Now that my friends is the Australian flag flying proudly in Warsaw
and it's a pretty good indication that I'm where I'm supposed to be
because on today's episode of Kult America
we are taste testing Australian food with the ambassador of Australia.
Hey Ryan!
Paul!
How are you?
Good to see you.
Tank you so much for inviting me.
You found the place okay?
Yeah it's not very obvious form of transportation.
Well it's it's low emission and completely sustainable.
It doesn't matter how you fly the flag as long as you fly it, is what we say.
Anyway welcome to the official residence, a round of a bit of Australia here in Warsaw.
Okay, come inside.
Can I ask you one quick question before we go in?
I see that that's a kangaroo, but what animal is this?
Well that's an emu.
I'm ashamed to say that I actually am not familiar with that animal.
Well you get to taste it at lunch today, how about that.
We'll get to you both of them in fact.
Come inside!
They eat their crust.
Okay this way Ryan, welcome.
This is amazing.
This actually looks nothing like a Polish home.
Am I technically on Australian ground right now?
Well not technically, yeah you could say this as an extension of the embassy.
It's a space we use for cultural purposes, for entertaining Polish guests,
other diplomatic guests, but technically Polish law applies,
so I'll hope you, your on your best behaviour.
I will try my best.
I've got something special for you, I know you're thirsty.
Some of the best wines that I could find in Poland.
These are all Australian wines.
As you can see we've got quite a nice range here
from champagne-like wines, sparkling wines made in Tasmania,
various rieslings, chardonnays from all over Australia.
Does that one actually say Polish Hill?
It does indeed.
Let me show you.
This is a very special wine.
Grosset Polish Hill riesling.
Okay.
Few people know that some of our early settlers who brought winemaking to Aus, to Australia
actually came from lands which are now Poland.
Really?
They were ethnically German, but we have a connection dating back to 1830s.
Now enough of a talking, let's start drinking.
What would you like to try first?
Actually...
I don't, uh, drink alcohol, it's like a lifestyle.
Oh okay, you do eat, right?
I definitely eat.
Come to the table.
Okay.
I thought I'd start with a classic.
If you can you can cope with Vegemite, if you can learn to love Vegemite,
you can learn to love Australia.
Vegemite is a national dish, but most people make the mistake of just putting too much on the toast.
You get to try it with a beautiful bush tomato scone.
Well let's start.
Bon appetit.
Or smacznego, as they saying Poland.
Smacznego, my friend.
Grab a scone, okay.
Grab a bush tomato scone.
Grab a bit of butter and now grab a tiny smidgen of Vegemite.
Just a little bit like..
That's right yeah yeah yeah, that's perfect.
So is this something that Australian People would eat for breakfast?
People would have it on toast for breakfast.
Children would have it as a snack.
It's incredibly nutritious.
Vegemite was really not as... I can't even say it was bad at all, I kind of liked it.
So I guess it's about eating the appropriate quantity.
I know you've heard about the Australian sausage roll.
This is a homemade sausage roll, we often eat it with with tomato sauce,
which is Australian for ketchup.
Uh, but have a have a taste, it's basically a sausage in a pastry.
What is the filling?
It's it's beef and pork.
That was really good.
I was also quite keen to get Ryan to try what is really an Australian staple,
which is chiko roll.
Made with with crocodile meat, I thought it'd be a nice surprise for him.
Is that an egg roll?
Well it is an Australian chiko roll
or rather our own interpretation of it's an exotic meat chiko roll.
Hmm this is more of a gourmet version.
Let me let me know if you know if you can taste what's inside.
It seems like some kind of meat or fish.
You are in fact enjoying some crocodile.
Really?!
I would never have guessed that.
Huh, really good.
I thought we would try something that is more representative of contemporary Australian
style and we had an interpretation of a sashimi dish.
This is chilled cucumber soup with raw tuna.
The tuna sashimi grade.
It's this is served with raw cucumber and chive, garlic chive flowers,
and this is the cucumber.
Oh wonderful thank you Paweł. This is Paweł Michałowski, the chef.
