$3 Chicken Vs. $62 Chicken • Taiwan

worth of taiwan is back worth it chicken is that a chicken yeah i know it's a rooster which is a chicken is that a chicken no it's a pigeon here at tainan's garden night market we've just picked up our chicken treats tomorrow the journey begins we're going to three cities for three acts of chicken ending in a chicken finale like you've never seen before bok bok bish lego mmm it's like a pancake today i'm worth it we're gonna be trying three chicken dishes at three drastically different price points to find out which one is the most worth it at its price so we're eating chicken but our first chicken is actually a soup i know we just finished a soup video but that's just how many soups there are here you can't escape the soup we're off to see the chen family at walking sioux where we're going to be trying their sesame oil chicken what is that in mandarin inca mayo my own okay i'm excited to eat some chicken let's do it tell us about how this business got started [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] this looks incredible we've got a couple additional accoutrement here the thai basil sauce the spicy fermented bean paste and sticky rice all right let's taste the broth sesame oil chicken delightful nuttiness of this sesame oil yeah super nutty super got this hearty feel to it oh yeah this is hearty ass how's that oh it's so incredibly juicy and tender and i'm gonna smell the thai basil because that's our specialty here [Music] whoa smells like pesto yeah what that is awesome that is like a salad dressing to dip your soup into adam you gotta try the chicken in the thai basil i'm gonna try some rice oh yes chicken steven the thing i keep getting blown away by in taiwan i go to a meal expecting one thing and then there's always all this bonus stuff that just blows my expectations out of the water yeah i mean even when they first started this restaurant this was a bonus dish right this one that's crazy thing so there's a lot of herbs added to this soup tastes like an elixir it just washes away all the pain on your body achy back i got a soup for that tired eyes soup for that my foot hurts throw some soup on there it's all the same soup it's very convenient adam you want to get some of this soup i'm pretending like adam's over here even though he's over there right so our next chicken location is in taipei but first we're going to take a countryside detour yeah that's right we're going to a scallion farm in ilan and we're going to be making our own scallion pancakes not just cooking them we're going to pick them ourselves scallions yeah it's a chicken episode it's a soup episode and now it's a pancake episode [Music] what you see in front of you here is a scallion pancake but rewind three hours what did we do we're in this unique valley where you get different temperature winds at different times of day which create a nice perfect humidity for growing scallions so today we've picked a bunch of scallions cleaned them up chopped them cried a little bit and then learned how to make scallion pancakes and here we have it the spoils of our toils cheers oh no mmm okay this is one of the best things i've eaten so far you know what time it is now time for a taiwan food fact the concept of xiaochu meaning little eats is popular in taiwan basically meaning snacking throughout the day often on street food between meals of course yeah in taiwan if you only eat three meals in one day you're just doing it wrong we're actually on our way to a snack shop next pinko where are we going uh chuza we're gonna see reebok and julia and try their fried chicken what makes a perfect fried chicken to you guys [Music] what this is not what i was expecting you ready stephen i'm ready this is called dining al fresco so we've ordered the recommended sparkling wine apparently you only order by the bottle here i like that let's go high speed cheers [Music] how awesome is this this is some riviera we gotta eat this while it's hot so let's go oh it's so fragrant the garlic the onion this basil the meat inside is so soft it was very pleasing very pleasing like bruleed marshmallow seriously oh man that's wild i thought kufu was a one for dumplings [Music] you're so soft it's almost like chicken nugget-esque you know what's crazy about this we've eaten fried chicken in minneapolis where the restaurant thought you know what's actually the best drink to have with fried chicken sparkling wine and here we are in taiwan and this restaurant i had the same idea i see if there's a restaurant on either side of the world that is doing the same thing it must be great i'm scared to eat this because i'm scared of how much i like it pork knuckle and radish cake wow [Music] oh man watch out they're gonna push me off my stool radish take is a plastic dim sum dish i've eaten this like every time i go out you know they bring around the carton like they're all steamed right it's still hot but it doesn't have that like break through the crunch texture that this has you can maybe liken it to a potato pancake that's so good that's crazy how should we eat the pork knuckle by hand by hand just like an apple mm-hmm okay kind of looks like a doughnut oh yours does mine does cheers oh oh my god this is like a pork donut wow so this is actually cartilage but it feels like that with how loosey-goosey it is the gelatin oh the jelly of this pork donut right and to wash it down sparkling wine oh thank goodness for this how awesome is this thank you this is really