Vegan yum cha: yum or yuck? 

I found that sister is more like mom, while Amy is more like dad. Not only looking but behaviours. And you two together is like another version of mon and dad😁

omg.. Bec looks so like your mum and speaks with the same deeper assurance tone and you're so like your dad, always lively and bubbly

There are just so many options for vegetarian diet compared to the western diet in Asia because of the influence of Buddhism, monks. A lot of vegetarian food is very very delicious and very sustainable for anyone who wants to switch from eating meat. Great video!

This whole video Is so wholesome. The chemistry between you guys are totally sister vibes and it makes me miss my sister so much

Bec, what an amazing personality, so humble and down to earth, just love it 🙂

I always find it amazing how much positivity you put into the video, as if you are never sad or distressed. When I’m a bit down I always find comfort watching your video.

I love that you have had your family in the last couple of videos! Nice to see everyone doing well! Keep up the great content Amy!

haven't been back to China in 3 years, always love seeing your videos, Amy! Reminds me of home!

3:53 fav moment of the lovely sister-vibes LOL no words needed in the communication. So great to see Bec in your video again! These yum cha desserts look really good (but really pricey)~

Seriously, if you are in Seattle, come up here to Vancouver for Chinese food, you won't regret it.

Omg! This is THE restaurant our team always go to for team lunch !

Hi Amy and Bec!👋🏻😃 Greetings from Canada. Thanks for taking us to this lovely vegan yum cha place! The food looked delicious especially that spring rolls…😊🥟 I wonder what kind of tea you guys ordered?🍵🫖 looking forward to seeing more vlogs soon. Take care!😁👋🏻

When I was young I used the cross technique. But I everytime we had dinner at my por por's (maternal grandma in canto) house, I would get in trouble with her. She would tell me "not like that!" and she fastidiously taught me the correct technique, which I have used since. Sooooo....your sister is right. Hahaha!

RIP to your grandma, can't wait to see more videos, me and my fiancee really enjoy watching you and can't wait to go back to China. Keep up the great work !

As a vegetarian I really appreciated all of this! I generally don’t like “fake meat” substitutes I have never liked meat or fish textures or taste since I was a young child. Vegetarian didn’t even exist back then esp in France where I was born and grew up I was the weird fussy child /young girl that refused to eat animals.It’s very liberating that this now exist, france is slowly catching up, I don’t think we have a vegetarian/vegan Chinese restaurant as yet though! Hopefully it’s in the making ! For once I felt like I could try anything you tried and it felt nice to be included! Take care girls Sabrina 🇫🇷🇬🇧

Bec’s way of holding chopsticks is perfect!🤗 she easily controlled the two chopsticks to hit each other. 10/10!👍🏻🤩

Yet another fascinating video. Great to see Bec. She looks and sounds exactly like your Mum.

My friend is hk australian moving to Seattle soon! If your sister ever do videos, I'm sure she would binge watch them!

Yay, a sister video! Love how you two are so in sync

Always awaiting Amy's impression and feedback on anything she tries especially Chinese cuisine. Amy's dress is so aesthetic ! Some of Bec's facial expressions mirrors #BlondiesDad which is so cute.

From what I recall, Mike Chen (Strictly Dumpling) said Seattle has pretty good Chinese food

Always love your videos Amy! Video Request: when you are back in China may you please do a video with your neighbors showing a typical Chinese breakfast cooked at home.

Hi Amy, I live in Seattle! There are so many good Chinese restaurants, your sis has missed a lot

Awesome video! I'm surprised about the filling for the spring rolls/egg rolls! I thought they're normally vegetable filled anyway! I kept wondering why other people were commenting about the Hong Kong style cafe but I just read the chinese subtitles. Absolutely agree with everyone. You wouldn't have dimsum at a 茶餐厅 aka Hong Kong style cafe. Hong Kong style cafes serve chinese western cuisines! Ex. Baked pork chop over rice. Please do a video on HK style cafes! I'm sure there are some great ones in Australia!!! Pet peeve here.. yum cha (饮茶) literally means drink tea so it's more of a verb than a noun... Rather than "Oh, should I eat vegan yum cha, or normal yum cha" it'd be "Oh, should I eat vegan dimsum, or normal dimsum". Dimsum (点心) is the noun and the name of the dishes, similar to tapas. Use of yum cha would be, "Do you want to go yum cha?"

Amy looks like dad and Bec looks like mom 😃

Amy, your sister Bec looks so much like your mum - especially her facial expressions!

Hey Blondie, your chopstick "cross-over" technique is just fine. I've done it all my youth life. Funny I changed over to the other technique after I came to the US (started with it being easier to show people how to pick up a cup with chopsticks that way.) As an oddball chopsticks holder in my family, I value my uniqueness, and now I am glad somebody else from another country does it that way.

amy’s face in the thumbnail is truly meme-worthy 😭😭

Love your content! Keep smiling.

This is like watching ‘Back to the Future’ where Amy went vegan yum cha with her younger Mum and had a great time! :D

So fun to see your interaction.

very nice to see the two sisters together again.

