Singaporean Army Rations: did NOT see that coming! 

There is no delicious MRE in the world. It doesn't exist in the future. MRE is not a food. It's a weapon. - Captain.Ahn -

I'm starting to think this channel is just an outlet for Ollie's love of dressing up

Missed Ollie so much in this video that I even heard him talking, hope he's okay. Feels weird to just see Josh.

Fun fact: Singaporean field rations intentionally cause constipation to whoever is eating it. This is to prevent any urges for number twos during missions. Personally, i was constipated for 6 days during my outfield, you could only imagine my happiness when a proper toilet finally laid before my eyes back on company lines :)

As someone who served the Singapore Armed Forces, I can attest that after spending enough days outfield and eating only biscuits, you CAN force yourself to enjoy eating something that looks like nutty poo.

Wow I got sad when Ollie disappeared in the beginning but Josh really pulled through by himself 🤧 should really be careful though those bushes kept moving 😳

Context for Non-Singaporean: All Singaporean man are required to serve 2 years in National Service (aka Enlist) which explains the abundance of Singaporean commenting about their / their love ones experience in army

The fact that Ollie thought nata de coco was lychee chunks 😂😂😂 So adorable.

As a Singaporean guy who's been to the army, I took a deep breath immediately when I saw Ollie applying camo cream on his face because I know that's not coming off without at least 3 rounds of washing, and if you really apply it properly usually when you wash it off you'd have a lining around your eyes that ironically look like eye liner. The rations will taste at least a good 70% better when heated btw. And there are a variety of different menu (12 or 16 when I was in service) and some of the menu were significantly worse! I would guess they didn't send you the horrid ones. It also seems that the ration pack you received was missing the additional snack packet which includes the beverages(or powdered form of those), biscuits and crackers, as well as the Maggi Mee packet(which is easily the best thing to eat outfield, either dry a la ppusho ppusho(뿌셔뿌셔), or cooked as soup noodles).

"These are Javanese Noodles" "WHOSE KNEES" I'M DJAJXHKSYSHS LMAOOO

Josh: "A quick and fast way to get your coffee fix when you're on sentry duty at 3am" Me: A Singaporean NSF watching this video before sentry duty at 3am 😮

the note forgotten to add that when they're outfield, they warm it up by storing it between the soldiers back and backpack. btw, green bean doesnt equals to green pea (beans), it's a direct translation from Chinese which actually meant mung beans :)

How strange I can’t see Ollie? Is it just a Josh episode this time?

Ollie, your camo game was on-point.

I feel there is a cultural difference here that needs to be addressed. In the West, dessert is often seen as a cake, pudding or pie, and could be ice cream. For the Chinese, something to round off a meal could be a Chinese style cake (not necessarily a baked cake/gateau in the Western sense) or a sweet drink, be it hot or cold. In Chinese, this is called 甜品 which translates roughly into Sweet Stuff/Something Sweet. The closest English equivalent to this concept is "dessert" but it does not quite fit. Despite the name 甜品 - Sweet Stuff - this post meal item could be sweet-savoury, not just purely sweet. Neither must it be solid, fruits or something served in a light syrup also qualifies as the post meal "Sweet Stuff", as does a hot congee textured sweet(ish) drink cooked with (mung) beans as the primary ingredient This cultural gap probably explains why the mung bean "dessert" makes perfect sense to the Chinese but Josh and Olly (and no doubt, many Westerners) find quite revolting as the mung bean "dessert" was neither pie nor pudding nor cake. I hope this helps.

To all the singapore men: here is your PTSD. But also, thank you for serving our nation🙌🏼 To Josh and Ollie: i assure you some of these dishes taste better freshly made at our food courts (aka the green bean)

Ollie's outfit looks like someone who camps in cod

I love how jolly always uploads Singapore-related videos around our National Day

She probably won't see this, but congrats to Colleen (If I heard properly at the end). Just from the few seconds of your Jolly clip you give off a jolly energy that is going to be great as a parent. Anyways again CONGRATULATIONS

We need a "Major Charles teaches Ollie how to Camo" episode!

