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Everyday Easy Chinese.
Hello everyone! I am Teacher Lin from Everyday Easy Chinese.
And I am Michelle.
Today we'll be introducing 7 popular Chinese for you!
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Oooooh what are these?
川辣美味 (chuān là měiwèi),
these are Sichuan level spicy.
If you don't know about Sichuan, it's a province in China
that is well known for its spicy cuisine.
And these are called 香脆金针菇 (xiāng cuì jīnzhēngū),
香脆 (xiāng cuì) means 'crispy'
and 金针菇 (jīnzhēngū) means 'Enoki mushrooms'.
Okay, let's eat them now!
Oh my god
Okay, so they come in these tiny packs here.
Theres, there's what? Nine packs, yes, okay let's try one.
It looks really spicy, I don't really eat spicy food.
Okay
There's lots of......it's quiet oily
very very,
oily
I'm going to eat it now.
Oh my god! It's spicy.
This is how it looks like.
So spicy! How did you eat the whole thing?
Ahhhhh
Okay, these are very very spicy.
These are like long type of mushrooms,
the texture is,
it tastes like, if we were to describe it as western food, it tastes a bit like spaghetti.
Oh, so the texture is like spaghetti, yeah.
So, it's like a spaghetti like texture,
So as you can see, it's like this.
Spaghetti like texture, it's filled with chilli oil as well,
It's really spicy and as you can see
both Michelle and I cannot handle our spicy food,
especially Michelle, she didn't even finish it.
Teacher Lin 1, Michelle 0.
This is Michelle, this is Teacher Lin, finished already.
This is fermented tofu and it has a really strong odor,
This is usually sold in night markets and road-side food stands.
And this is the 蒜香味 (suàn xiāng wèi),
which means it is garlic flavoured, so combining the world's
two stinkiest foods we have:
stinky tofu and also garlic
Who bought this?! Who bought this?!
Okay, so we are going to show you how this is like.
Again Chinese snacks come in packets.
So, there are four packets here.
This is how the packet looks like
I'm going to eat it now.
Mmmmmmmm
Oh my god!
Ugh.
Oh my god, it is really stinky!
So, this is how it looks like, it is black.
One piece here, this is how it looks like.
The texture reminds me of like spam.
Spam is it?
It's spicy as well, oh my god.
It does taste like spam
if you tried canned meat, it has that consistency.
Although,
although they say that this is garlic flavour there is a bit of a
a kick right?
a spice in it as well.
It is actually alright, I didn't think it would be this nice.
I think if you don't tell someone what
this is they wouldn't know that
it is 臭豆腐 (chòu dòufu)
The 臭豆腐 (chòu dòufu) in China is really stinky
even if you are sort of ten meters or
very far away from it you can still smell it as well
but this one doesn't really smell.
It has the consistency of
Spam
It's a bit sticky, it's very difficult to eat.
But so is every Chinese snack as well, which is difficult to eat.
Like this.
I like how it is a perfect square as well.
Mmmm
Oooh the white rabbit creamy candy.
This is a creamy milk candy and it is also one of my favorite childhood snacks.
It's also one of my favorite ones as well
I think it was really popular when we were kids,
Oh my god, I love these.
This is how it looks like, so it comes in
individually wrapped
and one thing
And one thing that lots of my friends ask me is what is this, sort of
paper thing here, so if you can see, there's a......
It looks like tracing paper and
people think that they cannot eat it
but you can actually eat it, it's edible rice paper
and I'm not sure why they wrap it,
why they wrap it around the candy.
It's so hard I can't bite through it.
It's a very hard candy
Mmmmm
It's very creamy
Very hard
Normally people suck on this
because you can't bite into it
and I would say if there is an equivalent
sometimes you may find milk bottle candy
you might see very gummy milk bottle candy, it has the same taste.
Mmm, yeah that's a good comparison actually, the milk bottles.
What is this? 沙琪玛 (shā qí mǎ) is like a Rice Krispies treat.
And it is made from
wheat flour
and this one is 鸡蛋味 (jīdàn wèi).
鸡蛋味 (jīdàn wèi) means that it is egg flavored
so, it is an egg flavored Rice Krispies treat.
Okay, let's try this.
Tissue please.
Can you not finish it?
Oooh, so these also come in individual packages as well.
Ooooh.
Ahh, I think i've tried these before,
I really like these actually.
I actually haven't tried these before.
I don't know what flavor they will be.
This is how it looks like.
So, it looks like a large Rice Krispies treat.
Mmmm
So at first, they don't really have a flavor,
but when you keep eating it, then the flavor comes out and it tastes like
it's a bit "eggy" right?
yeah, egg
Mmmmm
This is one of my favorite snacks...... I feel like
Well, I'll say that compared to a Rice Krispy treat
Rice Krispy treats are more crunchy,
but this one is a bit soft, i feel, it's softer
even when you touch it, it feels like a
does it feel like a marshmallow, do you think?
