Summers in Sweden are absolutely divine. We're here for one weekend,
the weather is consistently in the low 20s with clear skies, gentle breezes and eternal sunsets.
M: Seriously guys, the sun sets around like 9:45, maybe 10 p.m
It's just been really long gorgeous days of beautiful sun
S: And so when Malmö tourism invited us out here to do a video on whatever we wanted,
we figured we'd give you a food guide. So you can enjoy your summer days here with some delicious pastries,
some very fine coffee and some absolutely amazing food
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M: Not to mention >FIKA ALL DAY<
I don't think we're supposed to 'fika' all day, but we fika-ed all day
S: And if you've seen our video about how to eat in Japan, we've applied those same tips here
Martina has done heaps of research online and when we came here, we've asked heaps of people
where we should go. We're also gonna leave all the links of these places in the infobox below
Come.. it's time for some delicious food.
Can you get your hair out of your face we're supposed to be professional here
M: Hair and makeup, okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Hang on S: Okay, okay
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M: We heard 'Blå Hoddans'.. Hoddans.. Hoddans.. someone help me from Sweden!
And we're here to have amazing fish and chips You can see that they're fishmongers
Super fresh.. supposedly they go out and they capture but they close at 1:00 p.m
S: This is what I've been looking forward to the most. When Martina found this place on Google Maps and on
the different reviews you could barely see anything about it
but it is packed with people waiting for delicious fish and chips, shrimp sandwiches
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S: Look at this beautiful crunchy batter. You see how the flakes have pulled away right there
Give you a lot more depth. Beautiful, pristine, glowing, white fish in there.
M: By the way..that batter, the way that it's upright like that is exactly what you're looking for in good tempura
in Japan. Because it means that they drop it into the batter at a certain heat and then it makes it stand up
S: Yeah, it splats, yeah
M: Yeah, and it's like a actually a really good sign.. Wow. S: Here we go
S: So happy to be here. M: It was worth the scooter drive
S: This was worth.. coming out here M: *laughs* with out little scooters..
S: Mhm.. The small little scooters
Oh my gosh.. the huge salt flakes that they have on here
You could taste it just spreading across your tongue. It hits you in just like a raindrop a bomb of flavor
The fish is so tender. You don't even need teeth to eat this you could just mush it with your tongue
This is one of the softest fish and chips I've ever had the batter is so light.. the salt crystals on this
M: Sir, would you say that the UK has been dethroned regarding if it can make fish and chips better than Sweden
S: I went to London maybe like 15 years ago. Fish and chips I had there, were not as impressive as what I had here
M: Oh oh.. he said it S: But if.. London tourism wants to bring us over..
I won't be opposed to that. M: *laughs*
S: Hey love, I got a piece for you. You try this. M: Okay, we're gonna do, we're gonna..
In here.. in here
M: Oh my god.. it's barely batter S: right!?
M: It's so light, it's almost like it's been egg washed and dumped like it the way that it's so crunchy and light,
but not thick. Look at that.. S: Beautiful
M: I actually feel like, if you come all the way to Malmö and you don't come to this place,
It's a real stupid thing for you. S: No, this is highly highly recommend
M: And I do also recommend taking your camera and dipping the lens inside the tartar sauce.
S: Oh shit! M: *laughs*
You can't lick the tartar sauce off the lens.. oh boy.
For the record. I also wanted this, but I got this so we can try two different things. So you better share with me!
S: No one told ya.. to get a different one M: alright.. marriage
S: No one told you this M: You're not allowed to..
S: So where should I go next?
Swedish lady: The favorite one is >Bastard< S: >Bastard<, yes.. that's..
Swedish lady:.. that's so good S:..lovely.
M: We are here at 'Bastard'. That's the name of the restaurant.
YA BASTARD!
This is a bucket list place for me. Literally, we got off of an 11 hour flight,
went to our hotel dumped our stuff and we rushed over here. And we had an amazing meal
and then we immediately tried to make reservations
So here we are again getting an actual table ready to dig in again and share this meal with you guys
This place has been..
unavoidable no matter how much I searched online..vlogs..tags. You named it..
