We tried SQUIRREL FISH! It's equally weird and delicious.
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Today we took a deep dive into Huaiyang cuisine 淮扬, which is one of China's four main cooking styles! We tried:
Squirrel fish 松鼠鱼
Longjing prawns 龙井虾仁
Crispy chicken with Longjing Tea 西湖龙井茶香鸡
Soup dumplings (Xiaolongbao) 小笼包
Pan fried pork buns (Shengjianbao) 生煎包
Restaurant name: Jiangnan 江南
Address: Ground Shop, 57 Liverpool St, Sydney NSW 2000
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It's funny how people think it's made of real squirrel and fish.
Another reason called Squirrel Fish is the sound of pouring the sauce over the deep-fried fish.
You will hear the sizzling sound when the sauce poured on the fish which just out of the oil pot.
They get the likeness in form, but still missing the likeness in spirit. It's a bit challenging today.
Chinese Emperor: _"It is strictly forbidden to eat carp under the laws…but flying squirrels still on the menu, I guess?"_
In ancient time, the downstream of chang jiang is called yang zi jiang. I think that is why its English name is Yangtze River
I like your outfit today so much, it is so elegant and really matches the decoration of the restaurant
Your dad needs his own channel.
He's also part of the reason why I subbed.
LOL, me too!!!!!
That is so true!
Assistant photographer has learned much, and needs to start his own school.
Good idea
Agree
感谢大家对我们city江南店的支持，本人有点抢戏，但就像我在视频里说的，我做服务的宗旨就是让大家来江南吃得开心，聊的开心，玩得开心，你们开心我就开心。 我们江南店的地址是：Ground Shop，57 Liverpool Street Sydney
Charles在江南恭迎各位大家光临。
Hello everyone, my name is Charles. I am the manager of JanNan restaurant Sydney. Our value is to bring the best Taste of our home town’s food and the best service to Australia. Hope everyone come to our restaurant can enjoy the food with their family and friends. Our address is: Ground Shop, 57 Liverpool Street Sydney. Appreciate from my bottom heart.
非常棒。菜很地道。本来今年计划去澳大利亚的，因为疫情取消了。你的店，值得试试。
活捉一只野生经理小哥哥，小哥哥超级可爱，我可！
为小哥哥打call!
What a show stopping fish! Not a “try making this at home” kind of dish - I certainly don’t have the knife skills! Definitely recommend crunching on the crispy fish tail - so delicious 😋
u r such a cool mum! love all ur reactions!
I should say it's pretty weird to eat the tail，especially when it doesnt covered with sauce
@@dwl10 its not weird at all. The tail is very crispy and many people eat the tail.
Huaiyang cuisine in Chinese cooking is basically like French cuisine in western cooking, all fancy and elegant, but sometimes doesn't have much to eat.
Today you are basically eating Hangzhou dishes. All three dishes are from Hangzhou except the dumplings. Next time try some Shanghai dishes.
When I first landed in Shanghai 15 years ago, that fish was the first meal that I had. Still can't forget the taste.
Wow 15 years already, and you still remembered the taste of your first meal in Shanghai. Must have been unforgettable.
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It seems that you not only know the food from all over China, but also some culture about Chinese food.
松鼠鱼，本名松酥鱼。制作时需要将鱼肉切条炸蓬松，鱼头上翘定型为跃龙门形态。后由于名字与松鼠类似，鱼体形态也类似松鼠尾巴，故以讹传讹后将菜品改良后鱼头不再上翘，而是整形为松鼠身体形态，改名为松鼠鱼。
Squirrel Fish, the real name is crisp fish. When making, the fish should be cut into strips, fried fluffy, and the fish head should be upturned to form a leaping dragon gate. Since the Chinese name of the fish is similar to that of a squirrel and the shape of the fish is similar to that of a squirrel's tail, the fish head will no longer be tilted upward after the food is improved, but it will be reshaped into the body shape of a squirrel and renamed as Squirrel Fish.
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I heard another story that the fish is supposed to simulate a pine tree. It was first introduced as the pine crispy fish. How it became squirrel fish? I don't know.
@@benthekeeshond545 if your pronounce chinese 松鼠鱼(squirrel fish)and 松酥鱼(crisp fish). they both pronounced "song shu/su yu".very simular pronunciation.
and when I was young, we have the same dish in restaurant named "crisp fish"just as "squirrel fish"today.
no restaurant served "squirrel fish"in that time.
but today, no restaurant serves "crisp fish", all of them serves "squirrel fish" ,the same dish with different name.
that's why I know what happened to this fish dish.