Ummmm, yeah I think it is soft I wouldn't say it's crispy.
And they also have other flavors of this as well so,
I know some people might not like
egg flavored, they normally have other flavors as well.
Umm, this is what you see once you
sort of eat a bit more.
I feel like it tastes like cotton candy as well, doesn't it? Doesn't it taste like cotton candy?
Hmmm yeah, a little bit, it's a bit sweet right?
So you don't know what the taste of this is......
It says it's egg flavored but
but it can be anything, it tastes like a bit like nougat.
Ohhh, yes it does but
I cam taste the egg.
Mmmm
Mmmmm Mmmmm
Oh my god
This person is dangerous
The production staff today is dangerous.
So, this is coconut candy
so coconut candy in Chinese is called
椰子糖 (yē zi tang) and this is from
海南 (hǎinán)
which is just off the southern most coast of China.
It's a tropical getaway island and there's actually no surprise there
that there are alot of coconuts, let's eat!
Let's try
I really really like this, this is my favorite
Great job Michelle!
So, I actually don't really like coconut, but let's try these.
So this is how it looks like, it's brown, how does it smell like?
It doesn't really smell like anything
It doesn't really
Oh I can smell a bit of coconut
it smells a bit nutty.
Compared to the rabbit sweets, they are of a similar creaminess.
It's very hard.
It's more like a hard boiled, a hard boiled sweet,
but this is one of 海南 (hǎinán) most popular sweet
because as Michelle said before
coconuts are really popular there because it is
a tropical getaway island.
Mmmm
I can't finish it because it is so hard.
I actually don't like coconut but these are actually alright
ARGHH
Oh my god!
Did you break your teeth?
It's really
make sure you brush your teeth and that you keep your teeth strong and healthy because
it's very hard
or you can just not bite into it so aggressively......
You can spend like days sucking on this, hours sucking this......
And you know, still be able to have some left over isn't it?
So, coconut candy!
This is 甘甜话梅 (gāntián huà méi)
So it is exactly what it says on the container, it is sweet plums.
Sweet dried plums.
It's sweet and salty, let's try it!
Let me open it.
Ooooh it feels like a coke, refreshing
So, this is how it looks like, it looks a bit
like prunes.
Dry isn't it?
It looks like the equivalent of prunes
When you break it apart,
remember there is a seed so don't
don't choke on this, be careful everyone, don't choke on it!
Oh my god
It's kind of salty.
I'll say it's sour.
I mean these are very
addictive. It's sort of like liquorice.
Once you eat it you just can't stop eating it
but it does have an acquired taste, an acquired taste so if you...........
.........
It doesn't really have a normal, like a
What do you call it? a basic taste, it's a bit acquired.
It's a bit sweet but then it's also a bit sour
it looks very dry as well but
obviously once you
you know eat it, it doesn't become dry.
Here have some too
What's this?
Oooh 素肉干 (sù ròu gān)
素肉干 (sù ròu gān) means that it is
you know, obviously not real meat, it is fake meat
This is basically similar to beef jerky
but it is actually tofu and I feel like this is becoming a very popular snack in China because
a lot of people are turning to veganism or vegetarian.
Okay, so let's try it
I like how, snacks in China usually come in multiple packs
look over here
like multiple packs
This one
Does it smell nice?
It smells a bit like
bean, you could, what do you think?
It smells like tofu.
It has a bit of
bit of like, an oil smell.
When you eat it
coes it look appetizing, what does it look like Michelle?
It looks like, like little balls
If I found this on the street,
I think it might be something else.
Oh my god, its spicy as well
It breaks up very easily.
So, as you can see it is like a clump of balls together.
This is how it looks like a clump of balls.
It's actually alright if you have it in little pieces.
Hmmmm
You can play a prank on people, like say if you put this on the street on the floor
someone would this it is something else,.
Oh
I dropped it.....
But, it's actually alright
It's spicy.
Wow you finished the whole pack!
It really doesn't taste like meat and, it's just......
It doesn't really look appetizing but I guess
you should give it a try at least once
It's a good snack for protein.
Michelle, what was your favorite snack?
My favourite one was 沙琪玛 (shā qí mǎ) because it didn't have
a strong taste which is good and
its not spicy, as I can't take the spice.
So I'm going to eat one now, so what was your favorite.
Umm, my favorite one would be the
I like this one: 金针菇 (jīnzhēngū)
because it comes in a really nice pack as well.
I cannot handle spicy food, but I actually
like spicy food.
And I like the texture as well. It's also mushrooms.
so it's kind of healthy.
But I know why some people might not like this because it is
Sichuan spicy level, so it can be too spicy
for some people, but if you do like spicy food then
China is filled with very spicy snacks -
all packaged in one,
and don't be put off by how they look because
don't judge a book by its cover
Have you tried any of these before?
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and which ones you would like and which one you would hate.
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