This is the first time I saw a RU-vidr pay so much respect for my people, the Hmong. Thank you Joel for sharing Hmong food and culture to the rest of the world. Stay safe and healthy.
Pang-Ngia, I am honored with this comment, and the opportunity to make (this small video!) to respect this amazing culture :). Thanks for the kind words, I hope you have a great day :)
I my humble opinion, he is the best! I have see so many RU-vidrs, and none compares to Joel, I just started to watched his videos , he own channel at least, but I have seen him in many of Mark Weins's videos but I didn't found no info about his channel before, or maybe I wasn't looking hard enough, anyway I'm so glad that I found Joel, and his respect and love for people, culture, nature, food and so and so it's amazing !! God bless you Mr Joel and please keep enlightening us with your videos and way of living. 🙏🙏🙏
i'm totally agreed with you on this prolite manner & attitude of joel...and i wish joel to visit my country vietnam as well (like mark did for a few years there)...
@@salmon0751 Wow. Salmon. Maybe I was supposed to wait 4 years before seeing this comment - It is a GIFT today oh my :) God bless you. and God is blessing me through such a lovely comment, a beautiful message from you. Thank you.
May God bless you beautiful soul. I am Hmong and your appreciation for Hmong food is admirable. But you appreciate all foods that you try. You are a grateful man and it shows. I believe a grateful heart is the key to joy. Love your channel Joel!
The best authentic dishes! Boiled mustard greens with pork is like soul food for the Hmong! One if my fave dishes! Thank you Joel for making this video!
For sure Bon, and I’m so happy to see you responding with such love and positivity :):) it’s awesome! Where are you from? I hope all is well today, wherever you are
What a wonderful video Joel. Our pepper dipping sauce typically consists of hot chili peppers, cilantro, green onions, fresh lemon or lime juice and fish sauce. Some will add tomatoes. Others will add egg plants. But the base is what i listed above. We typically eat white jasmine rice and will only do sticky rice with larb. Boiled foods are very common to have esp boiled vegetables. Lots of our elders want a plain boiled vegetable dish whenever we serve a meal. Other than that, I remember my mother telling me that other dishes we have are actually adapted from other nationalities. Thank you for doing this video! I'm in USA and we have quite a large Hmong population here too.
History of our Hmong people: Thousands of years ago we used to live in the mountain of China, however after the endlessly years of war, we lost our country to China. We migrated all over Asia, to Thailand, Laos to Vietnam. So no we don’t have our own actually country anymore. We were able to keep our language alive and some traditions however we have also blended some with other Asian countries since living there. Our food are always very simple! And we love our pepper!
Thank you for sharing this Chris, I am excited for the chance to continue traveling around SouthEast Asia, looking for communities of Hmong wherever there are high mountains :). with beautiful curvy roads to cycle :). and of course, eat some peppers haha...
My husband and I enjoy watching your videos as well as Mark’s videos. We’re Hmong and it’s so great to see you guys eating Hmong food!Everything looks delicious.
I am Hmong, and you difinately had hmong food but slightly modified because they are trying to accommodate a more common palette in the restaurant. But if they were to cook these dishes in the home, the chicken dish would be more herbal. Hmong food are bland but healthy and hearty. I am so glad to that you and Mark had a chance to taste Hmong food. I am especially happy to see you pray/ give thanks for your food. Never be ashamed of the one gives us eternal life.
Joel is super nice and friendly. Ive only seen him with Mark, but Im gonna subscribe just bc of that. Joel just do what you do brother, you got your own style. I think your strength lies in food and culture.....not just food. You can go far with that.
I love your down to earth and humble energy. You have such a genuine appreciation for places you visit and foods you eat. And, it’s heartening to see how respectful you are of the people and their culture. Your kind personality and meaningful content of your vids is what the world needs right now!! Subscribing! 🙌🏽
Micah 😊😊 Hello from NY Joel. Such an amazing view from up there. Those grill sticky rice looks so good. Everything so fresh, love how the young girls was wiping the fruits before putting it to sell. See you had very lovely company 😊. I must say I do appreciate the way you speak the language and explain the areas you visit. Food looks delicious as always. Can't wait for the coffee video..I know Mark will truly be enjoying that coffee shop and surroundings lol. Happy to see you all together.🌶️🥘🚵
Johnny it would be my privilege! (There are many, I think you can understand, it’s not so easy to just search Hmong communities, I have to find many of them myself, by accident as it were :) ). Thanks so much for watching, I wish you well today
Another great video Joel! That Thum Avocado is very intriguing. Wonder if adding padek/pla la would work in the dish. Thank you for showcasing these dishes especially since most folks in the states only know of Pad Thai. I enjoy seeing all the subtle and not so subtle differences between Thai, Lao, Essan, Hmong, and all the other subcultures dishes.
