Emmy Eats Singapore - tasting more Singaporean treats

[@cyexlceltan3446]

Hi emmymadeinjapan , Thanks for eating my package and in the process, eating Singapore!!! I'm so so pumped seeing your different reactions to the food- I held my breath for a moment there though when you popped the whole sweet prune into your mouth!!! O.o Actually this year marks Singapore's 50th year of independence and it has also been a watershed year for us with the passing of our founding prime minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew. Am seriously moved that you got to try Singapore not once, but twice, for the first time this year. Thank you so much for the video! And for those contesting whether the food is Singaporean or Malaysian, please take a chill pill. We were one country after all till our separation in 1965, so obviously our cultures and foods have similar if not identical origins. Just wanted Emmy to try the childhood foods of Singaporeans- let's not start a sociopolitical war of to which country the food belongs to, sit back and enjoy the video!

[@prorenzo]

Personally I find for the dried prune and haw flakes, it is much better to suck on it than to bite directly. Biting will make the intense flavours explode in ur mouth directly which isnt such a good idea.

[@hayleyralph9572]

Lemon puffs and Fancy Gems (or Iced Gems as they are known here) are quite popular in the UK too.

[@DawnMarsh]

Hayley Ralph That might have something to do with the fact that many years ago,Singapore was once a British colony before it became an independent country ^^

[@stallingwaves]

Your kitchen is probably bursting with loads of amazing treats all the time!

[@deparisshaw4510]

she says that she doesn't keep the treats. she gives them to her neighbors and family members :)

[@TabiEats]

I love Kaya and always bring home a couple of jars when I visit Singapore. I also actually love that salty plum thingy. I grew up in Hawaii and they were a staple at candy stores. Great episode Emmy!

[@robaldridge6505]

Oh you poor girl, I feel so bad for you eating the salted prune, but the look on your face...... LOL I laughed so hard, I was tearing up, had to stop video, I laughed so hard.... LOL oh, that was priceless

[@modtcha]

we only keep salted butter in our house lol. even if a recipe calls for unsalted, we use salted :P

[@KiyaLee]

Same with us

[@GirLWhoLaughsAtFunerals]

Refreshing Lime and Sour Plum Drink (Limau Asam Boi or Kat chai suen mui in Chinese)..You can basically find it in most asian hawker stalls (I'm from Malaysia) > dried preserved plum / asam boi x 1 > lime/lemon wedge x 2 - 3 > honey x 1 tbsp > water x 1 cup > ice x few cubes

[@MsDreamcakes]

I love hearing little snippets about your childhood and what you ate! =}

[@rvch3692]

I literally said “oh no” out loud when she ate the prune as a whole lmao :’) bless her heart

[@Hunny8ee]

Also, in the UK we have those 'Fancy Gems' too, except here they're called 'Iced Gems'. :) They're a pretty popular lunch box snacks for kids. When I was little I always used to bite the icing off the top and throw away the biscuit!

[@josephineriani]

Hunny8ee I would eat the biscuit and then eat the icing.

[@Hunny8ee]

Josephine Riani Ah, saving the best part till last? :P I just had no interest in the biscuit as a kid, it was all about the sugar! No wonder my parents were reluctant to give me them...

[@josephineriani]

Hunny8ee I never rly got them. I guess they don't look too healthy and they r very morish. :-)

[@averylfong4843]

Hunny8ee As a Singaporean living in the UK I approve this message! :D And I did the exact same thing when I was a kid! I think the Iced/Fancy Gems were brought over with the colonial Brits so I guess we've got you guys to thank for that, at least ;)

[@shirlee4567]

Hunny8ee in some places in sg we call it ice gem biscuit too!

[@xAngelxDevilsx]

omg i love these singapore videos because it's like soaking up on my childhood with just food and it's so kewl.

[@glendaooi2706]

omg this is so cool. like i watch emmy eat foods from all over the world and its so cool to see her eat from my country!

[@JReeces]

Haw is the Hawthorn Berry, tiny red things.