She is very, very good in introducing the menu. A first class menu hostess.
I love that your parents for so supporting what you do~~~ It warms my heart to see you all (including Beck) show interests in other cultures, try out new(=weird) staff together and enjoy the process no matter what. Great video:)
Thank you so much!
Nobody commenting on the manager though, he's pretty friendly and funny.
看到这个师傅炸鱼的时候直接扔下去 我就想到王刚老师说的 要先拿着头尾 把那些切成须须的鱼肉朝下炸定型之后 再放手炸全身🤣🤣🤣🤣
不喜欢吃鱼的同学可以不用放鱼，这样一道美丽的炸空气制作完成了
优秀学生！
我也是😂
悉尼的中餐厅手艺比王刚还是有差距的
Yangzi is the old name or nick name for Chang Jiang (Long River). The river runs through so many areas of China that each area has their own names for it. The section in Jiangsu province was called Yangzi Jiang, or Yangtze River.
Man, that fish looks like an artistic showpiece, almost seems too good to eat. 😋 Charles is such an an animated waiter, you can really tell he genuinely enjoys his job. Wouldn't be surprised if he had an improv background, lol.
Charles is so lovely!!!
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this is the reason why my dad really loves chinese food. it has many different varieties. he always take us out for chinese food dinner most the time.
This is more than just eating, it's definitely a fine dining experience and the presentation of each cuisine is a form of art.
you guys in sydney are absolutely blessed, those Chinese restaurant look so fancy and authentic, come to chinatown in US and u would understand why im jealous.
Used to be DC located. I strongly dislike some of the Chinese food in DC Chinatown!!
@@sheldonche5959 If u're in North America, I would highly recommend Vancouver to check out some of the best Chinese food outside of Asia.
The boss beside is so nice.He literally just accompanied you guys through the whole process of having lunch,which is definitely VIP treatment.
Your parents are so loving. I watch them with a big smile.
You are doing wonderful things promoting Chinese food culture. China should hire you as a food ambassador. 🤗
Relations between China and Australia have been very tense recently. I hope that bloggers can help Australians learn more about the real China. The Chinese love peace and do not have racial discrimination. I hope Australians will not be kidnapped by ideological prejudice.
The manager's personality is so nice!!!! Great sense of humor!
Hi, I really love your channel and it is always great to see your parents on the screen supporting your food adventure! From Singapore~
Thanks so much! Love from Sydney
It's really sweet that your parents are so supportive to your interests and passion!
your parents are awesome, so open to trying new foods. Surprised your mom even took a bite of the tail!
This is called 松子鱼 (pine cone fish) in my hometown. Cuz it looks like a pine cone. I never heard people call it 松鼠鱼 (squirrel fish). Maybe people from some other parts of China call it this way.
yeah...it doesn’t look like squirrel at all lol.
I never heard people call it pione cone LOL. in the region of South of China I think people call it squirrel fish. Well when the dishes are done . it looks like squirrels tail. Really petty. I guess that is why people call it “squirrel fish
Never mind I just finished the video. So
北京也叫松鼠鱼
我在北京天津都听到说松鼠鱼。你哪里？
You really make me hungry, Blondie. Nice Job! Just a kind correction. Generally, we say there are 8 major cuisines in China, besides the four you have mentioned in the video (Shangdong, Guangdong, SIchuan, and Jiangsu) , there are also Zhejiang (Zhe cuisine) , Fujian (Min cuisine) , Anhui (Hui cuisine) and Hunan (Xiang cuisine, which you have tasted already). Besides these, there are also other cuisines that are quite popular in China, like Dongbei cuisine, which is famous for its thick taste and huge portion, Xinjiang cuisine, which is a little similar to Arabic food and tastes amazing, and noodles from north-western provinces. The most commonly seen noodle shop in China is Lanzhou Ramen, which is from Gansu province. However, Shanxi and Sha'anxi each argue that they offer the best noodles. Of course, we can't miss lamb BBQ from inner Mongolia and Halal food from Ningxia and Xinjiang. That's even not finished, within each major cuisine, there are different sub-branches, even a county can have its own cuisine that is totally different from the city it belongs to. Well, it will really take you a lifetime to taste all of them. I am hungry again now .....
The hospitality is so refreshing
Great intro to authentic Chinese cuisines with history/cultural context. The chef preparation part makes u appreciate the food even more. Subscribed!
First of all, pls let me take this opportunity to thank you for showing the Chinese various cuisines to the world. Your channel is so down to earth, and your parent make a great tag team buddies too. Lastly, you are so beautiful.
