I love this chinese guy for explaining localized things so well and figuring out the concepts of products! Cause there's always so much name-wraping in chinese fastfood marketing. I as chinese nodded a lot in my head while watching. Joe's also great and so funny!
Agreed. I just found this channel, but as a chef I like having him explain some of the Chinese cultures thoughts on food. It's seriously interesting to me. I've worked mostly Europeans and Latins, so my Eastern Asian (which is extremely broad on it's own) is very limited to working as Sous for my Ex's families Korean/Japanese restaurant for a year.
As a Chinese now living in the US, I have to say, when I first moved to the States, the moment I found out "New Orleans Chicken" is actually fake, I feel so cheated by KFC 😢 Childhood favorite of all time 😢
This is the first video I've seen from this series and holy hell I am absolutely smitten with Tianran. He's an amazing host and the way he describes food and reacts to them is absolutely wonderful.
Love these vids, for some reason they’re just so interesting and I don’t really even eat fast food much. I just love seeing the comparison between countries
My wife introduced me to KFC China a few years back. Bought two Dragon Twisters back for the plane ride back, I miss it so much. They literally just made a big Peking Duck wrap but replaced the duck with KFC chicken😋
Yea it is, which is super freaking weird because they don't offer mashed potatoes here on it's own, but it's part of the bowl? Sides at KFC canada are awful... Anyways unlike what Joe said about KFC being king in US, KFC is utter trash in canada, has like 1/3rd of the already reduced US menu, and struggling as a business (locations near me closed). Which im fine with because they obviously put in no effort and we have tons more variety in the fried chicken game, all of which are better. (Mary browns the best, Churches is great, Popeyes is a mixed bag - some good locations, some really bad, Jolibee still has a small footprint but its great and expanding, and yea chick fila here too is popular though not quite the same category). Plus while these chains don't have much spicy options (Mary browns still has some nashville options but they aren't very hot).. Canadians do love some very spicy chicken, so Lately a lot of new Nashville style chains have been popping up in ontario, Penneys being one of the best.
@@Axer128 same in qc every kfc look abandoned, but we dont have any of the other american fried chicken chain wich suck but we have a lot of independant restaurant that are excellent
Don´t forget that they have a Dessert Corner, where they serve special items, which they switch up every season. Mcdonald's has one as well! Their seasonal drinks are unbelievably good! Oh, the Red Bean Pie is always sold out in Wuhan. The last time I visited family there in 2019, I couldn´t get it anywhere in Hankou. It is one of their best-sold products.
Back in 2010 when I worked in China, they had a Mexican wrap that was really good. They discontinued it though. The Old Beijing was also a favourite of mine.
I still can't get over the fact that how other countries (China) are just more advance when it comes to food than the US it's insane It just looks much better. So much healthier We need to adapt to other countries. I think if the US did that I think we would be a much healthier country. Tianran It's such an amazing Co-host. He describes everything so perfectly. Also Joe you're on fire with this one🔥🔥🔥
Restaurants like these effectively rebrand themselves when moving abroad. Crappy store with minimum wage workers serving consumer who doesn’t even expect quality food is the stigma and brand image for them at home. They either cannot change it or believe it is not cost efficient. For most American, Canadian and European, KFC, Pizza Hut and McDonald will forever be the dirty fast food place that serves just barely-ok food. In countries with a completely different cultural sphere that don’t really know what they are back at US, these fast food chain get a clean and fresh start and can be what they want themselves to be.
from my (limited) experience of the US, volume is valued over anything else. this is fun if you’re on holiday, but it doesn’t allow much room for the nuance of flavour that’s available in the world. why make something interesting or clever if you can make the same thing again…but bbbiiiggg :) (also, there’s a lot of food in the US is utterly amazing)
@@onemorechris When it comes to drinks alone, I will never complain. The Big Gulp on a Florida afternoon, is a lifesaver compared to the rip-off of UK little drinks 😁
I've had KFC China and KFC USA. KFC USA sucks in comparison to KFC China in terms of offerings and overall quality. In China, KFC needs to come out with a line of new products every month to get returning customers, as regular KFC customers typically return only for new/recurring seasonal items. The food at KFC China is also always fresh and hot and more diverse. In the USA, you never know what you'll get.🔥🔥
This video would've helped me a lot last month as I was in China for work. Unfortunately I found out that the Chinese KFC stopped using picture menus so I had to resort to trying to tell the cashier what I wanted by pointing to pictures from the KFC China website on my phone. I can vouch that the K-pizza is quite good, and I would get it again.
Noting that according to Chinese law, anyone has the right to file a complaint for false advertising or to report the same, being accused of false advertisement can quickly happen in China.
I'm here now and I find the beef burgers are surprisingly better than the chicken ones. They actually taste like real beef, not the plastic crap McDonald's have. I must try that dapanji since you're raving on the pizza. I didn't know that exists because as you said, there are too few pictures on the counter menu to tell what's available. I'm really amazed by how many they show here, so much that the entire video is almost exclusively China KFC.
when my girlfriend moved to the UK alls she ever did was complain and say how Chinese KFC was so much better than the KFC worldwide, she is dead right lmaooooo
Those egg tarts are a staple in KFC's all throughout Asia and are absolutely fantastic. It's actually quite difficult to find places that make better egg tarts.