[@DrBrennan]

JReeces they're not that tiny. 3.bp.blogspot.com/-PnhNhLA6o60/UPf_Ib5TNxI/AAAAAAAAAgM/YwjvyC7HWgg/s1600/A+Skewer+of+Candied+Hawthorn+Berries.png ^^^Common street/night market food in Taiwan- Tanghulu (fruits-commonly hawthorn berries- with a hard sugar glaze).

[@emilyfu435]

DrBrennan hahaha i love those ...glazed with sugar and super sour berries on the inside. Analogous to a candy apple but simpler, less sweet and really really nostalgic

[@waterlily43]

Haw is short for Hawthorne, a kind of fruit and used sometimes in Traditional Chinese Medicine since it has some cooling and detoxifying properties. I've never seen the fresh fruit but the dried slices can be used for brewing a delicious drink if you add some sugar, otherwise it's face-scrunching-ly tart. I think majority of it is from China. The Chinese name is shan zha.

[@madisonvanburen6048]

I wish I could try all of these treats! It seems so fun to be able to try foods from around the world!

[@shakirakiki7578]

emmy i love your voice..soothing..i like all your videos in youtube..

[@lizzyloo113]

Seeing fancy gems have just brought back so many memories of when I was little and my mum would take me to this shop where they sold all little biscuits like that. Btw you eating the dried fruit was the best thing ever.

[@RaymondChia_Silaqui]

Kaya: It is basically Coconut, Eggs and Sugar. The Pandan gives it the color. Some uses Corn Syrup or Molasses or around the region use Gula Melaka (Palm Sugar) to give it a darker look. In Singapore, you would have it on toast with Kaya spread and a chunk of cold butter. Personally I like my butter that way and you let the heat of the toast melt the butter. As for salted or un-salted, I would prefer un-salted. Reason being, I get a choice to either add salt or sugar. Fancy Gems: One of my go to snacks when I was younger. It was always a treat.

[@SherioCheers]

I'd love those lemon puffs! Ever since I was a kid I liked lemon frosting on saltines. Also I agree on the salted butter :) As far as toast toppings, I gotta just stick with plain salted butter OR salted butter with a light dusting of sugar and cinnamon.

[@earlmyung-deaalex8259]

We do eat Kaya on toast with butter. The little coockie with hard sugar topping also a chilehood favorite. Another version of it where the sugar topping is between 2 coockies like a sandwich. Rabina is a source of vitamin c for kids.

[@VivKJean]

I actually grew up with both unsalted and salted butter in my house. my family are bakers and you never back with salted butter. so we only used the unsalted for baking or cooking but used the salted to put on toast or something.

[@bethanneshrubb1552]

Ahhh I get so excited when you upload! Love you Emmy ! X

[@ericsupervaldez4743]

Emmy you are so amazing ! I love your videos. Your awesome :)

[@fairmaidenvoyage87]

Oh Emmy the look on your face when you ate that prune was priceless! Too cute! :-)

[@shaqiraazzriffa9109]

Oh my gosh.. All the snacks that you have eaten for both videos of emmy eats Singapore was my childhood snacks.. I'm glad that you like it..

[@mangledbyminmes]

with the kaya, the butter should be a cold slice about maybe a 2-3mm and sandwiched by the kaya and the toast, not incredibly thick but the sensation of the cold butter and the warm toast and spread has always been one of the joys of kaya toast for me.

[@amirecaljackson1218]

mangledbyminmes and

[@AnnaMS17]

I remember eating haw flakes as a kid. Like you, it was like a candy substitute for me! It was definitely one of my favorite sweet treats! My favorite topping on is yogurt with bananas!

[@TheAhyul]

YAYYYY you're eating my country again!! I looooooove the fancy gems! I would always eat the icing first and then the biscuit hehehe(:

[@mabelleow6163]

Same :)

[@pankheks]

SAME! :)

[@ronnieleechinheng5882]

same!

[@DarrylSSY]

+Shira Lollie i eat the biscuit first then the icing haha

[@pankheks]

DarrylSSY OMG when I'm young I eat the icing and throw away the biscuits...

