Hi, I'm Josh.
I'm Ollie.
And today we're gonna be trying salted egg flavoured everything.
I feel like this flavour got its renown in...Singapore?
Maybe just south-east Asia in general,
but I experienced it in Singapore for the first time with fish skin as a snack.
Fish skin doesn't sound great but it turns out fish's little costumes taste great.
Their crispy costumes.
The first thing we have to try isn't fish skin.
But this is even more basic than that.
It’s salted egg potato chips.
Have these been electrocuted?
Because that is the universal symbol of danger of death.
Well, it does say on the back 'hashtag dangerously addictive'.
Ok alright, hit me!
It smells like salted egg?
Oh, it does.
Look at that.
Yeah, is that good?
Yeah, it tastes SO bad for you.
- Oh yeah. - In such a great way.
I think we should stop now.
Because I've just realized we've got like 7 more salted egg flavoured things to try.
First product, I'm absolutely loving this flavour.
I'm in.
Next up, maybe you want something a little bit spicy.
Spicy salted egg flavoured fish skin.
It's the same brand.
Yeah, same brand.
Is this sponsored?
It's not sponsored.
So in today's unpaid advert...
I'm gonna find everything wrong with all of Irvins' stuff now.
Ok, go for it.
It is fish skin.
Okay, can you smell it…
It says hot BOOM on the front.
It smells like a fish outfit after a workout.
You know, that's fishy.
Ooh yeah, no, it is fishy.
Look at that, that's a big bit of fish skin.
Alright, spicy salted egg...
That was a big bit.
Very fishy, more fishy than I remember.
Yeah.
Bruv, you gotta try this, Luke's gotta try, come on, a little bit.
What do you think?
It tastes better than it sounds, right?
I wouldn't have them again.
I think there's definitely a heat there.
I would say though, that's not dangerously addictive.
Next up, Salted Egg Gyoza Skin.
I can't even say that word.
Gyoza. I mean in English, it's goza, I guess.
Gyoza. Gyoza skin.
Alright.
You know what gyoza is?
No.
It's like a fried dumpling.
The skin of dumplings?
The skin of fried dumplings.
Irvins they love their skin.
How crazy is that?
They're like Hannibal Lector.
- Skinning everything in sight. - That got dark quickly.
I mean say that to the fish! They're like...
For years, they've been like, "Can you please stop skinning our...brethren?"
I do have a slight problem here from the get-go.
What is going on with that proportion size?
Wait, I haven't seen.
What is that? I mean, come on!
I mean, if it was sponsored.
Very reasonable.
Considering it's not, outrageous.
Give me some skin.
I've never even heard of this being consumed as a snack.
I mean this is...this must be so unhealthy.
Tastes good though.
I like that.
You know what that is like?
I really like that.
That is like the over-fried crisp at the bottom of the bag.
But like in the best way possible.
Sometimes when you bite into those. it cracks a filling.
It's basically like a hard-boiled potato. Can you hard-boil-
It's diamond potato.
Yes, it's reduced down to its element.
Is potato an element? No, no it's not.
Science!
That is dangerously addictive!
Now, I know why they put so few in there.
Yeah once you start it…
It's oily gold.
You can't stop.
That's gonna be hard to beat.
It is.
Next up, hit me with the next type of skin.
Alright next up.
Wait, let me guess what kind of skin it is. Let me guess.
Turtle skin. No, illegal. Definitely illegal.
- Definitely not ok. - Octopus skin.
- Still feels weird. - Seal skin.
Oh my gosh, why are you just naming all the worst things possible?
Whale skin.
- Why is it have to be from the sea? - Cod! Cod skin!
That's just fish skin.
Damn it!
You're an idiot.
Sheepskin, no that's wool.
I'm literally wearing it.
It's salmon...
- Salted sheepskin. - It's salmon skin.
We've already had salted egg fish skin.
Yeah.
This is just a type of fish. Now it feels like we're getting into…
It's a prestigious fish, right? Salmon.
Oh, I guess so.
See if it's any different.
Initially...
Almost no taste.
Like the same. but then the aftertaste packs a punch.
It's not as impressive as I wanted it to be.
