The Last Cuban-Chinese Restaurant in NYC

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  • Опубліковано 6 лис 2024

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  • @embrenn365
    @embrenn365 7 років тому +7710

    I was born and raised in this neighborhood, and I have been eating la Caridad since I was a baby. All the guys there have known me since I was a week old. Believe me, the food there is amazing, they always give you great service and several laughs to go along with it. If I was extra good Antonio would sneak me a soda or some fried bananas when I was a child. Even when I was away at college the first thing I did when I came home was go out and eat the chopped beef, yellow rice and black beans. That place is a treasure and the guys there are worth getting to know.

    • @joeandrews465
      @joeandrews465 6 років тому +99

      Emily McCormick ill meet u tmmrw for lunch if not u lying

    • @clararamosroyal9774
      @clararamosroyal9774 6 років тому +103

      Yes! At least once a week, my Father and I would hop on the M79 from the UES to eat here. Antonio would always sneak me a guava juice when I was little. It was a staple in our family, and a way for my Father to feel close to home- away from his native Puerto Rico.

    • @frecensentbruh5927
      @frecensentbruh5927 6 років тому +14

      Will antonio still remembers you?

    • @AgakAgakEngineer
      @AgakAgakEngineer 6 років тому +35

      How does Antonio know whether you've been extra good or not

    • @CelticFairyBox
      @CelticFairyBox 5 років тому +3

      That's beautiful

  • @darknessofevil
    @darknessofevil 3 роки тому +3679

    They are permanently closed because of the pandemic, my friends and I grew up eating there and there won’t be any other place like them. Rest In Peace Clarida 78.

    • @twigtoyoulater
      @twigtoyoulater 3 роки тому +259

      Oh no, what a shame. It sucks that the pandemic had shut down so many places, and it doubly sucks it had to be a place like this.

    • @SLBikers
      @SLBikers 3 роки тому +36

      They wont open again?

    • @theodorewilliamson929
      @theodorewilliamson929 3 роки тому +14

      @@SLBikers I assume so

    • @WorrizEcko
      @WorrizEcko 3 роки тому +24

      NOOOOOOOOO

    • @evaniceface
      @evaniceface 3 роки тому +38

      NOOOOOO I WANTED TO EAT HERE GRRRR

  • @emic138
    @emic138 7 років тому +3948

    Antonio Wong, legend. 🙌

    • @Getoutyonder
      @Getoutyonder 7 років тому +3

      nothing no

    • @emic138
      @emic138 7 років тому +81

      Gavin Harrison hell yes

    • @MY-iw5dj
      @MY-iw5dj 7 років тому +85

      I've been rewinding his parts over and over; man is his accent awesome!

    • @emic138
      @emic138 7 років тому +1

      Melody Yang same!

    • @biggreens7319
      @biggreens7319 7 років тому

      Melody Yang same

  • @miumiu5206
    @miumiu5206 7 років тому +12568

    Chinese guy with a Cuban accent. Woah lol

    • @mahermachhadi7081
      @mahermachhadi7081 7 років тому +875

      shows how the human brain is built to adapt to one's own living situation. And how "free" we were created on earth. Fuck that piece of shit idiot who said that we should have borders and countries and be called and stereotyped depending on where we come from or what religion we have.

    • @Getoutyonder
      @Getoutyonder 7 років тому +155

      Maher Machhadi Sooo you mean Obama

    • @titavaughns7698
      @titavaughns7698 7 років тому +52

      Maher Machhadi Completely Agreed!!! This new generation has a lot of work to do

    • @andrewwang5149
      @andrewwang5149 7 років тому +55

      Maher Machhadi what are you talking about lol

    • @bushdid911jetfuelcantmelts4
      @bushdid911jetfuelcantmelts4 7 років тому +188

      Gavin Harrison You're a fucking moron.

  • @henrycohen1910
    @henrycohen1910 7 років тому +3653

    been going there since 1982, have yet to have a bad meal.

    • @theodoresterling2198
      @theodoresterling2198 7 років тому +10

      henry cohen how can there when IT wasnt even MADE BACK THEN?

    • @theodoresterling2198
      @theodoresterling2198 7 років тому +87

      henry cohen Oh sorry! I got mixed up between the year of the creation and the time the Cuban worker started working XD

    • @floridaman5866
      @floridaman5866 5 років тому +5

      i dont believe you

    • @snekksuperior
      @snekksuperior 5 років тому +14

      old communist idiot

    • @R0n1n760
      @R0n1n760 5 років тому +7

      So you've been going there, but have you eaten there?

