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- (PD) Hi guys! - HELLO!
(PD) In your day-to-day life, what are some items you would compromise quality for in order to get a cheaper price?
Clothes, I would say. Fast fashion tends to be cheaper...
It's generic and a lot of people will probably own it,
But I'd buy them so that I wouldn't feel so sad if I had to throw them away.
- Food. - Really? No. I spend on food.
I spend the most on food. I live for food.
No wonder you poop so much.
You know mineral water? You have your Fiji and your Dasani.
- They taste the same. - I don't know why people would opt for Fiji.
Damn step. Try hard.
But if it's carbonated water... Like... Yeah.
Bougie.
Do you believe in the mantra, 'You get what you paid for'?
What's a mantra?
Oh.
I think that there's some truth to it. When it comes to cost, cheaper goods
are going to use cheaper materials,
as well as cheaper labour to create these things.
For food, I think that you get what you paid for. For example,
when I eat cheap sushi and when I eat expensive sushi...
There is a clear difference.
But for things like branded stuff, costs can spike a lot.
In terms of the price. The quality is good, but is it worth the money?
(PD) On this episode of Singaporeans Try, you will be trying the Expensive Taste Test,
to see if you can differentiate expensive items from their cheaper alternatives.
I need water, which I'm going to use to cleanse my tastebuds.
Your palate.
Why are you so gross when you drink water?
Don't laugh!!!
Don't laugh!
- Ooh. - What's this?
I know! Yoga pants!
- Whose tights are these? - I know, Cotton On or Lululemon.
Based on looks, I think it's this.
This one has -
Ew, Bolin!
This is somebody's tights. Can you not?
- And the area you just smelled is slightly inappropriate. - I'm sorry!
- Quite stretchable. - Ok.
If you have a big butt and the (material) is super thin, you can see your butt.
The lower quality kind... You can see the skin.
Look at the drawstring. This kind is the kind where you'll need to tie two together.
I feel like more thought has been put into this one.
This prevents one side from going inside the freakin' pants.
Wait. You see? There's a difference at the leg area.
They folded and sewed this.
This one - they just cut it off like that.
But even though they cut it off like that, it looks seamless. Like your seamless panties.
A.
B! Oh~
Yeah!
Despite knowing and feeling how good it is,
I will not spend that money on this.
It's just too much.
This is like... Cotton On kind of standard, where I buy leggings from for dance, because I think that they are quite sturdy.
- I see. - I'd rather buy a $30 one than a $75.
- Lululemon?! - I knew it!
- Why so expensive? - Why never finish?
You never finish the cut!
- Ooh, flannel. - I definitely can't tell. This looks like Abercrombie and Fitch's.
When I touch this, I feel like I'm in heaven.
- It's very soft. - A lot of clouds...
When I touch this, I feel like... [inaudible]
- When I touch this, I'm in heaven. - I know. This one has the...
The sound.
This one is...
Cheap brands wouldn't put their brand here.
Maybe it's like this when you model it.
- The button... Wah, see? - Wah.
I think this one fell out before. She didn't do a good job. Amanda (PD)
Producer, is it you every time just...
- That's why all your buttons keep falling off. - You and Justin ah...
Eh, you guys forgot to hide this. I already know what brand it is. H&M.
We are such brand hoes. So this is H&M and this is A&F?
This is the more expensive one.
- We got cheap taste. - Which is good.
Low maintenance. So anyone out there...
About there, right? I've got it.
- But wow, would I buy... - $108? I would not.
Wow! Bags!
- Is this a Kelly bag? - No, a brand that rhymes with... Qiu Qiu.
Prada. So big here.
This one is definitely a Michael Kors or a Kate Spade.
It's here. Charles and Keith. Guys...
It's straightforward! What do you mean...
Unless they... trick question.
This bag has a lot of compartments.
But it's damn hard.
Fauzi will smell.
Actually, if - Whoa!
One of the easiest ways to tell the quality is through the zips.
One of the most... easy...
so-called... er...
way to tell... Later the owner slap you.
But you know, even if I have a Prada bag right, you know what I will put inside? Burgers.
I da bao (takeaway).
I like the hardware on this and I also like that the hardware is soft.
Cannot open!!!
If I'm paying so much for a bag, it better open for the next 500 years.
This has a glossy finishing that I don't think expensive goods have.
Glossy makes it look cheap.
- Eh, there got hand sanitizer! - Don't snatch!
$2,500 and you get rusty zips and zips that don't work?!
Sis, I wouldn't.
Real Prada?
Oh my God. I would want a wallet out of this.
This is your chance.
I really don't like the taste of expensive water. I like tap water.
Whichever I don't like more will probably be more expensive.
That is a good litmus test. We shall try.
The sense of sight.
There are no particles in it.
- No echo. - Nothing.
- Sense of smell. - Smell what?
Smell like water. Smell like nothing.
Sense of touch.
- Very smooth. - Sense of taste.
[Slurping sounds]
Wow, tastes like water.