good we are at the regent hotel where they serve a boba croissant yes you heard me write boba croissant we got the matcha tiramisu and the milk tea which one do you want my gut is going toward matcha but i'm going against my gut and go for the tiramisu i actually knew that you were gonna pick that one because it has gold flake on it all right i'll go milk tea very satisfying to pick up cheers cheers are you gonna bite into it yeah or open it up i'm gonna bite into it [Music] this is just all of the textures it's nice it's like satisfyingly squishy i think that's a word for that qq ready for a taiwan food pack stephen it's one food fact taiwan food fact um up until the 1960's the most common taiwanese breakfast was rice or congee buns emerged as a popular taiwanese food in the 1960s when u.s trade introduced wheat into the taiwanese diet shouldn't that fact go in the dumpling episode that we did well it's more about breakfast i just wanted an excuse to talk about kanji because it's just a nice savory thing to have for breakfast this is a very good croissant yeah i got a cake oh my this boba croissant is part of a boba festival bubbling here at the region and inca's got the uh crown jewel of the festival and now it's time to take a little train ride qq don't hear my boba wrap yeah how do you like your boba yeah eat it like a cobra yeah my name is yoda yeah and i like yoga now dab never this is a trained water bottle that they sell on the tray so once we get done with this guy we'll be in taichung and we'll be eating at our final chicken location we're going to go meet shiraba at mo to have beggar's chicken [Music] what kind which one of us gets to do it i'll do the hammering you do hammer time what you just automatically assume that you get the hammer you can both do it yeah okay okay two hammers yeah okay results oh thank you cheers to our final meal in taiwan oh no no cheers since this is our last meal in taiwan we're blowing it out let's do it i saw a little sneak peek of what's coming upstairs it's gonna blow you away so this is winter melon whoa wow wow [Music] what look at it coming out pouring on the fish's head these look too real look at the scales on these guys honestly every time i've seen a koi fish i thought they look like a tasty fish cheers steven fish kiss this is from the dumpling oh super good this looks like in hook when robin williams is imagining the food have you seen this movie it's all like vibrant colors do yourself a favor go watch hook you'll have a delightful time you'll be reminded of this moment i'm going pink for my hair we might as well have just shot all three episodes here much like the origin myth first we're eating like an emperor and then we're taking a journey to discover the chicken food is all about storytelling and taste but also storytelling [Music] oh hey okay what fiesta what you guys can go up now summertime okay all right steven i'm nervous i am scared too one two three wow nice looks like chocolate smells like dirt we just hatched our chicken dinner it is very dino egg like [Music] um wow chicken cheers chicken cheers oh that's good what that is so soft some people say chickens are boring me i would say those people haven't had it deep fried bacon clay stuffed with pork and aromatics there's pork in the chicken yeah so now she's just adding like a sauce i think it's like an oyster sauce slurry oh that tastes like my mom's fried rice whoa that's weird mom you know what this chicken is it's a time capsule for flavor buried under dirt much like a regular time capsule but it's also a dish from the main dynasty is there a letter written in there like dear diary do i still taste good very soft at its core this dish is just a plate of really nice chicken so simple so perfect we're gonna take it back into artistry land now if that's okay with you let's do it what is going on yeah right now yeah dude looks like a scene from nightmare before christmas this is too beautiful not to share i think we should get everybody in here and we all take a bite who wants a swan who wants a pumpkin cheers everybody cheers what oh my god it's a red bean why wow why not why why not worth it beggars chicken you know they say beggars can't be choosers but beggars can be chicken that was quite an experience stephen before we get to our worth at winners what was your favorite thing that wasn't one of the highlight foods in this worth it episode the pork knuckle at chuja's the southern it was so good i contemplated eating my own knuckles what was your favorite thing honestly the hard ass rain while we were filming location two we had a typhoon barely graze us but we still got some awesome hard rain which i love which chicken was the most worth it to you my worth at winner walking sioux sesame oil chicken if that chicken had been in the soup episode it would have won that episode too wow comforting exciting inexpensive it was wonderful who's your worthy winner okay walking sue totally new experience yeah if you could eat with your eyes that place would have won but because that pork knuckle was so effing good my worth it winner must go too [Music] oh the fried chicken very good choice all right that's a wrap on worth of taiwan very special thank you to the taiwan tourism bureau that helped us out tremendously with this trip couldn't have been here without them all right let's get out of here bye [Music] you

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Length: 19min 6sec (1146 seconds)

Published: Sun Oct 27 2019