We are here in Melbourne, Australia for the YouTube creator summit
and we just went to some panels
and now everybody is doing team-building exercises
We, however, have left them all so we could do some stomach building exercises
because we want to experience what food in Melbourne is like!
M: Woo! S: Ngh!
M: Wonder Bao, Wonder Bao does whatever a ... Wonder ... Bao-
Who likes cheap delicious eats?
*doorbell* I do!
Wonder Bao is under the top 10
Chinese food restaurants in Melbourne
and it's supposed to be like really cheap, really fresh, really amazing
and I love dumplings! You know I love dumplings! Ducky, do I not love dumplings?
S: You love dumplings! M: I freaking love dumplings!
Everything sells out really quickly so we got to go right- right the F now!
Aww yeahhhh!
We've got three different kinds here.
They are fresh. They are soft. They are wonderful.
M: Alright, let's uh let's just get straight into this
M: because you don't want it to get cold
S: Look at that!
S: Awwww yeahhhh!
M: I can already tell just by ripping it apart how soft it is
the closest that we have in Japan is like the pizzaman (ピザまん), right?
It's like a giant steamed bun it's kind of like this
but it's different tastes altogether. Here we go!
Mmmmm~
This somehow takes me back to Beijing flavors
it's got that multiple spice flavor it's a bit sweet
It's a bit savory, it's a bit salty, and it's porky.
It's got like so many different things happening in your mouth (ahem)
That's just something
that I love about living in Asia, is that all the different cuisine flavors um-
are- it's never just like a flat flavor, you know?
S: What flavor is that one?
Pork something magic?
S: I like how we ordered this like a minute ago and we don't even remember what it is
S: We were like "Get this, this, this, this!"
Cause I have to open it up and see what's on the inside. How can I possibly know?
S: You know what I love doing?
S: I love ... I don't know why- I really like when the paper sticks to it. There's something so ...
Satisfyingly sticky *record scratches*
M: What are you talking about? You always remove labels. Of course you love doing that.
Ahhh *gasp* Right! I love peeling stickers off things! Okay
S: Is this the Char Siu? (Nope)
Ohhhhh boyyyyy!
*inhales*
S: *salivates* Oh f*bahh*k guys
S: *whispers* Look at that shiit(ake mushroom)
S: There's a sweetness to this
S: You usually get a sweetness with like a sauce on meat like uhh orange chicken or something like that
but this has its own
inherent juicy succulent
sweet meatiness to it
This is wild! There's so many different textures in here. You get like the smoothness of the meat
with a little bit of the bite of the mushroom at the same time. I got a little piece right here of ...
Sausage! Oh man.
Every flavor- there's so many flavors in this!
Is this an egg?! *record scratches*
M: That's my half! How dare you sir. S: Hold up- I gotta-
S: I- M: How dare you sir!
S: Okay. Hey ... M: You tore it in half, you cannot take my half.
You're really going to like this. You're really going to like this one.
I'm saving the egg one for you, love
But first-
I just love the bread here
the velvety gloss here it's like sweet marshmallow-y rolls of bread
Oh my god!
I gotta say I've become a bit of a food snob since moving to Japan.
Not sure if you notice, I'm definitely a food snob
M: *laughs* Yes. S: I-
I love this. This is great! I'm so glad we waited for this.
Mmm!
Imagine all the things you could put in buns like this. Do they make it with peanut butter and jam?
They've got so many other fla- We've got to try all the flavors, girl.
This is nuts. Mmm!
Okay, so we just walked all the way from Wonder Bao here to Doughnut Time.
S: It was a gorgeous walk with tons of great food.
S: We came here specifically for donuts.
$8 donuts it seems like *laughing nervously*
S: and that's what we're going to eat now.
S: Our favorite donut shop in Tokyo just shut down
but I got my donut fix right now.
What's this one right here that we got? Nope, that's the stupid one.
S: I'm getting the good one! M: How dare you!
This one right here- Is that snow on the ground?! No, that's just ... foam and spit. (Gross)
M: *laughs* Let's go to a different location!
Okay
S: Aww boy, I'm ready for this! M: Hey, I think we should play a game first
M: to see who gets the donut.
Nah, I- I remember that pain.
So this one right here-
Ooh, it's so sticky!
I could feel how dense this donut is!
