Which City Has the BEST ASIAN Food? LA vs. NYC!

wow you know what's really interesting what was the last time you seen us yo a lot of people like to ask us who has better asian food new york or l.a tough question but we're back in the 626 for a quick trip to try some of the newest spots chashu tacos sergio ramen sugarcane durian drinks hong kong soft swerve and boba egg tarts now the verdict we'll let you decide all right thank you everybody for clicking on that video but real quick i got to tell you about the sponsor cinca they sent me their new percussive massage gun called the kitta i've been using it a lot lately and as you guys know percussive therapy is like the new thing it's really good for muscle recovery especially after playing basketball and i'm gonna tell you five reasons why i really like this one number one it's super light in weight and at one and a half pounds it's easy to carry easy to maneuver on your own and you can just put it in your bag and you barely notice it number two it's super quiet because of its 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the link down below the cinca kita all right enjoy the rest of this what's going on everybody welcome back to a very special episode of fun bros food we're back in l.a we're with nelson chan who's back in the off-season what's popping y'all moving along it's crazy that we're all back from november what up man what's up guys come on i'm not gonna lie every time we do a video together it feels like 2017 2012 2012. you guys have a new menu yeah we're all trying to switch things up always trying different things volpo mofo has been very very busy over the past few months even through the pandemic they've been working hard trying to innovate bring you new items let's check them out thing i think first things first no i need you to make a decision on a drink that's kind of what you're doing man i'm going with the hay baby you like matcha okay that's true that's me you need to do the walnut shrimp burger hell yeah honey walnut shrimp burger all right this looks like a very good patty hold on wow you know i got a pretty high standard for hot dog i've had the shrimp burgers in japan i've had them in hong kong korea this is the best one that i've ever had all right now what do you want to go with man i'm gonna go with the tofu this is definitely something different man oh it's like a sweet seaweed on these honey butter furukake tots the flavor was way more baked in than i thought i thought it was going to sit on the extract but it was deep in there those were super easy to eat salty sweet baby in your hand you have the spicy chicken sandwich yo i can already taste the napa cabbage i had a few pieces man i got the regular chicken sandwich i've been in macau in china and the way they do their bowl of bao is a lot different yeah we got the pork chop version but you know with this they do it super differently all right guys i got the luro nachos they actually tweaked these since the last time we had them added a little bit more kick to them chicken sandwiches it's a 4.75 out of five honestly if it was dark meat i'll give it a 5 out of 5. even though it's a chicken breast that's still a juicy breast yo look at this guys i'm actually excited about the luro nachos let's go in a little bit more of a thai kick you know it's not just you behind making all this happen but man your team so impressive on how you guys are able to weave authentic asian flavors together in a non cringy manner yeah i appreciate that how were you able to do it successfully a lot of people have good ideas but execution is key to offer to operate a restaurant is like so much work so you got to have a great team eric my co-founder and the operator jean ray and the entire staff like the reason why i think we're doing well is because we have a culture here if you're going to be the type of manager that just like comes in like once a week and just like let your employees do whatever they want people will be able to tell in the product so you gotta you gotta make sure that you you put that effort into it like jane carter phil has the creative mind make you weep about your high school relationships also serve you some asian american food you never had before both executed very well kudos to you [Music] yeah yeah all right we love the food here but we gotta continue to crawl through the 626 and check out all the new spots guys let me tell you about these tacos right here guys because we were talking about how this chef grew up in mexicali mexicali is known for having a large chinese population so this past store right here is marinated in five spice and hoisin sauce that's crazy so this is not their special past store this is just the only past store that they have here and then also these peppers bro marinated in ponzu sauce you know the japanese pancakes they look kind of good but but say this probably tastes like 30 percent chinese and the rest like you know six or seventy percent of it uh mexican and i'm like it does taste kind of like tasty yo this is spicy the flavoring is good but there they kicked me right in the mouth tacos deserve a four out of five the peppers it tastes good but a little too spicy for me three out of five still solid all right here i got the flour tortilla of the past store the chinese pastor it definitely accomplishes that chashu vibe wow look