4 Levels of Dumplings: Amateur to Food Scientist | Epicurious 

Coaster Lamby it’s me. I’m the 0 level chef

Level -1 chef: *didn't show up*

Lol!

level -1 brings takeout from a chinese restaurant

@@chsenmachi9337 haha

Level 4: I'm the grandma

@sehhi vooty LMAO

mystic blueee level 4: Frank

LMAO

You taught your grandma how to dump? Man are you in your own mind?

Lol

Correct. All of it is what they made.

jianjiaozi jiaozi tangbaozi xialongbao have the consistency of baozi if it's thin layer then it's not xiaolongbao

Yes

@@Zeraryy The outside of a xiao long bao is like a jiaozi. A soup dumpling with a bao-like outside is a shengjianbao

Cooking should make you happy. Most home cooks aren’t anywhere near toward the other two and are more along the lines of level 1. I could probably make homemade pasta and stuff if I really wanted to, but let’s be honest, most of us aren’t gonna go out of our way to bother with it.

@@spookyara537 i’m actually a home cook and use level 2’s methods kinda similarly. the donut shape method when cut the dough, waiting for 15 min after forming the dough then covering it for an hour. very legit. i used a recipe online and have been for two years now. works everytime and very simple to follow. i’ve also wanted to try making homemade pasta but don’t wanna whole eggy mess on my counter in case i fail lol. but it’s fairly easy i’ve seen / heard. maybe one day.

"by any means"

“ Im looking for a good sizzle… ohh we’re not there yet “ 😂

@@theaitokyo I use a pasta serving bowl to make pasta in since they are pretty shallow it works great.

She also has some quality knife skills

I loved her too ! Super chill and knowledgeable, I hope we see more of her

Hope the staff doesn’t pigeonhole her and make the same mistake they did with Bon Appetit on Epi.

plus she's really cute

Damn, she is like the "Lao Ban Niang 老板娘" (Boss lady) of a dumpling shop owner. Promote her to Level Three!

Agreed

yesss, at my place I would see her pork and shrimp dumplings in an upscale Chinese restaurant

she sounds hot

Jerry Chan different regions and families have different ingredients for food.

@@jerrychan186 Basically you can put everything you want in real dumplings as long as it make sense. :) Depends on family habit and regions they live.

The way she mixed the filling was super authentic too; she mixed it only in one direction, which aligns the muscle fibers to give the filling a more tender mouthfeel. King did not. King's assembly technique was also extremely lacking, imo. Kind of sad that no one did any dat, though. Or at least, it wasn't shown.

Her mixing and kneading was on point too.

joeyzze 3:42 Really uniform 4:13 She has a really tight claw grip

Probably because it’s something she grew up with :)

all I could think about the entire video! She's so good omg

Cuper Higueras you would probably need a wide variety of recipes memorized and years of experience to be a real chef

I liked her a lot

You're wrong

You like her or you LIKE her

I didn’t even know her name lol

@@Zeal-sf3tj well im a lesbian so.

You seem like a good dumpling

I have 2 words that will make you statement false Ketchup dumpling

@@fuc8896 emily IRL

Love dumplings, they are the light of my life

How adorable!

This, dumpling is Charlene's turf.

If you pay attention, you can in fact acknowledge that Charlene is the only one amongst the three who s not adding garlic to the filling. And that s the traditional Chinese way, as no garlic generally goes in to the filling of Chinese dumpling (a lot of ppl munch on raw garlic cloves while eating dumlings or noodles there). Also xiaolongbao (traditional Shangainese soup dumpling), King s recipe, usually don't contain garlic. Charlene was the best at dumplings, she had the right moves, the right techniques and definitely a strong cultural background.

@@francescogiacomopelagatti8221 Do we know what ethnic background King is from? Often times cultural background will trump being a professional. I'd trust a shepherd's pie made by a British grandma more than one made by a French chef any day

@@rowanmelton7643 i once read it, but can't remember now. Think Hawaiian or some other place with strong japanese cooking background, but for sure not chinese afaik. Anyway i have friends in shanghai (xialongbao come from there) and they all agree that garlic isn't a typical ingredient. Same goes form my northern Chinese friends (northern China as the best and most famous tradition when it comes to jiaozi, guotie and all sort of dumplings on general), they all agree that garlic is a Japanese thing. They all say that garlic ruins the balance of the filling with its overpowering aroma.

