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Simon & Martina: (singing) /We're filming at home, we're filming at home, we're filming at home/
M: 'Cause there's nowhere else to eat this. S: And I will not risk jeopardising these expensive strawberries
in anything but the most controlled environment.
M: You guys might have seen a while back, we did a fruit testing video in Korea
because Korea and Japan - I think this is an Asian thing - they tend to have these really expensive 'gift fruit.
Well, now we are trying something a little bit more expensive.
S: Today, we are trying a box of white strawberries. *Martina makes sound effect*
S: It literally comes in its own gift box. These are white strawberries here, and this box of nine (9) strawberries was roughly $44. M: (strained) It hurts.
S: So it's roughly $5 per strawberry. M: And so just to make sure we wanted to have, like, and in-between
version that we could try, we bought the cheapest box we could find, which was -
S: So this one here was 14 strawberries for seven bucks ($7), so roughly 50 cents ($0.50) a strawberry.
M: That's still expensive. S: Is it? I've been living in Asia for almost a decade now so my control is, is out.
When you eat the strawberries in Korea, when you eat them in Japan, they taste like candy. M: Yeah.
So I will say that Japan and Korea go through strawberry season - S: Yup. -
and so when there's a season, it is the most magical box strawberries and fruits you're ever gonna have.
When we were in America and Canada, they're every - S: Strawberries are always around. There's no season for it.
M: So I guess paying this much money for (a) small amount of time makes sense.
S: Yeah. So let's try a regular strawberry first, and then see how that tastes, and then we're gonna try
*laughs* a freakin' $5 strawberry.
S: These are some gorgeous strawberries. M: I mean, they're so glossy. S: Like, the shine on them.
The smell of them is so intense.
M: Right. Here we go. S: Fifty cent strawberry. M: Fifty cents.
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M: I mean, that's a great strawberry. S: That's a great strawberry.
M: The strawberries in Japan do taste different than Korean strawberries.
S: 'Cause the strawberries - like, our friends used to run a strawberry farm [[/MyKoreanHusband/]]
in Korea, and the strawberries that they gave us tasted like candy.
M: Yup. The ones in Japan are sweet but also a little bit tart. S: Yes. M: While Korean strawberries are never tart.
S: Just pure cotton candy sweetness. M: Yes.
That's still quite good. S: That's still a good strawberry.
M: Okay. S: And now, let me eat my first five dollar white strawberry.
M: What are you taking? S: They, they smell a little bit like pineapples, don't they?
M: They don't quite smell like a strawberry. S: They don't smell like strawberries.
M: I'm scared. What if this is the worst thing ever? I'll be so mad. S: THEN I'LL BE PISSED FOR SPENDING THAT MUCH FOR STRAWBERRIES.
M: Okay. We did this for you guys. S: Here we go. Okay. M: You ready? Here we go.
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[orchestral music] M: That doesn't taste like a strawberry at all. Not even five percent (5%) strawberry.
S: No. M: This just tastes like mush again. S: It's not good. M: It's not good at all.
S: I can taste, like, a little bit of, like, the, the simpleness. M: Okay. I'm trying a different one.
S: Yeah. HEY! SLOW DOWN, GURL! THAT'S FIVE DOLLARS!! M: Okay. But I didn't like mine.
S: Okay. Let me try another one. M: Nope. This tastes even WORSE. S: Yeah? M: [with reverb effect] WE HAVE DECEIVED, MY DUCK!
Right? S: Yeah. M: Take a nibble of this one. S: Okay. M: We have been deceived. This is one of those -
S: Whoa, yours was BAD. M: I know. S: DID I LITERALLY JUST SPEND $43 ON THIS SH*T? M: Yeah.
M: You did. S: Well, some people might say that it's not strawberry season. You may have to wait, like, for some other time,
but it says that strawberry season starts in December, so this is December, wanted to give these a shot.
M: Nope. *Bleah* I don't like it.
S: They're so, like, mushy on the inside. M: It's not just mushy. A strawberry has, like, a sweetness to it. This tastes like an unripe pineapple.
Like, you know when you have pineapple and it's not ripe, and it's tastes a little bit sour but not quite?
'Scuse me - S: 'Scuse me, I'm gonna go back to my cheap-y strawberries. M: Cheap-y strawberries here.
S: Oh my god. M: We didn't even buy themost expensive of the red ones - S; No. - like, you can buy expensive red strawberries taht are delicious.
S: Whoa. M: Let this be a valuable lesson to everybody. S: More expensive does not necessarily mean better in this case.
M: What the heck?! S: What the heck?! Whoa. They came in a nice box. M: Look at this.
S: I think it's more, like, for a gesture rather than a taste. You're supposed to - M: And then you're *gasps*
You know what's happened? S: What? M: Exactly that. No one had the heart to tell people who bought it for them that they tasted gross.
S: Yes! M: Because they're, like, "We got you these special strawberries."
S: 'Cause everyone knows how expensive it is so they'd feel guilty by telling the giver that they actually taste bad.
M: Yeah. So when they ate them and they were like, "Mmm. Oishi (delicous)~" S: But I bought these for myself. *Martina laughs*
S: You know, I was actually at the cash(ier) and I was buying them, the guy was like, "Is this a gift for someone?"
"No. It's for me. I'm just, I'm just gonna eat them myself." M: If you said it was a gift, they put a bow on it.
S: They would've put a bow on it. [glass shattering] WELL, I DON'T KNOW? *laughs* [villainous music]
I just wanted to have my own strawberries.
[punch effects] WHAT a letdown. M: Yeah. S: What a letdown.
M: Okay. So we have a question for you guys. S: Okay. M: There are a lot of seasons that are like this.
S: Yes. M: There's, like, grape season. S: Yeah. M: And they have tiers of expensive - S: Yup.
M: And we were like, "We should do a video!" But we didn't get the chance. Are you guys interested? Let us know.
Because there'll be another fruit season coming up and it means we'll be all prepared for it. S: Well, no.
Because I saw some grapes that go on sale for, like, $11 000 and you gotta, like, auction them.
I will not - M: We will not, we're not gonna be doing that. S: I like you guys but we're gonna spend 11 grand ($11 000) on grapes.
S: THIS IS A FIVE DOLLAR STRAWBERRY AND THIS IS SH*T (baa).
M: Are you gonna eat it anyways? S: I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO. M: We're gonna eat it anyways.
S: Because it's like when you have dinner with your parents, and you don't finish it,
they're, like, they make you feel guilty and say you're gonna go to Hell if you don't finish it.
Now I actually just feel like, I spent so much money, I HAVE TO EAT THIS. *Martina sighs* *Simon grunts*
M: Christmas is ruined. S: CHRISTMAS IS RUINED! M: Ruined. S: RUINED!
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