I see!
Can you understand what she is saying?
Yeah
I like that, I like that * Gives me fist bump
Hey guys what's going on it's Xiaoma
And my buddy Frankie today
What's up how are you doing?
Alright guys we are here in Brooklyn New York City
And we're just going to go around
Getting some Chinese takeout today
Because we are hungry
Yeah, tell them where we are at man
Brooklyn
Oh...
But not just Brooklyn. The hood
Frankie also speaks several different dialects of Chinese
* Speaking Cantonese together *
Make sure you guys subscribe to the channel
Also part 2 of this video we're uploading on Frankies channel
Yes!
So make sure you go check that out. Link on the card over here
You excited man?
Excited, lets do this!
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Hi, do you have any lunch specials today?
What?
Do you have any lunch specials?
Lunch specials over there…
Ok, umm... how is the General Tso's chicken? How is it?
Is it spicy or is it sweet?
Spicy and sweet
Oh spicy and sweet.
Would that be your recommendation?
Yes, the General Tso's is very good
Anything else?
Also...the chicken broccoli
Alright, let's do the chicken broccoli
Just the chicken broccoli?
Are you Xiaoma?!
Yeah, we’re together!
It's Xiaoma, guys!
I see you...I saw you, Xiaoma!
You see it? Yeah!?
I'm bringing my friend here to check this restaurant out
Free food, free food for you!
What? No no no no no
No, I'm paying!
Want dumplings?
Dumplings?
Dumplings, yeah
No, that's okay, we have to eat a lot today!
You can take it back with you!
How much is it?
No dude I'm serious, it's free
No, you're too kind!
Free for you!
No, I’d feel bad
To thank you for putting me on YouTube!
I knew it was you!
I see!
Can you understand what she's saying?
Yeah
I like that, I like that * Gives me fist bump
This is the first time I've heard someone who spoke their language
Yeah!
Breaking barriers everyday
Him to
That's what's up
She saying some weird stuff that...
...she ain't supposed to say, y'all know, right?
We'll tell you, we'll let you know
Frankie: She's Good People Xiaoma: She's really nice
I've known her for a long time
You know I'm the top rated Chinese restaurant in Brooklyn, right?
Number one in Brooklyn!
I know all about it!
This is my first time here though
First time eh?
Yeah
Xiaoma's taking me here to try
How the heck you learning this?
I went to chinatown and started working in a salon
And started working and I learned in like a year
That's What's up
It's good to learn a second language, it opens up doors
I would love to learn that language
Do you go on YouTube or anything?
Thanks again!
Get more people to come here!
Alright, will do!
Thanks so much!
You all do your thing!
Alright thanks man, nice to meet you
Make sure you guys come to lucky house kitchen
Because it's a really awesome restaurant. Check it out
Hello
Do you guys have a lunch menu?
A lunch menu?
Oh. Here?
And any recommendations?
Recommendations?
What do you want to eat?
What's good?
What's good? Define "good"
Alright fine, General Tso's
Okay, General Tso's
General Tso's with...
...what kinda rice?
With Coke
Oh, Coke
With white rice?
White rice?
Well what other kinds of rice do you have?
Fried rice
Fried rice?
Yeah
Fried rice sounds great
Wow dude your Mandarin is on point
Oh, thanks
Seriously good dude
Did you learn it in school or something?
Yeah well I spent a bit of time in China too
In Beijing
Your accent is super good
Oh yeah?
Better than mine lol
Oh thanks dude
Let me get a... Oh, you all going?
Nah, go ahead brother
General Tso's chicken with white rice
* Speaking Fuzhounese * With white rice
White rice...
You're Fuzhounese too?
You speak Fuzhounese?
Well...
Yeah, a bit
Aiya
You have a Fujianese friend?
Huh?
A Fujianese friend
Yeah, exactly, I learned with him
So few people who speak Chinese like you dude
Oh yeah?
Especially outside of China
In China though it's different, lots of foreigners who speak Chinese there
Yeah, I haven't been to China in a while
Where are you from?
The U.S.
New York
His Mandarin is so good…
On a scale from 1 to 10, I’d give you a 10
"Foreigner SHOCKS People With PERFECT Mandarin!!!"
Amazing!!!
And he speaks dialects too!
So are you a student, or...?
No, I have a “job”
Actually I'm a YouTuber, you may have seen my videos before
Yeah I'm a YouTuber, just your average everyday foreigner who speaks Chinese
Actually we're making a video today practicing Chinese
I'll have to go subscribe!
Yeah definitely check it out!
He's saying he's a YouTuber or something
You haven't heard of Xiaoma before?
That's him
Xiaoma?
So you're a YouTuber, huh?
Yeah
What kind of videos do you make?
A lot of videos speaking Chinese
Like ordering in restaurants and such
A lot of videos about languages as well
About learning Spanish, other languages too
So like, educational videos?
Sometimes, but...
People find this kind of stuff interesting, I guess
And how long did you live there?
Where?
In Beijing
A year
One year...ONE YEAR?!
One year and your Mandarin is this good?!
No, I mean I've been practicing it for years though
That was 10 years ago that I was in Beijing
And I learned Chinese there
And do you have friends here who speak Chinese, or...?
Yeah, my wife is from China too
Oh yeah?
Yeah
Wow, his wife is Chinese, guys!
Wow!
Busy today. They are something busy.
Is mine ready?
Thanks!
Thanks, see you later!
Alright, we've got some Xing Wang man
Do you have specials today?
Do you have any specials?
No specials today? ok.
You want a lunch special I'll make a lunch special
Oh you have a lunch special. Ok
How's the General Tsos chicken?
It's spicy?
Yeah
Spicy?
Really spicy?
Spicy?
Yes, for sure
I like it extra spicy
Extra spicy, you know what I mean?
Wow you speak pretty impressive Mandarin dude!
Oh, thanks!
You speak Spanish?
Yeah, a bit
Where did you learn Chinese at?
I worked in flushing, so I just taught myself
A friend of mine, he used to work with the Chinese
Yeah
He used to start speaking it
Oh yeah?
He got married and went to Puerto Rico on his honeymoon
Yeah
His brother started beefing with somebody over there
And this guy went over there not even a week married
Wow
Went to defend him, and they shot him
What!
That's a crazy story, I didn't expect it to go like that
I'm looking at his face but I heard you talking and I'm like Holy S#@%
After they start cursing right.
Yeah
Ready!
Ready?
Can I see?
Oh wow!
Looks good
Nice!
A lot of times people ask, how are you able to eat this much
The answer is, I try to give it away, the food when possible so
Right
It's always a nice feeling
We gave away like four
A lot of free food, yeah very nice
Cool guys, remember to subscribe and also check out part 2 of this video
On Frankies channel, we're going to flushing
To try some crazy food
Yeah, it's going to be fun
Check out my channel man
See you guys later, bye bye!