- Hey everyone, welcome to sunny Portugal.
You might remember I did a video out here recently,
a video recipe and also a vlog on the spinoff channel
on the berries, so I thought while I was out here
and also a lot of you have suggested this,
that I actually do a taste test.
It's the last day here, so I just quickly
dashed to the supermarket and I grabbed
a couple of things that I think are traditional.
They might not be the number one super traditional
thing-a-ma-jig, but there's some cool things here
and I think it's all gonna be really nice.
So without further ado, let's crack on and do it.
First thing's first, a massive shout out to Villa Plus,
because this villa has been amazing,
so I'm just trying to look at somewhere where we can sit.
I've got something potentially there
but I might go by the pool, hmm.
Alright, here we are by the pool.
Hopefully the microphone isn't gonna be too bad.
It's a little bit of a breeze and the sun is shining.
It might look a little bit shady.
I can't do anything about the sun, but first up,
we are looking at this thing.
This is chocolate salami.
Now, not gonna lie, the packet has already been opened.
This is phenomenal.
I've made this actually already on the channel
a long, long time ago, and now I wanna make it again.
It's basically designed to look like salami,
but it's chocolate, amazing!
There is one that's alcoholic, but this one
is non-alcoholic.
What you do is you pull off
segments like that.
Oh, see, that looks just like a salami, doesn't it?
Smells stonking as well, super, super rich.
Take your foil off, you got your piece of salami.
This is my breakfast.
Oh, so good.
That one's been in the fridge for like a day,
it's so soft still.
You look at it, you think it's gonna be rock hard,
it's super soft, tender, the biscuits are all squidgy,
it is just phenomenal, it is super, super rich though.
I'm gonna have another bite.
This next one is actually an alcoholic drink,
and we went in the supermarket and met possibly
the craziest security guard we've ever met,
we were like "oh, excuse me, is there any traditional
"Portuguese drink," and he was like (stutters)
proper like Super Mario, he went proper into like,
I don't know if it's Portuguese or English,
I'm gonna call it Port-glish, okay, it was just bonkers
and he suggested this one.
There was lot of ports, not a massive fan of port,
although if you mix it with the well-known Alcopop,
it does taste like Vimto.
Yes, it's called a cheeky Vimto, you guys know
what I'm talking about hopefully.
But this was another one, although there was another one
that was like 70% in alcohol.
Amendoa Amahga, sounds like a tennis player, right?
(speaks Portuguese)
700 mil, that looks like some sort of lavender
or a flower, and that's pretty much it,
they keep the labels here in Portugal quite to the minimum.
It's all about guesswork.
(speaks Portuguese)
So they were made in the caves of Montana, maybe?
Ingredients, agua, alcool, that must be alcohol,
sounds Dutch, doesn't it, alcool?
(speaks Portuguese)
Let's just do it.
Just need to get the top off a minute.
That was a struggle.
Ooh, did you hear that?
Boom!
First impressions from the scent right now,
I can smell flowers.
Oh my gosh, that smells like marzipan.
And you guys know how much I love marzipan.
The one drink I had to pick.
Yeah, it smells almondy.
Of course I could be completely wrong.
(chokes)
Ugh, I don't know if it's the combination
of early morning, it's burning, crikey!
Ooh, that's like liquid flowers with a hint of marzipan,
that's why I kind of like semi-retched.
Sorry, I couldn't stop it going down.
Good job, I got some sweet stuff to compensate for that.
I'd imagine if you put some lemonade or something like that
in this, it would be quite nice,
but I wanna go swimming in a minute anyway.
These next two are savoury items, okay.
Everywhere we've been in supermarkets we've seen
this like weird shaped pie thing they come
in different types of flavours.
This is an empada de frango tha, okay?
Don't know what that means, tha, thanks.
Mini pastel de bacal.
Seen lots of these as well, there's a microwave
inside the villa, I'm gonna run in and warm them up
even though I could just leave them in the sun.
See you in a minute.
It's warm now.
So this is an aftershave-sounding pastel de bacal.
It smells phenomenal, just bunged it in the microwave.
(exhales)
Mm, I thought it was gonna be bacon in that.
I think it's tuna, which is amazing because we're right
by the sea, best tuna I've ever had,
I had tuna mayo last night.
Good enough from one bite, it was like,
went to a restaurant, had bread,
they served it with amazing tuna mayo,
best that I've ever had in my life.
It had honey in it.
This is kinda like a spongy sort of terrible texture,
not terrible, it's terrible.
These puns are terrible.
It's kinda like, yeah, it's like thready,
like chicken if you know what I'm saying,
so definitely tuna, I like it, it's warm, spongy, yeah.
That'll do, no bacon though.
Definitely needs bacon, right, unless you're vegetarian.
So this is what I meant, look at that,
it looks like a crown.
I am the king of Portugal.