- How liddat. - I think this one is more expensive.
There is a filtered taste.
This has a bit of impurities because there's some iron-ish taste.
Which is very much present in tap water.
In all honesty, they both just taste like water. If you bottled both of these, I'd be fine drinking them.
- A. - B.
A. No wonder $3.95.
$2.50 for the bottle, $0.50 for the printing,
$0.95 for the water.
Artisan water from Norway.
They sent Jack and Jill with glass bottles. They will go to the river and put like that.
Then once finish... Cap. Cap.
- Legit from our tap water? - That shows that NEWater mixed with tap water is damn good.
You are freaking amazing, Singapore.
Hold this one... Help me take...
This one -
Based on the appearance, what's your instinct? Which is more expensive?
- I think that the smaller one is more expensive. - Why?!
I feel that the cheaper apples at supermarkets are bigger. The smaller ones are hence more expensive.
Just by looking at the skin... It's so much redder. It's like Snow White's apple.
- This is more lao hong (soggy). In Hokkien, we say 'hu hu'.
It's like... briny.
Whoa, why?
- It's very sweet! - I can smell your apple breath.
- Fauzi! - Hard lah.
Not as sweet as this. I think that this is the cheaper one.
This one. Ang Mo Kio Block 621.
Yeah. Ang Mo Kio. 621.
A is more expensive.
- What?! - I can buy a $3 McDonald's breakfast.
It's the same as the - [stammers] Fuji Apple!
This shit - This is from NTUC?!
What the heck, I sacrificed my mouth for the apple and I ate the cheap one.
What?
Foundation. Based on texture, one seems more runny than the other.
Which one do you think is more expensive?
I can't tell. For beauty brands. they also have super runny (foundations).
Because it's lightweight on your skin...
It's breathable...
I feel like foundations shouldn't be so thick. Because it's the first layer.
Because if it's too thick, your skin can't breathe. This one is not so thick.
No, that's what it looks like. So A looks thicker than B,
but when you actually use it,
Oh yeah...
B feels thicker than A. Oh yeah...
B feels thicker than A.
Help me conceal my mole.
Why did you just tell me that... And I have a lot of pimples here...
- It's easier to blend. - Yeah.
It's blendable.
- Yeah. - You all never give us the egg?
- Aiya. - Then how to do this review?
Just let it sit for 1 hour and we will see the difference...
Oh... Oops...
Oh no...
I'm sweating...
Do the wipe test.
- There is a lot of residue for 'B'. - Hm? This?
Nani?
I feel like... With more expensive foundations, they'll have a little bit more fragrance to it.
- Not bad lah. - Yeah, it's too nice to be a cheapo drugstore one.
I try this.
The smell is real bad. Based on smell, it's a no for me.
This one seeped into my skin.
This one is like... Woohoo, I like to wave around atop your skin.
B.
No! It's so bad! It's sooo bad...
It stinks! Can you imagine putting this on your face and smelling like this? Your boyfriend won't want to kiss you.
Eee!
If you buy the expensive one, your money will...
If you buy this one, your money will...
Yeah.
The cheap one? Ugh, we have very high standards for girlfriends.
We want them to smell like... A.
That smells like shit.
The more yellow, the more quality it is.
Smells like milk! Oh, this has no smell.
This is like a baby's (formula) milk.
- They take the mother's breast milk... - No!
What if it is?!
Oh my God, I would die.
This one feels a bit like formula milk. This one is like fresh milk.
- Breast milk! - This one really does smell a bit strange.
I feel like (A) is the kind that you find in the fridge, while (B) is the kind that you'll find on the shelf.
I don't have expensive taste, but I'm quite sure that this is from Japan.
This is Udder fresh milk. Straight from the cow's teat.
Because this is watery and this is thicker.
If you ask me which I like better, I'd say 'A'. But which one is more expensive? 'B'.
Oh my God, it is really from the cow's teat.
- And then where does this come from? - Japan cow...
They fly here...
The local farm will squeeze this for you.
Mummy, thank you. From young you've fed me expensive Meiji fresh milk.
Until I grow till 195 cm.
Ladies and gentlemen, if you want to grow tall, drink good quality milk.
- (PD) How did you think you fared on this challenge? - Honestly, no idea.
It was better with the clothes questions.
- Right. - With food, I can't tell, especially when it came down to staples such as apples.
- Good. We only got 1 wrong. - I think we did pretty well.
Bad. But I know that we both have low quality taste.
What?
- (PD) Which round was the hardest? - I felt conned by the Charles and Keith bag and the Prada bag.
We looked at it and was like, the zips can't even be opened... Means it's not good.
Because that's what you assume when you're paying for an expensive bag. You'd assume it would last over time.
The bag and the water, actually.
Water is not something I've thought of or noticed with regards to the taste.
I will not pay for water.
For me it would be the milk. I think you got into my head.
At first I thought it was the shelf stable kind.
Then you said it was the Japanese one...
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