It always came up as a place you have to go to.
And then once we were actually here in Malmö and we were talking to the locals..
every single person consistently, was like 'Oh and you have to check out >Bastard<'
Now this isn't just us, it's everybody. Look.. I literally have a piece of paper of places. And what's that right there?
YA BASTARD
S: This place also has really really good wines, from what we've heard. Martina is having right now
But they also have a really interesting cocktail bar
with some original cocktails. I'm having the unholy water which according to the menu is tequila,
falernum and a new flavor, which is..
..'F*ck Trump and his stupid f***ing wall'.
I wasn't sure if that would be like cheeto flavour or maybe a little fruity, tasting like..
Impeachments
I'm just kidding. I don't care about US politics at all. Let me give this a sip
Whoo
That's a spicy cocktail. Yes spice in your cocktails. Love it. So fun and playful.
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S: Oh my god ladies and gentlemen this right here is..the main event
This is what we wanted to share with you the most. When we were here on the first day,
we sat right by their massive pizza oven and we watched him make beautiful pizzas. You could just smell it
My eyes are salivating it's called crying..all right, by the way. This one right here has
mozzarella, onion, beets.. very red beets, I suppose purple beets. It has ricotta, hazelnuts and pecorino.
I have never had a hazelnut on a pizza before. Let's see what this tastes like
You have to come here just for the pizza! Are you ready? I am..
Hmm.. ahh.. I love changes in texture. We got the softness of the dough with the cheese,
really really soft onions in there and then a beautiful crunch from the hazelnuts coming through..
This is such a good Pizza!
YA BASTARD
M: Wow look at the color on this
I've had golden beets and I've had red beets before but I've never had this.. this golden red beet
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S: Wow, right? M: Now I understand your reaction
I was very doubtful of hazelnuts. They're the right nut. They're not overwhelming. They're crunchy
but they're not unpleasantly crunch. It's not like a peanut that's dry. Hmm..
and the pecorino cheese just kind of like.. punches out at you
And then you have the earthiness of the beet, kind of like balancing it out. And the pizza dough is so airy and fluffy
I'm taking the whole pizza Simon. S: I just order another
M: Aw.. true S: Brat.. what's known as a restaurant
The one thing that I really can't get over is this is such a dreamy location. Like the decor is so beautiful.
There's Bistro lights everywhere and there's a huge tree behind Simon, that's peppered
with these little tiny fairy lights. There's little tiny bottles hanging, filled with flowers.. on the tree
Tables with mismatched furniture that also will come together and a lot of mirrors on the wall
it's like an indoor / outdoor scenario
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That's cauliflower?! This is an explosion of magical savory flavors in your mouth
You're gonna be blown away.
I'm just gonna give you some of this right now.. just to try like a little bit..
S: Holy F*ck! M: Right!?
S: That's cauliflower? M: Yeah, it's like a sauce and a mashes potato and
cheese came together and made love S: Yeah.. it definitely does have a cheesiness to it
M: Doesn't it..?
S: Oh my god! What a juicy pork that is. This is the star of the show!
The Pizza before was the star show, but this 'Munka Pork'.. this is..
a really 'wow' dish. One thing to note is this wasn't on the menu when we were here two days ago
The menu is constantly changing.
The pizza we had today is very different from the pizza we had two days ago
They just look for what seasonal. We saw the guy walk in with the fresh (?)
This place is really respectful of the ingredients that they work with.
and it really shows in the dishes that they serve you
Wow Wow
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M: All right guys, we're gonna have an important discussion about 'fika' and 'hygge'
'fika' is very important to Swedish culture and I suspect in Danish culture as well. Basically..
It's going for coffee and having a pastry or having a sandwich with a friend or colleague or even a stranger
But it is more than just the act of having coffee and eating food
It's kind of both a noun and a verb at the same time you go for fika
and then you 'fika' ..it's feeling that you get that makes you feel hygge
And 'hygge' is like a cozy, happy...
Simon is looking at me.. Simon is looking at me very suspiciously
S: Hygge is.. M: What are you trying to.. why are you..
