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  • [M] It’s time for [Both] Food Adventure Program For Awesome People. [S] The soup dumpling edition.

  • [S] You might see I have little fisties right here. [M] What are these?

  • [S] Because I’m so excited for this. [M] Right here.

  • [S] This is the #1 thing I wanted to do in Taiwan. Soup dumplings, and were in Din Tai Fung.

  • This is the king of soup dumplings.

  • Oh my god. [M] Let’s go get some XiaoLongBao, ok? [S] Please. [M] Alright.

  • Let’s just... It’s happening behind you.

  • [S] Look at this. [M] Don’t smudge the screens.

  • Come on, let’s just go inside. [S] I love you.

  • [M] Let’s just go inside. [S] I love you. [M] Come on, let’s just, let’s just go.

  • This is a really strange looking dumpling. I’ve never seen anything like this before.

  • It almost looks like a vegetable of some kind.

  • [S] What is this? [M] Green dumpling. I’ll give anything a try.

  • [S] Oh mercy [M] Oh [S] Oh wow [M] It’s a great, spicy, crunchy green bean.

  • [S] Here we have some spicy cucumbers.

  • [M] Oh man. [S] Oh wow, that is delightful.

  • [M] That is great. It’s still got it’s crunch to it but it has kind of like a sweet vinegar...

  • This is Kao Fu. I think it’s kind of like a seitan or a tempeh or tofu but... [S] I have no idea

  • [S] That is lovely. [M] Oh man. [S] Oh my god, what is in there?

  • [M] I thought we were coming here just for dumplings and everything on this menu is amazing.

  • [S] That’s unfair, how come they make so many good things in one restaurant, whoa

  • [S] Oh yeahohLook at that steam. [M] Oh my god

  • [S] One simply does not grab a XiaoLongBao and put it in their mouths

  • [M] Oh no. [S] Unless they want instant imminent death.

  • There’s an art to eating this, let us show you the way.

  • Now, the dipping sauce for XiaoLongBao is also quite special.

  • Theyre gonna give you some ginger and then youre gonna add to that ginger out of three parts rice wine vinegar to one part soy sauce

  • and then when you actually eat it, youre gonna put a little bit of the ginger on top

  • with this like kind of soaked vinegar, soy sauce flavor and then eat it.

  • Youre gonna very gently poke a hole in the side of it.

  • [S] Yes, and then you see the juice that comes out. This is the soup of soup dumplings.

  • [M] This is the nectar of the gods is what you wanted to say.

  • [S] And now you drink the soup.

  • [S] Oh yes. [M] Oh man, so good.

  • [M] Now were gonna place a little bit [S] of the ginger soy sauce and vinegar combination on top of the dumpling

  • blowing it a little bit just to cool it down.

  • [S] Ok, I think were ready. [M] Are you sure?

  • [S] Ok now, I think were ready, ok. [Martina] Ok, now were ready to eat it.

  • [M] Ok, here we go. [S] And now we eat.

  • [Martina singing] Do you realize, ah~

  • [S] Did I ever tell you how much I love you?

  • [M] Did I tell you how much I love soup dumplings?

  • [S] I think we have the most amazing lives. I love everything about this world right now. [M] Yeah.

  • These are the truffle and pork XiaoLongBao. I’ve never even heard of this. [S] Truffle?

  • [M] Did you know this even existed? [S] No. [M] No.

  • [S] Oh my god, I’m so happy right now with everything. ([M] Oh my god, look at this.) [S] Here we go.

  • [M] Drink the broth.

  • [S] Oh, that truffle. [M] Oh my gosh. [S] Oh my god, truffles.

  • [M] This is gonna ruin your life. Now were never gonna be able to have this exact same thing again.

  • [S] I can never have it without truffles. I can never have it without truffles.

  • Oh, look at all the truffles in there. They are not messing around.

  • [S] Oh my god. Oh, you already ate yours? [M] What? No!

  • [M] Wow. [S] Unbelievable. [M] Just wow. [S] Just unbelievable. [M] Wow.

  • [S] That doesn’t need any sauce to it. [M] No. [S] I’m having another one. [M] Ok.

  • [S] The ginger is so nice on here as well. [M] It’s just like a combination, guys.