​@@francescogiacomopelagatti8221pork and chive (jiu cai) Dumpling tho >>>>>

Lol

@Alison chyns - I like John, too. He brings joy and will learn over time.

The moment I see her rolling and pulling the dough to a large donut kind... that's legit.

Yeah I don't know what the chef guy was doing. His rolling was absolutely shameful!

That was legitness

Its actually restaurant dumplings she's making. They even did a role reversal where king said he's got ground pork and charleen's said you CAN use ground pork but she likes some special imported pork, lol.

She's Asian of course she's legit

Yes

Chlamydia Anims LOL

①锅贴 ②水饺 ③非正宗汤包🐶

@@user-ft9tw9zw5p 这解释真是太牛逼了，赞

@@user-ft9tw9zw5p 我觉得他的灌汤包看着有点像烧卖

And she's such a good cook too, she totally knew what she was doing

Who is Charlene again

She’s so down to earth

She was like a total pro, especially with those chopping skills.

Yess

what is he dead???

@@sayedanafisatabassum2162 yes.

duh, who wouldn’t

She could be the best narrator for books parents use to put their children to sleep

Agreed

You get too used to Lorenzo....We all are

Just like she said, like baby's butt

and laugh about it like a psycho

and there would be butter everywhere

And Emily instead of sauce she would use ketchup 😂

Penny wouldve used rum

by Panic! at the disco

Throw butter

@@sapodetenis, butter reminds me of Gabriela.

Lorenzo is annoying. Keep Charlene

LORENZO WHAT A QUEEN

Qui P Bruh how dare u

But my dude John here gay 😂

@@PotatoAficionado-ol5vg that's the point

She knows how smoot a baby's butt is. Since nowadays it's inappropriate anybody but the parents to touch the butt of a baby, the only way to know that well enough to use it as a base for comparison is to be a parent - which means: Charlene's probably off the market.

@@PotatoAficionado-ol5vg lol some grand/parents just don't understand. : )

​@@MrAranton it could've been her siblings or she was babysitting? I mean even I touch baby's butts when I babysit my cousins ._.

i feel King is my Partner i never knew...

I was looking for that video! Thanks for saving me the time 😂

Ooof

probably bc all the horrible comments lol

20 yrs*

@@aldzank5728 Good food means they eat healthy which leaves to them looking and feeling younger.

Frank was forged prior to the beginning of the universe and began cooking shortly afterwards

Well, considering the fact that he started cooking since birth, he's not even thirty yet.

Usually chefs start around 20 on average so if they have been cooking for 30yrs they would be around 50 do the math

I figured out a hack for them when I was about 12 lol. I use a heavy pan with a lid that fits oil the cold pan put in the dumplings add a little over 1/4 inch of water and turn it on medium high with the lid on and just cook them until the water evaporates and the bottoms get crispy.

LOL

HAHAHA you win LOL

OMG 😂😂😂😂

😂😂😂

Munchlax to Snorlax

Who said she wasn’t?

Mayara Miquidade same tots

i felt love with her cooking. its just sad lorenzo and her share the lvl 2 category.

Indeed

@@angeronalove5799 I like that idea I hope they implement this.

LMAO

Level 0: So you go to a chinese restaurant and order some dumplings

>dumplings in the oven, now this how real lv0 chef works

*microwave not oven for the B E S T level 0.

86Drifter oVeN???

Average Asian can relate

I already know she plays the piano

I’m a Human or violin

Richerd Lin probably both

Yeah we can relate

It’s so calming I love it

He was was

@@sangamithirai2817 uh u mean she

Bob ross was a legend even tho i didnt grew up watching him

Me!!!

The lady is more level up than the chef... Thanks to Uncle Roger.

Oke guys I tried to make dumplings myself today to see if uncle Roger was right and if the expert chef was really that bad. Yes. Yes he is. The whole rolling while turning technique is super simple and the folding takes a couple of tries to get it perfectly symmetrical and neat but it's pretty doable! Is say give the girl the chef's uniform!

I admit. I am not an expert. I am just speaking out of what I seen dumpling masters do and how they roll the dough. The girl’s technique matches that of the pros

King just got destroyed there... I've replied to Uncle Roger with this video. Hopefully he sees Charlene's skills!