S: Yes, it is a very confusing concept and people went at great lengths to explain it to us. From what I've heard
It's not just the act of like having a coffee and a pastry
It's the act of sitting down and socializing to people. It's the socialising aspect that's really important
That's why it was really interesting how so many strangers talked to us so openly and so kind..
So I think that's what 'fika' is all about. I'm not sure if fika is a noun or the verb
We're about to 'fika' the f*ck out of all these places
S: UH! M: Oow!
M: You're supposed to be gentle
S: Gentle high fives. We should just nipple flick. That's so much easier. Just like..
M: Don't you..! S: ..together. This is a handshake.. you're just like..
when you grab forearms.. okay.. and you hold the camera
M:.. I hold the camera and then I flick your nip
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We're in >Uggla< which I've learned means owl and this place has a whole lot of owls in them
They said not to bring any more owls. But I kind of find that a little bit of a challenge,
so if you come here make sure you bring.. they want nothing but owls in this place
M: *laughs* No, no.. they said no more S: .. bring it to them as gifts.
they will very much appreciate it
We're in St. Knut square.. I think that's how it's pronounced.
This is the cooler, hipstery part of central Malmö
And they really take their coffee seriously. We had a long talk with them about beans and roastery
They give us lots of good suggestions. And I had my first ever oat milk latte, which I never thought oat milk
would actually tastes as good as it actually does
Yeah, I'm really digging oat milk..
and I really enjoyed this. Try out some oat milk! Supposingly it's milk, but made for humans
This place is also very dog friendly - two really nice ones came in
(Martina's dog voiceover) Uh, I am very good boys, thank you for touching me.. uh, very good touches
I AM THADIUS, DESTROYER OF GALAXIES!!!
But my human name is Pom-Pom-Puffy-Butt-Butt
Make sure you come here to get some really good coffee,
some phenomenal sandwiches that they have here.. M: Oh my gosh.. simon had goat.. hold my hands
S: It had this goat cheese with beautiful, like crispy bread
(Food porn music)
I've never even had this kind of bread before. Martina had this ham sandwich
(Food porn music)
Ham sandwich on so dense and chewy and delicious..
with these tomatoes that were like red and green on top
This is a really cool coffee shop! Highly recommended 10 out of 10.. do come here
M: Pet the dogs, talk to the people working here. Everybody's really friendly and plus
It's hella cute. Do you see this place? It looks like an adorable retro diner.
S: They're definitely a little bit low on owls
I'll tell you the one thing that I was really surprised about when it came to Malmö
They are so bike friendly. They have bike lanes. They're perfectly paved. You can use your little scooter, your bike
They even have the bikes that we see.. when we were in Amsterdam with like the bucket out front
and they even have their own lights. So one point, I was waiting at the light on my scooter
Simon's like 'It's your green- cross!' and I'm like 'It's not! The hand says red!'
And Simon's like 'You're not the hand. That's for pedestrians!'.. and I'm like 'I can't go!'
There's like a light for people to walk across and then there's a tiny light for you if you're a biker
And then there's a big boy light and that's if you're car
S: Malmö is the 5th most bike-friendly city in the world M: Is it really?
S: Yeah! M: Good job, nerd!
M: Simon presents Swedish jokes 101
S: I heard that Maria's got a boyfriend,
which means..
M: Maria's.. got a cock.. Ducky, come on.. S: Classy!
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So we're at St. Jakobs and forgive me for this next part:
Sten..uuu..ganste..bageri (Stenugnsbageri = stone oven bakery)
and they are known for making just epic bread and pastries and
it was a 15 minute little scooter drive over away from where we're staying and it was absolutely worth it
because this place is charming to the max
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We were talking to the baker here and she said that she just kind of made this one up
It's like a summertime in a pastry, she said. So you've got the strawberries in the summertime
which by the way Swedish strawberries and Swedish raspberries are
The bomb diggity. I am wearing my strawberry earrings because I love berries
if you haven't noticed I'm wearing strawberries on my nails *laughs*
S: See, I find this so neat that you're talking about the strawberry pastry when that's not what you ordered
M: Oh, we're gonna share..
