Somehow Josh just constantly dishing out 9/10s make me feel proud as a Chinese kid, watching all the food I grow up eating get credit they supposed to receive, is such an unique experience.
Ryuga, it's a beautiful and most flavorful cuisine.... Black vinegar, noodles, bbq over rice with the magic gs sauce [make it at home, it's soooo easy] wontons from heaven, fish balls, peppers everywhere, DIM SUM... ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ My heart beats for delicious food. 🌻🍊🌶🍊🌶🍊🌶🍊🧡 *ps, regarding the gs sauce, of course you know. 😊✌️❤️🌻✨️
Flushing has always been on point for THE BEST food. Born and raised. Have never been able to find anything comparable when moving around the country until back to NY.
True Asian food is so elite, I’m glad it’s finally getting the recognition it deserves these recent years - despite the healing that had to be done to avoid the anger that came with all the “lunch time” bullying that was endured for things that those bully’s now enjoy. This video added an additional bit of healing that I very much appreciate, well done.
What is “true” anyway. 🤣 There are only degrees of proximity. I’m Chinese but Chinese American food is a trip man - recognizable, frequently identical, yet also sometimes something’s off, not quite how I know it (and that’s fine!!). Like, an authentic high end Cantonese restaurant like Lei Garden in HK or Singapore is, to my mind, the pure essence of Cantonese cuisine - but it’s noticeably different from an American Cantonese joint. Yet aren’t the diaspora just as Cantonese in a real sense? Yet they’ve made subtle and not so subtle alterations to their version of Cantonese food. It’s endlessly fascinating to me!
This video encapsulates why I've been saying for nearly 2 decades that Chinese cuisine is the best in the world. The sheer variety both regionally but also between humble and high end options is almost overwhelming. I lived in HK for a year and spent a lot of time in mainland, the boom in proper Chinese cuisine around the world since I left has been an absolute pleasure to experience as I can now rediscover all the amazing dishes I first tried while in that part of the world.
The best in the world? I too lived for a couple years in Hong Kong, near Bailey and Sung Kit, also had to travel to the mainland back and forth frequently, I love Chinese food, especially many of the things they do with seafood, but I would definitely give French cuisine the title of "best" in the world.
As someone from Shanghai I really appriciate the effort of this generation to bring authentic Chinese food to the other side of the world. I will go to NYC to try those myself next summer!
To be fair, getting to know the entirety of Chinese cuisine can be daunting because of how deep the culture and how vast the variety it has. Chinese food can be categorized into 8 main geographical subcategories plus a bunch of other local stuff, which each subcategory can be as deep as the cuisine of an entire country. People often failed to understand this because of how little they know about China and also could hold prejudice towards the country because of the government and stuff.
So true, and I can tell you that even a Chinese person living in China probably never had the whole range of foods out there too. It's all about the local specialties for me. I'd looove to do a China food tour one day
Nothing far from truth. Their diversity in cuisine is vast and intricate which can be attributed to their geography and historical influence. I am from India and Chinese food here is a blend of indo-Chinese trends and that in its own is a category. I believe they are not as vast Indian cuisine but they are close to it. Love both though.
Yeah, typically a chinese restaurant will indicate that their food comes from a particular province or region of China, and even then there are over 50 items on the menu.
@@Snapdragon244I don’t know much about Indian food, but if you eat 1 different Chinese dish per day, you would need two lifetimes to try every single one of them out there.
@jackdiao4576 brother it's the same here. There are 28 states and 8 union territories in India each having roughly 1000 base dishes and another 1000 based on those. So covering them all you need multiple lifetime. I general asian, middle eastern and Indian cuisine is like a vast desert. Impossible to cover by a single man but probable by a group.
Craziest part about this is, you only scratched the surface of the good eats here in flushing. These spots are super popular and good as well, but you should def come back for a part 2, you wont regret it!
@@lest3r23 What makes you say that? Asian food are some of the cleanest most seasoned food out there. If were talking about spanish food i would understand, but not with asian food. Whatever asian food you are eating, is most certainly not food
Hiii!! I was someone who came up to you the day you were filming this! I told you I always appreciate the way you are respectful and positively portray Asian food and I stand by the comment!! Thanks for being so open to try new foods and showcasing Asian cultures 🫡
When I was in Seattle, I looked up, yelp the number one Chinese restaurant and went there. Best Chinese food I’ve ever had. It was like an old Chinese mafia restaurant, a family sitting in the back table. Again best food I’ve ever had that was labeled Chinese. I have a feeling it was authentic.
@@Drumlinetv206 honestly I don’t remember it was 2014 or 2015. I just looked up in yelp for the number one Chinese restaurant and it took me to some old restaurant with the family in the back sitting at a table. Best food ever.
His scale is heavily skewed anyway. Making silly rules like" I'll never give out a 10" really just invalidates the system. Perfection exists if you allow it to. Look for what makes something a 10, not reasons why it isn't. Rating systems don't have to exist in a vacuum.
@@SchecterC14 I dont think number scales really work tbh. It's also why the food spot list I'm building for all the NYC spots I've been to aren't ranked. They're either on my list because they're good and I would go back/recommend it or they're not so they don't make my list
@@SchecterC14the rating scale is really whatever he decides it is. I think the take home here is the places with good food that you end up discovering after watching or just the entertainment you get. If he decides to never give a 10, that’s really his choice and you can’t fault him for that.
@@questionnyc I think a number scale makes sense if there are tangible factors to be measured. But food is subjective. I like your idea. Just because something is great doesn't mean that something else can't be just as great. Josh's whole "I'd give this a 10, but I haven't tried every one in the world" concept is heavily flawed.
Josh: This is the best thing that humanity has ever created. My taste buds are in a constant state of umami. I literally cannot imagine how anything in any universe tastes better than this. Also Josh: We're giving it an 8.7/10
@@noahlin8484 Thanks for the explanation Einstein. The problem is that his sarcasm is completely unwarranted, he is pretending unfitting scores are given to things labeled as very good, but an 8.7 IS very good.
@@ThefamousMrcroissant You need to touch grass. There are 422 people and counting that found it funny. I didn't expect my joke to be such a big deal, but I hope you are doing well and continue to do so
This video definitely got me excited. And this is so fun to watch. It puts a big smile on my face. He definitely tried some most representable dishes. But he is just scratching the surface of Chinese cuisine!!! Miss the food so much.
Hi Joshua, I just want to say a big-O thank you for trying all these Chinese food. As a Chinese, I'm glad you like the food and appreciate you mentioning the hard work behind it! Thank you for broadcasting authentic Chinese food to more people! -- Love from Canada
S tier choice with the BBQ. But there are many other Chinese dishes that weren't tried, especially the Canto style banquet dinner menus. It's what we eat when we go out to celebrate CNY or midautumn festival etc. And as such, I would like to believe, it's the best of the best (at least for Canto cuisine).
chinese food in general is hard to do in 24 hours, with north, south, east, west all being very different from each other. You can have many different flavors of the sameish dish if you are doing a chinese food tour.
@@shocalremix Yeah there's so much variety! It's unfortunate that only a dozen or so dishes are known to most Westerners. But I guess that means more hidden gems to discover!
One thing about the Chinese food is the fact it is largely dependent on the in house chefs who actually cook the menu. They don’t operate like franchises where you would expect the same tastes all across the board. Every spot is unique.