Other donuts are usually really fluffy. This is a dense cake!
Here we go!
Take a look at what's inside, boys!
S: *satisfied noise*
H'ohhh boyyyyy!
Oh wow, look how dense-
this is like a really thick donut!
Here we go!
I want to tell strangers
that they should go buy donuts here.
You see people that spin the signs?
I want to just be outside like "This is a really f*bahh*king good donut!"
People are coming.
This is such a great contrast.
The creaminess of the filling with the burnt, toffee, crunchiness on top and the cake all in-between.
All these different textures and sweetnesses make for a very happy boy.
I am really digging Melbourne, can I just say?
M: Cool place, eh? S: I am really digging this place!
M: You guys can't see this but like we're in this little alleyway that is really reminiscent of like Sweden and Norway
M: and it's just super cool looking!
Also, when we were waiting for donuts and we were staring outside and looking at the donuts,
two people came up to us
and I think they wanted to sell us drugs.
He had a backpack and he's like, "How you doing, buddy?"
I'm like
S: "I'm just looking at donuts." M: And he's like, "Oh, are you?"
So I'm not sure if that was a proposition or not, but I'm happy with my donuts!
Girl, you're gonna dig this!
Okay, this box smells like an entire amusement park. Ducky, you want to smell this?
S: You mean it smells like kids peeing themselves? M: No, an amusement park!
S: *inhales* Ohhhhh! M: It smells like cotton candy and crepes
M: and like funnel cakes S: and marshmallows
and like it has like all these different things! Now, here's the thing-
Whoa, that's a heavy donut!
M: This is made with vegan cream cheese frosting
M: which makes me feel scared
M: because I'm used to having like really sugary sweet donuts
um- and this is with sprinkles but as they say it in Australia:
Hundreds and Thousands!
It's so big, I don't even- okay.
*wide mouth opening noise*
Oh my god. That can't be vegan! That just tastes like magical icing sugar!
I thought it was gonna be hard. (That's what she said)
M: It's really soft and fluffy.
M: You see how thick this is? S: Whoa!
S: That's a lot of cream there, girl!
This tastes like birthday cake ... frosting.
When you bite into it, the whole thing tastes like a birthday cake.
I expected this to be really like glossy sugar.
I mean it's a fluffy one, and this really, really reminds me of my childhood because I used to love getting these from Tim Hortons!
and now they changed it! It's no longer Hundreds and Thousands, it's the sprinkles that are like flat.
That doesn't taste the same!
That's not even fun!
It's calling to me still *laughs*
*giggles*
Mmmmmmmmm!
So for this next part of the video
we're going to Smith & Deli, which is a vegan deli. I've never been anywhere like this before. I'm really excited to see what this is like.
Also I feel kind of
Inspired to eat this food because over the past couple of days, we haven't really been
uhh ... ingesting th- the healthiest things here. My voice is a little bit gone. Martina's voice is entirely gone.
*loud party music, loud party people*
(possibly drunk) M: I'm getting it in 4! background voice: 4? lady on left: 3!
*loud party noises continue*
M: *faintly* Justin Bieber! Justin Bieber!
*more loud party noises*
*everyone goes "Ohhhhhhhhh!" simultaneously*
S: Do you want to say something on camera, girl?
M: [barely audibly] I can't; it's gone, totally.
S: Oh no, nobody can hear you, sorry. It's just gonna be me.
S: But you know what, you're a beautiful girl.
S: I think you're really pretty, I love you and if I love you the most then tell me otherwise
*Martina mouths "What?"*
Wait, if- What'd I say? If I love you the mo- ... most ...
*Martina snort giggles*
How does the math work on this? Hold on ...
Carry the two ...
S: So what you're saying is 'that looks disgusting'
S: and you don't want to eat it.
S: You don't like It when people warm your sandwiches. You prefer cold sandwiches like a Barbarian.
S: Oh, we got some cute doggies!
S: Hello, cute doggies! You're a cold doggy, aren't you?
S: It's terrible, isn't it?
*M: What the f*bahh*k?!*
S: 'Waterfall'. Did you just say 'waterfalls'? *M: Bullsh!t*
*M: Oh my god!*
*faint explosion*
S: So what we're gonna do now is Martina is going to mouth words and I'm gonna voice it over in her voice.