S: You ordered the Kardemummabullar M: We're gonna share.. because..
that's what we do, we're married. S: Look at this gorgeous heavy, dense..
summer dream pastry. This is.. this is a really heavy boy
Mmm.. so nicely spiced! That powdered sugar is so..
innocent at the end of such a decadent dish
M: You know, I could literally hear the juices pouring out of that strawberry when you bit in to it, it was like..
*slurp sounds*
Hmm well, I mean you need to save me a tiny bit..
you have to save me like.. you really have to see tiny bit..
We can't eat two.. of these
S: Yes you can M: Wow.. *laughs*
S: Wooow
Right?
M: Dreams and magic and fairies in summer
Oh my gosh, I really enjoy this type of custard
you know, like it's really really thick almost like a jello but not in gelatinous
It's just a really really dense heavy kind of creamy taste in your mouth and it matches beautifully with the pastry
You can even see the little specks of vanilla inside of it
and the kind of perfumey smell coming off the outside of the dough
That's got that Earl Grey taste, but not that kind of like
flowering Earl Grey. But I can picture sitting outside in the summer fresh strawberry some vanilla clotted cream
having like a tea with cream in it and having a pastry. It's like it's all in one bite.. you know?
S: That's great because you're eating a lot of mine. And your's hasn't even..
Hey, stop licking it before you actually talk about it
(food porn voiceover) Oh my god, I love a good cinnamon bun and this one's got cardamon it's a..
Karde..karde..mu..mum..ah.. Kardemu..mumma
Uuuhh.. Kardememumabullar..Mmmm
They've managed to get cinnamon saturated in every single aspect of it
Like it's almost like the bread itself inside of it somehow
managed to like soak in a cinnamon sugar. It's dense, but it's not heavy
It's just the right amount of crunchy crisp on the edges and these are giant chunks of like sugar crystals here
Oh, I should test it in my coffee.
(food porn voiceover) I can't wait to dip you in some sweet sweet coffee Kardememummalabullar..
S: *moaning*
Mmm, I can't wait until we get to that age in our lives which we can both just be like
You know what? Let's see whatever we want to get fat. We're not there yet, and we're still very sensitive to internet trolls. I
Can't wait it's like eat like this every day
S: Mmm.. the different parts of the cinnamon bun have different textures
There's some that are like crunchier some that are fluffier some that are stickier. You don't get bored
You know what I like about this, as apposed to like Cinnabon you can eat one of these,
without hating your life afterward M: that's true
S: Right? I can never eat a Cinnabon and like feel good about myself, but this
Actually feel not bad
M: Swedish people are like 'You shouldn't'
'It's just as bad'
S: Fika fact: Supposedly the average Swedish person eats an average of 300 cinnamon buns per year
That's according to the Swedish website. Can't verify that or not.
All I know is that I'm 299 behind and I'm dedicated in this week
(Food porn Voiceover) Uhh.. Kardememummalabullar
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S: Wow.. these look so good M: absolutely lovely
M: Now for those of you that are coming all the way to Sweden and maybe it's your first time here
You might want to try something more traditional
So here at >Spoonery< where they have meatballs and potatoes and let me tell you Simon is real solidly jealous
and I can never say this right.. but lingonberries. S: Yeah
M: And they're fresh. Look at them.. they're like big plump actual berries.
Usually I have it like in a jammy format S: So silly
All right, Martina and I have this stupid thing that we do in which whenever we go to a restaurant
we can't order the same thing because we have to try different things.
She got the meatballs. I really wanted them
I got the chili, which I know is gonna be amazing, but look at those meatballs
that looks
So great M: Uuuuh
S: That looks so great. I know I'm gonna re... M: Did you see fast I ordered by the way
S: I know.. just right away M: because I knew what you were gonna do
and so I was just like 'off the meatballs!' S: I should've just gone for it..