Lets be honest.... he usually is. 🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️

Unfortunately, yes. This was one of the only videos it seemed a level 1 and two level 3

Her’s are like the unofficial level 3: no restaurant experience or formal education, but plenty of experience from the institute of grandma’s kitchen.

Give her a white coat and she could easily call herself a level 3 and we wouldnt even notice it. hahahaha

to be honest she is truly level 3 chef. King's dumplings are not made as beautifully as hers.

Don’t forget him growing his own wheat with mineral water from the Himalayas and then proceeding to wait and harvest and milling it himself to the perfect grain thiccness.

@@captainmaria3037 And growing his own bamboo in his garden to harvest for best bamboo steamer, giving fresh and earthly flavor to sip in, interlocking it himself to produce perfect holes for water evaporation

@@Biohacker777 wait you forgot him crafting his own hand made butcher knife to really accentuate the flavor and richness of his freshly cut poultry

What about him being born first

Yep, then the level 3 chef stole his pigs feet LOL

same ngl

Lmao that would suck for anybody recreating it😂 she would be like “just add some water and mix it until it look like this and then take the filling that has pork and some other stuff and stuff it about this much”

correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like all level 3 chef came from the Institute of Culinary Education

@@rosarah7592 Saul (my personal favourite chef of all levels) isn't from ICE I think

@@shnad9880 remember which episode he(or she) did? maybe I missed that one coz I can't even recall the name (/ω＼)

Lolololololol

It's so annoying and feels a bit rude though doing those cuts in the middle of their explanations. Almost off putting

That was legit hilarious! Or the part where she is like since the dough is fresh,you don't need water to seal it.....skips to level 1!!

Oil is why searing/sauteeing them is not optimal.

@@LexiconOne while annoying, it was the answer to why. it was actually a smart seg-way to go back to level 1

clown hours

Haha good catch.

And soupy -> super

That's racist

i didn't use caption... english isn't even my first language but i understand what she said perfectly. i just realised after seeing your comments that she get some mistranslation assuming she used foreign words eventho she speaks english correctly, it's lowkey racist

But at 11:30 she said "even all those years chopsticks is still sometimes a struggle" which means she's not 100% experienced with traditional

Lvl 3 made a completely different type of dumping ?

That is what level 3 chefs (professionals) would always do (in here) . They always experiment their dishes, always giving unique touches that brings theirs far, FAR AWAY from the traditional. But there are some who didn't go too far.

Z e r a O r a nahhh just different types of dumplings, both are very traditional. The soup dumplings are just very time consuming to make and usually Chinese families don’t make them at home.

@@LetOutMilk thats why i said chefs are always bringing elegance to their dishes making it far from the traditional. Like the chef from the cake edition; she added edible gold to her cake. Or palak in her "everyday luxury scrambled eggs".

She probably knows more recipes not just dumplings they won't bring someone randomly and put them as lvl 2 chef

She's level 2 because cooking is not her profession. Doesn't mean she doesn't have skill and experience.

@@andrewthezeppo yeah also she doesn't work at the education institution xD

Qingnan Duan ok

potato ok

exactly

🤣😂

@Lee Thomas How do you sit down with all that butthurt?

@Lee Thomas That's not you 'pointing out the unfortunate truth'; that's you expressing a massive amount of self-pitying white butthurt.

My man is recreating an ecosystem

How are these comments still getting likes...

@@romankarol5370 because Frank is the God Emperor of the Epicurious fanbase along with Lorenzo the "Heaven's Mandate", Emily the "Ketchup Goddess" and Stephen or as like to call him "Cheesy the Cheesecake".

@@yokun1885 Don't doubt that, this "Frank grows his universe" meme is just wayy too overused. But anyways, praise our Saviors

@@yokun1885 Don't forget about Rose!

..and that is why she is not here.

Catat Goo I am disgusted .... 😂😂😂

Emily is improving though

Im just glad Stephen isn't here. He'd put a cheesecake into the dumplings.

Dipped in ketchup 😭

And she is the one that our parent compare to

You barely know her 🙄

this is a lame played out racist joke

If Charlene were MY daughter, I could send her to college and be certain that she will able to feed herself (and have friends). My actual daughter did learn to cook dumplings, but still calls about making beef soup.

standingstare you are obviously not asian

ONE OF US

if i were her id cook dumplings daily since she said it makes her happy..

Asians can relate

That’s the Asian experience for ya

you mean normal asian

Mmm italian

this is so true

@Kevin Jimmy Johnson Wang - Ha! .^_^.

