Hello guys! Welcome to another episode of TwoSet Violin!
Today, we have a very different type of episode, actually.
I'm super excited.
Currently, right now, we are in Taiwan.
We are going to go hunt and look for all our favorite snacks.
- Keyword: hunt. - (Brett) Hunt.
- Yeah. - Oonga boonga!
Some of our childhood was here,
so there's a lot of snacks that we just love eating.
To be honest, it's almost dinner time.
I'm really hungry, and it's just a great excuse to make this video.
Yeah, I'm so excited!
Hello guys! Welcome to the shopping center
of all the snacks here right noooow!
Eddy's just on the camera now.
- We're gonna swap and then find what we want. - (Eddy) Yeah.
(Eddy) Dude, this is massive! Bigger than your head!
Ah na na na na na na!
(Brett) I just realized, we need to get a basket, right?
Guys, I found it. The trolley here.
Ohhhhhh!
I can't explain it; it's like dried fish, right?
It's so awesome. It's actually just the most delicious thing ever!
We gotta pick some chips here!
Eddy, what do you think?
- (Eddy) You can get whatever tickles your fancies. - (Brett) Ohh!
(Brett) Oh, this really tickles my fancies!
(Eddy) Get it.
This used to be a childhood favorite of mine.
(Eddy) They changed the packaging now, though.
- (Eddy) Back then, it was just this dude. Remember? - (Brett) Yeah!
- (Brett) Nice! - (Eddy) Alright, this is pretty good.
(Brett) This is trip down memory lane.
(Eddy) Ahh yeah! That s***'s the best!
Okay guys, this is like, O.G. stuff.
- I'm gonna take one just 'cause it's O.G. - (Eddy) Yeah, nice. Good choice.
(Brett) Oh, duuude!
(Brett) Oh, brooo!
- Oh my Gooood! - (Eddy) What?
(Brett) I'm getting a large one, I'm sorry.
Non-negotiable.
This is the best pudding in the world.
(Eddy) That was my favorite as a kid.
Oh, wow! I'm so happy right now!
(Brett) Ohh ho ho ho ho! Oh ho ho!
Oh, dude!
This was like, my childhood.
- (Eddy) Yeah, let's go. - (Brett) Oh, I take the greats.
Dude, look at this- all of this is just...
(Brett) Oh, I see something. Can just I zoom in there?
(Brett) On your right, look at the yellow thing.
(Brett) Yeaaaaaaah!
(Eddy) Not just that, but this as well.
- (Brett) Hey Song sarsaparilla [Mandarin]. - Yeah.
I haven't had them for so long.
- (Eddy) This is like, mad memories right now. - (Brett) This is-
(Brett) Every dining meal I've had with my parents,
- (Brett) with family and friends- - Yeah, they always have that! It's so random!
- (Brett) Yup, and I always go for these two. - Yeah, they always have that! It's so random!
- (Eddy) Ahh, bro! - (Brett) Ahh, milk tea [Mandarin]! Ahhh yeah!
(Eddy) This used to be my favorite.
- (Eddy) I guess we have to get one now, right? - (Brett) Yeah, we have to get one.
(Eddy) But it's like a massive pack.
- (Brett) Ahh, just get it. - (Eddy) Alright.
- (Eddy) Ah bro, we gotta get this, man! - (Brett) Which one are we getting?
- (Eddy) Pocky. - (Brett) Ahahaha, yeah yeah.
- (Eddy) Bruh, that's my childhood, man. - (Brett) Yeah, okay, take that. That's original.
- (Eddy) And- - (Brett) Oh, look at the egg roooll!
- (Eddy) Ah okay, nah, that's pretty f***ing epic as well. - (Brett) Ohhh!
(Brett) This is...
- (Eddy) Ah s***. - (Brett) Sorry, I'm just waaaay too excited right now.
(Brett) Oh! Do you remember this?
(Eddy) Uh, yeah, I never had it much, but I've seen it around.
- (Eddy) Yeah. Is that your thing? - (Brett) It's so good!
- (Brett) Yeaaah, but it's too much! I can't! - (Eddy) You gonna get it?
- (Brett) I guess we can s- ahh, I can't! It's too- - (Eddy) Too big.
(Brett) Ah maybe n- ahhh!
(Eddy) Oh, this was my favorite, dude!
(Brett) Ah dude, it's too much, bro!
- (Eddy) I used to love having this. - (Brett) Okay, let's get that!
- (Eddy) Ugh, I guess so, right? - (Brett) I guess.
I'm really tempted to get this.
This is amazing. Brown sugar soft flour cake.
(Eddy) I don't know, your call.
Ugh...