Hi, it is very easy to recreate. I make it for my family quite frequently. All you need is ginger, scallion, neutral tasting oil with somewhat high smoking temperature, salt and I like to add a bit of msg for a little bit of extra umami. I don't really have measurements for the recipe as I tend to just eyeball it, but aside from the ginger and the scallion, you should be able to adjust the rest to your own taste. Now to the actual method, grate the ginger and thinly slice scallions into a bowl and add some salt and msg. Then heat the oil til to high temperature (little bit of of smoke is fine) and then pour it into the bowl. You should be getting a violent bubbling/sizzling effect (like if you were to make your own chilli oil) and should very quickly be able to smell the flavours being brought out. You can also stir/mix it a bit while pouring the oil but you don't need to as you can just do it afterwards. The amount of oil should be enough that it's close to submerging the ingredients in the bowl after pouring it in. Afterwards, while it's still hot, adjust salt and msg levels to your liking and enjoy!
@@ItsJustLisa Generally, you use it immediately. It's a serious act of self-control to have any left at the end of dinner! It goes so well on chicken and plain rice! But if you manage it - cover with some cling film and it should be good for a day or two. No worries if you don't have any sauce left, it's crazy easy to make!
you know as a native chinese who live and grow up in china, its the first time i saw someone put beef in 煎饼果子 the first pancake. most of the time you find it in china with only with sausage which is made of starch as we call it 淀粉肠. and its relative cheap breakfast, around 1usd here
I’ve lived in America my entire life and have gone to visit China 5 times in the last 10 years. The crazy thing is Chinese food in China is multiple times better than anything you can find in the USA which is pretty delicious already! Every time I go to China this happens ->🤯
@@Caffeinatedtechnerd glad you like chinese food, but because china is fairly large, different part offers totally different food. for instance dim sum is from canton region, so its rare in northern part of china
I think it's because in China it is strictly a breakfast food, while in America they have it available all day so they try to put in something filling for a mid day meal.
Maxi is OG! From the smooth surfing through ChinaTown, genuinely cool places, her own place, too. And the shaved patch of hair, as a tribute to her mother. This video made my day if not my month. Keep it up, man 😊.
Man, love your content. Come to Mexicali in México. There's an entire city where the main population is chinese, so the principal meals are chinese food.
@@silferbuu86 I've had Chinese food in China, Peru, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Tijuana/Mexicali (Mexico), and I can say Mexico has the best, followed by Peru a close second. I do need to try this New York Chinese food, though!
This is without a doubt my favourite episode since I’ve subscribed to your channel, although I’ve been watching it for a very long time. I think I’ll give this a 9.8! Thanks Joshua and Maxi. 🙏🏽💯❤️
I went to high school near chinatown in the place I grew up, and we regularly went to a grocery store near the school to buy char siu and roast duck over rice from their butcher counter for so cheap, it was fantastic. I absolutely buy that 9.6, the value really clinches it. Man, now I want roast duck!
I lived in Nanjing, China for four years… the food is definitely the thing I miss the most. So much variety… and cheap. I miss my favorite hole in the wall dumpling place right next-door to a duck place. And duck blood soup, with soup dumplings.
traveled internationally for over 15 years and i can honestly say that some of my favorite culinary experiences were in China. The Szechuan peppercorn might be my favorite spice on the planet
Omg, Joshua, you finally tried a variety of Chinese dishes! Most of the food you’ve tried is from southern China, but there’s so much more - you have to try lamb dishes from Xinjiang, meat feasts from Inner Mongolia, mushroom feasts from Yunnan, pulled noodles from Gansu, donkey meat from Hebei, grilled and deep-fried chicken skulls from Liaoning, and so much more 😂.
I love how much you enjoy Chinese cuisine and feel so happy that you love Cantonese BBQ since I come from there and it's always my go-to. Fantastic video, and great appreciation for all the amazing dishes!
i like this kind of video, it doesn't treat asian food in america as "fake" or "inauthentic" asian food. acknowledging the history that asian americans have on american food culture is so important. and acknowledging it as a a real, dedicated craft with roots within the country is also so important. the quote about being "just right" is spot on.
For thousands of years, China has been an agricultural country , The effort that Chinese people put into food is something that is hard for people from other cultures to fully understand . For the chinese people, food is as important as the heavens.
funny enough, corner 28 is about a mid to me. best chinese bbq in my opinion as flushing native of 20+ years, it would be shun won by the library. legendary skills in making their bbq. do not let this place slip by as a must try.
in manhattan how do you feel about king's? I've gone to like all the ones in manhattan and it's definitely my favorite consistent one. But I don't make it out to flushing enough, thanks for the rec, I'm definitely going to shun won next week.
Man and just imagine that a lot of these restaurants are just average in China. Seriously, eating food there and comparing it to michelin star restaurants in Europe it's almost night and day, I appreciate how authentic it's done and it's definitely really good. But man you can just find all these but way better and cheaper. I always am so sad when my visa expires, because that means that all the good food is gone again and that I'm stuck eating vol au vent and french fries. Again really awesome to see all the variety that was shown and massive respect to all the chefs that spend their time and effort bringing authentic Chinese cuisine to the west.
I live in China and he chose one of my personal favourites, although i feel it was missing the goose! Man Guangdong know how to cook goose! The craziest part is how normal all this food seems here but yeah you're right its fucking incredible!
Unfortunately, geese are rarely raised for meat in the USA, so it is very expensive. A processed goose at a supermarket can easily run 80 USD, so restaurants rarely feature it or it's a specialty item you need to call ahead about.
Josh you have one of the best food tour/ ratings I’ve watched of any food UA-camr. I’ve been binge watching the last three days, while having food poisoning. Today is the first day that I can start eating normal food again, and I’m definitely going to get Chinese food
@@shaozhihao True, more specifically genetically modified high fructose corn syrup, it's basically in everything cos the corn industry is very dominative in key states, EU straight up doesn't allow those HFCS products to get anywhere near Europe.
@@frankfurter7260I’m a cubs fan but this year I visited Mets for a cubs game. We went to flushing to get dim sum and the best milk tea he had in the video and walked to the stadium. Da best
@@frankfurter7260I'm a Queens native. Elmhurst is 4 stops before Flushing on the 7 line. It's the 90th Street Elmhurst Ave stop. There's quite a bit of Chinese food and a lot of South East Asian food there. Prices are similar. There used to be a food court in Elmhurst similar to the New World Mall food court in Flushing, but it closed down after the pandemic. Flushing is my fave food spot for cheap prices and variety. Elmhurst is second cuz of all the SEA food options on top of the Chinese spots. Manhattan Chinatown is usually overcrowded with tourists (especially weekends) and it's hard to find a place to sit and eat or find a bathroom unless you're at a sit down restaurant, so Queens is the go-to.
