Oh my god I really love this
I've heard you say oh my god at least 30 times
Oh my god
What is it?
They are so delicious
It comes to me from my childhood
We can buy everywhere in China
If Chinese people see this
They will go crazy
What is going on Members of the Barrio
It's Jon coming to you from the heart of Chinatown
In Manhattan
When of the biggest Chinatown's in the entire world
And today I've got a special treat for you
I had a subscriber reach out to me
She's from China
And we decided on something really cool
We're going to experience
Her first time
In New York Chinatown
Together
And get her impressions of it as a Chinese person
We've got Sophie here
It is your first time
In New York's Chinatown Manhattan
Are you excited
What are your first impressions?
I feel i'm in China
Except the architecture can distinguish the China and the American one
I feel the..
Chinatown is very big
I'm looking forward to our trip
We are going to start this tour at Hong Kong Supermarket
We're going to walk around with a camera
And we are going to see if Sophie recognizes
Any cool things from home..Are you ready?
Yeah
I actually discovered this supermarket on Yelp.com
It was the highest rated..
And apparently one of the biggest Chinese supermarkets
Around
So I thought it would be the perfect first spot for us to start
This place is enormous
In Jian Jiang
Especially the south of China
In our daily cooking
We use wine
Can you drink this
Or is this only for cooking purposes?
Normally you can drink it
My father drinks it
When I was young I saw that
I don't know if it's used for cooking
Maybe
Look
Look at the size
It's perfect
And how much
Pork, shrimp, chives, dumplings
This one is like..
Cebullet in French
It's really good
I'm going to show you one thing
It's Chinese Men's Lover
Secret Lover
Okay now i'm curious
Their is people..
Here
A grandma.. named in Chinese
She's very famous
From China
If men travel outside of China
They must bring this grandma with them
It's their secret lover
To my Mexican viewers
This is like Valentina in Mexico
You must leave your house in China with this..
When was the last time you saw that squid..
In your life
Probably.. 15 years ago
When you just finish the party
Get home.. what do you want?
Maybe 100% of chinese would tell me
They want instant noodles
So this is all kinds of instant noodles
I'm so surprised..
Because we don't have so many in Paris
Wow
It's impressive
I have to say Sophie's enthuiasm
For this store
She's running around everywhere
It's intoxicating
I'm starting to like this store a little bit to
Even though I don't know where most of these things are.
It's all very exotic
All really cool
Oh my god
I really love this
I've heard you say oh my god at least 30 times
Oh my god
What is it?
They are so delicious
It comes to me from my childhood
We can buy everywhere in China
If Chinese people see these things
They will go crazy
You must buy it
What is it?
It's a brand from Taiwan
It's a dry food
It's like a biscuit
But a salty one
There she is
We just left the supermarket
And she's super hungry
I'm super hungry
We're going to go to a Dim Sum Spot
What is it called
Jing Fong
She actually got this recommended by some Chinese friends
If they recommended it
We're going to go check it out
Let's go
All those golden ones are for marriage
What did you just say to the lady?
We said..
Drink afternoon tea.
The first impression is that we are at.. a big Chinese wedding
Like a Chinese banquet hall
In Hong Kong
People drink the morning tea and the afternoon tea
After breakfast
And lunch
They eat many meals
Steamed food just comes by
And you can pick it yourself
This is.. pork
Yeah.. with a bone
I don't know which part of the pork
It is
Can I make the first bite?
I'm so hungry
You are so hungry. Go do it
How does it compare to what you would eat back home?
The taste?
Because for me it's always hard to get that authentic taste
When you go to a different country
I think this one is even better
Egg custard bun
The custard is so warm
It's got this perfect flavor
Especially on a cold day like today
Excellent dessert
What did you think of the Egg Custard bun?
Very good
Yeah?
One of the best I've eaten since.. 5 years ago
It was approximately 7 dollars a person
For three different dim-sums that we shared
Very affordable
The tea was only $1.00 each
Chinatown is by far the most affordable neighborhood in New York City
For eating
No question
How would you rank your first
New York Chinatown
Eating experience
So far so good
And it's a really good restaurant I think
A little bit.. how do you say
The decorations weren't very beautiful
But the food is the most important
Now I just feel like i'm in China
Look at the people
They are playing Chinese traditional chess
We have just entered what might be one of the coolest streets
I have ever seen
In Chinatown
Or all of New York City
You ready?
We're in front of Joe's Shanghai right now
Which is one of the most famous
Steamed buns places
In all of New York City
And..there is usually a big crowd here
I'm hoping at about 3:30 on a Thursday
It's not going to be to crowded
But this is the spot
I was excited to take her to
I already have my target
You have a target what's your target?
The crab meat with pork meat soup dumplings
Their is many soup
So be careful
I'll give you one
Wahoo
This one for me
Now we'll put just a little bit of soup
On the spoon
In case.. okay so we have the sauce here
Please be careful
When you drink the soup
It's extremely hot
I don't want to burn my mouth
This an advanced technique
You're drink some of the soup first
It's a really good soup
You have to try
It's really good
Because their is a meat of crab there
And you can see..
All this is.. meat of crab
And the meat is pork
Okay
It's really good
You have to try.
I love the combination of the crab and the pork
It tastes so fresh
With that sauce that we put on
Such an excellent combination
And the soup to.
Even though a lot of it fell out
This got to be my favorite Chinese food period
I think this one.. is much better
Than the Chinese mainland one
Because.. a lot of people moved her 30 years ago
Or 20 years ago
They just kept..
Their skill
And they continued to keep improving
To keep the same level
In China
Their's a lot of new chefs
A new restaurant
After they opened
They don't realy care for the quality
Basically here we can eat better food than in China
The food in Joe's Shanghai was absolutely incredible
You've got to agree right?
Yeah, agreed.
100% she agrees. I agree that it's got to be one of your go to spots
When you're visiting Chinatown
And you don't have a lot of time
Hit that up
We're going to go to one more place really quick
Doyers Street right now
It's been nicknamed Bloody Angle
I was explaining it to her
That in the late 1800s.. into the early 1900s
A lot of the Chinese gangs had feuds here.
I was reading online that this street
In particuluar..had more murders
Than any street
In the entire United States
How do you like that fact?
Uhh.. Do you feel safe?
Do you feel safe?
Yeah with you of course
Ha ha ha
It's perfectly fine now of course
Very very safe around here
People here you can see the people over 50
They come here
Like 30 years ago
They keep their tradition
I would say.. Chinese people here
Are more traditional than on the Chinese Mainland
Alright special thanks to Sophie for being my guest.
You heard from her
She actually thought that
Chinatown here.. in someways is more traditional
Than in Mainland China
Today..
I think I have a new found appreciation for this neighborhood
I honestly have not spend that much time here.
Occasionally coming to get cheap food.
I want to explore it more now
I live pretty close. And I think this is one of those..
Hidden gem neighborhoods in New York
That a lot of people sort of.. overlook
Or only come to very quickly
Tell me in the comments what was your favorite thing.. that we did in this video
I'm curious
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We've got a lot more coming up from New York
In the next couple of weeks
Guys thank you so much for watching
Until next time