- What are they eating
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- Birthdays. Birthdays, that's right. Here in the States, we've been known to get down
on some cake when celebrating getting one year older. But, what do birthdays
tastes like around the globe? It's time for, ♪ Where in the world are these ♪ ♪ Birthday treats at parties ♪ - Hey, you know how this
goes, we're gonna try a dish, that people eat on their birthdays, as per a tradition in a
certain country on the map. Then we're gonna guess by
throwing a dart at that map and then Chase, the
birthday boy cartographer, is gonna measure how far dart. - Far dart? (both laughing) How are you doing Chase? - Good. - Yeah good, he's doing great. - Whoever has the lowest
score at the end is the winner and Rhett you won last time. So I get the advantage dart again. What is it? - It is the fun darty cake,
is a slice of fun darty cake. You get to throw at the board. - Okay, the winner of this thing, gets to hit a birthday
piñata in Good Mythical More? - Yes. - Look at those sprinkles. This appears to be crustless
bread with sprinkles on it period. That's it. - Yeah. - Is there something else to taste? - It's white bread. There's something sugary on the bread. It's actually not that bad. - It's really good. I think there's something, there's a little bit of milk in the bread. I think. - So you're going first. Whoa. - When you, when you, when you get that much
sprinkles in your mouth, you really start to crunch. - Lemme see. I mean, I got nothing to go on here. - Simple, elegant. - But the last time we
had something that was like a sandwich and it
was just white bread and it turned it was from Japan. That's where I'm getting at. - That was a while back. - Japan is not an option, South Korea is close to Japan, but I don't feel confident in the answer. So I'm going to hedge my
bets a teeny beanie bit. So I'm kind of I'm, I'm on the Eastern side but
I'm a little bit left of it. Okay. Yeah. - So you almost hit Pakistan. I'm feeling Vietnam. That's what I'm thinking for
all the reasons you've said, you know, I'm gonna go with my gut early and then I may have to play defense. Vietnam, assertively. - Okay. - Up a little low. - [Stevie] Okay. You just had fairy bread which is sliced white
bread spread with butter and covered in sprinkles. - Butter, milk.
- Butter. That's what that was. - [Stevie] Or, as they
call them in the country this is from, Hundreds and Thousands. The first known mention of fairy bread was in a newspaper article from 1929, which mentioned children
enjoying it at a birthday party at a sanatorium in Tasmania. And this is now a beloved
birthday party favorite all over, Australia. - Oh Wow. Look at that
Link, with your little dip down there you actually get
closer to the right answer. - Yeah, fate is pulling me via pity. - All right, Rhett you're at 30. Link, 10. - Whoa, Whoa.
- Yeah! - Well, I've never had this
for one of my birthday parties. - It's like, looks like a nest. Like if you climbed up
on like a cliff side and there was like big bird
flew away and then you peered over the crag and you look in there and it's like, Oh a hard-boiled is it? Is it, there's a peanuts potato? Yeah. That's just a, this is potatoes. - It's almost like mashed potatoes with some peanuts and some egg. Well Link, we gotta listen
to you think out loud now. - Mashed potatoes, mashed potatoes,
hard-boiled eggs, peanuts. - Hmm. I kinda of like this. - Who likes to put peanuts on stuff? It could be South Korea. I could keep going to Vietnam until... - Until it becomes an answer? - Every time I aim for Vietnam, maybe, maybe the map is pulling
me to the correct answer. Now, Imma assertive again. Vietnam. It is. Oh it went... - A little high. I let go sooner than I wanted. - That's typically how it works. - Well, I have followed the
peanut lead a number of times on this show and during this game. And it has taken me to
that area of the world where Vietnam is. I mean, it could be Sweden and you could, fate again could have
shone its light on you, but I'm gonna try to get Vietnam. - Ooh, a little low.
- Little low. Little low, a little low. - [Stevie] You just tried Oto. A dish made with boil yams, palm oil, hard-boiled eggs and garnished
with roasted peanuts. This special birthday food is presented to the birthday person
and then shared the family with everyone gathering
around to eat out of one bowl in, Ghana. - Ghana.
- Oh, Ooh, Ooh. - Oh man, we're both so far.
