 it's too hard to chew well you're not supposed to eat a whole patty full of it i didn't i thought you had the fist full what's going on everybody it has been a while since we filmed at a 99 ranch who and yes that is officially the name it's not ranch 99 it's 99 ranch facts if you guys have been to an asian supermarket lately you guys will notice a few things one they are modernizing two they're probably a little bit cleaner and three the snack aisle has way more variety than it used to it's coming up with some flavors that you will never even think hey did you see that even the white rabbit candy has a whole diverse product growing up all you know it's just white rabbit yo guys you know what's funny we always talk about asian representation in entertainment but i'm talking about asian representation in the snack aisle now yeah man we've been talking a lot about snacks and y'all know how i like my snacks man let's just go try nelson got the taste buds of an ant i'm telling you he can sense that sugar from a mile away all right guys we're going to go get a bunch of snacks we're going to see which flavors are new to us and then we're going to tell you what we think new asian snacks let's go we didn't get fully through the chip aisle but you just got to get started at some point immediately the thing that caught me off guard is i never thought that these old school canteen shrimp chips we're going to modernize i was going to say i'm surprised that they're still around and then i'm surprised that they expanded their product line it's all these different flavors and i'm kind of surprised that they expanded the product line but not the logo but nowadays it's got a little bit like that retro hipster feel this would almost be the equivalent of different types of fortune cookies are you surprised that it's from chino california let's try here i got sour cream and onion cheese barbq i'm not gonna lie the cheese one not a lot of cheese flavor okay at least sour cream and onion not even the barbecue that's the about these shrimp snacks they're lacking in flavor i will say this though asian flavors when it comes to snacks they tend to be a little bit less intense you got to show me something on this chip man you got to show me something so calbee is a brand from japan but it makes you might think it's from korea but it's not called galbi dude these shrimp chips have been around for like 50 years so of course they got to come up with some new flavors if you guys know in japan they love having like a trillion versions of everything they're kit kats i think they got like i don't even know i don't want to get the number one but then they might have like 400 flavors i'll tell you this there's 100 there's over 130 flavors of high juice oh no i got yuzu and black pepper i got heart garlic okay and i got the wasabi just the thing about calbee they also make these snap peas snacks that actually have made it into the american grocery store do i gotta try it yo this yuzu and pepper joint can i build up to that one let me let me build up is it fire though let me try the wasabi one here consistency of the size okay yuzu black pepper the yuzu black pepper is the winner the winner plenty of like the a dish at a restaurant like you get like on a your steak or something well they use a lot of yuzu on like steaks and your yakitori and stuff no no black pepper steak you know yuzu black pepper steak that's the winner right there it is it is it is it is it shout out to product diversity we covered this in our korean convenience store video honey butter flew up in korea yeah and if you guys have been on top of your asian snack game you might have seen these for a while no have you had uh honey butter stuff no all right here else i'll be the first one i don't know how i feel about this man what light sweet buttery what do you not like it's good i feel like it's not as salty and savory that i will want in a chip two years ago when honey butter really blew up i was more into it well you are you are high beast for the honey butter it's not bad but i don't know if it'll like stand the test of time besides the saltiness of the chip there's not much you know savory the steam cakes i just know it's full of deliciousness hey you know that this is legit because look the import stickers yeah if they haven't redone the packaging for american consumption that's when you know that this is like really from japan i have a strawberry one i have chocolate one you have a honey one and you got the cheese one hey this confectionary will bring you happiness you will just love the taste a heartwarming time please enjoy your tea time with this a sweet time will be given at a tea time when people relax leisurely or a short time for a pleasant chat they got a message for y'all man i haven't opened up a present in a while i kind of feel like this is like christmas i feel kind of decadent right now i know my birthday's in two weeks guys come on now no if you guys know in japan oh god in japan they love packaging this is not in the regular section though this was at the end of the aisle so this they're advertising and pushing this product i mean like yo this is a new product check this out that's like when you walk into the footlocker and then the shoes at the front entrance that's the shoe they're showing up that was these all right i have the chocolate steam cake i got the honey steam cake i got the cheese i got feeling i got feeling cool it reminds me of the tokyo bananas oh yeah the one that comes in the banana shape yeah immediately i enjoy it it took me to japan with the whole experience i don't think it's an instant classic you think this is more for the older generation that's actually gonna sit down with tea and have a nice like drink with it because it's not the most moist thing you're gonna need some type of liquid or beverage to accompany and you know what it is too the kids they don't necessarily like things that are like steamy and moist that aren't fresh let's try this last flavor this is a strawberry one it kind of reminds me of a mochi concept a little bit like a spongy little cake right this one this is my favorite more flavorful yeah best one this is the best one you can never go wrong with strawberry flavor man the filling though i thought that was