Jamaican-Chinese Chef Craig Wong Spices Up Chicken Chow Mein Caribbean Style

[@Goldthread]

What are some Chinese fusion cuisines we should cover next🥢?

[@csong9940]

Lots of Chinese people in Latin America. I ate Peruvian Chinese food in LA without even realizing it was fusion.

[@katrinlausch3078]

Chifa

[@johnnychang4233]

Chinese Latino fusion 😋😉

[@Vablonsky]

The Mexican Chinese food found near the border with California and Arizona is very unique and mostly found only there.

[@bemusedindian8571]

Indo-Chinese obviously. Now its a part of Indian cuisine for more than 50 years.

[@amarbaha]

I am from Trinidad and we LOVE our Trini-Chinese brothers and sisters and their FOOD!!!

[@davidscott3726]

Am from Jamaica and I had a Chinese Trinidadian friend called chiny , remember when he came to Jamaica,how surprised he was at the Amount of Chinese here.,he asked 'weh iz di dreadz and Dem,' 😂🇯🇲🇹🇹❤️

[@njnasir4021]

but aint there a whole issue with some indians and black ppl and prejudice?

[@miguelhackett4352]

@@njnasir4021 wtf on a food vid bro?

[@njnasir4021]

@@miguelhackett4352 on a food vid bro? wtf ??nah its not on a food vid bro lol its a response asking a question... try reading the question again 🤦🏾‍♂

[@miguelhackett4352]

@@njnasir4021 you're absolutely correct, brilliant response. I am sorry for engaging not certain what else I expected from someone that would type "but aint there a whole issue with some indians and black ppl and prejudice?" On a vid entitled "Jamaican-Chinese Chef Craig Wong Spices Up Chicken Chow Mein Caribbean Style" but I do see the error in my ways thank you sir

[@TheVVildHunt]

I am Chinese American and I recently discovered Jamaican food. For the past year I been having at least twice a month Jerk chicken, jerk pork, curry goat. I love the island dishes and when I really sat down and thought about the dishes its not all that different from Asian cuisine. Amazing story here thank you!

[@jl5099]

Same with me. First time eating Jamaican oxtail blew my mind

[@Lilly-ud6qs]

Agreed, some of the food is very similar. Our base ingredients in Jamaica are ginger, scallions,garlic,onions and peppers.

[@gunnasintern]

Caribbean-Asian dishes are insanely good, glad to see more people get into it. Japanese-Dominican food was a good one i tried a while back, same for Trinidadian food with its South Asian recipes

[@Vablonsky]

This series continues to be excellent. And, this profile of Chef Craig Wong was wonderful. Jamaican food is so good. And, Chinese food is so good. So, the joining of those two forces is potent. I mean, that jerk chicken chow mein is an inspired dish...the combination of pimentos, allspice, nutmeg, thyme, scotch bonnet peppers, scallions, ginger, soy sauce, and oyster sauce! Wow. Plus, the chef is also French influenced too. What other amazing dishes are on his menu?

[@davidscott3726]

Plus some our foods are Chinese influenced

[@siablo14]

What's the French influence?

[@Vablonsky]

@@siablo14 In the video, Chef Wong explains that he went to live in France and that he cooked French cuisine at fine dining restaurants. That's how he got his start. So, that's what I meant by saying that he was "French influenced." I wondered if his French culinary training and his experience cooking French food shows up at his own restaurant now. But, I would think not. Because he's probably just focused on Jamaican and Chinese flavors.

[@marcyanderson4268]

If I ever come to Toronto, I will definitely go to this restaurant!! One love!! Jamaica 🇯🇲

[@mikeyjames]

His parents came to Canada in the 70’s and still have a Jamaican an accent and my mom came here in the 80’s and pretty much lost the accent ( well until she’s mad at something). That’s wild

[@indra_vrtrahan]

Lmao

[@Poppyrox]

A true yardie! My mom would grow vegetables in Jamaica when I was young and one of the veggies was bok choy. We pronounce in pop-chow in patois. Delicious!

[@krissy0628]

Chinese Guynese mix here. Great grandmother came from China. - last to speak Chinese too. Love love Pakchoy. And I so respect your parents for forcing you to learn another language. My parents moved to Venezuela when I’m as young for work and I’m so grateful I am fluent in another language because of it and it has so helped me professionally.

