As a child of a Malaysian mum, the Haw Flakes immediately unlocked a memory of me as a child eating those discs in the car on the way home from the Chinese store... Good times.
I'm an Egyptian but I lived a couple of years in Malaysia as a kid and I remember eating haw flakes and monster noodles with my friends, good memories for sure 😂
hawflakes are made from hawthorn, a naturally very sour fruit with a distinct taste that works so well when candied in any type of form. Comes from China and its most popular form is tanghulu
When I was young I always thought it was made out of shrimp since in Cantonese "ha" is a homonym for the word shrimp. Hawthorn berry makes much more sense lol
Funny but learned more about Uncle Roger. He is from Malaysia, then probably emigrated to UK. It's interesting that he likes Lucky Charms, no wonder Lucky Charms has a cult following around the world because its like Cheerios with colorful mini marshmallows. I can resonate popular Asian snacks like haw flakes, shrimp chips or kropeck, and Milo choco malt drink. I used to eat Milo by the spponful though as a candy.
@@Popatoh so what??? Did the CCP destroyed your childhood and massacre your family while you watch? I guess no... lol ...so why are you being butthurt?
As an Indonesian who grew up in Sumatra where there are a lot of Malaysian snacks available; I would say Hiro, Ding Dang, Tora, and Apollo are the best.
To each their own. I was excited to try shrimp chips for years. I finally got a bag and hated it. I tried a different brand some time later. I still don’t like it. I love shrimp but shrimp chips are not good to me
Gotta find a good brand; some are salty and just taste like tempura shrimp, very clean and light. Others taste like you cooked shrimp, collected the shells, made a stock, then made dough and baked crackers from straight shrimp stock - strong af to the point you and everyone around you smells of them.
I'm from Trinidad and Tobago and I eat everything on this list except the potato chips since we don't get them.. I have a pack of Haw Flakes in my cupboard right now... When we were younger, swear to god, we called it, and "Chinee Sausage" as we thought it was made of meat.. Later we realised, it was made from a fruit.. Great snacks and a great ode to Asian/West Indian culture..
Fish sauce too, is basically decomposed fish puree. Milo dinosaur (Milo piled on ice with milk) is good too. Malaysian cuisine is one of the big "fusion" types in that it has Chinese, Indian, Sri Lankan and English foods combined. Try the tea set of milk tea with kaya toast.
Uncle Roger during the pandemic Hot ones did have the guests make their own wings. They sent the sauces to the guests and then videoed them in to film the episode.
Milo was imported into Malaysia and Singapore just a few years after it was invented in 1934, and they consumed more Milo per capita than we Aussies ever did. Malaysian Milo also has a lot more sugar, and about the same amount of crushed multivitamin tablets to lie about its health benefits so they can slap a sportsperson on the can.
It's invented by an Aussie but it's Nestle, so it's never truly yours. and it's way past popular. it's a staple, pretty much part of the culture in Malaysia. we consumed more Milo per capita than anyone else combined. you can check that yourself. we got its biggest factory here. it's in every house, every restaurant, every corner
@@zaarkhananal7165 I'm from the UK and they literally give you half a bag of air, rather than the food itself. They're super stingy here and give you less then you paid for sometimes. I think they must have a good batch, perhaps. lol
the instant ramen one... I remember just doing this with regular packets of instant ramen. Same exact thing, crush the contents, open the packet, add the spice mix and shake. It's so good, I might have to get a packet of mama's right now lol
There's no such thing as looks Singaporean or looks Malaysian. it's a very diverse country. plus, chinese are all the same. literally. of you talk about accent, yes there's a difference. but the look.? bruh LOL
Honestly, I don't see any talent in him being an artist other than speaking English with a Chinese accent and that's nothing special at all. I'm sorry if I hurt your feeling but this is just an honest assessment
holycow there are so many beautiful PH woman... me as a superwhite european learning Tagalog for a while now 500+ words already, sadly no grammar yet XD
@@somejerkbag I mean, ironically, there's rumors floating around the internet that Mike Chen is in some sort of cult. He posts some really obscure stuff on his Facebook sometimes.
I think Uncle Roger for me is the most relatable in terms of snacks. Like there are celebrities that I share certain snacks with but this guy more so than not there's some familiarity with his snacks for me that makes him super relatable
I found MAMEE Monster snack from a Chinese supermarket at Chinatown London..big package (have 8small packs inside)only selling 1pound few year ago..They have selling Malaysia import crackers/biscuits, instant noodles too... Chinatown London also have one Malaysian restaurants call "Rasa Sayang"... & Malaysian owned Casino Genting UK u can found nearby Chinatown London too, just the size only less than 1/100 compare to Malaysia Genting Highlands casino 😅😅
It's actually Australian but is popular in places like Malaysia,South Africa and Jamaica so if you know anybody from those areas get them to send you some.
When I was a kid, there was an urban legend that you use Haw Flakes to feed parking meters since one flake was roughly the same size and thickness as a quarter.
@@jeremylow5883 Well to be really technical, they are in the same rose family genetically, but so is pears, plums, bunch of berries, and even almonds. theletters is implying that Hawthorns are the "apple" we know as "apple", that's just factually wrong...