 Hey guys, welcome back to our channel. My name is Andrea. And my name is Howard. And we are with Food and Mentory Adventures in Food. And if you've never been to our channel before, our channel is all about the food. We do taste test, recipes, grocery hauls, and what's for dinner. And we are here today with a taste test and unboxing from... Universal Yums. Universal Yums, woohoo! It is a monthly subscription box that we've been getting for probably over a year now. And they send you boxes from different countries around the world. And it's $25 a month. And this month is... Grease. Grease, woohoo! So we're gonna jump in and get started. I will say that you get probably what, how many, about 12 snacks? Yeah, 10, 12. So you get that. And then you also get a booklet, which has a description of everything that is in the box. So you get that. And then there's also usually some recipes, some trivia in the box as well. So we'll jump in and get started. So what's our first item? First up is this. Most of something or the other. Oh, on the back it says, great must-flavored soft cookie. Interesting. And so I will read a little bit about it if I can find it. It is a soft wheat cookie with grape must. And we are saying M-U-S-T. And it says it is made with pressed juice, skin and seeds and stems of a grape. Does it smell musty? Smells good. Yeah, it doesn't smell bad. I thought it was gonna have a musty smell, but it really just smells like a grape. So I will say I'm not a big fan of soft cookies. I really like a crunchy cookie. Ooh, that's big. What about you? All right, this is it. Do you like soft or crunchy? I prefer soft cookies. So I probably like it. This is kind of cake-like. It's pretty thick. Okay, ready? Cheers. I don't know, break the part in your mouth with powdery. It's very dry. Yes, I need some milk or something. It has like a spice kind of taste to it, like a spice cake, like a dried up gingerbread cookie. Like you found a gingerbread cookie in July or something from last year. That's what it tastes like. It's very crumbly. Kind of like a biscotti-type texture, so. Okay. Okay. So next up, you can do the next one if you want. All right, it's this. I don't know what it is. It says Serenata Triplo Hazelnut. And it is milk chocolate coated hazelnut topped wafer with a cream filling. So this looks like it melted in the sun. Yeah. It's very dry and oh, this is not gonna work very well. Oh man. So we live in a pretty hot climate and it looks like what happened was to set out on the porch for a while before we got home and it really just kind of melted into the... So it kind of looks like this. It melted a lot. Yeah. So I'll try and get a piece here. But while he's doing that, it says that hazelnuts were used for medicinal purposes way back when. And they also say that it's secure for baldness. Oh yes. So here it is. I cut a little fliver off it. I'm not sure if there's a... And I'm not... You wanna try a piece? Yeah. I'm not a big hazelnut. Oops. Hazelnut fan. All right. Let's give this a try. Cheers. Cheers. Mmm. You like it? I got a nut. And it has a wafer in there too. Yeah, it has a wafer. It says wafer with cream filling. All right. Yeah. Too bad it melted. I mean, it's all melted up and stuff. Anyway, I'll probably enjoy it. Okay. So the next thing we're gonna try are these... They're called... Oriental something. They are... Hmm, can't find it. Oriental sarah... Saragly. Okay. It is a syrupy filo do pastry with almonds and walnuts. From the description, it says it's very similar to a Greek baklava. And you like baklava, I thought. Sometimes. But these are in a roll and not the traditional... You know how you normally get them in squares? These are a roll. All right, so they're in a little tray and that's what it looks like. And it looks moist in there. Yeah, very, a lot of honey in there. All right, so this may have been out in the... Ooh, it's sticky. Yeah, out in the sun too. Yeah. This is what it looks like. Okay. Break you a piece. So he just broke it apart and I thought it would be crunchy, but it's very soft. Yeah. Cheers. Yep. Very soft. I like it, but you would... It is extremely sweet. Very, very sweet. Very... Do you like it? You can definitely taste the honey, but I've never really liked baklava much, so I figured you would like it. All right, this is very messy on my hands, but what's next? Okay, so... We have next, whatever this is. Up next, that is a crit... crit sanaki pesto basil, and these are basil pesto breadsticks, which they should be pretty good. It sounds like something you would like. Basil was the hottest herb in Greek for the Greek elite, is what it says, so. Oh, that little bitty, like little nuggets. Cheers. Yeah, I think you would like it. It's like pesto. It's like pesto. You know what it tastes like? What are those things called? Like bagel crisper. Kind of tastes like a... not a pretzel, but kind of like a basil... a bagel crisp. You know what I'm talking about? Yeah. That's the texture of it, but it does have a good flavor, so. Okay, so next we have a serenata finger. Here it is. Okay, this one probably melted in the sun, too. And it is a milk chocolate coated wafer with cocoa cream filling. Oh. Did it melt? Interesting. Probably. So it's a wafer, kind of like the other chocolate that we tried. Oh, that didn't look too bad. It melted a little bit. A little bit. So. That's what it looks like. It's kind of like a... A little sweet. A bar. Yeah, nothing special. This is a millennia old tradition, it says. And it's cocoa cream, rich chocolate, and even more chocolate. So it's just chocolate on chocolate on chocolate on chocolate. Okay, so this is what looks like a little wafer thing. Oh, here's a piece right here. Okay. Or I can give you a little piece. I got a bigger piece. Cheers. You like it? It reminds me of, what's that thing, the wafer? KitKat. Yes. Yeah, kind of like a KitKat, but it's not as crunchy as a KitKat. To me, and I like KitKats. Okay, so next thing is Tati's chips oregano. And these are of course just potato chips. And let's see here, not much to say about this, except they're oregano flavors. Are they like kettle chips? Nope. So they're like a, I thought they would, oops, I thought they would be like, I finally get a big chip. Woohoo. I'll get