Hi, are there any good restaurants around here?
What's wrong?
No?
Hey guys what's going on it's Xiaoma
Today I'm here in London Chinatown
Mostly in London they speak English
But here in London Chinatown
Got a lot of people who speak Chinese too so...
I'm going to go around speaking Chinese and having a good time
Why do we even need this intro, lets just do it. Come on!
Hi, can we get one of these?
Just one
Yeah yeah
What toppings do you have?
They're all here
Oh, all here eh?
Yeah
Alright, I'll take a regular then
Okay
Wow dude, your Chinese is great
Oh, thanks
* old Chinese lady speaking some rare dialect of Chinese that I do not understand *
That's pretty good
* noticing man at the other table *
"Drawing!"
How are you?
* man laughing *
What do you paint?
China, 5,000 year Mandarin [?]
Mandarins [?]
???
Maybe tattoo [?]
Tattoos?
Man: Me drawing, drawing the tattoo... Woman next to me: I think he means calligraphy
Oh, calligraphy
Yeah yeah yeah
Oh cool
Me know too much
Yeah yeah yeah
Me do the [drawing of] China [?], 5,000 year Mandarin [???]
Well, China does have 5,000 years of history!
Ah, yes!
Precisely!
Am I right or am I right?
You're Chinese?
Yes
From Fujian
Fujian?!
Man, your Mandarin dude…
You're only the second guy who speaks perfect Mandarin today...
[Fuzhounese] You know I speak some of your local dialect too...
What. The. Heck.
My friend taught me
You speak Fuzhounese?!
I actually speak a slightly different version of that dialect, from Fuqing
Oh, you're from Fuqing?
[In local dialect] Precisely
Oh, my friend is from Fuzhou
Oh, I see, very close by
But the Chinese dialects are somewhat dissimilar
Yes, not exactly the same
We from Fuqing...
Like to fight!
Oh yeah?
Yeah
That's interesting
Wow, you're pretty impressive dude
You speak better Chinese than I do!
Nah, what are you talking about
Anyway, where are you from?
I'm from the U.S.
Oh, you're American?
Oh, well that Biden guy is no good
No?
You know, I got dinner with him in '97 in Dublin
Didn't like him!
Do you guys have Lao Gan Ma [chili sauce] here?
Yeah, over there
Oh!
Perfect!
That's great
I really miss this stuff
Do you now?
Yeah, this is great stuff
Where did you learn to speak Chinese from anyway?
Beijing
I used to live there
Did you? For how long?
One year
One year...
That was like 10 years ago though
Oh yeah?
Well your Chinese is so good though
Oh, thanks!
I bet you speak Chinese with your friend all the time
Of course
Where are you from?
Tianjin [city in northern China]
Tianjin?!
Quite close to Beijing
Yeah, definitely
I've been to Tianjin before actually
They have those…
Goubuli buns...
Yeah, Goubuli buns on the famous food street
Yeah, right
Got some good food there in Tianjin
It's gotten quite expensive though recently
Tianjin has a particular dialect, right?
Yeah, the Tianjin dialect can be very...
Salty
Salty, yeah
But I'm sure you guys love Lao Gan Ma too, right?
Of course
Basically all Chinese people love this stuff
Yeah, that does seem to be the case
Do you take card?
Yeah
Okay
Hey Linda can you cover for me? I've gotta step out for a second
You'll have to hold down the fort
Alright, just let me swipe this card real quick then
You, umm...?
You speak great Mandarin
Oh, thanks!
I've been looking all over Chinatown for some Yakult [yogurt drink]
But I haven't been able to find it here
I see...
Anyway, thanks!
This man he speaks languages
You know buddy what we have here
The best restaurant in Chinatown trust me
Is it good?
Very good bro, trust me
Well what kinda food is it?
Wow, this guy is cool!
Oh, Cantonese food I see
I like this guy he's from New York
New York yeah yeah
Good guy, good man
Are you the boss here?
He's just a handsome guy
What's that?
What is that?
It's a Chinese wealth bringing cat
Chinese people like making money
Chinese people like making money?
Americans too!
English people too!
I guess everybody does
Let's all get rich!
Everybody wants to get rich!