  • @darthvadernoobtuber
    @darthvadernoobtuber 4 роки тому +1344

    Absolutely tragic that this great establishment had to close its doors amid these very trying times. Brings a tear to my eye.

    • @aamnotsure6209
      @aamnotsure6209 4 роки тому +39

      Yea. Its so sad. I've been going there for a long ass time since i work in the area. Its so sad to see it closed

    • @TLamie
      @TLamie 4 роки тому +1

      wait forreal?

    • @maxs.5112
      @maxs.5112 3 роки тому +32

      @@TLamie I live almost next to it... It is gone. And so, my this is where my last remnants of my childhood ends.

    • @miggypastor4102
      @miggypastor4102 3 роки тому +1

      Since this closed, is there still Cuban-Chinese like this in NY?

    • @ryanflores2489
      @ryanflores2489 3 роки тому +26

      @@miggypastor4102 not to this extent but allow me to offer you a few spots I love.
      Jardin De China on Junction Blvd
      Nuevo Jardin De China on Broadway
      New Apollo on Grand Street, BKLYN
      Peking BBQ on Woodside Ave (this one is Peruvian Chinese but still a note able mention) I don't know much of these restaurants in Manhattan cause as you can tell by the Avenues I'm a Queens boy 🤣

  • @guilhermefonseca7481
    @guilhermefonseca7481 9 місяців тому +47

    they just reopen at 72 net columbus and brodway,they have some of there kids and nephew in charge now,been eating there since i arrive in NYC at 86,the best!

    • @o-zone1217
      @o-zone1217 9 місяців тому +7

      Glad to gaddamn hear it!

    • @debadityanath4398
      @debadityanath4398 2 місяці тому +1

      wow they reopened! thats amazing

    • @goodputin4324
      @goodputin4324 Місяць тому

      *their, not there. Learn the difference

    • @skatingcanuck9837
      @skatingcanuck9837 Місяць тому

      @@goodputin4324 Do you troll videos looking for spelling and grammatical errors just to be nasty? That is sad.

    • @skatingcanuck9837
      @skatingcanuck9837 Місяць тому

      It must be hard for them to maintain low prices, especially with all the rising food costs since the pandemic.

  • @xRoid1
    @xRoid1 7 років тому +730

    Similar situation that my family experienced. My parents immigrated from China to Puerto Rico and started their own Chinese-Puerto Rican restaurant. From there, I was born and later we moved to New York. It's great to see different cultures merging and becoming something that's unique and special. 🇨🇳🇵🇷🇺🇸

    • @zeiitgeist
      @zeiitgeist 7 років тому +5

      Question is, was there anything lost when developing something 'unique' and 'special'.

    • @MannyExploresVlog
      @MannyExploresVlog 7 років тому

      xRoid do you have restaurant in NY?

    • @minge9
      @minge9 5 років тому +2

      Just like chifa in Peru, it's a mixed of two cultures

    • @Elgrano50
      @Elgrano50 4 роки тому

      There was the chinese-puerto rican spot on 14th st just as you head east bound towards union square.

  • @Tubekeezy
    @Tubekeezy 5 років тому +3735

    Can y’all just give the Chinese Cuban guy his own show?

    • @piglette0928
      @piglette0928 5 років тому +40

      I’d watch that

    • @RaquelG84
      @RaquelG84 5 років тому +5

      K Phan best if both worlds 😃😃😃

    • @jaidenarias5912
      @jaidenarias5912 3 роки тому +4

      Please everyone follow the Ten Commandments and read Ephesians 4:29

    • @5spec
      @5spec 3 роки тому +20

      @@jaidenarias5912 nobody cares about your stupid ancient ass book

    • @jaidenarias5912
      @jaidenarias5912 3 роки тому +3

      @@5spec in fact, many people do

  • @nyflo718
    @nyflo718 7 років тому +979

    I'm Chinese and Cuban from Brooklyn didn't think we were a common thing

    • @richguerra8357
      @richguerra8357 6 років тому +6

      Brian P cool, I'm cuban also

    • @jackcarley6655
      @jackcarley6655 6 років тому +3

      Rich Guerra Im Cuban as well lol but we both know either of us are not in Cuba

    • @richguerra8357
      @richguerra8357 6 років тому

      Which part of brooklyn do you live, I'm going to city tech

    • @Suite_annamite
      @Suite_annamite 6 років тому +26

      *Why not? Chinese and Indians have formed rooted communities in every single country on earth, except for South Sudan, Eritrea, and Iceland! LOL*

    • @MickHuerta
      @MickHuerta 6 років тому

      Brian P - Evidently you're not (oh, so common).

