Deep fried banana in China's spiciest city? Make it make sense!!
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- We're continuing on with our Nanchang food adventure, and today I'm determined to try some seriously spicy food! To find the most local, delicious and spicy food, it's always a good idea to get a local's input....
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I was so happy when "not famous" was picked from the bag! and it was even better than I had hoped!!
I love places where locals do little favors, like chauffeuring you to the front door ❤ those little moments are the ones I remember from my travels, even decades later
I kept saying out loud "go somewhere not famous, go somewhere not famous" in the hopes that was what Amy would pick.😂
I was happy about that too.
That elderly gentleman is so kind!
I like when a random customer in the local restaurant in China can speak English…
That's unusual. The girl in video seems to be a middle-school student or college studet.
Does anyone else love watching this channel as much as I do
I am from CANADA. I love this channel.She is awesome.😂
I love China, i really miss the place, nice people and the food is so different than the Chinese food we have in Europe . So much to choose from, i personally like the food from Guangzhou where spicy food is less. Hot pot is my favorite with Dim Sum for breakfast. The street food at night with those small food stand, you could just walk around and pick anything and it cost almost nothing. The culture is so different from ours, China night life is something i really miss also
To me the Chinese night market are way more dangerous than battlefield, I may not get shot on battlefield, but definitely get fat in those markets. : )
Welcome to China again. The great food is still waiting for you
Taxi drivers know cheap but good local food joints.
Yeah because they earn .25 usd a day 😂
@@RayQ101 in your country， how much they earn?
@@karlwu5599 In China. Look it up you clown 🤡
Unless they are receiving commissions taking you to the place. It really depends from place to place and from driver to driver. But usually drivers who are local are better.
@@RayQ101对对对对
So kind of that Bob the Builder guy to -give you directions- take you to his suggested place.
Thanks for working up a sweaty face to show us the deliciously spicy food! :D
The sweat is for the weather. But all that spice didn't help! 🤣🤣
Actually, that's private(illegal) driver. You can think of it as the motorcycle version of Uber(taxi), but it's illegal and doesn't require an app.
@@psychiisuWill any illegal driver take her to a place for free?
this started as it usually does with me watching people "be in places" so i can write in the setting of a country i've never been in better, but watching this girl, watching You, just be so fucking happy to eat these things, is somehow slowly curing me of my depression? There is power in You, Girl Who Eats Things In China (as i've described you to friends, now). please keep eating cool and scary stuff in the country i'd love to be in
The things Amy does for us. Trying all these crazy spicy foods.
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I could watch you for hours; your videos seem to end much too quickly, though they're not a fast 10 minute video, I just am so fascinated by the food, the sights, the people and of course, your reactions to the food you're eating. I also enjoy listening to you converse with the locals. Hopefully I'll win the lottery 😂 I really need to spend some time in China.
I hope you didn't suffer too much after eating the spicy snacks.
Cheers from Southern Ontario 🇨🇦
That's why i play 'em at 0.75 speed 😂
Me too
You should visit if you ever get the chance!
@@vinniekay0967 Great idea, thanks!
@@Mennion3 I'm going to Japan for Christmas and New Years with my Son and I'll probably take off on my own to visit China when our Japan trip is over. Of course, that'll depend on my financial situation 😟
I was offered a job in Hong Kong back in 1980 when I was 20. I was learning Cantonese, but my pronunciation was bad. Then my friend told me I'd have to learn Mandarin so I decided to stay in Toronto because I felt too overwhelmed. That's my biggest regret in life. I'm sure I'd pick up Mandarin if I lived there better than learning Cantonese from a friend - she was hard on me too, but I was always rewarded with a nice (authentic) Chinese meal lol.
Can’t believe Amy is in my hometown! Followed you about 2 years and finally seeing you challenge yourself with Jiangxi style makes me so happy. Well I gotta say Jiangxi spiciness stands absolutely on top in China since I have tasted almost all kinds of spiciness in different provinces. But sadly after living 15 years in Europe my spiciness eating capability just decreases so much. Hope you will enjoy Pingxiang which is closer to my city than Nanchang, the spiciest and a must try dish is called “莲花血鸭”, you have to put a spoon of the soup of this dish in your rice and eat that, yummmmm and def a great experience of understanding the spicy part of Jiangxi.😊
Amy, did you see how sweaty your face was in the first eatery? Eating spicy food on a hot summer day is no easy task, but you just kept going like a pro. Respect!
