- Today we use our noodle to guess the noodles.
- Let's talk about that.
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- But now, consider noodles
or as I call them food worms.
They're slippery, slimy and oh so delicious.
- And we're not the only ones
who think they're delicious.
Almost every culture eats some kind of noodle
but can we tell what country a noodle dish is from
just by slurping it?
It's time for.
♪ Where in the world ♪
♪ Do these international noodles come from ♪
- We're gonna be tasting
a bunch of international noodle dishes
from all around the world
and then we're gonna guess where
by throwing a dart at that country over there on our map.
Chase, our resident cartographer--
- He's back.
- [Link] Gotten very spry.
Hello, Chase Cartographer.
- Oh hello Link. - He's gonna be measuring
our distance to the correct answer
and as always, the shortest total distance at the end
wins the game
and the loser is going to be disciplined
with a wet noodle in Good Mythical More.
Now Link, you've got a pretty bad track record with this
and so we usually give you a cheat
and your advantage today
is you're going to have, for one round,
the NART
which is a noodle dart
where you can take a handful of noodles
and chuck 'em right at the board.
The closest thing from the noodles or the sauce or whatever,
that's your answer.
- You know what, I don't want to use that.
Just kidding, I definitely want to use that.
Let's do it.
(upbeat music)
- Okay, really going hard right from the beginning here.
We have a full fish.
- Wow, that's a perch perched on a noodle.
Let's see, I'm gonna eat the head because--
- That's where the sweet meat is.
- Sweet meat.
- Oh gosh, there's a lot of, there's bones.
There's bones in them there fish.
- It doesn't seem like this is a cohesive dish
in my eyeballs.
- Your eyeballs?
- Oh it's spicy.
- Spicy, that's a hint.
- Um...
Spicy fish dish with garden peas in it.
Now, since you extended me the nicety of a NART,
I'm gonna let you go second for the first round
and give you a little bit of an advantage
to kick things off,
okay?
- Okay.
I'm not sure what the advantage is but I'll take it.
- Well hearing my reasoning.
- Oh okay.
- So if you're gonna throw a fish on pasta,
you probably need to be near an ocean.
And that severely narrows it down to remove Mongolia.
- Yep.
- I feel like the Norwegians just like,
they'll have something really nice
and then they'll just slam a fish on it.
- You know what--
- Which seems to be exactly what happened.
- Uh huh, right,
not bad, not bad.
- So I'm going for the Norway.
- Aim high, my friend.
- [Link] Huh, that's close!
- Link, I think you are inadvertently near the right answer
but I don't think it's Norway--
- You think it's Italy? - Because the spice
in this is not something that a Norwegian
would set their tongue near.
I think that this is a branzino fish.
This is something that you would see
maybe in Spain or Italy.
I'm gonna aim right in between 'em
and see what happens.
Almost hit Norway.
- Yep, there you go.
So we reasoned for each other.
Stevie, what's the word?
- [Stevie] Okay guys
this is pasta jollof
which can be made a variety of ways
but starts with pureed tomatoes and bell peppers
fried in vegetable oil and often includes garlic,
chicken stock, curry powder, carrots, peas
and even whole roasted fish popular in...
Nigeria.
- Oh hokay! - Nigeria?
- [Rhett] Yeah, you're a little bit closer.
- Hey, that's on a ocean.
- It is.
- Link you had 20, Rhett 21.
- Ooh, so close. - So close to each other.
Okay, there's a lot in here.
There's like a pork rind.
Ooh pork-- - There's pork blood, man.
- There's pork blood,
cubes, a rib, what the heck
is that? - There's a lime?
- That's like a pork knuckle.
- I'm just going for the noodle.
- Oh, you don't want the pork blood, the pork rind
and the cabbage and the lime?
- Just trying to get the flavor profile here.
Hmm..
- It tastes good if you dodge the pork blood.
- There's some spice in there.
- Mmhmm, so you're going first now.
- I don't know.
I feel like
in some ways this is reminiscent
of what you would throw into a pho, you know what I mean?
Similar types of flavors with the lime and then the broth.
So I feel like we are in the eastern part of the world.
I don't know, I'm gonna go for Thailand.
I'm going for Thailand or I'm going home.
