines,
but I only have Italy left, so.
- But I'm gonna have to just put it there,
'cause that's what's left.
- Put it here.
- Oh, I think I probably would've put it here regardless.
- The Filipino suites I bought called Maxx sweets.
They're kind of like these menthol,
lemony honey kind of sweets.
They were like the only sweet I could find, to be honest.
But you know the Maxx brand is a big brand
in the Philippines, so I thought they're the one.
But my favorite one would have to be the nougat one.
- Oh my God, I agree! Yes.
- I liked the Maxx the best, and then I like Tom Toms,
and then everything else can, I'll give that a miss.
- I love the wafer.
I think I'm a, I don't like,
I really don't actually like a hard sweet.
- Right, that's understandable.
I can vouch for that.
I love Gaz, but I also, I'm a big fan of wafers.
I'm a huge wafer fan.
So these are like my top two favorites.
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