Yeah, so give it a smell, and let me know like... I smell that... I smell the tradition! You know, I smell the flavors, you know? It just hit me, you know? What's going on guys? It's...Xiaoma (@xiaomanyc)! Hello everybody! Welcome to the channel If you guys are new to Xiaomanyc What we do here Is bring people foods from all around the world To strangers in New York City Which is where we are today I like learning about foods from all around the world Eating foods from all around the world Recently I went to... New Jersey's Little India It's just like a small street But it has probably the highest concentration of Indians... ...in all of the Western Hemisphere You know, I was walking around there I was just looking at all these things that were very new to me And so I walk into a grocery store And I see this stack of foods This stack of instant noodles Called Maggi instant noodles When I saw these instant noodles I was really surprised I was like... ...what?! India has instant noodles?! I was like...that's crazy! I never heard of that before But I was like, that's gotta be pretty interesting if India has instant noodles Because I'm a big fan of instant noodles You know, I've tried instant noodles from all around the world And have many featured instant noodles from around the world on my channel here So I got some Brought them home Tried them... I was like... Wow! These are actually... It's like the weirdest thing It tastes like… A combination of Indian food, and... ...and curry, and instant noodles And really very unique, super interesting Very very delicious flavor So what I thought we were gonna do Is come here To New York City's beautiful... Times Square, guys, look at this! Yeah, we're in Times Square with people from all around the world So what we're gonna do guys today is... We have! Our classic Xiaomanyc instant noodle station! Which consists of Hot water As well as Lots and lots of... Maggi masala Indian instant noodles We have two different types, we have the... ...regular kind and we have the oat kind I actually think the oat one is a little better personally We are just gonna go find some strangers here There's a lot of people out today And we are gonna give them some instant noodles from India And see what they think about them And uh... I'm very excited Oh yeah, and...! If you guys like this video and you wanna see more videos You can subscribe And let me know what other types of Indian foods... Or foods from anywhere else You guys would like to see featured on this channel So... Let's go! What is it? Have you had instant noodles before? Yes Ramen noodles?
[In the U.S. instant noodles are often referred to as "ramen noodles"] Yeah, ramen noodles
[In the U.S. instant noodles are often referred to as "ramen noodles"] So this is a special... How the hell [did he know]...?! I love Oodles of Noodles
[Popular American instant noodle brand] Yeah, so this is instant noodles... But from India Do you guys eat Indian food at all? Uh, I've tried it before... I love ramen noodles! Is it chicken? So it's masala flavor, it's vegetarian But it has a very typical kind of...Indian taste and spices Okay, I want to try some! Yeah! It looks good! Give it a smell and let us know what you guys think about it Love it, love it! It's great! As far as taste, man, it's very authentic, man It's real good man I mean it gives me like a chicken flavor Chicken flavor! Yeah, but it's great though It's great! Have you ever had anything like that before? Oh no, never in my life Never in my life Do you want to try? Yes, I would like to try Alright, great Okay, you eating off the same fork, or...? No, eww! Man, those are hot! Those are great! Those are great! They're great, right? Hell yeah! I approve of it! I approve of it, it's great! They are good! The noodles are fresh! Fresher than a pack of noodles So do you approve? Yes, I approve! Do you recommend it? Yes I recommend it! There you go! Cool, wow! No that's yours! Oh! Yeah! Oh thank you! The bowl too? Yeah, absolutely! Oh sick, thank you! That's what's up Let me kill this
["kill" is American slang for "finish eating"] Eat the rest of this! Kill it man! I'm gonna eat the rest of these, okay? Thank you! Oh my god I'm scared No, no, no, nothing to be scared about We have an instant noodle called Maggi These are from India Do you guys eat Indian food? Uh... Sometimes! My dad makes butter chicken! We just made a fresh one Okay And umm... Oh it smells good! Yeah So it's classic masala spices Yeah Give it a bite, and let us know what you think about it! Oh, it's actually really good! Really? Yeah It's better than Top Ramen
[Popular American instant noodle brand] Wow Sorry Top Ramen is super bland and it's just all salt And this is actually kind of authentic You know? It's good, I wish you could try this! Uh, I do think... I do think this is actually... ...vegan, I'm looking at the ingredients and there's nothing... May contain... So It's good! Do you want to try it? I'll try it! Oh, it is good! [Right:] It's good, right?
[Left:] Yeah Yeah! Do you think the curry flavor goes well with the instant noodle format? [Right:] Yes, it does
[Left:] I actually didn't like curry [Left:] But I like that
[Right:] It's good Cool! So, it's a little bit hot... Yeah [Xiaoma:] But it should be cooked by now...
[Man:] What are you eating, bro? Alright, I feel it Yeah, so give it a smell, and let me know like... That's chicken! I smell that... I smell the tradition! You know, I smell the flavors, you know? It just hit me, you know? Yeah, so it's masala spices, traditional Indian spices You know we eat the noodles, you know? It's shrimp! No it's not No shrimp, no shrimp, no shrimp Spicy! Little bit spicy! It's good, yeah! These noodles is hot? Yeah, there's spices in there You wanna try? What kind of noodles is this? It's uh, Indian noodles India? From India, yeah Oh I f**k with India!