a big chip. Okay. So they're not kettle chips, they're just like regular old Lay's potato chips. That's the texture. Cheers. Not bad. I like it. That was good. Hey, what's next? Okay. Did we do this one? Yes, we did. Okay. The brushatini, brushatini pizza. Oh, you like brushatini? A brushatini, I'm probably saying that wrong. It says bread crisp with cheese, tomatoes, and basil seasoning. Let's see, these are twice baked. Let's see, this bread is typically used for deli meat, feta, olives, and crumbled on Greek salads. Oh, they're very small. They are. It says right here, be the big one. I'll take a little at this time. Okay. Cheers. I taste the cheese and the basil, not really the tomato. Okay. Next up is King's Soft Cookie with Dark Chocolate Chunks. We have melted again, but we'll see. Yeah, and it's a soft cocoa cookie with dark chocolate pieces. Another soft cookie. Another soft cookie. But you don't really like chocolate that much. No, I don't. So we'll see. Oh, this is a soft cookie. Oh, very soft. It's kind of like a, it looks like a brownie-type texture to me. Oh, so it's kind of stuck to the package. I'm trying to get out. Yeah, it's another thing that melted outside in the sun. Okay. Very soft cookie. Yeah. It may break. Yeah. All right. Just a small piece for the please. Small piece. I don't think you get all the chocolate. Oh, I did. That's okay. All right, and I get a little bigger piece. Okay, cheers. Cheers, cheers. The chocolatey. It's very chocolatey, but. But mild. Yeah. It's kind of, it's chocolatey, but it's not a strong chocolate flavor of, are they cocoa in there too, maybe? It tastes like, so it does have the texture of a brownie, but to me, it tastes like a cheap brownie, like a little Debbie brownie or something, like a cosmic brownie. I don't really care for that that much. Okay. So next up, Minos nut bar, wait, Minos nut bar, peanut and honey. So it's a peanut and honey nut bar. Now this really looks good to me. They have sesame seeds in there. You see that in there? It looks like sesame seeds. I don't know if it's saying anything. Oh, let me see here. I'm looking. It does not say anything about sesame seeds, but of course it looks like it. There's these peanuts and honey. It's very. Is it hard? Yeah. Let me see if I can break this one again. All right. Super strength. Two pieces here. You're so strong. Okay. Cheers. It's like birdseed. Birdseed. I like it. You like it? It's pretty good. It tastes like peanut brittle. That's exactly what it tastes like. Tastes like peanut brittle, but not as sweet. And I love peanut brittle, so that's probably why I like it. Yep. And then the only thing that we have left is, no, actually, we have that cake thing. The last thing that we have left to try is this, I can't pronounce it, but it is a sweet bread with chocolate cream. And I normally don't like these kind of pastries at all, so I'll leave this one to Howard. But it has a cream in the middle of it. This is a Greek tradition. They serve it around New Year's. It's considered to be a celebratory cake. And this is the kind of stuff that Howard likes. It's a big cake. Look at your alley in it. Ooh, look at this bag. It's like a whole loaf of bread. Ha ha ha. Looks like King's Hawaiian bread. Oh, if there's a little hole in it, if there's a little hole right there, I guess we're gonna put it in the chocolate. All right, let me try and get a piece of this. He's gonna cut out, cut a piece. And it says also, traditionally, there is a coin in the cake, and then whoever finds it, they have good luck. So it's kind of like a king cake, I guess. Or get a chance to see the dentist because they broke their tooth. Well, yeah, there's that. All right, so I cut a piece and there's a little bit of chocolate right there. I really thought there'd be more chocolate. Well, I cut the end, maybe in the middle. So there it is. You know, have a little piece? I'll try the bread part. Ooh, it's hard. It's dry. Now what she thought, is it? Cheers. Reminds me of a panatone. Oh, you think so? Well, I don't need it. Is panatone that dry? Tastes like bread that's been sitting out on the cabinet. A little dry. Is panatone dry like that? Not usually. So dramatic. Okay, so that was the last food item in the box. And now, the only thing left is the yum bag. So yeah, so the yum bag, you get this in every single box. And what it is, is they give you, usually it's hard candy from that country, like popular hard candies, I guess, from that country. Normally we don't eat these on camera, but there is a chew. So we may be able to eat that. But what's in there is a pomegranate-flavored jelly candy. That sounds good to me. So there's that one, that's a hard candy. And then there is a Ozu, I'm probably saying that wrong, an Ozu-flavored hard candy. Oh, is that food though? No. I don't know how to say it. But it says what it is, is a strong grape brandy. And then there is that one. It is a honey-flavored chew. So that sounds pretty good. To me, that sounds like it might be a bit of honey. Have you ever heard of that bit of honey candy? Or that bit of honey? I love bit of honey. I think that's it. That's all that's in here. And yo, yeah, that's it. So that's all the candy. You wanna try one of them? You wanna try to cut it in half. So we're gonna try the honey toffee chew real quick. And while you're doing that, what was your favorite item in the box? What would you? It could be the, the, this thing. Oh, that baklava thing? Yeah, maybe. I don't mind the bread we just had. Oh really? We just need some milk with it. It's dry. So I would have to say my favorite thing in the box was this little bar right here. That's, that was my favorite for sure. Okay. I cut you a little piece off the, the honey toffee. Yeah. Cheers. I see. Not bad. I don't really taste anything strong. I do taste the honey. This is not bit of honey. I'll stick with my bit of honey. But it's not bad. It's not very sweet. It's not very sweet, but I can definitely taste like the honey flavor. I'll stick with my bit of honey. Okay. So anyway, I guess that's it guys. We hope you enjoyed this video. If you did, please make sure to give us a thumbs up. And if you haven't subscribed to our channel, we hope that you'll do so and we will see you guys next time. Bye. Bye.