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  • (sizzling)

  • (jazzy hip-hop instrumentals)

  • - What's up, cuteas?

  • We're currently at the second most popular

  • night market here in Taipei, Taiwan.

  • Today, we have one goal and one goal only

  • and that is to eat as much seafood-street food as we can

  • and judging by the looks of this market,

  • I guess you can say we do "sea food".

  • (laughs)

  • Get it?

  • "Sea Food"?

  • (laughs)

  • Oh my "cod" that was so lame.

  • (laughs)

  • Too much fish puns? Let me just scale it back!

  • (laughs)

  • (coughs)

  • No?

  • Okay. Well just start the video, then.

  • Just cut, just cut.

  • Oh...

  • (various sounds of Taipei night market)

  • (jazzy hip-hop instrumentals)

  • Our first stop here is the grilled squid,

  • and you're gonna see this in a lot of night markets

  • all around Taiwan.

  • What they do is get these giant bodies of squid

  • and then they start grilling it with barbeque sauce.

  • Just look at the glisten.

  • The one portion of this, the small one, is 200NT

  • and the bigger one is 250NT.

  • Our first seafood dish right here is the grilled squid.

  • Squid for me, like calamari,

  • it tastes pretty much the same all across

  • it's like rubbery, it's chewy.

  • However, I'm gonna see if the sauce that they put on here

  • with the little pepper flakes is good.

  • Here we go!

  • (various sounds of Taipei night market)

  • (TJ squeals)

  • Calamari or grilled squid all tastes the same to me

  • in terms like it takes a long time to chew,

  • it's rubbery, it's pretty thick,

  • however, you guys, this is really good

  • because of the sweet sauce that they put on top of it

  • and, let's see, this was 200NT.

  • I don't know. $6.00 for this?

  • Do you think it's worth it?

  • Kev, what do you think?

  • - [Kev] I think for what you get in Taiwan,

  • it's a little bit steep.

  • - It's true. We will keep looking. Let's go.

  • So many people, so scary here.

  • Everyone's so tall.

  • (jazzy hip-hop instrumentals)

  • When they're like, "Oh, do you want it spicy?"

  • they usually just put some red pepper on top of it.

  • Personally, I don't find it as spicy,

  • but you should definitely just taste it

  • and see how you feel first.

  • (jazzy hip-hop instrumentals)

  • (mimics angelic chorus)

  • I got a bucket full of crispy, fried, seafood.

  • It does not get any better than this!

  • This right here, for a bucket of a mix

  • of crispy crab, shrimp and squid,

  • it's total 200NT or around $6.

  • It is a really popular tourist spot.

  • For first-time travelers, you guys will probably come here,

  • so it's good that you know what to expect

  • in terms of price and what you get.

  • I'm gonna try the shrimp first. Hello!

  • Oh, it looks so good! Okay, ready?

  • For this, you can just put it all in your mouth.

  • You don't have to peel it.

  • Mmm...okay. (laughs) Oh, this is good.

  • Oh crap, it's kind of spicy!

  • The seasoning they put on top of the seafood

  • is savory, it gives you a little kick when you eat it.

  • The shrimp is just crispy enough,

  • where you can just chew into it and swallow.

  • We're gonna try the crab.

  • I'm really excited to try the crab.

  • Here, I want to get you a good one. Right here.

  • With the legs as well.

  • Mmm...

  • Mmm...!

  • Okay, forget the shrimp, probably forget the squid, too

  • and just go for the crab.

  • The crab is delicious!

  • When you bite into the crab,

  • the meat inside is still soft,

  • so it's got a crunchy outside and a soft inside.

  • It's a perfect texture combination.

  • Let's try the squid.

  • Although, like I said, squid texture

  • it tastes pretty similar.

  • This one is fried, though. We'll see.

  • Oh, my God. Oh, my God!

  • Take me to heaven! It's so good!

  • Sorry, squid of the world, for saying what I said.

  • This actually tastes delicious.

  • Maybe its the fact that it's fried,

  • but the texture inside is not as rubbery,

  • which I love, and this outside is so crispy and nice.

  • Mm-hmm, the squid and the crab,

  • those are what you need to go for.

  • Let's go to our next stall.

  • (jazzy hip-hop instrumentals)

  • As you can see, I have this paper bowl of delicious clams.

  • So, what the chef did was he put these raw clams into a bowl

  • after boiling it, he added some rice wine, some garlics.

  • That's gonna have a nice, garlicy-infused flavor.

  • I can't wait!

  • Ahh!

  • So, for one of this bowl, right here, it's 100NT

  • that's around $3. See if it's worth it.

  • (laughs) It's alright.

  • Had to move because this was just okay, unfortunately.

  • The flavor was not really there.

  • It's just kind of bland, it's almost just

  • basically boiled clams.

  • (chews)

  • Honestly, I can barely taste the garlic,

  • which is what I was really excited to taste.

  • Just in case, I'm gonna have Kevin try it.

  • Our handy cameraman and see if he likes it.

  • - [TJ] What do you think?

  • - Nothing special.

  • I can taste a little rice wine, but...

  • - Yeah.

  • - It's not something I would come back for...eat again.

  • - Yeah, honestly, it's pretty bland, I have to say.

  • What are we gonna do with this bowl of clams?

  • Anybody want clams? (chuckles)

  • I tripped! (laughs)

  • (slow jazzy instrumentals)

  • (sizzling)

  • (spatula scrapes griddle)

  • We're currently trying one of

  • the most popular seafood dish in Taiwan.