[@wisecanadianwoman]

I think Goldthrad does such a great job in showing the diversity of the Chinese culture around the world. I find your channel so inspirational.👍

[@femmeofsubstance]

Thank you !!! This story is so REAL !!! I live in Los Angeles now. ~35 years ago, my Hong Kong Chinese/Cantonese landlady in San Francisco was born in Costa Rica and went back to Guangdong, China when she was 4 then, to Hong Kong after the Chinese Revolution. She grew up in Hong Kong. There was a vibrant expat Chinese community in Central and South America ~80 years ago. Now in LA, I met Jews from Costa Rica telling me fondly about their lots of ethnic-Chinese friends and neighbors there and eating Chinese food regularly there. Also, now ~1/10 of the population in Peru has Chinese ancestry.

[@indra_vrtrahan]

I genuinely respect how Wong's parent's choice to make him go french school was indeed a VERY wise decision, as an indian, and thus an asian myself my parents were never easy but they have only taken good steps on my journey, which have always paid me back for all the hellish effort i had to put in, be it my life or education.

[@MixedRogueKhorri]

this so real us Caribbean chinese and mixed carib chinese are so special 🇭🇰🇯🇲

[@staceyk.210]

Who would have ever that combining both Chinese and Jamaican would Spark ✨ that kind of magic!! Chinese food is already 1 of my favorites!! But if you give it a little twist with a Caribbean style I might not be able to stop eating!! I love this Chef prisana on life and food!! I would love 💘 to taste his Cooking!! Great Video and Thanks for Sharing💜💜💜

[@leithompson84]

I love Jamaican and Asian food - would love to try this fusion cuisine!

[@guillaumesandmayer7053]

Jamaican & Chinese fusion. Now that is a restaurant I'd love to visit! As for other fusion - obscure and relatively unknown - Pondicherry- Indian meets French influence. Another secret winner.

[@joshuakunda6708]

This is what the future looks like. I love to see it. Two cultures coming into one

[@CrystalWish]

So cool! Thanks for sharing Chef Wong's story. I'll make sure to try out his restaurant next time I visit Toronto. 😁
I'm looking forward to seeing more stories from Canada in your Mean Street Gourmet series.

[@longhand335]

Why am I watching this at 10pm, now I want catch a flight to Toronto to try this awesome looking food........definitely on my to do list.....

[@matttchirkow35]

I love this. Been to Jamaica twice and spent most of my time outside the hotel/resorts. I was really surprised to find out not only were there native Jamaicans but white, Chinese and Indian Jamaicans all with the beautiful Jamaican accent and fusion food cultures.

[@bobbywilliams4438]

Just beautiful

[@ObviouslyNotABlackadder]

especially Indian Jamaican.. I've met with one

[@yabo2424]

What a super down to earth Chef. Not to mention his dishes looks phenomenal ..

[@Theoryofcatsndogs]

This guy looks like Laughing Face Buddha in Chinese culture. Love his backstory and food philosophy.

[@Zo_1987]

My mouth is just Watering, Im literally thinking about making some Jerk Chicken Fried Rice and Spicy Jerk Chicken Egg Rolls 🤤🔥💯

[@golden_sniper384]

glad to see a channel putting Toronto on the map 🙌 will definitely stop by here

[@Quasimime]

I can attest to the yumminess of the jerk chicken chow mein at Patois. Craig had another restaurant on Spadina and it was amazing too.

[@RawrNguyen]

wow i love his parents' voices

[@brandonneiltaylor]

I'm literally going to Toronto just to try this food!

[@simonechalice5021]

Um yeah sooo ill be definitely passing through this joint! As soon as I come back to Canada.😎

[@manithangavalu7885]

Heiya Rasta man, Craig Wong well done.
Jah Rastafari 🇯🇲🌶️🇯🇲🦞🇯🇲🥥🇯🇲🍍🇯🇲🐙🇯🇲🦐🇯🇲

[@everythingbeautifulalways6118]

Agree, I remembered that era,many Chinese and others went to Canada.

[@michaeltse6961]

Wishing you the best of luck. Next time I'm in Toronto I'll have to check in at your restaurant 🤞👍

[@sacred1827]

It's a natural match in ways because Jamaicans love Chinese food

[@smapili]

Yo his mom definitely has a Jamaican accent lol

[@kayflip2233]

It's no big deal. There are 100,000 Chinese people in Jamaica. It's just a big deal to people who haven't travelled much.

[@sherylsutherland1183]

They're a lot of Chinese Jamaicans in Canada, and surprisingly quite a few in Florida

[@shanicestella2226]

The Biggest Point is Don't be Shy with Spice 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

[@jayjay-pl1xc]

Am Jamaican and my I have full Chinese in my family

[@justincheng6948]

I run by this place a lot and it's been on my to go to list for some time

[@AR21]

You're a very good story teller. I was hooked listening to it all. 😊

[@bereal7266]

We need this in Australia! 🙌

[@AS-yg5dt]

Awesome story and delicious looking food. Thanks for sharing 😃

[@reneeshaw9585]

Im desperately looking for a jamaican chinese curry chicken recipe lol used to love the curry chicken from golden gates restaurant in Kingston.

