DID PASTA COME FROM CHINA? EPIC ITALIAN FOOD CRAWL
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- čas přidán 15. 07. 2024
- Exploring Little Italy with our Sicilian friend Marco, today we try everything from traditional italian food to fusion, to cannoli's & gelato, & much more!
Marco: / marcosworldnyc
Restaurants:
- Emilio Ballato: www.yelp.com/biz/emilios-ball...
- Cannoli World: www.yelp.com/biz/gelato-king-...
- La Mela: www.yelp.com/biz/la-mela-rist...
-Tuscany: www.yelp.com/biz/altesi-risto...
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:40 - Emilio Ballato
8:10 - Cannoli King
14:20 - La Mela
18:34 - Tuscany
20:15 - Gelato
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"I'm Michael's son" is the most NYC italian thing to say lmao
I'm italian-american, and from my knowledge, the answer to "are italians white?" is: yes, BUT we didn't used to be.
Like Marco said, scicillians and southern italians get a bad rap in Italy for being more "barbaric" or "african" (hence the slur g*inea if you've heard it) because of their darker features. This followed them to america, where they often weren't considered "true white," but some off-shoot, lesser version. Italians had some of the benefits of white privilege, but they really were considered lower or lesser than because they were southern Italians. They were "dark white" or "white ethnic," even if they had pale features.
In America, just like how it is now, how white you were equated to how much status you were given. Thus, Italians had to give up their identity as "ethnic" to be accepted into the white American conglomerate that got the most privilege in America. We gave up our identity as "non-white," and that's a story of many "white" immigrants. Italians, the irish, the polish, and many white immigrants had a choice to become "real" white people, something that people of color don't have the option to do.
The history of Italian-Americans shows how whiteness has nothing to do with color or culture and everything to do with power systems and oppression. I encourage italians and anyone interested to read up on the subject. A good book on it is "Are Italians White?: How Race is Made in America" by Jennifer Guglielmo and Salvatore Salerno
I’m 100% Italian American and I don’t look white at all. I’m 3/4 Sicilian, I did a dna test and it came back 17-18% northern African/ western Asian
I went to Scicily on uni study trip alot middle eastern /North Africans ended up on the island that's why you use alot more spice in that cuisine ( chilli flakes) and have architecture from mosque design on churches. *This I learnt from the historia and museums* I also learnt about the mafia there and history Falcone & Borselino. I even got to visit cultural spots, it was amazing.
Sicilian people are not really that white mixed more like it
who cares.
Awesome and thoughtful explanation, thank you!!✨
I was fluent in Mandarin when I was a kid, but stopped speaking when I moved to the States. I realized as an adult how much I miss speaking Chinese, but more so, being able to communicate with my family when I spend time back in Taiwan. Keep trying Andrew! My accent is terrible now, and I forget words all the time, but I'm excited to keep trying.
Fung Brothers, you have a media presence. You should have a television show.
That would take them to the 7m subscriber range.
Like bourdain
They had one
They totally had one: www.fyi.tv/shows/broke-bites-what-the-fung
And they deserve another.
My favorite dish was the Clam Linguine. I'm African-American but my Granny learned how to make it from an Italian lady. It was our favorite dish to eat together.
You guys gotta do a Caribbean food crawl. So much content you can have because you can even break it down by islands. They all have great food spots in NY
I'm Chinese-Italian and those "tuscan" dishes had nothing to do with Tuscany. Vitello tonnato is from Piedmont and burrata from Apulia for example.
EXACTLY 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼
This was a really good episode and the fact they went into differences of Italians, the different regions in Italy and the between people of European decent added another layer to the episode, and the food look delicious.
Why you gotta diss olive garden mayne?!!?! Haha good video!
LOL
Richie Le
Hi, Haha ...😂
It's just like McDonald's
Fuck the garden
Where does the tomato come from?
Random Italian historian😂😂😂 That cracked me up!
Where do tomatoes come from?
