When I lived in China 10 years ago, I could not stand a lot of things, but the food... OMG... I love it. Over 2 years I gained 28kg. Btw. the northern cuisine is the best!
You guys make Chinese cuisine so accessible, thank you so much!!! I used to be intimidated and overwhelmed looking at Chinese menus, but your videos are so informative and a great introduction to authentic Chinese cuisine! It's helped me so much! You're awesome!! And I'm so jealous -_- *tummy growling* lol
I came back to Beijing from Harbin (Heilongjiang's capital) tonight after going to the Ice Festival, incredible experience even if it was -21degrees Celsius!
My backgroud is southern mexican and I grew up and still consume black beans on the regular. Mexican style black beans are slow cooked in a sort of black bean broth. The soup is off the hook. Preparation entails salt and preferably a whole garlic or more; in addition to onions and green bell peppers. Once the black bean soup is finished and odorous, you add avocado to your liking. You can't go wrong with avocado in my opinion. It wasn't until I started getting into east asian foods was I pleasantly surprised how much the powerful black bean is savored in chinese cuisine.
I am from northeast China and grew up eating all these foods. Nothing better than my parents' home cooked dongbei dishes. Thanks for the cold water trick with the caramelized sweet potatoes! My parents always make this treat but I've never dipped in cold water before. Thank you for sharing this part of China with viewers!
Hey, Guobaorou is not Tenderloin, in is usually thin wide slices of pork, in a more liquidy sour sauce. Tangsu liji is Tenderlong strips in a thicker and a bit sweeter sauce. Both are amazing sweet and sour pork dish. Also Soup like that is enjoyed in Northern and Eastern Europe.
living in berlin, germany its so hard to find authentic chinese restaurants. i love your videos because you bring me a piece of my home country to me through the internet.
born in Shenyang, and the dumpling that has shrimp inside, is usually chives, fried eggs, and shrimp. Another popular all veggie dish is called "Red light Green light" stir fried tomato(red light), potato(orange light), and bell pepper(green light)
Looked so good. I'll remember these dishes when I visit Northeast China someday. Ultimately, I want to visit all parts of China, and that will naturally include trying out all the local dishes as well.
In defense of the people who don't like cilantro (and I am not one of them) for a lot of them it's because they are able to taste certain compounds in cilantro that the rest of us can't. It's the same reason that some people can smell cyanide and others can't.
thecrazyfangirl i believe you.. it must be hard in general, cause sesame is in so many things, without us knowing even, but specially in the asian cuisine :( I'm very sorry
Linda Lemoni Especially sesame oil... Every noodle dish, almost! And then when I go to restaurants and ask for 'no sesame' they always give me a disapproving look...
On the comment about candy apples, it's not about trying to eat the whole thing at once. In my experience of eating toffee apples (a whole apple covered in hard toffee), what I want to do is each bite gets some toffee to offset the chunk of apple. What I consider the best type of apple for toffee apples are tart ones, which contrasts greatly with the candy.
My husband LOVES 锅包肉！He can never have enough of them. We even want to travel to the Northeast when we go to China next time just for that!! People say in Northeast there is one kind of popsicle no where else has it. We are going to try that too.
I find it enjoyable to notice that a lot of typical, popular Northern Chinese food is food that I've eaten and encountered a lot in Shanghai as well! Really love the videos, reminds me a lot of home and it makes me really miss going back and eating :)
I have been wanting to try that dessert since mike show us in one of his food adventure video, now u guys make me really want to try it even more ahhh lol
I just went to that restaurant last week! I have also had the dessert there. It was a giant dish for two people. We were not able to finish it. It is true if you don't eat it fast enough, the sugar hardens and everything is stuck together.
Guys, I live in the state of Mississippi. And every time you do a segment on food my mouth waters. We have makeshift Asian restaurants around but I can not find any authentic Asian Food. You guys make it look so good and leaves me envious. I enjoy trying different foods but I have been unable to do the Complete Asian Food experience. So I watch you guys and sit and drool !!!! Think I'm going to do more investigating for the nearest one again and take a road trip!! You guys keep recording and I'll be watching!!
You have to try the korean cold noodles, the sweet and sour type not the salty type. You can find it in some jilin restaurants. Pair it with slices of sauced beef, it's really appetizing.
