Alright guys, today I'm going to be doing Popin' Cookin'.
And if you remember, about five years ago
I kinda did a Popin' Cookin' episode as well.
So if you guys don't know what Popin' Cookin' is,
it's really magical.
It's kind of like you just put all these powders together,
mix it with water, put it in trays, and then magically miniature tiny little food appears.
And you can actually eat it!
So, I've got this box here with me.
I'm trying to figure out what it is because it's all in Japanese so obviously I can't read it.
But I think... okay, the tempura,
it's like a shrimp tempura, that's pretty obvious.
This looks like an omelette.
And then, this one is just completely confusing,
because it looks just like some kind of jelly pudding?
Or sponge cake? I don't know.
The instructions are all in Japanese over here,
it's in English as well, you have the recipe that's in English.
Okay, so I'm gonna open it now.
Oh, it's so cute! This is inside here.
They say have to cut all these sides.
Oh, this is the - I got it! This is the plate!
See? You're supposed to cut it out.
Let's see what the instructions say.
First thing is to... Whoa.
What?
Wah, this is really difficult.
It's all like in very very complicated-looking Japanese text.
You know what? I give up, I'm gonna try and get the English instructions.
Yay, oh my god! English, feels so good.
The first thing we're supposed to do is to cut away this which is the water tray.
Cut it across like that.
Mix three measuring cups of water into the omelette mould.
And then, add in the omelette mix.
And it actually says here that it takes 10 minutes to set.
Now I'm supposed to mix it 50 times, so one... two... three...
How to count sia?
Oh no, it kinda looks corn soup, like lumpy corn soup.
So, I'm just gonna go to the next step now which is to make the french fries.
I'm just supposed to pour one measuring cup of water into this mixing tray here.
I think it's pretty well mixed.
Oh this--- Ah!!!!! no!!!!!
Okay, nothing happened, I'm fine.
This entire thing I'm supposed to put into here I guess?
And then I'm supposed to remove the corners gently
from the mould and place the french fries on the cutting board.
Where got cutting board?
It looks like there's a cutting board.
Maybe it's here...
Ah! It's here lah!
Walao weh, lucky I didn't throw this piece of paper away.
I'm going to put them on my chopping board.
Next I'm supposed to make the shrimp.
So, what I'm supposed to do is to
pour in one measuring cup of water into the tray, and pour it in.
I'm supposed to mix it 50 times this time.
I love how they're so specific.
Can you imagine they had a group of like Japanese people just sort of,
you know, sitting around and counting the correct amount of times to mix it before it's perfect.
Ooh, this one is a bit more sticky than the other one.
So I'm just supposed to put it into the shrimp tray.
Just squeeze it in it says.
Let's see whether it will end up perfectly in the spot.
Wah, it's like freaking perfect. Freaking Japanese man.
So, next is going to be the part where I make the chicken rice.
And mystery is solved! It's not a pudding, it's apparently chicken rice
I don't know why it's supposed to be pink.
Okay, here we go. Putting it in.
Get it? Pudding it in?
Although it's not pudding.
After I mix it, I'm supposed to knead it 30 times squeezing it with your palms.
Place it in the tray, and this one
doesn't need any time to set apparently, you can just take it out.
Okay la, I think pass la, can la.
But definitely does not look like chicken rice lor please.
Next I'm supposed to make the ketchup.
Add in 2 measuring cups of water, and mix it well with the spoon.
Wah, it really looks like ketchup, oh my god.
Step number 7 is to make the meatballs.
Add in the meatball mix and stir until well mixed.
Really smells like chocolate.
Meatball it into a meatball -- ooh!
It really looks like a meatball, oh my god!
Next step is to remove my omelette that has
been lovingly sitting here for a really long time.
It's just not easy to remove, this is not easy.
I feel like I'm ruining it.
As you guys can see it's very very watery still.
I'm supposed to put the candy to make the peas and stuff.
This looks like a very very hideous seashell.
Eh, what the??
It just, oh no.
It all came out... the omelette is the worst.
Two meatballs here.
Oh, the fries look good man.
So, next thing I'm supposed to do is to create the batter mix for the shrimp.
Wow, it really looks like tempura flour.
Next I'm supposed to remove the shrimp from the mould,
dip it into this powder first.
It says, as the candy sputters, do not put your face too close.
I'm just gonna hold it by the tail and dip it in the water.
Oh, look! It does appear a little bit whiter now.
Oh my god! It did sputter!
Oh my god! Wow, it's really popping cooking!
Really gives you the feeling that you are kind of like deep frying the prawn.
The sputtering is a really really good touch to this.
It really makes it feel very very authentic.
So I'm done with my little shrimp here.
It's so cute! I love it, it actually does look like it's fried!
And then, I'm supposed to add in my ketchup.
Smells like, yeah really like strawberry jam.
Looks like a very very creepy face.
Some more I'm drawing it upside down so I have no idea how it looks from the other side.
Only one final step left and that is to put these flags on top of my chicken rice.
And then the flags are supposed to go in the middle.
Ah, finished! Oh, I'm so proud of my little new baby!
