How does Chinese Breakfast work?
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- čas přidán 24. 06. 2017
- Chinese breakfast is not what you expect! Oil sticks and spicy cold tofu? What's up with Chinese breakfast?! I'll show you on the street breakfast, Chinese hotel buffet breakfast and what breakfast in Beijing the capital of China is all about!
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I’m ethnically Slovak and steamed buns look like dumplings to me, and our mom makes a dozen different types of dumplings, and they are all close to my heart.
I’m a german that lived in China for some years and knows the slavic kitchen pretty well and let me tell you, some come really close!
Especially I’m northern China, there’s one filled with pork and cabbage and it’s absolutely amazing.
Very slavic/bohemian tasting, but from the other end of the world!
Yours are better
Here in switzerland, we eat mountains and bank secrets for breakfast.
I would have taken you more seriously if you included cough drops
@@puttputt524 hold up
Lmao
haha u vergiss nid no paar luxus uhre als sauce
Mmmm, gold bars.
Here in Australia we eat koalas and snakes with vegemite
Disgusting. Vegemite is gross
Samuel Hyde Ding Dong you are *WRONG* . Vegemite is a God send.
delicious
And ride kangaroos to school and work?
Lol!!! Auzzies are funny as hell
Here in Poland we also eat congee when we're sick. It's usually made of overcooked rice and some grated carrot so it's easy to digest. I'm from northeastern Poland so I'm not sure about the rest of the country but it should be quite common especially among older people.
I was born in Guangdong (the south of china) and I finally visit some northern parts of china this year. I was culturally shocked! The breakfast is sooooooooooo different from the south. North is quick and simple. They have bread, egg, and soy milk while the south is noodles, rice, buns, dimsum. I love breakfast and it was heart breaking to not have a flavorful clean(ish)-feeling diverse food.
South is mostly ChangFen and JianBing.
I just came back from China:
1. Everyone wanted to take pictures with the tall (5' 10) afro wearing lady.
2. Breakfast was my favorite meal of the day. It was a hotel breakfast and usually consisted of soup, steamed veggies, steamed buns (a favorite), rice and sweet potatoes. After that, I was set until dinner.
3. I was surprised to like the steamed bread, 1000 year old eggs, and dried tiny shrimp on everything!
You should definitely try adding the 1000-year-old eggs and the dried tiny shrimp into boiling congee. My family do this all the time, and it makes the congee super tasty.
AFAIK we don't usually have steamed veggies or rice during breakfast, and sweet potatoes are usually seen as a staple during lunch/dinner or an afternoon snack, and only hotels serve these during breakfast.
@@zhuofanzhang9974 wow, interesting!
Hands down, you know how to eat
SoulfulVeg that’s to be honest it’s just the world becoming digital devil 👿 😂😂
Fun fact: In Thailand, my parents eat the millenium eggs all the time, but I was discouraged from eating it and will never eat it, because They're called ไข่เยี้ยวม้า in Thai and the literal translation is Egg piss horse, or rearranged correctly into english: Horse piss egg. *FOR 14 YEARS I BELIEVED THAT A HORSE HAD TO TAKE A PISS INTO THE EGG TO GIVE IT THAT DISTINCT COLOUR* I avoided it at all costs but I still don't like preserved foods so I generally avoid it.
Here in Amsterdam, we eat marihuana for breakfast
Most definitly with a block of cheese. Nothing like a great breakfast
Tasty red district I see
Rrarr Raar do you mean weed?
Lol.
the only thing the dutch have ever done was claim New Amsterdam (Manhattan) and lose it
Little-known fact: those youtiao deep-fried oil sticks are reportedly the ancestors of Portuguese / Spanish / Latin American churros. Portuguese sailors brought back the recipe/technique from China, and then cinnamon and sugar got added, and the Spanish introduced the star-shaped extrusion die rather than hand-pulling them like the Chinese. Then in Latin America they started adding optional fillings like fruit, chocolate, or dulce de leche. serpentza, thanks for the informative video!
I´m Spanish, i was watching the video and I was thinking... wow that looks similar to churros...
Thanks!
probarbly the wonton is the father of ravioli. @Johnny Lee
OK this explains why I always see churros of all things in the assortment of dim sum at 99 Ranch.
i can't stand them. i moved here from california and every time i see one i take offence lol
Pizza also came from China.