  • @RTmolo
    @RTmolo 3 роки тому +383

    La Caridad has closed, and it was NOT the "last" Cuban-Chinese restaurant in New York City by any means. Within a one mile circumference of La Caridad's location, there are three Cuban-Chinese restaurants: two branches of "Flor de Mayo," which despite the Peruvian Pollo a la Brasa, which is their signature menu item, first opened on Broadway as purely Cuban-Chinese. To this day, the Peruvian chicken notwithstanding, the rest of the menu at both Flor de Mayos is pretty much as it was thirty+ years ago-Chinese on one side, Cuban on the other. There is also La Dinastia, at 145 West 72nd Street, a Cuban-Chinese restaurant that has been open for at least forty years A La Dinsatia II Cuban-Chinese is further up Broadway in Washington Heights.
    Head out to Brooklyn, and I can think of at least four other Cuban-Chinese restaurants scattered between Sunset Park, Bushwick, and Williamsburg.
    It's true that there are more Cuban-Chinese places that have closed in the last twenty years than have opened, but they still dot the landscape in all five boroughs. And no other genre of restaurant makes better fried rice.

    • @DespicableBunny
      @DespicableBunny 2 роки тому +2

      you from NY?

    • @mprs2015
      @mprs2015 2 роки тому +15

      flor de mayo markets themselves as a predominantly mexican restaurant with peruvian/chinese influence (peruvian food has a ton of chinese influence from the large influx of chinese immigration in the 1920's), if youve been to both restaurants they definitely derive their menus from different backgrounds, source - lived on 82nd and columbus for 15 years

    • @miriamespinoza3766
      @miriamespinoza3766 8 місяців тому +2

      Thanks for sharing when I go visit I would love to go ❤️🙏

    • @danielportillo1349
      @danielportillo1349 3 місяці тому

      It's now reopened as la carida 72

  • @dolphinsoccer4
    @dolphinsoccer4 7 років тому +1898

    *watches video*
    *immediately gets on the 1 for 79th*

  • @TheGoodContent37
    @TheGoodContent37 7 років тому +2613

    At 1:39 the cuban guy said "a mi me tienen haciendo aquí y comiendo mierda aquí" which roughly translates to "they have me here cooking and eating this shit" xD

    • @Jaeboy
      @Jaeboy 7 років тому +117

      thank you captain! now fly away!

    • @jorgecornejo7560
      @jorgecornejo7560 7 років тому +670

      When they say "comiendo mierda" the translation to english will be "wasting my time" not eating shit. Yes i know what you try to say but its a phrase most cuban say.

    • @cosanostra247
      @cosanostra247 6 років тому +145

      THE GOOD CONTENT comiendo mierda is a Cuban slang meaning wasting my time

    • @jackcarley6655
      @jackcarley6655 6 років тому +17

      Jorge Cornejo lol are you even Cuban though cause it don’t mean that..... “comiendo mierda” means eating shit”

    • @omnominynom
      @omnominynom 6 років тому +95

      jack carley I think what Jorge Cornejo is saying is that it's just the evolution of slang. Aka, the literal translation probably means "eating shit" but the cultural interpretation/common understanding is "wasting my time" ... or I'm just completely off the mark lol

  • @AJDaBaws
    @AJDaBaws 5 років тому +773

    "New York's last Cuban-Chinese restaurant"
    *Until I open one*

    • @dothmotherknowyouwearth
      @dothmotherknowyouwearth 5 років тому +25

      Oops, time to move to New York.

    • @DownTopable
      @DownTopable 5 років тому +4

      *Until I open one
      Sorry not sorry

    • @helenatube
      @helenatube 4 роки тому +2

      Do it!!!

    • @lego5837
      @lego5837 3 роки тому +2

      Dew it

    • @orange8420
      @orange8420 3 роки тому +1

      With a chinese cuban guy who live in germany with his french british stepmother and open a japanese chinese cuban french bi'hish Deutsch restaurant i WOULD visit every day

  • @Jy0000n-m2b
    @Jy0000n-m2b 7 років тому +138

    as a Floridian who knows Cuban food. I would love to check this place out for sure

    • @D_Marrenalv
      @D_Marrenalv 6 років тому +9

      I'm surprised South Florida (with all the Cubans there) doesn't have any Chinese-Cubano restaurants. I grew up living near a couple of good ones in Queens back in the 70s & 80s. Not as common as regular Chinese restaurants in America are, but there were more than a few in NY here and there.