I guess I'll try eating it late rafter I finish the other box, so, let's start with that.
Alright, so i've got this box here with me and I'm really really like it.
I think it's like a carnival sort of festival kind of theme.
Because you have food that's like bananas dipped in chocolate and candy,
and then you have french fries.
And then you have this corn which I think is so cute!
And also apparently you have this thing that looks like a plunger.
Think that it's probably a candy apple,
yeah but it definitely looks a lot more like a plunger.
Let's go, let's go, let's go.
So, same thing with the box, there's a lot of designs here.
I'm supposed to put it lying down I guess.
Oh, this is the piece of paper for the fries.
Okay! So we've got all our stuff here.
I think I will do the same thing which is to cut the box for the water.
So, first thing I'm supposed to do is to make the candy apples.
It says that I'm supposed to put 2 of these little cups of water,
mix it I think 30 times it says, wah it smells very nice.
It does smell like apple.
Pour it into these two little holes here.
So the next thing I'm supposed to do is to mix in the yellow for the fries,
with one cup of water.
So, I guess I just have to sort of press it in.
Alright, so now that I'm done with my fries,
I'm moving on to making the corn.
This is the corn, you're supposed to roll it until it hits this size.
Cut it in half.
I'm just supposed to pour all these into this little tray here.
Now I'm ready to roll!
Oh my god, it's so terrible! I'm so sad. It does not look like a corn.
It looks terrible, terrible, terrible. Yuck!
I'm really really disappointed because this did not go the way that I expected it would.
The corn looks like shit.
I think the problem is that this thing is just not sticky enough.
Aiya, whatever lah. Okay, done. Done done done.
Okay, so next step, bananas!
Two cups of water, and banana powder.
It really smells like bananas, for real.
Put banana one, two and three into the mould.
So, chocolate mixture is supposed to be done here with one tub of water.
Let's mix it up.
Oh my god! It really became chocolate! Wah, it's freaking legit lah!
Ah! So banana-y!
And then, I'm supposed to just sort of coat it.
So, I will place it here.
Coat banana number two. Yay, this is cute, I like it.
Okay, done with banana number three.
What am I supposed to do next? Okay, take out my candy apple.
Put my candy apple here... plunger apple.
My corn is here, and then my fries...
I'm supposed to wrap my fries.
Wah, looks quite real.
Okay, finish!
I would say that I'm a little bit disappointed with it.
I originally thought I would be able to construct like a little box
where we can put in all the food, you know so it looks more 3D
But instead it's on this piece of paper which I feel...
doesn't really have the feeling of a carnival.
Of all the things here I think the little bananas look the best.
But of course, the corn is a major disappointment!
Does not look like corn at all.
So, now that everything is done, I've got Dash
here with me, to see whether I can trick (I'm Xiaxue!) him into eating it.
No you're not! I'm Xiaxue!
Now we're gonna see his reaction to the tiny little food
I don't think I'll manage to convince him to eat anything, because--
Aiyo.
Because he's very very fussy about what he puts into his mouth.
but, he will like it that it's very miniature, so.
let's see what he says.
Dash, what is this?
You want ice cream? Which one is the ice cream?
Is this the ice cream? Okay, okay. Shh!
You want to take the ice cream? Nah.
Chocolate! Chocolate ice cream!
Oh, take out the colours ah.
So he likes chocolate, but he doesn't like the rainbow candy.
You tell me what is this first. What is this?
Is it baby french fries or regular french fries?
Are you sure?!
It's not regular sized french -- it's so small, look!
How about this? What is this?
Oh, it's a corn! Okay, he knows it's a corn.
Yay, not that fail after all.
What is this? What is this?
Oh cherry, okay.
What do you want to eat?
You wanna eat the cherry? Ok, you go ahead and eat the cherry.
Where got kids don't like to eat rainbow rice one?
Don't make sense.
Nah. Finish, take out already. You want? Chocolate.
Oh, don't put it... Oh no! Oh, it dropped!
Okay, mama is gonna eat the fried prawn. Okay?
It tastes like... orange gummy?
Not a fan of this. I guess it tastes like... orange toothpaste.
I'm gonna try and eat this cherry ok. Can mama eat the cherry?
HUH?!
Okay la, never mind mama eat okay?
Let me eat it!
Okay, how about I just...
Tastes like... just bad jelly, I guess?
Like really really cheap jelly.
You lost the toothpick!
You didn't lose it, you dropped it on the floor purposely.
Can mama eat the corn?
It's not bad leh.
Yeah, it's good. Yummy,
Okay, so I'm not gonna continue tasting the rest because
I think they all taste the same after a while.
It's just like candy, all artificial candy but different textures, so...
I wouldn't say it makes for a very yummy meal or anything like that,
but overall the whole Popin' Cookin' experience is quite nice.
So I know a lot of you guys love Popin' Cookin'
so I hope you enjoyed watching the episode.
It is very very cute, and it was something fun to do.
Can you say, "Download the Clicknetwork app"? Say loud.
Don't need to say until so weird la!
Alright, so thank you guys for watching,
and of course, like he said, remember to
download the Clicknetwork app, I'll see you guys next time, bye!