Fun fact! There are eight different cuisines in China. When you're eating "Chinese food", it's more than just "Chinese food". Each of these cuisines has their own distinct qualities. *Hui Cai (cai means dish)* - originating from Anhui - a lot of braises and stews, where stinky tofu originated *Yue Cai* - cantonese cuisine - the most common Chinese cuisine in North America, consisting of dimsum, Hakka cuisine, various noodle soups, etc. - light and aromatic *Min Cai* - originating from Fujian - influential to Southeast Asian and Taiwanese cuisine, has many aromatic soups *Xiang Cai* - originating from Hunan - known for the "home-cooked" style *Su Cai* - from Jiangsu - similar to Yue Cai, with light and aromatic flavours *Lu Cai* - from Shandong (the most influential of the eight cuisines) - bold flavours, influenced Northern Chinese cuisine, the jianbing that Josh tried (which is from Tianjing) - I personally love this cuisine, and Northern Chinese cooking has some of the boldest flavours out of any cuisine in the world *Chuan Cai* - from Szechuan - really spicy food; dishes such as Kung Pao Chicken, Mapo Tofu, Dan Dan Noodles, which Josh also tried - really spicy, mala *Zhe Cai* - from Zhejiang - wide use of soy sauce - Dong Po Pork is one of the most famous dishes to have come out of this cuisine
😢 the real problem is the right duck. They smell funny if not fed in the right way....like even in China the good ones are only in Beijing and even there is every duck good
@@jefflebowski918 I felt the same, until I was on a business trip in China years ago and the head of the project took us to what they said was the best Peking Duck in downtown Beijing. They sat us in a very private room on the 3rd or 4th floor with a round table and the duck with its sides looked exactly like Maxine was showing. Me being Mexican, I called them Peking Duck tacos that night lol and I was in love with it! I was anticipating the ingredients as Maxine was going through in the video ("the thin tortilla", "the cucumber", "the onion", "then that black sauce") 😄
How you describe food just made me mouth watering! Your videos are always fun to watch. We visited Flushing many times just for the more authentic Chinese dishes. You visited so many cool restaurants that we have not visited before, and we would like to check them out in the future. Thank you. There are eight main styles of Chinese food based on locations, and I think Flushing has most of them represented nicely.
I lived in flushing for 10 years , and the food is amazing, there's a place right at the entrance of new world mall, and i loved the food there, you should go try it if you ever go back to flushing!
I'm kind of upset that I didn't get to Flushing when I visited NYC. But since I live in the Toronto area and we went to Vancouver later that month I got over it pretty quickly.
@@thai33oz they serve dim sum and some other Cantonese dishes i think, and its not by the entrance, its in the mall, and as soon as you enter the mall you see it
@@wottle-dh2ju No im not talking about the food court section, thats like the basement area, im talking like the main entrance thats right next to the parking lot and as soon as you enter it theres a stall there
as someone who was born and raised in flushing, i'm so happy to see how highly he rated everything and for coming to flushing in the first place. i grew up with all these restaurants including the newer ones and it was so touching to see all these places being featured. definitely should have gone to chongqing laozao for hotpot instead of haidilao but hoping he comes back for a part 2!
Ginger Scallion Sauce!! My all time favorite, thank you Josh for shining light on this! And Yes, Chef Maxi is right, they only serve that if you order chicken.
damn, I miss jiang bing. there was this paint (as in house paint) store across the office building I worked at in Shanghai 15-16 years ago where every day from around 7:30am to about 10:30am the owner would make jiang bing. I swear there were more customers at his store in those three hours than he would the rest of the day. that was my breakfast _every day_ (except if he'd run out of batter which did happen)
You can make it at home. The way I make it is Tianjinese style which is different. The sauce differs a lot but actually not that hard as it seems. Also great for brunch party
@@李莲-n4r I've tried but I couldn't get the consistency of the batter right! I even MacGyvered a cooking surface to sit over two burners coz I didn't have a pan big enough (for the crackers I fried molo wrappers) also, those cooks makes it look far easier than it actually is 😅
@@李莲-n4r all-purpose flour which made it super thick even when I thinned it down with ... I don't remember if it was with milk or water or a combination of both; and no, I did not let it sit overnight! I didn't know I was supposed to do that! the jiangbing I made wasn't that terrible but I could see from my parents' face that it was probably better in China because what they were eating was not matching my enthusiasm over it 😅
From Hong Kong, very good video, glad that you like them. From view of a Hong Konger you really cover a variety of Chinese food. Many of them are also my favourite and I will go with family/friends regularly. Thanks for introducing the food in your channel.
Flushing is more Northern, Middle, and Western China with a lot of Taiwanese, barely any Southern. Manhattan Chinatown is FJ, Taishanese, and Cantonese. Brooklyn Chinatown is Cantonese. Elmhurst is Beijing, Taiwanese, or Cantonese.
Cantonese = Hong Kong Mandarin and everything else = mainland China So it's Taiwan, Hong Kong and then China. Obviously China is huge and has incredibly diverse languages, geography and therefore food. I have never heard anyone born in China living here talk about their homeland besides HK vs mainland China, Mandarin vs Cantonese. I took mandarin with all friends from Hong Kong in school, I'm not talking out my ass😂 @@silferbuu86
@@obtuseangler768 Bro, it sounds like you live in NYC and you don't at the same time. Whenever I talk to any of my abc friends, we're always like what dialect or part of China are you from? What type of Chinese food is this? "Oh I'm in the mood for Xi'an noodles or Dongbei food" My Korean friend even asks me if I want to grab some FJ fishballs or 煲仔飯。I never once heard someone say "Oh I'm in the mood for Mainland Chinese food." That country is fucking huge. People come up to me, all the time saying, "I'm Fujian, Taishan, Winzhou etc." Also Hong Kong is Canto, Canto isn't HK. I think everyone in New York asks. I'm not talking out of my ass. 😂 𨳒。。。
i didnt realize how into this i was until i caught myself literally licking my lips as the camera panned over to the duck s hanging in the window 10:08
I mean, that restaurant is actually run by people from Sichuan, which is more than I could say for Sichuan places in Hong Kong.............. Maybe try your luck in Shenzhen then?
not giving food a 10/10 is like not giving a english grade a 100% cause nothing is ever perfect, if it meets all the requirements and is good enough on a scale compared to other food some things deserve the 10/10
bro for real the fact he rarely gives anything a 9 let alone a 10, and does this decimal system as if a 8.1 vs a 8.9 actually matters bothers the fuck out of me. "best thing ive ever had in years honestly. 9.2"
one is factual one subjective. bad comparison. i think it is valid to not give a 10 in a subjective topic. cause of the fact he stated himself "i didnt have every peking duck in the world yet" you all complaining missing the point of his rating system even tho he explained it. 10 is literaly perfection yo ucant under no way improve. it is a good way in a subjective matter to show the ratio. dont get why people get butthurt cause its not 10 but 9,7 or even 9. thats still a over 90% rating to perfection.
As someone who grew up in flushing, I'm very happy with this video, talking about all these great places I have been to personally (especially Maxi noodles)... but the title is on the miss-leading side haha. I do agree that Flushing has some of the best Chinese food I have in America... probably want to give other states at least a fighting chance haha.
Next try out all the legendary hole in the wall Chinese restaurants. All the local residents will be thrilled to see their favorite restaurant and dishes being rated.
It's 100% worth a trip! Just a heads up, bring cash if you're planning to go to any of the smaller/older places. A good number of places in Flushing only take cash or have a surcharge for card.
