SPICY LOBSTER & Chinese STREET FOOD BBQ NOODLES | MUST EAT Lunar New Year Foods!

[Music] hi first time i've been in koreatown in weeks oh and by the way happy new year just killing some time before dinner i'm actually here to try out this this singing restaurant like a song restaurant i'm not exactly sure what it is it's just open so i'm gonna go try it out it's one street over but got about 30 minutes to kill so i figured i'd grab something to eat here go ahead and grab a quick onigiri i'm starving i haven't eaten anything today so i want to get a some onigiri but i kind of lost track of time my dinner is now and see if i can find it chicken jazz is it this looks like a musical restaurant no oh shabu garden twelve dollars per hour all you can eat gonna check this place out when it opens this street has changed a lot there's a dim sum palace over there like they're making a chinatown one street away from the korea town okay here it is doesn't look like a restaurant hutali this is supposedly a super popular chain restaurant out of china [Music] this place is pretty cool you got a live stage there it it's it's just kind of it's like a bar a restaurant like a rainforest a light performance place all in one and the way this this place is being described to me is that it's not really a restaurant it's like a experience where people come here and they can listen to live music late into the night and just enjoy their food and drinks it's pretty cool it's just kind of like a bunch of stuff combined into one and like inside these little rooms it kind of looks like a country house like an old chinese country house and the food is kind of like a combination of flavors as well i'm going to take a look at the menu and get some stuff to eat all right so fujifilm sichuan dish ooh mouth-watering chicken pork and garlic salt that's great too entree kung pao chicken pineapple chicken generous this is like a playground for citron food and americanized chinese food crispy beef spicy dry pot that looks good donbay style cabbage i love that uh 18 18-second beef that's that's a fast beef all right it's mainly sutron food so i kind of know what i want to get and there's a pad thai very interesting oh it's also a dish with duck blood you guys ever had duck blood it's quack all right i think i know what i want all right just put in my food order and before it comes just a huge shout out to surf shark vpn for sponsoring this video you guys heard me talk about surf shark vpn a lot because it's something i highly recommend you get we're all spending so much online these days especially because there's not much else to do so you got to protect your digital information if you don't know what a vpn is it's a virtual private network and what search vpn does is that it encrypts your data before it goes over the internet so people you don't want having access to your information they won't have access to it and i give this example a lot whenever you're texting about a certain product or brand to somebody or sometimes even just talking about it in front of 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zoom you might just see me drop that if you don't see this video i have dropped dead before my food came all right so they brought over some dishes this is a classic sichuan there's the lots of chili chicken now what's interesting about this is this is spicy chili chicken with pineapples too crispy spicy nummy good flavors nice crunch from the chicken i'm gonna try a piece of the pineapple this is so interesting is it weird i like the pineapple more than chicken the spicy numbing sichuan flavors goes really well with the pineapple what's kind of boggling my mind right now it's seriously i think it tastes better than the chicken i mean the chicken is good but i think that the pineapple just so unique it's juicy and spicy and that nice smoky flavor alright nothing wrong with the chicken it's good tender juicy what a pineapple is green we should make a whole dish just called lots bolo spicy chili pineapple i ordered that all right this is something my friend told me you gotta try this is the dry pot lobster and it looks like it's cooked with lotus roots and cauliflower that's good seasoning that looks good looking lobster meat you gotta try this dish wow the flavor is really authentic sweet lobster meat spicy and peppery shooting wow this is a great dish i mean it's so tender too and the spices pretty much penetrated the shell onto every single bite of this sweet succulent flesh oh lobster tripod sounds like it it's kind of gimmicky but it actually tastes delicious also they put some rinse and beans in here too it's that earthy flavor goes so well ah sweet meat i love potatoes too i don't really go dash my chinese new year resolution eat more vegetables see i like broccoli i just don't like the leafy tree looking kind nice good so far the three dishes i've tried the spicy chicken is really unique the lobster is just delicious and the vegetables it's good considering it's vegetables