    • @ca4882
      @ca4882 5 років тому

      @@D_Marrenalv there are Cuban Chinese restaurants in Miami. Delicioso 👍👍👍👍

    • @parkers-c5731
      @parkers-c5731 3 роки тому +1

      @@ca4882 do you know the names of any restaurant?

    • @derekford7230
      @derekford7230 2 роки тому

      @@parkers-c5731 its closed I believe

    • @derekford7230
      @derekford7230 2 роки тому

      @@parkers-c5731 i just check its Permanently closed

  • @littlerin1116
    @littlerin1116 3 роки тому +170

    RIP to this restaurant that died among many other restaurants during covid.

    • @kevinj2261
      @kevinj2261 3 роки тому +3

      That's too bad, sorry about that

  • @scottsytong
    @scottsytong 7 років тому +201

    do a side story on antonio. he's proper OG!

  • @cathya7045
    @cathya7045 7 років тому +381

    I'm Domican and we have a decent amount of Chinese people in the Dominican republic there pretty nice and make amazing fried chicken lol

    • @RenegadeX28
      @RenegadeX28 5 років тому +15

      That threw me for a loop when I was in DR vacationing one time, and I saw a Chinese restaurant with Chinese people in it...cooking Chinese/Dominican food.

    • @xiaolushi5887
      @xiaolushi5887 5 років тому +8

      Pica pollo. 🐓

    • @hananokuni2580
      @hananokuni2580 5 років тому +6

      Yup. Those pica-pollos are everywhere in DR and more than a few of them double as Chinese take-outs.

    • @jqsqueue
      @jqsqueue 5 років тому +1

      Go to the Dominican if you want to die

    • @ItsAdrianMata
      @ItsAdrianMata 5 років тому

      Yo i ate that last night and it was good asf

  • @Rielestkid
    @Rielestkid 7 років тому +127

    I walked by this place so many times, never been in. Need to check it out!

  • @coolcap4328
    @coolcap4328 6 років тому +2067

    When 2 communist forces come together

    • @Drownedinblood
      @Drownedinblood 6 років тому +419

      More like when people run away from "Communism" twice.

    • @helloasroma
      @helloasroma 5 років тому +224

      They actually moved to Cuba before China went red.

    • @ynog0978
      @ynog0978 5 років тому +7

      Bruh the combo tho

    • @Kanal7Indonesia
      @Kanal7Indonesia 5 років тому +2

      Looolll

    • @Mike-bt3ki
      @Mike-bt3ki 5 років тому +17

      *Soviet Anthem Intensifies*

  • @canisixpaku
    @canisixpaku 6 років тому +22

    My dad was born in Havana in 1950 and was part of operation Pedro Pan when he was 11 and flew to the US by himself! My grandparents didn’t follow until a year later! I lost him when I was a teenager and I wish I had more time to hear about how my ancestors came to live in Cuba.

  • @matthewmiller3745
    @matthewmiller3745 3 роки тому +13

    Dang. I absolutely loved this place. My family frequented the restaurant since I was small. It was so sad to see it close after so many fond memories with the friendly staff and incredible cuisine. It will most definitely be missed.

  • @MamaDeesWorld
    @MamaDeesWorld 5 років тому +78

    Antonio is legit Cuban. He said "comiendo mierda aqui". 🇨🇺💖

    • @ephinem
      @ephinem 3 роки тому +1

      how perfectly timed was that

    • @ulisesr614
      @ulisesr614 3 роки тому

      Can you tell us what he says in 1:52?

    • @ephinem
      @ephinem 3 роки тому +6

      @@ulisesr614 “Delivery” lol in broken english and with an attitude

    • @ulisesr614
      @ulisesr614 3 роки тому

      @@ephinem Ohh! I hear it now!😂 What a legend!

  • @jaanth314
    @jaanth314 5 років тому +79

    Man that food looks good.
    I like how Chinese food is sort of different in every country as the immigrants adapt their food to local tastes. People can complain it's not authentic but the important thing is it's good food.
    I live in Japan and I like the Chinese food here. I'd like to go to this place if I'm ever in New York.

