however I think some of our parents who
like grew up in Asia and then move over
here they probably look at us sometimes
and they CSS this what's going on
everybody wanted to another special
episode of farm grows food today we are
in the Asian food mecca of America
Charlotte North Carolina now I'm just
playing about our friend just moved here
so you know we had to check out some
Asian spots introducing our Asian friend
Jeremy Lin no live doesn't give you my
first time having Asian food and
Charlotte ever I know you just moved
here you haven't really explored so
we're about to check out this spot
called Taipei Express go Jeremy I know
you're on the MBA diet but you want a
cheat day today is a cheat day so I'm
gonna explore a little bit maybe have
some more carbs and I normally have
let's see what it's all about let's do
it
hope y'all
he's got to tell him that his barrel I
wan that's very important can we get the
Sascha sure just because that sounds
good satchel I was trying to get Jeremy
to order that he's busy here taking pics
alright hey I'm buster fuller definitely
gotta get orange chicken
you guys like eggplant yeah
could I get the pork dumplings please oh
and you know because we're in Charlotte
we had to do American Chinese food we
got pagodas on the boxes man Jeremy you
were saying
growing up you with your family out of
name for this my mom and dad would call
it fake Chinese who they get really
upset if I go like Panda Express or
something like that okay sometimes you
got to have some of that obviously they
authentic food the majori
have you ever thought about bringing
your teammates to like a really
authentic Chinese wrestling I thought
about it but then I was like I did that
in college one time it was like hit
admit you don't think that Kemba would
like the stinky tofu I don't even like
toto Oh everybody go around the table
and talk about what caught their eye
immediately by Rizzo uh first of all the
chicken wing authentic Chinese or not
you gotta get the chicken wing Oh mmm
you like to learn not bad
I'll say for me first and I may have to
get was the orange chicken yep yep you
always have to get like either orange
chicken sesame chicken sweet sour
chicken if you're going for American
Chinese soup I was always a low main guy
over fried rice guy and I decided to go
a little bit different you know
obviously during Sina so I don't want to
just eat crazy so I got some tofu Oh Oh
veggies right kind of magic kind of
rational but if it's a summertime and I
don't in like I'm really trying to get
after it not eat healthy I don't know
about it you know like like I know you
got a veggie plate but that's a pretty
greasy veggie yeah of course I got this
house special fried rice everything I
was just gonna get a chicken fried rice
with yeah - Lance it's all about the
water did he shrink are huge I feel like
Jeremy a lot of people like a lot of
Asian Americans still can't get over the
fact they're like this is not authentic
Chinese food and because a lot it's been
used to make one of us a lot oh yeah I
know what Chinese food I eat you know
blah blah blah
and when I can afford you good yeah as
young Asian Americans we got teased
about it so much so we kind of push back
on this food but if you can just release
yourself from that and just eat it it's
pretty good I've told my parents like
sometimes I just prefer this it's a
different taste you know like an
authentic obviously if I had to choose
one for the rest of my life everyday I
would choose authentic but every once in
a while it's okay to have this is like
you said it's actually really good if it
wasn't like you know labeled as big
Chinese food it would still be really
good you know what it is ma'am
people are getting attached to the
meaning of it rather than the takes you
that's a great way to put it however I
think some of our parents who like grew
up in Asia and then move over here they
probably look at us sometimes when they
see SS and Russ some Chinese characters
but this Chinese not that good so he's
like hand expressed and because my
Chinese is a little bit better maybe
I'll be like PA chance that's the thing
my teammates are I was like be a change
let's put a ph change food and i fear
change good don't get me wrong but I
might not take my parents 2pf saying
that would be okay so right now we're
just going to explain some of the dishes
this is the sautéed green beans this is
called tsujido I like how they are there
have been stir-fried to the point where
they're kind of dry that's when you know
they're good sometimes you get the
joints that are too like fresh and like
water so get the wok hot this is orange
chicken B I don't know even though
there's a word for this orange chicken
county but they don't even have I don't
think is a real dish look at this old
the orange peel right in here I don't
know how often I see that must I say the
Taipei Express is delivering on the
American Chinese food this is a class no
lie I'm not just saying
to the camera it is these are the
eggplant and garlic sauce they actually
did it pretty authentic in terms of a
lot of a lot of places they'll have like
the bottom layer drenched in the sauce
and in the upper layer won't be as much
so it depends what you're looking for
you want more flavor a little more
unhealthy you go to the bottom between
stand atop one thing I love about
eggplant has got to be pretty pretty
soft which these are so this is this is
a good dish I got the tofu black bean
sauce this is you have in season special
right yeah the ECLA hand under soap it's
not deep fried and stir fried tofu and
and one thing about it is it should like
break really easily you're doing the
break test right here yeah I mean it
could be a little soft gonna have black
bean sauce and strong it's good though I
like it I want to talk a real quickly
about this sauce shrimp have you guys
had it yet tell us tell the people real
quick about Sasha as a sauce you know
sometimes it's a good sauce for like hot
pot or something like that but that was
really good I like that maybe it was
sparkly artful but there's a little too
much broccoli in there I've never had so
chop Rockland before in my life I am an
American Chinese spa in Charlotte North
Carolina
and I'm eating Chinese food I've never
had before so this is the movable gai
pan the water chestnut the peas and that
sliced carrot are a staple of American
Chinese yeah
mmm welcome where you'll see an American
Chinese food to see a little baby clones
shout out to baby corns man baby corn is
more authentic than baby carrots oh
because baby carrots are just shaved
down into that shape my whole
perspective on carrots has been blown
yeah
the worst is when the orange chicken and
the sesame chicken taste the same oh
that's one it's all bad
when it comes to fried rice I'm not
gonna lie he knew embraced with
chopsticks is like so frustrating like
this fried rice it doesn't come together
yeah it's all lumps yeah it's like hard
to guard like you trying to contain them
with the first pick in the 2015 NBA
Draft what was everybody's favorite
thing for me I actually got to say it
was the chicken wings not harm that's up
there I had three of them my favorite
was that new dish the sockeye shrimp I
think my favorite was a tie between
orange chicken into tofu just cuz black
bean sauce tofu is just like oh no it's
hard to mess that up it was really good
oh we cannot speak to somebody said that
these are handmade in-house dumplings
all right so with these they just came
out you can see the steam coming off so
what I'll do is I'll just bite the
corner off and I'll let it air out
authentic what's going to happen you
have all this juice inside so you got to
make sure you bite top and let it sit
like that if you if you laid it all the
juice come on
yeah we got the fried ones oh she
balanced that right on top that's
authentic right there my takeaway from
this American Chinese food as a genre is
progressing as the years go by it's not
just staying stagnant progress it's like
the game of basketball stretch for this
food it does kind of represent a lot of
them and it's also interesting that you
had some of the evolution is that it is
like just as a whole society becoming
more health-conscious like you see a lot
of like juice bars and things like that
popping up and now I see this is like
the healthiest American Chinese food
I've ever had all right everybody I
think that wraps up our foam gross food
episode in Charlotte North Carolina with
Jeremy Lin thank you so much for doing
this man it was a pleasure to explore
the Asian options out here and to you
know introduce to you you know what
Charlotte got appreciate you guys let's
do it again aren't you guys thank you so
much for watching that episode of
homegrown food and remember for the
2015-2016 season support the Charlotte
Hornets but see
yeah
good buddy thanks for watching that
video
yo Jeremy you actually had a lot to say
about this food I feel like it was kind
of nostalgic oh it definitely was thank
you for watching
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