**The Delightful World of Asian Snacks**

As I sat down to taste some exotic snacks from around Asia, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and anticipation. My journey began with what looked like a peculiar fruit bag, which my friend Annette had kindly sent me from Singapore. The fruit was called "Lightsheet" or more accurately, "Hawthorn Berries", and it was said to resemble fireworks when eaten. I popped the fruit into my mouth, and was greeted by a burst of floral flavor that was simply delightful.

But what really caught my attention were the hand-pulled candies, which Annette had also sent me from Singapore. These were called "Dragon's Beard" or "" in Chinese, and they resembled a beard of a dragon due to their long, fine threads. The process of making these candies is truly impressive, with the vendor expertly pulling and stretching the strands to create this intricate and beautiful candy. As I bit into one of these candies, I was surprised by its texture - it was like cotton candy with a little crunch.

Next up were some "Super Strong Crispy White Bait" from Hong Kong, which consisted of tiny little fish served in dim sum restaurants as a snack before food arrived. These were crunchy and salty, with a hint of garlic that added depth to their flavor. And let's not forget the peanuts, which added a nice crunch and richness to each bite.

I was also sent some "Koppel Preserved Plum" from Annette, although I wasn't entirely sure what to make of it at first. The plum itself looked quite different from the ones I had tried before, with its larger size and slightly firmer texture. But as I took a nibble, I was surprised by the flavors that emerged - there were notes of dried fruit, licorice, and even a hint of leathery flavor. It was certainly an acquired taste, but one that I found interesting nonetheless.

Last but not least, I had some "banana candies" from Singapore, which were described as "too thick". These were another type of snack that Annette had recommended, and they consisted of two packets of banana-flavored sweets that looked like they belonged in a 6-inch cake. They were certainly not what I expected, but there was something about them that drew me in.

Throughout my snacking journey, I couldn't help but think about the cultural significance of these foods. From the "Lightsheet" fruit to the hand-pulled candies and preserved plums, each snack had its own unique story and history behind it. And as I sat down to enjoy my last bite of "Super Strong Crispy White Bait", I couldn't help but feel grateful for the opportunity to experience these delicious snacks from around Asia.

**A Taste of Asia**

As I wrapped up my snacking journey, I couldn't help but wonder what other culinary delights Asia had in store for me. Whether it was the vibrant streets of Hong Kong, the ancient temples of Singapore, or the quaint cafes of Tokyo, I knew that there was always something new to discover.

For now, though, I'll have to content myself with the memories of these delicious snacks and the cultural experiences they represented. From the floral flavors of "Lightsheet" fruit to the crunchy textures of "Super Strong Crispy White Bait", each snack had left an indelible mark on my taste buds and my imagination.

