hi guys welcome to Toco creative play
I'm not Emma I'm Natasha and for them
today only today not any other day today
I'm Jackie if you guys don't know this
is Jackie from nerdy crafter I would say
my video is crafting with a healthy
amount of pessimism haha that's the best
way any spot did you guys know that
Japan actually has a lot of maple
products yep right now it's actually
spring so we don't have a lot to choose
from but around autumn and towards the
end of the year we have so many
different types of your maple foods so
today we're gonna be trying out Canadian
meatball products versus Japanese maple
products you put maple syrup on
everything oh and if you're a Canadian
and you don't like maple syrup get out
haha just get up just give our opinions
and thoughts lighting you money just
Canada so I think we definitely should
have a good solid base so we're going to
try pure maple syrup a shot of me a shot
of maple syrup then we can gauge
everything well I have good laugh in the
100% pure Wow maple in Japan that you
like me like it but it's so expensive so
Canadian maple syrup is cheaper but do
you know we definitely don't we put it
on toast we put it on waffles ah oh oh
oh what is real didn't know I expected
yeah it tastes different from the maple
that I know that's the thing is I think
most people who've had maple syrup have
had like the Aunt Jemima I North
American kind of fake maple syrup
but this is pure straight from the trees
my life has changed I've had I've had
straight from the trees - yeah it's not
the same colors though because they have
to boil it to get it to that interesting
you could oh not a good idea
the flavors were deeper it isn't a sweet
what do you think about this flavor it's
I'm not sure at all it's quite about
it's more arty than the fuzzy earthy now
I'm curious to taste Japanese labels are
we excited to try the rest of this yeah
so you guys actually eat something salty
with maple yes so in North America I
don't know about Japan but we have a
huge preference most people not not
everyone most people love sweet and
salty oh yeah then we even have bags of
popcorn that is cheese flavor and
caramel flavored makes yes when we have
our maple syrup festivals we have maple
syrup on sausages on ham on eggs somehow
I don't think that's a weird combination
because even McDonald's here and around
some parts of the world they have a bug
a comic griddles yeah oh yeah and they
put the McDonnells maple and a burger
yeah sausages first we put maple syrup
we cut the sausages and then we boil it
I can see her face she doesn't like it
nice really good it's not completely
yeah yeah I would give this like a 2 on
10 compared to our Canadian ones which
are limited on time whoo you guys the
maple is kind of like soy sauce for my
pepper we love eating watermelon mmm
with salt
you should try salty like gee if you're
in Japan they have this drink I
I thought at the 7-eleven dealer I was
scared okay I'll back it up okay yeah
you guys are so civil I would just go in
with my that's fine you're the guests
can do anything I definitely like this
flavor better hmm because it feels a lot
closer to what we would eat
authentically okay so we're onto our
very first Japanese maple product which
is meatball and marjorine pancake so I'm
really excited to try this because I'm
used to Canadian maple and I'm sniffing
this and it smells really sugary is if
you have I smelled a pancake well that
is thick it's missing that earthy flavor
like you were saying it has like sugar
with a slight flavor of maple it's you
know what we do is I'm just kidding by
the way this is just for Brenda trash I
know I know the huge difference I mean
I'll have it okay hold on what is the
compare which one do you like so you
like it I like it but I definitely
prefer the original all right shall we
move on to the next place yeah yes we
have different grades of maple syrup we
have the light so the color is more like
this and then we have medium brown and
then we have the deep dark color and
each one will have a different flavor
profile I mean it should've been common
sense but I didn't think about that yeah
they're always written on on the actual
containers okay so I think we should
wash i'm cleanse of palate after eating
a couple of things this is maple tea it
smells really sweet it's different from
a fruit tea kind of sweet and maple tea
is really hard to get because you only
have it during the season there's no off
the taste of maple but it's more like
when you're drinking the tea you can
also see fuel you feel the meatball you
can feel a maple when are you feeling
that the aura is around you yeah it's
kind of like you can smell it and taste
it a little bit but once you drink it
you didn't know you had maple team I
didn't know this existed perfect for
having dessert speaking of desserts
let's move on to the next one I still do
not see us oh wow this is gonna be the
first owner they have in Japan but
Krispy Kreme and Mister Donut are two
huge brands here which would you
recommend Krispy Kreme has seasonal
special donuts okay I don't know about
the I prefer mr. donut because it's more
simple and that's what I like about
Japan is that a lot of the sweets are
not too sweet sometimes when I eat with
North American sweets it's so gross but
right now I'm shocked because usually
when we have maple doughnuts when you do
this some of the maple should have come
out ah yeah so right now this is that's
why I said you shouldn't put your hopes
up on this okay just heard also from the
convenience store so it smells very
bready and a little sugary but I don't