Omg those owners are so lovable!! You guys did a good job at interviewing during the meal and with the businesses. One of the top food videos I’ve seen in awhile.
I have visited Italy several times. It was enjoyable hearing and seeing food from several regions in the country. And it was enchanting hearing (again) about some social dynamics in Italy.
Y’all can both save chinatown and little italy
Loved that owner that explained meatballs! I’d honestly just go to hear his knowledge 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 worth every penny and more!!! Xx
This is absolutely fabulous guys :-) Marco, thank you for joining the tour of Little Italy. Wha a fun day!!!
Wow I’m real surprised Marco doesn’t have a CZcams channel or into the entertainment industry at all his personality seems like it. This episode was entertaining to watch!
Love that guy's accent. He makes me wish I grew up eating spaghetti and garlic bread with some goodfellas 🙂
ive beeen LOOOVING these food crawls!!! I've actually never eaten in little italy in nyc despite having grown up here
Great discussion and insight!
I loved this video. There are newer Italian places opened by Italians which cater to rich yuppies. Then there are the old school places, like in Little Italy, and Brooklyn and the Bronx, which New Yorkers go to. I'm like your friend; raised here, my parents and grandparents are born here. We're the last of the real New Yorkers. Similarly, you have Chinese Cantonese places which cater to Americans, those which are old school Chinese, and those which are upper class and cater to rich yuppies. I can appreciate a place like Wo Hop and a place like Shun Lee Palace, Pacifica, etc. I like both authentic Chinese cooking of the many regions, as well as the Chinese American cooking that has become part of the fabric of our city. Italians and Chinese always seem to have gotten along pretty well. I had many Chinese friends in school growing up.
Gotta say out of all cuisines to appear on this channel i expected italian the least. Loving the food crawls!
I love all your videos! Keep up the great work, stay keeping me hungry all the time! 😂🤣
As an Italian a lot of these fishes took me back to my childhood. I miss my mothers home cooked Italian meals. Everything looks delicious
that first restaurant must’ve really been expensive cus i have never heard andrew say something is expensive twice 🤣
His inner chinese is counting
😂😂😂 good catch n true!
@@Jejak_Pengangguran hahaha
Linguine with clams, and Frutti di Mare are my favorite dishes. It was great 👍 to see you show casing Italian cuisine.
You should go check it out ! There all great restaurants !
Love these collabs with other countries/cultures... Please keep 'em coming boys! The linguine with clams & garlic is my fav!
This. This is what we love to see!
There was some magic going on with you three guys together. Great episode.
Pasta is so good. I can eat pasta any time of the day 😂😋
can you prove that claim?
Great episode!!! What that guy said about not losing your language was very true and important, I felt that
I really love all the videos you guys make. They're all feel good videos. So, thank you 🤗💚
Italy number 1!! Love all kinds of foods!
I love the random Italian American historians. Props for highlighting amazing accessible food in NYC, as many people are just creating lists of which mom and pop businesses are being obliterated by COVID-19.
After Marco's, breakdown @20:27 Historian beat me to it. 👍👍👍. Great episode guys, keep em coming.
This video was great!! I've been subscribed since 2013, since they release skits. This type of videos are really entertaining, man. Fire! 🔥
Yes!!!! Love this episode! Can we get more of Marco!!!!?? He’s hilarious!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤣
18:24-18:28 Soho, Manhattan. 21:31-21:36 Arab held Sicily was between 877-1091 ad/ce.
Love your videos I learn stuff in fun ways and makes me supper hungry
Simple answer is yes.... Look at the FoodRanger in his travels through Western China. He reaches a point where he is tasting a Chinese noodle dish with tomatoes and he proclaims, "Could this be where spaghetti came from?" He was amazed... Follow the road that Marco Polo and others followed. It's not too hard to figure it out.
Tomatoes are not native to China. Thought to have been introduced to Asia by the Spanish when they colonized the Philippines. They have only made an appearance in Chinese cuisine in the last 100-150 years. Well after the travels of Marco Polo and a couple hundred years after tomatoes had been introduced to Italy from the “New World”.