at that it's actually really good it's actually chashu in a way that i've never had it because i've never had chashu in a taco form so this guy is the first one to do it that past store with the flour tortilla in particular 4.5 out of 5. oh my gosh this is a quesadilla right here this is crazy i'm just going to eat this like a taco though i'm going to put some of these onions pack some of those onions on real quick mexicali taco over here in san gabriel it's like mexican food that you've never had yo come here if you ever get the chance on to the next spot the next spot on our brand new concepts through the 626 crawl is vitacaine this is a brand new modernized vietnamese drink concept let's do this all right you guys we are here at veda came with one of the owners kenny what up man what's up dude what up video kane started out in rose mead i don't know if you guys been to that location yet but we specialize in sugarcane juice we mix all fresh juices with our sugarcane and then we also specialize in uh acai bowl as well all right so we got the top five drinks here at vida cane and i would have never imagined drinking some of these flavors for example the stink bomb one with durian you going in drinking durian i've never drink durian this is dragon fruit and sugar canes on purple dragon fruit that's a lemon berry this is the dragon oh no to be the king sugarcane gotta be the sweetest lightest thing i've ever had that is as durian as it gets that's fresh durian juice blended with sugar okay it actually tastes exactly how you would wow except it's very good i personally don't like coconut water or coconut juice with the sugar cane it makes it a lot more tasty i gotta say that this has major potential aren't you guys this is the acai bowl here at vida kane [Music] i like the peanut butter though it tastes like the healthy peanut butter all right we're like the super food joint i'm going on the regular one too i'm kind of torn i really like the the original i like them both but i'm going the original now you keep eating the peanut butter one that's you it's different it's different this is the nelly they're definitely different you don't eat this often they are doing things so different here at veda kane as they got a location in rose meat they got one here in alhambra on main street check out veda kane we're here for big softy now what is it called the cantonese circles utah basically means ice cream little ice cream station this spot is really cool because it's opened up by the younger generation we gotta check them out hey yo vincent can you tell us about the concept behind big softy we're ice cream stores using hong kong old taste 80s 70s 60s all around that age aren't you guys we are here at big softy and i have a butter mochi with tahitian vanilla ice cream this is a yuzu lemonade one very light almost like a sorbet i have the traditional tofu flour and i usually lemonade it's very refreshing it's super light not very icy melted right away wow you know what's really interesting what was the last time you seen us yo wow that was like someone's like awesome we might have a winner later don't drink crazy but if i had to eat one more it'd be it'd be these two for sure our last and final round here at big softy i have a ube tres leches bro creme brulee tofu this i have a peach mango calpico soft serve you want some asmr crunchy hey shout out to taro i thought taro had a good couple of decades i think honestly i think ube is crushing taro in 2020. that one is really interesting because i've never had anything that tasted like that i'm rolling with the creme brulee tofu i'm going through the bag i'm going with the usual coppico big softy monterey park mpk 626. on this fusion second generation crawl guys we have to show love to the bobs that just came here a year ago too let's go in this is a new spot here t at the deerfield plaza aren't you guys we have just put in five dollars to the lucky lipstick game i'm pretty sure this game is from china oh no no no you hit it right now yeah there's a lot of here t's in macau china so it's kind of crazy to see it out here in six or six i'm looking at a oval team boba with uh crushed cookies on top that's good okay here i got the super fruit green tea yo they might have to change the name to this man they might call it super fresh fruit green tea because this thing is refreshing so this is my purchase here at here tea it's a lutan i think america could eat more hard-boiled eggs man this is good it's juicy inside it's one of the better ludons i've had in a while and for a dollar all right so just as we checked out the new items at ball poll earlier we are here at sun mary bakery one of the best bakeries in the 626. all right guys this is all the trend right now it's like a butter garlic bread bowl this is it asian stuff cheers when it's fresh like that so decadent how soft it is gotta get five five out of five all right guys moving on to the more crazier item the boba egg tart this is boba pearls on top of an egg tart with a little uh chocolate roll on the side this is actually milk tea guys overall here's the thing if you like boba get this if you're not the biggest bubble fan skip it okay we have two items here that uh you know we're actually more like popular amongst the hipster dessert world for many years but now they have reached sun mary bakery and they're