Love your interactions with the locals, so natural and genuine.
Haha I also noticed her face glistening!
plus she was also sitting in front of the steaming soup!
So great to have that guy give you a ride and there is absolutely no safety issue. And the free drink. Such nice people are heaven sent. As for super spicy, no thanks, even though I'm from, S.E. Asia where chillies are in every meal, including breakfast.
It is surprising that she is still slim even after eating so much food! That visit to the Chinese chiropractor was so funny when he cracked the bones of her back in a previous video some time ago!
It's not fate that favors you, it's because the kindness of the Chinese people is helping you
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Lotus root goes very well with sweet red bean 🫘 soup with dates .
Really enjoyed this and I hope to do a spice tour of China one day. Love seeing how people interact with you. "Even the kids eat this" sent me.
The Filipinos would wrap a banana in spring roll wrapper and deep fry it. It's called Banana lumpia. It's pretty good, it is crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside.
Turon!! Or we call it piscok here ❤
Kudos to the vendor who didn't miss a beat at (5:23) when you asked for taro because I thought you wanted a fish head 😂
I love how lost is Blondie (with a finger pointing into the direction) when taking route direction from a local. "Go straight turn left on the exit and keep left ......" LOL
听了太多关于台湾人有多热情的刻板印象，类似“陌生人问路台湾阿嬷都会放下手里的活带游客去车站”，与这种论点同时出现的，往往是中国大陆人有多冷漠。看了Amy这集，南昌大叔很好的展现了淳朴大陆人的友善。将那些站在道德制高点上的，似乎大陆人尽粗鄙不可救药的荒诞印象轻易击碎。I've heard so many stereotypical impressions about how passionate Taiwanese people are, like "Taiwanese elder ladies will put down their work to guide tourists to the bus station when asked for directions by strangers." Simultaneously, often comes the argument about how indifferent mainland Chinese people can be. After watching this episode, this uncle from Nanchang did a great job showcasing the friendliness and warmth of mainland Chinese people. He easily shattered those absurd impressions of the Chinese as crude and irredeemable people who seem to stand on a moral high ground.
在任何国家看见任何人的行为都不能代表整个国家所有人的行为。我去美国被抢东西我也不会说所有美国人都是强盗。
@@fongfongc8845 是啊，您这番话送给对台湾盲吹的那些人。
The local recommendation videos are my favorite!! Thank you for making these.
Great content as always, Amy! Both shuizhu and youzha are the most common street foods when I was a kid, it's such a nostalgic moment seeing them in your video, especially when I saw that deep fried banana, it definitely brings back my childhood memory of trying to enjoy a hot bite of sweetness on a harsh winter afternoon while being chased by my mom all the way down the alley because she caught me eating junk food again and again 🤣
Love it, how pleasant ppl are to strangers.
If you like Deep fried banana, you should try Goreng Pisang in Singapore. Goreng Pisang is literally translated into " Friend Banana " from Malay to English
"FRIED" banana ... 🙂 A version can also be found in most if not all Chinese restaurants in Australia. Known as "Banana Fritters", they are a deep fried batter coated banana served with a scoop or dollop or two of vanilla ice cream. Sometimes, you can get it in a "Pineapple Fritter" version as well. Deliciously wicked!
I prefer the filipino version (turon) which is banana wrapped in spring roll wrapper then deep fried and coated with caramelised brown sugar. It's super yummilicious - crunchy and sweet on the outside and fragrantly soft in the middle!
@@KC_cheong🎉🎉🎉
You have lucky hands 😂. Many good delicious places are usually not knows and only local will go. The places that had long line (not always) usually kinda overpriced and overrated.
Blondie uploads make all my Mondays better. The deep fried banana likely saved your stomach from that last round of spice, always coat the stomach however possible!
So bold Blondie, even in hot pot I'd normally keep veggies out of the spicy soup, and here you are going straight for the veggies and tofu to soak up all the heat 👍👍
过油 is a well practised cooking technique in the Sinosphere. Makes the food more tender and helps it to keep fresh, the oil coating on the ingredient also helps absorbs more of the flavor components making it more flavorful. That's why we Chinese drink more tea to help stave off the absorption of the oils.