S: 'Okay, I love salami. I thought ...'
S: 'It feels ... fake salami.'
S: 'Would be bullshit.'
S: 'But it's so ...' *flock of swearing sheep from out of nowhere*
S: 'It's okay, I guess' *laughs*
My counterpart isn't all too eloquent. Let me try her sandwich and explain it to you. This is- this just looks good.
Look at- it's bubbling through like that.
*satisfying crunch*
I didn't know vegan food could be this good. This is a damn fine sandwich
and it's spicy!
It's got a really good peppery kick.
It's got fake pastrami, *buzzer*
it's got fake cheese, roasted red peppers on this as well and a phenomenal crunch.
This is a really good sandwich. You wouldn't even think about it being vegan.
You'd just think 'oh my god, this is delicious'. This is ...
delicious! *sandwich crunch*
Mmm! Okay.
Okay, first of all, what is up with Melbourne's weather? It was beautiful and sunny
when we left, and now it's cold and rainy, and I have a feeling that it's gonna start snowing in a half an hour,
and then there's gonna be like a beautiful sun storm.
This weather is messed up.
Yeah, a sun storm. It's like when you got the sunshine and the rain coming.
You never heard it before? Of course you have.
What I'm eating today is a Foghorn Legless. This is fake chicken schnitzel, fake bacon and
vegan ranch! Is this gonna be blasphemy? Let me see ...
Back in my day, when I had fake meat, it just tasted like soggy cardboard with salt and pepper on it.
This actually tastes like a chicken schnitzel!
This bacon actually has bacon flavor!
This ranch- you would never know that it's vegan! There's no reason for you to not to have this ranch
as opposed to regular ranch. It's so juicy!
*licks fingers*
Like, the fake meat is juicy!
I'm so confused cause usually the juiciness of meat comes from the fat that's in it
but this doesn't have fat because it's not real meat.
Oh man! You want to try some?
I'm sorry, I can't hear you. You want me to 'keep eating' is what you just said?
Mmm! This is a great experience.
Smith & Deli. You'll get some phenomenal sandwiches and you won't feel that bad about eating processed meat.
S: Hey, I challenge any sandwich snob to come here,
have a couple of sandwiches and tell me that they're not amazing. If all vegan food was like this,
I'd be pursuing it a lot more cause I've had a lot of bad vegan food.
This is great! I really like Melbourne so far. This is awesome.
I'm going to have your sandwich now cause you can't tell me not to.
*punching, slapping sounds*
Girl, well, have a bite of mine!
I wasn't joking about the Melbourne weather. I literally filmed that complaint about the weather 2 minutes ago.
Look at how beautiful this is now! This is crazy.
How do you go outside without bringing a suitcase everywhere you go in Melbourne? This is nuts.
We're going for coffee now at Seven Seeds specialty coffee.
Melbourne has a very thriving and vibrant coffee scene.
S: Martina's getting a flat white, I'm getting the cold brew Mine already came out. I'm thoroughly impressed.
It comes with one of those gigantic ice cubes, which I prefer as opposed to lots of small ice cubes
that dilute your coffee very quickly. This is gonna be really enjoyable.
That is a lovely cold brew.
It's probably the most aromatic cold brew that I've had.
I sm- it hit my nose a lot harder than it hit my mouth right away.
S: I'm actually really excited about this.
We came here just for coffee, that's all I was expecting, but they have a really interesting menu.
We now have the ...
Strawberry crumpets which are crumpets with macerated strawberries,
hazelnut crumble, lemon butter and squacquerone cheese which I've never heard about before
which sounds completely ridiculous.
Sounds like a Bugs Bunny cartoon.
Oh wow. It looks like the lemon butter has really soaked through into this right here. Let's see what this is all about.
S: As embarrassing as that bite was is how delicious this thing is. I'm shocked!
S: You rarely get really good food at a coffee shop.
S: If a place is known for coffee, they usually sell some like overpriced food that is okay
S: But not really that great. This is one of my favorite examples of crumpets I've ever had.
The crumpet isn't dry at all.
It's absorbed all the juicy flavors of what we have here.
S: The squacquerone cheese has a sweetness in it, almost like a mascarpone. The macerated strawberries aren't overly sweet like macerated strawberries can be.
S: They still maintain a fresh flavor to them and the honey isn't overwhelming either.