And who knows? Maybe someday I'll make it out to Hong Kong or Singapore and experience these snacks for myself. Until then, I'll be dreaming of the next delicious meal, the next exotic flavor to try, and the next cultural adventure to embark upon.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: engreetings my lovelies hi and welcome back to another Emmy eats today I'll be eating Hong Kong so this little package of Hong Kong treats was sent to me by a net and that thank you so much for sending me these treats a net is a student Nong Kong and she sent me this great little compact package for Hong Kong treats and in it included this great spreadsheet with all this information about the products including pictures and translations so I'll be sharing moves with you today it's a small city but very densely populated as you can see there this is the Hong Kong flag and that's where it's located right all the coast there Hong Kong means fragrant Harbor and Chinese it's on the southern coast of China and it's considered an SAR special administrative region which means the rules aren't followed as strictly or something as mainland China a little synopsis of the recent history is it was once a British colony and then it was occupied by Japan in World War two so there's both British and Japanese influences in the culture so interesting and the food I would imagine thanks Annette resent me all that information so let's go ahead and start eating this is called go inside guns going to glide Shah and this is a milk tea add it to my mug add that to here I forgot a spoon I'm really gonna use my scissors oh my god right you didn't say that you didn't say that it smells great and Annette tells me this is not the sweetened version you can add condensed milk or sugar to your taste but I don't mind a black tea as you guys know so let's give that a taste here we go come by hmm and it's good it's a black tea that's quite smooth but in comparison to some British teas that have had not as concentrated in terms of the black tea flavor a little milder quite milky but unlike some sweetened Japanese milk teas not at all sweetened so it's quite light and smooth her favourite childhood snack and this brand is the number one selling seaweed in Hong Kong for the last five consecutive years there it is oh it's individually wrapped great and inside of each packet are three slices of seaweed in select miles mmm Chobham delicious full of umami flavors salty and sweet I would say this is quite similar to a Japanese nori quite thin crisp and light have you never had seaweed before you should definitely have it it's so great I love it with rice I love it as a snack just plain I'm super glad next we have this snack and that says these are like a Chinese version of pokey or print it is oh wow there's similar to pokey of Pretz in the center there a stick but they're actually much larger in diameter hmm Wow there are actually a lot sweeter than I expected them to be mmm good the flavor is actually quite different than impressed or a pokey for that matter to me a pokey tastes more like a biscuit this has more of a crunch like a breadstick a little bit more brittle yeah and I suspect a little more oil or maybe it's been slightly fried it has more of that kind of snap to it and it's quite sweet mm-hmm the amount of sweetness and the texture actually reminds me a lot of an animal cookie or an animal cracker it's that sweet and has that same kind of light crunchy bite but delicious next we have a candy called fruit tips this is her favorite flavor and this is the light she flavor oh yeah look at that so these look quite similar to this candy that I had in Singapore called Raveena those ones were purple these ones are kind of a whitish color they have a slight smell to them Ella's come to taste here we go mmmmm-hmmmm those are delicious they have the same texture as a gumdrop very soft and sticky coated with granulated sugar on the outside and then as you choose and make it softer and softer and gooey and gooey but the best thing about that is the flavor they taste just like lightsheet they're delicious if you don't know what lights you are pointing down to the description box where have a link to my light sheet tasting but it's a beautiful little fruit bag lives in the shell and you crack it and it's white and has a beautiful floral flavor to it delicious I love that that flavor is fantastic so these are Hopf Lakes I eat them in Miami eat Singapore part 2 video put the link down below the reason why I mentioned him again in this video is because a net includes information she said that these are made out of hawthorn berries that's why they're called ha flakes so Chinese hawthorn berries are eaten that Chinese New Year's are supposed to resemble fireworks and they're healthy sweet just like when I was a kid so there are there's a picture of the Hawthorne berry right there and this is called dragon beard candy which I've never had I've heard of it but I've never had it before so this can is called Dragon's beard because it resembles a beard of a dragon and it has this really beautiful technique where it's hand pulled included a picture here whoa I just made a complete disaster Wow look at that oh my gosh can you see that that's amazing it's so fine it almost looks like insulation the threads are so fine Wow that is amazing my goodness that's amazing so the threads are super find it has a delicious flavor there's peanuts sesame and a little bit of coconut in there but when you put it in your mouth it's almost like cotton candy it kind of just dissolves it's like cotton candy