- We're both pretty far away from Ghana. - Communal bowl! - All right. That was 32 for Rhett and 38 for Link. - Oh wow.
- Oh, okay, all right, you still got the lead. - Wow! - Look, it's hollow on the inside. - It's like a freaking cream puff igloo. - Well, I feel like, I've gotta start.
- Is it gonna. And I don't know if you
can tell, but there's a like a drizzle of hardened... It's like a spiderweb of,
I think it this honey? - I just took half of a one. - Yeah, that's like... - Oh, that's so good. - Is it puff pastry? - Yeah, it's so puffy. - Mm Oh, have a birthday go. Ugh. - Boy, I could eat. Just keep eating that. - Oh yeah, I will. So, I'm going first? - You're still in the lead bro. I'm sorry, i gotta keep eating this. - Well, France is on the board, y'all. Ah, there's a Cuban bakery here in Burbank that's like really famous. - Porto's.
- Porto's. - Porto's had a lot of puff pastries too. So is it Cuba or French? I wanna throw a dart at
this and see what happens. - Well, well it sticks right in there. - That's what happens. - Just goes right in there. - You should do it too, man. Hmm. My dart has failed me but I'm still doing okay on every throw. So I'm, I'm going for Cuba. Porto's don't do me wrong, baby. Oh yeah. - I think that this may signify either a tree or a mountain, so like, Sweden. Maybe there's a tree, there's trees in Sweden that are big and tall. Like Christmas tree type things. I know I think this is Paraguay and I think it is emblematic
of the mountain range. Is that the Andes that's down there? Huh? This is a bold move
because if I'm wrong, I'm very wrong. And I basically have thrown the game. - I hope your Paraguay off on this one. - [Stevie] Okay. You just had Croquembouche. A towering desert, desert (laughs) - A towering desert.
- A towering desert. - [Stevie] A towering
dessert of cream filled pastry puffs bound with sponge sugar. This birthday tree is also enjoyed at other festive family gatherings like weddings and baptisms. And it has its origins as
a fanciful edible structure displayed on the medieval
tables of French royalty because it's from, France! - Yeah - Ah, so obvious
- Dang it. - [Stevie] Have you guys
been to the desert in France? - Yeah - [Stevie] Looks like this. - The towering desert, they call it. - Right Link you had 21, Rhett 39. - Oh Ooh. Wrong direction. - Oh gosh. This has a... - Non birthday cake. - An aroma that I've never
associated with birthday. It's very green. - Is that like collards? - I can't tell you what
kind of meat this is. - Gotta be pork. A pork slice? - I got my greens in today. All right. I'm still going first now. I'm substantially ahead. It feels strange. I've got this cake. - You could really, really pull ahead. - Yeah, would you mind
if I just went ahead and, you know, maybe
elongated my lead and... - Where does this elongated your lead? - Again, Paraguay. It's not fishy. It's just porky and greeny. I'm thinking this is Paraguay. If I can get a little bit
of Pakistan along with it that would be nice. - I'll be very impressed. (all laughing) - What happened? - Well, well, you're close to Paraguay. - I can't tell you what happened. - You hit a little low. - What is your guess? - I'm actually surprised
that you didn't react more to this, because I
think that this is seaweed. - Oh really? - I think this is either
Vietnam or South Korea. Neither of them has been guessed. So I guess I'll just go on between them. All right, almost South Korea. - Is that what that is? I should have, yeah. - [Stevie] Okay. I'm so
glad that you said that 'cause I genuinely thought that you thought that was
collards this whole time and I was so confused. - I knew it was seaweed, I
just didn't want to say it. - [Stevie] Good. Good. So that's Miyeok guk. A hardy seaweed soup made
with soy sauce, Sesame oil water and beef. And because of its high
nutritional content, mothers often eat this
to replenish themselves after childbirth. Thus, it's eaten on birthdays
as a celebration of mums in, South Korea. - Oh gosh. I'm sorry, man. I'm sorry. I mean, I
just do it a little high. Just got really close to South Korea. It wasn't even, it just kind
of happened as an accident. - I mean, this could have been a collard. - Could have been a collared. - Rhett you had two, Link 51. - You've taken the lead. - Well, man, I'm sorry
that birthday cake got you. - With the differential of 17 centimeters. We go into this final round. - There's a hair in here. - That's disturbing. I never wanna see that