I am amazed how you know Chinese cuisine so well. A lot of ABC don't even have any idea about squirrel fish, Long Jing Prawn nor Huaiyang cuisine. From my understanding it's called squirrel fish mainly due to the presentation of the fish - it looks like a squirrel.
Thanks Amy and your family for showing us how much fun you have eating ! You are pretty much the only UA-camr that I watch which makes me smile from the beginning to the end. You got an infectious positive energy and despite I am in China watching your family eating Chinese foods, I still get to learn a thing or two.
In our current mad mad world, you have no idea how much joy you bring to your viewers and how appreciative we are of your efforts.
Cudos to your lovely and open minded family !
Thank you so much for that lovely comment!!! ❤️❤️
I love the positive that come out from your vids🥰 much needed in these days
淮揚地區風景、食物、方言都非常美，回國準備去玩一趟！
I loved this one!!! It was sooo cool to see the fish being made and also all the other food!
Ironically enough, I just did a project on 淮扬菜 for my Chinese class so I loved seeing this lol
我订阅了她的频道
Amy, your parents are so blessed to have you. Am sure they are happy that you are not a banker or some other profession like they probably had hope when you were in university. Great show as always!
That ‘hedgehog’ fish looks really tasty!
Also kudos to the friendly customer service. :D
my partner and I really had enjoy your video (mostly your trip in China) during the Melbourne lockdown ,and for your new post, we are thinking your parents have great skill in tasting food. 他们很厉害！而且特别有趣！ 作为广州人，我觉得你们应该去试试广东菜，悉尼也有很好的广东餐厅！
I adore your parents! Such lovely people! I'm really enjoying these food adventures. Greetings from Tallinn, Estonia (where we don't have a Chinatown and basically just one authentic Chinese restaurant! :(
Both of your parents are so supportive & cooperative on your video, love your video n enjoy👍🍻
love watching Amy's food adventure videos while I eat my dinner.. makes it even more delicious
I love how the manager love his job
He should give himself a raise.
I am proud to say that I've been a subscriber for a long long time.
Thank you so much for supporting me!
Chinese American here and love your videos. After I heard the end of the video 70% that watch aren't subscribers. I had to check if I subscribed to your channel. I thought I subscribed a while back but didn't.. so just did subscribe. Glad you mentioned it at the end of the video. Food looks so good and i know the taste because my dad is a traditional chinese chef and owns his own restaurant. Mainly retired. I don't live near home now but not far. watching your video always makes me miss his food. He actually makes the Squirrel fish for our Chinese New Year eve dinner. wow I actually learn a lot about my culture's food from your videos. Cheers and more yummy videos please!
I love those videos with your family! Squirrel fish is one of my favvv from when I studied at Jiangnan University in the same region 🐠❤️
江南大学校友😂，graduated 10 years ago，and obtained my master and PhD diploma in france
I clicked this immediately when I saw this one my feed! You deserve so many more subscribers. Btw I think the reason the Sichuan video didn’t get as many views is mainly because Sichuan food is already very common in the west. It’s good you are branching out to the lesser known cuisines. I really look forward to more amazing food adventures!
Squirrel Fish is a mistaken translation of its original name. In Suzhow the chef will put pine nuts all over the fish when done cooking. And pine nuts in Chinese is 松子，so the Chinese name of this dish is 松子魚。Squirrel in Chinese is 松鼠，totally different things. This "松” is completely different from other "松”. One is an animal and the other one is simply pine nuts. Interesting?
So cool that you guys have all these authentic eateries within reach. That's a Bloomin' Fish!
I've been binge watching your videos and I love your parents. They're so cool, especially your Dad. He's so funny. Just clicked the Subscribe button. looking forward to watch more videos.
I love your videos! A truly open gate to china for westerns! Greetings from Mexico City! I hope we’ll have a big Chinese food culture here!
welcome to china ,only in china ,you can meet authentic china food ,no to coastal city ,is expensive, inland province is inexpensive and interesting
Buendia, I lived in Mexico City for one year, I love Mexican food, not just taco, all kinds of street food.
I'm loving your food vids....the food experiences, your commentary, your parents, the film quality and background music are top notch! I miss your China videos but Sydney seems to have such a great variety of chinese food destinations.
Aims, can you speak more mandarin in your future vids? It's a huge component of your previous videos and find that it differentiated you from other foodie vids and made yours more extra!
Your mom's eye roll and your facepalm at 1:02 is the cutest thing I have seen today.
Meanwhile your dad is so proud of his Dad joke 🤣
Ive been Continuously amazed by your episodes !