Dude i cant find uncle rogers vidéo anymore

@@allycy_ Probably ICE not wanting to look bad

@@aiamiyoru2294 he deleted it because it's a collab video w mikechan and mikechan has openly criticised the china communist for their countless wrongdoings like concentration camps, tiananmen square incident, hong kong democracy protests.... uncle roger wrote an apology letter basically addressing the fact that he loves china and disagrees with mikechan. all in for the rmb (chinese currency). shameful guy.

@@allycy_ yes, and I unsubscribed from my ex-uncle roger after that.

I was waiting for someone to mention how ruthless he is with a cleaver

I’m dying 😂😂😂🤣🤣

the level 4 is a misnomer. Knowing the science behind something doesn't make you a better cook. It's a cool perspective to have, but cooking is alchemy, not science.

@@Nomadic813 understanding food science definitely helps with cooking, especially creating recipes. Look at ‘the food lab’ for example

@@Nomadic813 I don’t really get how cooking isn’t science? I mean science explains how things are cooked and why chemically and physically.

​@@sergel02 Food can be science. But I would argue science is hardly the most important thing about it. Food is also about community, emotion, and care. (a home cooked meal from a loved one will be more enjoyable and be more nourishing than one that is made by a machine who uses perfect technical execution.) That is to say it means something when we know someone has put love and care into food. And this is not just mushy talk, but speaks to physiological effects of mental health and social needs. And food is culture, creativity, and communication. Good food tells the story of the people who make it, and creates a relationship with you who eats it. It doesn't matter necessarily that the food be "perfectly cooked". Although it doesn't hurt either. Also consider how unsuccessful molecular gastronomy has been as a movement in food. Even though boasting the use of science to maximize technical aspects, it's never caught on to be any more than a niche fad. I would argue because it is deliberately disconnected from community and history.

@@Nomadic813 make molecular gastronomy affordable and it will skyrocket, take bubble tea for example. im torn on your standpoint with science, but i agree that the lv4 never is actually a lv4. if you gave me 20 minutes of wikipedia i could tell you all the stuff she does, yet level 2&3 chefs would still destroy me.

I'm intensely judge the level 3 chef. I'm happy with the level 2 ones. That's the correct way (for me) to do it.

Most Asians that I know: This takes way too much time. Buy a bag of frozen dumplings from the store and get on with your life.

Well every west Slav is watching this and saying to himself - this has nothing to do with dumplings

You are correct

i didnt realize i was paying so much attention till i read this lmao

Now that I have exams in ten days, seeing anything related to genetics, muscles, nerves, respiratory system, makes me shiver, I actually started trembling when I read myosin

QQ

Exactly, it kinda bugged me that that was left put but I also kinda expected it from the beginning

Nana Na haha my exams are in 4 days and I can’t even shiver when I see related things because I have no clue what we’re being tested on💀

@@perpetuallyconfused2508 but the thing is, I'm taking the exam to go to university, we usually prepare for it the whole year and if you don't pass it with a decent grade kiss your future goodbye, so the only reason I'm studying for this one is because it's important otherwise I wouldn't know the topics related to the exam

Yes, this is the first time she appears.

Yeah- I hope they bring her back

SIMP! (joking btw unless you have a crush on her)

Ikr shes really adorable

simp moments

and her working that dough in that ring was top tier!

she's like a 2.5 tbh

And stirring the filling in only one direction instead of mixing. Pro tip.

Definitely trust both. They made different dumplings which were based on traditional ingredients/techniques for what each one made.

Charlene because she knows the secret to a perfect dumpling is stirring the filling in only one direction to align the protein!

Why not both? 😉

They are both excellent and authentic recipes. Even the level 1 recipe is good if you're looking for something simple.

Xiao long bao is one of my favorite things ever so I gotta go w King

HE DIED?!

Yeah the one that the editor put was actually *less* accurate than the auto-generated one hah

Hahaha

It gets worse. "So I'm making kind of a Szechuan-style sauce." Subtitles: "So I'm making a kind of citron style sauce." "Um, it's not the most traditional sauce for dumplings." Subtitles: "I'm Southerners traditional sauce for dumplings."

Bry Ern Low i actually do think she said citron style sauce

Hyatt Allen Nope that was definitely Szechuan

And he's literally a King lol

Search up plainrock124 real name if you are shocked

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