Josh: full on speech abt the rations memewhile Ollie: *INTENSELY PUTTING GREEN CAMOU PAINT ON HIS FACE* 😂😂

I'm a Javanese myself, when Ollie said "whose knees" I get that a lot

Ollie couldn’t be more dedicated to his episodes. He always get into every concept he films

Hi! The green beans that we eat in desserts are not the same green beans as the one you guys are thinking about in casseroles. In Singapore, we call them green beans, but you guys would refer to them as Mung beans. The one in the dessert packet was Green Bean Soup. It's a sweet dessert soup.

HAHA my boyfriend is literally outfield at this moment so I guess I know what he’s eating ;’)

"These are Javanese noodles" "WHO'S KNEES" *IM WHEEZING*

I did not know how deep the humor of an english person my age could go: "looks like the GUTS of a scare crow". LIKE WHAT THE HELL ?! how could someone even come up with that. that's why I love him

Hahaha the moment Ollie put on the camo paint.. I'm like he's going to regret it later... That stuff is hard to wash out and gets everywhere... Kudos to him not staining his white shirt though..

As a Singaporean male who's had his share of combat rations, I can attest that almost no one likes the combat ration mains. A 24 hour worth of combat ration consists of 2 mains, 1 dessert and an assorted pack. The assorted pack includes instant coffee, instant tea, instant Milo, instant electrolyte drinks, tissues, solid fuel, matches, some candy, 1 pack of instant noodle and most importantly 4 packets of hard tack biscuits. I would've gladly survived days eating 1 pack of hardtack biscuit per meal and not touch any of the mains. The instant noodles were easily anyone's favorite, provided if we were allowed to cook but my ex unit never ever allowed cooking so we used to just eat the noodles raw. There were also some "tricks" we did on some of the assorted pack stuff to spice things up a little. Adding water to the hardtack biscuits made them spongy "cakes". If we added instant lemon tea drinks to them, they became "lemon cakes" etc etc.

Ollie looks like Endgame Hulk but instead of a Giant Muscular Bruce Banner He's Green Average-Sized Human Ollie

How Ollie always says things like "nutty poo" just before Josh takes a bite is priceless.

Fun Fact: Green bean soup is known to help with the "heatiness" of the body especially Singapore is hot all year round. Green bean soup (Dessert) if properly prepared is actually very nice!

no one: ollie: turning himself into shrek in the first few minutes.

josh and ollie seem to love singapore food in general! but maybe not so much this time hahaha love from a singaporean jollybean

1:21 I can't! Ollie, you beautiful funny human being - once again brightening our day

The jolly moment at the end really made my day!!!! Congrats stranger lady!!!

Me: *takes bite of lunch* Ollie: "it's like nutty poo* Thanks man

Omg Singapore Jollybean here! Love how Ollie went all out to paint his face at the start of video. I always wanted to try army rations and here I am watching Jolly eat it.

Oooh wasn’t expecting the camo to come out of a tube like that. When I was serving in the Singapore army, the camo sticks are roll-on types, and sometimes lightly heated on the tip with lighter, so that it will stick to the face easily. These new ones with pasty tubes should be easier. Either ways, like what Ollie experienced, it will take awhile to come off. Cuz, you expect the camo to be part of your life while outfield. Then we will just look at the general foliage we are in to decide on either watermelon stripes or map of the world patterns. Haha. Memories.

Having serve the Army in Singapore and eaten the rations, Green Curry, Spicy Noodles and Sausage & Mash are the best I’ve eaten! Enjoyed this video alot and makes me miss the rations😂

When I served National service in the early 90’s, our rations consisted of a small can of sardines in tomato sauce, can of spicy pork cubes, can of Heinz baked beans, small bar of cadbury milk chocolate and a packet of pineapple jam. All to be eaten with hard tack or what we called dog biscuits. Its nice to see things have vastly improved since then! 😝

Ollie disappeared halfway through the video and I can't seem to find him anywhere

The reason to be jolly was so lovely this time. Congrats on your journey to help kids and become a mum!

the way ollie kept the plants around him so he won't be seen by "enemies" though he's having a bit of a hard time is so hilarious and so him 😂 keep being yourself ollie

As a Singaporean conscript on reserve, I can imagine an infantry warrant officer screaming at Ollie's camo quality. "Recruit Ollie, (insert Hokkien, a Chinese dialect, expletive here) I can still see your lips". Shampoo get's camo cream off.