That’s true, and in the 90s all kids loved KFC chicken and the best thing to make a kid’s day was holding birthday parties there. Till this day I’m still addicted to their original chicken 🍗
i’ve been watching food wars since it started so i’m more than excited that you guys are doing china! i’ll be moving there very soon and know nothing about my food options (especially being vegetarian) so this is very very useful!!
I miss the KFC in China, I haven’t gone back in many years but I still think about it 😂😂 I’m glad I get to see some more China KFC food vicariously through this video!! (My favourite thing was that spicy fried chicken wing, wonder if it still tastes just as good!)
In my opinion Chinese KFC has worse chicken than chinese McDonalds even, especially the spicy chicken. KFC‘s isn‘t spicy at all in my opinion. I mainly go to KFC for the mashed potatoes and gravy
@@cxclone reminds me of a guy who dumped a cup of that outside school window sill and left there for three years. (such a crime cuz they are real good) and eventually it became the cursed cheese equivalent as of doawk 😂
@@lishiping84 Haha hopefully one day. Chinese Takeout is great here, because a lot of restraunt owners are from China! But it's still not the same thing.
I like Tianran (I'm sorry if I'm not spelling that right) - I'd love to see him do more of these with Joe, and then episodes with Harry, Nikhil, and George.
They have a saying that the "family bucket" does not mean that you should share it with ur family, it just means that the chicken has their whole family in the bucket😂
For anyone unfamiliar: Chinese marketing loves to put locations on food item names so they sound more appealing. I remember being there during a time when "California beef noodles" and "California beef steak" were all the rage: so many noodle joints claimed to sell "California" style beef noodles, and so many snacks had "California" beef steak flavors, because as anyone from California will tell you, we're famous for our beef noodles, right? 😆
The 'california beef noodle' is really funny. The owner is a Chinese living in the USA and own a noodle shop in the California selling Chinese sichuan style beef noodle. And When he go back to china. He opened a chain called California beef noodle. 😂
I watched my first one of these videos yesterday. And I fell in love with it! Before I knew it, hours had passed because I had watched so many more of these vids.😂
The Chinese cruller got to Indonesia and got called cakue ❤ As far as I know, all 90s kids love that stuff. We'd get them from street vendors around schools, served with spicy peanut sauce and kecap manis. Betawi/Jakarta style congee usually have it as toppings, although it's already sliced thin 😅
Before coming to US my biggest wish was to travel to New Orleans and taste the authentic New Orleans wings. Sadly then I found out there’s no such thing in New Orleans
FYI, the ''nine-fruit juice' tastes almost exactly the same as the tropical juice that can be found in most grocery stores in the UK. It was a classic KFC item in China.
The pot pie is THE BEST menu item!! But, the infuriating part is they cook only so many at a time so either they’re out of them or just put some in the oven so you have to wait 20-30 minutes. And you would get a free cookie. I guess that’s no longer true since you said the cookie has been discontinued. What is with these chicken places effing up by discontinuing the best items?! Grrr!!!
The New Orleans chicken wings in KFC is actually based off of something from Orleans in France. It has nothing to do with New Orleans in the USA. There is a chinese documentary about the rise of KFC in China which includes many of their earliest inventions.
In Canada you never know what you're going to get from KFC... ordered 12 pieces in a bucket when visiting Montreal and the bucket was half full, as the chicken pieces were tiny. Ordered the same 12 pieces in Toronto and the pieces filled the same size bucket, but I got food poisoning... guessing the chicken was frozen for 6 months or the place was just filthy, (never ordered KFC ever again!)
Problem is KFC is the most hit or miss fast food say what you want about mcdonalds being mediocre bur it's consistently mediocre you know exactly what your gonna get at mcdonalds but KFC? KfC varies from amazing to Ass restaurant to restaurant never seen such a big hit or miss
The popcorn chicken at 10:00 looks very different to what KFC popcorn chicken looks like here in Australia where it’s more like miniature bite sized nuggets of chicken with batter.
I was in Beijing in 2016 and I tried the KFC and I was so excited because it looked just like an American spot very “hood” and the cashier look at me with a sassy attitude 😂😂😂 it was so cute and I thought he hated me because the wings were so small but now I get it! 😂😂 but wings were just small in general 😂😂😂 it was a good time! Also because everyone one watched me eat!
Funny tho, Jollibee has fallen in our country with chains like Popeyes and KFC upping their game because like China, our country has a fierce culture of chicken obsession. lol even McDonalds is better than chicken joy. Can’t remember the last time I went to Jollibee for chicken. I’m not a big fan of chicken but KFC and Popeyes really offer good fried chicken variations nowadays especially the chicken burgers. Love the Bourbon chicken sandwich from Popeyes and the zinger/orange chicken from KFC.
