Is this thing you call Mandarin, well, do you know that only the duck and the citrus fruit are Mandarin? There is a dialect, though. It is called Putonghua. Lowai mistakenly call Putonghua Mandarin. You ain't doing the same, are you?
@@ianchrist4892Xingyue is from California and her American name is Lila, and she did videos on her channel with Amy judging how good guys look with Western and Chinese standards 😅
Love your videos Amy but they always make me so hungry! It's so nice how you make friends with literally everyone you meet when you travel places. It makes such a difference to see you chatting away with locals and owners, really makes it feel like I'm truly getting an insight in to the authentic side of each place's cuisine
omg I would live at that 2nd place! So glad you went even though it only had 8 reviews. That lady was so adorable and the food looked amazing. It reminds me a lot of korean bbq. I eat perilla leaves every week they are so good 😋
That barbecue is extremely cheap omg And the food in the second restaurant is similar to KBBQ restaurant! I love how the place looks. Even as a Korean, if this restaurant exists near me, I would go there instead of eating KBBQ
My wife calls that leaf wrap the "Heilongjiang Sushi" We put rice in there as well. Plus various other shoots and leaves, wrap it up and scoff it down. I'm from NZ but yeah the Dongbei beef (and lamb) bbq and beers are just like home. 37 deg here yesterday fyi. Always love your vids down here. I miss Dongbei so thanks as always and keep them coming cuz from across the ditch :)
Damn, your video is too short! Both of you are so fun together, Xingyue always cracks me up LOL and your videos are always interesting and informative. Looking forward to more future collaborations together! :D
🤣小土豆?! OMG, but that’s also remind me of the first time I ever gone to Haerbin. Yup definitely, I was in red buffing winter coat. While my friends who are local just went with grey and black coat.
As a Chinese temporarily living in the US, I always feel XingYue is more like a Chinese than an American. She dressed and talked like a typical Chinese girl. Sometimes in this video I even have this feeling that XingYue's Chinese is more fluent than English😂😂😂 I wish my English could be as good as XingYue's Chinese.😊😊😊
and here we are in the Antipodes - the "Great Southern Land' being baked and roasted away .... your snow-swept wintery scene helped me cool down a bit. Thanks!
Actually, because potatoes were imported into China back in the time, it’s called “YangYu洋芋”, “Yang洋” means foreign, literally means “foreign taro”. While potato also has a name “TuDou土豆”, literally means “beans from the earth”(potatoes used to be really small), but “土”also has a meaning of “local”. So, “TuDou土豆” stands for Chinese (local) and “YangYu洋芋” stands for foreigners😂😂
i subscribed bc you said it would mean the world to you :) what a great episode. Two beautiful white girls exploring china with class and courage. Man, you guys are living life.
Cannot believe you visited my hometown Qiqihar and even brought Xingyue with you. I would say Qiqihar has nothing better compares to Harbin but we do have the BEST BBQ on grille in China for sure lol.
OMG, no way! I had been waiting for you to go to my hometown, and try the BBQ there. You finally tried it! It was the best 👏🏻. There's so much more delicious food in Qiqihar, wish I could bring you to try more local dishes!!
Thanks for another fun food adventure! I will not be able to try that delicious beef. Too cold, too far! But it's good that you took a clear pic of the restaurant name! I can recommend it to other travelers! Happy new year to you & loved ones! May you have good fortune & good health!
I am in love with this channel... meat, meat, meat 😆😆 Fat is fat, but it is so delicious (to consume with moderation). To be honest, i love vegetables too. Ok, I am going to prepare a Beef Bourguignon (carrot, leek, olive, tomatoes, big chunks of beef with bone and fat and French wine) for dinner 🤪 My dream is to have a trip in China with my entire family and try all these foods. 🤩
Love that you gave a lesser known restaurant a chance. Also love that you ladies are not afraid of fat and have good appetites. I did not realize perilla leaves were eaten outside of Korea.
The "xiaotudou" reference is not just the way they bundled themselves up in layers. It's also a reference to the difference in stature between northerners and southerners. Northerners in general are on average still taller and bigger than southerners due to their dna admixture.
Wow finally Qiqihar! My home town. Every time when I am back home I will have numerous Qiqihar bbq🎉. After trying many bbq in European countries, Middle Eastern countries and many provinces of China, I find that the Qiqihar style bbq (sliced beef bbq on plates) is the best!