My favorite fish dish during my childhood
哇！三個老外，太吃貨了，讚!
Yangtze River is part of Chang Jiang, from Nanjing to Shanghai, you know what, it's famous for Yangtze crocodile.
I thought Yangtze River starts from Chongqing tho.
@@cgbro4323 扬子江（the Yangtze River），是长江从南京以下至入海口的下游河段的旧称，流经江苏省、上海市。
扬子江因古有扬子津渡口而得名，江阔水深浪大，受潮汐影响比较强烈。从镇江开始，长江进入三角洲河段，其中江阴以下为河口段，江面不断扩张成喇叭。长江在入海之前，接纳最后一条支流黄浦江。江宽水深，万吨海轮可以上溯到南京市。
由于来华的西方传教士最先接触的是扬子江这段长江，听到的是“扬子江”这名称，西方把中国长江通称为“扬子江”，"Yangtze River"也成为长江在英语中的称呼。
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It’s famous for the possibility extinct dolphins called Baiji too 😭
The chang jiang river is so damn long, that people in different region of China name it differently, Yangtze river （扬子江）is used in Nanjing. They also have 扬子鳄，扬子晚报
It’s 1 a.m. in Canada and you are making me hungry.
Love your video and ur parents, liked it and subscribed it, a supporter from Melbourne
We appreciate you for appreciating our cultures and foods🥰
Gosh, what a lovely family. WHAT A LOVELY FAMILY! I laughed so many times, not because the family is funny but because they are ADORABLE!
就喜欢看这种接地气的料理评测哈哈哈哈哈哈爸爸太可爱
People like you, always smile, with honest, enjoy life and spread the optimism to people around you as well as the audience who watch your video. Good on you.
The host guy is from Anhui province, the cuisine there is famous for everything steamed, very healthy. While I was born in Suzhou, lived in Shanghai for 10 years, and currently living in Sydney, miss the food back in Suzhou and Shanghai, hope the boarder will open soon.
I feel so hungry every time when I watch your video! Thank you so much, and your parents! Hope you are doing well!
That fish looks amazing. So envious..
Love your parents! They are so adventurous, especially with food!!!
淮(huai) is short for 淮安(huai'an), my hometown~~~used to be a big city hundreds years ago and rich ppl brought chefs with them and competed cooking, that's part how 淮扬菜 developed😄
I love to watch you guys . The trick with eating XLB (Xiao long Bao ) is that to nibble the top of the dumpling and let the hot steam release perhaps blow to cool it , the whole bun goes into the mouth that way you can feel the richness unctuousness of the soup balances with the filling. I used to pour the soup out too but took me years to find out that we should put them all in the mouth . Keep filming love your segments !
Love this dish, haven't had it in probably a decade!
Its a perfect meal and very good choice on every dish, looks yummy and I am starving just watching ....
Amy. There is a higher calling for you above and beyond making videos with a Chinese theme. You are the perfect person to promote understanding between the Chinese and the Australians. Relationships are at its lowest points. Scott Morrison should consult a person like you. Someone so Aussie yet have insight into the minds of the Chinese. The world is big enough for both countries. The right way to approach the issue is to recognise that both can co-exist and both can win. One's existent enhances the other rather than eliminating or diminishing it.
Well said
Nice to see tha family having a good time in Southern China.. Parents looked enjoying themselves
Love the presentation!
So beautiful!
I just bumped into your liziqi video (as i'm a ardent fan of her) and i'm surprise how a blondie could love Chinese culture and food more than me. You video is so entertaining especially with your parents in it . I could see thier enthusiasm in sharing your food experience ..and this so wonderful to watch.
Squirrel fish, I've never seen and try it before but I hope it's tastes great. Thanks for sharing all about it to us miss, I've learned it so much! 😊
The squirrel fish cooked by this chef is not up to scratch. It may taste good, but it doesn't look like a squirrel
Yum ! All these scrumptious dishes with beautiful colour. Love the way how your parents enjoying these Chinese delights.
1:41 Every time when I try to explain something in Chinese to my friends who speak English.
Hi Amy, I personally think that it is a good idea that your dad opens up a new channel introducing Australian food with all yr family members to us. I look forward to that.
Blond’s dad is soooooo funny 😁
One of my favourite dish is fried grouper with sweet and sour sauce. Yummyyyy.
I love watching your family interact. Great dynamics and funny too. Plus the food... makes me jealous.