The Pot Pie is the best thing on KFC's menu (in the U.S.), hands down. It is way better than it has any reason to be and is the only thing I get from KFC these days as there are so many better Fried Chicken places to choose from. The only other place to get a Pot Pie, that I've been able to find, is from Boston Market. It's also good but I like KFC's better. If you've been sleeping on the Pot Pie, it's time to wake up. After seeing him try it, I'm sad to share the name Joe with this man. On a side note, I think KFC should introduce the KFC Krunchy Box-o-Beaks.
In Australia is comes as an Aussie meat pie with traditional gravely, and choice hot n spicy chicken or normal, the pot pie variant does look interesting
The scapula refers to one of the bones on the chicken's back/chest. The clavicle, or wishbone would be equivalent to the human collarbones. Great video, btw! 😋
33:42 Well when you compare the price between China and US, maybe you should also pay attention to Purchase Power Parity and national income per capita. Although it seems that KFC in China is cheaper, it is much more expensive than other similar food brands selling chicken or other things, and most Chinese can't afford to eat KFC very often.
In some Asian countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines KFC is served with rice, weirdly enough Hong Kong serves rice in its KFC outlets. I wonder why China doesnt do so
I've lived in China for almost 4 years now and basically KFC (and other well known western fast food) just sell everything they can that's considered 'western food'. the KFC near me sells curry haha
That’s a lot of food, is it a specific type of curry like Americans orange chicken curry, British curry less spicy than Indian curry, do china consider India part of west due to British empire used to be there.
@@NicholasJH96 Basically just a generic curry, I don't really know, I'd say more like Japanese style maybe.. If you want to hear something more mad - the McDonalds in Hong Kong do mini Pizzas, Tuna melts and cheese cake in the McCafe section
@MooNPiiG7 tuna melts sounds normal for McDonald's and you probably got a better quality fish as well. I didn't know Japanese curry was a actually thing, I thought it was China,India and two other countries next to India on the side that did currys
nuggets replaced the popcorn chicken and taste drastically diffferent, the nuggets aren't bad but they are not the popcorn chicken they used to have which tasted amazing
i work at an australian KFC so it's interesting to see all the different types of KFC. still believe ours is on top though. quality here is like no other.
I live in Australia but I visited China recently, and china's is pretty good. When compared to eachother, it's close. Though Australia kfc def has better chips imo (but China has strawberry and boba ice cream and egg tarts, while Australia kfc has like no desserts which is quite disappointing)
KFC is THE #1 restaurant chain in China. In the US KFC is somewhere 8 to 10th most popular chicken. Unless you’re in rural or smaller cities or states in the US. But they don’t have the flavor of the other chains. China KFC does too many things, which means nothing is done well. If I want chicken I order from Korean chicken restaurants in China. I stopped going to KFC in China because they would never have the mashed potatoes, nor the side salad, which was more cabbage than lettuce with half a slice of tomato. They have a Thursday special you can get a lot of chicken cheap, I just haven’t tried or wanted it. Again, sauced chicken from a Korean spot is better than bland KFC, especially if they only have fries or corn. Globalization means they change the menu and flavors to fit the region, so most times I’m disappointed eating at “western” restaurants in China. The fried chicken at McDonalds is as good as chicken at KFC. Fried chicken at a Thailand McDonalds is better than most fried chicken I’ve had anywhere.
I’m sure that the reason why China’s KFC sells pasta as a way to compete with Jollibee. It would make sense, after all since they’re both chicken shops.
You do realize to most Chinese people those are just three meaningless foreign letters right? They don’t carry more information to them than these three Chinese characters 肯德基 to you. Tell me, what should 肯德基 sell on their menu?
@@xiaoyedu6168 They would understand the meaning, as 肯德基 is the still the abbreviation, so unless they aren't intrested in knowing what the shops full name is then yes they won't know what it means
Such a great video! I love these two guys and I’m always so excited so see what china has to offer at those restaurant chains! I’m totally in love with red beans 💜 What makes me wonder is that Chinese people can eat milk. Call me ignorant but I thought most of people from these areas are having a lactose intolerance
Actually only a larger portion of southern Chinese are. China is a huge country haha, lactose intolerance is a lot less Prevalent in the northern half. Also most cases of lactose intolerance are not serious. Most people can have a moderate amount of milk or milk products without issue.
In Arizona I would Texas Church’s chicken is the bigger competition with KFC. Our Hispanic community tends to prefer church’s over kfc which is usually pretty bland in comparison
I'm fairly certain the budweiser and bucket of chicken meal is inspired by Korean chimeag. If KFC in China ever did a similar soy garlic seasoning, it'd be on point.
@@zeth479 nah i think theres a benefit in living in a country with thousands upon thousands of cheap manufacturers and producers,u get a incredible selection of choices.....vs a country which is expensive and has to import 90 percent of everything we use......my country singapore's kfc menu is barely 1/5th of china's.......its literally barebones...i think they keep is simple just to save on cost.
@@jont2576 I've been to both countries many times in my life and honestly produce costs are pretty similar in both. Maybe veges are a bit cheaper in China but meats are similar. China is the larger market for sure. In fact one of the reasons I love Singapore is that the food there is cheap, and nice.