[@jamescolls4051]

the response to the "sweet prunes" is the brest xD i loved the adorable smile you did after. love the videos everytime!

[@yoonmiyana94]

Haha. Whenever u eat something from Singapore , u basically eat things that Malaysian kids always eat too xD ive ate most of the snacks in my childhood :3 oh well, we are neighbors so its not suprising at all if we ate the same snacks or food ~ :333

[@Neliciae]

Emmy! You should do a kitchen tour! I'm curious where and what you keep in all your cubbies and fridge hahah you must have lots of amazing foods stored from all over !

[@nicolenelson96]

my go to toast topping is nutella sprinkled with a mixture of chia and flax seed and vanilla almond granola. its not overly sweet and super yummy and filling.

[@carissalizz]

im from singapore n love everything u showed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@flavorofyourlips]

Hello from Singapore! So happy when i see 'Singaporean treats' on my sub list. & CEL YOU ARE AWESOME, these are defo real Singaporean treats! Fancy gems, little mantous, hawflakes... all my favorite when i was a kid, brings back a whole lot of memories. Emmy you should try the kaya toast with salted butter, or peanut butter!

[@KettiexD]

Emmy is ADORABLE. Someone tell the fine bros about her, I need to see her get some serious exposure

[@i2cybeast]

She's cute

[@smashley7210]

Usually kaya is served with an obscene amount of butter. Not even joking, literally just put a slice of butter. haha

[@smashley7210]

just google pics of kaya toast to see what I mean

[@dylanchew7079]

An assload of butter :D

[@shanilev2615]

can you do a 'what i eat in a day' video?

[@LilJosieLeAnn]

red Heart Shes posted a What I eat in a week video before check her video list

[@claud_galaxy]

Avocado and poached egg with pepper is heavenly combination!

[@AMShow]

Everytime I watch your videos, it makes me hungry! :)) :D

[@emmaeriksson7155]

I love black currant! In Sweden it is super popular flavour both in taffies and lemonades. It's like more common that you own a black currant bush if you own a yard then if you don't own one. Fun to know that Asia likes it as well!

[@sksks5991]

Haw flakes are made from the Hawthorne fruit (: It's a sweet fruit found in many traditional medicines. Love your videos Emmy!

[@legendarymudkip2096]

Those Ribena look really good. On my toast, I like to put straight up fruit jam on it. For darker toast, I like blackberry jam; for lighter toast, I like strawberry jam. If I'm feeling really fancy, I butter the toast before I put jam on it.

[@apayne1729]

I grew up in Hong Kong and drank so much Ribena when there. And those pastilles? Some of my favourites! I could pretty much taste them in my mind as soon as you shared them on the video. YUM!

[@summeronmymind]

love your videos! :)

[@imrebeccap]

I was thinking about those sandwiches that you make using the patterns from Japan. You said something about needing really thick bread. Well I went to Panara a couple of days ago and they slice bread really thick like that if you ask. This way you can get whole grain or something healthier than Texas Toast. I though I should share.

[@BeachBlonde00]

Singapore is such a beautiful place! Loved visiting there!

[@claricewang4686]

I'm from Singapore!! Oh other than putting Kaya on my bread,try making egg Mayo with cheese and just toast it in the toaster...

[@daphmc7875]

The camera quality is amazing!!! X

[@baibiebaibea9740]

Omg haw flakes hahah i remember playing with those flakes whe we where young where one of my cousins would pretend to be a priest and then we would line up for "communion" 😅😅

[@moonbladem]

I love Haw Flakes! Kaya brings back memories and I used to be addicted to those Fancy Gem cookies.

[@umiichii8114]

definitely all of my fav childhood treats ^^

[@thedoritopacket1874]

Emmy you're amazing keep up the amazing content :)

[@ginamoncada78]

I'm from Spain and I LOVE black currant anything :D It's my absolute favourite. Drinks, sweets (candy), pies etc, it's scrumptious. Americans are really missing out!