  • [S] Now, this isn’t just like a dumpling skin that they scoop in soup and hope for the best.

  • No, this is actually really clever.

  • They make the soup and then they gelatinize it, mix it with the meat and then they put it in the dumplings

  • so that when the dumpling warms up the soup melts and becomes a broth.

  • It’s such engineering mastery. Whoever made this, whoever thought of that idea deserves like a Noble Peace Prize in food.

  • [M] You know what else is great about this? It’s that there are dumplings you have that the skin is too thick

  • [S] Yeah. [M] Like, it’s chewy and like you can’t get through it;

  • It’s so thin [S] Yes. [M] And they have all these amazing perfect little twists on the top

  • and so when you bite into it, it’s got soft at the bottom, a little bit of texture at top

  • [S] Who invented this and can I be your best friend. [M] Yeah.

  • [S] Youre such a smart, smart person [M] Yes. We like you. [S] Bless your soul.

  • there’s a special place in heaven just for you.

  • [M] God’s like: "Din Tai Fung? XiaoLongBao over here."

  • [S] XiaoLongBao? More like XiaoLong-Wow. [M] Oh Simon. [S] This is so amazing.

  • [M] I will be editing in a high honk sound for that, I just wanna let you know.

  • [S] Oh yeah [M] Ok, I don’t even know what green squash is. [S] Squash and shrimp.

  • [M] Never once thought of this combination before. [S] Me either.

  • I usually don’t like squash- Ooh, this is a different color broth.

  • [M] Oh man- ooh, it’s more of a clear broth. [S] Oh wow. It has a really fresh taste to it.

  • [M] You can really taste the squash. [S] Oh yeah.

  • [M] It’s almost like a zucchini meets a pumpkin coming together here. - Alright

  • [S] Oh, this is lovely.

  • Did you not blow enough on yours?

  • Amateur right there. You don’t deserve to be at this table. Only professional dumpling eaters here.

  • [M] Mine was really hot, look at my eyes. [S] Oh Ducky.

  • I just wanna say something really nice about Taiwan.

  • The people to right of us are having different dumplings than what were having

  • and when we looked at them, when we saidoh wow, that looks really nice”, she saysWould you like one?”

  • Which to me it’s totally amazing, because I would never offer anybody one of my dumplings.

  • I wouldn’t, I barely even offer Martina one of my dumplings.

  • but to offer dumplings to a strangerTaiwan, you are good people. Like I’d give up a kidney before a dumpling.

  • [M] Look at that. [S] Oh, you see the jiggle? [M] I know. [S] Of that pouch of soup

  • Oh yeah... oh my god, that broth ismemories of childhood and chicken soup. [M] Wow, that is fantastic, guys.

  • [S] Hey I have a question. Do they just make like a soup out of the broth or only dumplings out of the broth?

  • What if they make a soup out of the soup dumplings? [M] That’s a really good question.

  • [S] Only soup, cause I like the soup. [M] Can I just tell you,

  • This really tastes like the most delicious homemade chicken noodle soup jammed inside of a dumpling skin. It’s amazing.

  • [S] Have you ever had the perfect day? Have you ever like just had a whole day that’s perfect?

  • I think today is a perfect day. [M] Oh man. [S] Oh man.

  • [M] There’s almost like a mushroom flavor in there too. [S] I know.

  • [S] So that’s it for this week’s Food Adventure Program For Awesome People.

  • That was such a glorious, holy experience.

  • If you wanna see more of our Taiwan adventures, make sure you click on the video here because weve eaten so many things in Taiwan.

  • [M] Oh my god, I don’t think we actually had a single bad meal in Taiwan. [S] Not one. [M] We have to come back again.

  • [S] And if you wanna hear which one of these dumplings were our favorite make sure you click on the blog post here

  • where were gonna give you a list of the order of hierarchy.

  • [M] Were gonna give you a breakdown that's gonna make you wanna cry when you read the descriptions.

  • Now, if you excuse me, I’m gonna take both of our pineapple cakes. [S] But one’s for me.

  • [M] and go eat them in a corner somewhere.

  • [S] I’m just gonna go back for some soup dumplings. Screw you.

[M] It’s time for [Both] Food Adventure Program For Awesome People. [S] The soup dumpling edition.

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