How long did it take to get the paint off of Ollie’s face?

speaking as someone from Singapore, I’m genuinely puzzled that SG army rations are ranked just behind French rations for taste 😅

3:25 The glutinous rice being described as 'lentil curry' is such a white comparison.

Congrats to the girl at the end for being approved to be a foster mum!! That's lovely, I wish you all the best with your future family addition(s) 😊♥️♥️♥️

Finally! An episode where I don't have to imagine what the food Josh and Ollie are eating taste like. Pro tip: The coffee trick, it doesn't just work with coffee. You can try it with those 3-in-1 Milo sachet if you want something chocolaty.

This brought the hugest smile to my face- I feel like I haven’t laughed this much in years. Can’t thank you enough. It brought me to tears, you have no idea.

It would be so unbelievably funny if Ollie was still tinged green in the next Jolly video 🤣

Clarification for the green bean dessert - It’s known as a food with ‘cooling properties’ and the fibre really helps with filling up the tummy and digestion. You can easily find fresh green bean soup at bigger food courts here. And despite it being an MRE… that’s one thing people do not eat cold…

Josh:Move the plants out of the way Ollie: I will be SEEN by the enemy!

the camo paint is technically edible…our sergeants liked to tell us to eat the tubes for snacks. I never tried that coffee trick myself, but let me just say that the green pack rations were decent enough cold (just had them a couple months ago) and better warm. We were always told stories about how bad it was, and was pleasantly surprised that it wasn’t that bad.

Green bean soup is a very common (and old school) dessert here in SG! Almost every mum knows how to cook it for the family and we have it hot or cold, sometimes with a little coconut milk in it. You need to try the freshly cooked ones!

"And I will be seen by the enemy" Welcome to Ollie's world of imagination

If you ever want to explain Ollie's personality to someone in less than 2 secs, show them the first second of the video lol

"These are Javanese noodles" "who's knees?" I just instantly laughing 🤣🤣 I'm an Indonesian and from Yogyakarta, central Java, where you can find javanese noddles easily. What you had in the Singaporean army ration is mi goreng jawa (as far as i can see), it should be sweet and slightly salty, can't describe the taste in words actually. Not sure about what you guys had taste like. Hope you can come to Yogyakarta and taste it by yourself. And if you had a change to visit, don't forget about bakmi godhog (javanese boiled noodle)

I served army in Singapore and sometimes the wildlife (wild boars, stray dogs) wouldn't even eat our MREs. We are usually given packages full of different flavors to choose from before we move out to the field. What I will do is swap out the main dishes for all the deserts and survive on them throughout my time in the field

When you see the words "bean" and "stew" on any of the ration packs, the consensus is to go for the biscuits in the dessert pack instead. The pastas are top tier and anything bean related is "would rather starve" tier

As a Singaporean ex-serviceman, I can tell you that no one eats these "main packs". We scavenge the fruit bars, biscuits, and energy drinks, and just chuck these into the forest. Which is probably why you received none of those items

as a singaporean jollybean got kinda excited when they started saying 'barley nata de coco' and 'green bean dessert' and was very entertained by their confused faces LOL the green bean one is actually a dessert soup/sweet drink (think sikhye except none of the fermentation stuff) not sure how the army ration ver tastes like, but freshly cooked at home or served chilled, it's delicious!

Just started following you guys! Loving it! Happy New Year from Chicago USA!

How are Ollies expressions intensified while being camouflaged? Why is it soooo funny ? 😂

"How do you know that?!... ANSWER ME!" 😂 I'm dying!

Here's a tip, take a pack of the ration biscuits (if you got some in that package, preferably the chocolate ones), soak them in a mess cup with some water, toss in two sticks of that instant coffee, mix it up and voila, instant coffee pudding!

You should try the "outfield cake", which is essentially mixing abit of water into your hardtack biscuits, and pressing the packaging until it looks like a cake.

Whoooohoooo MRE reviews are one of my favorites!

7:56 It's probably not green beans. It's mung beans which if translated to Indonesian it'll be "kacang ijo". But if you translate "kacang ijo" literally into English, it's "green bean" hence the confusion.

