197 - Australian Classics Tier List 🍪☕🍺
Hey there, !
Sungwon Cho aka ProZD aka the asian dude who does funny clips came to Australia and I followed him on Twitter while he ate some excellent Australian classics...so I thought I'd do a tier list TOO:
C tier:
- Vegemite - maybe I just never had it the right way, but it's always been such a weird taste when I have it. I know people have said that it needs to be like...barely scraped across buttered bread, but after this much time I'm just never keeping it in my kitchen ever. The only format that I like it is in the A tier - Shapes!
- Dim Sim - it's a steamed monstrosity that has memories of being a yum cha dim sum in its glory days - unfortunately, it's just an oversized bag of mystery meat.
- Weetbix - out of all the cereals, it's a big piece of dust. Or maybe hay. Something that I imagine you could feed to farm animals. Without adding a bunch of milk and sugar and like...any other flavour - it's just...urgh. C tier.
- Fairy bread - unique, fun, but not lovely to eat. The hundreds and thousands just...look, I love gimmicky shit, but even that's too much for me. The margarine that goes with it as well - that's just ew. That being said, I'll definitely feed it to my kids in the future :D Everyone deserves fairies in their life.
B tier:
- Sausage in bread (democracy) - mainly because it seems more like an obligation to get it, and it's never as nice as the one you have at Bunnings...though the bonus is that you get some great extra feels after #voting.
- Chicken Parmigiana - it's just...too much chicken? I don't know - I love chicken, but a chicken parmigiana usually just has too much stuff on top, and there's too much to eat - I get to the end and just feel sick. But I still go back, so there must still be something that works? Essentially I would also prefer like...a chicken katsu don or something. Which I know is pretty much the same thing but it's...er...Japanese?
- Yo-Yo biscuits - I had a lot of them when I was younger, and I got sick of them - the buttery flavour was just too much! It's a little snack though, and I got a sweet tooth, so I'll still have 'em 🤭
- Lamington - The texture is so good - it's delicious, but really depends on where it's from. Sometimes there's too little coconut, sometimes there's too little - I do want to try them again though - perhaps there's places where they're real good?
A tier:
- Tim Tams - A CLASSIC AUSSIE CHOCOLATE. Delightful! I just keep eatin' and eatin' them...which is why I don't have any in the house. Too tempting!
- Vegemite (shapes) - one of the best shapes, and the only way that I'd eat Vegemite. Somehow the...uh...nutritional yeast or whatever the flavour is just works on the Shapes. Delicioussssssss.
- Pavlova - It's great, but does depend on the type of condiments and toppings are on it. I learnt how to make a chocolate pavlova which is so good - and with the cream and strawberries it comes together real nice. Fruit ones, I'm not as much into.
- Milo - it's chocolate cocoa powder before it was cool :D I think I also had Milo cereal which was extra fantastic. I just couldn't eat / drink too much of it because somehow it gave me blood noses? I also remember getting a Milo dinosaur in Singapore which was LIT good job Singapore.
S tier:
- Twiggy sticks - MEAT STICKS. A portable way to eat preserved meat that reminds me of the chinese version you can get at Chinese New Year, but in stick form!
- ANZAC biscuits - I don't know why, but the crunchy, and slightly stale texture is so...inviting. It's so nice! It's like a bit of a challenge to get through, but the flavours are delishhh. A close second are the choc chip cookies from Coles - I think the white chocolate and macadamia one is the one I get the most.
- Sausage in bread (Bunnings) - there's just something about a sausage in bread from Bunnings - the onions, the sauces, the vibe, the sausages - a perfect symphony of meat and bread and flavours together mmmmmmmm.
- Chicken Crimpy (shapes) - the BEST type of Shape!!! Chicken flavour on EVERYTHING PLEASE. Especially this one <3 My favourite flavour and the ultimate S-tier snack.
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Oppenheimer - a classic Christopher Nolan movie - replete with a non-linear story, BWAAAAH soundscapes, bad sound mixing for dialogue, a big story with multiple callbacks and a satisfying reframing, storytelling devices that make things easy to understand, and a cast of magnificent thousands. Oh and it looked damn pretty as well. I love Nolan movies, but I think that some of these stories are getting lost in the complexity of what it can be with all the money in the world. Maybe creativity really does need constraints. Regardless - it's still a strong recommend - Cillian Murphy is amazing, RDJ is a great politician, Emily Blunt is superior, as is Florence Pugh. Strong recommend! But...
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Barbie - just blows it out of the water. It's fun, it's easy, it's camp, actors who are obviously having the most fun in the world (Ryan Reynolds, Kate McKinnon), some meta calls that are sparingly but very well used, lots of references to how Barbie fits into an evolving world - with, again, a STACKED cast. It's one of those family-type movies you'll love to watch - fun for kids who get to watch some great choreographed dance sequences - bright and colourful, while peppering in lots of 'adult' jokes that the parents (or people older than say 15) can find fun as well. HIGHLYYYY recommended - Margot Robbie smashes this, as does Will Ferrell and Simu Liu. Great times for Greta Gerwig!!
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