BEST HOTPOT EVER?! London Chinatown FOOD TOUR | Must Try STEAM BUNS

[Music] [Music] ah beautiful cloudy slightly drizzly day here in the uk let's go to chinatown [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] welcome to london chinatown [Music] there's a hop hop place singaporean plays malaysian plays cantonese plays hal john so this is peking cantonese and dim sum soup dumplings beef noodle soups some cantonese dishes here looks like some sichuan dishes as well oh they're cooking dim sum and buns right in the front window that's definitely the most colorful decorated gate i've ever seen in chinatown and there's lanterns everywhere it's actually quite nice the streets are clean and they blocked all oh look at how pretty this is i don't think there's a lot of car traffic going through this either yeah let's go find some food [Music] do [Music] this looks good matcha strawberry definitely be back for that how's the tea blazer there's a happy lemon dirty matcha boba tea hot pot oh wow it says to cook this for 18 hours just seeing those words makes me a little teared up so there's a lot of these little buffets around this chinatown for about eight pounds you get americanized chinese food but still for that price not bad this is the only place that's open right now ling ling crepes they got giant handmade buns um champion godzilla chinese crepes this looks good called lomian barbecue noodles this sounds really really good they also got liam key here okay [Music] [Music] so [Music] so there's a lot of street food stalls open in chinatown pretty early and this place sells a lot of classic favorites from different regions in china they sell like the little waffle buns there's jo jiamo from xi'an they also got this barbecue noodles the only time i had this was in south korea chinatown it's basically roasted noodles with eggs scallions cilantro you put a little hot dog in here too i always like this dish mainly because of how alternate the noodles are he put some cumin in here to give it that really nice barbecue flavor the egg is soft and creamy i think a little bit of a shrimp paste in here as well pretty good and they're cheating outside of all these restaurants so you can grab some food sit at these tables and it's about to ring soon of course there's these decorative lanterns everywhere everything is about to open things usually open around noon so in about 20 minutes most of everything is going to open up and i already know where i want to go next [Music] this place i'm mad it's a malaton place you check out a bunch of ingredients and they put it into a pot for you some skewers and snacks on the back supposedly they stew their broth for 18 hours i'm really excited for this china that's close together so i don't have to walk too far for food and before the food gets here a big thank you and shout out to surf shark vpn for sponsoring this video and continuing to support this channel i've been recommending surf sharp vpn for years it's still a tool i use every single day especially when i'm traveling i'm sure everyone knows a lot of 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shredded potato pretty much an appetizer i always get whatever i see on the menu i love it so much but they actually do this really well here little sour very spicy very nummy poppy milky mushrooms tofu skin there's beef wood here this is really good looking for a cold day like let's this this 18-hour broth that's pretty good really flavorful i should have got the extra spicy version but the flavor is rich there's a lot of sesame paste in here as well for a little bit of creaminess a little nummy not too much but overall flavor is pretty darn good also ordered this the broth soaks into the meat pretty well it's really not much of a oh there's a dipping sauce actually make your own dipping sauce sesame hot oil some chili powder garlic i'm so happy or something like this anytime i go to any chinatown this is always something i love to get any sort of hot pot dry hot pot dumplings noodles just something i crave so much right dough's been soaking for a little bit you really don't need much of dipping sauce the broth is pretty good in this in this pot it was a good breakfast because they're nice well i've been seeing like cultures like this everywhere so this is like beware of thieves poster and apparently what happens is i guess you're sitting down and someone comes by who looks like a chubbier version of al pacino and while they're showing you the flyer they take your phone i will now be aware of anyone looking like a chubby al pacino this looks really really good got a regular hojicha tea this is really cool a strawberry matcha spritz so this thing says straw matcha on top strawberry syrup i think on the bottom this is interesting let me know if you like it i mean it's good i like matcha the matcha is not sweet the strawberry is do you like it it tastes like a salad it tastes like a salad i like the part where it's like where you suck up mostly the strawberries so it's a lot sweeter but then you get the part where it's not sweet at all it's a confusing drink i'm gonna just move on to to this this is the matcha this is the mochi cheese tea and it's sweet matcha with mochi on top and the top foam is it's not cheeseburger it's mochi cheese this i like a lot it's not overly sweet just a bit of sweetness foam is so delicious just dip some