OMG Im so happy to see this as a Singaporean!! I really LOVE YOUR CHANNEL GUYS! Continue what you’re doing and stay safe! 😊😊

While the main rations themselves are pretty much hit or miss most the time, the additional snack packet we get during outfield is where it's at. -who needs poo textured food when you can just self-induce constipation with a metric shit ton of biscuits-

never thought I'd see the day my country's rations appear on this channel

"Josh I need some help." I'm shocked how I kinda expected that to happen. 🤣🤦 Our classic Ollie..

I'm so happy for Colleen from Pennsylvania! Her reason to be Jolly so heartwarming

I’m going to be totally honest. I just binge watched the last 30 videos in two days… I’m not at all sorry. So INSANELY glad y’all are back, but I’m glad you took a break, because you guys definitely deserved one! Keep up the good work! I’m off to Korean Englishmen to continue the binge!

This is the only review I've seen that eats Singaporean Army Rations the way we do in the field! Just squeeze it out from the corner of the packet cold hahaha!

Wow..thanks for featuring my country, it's our National Day coming.

5:28 Josh: “These are JAVANESE noodles.” Ollie: “Who’s KNEES?” HAHAHAHAH OMG I SNORT LAUGH

Dettol body wash (not the gel see through varient, but the creamy type) works GREAT in removing camo cream. Best I ever found, period. Also, looks like the biscuits pack are missing! Those are great when water is added to it. The desserts with nata de coco tastes best when cold. It's like eating jelly.

"I'm gonna be a mom" Congratulations Colleen! That's amazing news 🥺

OMG yes I wish y’all would do more Singapore videos it’s really cool to watch them - a Singaporean haha

Ollie going for the camo paint is everything.

I Love this content, every single time. I wish JUNO was trying some army rations, I know its a long shot but it could be a revolution

Oh man as someone who has applied that camo cream, Ollie's not gonna have a good time getting it off his face

Ollie was certainly in the army in his previous life. He is a natural.

Singaporean female here, had the opportunity to try MREs when my ex brought some home. Ate the curry chicken one, direct from the pack. Yoikes. To all who serve(d), all I can say is, thank you for sacrificing your taste buds (and appetites) for the nation... To Josh and Ollie: green (mung) bean soup is much nicer when freshly prepared! Not sure about the barley nata de coco though, never seen that one at a dessert stall (probably for good reason, as described in the review) :S

I love your videos. It brightens my sad days!

Colleen, if you ever read this CONGRATULATIONS. 👏💜 Thank you for putting some good in this world. Ollie- mate that camo paint really brings out your eyes.

One thing I learnt when I was serving the mandatory 2 years in the Singapore Army, The longer or the more adjectives they add to the name of the MRE, the worst the ration is. Usually the CAMO will come off by itself during trainings. If have access to the washroom, A tip to removing the CAMO is to use soap/ shampoo quite a bit of it to rub it off.

throwback to miLitary Ration vids. I've not watched in a Long time but am happy to watch this.

Love your Videos, very glad to see some Singapore content here,very accurate on how we consume those. i used to eat these MREs from 2016-2018 back when i was in the army, i would normally skipped all the pasta and spicy ones and go for the more mild rice dumpling menu to minimize going No.2 in the jungle, those desserts are great alternatives when your running out of water. i would normally eat half a packet for each meal. and i see BQ was really nice to send you our Jungle hat and Camo Cream as well.

Hi from Singapore!

Ollie really reduced his Olaf-like features in this one.

I’ve been waiting for this!!!

just to clarify that green been dessert is actually very nice in cold or hot. It is supposed to calm you down in summer. In chinese it is called 绿豆沙, a very typical cantonese dessert.

I love that Ollie's just putting every foods in his mouth and then making his confused face.😂

oooh I’m from Singapore!!! love to see it

Congrats, Colleen! So cute how happy you are!!

Cold cream is really great for removing camouflage. Also, alternative way of heating MREs - Place them near parts of the body with large arteries going through them - under your arms and near your groin. After awhile, they get kind of warm (not really hot) but you don't have to mess with the heating packs and such.