@@all3332 Wow thanks for that info. Do you happen to know the origins of the Chinese Tomato and Egg dish?
I obsessed on this a few years back. There's a lot of conflicting information, but as far as I can figure... Yes, noodles are from China, by way of the Arabs, more or less. Pasta in general, no. Pasta in Italy goes way back to the Etruscans and the Romans. They had wide noodles like lasagna and pappardelle, and irregular ripped pasta similar to some chinese pasta, and other dumplings similar to gnocchi. The thinner noodle type pasta, pasta secca (spaghetti, linguini, etc), made from durum wheat, seems to have been introduced by the Arabs, probably through Sicily in early medieval times, way before Marco Polo. The Arabs got it from the Chinese, through trade over the silk road.
Adam Aiello I wouldn’t be able to say with any certainty. It most likely came to be as most any other dish; using what is cheap and available.
Greg B I’m with you on this. Far more likely than the other theories.
It's funny that Chinatown and Italy town are next to each other in NYC. In San Francisco, it's the same thing. When I was a kid we'd often cross Broadway from North Beach to go eat "Chinese spaghetti". It must be the shared love of noodles... Not many real Italians left there now. Chinatown is having trouble too.
As a 3rd generation Italian I agree 100% with the recommendation to newer immigrants - don’t lose your language like we did!!
Loved this episode guys! 🙏🏼❤️
I’m looking forward to seeing more with Marco. Hopefully he makes his own channel!
wow after this video, i really change my old impression about Italians, they are so passionate and friendly
La Mela is actually pretty good. Get the family dinner. 45 a person and it is a great value and a real feast. You get mozzarella caprese, a mix of asparagus, roasted peppers, stuffed mushrooms and spiedini romana, gnocchi, tortellini and rigatoni, shrimp, veal francese, and chicken scarpariello. Plus an epic dessert with tartuffo, cannoli, tiramisu, and zabaglione. Excellent quality and value.
Love this thank you for showing the culture
Different cultures colliding. Good stuff, folks!
That was amazing. Thank you for this. I'm Mexican and German and irish and took Italian in college. I've always loved so many things about that culture. It really is unfortunate they get boiled down to the monster/mafia image. They're truly a great people.
One on the best fung bro videos!
OMG I grew up in Little Italy in the 60's and 70's. I remember "Baby John"!! Use to hear people yelling down the block on Mulberry Street for him! Small world.
Yes go for it Marco you are super funny
Thank you so much !
Great video...Love the tour of Little Italy and Chinatown...fav Italian dish is steak pizzaiola...
Love this video today learn alot about the Italian food and the people! 😎👍
Wow that looked so good 🤤🤤
You guys and Lombardi are the greatest keep up the good work. Eddy Miami & New York. 👍
Luv Marco in this video bravo!! 👏
This looks so good !
Very good video, very informative. 👍
By far the most entertaining fung bros food
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I grew up with Sicilian godparents, so I ate traditional Italian food every Sunday as a child!
Lucky you Girl it looks good
Awesome vid y’all 🔥🔥
Marco is pretty great. You guys should have him more. Enjoyed this vid alot
Love Italian food man 🇮🇹
Genuine support for all 🔥💯
Great video!!
I love this soft spot! Out of me!
I remember that place. It's Baby John. That's what they called me in NYC in 1999.
Hi guys! Great video as always. Who doesn't like Italian cuisine?? I love it ! Hopefully when I visit NYC I'll be able so stop by there. Food looks so damn DELICIOUS!!! Mouth is watering!! Stay safe guys! xoxo
WELCOME TO LITTLE ITALY IN NEWYORK
Learning different culture while unafraid of possible stereotype. Yet, still showing appreciation. Fung Bro = 💪🏾 (strength) and 👏🏽 (humble).