(Eddy) Hahaha, s***!
Oh dude, you ready? Dried beancurd [Mandarin].
(Eddy) Ohhhh...
Nah, this is it!
- (Eddy) Dude, I gotta get it. - (Brett) We gotta get that! Hahaha!
- (Brett) This one. - (Eddy) Alright.
(Brett) Oh, dude!
(Brett) Hehehe!
(Eddy) I think we're good, bro. I think we got enough.
- (Eddy) We should leave before we overfill this trolley. - (Brett) Yeah.
Here's the first one.
Egg roll- let's put it all on the table.
- Custard. - Mhm.
- Shrimp. - Shrimp strips [Mandarin].
Dried fish strips [Mandarin].
- Wang Wang! - Yes.
This, we might save for later.
- Oyster omelette [Mandarin] flavored chips. - Mmm.
Pocky.
- My favorite! - Ohhh!
- We're not saving that for later! - Yeah!
- Ah, I love this too! Okay. - Yeah.
- O.G. Mai Xiang milk tea [Mandarin]. - Ohhh it's-
Ohhhhhh yeaaaah!
- Cheers! - Yep, cheers.
- Oh wow. Childhood flavor. - That's amazing.
- These two are the O.G. - Yeah.
I still remember going on long bus trips and getting off the bus.
- It's always at like, 7-Eleven. - Yep.
- I remember going for Hey Song sarsaparilla [Mandarin]. - Yeah.
I was like, "I must get one!" I was so happy.
I feel like something savory-
- This one. - Okay.
- Ho ho ho hahahaha! Yeah! - Jumping straight to your favorite!
So how would you describe this in English?
It's like... beef-flavored tofu...?
Tofu beancurd cake with artificial flavoring.
- I can't wait, I'm just gonna eat one. Hehe! - Hahahaha!
It's gonna be so amazing.
Ah, that's pretty good.
Mmm.
Mmm!
It's like tofu, but like, sweet,
but also tastes kinda like meat, but it's not meat.
- It's unfortunate that YouTube can't transfer taste, but... - (Eddy) Yeah.
I know it looks kinda weird...
I feel like this is something I can just-
like, eat the whole thing and not realize.
- Like right now. - Hahaha! Yeah, it's so good!
Mmm!
I got a feeling I'm going to be very sick after this.
- Yeah, it's gonna be like the bubble tea video! You go bleeeah... - Yeah!
That's our official bubble tea review!
- Okay. - This is my favorite...
- Yeah, I know this one. - In primary school and high school.
So it's like this cakey thing on the outside,
and the inside is like, this custardy thing, I don't know.
It's like if you don't have time to go,
just get cream puffs [Mandarin].
This is the best.
- (Brett) Ho ho ho ho ho ho! - Tada!
- Mmm! - Mmm!
- It's so soft! - Mmm!
I remember the smell.
If you haven't had any of this stuff, I highly recommend.
Find an Asian grocery near your place.
This is so good.
Mhmhm, still eating it!
- I mean, it's so good. - Nah, your turn!
I gotta pace myself.
Oi, look, ASMR.
Oh yeah, this is an ASMR video now!
Here, just smell it.
Mmm...
That smells good.
Mmm hm hm hm!
There's something about, like-
Mmmmm!
- the chips in Asia. Like, that thick texture. - No, and the taste is so thick and nice!
- Ah, this is pretty good. - Yeah, so good!
Do you remember this? You don't.
I've never had this flavor.
- It's amaaaazing! - But I remember the texture.
There's this famous dish
called "oyster omelette" [Mandarin] in Taiwan.
And it's like- what is it?
Oysters and egg with some sauce on it...?
It's the type of food you get at a night market,
where it's like, really chill, really cheap, but just like...
- Mmm! Powerful flavor. - Like- mmm.
That's actually really good.
That's actually really good!
I'm surprised.
- Alright, is it my turn? - Mhm.
Hmm... Pocky.
I'm going to feel so sick after this.
Pocky! You know like, those animes
where like, the school girl has a Pocky?
This is... iconic.
When I was a kid, I used to trade these Pockys for other food.
- "I'll trade you one Pocky for a chip", like... - Yeah.
How the anime characters eat it, they go like:
I remember I got Pocky for a birthday gift once. I was so happy.
It's like chocolate on a breadstick.
Yeah, this was a classic.
It's so small and compact, you can bring in lunchboxes.
It's a perfect practice snack.
- (Eddy) Mhm. - (Brett) Both start with "P".
Practice with Pocky!
Dude, this is actually-
- It's like, I haven't had these flavors for so long! - It's so good!
You don't get this in Australia.
