- I've had this... (laughs)
- What in the Grinch-mas?
- I don't know what... (dumpling squelches)
(Danny laughs) (Anais screams)
- (PvF) What y'all know about dumplings?
- I know they're delicious!
- Love 'em. - The best.
- I know how to eat them.
- Oh yeah. - And cook them.
- I mean, there's a lot of dumplings out there though,
like what kind of dumplings are we talking about?
- (PvF) We are going to see if you can Guess the Country from the Dumpling?
- Oh no, this is gonna be bad.
- Oh, wow, this is gonna be embarrassing.
- (PvF) Plus, we've got a super cute prize for the winner.
- Oh my gosh.
- Those are so cute! - Those are pretty!
- How are you gonna show me these things,
and I'm never gonna win 'em.
- Ooh! - Ooh.
- Wow. - These look like pig anus.
- What? (laughs)
- (PvF) These little ear dumplings are traditionally served
either in a soup, especially at Christmas,
or as a side dish with a meal.
- Oh my God, it looks like an ear! - Okay, um...
- We should pierce it!
- It kinda looks like Van Gogh.
- Ooh, it's really good.
- Red, it colors it. - It's giving me beet.
- Michael Jackson, Beat It. - ♪ Just beat it ♪
(Ed laughs)
- The beet is good. I'm pleasantly surprised by the soup.
- I know, it's like really good. - Everything is actually...
- (PvF) Have you ever heard of borscht?
- Borscht? - Borscht.
So that rings a bell.
- Where's that from, though? - That's a new word for me.
- It doesn't taste like the typical dumplings I've ever had.
- It's kinda like a pasta. Is Italy a country?
(laughs)
- (PvF) You can write one.
If you guess one of the three, you will get the point right.
- One of the three.
- I think I have an idea.
- I have no clue.
- Three, two, one.
Ukraine.
- Poland! - Germany, I don't know.
I'm so sorry.
- I'm pretty sure I got it completely wrong.
- (PvF) Why do you think Poland?
- I was thinking Poland too. - The scht sound,
although that may reveal itself to be culturally ignorant in five seconds.
- (woman) Today, I'm making Polish Uszka.
(bell rings) - No!
- Let's go! - I knew it!
- Polish, Poland? (buzzer rings)
- Polish?
- How did I get that right? (laughs)
- (gasps) It's literally mushroom? I love mushrooms!
- Wait, that's not meat?
- Get 'em next time. - That looks like wontons.
- Okay, I was not right.
- (PvF) I'm gonna tell you, Ukraine is also one of the countries.
(bell rings) (Anais screams)
Uszka, or vushka, are often filled with flavorsome wild forest mushrooms
and minced meat, and they're a favorite in Poland,
Belarus, and Ukraine.
(cymbals crashing)
- Oh, okay. - Woohoo!
- Very different.
- This looks fascinating. - Okay.
- (PvF) These clear-looking, chewy tapioca dumplings
are often filled with shrimp and pork belly,
and are a favorite of this country.
- That smells completely different.
- Different.
- Okay, I already know what I'm gonna guess.
- Mmm! Oh, it's a little spicy.
- Mmm. - This tastes like I've had it before.
- (PvF) This dish originated in an ancient imperial city.
- Hmm.
- This is feeling distinctly Asian, so ancient Asian imperial city.
- They just know how to do it right.
- So you know who this is?
- No, but whoever it is, they know how to do it right.
- Ready.
(both laugh)
- Oh my God, if you get it right, Austin, I'm gonna cry myself to sleep.
- What'd you get? - I got Vietnam.
- She goes this is definitely wrong, me over here, who already wrote Japan.
- (narrator) Banh bot loc, which is a Vietnamese dish.
- Vietnam! - Bro!
- You were right! - What's up, bitch?
- Oh no!
- Dude, I guessed it, I guessed it right!
- Aw, this is extra yummy to watch being made.
- I know, this is awesome.
- Gotta love the tucking, man.
- Bro, those look so good. - They do!
(cymbals crashing)
- Oh, this looks interesting. This is a dumpling?
- (PvF) So these cone-shaped, deep-fried dumplings
are molded to resemble a drumstick.
- Oh, okay, that's cute.
- I've never had a fried dumpling before.
- Alright. - It's got some weight to it actually.
(Danny gasps)
- Oh, is this like a potato-y? - (Austin) Ooh, that looks good.
- It's so flavorful. - I'm into it.
