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Hi, titas!
Welcome to a new episode of Wines & Titas!
And here, we have some ***.
Oh my gosh!
Sorry, she's my childhood friend. I can call her whatever I want.
Yes!
Hello, so good to be here!
By the way, she really is a tita, because she has a nephew.
And with our new tita, we have a new wine to try, which is:
Oh, I think that's just it.
From Australia!
If you, titas, want to know more about River Retreat Pinot Grigio, just check:
Tita Che? Your wine facts?
Check our her wine facts!
I'm ready! Check this out!
The link is somewhere here.
Somewhere out there.
There. So let's try it now!
Alcohol content is:
Oh my gosh.
Just a normal level.
That's a normal figure for a wine person.
You had to react that way?
And how much is this?
It's very fragrant.
Yes, it is.
I can't swirl properly.
Let's toast first. It looks like we're in dire need of a drink.
Cheers!
When we do this, there has to be eye contact.
If not, you get 7 years of bad sex.
Oh, okay.
Or we can go with the Japanese edition.
Kanpai.
Kanpai!
Kanpai!
Why do you sound like a drunk Japanese man?
For context, Tita Irene is from?
The Philippines! Just kidding.
She's based in?
Based in Fukuoka, Japan.
There!
Most of my closest friends really want to get away from me.
We don't like you.
What goes well with this wine?
Seafood, cheese, that sort. So let's try it, and experiment. But let's start with:
I heard that this also goes well with creamy sauces.
Oh my gosh, I'm eating it by hand.
Yeah!
Just go for it.
It's good!
Go, drink some wine.
The squid squirted!
In your mouth?
Is it really the squid?
Whoops.
It squirted in your mouth!
Yes.
You don't look happy with it.
No, I got surprised.
It lessened the sourness of the wine.
Have we tried it? I already forgot.
I think he's drunk.
How about you?
I don't know anything about wine.
Good job! You're so honest.
Actually, I agree with her observation. And it's not just because she said it.
Are these anchovies?
It's more of salted sun-dried rabbitfish.
And since this is from Japan, please read the label.
Crunchy (Japanese word) what's that?
Sorry, they have a lot of Japanese names for fish.
And obviously, I don't know them all.
Okay.
But it's crunchy.
Okay. Go!
Get some.
Wow!
It's crunchy!
I heard the crunch.
Can I have some of that?
Oh, it's... what's her name again?
It's like the salted, sun-dried rabbitfish, but with a different spice. Right?
You're right!
It's like when you go to a wet market, and the anchovies are uncooked.
Wet market in Japan.
Let's try this one. What is this?
This one is cheese.
***!
Sand.
For sandwich.
As for the cod, those are the two white strips placed on both sides of the cheese. Like a sandwich.
The taste is fishy.
Something fishy with cheese.
The wine became more sour.
Sour? Because of the cheese?
Or maybe it's the cheese itself that's sour.
No, it's not.
Well, I find it sour.
I prefer to pair the wine with the crunchy dried fish.
As a pairing?
Yes.
Way back in high school, you were a commended with Honorable Mention.
Let's not mention that!
No, that was in grade school.
Oh, okay.
And this one is?
Oh my gosh.
Oh no, it looks challenging to read.
I don't know where the name of the dish is.
Here it is.
So many Japanese characters.
I think this is eel.
What is this? Maybe some exotic thing like a sea horse?
I don't think so.
It's sweet!
Oh, it's chewy and sweet.
I think this is squid.
And I can't seem to bite it.
It's very chewy, but it's good.
Oh.
The wine became unpleasant.
It tasted like seawater.
Right?
It got overpowered by the seafood taste of the dish.
Like when you're swimming on the beach, and the next thing you know, you've swallowed seawater?
That's how the wine tasted.
The seafood taste is very apparent. In a bad way.
In a bad way.
Try it. Let's go to a beach.
It is good on its own, but when you pair it with the wine, it gets very unpleasant.
So what is the best pairing we've had for this wine?
That one. The crunchy dried fish.
Yes, I really like the crunchy dried fish, as well as the fried squid.
Actually.
Tita Che is our official wine pourer.
I like how she pours the wine because she twists it in the end. You don't do that.
Wow, I'm sorry!
Let's get this out of the way, and talk about other things.
Yikes!
And I'm not even drunk yet.
How about we talk about Japan?
Okay!
I'm very agreeable.
In Japanese.
Yikes, that's hard.
So what are the things that are only found in Japan?
Things that you can't find in other places?
The automatic toilets.
Wow.
You'd go, "Oh my gosh."
You've seen those, right?
Have you been to Japan?
No, not yet.
Tomorrow!
The toilets have buttons on the side when you sit down.
There's a bidet.
It really has a control panel.
There's a bidet, and it says there, "Powerful deodorizer". It's written in English.
It's so nice.
There are also toilets that automatically make a sound when you get inside the stall.
So other people wouldn't have to hear your business.
Oooh!
Toilet talk?
Why not? It goes well with wine!
Some toilets play a melody while it is flushing.
My favorite part is the control panel.
It has 2 squirters. One for the frontal area, and another one for the rear area.
How does the front squirter work for guys?
You can opt not to use the front one.
Unless you want to get wet, go.
So you don't wash it?
I do wash it, but a squirter isn't needed!
How do you do it since you guys are standing?
You shake it off.
That's gross!
You asked.
Don't you have some tissue nearby and use it for cleaning?
There's tissue.
So how about...
Can you exclude that, please?
Let's stop talking about shaking it off, okay?
Sorry, sorry!
How about food? Let's talk about that. Aside from ramen.
It's good in Japan, because there are a lot of choices.
What?
Aside from ramen, katsudon.
One time, she brought me to this food stall.
Yatai? (Food cart)
Not there. It was a stall full of Japanese food.
Wow, friend.
I think all of the stores in Japan sell Japanese food!
No, it was more of canteen!
What did we eat there?
We had katsudon!
So what is the proper way of eating ramen?
Noisily.
My Japanese friends would make fun of me, because I don't know how to do it.
But they had a head start because they were already doing that as kids.
I'd go, "Hey, I'm Filipino." I'm not used to eating ramen.
Have you seen weird things in Japan?
This person!
Shoo!
When you went there, you were the weirdest one in the block.
I know, right?
There are a lot of vending machines. Everywhere.
But what did you see in Akihabara?
I saw vending machine for underwear!
Granny *** or something else?
I think it depends on the character.
Thong?
Right? It's based on the anime character.
So you didn't try it?
What would I do with a ***?
You're supposed to choose a female anime character.
So whatever the *** of that character is, that's what you get.
Because it's always associated with the character, right?
This is really good. Where can we buy this?
In Don Quijote.
It's the go-to place for treats.
Cheers! Kanpai!
Kanpai! To Pinot Grigio.
Happy New Year!
Thanks for coming over, friend!
Yes!
Thanks for having me!
Sorry if I look like a stump on cam.
Yeah, you really do look like a stump in front of the camera.
If you guys, titas, have any comments, suggestions,
or if you want to guest like this ***,
just let us know!
Either by commenting or by messaging us.
Or by tagging us on Facebook, Instagram, or Youtube.
So while we're enjoying our food here--
I think I'm about to finish it. I'm so sorry.
Thanks, friend!
He ate the bulk of it. Show it to everyone.
Here's what's left.
And soon, it will be gone.
Anyway, kanpai!
Kanpai!
See you next week, titas!