I love you guys man ❤️. Just becareful when you going some where else plzz 🙏
Omg I love Emilio..I did eat at Little Italy last week and it was very touristy
great informative video. keep it up guys :)
the North vs. the South = an Italian "Civil War" infighting..; I liked the owner, Emilio Ballato, talking about food history of meatballs and eating leftovers, the guy that was sitting on the chair...
tenor.com/view/the-godfather-cannoli-gun-cannon-gif-12292500 - "Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli." - The Godfather GIF
Man I love this content
Everything looks so darn DELICIOUSSSSSS ❤️😋❤️😋❤️😋❤️😋❤️😋❤️😋❤️
Hit up Il Cortile next time! Been in business since 1975, before that it was my great-grandfather's butcher shop in the 1920's. One of the original Italian American families of Little Italy, and we're still there :) Food is on the more authentic side, specifically a mix of our Napolitan and Sicilian roots...lookin at you, Marco!
I love Il Cortile that’s one of my go to spots in little Italy. There linguini & clams are slamming!! Next time I do another little food crawl ima go there for sure 😊
Definitely need to see the Fung brothers and Marco get their own TV show on Viceland. They meshed really well together and were hilarious
Marco should be an comedian.
He didn't made up the "chocolate salami" desert, its been around for years and I grew up eating it. To be sincere I don't know the origin but in Portugal its a very well known sweet.
Ugh I love Italian food
Also I'm into David's facial hair
Loved Emilio’s accent
its like that in San Francisco. In north beach little Italy is right next to china town.
Dope video. Can relate to the community aspect.
The History Channel did History of Food and they revealed neither Pasta nor Tomatoes where crucial to Italian cooking. Pasta came from China and the Tomato came from the Americas.
@Daisy Wong Or India.
I tend to think it’s pretty silly to try and find an origin of most foods. Most food tends to be just a reiteration of other dishes, just with substitutes found in the area. For example, tacos, sandwiches and gyros are the same concept just executed differently. Noodles are basically just carbs/starches processed and shaped into whatever form you want.
@@user-ey4ut9uc8w True but no one can deny noodles were brought to Italy from China.
Just like Caesar salad is from Mexico 🥴 Italians wanna be “Italian” sooo bad. My fiancé’s family were PROUD italians until they got their ancestry results back and his grandma is still in denial 😂 won’t accept that she is more Jewish than italian
to be honest , pasta from Mongols..
Awesome video🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊
I like how they said the portions are big as i just saw a plate with about 8 ring shaped noodles and then a plate of spaghetti with 2 meatballs and like 3 forks worth of pasta
Me too Olivia garden is delicious man.
love this
Damn that food looks so delicious🤤🤤I love Italian food it's my absolute favorite.
Saying you're 100% Italian and can't even Speak Italian. What are your thoughts? 😂
New York Italians
Genetically italian and perhaps culturally but not necessarily linguistically
They can be that because italy its just a country but the latinos need speak spanish because everybody how live in a latino countrys knows the high differences between mexico, argentina and peru
Fake italian.. he’s an American.
He said he’s a fourth generation Italian American! I know 2nd generation Vietnamese American friends who speak zero Vietnamese.
As an Asian American with an Italian American bff this video is my jam. And clam linguine is fire
I love Italian food!
this is not italian food
I refuse to eat olive garden. I'm in Indiana and on the border of kentucky and found an italian american neighbor, accent and all. She taught me how to cook legit food, and eat it sans the spoon assist with the spaghetti! God love her. She is the greatest!
DO a part 2! in The Bronx!!
I think I need to make a trip to NYC this weekend...
Baked ziti definitely taste so delicious man good tasting cuisine man
I think Chinatown and Little Italy will have bright futures if they organize together and preserve the Lower East 🇮🇹 🇨🇳
I love little Italy because best of both worlds chinatown and little Italy
Lol i can only laugh as italian living in NY....we dont have too much olive oil in south italy !!! Puglia is the bigger producer of olive oil
i love Italian food