I bought a steamer just because I discovered frozen rice buns. Pork is by far the most popular but I've also had beef and chicken that were outstanding. I've learned to use the steamer for other things too like tamales and it's def way more healthy and almost as convienant as a microwave
Here in Russia, we drink Vodka for breakfast.
krokodil for lunch?
ale4621 real Chinese have baijiu with breakfast.
coffee with some vodka eh?
In Germany we drink beer and eat Weißwürste
Machen wir halt in echt aber ich hasse süßen Senf
ale4621 lol
Here in Antarctica being a Antarctican we eat whiskey and bacon for breakfast
Edward Sanchez I thought you eat snow cones?.
In the North Pole us elves import your penguins and deep fry them in polar bear fat. It's the only thing we eat.
ooooooof
:) And destroying your liver in the process. XD
As a Native American Indian Woman...the dough fried resembles “Fry Bread” my grandmother made it taste similar to donuts! Dangerous if you like that...
The lady with the hat...”You speak damn good Chinese” ..I have to be honest..I’d love to see Mongolia 🇲🇳 as in exactly where Ghangis Khan came from. God Bless your travels and adventures! 🙇🏻♀️🙏🏽🔑💕🕊🤺💪🏾
Bannock & Fry bread are sooo damn good.
Maori in New Zealand also eat 'fry bread'! Amazing coincidence!
Fun and useful facts:
Oil sticks taste better when they are dipped in soybean milk which is a classical way to eat;
Bao Zi (steamed bun) is the nick name of Chinese President Xi Jingping given by Chinese netizens in order to make fun of him after news reported his casual visit to a Bao zi restautant in Beijing to show off his approachability;
Sheldon Li lol i dip them into century egg & salted pork congee they taste 👍🏻
Sheldon Li Sheldon Li we call xiumin of exo baoxi... isnt it a fun fact too...😂😂😂😂😂
Sheldon Li 这破事还值得为老外们好好介绍一番，呵呵。
Lol politicians really are the same worldwide- lying scumbags wherever you go
Sheldon Li You do realize Soy Milk is the reason Asian men have become so feminine right?
Love your videos and really appreciate your perspective, looking forward to the next one!
Just started watching your stuff serpentza. Really enjoy it! Cheers man!
You rule. You and your mates are an inspiration. Granted, I’m commenting on an old video, and I’m aware that you are on to new adventures. But I am astounded at the lengths you have gone and the experiences that you have had. It is great. I’ve said before, and I will say it again, I am so happy to have found your channel to see what you do. You and your friends, partners, etc, are all blessed and wonderful people. Keep it up. & Thank you.
Steamed buns are one of the most awesome foods ever
Agreed, I just LOVE the taste of steamed buns in the morning. If you understand a little Chinese you will get why that is so funny. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Kung Fu panda's favorite food.
I hate Bao Zi personally as a Chinese. I like Chang Fen though, which you can find in lots of HK dim sim restaurants.
Agreed.
@@karimsonglin8841 I used to hate bao zi as a kid, but that's mainly because my mom told me the english translation for bao zi was dumplings so I always thought of it as the bad version of dumplings.
That deep fried oil stick is the same they make in some Italian regions such as Tuscany and Liguria called "panzanella", " panzerotto", "sgabei". They cut in half and fill it with cooked or cured ham, cheese and similar.
Serbians have it as well. It's called "mekike" and it usually goes with cheese
It's called donut in America 😁
Is not that similar, I'm born here in Italy and my parents are Chinese, they're two different things
Informative and entertaining. Thank you for making these vids. I've been watching your videos and I feel you're a friend already. Keep safe always. 😀
As a chinese, I find this entertaining. Keep up the good work
I don't know if you're a good person or not but sorry that guy just randomly insulted you. Keep faith in the good things though.
As a Chinese, be ashamed
Free Tibet though not the hateful racism I really do support the democratic freedom in Japan, I hope the people of mainland China and Hong Kong get their freedom of speech
@@doge3979 Agreed
Great to know you have access ✌️
Oil sticks and rice porridge. I heard you liked your simple carbs with your empty calories. A scrumptious and healthy way to start the day. Go China.
laowhy86 rice porridge and a fat juicy churros
Those food are unhealthy as hell.
damn spies
laowhy86 so hashbrowns and bacon is a healthy choice for breakfast, got it.