    • @kevinj2261
      @kevinj2261 3 роки тому +3

      Maybe it's called Adapt to Survive, lots of countries have their own Chinese food and have a hyphen to connect those two different cultures as bridge eg Chinese-American food : generals chicken, Chinese-Japanese food: Gyoza(dumpling) , and list can go on ...

  • @lb8141
    @lb8141 5 років тому +19

    I'm half Cuban, my family is Cuban Chinese and I love Cuban Chinese food! So freaking good!

  • @JSAVACADO
    @JSAVACADO 7 років тому +7

    This is a pretty epic piece of journalism, displaying the melding of two cultures through historic events, and the culinary effects as a result. Honestly, as someone of Hispanic origin and raised in Texas, understand how something like this can happen. It is similar to the Tex-Mex culinary movement and Bill Miller's own inclusion of BBQ items to taco menus.

  • @abebibiano3149
    @abebibiano3149 5 років тому +8

    I remember my first time going to mexico, going to a chinese restaurant and hearing the workers talk perfect spanish, it was dope.

  • @gabrielbatista4329
    @gabrielbatista4329 6 років тому +18

    I remember going to China town in Cuba as a kid, It was like an entirely different city full of Chinese people, they had some amazing food.

  • @1Pennykins
    @1Pennykins 10 місяців тому +7

    La Caridad re-opened!

  • @inaty22
    @inaty22 6 років тому +197

    Now I know why my grandmother would always know how to make such good Chinese food. We are Cuban and I was always so confused because she didn’t know anything things other than what she learned in Cuba. She would always say there’s a bit of Chinese in all of us 😂😂 Cuba is such a blended country. Don’t matter the race. If you were born there you’re Cuban no matter what.

    • @nenaj1
      @nenaj1 2 роки тому +4

      A bit of Chinese in all of us 😂

    • @franzferdinand1393
      @franzferdinand1393 Рік тому

      @Gin Oe shoot yo shot partner

  • @dre249
    @dre249 2 місяці тому +1

    There’s was one on 82nd and Jackson heights when I was kid. Me and fams would go every Sunday. Best food in the world great people. They all spoke Spanish very well

  • @damlabahri1659
    @damlabahri1659 7 років тому +126

    0:42 Good job man! Never shut your phone to your wife, even when you're doing an interview. 👏👏😂

  • @clararamosroyal9774
    @clararamosroyal9774 6 років тому +38

    At least once a week, my Father and I would hop on the M79 from the UES to eat here. Antonio would always sneak me a guava juice when I was little. (I suppose he did this often with all the regular kids! Haha.) This restaurant is a staple in our family, and a way for my Father to feel close to home- away from his native Puerto Rico. Never a bad meal, and an atmosphere to make you feel as though you have been “one of the family” for many years.
    This is the type of place that makes New York City... New York City! ❤️
    Also try: “La Dinastia” on West 72nd- amazing Chino Latino!

  • @julietang3807
    @julietang3807 3 роки тому +24

    I am Chinese born in Brazil, and when I moved to Canada and was taking French classes, the teacher was puzzled with me whenever I spoke in French. She said my French accent was from Latin America and not like an Asian accent, so she wanted to know where I was really from. Lol.

    • @nenaj1
      @nenaj1 2 роки тому

      😂😂😂

  • @Jcaeser187
    @Jcaeser187 2 роки тому +1

    These are 2 cuisines I can't get enough of. I've been out of plantains for a few weeks and it hurts

  • @markusstadelmann-elder5835
    @markusstadelmann-elder5835 6 років тому +3

    It's an amazing place. When we visited NY a few years ago, our hotel was close by and we had a chance to do some take-out. So glad we did!

  • @Sashazur
    @Sashazur 5 років тому +7

    As a kid I often used to eat with my family at another nearby Cuban Chinese place called La Maravillia back in the 70s and 80s. The combo fried rice was the best! I had a taste for tangy stuff and there was always a bottle of white vinegar on the table along with the soy sauce. I ended up always putting vinegar on my food and would get weird looks when I asked for vinegar in other Chinese restaurant.

  • @alvarez.l9422
    @alvarez.l9422 4 роки тому +24

    There was a Chinese Cuban man in my neighborhood growing up in Southern California. All of us kids called him “El Cubano Chino”

  • @drago9000
    @drago9000 5 років тому +1

    I go to Collegiate which is right next to La Caridad (well until we moved). This and Europan were always where people went after school. So this restaurant holds a special place in my heart :)

  • @dantean
    @dantean Рік тому +7

    "Chino-Latino" restaurants, as they were called, were once all over New York City when I was a kid growing up. A shame this one has since closed. I was only ever there once, but they were fantastic.