wish i had a chance to try some more dishes but it is like chinese new year's eve so like they're just getting bombarded with water so uh so far everything i tried really good definitely back and maybe hopefully listen to some live music when this whole craziness ends and try out more of their stuff all right i'm gonna go and look for dinner number two so today is new year's eve and apparently if you try to eat at a restaurant and flushing it's impossible so i'm in koreatown right now i'm flushing at uh tong which is one of my favorite places for fish you gotta eat a fish so i'm getting a grill fish tonight and then tomorrow i'm gonna get another fish and then go visit my family also i got pig's feet kind of miss pig's feet that's actually really good there's a lot of flavor in here also got some tofu soup and of course the fish beef is a little tough you know super flavor is good and the reason why chinese people always eat fish during new years is because fish is pronounced you and mandarin and it's also the same pronunciation as you as an excess so we want excess like we want good fortune that's why you get the fish and you never flip the fish over and when you eat one side you don't flip it over and eat the other side that means you're like kind of flipping your fortunes over just kind of take the bone out and then just eat it from that same side remember eat your fish but don't flip your fish nice roaster fish the next day hey good morning so today is the official first day of the new year and if you don't know chinese new year celebration lasts for 15 days and it ends with the lantern festival and so it's really important last night and the lantern festival to eat with your families i couldn't really go home last night because my parents weren't available so i'm gonna go see them today and there's a lot of rules and stuff you need to know for the new year you're not supposed to do any sweeping uh don't cut your hair don't wash your hair on the first day of the new year you gotta eat dumplings because they're shaped like ingots you gotta eat fish that's what we did last night a lot of rules um if you want to know more about the chinese new year's and all the stuff you're supposed to do and not do i have a video i made a long time ago i'll link it down below for you uh but today i'm gonna go try out a couple restaurant i just opened up here in fleshy and then i'm gonna go buy some stuff and take it to my parents place oh this is new too this is a crossing the bridge noodle soup place a lot of new restaurants oh this used to be food and oh man this place was so good so sad to see that so many awesome restaurants that are just not here anymore that was a great restaurant great northeastern food restaurant one of the first to uh open up here i'm flushing by the way it is so cold today so cold [Music] oh here it is this is the new place so this is a place um that sells northern street food so you got the champion which is the most popular street food and then you have buns and crepes and [Music] wraps [Music] [Music] there's a tiny little fruit stand just opened by that really nice auntie it was recommended by one of my friends super nice lady she gave me like some tea eggs too because she said her tea eggs are amazing anyway got a lot of stuff let me just go find a place to sit i haven't had my dumpling yet for the new year so that's why i'm here warm up with some hot soy milk oh yeah this is way better than eating inside get your own little capsule you feel safe and secure all right let me try out some of the stuff i just bought okay this is the tian bingo it's the number one street food in china check this thing out super thin crepes with duck inside eggs mixed in with the wrapper scallions some lettuce sesame chilies inside as well it's all wrapped around this little crispy piece of dough which is really the essence of the champion godzilla this is so good the wrapper has got an amazing texture because usually the wrapper it's not just made with wheat flours is usually a combination of either millet's flour or mung bean flour which is what this is so the texture is not as doughy it's a little sad because i've been walking around for like 20 minutes so the inside is not super crispy anymore which that's always something great to have we can bite it bite into it get that nice crunch still eggy delicious crepe very aromatic because of the sesame flavors out of this world go get one of these next thing i got this is the fried cold noodles if you guys remember when i was in chinatown in korea i got this a couple of times basically it's it's cold sheet noodles and they cook it over a grill and they put eggs and veggies and sausage inside or whatever meat you want inside how good does that look so this one it's got sauteed onions little bits of hot dogs and of course that cold noodle on the outside and this is also called barbecue noodles because they put this like barbecue-esque sauce on top oh i missed this i missed it so much i like this