smell too much of a maple I would say
this is a bad example Oh dry yeah and I
don't taste any meat boom it sits a
little bit there only at the end of
chewing it it's inspired by maple what
do you think this is representative they
don't tell me it's maple don't know I
can't eat oh oh okay let's hop to the
next one will be better something
similar so no
we are going to eat a whole this is the
famous mannequins Japanese I've had my
neck in they're so good especially if
you tell them emails every month they
make it hot it's a vacuum on is it a
CMOS it's more like a maple glaze so
they put the maple just a little on top
definitely better than the doughnut like
I would I would still give this salad oh
yeah eat this again yeah I would eat
this again do you taste a difference
Devon I complete it up punky we have I
was but it's always very subtle yeah and
then I can some I can smell the maple
yeah maybe it's just meaning my notes as
well so now you guys are trying to eat
this cream in my Brown which I love oh
it obviously ladies about when when they
are be hungry but they don't want they
random snacks then they eat is this
bread is supposed to be healthy and you
can look at the biscuit it looks like
it's made of whole greens
I'm getting skeptical because this
smells like fake maple syrup with almost
no this maple syrup is from Canada
Quebec I don't know maybe I'm Jemima
Canada Quebec that is so healthy it is
like a granola bar so it smells fake but
it tastes authentic so right now let's
try the caramel spread so apparently you
supposed toast the bread but we don't
have a toast to us ah ha ha if you just
eat it like that so what we have here is
a maple maple caramel we also have maple
jelly and this is caramel so we should
expect it to be a lot sweeter I thought
she was joking
that got it Oh I'll be honest I actually
haven't tried this one before I'm not a
boy
it's a little salty I'm a heavy cider I
can't tell what this salty is it the
toast or is it the caramel or nothing or
post-install food so then the camel has
a little saltiness to it to probably
bring out a little more of the flavor
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actually when I was looking for Japanese
maple products I asked the lady at the
Ke$ha and she immediately went to the
bread section to look for some maple
stuff so maybe this is like a
combination available in Japan - oh
there's mine this season yeah that's
true this is a single chestnut with poop
don't bring that food I love chestnut
this one is it glazed in maple is it
baked with me it looks like it's cooked
in label do you know opinion okay are
you guys talking up just put with sugar
and maple and this hope it's not
supposed yeah maple maple hosta I think
it's pretty accurate it had that tiny
bit mm-hmm I'm there
you bring it back to Canada I would
break no it's good but we have way more
maple leavings
now having two very similar not similar
but similar texture biscuits one from
Canada and one from Japan this is the
kind only make books you just want to
eat something small when you have you
either have time but you still want to
get the curly mmm
that can relieve me it's there and it's
not invasive and I like it okay so this
is a very popular product we have it all
the time
maple cookie just maple cookie and we
usually eat it with all so you put it in
tea to let it get soft
she's a guy Anderson everyone's favorite
she's got brought a box of these when
she went home to Canada so we did munch
on these before what I really like about
this concept is in my culture like
Chinese people really like to eat like
the plain biscuits and we dip it in our
similar tea we went to the biscuit is a
bit soggy and then we eat it it's so
good and so I really like that this the
same concept and taste can yep alright
don't do it also it's very interesting
you don't dip yeah we love we love our
soggy cookies many dry Oreos oh no you
have to dunk your Oreos in tea or milk
your duck Oreos in tea yeah alright so
if I'm not wrong we have the finale
wanna guess what it is
ah it's hot Luka oh you need my cooler
oh look at my gun Pasiphae each have a
shot of this creme dinner
how much am I supposed to put in that's
good enough nice how it is let's hear it
again bologna cup yes like milky she
likes alcohol I don't I do it's sweet
and soft that's the best way I could
describe is that it's a very subtle soft
drink not if he's been passing out pull
yeah I can't believe you drink it when
you think 1500 you feel like wow it's
like a it tastes like a maple latte huh
right
yeah it's dangerous very even if I don't
like alcohol I can still taste the maple
so that is a unique and interesting
flavors still so so this is very
specific to Quebec so my specific
province we're very proud of making
maple alcohol I'm feeling hyper based on
your Canadian opinion what do you think
of the Japanese maple products I would
say that there the taste is not as
authentic it's a little too strong and
sometimes the opposite there's not
enough Maya so I feel like there could
be a little more consistency in balance
and how about you what is your favorite
Canadian yes maple maple so good so I
agree I hope you get a chance to try
Japanese maple products yes the width or
some time yes I will be back soon all
right so that's the end of this day off
because enjoyed it and if you want to
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product I would love
No yeah do you like the salty maple
stuff or do you let the sweet maple
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next video very soon okay okay
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