- Today we become international dumpling kings.
- Let's talk about that.
(upbeat music)
Good mythical morning.
- Today, we're going to be
throwin' darts and eatin' dumplings,
not necessarily in that order.
- And a portion of today's episode is sponsored by Audible,
but more on them later.
- Now, dumpling is not just what my mama calls me.
It's also a doughy snack that can have a savory filling,
a sweet filling or no filling at all.
- But wouldn't it be weird
if your mom actually called you doughy snack?
- Oh, she called me that in like 2006
when things got a little out of hand. (laughs)
Cultures all over the world
have their own version of dumplings,
and you can bet your sweet bao buns
we're gonna try a few today.
It's time for.
♪ Where in the world ♪
♪ Do these international dumplings come from ♪
- You know how this goes.
We try a very specific type of dumpling
that is native to a particular country.
On that map over there
that we're gonna be throwing darts towards,
Chase, our sweet dumpling cartographer,
will measure how far our darts are
from the correct answers.
And of course, that distance could be zero.
I see Brunei is on the board.
- [Rhett] I don't know if it's an answer
or just to make you feel good about yourself.
- I mean, one of us has had a distance of zero.
- That's true. - I don't think
both of us have. - Just one of us.
- I only think one of us has. - That's true.
Whoever has the lowest score at the end is the winner,
and since I won last time,
Link gets the special advantage dart,
which is the dumpfling,
a soup spoon that you can fling
good old chicken and dumplings at the board with.
The winner at the end gets to wrap the loser
in a blanket real tight,
just like a little dumplin', in "Good Mythical More."
- I want to win that.
♪ Um bop bop, um bop ♪
♪ Bow buh buh bow buh bow ♪
- Oh, these are interesting.
- What is this?
It's shaped like a-
- It's almost like a fish.
- Some sort, is that a fish, slug, or a carrot?
I don't know what's happening here.
- [Rhett] That's a thick daddy. Look at that.
- Ooh.
- There's a lot of dough.
I didn't know what to expect.
I mean, dumplings can only be so many different things.
I mean, it's still a dumpling.
- [Link] What is that syrup? It's sweet.
- I think I know what that sauce is,
and I'll discuss that, 'cause I gotta go first,
and I gotta...
- I've tasted this sauce before.
- [Rhett] I gotta give you some clues here.
- [Link] Pull it apart and see what's in there.
- I think it's a plum sauce,
and I know that a plum sauce is a common condiment
alongside Indian food,
and the closest country to India on the map is Nepal.
(groans) Oh wow, really low.
- That went low, man.
Okay, yeah, plum sauce.
That's a side that I see in a lot of Indian food
that I eat, and Nepal is the closest country.
- [Rhett] Welcome to my life.
- To India. So I'm gonna go for that.
- But first, I mean, before you zero in on Nepal,
I mean, what do you think about Poland?
When you look directly at Poland-
- [Link] Well, it's below Finland.
- Right, but when you look really hard right at Poland,
does it give you anything?
- There's a hole in Poland. (laughs)
Okay, I know what's going on here.
So you want me to knock the lights out
of your hidden Poland camera?
- Who said I have a hidden Poland camera?
- So you're really tempting me
to go for the Poland bullseye
just to knock out your camera.
- What are you talking,
(babbles) what are you talking about camera?
- But you're not tempting me away from Nepal.
So get a load of this, Poland hole.
(dart thumps) Ooh-
- [Rhett] You were pretty bad, too.
- A little high.
It was kind of a lob.
Closer to Nepal than yours, though.
- [Stevie] These steamed rice flour dumplings
with a molasses filling are called yomari.
They're a popular delicacy during Yomari Punhi,
a festival marking the end of the rice harvest in Nepal.
- Oh, so you were wrong. - So I was wrong and right.
- But we were right. Molasses, huh?
- All right, my little dumplings.
Rhett had 15 and Link had eight.
- Oh, okay. Early lead.
♪ Um bop um bop, um bop ♪
♪ Bow buh buh bow buh bow ♪
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from around the world.
- [Rhett] This is a soupy thing.
- [Link] Okay. So we've got a, we've got a soup spoon here.
- [Rhett] It's a red sauce.
- There's some stuff floating in it.
- [Rhett] What is that?
- [Link] What's in here?
- What is happening in that dumpling?
I think it's mushrooms, maybe.
Well, you're in the lead, so you gotta-
- [Link] There's some sort of minced, minced garlic.
I think Brunei must just be on the board
to tempt me for another hole in one.
- What about Poland, though?