Yeah , your sister has got the right way to use the chopsticks. so i think they were just complimenting you on being able to pick up and hold the food with your technique. =P I did the google exchange rate, that was a $67USD yum cha meal!!! That is hella expensive!!!

Finally Bec is here again! Honestly I'm very curious about Bec's life, it seems like she has a very colourful and mysterious world.. Does Bec have any plans to create a RU-vid channel channel?

Amy you should totally come to america and check out the Chinese food scene here! Love the sis vibe in the video. We really love your Chinese food adventure series in Australia and it would be a great idea to travel around the globe to try out different Asian cuisine! If you ever plan to visit LA, let us know. My wife and I would love to take you to some of our local favorites!

I’m really interested in trying this now! I didn’t know you could get vegan ones 😂

Seattle, nice! Just 3 hrs to Vancouver BC, where I am from. Glad to see you and your sister in this vlog. Another fantastic content.

Becky's chopstick skill is impeccable. Good technique.

Ah Amy! Last time when I visited there I was thinking it would be great if you can go there and make a video of it.. and here it is 😍

Wow, Blondie, that is the FOURTH method that I have now seen in this world for utilizing chopsticks! 👏👏👏 (YES, four very distinct, unique and different ways of performing with chopsticks! 👍👍👍

Sister’s chopsticks technique is excellent! That’s exactly the right (or most common) way to use chopsticks 👏

the sausage roll with pastry looked like texturized vegetable protein .. it looked good but I have had some that were pretty gross ..lol its all in the flavourings I guess ... there is a thing that is called Saitan or wheat gluten very high in protein and has a way better mouth feel than tofu although tofu can be good if done the right way.. it is more common in indonesia and Malaysia I feel like some meat sausages can be mostly filler anyway so its all about the perspective

I am a Chinese international student currently in Adelaide, South Australia. I saw our Adelaide local TV channel just recommended your RU-vid interview 🤭

3:31 LOL Love the energy between you two!

Amy, your entire family is lovely.

Going to vegan restaurant, they dont specialise in a cuisine, for a creative dessert choice there was whipped coconut cream which made up their 'cheesecake', mousse and base for ice cream. This comes down to changing your expectations and loving something different (sadily the coconut was not sourced within 200km of the restaurant), its a nice treat if you want to avoid dairy.

You girls are amazing and love to eat delicious foods and enjoy life.

They are so cute together, I hope to see Bec on the channel again soon !

There are sooooooo many good Chinese restaurants in Seattle!!! Lion Head and Plenty of Cloud in Cap Hill are amazing. Chengdu Taste, Tianfu, and Spicy Style of Sichuan are the more traditional Sichuan restaurants. They all have yummy bingfen. Bec should try them out! :)

Nice video, your sister seems like so nice and kind. 😄

Love Amy’s floral shirt. Nice colors and print

I go to this place often to meet a friend who works next door... We avoid the fake meat and enjoy the vegetables. It works!

Chinese (specifically dim sum) in Seattle- Harbour City in the International District. We order a soft tofu /enoki mushroom dish that was probably one of the best things I've ever had.

In Chinese vegetarian menus, dried bean curd, bean curd skin, pleurotus eryngii, mushroom and wax gourd are often used instead of meat. It tastes relatively close to meat.

Wonder if you've ever visited 功德林 in Beijing, a full veggie restaurant in China where they mimic the meat texture really well. Can't wait one day you bring your little sis there haha!!!

I have vegan friends & several years ago we did yum cha at Bhodi’s it was delicious. Must go again.😋

Love it!

A new place I haven’t found, thanks Amy and Bec, btw Bec looks like Ingrid Bergman

More videos with beck pleaseeee! she's so fun

Bec sounds exactly like your Mom. If I wasn't watching, I'd think you were sitting with Mom. Good video. Like seeing Bec again.

Was looking forward to vegan yum cha in China and it’s about Bodhi in Sydney which has closed 😢😢😢. I’m not vegetarian but I have always loved this place. Had dinner there once and they also had delicious vegan mains.

Bec has the proper way of holding a chopstick. That said, as long as you are able pick up food with those 2 sticks, whatever that works, works. :D

Sister is so cute. Nice chopstick technique!!

Bec’s chopstick skills is on point! Amy can use chopsticks 😁. Both are super impressive 👍🏻👍🏻

Bec is holding chopsticks properly, whereas Amy is in the beginner level. There used to be a vegetarian Yum Cha place in Victoria Road, West Ryde years ago, tried there once and it was quite OK.

yummy !! as a vegan, i've heard of Bohdi ofcourse but not sure i wanna spend the $ LOL. i recently went to a veg Chinese place in Toronto for YumCha called Kings Cafe - it was delicious ! (and not too pricey) can't wait to go back to Sydney and eat at all the amazing vegan places ! (my list of places to go to is getting ridiculously long haha)

You gals are really cute when you talked with mouthful of food 😂😂😂!

