So this is it
Alright Dave, this is it, this is 7-Eleven
You ready?
So I’m already seeing all this stuff…
Whoa
There’s like a bookstore here
This is the future
Books
Xiaoma: Oh my god Dave: Books at 7-Eleven?!
Electronics
Coffee
Dave: Coffee?! Oh my god there’s a bakery… Xiaoma: Holy s***
Dude, I’m so…
Food
Oh my god
I’m so…
Wow
Hey guys, what’s going on, it’s Xiaoma
And man, I’m really jetlagged right now
Because we just got off the plane from New York
And we are in Taipei
And, uh…
You know guys, I’ve seen a lot of YouTube videos about how crazy the 7-Elevens in Taiwan are
So coming to Taipei…
I was really excited to try a 7-Eleven here
And also my friend Dave
This is his first time in Taiwan ever
And he is also gonna be trying, experiencing Taiwan 7-Eleven for the first time
So it should be really cool
And what are you anticipating?
Umm, I don’t know what to expect
I know it’s this huge…big deal here
Everyone eats here, there’s probably a bunch of Taiwanese and Asian food
But I don’t know what to expect
Cool
Yeah, I mean…
I’m super excited right now, like even just…
Looking at the store from the outside, there’s like…
It looks like there’s like…
Books and stuff?!
At a 7-Eleven, so…
I don’t know if you guys know anything at all about the 7-Elevens in the U.S., but…
They’re like…
Really not so hot
So we’re gonna go and check this one out
And I’m really excited!
Okay, let’s go guys, come on!
Okay, so…
I wasn’t wrong…
There’s literally a bookstore inside of the 7-Eleven
I’m really freaked out right now, guys
This is like…
I mean, there’s no more bookstores in America anymore...
Wow, it’s like…
And look, there’s a whole seating area
Where you can just sit, buy a book, and read it
It’s like a combination between a bookstore and a library
Like, this is…
Crazy!
So given how tired I am, I think it's…
Maybe I should get some coffee, it looks pretty good
Oat caramel macchiato
I mean…
Dave
Do you even know what an oat caramel macchiato is?
I know what a caramel macchiato is
I’ve never had oat with it…
This is like…
A very fancy coffee shop in New York
They have pour-over coffee
My mind is completely blown right now
I don’t know if it’s the jetlag, or just being in this place, but...
Let’s go get the oat caramel macchiato
Excuse me, do we buy the coffee here?
Yes
Can I get…
There’s a menu?!
Oh my god…
[laughter]
Wow, guys, look at this
Holy cow
Wow
It’s kind of funny how even the Japanese people are blown away by the Taiwanese 7-Eleven
And Japan is known for having really good 7-Elevens, so…
It’s kinda funny, they’re taking pictures of the coffee…
Oh, I think our latte is here man!
Wow
Great, thank you!
Wow, this looks nice, dude!
Let’s go and enjoy our latte!
Come on guys, this looks amazing
Wow
Alright Dave, look at this, isn’t this beautiful?
Oat caramel macchiato
It’s so creamy!
Dave: It’s so good! Xiaoma: Creamy, right?
Wow
This is better than Starbucks
For sure
So…
The next thing I want to check out at this place guys
That bakery…
Looks…
It looks like a full blown bakery
It just is a bakery that just happens to be here also…
Looks really amazing, so let’s go check that out…
Dave, are you seeing this?
Look at what we have here!
It seems like you could…
I don’t know if they have birthday cakes, but they probably do
Wait, oh no, they literally do
What?!
What do we have here?
Yes, individually wrapped toast
I don’t think I’ve ever seen this before in my life
That’s a big toast
No, but not only that
This is toast, but it’s individually wrapped
This does not exist in America, literally you can’t find this
If you just want a slice of bread…
Oh, look at this also
Individually wrapped strawberry sandwiches?!
Also they have bagels
Again, individually wrapped
This is great, you could like…
You could get a ton of these things and go have a picnic
Even for some reason you have Skippy…
You’ve got peanut butter in the store, I don’t…
No, you know what this is great for, is you could have a whole picnic, you could get like…
You could get some of these breads…
You could get some of these candies and pastries
Make yourself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich
Wow
This 7-Eleven, in addition to having food and stuff
And books for some reason, and coffee
Also has…
Electronics
You could just buy…
If you’re missing a charger you could just get that
Oh, Dave, check this out!
We also have household cleaning supplies?
So it’s a cross between…
It’s just a “life” store
You come here and take care of all your life needs
Oh yeah, and also your pet’s life needs
Because…
They have pet food?!
At the 7-Eleven
You know what I’m thinking right now? I’m just like…
Why doesn’t this exist in America?
Dave: Right?
Guys! Get it together, 7-Eleven corporation
Bring this to America, please!
This is so weird!
You can get skincare here!
Face soap?
Wait, are you for real? Skin care?
Let me see that
Look at this, face soap
Dude
That’s actually legit amazing
Wait, also, these are Muji products
This is high-end Japanese skin-care products
In a 7-Eleven…
You can literally…get your life here!
Yeah, that’s what I’m saying, this a life store
It has everything you need to live a healthy and well-balanced life
And…you can get underwear too…
What?!
Mini ramen?
And for some reason they have marshmallows, it looks like too…
I thought these were earplugs!
They’re marshmallows…for coffee I guess?
Yeah
Gummy candy?
