Wakey wakey, rise and shine
What will we be putting in our mouths today?
Shut up Ben
Oh hey!
Now Mike
you know I recently spent some time in Japan
Have you?
I've heard nothing about it
It was amazing.
Hot pepper!
And like any holiday
I brought back gifts
Konnichiwa (hello)
Now today
I have these gifts for you
but it's not as easy as just being able to enjoy them
you have to win them
So I have a series of questions
and they're going to alternate between you
if you get your question right
the power is in your hand
you choose whether you want to enjoy the treat
or pass it on to the other person
If you get it wrong
the power shifts across.
Oh!
When making Sake
only the inner 40%
of the polished rice grain is needed
the outer bit is often given to livestock
but that 40% in the middle
is used to make...?
Barry: Jumpers!
We're a food channel.
Barry: I don't know (giggles)
Ben: Any other dishes arise? Jamie: Let's eat this jumper!
Barry: Hey, it can be a Japanese twist
I don't know.
Alright, ok.
We'll go for...
Bathwater
Ben: Also...
Wrong!
So, the middle part of the rice
is often used
to make Mochi.
Barry: I know what they are!
Ben: A Japanese sweet.
Jamie: Maybe you should have gotten the answer right then..
Barry: Yeah, but I didn't know that would make me.. (waves arms in frustration)
Jamie: RIght
Ben: You get the power
Would you like it? [J: Thank you.]
It's basically a glutinous rice ball
This particular one is covered in toasted sesame
with a red bean filling.
Barry: Are you sure mate?
Damn!
Ben: It's good.
Barry: I know that guys
Jamie: Mmm
You'd like these.
Ben: Next question
One for Jamie
J: Yup
Ben: Sticking with the sweet theme
in Japan they have over
200 Kit Kat flavours
Barry: Other - Jamie: Wow!
Barry: Other finger shaped chocolates, aren't they?
J: Are they?
Ben: ..that they've released this millenium
This is one of them
all you have to do is identify it
Difficult again
because if you get it right
the power is in your hand
and you choose whether
you have already not eaten it or not
If you get it wrong
you're not allowed to eat that
Jamie: I think Barry should be able to figure that
Ben: So we've tried lot's of Kit Kats before
there's a whole blog on it Sorted Food
Wasabi, green tea, raspberry
It's not-- you wouldn't associate it with a chocolate bar
Jamie: I don't know what that is
is a familiar flavour
Ben: It's sweet
Barry: You got any more description?
Ben: ...and it's a potato
Jamie: Is it sweet potato?
Ben: Sweet potato, Kit Kat.
Barry: ok I would never have got that actually
Jamie: No, I wouldn't have gotten that. [Barry: Never]
That is surprising
Ben: well neither of you got it wrong
so neither of you are allowed to try it
Next question for Barry
Sakura is a popular thing in Japan
they even have sakura zensen
I travelled half way around the world for it
[Jamie mocking Ben: Oh look at me I...] Ben: What is it? [...travelled around the world.]
Barry: Can I use a life line?
Ben: That's...
We have lines in this game show?
Barry: Can I phone a friend?
Ben: Do you have a friend?
Barry: I have a friend
I think he'll know the answer.
Mike: Konnichiwa Bazz
Barry: Konnichiwa Mike, how are you?
*Jamie giggles*
Yeah, I've got a question for you
So, sakura, you've heard of sakura, yeah? *Barry pronounces it like Zahkurrah*
Mike: It's actually pronounced Sah-Koo-Rah
Barry: Sakura. Sakura, he just corrected me as well.
Sakura
Mike: Yeah, it's the cherry blossom flower of the Japanese cherry tree
or prunus serrulata
and often grows in the temperate region of the northern hemisphere
[Barry: Okay]
Mike: Also, along with the chrysanthemum, it's considered Japan's national flower
Barry: But if you forget all that, it's a cherry blossom, yeah?
Yeah, cherry blossom
Ben: Correct.