- Definitely seems like something in the--
- [Rhett] Or the Philippines.
- Okay.
This does seem like what my dad would call thigh food.
He saw the sign and he said it.
Yeah so I agree with that
but are they trying to trick us
and is it something--
- In Norway?
Could be distinctly Norwegian.
- They have everything in Canada.
- That, you know what?
You're totally right
and if this is Canada,
you could pull away and make it almost impossible
for me to come back right now.
- Okay yeah, Mr. Oppor, oh, he said Canada,
I'm gonna jump on that one.
- You don't know man,
maybe you're right though.
- I mean I think it's Thailand.
Honestly, I don't know what else it could be.
Thigh land, here I come.
- Oh gosh, here ya come.
- Oops. - It might be Mongolia.
- I just need to practice darts on my own.
- No, no, we can't practice darts on our own,
that would be cheating. - Maybe it is Mongolia.
I hope it's Mongolia.
Lot of pigs in there.
- [Stevie] You just ate (speaking in foreign language),
a soup made from rice noodles, pork ribs, tomatoes,
fried chilies and garlic, fermented soybean
and coagulated pork blood
famous in the cuisine of northern Thailand.
- Thailand. - Thailand.
- Thailand.
- Okay, I was right.
Course you were right
and we both threw wrong
but threw more wrong.
- Rhett had nine and Link had 16.
- Oh okay, I just gained a little ground
my friends. - It's okay though,
we're still in there. - Just a little bit,
still close.
(upbeat music)
What do you know?
It's purple pasta.
- Yeah, it looks like Earth worms covered in coconut.
Smells good.
It's cheese.
- Yeah, I didn't think it was coconut.
- So we've got some grated cheese.
I'm presuming it's Parmesan.
- Pretty simply flavor profile here.
- Those are some beautiful purple noodles.
- This tastes like spaghetti.
- I'm gonna throw first.
It's great.
Let's see, where does this great tasting
Earth worm like spaghetti noodle
with Parmesan come from other than Italy?
I mean, I don't know what,
I just can't think of it being anywhere else.
So with 100% confidence,
I'm aiming for Italy.
Here it comes.
Ooh, I'm always drawn to the Norway.
- Man, this is really, really tough
because Italy is a very logical answer.
- You thinking too logical?
- But I feel like,
I feel like we're actually moving into Spain
where the Spanish were like, let's mix it up
and make it purple.
I'm going Spain.
Oh, Greenland!
Okay think I might've just screwed myself up a little bit.
- Yeah you did.
That was a welcome toss.
Stevie?
- [Stevie] Okay this is Spaghetti All'Ubriaco
which means drunken pasta.
For this dish, spaghetti's boiled in red wine
and then finished in a sauce of garlic, olive oil,
and more red wine
and you can enjoy some of this dish
the next time you're in Italy.
- Italy, okay you got it.
- I've never been this right.
So I just want to feel it for a moment.
- Link had nine and Rhett had 19.
- Oh yeah, you're in the lead. - Yes!
- You're in the lead again.
Back and forth man.
(upbeat music)
- Mmm, infected mucus-colored pasta.
With what is that on top?
Is that cheese or onion?
- It's another cheese.
- That's some shredded parm.
No, that's not parmesan. - It's not parm.
That's like a sheep's cheese or something.
- Woo, that is a strong cheese, dude.
And then the noodle--
- Wow, that is unusual.
- Yeah, I can't put my finger on it
even though I'm putting my finger on it.
It tastes,
it tastes,
that cheese is a lot for me.
The noodles, I cannot quite place what the--
- 'Cause I wanted to say like a pesto
but it's not a pesto.
Okay, here's the problem.
I know you've still got the NART to use right.
I think this is gonna be one of the most effective cheats
that you've ever been given.
And so I've got to make a risky bold move
to separate myself
or maybe just completely blow the game here.
I can't play it safe.
Something about Argentina is calling my name.
And that's not the first time that's happened.
♪ Don't call my name ♪
- For no reason other than just pure blind intuition,
I'm going for Argentina.
- Ho, he hit South America!
Alright, listen dude--
- Philippines was my other guess
but I feel like I had to make a choice.
- You're right that this is sheep cheese,
this is sheepy.