I love this chinese guy for explaining localized things so well and figuring out the concepts of products! Cause there's always so much name-wraping in chinese fastfood marketing. I as chinese nodded a lot in my head while watching. Joe's also great and so funny!
yea his English pronouns sounds good too!
@@TheBlackzmanprobably got family who speaks English
@@TheBlackzman he probably has lived in brittain as a kid because its a natural brittish accent not a learned one
His english is better than his chinese
Agreed. I just found this channel, but as a chef I like having him explain some of the Chinese cultures thoughts on food. It's seriously interesting to me. I've worked mostly Europeans and Latins, so my Eastern Asian (which is extremely broad on it's own) is very limited to working as Sous for my Ex's families Korean/Japanese restaurant for a year.
KFC in China still has corn on the cobb but got rid of it in the US is upsetting
Good thing the UK still has it
@@ashhabimran239 yeah i get corn on the cobb every time i go to KFC in UK, always really nice
Yeah the corn is too expensive, yet the corn in China which is from the U.S. costs less
@@michaela7100This year Brazilian corn became competitive enough to start replacing US corn in China’s imports.
@@ashhabimran239 yeah but it's still the UK you're not really known for having good food
As a Chinese now living in the US, I have to say, when I first moved to the States, the moment I found out "New Orleans Chicken" is actually fake, I feel so cheated by KFC 😢 Childhood favorite of all time 😢
If you want New Orleans chicken go to Popeyes
Don't worry, the Americans get payback with fortune cookies 😁
we have the famous bowl in the philippines
@@willgallagherswimming1686New Orleans style chicken is a completely different thing from the Chinese KFC Style chicken named "New Orleans"
bruh i miss that shit soooo much
This is the first video I've seen from this series and holy hell I am absolutely smitten with Tianran. He's an amazing host and the way he describes food and reacts to them is absolutely wonderful.
Love these vids, for some reason they’re just so interesting and I don’t really even eat fast food much. I just love seeing the comparison between countries
how dare you. We might be going to war with these people and you're just sitting there learning about their fast food.
@@AJ-iu6nw calm down jamal
@@AJ-iu6nw now now take a chill pill dude, no need to get all political up in here
They also teach me about food perceptions and styles in different countries, as well as introduce me to chains I didn't even know were in my country!
@@AJ-iu6nw "To defeat the enemy, you must know the enemy"
- Sun Tzu, probably.
My wife introduced me to KFC China a few years back. Bought two Dragon Twisters back for the plane ride back, I miss it so much. They literally just made a big Peking Duck wrap but replaced the duck with KFC chicken😋
The famous bowl is available in Canada as well. And I have seen Keith from the Try Guys eat an entire pot pie from KFC.
Keith needs to pick a Twitter fight over the pot pie.
They don't have it in Saskatchewan😔
Yea it is, which is super freaking weird because they don't offer mashed potatoes here on it's own, but it's part of the bowl? Sides at KFC canada are awful... Anyways unlike what Joe said about KFC being king in US, KFC is utter trash in canada, has like 1/3rd of the already reduced US menu, and struggling as a business (locations near me closed). Which im fine with because they obviously put in no effort and we have tons more variety in the fried chicken game, all of which are better. (Mary browns the best, Churches is great, Popeyes is a mixed bag - some good locations, some really bad, Jolibee still has a small footprint but its great and expanding, and yea chick fila here too is popular though not quite the same category). Plus while these chains don't have much spicy options (Mary browns still has some nashville options but they aren't very hot).. Canadians do love some very spicy chicken, so Lately a lot of new Nashville style chains have been popping up in ontario, Penneys being one of the best.
so you’re a fan of the soy boys
@@Axer128 same in qc every kfc look abandoned, but we dont have any of the other american fried chicken chain wich suck but we have a lot of independant restaurant that are excellent
Don´t forget that they have a Dessert Corner, where they serve special items, which they switch up every season. Mcdonald's has one as well! Their seasonal drinks are unbelievably good! Oh, the Red Bean Pie is always sold out in Wuhan. The last time I visited family there in 2019, I couldn´t get it anywhere in Hankou. It is one of their best-sold products.
you being in Wuhan, at 2019 no less is a roller coaster of a sentence to read.
Back in 2010 when I worked in China, they had a Mexican wrap that was really good. They discontinued it though. The Old Beijing was also a favourite of mine.
I miss the Mexican one so much!
😂墨西哥鸡肉卷 Its gone from the menu for a long time
It had a brief comeback in 2021.
😢😢😢😢 bruh that was my favorite too
I just love these episodes with Tianren! Can't wait for the next one! Good job here 🎉🎉🎉
I still can't get over the fact that how other countries (China) are just more advance when it comes to food than the US it's insane It just looks much better. So much healthier We need to adapt to other countries. I think if the US did that I think we would be a much healthier country. Tianran It's such an amazing Co-host. He describes everything so perfectly. Also Joe you're on fire with this one🔥🔥🔥
My local KFC has a 20 piece chicken bucket and other things not mentioned in this video.