- And Poland's on the board
so that you can have a camera in that little pinhole.
- I don't understand why you keep saying
that I've got a camera in the pinhole.
- I can see the hole now,
and the fact that you were insistent
on me seeing it kind of makes it obvious.
- Why don't you get really close to it?
You want to go up there and look right into it
and see if it's a camera?
Like put your nose right next to it?
- Will that make you happy?
- Yeah.
- Yeah, I'll do it as if it's a dart.
If I were to throw the dart,
this would to be the trajectory
right for Poland,
and you see, it's a ho-
I can't get that close and still see it.
- Can you act like a robber
who's like discovering it in a home?
- Can you see, can you, can you see me?
- I can. That was fun.
Thank you for doing that.
That was fun for- - Mushrooms and tater water.
- Fun for all of us.
- Brazil is calling me.
I'm gonna hedge my bets a little bit
between the L in Brazil and the J in Jordan,
'cause it might be Guatemala.
- (laughs) Okay.
- Oh gosh, that was low.
That was low!
But you know what?
- You caught whatever was happening to me
with the low throws.
- It's weak, that weak throw, man.
- Okay, now, I didn't say this out loud
because I didn't want to give anything away.
- Red potato water, right?
- The red in the water
I believe comes from beets, okay?
Beets and mushrooms makes me think Poland.
And I'm not just saying this
because I really want to get a bulls-eye
right into the camera.
(dart thumping) - Ooh!
- [Rhett] I went high that time.
Almost hit Finland.
- [Stevie] Okay, this is uszka,
which translates to little ears.
These dumplings can be filled with wild mushrooms
or minced meat, and they float in a borscht soup.
All similar dishes can be seen in Ukraine and Belarus.
This dish originated in Poland.
- [Rhett] Woo! Man!
- [Link] Tell me again how you knew that?
- Josh am I right about beets?
- [Josh] Yeah, so beets are the main ingredient in borscht.
Very common in a lot of Eastern European dishes.
- Yeah, it had that Eastern European feel
where the mushrooms-
- Oh, so red potato water is beets.
- All right, my little potstickers.
Link, you had 41,
and Rhett, you had seven.
- Oh, okay, wow.
- That's a change.
- Sorry, I'll send you a postcard.
♪ Um bop bop, um bop ♪
♪ Bow buh buh bow buh bow ♪
- What's this teardrop shaped thing?
- This is pretty.
- [Rhett] Orange sauce.
- [Link] I'm gonna taste it without the sauce first
if I'm allowed to double dip.
- Oh my gosh!
- Is that just cheese?
- There's cheese and there's beans in the top,
like a bean paste.
This is one of the, oh my gosh, this is so good!
- [Link] Man, this was a hardy, hardy dumpling.
- [Rhett] Holy mackerel!
- [Link] I gotta get some of the sauce.
- [Rhett] Get a lot of it.
- Oh yeah, and then...
- [Rhett] It's real mild.
- And then you're goin'...
- Just get a nice big bite.
- You gotta dart first.
Oh shoot. (Rhett laughing)
Whoo, that's hot. Whoo!
- All right, Neil.
- It's like a real tangy heat.
- This is a habanero sauce with carrots in it,
and that is distinctly Brazilian.
So I've just given you the answer, which is Brazil.
Gotta just trust myself.
(dart thumping) Ah!
- Oh my goodness.
You stepped on my foot, and I moved it as you were throwin'.
- And that's why- - That's on you.
- And that's why it went to the side.
- That's on you to step on my foot.
- Now you can, now you can just do the same answer,
and you know what?
- Hey, Poland! You still there?
- You could land in Brazil and get zero.
(dart thumping)
- [Link] Oh, I almost hit it.
- This is one of the better things I've ever had,
not just on the show.
- And the hotness is great.
- But like, in my life.
- [Stevie] You're really, really selling it for me.
I'm gonna say my stomach's growling over here.
- [Rhett] Well, you need to have this when it's still warm.
- [Stevie] These coxinha dumplings are made of a thick dough
filled with shredded chicken and cheese,
then they're molded into the shape
of a chicken leg, breaded, and deep fried.
They can be served with many dipping sauces,
but they're often paired
with pimenta, a hot sauce, in Brazil.
- You nailed it, Rhett.
You know, kudos for the curiosity.
- All right, my little gnocchi.
Rhett, you had eight, and Link, five.
- That's progress. - You're welcome.
- Thank you.
♪ Um bop um bop, um bop ♪
♪ Bow buh buh bow buh bow ♪
- Now, for you, they may look like really dark meatballs,
but to me, I've seen stuff like this fall off of a tree.