Wow,your friend is so cute and funny but damn,didn't realise she can speak such excellent Mandarin! Btw,this is so interesting and informative,had no idea this part of China produces such excellent beef until now. You can tell just by looking at the deep almost black colour of that beef with the fat that it's top notch,and that chef knows just like any top steak houses worldwide that with such excellent beef no seasoning is required, just a little salt and pepper. How come the foodie world hasn't heard of this? Forget your exorbitantly priced Wagyu and Kobe beef,just get this for a fraction of the price but just as tasty!😂
Many restaurants offering top-notch service and cuisine in China get drowned out by the crowd of establishments paying for traffic through fake reviews due to the algorithms of traditional rating apps. However, with the emergence of new apps like Xiaohongshu in recent years, there has been a counterbalance to the traditional rating software. Moreover, many locals frequent these restaurants but seldom use these rating apps. I'm glad that Amy and Xingyue stuck to your opinions and visited this exceptional restaurant! Looking forward to your next video.❤
@@laurayu3076understand but I’m wondering if the concept of eating around a grill is an original Chinese concept that extended from hotpot or if it’s a recent concept maybe imported from korean bbq
@@dlk3904 I mean bbq with a grill is probably one of the oldest most common way of cooking meat. you probably have to trace back hundreds if not thousands of years. each region does it alittle differently. bbq in china has longgg history, def did not import from kbbq
@@laurayu3076Yes I'm aware grilling is a primitive and widespread method of cooking. Chuan is probably the first method of cooking meat. But for the love of God, for the third time, I was asking about the dining concept of bringing a grill indoors, in the middle of your own dining table, and cooking the meat yourself as you eat. This doesn't exist except in Asia. IN YOUR OPINION AS A NATIVE, DID THIS ORIGINATE IN DONGBEI OR NOT OR DO YOU NOT KNOW?
😭Literally crying as an Australian Chinese from Qiqihar watching this. My parents decided to move to Australia when I was young and I still think about Qiqihar BBQ somtimes 🥲 Havent been back to Qiqihar since I was 7 as all my parents' relatives have moved to Beijing.
I love seeing how geography and culture impact food. This food has bits of things I associate with Russia, Korea, and of course China and it makes sense from a geographic sense how all those influence each other to create this cuisine! So cool to see!
I recommend you to travel to Yixing and Nanshan Bamboo Sea in Zhejiang. The bamboo forest scenery there is also very good. There are also high-altitude cable cars, panda bases, ancient towns, and ancient villages that you can experience.
because dongbei is close to north korea, it's the culture in that region. Veggies don't grew well in the cold, so it's mainly pickled veg and meat. People enjoy huddling around a heated barbeque . It's climate influencing cuisine
Having Sauce / Gravey with rice is such an Asian thing. When I was much younger, I could easily have 1 bowl of rice per dish simply having Sauce / Gravey mixed into the rice.
Xingyue's mandarin pronunciation is incredibly on point.
yeah her Chinese is always good
为什么我觉得她好像英文不太会说了哈哈哈
@@zzacc1850 哈哈哈 我也发现了 哈哈哈
Is this thing you call Mandarin, well, do you know that only the duck and the citrus fruit are Mandarin? There is a dialect, though. It is called Putonghua. Lowai mistakenly call Putonghua Mandarin. You ain't doing the same, are you?
Xingyue is so cool and sweet, a very nice addition to the Blondievers 😊
I love how she picked up the dongbei accent ahahah
She called Xingyue an American, could you believe that?
It's Jewish@@ianchrist4892
@@ianchrist4892Xingyue is from California and her American name is Lila, and she did videos on her channel with Amy judging how good guys look with Western and Chinese standards 😅
Wow!! I almost watched all the videos you have uploaded. I am in love with it!
Awww thank you so much!!!
爱你哦，么么哒
omg thank you for taking me on the best beef adventure bb!!!!!!!! I'm still dreaming of beef slices, tom nook leaves, soul sauce and sweet aunties 😍
🥰
thank u for supporting small local business
The owner from the 2nd restaurant is so sweet! Glad you went there instead of the other one! ❤
What IS this collab??! Amy AND Xingyue?! Am I in heaven??!
