[I tried Aussie food and products! (Russian girl in Australia)]-

G'day mates! It's Ellie from Russia and currently I'm in Australia. It's been almost two months for me here and to discover a new culture it's very essential to try the local cuisine, right? But whenever I asked Australians what is traditional Australian food, they said we're a country of immigrants, we don't have Aussie food, we eat European and Asian food. But I was persistent and kept looking for particular Australian products and foods and actually I found lots of them. So in this video I'm very happy to share with you my Aussie food journey. Before we start trying everything let's go to one of the most popular supermarkets in Australia named Woolworth or locals say Woolies and see what they buy. And this is so cool, in every Woolies there are free fruits for kids. How cool is that? Oh, this is my favorite Aussie snack made of oats, so good! I was kicked out of the store for filming, no problem, we're going to another Woolies, there are lots of them. I changed my mind, we're going to Kohl's. Kangaroo and koala crackers, koala chocolate, macadamia nuts and anything with macadamia is also very popular here. Gluten-free products are super popular in Australia. I know that wheat here is organically modified, so many many people are allergic to it and my friend Bec told me that when she goes to outside of Australia she can eat wheat, but in Australia she can't. Also I see so many products from Italy and I'm really sad that in Russia, which is so close to Italy, we don't have all these types of cheese, but here you can find anything. Oh, mini blinis! Of course, seafood is very popular here, also anything with beetroot, beetroot dip, beetroot hummus. Lamb is one of the most popular meats here. The first shock that you will have in Australia is that you will not see live kangaroos, but you will see kangaroo souvlaki, steaks, wallaby sausages, wallaby mince, shanks, I don't know what it is, wallaby fillets, burgers, kanga-banga. Yeah, probably the most Aussie meat that you can ever find is a kangaroo meat or roe meat as locals say. And if you ask about the taste, unfortunately I can't tell you. Guys, I just couldn't, I couldn't. I know that it's normal to eat a kangaroo here and that it's even more ecological than other meats and it's healthy and etc etc, but guys, I just couldn't, it's a kangaroo. But it's not a thing for tourists to try exotic food, it's indeed a meat that people eat here and on the market I even saw wallaby, possum, crocodile meat and you can find a kangaroo meat anywhere and I saw people cooking it and eating in burgers or kind of pockets or wraps. Do you eat it? I mean I've had it before, I don't eat it on a regular basis but it's not bad, it's like beef a little bit but a bit chewier. But is it popular to eat it? So-so, some people do because it's healthier than beef. So would you say it's cheap or expensive? I think it's a bit cheaper than beef. And now let's get to the part of finally trying the Aussie foods and the most iconic Aussie product is this. Vegemite is spread made of yeast and people make Vegemite toasts for breakfast, it's super popular I guess like peanut butter in the US and they say that it's full of vitamins so people here eat it from their childhood and it's like a religion for them. You have different types of it? We've got Vegemite for stir-fry, so you can stir-fry with vegetables. But what other types? I thought there is only one type. Less salty, the gluten-free and then we got Vegemite and cheese already with cheese in it, just in case. Okay. Then we got the other frittoff versions like Promite, Mighty Mite. That was good. There is even roast chicken with Vegemite. Is it popular to eat this place? It is very popular to eat this place. This is like a this is a national dish, right? Even though it's not actually a national dish. What is that? It's from England, we don't have one. Okay, well this is our honorary national dish. Everyone eats this, tradies eat this, you know, on your way home from work, you go to the servo. You can get different types. This is a beef one, this is traditional. It's like mushrooms. I know. It shouldn't be, it's just beef. Yeah, I hope there is no kangaroo in here. Because it's everywhere. It's weird. It's like a puree. It's like mince with gravy. This is Beck. She is my Aussie friend and she was born in New Zealand but grew up in Australia. She has been to so many post-Soviet countries and she's obsessed with Slavic culture. She's the weirdest Aussie that I met but my favorite one. And she made me experience the best experiences here and she made me try all the Aussie foods that you can think of. What is it? It's like a sponge cake covered in chocolate and coconut. You haven't had it? Can we have one lemmington please? Yeah. Is it Aussie too? It is Aussie. So, lemmington. It's so kind of juicy, like soft, so good. Lemmington is a success. And