  • @cheese8046
    @cheese8046 5 років тому

    These two cultures are so beautiful together

  • @Shinobi33
    @Shinobi33 5 років тому +4

    I remember meeting and going to school with Cuban Chinese people. Blew my mind. Chinese but with a strong Cuban accent and a lot of gold jewelry. So dope and unique

  • @JoeyNYSDnomad
    @JoeyNYSDnomad 3 місяці тому

    So good a real American story bringing cultures together.

  • @TheKelsey
    @TheKelsey 3 роки тому +11

    This place closed in July 2020. A shame I never ate there. Rest in peace

  • @iks2515
    @iks2515 6 років тому

    im gonna cry. i hate when good things start to come to an end. may this restaurant live on pls ;;

  • @kylin3197
    @kylin3197 7 років тому +47

    Fascinating, I'll definitely have to visit next time I'm in New York

  • @treiviek2
    @treiviek2 5 років тому +4

    Sounds like the perfect combination

  • @shootits48
    @shootits48 5 років тому +3

    I'm Latin and I F'n love this! Much props to the Cuban/Chinese man. He has a better accent than I do lol

  • @marydoe8961
    @marydoe8961 4 роки тому +2

    RIP La Caridad. One of my favorite places in the city.

  • @chrisbullock6477
    @chrisbullock6477 5 років тому +5

    Chinese/Jamacian is still super underrated. Fort lauderdale and Miami, Florida's best kept secret.

  • @jintanarawdsukumaal3000
    @jintanarawdsukumaal3000 3 роки тому

    2 different cultures blend in a country that has a very different culture and surprisingly still get along. wow...

  • @Pepesplants
    @Pepesplants 5 років тому +4

    They had several great Cuban - Chinese Restaurants all over New York City. Hard working people providing delicious foods. A magnificent culinary combination from two different worlds. :-)

  • @theproGAMAS
    @theproGAMAS 4 роки тому +2

    I’ve been lookin for something like this for a while

  • @swanbrown
    @swanbrown 7 років тому +322

    that looks damn tasty

  • @K1_Trains
    @K1_Trains 4 роки тому +3

    Adding this to the long list of things im going to go to when corona is over

    • @aamnotsure6209
      @aamnotsure6209 4 роки тому

      Do I have news for you. La Caridad closed down

    • @K1_Trains
      @K1_Trains 4 роки тому

      @@aamnotsure6209 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Bruh

  • @jitaru3707
    @jitaru3707 4 роки тому +14

    Sadly, I just heard that they are closing. I hope there will be more such restaurants to carry on the Cuban-Chinese culture.

  • @carton3005
    @carton3005 3 роки тому +6

    sadly, this is closed. Damn, this will be on our history book.

    • @corin4841
      @corin4841 3 роки тому +2

      I ate here and it was bomb

  • @rubenrubinos982
    @rubenrubinos982 3 роки тому +6

    Chinese Cubans have been there and still are. Havana has a large Chinese community. The irony is that they left China because of Communism and migrated to Cuba and now many have left Cuba for the same reason. La Caridad 78, an Upper West Side anchor on the corner of 78th Street and Broadway for 52 years, has closed. It was one of the city’s best-known purveyors of Chino Latino food, a particular combination of Chinese-American and Cuban fare.

  • @RenegadeX28
    @RenegadeX28 4 роки тому +1

    So bummed to hear about this place closing down. Here's hoping Antonio's talents don't go to waste.

  • @makingknowsense8979
    @makingknowsense8979 4 роки тому +9

    I live 1 block from La Caridad and have eaten there for years. You can always tell a good inexpensive restaurant in NYC when cabs are double parked at dinner time.
    Sadly they have closed a victim of COVID. It is not the only Cuban Chinese restaurananother. It was one of the last family run businesses in the neighborhood. So I will have to find another.
    So sad indeed. It will be missed. ❤❤❤

    • @yg6484
      @yg6484 4 роки тому

      Man I kind of wanted to eat there. That really sucks

    • @aamnotsure6209
      @aamnotsure6209 4 роки тому

      The area has basically nothing now. Maybe chirping chicken and a few pizza places, but basically nothing left for cheap local food in that area

    • @sketroux4580
      @sketroux4580 4 роки тому

      @@aamnotsure6209 there's flor de mayo but it's pretty expensive

  • @thebasketballhistorian3291
    @thebasketballhistorian3291 5 років тому +2

    Blows my mind hearing their accents.
    I did have a Chinese friend who grew up in Latin America (don't remember the country), and he totally sounded like a Latino guy which was freaking cool.