Wow. I like your comment. You must be a chef.
it's mainly a Chinese technique no? i'm not familiar with Vietnamese cuisine but Japanese and Korean cuisine traditionally don't feature that much oil frying
@@aden5297 It is a technique known to cooks in restaurants who do a lot of stir frying. Japanese & Koreans do have fried dishes ie tempura , dakgangjeong.
@@taotao98103 Not a chef but I do like to cook and I'm a foodie
@@doodlemecrzy8075 yes but those aren't traditional. tempura was introduced by the Portuguese, and Korean dishes use frying extremely sparingly. it's definitely not a signature technique in those areas.
the random peoples who just poped in your video are just so interesting to watch
We have fried banana in many SEA countries too, its called pisang goreng
Now we know where it originated.
There's this street food in VN, it is banana squeezed down a bit and being dipped in liquid flour then fried. It is actually quite delicious. There is also the sweet potato version. There is also this zweet that the banana is wrapped in sticky rixe, bbq on charcoals, then you pour in coconut milk that has been cooked with sugar and salt, then you sprinkle some sesame seeds on top. So delicipus that I want tk tear as it reminds me of my childhood in VN
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Can't believe they put a sweet dumpling pastry into hot savory soup dish!
As for hot oil, that's just a method use instead of boiling in water. It gives meat or fish a nice texture. This method is actually also used in stirred fry where food is firstly half cooked in hot oil & then stirred fry with sauce later.
Great video Amy! I'm glad you finally found the spice you were hoping for. Everything looked so yummy! The locals are so sweet wherever you go. Such friendly, kind people!
Ok the boss already suggested milk, and I genuinely agree with her. Drink that milk!
I recall competing with my classmates on hot-wings back in college time. I won the competition, but the price was a tough night aching (maybe two, cant remember it was all hallucinating). Price I paid for acting tough.
Yes milk is good but she has lactose intolerance.
@@parplus2556 Oh I totally forgot about that, no wonder!
@@parplus2556 what she really needed was soy milk, then
@@zeflute4586 ... or lactose-free milk (if available in China) or take a couple of "Lacteeze" tablets which helps to relieve those with lactose intolerance from digestive discomfort bas these contain enzymes to digest the lactose in milk and other dairy products (I think Amy already takes those from time to time, based on some of her previous videos). Lactose intolerance also depends on the severity of the condition as some with this deficiency can withstand a tiny to small amount of dairy products while others not at all and may need the medication.
Hot ones challenge Amy?
To see how it holds up against the spice you've experienced in China.
enjoy discovering your Chinese cuisine journey !
When you asked for the cold mixed lotus roots I was like YES Amy, YES!! It’s soooooo good!!
HAHAHA there is a kind of food called YiyangMalatang(益阳麻辣烫) in Hunan province which is just looks like shuizhu水煮.
There was a wave of migration from Jiangxi to Hunan in the last century, so perhaps the two snacks are of the same origin.
As a Hunanese I have to say that everything you've eaten looks familiar to me, Hunan and Jiangxi are so close geographically.
thats very brave of you , i think Jiangxi and Hunan food are the spicest .
As always nice food adventure video. Love it ❤
i'd say Derk would be so jealous of you eating all those skewers
Great video! Look forward to your visit to Pingxiang and more videos to come 😊
When will you go to Jiangsu?🤣🤣🤣 My hometown is Nantong and it will be super exciting for me to see you to taste the food in my hometown.
Visit xinjiang for next video please!!
Lovely Amy, I like lately you started adding places addresses, that is a bonus.
The best food channel. Thank you for sharing.
Deep fried banana is my favorite when I was kid , you can make it at home it’s very easy. Also you should try “香蕉糕” a banana cake dessert ( made with sticky rice flour) it’s very delicious too you can purchase at taobao or wherever. I think it’s Cantonese snack?
And there she is again! "Bring a smile on my face again, Bubbly Aussie Blondie!" 😆 And what lovely nice man this was to give U a lift. And what a find that place! The 2nd place with the Fried banana & Fried Corn, those 2 items to me seem Indonesian influenced. Cause they are typical Indo Warung and streetfood snacks. And Delicious!!
Indonesian influenced?
No, it's the other way around. Every type of bakmi, bakso, bakwan (yes, including that bakwan jagung you saw in this video), bakpao, bakpia, bakcang, kwecang, bihun, kwetiau, kue, misua, soto, tahu, tempe, and kecap that you find in Indonesia were first made by Chinese who had migrated to the islands of what's now Indonesia starting tens of thousands of years ago. You can see all those foods are still called by their Chinese names (in Hakka dialect).