["f**k with" is American slang for "hang out with", "be cool with"] This sh*t is good! Cool! That could be dinner! Yeah Can I finish it? It's yours, yeah man! Finish it! Yeah, go for it! You want to try? I went to jail, and I'm tired of noodles! I wanna eat some! It's from India! It's hot, it's hot! It's good? What do you think about the flavors? I'd give it a 10! You'd give it a 10?! Nice! Cool guys! Thank you man! Thank you so much, really appreciate it, this was great! Yeah! And it is called Maggi instant noodles Maggi So they're from India That smells really really good! It's funny... My sister... Is married to... An Indian man Oh, cool So... And I have never tried these Wow It's got a bit of a kick to it!
[U.S. slang for "surprisingly intense"] But it's really really good, oh my goodness! Holy buckets... I... Like I don't even know, this is so good! Really? And it's called what? Maggi? Maggi, yeah I like that, I dig it! Hell yeah, thank you! And what do you think the flavor tastes like? It has that saltiness that regular ramen has, but... It's so unique to itself! That's really really cool! Wow, that's so awesome! Oh my gosh! [Xiaoma:] Well this is [yours]...
[Woman:] I'm sorry that I'm... No worries, this is yours! Yeah, the whole thing! Yeah Are you sure you don't [need it]? Yeah, yeah, it's yours, absolutely! Okay... Well, thank you! Thank you! Thank you so much, it has been great to meet you! Thank you! Have you had ramen noodles before? You have? Is it gonna make her sick? No, no, definitely nothing sick here If you want to hold onto this... I'll get you a fork It's hot! You could just give it a smell... Smell good? Smells spicy! [Mom:] You did the spicy challenge! Yeah, but that's more spicy! This is a different kind of spicy! That's good! [Mom:] Is it? What does it taste like? It tastes hot! Like spicy? I like it! You like it? Wow! That's good! Alright! [Xiaoma:] Wow so glad you liked it, awesome!
[Mom:] Thank you! Here, this is yours! [Mom:] Oh, you could have it! Yeah, the whole thing is yours, including the container! [Mom:] Oh! Yeah! Thank you so much! Yeah, thank you guys! I love YouTube! Well yeah, you guys could check me out on YouTube... And umm... Subscribe and... Let me see, let me subscribe! Do you guys eat instant noodles? Yeah You do? Have you ever had Indian instant noodles? No Cool We have hot water and we're gonna cook it for you First you want to break it up into four different pieces... Do you guys eat any Indian food at all...? No No? Okay Do you just want to grab the...little packet there? And now just... Open it up That's your flavor right there Cover it And just wait like a couple minutes Smell it, what's the [flavor]...? I mean, I... I don't really know how to explain it! It's like... Smells spicy but... It's not spicy It's a little hard, but it's alright! It's good! What does it taste like? I don't know Have you had a flavor like that before, like...? Never? No! You've never had that before, ever?! No! Really? Do you eat Indian food at all? Curry, things like that? She might! She probably has! Yeah, I can definitely smell... Indian in there! Do you guys eat instant noodles, or...? Yeah, I mean, Koreans... [Right:] We eat it on the regular...
[Left:] We love our Shin Ramyun... Oh, interesting The spicy ones Okay So this is instant noodles from India... Called Maggi, have you ever heard of that before? Maggi? No... Smells very Indian... Like curry Yeah yeah yeah Cumin, I smell some cumin Yeah, there's cumin... So it's masala, that classic Indian blend of spices The first time I had it I was like... Wow, this is crazy... It definitely has the classic curry taste to it Yeah yeah yeah My Korean taste buds are telling me... ...more salt Okay It's not bad, it's definitely got that... Like... ...classic curry taste When you mentioned Indian ramen… ...I thought it was gonna be trippy, eating it, but This feels a little natural It's just like regular instant ramen With like a hint of Indian seasoning Exactly, exactly You want your container back? No no, it's yours Really? Yeah Have you ever had instant noodles before? No No? Oh, cool, alright So this is instant noodles from India So I'll cook it for you right here Okay Barb, what did you get me into? [Barb laughing] Do you eat Indian food? No At all? Wow, alright cool Don't worry Destiny, it's gonna be good! You want me trying it with you? Yeah! You're just carrying around hot water? Yes Yeah... So we're pros over here! And then let me just cover this for you! You ain't got no hot sauce? No, no hot sauce... Yeah, so maybe you want to mix it up a little bit... What in the microwaveable... It smell good But everything that smell good don't taste good... Okay What? This tastes like hard ass rice After! Three weeks of Thanksgiving dinner! I wanna taste! You wanna try? Here It's alright You know it's really interesting, because for me... The first time that I tried these noodles I kind of felt like... Wow It is very strange to try instant noodles with such an Indian flavor But... When you eat them the first time you're like Oh actually, you know what? The flavor actually goes quite well with instant noodles And I think that a lot of people here today Also appreciated these instant noodles So guys! Please leave a comment Letting us know What other foods, whether from India or anywhere else You guys would like me to feature on this channel To give to strangers from all around the world Today We'll see you guys next time Okay? Bye bye! Bye bye guys!