If you don't know how adventurous your Western friends are, this cuisine is probably your safest bet. Sweet & sour, not spicy, and with a crispy texture is usually pretty familiar and non challenging. I like to hook them in with this or hotpot, to lure them into a false sense of security and then pounce on them with Szechuan food. Bwahahaha
love your videos with all the great food and history of chinese culture! i kept sharing them with my non-chinese friends and they're impressed! thank you!
SQUIRREL FISH with all the elements that westerners like, Fried, Sweet and sour sauce.
Very glad to see u all
Your parents are the stars of the show haha
What an excellent foodie channel!!
when you talk about four major chinese cuisine style, I’m thinking why the hell I move to Canberra. it’s even so hard to find real chinese dish here.
Not to mention all the politicians there that hate China and everything Chinese (except their money).
I went to Sydney in July, Jiangnan is indeed one of the most delicious and cheapest authentic chinese restaurants there!! nothing is overpriced and mostly only Chinese would go there. You really know where to eat!!
Ah man, now you're seriously making me homesick.
Charles was such a wonderful host!
I also like to eat the fish head, fish fins, fish tail when it comes to fried fish. The crunchy texture is like a wafer.
As a Chinese, I feel that your explanation is very professional and I look forward to your update.
I hate you Amy! Haha I’m having mental breakdown right now because I am hungry and you showed me so much delicious food.
BAHAHAHHA hehe
Greetings from America! Your videos used to make me wish I was in China. But lately, they make me wish I was in Sydney!
Hahahh before this year I didn't realise how much amazing Chinese food we had here in Sydney! It only took a pandemic for me to figure it out lol ..
Ah yes, 松鼠鱼, the quintessential crunchy fish dish and the only way my parents could get fish in me as a child. Also known as the fish and chips of my childhood 🤤😍.
hahahhah love that!
Hahaha fish and chips
WOW! Amazing dishes! It's time to refresh your impression of Chinese food, the world!
It's called 扬子江. So, not really wrong. Also, Soju (소주; 燒酒) means "burned liquor", distilled, that's why it has 烧 in the name. It's a borrowed word from Chinese.
and 焼酎 日本語
Such a beautiful presentation of food. All your family food adventures are really good content, but this one is near the top. It's really special. I can almost taste the food!
The squirrel fish actually originated from your father’s fav city in China, Suzhou lol
Aggg I can't! Too much nostalgia! Grew up between Hangzhou and Shanghai, this is literally my soul.
So when it comes to the cruisines of Chinese food, glad you've mention about the 川（sichuan） 鲁（shandong）粤（Canton）and 淮扬（Jiangnan）.
In Chinese food culture, we often refer the main four cuisines as
鲁菜（Shandong Cuisine）：宫廷菜（Emperor's dish), 鲁菜 is originated from Shandong province but got famous because that many emperor's private chef are trained by practice this cuisine, it represents the prestige of how chinese food can be. Like 葱烧海参（Braised sea cucumber with sping onions)
粤菜（Canton Cuisine）： 商人菜（Businessmen's dish) 粤菜 got its fame because that the freshness with fast cooking techinque and luxuriness could actually enhance the whole vibe of the dining environment without spending a lot of times. In Chinese business culture, "face"(or ego) must be fulfilled towards the client so that Canton cuisine could satisfy this kind of demand. Like steamed fish (清蒸鱼）
川菜（Sichuan Cuisine): 百姓菜 （People's dish) As you experienced earlier, 川菜 is famous for its full of flavour and spicyness so that ordinary working class people could eat a whole chunk of rice and give them the energy to be consumed during or after a long working day. Without spending to much time people can enjoy either preserved veges, pastes or meat and cook with fresh ingridients. Like 酸菜鱼（Preserved veges with Fish)
淮扬菜（Jiangnan Cuisine)：文人菜, as you tried in this episode, 淮扬菜 is just super delicate, in the ancient times, 江南 area is famous for its wealth and education together with so many scholars through out history. As a reflection of its full of cultural vibes, the food in that area must be aligned to it. Therefore, the scholars in 江南 are dedicated to work on their food as a representation of "雅“ (elegance) to differenciate their food is at another level compare to the emperors or the business people.
Just FYI, 淮扬菜 is just my personal favourite. Love your work and video as always.
粤菜应该是广州菜 潮州菜 东江菜的总称
@@sktwo908 对，广府，潮汕，客家
@1:25: It's because *the "Yangzi/Yangtze"* (扬子, lit. meaning "Ocean Child") is *what other Asians outside of China call it* , and most European geographers simply picked that up: while *the Chinese themselves simply colloquially call it "Changjiang"* (长江, lit. "Long Waterway").
*Fun fact: Yoko Ono's first name is Japanese for the "Yangzi".*