Love your videos Amy but they always make me so hungry! It's so nice how you make friends with literally everyone you meet when you travel places. It makes such a difference to see you chatting away with locals and owners, really makes it feel like I'm truly getting an insight in to the authentic side of each place's cuisine
In DongBei restaurant, if they tell you "Small" it is big, "Big", it is super big.
Just got up and already greeted by Amy and Xingyue! Brightens up my whole day!
Wow, ! So cool! Haven’t see Xingyue on UA-cam for so long! Nice to see you two together travelling
So cool you did one with Xingyue! Great video!
what a great team you are. All your guests are always fabulous.
omg I would live at that 2nd place! So glad you went even though it only had 8 reviews. That lady was so adorable and the food looked amazing. It reminds me a lot of korean bbq. I eat perilla leaves every week they are so good 😋
That barbecue is extremely cheap omg
And the food in the second restaurant is similar to KBBQ restaurant!
I love how the place looks. Even as a Korean, if this restaurant exists near me, I would go there instead of eating KBBQ
You and your friend are doing a great job in helping the West better understand China. The news media is doing the exact opposite.
really good vibe nice watching you girls having fun!
My wife calls that leaf wrap the "Heilongjiang Sushi" We put rice in there as well. Plus various other shoots and leaves, wrap it up and scoff it down. I'm from NZ but yeah the Dongbei beef (and lamb) bbq and beers are just like home. 37 deg here yesterday fyi.
Always love your vids down here. I miss Dongbei so thanks as always and keep them coming cuz from across the ditch :)
Hahaha Heilongjiang sushi! Love it 😂😂😂
I learnt the xiao tudou and Dian Xian gan story from your video! Thanks! Great video!
Damn, your video is too short! Both of you are so fun together, Xingyue always cracks me up LOL and your videos are always interesting and informative. Looking forward to more future collaborations together! :D
🤣小土豆?! OMG, but that’s also remind me of the first time I ever gone to Haerbin. Yup definitely, I was in red buffing winter coat. While my friends who are local just went with grey and black coat.
这是洋芋
As a Chinese temporarily living in the US, I always feel XingYue is more like a Chinese than an American. She dressed and talked like a typical Chinese girl. Sometimes in this video I even have this feeling that XingYue's Chinese is more fluent than English😂😂😂 I wish my English could be as good as XingYue's Chinese.😊😊😊
you can feel her chinese soul in white girl body..
and here we are in the Antipodes - the "Great Southern Land' being baked and roasted away .... your snow-swept wintery scene helped me cool down a bit. Thanks!
Amy you're a "imported potato"?! LOL 😆. You're very funny 🤣.
That word "xiao yangyu" literally meas foreign potato
Actually, because potatoes were imported into China back in the time, it’s called “YangYu洋芋”, “Yang洋” means foreign, literally means “foreign taro”. While potato also has a name “TuDou土豆”, literally means “beans from the earth”(potatoes used to be really small), but “土”also has a meaning of “local”. So, “TuDou土豆” stands for Chinese (local) and “YangYu洋芋” stands for foreigners😂😂
The family at the barbecue restaurant is very friendly and speaks very softly.
The commenter on this video offered words without value or worth.
this was such a great video!! loved your friend she was so funny and the way you guys both talk about food to each other was great
Thank you Amy so much for the very nice video!
I’m so happy to see you two in one video! Hoping for more in the future. ❤ from nyc!
Love the energies.. just discovered your channel today and I'll going explore more 😁
Great of you to help out the “little guy”, hopefully they get a ton of customers now!!! Well done, help the small local establishments!!!!
i subscribed bc you said it would mean the world to you :) what a great episode. Two beautiful white girls exploring china with class and courage. Man, you guys are living life.
Cannot believe you visited my hometown Qiqihar and even brought Xingyue with you. I would say Qiqihar has nothing better compares to Harbin but we do have the BEST BBQ on grille in China for sure lol.
Nice... Very informative and entertaining. Keep up the good work.
This channel, Xingyue' channel and 歪果仁研究协会, always put a smile on my face.
That is incredibly cheap for beef, I'm salivating!! What a collaboration, love you both!
Xingyue sure knows her way around r.e the taxi “colab” with the restaurant. You two make a wonderful duo!
I subbed. Great channel
Omg please collab with Xingyue again!! This was such a sweet ep
One of the best combination of youtuber so far
小洋芋is a nice pun 😁Great video as always Amy!