I love how this channel is able to take my mind virtually travel to these beautiful places. And in addition to that, it will fill and nourish my soul with positivity and happiness... wow Joel... awesome work man, awesome work!!! Much love and God bless You & Li!!!
It's nice to see you went to eat at my Hmong people's restaurant in Thailand....I live not too far from Mark Wien's hometown of Phoenix, AZ...Thanks for supporting them.....
Joel, this reminds me so much of the highlands up north from my hometown in Bandung, Indonesia! The elevation looks so similar, and even the weather, too. Even the snack looks and sounds similar too, even though we use white sticky rice.
I’m wondering if you speak Hmong or understand Hmong too? I would be surprise and happy knowing someone who is a different minority speaks our language. Love your videos
The "hill people chili" is called "kua txob txiv lws suav" in our language, its simply, tomato pepper. One dish is pork with mustard greens (nqaij npuas thiab zaub ntsuab ). Glad you enjoyed our food!
I am so happy with this message Man you have no idea :-) please write me bruner.joel@gmail.com, I would love to talk with you more about this, and just say hello to you as well of course. Thanks so much for the message today, this meal was truly special, thanks again for writing me
Succulent foods they’re inviting and tempting i feel like to eat too, i wished I i were with you but it’s impossible because i’m not a travellerand we live in the oppsite side of the world.
Hi Joel, love the video. And you are absolutely right about it being so cold up in the mountains! I visited the mountains of Laos (Phonsavan) and it was raining and freezing while Vientiane was super nice, warm and dry. I also got really sick from the elevation changes. Do you experience short-term altitude sickness?
Whooooa!!! That is amazing I would love to visit that place as well :-) it’s always been my dream to visit PongSali, The place you were talking about is south and east of there? For altitude sickness no, I think I’m lucky or maybe it’s because of my extreme amounts of exercise. I frequently go from 0 to 1500 m several times in one day on the bicycle, and occasionally I have to chance to ride over 3000 m where my sister lives. I have never been affected aside from just the lack of oxygen making it hard to write fast
@@JoelsTastyRide Phonsavan is the capital of the Xiangkhouang Province, northeast of Vientiane. It's about an 8 hour drive from Vientiane or 30 minute flight from Vientiane airport. If you're familiar with the Plain of Jars, it's in that area! Lucky you not getting altitude sickness. I guess it was my very first time being in such high elevations. I got sick on the way up for a day then sick when I came back to Vientiane! It was a memorable trip that I'm glad I was able to take especially in my youth!
I really enjoyed this video Joel informative well put together I just wish mark would have shut up jking ill say the opposite on his channel lol theses are the authentic type of vids that really shine you can sense your passion for the Hmong and it rubs off on the audience now i want to learn more about the hill people . ps I would love for you to do a vid with the longneck tribe but not in that tourist trap the tours bring you to
Joel! I want one of yours and Mark's shirts! hahaha. I wish i traveled for food, and the if it aint spicy I aint eating one XD. Anyway great video dude! love to see you uploading. Gives a lot of sense of culture.
Hello again Joe's, and Joe friends are your still In chiange Mia, how is doing with the weather.in Chiange Mia. Last time I chatted with you about four days ago still have no Power no electricity . Got We expected to have power by this Monday. For southern new England state. Hit by herrican very bad this time All of fourty eight Year's that I have lived there. How was the food you and your friends are having In Chiang Mai. Nice to chat with you again anyway Joel's.
I’ve always loved fruits and vegetables Stycie, as much as any food!! I’m so happy to be able to make videos like this and have people watch (thank you for doing this as well :) ) and if I can have people enjoy them, it really warms my heart, so thank you for taking part in this today. Where are you from? Do you have a favorite vegetable? One you can be happy eating every day?
@@JoelsTastyRide "Kopiwosian"🤗 From Sabah, Malaysia. TQ for having the time to reply us all😶I eat all veggies, not really have a favorite. Next time come here in Sabah too😊
Jessica thank you so much. One of the best ways to honor the people here (the country I love!) is to continue learning, continue practicing. Of course there are huge (and tasty) benefits ALL along the way as well :)
Yeminn Htoon what is American food? Did you know that America does not have a national language and that English is just the de facto language? Plus, it’s not the actual English that people from England speaks.