M: You'll be able to have some of mine as well
M: Marriage! S: I'm gonna have half of yours.. alright
M: Uhhh
S: Wooo
M: Oh nooo S: Oh no
M: Oh no it's Christmas on a spoon
The thing about Swedish meatballs that they're so interesting is..
there's just a really nice smoothness to them. There's nothing like cartilage-y or bony or bumpy inside of them
and the gravy on top is never super salty
It's almost like a North American style ehm... brown gravy mixed with like a milk or something
It has more like a light creaminess to it, which makes it okay to have for lunch and look at these potatoes
Uhhh
Look at that golden color S: Oh man..
M: Mmmmm S: Uhhhh
M: For those of you that have never had these little magical lingonberries before..
it's like a raspberry and a cranberry got together and made out
and then accidentally made these little babies. They're tart, they're sweet..
S: Yeah so can I.. can we just swap bowls for a bit.. we're supposed to.. put your bowl on my side and let me..
S: Oh wow, these are like big chunks of meat in here. All right, let's try some Swedish chili
M: Or as they call it in Sweden.. just chili
S: Mmm-hmm.. M: Fantastic right?
S: It's a solid bowl of chili
It's just kind of like.. imagine you and your friend went to a casino and you won like 500 bucks.
Like holy smokes, that's great.. M: Aha..
S:.. and then your friend.. M: keep going..
S:.. won 10.000. You're like.. your still happy that you won
M: Yes.. go on S:..but if you would have just like
played at the other table, then you would have like won a lot more. This is..
I still highly recommend this chili. It's delicious,
the chunks of meat are huge and generous, it's well seasoned like the sour cream is.. so lovely
and on the bread is really nice. But.. Martinas is this really really good!
it's a showstopper right there M: that's cracking that
M: The handshake means nothing..excuse me.. S: *laughs* noo..
M: Guess what.. guess what. Cameras down...
Whenever we travel since we go to so many different countries your stomach can be upset
because you're trying different things all the time
but what we like to do is dive right into something that's local and filled with bacteria
in Korea..Kimchi. You wanna eat as much kimchi as possible.
When you're here.. if you can find something that's made with something local- This is from Malmö.
Which means I'm gonna be having local bacteria
So this will help up with all my digestion
Also, you wanna have yogurt or milk or something that's gonna get your gut going.
I recommend it as a foodie
S: Okay, these are some heavy heavy meals
and they're really great for eating right before an afternoon nap
because they'll knock you right out M: *laughs*
You definitely get into a food coma. But the thing that we really like about this place is..
it's right across from the street from the >Uggla< cafe.
The owl cafe that we were just talking about
So come in this neighborhood, have some Swedish meatballs here across the street..
if you feel like you're about to pass out, then get yourself a coffee..
cause I think that's what we're about to do
In between all the eating that we're doing when we're trying to recover from our food comas
It's really nice to head to one of Malmös very many parks. The breeze is just..
divine here on these glorious summer days. I could do this forever. Summers in Sweden.. are just so beautiful
M: wonderful..
S: You're wonderful M: You're wonderful
S: You're wonderful
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*dog barking*
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S: Oh my god, I am NOT ready for this. I am NOT f*cking ready for this. This is unbelievable
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S: Vietnamese coffee..
Salt caramel.. Owner: Hello!
M+S: Hello!
Hi, I'm Peter. Welcome! I have >KÖLD< ice cream in Malmö. Or for you.. cold ice cream
Why don't you come in and give it a try.
Half of them are vegan half of them are dairy and the flavors are just amazing
M: we have traveled out to the neighborhood of 'Mitt Möllan' on our little tiny scooters to come for
.. incredible ice cream. Now. I just wanna tell you guys that we have been.. you know..
around the world and we have had a lot of ice cream before. But this place here KÖLD is doing some..
incredible sh*t
Am I allowed to say that? I might have bleeped it out with a sheep
Guys, we sampled nearly every single ice cream that they had they gave us a little tiny spoons and they're like
'Oh my gosh. Try this out. Try that out' The owner is so passionate.. telling us about how they make things
we got four different flavors in this lovely little bamboo tray and
we're just gonna rip into these and tell you guys how dope they are in hopes that you come out here..
and try this incredible ice cream.
