Unlike most Western tourists, I think you and your girlfriend have a gentle and modest temperament which is very much in line with the traditional Chinese aesthetic style.
I don't know how long the history is, but I was a kid more than 30 years ago. It's a snack I remember. It's popular in Sichuan and Chongqing. It's hard to imagine that there are traditional tools that can be used to attract people's attention while knocking. It's also a cutting tool.
I noticed Chinese value balance, harmony, peace and tranquility, unlike us noisy and boisterous Africans! We have a ton of Chinese in my country and they helped modernise our infrastructure. They have their own Chinatown where many non-Chinese love to visit for meals, shopping, etc
The reason you were seeing a lot of tiny street shops, is probably because you were walking around in mostly residential streets or tourist attractions lol. There are plenty of malls and Grocery stores like Walmart in every city, and a wet market in every communities usually, even nowadays people tend to do their grocery shopping online (it takes around 30 mins to delivery to your place.)
When you were Chengdu, you should've visited one of the largest malls, New Century Global Center. It is the world's largest building in terms of floor area. Has a Olympic sized skating rink and water park.
Nowadays, many people in China like to buy things online. You can buy things from various provinces in China ( including food). Which will be delivered to your home in a short time and the price is much cheaper than shopping malls. You can even buy fresh vegetables, fruits, fish and meat that you need every day online, and these foods will be delivered to your home quickly and at a cheap price. This has caused many shops to slowly disappear.
I'm a person from Chengdu and there's a few things I can help you better understand the foods in the video. In the beginning of the video you guys tried the pancake, we locals call it Danhonggao(蛋烘糕), which means egg baked cakes and has a fluffy texture and stands as one of the must-try food in Chengdu. The tofu dessert you tried I think is not a specialty in Chengdu, it's like a variation of a dessert originating in Taiwan Province but probably this dessert store is headquartered in Chengdu. In your last video, the so-called meat dumplings are more similar to Cantonese Wonton, we locals call it Chaoshou(抄手); Cantonese Wonton has a slightly thinner skin always wrapping shrimps and pork in a non-spicy soup while Chaoshou usually only has pork inside and it can be soaked in spicy sauce or a non-spicy broth.
America online shopping takes 2+days and food delivery takes an hr and is expensive fees. If we had delivery speed like China, grocery stores and shops wouldnt survive either.
there is a Chinese saying "少不入川", which roughly means " if a young man goes to Si chuan province, he wouldn't want to leave because of too comfortable local life there." so chengdu is surely a very livable place. chengdu is the capital of Sichuan province.😊
When you have some time go learn some Chinese, you will find it very interesting, you don't have to learn something very complicated but just some basic Chinese then you can have basic communication with the Chinese, not that hard though.
Oh my god! That's Dan hong gao（蛋烘糕，egg baked cake）! My favourite chinese dessert! Smart choice! Being a vegetarian-traveler is definitely hard, so good luck and I wish both of you have fun!
Chinese is the most populous language in the world, spoken by 1.4 billion people. Chinese can be seen everywhere in Southeast Asia. Chinese is one of the six official languages of the United Nations. If you want to communicate with Chinese people, just learn some simple daily conversations. The reason why Chinese people don’t know English is because China has a huge territory and a history of five thousand years. It has formed a unique cultural atmosphere. All of my western friends who made visits to China came back with extremely high praises on China.All cities are modern.clean and very safety.There are no guns, drugs, homeless people, LGBT, delinquents, thieves, or violence in China. It is a very safe country.This the true.True you can not see it in Western media when they speak about china.
there are supermarkets but a lot of people just go to local wet markets or just small family style shops that typically just sell one type of food - fruits, vegs, meats, etc... and just pick up stuff from a few places within the area. nowadays some people just have groceries delivered.
There are many supermarkets. When you see those big big buildings, usually shopping malls, there are always supermarkets, located at B1 or first floor.