@@ItsJustLisa As wholesome as that is, I absolutely do not like those types of mothers. They often have a bad reputation of being self-centered in many Chinese families. Personally, most of my relatives carry that bad reputation as well
Hi Josh, I hope you read this! Firstly, I love your vidoes. I really think that you could have done something special when visiting this place. The video felt super rushed, I think if you are ranking disneyland foods it makes sense to run around the park and try all you can. But I would have loved to see more of a conversation about the food and culture. There were definitly highlights and elements that you included in your video, when you talked about Maxi's family. That was amazing. You have a fantastic personality. Let that shine through the food and converstaions as you try these places, cultures with the people you meet. I really do not like to see you eat when you dont feel good, just becuse you have to do the video. You are 100% a champ. No doubt about it, but can you really enjoy food that you rank 9.6 out of 10, when you feel like you arre going to burst? Loved the end with the photos, and people you got to see and interact with. Thank you for this video, when I visit New York I am going to try these places out. Stay Golden Papa!
I eat at all these places regularly for last 5 yrs. Wife is a foodie is an understatement. My fave places are Juqi, Chonqing Hot Pot, and the fresh squeezed juice smoothies at TBaar
Chef! You are wearing the bracelet I made for the book tour in Dallas, such an honor! 🥹
its beautiful dude
that's a lovely bracelet
That's a gorgeous bracelet, 11/10 work my dude
That's so sweet
I wear it all the time homie. Thank you for this gift! ❤️
can we talk about how my man did this entire shoot in a white t-shirt?
That’s skill man especially for all the red food haha
ok go on, talk about it
I bet multiple white shirts were harmed. Uncle Josh was very sweaty and greasy.
omg yes you nailed it
How you know he not have multiple white T-shirts?
Somehow Josh just constantly dishing out 9/10s make me feel proud as a Chinese kid, watching all the food I grow up eating get credit they supposed to receive, is such an unique experience.
This is so nostalgic, because I live in Skyview, Flushing, all of these places are like within 1 mile of my house.
Chinese food is my favorite and I'm not Chinese.
Welcome to China to taste Chinese cuisine@@jzblue345
you don't have to feel proud just because a white man likes your food. have some natural entitlement.
Me too
Bruh, as someone who's been watching Joshua's videos, seeing food from my culture being rated so high is so nice to see
Ryuga, it's a beautiful and most flavorful cuisine.... Black vinegar, noodles, bbq over rice with the magic gs sauce [make it at home, it's soooo easy] wontons from heaven, fish balls, peppers everywhere, DIM SUM... ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
My heart beats for delicious food.
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*ps, regarding the gs sauce, of course you know. 😊✌️❤️🌻✨️
Me too!!! I was really surprised!
Flushing has always been on point for THE BEST food. Born and raised. Have never been able to find anything comparable when moving around the country until back to NY.
Make me so proud as Josh constantly dishing out 9/10s to the food I grew up eating ,whoa.
bro everyone knows Chinese food is number one cuisine
True Asian food is so elite, I’m glad it’s finally getting the recognition it deserves these recent years - despite the healing that had to be done to avoid the anger that came with all the “lunch time” bullying that was endured for things that those bully’s now enjoy. This video added an additional bit of healing that I very much appreciate, well done.
Thank you I agree
Asian Gastronomie was always and forever will be the elite. Putting western food at the same sentence is disrespectful for me 😂
What is “true” anyway. 🤣 There are only degrees of proximity. I’m Chinese but Chinese American food is a trip man - recognizable, frequently identical, yet also sometimes something’s off, not quite how I know it (and that’s fine!!). Like, an authentic high end Cantonese restaurant like Lei Garden in HK or Singapore is, to my mind, the pure essence of Cantonese cuisine - but it’s noticeably different from an American Cantonese joint. Yet aren’t the diaspora just as Cantonese in a real sense? Yet they’ve made subtle and not so subtle alterations to their version of Cantonese food. It’s endlessly fascinating to me!
@@user-jk5um1om8l blah blah blah blah blah
It has always been recognised especially in the english speaking countries
This video encapsulates why I've been saying for nearly 2 decades that Chinese cuisine is the best in the world. The sheer variety both regionally but also between humble and high end options is almost overwhelming. I lived in HK for a year and spent a lot of time in mainland, the boom in proper Chinese cuisine around the world since I left has been an absolute pleasure to experience as I can now rediscover all the amazing dishes I first tried while in that part of the world.
I don’t know if it’s fair to count Chinese as one cuisine lmao! I’m just kidding but seriously the variety is insane.
直接来中国大陆，中国大陆有八大菜系，任何一个菜系都是顶尖的，香港是粤菜，可以试试其他中国其他的菜系。
@@Fei_Ge the poster said he has spent time in mainland China.
Dont be too fast judging, south east asian food is also super delicious.
The best in the world? I too lived for a couple years in Hong Kong, near Bailey and Sung Kit, also had to travel to the mainland back and forth frequently, I love Chinese food, especially many of the things they do with seafood, but I would definitely give French cuisine the title of "best" in the world.
1. Eight Jane Food Inc. 1:04 Rating 8.0
2. Kissena Cafe 1:53 Rating 9.0
3. Lake Pavilion 3:13 Rating 9.0
4. Joe’s Steamed Rice Roll 5:19 Rating 8.7
5. Maxi’s Noodle 6:22 Rating 9.5
6. Hey Tea 8:29 Rating 7.0
7. Molly Tea 8:55 Rating 9.0
8. Xing Fu Tang 9:23 Rating 7.5
9. Corner 28 10:06 Rating 9.6
10. Xie Bao 11:16 Rating 7.0
11. La Mala Tang (New World Mall) 12:16 Rating 9.0
12. Szechuan Mountain House 14:05 Rating 8.5
13. Jiang Nan 15:47 Rating 9.5
14. Wagyu Place 17:04 Rating 9.0
15. Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao 18:23 Rating 9.0
16. Jue Wei BBQ Cart 19:14 Rating 7.0
17. Haidilao Hot Pot 19:49 Rating 9.0
Thank you for the list.
The goat
I grew up here so this is so nostalgic :')
This is what I was looking for. Thank you
Not enough cantonese spots
As someone from Shanghai I really appriciate the effort of this generation to bring authentic Chinese food to the other side of the world. I will go to NYC to try those myself next summer!
Go Flushing for these places
To be fair, getting to know the entirety of Chinese cuisine can be daunting because of how deep the culture and how vast the variety it has. Chinese food can be categorized into 8 main geographical subcategories plus a bunch of other local stuff, which each subcategory can be as deep as the cuisine of an entire country. People often failed to understand this because of how little they know about China and also could hold prejudice towards the country because of the government and stuff.
So true, and I can tell you that even a Chinese person living in China probably never had the whole range of foods out there too. It's all about the local specialties for me. I'd looove to do a China food tour one day
Nothing far from truth. Their diversity in cuisine is vast and intricate which can be attributed to their geography and historical influence. I am from India and Chinese food here is a blend of indo-Chinese trends and that in its own is a category. I believe they are not as vast Indian cuisine but they are close to it. Love both though.
Yeah, typically a chinese restaurant will indicate that their food comes from a particular province or region of China, and even then there are over 50 items on the menu.
@@Snapdragon244I don’t know much about Indian food, but if you eat 1 different Chinese dish per day, you would need two lifetimes to try every single one of them out there.
@jackdiao4576 brother it's the same here. There are 28 states and 8 union territories in India each having roughly 1000 base dishes and another 1000 based on those. So covering them all you need multiple lifetime. I general asian, middle eastern and Indian cuisine is like a vast desert. Impossible to cover by a single man but probable by a group.
