Catching people talking about me in foreign languages 

Its really cool to see that Grandma's are similar around the world. They wont take a penny from you (even though they should) and they absolutely pack you full of great food. Grandma's are the best, I sure miss mine.

Love to see that lady again from the other video. She is so friendly and it feels like she is the grandmother who will give you lots of food when you visit her.

I lived in rural Viet Nam for a year and traveled to many places. Almost everyone I met was warm and friendly like this woman. In cafes, on planes, in parks, almost everywhere I went, people would join me to chat and offer me food. I even got invited to stranger's weddings. My Vietnamese was very basic but we often communicated well with very little shared language. I highly recommend it to anyone as one of the best places to travel in the world. It is especially wonderful when you get away from the tourist areas into the back streets of the cities or to the rural areas.

Listen imma say this. When you visit someone’s home nation and even try to speak their language, to a lot of people it shows a lot, especially that you respect them and don’t expect them to speak your foreign language. This is awesome I love that lady

Love love that lady. You must film her again on your next visit. The tones and the words used when they talked to you convey familiarity, sweetness, and love. They treated you guys like their loving little brothers, and the old lady treats you guys like her grandsons. So endearing to watch. Love this video.

She really hooked you up and she sure as shit likes you a lot. I am sure her heart welled up with joy to see you back to visit her. That is pride in how much you made her day showing you remembered her and thought enough of her to come back after being gone for so long. Treating you like family by loading your table like that is something else. Great Video!

Chris và Max hơn cả nhiều người Việt về hiểu biết ẩm thực rồi đấy, cản ơn 2 bạn vì đã cho cả thế giới thấy VN yên bình và mến khách như thế nào !

You and other people doing these kinds of videos are great! It shows what parts of other countries are like for those who has never travelled. It also connects people and cultures from around the world in a much more intimate and casual way than say documentary channels. The more you see and experience, the more you appreciate and understand the different cultural perspectives present but also realize how deep down we are all connected across the globe.

I am bedridden and disabled, thank you so much for your videos! I can travel to faraway places and it seems so real! you are a wonderful young man

Love the way you speak Vietnamese Chris. You sound like a traditional scholar from the north!! So polite and courteous!!

Isn't it almost like having a super power. I have pretty good spanish and this happens to me all the time. I dont know about you but to me it feels like communication is the key to all hate and ignorance. If everyone would just make a tiny effort to understand one another on eachothers terms the world would just advance that much more. It's a beautiful thing. Understanding a whole other race and seeing everyone's problems are all the same and we are all the same and languaeis the smallest line left to transcendence.

I felt like I was with you enjoying the meal :) but I’m in the uk in bed not sleeping 😊 great video!!

Love it when foreigners make the effort to learn and speak the language of the people they visit. It helps with learning and and understanding cultural differences and brings different ethnicities closer together. Wonderful content!

It melts my heart to see that chris video brought her more business .. she was appreciative so she comped the boys ❤️

Your filming and explanation of the food and the whole experience is excellent! I could literally almost taste the food, smell the smells and feel the warmth of the people. I couldn't have that experience without you. So grateful to be a part of that "moment in time"! TY.

I found your video on my recommendations and im glad I did. I like these more intimate style vlogging to different countries. Its so refreshing and beautiful to see how much you appreciate culture and your effort to connect. We should all be like this, subscribed ✨

This is cultural appreciation done right. This honestly made me really happy, and I'm not Vietnamese. Lots of cultural similarities to Vietnam, which is probably why it makes me happy.

That lady reminds me of my grandmother. So kind, great hospitality and she treats you guys like family as if you were her own grandchildren. The lady really touches my heart and you guys should come back here more often whenever you guys can!

Omg that lady is a Q U E E N il her sm... She is so herself, also unapologetic about the fact she loves the clout lmao. Im new to your channel, but the fact that youre breaking these social regional and alien boundaries is amazing and I hope it continues. You also make me want to work on learning another language 💖

What an incredible experience, incredible people and country. You sound great with both your Mandarin and Vietnamese! Always been fascinated by their culture and people and language, but who knows if I'll ever get there. Thank you so much for sharing, it lets people like me visit vicariously. Thank you!