we've got Easter buns in February. Well prepared. It's good. It's more savory than sweet. It also reminds me of black bread in Russia. Do you have black bread? No in Italy. How do you live? How to do Tim Tam. Okay. Aussie eats Tim Tam. All right, you bite the end. And then... Why can't you just eat it normally and drink coffee? This is the way. Could you drink it like a straw? I could not. So it's a lie. It's real. It's a thing but just not for me. I mean, I don't eat these very often. Suck your drink through. You have to dunk it in there. It doesn't work. In the bottom. Trust me, dunk it in there in the bottom, right? Like, yeah, and just keep it in there for a little bit. It says here. You need to... Timing is important. We're reading this on wiki how. Instructions how to eat these. You have to do it. It doesn't work. Oh, well, unfortunately. We look so stupid. It's a scam though. Beg told me that on Saturday I need to go to Bunnings hardware store for barbecue. Yes, to a hardware store. Maybe she just wanted to make fun of me. I will come to the hardware store and say, oh, where can I find sausages and barbecue? Like with the cookies through which I couldn't drink coffee. Welcome to Bunnings. There are some building materials here, instruments. How do I ask for a barbecue here? I feel stupid. Beg, I'm gonna kill you if it's not true. Nope, it's not here. It's not here too. Hi, excuse me. My Australian friends told me that every Saturday, uh, there is like a tradition to make a barbecue. Is it true? Yeah. So we have like a barbecue sizzle, like the charities. What is sizzle? Uh, it's like a barbecue. No, like the barbecues. Okay. Um, so there is a tradition. Yeah. Okay. Like every weekend like Saturday and Sunday, they'll make like sausages and bread and onion. Yeah. And I can go there. They're currently closed. Oh, they'll, they have it from like normally eight o'clock to four 30 and tomorrow it should be tomorrow. Okay. Thank you so much. Thank you. Okay. So there is a tradition in a hardware store, uh, on the weekends to make sausage sizzle and it's like for fundraising, but I'm late. But if you come to Australia, try this for me, try sausages from a hardware Bunnings store. And then Bec and I went to her hometown Dalby and my Aussie countryside experience started. We also went to Chinchilla for a melon festival, ate lots of watermelons, rock melons, but this festival wasn't only about eating melons, but also melon activities like skiing, melon skiing, where you literally put your feet in melons and go skiing. The craziest experience in Australia. I can't even explain it to you. Just go and watch my video about Australian countryside. So Bec's family kind of adopted me for several days and I got to spend time in Aussie village with a Kiwi Aussie family and we cooked and tried lots of food there too. We're making a burger with beetroot. Is it an Aussie thing? It is an Aussie thing. We, um, we're not using it for borscht. We're using it for burgers. Sometimes pineapple on burgers too. Oh, interesting. And you said you eat it for Christmas also. Yes. Beetroot, salads, prawns, typical summer Christmas things. Probably strange to everyone else. Yeah, you have Christmas in summer. Yep. Christmas at the beach, Santa. And Easter in autumn. Oh, now you're going to watch me doing this really badly. Nothing's coming out. Help, help. You're doing Aussie burger in such a patriotic hat. Barbecue sauce. Barbecue sauce. You're going to have to have your burger with barbecue sauce. This is an Aussie thing, I think, actually. It's an interesting flavor. It's very, very different. So you're going to have to try this when you make your burger. I hope this is not kangaroo. This is not kangaroo. Thankfully we have decided not to give you kangaroo burger today. It's just beef, but. But you have kangaroo burgers? Well, yeah, sometimes. Dad gave us kangaroo sausages at one point. Kangaroo snacks, in the Australian way of saying it. Not bad, not bad. It feels very, very milky and different from cocoa. Yeah, it's very different. You can feel some wheat shapes. Shapes. It's classic. It's a cracker. It's a little biscuit. Savory. This chicken flavor, one of the best flavors. Chicken biscuits. Yeah. Okay. You haven't had chicken biscuits before. Okay, all right. Well, we're trying. Clearly you're missing out on chicken flavored biscuits. Chicken biscuit. Chicken flavor. It feels like regular salty biscuit. But not chicken? I don't feel chicken. It's supposed to be chicken. Also a little bit of flavor like krolton and dashirak. Maybe. Which is like Russian noodles, which are salty. Yeah, I mean, if it's the noodles, it's chicken flavor, then that makes sense, right? It's fake chicken flavor. Cheesy Vegemite, scroll check. I like the bakery, which is not too sweet. And this one is nice. It's like... Savory. Savory, salty. Yeah, salty. We have a winner. Finally. And this? Honey soy chicken flavor. Honey