- I feel like I'm transported to Flavortown.
- I've had this... (laughs)
- Whoa, that's like super condensed, too.
- Yeah.
- That's big yummy.
- I'm getting like there, in the world, so like,
the world's here.
- Wow, this one's gonna be tough. Where would this be from?
- I don't know.
- ♪ I don't know ♪ - Nicole, can you give me a hint?
- ♪ Give me a hint ♪
- My heart said non-applicable. (both laugh)
- I don't know! (screams)
- Three, two, one. - Oh. (laughs)
- I don't know! I got it wrong,
I'm so sorry! - What'd you put?
- I'm gonna go with this.
- This is a life lesson for me right here,
like go home and read a book about maps.
- (narrator) I'm making Brazilian Coxinhas.
- You were right, what? (bell rings)
- Brazil!?
- Okay, so we're wrong. - No, it's fricking Brazil!
- Are you kidding?
- I'm so sorry, Brazil. - Yeah.
- Your food is so good.
- Wow, so, aw! - Bro, that is so good!
- I mean, I just don't know much about Africa's food. (laughs)
- (PvF) Where is Brazil?
- Is it in Africa? - South America.
- Oh, I know this one.
- (PvF) So the name for these dumplings also means wedding gown,
based on the shape of the pleats that are added in.
Have you ever seen anything like this before?
- Yes. - I have not.
- I saw this, you put it down in front of me, and I'm like...
- This is har gow!
- What? - I already know where this is.
- It's so good! (laughs)
- This is what I order at like all...
- So I have to get this right. - My areas that I order. (laughs)
- Juicy! (laughs)
- So good! What the heck?
- I go on Sundays, and they go around.
- (PvF) Nope, you're gonna give him away.
- Never mind.
- I think I have a guess already.
- Korean restaurants,
we have a lot of great Japanese restaurants,
we got a lot of Chinese restaurants,
but I don't know which one it is.
- If I get this wrong, please don't hate me.
I'll make it up to you guys. (laughs)
- Three, two, one.
- Oh my God, I got it wrong, did I?
- You put Chinese. (laughs)
I love the country Chinese. (laughs)
Okay.
- (narrator) Have you ever heard of Cantonese har gow before?
- Oh my God, yes it is! We got it, yes!
- That was too good, hey! (laughs)
- God damn it! (bell rings)
- Love har gow.
- My favorite, har gow is like the best.
- Ginger prawns. That was prawns.
- Bro, it's so good!
- Good, it's real yummy. - Mm-hmm.
- Love this stuff, and then you flatten it, the little thin...
- (narrator) Serve and enjoy.
(cymbals crashing)
- What the heck am I looking at now?
- Oh, I know this one. - God damn it!
- I know this one so much, 'cause I go there a lot.
- (PvF) Often eaten during long and dark winters,
these blood and potato dumplings are nutritious and filling.
- Blood, from what? (laughs)
- (PvF) Often from reindeer.
- Oh my God, I was joking!
- What in the Grinch-mas?
- That's something I've never seen before, actually.
But I still feel like I know where it's from.
- What?
- I'm really nervous, I'm not gonna lie.
- Where would this be from?
- That is good, it tastes breakfasty.
- Eh. (groans)
- (PvF) If is oft served with butter, and jam,
if you can tell where the jam's from,
that actually might...
- I know where it's from! - (PvF) ...help you a little bit too.
- Well this one's gonna be a hard one.
- Lingonberries?
- I have a jar at home. (laughs)
- Is that what it is? - What the heck is a Lingonberry?
I've never even heard of that before!
- Ikea, man!
- Reindeer blood, winters.
- I just tried a reindeer blood dumpling, that is a flex.
(Izzy laughs) - Don't laugh!
- Sweden? - Greenland.
- Boom! No one could say I'm wrong.
- I'm just thinking of like where Frozen is set,
like Norway, Sweden, and type area.
- So I go to Ikea a lot.
I always have their lingonberry sauce,
and I drench my meatball in that stuff.
- Sweden, yay! - Yes, that's what's up!
- On the board again!
- That's a lot of blood.
- (laughs) Let's go. - I suck.
- I've eaten like coagulated blood, so that blood is not an issue for me.
- Whoa, it's like chunky?
- It looks like a brain right now.
- I feel like blood is not bad, it's just the idea of blood.
(cymbals crashing)
- This looks good! - Ooh, this looks delicious!