Craziest part about this is, you only scratched the surface of the good eats here in flushing. These spots are super popular and good as well, but you should def come back for a part 2, you wont regret it!
his stomach will 😂
@@lest3r23 What makes you say that? Asian food are some of the cleanest most seasoned food out there. If were talking about spanish food i would understand, but not with asian food. Whatever asian food you are eating, is most certainly not food
@@Chonkiezhe’s talking about the spice level:)
@@Chonkiez What are you talking about im saying that the guy is gonna die because of how much food he'll consume. understand better.
@@Chonkiez and i don't actually mean "die"
Hiii!! I was someone who came up to you the day you were filming this! I told you I always appreciate the way you are respectful and positively portray Asian food and I stand by the comment!! Thanks for being so open to try new foods and showcasing Asian cultures 🫡
When I was in Seattle, I looked up, yelp the number one Chinese restaurant and went there. Best Chinese food I’ve ever had. It was like an old Chinese mafia restaurant, a family sitting in the back table. Again best food I’ve ever had that was labeled Chinese. I have a feeling it was authentic.
I live in Seattle! Pls drop the name of your spot 😭
@@Drumlinetv206yeah I got WA Homies so imma need that name too 👀
can't speak for this guy but chef liao's a nice seattle spot that's a little out of the way
If it took you to the International District, chances are it took you to literally the oldest in Seattle, Tai Tung.
@@Drumlinetv206 honestly I don’t remember it was 2014 or 2015. I just looked up in yelp for the number one Chinese restaurant and it took me to some old restaurant with the family in the back sitting at a table. Best food ever.
9:30 we got Papa Joshua making a GTA 6 joke before GTA 6
sick
Damn you beat me to it
@@romanmorozov6974 frrrrrr
haiyaa
God I hate spam baits.
As a Cantonese person I am super happy that you liked the Cantonese food the best!!! Looking at those dishes made me drool
Josh: "Will probably never give a 10 cause perfection doesn't exist"
Also Josh: "The Rock's pancakes are a 10/10"
dont forget about the eggs being cooked perfectly just after lol
His scale is heavily skewed anyway. Making silly rules like" I'll never give out a 10" really just invalidates the system. Perfection exists if you allow it to. Look for what makes something a 10, not reasons why it isn't. Rating systems don't have to exist in a vacuum.
@@SchecterC14 I dont think number scales really work tbh. It's also why the food spot list I'm building for all the NYC spots I've been to aren't ranked. They're either on my list because they're good and I would go back/recommend it or they're not so they don't make my list
@@SchecterC14the rating scale is really whatever he decides it is. I think the take home here is the places with good food that you end up discovering after watching or just the entertainment you get. If he decides to never give a 10, that’s really his choice and you can’t fault him for that.
@@questionnyc I think a number scale makes sense if there are tangible factors to be measured. But food is subjective. I like your idea. Just because something is great doesn't mean that something else can't be just as great. Josh's whole "I'd give this a 10, but I haven't tried every one in the world" concept is heavily flawed.
Josh: This is the best thing that humanity has ever created. My taste buds are in a constant state of umami. I literally cannot imagine how anything in any universe tastes better than this.
Also Josh: We're giving it an 8.7/10
Wtf are you talking about? If 10 is literal perfection 8.7 is a HUGE score. He's also super generous with his scores throughout the entire thing.
What are u waffling abt, 5 is avg and anything 8+ is top tier p much
@@ThefamousMrcroissanthe’s making a joke cuz he’s describing perfection but gives something not rly close to perfection
@@noahlin8484 Thanks for the explanation Einstein. The problem is that his sarcasm is completely unwarranted, he is pretending unfitting scores are given to things labeled as very good, but an 8.7 IS very good.
@@ThefamousMrcroissant You need to touch grass. There are 422 people and counting that found it funny. I didn't expect my joke to be such a big deal, but I hope you are doing well and continue to do so
This video definitely got me excited. And this is so fun to watch. It puts a big smile on my face. He definitely tried some most representable dishes. But he is just scratching the surface of Chinese cuisine!!! Miss the food so much.
“The greatest things are behind a wall of fear.” - Joshua Weissman
that one stuck with me
Im too high for this lol
@@ThatKid22101relatable af
The great wall of fear.
I really thought I heard him say "beer" instead of "fear".
Hi Joshua, I just want to say a big-O thank you for trying all these Chinese food. As a Chinese, I'm glad you like the food and appreciate you mentioning the hard work behind it! Thank you for broadcasting authentic Chinese food to more people! -- Love from Canada
I actually live in flushing and I was actually in the video! At around 0:20 I was crossing the crosswalk!
Grew up in nearby Whitestone and it’s amazing to see how Flushing has changed just in my lifetime
Did Joshua leave Flushing without Flushing though, that is the question?
💀
The dude with sunglasses? You looked like a mafia
That was you!?
bro said suck toes 3x in 4 minutes that is crazy to hear at 930am
Don't make me touch your ass at Oklahoma lil dawg
i think its just u bro
S tier choice with the BBQ. But there are many other Chinese dishes that weren't tried, especially the Canto style banquet dinner menus. It's what we eat when we go out to celebrate CNY or midautumn festival etc. And as such, I would like to believe, it's the best of the best (at least for Canto cuisine).
like sewer oil?
24 hours you can only eat so much!
chinese food in general is hard to do in 24 hours, with north, south, east, west all being very different from each other. You can have many different flavors of the sameish dish if you are doing a chinese food tour.
@@KentRoads oh look, a racist bastard
@@shocalremix Yeah there's so much variety! It's unfortunate that only a dozen or so dishes are known to most Westerners. But I guess that means more hidden gems to discover!
One thing about the Chinese food is the fact it is largely dependent on the in house chefs who actually cook the menu. They don’t operate like franchises where you would expect the same tastes all across the board. Every spot is unique.
Panda Express succesfully franchise theirs.
@@nsebastpanda express is a joke !
@@nsebast Panda Express is awful
@@nsebastPanda Express is not authentic Chinese food man. Thats like saying tacobell is Mexican food. Like ..... just no
Josh needs to re-create
the ginger scallion sauce
for us. 🌞
Hi, it is very easy to recreate. I make it for my family quite frequently.
All you need is ginger, scallion, neutral tasting oil with somewhat high smoking temperature, salt and I like to add a bit of msg for a little bit of extra umami.
I don't really have measurements for the recipe as I tend to just eyeball it, but aside from the ginger and the scallion, you should be able to adjust the rest to your own taste.
Now to the actual method, grate the ginger and thinly slice scallions into a bowl and add some salt and msg. Then heat the oil til to high temperature (little bit of of smoke is fine) and then pour it into the bowl. You should be getting a violent bubbling/sizzling effect (like if you were to make your own chilli oil) and should very quickly be able to smell the flavours being brought out. You can also stir/mix it a bit while pouring the oil but you don't need to as you can just do it afterwards. The amount of oil should be enough that it's close to submerging the ingredients in the bowl after pouring it in. Afterwards, while it's still hot, adjust salt and msg levels to your liking and enjoy!
@@2minutenoodlezz, thank you! I’m going to try making this. Do you keep it in the refrigerator?
@@ItsJustLisa Yes! Just keep it in the fridge and it should last you for quite a while.
@@ItsJustLisa Generally, you use it immediately. It's a serious act of self-control to have any left at the end of dinner! It goes so well on chicken and plain rice! But if you manage it - cover with some cling film and it should be good for a day or two. No worries if you don't have any sauce left, it's crazy easy to make!