soy? Interesting. It's fine. Yeah, fair enough. I can't understand. I don't know why it's honey soy chicken, but anyways. We're just doing a quiz show. It doesn't taste like honey. No. But it's good. What is this you said? This is bubble or bill. Iconic Australian ice cream. And the yellow thing is a bubblegum. It's bubblegum. It's bubblegum. Is it good? Yeah, bill is fine. Beck's hometown Dalby is a super small place. There isn't much to do or see here, but nearby there are mountains named Banya. It's an amazing place for wildlife and it's the only place in the world where banya trees grow and banya nuts on these trees. The trees look really cool, but you need to be careful near them as banya cones weigh up to 10 kilograms and a tree can produce dozens of these massive cones, which can drop without a warning from 50 meters high. But the seeds in banya cones are very nutritious and were traditionally roasted and eaten by Australian Aboriginal people. And we tried some desserts made of these banya nuts. We found banya nut cakes and scones. And birds. Banya nut is the nuts from these trees, which are very heavy you said? Yes, they can weigh up to 10 kg. So you don't want to get hit on the head when they fall. It's full of the tree. I never even knew that banya tree or banya nut exists. And here is the banya nut cake. And scone. And she has a cake, yeah? Banya nut cake. It's very good. Very good. Carrot cake with banya nuts in it. I've never had banya nuts. I like them. It doesn't remind me of any nuts that I've tried before. It's very different. It's like not too sweet. But it reminds me of a pie, which I made in my childhood with a cooking mix for pies. I don't know why. Banya nuts. Another thing that Australia is famous for is its vineyards and wines. We went to one of the vineyards with my friend from Yakutia unexpectedly and tried lots of wine. I'm not good about wine or any alcohol. I know nothing about it. But my friend from Yakutia is a sommelier. She tastes wine to make her living. So she can tell you a more expert opinion. The next one is Sauvignon Blanc. The French call it pipi du chat. It smells like the poop of the cat. Mates, I almost forgot to include the most popular dish here, which is fish and chips. You will see it everywhere. Everywhere fish and chips restaurants. And what shocked me is that fish in fish and chips, which is so popular everywhere. And this fish is a shark. Everyone just eats a shark as a fast food. Anton told me that I need to try this in Australia. It's the culture to have fish and chips. And this is a very good one as well. So I would say Australians may probably eat fish and chips at least once a week. Oh, it's that popular? It's very, very popular. Yeah. Aussie fish and chips. And this is a shark, a gummy shark. And it's good. It's like Aussie fast food, right? Yeah. This time we will be testing cheaper fish and chips from the town Colac. Colac. What is this town famous for? Probably nothing. I hang out in the most weird places in Australia. What have we got? Potato cakes, which are fried mashed potatoes. Burger with a lot, which basically means it's got everything in it. It's got bacon, it's got eggs, it's got cheese, it's got beetroots. It's got everything. This burger named Lot. It's so huge. And the potato cake has too much salt, but I don't know if it's like this everywhere. I don't think so. I think we just got a little bit unlucky. Burger. And before we finish this video, here is an advice for you to try out Vegemite. You don't take a spoon and eat it out of a jar like a peanut butter, okay? That's usually the case when foreign people say that it's yuck, like it's so bad. How do people even eat Vegemite? But you don't eat it like that. You have to make a Vegemite toast, put butter and a very thin layer of Vegemite for it to taste good. Then you will love it. Have you ever tried it by the way? If not, come to Australia. This is the best food for a road trip in Australia. Vegemite scroll. It's my favorite food now. How am I gonna live without Vegemite in Russia? I'm now a Vegemite fan. To sum up, even though Australian food and dishes are mostly European, like fish and chips come from the UK, right? And Asian food is very popular here. You will see Vietnamese, Chinese and Thai food everywhere. But still there are many particular Aussie products, variations and things about Aussie cuisine. Make sure to try all of this when you come here and stay tuned for my next adventures here down under. See ya mates! What is it? Owlmate. It's not Vegemite. It's Owlmate, the British rip-off. Is it like the same? It's like Vegemite but they have not copied the recipe as well as ours is. Don't buy it. Have you tried it? I have tried it. It doesn't taste the same. It's like Marmite. It's like slightly different in taste. It's less flavorful and more like sweet in a way. You like Vegemite more? Vegemite. Team Vegemite all the way. Team Vegemite!