the best filling you can snack out you know one thing i noticed is like agent stacks they don't care about advertising like yo five percent real ingredients but i will tell you i choose does advertise that they're gluten-free now but they've always been gluten-free strawberry rice crackers yeah the store hello kitty sundae rice crackers so you know how to get this because this is the new hello kitty times senbei collab these are strawberry flavored rice taiwanese version of these it's uh msg flavor right but it's still a rice cake the japanese ones have always had the white frosting i don't know why chinese food gets bad at the rap for msg japanese people use msg hello everything was invented in japan oh it's okay when the japanese do it but it's not okay a little bit barely barely strawberry flavor i don't taste any at all you think it's a lot for the aesthetics um but there's a little bit of flavor in there would still prefer this over the original if you're a kid you would get that to like your crush rather than the original package for sure for sure this one has so much kawaii built into it man we got the kawaii kawaii huge snack in taiwan so they look like two sefitos here's the thing these are made out of peas they also have two grams of fiber per serving so i don't know nelson i'm just saying this might count as a serving of vegetable instead of eating real vegetables i've been eating these all day the first flavor i'm trying is the spicy should we all try one original just to get the just get the base flavor so you know you understand these are from kawaii this tastes like a really healthy chip wow it does it does try the basil though the basil you're literally eating like a basil leaf that wow did a heck of a job imitating basil basil i like spicy i'm spicy yo hello go ahead bringing it bobby sobby you can see i like the little leaf uh i got a little green on there i think it's easy to put wasabi powder on anything it's already powder yeah just bring it a lot i gotta say that i think i have to try everything the basil is the winner yo you guys spoke too soon you spoke too soon this is the beat lemon and pink salt Himalayan pink salt so that's all the Himalayan's we know especially in new york city i'm not like that into this flavor but they did a good job of replicating it this is the pink lemonade the basil is that i'll say this because not a lot of brands want to venture into basil flavored snacks so i gotta give them credit they went with the base guys i'm not gonna lie i'm licking my lips and there's a lot of msg on them there's nothing wrong with msg it's like salt too much salt is bad for you too much a lot of things are bad for you our next snack from the chip aisle is the tempura seaweed these are seaweed sheets that are fried with a side of tempura this flavor i have is the spicy flavor i have the tempura flavor which is the original style okay i got kimchi in previous videos we have covered the previous way that uh seaweed was presented it was too major kind there was a japanese version in the bin and you could get it spicy or non-spicy and then there was a korean version that was like uh more sesame flavored mine is a little different from you guys mine is not tempura seaweed mine just grilled seaweed oh okay a little different a little different it's from thailand part of the thailand see you assumed it was japanese yeah all right tempura seaweed and grilled the crispiest seaweed of everything i had to wait three seconds for it the crisp and the flavoring that explosion you know when you talk about that's a taekwondo cake that's actually spicy i eat this all day i think i like grilled seaweed better than i like fried seaweed yeah all right now we're moving on to the section of dried squid now this was a section that was kind of hard to see if they had modernized but there's a couple standouts here god we got samyang flavor samyang popular for their spicy ramen bowls hot chicken flavor i mean uh i would say korean hot chicken has become very popular hot chicken squid take some time to not that hot yet chicken right i'm waiting it does taste more like chicken than like squid we're sort of missing that sea like umami in kanto we call it sangme sangme they see that seafood smell but it doesn't really have it right no shirakiku brand smoked squid this is probably one of these the reason we did g brand yo did you smell it it's got a really strong smoke flavor whoa it's a smoked squid yeah you ain't want no smoke you know you see how this shreds tastes good but i don't enjoy eating it it's too hard too well you're not supposed to eat a whole patty full of it i didn't i thought you had the visual we'll say this is one of the more moist dried squids out there and maybe they developed this flavor for the american audience i was going to say that i kind of like original spicy no it's always cool to try new flavors you know cool try new things but sometimes sirmpadas the best thing is the og i felt like the sweetness was overtaking the squid flavor and when you're eating dried squid you want to feel the squid that was just round one i was fascinated obviously by the steam cakes yeah by some of the new basil flavors i was a big fan of that yuzu pepper strip chip that was interesting because you know a lot of people don't want to venture into yuzu but yuzu is like a citrus kind of like sour flavor so that kind of replaces lemon a lot of the time man i really like that that kimchi seaweed that grilled one just because of the way they made it you know how it's so thin and crisp those are new uh you know new way of eating kimchi has obviously been a flavor that's been around for a long time you know in terms of like you know snacks and stuff but just the way they made this he was really interesting i felt like as far as new flavors that you know a lot of people did not grow up with i mean we covered a lot of you're talking about yuzu basil kimchi aren't you guys that does it for round one aka the savory aisle the chip aisle stay tuned for the sweet aisle round two in the next video we're hitting the candy aisle my favorite shout out to 99 ranch until next time we out peace and by the way guys make sure you let us know in the comment section below which asian snack you would like to see expanded flavors