JEFFERY ANG 's( for those to lazy to use the internet for more than cat videos) Comment translated=Cantonese people like all kinds of snacks, fried ghosts and all kinds of thick porridge like preserved eggs porridge. Hakka people like tofu, tea, all kinds of cakes. Chaozhou people with Fujianese Fujian people like the style of southern Fujian pastry like bean cake, cake, rice, red turtles, white sugar cake, water cake, rice cakes, all kinds of pickled bean curd and so on with porridge or tea can also
I like how he played it off nah i cant speak Chinese what are you taking about 😂
As i heard it's a mark of respect
In many languages actually
Badboy DCX lol
in chinese culture, to be polite/humble you usually refuse any compliments someone gives you or at least downplay the compliment. its a respect/humility thing in Chinese culture
Badboy DCX When the guy who was eating breakfast in Beijing talked about breakfast (the filled buns specifically) he said "beware the pork filled ones, i have ruined many pairs of trousers due to these", I first thought he meant that they had given him the shits lol
Love your videos! Thank you so much for sharing!
When I was working on a Chinese vessel, all I ever got was fried eggs, very oily (so, very slippery) which I had to eat with chopsticks. There were no forks on the ship. After a few weeks I might've sold my soul for those buns, if they were offered to me!
congee is all about what you add to it dude. Add that powdered salty fish to it and some other things and it gets awesome in a hurry. (I"m super white btw)
agree. He doesn't seem to really understand. People don't eat you tiao alone. it's great with congee with all kinds of flavor or for northern chinese they eat with salty soya milk. he shouldn't be doing this video until he fully understand the local foods.
Respectfully disagree. He should definitely make these videos and we can gently nudge him in the right direction.
blarg you have a good point but also on another hand a popular youtuber has the power and responsibilities to introduce the right information to his/her followers.
It's an opinion piece, there's no such thing as the right information. There is just his opinion of how he has experienced it.
blarg I can respect that. Thx 🙏
Clashes with military are inevitable if you try to conquer northern China.
Pretty valid point actually, lol
Invisible Lead Soup I'm curious why they went from south to North. They've left central China in control of the Hun. Now they're open for an attack from both North and south. Poor conquering skills if you ask me.
Because in the north we have neighbors Mongolia, Russia and North Korea, they were, are and will be mad! They were/are the most dangerous in the world!
Tao Wang haha, true. that is why our ancestor built the great wall in the north.
It wouldn't even surprise me if this title was really the reason for that.
Brilliantly simple videos..thanks again
Every moment of this video is just so interesting ,I feel like I’m actually there,!,,Many heartfelt thanks fella,👍👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🇬🇧
i always eat my "oil sticks" (chinese donut) with my porridge :)
I dont really eat it as breakfast but instead with hot and sour soup or dumpling soup and peanut butter noodles ^^
You didn't cover my favorite breakfast. Beef noodles, soup noodles, Yonton basically small dumplings. I'm never a fan of all the breakfast you mentioned in this video. They are all too tasteless
Haha so true!! I'm waiting for him to talk about Chang fen but turned out that westerners are more into those baozi-like food such as Xiao Long Bao, Sheng Jian Bao and things like that.
Yeah I was also waiting fo my favorit breakfast I can´t get over not being able to have here back home - la mian!!!
I swear I trid everything to replace it but it´s just impossible to do yourself
You would be my best friend in China.
But these food u mentioned are not everywhere in china
Signing off with s burp!! Fantastic 😂 loved it.
Man, Winston talking about everyday life in China hits different now. Not the CSpan channel that has turned into, together with Cmilk.
It's so nice to have more positive video titles like this 👍
TBLT.de Shame Winstons extremely pessimistic about 90% of everything.
Cee I wouldn't say the content itself is negative, it's not!
It's rather the titles, probably to attract attention better. He definitely achieves that.
That is simply not true.
TBLT.de Sometime criticism is good. However how you put it is very important, always leave rooms for digestion.
How do most of his titles even have connotation? He doesn't click bait, his titles usually just have to do with the topic of the video O_o
Awesome video, you guys look like you're having a lot of fun. I'm also a huge fan of Chinese breakfast food. I love the jian bing guo zi (煎饼果子) with a you tiao (油条) in the middle. Tasty stuff, I like to refer to it as a Chinese breakfast burrito.
oh i saw some jian bing guo zi being sold here in my country, should I try some?
Hey! Do you live in Shanghai? Where can I find this sort of breakfast food? I'm going there for 3 days in August!
Everywhere. Every street corner you can find bland everything... from oil sticks to steamed rice bread. Bleh for me but enjoy.
