Hi everyone! Today we are here in Sydney Australia and I have a really special
guest -- Janice! We have been YouTube friends for over a year and we're finally meeting in
person for the first time ever, so it's really really exciting. We are doing a
boba video over on her channel, so you definitely don't want to miss that but
in today's video we are doing a Taiwanese food tour, yes, because you guys know I
love Taiwanese food. So do I! So anywhere I go I'm looking for Taiwanese food and
I have the perfect guest to join me. That's me! So yeah we're gonna go get some
Taiwanese breakfast cuz you got to start off a Taiwanese food tour with
Taiwanese breakfast. So yeah let's go check it out! Let's go!
So we are at Mother Chu's and we ordered a variety of Taiwanese breakfast
dishes and I'm already getting so excited because I miss Taiwan so much!
We ordered the salty soybean milk which is a really really classic Taiwanese
breakfast dish. We also got the egg pancake with youtiao, and youtiao is the
Chinese donut. And then we also got one of my favorite Taiwanese dishes ever, fan tuan,
which is the sticky rice roll. I love that. I know, should we just start with it?
I've been dreaming about this actually I was really looking forward to this video
because of this. [laughs] Just because of this. We're starting off strong!
It's like awesome too cuz like you can just grab them on the street in Taiwan
and just like eat it on-the-go, you know? Yeah, it's like the Taiwanese equivalent
of like onigiri. Oh yeah kinda! Yeah cuz it has like the rice and yeah like
wrapping the inside stuff and it's just like on-the-go snack. And you can grab and
go, yeah. And so like, inside here we have youtiao, pork floss and some pickled
vegetables. And we also added a fried egg in there. Cheers!
Mmm, so crunchy! Mmm.
[Crunch] I can hear your crunch. Yeah, it's so crunchy!
And this place actually did a really good job cuz this one was like a really nice
even layer of everything, which I really like. It's perfect, there's so many
like different textures. I've never had it with egg before, you know? Oh really?
Yeah this is the first time. The rice is sticky but it's not too sticky. And it's like not
too hard either. It's like, soft. Is it an insult to call someone a fan tuan?
[confused] Has someone called you that? I've never heard someone calling someone a fan tuan.
Ok, maybe I made this up, but I thought it was like an insult to be like, "oh
you're such a fan tuan." I've never heard that. But if someone called me
that, I wouldn't take it as an insult. It's like one of my favorite foods!
If someone called me a beef noodle soup, I'd be so happy! I'd be like, "wow, thank you!"
Okay maybe I made that up. Don't worry, I'm just rambling. So here we have the salty soy
bean milk. It's actually quite thick and you see the soybean milk is like curdling.
And then we also have the little chunks of youtiao in there,
and green onions as well. So get a bite with some of that curdled soybean milk
and then some of the youtiao. Let's try it! Ok.
Mmm, wow. Mmm! It's quite nice!
It's like a salty breakfast soup. I'm just trying to think of a descriptor
word for this. I feel like there's not many things that taste like this, you know?
No, even with the texture cause it's like soft. Mhm yeah, really soft and like
kind of silky. You don't need to chew it. You also got that vinegar flavor.
Oh yes, I love vinegar. Yo, this is really good. I can't believe you never had it before.
I can't believe it either.
What the hell's wrong with me?
Okay so
we're moving onto the egg pancake. It's called a dan bing, which is literally just like
kind of like a green onion pancake ish but it has, like, egg in it too. And then it's
wrapped around to the youtiao. So we have this with some sweet soy sauce. Nice.
So you just kinda like, grab some and spread it on or you can just kinda like, dip just a
little bit, you don't want too much on there. All right.
Oh I really like the sweet soy sauce. And the youtiao is like not as crunchy
because this is the last thing we tried, but it's still really good. It is. I like
how they wrapped an egg pancake around it. Yeah, I really like how the pancakes
like a little bit chewy on the outside too.
It adds like a different texture. But the egg is actually done really well
It's like fluffy and soft and then kind of like contrast the the oiliness of the
youtiao inside too. That's really good. As in the way you described it. Oh thank you!
Alright so we're gonna finish up our Taiwanese breakfast, and then see you guys
at the next spot!
Okay so we just stopped by our second stop of this Taiwanese food tour, and
of course we had to stop by Hot Star Large Fried Chicken. They actually have a
lot of locations in Australia. Yeah, in Sydney as well. I always see it
everywhere. So this is somewhere I always like to stop by whenever I'm in
Taiwan for their really iconic, large, as-big-as-your-head-sized fried
chicken. Yeah like look how big this is! It's a chicken filet and it's
deep-fried. I think they use chicken breast but what makes it really really
good is the breast isn't too dry usually. It's like really juicy inside and then
it has a really nice crispy battering on the outside. Yeah and we got a mild today
because Janice uhh- Thank you. Uhh yeah. A little spicy intolerant. Yeah.
So let's go ahead and take a bite. Do you wanna do the honors? Yeah, sure.
Wow. So crispy! Omg, it's like ASMR.
Really juicy inside, and tender. You should try it.
Mmm, it's really crispy. And the chicken they pound it really flat and
then it stays pretty juicy. [Nods] Yeah? Good? I really like how the battering, it's a little bit chewy too.
It is. It's quite thick. And then you get the really really really
crispy part on the outside. Yeah, it's actually not too spicy. I like that. Like
I can feel it but then I don't get impacted by it. You know what I'm surprised?
I'm surprised that it's not too oily. Your bag hasn't oiled up. That's actually
really true. Which is what I'm really surprised about. Yeah I thought it would be--
cuz they submerge it in oil. Yeah yeah exactly. I don't know how they do that.
It's really good. Reminds me of Taiwan. Aww. That's what good
food is. It just brings you back good memories. I know. Exactly. That's how you
know it's good.