Ah, smells very fresh.
And it's amazing, there are flowers in here.
It was pretty amazing and that was an indication to me that this was not your everyday dish.
So are you ready for the next course?
I'm a little bit frightened, but yes okay.
Paweł, what do we have here?
This is a kangaroo tartare.
Kangaroo tartare!
With some nasturtium flowers at leaves and this is a kiwi and avocado salad with borage flowers.
Kangaroo is actually delicious and extremely nutritious meat.
It's considered to be one of the healthiest meats.
So do you actually eat this in an Australian home?
Do people actually eat kangaroo?
Well people people do, typically on the barbecue.
And also in mince form.
This is of course an interpretation to the Polish taste, given the tartare is very popular in Poland.
Well it smells very fresh, there's not a potent odor from the meat,
which I suppose is a very good thing.
And I'll just dive right in I guess.
I think I would have to get used to that, it's different, for sure.
Well Ryan I assure you the next kangaroo dish will be cooked.
Alright so it's kangaroo curry with black rice cracker,
is that how you described it?
And peppers, and I suspect it's going to be and fresh chilli, yeah.
I intuitively know that I'm going to to like it.
Watch the spicy chilli.
I want the full experience.
Wow, that is outstanding.
It becomes a whole different beast.
You couldn't do the wine tasting so we prepared something special for you.
Australian steak tasting.
Forgive me for being a typical American about these, but what kind of meats are these?
I was hoping that you taste it and guess and tell me,
but let me reveal their surprise here.
You've got Australian lamb, Australian Wagyu beef, and emu.
All right I'm going in the deep end, I'm going to actually start with the emu,
but the meat looks gorgeous actually.
It looks very tender.
Oh it smells delicious too.
Wow, you know it's not typical supermarket meat.
Seems very organic.
So now this that I'm cut this piece of meat that I'm cutting into right now is actually proper beef.
This is beef, that's right.
This is Australian Wagyu beef.
At a certain point I just kind of run out of vocabulary
to describe how delicious this meat is.
If I were to compare those steaks with American steaks I'd have to say that the ones that
I ate with the Ambassador were actually far better.
I'm full in my stomach, but I'm also full in my mind and in my heart, so..
Well I hope you can activate your second stomach because we have a bit of dessert coming up
come and join me in their living.
I knew you were gonna say that.
We have something lovely and something very Australian.
Wow.
It is an interpretation on one of our famous desserts the Pavlova, this one with fresh Australian mango.
Okay well I love mango.
Amazing and it's competing with Polish hospitality.
I have to say...
Well, cheers.
Enjoy your dessert.
Thank you.
I've got to tell you, Paul, that as elegant is this food is, that it is surprisingly homemade.
You know, the earlier dishes were not over killed with salt, this is not overkill with sugar.
Well I'm glad you're enjoying it and I hope it's an opportunity to encourage you
and your viewers to taste Australian food and Australian taste for themselves.
Maybe Australia is not such a bad option.
I know that I'm probably going to visit after your gracious hospitality, anyways.
Absolutely, well I hope you do come and visit and you know we we think we are a fantastic country.
Not just to visit, but also to come and live in.
If that is your choice.
So we do well.
We certainly do welcome interest from prospective migrants who want to come and contribute,
who have the right qualifications and the right attitude to become Australians.
Mmm well you managed to finish it.
Thank you so much.
I'm pretty full.
Well thank you very much for coming and visiting and trying the Australian food.
Now, I have to run to the office and finish a few things but you take your time,
enjoy your residence and I'll see you next time.
Thank you so much for having me, Paul. It was really an honour.
All the best.
Cheers.
Well I really enjoyed the lunch with Ryan.
I was in fact rushing a bit because I had a few other things to do.
All right come on guys let's show Australia some love share this video with all of your friends,
give it a thumbs up, and write some nice comments, please.
Iza, thank you so much, it was magnificent, Paweł, I'm full and happy.
Thank you a lot.
Bye bye guys.
Ambassador's work is never done.
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