I live in Shanghai. You can find them pretty much anywhere you see small food shops, shortly after the sun comes up until about 9am. Enjoy your time in Shanghai, it's a great city.
JEFFREY ANG 洪 不对啊，苏州附近的口味都是偏甜偏淡的
as always so interesting to hear serpentza's views & experiences!
Just found your videos. Really like them!
You're supposed to eat oil sticks WITH congee... try it next time! Dip your 油條 into your 粥 and neither would be as bland any more.
"When people get sick they love eating congee. It's like China's version of chicken soup" - actually China has the one of the best (jinseng) chicken soups around... we definitely drunk that when sick as well! Congee Chicken soup comparison doesn't really work for me. :P
Haha congee is like the American oatmeal. You add whatever nonsense you want
I don't like American oatmeal really, I can handle it with cinnamon, apple, and sugar in it, but that's the only way I even consider eating it, even then I don't like the texture, I remember as a kid getting plain oatmeal too bleh!
Congee is what people eat when they are sick, seniors eat it, and babies who have a few teeth are given this. Chinese mom's don't buy canned baby food mainly because in china jarred baby food isn't popular.
BellRain Chan They also eat it as breakfast.
Congee in Hainan was called xi fan. The plain white watery rice is just a base and you never ate it without adding something to it like the preserved vegetables or small salty fish which were also shown in your video. It improves the taste immensely. It is an acquired taste as most unfamiliar foods are. And as some people here have commented, the equivalent food in the West would be oatmeal porridge to which things like brown sugar and fruit is often added to improve the taste.
@BellRain Chan you are so out of touch.
This video reminds of my first year coming to Australia, me and my friends spend every weekend morning exploring different cafes across Melbourne for brunch. Totally fell in love with avocado toast
Great job Winston ! Haven’t watched you for a while, but might start again :)
Being a lifelong vegetarian has always seemed like it might be an obstacle to going to China, but it looks like I'd be alright at breakfast time. I love soya milk, plain, and the tofu and vegetable bao are my favourite snacks in Chinatown.
The difficulty would probably only really be if you get invited around to people's houses. You don't want to be appear rude, which would seem to be hard to avoid if you constantly have to say no to what they offer because you won't eat meat, fish and poultry.
Does anyone know why Winston named his channel “serpentza”?
he mentioned it in a video.....i think its the intro vid on his channel? smth about his father owning an animal sactuary type place with lots of snakes/reptiles (serpents), and the ZA part is the code for South Africa, where he's from :)
@@SS-tt8le, Rick: Thanks, y'all! I'd always been curious about that too. I never would've gotten the "ZA" bit, since it only makes sense in Afrikaans (to me, "ZA" in an African context immediately suggests "Zaire", which of course is in Central, not South Africa). I'm embarrassed how long it took me to recognize his South African accent, but his is a lot lighter than, say, Sharlto Copley's. 😁 And some South African accents are confusingly similar to Australian or English ones, to an American ear, at least.
I just learned about all the horrible stuff that's happened to Winston in the past 11 months; wonder if he'll start putting out reptile videos on the channel now that he can't do content made in China anymore. 😞
BTW, I'm not the only one sometimes confused by Winston's South African accent; a gem from early on in this video from CZcams's auto-captions (punctuation added): "Juanita Peggy. Java Highway. It's a tiny, gnarly, gnarly gender book we saw. So anyway..." 😄
I believe it's serpent with ZA which is the internet code for South Africa (like .uk, .com, .net) Not sure, but that's my guess.
Just watching this the first time. His name sounds like a snake. I think he's cunning. Nothing good to say about chinese people. Where he comes from? South Africa. That figures.
I cant imagine how you explaining to the swat team that you just want to explore china and show people how beautiful country it is
Steamed buns with various meat fillings certainly MY favourite Chinese breakfast.
As a Westerner too and married to a lady from HK, they certainly suit my palate.
In fact, since I've been married to her, some weird & wonderful aromas regularly waft from our kitchen in the UK now!!
Soya milk in China MUCH BETTER than the highly diluted versions here in UK.
Another GREAT vid man - well done!!
You should put sugar into soy milk, it will change everything.
I love soy milk but then I move to USA and I can't have anymore.
Even I come from Vietnam, where they also drink soy milk a lot but at first I also hate it, until I put sugar in. But then when you used to it, put less sugar. It'll be better for your health and you can taste the soy milk taste.