Nowhere near the gyoza skin and I would say not as good as the potato chips.
Ok, let me guess the skin.
Okay.
I feel like I've run out of animals.
What of all the animals?
Get like ten animals and be like, I think we've got them all.
We don't have any more skin.
We've got more salted egg and we do have a different animal.
Liver!
That's not an animal.
Ok…
It's a roll. It's a roll made from a certain animal.
Sausage! Sausage! Meat!
Pig! Salted egg pig!
What, a salted egg sausage roll?
Pig with egg in!
It's a salted prawn roll.
Are you sweating? I'm sweating.
Prawn roll.
Yeah, I didn't know that was a thing.
This one properly pongs.
Oh...
It's like a shrimp cracker smell times a billion.
Wait were these good to eat?
Am I sweating cos I'm about to be sick?
No no you're fine. They're all in date.
There well in date Ollie.
Oh my gosh!
Prawn roll...
Salted egg...what the heck is a prawn roll...
What's in that?
I don't know.
It's quite powdery though.
It's like a mini spring roll, filled with ground-up prawns.
Also, I've just realized.
Does it even taste like salted egg?
I'm pretty sure that is just fish food that you put in aquariums.
That's what it tastes like.
That's what I imagine fish food tasting like.
I haven't had it before. I promise.
To all you fish watching, Josh isn't sneaking in eating all your snacks.
Yeah, not a great fan of that.
It's too intense.
Hits you in the throat.
Does anyone just go for those?
"Oh I wanna snack, gimme a prawn roll?
One more thing.
Oh, last one?
One more thing.
I feel like I'm gradually less and less sensitive to the salted egg flavour.
That last one didn't even taste like salted egg.
I want more salt and more egg.
Well, I feel like we're gonna get it, cos the last thing...
....is salted egg ramyeon.
Salted egg flavoured instant noodles.
- Josh. - Yes.
In the dying moments of this episode,
I've discovered what salted egg is.
What is it?
And news flash... It is not just salting a regular egg.
Okay.
They take a fresh duck egg.
And then they preserve it.
It undergoes a process called brining.
For 25 to 30 days, and then in the case of Irvins, I think they freeze-dry it.
And then add other seasoning.
What they crush the egg?
Yeah.
So it's not an artificial egg flavour?
No. Interesting right?
That's good information and that makes a lot of sense that there's a duck in the logo!
It’s does! Look at that!
Thank you Ollie for enlightening us.
You're welcome.
This... I would say... not promising.
It looks like English ramyeon.
It does.
So right now. it's just got a little bit of garnish on it.
We've got 3 more to add.
Whoa!
That is way more flavour than any English pot noodle has ever had.
Wow.
And we've also got egg crumbs topping.
I'm actually up for this now.
Yeah, this actually looks good.
Salted egg ramen. Instant noodles.
Look at that steam.
Pretty good. it's pretty good.
Okay.
It's pretty good.
It's very different, which I think I'm glad about.
Initially, I was like, oh that's not salted egg,
and then I was like, oh actually, I don't really want it to be.
I mean, I feel like...
It's good though.
I can taste the MSG, and that's a good thing.
It's interesting isn't it?
In the UK, if you describe something as eggy,
you're normally referring to a fart.
Right?
You are! You are.
I have immediately lost my appetite entirely.
This is very eggy.
But not in that way.
I'm not gonna lie...
This is more bland and I absolutely freaking love it.
Why am I not surprised?
It's so good.
I can't even argue with you cos that is good.
I think still my favourite though has to be the initial potato chips and the gyoza skin.
For me just a little bit more flavour, I wanna get that salted egg punch.
This to me was incredible.
So so good.
Thank you to Brandon who sent this.
We don't know whether you work for Irvins, yet.
We have no idea.
But you probably do now.
Yeah, you should if you don't.
Seriously though, thank you for sending us this stuff.
So nice, to all of you who've sent us stuff to the PO box over the years.
Thank you so much.
It's a lovely way to be able to connect with you guys.
If you want to send us anything, we might try it in a video, so...
The address is in the description. Send stuff. We’ll try it.
And in the meantime...
See you JOLLY soon.
See you later!
Bye!