S: Now, Martina said that we tried all of them. That's a lie. I refused to try the goat cheese one,
because I love goat cheese and I really wanted to see what my reaction would be like when I had it.. pure.
Clean the spoon first. I want a pure clean spoon. Give it a lick girl
All right
M: Mmmmmmm
S: Goat cheese ice cream. I am so ready for this
Oh my god, I am NOT ready for this. I am NOT f*cking ready for this. This is..
Unbelievable
Yeah, I never would have thought.. goat cheese as ice cream. At first..
you have the sweetness come through. But then after a couple of seconds, that's when the goat cheese aroma
really starts to develop in your mouth and you got this sweet brown sauce. He said..
..it's name that I don't remember, that he explained M: it was some kind of a berry that he said
S: Yeah, some brown berry, but..
And now you taste the goat cheese!
Holy sh*t! M: we got 4 because..
S: we got 4 ice creams.. M:.. we couldn't choose a single one out of all these
S: Goat cheese.. motherf*cking ice cream!
This is phenomenal.
Okay, girl, you get the next flavor
M: I have some golden cream or golden milk ice cream here
Mmm.. I didn't get enough
Hmm
S: That's cardamom.. black pepper.. turmeric and ginger M: Got ginger..
Pumpkin pie lovers. I know not everybody has had pumpkin pie, but that smooth,
spicy, chai.. meets a pumpkin. I don't really know how to explain it outside of that it's pumpkin pie and this is..
motherf*cking pumpkin pie
I'm gonna try this one next
S: What's that one?
The salted caramel..! Okay, when we sampled this Simon and I were both like 'salted caramel..
I've had a lot of salted caramel ice cream. I don't know if I want salted caramel ice cream
He's like.. 'Okay, you need to try this because I use a smoked salt' and he came over..
opened up the salt container and it was super smoky
And I thought 'Okay, that's pretty smoky. Is it gonna work?'
Heck yes it's gonna work!
It ends up being almost like the 'Purin' that I made..
Oh no.. S: Ducky..!
M: Noooo
The Purin in that I made has that kind of caramel on top
That's just a little bit golden before it gets burnt, but it has that really deep flavor
It's not one of those lame
sugary caramel ice creams where it just kind of tastes like a poured out of a bottle kind of caramel
This is like a deep dark flavor. It's adult.. but I also think that a child could like it
S: Share with me M: Just give.. just..just.. let me just.. hang on
.. should I... just give me the.. just..
So here we have their cherry bomb ice cream
Hmm all these flavors are divine. I guarantee you you come to this place
Even if you don't like ice cream, you're gonna have a wonderful experience here and you're just gonna love it
You have no choice but to love it.. Wooow
M: Wow S: Wow!
M: I can honestly say, this is the best ice cream I've ever had in my entire life
S: This is so fun to eat. Every bite that you have gives you completely original flavors
Dancing all over your tongue.. Mmm!
Ducky.. I have some bad news for you. S: What up?
M: I think we might have forgot to press record on this S: Oh sh*t
M: Yeah, and so because we are not recording any of this that means that we have to.. ehm
S: Get some more M: Get more ice cream.
..and then like maybe come back tonight or tomorrow.. S: Maybe..
because if we didn't record any of this. I mean like my audio sounds on muffled. Doesn't it? Like..
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Honestly guys, I don't know what kind of party this is, we just accidentally stumbled upon it while on our scooters
This has been an absolutely fantastic trip that we've had
if you want to spend your summer vacation somewhere amazing
Make it Malmö!
Seriously guys, we gotta come back here again, ducky
It was just a totally awesome time
If you want to know any of the places that we went to make sure you check the info box
We're gonna have links to all the names of those locations. I'm gonna dance it out slowly,
so you can see the beautiful magical background behind me. Dancing it out slowly to disco music..
Well, that's it for our 30 minute video. Thank you for staying here
if you've been with us for this long. Guys let us know if you love 'fika' in your country *meow*
..or Meemers could meow over my voiceover.. that's fine!
Eh..check out the bloopers. We have a short and silent film known as just 'Fika'