Like, okay, maybe you can buy
- this in Australia if you live in an Asian community. - Yeah.
Maybe this as well.
- But I don't think this pudding exists in Australia. - Nah, or this.
- Okay, I'm gonna go with the um, what was it? - Wang Wang.
Wang Wang, yeah.
Here you go.
Little ball.
You know I used- what I used to do as a kid with this?
I mean, I don't endorse wasting food, guys.
I used to grab it and use my hand and crush it. *Pop*
- Why? - And pop it in people's faces.
When you realize Brett wasn't the one that got bullied,
but he was the bully...
Every friend was like, "Yeah yeah yeah!"
And it went, "Pum"!
- This is so good! - (Brett) So good.
It's got that creamy flavor aftertaste.
Next probably has got to be...
Oh okay, this is the sh- I'm gonna show them.
- See this? It's a shrimp cracker! Super famous! - Oh!
Mmm!
Oh my God!
I feel like they're just watching us say, "Oh my God".
- Yeah, I know! - Hehe, it's the shrimp flavor!
Dude, it's spicy!
- Oh, they upgraded it! - Yeah!
Did it always used to be spicy? It didn't, right?
I dunno, but I like it!
Tastes like being forced to study and practice violin
when I was 8, and having no friends.
That's so sad! So you're eating by yourself?
But that's what gets me through it.
- Mmm. - Alright, I'm actually full.
I'm not feeling that egg roll.
- I know it's pretty amazing, but we're a bit too full for it. - Yeah.
This as well, I'm still a bit- I'm a bit full for it,
but it's pretty amazing too.
This one's more like, unique.
It's got this chewiness to it.
Right, and you can kind of chew on it for a while,
and it's a lot of fish flavor.
Let's try these two.
- I remember when I used to go to my grandma's house... - (Brett) Mhm.
...back in the day. She would always reward me with this.
She would get me to do some errand,
and if I was like, a good kid, she would give me this,
and I would be so happy.
- That is a classic. - She had like, a cupboard or a stash of all these.
- I tried to like, sneak in once. - You did? Hahahahaha!
- Do you want one as well? - Yeah, of course!
- Alright. - Dude.
I'm just curious how my tastebuds,
almost 20 years after, will feel about it.
- Do we shake it? - Nah.
Ah, it's got that flavor.
Compared to the premium bubble tea that exists in Taiwan,
obviously it's not as refined, but definitely nostalgia, like, I felt it.
- Pack it in your lunchbox. - Yeah.
Mmm!
Dude, I feel like I'm back at my grandma's house.
Yeah! It almost puts you back to a place in time.
And as a kid, you don't remember a lot of things,
but you just remember when it feels good.
- Yeah. - Like, "Yeah! This was an epic moment."
Like this.
Sorry, this is so good.
Is this what a mukbang person's life feels like?
Dude, that's a pretty good life.
This is it, the K.O.
This is happiness right here.
- Where's the umm... yeah. - The spoons, right?
Doesn't matter. It ain't stopping me, I'm still eating it!
I don't care, I'll use my hands!
(Eddy) Aw.
(Brett) Okay. This is the dish of them all.
Yeah, this is definitely my favorite.
Wow, look at that!
I think this flavor has been around since so many years.
- I don't think it's changed in like, 20 years. - I don't think it's ever changed.
All my memories of this beautiful pudding.
Mmm!
You know how people make flavors around desserts and stuff?
People make flavors around this: ice cream pudding, and like-
This brown part is like, brown sugar, black sugar?
- Who knows. - This is pudding,
and if you look at the history of bubble tea,
people often also add grass jelly and pudding,
and then somewhere down the line, people just went,
"You know what? Let's just put this brown sugary thing
into the pearls and make brown sugar milk tea."
- Ah. - All came from this, man.
So you gotta like...
- Mmm. - ...get down enough so you mix...
- The spoon gets both layers. - You can see...
- Yeah? - (Eddy) Yeah.
- Oh my God. - Oh wow.
- That's a winner right here. - Yeah.
This one hits different.
It hits different.
- This is the best way to describe it, it hits different. - It hits different!
Sorry, I'm just eating. It's so good.
Mmm!
And why is it so consistent?
Dude, you smashed it!
I'm not even halfway!
Dude...
Holy moly! Eddy's already finished!
I have one job right now! Nothing else matters.
Okay. That's amazing.
So that's it for today, guys!
We don't know why we made this video!
It's just- it's-
- Normally, we have a point to make! - Yeah!
Really, this time is just... we love the food,
and we just want to share with you guys.
(Whispering) So see you guys next time!
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- Mmm... - Buh-bye!