with a little bit more crunch but amazing I can't imagine someone actually making this by hand because the threads are so fun I would love to see it must be this great performance to see this happening before your eyes is pulling of this candy amazing this is called super strong crispy white bait with peanuts so white bait is a tiny little fish which is often served in dim sum or Chinese seafood restaurants for as a snack before food arrives look at that these are actually a little bit bigger than the ones in Japan and I don't know if you can see that but can you see these are little tiny fish these are fish and these little that little black spot is there I yep tiny little fish and some peanuts scrumptious all right let's give it a taste thanks a little fish ah fantastic super super crunchy nice and salty and what's really great oh that's delicious there's a hint of garlic in there as well let's try it with some peanuts mmm scrumptious I love it full of seafood II briny flavors great textural crunch and a little hint of garlic and peanut for the richness these are fantastic what is it about fried foods that goes so well with beer like those little pork scratchings that I had from the UK the same thing like Oh crispy fry yummy beer girl the last one I have is this this is called Koppel preserved plum but it's actually not Annette's favorite it's not exactly my tea there but I'm going to spend with I had a version of this in my meet Singapore part 2 video and I also ate a version of similar to this in my amiga ye video and it's called the Huey this one's called prunes Bumi which comes from a beautiful flower found in Hong Kong during the autumn these look a little bit different than the ones that I had before the plums look a little bit bigger and rather than eating the whole thing I'm going to just take a little nibble they smell like dried fruit and licorice so it's good bad taste hmmm it's got a lot of natural licorice flavor which to me tastes like artificial sugar or sweetener it's his medicinal has a bit of a nasturtium flavor it's got some fruity flavors in there as well too leathery and fruity and kind of dried fruit mmm I'm salty too very salty so I think that's part of the way it's been preserved both dried and salted Nia not my favorite alright Annette thank you so much for sending me a taste of Hong Kong I hope to actually go visit your city someday I've heard wonderful things about it it's quite the metropolis and it's an international hub for sure so someday so here in New England the leaves are just starting to come out on the trees but yeah summer is just around the corner let me know the comments below what your summer plans are I want to know alright thank you guys so much for watching I hope you guys enjoy that hope you guys learned something and I'll see you in my next video really take care bye 6 banana candies 2 packets and too thick so they call this Dragon's beard they look like a dragongreetings my lovelies hi and welcome back to another Emmy eats today I'll be eating Hong Kong so this little package of Hong Kong treats was sent to me by a net and that thank you so much for sending me these treats a net is a student Nong Kong and she sent me this great little compact package for Hong Kong treats and in it included this great spreadsheet with all this information about the products including pictures and translations so I'll be sharing moves with you today it's a small city but very densely populated as you can see there this is the Hong Kong flag and that's where it's located right all the coast there Hong Kong means fragrant Harbor and Chinese it's on the southern coast of China and it's considered an SAR special administrative region which means the rules aren't followed as strictly or something as mainland China a little synopsis of the recent history is it was once a British colony and then it was occupied by Japan in World War two so there's both British and Japanese influences in the culture so interesting and the food I would imagine thanks Annette resent me all that information so let's go ahead and start eating this is called go inside guns going to glide Shah and this is a milk tea add it to my mug add that to here I forgot a spoon I'm really gonna use my scissors oh my god right you didn't say that you didn't say that it smells great and Annette tells me this is not the sweetened version you can add condensed milk or sugar to your taste but I don't mind a black tea as you guys know so let's give that a taste here we go come by hmm and it's good it's a black tea that's quite smooth but in comparison to some British teas that have had not as concentrated in terms of the black tea flavor a little milder quite milky but unlike some sweetened Japanese milk teas not at all sweetened so it's quite light and smooth her favourite childhood snack and this brand is the number one selling seaweed in Hong Kong for the last five consecutive years there it is oh it's individually wrapped great and inside of each packet are three slices of seaweed in select miles mmm Chobham delicious full of umami flavors salty and sweet I would say this is quite similar to a Japanese nori quite thin crisp and light have you never had seaweed before you should definitely have it it's so great I love it with rice I love it as a snack just plain I'm super glad next we have this snack and that says these are like a Chinese version of pokey or print it is oh wow there's similar to pokey of Pretz in the center there a stick but they're actually much larger in diameter hmm Wow there are actually a lot sweeter than I expected