Chinese migrants also introduced fermented foods like acar (pickle), arak beras (rice wine), telor asin (salted egg) and ikan asin (salted fish). Heck Chinese migrants even taught local Indonesians how to plant rice in paddy fields. Every type of kue basah in Indonesia which are made of tepung beras (rice flour) were first made by Chinese hands. Even the name kue/kwe (cake) is a Chinese word which are used in kwetiau and hunkue (a type of rice flour). While the salty martabak telor is Indian influenced, the sweet martabak Bangka/Terang Bulan is Chinese.
Yes banana originated from South East Asia (mainly Indonesia) but that adonan (fritter dough) is definitely Chinese because the main ingredient is rice flour. So most probable the first ever pisang goreng (fried banana) in Indonesia was born out of a Chinese migrant's experimenting with this tropical fruit.
These are just the things on top of my head now and I might still miss some. But can you imagine how boring the food in Indonesia without Chinese influence?
推荐花蛤粉，大学毕业以后就再也没吃到过了，好想吃😭
Lol. Love the guy complimenting you. It sounded like he was trying really hard to convince you that you're beautiful! Haha. Top bloke
Was he interested in her? 😅
Beautiful! I second that!❤❤
Cooking in oil is better for vegetables flavour wise because when you are boiling vegetables in water all the nutrients leech out that's why the liquid can turn into a different colour. When you are frying it the oil it stops the flavour from leeching out and is held inside the vegetable. The sugars react differently hence the vegetables tasting better when fried.
Who didn't have/love Banana Jaffles when going up as a kid in Australia in 80's. My all time favourite too Amy!
Inviting the cute uncle for a meal would have been a great idea, you could've had a chat with him about the city, 🙂
I’ve made many videos teaching Chinese language vividly and in a humorous way. I hope somebody can recommend my videos to those who want to learn Chinese. For beginners, Chinese characters may look complicated. But once you learn about 100 basic radicals, most characters become easy.
I hope more people can learn Chinese to get comprehensive firsthand information about China and most likely seek more job opportunities.
I would say ure definitely the best foreigner UA-camr in China ❤
Quickly blanching vegetables in oil is a common practice in Cantonese cooking, called 過油鑊 (lit. "going through the wok of oil"). It gives vegetables a round, nicer mouth feel. Chefs will often then rinse off the excess oil before seasoning, sauteeing for wok hei. Subtle difference that makes restaurant food a bit tastier than homemade.
Source: my fam owns Cantonese restaurants in the US
thank you for sharing this amazing shui zhu, always enjoy watching your food adventure videos. haven't been to jiangxi yet, always wanted to cuz the wu gong mountain and jingdezhen. used to had this supposed-to-be jiangxi cuisine called 瓦罐汤 clay pot soup long time ago, also veges and meat being stewed very long in clay pots, really soft and delicious, don't know if it is still a thing these days.
Thank you, that's so cool! Have fun!
Im so happy for you right now!!!! 6:50 the flavour is so good!!!! The spiciness is getting outta of control!! I get it!!!!
Unbelievable,how spice you’ve experienced 😂. Careful my lady! People love spice so much in Jiangxi 😅😅😅😅
Agree on the banana. When I was living in Australia, I used to microwave crumpets with cut bananas and honey drizzled on it and it was certainly one of my favourite breakfast items. Too bad I can no longer get my hands on crumpets after coming back to Singapore.
Presumably 油炸 is just a much quicker way to cook and "seal" in some of the flavours. For deep frying you usually have the oil at around 170C so significantly hotter than boiling water
Its ok Amy, what doesnt kill you makes you stronger
推荐去江西赣州地区瑞金市的杨家大院的鳖（甲鱼）（有点辣），还有瑞金的小老大的鸭头以及汝豆腐，水饺，以及烂厅下的牛肉汤。还有红薯叶米果，非常有特色。
Growing up in San Francisco we use to have fried banana filled with a red bean paste and fried in a Bisquick batter. Yummm
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wow amy,welcome to my hometown!!!🎉i hope you enjoy the spicy food here❤
Love your videos, I’ve seen them all😭
We were told that small children eat chili as snack and chilisweets in jianxi. In suichuan the had chilisauce in burgers , in a family restaurent. That was normal even for toddlers. Another restsurent served black pebber sauce that none of us could eat. Tooo hot. 😊😊 . Spicy and great.