I hate soy milk with added sugar or fructose, and I've never been to Asia. I've always liked plain soy milk, though. I've even tried making it myself but I haven't still mastered it. So far it isn't worth it since soy milk is rather cheap, but soy milk without added sugar/fructose is becoming harder to find so perhaps I'll eventually have to make it myself. The main issue is that removing the hulls/skins in cool water is a chord and if you do in hot water the paste is much harder to filter later, once it's cooked.
I love unsweetened soy milk as well.
You find lots of soy milk here in Germany. In fact, there are many other milk alternatives as well. Great for people with lactose intolerance! I have no problem with lactose, but still I love chocolate flavoured soy milk, pudding, etc. Up to now I could never drink plain soy milk, but now I'll just try adding some sugar. I bet that's part of what makes the chocolate flavoured variety so good. I'm like you in that I miss soy milk sorely when I visit the U.S. It may be in some specialty shops somewhere, but I haven't found any yet.
I'm vegan and still won't drink it. Rather almond milk or coconut milk
Are you crazy? This the USA. There's soy milk literally EVERYWHERE
U are eating Chinese breakfast wrong, the cold vegetables goes with the congee. U can add anything to the porridge to suit ur taste.
gatekeeping chinese breakfast nice
yeah what about eating the fish and rice part of a sushi separately don gatekeep food pal@@PHLYLM
Thanks for sharing another good video
1:02 did the documentary already come out?
people say this lad is racist, i don't buy it. i've met racists, and they don't act like this around the people they purportedly hate!
keep on trucking my dude
Everything is racist nowadays. There is no reason to take offense at anyone calling you a racist. Just let them whine like a broken record.
I'm more racist against other white people these days...
HEINOUS_ANUS Who cares if he is or not racism is natural in animals. Just ignore people who are
Being racist doesn't mean you treat people bad or publicly disrespect them, it's just the thought that your ideas and culture are better than theirs. People act like if you have a little racism in you you're automatically hitler....
whaat? I love all types of zhou and youtiao, the 'bland' is easily offset with a bit of pickled veggies or preserved egg or chili peppers.. And while some of these might be found throughout China, there are definitely drastic differences in breakfast options from city to city. Though I'm always gonna stand by BJ, what about SH's 糍饭团, 生煎, 条头糕, 冷馄饨? And don't get me started on Quanzhou.... The breakfasts there are almost enough to pry me away from this dusty hutong life, lol.
you are the one love your life, like to see new things, try new things, find what you like and enjoy them. That guy in video is just miserable and unsatisfied for everything somehow. His videos are very depressing. need to unsubscribe
@@sophiafu5767 he doesn’t seem to me that way, just frank sometimes. Sound like you’re projecting and describing yourself :{
So those are like Magwinyas/Vetkoek (however you want to say it) from ZA but in stick form?
Man, I love ur videos. Greetings from Brazil!
3:55 GREAT SCOTT!!! I'm Portuguese and we too have CANJA (rice chicken soup quite similar to that CANJI porridge) here in Portugal!
Every single family here is told that eating canja is very healthy specially in the cold winter days or when someone is felling ill. We don't eat it for breakfast, but we eat it a lot at dinner and sometimes at lunch, you bet!
I guess that might have been imported from the Portuguese back then from the discovery era (probably when the Chinese borrowed Macao to the Portuguese, around the 1500's).
This was great to see!
Wow, and all these years I was thinking the pickled vegetables/condiments went in the congee...
you add them if you want
they do.
they do
they do.
Thanks for sharing!
Very interesting to watch! :O
"you know the quality of stuff he puts out... i really hope his channel can improve" hahaha, classic
I had fried dough sticks and congee pretty often too when I was in Malaysia. Simple Chinese food items are popular in many countries.
I appreciate your videos and advice from all over the world and what to watch out for.....when are you goin to make one from your country? ill be on the lookout for it.....CHEERS
Everytime I have a salad for dinner, I came back and watch this video and thinking about that Beijing breakfast at the end, dear lord I'm hungry.
It's like donut without sugar
No its crispy not soft like donuts.
doughnuts are deep fried so fresh doughnut should be crispy
It's like food but for people with no taste buds
@@Maverick_1926 it's delicious
I'd say it's more like a churro with no sugar
As a Chinese, when I traveled to the UK last month, I found breakfast their was pretty much the same either~ Compared with English breakfast, Scotish breakfast just has Haggis in addition, other parts were exactly the same. I thought it's interesting. Actually Chinese breakfast have many choices, such as baozi, soya bean milk and fried bread stick, dumplings, wonton, different kind of porridge, soaked rice, etc. I couldn't list all...