Wow
Peanut chocolate!
That’s…ridiculous
This is a whole Muji section
It’s just amazing…
That’s so cool!
Okay guys
Prepare yourselves to be completely blown
Because
This is 7-Eleven…
…snack world
First of all
Not only do you have what seems like every possible variety of snack available in the known universe
You also have them all in gigantic size
Okay, so like…
Listen
We have chips in America, but like…
Not like gigantic bag…
Wow
This is pretty incredible, look at the size of these things man
I mean…
Doritos…
Obviously…
Crazy different variety of candies
And
These look like really legit candies too
These are…they’re not messing around, look
They got chocolates…from all over the world
They got white chocolate
They got…
…brown chocolate…
They got German chocolate
They got Japanese chocolate
They got American chocolate, they got British chocolate
What is going on right now guys, this is like…
We have…
Approximately 72 different varieties of ramen
Wow
That’s great
Also soup? I don’t even know…
How does this even [work]…how do you have soup in a [cup]?
Just like add water?
Looks pretty cool
Oh wait, hold on, dude check this out
This is like…cooking supplies
This is stuff that you use to make a 5-star gourmet meal
And it’s in a 7-Eleven
You could just come here for shopping
For cooking food!
Tuna? I mean…
It almost begs the question…
Why?
I mean…I guess I get it, because…why not? But like…
This is pretty dope
It’s like a college kid’s dream
Oh my god, it’s an absolute college kid’s dream
Holy crap, yeah
Yo Dave
I wanna show you something cool, check this out
Alcohol?
We got alcohol, man, look!
Wait, hold on, I need…
Everything!
Yo, put that alcohol back!
That’s so cute!
You got Johnnie Walker…
You have our favorite…
Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor (what I just gave to my family in another video)
Wow
So for some reason they also have…
Makeup?
I don’t know, I guess if you really want to get makeup…
There’s mirrors, you can just try it on
This is a one-stop shop for everything, pretty much
Oh
Hair supplies, body care, look at this
You got shampoo…?
This is amazing
There’s a full-service brunch table here, pretty much
Where you can get an incredible looking buffet
With really fresh vegetables and ingredients
I’m not actually sure how this works, I think…
It looks like from what the guy was showing us, you just take a bowl…
And you just pick some…
Pick some stuff? I hope this is how it works
Wow, I don’t know what any of these are
But this looks pretty amazing
Have you seen mushrooms that are this big before?
So big
I’ve never seen mushrooms so big!
What the hell, is that even a mushroom?
I can’t even tell
And then let’s get a little stick here
It’s kind of a strange stick, I don’t know what it is
Whoa!
More?!
Oh my god!
More gigantic mushrooms?!
Your favorite!
Plus more of these? What is this?
I don’t know
Looks like ice cream!
It does look like ice cream, I think it’s rice
This one looks pretty good
We got a radish cake here…
We got some stinky tofu
Is that stinky tofu? I don’t know, but it’s some kind of tofu
And also, we have some…
Wow look at this, we have some amazing looking…
Sweet potatoes!
Let’s put this on
I kind of also want to get a tea egg
Let’s get some of the eggs
And then let’s also get a…
Wow, these things look amazing!
Smells so nice!
Wow!
This is awesome!
Do you want one? Or share one?
Let’s share one, this is definitely enough food
Sweet
And then also…
It looks like any of these microwave meals
You can get these
And then just pop them into the microwave, and you’ve got so many options
You’ve got like…
Mapo tofu, you’ve got Italian spaghetti
You have these gigantic microwaves, and you can just heat them up, and eat
Like a full meal!
Oh, alright Dave, so now…
Now let’s try some of this…
Some of this food
So this was NT$170
Yeah, which is…
Taiwanese dollars
About 5 dollars, American
That’s ridiculous
For this amount of food, like…
Imagine a college student
Plus a sweet potato
Sweet potato?
Alright, let’s try it
Okay
Dave: If I was a fan of sweet potato, this would be pretty good Xiaoma: It’s so nice
Five bucks? That’s crazy
That’s ridiculous
I mean, do we really even need chopsticks for this?
No, I guess not
For these stick ones, we don’t
Stick ones, okay
So this is like a fish tofu, I guess?
Yeah, cheers
Whoa, that’s really good!
Dude!
This one is amazing, you gotta try this
Try
That’s really good
Isn’t that so good?
I don’t even really know what this is, but it’s delicious
I would get this though
This is like fish tofu?
Oh my god
That’s like a snack to me
I would get this on my way home from school or whatever, like…
Tea egg?
Xiaoma: Do you like these? Dave: Oooh, a tea egg, yeah I love tea eggs
I love them too, let’s try
Try 7-Eleven tea eggs
Let’s see if these are any good
These are eggs that are boiled in tea water
How’d you do that so quickly?
Did you see that juice come out?
So salty and savory and good…
That’s so good!
I love it
I would just come here every day
This would be my go-to spot
And if you’re on a budget and you don’t have any money…
What’d you think about this whole 7-Eleven man?
You would just come here, you don’t have to go to a CVS or a Walgreens, that’s it
Coffee in the morning
Your food
Dave: And then you’re good to go, you can just go about your day Xiaoma: ATM
You can literally go there
Get money
Buy shampoo
Get a meal
All in one spot, amazing
And it’s everywhere!
Right, there’s 7-Elevens everywhere in Taiwan
So cool
Cool guys
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