on the outside of a pie. Do you want to, you wanna cut this thing? - I kinda just wanna dig into it. - Slice it. Let's see. Let's get a nice cross section. Maybe we'll get the hair out. So I'm, I'm thinking that's a hint. That like, at birthdays they make a pie and they put a hair in it and
if you find the hair you... - Good luck for the next year. - So, I'm kinda looking
for the hair in there. - Oh look. - Did you find the hair? seriously? - Nope. - You had a dangle. - Thought I did. - Should we, should we go through this? Looking for the hair? - Oh, come on. No, it's a beautiful
pie, don't do that, man. - You were the one who wanted to dig through it a second ago. No, I mean. - Put the knife down, man. - [Stevie] Guys. There's
not a hair in there. - There's not a hair in there. - [Stevie] Nope. It
was just a fun message. - There might be a hair in there. Message not received. Okay. So there is apple,
there seems to be apples. - It's a really good pie. - It's is this a blackberry? A Blueberry? - But I think it's a kind of berry that's not familiar to us. - You've got to stroke first
because now you're in the lead. - Why you have to use that word? - Sweden hasn't been taken yet. - Well, I don't have to do this, but I will say this for the
sake of everyone at home that this is our last
round, so it's not labeled. - Yeah, I didn't, I didn't
want to tell you that either. See, I knew . - It feels like it's
gonna be like some kind of like a ligan berry
or something like that. You know? Like some berry that they, they enjoy in the Scandinavian
part of the world. - Yeah. - So I'm gonna kind of just do a, the old Euro throw. It's like the Euro step but it's just throwing the dart at Europe. - Okay. Well, yeah. I was thinking the same
thing about the Euro throw. I just need to be 18 closer. - This crust is so good. - Here I go, with a Euro throw. A little North of your dart
is what I'm hoping for. Oh gosh. Well there's no way I
can win anything now. - Well, I mean, that's a good point. There's, Yeah. Unless, unless... - I mean, I had to win by at least 18. - There is a, there's
a way that you can win. That's a distinct country in Africa that you hit that I did not hit. If that is the country you win. 'Cause you'll get zero. So, I'm just telling you, if
you hit the exact country, you win. - My strokes are so weak today. - [Stevie] You just had a
personalized birthday pie. Forget overly sweet birthday cakes. These double crusted pies
usually contain a filling of fruit. Like in this case, blueberries, and a special birthday message carved or baked into the crust for the person celebrating
their birthday, in, Russia. - Russia. That was unfamiliar blueberry. - Russia. Take a lingonberry or something. - Man, that's a good pie. - Yeah Rhett, you had 10 and Link you had 10. - I mean, we don't have to go through this but just typically when you're down by 17 going into the final round, don't throw your dart
at the other guys dart. Just for it, then just
for next time we play. - I was trying to go 19 above your dart. - Well, that would have been okay. All right. - Just lay off you get, you get to burst a piñata in Good Mythical More and I'm gonna look away. - Well, no, I'll let you watch. - Thanks for subscribing. - And clicking that bell. - You know what time it is. - Hi, I'm Nicole and
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The irony of a Google-sponsored episode while Google was down (at least in Europe?) 😂
But I can't believe Rhett's watching of Bake Off hasn't alerted him to croquembouche! It's always on there.
And the More was delicious chaos energy.
I was surprised they didn't know a couple of these! Maybe I spend too much time on the internet or watching food shows haha but fairy bread and croquembouche seem like they'd be relatively familiar to them! The one from Ghana also seemed pretty reminiscent of other African dishes I've seen, so I was surprised they were on a different continent! Could definitely just be me though…
Link made me irrationally angry today. How did he fumble that so badly?
I'm surprised they didn't know croquembouche tbh and the ad at the beginning put a downer on things for some reason.
God I love these...
Never thought I would see Hickory HS mentioned on GMM, went there for a couple years
Does anyone know where Link's sweater is from? I'm obsessed with it!
I always love watching them play games, but I wish the answer wouldn’t be revealed to us until they found out so we could play along at home.