Very interesting and informative videos! I always enjoy your content and learn a lot of new things. Thank you.
ur videos are great, I hope you will update them more often Thanks :D
OMG, no way! I had been waiting for you to go to my hometown, and try the BBQ there. You finally tried it! It was the best 👏🏻. There's so much more delicious food in Qiqihar, wish I could bring you to try more local dishes!!
Love both of you!
You guys are so amazing and funny. Love your videos!
hahaha my chinese is getting pretty good! As soon as Lila said "Xiao Tu Dou" I bursted out laughing XD
Thanks for another fun food adventure! I will not be able to try that delicious beef. Too cold, too far! But it's good that you took a clear pic of the restaurant name! I can recommend it to other travelers!
Happy new year to you & loved ones! May you have good fortune & good health!
Please have Xingyue back soon! She's so entertaining.
I love the vibe of this episode! 😘
It's too short🤔are you going to make another video together?
I am in love with this channel... meat, meat, meat 😆😆
Fat is fat, but it is so delicious (to consume with moderation).
To be honest, i love vegetables too.
Ok, I am going to prepare a Beef Bourguignon (carrot, leek, olive, tomatoes, big chunks of beef with bone and fat and French wine) for dinner 🤪
My dream is to have a trip in China with my entire family and try all these foods. 🤩
thats so cute haha and i love the pink coat among the black ones 🌸🎀
Amy your skin is glowinggg YAAS SIS
有星悦给你导航真不错，她已经成是的小油条了，很多出租司机的话外之音都明白，真牛
9:15 So don't go to the place recommended by the driver, it's unpalatable and very expensive, and it's not cost-effective
Thanks
New guest is awesome 😎 we need to see more of her please! Double blonde bombers !!
Love that you gave a lesser known restaurant a chance. Also love that you ladies are not afraid of fat and have good appetites.
I did not realize perilla leaves were eaten outside of Korea.
Oh my god, I am so delighted to watch this series 😊
that evening shaokao place looked so delicious. I'm going to be dreaming about beef and pickled cabbage
The "xiaotudou" reference is not just the way they bundled themselves up in layers. It's also a reference to the difference in stature between northerners and southerners. Northerners in general are on average still taller and bigger than southerners due to their dna admixture.
more like diet than dna, northerners eat alot of meat, southerners eat alot more carbs and vegetables
Same here in Japan, beef from Hokkaido is more prized because it's from colder / northernmost area.
Love your videos!
Blondie your vids are the best and make me miss china so much, plz keep on uploading 💕💕 Tyyy
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Wow finally Qiqihar! My home town. Every time when I am back home I will have numerous Qiqihar bbq🎉. After trying many bbq in European countries, Middle Eastern countries and many provinces of China, I find that the Qiqihar style bbq (sliced beef bbq on plates) is the best!
Two cutest blondes in China and their hair must be original.
First time heard of this capital in China. Thanks for bringing us there 😊
Cool to see You and Xingyue collab again!
great video as always
I've never seen this Xingyue person before but she's adorable 🥰 she's like a real life Isabelle from Animal Crossing
The fact that you introduced what Xiaotudou is in the early part of the video and the local uncle called you that, it’s sooooo funny!!
Thank you for coming to my hometown, thank you for introducing Qiqihaer BBQ to the world.
Wow,your friend is so cute and funny but damn,didn't realise she can speak such excellent Mandarin! Btw,this is so interesting and informative,had no idea this part of China produces such excellent beef until now. You can tell just by looking at the deep almost black colour of that beef with the fat that it's top notch,and that chef knows just like any top steak houses worldwide that with such excellent beef no seasoning is required, just a little salt and pepper. How come the foodie world hasn't heard of this? Forget your exorbitantly priced Wagyu and Kobe beef,just get this for a fraction of the price but just as tasty!😂
Xingyue is a girl after my own heart. I definitely had Popeye’s today and dipped my fries in the mashed potatoes, it was delicious.