Dear Amy, the best ways to reduce spicy are milk, yogurt, iced Cola, iced soda. Water is useless. Looking forward to your journey to Pingxiang.
So I didn’t know this and had to look it up, but what they are calling green beans are what us in the US would call mung beans.
They are the same thing. Because in Chinese, we call it 綠豆(green color beans). That's why people translate it as green beans.
I’ve seen something like this banana before in Vietnam or Thailand. They take unripe bananas and roll them in sugar and stuff and fry it for a minute or two. It brings out the sweetness more. I know Mexico has some plantains they do that way.
it's amazing how almost everywhere you go you get free drinks 😆
I got all sweaty just from watching you eat 😂 looks really spicy
The people there are so nice... in fact most of the people she dealt with are pleasant in most of her videos. Very relaxed locals that are really willing to help. hard to find now days around the world....
Love your videos! Makes me homesick for Taiwan. I hope to go to China someday, and go back and visit Taiwan!
I thought you were going to go for the whole Meme when you ate the corn thing, and you said "Look at this thing." Maybe you were letting out your inner Minion when you sang, "Banana" Great video as always Blondie.
Amy, it was a good food explorer to a "NOT FAMOUS" restaurant, you still can find the sensation of the local Chinese foods. Best trial and good luck! 👍🏻🙏🏻😍
I hope there is a book coming.
I might be coming to China soon. China is a big place, hope to see you there.
I'll be interested to see your visit to Pingxiang - we are visiting early in the new year :)
小波麻辣烫. damn, i'm bookmarking this place for sure. looks amazing.
btw, mung bean sweet soup, is great for when you're eating very "warming" foods like shuizhu/malatang, but preferably don't eat a lot of it by itself. it's very cooling and can cause upset stomach.
mung bean sweet soup definately a no no for pregnant women in Cantonese culture. cause like you said, very cooling(太涼)
Another quality video Amy🫶
That is very impressive! I noticed the locals don't even bother to water-down their Chinese in order to accommodate you as foreigner, and it seems to me you are able to make up word on the fly, meaning it is no longer text book Chinese. When you used the word "Shang Tou", which I personally never used before, I quickly checked your subtitles to get a proper translation, but not sure if it really has such a way of saying in English, Did you just make it up yourself? So when you said "Chickeny" which I never heard being used before, I have to look it up to make sure you are not making up word :)
我们确实用这个词 是一个生活化用词 上头
Lotus root! One of my favourite veggies when I lived in Chengdu. I used to buy the cold lotus root with the mala super-fragrant chilli oil from the supermarket, and warm it up with some scrambled eggs on top of rice = a very nice meal!
That's a cold dish. It's crunchy. Personally, I love Lotus root than potato, espically when you eat 钵钵鸡.
It is a special choice to have a deep fried banana, so that it can lower down the spiciness for awhile and a dessert.🍌
Good video mate
Amy, you are blessed, i wish i could have a good appetite like you.
😂 at the end when Amy says she will for sure get diarrhoea. It once burn twice.
Hahahaha Amy has finally found her match. 😂
So this video is for 水煮 and 油炸 in NC. Really fun.
Visit Wuxi next, it's great here 😁
Sweet Capital of China-无锡 我的家乡
I ❤ your videos!
Another surprise was the girl. There are really few people in China who can speak English that fluently
She may be an international student
She eats delicious food and nourishes his stomach with Chinese food.
In answer to your "is lotus root a carb" question, lotus root powder is popular Chinese snack that is made of lotus starch, so since starch can be so easily extracted from it, yes it is a carb. Definitely nowhere near as carby as a potato though. Also, just a pet peeve of mine, 绿豆 translates as mung bean in English, not green bean. Even food labels make the mistake of translating it as green bean and it drives me nuts. But yeah, every Chinese person grew up around mung bean soup. Every time our tongues are red or our lips grow blisters or if it's just hot outside, our moms will make mung bean soup to 去火.
The cold green bean soup in Singapore we also eat it during humid hot weather. It helps detox and clearing the toxic inside our body, reduce the body heat in the body. But can’t eat too much of it, will cause jelly legs. Hahahhaa!
If you go to pingxiang, you can climb the mountain of Wugongshan and make a video, it's so popular and beautiful
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