To your question on grocery shopping: each residential zone would usually have one or more farmers markets that sell produces at affordable prices. The more modern and built up areas would have fewer markets but more fancier supermarkets that are a bit more expensive, these are often in basements of huge malls. Both types are good places to check out if you are ever visiting again.
I haven't been to supermarkets for many years. Usually, young people eat delivery or shop online. Most of the deliveries are free and only take 30 minutes.
What you said at the end of this video is quite right. In China, Beijing is known as the political center, Shanghai as the financial center, and shenzhen as the technology center. It is not 100% the case (many Chinese investment banks and funds are based in Beijing, and you can also find many hitech factories in Shanghai), but it is mostly true. Actually the thing is, any city apart from Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen is much more livable than these three. The pace of life is so quick. And you have to work very hard or be super rich to live in those three cities.
Since the online order is much convenient for everyone and for the daily grocery order can deliver within 2 hours or less. And what you see on the street mostly are convenience stores, and the supermarkets are most located in the neighborhoods. Plus, in chengdu you can find most of local markets, and there you can buy meats vegetables….etc but most fun is there are many of local foods available, and there are very tasty if you into SIchuan food.
Pat.. I was so looking forward to you doing a video in that gigantic build.. called Chengdu century centre.. i'm gutted.. got a hunch your next trip will be down south..
Catch your videos late, I'm not mainlander, in Asia , except Japan and Korea ( I'm guessing, someone correct me if I'm wrong ) grocery shopping traditionaly are done open market, like farmer market in USA even for meat, in Hong Kong it could be in an apartment complex, usually dedicated first or second floor in one of the building, i think adopting to Western style grocery store mostly occurs in largest cities! I left macau 40 years agos, never been back, so someone fill me in if my impression is wrong from doing research through UA-cam 😂, will be there when I retire in 2 years!
Yeah, you're so right that almost everything... Culture, Food in Asia are originated from China... the Culture hub of Asia for thousand years of history...
Great, so much freedom, modernity, truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance.
💯🇨🇳
Unlike most Western tourists, I think you and your girlfriend have a gentle and modest temperament which is very much in line with the traditional Chinese aesthetic style.
really bad translation, try deepl next time if u can
I don't know how long the history is, but I was a kid more than 30 years ago. It's a snack I remember. It's popular in Sichuan and Chongqing. It's hard to imagine that there are traditional tools that can be used to attract people's attention while knocking. It's also a cutting tool.
❤卖糖的。
Culturally speaking, the Chinese value harmony more than anything else. One needs a lot of patience to achieve that.
I noticed Chinese value balance, harmony, peace and tranquility, unlike us noisy and boisterous Africans!
We have a ton of Chinese in my country and they helped modernise our infrastructure. They have their own Chinatown where many non-Chinese love to visit for meals, shopping, etc
The reason you were seeing a lot of tiny street shops, is probably because you were walking around in mostly residential streets or tourist attractions lol.
There are plenty of malls and Grocery stores like Walmart in every city, and a wet market in every communities usually, even nowadays people tend to do their grocery shopping online (it takes around 30 mins to delivery to your place.)
Oooh good to know
When you were Chengdu, you should've visited one of the largest malls, New Century Global Center. It is the world's largest building in terms of floor area. Has a Olympic sized skating rink and water park.
Nowadays, many people in China like to buy things online. You can buy things from various provinces in China ( including food). Which will be delivered to your home in a short time and the price is much cheaper than shopping malls. You can even buy fresh vegetables, fruits, fish and meat that you need every day online, and these foods will be delivered to your home quickly and at a cheap price. This has caused many shops to slowly disappear.
True! Online is a big market now!