them to be mmm good the flavor is actually quite different than impressed or a pokey for that matter to me a pokey tastes more like a biscuit this has more of a crunch like a breadstick a little bit more brittle yeah and I suspect a little more oil or maybe it's been slightly fried it has more of that kind of snap to it and it's quite sweet mm-hmm the amount of sweetness and the texture actually reminds me a lot of an animal cookie or an animal cracker it's that sweet and has that same kind of light crunchy bite but delicious next we have a candy called fruit tips this is her favorite flavor and this is the light she flavor oh yeah look at that so these look quite similar to this candy that I had in Singapore called Raveena those ones were purple these ones are kind of a whitish color they have a slight smell to them Ella's come to taste here we go mmmmm-hmmmm those are delicious they have the same texture as a gumdrop very soft and sticky coated with granulated sugar on the outside and then as you choose and make it softer and softer and gooey and gooey but the best thing about that is the flavor they taste just like lightsheet they're delicious if you don't know what lights you are pointing down to the description box where have a link to my light sheet tasting but it's a beautiful little fruit bag lives in the shell and you crack it and it's white and has a beautiful floral flavor to it delicious I love that that flavor is fantastic so these are Hopf Lakes I eat them in Miami eat Singapore part 2 video put the link down below the reason why I mentioned him again in this video is because a net includes information she said that these are made out of hawthorn berries that's why they're called ha flakes so Chinese hawthorn berries are eaten that Chinese New Year's are supposed to resemble fireworks and they're healthy sweet just like when I was a kid so there are there's a picture of the Hawthorne berry right there and this is called dragon beard candy which I've never had I've heard of it but I've never had it before so this can is called Dragon's beard because it resembles a beard of a dragon and it has this really beautiful technique where it's hand pulled included a picture here whoa I just made a complete disaster Wow look at that oh my gosh can you see that that's amazing it's so fine it almost looks like insulation the threads are so fine Wow that is amazing my goodness that's amazing so the threads are super find it has a delicious flavor there's peanuts sesame and a little bit of coconut in there but when you put it in your mouth it's almost like cotton candy it kind of just dissolves it's like cotton candy with a little bit more crunch but amazing I can't imagine someone actually making this by hand because the threads are so fun I would love to see it must be this great performance to see this happening before your eyes is pulling of this candy amazing this is called super strong crispy white bait with peanuts so white bait is a tiny little fish which is often served in dim sum or Chinese seafood restaurants for as a snack before food arrives look at that these are actually a little bit bigger than the ones in Japan and I don't know if you can see that but can you see these are little tiny fish these are fish and these little that little black spot is there I yep tiny little fish and some peanuts scrumptious all right let's give it a taste thanks a little fish ah fantastic super super crunchy nice and salty and what's really great oh that's delicious there's a hint of garlic in there as well let's try it with some peanuts mmm scrumptious I love it full of seafood II briny flavors great textural crunch and a little hint of garlic and peanut for the richness these are fantastic what is it about fried foods that goes so well with beer like those little pork scratchings that I had from the UK the same thing like Oh crispy fry yummy beer girl the last one I have is this this is called Koppel preserved plum but it's actually not Annette's favorite it's not exactly my tea there but I'm going to spend with I had a version of this in my meet Singapore part 2 video and I also ate a version of similar to this in my amiga ye video and it's called the Huey this one's called prunes Bumi which comes from a beautiful flower found in Hong Kong during the autumn these look a little bit different than the ones that I had before the plums look a little bit bigger and rather than eating the whole thing I'm going to just take a little nibble they smell like dried fruit and licorice so it's good bad taste hmmm it's got a lot of natural licorice flavor which to me tastes like artificial sugar or sweetener it's his medicinal has a bit of a nasturtium flavor it's got some fruity flavors in there as well too leathery and fruity and kind of dried fruit mmm I'm salty too very salty so I think that's part of the way it's been preserved both dried and salted Nia not my favorite alright Annette thank you so much for sending me a taste of Hong Kong I hope to actually go visit your city someday I've heard wonderful things about it it's quite the metropolis and it's an international hub for sure so someday so here in New England the leaves are just starting to come out on the trees but yeah summer is just around the corner let me know the comments below what your summer plans are I want to know alright thank you guys so much for watching I hope you guys enjoy that hope you guys learned something and I'll see you in my next video really take care bye 6 banana candies 2 packets and too thick so they call this Dragon's beard they look like a dragon\n"