Many restaurants offering top-notch service and cuisine in China get drowned out by the crowd of establishments paying for traffic through fake reviews due to the algorithms of traditional rating apps. However, with the emergence of new apps like Xiaohongshu in recent years, there has been a counterbalance to the traditional rating software. Moreover, many locals frequent these restaurants but seldom use these rating apps. I'm glad that Amy and Xingyue stuck to your opinions and visited this exceptional restaurant! Looking forward to your next video.❤
I am really impressed by Xingyue’ Chinese🎉
I do love and respect that the taxi driver is a ride or die for his favorite bbq joint. 😂❤
Welcome to GUANGDONG ，Chaoshan area。
there have best beef hotpot and lots of delicious food。
OMG my hometown!! I was just there in December,, without a doubt the best BBQ and guobaorou you'll ever have!
did that influence korean bbq or the other way around?
@@dlk3904 two different types of bbq, different cuts, preparation, seasoning, sauce, etc.
@@laurayu3076understand but I’m wondering if the concept of eating around a grill is an original Chinese concept that extended from hotpot or if it’s a recent concept maybe imported from korean bbq
@@dlk3904 I mean bbq with a grill is probably one of the oldest most common way of cooking meat. you probably have to trace back hundreds if not thousands of years. each region does it alittle differently. bbq in china has longgg history, def did not import from kbbq
@@laurayu3076Yes I'm aware grilling is a primitive and widespread method of cooking. Chuan is probably the first method of cooking meat. But for the love of God, for the third time, I was asking about the dining concept of bringing a grill indoors, in the middle of your own dining table, and cooking the meat yourself as you eat. This doesn't exist except in Asia. IN YOUR OPINION AS A NATIVE, DID THIS ORIGINATE IN DONGBEI OR NOT OR DO YOU NOT KNOW?
13:56 xingyue goes "i like the one from....eh....zhongwu" funny and cute.
Omg... Xingyue is so cute. And her mandarin is 👍 Already subscribed to her channel 🫰
😭Literally crying as an Australian Chinese from Qiqihar watching this. My parents decided to move to Australia when I was young and I still think about Qiqihar BBQ somtimes 🥲 Havent been back to Qiqihar since I was 7 as all my parents' relatives have moved to Beijing.
As a guy from Qiqihar, really appreciate this video.❤❤
I love seeing how geography and culture impact food. This food has bits of things I associate with Russia, Korea, and of course China and it makes sense from a geographic sense how all those influence each other to create this cuisine! So cool to see!
XingYue always cracks me up. But man, I hope your video helps out that restaurant in Qiqiha'er . It looks absolutely amazing.
I recommend you to travel to Yixing and Nanshan Bamboo Sea in Zhejiang. The bamboo forest scenery there is also very good. There are also high-altitude cable cars, panda bases, ancient towns, and ancient villages that you can experience.
宜兴不在浙江，浙江竹林最美在安吉。
If I could give 100 thumbs up to genuine enjoyment of food I will! Keep traveling girls! This world is a vast place.
The guy came in to the restaurant. Right the way he said 小土豆. Can tell how hot that phrase is. Also, Xinyu is even more Chinese than Amy.😂
That is a true Carnivore meal, Beef n beef fats. Yum. Perilla leaves are very fragrant n rich in nutrients.
That local came and immediately spot you guys as little potatoes was hilarious
Wow, perilla/ shiso leaf for wrapping grilled meats, something I didn't know I needed
You are so lucky to be in China and mixing with the best people such as the Ychina Crew
You are so match, expect next video 😊
about you guys deal with the "taxi-scam" - SMOOTH😁👍👍👍
People from southern China called little potatoes?! LOL 😆. That funny.
... by Dongbei people. We apparently don't call ourselves little potatoes!
@@maxyang7919 well some people dont really like the name... but most people find it cute
The Beef dishes looks so delicious and yummy !❤❤❤
That second spot with all the pickled veggies with beef bbq and the perilla leaf reminded me a lot of Korean spots
because dongbei is close to north korea, it's the culture in that region. Veggies don't grew well in the cold, so it's mainly pickled veg and meat. People enjoy huddling around a heated barbeque . It's climate influencing cuisine
Blondie your vids are the best
an immediate LIKE after the appearance of xingyue
Having Sauce / Gravey with rice is such an Asian thing. When I was much younger, I could easily have 1 bowl of rice per dish simply having Sauce / Gravey mixed into the rice.
Agree, plain rice with some good sauce. No need anything else. Yum!
Reminiscent that we were once poor and little simple things in life was so precious, back then.
That beef looked soooo juicy and yum!!!