I'm a person from Chengdu and there's a few things I can help you better understand the foods in the video. In the beginning of the video you guys tried the pancake, we locals call it Danhonggao(蛋烘糕), which means egg baked cakes and has a fluffy texture and stands as one of the must-try food in Chengdu. The tofu dessert you tried I think is not a specialty in Chengdu, it's like a variation of a dessert originating in Taiwan Province but probably this dessert store is headquartered in Chengdu. In your last video, the so-called meat dumplings are more similar to Cantonese Wonton, we locals call it Chaoshou(抄手); Cantonese Wonton has a slightly thinner skin always wrapping shrimps and pork in a non-spicy soup while Chaoshou usually only has pork inside and it can be soaked in spicy sauce or a non-spicy broth.
Because people only do online shopping In China even grocery shopping. Delivery is super efficient. It can be done within 30 minutes.
America online shopping takes 2+days and food delivery takes an hr and is expensive fees.
If we had delivery speed like China, grocery stores and shops wouldnt survive either.
@@MacrosFTW 货品都是从店铺送出来的，所以没影响
China's beauty, safety and deliciousness need you to experience it in person. China welcomes you.
China is indeed a fun place with lots of delicious food. You're welcome to come and visit!
We love it! 🇨🇳👏🏻
there is a Chinese saying "少不入川", which roughly means " if a young man goes to Si chuan province, he wouldn't want to leave because of too comfortable local life there." so chengdu is surely a very livable place. chengdu is the capital of Sichuan province.😊
When you have some time go learn some Chinese, you will find it very interesting, you don't have to learn something very complicated but just some basic Chinese then you can have basic communication with the Chinese, not that hard though.
He said it's good for the throat. You're so smart.
I guess sign language is just universal.
The vendor was selling 麦芽糖（mai-ya-tang), which is a kind of candy made out of wheat.
Oh my god! That's Dan hong gao（蛋烘糕，egg baked cake）! My favourite chinese dessert! Smart choice! Being a vegetarian-traveler is definitely hard, so good luck and I wish both of you have fun!
People in China usually purchase food materials from fresh market near the living neighbourhood, and someone will go to supermarket alternatively.
Oooh, good to know
中国有大型卖场 跟你们一样 在大商场的-1楼 下次你注意看看 就知道了 找个旅行团 去一趟川西 那里更加美丽 气候宜人
When eating Chongqing hotpot/barbecue/stir-fried/fried food..., you should drink herbal tea. Herbal tea is like the radiator of a car.
When I have hotpot I must have a lot of cold beer, the best👍🙃
There are too many snacks in Chengdu, "Chen Mapo Tofu", "Dandan Noodles", "Zhong Shui Dumplings"... It's all a must-try👍👍👍
Chinese is the most populous language in the world, spoken by 1.4 billion people. Chinese can be seen everywhere in Southeast Asia. Chinese is one of the six official languages of the United Nations. If you want to communicate with Chinese people, just learn some simple daily conversations. The reason why Chinese people don’t know English is because China has a huge territory and a history of five thousand years. It has formed a unique cultural atmosphere. All of my western friends who made visits to China came back with extremely high praises on China.All cities are modern.clean and very safety.There are no guns, drugs, homeless people, LGBT, delinquents, thieves, or violence in China. It is a very safe country.This the true.True you can not see it in Western media when they speak about china.
2:45 the guy was selling maltose, which is a very traditional chinese candy.
Delicious!
Most of the Chinese will do online shopping so it’s not necessary for the convenience store to be big. Convenient and fast.
there are supermarkets but a lot of people just go to local wet markets or just small family style shops that typically just sell one type of food - fruits, vegs, meats, etc... and just pick up stuff from a few places within the area. nowadays some people just have groceries delivered.
Supermarkets have processed food and is overpriced as well all over the world. It's good to get from local markets .
There are many supermarkets. When you see those big big buildings, usually shopping malls, there are always supermarkets, located at B1 or first floor.
To your question on grocery shopping: each residential zone would usually have one or more farmers markets that sell produces at affordable prices. The more modern and built up areas would have fewer markets but more fancier supermarkets that are a bit more expensive, these are often in basements of huge malls. Both types are good places to check out if you are ever visiting again.
Interesting insight
I'm glad to see that you are more and more relaxed and enjoying the life in China.