  • It's an oyster omelette.

  • Legend and it's extremely popular.

  • My mom loves this stuff.

  • I honestly think if you're a first-time traveler,

  • if you eat this, it might be kind of foreign to you,

  • but it would be good to give a try,

  • just to see what is an authentic, traditional dish here.

  • Okay, I'm gonna go 'head and open this up.

  • Do you see? Oh, my goodness, do you see that oyster?

  • Now, when you look inside this,

  • you're gonna see some veggies,

  • you're gonna see some onions,

  • and you're gonna see this kind of white, gooey mess

  • and what that is is tapioca starch.

  • That's what gives this omelette

  • this almost nice, chewy kind of texture.

  • It's not just an omelette, it's got like...

  • Do you see that? It's kind of bouncy.

  • Oh, yes! The last time I tried this,

  • I thought it was okay,

  • but it was at a different night market,

  • so we're gonna try it again.

  • It's been about two years

  • since I had my last oyster omelette.

  • Let's go, let's dig in.

  • We got some omelette, we got some oyster.

  • Ready?

  • Okay...

  • Okay...

  • I actually enjoyed this, I can barely taste the oyster.

  • It's almost like it's just melting in my mouth.

  • I think it's because it's coated

  • in this nice, chewy potato starch

  • along with this sweet sauce on top, right here.

  • (squeals) This is good. You guys, this is good.

  • I love the crisp, these veggies right here

  • along with the mushiness of the potato starch,

  • and the nice fried taste from the egg

  • and the sauce, it's sweet, but very light.

  • It's delicious.

  • Oh, and the best thing?

  • This the cheapest we got so far.

  • This is only 65NT.

  • (snaps fingers) Eh?

  • (upbeat instrumentals)

  • (jazzy electronic instrumentals)

  • So excited to try this.

  • This looks amazing

  • and so you're supposed to eat this with a spoon

  • because it's way too hot.

  • Let's do this!

  • Oh...

  • Oh, my gosh!

  • Like mashed potato texture.

  • Seafood-boss man over here told me

  • that this is made entirely of seafood.

  • Just different kind's of seafood all mixed in together

  • in this beautiful shell.

  • Mmm...

  • Mmm...!

  • This is pretty yummy!

  • Even though it's made of seafood,

  • it's got this steamed-egg texture.

  • Inside there's little pieces of scallops and clams.

  • I can really taste the layer of fried cheese on top.

  • Mmm...

  • Oh, there's even a big piece of squid here, I love it!

  • Apparently, you can only find this in Taiwan.

  • Is it true? Let me know where you guys are from.

  • Do you have something similar?

  • I'm gonna take one more bite.

  • Mmm...Just one more, it's pretty good!

  • This is just 40NT, so it's about a $1.50 for one,

  • which is comparably cheaper than

  • the other stuff that we've eaten.

  • So, if you guys are here, you should get one of these!

  • (jazzy electronic instrumentals)

  • We have looped around the whole night market.

  • This is literally almost at the front

  • and we found our last item for the day,

  • a seafood thick soup.

  • That's literally what is says on the sign,

  • "Seafood thick soup".

  • I need some of the soup to heal me,

  • because my voice is almost gone.

  • Looks like, from inside, we got a mixture

  • of seafood everything you can want, actually.

  • We got some squid, oysters, we got some shrimp.

  • We're gonna see if this one is good.

  • Here we go.,,

  • (sighs)

  • Oh, that feels so good for my throat right now.

  • The soup's almost got this peppery taste to it.

  • You can barely taste the seafood.

  • I think I've tried soup like this before

  • and other places I've tried are actually thicker,

  • so this one is a little bit more liquidy,

  • but just a tad bit you can see

  • where the thickness, or what the soup is called, comes from.

  • This is a nice, hearty bowl of soup to end today's video.

  • You can add some noodles in there if you want,

  • get your carbs on.

  • Let's just take one more sip.

  • (exhales) Mmm... Nice and cozy.

  • Oh, alright everyone!

  • Well, that was the seafood tour.

  • That was just a sample of the different type

  • of street-market seafood that you can get.

  • Of course, you can actually go

  • into little restaurants on the side

  • to order more seafood dishes.

  • We just wanted to show you what was available in the stalls.

  • The total that we spent today, was around 600NT

  • which is around $22 to $23 USD for all of that seafood.

  • If you want to see the real seafood magic

  • here in Taiwan, you've got to go to the port cities

  • and if you want to see that seafood magic,

  • stay on this channel, click the subscribe button,

  • because we are going to get clammy in here.

  • - [Kevin] Uh...um...

  • - What?

  • No?

  • - No.

  • - Redo that one? - Yeah.

  • - Okay, one more time.

  • If you want to see more seafood magic,

  • click the subscribe button, stay on this channel,

  • because we're gonna get fishy in here.

  • - Uh...I don't think fishy.

  • - No? No, not that one either?

  • - It's kind of weird, yeah. - Fishy?

  • You didn't like clammy either?

  • You've got a lot of opinions, Kevin.

  • For more seafoods, click the subscribe button,

  • stay on the channel, because I am your shrimp-daddy.

  • - No, not that one either.

  • - No?

  • - No.

  • - Okay, I'm just...

  • I'm gonna...pull out my phone

  • and Google search a little bit more for seafood puns

  • because I'm... I ran out so just give me a second.

  • Do you think people are still watching this video?

  • Is it the end screen yet?

  • Ah, I thought clammy was pretty good.

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