more than the jamming was it this is just so good crunchy onions with that great smoky flavor of the noodles with just a hint of sweetness and tons of heat from the chili oil our needle texture is so good barbecue noodle texture is just so chewy and wonderful the beef pancake [Music] i am overflowing with emotions right now i'm going to call this jerry mcguire because it had me at hello hello so amazingly toasty and flaky on the outside and the meat is just how do you describe something that's essentially angelic you need this in your life like pretty much right now oh this is so good this is one of the best big pancakes i've ever had was so good and she saw me on this i never had something like this before i think there's another street item this is i think a sweet bun and i remember this is something made with brown sugar it's basically a flaky brown sugar bun it looks good i think it goes really well with my soy milk yeah it does dump that in i like this last thing i gotta try is her soy sauce eggs she just gave these to me so i'm really thankful wow you guys are on keto right now forget your boring egg i don't care what you do with a boiled scramble whatever ain't gonna get much better than this go to go go find this lady and buy like a thousand of these and you'll easily devour all of them oh they're so good they're soaked i'm gonna save this i ordered noodles i'm gonna save this for this half first of my noodles because eggs and noodles is a great combination great combination wow that's a really amazing little street food place definitely go and show that auntie some love like everything's so good i'm really really happy right now [Music] wow wow that is beautiful this is their new soup dumpling sea cucumber abalone and ham time to dig [Music] in i gotta get to the supreme place first oh this one's kind of leaky already this is the oh no a leaky soup dumpling it's never a good sign for the new year i'm actually really upset about this [Music] nightshift dumpling definitely got better that heaps and bounds better than it used to be that was really really good this is the sea cucumber i'm gonna just cradle it on the spoon just in case i mess up again i like the fact that they give you big spoons here so you can kind of get the whole soup dumpling on there wow seafood flavor in there spectacular it's like a serpent soup dumpling great flavor of the sea cucumber mixed in with that awesome juicy pork the abalone is cool enough to where i can just kind of uh dunk it and just stick the whole thing in my mouth [Music] that's good too i think i like the soup could come with a vegetable overall three great additions except for that popped first soup dumpling i'm really happy right now i wanted some noodles too because usually noodles are like a birthday food but eat some noodles during the new year i can't hurt have to get all my requirements in got my dumplings in got my fish now i got some noodles all right my age is so good trust me gosh go get some egg i'm gonna eat at this restaurant i like how these outdoor dining places are you pretty much get your own little room which is super super nice all right this place i'm at is called xiangnan chinese fusion i heard really really good things about this place finally gonna get to try it and again they did this very nice thing for the outside for outdoor dining so a little a little private cabin with a heater even though indoor dining in new york is open i feel much safer in a place like this where i can have my own little bubble okay so apparently their specialty here is the it's the roasted whole fish and duck so i got them both and of course i got the you sure you can finish them all i'm gonna try i'm gonna try really hard first dish has arrived and this thing has a really uh weird name to it it's called xiaomi so it means little chili pepper fell in love with little chicken what so i guess it's a chicken dish with little chili peppers oh it looks good looks like a compound chicken but without the nuts so look at look at this huge chunks of garlic and the little chili peppers in cubes of chicken so good wow oh is fantastic chicken is one of the most tender pieces of chicken i've ever had wow how's this so ginger when this thing is spicy it's garlicky wonderful flavors wow i just ate a piece of garlic that has a hint of sweetness to it too not overwhelming at all what's also amazing is that there's chunks of ginger in here as well so usually ginger and garlic it's just for flavoring but here you can just actually take a bite of the ginger you know just like the garlic the flavor is not at all overwhelming the texture is pleasant and it just goes great with the chicken this thing is burning my tongue up got to bring your heat tolerance if you want to try this and i'm thankful for the cold air just cooling down the pain on my tongue this is one of those spicy dishes that hurts you but you keep going back for more wow this is insane this is fish with a sichuan tofu soup sort of bits of tofu in here and