  • @kwokmanchung
    @kwokmanchung 3 роки тому +3

    Awesome. I love Cuban food and like Chinese food.

  • @rodrigocatano2213
    @rodrigocatano2213 3 роки тому +1

    La nueva estrella de oro in Jackson Heights Queens also closed after 50 years of great Cuban - Chinese food, boy do I miss their caldo gallego, Bistec Palomilla nd the Lechon asado con yuca y arroz moro

  • @snowmcsnow4732
    @snowmcsnow4732 5 років тому +3

    I remember eating there back in 1999, good tho know that place is still around. I know of other Cuban-Chinese kitchens in other parts of NY like in Brooklyn. I am surprised "Caridad" have not been driven out by the high rents.

  • @jasonw9251
    @jasonw9251 3 роки тому

    Cuban-Chinese food - sounds pretty insane. Will def try out this restaurant for my upcoming trip to NYC. Thanks for sharing this place!

  • @danielportillo1349
    @danielportillo1349 3 місяці тому +4

    Now reopen as la caridad 72.

  • @mikebridgeline3275
    @mikebridgeline3275 4 роки тому

    Excellent story and history. And of course excellent food. Hope they can keep on the tradition.

  • @Django19
    @Django19 6 років тому +25

    Damn, the Chinese diaspora is a beautiful thing. There were also Chinese in South America and Cuba back on the day. That's why there's chaufa.
    Also, I was going to say there's also Mi Estrella in Jackson Heights. I used to get their guk when I was sick and it was made with yellow rice. Not sure if it closed or not...

    • @kayflip2233
      @kayflip2233 Рік тому

      "back in the day" - huh? There are like 6 million Asians living in the Caribbean and Latin America RIGHT NOW and they've been there for centuries.

  • @ch3xmix
    @ch3xmix 5 років тому +2

    I love everything about this

  • @gp5
    @gp5 4 роки тому +4

    0:48 This!
    Bistec (beef steak) de Palomilla and fried rice 🤤

  • @andyhughes8433
    @andyhughes8433 5 років тому

    How beautiful. I love eclectic interracial mixtures!

  • @davidyasser9591
    @davidyasser9591 4 роки тому +3

    The fact he didn’t let go of his roots and carried his father’s legacy. Huge respect for him 💯

  • @CBs-House
    @CBs-House 6 років тому +2

    Watched this, decided to come here. It's actually very good, like, really really very good. You think you know chinese food from your local chinese place, but this is 10x better. Did not expect it to be better, but it is. Much better.

  • @Bottles93145
    @Bottles93145 9 місяців тому +6

    La Caridad 78 has just reopened on 72nd literally on the other side of the street from Dinastia. They are know known as La Caridad 72. I ordered the other day and they are as good as I can remember. Visiting 72nd you cannot go wrong with either La Caridad or Dinastia.

  • @mingyuhuang8944
    @mingyuhuang8944 3 роки тому +2

    Antonio Wong straight up got that mafia boss energy. Dude is so chill lmao love it

  • @nixzagonzalez7849
    @nixzagonzalez7849 2 роки тому +4

    My dads cuban Chinese. It always surprises people when he speaks Spanish haha.

  • @Anidem9
    @Anidem9 3 роки тому +1

    Cuban-Chinese food?! I had no idea such a thing existed, but now I want it. 😋

  • @XxEctoxX
    @XxEctoxX Рік тому +3

    The last? No. Nuevo Jardín de China in queens has been open for a very long time, and is still open, and the food/staff is amazing.

  • @motomoto6902
    @motomoto6902 2 роки тому +4

    I too face a similar dilemma.
    A paternal ancestor of mine came spoke Flemish (or Frisian?) and descended from Benelux traders living in Persia
    They moved to India when Queen Victoria was crowned Empress of India.
    My great-grandfather used to love eating Flemish and Iranian food in the early 1900s but the family recipes have been lost over time due to us converting to Hinduism and not eating beef, pork and meats.