You didn’t have all the dozens of well known Scottish dishes? You didn’t have porridge? Sausages?I doubt you would have had haggis for breakfast as it comes with vegetables as a main course. All of the U.K. has regional foods, no one same dish, no one same breakfast.
Nice video!
where can i find the videos of your tour of northern china?
You really live like a fugitive n thinice,good stuff mate, Cowboy from Aussie land!
Here in Florida we eat deep fried gator. For real it’s tasty with tartar sauce, though it does taste a little swampy.
In Washington State-the west side at least, we have a lot of coffee drinkers in Seattle, Bellevue, etc. of course, but not I. Other than coffee, we have a fair amount of salmon, other fish, berries esp. in the summer, apples, chocolates, lots of Asian influences-rice dishes, top ramen, stir fry, etc.
On the east side, its all about the potatoes/bread/beef/bacon/butter/milk, etc. Farm country. Eggs, bacon, ham, hash browns, all that "artery clogging" stuff. 😁😁😁
Many Seattlites are yuppie, hippy freaks, etc., sure. Quite the opposite in Eastern Washington (conservative Christian, etc.)...
@@BenjaminGessel no
@@icegaming2862 No to what?
how many breakfasts did you have in a single morning ?
nice jacket! (first scene at the start)
We have "you tiao" (oil fritters) in Singapore too. We call it "You Char Kway" (oil-fried ghost), there is a legend about it too.
the legendary deep fried "gwuy lao". though maybe its just a myth.
@@zkmoonea Please share. I need my horror story fix this morning. I need it more than coffee, as I eat my homemade French toast with sri racha sauce.
@@annabelgrace1267 stupid Grace family
Here in France we eat croissants and drink wine for breakfast.
that's a fine breakfast
Here in Germany, we work when you are having breakfast :-)
Lair. You guys only have coffee and cigarettes in the morning. Lol
Where is this documentary that you referenced? Is it available on CZcams?
You're awesome thanks!
When you "discovered" how much better soy milk is by adding sugar. Who drinks it plain? As I remember, there are two types of soy milk during breakfast 1) sweetened, and 2) salted. Salted soy milk is when they add an egg in there and top it with scallions (the heat of the soy milk help cook the egg).
I agree its like drinking coffee black, however I do enjoy drinking black coffee sometimes, same with soy milk.
salted soymilk? darn I really need some travelling ;P
James Stansbery Men shouldn't drink Soy Milk.
KnightofAntiquity soy in considerable amounts is ok(considerable means not 200 fucking liters of soy milk)
KnightofAntiquity source: czcams.com/video/v6RbEehw95M/video.html
Theres a resturaunt in Christchurch that has a cult status that does Youtiao and rice with vegetables, with a mystery sauce for $3.50. It's honestly the best shit ever. The guy that runs the place is Chinese, but you wouldn't tell if you just heard him speak, he has an immaculate kiwi accent, which is very rare for the majority of asians here in general that talk with american english accents, and rarely hang out with people that aren't also asian.
Great video. Thanks!!! Are these breakfasts in the Northern part of China? I've been to the Southern part and they have Dim Sum for breakfast. Especially in Hong Kong. I love Dim Sum for breakfast!!!
Great video Winston. I went over to Mark's Channel. Very odd that he has nice quality videos there, plus produced an awesome documentary, but only has like 3000 subscribers. Congrats to you btw for nearing 700,000 subs! That is awesome work.
as a chinese, i find this entertaining
Being Chinese*
@@cooliipie As a Chinese [person]* He was fine; just missing syntax. If you don't say the "person" in "Chinese person," it's kinda like saying, "我是美国," instead of, "我是美国人."
@@fritzjackson4336 ta shi bu shi zhongguo ren
@@fritzjackson4336 人? Like アメリカ人です?
American man desu?
In mexico we have tamales or torta de tamal "tamal sandwich", or tacos de canasta, or pancita "spicy beef broth", not a big fan, I like egg & bacon or waffles, but the guy with that crispy egg sandwich gave me the munchies 😞 now I'm hungry
Seas mamon
Chorizo and egg burritos mmmm
Cornholio costas aqui , in solamente perro con diablo ?
