- Oh dude, did you see that?
- It blinked?
- Did anyone see that?
- Did it blink?
- Dude, it's breathing.
- Oh my god!
- It wasn't doing that earlier.
- What's up ya'll, Timothy DeLaGhetto again
and I'm back here in another episode of Acquired Taste,
the show where I travel around the country trying
to find the most interesting food in the world
and eat it with my unsuspecting homies.
- Cheers. - Cheers.
- So good, these are good.
So today we're out here in beautiful Las Vegas, Nevada
and I'm going to be trying out some duck flippers.
Duck flippers are considered to be a delicacy
in many Asian cultures.
They're usually served in dim sum spots all over China.
Today some people eat them because
they are great alternative source for collagen,
the ingredients for youthful-looking skin.
I got my boy Ryan Higa coming through you know
YouTube OG been in the game for like 10 years.
He's pretty much a boomer in the digital world
so I thought the collagen in these duck flippers
would keep his skin looking young and tight.
He's going to come join me
but he has no idea what he's going to be eating,
all right, let's get it.
Now it's time to head over to Chubby Cattle
because we are going to get in the kitchen
and see how they prepare this duck flippers
that my boy Ryan is going to come and eat with me, let's go.
What's up bro, how you doing, nice to meet you,
so show me what they do with these duck flippers.
- So for the duck flippers, actually
we got prepared right here
in the Chinese food the duck flippers everyone likes.
- It's popular? - Yeah, it's popular.
- Okay so what does it taste, can I touch this?
- Yeah, for sure.
- What did it taste like when it's like this, oh okay,
almost feels just like the cartilage on the chicken bone,
you know like when you eat wings.
Kind of feels like a mushroom too, not going to lie.
Can I eat it like this?
- Actually I don't suggest or you could.
So, how do you feel?
- So this place is a hot pot place right?
So for those people that don't know what hot pot is,
how does it work?
- You going to be cook by yourself.
In China, a big family together,
we will eat a hot pot together.
All right well, my guest is arriving soon,
I'm really excited to try these duck flippers
in the soup and with everything else.
Thank you, thank you for showing me, I appreciate it.
- What's up, man?
- How are you, bro?
- I've been good, been good, chilling here.
- I haven't seen you in a long time.
- You've been busy.
- I feel like we've both been in the game for so long,
you know like where the OG's in this (beep).
- Just old.
- We're just old. - I know, we're just old.
- We're not even the OG's, we're just old.
We're going to try some hot pot today.
Have you had hot pot before?
- I have, yeah.
- This is all leading up, I got some special treats for you.
- Oh my goodness, look at that presentation.
- Right in the middle.
- That's cute.
- What is this made out of, what is it?
- So this one is, you can see a little puppy,
that's made out of our beef oil.
- I never tried dog yet.
- I don't know if this is good for the stereotype
for our people, just two Asian dudes eating dog.
Oh poor guy, this is kind of morbid actually.
- A little bit.
- Oh God, this is so sad.
- What did he say this was made out of, puppy?
- Beef oil.
You gonna drink with me?
- Let's do it, we might we might need it.
- All right, cheers.
- Cheers.
- You know dude, I've never been to Japan
and you're Japanese Hawaiian, correct?
- Just Japanese, from Hawaii. - Just Japanese.
- So what's the difference between--
- It's an actual ethnicity, Hawaiian.
No, Hawaiian is an actual ethnicity and I'm not.
- Oh so when people say they're Japanese Hawaiian,
they're actually--
- Actually Japanese and Hawaiian blood.
- And you're straight up Japanese.
- Okinawan Japanese.
- You're confusing.
- We're the dark versions,
Okinawans are like the dark, hairier ones.
- For everyone who thought we were all Chinese,
you're making it even more confusing.
- Oh, what's this?
You got budget.
- I got money. - I know.
- Just take the little one,
and then you can just literally soak that for a few seconds
because it's so just high quality.
- All right, how is it?
- Oh it's so tender, (beep) right here is spicy.
- That's good though, wow.
- Oh, man. - That melting.
- That wagyu is so, that's hot kind of, but it's good.
- I'm really intimidated by this though.
- I'll just plop it right in there.
- Man, if you're intimidated by this just wait
till you see what I got coming out next.
- What?
- Just wait, are you keeping track,
did you start counting, did you count?
- Oh no.
- Has it been 30 seconds yet?