Restaurants like these effectively rebrand themselves when moving abroad. Crappy store with minimum wage workers serving consumer who doesn’t even expect quality food is the stigma and brand image for them at home. They either cannot change it or believe it is not cost efficient.
For most American, Canadian and European, KFC, Pizza Hut and McDonald will forever be the dirty fast food place that serves just barely-ok food. In countries with a completely different cultural sphere that don’t really know what they are back at US, these fast food chain get a clean and fresh start and can be what they want themselves to be.
Watch the McDonalds UK v US. The UK doesn't allow many of the additives in US food either.
from my (limited) experience of the US, volume is valued over anything else. this is fun if you’re on holiday, but it doesn’t allow much room for the nuance of flavour that’s available in the world. why make something interesting or clever if you can make the same thing again…but bbbiiiggg :) (also, there’s a lot of food in the US is utterly amazing)
@@onemorechris When it comes to drinks alone, I will never complain. The Big Gulp on a Florida afternoon, is a lifesaver compared to the rip-off of UK little drinks 😁
I’m so glad you mentioned that there can be differences from one fast food restaurant to another. I’m finding this to be more and more true lately.
I've had KFC China and KFC USA. KFC USA sucks in comparison to KFC China in terms of offerings and overall quality. In China, KFC needs to come out with a line of new products every month to get returning customers, as regular KFC customers typically return only for new/recurring seasonal items. The food at KFC China is also always fresh and hot and more diverse. In the USA, you never know what you'll get.🔥🔥
This video would've helped me a lot last month as I was in China for work. Unfortunately I found out that the Chinese KFC stopped using picture menus so I had to resort to trying to tell the cashier what I wanted by pointing to pictures from the KFC China website on my phone. I can vouch that the K-pizza is quite good, and I would get it again.
Why did they stop using pictures menus?
Noting that according to Chinese law, anyone has the right to file a complaint for false advertising or to report the same, being accused of false advertisement can quickly happen in China.
@@Stilo95very strict Anti-False Advertising Law
@@reis1185 Well done to them! And the people would be right, because the images don't represent the actual product let's be honest 😂
I'm here now and I find the beef burgers are surprisingly better than the chicken ones. They actually taste like real beef, not the plastic crap McDonald's have. I must try that dapanji since you're raving on the pizza. I didn't know that exists because as you said, there are too few pictures on the counter menu to tell what's available. I'm really amazed by how many they show here, so much that the entire video is almost exclusively China KFC.
Here’s everything in a Chinese KFC you won’t find in a German McDonalds
I wish McDonald's in German has every single bread option to replace the bun.
Like literally, every single type of bread existed.
Here's everything in a Chinese KFC you won't find in a German McDonalds
@@jesseherrera6970is there an echo?
@@jesseherrera6970word for word, syllable for syllable, punctuation for punctuation...
Here everything in a Germany KFC you won't find in Russia KFC
when my girlfriend moved to the UK alls she ever did was complain and say how Chinese KFC was so much better than the KFC worldwide, she is dead right lmaooooo
Those egg tarts are a staple in KFC's all throughout Asia and are absolutely fantastic. It's actually quite difficult to find places that make better egg tarts.
China has the most KFCs of any country ethan so yea they know what there doing lol
Fun fact: KFC was the first Western fast food restaurant to open in China
I thought it was Domino's
@@aditisk99 NObody know Domino's in China ,for pizza house is Pizzahut
That’s true, and in the 90s all kids loved KFC chicken and the best thing to make a kid’s day was holding birthday parties there. Till this day I’m still addicted to their original chicken 🍗
@@ferdnandowang2688 very true
@@ferdnandowang2688 everything’s amazing in Chinese Pizza Hut except the pizza
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i’ve been watching food wars since it started so i’m more than excited that you guys are doing china! i’ll be moving there very soon and know nothing about my food options (especially being vegetarian) so this is very very useful!!
Don't worry, you'd be fine, China's very vegetarian friendly!
yeah a lot of bean curd, mushroom, soy and tofu foods are present there don't worry much
homie... no its not.
go to an actual restaurant not a chain and maybe that will be useful?
You can find plenty of vegetarian options. Some followers of Dao are vegetarian. You need to look around though!
Welcome to China!
I miss the KFC in China, I haven’t gone back in many years but I still think about it 😂😂 I’m glad I get to see some more China KFC food vicariously through this video!! (My favourite thing was that spicy fried chicken wing, wonder if it still tastes just as good!)
In my opinion Chinese KFC has worse chicken than chinese McDonalds even, especially the spicy chicken. KFC‘s isn‘t spicy at all in my opinion. I mainly go to KFC for the mashed potatoes and gravy
@@cxclone reminds me of a guy who dumped a cup of that outside school window sill and left there for three years. (such a crime cuz they are real good) and eventually it became the cursed cheese equivalent as of doawk 😂
As an Australian, Chinese KFC has us on ropes when it comes to product variety. So much to choose from.