@@2minutenoodlezzThis sounds incredible!!! I'll definitely be trying it! Thanks so much for taking the time to type it all out 🤓
9:45 "not too sweet" the greatest compliment 😂
you know as a native chinese who live and grow up in china, its the first time i saw someone put beef in 煎饼果子 the first pancake. most of the time you find it in china with only with sausage which is made of starch as we call it 淀粉肠. and its relative cheap breakfast, around 1usd here
I’ve lived in America my entire life and have gone to visit China 5 times in the last 10 years. The crazy thing is Chinese food in China is multiple times better than anything you can find in the USA which is pretty delicious already! Every time I go to China this happens ->🤯
@@Caffeinatedtechnerd glad you like chinese food, but because china is fairly large, different part offers totally different food. for instance dim sum is from canton region, so its rare in northern part of china
I think it's because in China it is strictly a breakfast food, while in America they have it available all day so they try to put in something filling for a mid day meal.
@@unidentifiedflavourfulobject i got a much simpler explanation, beef is expensive here, lol
Hongkonger from HK here to say Hi👋 ….. You’ve made it all the authentic Chinese food…. 掂呀！
New York has been upgrading the Chinese food in the past decade. Glad that you think it looks somewhat authentic from the homeland!
16:06 got my aura down the road 😭😭😭😭🤝🏼🤝🏼
Maxi is OG! From the smooth surfing through ChinaTown, genuinely cool places, her own place, too. And the shaved patch of hair, as a tribute to her mother.
This video made my day if not my month. Keep it up, man 😊.
Man, love your content. Come to Mexicali in México. There's an entire city where the main population is chinese, so the principal meals are chinese food.
I approve this, and Tijuana too for both Chinese food, but mostly the best tacos in the world! 🤌
Also when you cross the US border in the El Centro area right next to Mexicali, there is amazing Chinese food there too.
Food is laced with coca leaves no thanks 😂
I bet Peru has better Chinese food. Have you tried Peruvian Chinese chicken and ribs? It's heavenly.
@@silferbuu86 I've had Chinese food in China, Peru, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Tijuana/Mexicali (Mexico), and I can say Mexico has the best, followed by Peru a close second. I do need to try this New York Chinese food, though!
I’m booking a hotel in Flushing right now.
Don't book the cheap ones.
Get an airbnb they’re a bunch of nice ones!
hire a street lady for the full experience
@@cody3335 airbnb too much hassle, hotels are better in my opinion
@@minigiant8998 you got the hook up?
This is without a doubt my favourite episode since I’ve subscribed to your channel, although I’ve been watching it for a very long time. I think I’ll give this a 9.8! Thanks Joshua and Maxi. 🙏🏽💯❤️
Definitely agree this is one of Joshua's best videos...and without Maxi, it wouldn't have occurred. So credit to BOTH of them.
I went to high school near chinatown in the place I grew up, and we regularly went to a grocery store near the school to buy char siu and roast duck over rice from their butcher counter for so cheap, it was fantastic. I absolutely buy that 9.6, the value really clinches it. Man, now I want roast duck!
I lived in Nanjing, China for four years… the food is definitely the thing I miss the most. So much variety… and cheap. I miss my favorite hole in the wall dumpling place right next-door to a duck place. And duck blood soup, with soup dumplings.
child please. you miss the TORTA AND THE GORIDTAS CHICKAs.
Nanjing roast duck is delicious
I appreciate that Josh tried to pronounce everything correctly and tried things with an open mind!!
Will we ever get a Joshua Weissman - SortedFood marathon collab?
haha, I was part way through when I had the exact same thought. Would love for the boys to all meet and have a great little food tour.
And Jolly as well. They’re good eaters 😉
1. Steamboat (Buffet/Set/Alan Carte) 2. Dim Sum. 3. Street Food Varieties. 4. Stir-Fried Dishes Restaurant (Economy Seat Down Lunch or Dinner-Family/Friends) 5. Chinese Banquet Restaurant (Chinese Fine Dining Lunch/Dinner-Festive, Corporate, Wedding, Birthdays...)
what are you saying about steamboat?
traveled internationally for over 15 years and i can honestly say that some of my favorite culinary experiences were in China. The Szechuan peppercorn might be my favorite spice on the planet
Going to a Shao Kao cart and not getting the lamb skewers is criminal!
Omg, Joshua, you finally tried a variety of Chinese dishes! Most of the food you’ve tried is from southern China, but there’s so much more - you have to try lamb dishes from Xinjiang, meat feasts from Inner Mongolia, mushroom feasts from Yunnan, pulled noodles from Gansu, donkey meat from Hebei, grilled and deep-fried chicken skulls from Liaoning, and so much more 😂.
Respect Josh for choosing the simple GOAT in Cantonese BBQ on rice. It really is unbeatable from a good place and value for money too.
I love how much you enjoy Chinese cuisine and feel so happy that you love Cantonese BBQ since I come from there and it's always my go-to. Fantastic video, and great appreciation for all the amazing dishes!
9:30 this feels like when a teacher learns gen z slang and just casually uses it
Great video! Maxi has one of the best wontons that I've tried in the USA. I've heard her story, but, it was great to see her.
I love maxi and her energy. My favorite cuisine guide by far ❤❤
What every asian loves too hear, "oh it's not too sweet", that's when you know it slaps.
I love the flavors in Chinese food and look forward to trying these places when I go to NY
i like this kind of video, it doesn't treat asian food in america as "fake" or "inauthentic" asian food. acknowledging the history that asian americans have on american food culture is so important. and acknowledging it as a a real, dedicated craft with roots within the country is also so important. the quote about being "just right" is spot on.
For thousands of years, China has been an agricultural country , The effort that Chinese people put into food is something that is hard for people from other cultures to fully understand . For the chinese people, food is as important as the heavens.
funny enough, corner 28 is about a mid to me. best chinese bbq in my opinion as flushing native of 20+ years, it would be shun won by the library. legendary skills in making their bbq. do not let this place slip by as a must try.
in manhattan how do you feel about king's? I've gone to like all the ones in manhattan and it's definitely my favorite consistent one. But I don't make it out to flushing enough, thanks for the rec, I'm definitely going to shun won next week.
Not everyone has a refined pallet.
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Corner 28 used to be better imo
Well, username checks out.
Man and just imagine that a lot of these restaurants are just average in China. Seriously, eating food there and comparing it to michelin star restaurants in Europe it's almost night and day, I appreciate how authentic it's done and it's definitely really good. But man you can just find all these but way better and cheaper. I always am so sad when my visa expires, because that means that all the good food is gone again and that I'm stuck eating vol au vent and french fries. Again really awesome to see all the variety that was shown and massive respect to all the chefs that spend their time and effort bringing authentic Chinese cuisine to the west.
I live in China and he chose one of my personal favourites, although i feel it was missing the goose! Man Guangdong know how to cook goose! The craziest part is how normal all this food seems here but yeah you're right its fucking incredible!
Oh man, the goose (chefs kiss) ! 卤鹅 braised goose is my all time favorite
I'm in Guangzhou right now and the dim sum and dai pai dong here is just godlike.
Unfortunately, geese are rarely raised for meat in the USA, so it is very expensive. A processed goose at a supermarket can easily run 80 USD, so restaurants rarely feature it or it's a specialty item you need to call ahead about.
10:55 only $12 for that in NYC??? WTF, that's insane. I used to work in Manhattan and I can't even comprehend that price point for that meal.