Lol what part of Mexico did you go..tamales for breakfast geez!!!!
@@telloarevalo7341 pretty much everywhere, they sell those things on a tricycle like food trucks but they go greener, they scream Tamales! with a megaphone...the stuff you watch overhere just wow !
Odd that i just had to resubscribe... great video btw
2:47 I love those kind of buns!! I always go to my local asian kind of town and buy at least one they're so good 😍
a well fried 'you diao" has very little oil as it is rested aside to drip off excess oil. It is best to dunk in soya milk (dou jiang), coffee or any personal favarite. The one you get here are too oily.
再加个豆腐脑，一小碟咸菜=Perfect!
"new vid 42 seconds ago". when did google get it this accurate
bringsli1234 its been this accurate for a pretty long time at least a year
Wonderful videos
Are wheatbix a thing outside NZ/Australia?
My first Chinese breakfast surprised me! I ended up eating watermelon because it was the only thing I liked the look of in the hotel restaurant
haha rancid the stuff they eat
sebseb1 umm learn to spell
sebseb1 wow as soon as I say something you act like the most literate person in the world
Kids these days
sebseb1 last I checked I’m half Chinese half french so I don’t know what your saying I’m Chinese you’ll get karma just wait it’s coming soon
sebseb1 pathetic
3:55 I live in kerala a south indian state and we have similar thing, here we call it kanji - കഞ്ഞി
I usually expect there to be condiments available for mantou and congee, so that they're less bland.
The oily sticks are available in South East Asia too but they should not be eaten straight. Normally you put them in the rice soup (rice cooked in water for a very long time: it's rather creamy) in the morning, after having cut them into pieces: this is a very healthy and traditional breakfast!
Fried dough is the most awesome breakfast invention ever! I miss fried dough and fresh real soy milk available everywhere, including pretty good versions in fast food restaurants. Millet congee is really good when made right. Jianbing - to die for.
You mean "Friday is the most awesome weekday invention ever!" Watch your spelling!
Fried dough, also known as a doughnut.
Gameywoodchuck ! Doughnut dough is not that same as the dough used in Fried Dough...
No tea for breakfast in China?! What happened to "all the tea in China"?
You can of course. I just don't think he mentioned it. Many Chinese people actually just drink a cup of tea in the morning to clear their system before going to work or the gym. Then they eat a more hearty brunch instead. The way I look at it, three meals a day is pretty optional. In theory breakfast and dinner should be pretty light.
JamO in tea houses I will have ur tea in pots and tea sets along with the breakfast
they like to drink tea while relaxing,not a meal
Chinese tea is herbal tea ..not like black or red tea..it doesn't wake you up. It is very diluted.
some drink tea when they thirsty,which means anytime,and others drink tea as a relax,not in meal time,but sit down in a special table and use special tea set,drink,eat and chat...
‘Deep fried oil stick” haaa haaa haaa. That would never fly over here.🤣🤣🤣
Yeah "Chinese donut" probably works better, I see a lot of literal translations 😂 I saw one on another food video with brown sugar filling, now that is something that sounds delicious!
you started the video with two of my favorite simple breakfasts! porridge and various types of buns that people make ... i like the ones with the quail egg and small piece of sausage
Just wondering...do you write Chinese too? serpentza
Of course he does he's a legend, by the way in Australia we have a dingoes breakfast which consists of a piss and a look around! ,Breakfast number is kangaroo, but you have to get em on the hop!
Those bread sticks in Malaysia we dip in coffee and other things. I only ever have mine as a snack by itslef or with Black coffee. we call it Cakoi (Charkway). I love them. congee is delivious, especially the sweet ones mixed with loads of condensed milk.
Ya same i am also malaysian especially when you dip it in kaya, it taste better
@@iicustodianlaw I've not tried that. Thankfully I have two jars of Kaya in the fridge. Will definately try.
I was waiting for you to say “hot water” for a breakfast drink. I used to have a lot of Chinese breakfast customers and that’s all they ever wanted.
Jianbing is awesome. I had that pretty much every morning when I went to language school. The street vendors sold it and I really loved it.
Bonjour from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Chinese people in Canada call it Chinese Donut.
Here in Switzerland we eat your money for breakfast.
You had me at best breakfast ever...please continue!
When I was studying at Renming University for a summer, I did see the oil sticks, but also every day they had stir fried noodles with a little veggie which is what I loved. I still miss those fried noodles!!!