All restaurants are CLOSED in Beijing?!? 

Amy your neighbours are the best. Love seeing them treat you like family

Your neighbors make my heart burst. Please more content with them!! Have them make you meals and teach you how to cook more since you cant go many places. I think a lot of people would enjoy that! Love you Auntie and Uncle!

it's cute that the auntie is being super skeptical about the uncle's promise about wanting to cook for auntie for a change now that he's retired.

it gives me great joy that you spend such a lovely time with your neighbours.

When you hear Amy say: ' I've just went online to buy something and it will arrive in 40 minutes...'. Really makes me feel I live in the stone age here in Sydney

Your neighbors must be so happy, its like they have a daughter by their side

It's so wholesome that your neighbours are like your Chinese parents!

We appreciate your efforts during a challenging time, Amy! Also, I enjoy using google translate to see what people say in Mandarin - I like that people comment in multiple languages on your videos. I have really nice memories of visiting Beijing several years ago. Your neighbours are precious. I also loved what you said about meeting new people in the park.You are a great ambassador between cultures, and you share those stories in your videos in an endearing way.

Got to be one of your best episodes because it's just shows honest side of covid lockdowns and how you and your neighbors live. Stay safe and keep up the great content. Miss Beijing too😭

It's not the quantity of interesting things you're experiencing but the quality of your content that keeps us coming back! Another wholesome video. Love watching the bonds of friendship that you've formed with your neighbors and the locals. That's really what matters and probably what you'll always treasure the most. Cheers✌

It looks like the food was toned down for the local palates. That might be a series of videos in itself. How different are the Beijing versions from what you have experienced in the actual regions.

As soon as Amy said 3 bowls of noodles, mukbang immediately came to my mind 😂. Very nice of you thinking about your neighbors and they seem to be a very lovely couple. Take care everyone and Your content is still amazing despite the current situation in BeiJing.

Hi Blondie, I have to say, your optimistic, upbeat attitude makes this video very comforting to watch. Way to go Amy, hope the situation there improves soon.

I love your video so much, it’s so real, as a Beijing local who can’t go back home for over 3 years, this really makes me homesick….and your neighbours remind me of my childhood when we always had meals with neighbours together…

That’s nice people come up to talk in china. In Tokyo it’s extremely lonely, a lot of people don’t like to talk with foreigners

Amy: 50 cases, high alert. Me, NYC: 5000 daily, people stopped wearing mask for months What a earth

China is incredibly diverse with all their different ethnic groups, dialects, cultures, cuisines its like a mini UN. Thanks Blondie for showing us all of these. Keep travelling and posting.

By far, one of my favorite videos you’ve ever made! I enjoy watching the food and culture, but it’s your interaction with everyday Chinese people that keeps me coming back again and again.

I want to see your neighbors reactions to non-Chinese foods!

Thank you for your content, Amy. Your videos inspire me to be more adventurous, learn more Chinese, and try the many foods this country has to offer. Prayers for your family during time. Sending love from Shanghai.

i’m obsessed w your channel, have been watching your videos for years as i’ve been to china and am an australian learning chinese. always waiting for more videos

Awesome video, laugh a lot watching it, thats something the world need more of these days, hope some Emericans can find your vids and cool off with them too

Blondie, take care and stay safe 🤗 I'll continue to watch your channel because I'm sure you'll continue to make great videos, 加油！🥰💪

Hi Amy!🤗 I’ve been following you since you came back to China and, together with all the other followers, I really enjoy your content! ♥️ Watching your videos I’ve been thinking that it must be quite challenging during this time in Beijing (like it is for all us). Me and my husband are expats in Beijing, I hope it doesn’t sound too odd, but we would like to invite you for dinner one day! We are in Dongcheng, probably in the near of your place:) I don’t know to cook anything Chinese, but I surely know how to cook delicious Romanian dishes 🇷🇴

You are so adorable I love how you are just hanging out and cooking in an old Chinese couples home it really is the cutest thing.

Im studying Traditional Chinese Medicine in the States and I got really happy when you started talking about Jing, clearing heat and generating fluids. So cool!

I am really impressed with Amy's Mandarin! How is it possible to improve so much in such a short time. It doesn't look like she has to think about it first in English and make a translation into Chinese.

About Gui Zhou Mansion (贵州大厦) - the building is actually owned & operated by the government of Gui Zhou province. It is a venue for people from that province to do business in Beijing. And for every province, there is a mansion similar to this. These are great places to sample food from those provinces, because the chefs are usually hired from the provinces and brought into Beijing (I think key ingredients also). So for example the Xin Jiang Mansion is a great place to get authentic lamb skewers. Another great place - it looks like you are in Dongcheng District so this is accessible for you - is the Si Chuan Mansion. It's my favorite place in Beijing for SiChuan food. Beijing is my home city and watching your videos brings back a lot of good memories. The current pandemic/lockdown situation is unfortunate. Wish you stay safe & positive & keep up the good content!