Yay I'm so happy to see a vegan theme from you today ☺️

omg girl what! i live in seattle and there is so much chinese/asian food around you gotta get Bec to try some

Chinese food in Seattle is amazing, they have a great food culture there. A lot like Melbourne Australia with higher standards but not as big.

Amy is definitely a "Char Siu" Girl. The servers bringing the various Dim Sums to your table is the "Hong Kong Style" of service.

WHAT! I've been in Seattle 4 years and there's TONS of Chinese restaurants, really surprised that Bec hasn't tried any

looks yummy

I can't believe no one is complementing Bec's chopsticks skills! Sad to say but Amy, you're totally holding it wrong 😂

Yum cha and茶餐廳are total different things, we usually call a yum cha place茶樓/酒樓

Amy, I'm sorry to say this... but Bec's chopstick skillz are spot on, it's the proper way to wield them. As a China food expert, let's just say... you need some improvement. LOL. Great to see you both together again.

This place looks great to eat at

Finally your sister can tag along in a video!

我是一个生活在西雅图的长春人😊告诉Bec西雅图中餐还是不错的 可以试一试Supreme dumpling。你在长春要去吃三俞竹苑的水煮鱼。在长春还可以去吃全州拌饭。

Bec has good chopstick skills

those are some pricey dumplings. 100$ vegetable dim sum is quite a sum. you two are such a joy. smiled the entire time haha

You can actually buy lactase pills at the pharmacy/drug store (which is the biochemical responsible for processing lactose) If you take them before a meal you should be fine eating anything with lactose

I loved your dress Amy, elegant and beautiful.

6:03 "Just ignore HER" LOL

Love this veideo😍

Beautiful sisters' moments. I miss Bec!

Your sister is beautiful. The fact that she's vegetarian makes her even more beautiful :)

good to see you agian amy

The male coworker was funny! One of each! Lol

I feel the same way about eating vegan food! I prefer dishes that just let the ingredients shine as opposed to trying to be something it’s not

Very cool!

When Bec said she work in tech, I searched her name up and found out that she's a software engineer. Greetings from a fellow dev!

Blondie, your friend has very good chopsticks form. You might want to try it since you eats so much Chinese foods with chopsticks

Vegan versions of regular food is typically more expensive, but this restaurant is really quite a bit more expensive... 😳

YUM!

apparently Bodhi is closing it's doors on Aug 7, so you were lucky to have tried it when you were back in Sydney

Hey Blondie - this episode reminded me a lot of your "Vegan for a week" episode. A lot of Westerners tend to think Veganism derived, started, proponent or even exclusive as a Western trend/ideology. While it is true the term "Veganism" was popularized in the Western world in recent years. The practice of it has been entrenched in Asia for centuries if not millenniums. I know you are aware of it's existence. But I wanted try to further clarify it a little if I could. The Chinese term it "Zhai" in pinyin. That is basically the equivalent of "Veganism", usually that is associated with a Buddhism undertone but not necessarily so. The practice of "Veganism" started from India which spread throughout Asia in different names. But for here I will only speak of in regards to veganism in China. You have noted in the "Vegan for a week" episode that in China there are a lot of vegetable dishes are topped off with bits of meats or cooked with animal fats. Which is true, because the Chinese are very diverse and many factors of history that plays a role in it's food. Many Chinese view vegetables as a dish itself, a (main) item/ingredient. It is hard for Westerners to understand because vegetables were never a main item in a meal as a meat would be for omnivores until "Veganism". By that I mean is Vegetable dishes being the center pieces of a meal for non vegan eaters not as a side dish. Most meat or omnivores cannot rap their head around the concept of that because most would not be interested in them. Not talking about side dishes like beet salads, squash soup or roasted potatoes etc., as they are not a center focus of a meal. Garnishing or offsetting with meat is to have balance in a dish. For example, it would be something similar to a savory dish having a pinch of sugar, a sweet dish with a pinch of salt or a meat dish with small garnish of herb or a little bit of vegetable to help balance it. This style of cooking/dishes is further attributed when China was going through really tough times in 1960s-1970s with famine and had very little to eat. Most Chinese were farmers so access to vegetables were most abundant while meat is less available. So for many vegetables were the main ingredient and they used little bits of meats to elevate or to balance it. It is meant to be a elevated or specialty vegetable dish. Even when you are telling them do not add meat or animal fats and they still do it, is because they view it as their elevated vegetable dish. And they are not charging extra for it, with or without, so they maybe thinking you are trying to save money on it. Unless you tell them you only eat "Zhai" or you tell them you are Buddhist. Then to them they understand it is not a cost factor. Telling them you are "Vegan" will not be comprehended as this term is a Western term so why would they. I guess I was trying to explain the "nuance" of why some cases of having meat products in what is thought to be just a vegetable dish. Of course there is also other various reasonings in individual cases. Much longer than it needs to be but wanted to speak about it since your "Vegan for a week" video. Anyways, keep up the great videos!

Try Tian Ci Vegan on Cleveland St, so great!!

Thanks!

Amy looks like her dad and Bec looks like her mum!