i see chilies of course ginger garlic sesame oh my gosh this is a flippin fish let me show you how big this thing is oh my god it's probably i say at least 15 pounds this whole thing also pine nuts on top i don't even know where to start with this pine nuts seaweed i kind of want to try this tofu and this is their most popular broth mmm oh that's tender we got all that great sichuan flavor infused into that tofu too let's see what else is on the bottom here ah some potatoes again big chunks of garlic enoki mushrooms oh they fried this fish before they put it in here no texture is so good you definitely need a bib eating this fish i'm pretty sure i've already destroyed this shirt there's a reason why i have tons of these really cheap like nine dollar shirts so the top is fried when you dig a little deeper you know that song dig a little deeper you'll finally understand what elvis was singing about and love me tinder i mean last night i got the fish because you know it's new year's eve you want to eat a fish then the fish last night wasn't bad but this this is the real deal right here this is a fish that's fit for a chinese new year feast [Music] and i'm gonna bring one of these to my prayers later today too but you know without the chilies and stuff they don't really eat much spice so i'm going to ask them to steam a fish for me and take it a go this is all for me they wouldn't they would not want to eat this this is all just for me my duck dish is here this is okay i think this is still roast stuck i don't think this is a peking duck because peeking dog will take forever but got the handmade crepes scallions cucumbers peking duck sauce some pineapple some sugar to dip in it when you're eating pecan duck you have to use these handmade crepes it's just so soft and chewy and textured so wonderful i think this is actually a peking duck i don't know how they got it here so fast um maybe if they just ordered it from somewhere because typically when you go to a peeking duck restaurant you got to order one day ahead of time because this thing takes forever to cook but this is so amazingly good with the crispy skin on the duck and the nice crunch from the cucumbers and onions that beautiful earthy sweetness from the duck sauce [Music] and just dipping it a little tiny bit in the sugar [Music] oh it brings this whole dish together oh that's wonderful this is a really good restaurant trust me come here get the chicken get a fish definitely get this stuck now i feel like it's new years all right i'm gonna eat up and i'm getting a fish for my parents and then i'm also picking up something else you'll see it's really pretty i want to try something i saw this on a viral video i always wonder if it works so the guy put the pancake her [Music] the only situation i would ever recommend you doing that would be you order a peeking dock and you only got like five minutes left for lunch otherwise slow it down enjoy your duck okay now to pick up the something too my friend lewis runs this really amazing bakery she does all these cakes and snacks i think i think this is it hey i know look at this wow this is lewis she an amazing baker what'd you make [Music] oh that's awesome oh my gosh no all this yeah it's all of this small cookie your favorite oh that's my favorite marshmallow cookie yeah wow what is this it's the milk and the taro coffee wow and this is the strawberry panna cotta oh wow oh this is crazy yeah and awesome wow [Music] okay i can't wait to try all this so you guys still order online right yeah we enjoyed the panda express you're on panda express what panda express delivery hungry panda okay okay okay wow new year special order wow thank you so much this is amazing wow thank you oh this is so pretty so this is kind of japanese style cheesecake um with heavy cream and the cream cheese something in there and the sour and the sweet that looks amazing oh this is all looks amazing i'm going to be really big after this she's amazing baker all this stuff i know is going to taste good thank you so much all right got the fish i want to buy some oranges got the cake time for new york family dinner and to all of you guys out there i know this video is probably gonna come out like way after lunar new year whether you celebrate it or not hopefully on that day you were able to be with people you care about you love and share some great food as always thank you all so much for watching this video happy super belated lunar new year everybody i'll see you later [Music]

Channel: Mike Chen

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Keywords: chinese street food, street food, nyc street food, new york street food, street, food, chinese noodles, chinese new year, new year, lunar new year, noodles, dumplings, dumpling, seafood, new york eats, new york food, new york, nyc, nyc eats, flushing, travel, tourism, mukbang, eating, eat, restaurant, dining

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Length: 26min 52sec (1612 seconds)

Published: Sun Feb 28 2021