Okay so, we just stopped by Machi Machi for this really cute boba drink.
This particular drink doesn't have boba, but panna cotta on the bottom. I'm really
excited. And it's in this so cute bottle! I literally couldn't stop talking about how cute it is! I'm really
excited because they actually come from Taiwan but I actually never got a chance
to visit their Taiwan location and I was so excited when I saw they have it in
Australia now. So we're finally trying it! So this here is the fresh strawberry
latte with panna cotta. And yeah they say not to shake it so we're gonna try the
strawberry drink first and then we're gonna put a straw in and then try the
panna cotta. Mmm, it smells so fresh, very like, fragrant.
It smells like strawberry milkshake. Mhm, yeah. Okay, I'm gonna try it. Okay go go go.
Wow, it's very smooth almost like strawberry yogurt. It's like sweet though too.
Mmm. Mmm!
It's good right? Okay I really like it. It's like strawberry yogurt but a lot more smooth
and less thick. Yeah not as thick. Oh my god, it's really good. Okay now I want to try the
panna cotta. Oh yeah you can definitely feel it in there. Oh really? Mhm.
I can see it. Mmm. Mmm! Okay let me try. Mmm! Very creamy. I think yesterday we tried
a panna cotta drink and then they just smeared it around the bottle, so I couldn't
really taste it. Here, you can actually taste like, I don't want to say clumps
that makes it sound weird. but I can taste like lumps of panna cotta.
Cuz that sounds so much better! I like the panna cotta. The panna cotta's really nice
Yeah I really like it. Yeah it was really good
Yay! I really enjoyed that too.
Okay so we are at our next stop which is Cho Dumpling King, and they actually don't
sell dumplings, but they sell a bunch of different Taiwanese foods so we
got a variety of dishes here. We got the lu rou fan, which is the braised pork
over rice and then also the beef noodle soup of course, it's like iconic. She's the
beef noodle ambassador. Self-proclaimed. And then also a Taiwanese sausage which is
usually served with raw garlic, that's like the traditional Taiwanese way to
eat it but this place, they just added some green onions on the bottom to enjoy it with.
They have some thick pieces. Alright cheers!
So flavorful! So fatty as well.
Is it just me, or is there a bit of like a smoky flavor to it?
A little bit. A little it of smoky, but it's pretty sweet too. Dude this is really good.
Thank you for getting that. Yes, a
Taiwanese sausage is always really good. Let's move on to the lu rou fan.
Dude that's so good! Oh, she's not over it.
Ok, now we're moving on to the lu rou fan. So they have this like pork gravy over it
and it's just like glistening like the fattiness of the pork belly and they
also have the pickled vegetable top of it like a pickled radish
Let's go for it. Cheers!
Oh wow, a lot of flavor! Kind of like a soy sauce flavor. Mmm I taste a lot of the
soy sauce. The pork is quite soft. Mhm, yeah really soft like melts in your mouth
type of pork because it's like braised. It's really really good. So fatty and so good.
Mmm, gotta love it. Next is the beef noodle soup of course.
They loaded it with noodles and the beef looks very very tender like some tender
pieces of beef here with the fat. And then of course they have some bok choy
pickled vegetables and some cilantro on top too or as you guys call it coriander.
Coriander. Do I sound hella American? Is the soup important in this? Oh, very very important
The soup is like, the most important part arguably. Alright let's test the broth!
Oh wow it's like light, not too greasy.
You're saying everything that's going through my head. Oh yeah? Yeah like
I couldn't think of a word to describe it but you're right it's very light and it's
not greasy. Mhm. Okay I like this soup. Yeah. I want to try some of the noodles
too
Not too chewy. Yeah it's not to chewy. But it has good texture actually. But you definitely
some of that flavor of the broth too. When you're slurping the noodle
yeah for sure I'm gonna try the beef.
Mmm, woah.
Very tender.
I can come here when I'm 100 because I don't need teeth. To bite.
The beef is extremely tender. Really tender, honestly really impressed. So am I.
Yeah. I can't believe I've never been to this restaurant before. Oh really?
Oh my God. You're gonna start coming here all the time. This is amazing.
Taiwanese comfort food at its finest honestly. Yeah I feel very comforted
Okay so we're at our last stop for dessert of course
and we got the signature taro balls from Meet Fresh. From Meet Fresh, yes
which is actually it's from Taiwan but they also have many locations all around
the world I believe. This is just a very like classic Taiwanese dessert it's like
a shaved ice with a bunch of toppings like taro balls which is I guess the
star of the dish because they're really really chewy and then we have boba red
bean and fresh taro chunks as well. Oh my gosh this is gonna be really really
refreshing. Cheers!
So much textures. It's so cold. Which is actually really nice right now cuz we've
been like sweating all day even though it's like raining here it's really really
hot still. It's really humid.
I love the chewy taro and sweet potato balls. Whoa it's cold. Are you okay? Mhm.
I like that it's not too sweet. Mhm. And you got a lot of textures because
the ice is like crunchy and then the boba's chewy and the taro balls are like
chewy but not really like boba chewy they're like soft and chewy. Yeah soft
and chewy and then boba's like chewy and chewy. What a perfect way to
end the Taiwanese food tour. Yeah I'm glad we ended on this. Mhm.
Now it feels complete. Yeah.
Okay so we are really really stuffed with food right
now, we went to five whole different places for Taiwanese food.
Which one was your favorite? Um I think it's probably the Taiwanese
breakfast actually. Ah! Yeah yeah what about you? The beef noodle soup. The beef in the
beef noodle soup was really really good. It was my favorite.
So make sure you guys go check out
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And yeah we'll see you guys in the next one! Bye!