Panou, SO happy with these comments, I just couldn't wait to see how many comments came from people appreciating these videos (like yourself), and wanting to share at least a little bit of this experience with me :)
Hmong soul food. When I miss my parents or feeling homesick I’ll make these simple dishes and reminisce about the good old times. Thank you for featuring the Hmong in this vlog. The way you speak, I can tell you have such a kind soul.
This is EXCELLENT :) :) Thank you so much for writing me, oh wow. what a great message, hey Im happy you watched this but thank you for taking the time to write! I would have no other way to connect, so wow - this is special, thank you :)
OMG! I feel like this is the 1st time someone says they tried out Hmong food and it’s actual Hmong food that we eat on a regular basis. Not that previous videos were bad but this is legit!
Lol yeah people are like "This is Hmong food!" and it's tri color tapioca or angel wings or something. I was like, give them some squirrel stew, green mustard and chicken stew, or some rice cakes.
Same, hmong food are very simple. Just a couple of ingredient most of the time. And is mostly because we tend to have different palate than the country we reside in.
I had no idea Joel's voice was so deep and soothing, since I had never heard him speak more than a few words at a time on Mark's videos. I dig his interactions with the people, his translations, the cultural information he shares, and the respect he shows. Definitely a new fan. ✌🏻
Seeing all the familiar Hmong faces that I see here in Fresno, CA everyday and knowing they have diverse communities around the world is great to see. I had the opportunity to attend a small portion of a very notable Hmong individual's funeral. It took a couple of days to set up, lasted about 3 days and they were making food about 24 hours a day to serve everyone. Huge thing with 100's of people ebbing and flowing as the time of the day dictated. Really amazing.
Whoa, Vance!! Thats amazing to think that we really could take an 'Authentic Hmong Food Tour of Fresno' together some day, Im sure it was a special ceremony this funeral, wow. 3 days of people coming to pay respects, wow. Yes youre right, very diverse communities!
You’re such an inspiration Joel .. rarely do you meet or know someone of a good soul & loves life & all that comes with that as you .. !!! Ty always for all your great videos !! Buddha bless you my friend 🙏🏽🥰❤️
Joel! What a beautiful Blessing to experience life with such passion, excitement and enthusiasm! I too loved the green nature up in the mountains. Seeing Mark, Ying and Micah was wonderful. Micah is growing up! The respect people have for the environment is awesome and it shows in the preparation and presentation of the food that is cooked...Thank you young brother for sharing your journey with us. I certainly am blessed and grateful to be able to see Thailand through your eyes....One Love 🙏🌍🙏
One Love! One of the better screen names in the world :). Thanks for another great message today! Yeah Mr Micah is growing so fast, its a pleasure to hang out with him now, every month for kids at this age is just new, full of life, energy for sure hhaha :). Ok ok, thanks again for joining, and awesome to see your name here - all the best!
Traditional Hmong dishes are very simply constructed: white rice, boiled meats with veggies, boiled veggies, some herbs and always a pepper sauce on the side. Even to this day, especially at weddings, some those very traditional dishes are still made here in the US. The pounded sticky rice "pizza" in Hmong is called, Ncuav. For the pepper mixture we typically just call it very generically, pepper: Kua Txob. Hmong dishes can be influenced in flavor by the region's in which they are in, be it China, Lao, Vietnam or Thailand. However, they remain quite simple in the ingredients used and how they are prepared.
So cool Meeh!!! This is really one of my favorite places to visit in the North, that is wonderful that this is your home, AND that you found this video!!!
Happy to see you and Mark, Ying and Micah together. Friends warms our hearts. Hope you do more videos like this. And about the chayote, I never ate them raw. I will try one day. And I blessed by your testemony.
Hi Hulda!! Thanks so much for the comments! yes, and the love, thanks for writing. The chayote shouldnt be eaten raw though, they are steamed :). I guess I didnt mention that, I thought everyone would be able to see it... haha
I love Joel ! He is very humble and so intelligent ... reason why I subscribed to his channel .. we should support people like this.. you get my support always joe !
Lady Chaos :) Got to answer you immediately today :-) because I appreciate but also because I appreciate what you are saying. God bless, and yes of course I mean any food is worth being extremely thankful for, every single meal… But I may like this oh my goodness… :-) Glad you enjoyed the video, have a great day today
I had no idea Joel voice was so relaxing. About to put me to sleep and I'm not ready 😂 Thanks for showing some of the beautiful Hmong culture Edit: I did not know that some Hmong live in the hills of northern Thailand. I know they traditionally live in different mountainous regions. Pretty cool
The Hmong in Northern Thailand are some of the original settlers of those areas and came directly from China, through Burma and other routes. They are not part of the Hmong refugees of Laos.