mass producing them guys this is the mochi donut marimochi donuts the cheapest mochi donuts out there [Music] not feeling it not feeling it i don't know there's something about that mango tastes extremely artificial it was all right i mean the top oreo is kind of hard but i like the texture of the the actual donut yeah and this is 2.5 they're not going to be better than the spots that specialize in it facts but do get the garlic bread though hands down aren't you guys we are looking at killer noodle right now andrew this is a japanese chinese sichuan fusion ramen concept from the ramen geniuses world renowned at sugita they let you choose your numbness level and your spiciness level because those are two very different things so for the longest time andrew japanese have actually had tan tan men which is a version of dan damien we have the wet style we got the dry style soup no soup over here andrew we've got more of a downtown style which is more vinegar and chili oil it's really got a tangy aftertaste i would say this is more of their like original invention and then last but not least they got their mabo tofu concept here i got the dry tokyo style you just break that up wow but this you know it's based off a tan tan man which was based off of a da nam yem but this is its own thing honestly at fujita the way i know they how they do things they're almost like the momofuku of japan tokyo style very very smoky very meaty i mean you see how dark this meat is right here that's that's where all the smokiness is coming from what can you compare it to all right one one more bite it's kind of a mixture between tan tan min and then like a mexican spice really it's kicking kind of feels like we're at like a chinese spot right now but this is really really unique in the sense that there's some element of almost like the vinegar that you would put on it we're brothers i gotta go in david flip it flip it this is the only japanese restaurant that really touts to be as painful and delicious all right you guys last but not least andrew you have a japanese take on the gua bao yes there's a spicy pork bun coming from the fujinese taiwanese side and of course we have their uh version of a mabo tofu ramen i can see why killer noodle says this place is as much pain as it is pleasure oh this one is really interesting really heavy white pepper flavor overall andrew here at killer noodle we have sampled everything on the menu i'm going with the dry tokyo style man there's something about that mabo tofu very peppery very light i guess it's the lightest you know version of that dish i've ever had so i'm gonna roll with that one but i would say all of them were good all right now we're talking about concepts that are coming straight over from china what are we looking at this type of pot right here i like this lid where the smoke comes out from right here obviously it's locked up right now they actually put ice dry ice in the around the hot pot simmer the the broth or something and the smoke if he just comes all over here something just tastes better all right we have the uh cool oh don't look it's cooking all types of ways david you said one of your favorite hot pots was in the hutongs oh my goodness this is similar to it that's why i wanted to come here that's why i brought us here juicy what sauce is nelson grabbing look at him think okay what's underneath oh hello oh no i don't want that one what about that one this is a whole video on its own i got cilantro green onion the sesame sauce sesame oil and chili oil cilantro spicy oil sugar and some soy sauce that's it got your favorite scallions cilantro garlic uh soy sauce got some chilies in there got the sesame oil looking very colorful like your outfits all right so we're about 30 minutes into the meal i got my paper bib on how to protect uh you know the mariner's jersey i gotta say that it was overall it's good i thought the pot stickers were good hey i'm telling you if it's a pot where you can easily burn yourself that's authentic so when it comes to who has better asian food new york or la i think the truth is it depends each region is probably stronger at certain asian cuisines and i even think la might have more specifically asian-american options but new york definitely got the cheap eats and the really cool high-end spots i don't think we're able to find the definitive answer in this video so we might have to take a few more trips back you know what let us know in the comments below what you think and until next time we're out peace aren't you guys we are standing in front of one of if not the hottest spot in the 626 right now now your parents come here we are talking about the deerfield garden fresh meat market bro people are going ham right now since we were standing here like 10 people have already asked us if we're standing in line because they're trying to get meat for their hot pot at home

Channel: FUNG BROS.

Views: 114,259

Rating: 4.9559751 out of 5

Keywords: fung brothers, fung bros, Andrew Fung, David Fung, andrewjfung, davidbfung, asian american, Wong fu, sneakerheads, basketball, on the street, asian identity, streetwear, music videos, richie le, 626 food tour, best new asian food trends, bopomofo, boba, cha siu burger, cha siu taco, mexican chinese tacos, birria tacos

Id: 2F9TzDOq0kA

Length: 17min 24sec (1044 seconds)

Published: Tue Nov 24 2020