[@lansvale28]

The big unit has game. Love it 🤟

[@boayoon8715]

I just wanna hear him say “Bombaclaart” just one time 😅

[@alvincapone5859]

Yes broski that's a great idea ,I hope it picks on....mum was beautiful.

[@DRACOFURY]

*A Nuff Chiney People From Jamaica 🇯🇲*
*My Cusin Is Chinese Jamaican*
*I got Another Cusin and Auntie That Indian and Trini (Coolie)*
*I got another from Panama 🇵🇦 Who's Jamaican And Panamanian*
*Then The ones From Belize 🇧🇿*
*I'm Pretty Sure Sean Paul Is Jamaican Chinese Too*

[@njnasir4021]

no mixed jewish portugese with white and chinese ancestory sean paul francis HENRIQUES is his full name and in jamaica mixed black and indian is what we also call coolie... we generally dont call indians that much as its a derogatory world to call an actual indian person... when you say jamiacan and chinese are you saying black and asian chinese or jamaican as in the country as if youre born there youre just jamaican unless youre refering to their race?

[@invadertv8482]

I am a Jamaican Chinese too

[@oxthegentlemangentleman4100]

Good for you man.

[@lisahinton9682]

Well, I'll never get up there to Toronto, so would you consider opening a second location here in Phoenix, Arizona, say, tomorrow? That food looks soooo dang good.

[@anonviewerciv]

First I've heard of soy sauce being a key ingredient of jerk seasoning.

[@elfredawright]

In THAT specific recipe.

[@slabbygabby]

Me too

[@TactlessGuy]

I've used soy sauce in jerk chicken without trying to make it a "fusion" dish or anything. It just tastes really similar to worcestershire sauce, except better.

[@michelleantoinette444]

Yea! Like jerk chicken is JAMAICAN man…give us that!!! Don’t know where he came from with this jerk having Chinese elements. Do you hear us saying shrimp In broccoli is ours 🙄

[@njnasir4021]

@@elfredawright his recipe is a fusion and he should not confuse some ppl who have no clue as soy sauce is NOT part of how jerk is made... ppl can add or do things differently but thats a different thing he should say this is what my mother or grandmother did differently... jerk is a traditional dish made before chinese and indians immigrated to jamiaca.

[@svlagonda7417]

Great stuff. I love fusion food and the life story behind it.

[@oodo2908]

Oh my, my favorite Western food mixed with Chinese. From what I've seen, Jamaican is the only Western food that Chinese people consistently like. They're not so crazy about Italian. Oh man, what does his oxtail taste like...

[@KennNotKen]

Fun fact: Lots of blacks and Chinese intergrated into each other’s communities…there’s lots of black Asians.

[@mineo7668]

BP are not that welcomed in Asian communities. Look what happened Africans in China when the pandemic hit.

[@hc1616]

im blasian

[@timd8912]

Thank you....

[@craigjones328]

Sooooo, we're gonna ignore the fact he coughed directly over the pan

[@BaldKiwi117]

Not cool but it'll get cooked off. Whatever

[@achyif1]

Quality videos as always. Everything always looks so good

[@stevengordon2145]

You can hear their accent you can hide it and it never goes away 🇯🇲

[@ManeThingz]

The first couple of seconds of this video i relate to so hard

[@vagabond4113]

Would love to try this. Looks great

[@ShutUpAlready444]

We need this restaurant in Miami/Ft Lauderdale ✌🏾🇯🇲🇬🇧

[@ViralCog]

Jamaican Chinese are explosive flavours.. it must be like having a party in your mouth.

[@mikem314]

Going here this weekend

[@uwot1629]

5:41
swag

[@kairodumba7924]

Anyone knows what accent the dad has? It is so calming to listen to

[@elfredawright]

He is Jamaican - Chinese Jamaican.

[@lucasaraujo21]

Jamaican

[@njnasir4021]

@@lucasaraujo21 lmao its not jamaican try listening to him again and you should hear its chinese- just broken english like wongs mother... sounds more like many immigrants in toronto why on earth do you thinks its jamaican?😂

[@njnasir4021]

its just broken english with a mild/softened chinese both sound like theyve live in toronto for a long time as apposed to black jamaicans who have. my uncle has a milder accent as its gotten milder over the decades but its very evident.