I guess visiting China is the much viable option. LOL
@@lishiping84 Haha hopefully one day. Chinese Takeout is great here, because a lot of restraunt owners are from China! But it's still not the same thing.
I like Tianran (I'm sorry if I'm not spelling that right) - I'd love to see him do more of these with Joe, and then episodes with Harry, Nikhil, and George.
Joe, I eat the pot pie and I get it pretty regularly. It's delicious and filling and you should try it.
Just an FYI, the scapula is the shoulder blade not the collar bone. Great video, though! I'm loving the new season. :)
They have a saying that the "family bucket" does not mean that you should share it with ur family, it just means that the chicken has their whole family in the bucket😂
For anyone unfamiliar: Chinese marketing loves to put locations on food item names so they sound more appealing. I remember being there during a time when "California beef noodles" and "California beef steak" were all the rage: so many noodle joints claimed to sell "California" style beef noodles, and so many snacks had "California" beef steak flavors, because as anyone from California will tell you, we're famous for our beef noodles, right? 😆
The 'california beef noodle' is really funny. The owner is a Chinese living in the USA and own a noodle shop in the California selling Chinese sichuan style beef noodle. And When he go back to china. He opened a chain called California beef noodle. 😂
@@KinLee919marketing genius
missed that noodles it was my childhood
the new york fries there last time i went had like manhattan combo and just uses parts of new york in the names.
"California Beef Noodle King", 加州牛肉面大王🤣
oh my god, when i lived in china, i'd get the dragon twister ALL THE TIME. it was so good and i miss it dearly!
I watched my first one of these videos yesterday. And I fell in love with it! Before I knew it, hours had passed because I had watched so many more of these vids.😂
This is the episode I was looking forward the most cuz Chinese KFC has a lot of original and crazy stuff😂
The Chinese cruller got to Indonesia and got called cakue ❤ As far as I know, all 90s kids love that stuff. We'd get them from street vendors around schools, served with spicy peanut sauce and kecap manis.
Betawi/Jakarta style congee usually have it as toppings, although it's already sliced thin 😅
cakue supremacy 🙏🏻
That sounds amazing
The famous bowl is a go-to menu item here in the Philippines. It's available in szechuan and italian style flavors.
Before coming to US my biggest wish was to travel to New Orleans and taste the authentic New Orleans wings. Sadly then I found out there’s no such thing in New Orleans
Filmed two months ago?! 😆 I love you guys!! Why couldn't we have the rest of the boys join in? 😭
the coronel sanders on the boba is too cute!!
FYI, the ''nine-fruit juice' tastes almost exactly the same as the tropical juice that can be found in most grocery stores in the UK. It was a classic KFC item in China.
Great series, thanks for sharing!
The pot pie is THE BEST menu item!! But, the infuriating part is they cook only so many at a time so either they’re out of them or just put some in the oven so you have to wait 20-30 minutes. And you would get a free cookie. I guess that’s no longer true since you said the cookie has been discontinued. What is with these chicken places effing up by discontinuing the best items?! Grrr!!!
That Starry drink tastes like old, expired 7Up 😝 It’s really gross!
How does the Chinese KFC have SOOO many more (and better) items than the US?
@@E.MeyersStarry is just renamed Sierra Mist. If you didn't like that, you won't like Starry
I love these videos! ❤
The KFC buckets in China actually update quite often, and new flavors every season. But honestly I still prefer the original chicken every time
New Orleans grilled chicken burger is my fav!!!!! I miss that so much, always among one of my first things to eat when going back to China
It’s a sandwich, not a burger. A burger requires a ground (minced) meat patty by definition. The type of bun is of no consequence.
The Chinese co-host (sorry, I haven't caught the name) has a lovely voice.
True!
Very soothing and satisfying voice!
People here spreading love from their country: I'm in. Much love from Germany guys! 😊
The one I’ve been waiting for!
The pot pie combo was my standard order way back when. I still like them.
Me too. I still order them as well.
Usually joe isn’t that excited about the other countries food 😂
The New Orleans chicken wings in KFC is actually based off of something from Orleans in France. It has nothing to do with New Orleans in the USA. There is a chinese documentary about the rise of KFC in China which includes many of their earliest inventions.
In Canada you never know what you're going to get from KFC... ordered 12 pieces in a bucket when visiting Montreal and the bucket was half full, as the chicken pieces were tiny. Ordered the same 12 pieces in Toronto and the pieces filled the same size bucket, but I got food poisoning... guessing the chicken was frozen for 6 months or the place was just filthy, (never ordered KFC ever again!)
OMG..
中国的肯德基和必胜客的股权以及经营权都属于一家叫“百胜中国”的公司，所以肯德基附近大概有一小半可能会有一家必胜客，就像美国的肯德基和TACOBELL开在一起一样吧
lol sometimes the chicken is cold or definitely not fresh, other times its pretty good. Usually I just go for church's chicken.
Problem is KFC is the most hit or miss fast food say what you want about mcdonalds being mediocre bur it's consistently mediocre you know exactly what your gonna get at mcdonalds but KFC? KfC varies from amazing to Ass restaurant to restaurant never seen such a big hit or miss
at this point, the KFC and its culture are basically Chinese now. The KFC franchise speaks more in china than they do in the United States.