[@krislove1167]

Emmy, you should totally try steaming the butter and kaya on white fluffy bread. It's very comforting and the flavours can seep into the bread.

[@baccracker]

I learned a valuable lesson about Li Hing Muy when I was a teenager and a friend brought a bag back from 3 Doors Down in Hawaii. Never open the bag when you are really really hungry. The results will be quite "explosive"! :) It was a bag of just the skins by the way.

[@yoitsyoyo]

The topping that I have, is salted butter with brown sugar and cinnamon 😊 It's what I have when I'm sick, and it's amazing!

[@toolazy8192]

Emmy I just want to thank you for eating my country food and i hope you will continue reviewing food.I hope many youtubers such as yourself would review our little red dots food

[@itsrubyslife]

Haw is the hawthorn berry, super popular in Asia :)

[@anonymous-ei7gp]

Emmy is the best youtube ever she's goes in all parts of world and eats amazing items when I grow up I also want to become like Emmy

[@itsnathere3686]

Hi Emmy, Thanks for trying my country's treats!!!!!

[@blupblupwonders]

Put that hawflakes in yor layer cakes.. Yumsss!! Layered cake with jam and hawflakes

[@rainydays_98]

haw is a fruit made for helping digestion i think... we use it in tea too... floral tea i guess. kaya is to be spread on a plain toast and butter on the other. this is a typical breakfast in singapore. we pair it with 2 half boiled eggs (eggs u put into hot water in a container and wait for ard 7-8 minute, not boiling them in stove) and hot beverage. Glad that u like them :P

[@deidrecruickshank7975]

I love haw flakes!! We can get them from the Chinese supermarket they're great. Haw by the way is Hawthorn....or hips as in Rose hips.

[@astariputri5789]

I love those fancy gems! I ate them all the time when i was little :D

[@SurelynotTHErose]

My favourite toast is just decent bread and lots of butter. But sometimes I'll add hotsauce to make buffalo toast, and if I want a more substantial snack I'll make pizza toast; this can vary in levels of fanciness but the essence is toast, some form of tomato layer (tomato sauce, red pesto, tomato puree, tomato soup) put it back under the grill to dry out a bit so it's not too soggy (1-2 min) then top with cheese. You can add herbs and veggies and whatever else if you want to make a proper mini pizza, it's super fast 5-10 mins in total depending on how fancy you go, some toppings will require a bit more cooking. (Be careful to bring the tomato layer out to the very edges or they'll burn)

[@kirsty2010dodgs]

Them fancy gems are popular in the UK and they are delicious...we get them in chocolate flavour too

[@khairilumam9524]

Khong guan factory is indeed in ungaran indonesia. I just know about fancy gems name. Well actually in indonesia you can buy fancy gems in kilo. This snack usually served at hari lebaran.

[@marielyquinones]

the fancy Gems cookies you try in this video reminds me of the Galletas Floresitas we have in Puerto Rico. You should try them.

[@MegaNinjaGal]

Those haw flakes bring back memories. My grandma would give them to me as a treat when I was young. She was from China and it's making me miss her

[@ReiKoko]

ahh those preserved plums! they were my one of my childhood favourites, but they aren't for everyone, especially those who are new to them. haw flakes are another childhood favourite of mine. i used to eat them all the time. also, those gemmed biscuits are also available in the uk :D i haven't had them in years, but i used to bite the gems off first before eating the biscuits.

[@TheApplesaregreen]

Haw flakes are made from the chinese hawthorn fruit ;) I used to love it alot when I was a kid, I would eat that whole cylinder at one go!

[@Chloeastill]

Marmite and butter are my favourite toast topping 😋

[@sherryfaith1]

I love eating marmite in Singapore!

[@sherryfaith1]

Like im from Singapore and i eat it with porridge!!, but not much people love it

[@cyexlceltan3446]

selena faith i love it too (i'm Singaporean) so u're not alone haha.

[@liuf92]

Celiana Tan All aboard the marmite MRT! :D

[@sherryfaith1]

Hahahahaha!