of that mochi in there cover it up with that nice foam take a sip nice just creamy it's delicious slight bitterness from the matcha this is a perfect drink and perfect little accompanying bite next one for some dumplings oh wow this upstairs getting a tee for about 10 minutes and now it's just thunderstorming outside the dumpling place is about seven minute walk from here maybe we'll get a dry hot pot first the mama look at this it's so massive also kind of like a samurai helmet like i'm literally eating dry hop on top of a samurai helmet giant dry hop height cilantro sesame greens tofu skin delicious fatty beef this is what i've been looking for some potatoes enoki mushrooms dry tofu skin soft delicious looking but sliced potatoes and so many chilies peppercorn in here wow oh also got some fatty intestines this when it's thunderstorming outside this is the ultimate samurai helmet of spicy comfort food give me a lot of rice look at this my own complaint i wish it was spicier which was a little numbier didn't really ask me what level of spiciness i want i don't know if they give you a choice at all to choose other than the spice level the flavor is fantastic the milky mushroom is crunchy the fatty beef is tender contestants fantastic but spice level i would say this is like low spice i'm barely feeling a tingle on my tongue like i said i think the overall flavor not counting spice is pretty good all the ingredients are extremely flavorful especially the potatoes very good i just actually can't make just any spicier now actually they just came by and they're like yeah what you do for it so i said make it as spicy as possible so let's see what it's like when it comes back it's spicier i say maybe it's not twice as spicy i like it they definitely heated this up with a chili powder first few bites i didn't feel like it was that spicy then it just kind of catches up to you and the heat starts turning on from the back of your tongue this is good i like this combination of food items too the sliced fatty beef is tender the potato is chewy i think they make the potatoes really nice a lot of these potatoes are a little charred on one side it's perfect and the more you eat the heat just kind of compounds on your tongue so it definitely makes you suffer more and more in a good way as you're eating you can taste the fermented bean sauce even more now whatever i'm choosing between hot pots between dry hot pot and like a regular traditional hot pot it's so hard to decide but luckily because the thunderstorm can't really get out of this area and this restaurant was right next to us got to have the best of both worlds i'm crying right now this is definitely an amazing amazingly delicious monster probably one of the best i've had anywhere and they definitely obliged by my request of making it as spicy as possible oh still stormy i have the urge to just look up into the heavens and open my mouth and hold my tongue will cool down chinatown it's just bustling [Music] at the bun house right now this place tons of dim sum tons of bao i think their salted egg bun look really really good from the pictures i'm gonna guess some of that it's really interesting so on the top it's just the buns and the different meats of the buns right on top here so i got pork beef lamb and a custard bun this is really cool look at this beautiful meat buns this one is lamb this is awesome the bun is perfect if your pillow was as soft as this you would just have a lifetime of amazing dreams the lamb inside is amazingly flavorful and besides that delightfully delicate meat there's also crunchy cartilage in here as well so you get some lean meat some fat some crunch from the cartilage the texture is amazing this is absolutely absolutely delicious and delightful this is the beef one shredded beef inside and scallions again bun is perfectly pillowy beef looks like it's gonna melt as soon as it goes into my mouth it tastes like the tender beef from like a beef noodle soup with all that intense beefy flavor inside the sponge there's actually a lot of buns out there it's just a typical minced meat with vegetables here you're tasting chunks of delicious beef definitely pork belly you get a ton of fat with each delightfully porky bite little sweet i can't taste if there's any heat because my tongue is not really working anymore after the spicy hop-up yeah all right see chili's i think my favorite one is still is the lamb that's so so nice the rest of these aren't too shabby either this next one might be my favorite custard egg one oh wow that is so pretty a flood of yolky sweet deliciousness once the bun is broken one of the best salted egg ones i've ever had wow i think it's just so creamy that's one of those bites that's going to remain on your mind for a long long time this is a very worthwhile place to check out if you're ever in chinatown london amazing for a meal or just a random snack oh my goodness there's a ton of these american candy stores everywhere you go look at that oreos willy wonka sour patch like every other blog there's an american candy store [Music] food here looks amazing i got a lobster dumpling i don't think i've ever had lobster dumplings before and then a soup dumpling that requires a straw these are really really pretty so these are the lobster dumplings they kind of look like cabbage the way they're folding green rim dip it in some hot oil