Joe's "extra crispy crunch" took me straight to Brooklyn 99 and Ramero's reaction to Jake's ramen tip 😂
The popcorn chicken at 10:00 looks very different to what KFC popcorn chicken looks like here in Australia where it’s more like miniature bite sized nuggets of chicken with batter.
Joe clearly read the comments of the previous video, his energy levels have increased and I'm here for it.
He actually does full watch backs live on his personal channel
@@B0H0yes
I was in Beijing in 2016 and I tried the KFC and I was so excited because it looked just like an American spot very “hood” and the cashier look at me with a sassy attitude 😂😂😂 it was so cute and I thought he hated me because the wings were so small but now I get it! 😂😂 but wings were just small in general 😂😂😂 it was a good time! Also because everyone one watched me eat!
KFC is dying in USA but growthing anywhere else.
It's not been doing too hot in the UK either, especially in areas where Jollibee and Popeyes are about
its pretty well known KFC is not doing well in the west... its doing well on Asia areas if i recall
Funny tho, Jollibee has fallen in our country with chains like Popeyes and KFC upping their game because like China, our country has a fierce culture of chicken obsession. lol even McDonalds is better than chicken joy. Can’t remember the last time I went to Jollibee for chicken. I’m not a big fan of chicken but KFC and Popeyes really offer good fried chicken variations nowadays especially the chicken burgers. Love the Bourbon chicken sandwich from Popeyes and the zinger/orange chicken from KFC.
This dude is more English then the english😂 he is great 😊
The Pot Pie is the best thing on KFC's menu (in the U.S.), hands down. It is way better than it has any reason to be and is the only thing I get from KFC these days as there are so many better Fried Chicken places to choose from. The only other place to get a Pot Pie, that I've been able to find, is from Boston Market. It's also good but I like KFC's better. If you've been sleeping on the Pot Pie, it's time to wake up. After seeing him try it, I'm sad to share the name Joe with this man.
On a side note, I think KFC should introduce the KFC Krunchy Box-o-Beaks.
In Australia is comes as an Aussie meat pie with traditional gravely, and choice hot n spicy chicken or normal, the pot pie variant does look interesting
Even Chinese options of KFC look tempting and delicious
The ice cream one got me! 🤣
The scapula refers to one of the bones on the chicken's back/chest.
The clavicle, or wishbone would be equivalent to the human collarbones.
Great video, btw! 😋
The scapular refers to the shoulder blade, there's usually confusion there.
Both really great hosts. Love the juxtaposition of accents.
KFC used to have BBQ , which was the day before's extra crispy cooked in BBQ sauce.
9:46
So he's wrong because he pointed towards his collarbone which in a scientific way is called "clavicle" but scapula is shoulder blade
I like the look of those bowls from America, would definitely try them
They're pretty popular but they get a lot of grief from stand up comedians. Patton Oswalt called them "a sadness pile in a failure bowl"😂
Insider Food good video, i was wondering could you please do US VS Australia KFC Food wars down the track?
If you do a comparison video including South Korea get Ben deen on!
omg the wrapped corn on the cob just unlocked a memory for me!
I like the pot pie my self but they need to do something with the baskets they're a lot dryer and harder then they used to be
9:46 scapular isn’t collarbone, it’s the bone that the wings are connected to. The collarbone is called the clavicle.
New Orleans wings the classic! It blows my mind that it isn't available in the U.S.🤣
Finally you guys made video about KFC between China and US. Now I would love to see you guys make video about Pizza Hut between China and US.
KFC China has enough items to become a grocery store.
33:42 Well when you compare the price between China and US, maybe you should also pay attention to Purchase Power Parity and national income per capita. Although it seems that KFC in China is cheaper, it is much more expensive than other similar food brands selling chicken or other things, and most Chinese can't afford to eat KFC very often.
I really miss the potato wedges, anyway always entertaining to see food Wars China Edition.
Tianran again! Nice
This series is going to bring about geopolitical peace
In some Asian countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines KFC is served with rice, weirdly enough Hong Kong serves rice in its KFC outlets. I wonder why China doesnt do so
I've lived in China for almost 4 years now and basically KFC (and other well known western fast food) just sell everything they can that's considered 'western food'. the KFC near me sells curry haha
That’s a lot of food, is it a specific type of curry like Americans orange chicken curry, British curry less spicy than Indian curry, do china consider India part of west due to British empire used to be there.
@@NicholasJH96 Basically just a generic curry, I don't really know, I'd say more like Japanese style maybe..
If you want to hear something more mad - the McDonalds in Hong Kong do mini Pizzas, Tuna melts and cheese cake in the McCafe section
@MooNPiiG7 tuna melts sounds normal for McDonald's and you probably got a better quality fish as well. I didn't know Japanese curry was a actually thing, I thought it was China,India and two other countries next to India on the side that did currys
nuggets replaced the popcorn chicken and taste drastically diffferent, the nuggets aren't bad but they are not the popcorn chicken they used to have which tasted amazing
Now i understand why people in the US are obese. They literally have double the portion size in these foodwars compared to orher countries
Finally the fast food restaurant I was waiting for 😍
i work at an australian KFC so it's interesting to see all the different types of KFC. still believe ours is on top though. quality here is like no other.
