Dan's ideal meal would most likely be butter on white toast, eaten in silence while staring at the featureless beige walls of his kitchen.

I always watch Ashens before I go to sleep. He's just so relaxing.

I think Dan should wear a blindfold for those things and only be told what something is once he has tasted it.

Chef Advance is just what Chef Excellence evolves into at level 36.

I love how Dan is gagging and making a fuss and Ashens is like "Yeah that's bad. Like rotten bad."

The first one is Ba Gua or Rou Gan, it's basically roasted pork slices. It's commonly considered as Chinese bacon and usually eaten on Chinese New Year, also one of the best thing in the world.

This couch has seen some serious shit lol

stuart ashen dancing in a suit. yes.

Bee Cheng Hiang is actually known for quality meats. They're actually quite well known and make some of the better foodstuffs coming out of the area, but given the generic packaging I can't blame them for expecting the worst (you don't usually see them packaged individually like that, must've been from a gas station or something like we'd get packaged beef jerky in western countries). But yeah, you can actually find their meats in some quality establishments as ingredients in various meals so unlike a lot of the bottom bin stuff that makes its way to Ashens this was totally legit. From the looks of it I'd guess it was their BBQ Pork which is great.

The only reason Dan seems overly squeamish is that he appears in videos alongside someone who's perfectly willing to try 40-year-old tinned chocolate from the Vietnam War. Anyone would seem too queasy next to Ashen.

"I'd happily eat this as part of a meal! Put it on top of something, maybe, some soup? Or a hat? Full of scorpions?" you okay there stuart old buddy

Chef Advance is Chef Excellence's Eastern Arch rival.

I like Stuart having a comrade in his reviews. Been watching him for 10 years and he never dissapoints. Except for those Loot Crate unboxings. But those suck because how crappy the contents are, not because of Ashens. :p

I miss the times Ashens nearly vomits from bad food. I'm guessing his stomach is armerd plated by now.

grape? those are clearly blueberries on the wrapper.

Does Dan enjoy his diet of bread and water?

Food: *Exists* Dan: *Gags*

I sometimes eat food too

2:43 That woman is holding a package that she is already on... MIND BLOWN

Dan and Ashens are so funny together, there is a contrast between the two and their friendship is very enjoyable. Great video.

I guess if you're eating blueberry expecting grape it will taste off.

What you guys don't know is the fact that, in the fungus drink, there is bird saliva in there as well. But hey, don't worry about it, honey is partially digested flower nectar regurgitated by bees so this is very similar. I am usually fairly desensitised to food and drinks and all of this looks very appetising to me.

purple grape..... cmon guys, theres blueberries on the packaging:P it's quite obviously blueberry flavouring

I love how when stuart says ,"Its pork floss!!" Dan is so thrown off he doesnt know what to say so he just does "oh! Yes it is!"

Bakkwa or Barbequed Pork (the first snack) is undeniably one of the most delicious food products in existence. Best part of Chinese New Year celebrations in Singapore.

The first thing looked like a Vacuum sealed scab.

Oh, how I adore "Scissors, paper, stone!" But where I come from, we call it "Quartz, parchment, shears."

7:53 "Oh, you didn't enjoy that one-" "STUART WHAT THE FUCK MAN" is the reaction I was hoping for.

My Sushi chef at work used to make me sweet rice balls stuffed with lime and soy sauce infused pork floss. They were literally to die for.

"I think this is purple grape" with a clear picture of blueberries on the front.

Soon 1 million people will have watched two men eating afternoon tea.

I just love at 6:55 Dan tipping the packet, the head of the supposed creature emerging suddenly and then Dan pausing and then making gagging noises at the sight of it.

That dancing was just divine

Ashens is a pretty cool guy. He drinks bird's nest fungus and doesn't afraid of anything.

Hmmm fungus drink dude nice vid

Why am I watching 2 men eat food together and talk on KZfaq at 4 am

You need to offer a prize for the first person to cosplay as Godmonster.