  • @lavenderbunnn
    @lavenderbunnn 4 роки тому +2

    I live in Central Florida and they have these restaurants all over here I didn't realize this was strange

  • @Kanal7Indonesia
    @Kanal7Indonesia 3 роки тому +3

    I miss this channel 🥺💔

  • @RICO_SUAVE_86_
    @RICO_SUAVE_86_ 5 років тому +1

    *You already know* that anytime you walk into one of those small mom and pop restaurants that has a picture of each dish on the wall for you to browse thru, that the food is going to be 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @BellaFirenze
    @BellaFirenze 3 роки тому +3

    Hundreds of thousands of Chinese nationals went to Cuba between the 19th and 20th centuries. Chinese immigration to Cuba started in 1837 when Chinese (Cantonese and Hakka) contract workers were brought to work in the sugar fields, bringing the religion of Buddhism with them. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese workers were brought in from mainland China about 700.000, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan during the following decades to replace and/or work alongside African and mixed blood or free slaves. Most Cuban-Chinese left Cuba when Castro took over. Cuban-Chinese food is out of this world. It's sad that La Caridad (78th Street and Broadway) had to close.

  • @beautyinthedark7406
    @beautyinthedark7406 5 років тому

    Best food ever! First visited back in the 90’s. I live in another state now but always stop by whenever I’m in NYC 😎

  • @yamilctv3984
    @yamilctv3984 4 роки тому +7

    THEY'RE GONE! Yesterday, I was craving this and decided to go here only to see that they shut down 😢. I don't know when was this but now I'm sad

    • @samw7998
      @samw7998 4 роки тому

      nooooooooooooooo

    • @yolandanelson983
      @yolandanelson983 3 роки тому

      It closed a couple of months ago

    • @lustice8787
      @lustice8787 3 роки тому

      @@yolandanelson983 comment was 2 months before you posted yours

  • @Albanian_traveller
    @Albanian_traveller Рік тому

    I love Chinese food in Cuba. There are plenty of restaurants in el barrio chino. Unfortunately times are getting harder there and happy to see Cuban Chinese culture in NYC. Where else? ❤

  • @bokchoiman
    @bokchoiman 7 років тому +10

    Fascinating!

  • @JohnnyFD
    @JohnnyFD 5 років тому

    This video could have been 10 minutes longer. Great snapshot thorough.

  • @1nsertTitleHere
    @1nsertTitleHere 4 роки тому +3

    La Caridad recently closed. Sad to see such a great place go.

  • @k9man163
    @k9man163 5 років тому +1

    Oh wow i just went to this place on my first trip to NYC, i wanted some authentic cuban food and when i got inside i was very confused, but it was one of the best meals I've had

  • @eve9325
    @eve9325 7 років тому +10

    Lol I love the Cuban guy 😂❤️

  • @iloveyoufor10000years
    @iloveyoufor10000years 5 років тому

    I hope they continue!!! And more people go there it's such a good mix!!!

  • @SurprisinglyDeep
    @SurprisinglyDeep Рік тому +2

    Even though the Covid 19 pandemic sadly ended this restaurant, this video recording of them will be around almost forever.

  • @SiennaSister
    @SiennaSister 6 років тому +1

    I have known these guys for almost 40 years! Their restaurant used to be one counter with about 7 seats and a line would be outside waiting to get in!

  • @Sabrinaaa.426
    @Sabrinaaa.426 5 років тому +8

    A lot of people don’t know how prominent Chinese culture is not only in Cuba but in Latin America/the Caribbean in general. Cuba even has its own Chinatown. It’s really interesting and goes to show that Hispanics come in all shapes, colors, and sizes.

  • @fryingpanapples
    @fryingpanapples 7 років тому

    love the colors in the shots

  • @birdsdaword
    @birdsdaword 7 років тому +3

    I'm going to NYC in 3 weeks. I want to eat here!

  • @gordonmeltzer8987
    @gordonmeltzer8987 Рік тому +1

    Discovered this in 1986 when Miles asked me to go get him some oxtail. It became a favorite; I went regularly until leaving NYC is 2012. I saw Antonio there hundreds of times and never knew his name until now. Very sad that Impermanence did its job here and they've closed.

  • @TonyJr04
    @TonyJr04 3 роки тому +6

    As a Cuban Chinese this makes me feel not alone lmao

  • @NC-qc7wd
    @NC-qc7wd Рік тому

    I used to go there as a student living in Brooklyn back in 1985. Mr. Raphael Lee was a solid sweet man when he felt like it.