today we'll be showing you how far 100 can go in New York's Chinatown from dim sum to street food
restaurants and more and to make this challenge even more interesting this budget is going to
go for three people I've got my friends Ben and Ming from the Bing Buzz joining me
we're starting with perhaps the most famous dim sum spot in Chinatown things
it's a great Spot Great customer service it has a good ratio of locals to tourists
that's what we're looking for here we don't want all tourists no no no
what's a good sign lying down the stairs myself
if you see a fish tank like this you know it's a legit Cantonese restaurant
me does that guy look just like Anthony Bourdain scary resemblance
we ordered the steamed shrimp dumpling
oh wish shrimp and the steamed sticky rice and chicken wrapped in lotusly
look at this Feast for three of us anyone watching who doesn't know what dim sum is
how would you describe it to make it easy Chinese breakfast Chinese breakfast 2 30.
all right we're starting with the shrimp let's do it foreign
and then here we have the shumai they have John you know all the words learning a little
bit these two have taught me more about Chinese culture and Chinese food than anybody let's do it
oh that's a special Simpson guess really I would love to take relatives and Friends never been to
New York for a Cantonese dim sum experience if they love Seafood this is the perfect spot all
right we got the rice roll yeah the steamed rice roll with shrimp inside which is my favorite dish
of dim sum I like to like drench it in soy sauce like back and front messy goodness here we go
there it is a spot this soy sauce the best and the shrimp this one takes the longest
to pick up but goes down the fastest that's a good point this is steamed shrimp and chicken
and sausage and other types of meat wrapped in sticky rice wrapped up in a Lotus Leaf so it
has all the textures and the ingredients to make everything super hearty and fulfilling
it's amazing how I've walked by here so many times and most tourists know about hop key and woh hop
across the street but I actually think things is my favorite of the three I've liked every single
thing we've had so far and the service yeah in the past because each Chinatown didn't really have the
best customer service but if you come here you'll see the difference and they still catered really
well to the local Chinese residents absolutely so let this sink in we spent a little bit over 25 we
have approximately 75 dollars left and we had all this food for three people already send some take
my money take my money yes Ming some would say going to fry dumpling is like a New York City
initiation this lady is legendary you have to be confident you have to know how many dumplings you
want and you have to be quick gotta be quick gotta be confident yes we've got exact change ready
hello hello I guess one small order please
thank you all right Ming is going to count how many we got we don't we don't know if
we got the 13 that was advertised and we're we're too afraid to say anything
a bit of inflation at a famous spot from 33 cents a fried dumpling to 38
cents 38.46 38.46 you got it down to the decimal yeah look cheers
it's a fried dumpling it's a great value you know don't expect the best dumplings
in all Chinatown but for what she's serving the amount of food you get for a quick snack
I like it definitely on a doughy you're in but it's great if you're a high school student or
a bodybuilder you want to add some variety to your diet this is a good choice wait a
bodybuilder would want this I think so you know good amount of carbs like if you're bulking Maybe
oh awesome oh hello Ben you get recognized more than me now wow
hmm nice kind of like the the dollar piece of dumplings I think it is the
dollar piece of dumplings I I like that right call it the 38.46 we're going from
five dollar dumplings to dare I say a more upscale spot but still affordable now that
this place will bring a tasteless to Hong Kong all right I've never been here and
they recently were featured in The New York Times so they're pretty popular
we get the crispy garlic chicken and the Fried Chicken sour spray rib
you definitely get a contemporary vibe in Uncle Lou's compared to the last spot we were at Ping's
two different experiences big difference at the same time it's very comfortable and cozy
even the artwork everything is so intentional thank you wow so we've got the Loa Q favorites
in front of us starting with the garlic chicken now for those who don't know the
waiter the owner was telling us you've got to go with a low walk Q choices why that
means it's on the OG list the first wave of Chinese Americans coming from Guangdong Hong
Kong it's like there goes to this you can't go wrong with it let's do this let's try it
wow so much flavor this is a dish that they're known for and it hits every time right amount of
chewinas so tender So Soft so juicy it's kind of insane how you make chicken this
good and if you look at the way that it's been presented to us it is the perfect share we're
not going to call this a dim sum spot but it's a good spot for groups anyway yeah family style
this looks phenomenal sweet and sour ribs Ming's
mouth is watering I don't want to hold her up anymore let's do it let's try it
to give it extra sweetness as well it's right off the bone oh it's like it melts in your mouth when
I heard rib I thought it'd be more like the uh Texas Southern style where you're eating
enough to bone in your hands I've never actually done this with chopsticks before so thank you for
introducing me to something new yeah these are all colored into bite size no so that it's easier
to eat with chopsticks and on that note if you want to learn new things make sure you subscribe
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to them right now because they teach me a lot this was the most expensive spot totally worth
it for the video 41.95 fed like kings your family style we gotta get clever with what's coming up
something that we don't do enough on this channel is pick a spot that nobody has ever been to we've
just settled on this Bakery here it's called nice one Bakery there's so many Bakery is in Chinatown
to go to trying out this one for the first time all right let's see let's try something different
can we get three pork buns
thank you I just have to say somehow I got a lot less pork filling in these too
I don't know why it's the luck of the job it's just luck of the draw there's
a metaphor somewhere in this I don't know there's a life lesson here buy two that's
a lesson buy two yes all right let's say goodbye let's try this looks good
nice and fluffy this is the part where we say pillowy pillowy yes I like that word
and usually people eat this for breakfast but you can also eat them for lunch and dinner so
this is pretty much like our Bagel you come here any time of the day I guarantee a nice
steamy hot body they're like little hand warmers too after eating all day we still manage to eat
more it's incredible I don't know how we do it because the food in chinatown's so good makes
it easy yeah you got the world famous melee wah right down the street with a huge line but it's
okay to try different spots this Bakery is nice because it has seating inside for all the locals
grandpas grandmas to come and sit read their newspapers I like that spot I also like the the
1980s era menus still there a lot of character you'll know how much these buns are until you
get the price but we only spent about five bucks on this so what do you say dessert yeah I'm good
I've been here before huge fan Ali mama I love the spa I can't get enough of the cream puffs
all right we're in business
all right we've got matcha munchkins try saying that five times fast
let's do it
very comforting should we match a flavor if you grew up with like a Dunkin Donuts
munchkins thing complete opposite here complete opposite situation don't talk to me about Duncan
I think if you mention the name Ali Mama people are going to think
cream puffs yeah I think so this is the the go-to here let's do it wow
wow every freaking time the Vietnamese coffee one that I ordered has a little boba in there as well
tastes like I'm drinking a Vietnamese coffee more or less I'm just strong which I like good flavor
delicious dessert I'm so proud of you getting that flavor yeah adventurous I got the Yuzu cream puff
it's a little citrusy a little Tangy this is great for if you want something super light and
it doesn't have boba in it and this one tastes like I'm drinking a brown sugar Boba crunchy on
the outside super creamy on the inside tiny Boba goes so well with this in case you're wondering
the Boba here is actually very melty it's not like the real chewy you're getting in a bubble tea then
anything I have to say I'm impressed by the amount of damage we get for 100 for three people I think
we got pretty creative five spots everything was so delicious all right we've done the tally we
spent 100.25 some 25 cents short I mean well thank you Ming thank you all right we're good
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