Fucking hell Dan is fussy... what does he like? Spaghetti hoops? or just bland bit of bread and butter?

birds nest is a very expensive chinese delicacy that funnily enough is banned in australia , get your bucket ready because its made from sparrows bile

The "Pork Floss" reminded me of the jerky snuff they sell in those cans that look like chewing tobbacco. lol

I bet Dan is the kind of guy who won't eat anything like this but will go home and eat a fucking Rustlers.

Oh god... Bird's nest. That stuff is literally made from a bird's nest. It's a particular type of bird which licks its nest to harden it. Then people take the nests once the birds are done with them, and use a process to extract the sugary saliva (and other things) from it. If you're wondering how they do this hygienically, I think they either boil it... or it's just as bad as it sounds.

As it turns out, it’s a drink that contains both white fungus and bird’s nest. These aren’t things you normally think of as being drink ingredients, but here at Armenian Fungus Cake we wouldn’t waste your time with normal drink ingredients. This drink really does contain chunks of white fungus as well as real bird’s nest. If you’re not familiar with this particular type of nest, it’s not the collection of leaves and twigs that you might imagine. This nest is produced by the Edible-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus), and it is composed of hardened saliva.

That pork floss reminds me of stuff we have in the U.S., Jack Links shredded beef jerky, it comes in a chewing tobacco can and is basically jerky powder

Just so you know, the stuff floating in the drink wasn't fungus, it was the actual nest of a bird. Bird Nest soup/drinks is popular in Vietnam.

lol - birds nest drink: "It tastes like in your mouth when you're sick"... well probably because it's birds spit that you are drinking right now :'D

I love watching these guys suffer, while I enjoy a nice Ham N' Cheese toastie

When your great great great great great grandchild inherits the Ashens name will I get to see an interplanetary food special featuring danbot 3000?

Bird's nest drinks and bird's nest soup are made from the nests of certain types of swiftlets, who make their nests from solidified saliva. It's a very expensive delicacy and is supposed to be very nutritious. My guess is that the "white fungus" is because it's a simulated version made from that instead in order to approximate actual bird's nest since the real thing is known to be rather expensive.

I don't know how many times I've watched Ashen's videos so far. It's one of my absolute favorite channels and I never get tired of his videos no matter how many times I've seen them. As someone else said, theres just something about Ashens thats so relaxing!

5 years later and im still not over “scissors paper STONE”

I actually like Dan. He provides good contrast to to Stuart. Keep up the good work.

I think Dan would laugh at a dying child, he seems to think everything else is funny. He doesn't need to watch comedies he just opens his food cupboard and falls down in hysterics.

HEY! If you don't like dan, then STOP WATCHING! WHAT AN EXCITING AND INNOVATIVE IDEA!

0:25 The interlude about the comic con was great. =D That got me laughing. Good choice of music for the effect aswell! Good job! ^_^

These videos are so god damn comfy, absolutely love them

By the next food-y episode Ashen will be scoffing down century egg after century egg while salivating profusely.

Dan comes off as such a wimp. I imagine after every video Ashens places him back into his plastic bubble where he's fed on nothing but Complan and Filtered water.

"a hat, full of scorpions." Well done, sir.

7:36 "Oh dear, You didn't enjoy that one"

Yay, a Polish product, at last! ^^ And even from my city! Holy crap! Glad you didn't like it! It's awful! Can you tell I'm excited from all the exclamation marks I use?! GREAT!

I really, REALLY want to try all that food! When I was last in the US of States (North Georgia, to be precise-ish) I bought a vacuum-packed pink sausage thing that an American member of my family loves. It was about the size of a standard British sausage. When I was walking back to my lodgings (illegally it turned out because it was next to one of their 'highways' or something) I opened it up and gave it a hearty bite. Thirty seconds later I threw up. It was like eating pickled Spam. It turned out it was out of date and well off. Strangely, I was never tempted to try a 'pristine' version.

Did anyone else replay the dancing part a thousand times?