I haven't been to supermarkets for many years. Usually, young people eat delivery or shop online. Most of the deliveries are free and only take 30 minutes.
Wow that’s good!
04:00 malt sugar
Pear paste candy.
What you said at the end of this video is quite right. In China, Beijing is known as the political center, Shanghai as the financial center, and shenzhen as the technology center. It is not 100% the case (many Chinese investment banks and funds are based in Beijing, and you can also find many hitech factories in Shanghai), but it is mostly true. Actually the thing is, any city apart from Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen is much more livable than these three. The pace of life is so quick. And you have to work very hard or be super rich to live in those three cities.
Since the online order is much convenient for everyone and for the daily grocery order can deliver within 2 hours or less. And what you see on the street mostly are convenience stores, and the supermarkets are most located in the neighborhoods. Plus, in chengdu you can find most of local markets, and there you can buy meats vegetables….etc but most fun is there are many of local foods available, and there are very tasty if you into SIchuan food.
That guy saying that the rock candy 好吃得很（”hao chi de heng,” meaning super delicious) is so funny and happy 😊
😂👏🏻
Pat.. I was so looking forward to you doing a video in that gigantic build.. called Chengdu century centre.. i'm gutted.. got a hunch your next trip will be down south..
环球中心吧
Catch your videos late, I'm not mainlander, in Asia , except Japan and Korea ( I'm guessing, someone correct me if I'm wrong ) grocery shopping traditionaly are done open market, like farmer market in USA even for meat, in Hong Kong it could be in an apartment complex, usually dedicated first or second floor in one of the building, i think adopting to Western style grocery store mostly occurs in largest cities!
I left macau 40 years agos, never been back, so someone fill me in if my impression is wrong from doing research through UA-cam 😂, will be there when I retire in 2 years!
Thanks share China street food 👍😋🥠🥠🌮🌯🫔🧆
Watching your videos, I have developed a reflex arc, which is feeling particularly hungry
😂🙏🏻
There are large supermarkets too. You have to know where they are. There are also online shopping and wet markets.
Interesting to know - we’ll try a big supermarket soon?
I think China is so good ❤
When you mention Chinese apam balik... we know that both of your heart are still in Malaysia 😊
Haha, Fitri, it will always be 💯💯💯- we are Malaysians now deep down aha!
Because online shopping in China is so developed, it is cheap and fast and can be delivered to your home in just a few minutes.
It's like Martabak in Indonesia hehe
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤love you guys😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
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I want to go to Chengdu to see the pandas!!!! cannot wait to visit China!!!
Oooh you’ll love it!
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nice..
Chinese people shop in what we call morning markets for food
Yeah, you're so right that almost everything... Culture, Food in Asia are originated from China... the Culture hub of Asia for thousand years of history...
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Really got me missing my hometown Chengdu😂
Chengdu is amazing!
are veggies allowed to eat cheese?
Yes! It differs between vegetarian and vegan - vegetarians (like us) eat cheese and eggs, vegans don’t
I heard China has Roujiamo kinf like local version burger
成都❤
chengdu food is good
Hen hao chi!!
麦芽糖放薄荷了 我也没吃过
😂
成都美食是比较有名的
兄弟你好
Chengdu's weird and special signature food is rabbit head, go try it
They are vegetarians.
大部分中国商家还是不习惯跟外国人沟通，两个指头比划“10”外国人怎么可能认得，他们又不会写“十”😅
😂😂
Fantastic, thanks ccp thanks xi jinping fantastic.
Hello there
You really love apam balik don't you 😉
Haha, yessss!! Selalu apam balik!
你女朋友真漂亮
超市商場有啊 都在負一層 沒錢咋生活 所以都是去一線城市工作啊 誰在這生活
welcome to my country China
I living in Shanghai🎉
This guy sell traditional Chinese Candy maybe back 1000 years ago.
Woooahh!
成都 非常美丽、休闲 和有历史、文化的城市
China really has too much wired food we never seen in our life