Empada de franco, no that's a YouTuber.
De Frangio, yes.
Oh, we've warmed it up.
So it's soft and squidgy.
Whoa, it's hot, it burnt my mouth off.
Mm, I don't know what that is,
I think it's chicken and I ripped the lid off it,
oh there's chicken, there's tomatoes,
it looks like there's peppers in it,
possibly carrots, that is phenomenal
but it just went into one big squidgy, warm, meaty mass.
Sounds wrong.
Oh, so, so good.
If you like crepes and you're a dentist,
then you need some crepes dentelle.
(speaks Portuguese)
This pingo doce I think is a supermarket here,
so they might be all branded by that.
I think other brands are available.
They look like folded up crepes, but then also
they look like biscuits from the packaging.
You can't tell, it's the mystery,
let's delve inside.
I'm enjoying this sort of tasting a country's treats
in the actual country.
This is what needs to happen more.
The budget just needs to go a little bit higher.
Unless it's Wales, I'm quite close to Wales.
Look at this, they're all in like rows of gold finger.
Wow, boom.
Fine crepes dentelle de Britannia.
Ooh, it's very lightweight.
Wow, oh, they're like burnt crepes,
they're like pancakes that have just been like
left out in the sun, which is getting insanely hot.
Don't worry, I put lotion on.
I know you look after me like that.
Smells like more of their well know biscuity-things,
you know how they get that kinda like more burnt smell?
We had some digestives the other day
that were just like fire.
Tasted like they were left out and scorched.
Let's have a nibble.
Ooh, there's nothing in it.
Can you see that, it's like literally a gap in there.
Hello.
Very airy, very light, in fact, it tastes
a lot like sugary paper.
The fact that they're crepes, I'm not gonna say that,
you probably know what I think, I'm gonna say
they could be better.
Not gonna say that, but you could probably put
like Nutella or something inside that
or on top of that and serve it cause on its own,
it's a nice little biscuity snack,
it's very, very light, but I feel like it needs
a bit of a boost alongside it, like definitely Nutella.
Second to last one, this is trouxas de ovos.
Doce traditional.
These look like, to me, I have no idea what they are,
they've been kept in the fridge, okay.
They look like bright yellow brandy snaps.
I generally have no idea what these are,
but there is like a juice running inside the packaging,
I'm not sure if you can see that there.
I don't know how shady this has been.
I'm Slim Shady.
I wanted to know why I just checked if it was still
in date, I think that's just something I automatically
do now with these tasting videos, but I bought it
yesterday.
Trouxas de ovos.
It's even got bread on it, that's good.
Oh, look at that.
They look like semi-retarded minions.
Now you see the juice there, just wants to escape.
Let's have a look.
Ooh, I gotta try the juice first.
Tastes like honey.
And these things, they're like, see that?
Like damp crepes, damp semi-retarded minion crepes, okay?
Let's turn that into a jif of a gif or whatever.
Ooh, that's alright, it just feels like eating
damp scrambled egg, like someone's made scrambled egg,
put it in the fridge to cool it right down
and maybe poured some honey over it.
It's definitely a step up from those other
crepe de baton things or whatever they were
because there was just nothing there.
This is full of flavour.
It's also quite textury or even rubbery
or like eating a wet damp kitchen towel.
Folks, I have saved the very best til last.
In fact, let me make my thumbnail right now.
It's not gonna work for a thumbnail,
I need to get it actually out of the pack.
Oh my gosh, you beautiful, beautiful thing.
You see this?
This is like a flaky pastry custard tart
crossed with a creme brulee.
It is phenomenal.
Just gonna get it out of the pack and do another thumbnail.
See that's how YouTubers make thumbnails generally,
that's how I do it sometimes.
I get a bit crazy.
So this a pastel de nata.
It is basically if you can imagine,
a puff pastry lined cupcake.
Sort of, it's puff pastry, alright,
in the shape of a cupcake, but inside that
is a custard that's caramelised, it's all charred,
it's kinda like got a creme brulee.
It's a cross between a custard tart, creme brulee,
and like a pastry, and I'm gonna eat it
right in front of you right now, is that okay?
Here we go.
Oh, my mind's telling me no!
There's another villa right there,
I need to be careful.
Super, super phenomenal.
Now I was gonna jump in the pool to end this
but that's very dangerous, drinking and eating,
so I'm gonna go, I'm gonna tell you what it's like.
I'll do the mind's telling me no, and right at
the top there, there's a balcony up there,
I'm gonna be my body tellin' me yes.
Pretend that we done that again.
This, see all the custard in there, the burnt edges
all around the top, oh, let's go for it.
Me to you right now, see you next time.
Remember to subscribe.
My mind's telling me no.
But my body's telling me yes!
So I still have the vlog camera going, oh shit.
That was loud.
Amazing, see you next time guys, love ya.