If anyone was wondering, those "Haw fruit" things are actually made from Hawthorn berries. Yes, those same bright red hedgerow berries that we were always told not to eat as children: It turns out that they are edible after all, and actually taste reasonably nice. The compressed jellies are not the only form: Dry tablets are another - think of a "refresher", but not fizzy and considerably more fruity.

whenever i eat food i usually go by the rule of if the food smells bad then it probably tastes bad

The waffle was an ice cream snack. I've had fresh ones before. In this episode, you ate expired ice cream that hadn't been frozen while shipped, which probably fused into the waffle cone somehow. If anything was left inside of the waffle cone shell, it was probably mold.

A retort pouch is a type of food packaging made from a laminate of flexible plastic and metal foils. It allows the sterile packaging of a wide variety of food and drink handled by aseptic processing, and is used as an alternative to traditional industrial canning methods.

Never a disappointing day in the life of Stuart Ashens

Can you imagine him having a complete studio with that same sofa?

"smells of nothing but vague sweetness" sounds a bit like a grunge album

Bee Cheng Hiang is from Singapore! we have that every chinese new year actually.. glad you liked it!

So that's where happiness starts. I've been looking for it all my life!

Oh boy they sent you the worst flavor of the Yogo-wafel.

i wonder what dan ACTUALLY likes?

“Also a good source of fiber” “No it’s not” 😂😂😂

I have a habit of watching these videos while eating. I haven't lost yet.

I can imagine the headlines... "On Monday the first of September two men were found dead in a private house in Norwich. The men were found lying in front of a sofa full of obscure foodstuffs and a video camera. Pathological examination confirmed that both men had indeed died of food poisoning. The head of department Oimate McBlimey told in an interview conducted earlier today that no crime is thought to be involved in this case. 'The men seem to have eaten the stuff voluntarily, oddly enough', he said."

10:38 Look! At the left corner of the floss! It's grown a face!

0:34 pops into my head from time to time, and it makes me really happy

That drink is probably a take on birds nest soup, which is basically birds spit. Yummy

If anyone wants to try out some truly awful food in the UK, go to a shop called Cool Trader. They have some shockingly bad cheap food in there.

I see someone sent you our famous BBQ pork from Singapore.

You can get this delicious squid jerky in my tesco world food section sometimes, and also these spicy formed fish on a stick, they also do it BBQ flavour. Its made of a gross sounding fish, lizardfish, but its really tasty!!

We used to have this stuff called Jerky Chew which was essentially the same as that Pork Floss. There were pork, beef that came in a myriad of different flavors. It wasn't bad but it wasn't good, it's basically shredded jerky.

Personally, I really like these collaborations.

OH MY GOD IT'S ME AT THE END!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :DDDDDDDDDDDDD

16:26 The solid stuff is actual bits of swallow bird's nest. Exactly like the stuff they use to make bird's nest soup. Supposedly doesn't have much a taste, but rather just has a gelatinous texture.

Make more videos, I have rewatched a million times

IT'S PORK FLOSS!!!

Omg, that first "beef jerky" thing you ate was dog. Dried spiced dog.

Omg. I've actually eaten half the food in this food special. The first entry is called Bak Kwa, or pork jerky. Bee Cheng Heng (can't remember the actual spelling) is actually the name of the manufacturer/shop/brand. If I'm not wrong, it's from Hong Kong, but it can be found all over Asia. It's especially popular during Chinese New Year. Bee Cheng Heng also produces pork floss, and theirs is pretty darn good. It's not typically consumed as a snack, but added as a topping for the main dish.

Bird's Nest is a popular delicacy in some Asian countries. Bird's nests in traditional chinese medicine and the like are actual nests, weaved with the spit of the bird. The spit itself is said to have all kinds of healing properties.The white fungus in the drink is in reference to a parasitic fungus that grows over yeast. So basically, you're drinking chemically flavored bird spit and yeast fungus.

I LOVE that entire line of haw based candies and haw flakes!

Stuart Ashen - The Man With The Cast Iron Stomach.

The Bird's Nest drink part actually made me heave :x

i actually quite like the company dan brings to the channel with these old videos

Chef Advance is the man

Woo! I love your food specials!

That meat in the beginning is my childhood and is still a favourite of mine.

oh man I love this channel