vinegar and soy sauce so much juice inside though these are some extremely juicy dumplings definitely not the cheapest dumplings food in general in london super expensive but these are amazingly delicious it's savory it's fatty and all that combined with the sweetness of the lobster meat it makes this an incredible dumpling this thing just explodes whenever you take a bite this is a really good dumpling question been eating all day so i think goods and water as many dumplings i wanted really wanted to try their pork one and they got all sorts of different flavors like mala pork and dill pork and mushroom might pork with pretty much any vegetable out there i mean it would be fantastic as well just look at that sweet glistening lobster meat i didn't want to get 12 pork dumplings but check out this cheyenne soup dumpling well it's not too giant but it's at least double the size of a regular soup dumpling and it comes with a little straw [Music] and slurp yeah my tongue is just getting punished tonight from a spicy mama jungle i definitely have not been kind to my tongue today from the spicy heat to this scolding hot broth oh this is really really hot be careful if you're ever slurping soup from a dumpling the dumpling will dump back from the little i can taste before my tongue cooked it's really delicious porky broth so good i don't even really need a vinegar or hot oil that's really really delicious last thing i got this is a more of a dessert dumpling this is a pumpkin dumpling and it looks so cool the way they folded this and it's made with sticky rice and i'm gonna just eat one of these while i wait for my tongue to kind of get some feeling back sticky rice on the outside red bean on the inside look at that nice flavor of the pumpkin sweet creamy red bean this is a perfect dish to use some hot tea so much soup left in here there's this giant piece of filling of just pork and scallions and a little bit of vinegar and some hot oil open up and let the soup flow out because it's still burning hot in there i let it sit around for about 10 minutes already it's still very hot this is so good their pork feeling is excellent so much juice such a ginormous filling of course everything is handmade here if you like dumplings there's definitely a place worth trying last meal of the day is this normal like it's been raining raining all day sporadically for like 10 minutes it'll be bright sunshine now and then it'll rain again with the sunshine now then the sunshine will go away then the rain will stop and the sun will come out and then that whole cycle just repeats itself throughout the day i think it's really confusing place to try to figure out if you're gonna bring umbrella out that day or not anyway at crystal china so there's actually a lot of great chinese restaurants around london um we left chinatown we found this local sichuan place seaweed salad they brought over little side dishes and main dish one is fatty thin sliced beef with smoky tiger chilies on the bottom this has been an amazing day of eating chinatown i thought in london was pretty darn awesome with a lot of food options young was amazing the buns were superb and the dumplings that was some next level dumpling shop it's not it's definitely not the cheapest chinese food i've ever consumed but it is delicious garlicky super spicy tons of beef on top the bottom is a soy sauce based sauce beef is thin it's tender it's delicious in the bottom oh my gosh it's awesome there's a lot of different types of tiger chilies these are amazing these things they usually deseed them so they're not super spicy but they are extremely smoky smoking a little sweet also got this fatty crunchy spicy and nummy intestine this has quickly become one of my favorite dishes like every situation i go to get some crispy intestines nothing just melts in your mouth take some large intestines eat it with the seaweed for a little additional crunch and just let that vinegary garlicky seaweed balance out that fatty fatty intestines yeah my tongue is still not healed so any spice i'm really really feeling it i haven't been here for that long but so far the food gotta say exceeded my expectations also the whole chinatown area is so pretty really easy to get around and plus it's smack in the middle of soho so it's basically in the middle of london really fun to just grab something to eat and go walk around look at big ben check out westminster abbey and i didn't know this but chinatown really exploded after world war ii when the soldiers came back after falling in love with chinese food so where chinatown is now is not the original location of the first chinatown when the soldiers came back from fighting in the east and really developed a taste for chinese food and they wanted some more chinese people we're always happy to feed anyway i never really truly explored london's chinatown before and gotta say i had a really fun-filled day today and as always all the places i went to listed down below for you guys thank you all so much for watching until we eat again see you later

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Length: 25min 11sec (1511 seconds)

Published: Thu Jun 09 2022

Reddit Comments

[u/arghhmonsters]

I don't think it'll go down well with some of their Chinese fans politically sadly

[u/AngelChu]

not sure how hard it'd be to reach out but a chinatown tour would be cool :)