Is this a dessert?
- This looks like a deconstructed apple pie.
- (PvF) These warm, cinnamon dumplings smell incredible,
and the name literally means sauce dumplings.
- This kinda looks like a rice pudding.
- There isn't blood in this, is there?
(laughs) Doesn't say anything, okay.
- This is a guilty pleasure food, for sure.
- It tastes like a dessert dumpling. - Mm-hmm.
- It's like a dumpling churro. - Yeah.
- I think it's kinda like those monkey balls.
- (PvF) The roots of this dish
are thought to have originated in Persia,
but were brought to this country
by the Dutch East India Company in 1652.
- That's a long time ago.
- Where did the Dutch East India Company travel?
- All I know is that this was really good. (laughs)
- They went to Deutschland a lot, obviously, but did they go to Africa?
- You know what, I have no faith in my brain right now,
and I'm not gonna go on pondering for hours again,
so I'm just gonna write down something.
- Where did the Dutch go that they were not wanted at the time?
- You know what's funny? - (PvF) Everywhere!
- No, no more non-applicables, just educated, quote unquote, guess.
(laughs)
- Singapore!
- I don't know.
- Do you know why? 'Cause of schnitzel and cinnamon.
- (PvF) Mm-hmm.
- It's the biggest and most obvious white, somewhat Dutch, colony.
- Mmm, South Africa! - Okay.
- Bro! - Honestly, that makes sense.
- Yeah. - 'Cause it's so good. (laughs)
- Oh, wow, good shit! - Let's go!
- You know what, I'm not mad at you for this one.
- I'll take it.
- Ooh, I love cinnamon and sugar on everything, like pretzels.
- Okay, you know what? I also thought, oh,
but this low key, kinda like fufu,
but where is that from?
But I literally went the whole complete different direction.
- I would've never guessed that, honestly,
that they made dumplings in South Africa.
That sounds so like whoa, dumplings are pretty worldwide.
(cymbals crashing)
- Whoa!
- Oh my gosh, this is new!
- (PvF) These fruit-filled dumplings are boiled
and then garnished with sweet crumbles for a dessert delight like no other.
- There's poppy seeds, powdered sugar,
and then this one's like really dense.
And it could be either... (gasps)
(both laugh)
- I don't know like... (dumpling squelches)
(Danny laughs) (Anais screams)
- Wow, that's fruity.
- Kinda blend in with it. - The fruit can do all the work,
honestly, it's so tart,
they could do all the work itself, the flavor.
- (PvF) The name of this dish is svestkove knedliky.
- Svestkove knedliky.
- That does sound very German. The shev-yeck.
(Austin vocalizes) - ♪ That is my favorite ♪
(Austin vocalizes)
- Is it German?
- I don't know, that was my last guess.
I might as well go for it again!
Who knows, maybe my future self was trying to help me,
but he didn't get the calculations right. (laughs)
(Danny laughs)
- Yugoslavia!
- Ready.
- We got the Gs.
(buzzer rings) - Czech!
- The Czech Republic?
- Aw, it's Czech! - Oh!
- Czech, ah [censored]. - Czech.
- She put a lot of poppy seeds.
- Ooh, that's a lot of poppy seeds.
I love that. - Yums.
- (narrator) Oh wow, it just exploded!
- Oh yeah, it did explode on me! It exploded on me!
- I love this woman, I have no idea why.
(cymbals crashing)
- (PvF) Well Ed, with four points, you're our big winner today.
- Woo, I finally won something! ♪ (upbeat fanfare) ♪
Oh, look at this cute little basket,
and look at the cute little piggies. Oink oink, oink oink, oink oink.
(Darius laughs) They're little pork dumplings!
- I liked trying everything.
- I love dumplings. They're like one of my favorite foods.
- And they got chased by the Big Bad Wolf
into their last home, which is a steamer.
- Aw, I just realized that's the wolf, that's dope as hell. (laughs)
- Try everything, there are some dumplings
that I will definitely want to eat, and probably try to make myself.
- Ugh. - I respect the winner.
I respect the dub. - Finally!
- Thank you guys so much for watching
this episode of People Vs Food!
- How many of these dumplings did you know?
- Also, tell us what other foods should we try next time?
- As always, be sure to like and subscribe for more.
- Bye! - Woo!
- (both) Bye!
- Bye guys! - Bye!
- Oink oink. - Noice!
- (laughs) Noice!