Hi Keesha :) Haha, I am happy to think its relaxing... just dont watch this while youre driving then :). Haha. YES, people of Hmong communities seem to live in only the toughest to access places, high in the hills, obviously there is a reason though, these are areas where people can just stick to themselves (SE Asia by the way has a unique situation, there are HUNDREDS of people groups living in the high hills in Northern Thailand, Laos, Northern Vietnam, Southern China, an AMAZING diversity of humans, to me the most amazing place on Earth!!!)
I'm married to a Hmong woman and I get to eat similar food, on occasion, to what you've shown here. Traditional Hmong food is simple and delicious, as well as healthy because of the heavy emphasis on vegetables. Thanks for this video.
Pat, thanks for the message :-) and it sounds like you are a lucky guy. This was a great experience eating this very healthy but of course extremely flavorful and wonderful food. So wholesome :-) great experience thanks for the comment :-) hope you’re well, greetings to both you and your wife
Joel Bruner I am all Good Joel, thank you and by the way I am from Nepal, residing in NYC. I can just close my eyes and listen to your soothing voice on n on n on....🤗🤗🤗🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻; hope you are having a wonderful ya too; God Bless🤗🤗🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️
@@JoelsTastyRide I plan to go to chiang mai sometime in the near future as I know people there and I love to visit with highlanders and love the beauty of God's creation, the mountains.
Joel, thank you so much for sharing this with us. I’m Hmong and immigrated to the US when I was only four years old. My parents have gone back to visit family in Thailand and Laos a few times but I haven’t had the chance to. Watching this almost got me tears eyed because you take time to show the land and culture of my people who I want to visit and connect with again. Makes me sad that I haven’t been able to yet when I’ve been wanting to ever since I could afford it now. I am going to make it a point to visit this place when I come to Thailand!
Miss, Im Thai live in Bangkok, just want to say very very welcoming when you return back to yr homeland Hmong in Thailand I visited over their many time a year, any need help you can reach me at my channel
WOO HOO, Joel & Mark, the men of summer, lol. Joel you always are so personal with your post, thank you for sharing the post with your time within the Hmong area.
Good morning Joal and Mark family 😊 It's so refreshing. Glad to see you get in touch with the fresh air. Eat healthy food It is the happiest. God bless you guys 😊😁😊
I really like to stay overnight at some of these home stays experiencing their culture and relaxing atmosphere. Very fresh cool air during rainy and winter season but from Mar - May burning season is the nightmare in northern Thailand.
Hi Thana! Thats a great idea, actually I could be doing more days staying up in a tent up at the high elevation - I was cold just after 2 hours, I really should experience a full night up there!
Hi Lady Chaos :). Thanks for the language tips, thats so awesome :). I think Thailand and Philippines must have SO much produce from South America, its amazing how well those things grow over here. I would love to come and share some with you some time soon! Chesa :)
@@JoelsTastyRide yes chesa trees can grow here in the philippines and also sayote. Maybe someday you and Mark can come here when all this pandemic ends. Stay Happy Stay Positive and Stay Healthy okay. 😊
@@JoelsTastyRide I will have to look/think about where I was in Chiang Mai. Hopefully, I will remember when Part 2 comes around. :) Keep it coming Joel! BTW! I love it when you read Thai. I'm Thai and I can't...so sad. :(
I found the place but I can't read Thai and unable to upload pics here. :( It is in the area where Zip Line & Water rafting (which we partakes & enjoyed it immensely.) We stayed at the Homestead near there where we had the coffee.
Thank you for show casing my people, our food andculture. It's so crazy how so many people don't know that the CIA recruited Hmong people during the secret war. we are such a big part of Am. history but it's never talked abt. Hmong people have roots in China, and have be categorized as miao/hmong one of the many tribal nomadic groups that reside in indo China. Hmong food is a melting pot of Chinese, thai, laotian and vietnamese food.
So awesome, wow, what a comment!!! I have read in more than a few books, just a bit of this history, and its from that time in my life doing so much reading that I am SO intrigued to learn more about all the mountain, highland, high-living peoples in Southeast Asia, definitely including Hmong :) :) So cool, thanks so much for writing me, so much for joining this channel, I hope you have a great day today!! Nice to meet you KaZoua
Joel Bruner I love your style of vlogging. You and Mark are best mates but you each have your own style. You’re very authentic and it’s clear to me that you are not seeking out more views and subs; you just want to share your journey and it’s an amazing one. Cheers!