All the combinations of flavors in this, absolutely delightful.
*M: Micro foam!*
S: 'Mmmushroom foam'.
*M: Micro.*
S: Micro foam. *M: That's it!*
*Martina mouths lyrics into her spoon*
S: Did you just try to say, "Microphone checka, to spring sword selecta"?
(sorry guys, tried so hard to figure out what song they're referring to and couldn't find it)
*M: Yes!*
S: Yes.
S: I love you girl, we're so connected. 💖You complete me!💖
Guys, I finally got my voice back. It's not great, sounds a bit on the sexy side but I'm finally able to speak on camera again.
We are having HSP, or as we've heard
'Hehhhhaech-ess-pi' (extra emphasis on the letter 'H')
There's an extra like couple 'E's in there, right ducky? This is Halal snack pack and we were told that if you leave Melbourne without having it
M: we won't be allowed to leave Australia. So we looked up a place to see what would be the best place we could have HSP
M: and we are here at
M: Viva! Kebabs & Grills. Very highly rated and I cannot wait 'til we dig into this because I am so hungry.
M: Although I will say, I think we're here too early. I think we're s'posed to come when we're drunk!
*food worker: ✌️*
*😀✌️🍟*
M: Let me try a little of everything. This kinda reminds me of poutine, right ducky? Cause it's got like the cheesy goodness.
I mean, I don't even know how to eat this!
*laughs*
Okay.
Okay. I see why this is a thing.
We've got warm french fries, gooey cheese, the lamb is beautifully seasoned.
The chili sauce has got a kick.
Then you get creaminess and like a bite from the garlic. This is like might be the perfect drunk food. This might be the perfect drunk food!
Oh my gosh, ducky.
Did you order anything?
S: Girl, there's no way in blue mercy that you would be able to even finish half of this.
I know. It's way too much food.
It is really delicious though, oh man! Did you get the shot? You probably didn't get the shot.
M: *noises of delight*
M: Do you have a fork? S: Go ahead, eat it all. Eat it all, I dare ya!
S: I dare you, if you could eat that entire thing, I would give you $1,000 right now.
S: But that doesn't mean much because our money's shared and we have a joint account.
As a Canadian, I feel kind of embarrassed because this looks like it's gonna totally crush poutines.
The one thing Canada has to offer for food is about to be put in its place.
Oh man!
Mmm! The lamb is perfect for the potato-y-ness of french fries.
M: Did you just say, "the potato-y-ness of potato"? S: Yeah, because like-
*buzzer* That was a weird explanation.
First of all, I have one complaint and that's about the branding.
How is this a "snack pack"? Who is this a snack to? Andre the Giant?
Nobody could eat this and be like "hmm, I felt a little snackish, let me have this gigantic freaking trough."
This is too much food to eat. But it just feels so decadent, doesn't it?
Mmm. If you have been lividing-
Let me say that again cause I'm food drunk.
If you have been living in Melbourne
and you haven't tried
a "hhhhaech-ess-pi", you're doing yourself a disservice.
Oh man!
and I actually think there might be more meat than fries on this!
So from what we've been told, if you're drunk, you sometimes want a kebab.
But if you're really drunk and you can't operate a kebab, then you settle for an HSP.
Let me say, I prefer this ...
so much more than kebabs. I never really was into kebabs.
But this, I could definitely see my- maybe It's my Canadian side, the fries and the cheese.
This speaks to me on a genetic level.
An insider tip, the Holy Trinity of sauces:
barbecue sauce, chili sauce and garlic sauce.
That's supposedly a thing. When I said to him "the Holy Trinity", he knew what I was talking about.
Don't get any other sauces. You want the Holy Trinity, boy.
Mmm.
Oh my god! Mm!
We had an absolutely amazing time in Melbourne, guys.
The food scene here is incredible!
If you're coming to Australia, make sure you think about the food!
If you want to know the places that we went to, we're gonna link to all those in our blog post
so check them out there.
and let us know in the comments section below: what did we miss out?
Please let us know so the next time we come back, we can go.
S: Honestly, it looks like you're in front of a green screen right now.
M: I'm not! This is real! S: This looks sooo fake
M: This is real behind me! S: but it's gorgeous.
I'm gonna back out so you guys can see the beauty. Look at this!