There's similar prices at Wah Fung (though the quality there is worse)
Noodletown in Manhattan Chinatown is is like $10.95 for a 三宝饭, you can still get good prices depending on where you go
Its just rice and meat how is 12n bucks surprising lol.
@@Deminese2 its manhattan is like 13 bucks for a big mac
@@Deminese2Risotto and Kobe beef is just rice and meat... it should cost about the same by your logic.
Josh you have one of the best food tour/ ratings I’ve watched of any food UA-camr. I’ve been binge watching the last three days, while having food poisoning. Today is the first day that I can start eating normal food again, and I’m definitely going to get Chinese food
Chinese food just hits different. I dont understand how Chinese people are so thin because I'd just be eating everything all the time
sugar. us citizens eat too much sugar
@@shaozhihao Completely agree
@@shaozhihao True, more specifically genetically modified high fructose corn syrup, it's basically in everything cos the corn industry is very dominative in key states, EU straight up doesn't allow those HFCS products to get anywhere near Europe.
@@TheRealIronManThat's Europe though, not China
@@shaozhihaoAlmost everything here is full of sugar though. That's how carbohydrates work.
As a native New Yorker, it is a crime he didn't visit Chinatown, Elmhurst and 8th Ave Brooklyn but Flushing is still great
Yeah Flushing represent!!!
@@frankfurter7260I’m a cubs fan but this year I visited Mets for a cubs game. We went to flushing to get dim sum and the best milk tea he had in the video and walked to the stadium. Da best
@@frankfurter7260I'm a Queens native. Elmhurst is 4 stops before Flushing on the 7 line. It's the 90th Street Elmhurst Ave stop. There's quite a bit of Chinese food and a lot of South East Asian food there. Prices are similar. There used to be a food court in Elmhurst similar to the New World Mall food court in Flushing, but it closed down after the pandemic. Flushing is my fave food spot for cheap prices and variety. Elmhurst is second cuz of all the SEA food options on top of the Chinese spots. Manhattan Chinatown is usually overcrowded with tourists (especially weekends) and it's hard to find a place to sit and eat or find a bathroom unless you're at a sit down restaurant, so Queens is the go-to.
Fun fact! There are eight different cuisines in China. When you're eating "Chinese food", it's more than just "Chinese food". Each of these cuisines has their own distinct qualities.
*Hui Cai (cai means dish)*
- originating from Anhui
- a lot of braises and stews, where stinky tofu originated
*Yue Cai*
- cantonese cuisine
- the most common Chinese cuisine in North America, consisting of dimsum, Hakka cuisine, various noodle soups, etc.
- light and aromatic
*Min Cai*
- originating from Fujian
- influential to Southeast Asian and Taiwanese cuisine, has many aromatic soups
*Xiang Cai*
- originating from Hunan
- known for the "home-cooked" style
*Su Cai*
- from Jiangsu
- similar to Yue Cai, with light and aromatic flavours
*Lu Cai*
- from Shandong (the most influential of the eight cuisines)
- bold flavours, influenced Northern Chinese cuisine, the jianbing that Josh tried (which is from Tianjing)
- I personally love this cuisine, and Northern Chinese cooking has some of the boldest flavours out of any cuisine in the world
*Chuan Cai*
- from Szechuan
- really spicy food; dishes such as Kung Pao Chicken, Mapo Tofu, Dan Dan Noodles, which Josh also tried
- really spicy, mala
*Zhe Cai*
- from Zhejiang
- wide use of soy sauce
- Dong Po Pork is one of the most famous dishes to have come out of this cuisine
As a fellow white dude who absolutely adores Asian flavors, this video brought me joy.
I’m so jealous of this! We don’t have a china town in Cincinnati so I don’t have access to stuff like this. I’ve never even had duck!
😢 the real problem is the right duck. They smell funny if not fed in the right way....like even in China the good ones are only in Beijing and even there is every duck good
Duck is like lamb, you either like them or hate them.
I hate them both because they are gamey.
@@jefflebowski918 me too i cant get over the texture but i had some really good duck wings once
@@jefflebowski918 I felt the same, until I was on a business trip in China years ago and the head of the project took us to what they said was the best Peking Duck in downtown Beijing. They sat us in a very private room on the 3rd or 4th floor with a round table and the duck with its sides looked exactly like Maxine was showing. Me being Mexican, I called them Peking Duck tacos that night lol and I was in love with it! I was anticipating the ingredients as Maxine was going through in the video ("the thin tortilla", "the cucumber", "the onion", "then that black sauce") 😄
Duck basically tastes like pork or chicken so
How you describe food just made me mouth watering! Your videos are always fun to watch. We visited Flushing many times just for the more authentic Chinese dishes. You visited so many cool restaurants that we have not visited before, and we would like to check them out in the future. Thank you. There are eight main styles of Chinese food based on locations, and I think Flushing has most of them represented nicely.
Love watching Josh getting humbled by authentic Asian food 😂❤🍜❤️🔥
the look on his face when he says "toes" 4:02 😂
I just came back from NYC & visiting Flushing is a must! It's not for the faint of heart tourist but it's a one of a kind experience.
I lived in flushing for 10 years , and the food is amazing, there's a place right at the entrance of new world mall, and i loved the food there, you should go try it if you ever go back to flushing!
There's plenty of food stalls right by the entrance. What's the name of it? Or at least, what food do they serve there?
@@thai33oz theyre most likely thinking about the one with the hibachi grill. their teriyaki beef is great
I'm kind of upset that I didn't get to Flushing when I visited NYC. But since I live in the Toronto area and we went to Vancouver later that month I got over it pretty quickly.
@@thai33oz they serve dim sum and some other Cantonese dishes i think, and its not by the entrance, its in the mall, and as soon as you enter the mall you see it
@@wottle-dh2ju No im not talking about the food court section, thats like the basement area, im talking like the main entrance thats right next to the parking lot and as soon as you enter it theres a stall there
Love your videos please try Jamaican food next
as someone who was born and raised in flushing, i'm so happy to see how highly he rated everything and for coming to flushing in the first place. i grew up with all these restaurants including the newer ones and it was so touching to see all these places being featured. definitely should have gone to chongqing laozao for hotpot instead of haidilao but hoping he comes back for a part 2!
Yes. My favorite hotpot too. The setting is beautiful
When i was growing up, my parents did not let me play with my food. imma show them this video with the noodle thingy
看到最后居然还是粤菜的胜利哈哈，可能川菜确实太挑人口味了。
Pineapple and pork together are pure bliss.
Queens, is the best for it's diverse culinary scene in NYC. 💯 The World's Borough 🌎
That my favorite thing to eat as well. Cantonese BBQ made my childhood.
Ginger Scallion Sauce!! My all time favorite, thank you Josh for shining light on this! And Yes, Chef Maxi is right, they only serve that if you order chicken.
"We got gold leaf on Boba before GTA 6" 💀
damn, I miss jiang bing. there was this paint (as in house paint) store across the office building I worked at in Shanghai 15-16 years ago where every day from around 7:30am to about 10:30am the owner would make jiang bing. I swear there were more customers at his store in those three hours than he would the rest of the day. that was my breakfast _every day_ (except if he'd run out of batter which did happen)
You can make it at home. The way I make it is Tianjinese style which is different. The sauce differs a lot but actually not that hard as it seems. Also great for brunch party
@@李莲-n4r I've tried but I couldn't get the consistency of the batter right! I even MacGyvered a cooking surface to sit over two burners coz I didn't have a pan big enough (for the crackers I fried molo wrappers)
also, those cooks makes it look far easier than it actually is 😅
@@lunatickgeo what flour did you use? Did you let the batter sit overnight to develop the consistency?