- I think it's been like, yeah sure.
- Sure, whatever.
- I can't pick it, oh my.
My bad, I feel drunk already.
- What's this?
- Turbot fish.
- Dude, this fish's eyes are on the same side.
- Really?
- Yeah look, two eyes on the same side.
- Let me see.
- Dude, that's freaking weird.
- Oh dude, did you see that?
- It blinked?
- Did anyone see that?
- Did it blink?
- Dude, it's breathing.
- Oh my god!
That's crazy, but?
I didn't know it was that fresh.
- I don't know.
- It heard us saying we wanted to try it
and it just started swimming again.
- Holy (beep), just threaten it,
we're going to eat you, bro.
- We're going to eat you bro.
- We're going to eat you so hard.
- I've never had turbot fish before, have you?
- No.
- Like it tasted more like octopus almost,
it didn't break apart like a regular fish.
It was a little, I don't know, bouncier.
- Bouncier.
- Yeah, I mean, it's different,
I'll just say that, it's just different.
- Speaking of different, bro,
just wait 'til you see what I got coming out next.
- Why do you keep saying that?
- Just wait.
- Just bring it out, I'm scared a little bit.
- Let's go ahead and bring out the final entree.
- Excuse me, so last but not least.
- Wait, let me vlog this.
- Our most unique food on our menu, the duck flipper.
- Duck flippers? - Right over here.
- And make sure you put this in the spicy soup,
it goes really well with the spice.
- You said the flipper?
- The duck fin.
- The duck fin, I mean they're not fins
because they're not fish but the little waddle feet.
But it's not like chicken feet
because there's no bone in it,
they strip out all the bones and (beep).
- He said the spicy one was better.
- He said try it with the spicy.
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All right, cheers. - Cheers.
Crunchy.
- Crunchy?
- Crunchy.
I'm pretty sure there's bones in here, bro.
For me the consistency kind of tastes like,
you ever had tripe?
It's like tripey and almost like--
- Harder than you would think.
- Harder than tripe.
You haven't swallowed it, you're still chewing it.
- It's a lot to do, man.
- You're processing, you swallow it yet?
- No. - No, okay cool.
- You know, I'm not a big fan.
- No, maybe we should try another one just to make sure.
- You know what, I'm not even going to go spicy.
- You're going to go regs.
- Cheers.
- How's that, is that any different for you?
- No.
- You know what, I like my second bite, dude.
- The sauce helps actually.
- The sauce helps a lot.
You know what, it's the texture that's throwing you off.
- It is.
- It's not even the flipper part, it's like the leg,
the ankle part that's a little too hard.
- But I ate one raw earlier.
- Like this? - Like this.
- They told me I shouldn't do that.
- Why shouldn't you do that?
- No, you gonna do with me?
It's like I feel like this is ok.
- Is there parasites or something?
- I don't think so.
- Salmonella or something?
Oh god, I think we need another drink.
You think we're probably offending someone
because we're not enjoying the duck feet?
- Enjoying the duck feet?
- Flipper. - Flipper.
- Probably.
- I don't think, there's maybe one guy out there
who's like they cut the feet off
and they throw the whole duck away.
- Or just put it back so it grows more feet.
- They plant it upside down and grow a tree of feet?
- It's actually served a lot in Chinese dim sum spots,
but apparently in China,
duck flippers are popping out there.
Those Chinese, they're crazy.
- Isn't it though, we are all a little bit Chinese
or something like that.
- I think so, everyone is Chinese.
- Everyone's a little Chinese, now we know.
All Asian people or just everybody?
- Everyone is originated from China.
- (Beep) dude, thanks for coming on my show and being down.
Thanks for having me, this was dope.
This, at least we tried it.
- Can I get a to-go box for my friend here?
He wants to take home the duck flippers.
- Should we just try it again?
- What? - Just for the show.
- Let's do it, let's have another one.
- Oh yeah, you don't care about your show it's cool.
That's why we're here right,
try new things for the third time?
- I liked it.
I liked it.
- I don't know why I said that. - Yeah, you stupid idiot.
- Cheers. - Cheers.
- Hey, it's good.
Well hey man, thanks for coming.
- Thank you. - I appreciate you.
- Thank you guys for watching
and make sure you try new things even if it's kind of scary
because it might your favorite,
it might not be your favorite
but at least you tried it, right?
- I'm still trying it.
- Hey, put this on my bill.