It'll be interesting to introduce Australian food to your neighbours and see their reactions. Having said that in a city like Beijing. They may get more exposure to other nationalities food.

LOVE LOVE LOVE your neighbors! Can you film more videos with them please~

Hey Amy! Thank you for filming although all the restaurants are closed in Beijing. Love your Neighbor so much! They are lovely people. I would love to try those 冰粉 someday they look really refreshing! Looking forward to seeing your next vlog soon. Take care and stay safe.👍🏻🍜🐟🍲🧡🍮🥄😄👋🏻

北京人民 真的好客人。记得 25年前 我第一次和太太 到北京旅游，在长城遇到了一位阿姨，她就邀请 我们到她家里吃午餐。

I feel you. As a documentary photographer in China, i have been travelling in my living room for the last month. A bit depressing

Blondie your experience in the lockdown in Beijing is so different from whats portrayed elsewhere. Seems like life is pretty normal, given Covid circumstances. No screaming protests and people being hauled off in handcuffs -- and people still enjoying beautiful parks.

Support you Amy. Please take care. One of your long time viewers from Sydney

Amy, you have great neighbors. Once you leave Beijing, you will miss them. They are super.

I really enjoy your RU-vid channel and just wanted to thank you for all the work you put in it! It’s truly amazing!

Amy, all your videos are very interesting to watch even if you’re in one single city. It’s great to be able to speak mandarin and best of all, you can read it too. China is the place for you, bravo girl! As for your comment that you can easily make friends in the park, actually who wouldn’t want to talk to a beautiful girl like you!

You could rate pickles and we’d still watch it Amy. Your content is Class! Don’t sweat it 🙂

19:36 cute puppy alert, use this time stamp for instead cuteness overload 😵‍💫

We enjoy watching your videos! Thanks for being creative with the content despite the restaurants being closed. Looking forward to your future videos!

Hi Amy, greetings from America! I LOVE your content and this video is superb! I'm perfectly content to watch videos of you getting take away and bringing it somewhere else! Please be safe!

Amy you doing well in this lockdown, thanks for the vibe! I’ve just liked all your video :)

What a pity to see that everywhere, including restaurants, are all closed. Take care of yourself, Miss Amy, I’m sure you will continue to make food vlogs after it is done.

Thank you for sharing your positive energies in this difficult time!! Stay safe!

Love your videos , any content from you is always awesome and makes me smile and laugh 💜 from Sydney stay safe .

I clicked so fast when I saw your new video! You make fun, tasteful content no matter where you are.😉❤️

Blondie…you are indeed creative! Good to be creative during lockdown, better than complaining ! Thank you always for your up beatness!

I gave you a thumbs up for your cheerful spirit. I have been to Australia 6 times and you are the most enthusiastic person I have never met. Cheers.

Amy when you engage in the community I feel the happiness you felt looks from the screen

Love those neighbors and the water did boost your mood I think! I also subscribed to Evelyn’s channel!

Such a bubbly person you are and so friendly. Because of you mingling with the locals, your Chinese will improve at a 100 miles an hour.

First comment!!! Amy, thanks for what you do for China. We are concerned about you and will continue to support you!

Your neighbors are so lovely! You’re lucky that they get to be your surrogate parents while in Beijing. Keep safe and stay healthy! Greetings from Dallas TX

Thank you for such a positive vlog amidst such trying times in Beijing. Stay safe Amy.

Nice video, Amy, as always. Stay safe and look forward to your next week's food adventure.

Covid friendly video ideas as follows! (But let’s be real, I’ll click on 95% of videos you post). Cooking/ trying to recreate your favorite meals, comparing your favorite foods in other provinces to the Beijing style, more videos with your neighbors, vlogs/ day in the life/ what I ate this week, how you decorated and organized your small apartment, unique experiences as an Australian in China, FaceTime your parents and you can ask them Chinese food trivia questions, you can make a vlog and have your parents narrate it, try to find a dessert via takeout that you like more than bing fen, try more drinks may be easier on the go, also I would love to see what grocery stores in China look like! Just some random ideas hopefully you like one :)

Thanks for another upbeat video during this difficult time. Please keep up your good work. Especially your dine out experience is amazing and delicious 😍😍🖒

Wow! You also have Evelyn here which makes this wonderful video even better. Take care both of you. 😁

Thanks for staying so positive through this difficult time.