[@ssagaji515]

I feel like his shop should be on the boardwalk in Rocket Power

[@Kibeatz]

U just made my day this is amazing love from he 🇬🇧 uk whole shop sell off

[@elliotkim2349]

A jamaican restaurant owner told me about Chinese in jamaicans and I was like what

[@danf8047]

ah sheeet here we go again, road trip to TO soon

[@naturalmystics-kd9vt]

I will be coming to Toronto Canada soon I will find you for shore

[@fabianking997]

Looks good but, did this guy just cough over the food while cooking the noodles?? You had me bro until that point. UK stand up

[@tonychang3080]

Craig..congrats

[@aaronzhu]

Unique take on Chinese food, love it!

[@force5926]

I know right?

[@Lilly-ud6qs]

Not unique to us Jamaicans lol

[@jasonszeto7790]

I live in markham gotta reach down soon

[@ts4686]

I could watch a whole series of the amalgamated stories of people from the Global South, who have been displaced by colonialism, or moved sue to hardships. The food that springs from these stories is incredibky interesting, a tasty af.
It would be my dream to travel the world recording these stories.

[@chuckieWalsh]

1/2 Chinese 1/2 Jamaican 1/2 Canadian, 100% flavor

[@professorprofessorson8795]

Looks amaze

[@murrowboy]

Did he just give his secret ingredient to the jerk paste in this video? lol

[@grannyappleseed]

Looks delicious 😋

[@kaydenpat]

Bring that to Washington D.C. please!!

[@roxy44bb3]

Goldthread,
We need a restaurant in Az Phoenix or Tucson asap.

[@sin7wu]

Asian parents are hard on their children because they love them so much. I wish I had parents who cared about me like that when I was growing up.

[@xirogs]

I wish I had parents. Don't let freedom die bro.

[@jrmint2]

Asian parents can be brutal. Many of us need therapy. 😂

[@84Iboga]

I'll go there 😀

[@kellykwan5811]

youre getting pretty physically big dude. youre a hair away from morbid obesity. keto omad

[@migcald6047]

Did He Cough Over The Mixture Wok?

[@njnasir4021]

yeah something i know damn well any real jamaican would never do and would cus him for doing if they caught that lol

[@lazinelad]

Mouth watering
Wish i could eat your food

[@conqueringliion6956]

big up u bomboclaat self mr chin 😊

[@stdenis9327]

Where's the location in Toronto?

[@yeeluvspizza]

Chef, please get on an intermittent fasting regiment ASAP. I'm sure many want to see u create joy in your kitchen for decades to come.

[@qnunyuh8417]

DOPE

[@ericleeSupSayK]

I was going to try this place a try and then I looked at the prices…25.50 CAD for CHOW MEIN…STOP LOL

[@dasani383]

Inflation you aren’t going to pay the same price you ate before covid lol stop living in a fantasy it’s life. Every restaurant has to increase their prices somewhat you want $10 chow mein go to some run down chinese place boi

[@malcolmxwillis1629]

🎉

[@jules263]

Wong 😂

[@ycaceres3357]

Politics destroyed the infrastructure of Jamaica

[@manovrsb]

It's the British that lit the fire which set ablaze in Jamaica. They only put their descendants and mixed race people in powerful positions while telling them to not include the blacks and indians. Putting up a system that made it hard for blacks to escape the poor living standards on the island that it's boiled over into full chaos. Now the people in power chose to leave with the wealth they gained from the British connection and now Jamaica is suffering from it.

[@Athrunwong]

I don’t even know there’s Chinese in Jamaica.

[@kayflip2233]

Huh? There's Chinese in every Caribbean country and 7 million all over Latin America.

[@mariontull7996]

What ..... we have chinese people everywhere

[@philgomeze1814]

Out of many, One people

[@jonedog2567]

Jerk Chicken was a 10/10. oxtail tasted like leather lol

[@anthonyshannon6744]

I think Jamaicans would beg to differ about this whole Jamaican Chinese thing.

[@crystalsutherland2971]

Explain?

[@druskini2154]

Then you're are definatley not jamaican. Out Of Many, One People.

[@michaellala5578]

Jesus loves you.!!

[@ismailmuttaqien1203]

You can always trust a fat chef

[@bobbymoss6160]

That dude is huge!

[@tobeargoodfruit]

They didn't pick up the accent?

[@yastepdaddy]

Coughing in the chow mein

[@mindingmybusiness]

These are Chinese who lived in Jamaica 🇯🇲... Not Jamaican-Chinese. Real Jamaican Chinese look like Jamaican-Chinese. Like Jamaican with Chinese eyes. I am from Florida. Trust I seen them & it. More than 1.

[@jeffrey2326]

What’s the difference?

[@mindingmybusiness]

@@jeffrey2326 black Chinese Jamaicans are just that. Jamaicans with Chinese eyes. They look the part and are the part.

[@Lilly-ud6qs]

Tyson Beckford! Neo!