- Which makes me think Argentina as well.
- Which makes me think Mongolia.
Have you seen the sheep in Mongolia lately?
- They're really pumping out the milk.
You've got to do something with it.
- And especially 'cause I don't know what that is on it
but it's not mate,
that's an Argentinian thing.
This is Mongolia brother.
I'm going for Mongolia,
leaving you in the dust.
- Well, if you're right, you definitely have.
- Woops, went to the left of it but I will accept that.
Please tell me that I'm right, Stevie.
- [Stevie] This is espagueti verde,
a spaghetti dish tossed in a spicy sauce
made from roasted poblano peppers, crema and cilantro
and it's served in Mexico.
- Oh oh, okay, wow,
I just made up some space whoa, but Link.
- But was that sheep cheese or no?
- [Josh] Yes.
It's sheep's manchego.
- Hey at least I got that right
after you told it to me.
- Rhett had 19, Link had 50.
- Oh, oh ouch Neil, ouch.
We got some kind of spaghetti with hot dogs in it.
That's what's happening right now.
- And who's gonna argue with that?
- It's like a bolognese sauce
with some straight up shredded cheddar cheese--
- At least appears to be cheddar cheese
but let's be sure.
- I don't think they're fooling us.
If they put hot dogs in their pasta,
I think they're probably
putting cheddar cheese in there as well.
- Mmm!
Man that's a good grandma invention.
Grandmas in what part of the world
are serving this up to children and making them happy?
- It's a very sweet tomato sauce.
- Now, I get to go first for this final round
and I'm gonna use my NART.
(bells ringing)
- I'm just gonna keep eating
'cause this is really good.
This is like something I would've made for myself
in like seventh grade.
- Do you want a full scoop?
- Uh...
You know what?
I don't want any shredded cheese
'cause I don't want to dry up any of my sauce.
- The cheese is free.
- Just put it in this hand.
- Okay.
- Okay, okay, thank you.
Okay. - That's really tasty.
- Yeah.
I highly recommend that
no matter where you live on the Earth or off the Earth,
I don't care. - Very sophisticated too.
- Take that to the International Space Station
where some of this noodle's about to go.
I just can't imagine anywhere on Earth
where they wouldn't want to add hot dogs to spaghetti.
- Right.
- But I do hear Argentina calling my name.
- I'm familiar with that feeling.
- I think it may be Chase under his breath though.
- Link.
- Okay, so I'm going for Argentina.
They got meats down there,
lots of 'em. - Yeah, lots of meats.
- Okay, alright Chase, alright.
You're not really that close to the board
but whatever.
- [Chase] It's more for the set.
- Okay thank you.
So I'm gonna try to splay it from Spain, Nigeria,
all the way down to Argentina
with one of these motions.
- Oh Lord.
♪ Don't cry for me, Argentina ♪
- [Rhett] Okay, wow.
- [Link] I covered the whole left side of the map.
- So you definitely got Argentina, Mexico and Canada.
You may have even gotten
a little Spain and Italy over there.
I think this might be Canada
because it feels like the kind of thing.
- You better hope it's not.
- No, no, I think you might be right unintentionally
because this feels like the kind of thing that's like
did you know that they put hot dogs in spaghetti in Canada?
I think this is a Canadian thing
and I think I'm moving to Canada because of it.
- Well, you're defensive move might pay off.
- I hit Canada.
- Good shot, by the way,
you did it the Canada. - You just ate
sweet spaghetti made with ground meat, hot dogs,
cheddar cheese and tomato sauce
sweetened with banana ketchup
served as a comfort food in the Philippines.
- [Both] Oh!
- So did I make up any ground?
- I don't know if the camera can see this
but there is a tiny little one right here next to Thailand.
- [Rhett] Oh come on!
- [Link] That came off my pinky.
- Actually, there's one right there
next to the Philippines too.
- Wow! - I'm pretty happy.
- But what's the difference here
'cause I was 27 so--
- Well Link was two and Rhett was 65.
- Yeah alright!
- Okay, looks like I'm getting slapped
with a wet noodle in Good Mythical More.
- And you know, I'm honored to have won
but I feel a little dirty about it.
But it's only because of this.
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