Glad to see that you've got nice neighbors and friend to hang out together~

Love your videos. Maybe you can do some summary video from your past travels, such as spicy food collection, noodles collection etc. 😋

haha you riding with ayi on her bike is so precious🥰 remind me of how i used to ride on the back of my mom's bike when i was a kid.😁 how lucky that you guys have each other as neighbors!!😍

Way to go Amy making a great food video while restaurants are closed

Hi Amy, love watching you and your neighbors cooked and enjoyed the fish dishes together. I think this is probably a good new content routine of your vblog that to try some home made Chinese food, when all the restaurants are closed. This will be interesting and actually important part of local culture. Joining your neighbors and local friends to making these food will brings more interactions and different perspectives. Good try. Keep safe and happy :)

注意安全，做好安全防护工作，出门戴口罩保护自己也保护他人，等疫情好点了再大吃特吃，还有充足的时间享受生活，不急于这一时。加油！

Amy: We supposedly have the second largest Chinatown in North America here; only second to the famous one in San Francisco. I am just very curious if Asian cities have a mirror opposite…a Westerntown, or North American Town, hidden somewhere in the streets of Beijing where White people operate restaurants with names like The Mad Grizzly, or The Shy Beaver, or The Reluctant Kangaroo…well, you know what I mean because over here all Chinese restaurants are either some kind of dragon, or phoenix, or lucky this or lucky that. Much love from Canada. -Diane, Vancouver, Canada. MnMA23/22. 08:43 pm

I love your neighbors. How nice for you to have such lovely people next door.

Great job improvising with what’s available to create a great food video that is in the usual mould but with a fun twist.:D

love it! totally understand if there is not as much content to share due to being limited in travelling and covid regulations. But i love all the stuff you put out^.^ so keep it up!...I am living my asian travel dreams through you as I'm not able to travel as yet this year due to being a chicken!😆 this I a good thing! hope you can keep making content!!happy thoughts and well wishes to you!^.^

The waterfall looks like Huangguoshu. That places has become a really touristy spot. If you go now, it's all built up with wooden platforms for viewing the falls and such. In the 90s/early 2000s there wasn't much built up there. It's still beautiful but you have to go in the rainy season (I know it rains on like 70% of the days).

北京有很多城市为名的大厦，其实是各地驻京办的下属宾馆，那里面的厨师都是从地方调过来的，甚至食材都是从当地来的。比如黑龙江大厦的东北菜，新疆驻京办的烤串，四川大厦的川菜。这些走一圈下来，确实等于旅游了全国。

Always love your positivity ❤️ hope this fiasco ends soon, take care!

Hahah you have a bit of Chinese accent/interjection here and there when you speak English now, how fun!

you are funny.. making the best of the situation. Here is a big cheer to you!

Your positivity is admirable, I am sooo done with lockdowns and testing. Luckily my country agrees, we now live normally like in 2019.

Stay safe, always good to see you! 🙆‍♀️

Oh sorry to hear that, Amy. Take care and keep yourself safe. 💗

It's fantastic! I can't wait to see your next vlogs

Would to see just how you’re living your every day life in Beijing during these times… it’s super interesting

Watching your video is definitely the most important thing I expect to do in every week 🥰 plz try 鲜芋仙 as well if you like冰粉 you may also like 仙草😘😘 it's a kind of taiwanese sweet

You are a very pleasant person. Please keep making videos you make my day when I see your new video. Thank you.

Great video Blondie. Loving to see you making and enjoying food from home with locals. Love to see more authentic home cooking. Now it’s probably a good time for it. BTW welcome back.

Hi Amy, I am from Guizhou and now living in Australia. Glad to see you explore Guizhou. BTW Go check Zunyi lamb rice noodle（遵义羊肉粉）spicy chick rice noodle (辣鸡粉/米皮) as well.

Amy, I hope either you or Evelyn went back and bought that "Yalf" shirt! LOL :-D Great video, thanks for sharing with us! :-)

Great to see you here in Beijing too, but sad most things are closed. Really inspired to share more! Would be cool to meet up sometime and share bits of China and food! 🌄🍗🍖

After watching this, it's clear that it is not the places you are that attracted me to your videos, it's the happiness, laughter that you created throughout the clip. Keep eating happily.

There are a lot of branch offices from different provinces in Beijing, where you can find their local food. Most of them are very good.

I absolutely adore your neighors!!! they are so cute! and I would love to try Suan Tang Yu!

Sydney had a period where all restaurants were takeout only, it'll pass 😉

Hi Amy, it's so surprising to see your video on youtube!! Don't worry, the lockdown won't last for long, 注意安全 keep safe. (And btw, 我觉得我们离的好近😄

Someone had said it before that blondie Amy “can sell ice cream to Eskimos”. I’m Chinese and I learned so much about this Chinese food from Amy that I knew nothing about.

i really love your videos!take care!

The building you went to is actually a restaurant of Guizhou zhujing ban 驻京办, every province gov has a office in Beijing to provide some service to the officer from that province, and it always has a restaurant with local taste.

I really enjoyed this one even though you can't really go anywhere. Your neighbours are lovely!

There are some dish from Jiangxi (e.g. jiangxi Pottery Pot Soup) in Beijing, that is great.

The sour soup fish looks very good! Beijing is a bit difficult right now, hopefully it will calm down soon...

Looking forward to being able to travel in China again! 😀

Love your video always. Come to Shuangjing and let do the content, how Thai-Chinese family survive during Covid situation Lol.

I'm from QLD and always get bumbed that out China town is sucky! I love your vids! They make me want to go check out china one day :) Thanks for the entertaining content :)