[@beyou7063]

Those Fancy Gems are a lot similar to what we have here in the UK called Ice Gems. Exact look alike.. Little cookies with a star of different coloured icing on top.. but the ones here in the UK are a little bit smaller and less well presented in their packaging.

[@Wizardelmer]

the sweet prunres are best to eat it slowly as its very sour ...yeah and salty

[@LabyrintheonSleep]

Hmm... my go-to toast as a kid was like dessert! Loaded on the butter and then sprinkled it with a dash of both sugar and cinnamon. Divinity. My definite favorite now is a drizzle of olive oil or coconut butter, avocado and cracked pepper. Yum. :) When I do make the dessert toast these days (not all too often) I swap the butter with coconut butter. But that's because I'm vegan!

[@Tryynaa08]

I love salty butter too! That lemon puff is my favorite biscuits. Omg, mamee monster is like my childhood snacks. Almost all of that stuff you can get from Malaysia:D

[@ladysilverhawk9]

A strange combo, but i really like toast with peanut butter, and orange juice to drink with it. I'll take a bite of toast and a sip of orange juice. The flavors, for me, really go well together. I love it

[@amyknight9367]

We also, always use salted butter, even when we bake.

[@Hakizaru]

is it only me or other malaysian/singaporean/indonesian or anyone who can feel the sourness before she puts the prunes in her mouth? Like i wanted to eat that sour things too. Especially mango... A sour mango can make me drool * saliva generated more and stores up in mouth*

[@onde046]

We got similar snacks in Indonesia. Watching this video brings back childhood memories.

[@benyaminaprilianto1577]

We have that fancy gems aswell in Indonesia, they are always sold per gram though, from the place that sell snacks inside glass-display. I always eat the biscuit first and save the icing for last, im sure im not alone in this

[@pigoff123]

I grew up eating currents in Germany. I miss them. I miss gooseberry too.

[@Mknbnk4me]

Love that prune!!! Made me laugh 😂

[@jaysonflesher8666]

we have the fancy gems here in the UK but they are called Iced Gems they used to be my favorite

[@lalab456]

We have them fancy gems in the UK and they are called iced gems or we have chocolate ones they are delish

[@leendaly]

I searched up what is haw and I got an image of Nelson from the Simpsons saying "haw haw" LOL

[@cyanicbanana]

Drop a preserved prune in calamansi mixed with water! You can try dropping it in lemonade too I think.

[@77eugenia29]

The 2nd and the 3 is my fav

[@rachelannegregorio4331]

I really enjoy watching your videos 😄 want to send you some treats from the philippines. Loveyaa!

[@aerebrown]

fancy gems is my childhood favourite

[@19cat72]

In UK we have lemon puffs and little cookie we call them iced gems

[@Nekenini]

saw you on the german tv channel Prosieben; Taff :D happy day for me to see you there

[@rvi3n]

You are not even half rude like the other people who taste Singapore candies and talk about how nasty they taste... ...They spit it out in front of the cam and would pretend they are gonna puke but you are not like them you keep your thoughts to urself. you earned my respect.Thumbs up!!👍👍

[@geightsana]

Peanut butter and banana slices are my favorite toast toppings

[@JessyBee1313]

favorite toast topping would have to be peanut butter...it gets all melty and yum. Second favorite would have to be butter and either grape or strawberry jam/jelly :)

[@joannegray5138]

I have what people may consider downright weird favourite toast toppings - salad cream (but not mayonnaise) ketchup or sometimes I might have brown sauce (ie, HP Sauce or a similar brand). The brown sauce goes particularly well with boiled or scrambled eggs on toast. Try it and tell me what you think.

[@ChinaPrincessDoll]

I use to put butter and sugar on my toast! ☺️

[@leekymkween]

Yummm

[@ginamoncada78]

Spain here ;) I always have my toast with butter (salted) and strawberry or black currant jam. LOVE it :D

[@Daavidd4]

You love tea, toast, marmite and blackcurrant. You'd fit right in here in the UK :)

[@anniinaanjuska9016]

I put some butter and mild cheese to my toast. Simple but good with a cup of coffee or tea :)