Akebi, the chocolate vine, and a first bite viewers say came too soon
Tasty Table's whispered tasting of a purple pod drew a comment section of amateur botanists, and the channel passed 410 million total views along the way.
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Tasty Table passed 410 million total views over the week, and the video doing the most to get it there is a purple pod with no name in its title. "The strangest exotic fruit" went up on October 1 and is past 150,000 views. The comments filled the gap the title left: viewers name it akebi, the Japanese chocolate vine, and some say it was bitten too early, since a ripe pod splits open by itself to show the soft, jelly-like pulp inside. Several also want to know why everyone is whispering.
Three more Shorts followed: a second strange-fruit tasting, a street-food "Legendary soup?" and "Secrets for choosing fruit," a berry guide that has picked up quickly in its first hours.
The channel as a whole is moving at roughly half its usual daily pace, with about a thousand new subscribers on the week. Most cooking channels near its size are also running below their usual pace, from Ryantagcoffee to Alpine Butcher. Cooking With Volk is the exception, well above its own normal.
Tasty Table still landed mid-pack in views gained, carried mostly by one unripe pod and a lot of people who knew its name.
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What viewers say
Neat - Thanks for posting. Had to research but very interesting fruit / vegetable. Japanese Akebi (Chocolate Vine)
@KringleKBSee it on YouTubeThat's not ripee the peel had to open up by itself 😌
@pushparanikhaidem538See it on YouTubeHad me guessing mangosteen until it opened up — that jelly-like pulp looks so good
@streetfooddailytv-m9jSee it on YouTube
5 more comments
That’s akebi
@gamergang-y6bSee it on YouTubewhy are we wispering ?
@rottenstars-d8mSee it on YouTubeGuys It's Called Akebia
@AyeshaWee-q6nSee it on YouTubeThat a akebi fruit😅❤
@DipikaThapa-e6hSee it on YouTubeDON'T WHISPER 👹👹
@AmeréyHillSee it on YouTube
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The videos drawing views on Tasty Table right now
- Channel
- Tasty Table
- Subscribers
- 469,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 2,000,452
- Videos published this week
- 4
- Video published
- October 1, 2026
- Video views so far
- 151,887
- Views on its first day
- 36,314
The numbers
Here is how Tasty Table's week looks in figures.
💡 Test your knowledge
One viewer guessed mangosteen before the fruit opened. Mangosteen is often nicknamed what?
Mangosteen is widely known as the queen of fruits, often paired with durian, the king of fruits.
