1. Using Smala chili oil as a condiment. 2. Hoarding "maybe there will be use of this in the future" mentality. 3. Not caring about birthdays or holidays (as much as other families) 4. Not using the dishwasher 5. Shower at night before bed 6. Add water to soap container to make it last longer 7. Couponing or buying something just because you got a good deal 8. Saving plastic bags (supermarket or ziploc bags) 9. Saving condiment packets 10. Furniture along the walls 11. Taking free extra napkins from restaurants 12. Eating salad with chopsticks 13. Bragging about a good deal "Guess how much I spent on this!" 14. Using food as a substitute for authentic connection and relationship "have you eaten yet?" 15. Eating habits: one knee up, big serving of rice, using spoon and fork as only utensils 16. Dishwasher is a drying rack 17. Judging restaurant food "I can make this at home..." 18. Taking shoes off at home 19. Making the grunt or clicking sounds 20. Sewing materials in a cookie tin 21. Workaholic or having a strong work ethic 22. Saving leftovers from a restaurant 23. Saving to-go utensils from restaurants 24. Getting the "fresher" items from the back of the shelf at the market 25. Protecting remote controls with plastic bag or silicone cover 26. Tearing paper towels or napkins in half to be more efficient 27. House slippers or shoeware for special use around home 28. Judging others on social status or organization 29. Saving rubber bands from produce 30. Costco life (related to #13 good deals) 31. Walking with hands behind back 32. Not drinking tap water (using water filters) 33. Sniff kissing (nuzzling) 34. Finding Asian food place even while traveling 35. Drinking hot water during meals 36. Heavy nod or half bow I'm a 22/36.
4. using a dishwasher and/or the bottom oven/stove drawer for storage (cookware). 8. my mom recycled the plastic bags (ziploc bags) by washing it with dishwashing soap. 32. Some people, mainly families, buy 2-4 large (filtered) water jugs, from a Supermarket, and put it in a grocery cart. 10. I was thinking about a wooden spoon or a fork, hanging on a wall. 12. my mom had once recycled wooden chopsticks. 23. plastic forks, knives and spoons were kept in a plastic container. 31. I have seen some middle-aged dudes doing it. I never knew why.. 35. hot water: I'm immediately thinking of "hot tea" in a metal kettle (ginseng, oolong, green, matcha (with like seaweed in it), etc.). 37. Recycling glass bottles (powdered coffee) and repurposing them with a new hand-drawn label on it (a Peanut Butter and Jelly/Jam mixture). 38. using Shoyu/Soy Sauce and Mayonnaise (as a dipping sauce); if not (Chinese) hot mustard (not French's hot dog type) mixed with Shoyu/Soy Sauce (a Chinese restaurant standard dipping sauce, for like Won Tons (in the Won Ton Mein soup) or Char Siu (the red pork).
I got 31 or 32 out of 36. I’m not a big Costco/sams person anymore because I’m trying to minimize the amount of hoarding and be more minimalist. I’m on that Marie Kondo kick right now 🤣
Covering the remotes was originally done with Saran wrap. The reason was that Chinese cooking generated a lot of cooking oil smoke, typically in a small apartment. It had nothing to do with oily hands.
Hey David and Andrew! First been following you since Chinatown chp eats 1. First - I will be in Chinatown this Sunday. Perhaps run into you two. Lol. 2. I come from a Jewish upbringing with a part Asian g’pa. So I think there are alot of similarities with both cultures.
If you think hoarding plastic bags is bad, wait until you see how many plastic containers from food packaging get reused as makeshift Tupperware...never underestimate the degree of Asian frugality. Whether it's napkins, plastic utensils, or condiment packets, everything offered for free will be retained no matter how useful or useless. Using a dishwasher is actually more economically viable because the cost to operate the dishwasher is more efficient than washing individual dishes by hand. The water bill is more costly when doing it manually.
😊mexicans 🇲🇽 we do that haha I love this video is funny 😄 in my culture we do all of these things the danish we do that in the picture we always ask for take out haha we save the napkins and sauces bags and utensils😊looking for fresher products😊sniffing kissing for your pets and family’s kids haha 😂so cute
the dishwasher using less water than hand washing is an industry myth. if you take a half hour to do 3 dishes and leave the water running sure, but rest is just something Bosch says to make you feel better about using it and wasting water, energy and soap
Some Asian habits actually make sense such as Hoarding the plastic bags and not trashing them everywhere or even carrying your own shopping bag. Others may include using bucket and mug to bath instead of shower (you can easily save 50-100 litres of water by replacing shower with a bucket for every bath), eating smaller portions and fresh portions instead of ordering a gigantic meal and then eating the leftovers
FUN FACT: The Air Gap on your kitchen sink shouldn’t spit out water when using your dishwasher. The Air Gap is that little spout by your sink faucet. If it’s spitting out water whenever you use your dishwasher, the line is probably clogged. Another reason it’s spitting out water is the plastic plug in the disposal unit was probably never removed.
My husband is 3rd generation in this county but he does everything you said. I came to this country when I was 12, and I am more Americanized and don't want to do any of these things, either I toss or donate! Now my one daughter who was born and raised here is taking up her father's habit and my second daughter is exactly like me and toss everything she does not need. LOL
We Filipinos love holidays and birthdays, in the Philippines! I don't know about Western pinoys if they do the same thing. We have Christmas decors as early as September. LOL
I had no idea all the things you mentioned, that I do, is because of my picked up habits from my asian parents 😄. I personally think eating everything with you hands is the most convenient way to consume food. I will continue to never change 😁
If your furniture is not against the wall, you are rich enough to have a large home. This is especially true if your parents came from Hong Kong or lived in a tenement apartment in NYC.
When I am parked in a parking lot, I lock my car door every time someone walks by lol. Got that from elder Asian relatives lol 😎👍 Kev Jumba did a skit on this year's ago lol...where his dad would lock the car door anytime someone suspicious walked by lol 😂
The western showering in the morning May have to do with the discrepancy in body hair. If you have more body hair you have more sebaceous glands, more bacteria, and more likely to be dirty even after you shower! So… if you’re going to be dirty, what’s the point? May as we’ll be dirty and sticky all night and then feel fresh when you go to work. Asians wash and then stay cleaner longer so maybe it makes more sense at night. Nice fresh sheets…
"AI-YA!" (not haiyah) when you feel exasperated Love and preference for "authentic" cantonese food (but I will eat americanized chinese food but not as a first choice)
I have a feeling a lot of those aren't even going specific to asians but more to poor people from vilages ( basically like me) or immigrants am 4:50 in the video and by this information so far i identify as a asian 💀 😂 jk jk, yep i wasn't even wrong 90% of those are just what normal people do i don't know if those are weird at states but in my country those are just the norms if you don't do most of those in my head you are just rich ┐(´ー｀)┌
Totally asked for hot water at this place that was only white people, waitress was confused, very sweet but she had to try and figure out how to get me my hot water. 😂
Many of these habits are also good for the environment like saving the napkins and reusing plastic bags. But please don't waste plastic bags or plastic utensils. If you don't need it, tell the shopkeeper not to give it to you. 🙏