I live in Thailand and I understand the difficulty in starting out with a Texas accent and speaking Thai. Maybe 50% understand my accent when I speak Thai sometimes it is very discouraging not to be understood. The totally nasal tones of Vietnamese makes my brain hurt to try to listen to and learn but you seem to be killing it there. Great friends and food shared and I want to thank you for the time it takes to conceptualize, create, edit and UL these for me to enjoy vicariously your travels. :)

She is the friendliest woman in Siagon. She is doing her people justice, showing how friendly the people are and how good the food is.

I don’t even know why I clicked this but I was really into the entire video they’re all so sweet and I love how excited she was to see you again I almost cried

Her mandarin accent hits me with Such nostalgia. I don't live in Vietnam anymore and I have forgotten about small things like this, but once I see/hear them it always feels like a warm surprise hug from a friend you have forgotten about for no reason.

I LOVED this! You speak the language so effortlessly. I am so envious of those who can speak more than one language because it opens up new opportunities and enables you to make friends easily. I'm still struggling with Spanish and am not quite conversational and can get around, but I feel lucky enough to have the accent for it. I traveled through Costa Rica and found that people really open up to you and are so helpful when you attempt to speak the language. I've learned that we are all not that different from each other, and laughing is the same in any language!!

She is so happy to see you like seeing her sons coming back home to visit. I think she wants to treat you with good food after a few year absence. Lucky you Chris.

I really enjoyed watching this video. These beautiful people serving you this unusual food but looking so good. I’m impressed, talking to them in their language. They all look so very friendly and kind. Ive just subscribed to you. Can’t wait to see more of your videos. 👍

I really like your closed captioning, especially the large lettering! Thank you! Wonderful video!

Very touched by Aunty’s generosity. Love how you seamlessly gel with everyone around.

Love how the locals welcome you. It amazes me how they want to help you fit in. May they have many blessings. I teared a bit and was emotional. With the way the World is today especially in the USA it is beautiful to see this.

Wow! Talk about feeling welcome. What generous hospitality and friendship the sweet older lady offered. That’s pretty special.

Such a welcoming woman. Very friendly and nice people. New to your channel and just subscribed. Look forward to more videos. 🙂👍

Vietnamese people are extremely friendly and lovely. I’ve been living here for 4 years and they still make me smile every day.

Enjoyed this video, you have a great command of the language! I did learn Vietnamese too but always struggled when listening, your videos really help. Vietnamese people are really generous, the grandma look so friendly and nice to talk to 😊

wow i just found your channel and i love it. thank you for doing this please keep making content. i hope to run into you one day

Chris, this video was top notch!!! Love the interaction and Grandma was soooo great!! Keep moving forward Sir!! HN

Love how genuine this was! You guys & the shopkeeper. Really encourages me to learn a new language & shows the potential for what can come out of it ❤️.

Oh what fun, she loves you guys like a momma duck lol, and no doubt appreciates not only the candor but probably the publicity and recognition you have brought their cafe (?) You have a new sub, cheers from BC Canada, safe travels guys!

Great video guys love the way yous interacted with the people. It was great to watch. 👍🏾

I think your videos help Grandma a lot. Just stumbling upon your video as a stranger made me want to stop by there if I ever got the chance!

I was in Vietnam last week (Hanoi, Hai Phong, Nha Trang) and even though I am a Viet Kieu (Vietnamese-American), the people there still got a chuckle when I spoke Vietnamese to them. They love it!

Lovely video mate! It just goes to show that whatever country you're visiting people really appreciate if you've taken the time to learn their language. Even if it's just please & thank you, it makes a huge difference. In many countries people enjoy getting to practice their English with a native speaker but to break the ice being aware of local customs & taboos and having the basics of their language shows respect and will open doors that are closed to people who expect English to be spoken everywhere. That café is a little jewel! The food looked amazing! A heartwarming video!

This video definitely made me subscribe!! I'm so happy to see more Americans, such as myself, speaking other languages and enjoying other cultures. 😍😍😍

You can tell the publicity from people filming/writing really effects the business. She’s very grateful for them, it’s so sweet.

