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- Here we are.
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For the last three episodes of season three,
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we're here doing Worth It Japan.
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We've brought our friend, colleague, cultural guide
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translator, tasty producer, Rie McClenny.
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- Hi.
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- Three foods, three parts, ramen, coffee, cake.
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- There's gonna be trains, vending machines, walking,
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other b roll, eating things that aren't in episodes,
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sweating, dancing, sweating.
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- This is is right?
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Like we've peaked with Worth It.
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- Well we didn't get to do sushi here.
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- We can always come back.
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- We'll already planning our second trip to Japan
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and we haven't even started our first one,
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I love it, let's go.
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- Ramen.
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- Ramen.
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- Ramen.
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- Ramen.
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- Ha!
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(laughing)
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Today we're gonna try three ramens at three drastically
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different price points to find out which ramen
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in the most worth it at its price.
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- Worth It.
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- Probably the most requested episode ever.
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Buckle up, we're doing ramen.
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- I think this is going to be an experience to ramenber.
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- Okay.
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(laughing)
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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That's so cheap, how is that possible?
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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How much do you eat ramen?
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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- We're also gonna be having gyoza today.
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Can we hear about how they're made?
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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so he's the expert?
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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- We've had ramen in America,
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but in Japan, is there anything that we should know
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before we eat the ramen?
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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(laughing)
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- First meal in Japan.
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- I'm ready.
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- Is there anything we should say before we eat our food?
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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- One more time?
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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- Kind of like thank you for this meal.
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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- [Both] Whoa.
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- Oh I'm so happy.
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Airplane Steven, go away.
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- Japan Steven awaken.
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Oh man, attack the bowl.
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- You know what I love about noodles?
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They're like French fries,
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you can't just eat one french fry.
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- Yes, there are two kinds of people
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people who do the single fry
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or people who do the claw fry and ramen is a mandatory
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claw food.
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I need some pork.
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- Pork belly in ramen?
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Oh.
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Pork belly is like if bacon had bacon.
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How did you start working here?
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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- Did you get that motorcycle?
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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- And you got that selling 300 yen ramen.
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So how many ramen do you have to sell
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to buy a motorcycle?
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(laughing)
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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- What sauce should we use?
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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- Oh, more more more, oh, for Rie and Adam,
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for Matt and Yu also.
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Let's eat some gyoza.
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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- Oh my God
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is that a high five?
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- So many things happening in your mouth.
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- Yeah, it's seared on one side
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and completely soft on another.
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It goes right in the mouth.
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Very delicious.
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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- You are so quiet.
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- Rin Rin for the win win.
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- I don't know what I was expecting for 300 yen
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but it was like the top bowl of ramen I've had.
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- What can you get 300 yen, I mean like three dollars
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in the state.
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- A taco.
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- Ready for ramen fact?
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- One, two, three.
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- [All] Ramen fact.
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- Ramen fact.
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- It's a wave, you have to do it.
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- I don't have to do it.
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- Japan is now home to at least 30 different types
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of regional ramen varieties.
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- You would have to invest some serious time
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to experience every ramen.
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- Hey judge my body roll.
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I took dance classes.
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- 2.8 out of 10.
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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- So many ramen places in Japan,
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how did you wanna differentiate from other places?
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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- Thank you.
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- Looks awesome.
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- This is incredible.
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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- Enjoying the broth first.
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- Does that show you ramen.
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Oh.
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- Yeah?
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- Excuse me, once again.
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- It's very very good, but you knew that, right?
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- Okay tell me what it tastes like.
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Give me two words.
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- Primordial soup.
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Flavors colliding in space until life is born,
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that's what this soup is.
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- Can I tell you my favorite part of this soup
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are the noodles and how perfect they are for slurping,
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chewing, containing the truffle flavor,
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like I've never had a more perfect noodle.
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- I'm gonna have a little bit of pork.
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- Whoa, the pork.
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- Oh my god the fat on that is unbelievable.
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There's something so comforting about a bowl
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of soup and noodles, you know, just like,
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a warm hug.
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- This is what the ramen is like,
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eating a bowl of ramen is like me doing this to you.
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- It's nothing like that.
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- Truffle is a very strong flavor.
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Soy sauce, a very strong flavor.
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To be able to take all of these power houses
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and have them get along is not easy.
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- The best part is that you just get to steam your face
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over it the whole time.
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I think my face is gonna taste pretty good
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after this meal.
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- And the soup is gone.
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- Boss is the boss of them all, just like me.
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I wonder if I was supposed to shake it.
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I'm gonna ask Rie.
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Was I supposed to shake this.
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- [Rie] I don't think so, oh yeah.
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- I was?
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- [Rie] Yeah.
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(beeping)
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- Oh my goodness, it's chunky, cheers.
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- That's nice.
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- It's like drinking a cake.
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- Ramen fact.
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- Ramen fact.
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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- Ramen actually is believe to originate from China.
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- I mean I like knowing when things come from.
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- I actually don't know where we're going.
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- We are going to (speaking in a foreign language)
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they serve a course menu, the main course it's the ramen.
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- Oh like multicourse menu.
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- Yeah, it's a three course menu.
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- Is there truffle?
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- No truffle.
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- Gold?
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- No gold.
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- Caviar
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- No, no caviar.
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- Hey!
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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This is one of my favorite dishes.
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In Chinese it's saliva chicken, 'cause it makes you salivate
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- I like that.
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- Yeah.
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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tender.
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- This counts as chicken salad?
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I've been eating some bad chicken salad my whole life.
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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- how?
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(laughing)
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sorry.
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- There's a little playing operation.
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I do appreciate a course that makes you not eat quickly.
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- Oh that's so good.
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- It's like little water balloons of tasty fish
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oh (beeping) it gets better the deeper you go.
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You're splashing all over.
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- I know I'm sorry.
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- You got juice on my personalized menu.
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- I'm sorry.
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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- Now this is actually something
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I was extremely excited for.
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I thought I would have to actually go to Spain
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to experience this for the first time.
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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oh God.
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Like that?
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Oh nice.
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Oh yeah I'm dialed in.
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- How do you say wow in Japanese?
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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- Oh that's nice.
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- That has like the flavor of bacon
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but the texture of steak.
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- Are you appetized ?
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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- Oh very good.
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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That's awesome, how many swipes should we do?
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Until it's starts to curl right?
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- [Chef] Three times.
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- The tongue texture is kind of awesome.
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I did think is it gonna be weird for me
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to press something else's tongue against my own tongue
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but no I'm really into it.
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It's like I'm French kissing my food.
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- Yes, hotpot is very Lim family Thanksgiving.
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- I'm just gonna have a piece of the shoulder
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'cause it looks awesome.
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Oh that is nice.
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- That is like a kiss.
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Rie.
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I made one for you.
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(speaking in a foreign language)
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- Hmm the broth is awesome.
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- Refreshing.
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Think about that.
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It's soy sauce and it's refreshing.
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- Oh they have an awesome texture.
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It has a lot of chew to it.
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But it's not the same as just like
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an aldente spaghetti noodle.
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- No it snaps really easily.
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- I'm gonna try the pork.
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- Okay, okay.
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Oh there's the chew, oh.
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- That's awesome
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there's something about a bowl of ramen
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that has like a lot of momentum to it as a meal.
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- They just continuously evolve
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as you eat more.
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This is like a massage.
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When you're getting a massage you're just like oh yeah.
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- Oh no no no.
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I'm in the most humid place I've ever been
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and all I want is more hot noodle stew.
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- Thank you.
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- Oh my god just when I thought the progression
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of comforting hot brothy things couldn't get better,
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this is like the pinnacle.