I have a lot of food, that are cherry blossom coloured.
So I got you a few, the power is in your hand
or Mike's hand
Barry: I haven't had anything yet, so I'm going to try some
Ben: so this is a cherry blossom flavoured mochi
and this is very special
wrapped in a shiso leaf
Barry: Mm -- mmm [Jamie: Yeah?]
Ben: Cherry blossom
and they also have this, which is like a seasoning they put on
uhh, a lot of things. Try that one.
Barry: This is delicious
Jamie: Ooh! Oh!
Ben: Is that not the most unusual thing ever?
Jamie: That's fishy
Ben: So that's cod.
Like cod roe so yes it's fishy
but it's also with a lot of sugar and a lot of salt
so it's kind of a sweety salty fishy thing
Jamie: That's not my fish and chips, is it? Ben: And they use it to season things
Barry: Jamie [Jamie: Yeah?]
Have one
That is delicious
I got one! Thanks Mike!
Ben: Next question
Jamie
Tako sashimi
Jamie: Oh yes!
Ben: What's that?
Jamie: That what, obviously,
That is
uh raw fish
in a taco
Ben: Tako spelled with a k
Jamie: I've got to say that's going to be a type of
fish or seafood
Ben: Ichi, ni, san *1, 2, 3*
Jamie: Octopus!
Ben: Yes, the power is in your hand. [J: Yes!]
Jamie: Barry! [Barry: No!]
Ben: Let me just go to the fridge, let me just go to the fridge.
Barry: Oh no wait a minute, this is the-- Jamie: Barry's going to love this
Barry: This is the live one, it's not live is it?
Ben: So..
'cus that texture just makes it taste all the better
so sometimes you think cooked [J: Mmm]
and put onto sushi rice
sometimes strapped down with a little bit of seaweed
the sashimi star
some people are put off by the tentacles and the appearance
but it's sooo good
*Jamie laughs*
Barry: No Ben: No
Barry: I don't
Ben: Do you want some good fish? - Do you want some sashimi tuna while we're here?
Jamie: Yes!
Barry: You just had some
Jamie: I did
Barry: I didn't allow you to
Jamie: Well I got it wrong, it's my punishment
Jamie: arghh
This is why this game doesn't work
Barry: I know
Ben: Last one. I don't know who's keeping score
Jamie: To be honest, the whole game format
of this has completely disappeared out the window
it is-- this is just trying Japanese food
Ben: And another one
Jamie: It's bread
Barry: I think it's a donut
Hopefully there's a jammy something in the middle
Jamie: Ohhh
Barry: I reckon
Ben: Yeah? No, you're both wrong
Barry: Right Ben: But that's what I thought when I bought one in Japan
and bit into it as a nice afternoon snack
Try some of that
Barry: Oh. Ooh! Jamie: Mm!
Ben: Japanese Curry Pan
Jamie: Yeah
Ben: So it's a curry bread; it's like a donut.
It's got the panko crust on the outside
and inside, Japanese curry
Jamie: Next question
Ben: I'm not going to lie, I thought that was it
Barry: Oh. Jamie: Oh.
Ben: And I have idea who won.
Barry: I don't think that. I think Japan wins because they get these and we don't.
Jamie: Japan! Ben: Japan wins.
Barry: Yeah, Japan wins.
Ben: It was just I had three bottles of whiskey to give to the winner
but I'll have to take them back to Japan. Jamie: Oh no!
Well see, the thing is
I really think that I might've won that
but that was-- I was Barry: It was me, you, and Japan
Jamie: Exactly! Me, you, and Japan.
That's a film isn't it?
Barry: Dupree.
Jamie: Dupree.
Right.
Ben: Well, I think that Fridge Cam had ev--
Mike: Nothing
It had no game, it had no rules, it had no winner.
It had no audience.
It wasn't really a Fridge Cam. It had no structure.
Ben: I quite liked it! Mike: It had no personality.
It had no talent. It had no--.