- Now, I can tell you just by the smell
that this has got organ meat in it, or blood,
and I'm gonna get a lot of this berry sauce on there.
- It's not good, but it's not bad.
- It's like a ham- - Very fatty.
- [Rhett] And then there's almost like
a kind of bacon or somethin'.
- [Link] Is that onion or is that..
- [Rhett] Yeah, onion.
- The sauce does help a lot.
- [Rhett] Where are they doing this?
- I have an answer independent of your answer.
I'm just gonna, I'm gonna whisper it.
- Okay.
That took you so long to say it must've been Madagascar.
I'm only gonna say Finland
because I feel like I need to make a strong choice,
and there's a berry sauce, which I associate with Ikea,
which is Swedish, which is right next to Finland.
(dart thumping)
- [Link] A little low.
- Went low. - The door's open.
The answer I gave was Finland.
- Oh, okay.
- Because of the lingonberry sauce stuff.
This is my opportunity to nail Finland.
- But it'd be really cool if you hit Poland,
'cause there's a camera.
There's not a camera, I mean,
but it could be... (crew laughing)
There could be a camera in Poland.
(dart thumping) - Oh!
- [Link] Oh yeah, I'm getting better!
- [Rhett] Nice, nice darting.
- [Stevie] I don't know if I'm going to nail
how to say this,
but you just had veripalttu,
which translates to blood clot.
Served with lingonberries, these dumplings are prepared
with rye or barley flour.
Then the dough is mixed with animal blood
for added nutrition.
A form of this dish can be found in Sweden,
but the more famous version,
originally made with reindeer blood, is from Finland.
- Yeah. - Yes, okay.
- You made up some ground there,
'cause my darting is,
I need to go to dart practice.
- Creepin' back in.
- I've been skippin' dart practice too much too.
- All right, gyoza.
Rhett, you had 12,
Link, you had five.
- Creepin' back in, gettin' close.
♪ Um bop um bop, um bop ♪
♪ Bow buh buh bow buh bow ♪
- What do we have here?
- Big daddies. Take a big dumpling on us.
This smells, it smells
like very doughy. - Oh, man, it smells good.
- I love a good dough.
- It's just a peach in there.
A whole peach. - What? Look at that!
This is great.
This is a friggin' dough blast of peach!
- That is so good.
- I can eat raw dough all day.
- Now, Link, you have your cheat that you can use here,
you show that off for a second.
- My dumpfling. (bell clanging)
- Is literally throwing a bunch of soup at the board,
which means you're gonna get very wide coverage.
So typically as I come into this-
- Chase, you're gonna get wet.
- You need to move.
- If you don't move.
- [Chase] I'll be over here.
- As I come into this final round, this could be anywhere.
It could so easily be European and so easily be Asian.
- Well there's nothing European left on the board.
- Well, this, my friend, is the mystery round.
- [Link] It's the mystery round.
- And I also kept that from him.
- I always forget that.
- I'm gonna do a little bit of a safe play,
and do sort of Middle East, kind of between Europe and Asia.
(dart thumping)
Why am I throwing so bad today?
- I mean, I don't have a guess.
Actually, I was thinking about Japan,
but then, you know,
then I realized it was a bonus round.
- [Rhett] Well, the door's open,
'cause I didn't even hit a country.
- I'm gonna try to go everywhere.
Sorry, I'm gonna start over here.
- You know what? I'm getting out of here as well.
This feels like it can go anywhere.
- Just fling it.
(soup splattering)
- [Rhett] Oh my gosh, a lot.
- Nice!
(soup splattering)
I'd like to apologize
to our filing storage cabinet over there.
- You either won by a lot or it's close.
There's no way...
- [Stevie] These sweet plum dumplings-
- Oh, that's a plum?
- [Stevie] Yeah.
- Huh!
- [Stevie] Are called (speaking in foreign language).
They're made with leavened dough, potato dough,
or fresh cheese dough wrapped around a whole pitted plum.
These are enjoyed as a snack
or a sweet main dish in...
- Scandinavia.
- [Stevie] The Czech Republic.
- Ooh. Oh, Ooh.
Okay. This is gonna be so close.
- Yeah, my little shumai.
Rhett, you have 20.
- God!
- [Chase] And Link, you have one.
- Augh! Dang it!
- Yeah, well.
- I gotta go back to dart practice, man.
- You know what?
You'll get the advantage next time,
and when you win with the advantage,
you'll feel a little dirty.
- Yeah, I will. I will.
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