Chris, I love it! another winner, keep it coming my man! I watched this 5 times now, that lady is great. You found one best friend after another. I’m so jealous!

Great video, you guys make the food looks so delicious. I also like to listen to you two speaking Vietnamese, awesome!!!

Such happiness! Hanging on to see you dive into the food OMG!

My first time seeing your videos, but I always love to see these kinds of videos where travelers are able to converse with the locals.

Priceless! Love watching your interactions with the locals. They treat you like family. You value all the right things Chris ☺️

love it, this is real life, people are happy to see you again and they recognize that you are visiting them again. It shows respect from both sides. Enjoy and thanks for sharing.

That looks so delicious, seeing people being very friendly like this is a good feeling!

I bet the last video you made blew her up, I'm glad to see her happy and prosperous enjoy all the love you get from your adopted grandma 😁

This is the best vlog from you two and that lady is so beautiful and sweet! It really shows the true human spirit of saigonese, friendly, honest and down to earth 👏🤩👍

Totally understand the local people’s reaction to Chris’s ability to speak Vietnamese. My parents are from Hong Kong and I was born and raised in England; I speak with a Hertfordshire accent and even today some of the reaction I get are like ‘Where did I get my accent from?’ I jokingly respond with ‘Amazon’ 🤣🤣. I’m 53yo I still get the same reaction around the UK. For those non-Brits, Hertfordshire is a county that borders north London, so the accent is softer London accent.

I can tell this grandma love's you like you are her own grandchild. You are such a gentleman also so i am going to sub. Great content, amazing thank you so much. Much love from The NL

Aww, she WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU AND SHE REMEMBERED YOU!! ❤❤❤. Because of you, her business started to boom and she was SO THANKFUL. ❤👍🌹. She wanted to show you off to all of her friends and family. You are a celebrity! Everyone wants to know you and she was so proud that you came to her place and you gave her restaurant great reviews which gave her success. Being nice to someone and having great food and friendly service has wonderful benefits. She is genuine and she really was super nice and she remembers good customers. It was nice of you to go back more for a visit and for the food secondary. The dishes really looked delicious. I'm NOT A FAN OF SHOYU plus I'm allergic to soy, so I'd LOVE THE VINEGAR AND THE HOT PEPPERS IN THE OIL! YUMMY, YUMMY, YUMMY! Plus, the hot green peppers, more kick! Not super hot, it depends upon how many rings are added. And I love shrimp, prawns, it's all good to me. My niece is adopted and she spoke only Cantonese when she was adopted. My sister studied Mandarin for months not knowing this. 🤣😆😁😂! Great. My sister and I are half Japanese. She knows ZERO Japanese. I know more than I think, but I can't speak, I can sort of follow along and say a word or two. My BIL and father, both military men, do not and did not want their children learning Asian languages for some reason. Sabotage perhaps? I don't know. It's strange. However, my Japanese relatives were amazed that I knew some Japanese. Their eyeballs nearly fell out of their heads when I said one word which was "goodnight" to them. I'm super impressed that you learned a difficult language and that you are using it. Plus, you are so kind hearted and went to see the nice lady at her restaurant. She really was immensely thankful to you and was so happy to see you again! HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU!!! I'll subscribe!!! ❤❤❤🌸🌹👍!

I didn't notice anyone really talking about you like the title suggests. But After seeing how friendly and chill people are there, I 100% want to go visit (and maybe live!) What sweet people!!!!!

I love watching when you make videos with Max

I absolutely LOVE Vietnam. I have been fortunate enough to have travelled throughout the entire country, and it is, without doubt, one of my favourite places in the whole world. The people are so friendly and hospitable, and the country itself is simply stunning. ❤

Cheers! It is a blessing to know that there are beautiful people all over the world. We need a whole lot more of Chris and Max to spread a bit of peace and goodness around.

Chris your Vietnamese and Mandarin is good 😊 loving seeing your collab with Max - thanks for this video ☺️

People in Vietnam are often surprised that I can speak Vietnamese fluently because they constantly tell me that I look South Korean, despite my insistence that my parents are Vietnamese and I'm a Viet-Kieu

Thanks a million. That’s brilliant. I appreciate it. 🎉 cheers and best regards, Winai

I love how happy she was to see him!! Such a sweet lady!