@@李莲-n4r all-purpose flour which made it super thick even when I thinned it down with ... I don't remember if it was with milk or water or a combination of both; and no, I did not let it sit overnight! I didn't know I was supposed to do that!
the jiangbing I made wasn't that terrible but I could see from my parents' face that it was probably better in China because what they were eating was not matching my enthusiasm over it 😅
From Hong Kong, very good video, glad that you like them. From view of a Hong Konger you really cover a variety of Chinese food. Many of them are also my favourite and I will go with family/friends regularly. Thanks for introducing the food in your channel.
seems like new york is more canto. LA is more mandarin. That's in the cantonese perspective.
As a white New Yorker with Chinese American friends 100% yes it’s more Cantonese
Flushing is more Northern, Middle, and Western China with a lot of Taiwanese, barely any Southern. Manhattan Chinatown is FJ, Taishanese, and Cantonese. Brooklyn Chinatown is Cantonese. Elmhurst is Beijing, Taiwanese, or Cantonese.
Cantonese = Hong Kong
Mandarin and everything else = mainland China
So it's Taiwan, Hong Kong and then China. Obviously China is huge and has incredibly diverse languages, geography and therefore food.
I have never heard anyone born in China living here talk about their homeland besides HK vs mainland China, Mandarin vs Cantonese. I took mandarin with all friends from Hong Kong in school, I'm not talking out my ass😂
@@silferbuu86
@@obtuseangler768 Bro, it sounds like you live in NYC and you don't at the same time. Whenever I talk to any of my abc friends, we're always like what dialect or part of China are you from? What type of Chinese food is this? "Oh I'm in the mood for Xi'an noodles or Dongbei food" My Korean friend even asks me if I want to grab some FJ fishballs or 煲仔飯。I never once heard someone say "Oh I'm in the mood for Mainland Chinese food." That country is fucking huge. People come up to me, all the time saying, "I'm Fujian, Taishan, Winzhou etc." Also Hong Kong is Canto, Canto isn't HK. I think everyone in New York asks. I'm not talking out of my ass. 😂 𨳒。。。
@@silferbuu86 Most takeout places are FJ here on Long Island as well.
i didnt realize how into this i was until i caught myself literally licking my lips as the camera panned over to the duck s hanging in the window 10:08
ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE SHOWS TO DATE!!!!!!!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💙💜💙💕💕💕😁 Thank you 17 hours of eating 😳🤣😂🤣✨✨✨✨✨
I went to flushing on a school trip, I was one of the best weeks of my life. I’m glad you had an amazing time!
hong kong diner is the most representative thing in town. friendly prices, rude staff, best food ever.
i clocked into work 21:55 mins late to watch this
Moved from nyc to Hk last year, Szechuan mountain house is still better than anything Szechuan restaurant I can find in Hk
I mean, that restaurant is actually run by people from Sichuan, which is more than I could say for Sichuan places in Hong Kong.............. Maybe try your luck in Shenzhen then?
Chinese food is unmatched. Authentic Chinese food truly cannot be matched
not giving food a 10/10 is like not giving a english grade a 100% cause nothing is ever perfect, if it meets all the requirements and is good enough on a scale compared to other food some things deserve the 10/10
bro for real the fact he rarely gives anything a 9 let alone a 10, and does this decimal system as if a 8.1 vs a 8.9 actually matters bothers the fuck out of me. "best thing ive ever had in years honestly. 9.2"
one is factual one subjective. bad comparison. i think it is valid to not give a 10 in a subjective topic. cause of the fact he stated himself "i didnt have every peking duck in the world yet"
you all complaining missing the point of his rating system even tho he explained it. 10 is literaly perfection yo ucant under no way improve. it is a good way in a subjective matter to show the ratio.
dont get why people get butthurt cause its not 10 but 9,7 or even 9. thats still a over 90% rating to perfection.
My teacher did that, Mr Wilhelm. You could only get 99.9
How can you eat that much in just 24 hours … amazing
I love Asian food more than any other food . There’s just so many different combinations of stuff and they’re mostly all pretty great .
Dim sum 🤤 that's childhood right there
As someone who grew up in flushing, I'm very happy with this video, talking about all these great places I have been to personally (especially Maxi noodles)... but the title is on the miss-leading side haha. I do agree that Flushing has some of the best Chinese food I have in America... probably want to give other states at least a fighting chance haha.
Next try out all the legendary hole in the wall Chinese restaurants. All the local residents will be thrilled to see their favorite restaurant and dishes being rated.
NOOO!!! I just got back from NYC! Next trip I am going to Flushing, never knew it was a thing
It's 100% worth a trip! Just a heads up, bring cash if you're planning to go to any of the smaller/older places. A good number of places in Flushing only take cash or have a surcharge for card.
Hahahahahaha that's exactly life in China. That's why every time i goto China i gain 10 Kg (more than 20 American pounds) body weight) in 2 weeks
“You still look hungry. Have some more.”
-my late, very Norwegian grandmother
I suspect Chinese moms are very similar.
@@ItsJustLisa my grandma from my dad’s side was 100% chinese and yes thats how she raised me 😂 can’t say no to more food for sure
Just spent 5 days in Guangdong province, gained 3kg, no regret ❤
@@wannamlwithu, and if you do, she’ll give you more anyway.
@@ItsJustLisa As wholesome as that is, I absolutely do not like those types of mothers. They often have a bad reputation of being self-centered in many Chinese families. Personally, most of my relatives carry that bad reputation as well
Josh takes us on the best food experiences! Thanks bro 😊
Hi Josh, I hope you read this! Firstly, I love your vidoes. I really think that you could have done something special when visiting this place. The video felt super rushed, I think if you are ranking disneyland foods it makes sense to run around the park and try all you can. But I would have loved to see more of a conversation about the food and culture. There were definitly highlights and elements that you included in your video, when you talked about Maxi's family. That was amazing. You have a fantastic personality. Let that shine through the food and converstaions as you try these places, cultures with the people you meet. I really do not like to see you eat when you dont feel good, just becuse you have to do the video. You are 100% a champ. No doubt about it, but can you really enjoy food that you rank 9.6 out of 10, when you feel like you arre going to burst? Loved the end with the photos, and people you got to see and interact with. Thank you for this video, when I visit New York I am going to try these places out. Stay Golden Papa!
this video is mostly about south chinese food, i hope you can try some northen flavors in the future soon
Wow, those are some solid scores right out of the gate - really jeallous of all those great foodie places you have there! Yummy stuff!
Josh where’s the recipe
It got lost when Kendrick left
Josh has jumped the shark. It’s just content now.
Recipes...
First Nick Di and now Josh, I guess everyone wants to become mr beast nowadays. It's sad tho.
@@vortexgvn4731 nick made the turn pretty quick, Josh stayed till 4 5 years
Man you’d have a blast in China
I eat at all these places regularly for last 5 yrs. Wife is a foodie is an understatement. My fave places are Juqi, Chonqing Hot Pot, and the fresh squeezed juice smoothies at TBaar
Heck yeah! On the drop!
Recipe videos please!!!!