I live in Australia but I visited China recently, and china's is pretty good. When compared to eachother, it's close. Though Australia kfc def has better chips imo (but China has strawberry and boba ice cream and egg tarts, while Australia kfc has like no desserts which is quite disappointing)
@@WandererEnjoyer i plan on going to the US at some point soon so i'll have to test there's
KFC is THE #1 restaurant chain in China. In the US KFC is somewhere 8 to 10th most popular chicken. Unless you’re in rural or smaller cities or states in the US. But they don’t have the flavor of the other chains. China KFC does too many things, which means nothing is done well. If I want chicken I order from Korean chicken restaurants in China. I stopped going to KFC in China because they would never have the mashed potatoes, nor the side salad, which was more cabbage than lettuce with half a slice of tomato. They have a Thursday special you can get a lot of chicken cheap, I just haven’t tried or wanted it. Again, sauced chicken from a Korean spot is better than bland KFC, especially if they only have fries or corn. Globalization means they change the menu and flavors to fit the region, so most times I’m disappointed eating at “western” restaurants in China. The fried chicken at McDonalds is as good as chicken at KFC. Fried chicken at a Thailand McDonalds is better than most fried chicken I’ve had anywhere.
I’m sure that the reason why China’s KFC sells pasta as a way to compete with Jollibee. It would make sense, after all since they’re both chicken shops.
There is no jolibee in China.
No fast food China can compete with KFC in China
There's not a single Jollibee store in Mainland China, you need to go to either Hong Kong or Macau to find them
Woohooo a new Food Wars episode 👌🏻👍🏻
China: Hmmmmm KFC (Kentucky Fried "Chicken") let's sell BEEF burgers.
Oms and FISH I'm dead
You do realize to most Chinese people those are just three meaningless foreign letters right? They don’t carry more information to them than these three Chinese characters 肯德基 to you. Tell me, what should 肯德基 sell on their menu?
@@xiaoyedu6168 They would understand the meaning, as 肯德基 is the still the abbreviation, so unless they aren't intrested in knowing what the shops full name is then yes they won't know what it means
2 videos in one day? Joy!!
Such a great video! I love these two guys and I’m always so excited so see what china has to offer at those restaurant chains! I’m totally in love with red beans 💜 What makes me wonder is that Chinese people can eat milk. Call me ignorant but I thought most of people from these areas are having a lactose intolerance
Actually only a larger portion of southern Chinese are. China is a huge country haha, lactose intolerance is a lot less Prevalent in the northern half.
Also most cases of lactose intolerance are not serious. Most people can have a moderate amount of milk or milk products without issue.
@@zeth479 Ok I get this now. Thank you so much for the explanation 👌
Awesome job joe
US portion sizes are actually terrifying
In Arizona I would Texas Church’s chicken is the bigger competition with KFC. Our Hispanic community tends to prefer church’s over kfc which is usually pretty bland in comparison
I can’t believe you don’t have dunked wings 😭 best thing ever on the kfc menu
2 things the USA people thought would never go away.. MALLS and Chicken Wings
0:15 one peice
THE ONE PIECE!!!!!
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kfc got rid of wings, Nashville hot, and popcorn chicken? man its literally just frozen stuff and a sauce.
i miss the nashville hot 😢
Y’all know this is going to be good!!
A Chinese speaking British eating American food what a combo!
hongkonger
@@cannedtuna6114 ethnically chinese
A British speaking Chinese person ...get it the right way round
@@cannedtuna6114he is from mainland china not hongkong
@@cannedtuna6114 he's born in beijing, raised in london.
I'm fairly certain the budweiser and bucket of chicken meal is inspired by Korean chimeag. If KFC in China ever did a similar soy garlic seasoning, it'd be on point.
u know how much kfc loves a country just by looking at how much effort they put into the menu.
Haha please they all just love the $$$. KFC has done well in China though lol.
@@zeth479 nah i think theres a benefit in living in a country with thousands upon thousands of cheap manufacturers and producers,u get a incredible selection of choices.....vs a country which is expensive and has to import 90 percent of everything we use......my country singapore's kfc menu is barely 1/5th of china's.......its literally barebones...i think they keep is simple just to save on cost.
@@jont2576 I've been to both countries many times in my life and honestly produce costs are pretty similar in both. Maybe veges are a bit cheaper in China but meats are similar. China is the larger market for sure. In fact one of the reasons I love Singapore is that the food there is cheap, and nice.
Companies would risk their nationality for 1.4B Chinese market 😂
oo thats what winnie the pooh can never eat in a chinese disneyland
US VS INDONESIA PLS
Hey guys I think you can also do the food wars US VS Indonesia because there is a a lot exclusive items that you don’t get in the US 😃