The little old lady is so cute and sweet, she adores you Chris 😍🥰she’s so excited to see both of you 👍

Watching this made me happy! What a lovely, lovely grandma! 🤗

I love your relationship with grandma. She's such a kind person. She needs to be a regular on your channel.

I just love how that old grandma is sooo kind/hearted, pure and honest, and how she treats people who've learned her language!

Some of the best hospitality i ever received whilst travelling was in Hanoi off of vendors just like this woman. Several times my wife and i didnt even have to pay. They just gave us food or beer (we still gave money as it's very inexpensive to travel there).

As an Arkansas native and resident, it's always so crazy seeing that Razorbacks shirt Max has on.

A group of people having a nice chat. Aside the obvious language issue, people are not very different wherever you are. Great video!

It’s amazing to see how learning languages opens you to new people/stories and culture. This inspires to continue learning, because I stopped as I’ve always been poor and never travelled anywhere and found no point to wasting my time…

Hi bros, you guys look awesome as usual, the food look delicious and healthy and the people are super friendly. Enjoy your travel, greetings from Kenya🇰🇪

It's great to see both of you having interesting experiences together.

give grandma a big hug from all of us around the world, she deserves it :)

its so awesome to see how happy everyone is and friendly to you guys speaking thenlanguagenso awesome

OMG I thought I saw you in Saigon few days ago bloody hell wish I asked I’m home now in Australia I’m going to learn as much Vietnamese as I can for my return in sept

Love to hear you said ' bon em xin phep nhe' so polite & cute👍

Wholesome content, need more of this in the world!

I only just found you but it looks like you really made a positive impact on her. That's really cool man

I wish i had a person in my life like that lady, 2 years later you have not seen her and she still appreciates you for you

Love that you guys are both vlogging same time 👍

Seems like a hard language to learn. The food looks really good. And your friend's shirt is great (woo pig). Fun video.

I love this video. That made my heart warm to see the nice older lady smile :)

Another great video my friend!

The old lady is so cute and sincere. Remind me a lot of my grandma and my mom. Miss them both.

awe i love to see granny wanting to spend time with you after you ate to drink coffee and catch up.. She is the sweetest

I really enjoyed this video! I came upon it by searching for French speaking Vietnamese - I just learned today that Vietnam has a strong French influence and that French is spoken in Vietnam. I never knew that! I subscribed to your channel because I live your personality and you and your friend have a very positive energy.

Most time I spent with another culture was visiting my girlfriends family often in S.F. They were Chinese and while not in China, still had a very different way of day to day living and attitude about life. I loved the way everything seemed to revolve around food. We were either sitting at home talking and snacking on things from the market, going to the market to browse, or cooking a meal for her family (8 people every night). Everything was done deliberately and with ease whereas a lot of American households bicker about food prep or where to eat, what to eat. They were most hospitable and reserved. I learned alot about peace through clarity of process. I wish I picked up a little Cantonese while I was with them 😄

Các cháu là sứ giả hòa bình và du lich cho vn.mong nhièu nguòi như các cháu đến vn du lich

What a wonderful woman so friendly 💖 thanks for sharing this

Nice to see how people live there and the lady definitely was happy to see you. Looks like you visit your grandma 🙂

Chris, it's cool that you speak with a northern Vietnamese accent, my parents' dialect.

Awe she's accepted you like your her son or grandson. It's really sweet

Wowwww 😮! I’m so impressed with your accent! Your Vietnamese is better than mine 😊

Chris you are extremely blessed brody..I only been around the east coast and down south..I need to get out the country bro🙏🏾🤣

You’re so awesome Chris

I'm both Chinese and vietnamese American born (confusing I know) it makes me so happy to see people speak BOTH of my languages. It makes me want to see her in Hanoi 😂

That was a really cool video. Gonna see some more and maybe stay here a bit longer! Greetings from Poland.

Now that's respect from both Chris and the lady offering all of that food! Hats off to you Chris for learning their language, locals always respect that in foreign visitors.