You're eating all this, and I'm just sitting here eating...mints. And i'm sitting here, listening to you describe good food, then I here Dan talking about red poop I think. What?!
you dont even get alot of caramel after you finish eating the shell of a caramel dipped apple. But these are amazing! caramel in every bite and not sad in the end!
I want to visit china and try all of the different types of dishes from all of the different provinces I especially want to try lanzhou noodles. I love typical chinese american food here in the United states but I think eating real traditional chinese food in the different regions will take it to the next level.
Awesome video! Great OTGW intro. My forehead would probably be sweating from all that spicy food. Yout top picks at the end would have been mine as well to try, those and the squirrel fish.
I love wasabi. It's annoying when you accidentally have too much but the heat of it isn't like chilli, which stays in your mouth for ages - it dissipates quickly, so even if you overdose the effects wear off fast.
A good trick to handle wasabi is to "open up" and relax your nose and mouth, especially your tongue, and let the spicy sensation "travel" around freely. If you do it correctly, it feels REALLY GOOD!!!
7:37 - As someone who doesn't like cilantro, let me break it down for ya: Different people have different taste palates. For me, there are very few things I don't like. I want to like cilantro, but honest-to-god, it tastes like soap. I have had the misfortune of ending up with soap in my mouth, and cilantro tastes like soap. It's super bitter. I also don't like spicy food because too much spice overthrows my taste palate and I can't taste the meal through the spice and if the spice is strong enough, it can trigger gag reflex because it irritates my throat. My mom is the same way. I come from Britain btw, and we tend not to eat a lot of spicy food. If I had to choose a style of Chinese food, I would definitely go for either Henan, Cha Chaan Teng, or Cantonese food. But I like seeing the more hearty, potato and meat-based meals coming out of the Northeastern side of China.
Omg I had a casserole with some friends once, but it was rice based, the rice was crisped and that was a gAME CHANGER THE TEXTURE WAS CRAZY AWESOME Also, my uncle makes that kind of fish cut into cubes like that. YUM
this is the only food channel too watch no bull shit and straight to the bomb & healthy etiquette of eating. Makes me want to experience more food and flavors, especially from asia, and im a picky eater.
It might be slightly outside your wheelhouse, not being Chinese food (although I've heard it was brought to Vietnam by Chinese people), but would you guys be interested in doing a food video on pho?
By the Guangdong dish made from rice paste, I think you are referring to Cheong Fun (腸粉). Mung bean noodles are actually relatively different in texture from Cheong Fun. I've never tried NE Chinese food before actually, rarely heard of it before.
Major word. It is so hard to find food that actually tastes like anything in the Midwest and South, even in the big cities. And good luck being able to afford it if you do, because it's going to cost a fortune. UGH.
Where is that restaurant? I am not fond of pork but you make pork sound so delicious that I am considering to give it a second chance. I want to try that dessert, actually I want to prepare it. it looks delicious!!!
Off the Great Wall - This video is very interesting and it makes me want to go to a Chinese Restaurant right now and try one of these. :-) I've tried the wasabi oil and it taste really good on the dish. You'll only gonna enjoy it when you love spicy - Team Mike here! :-)
It is ssooooooo hard to find good authentic chinese food where I live (Florida) You guys should do a National Chinese Food Tour. Help some people out that don't live in New York. If you set up a go-fund-me people would DEFINITELY help.
I've been to Fu Run. The place is great! I am convinced though "Koreanized Chinese" food is based off of Dongbei food. Basically borders North Korea so not surprising they have fermented cabbage (not as spicy as kimchee). Sweet and sour pork reminds me of tang soo yook in korean chinese food. Sadly most Koreans believe korean Chinese food is fake Chinese food like American Chinese food (which is actually fake)
Come on guys, PLEASE tell us the name of the restaurants you go to. Every time you guys pig out, I drool & can never know where you went to get those delicious foods!
This is so crazy, I went like to all the place in China where they do the dishes who showed and I was literally drooling. All the dishes you showed are like the best!! And sorry Mike I'm on Dan's team, I REALLY don't like wasabi, in any form, liquid, solid or gaseous. Anyways, keep going!! Fighting!!
