When I was growing up in the south, we didn't call it soul food. We just called it food. It was always delicious and wonderful. My grandmother had 10 kids. She pretty much, cooked from sunup to sundown. I learned to cook from her and my mother.
They probably call it soul food because if they called it southern cuisine nobody in Chicago would want to eat it. You're right. That's just average southern food for people of all races in the south.
This looks amazing and delicious as usual you made a wonderful video and toured us been a fan from day one in all your creative channel I love you forever ❤️ your smart funny gentlemen Sweet ❤️ and amazing food and culture is a plus thanks 🙏 for taking us virtually everywhere.. love you so much you're beautiful inside and out Godbless you and Everything you love 💕
For me the favorite food was the classic southern food. Beautiful greens, smothered this, that, and the other, with love. Corn bread and fried chicken, delicious any day of the week. ✌️❤🍽🥂❤ cheers and bon appetite 😋
Wish I knew about these places when I was in Chicago! And I thought it was better to eat burgers like those upside down lol, since the top bun isn't as saturated.
There used to be a place like this in/near Atlanta that was great! I would arrive at where I was unloading during the night & catch some sleep. They would wake me up & I would start to unload garments. It sucked, but I was a lot younger & didn't realize it.😉😆 Then lunchtime hit & they told me about this joint a couple of blocks away.. Damn that food was good!😋
I haven't had a good pork chop in so long. My favorite fried chicken place closed in 2019. Quite a few of my favorite places have closed over the past 5 years or so. 4 of them because the owners retired. One do to fire. It is sad, but I understand.
Well, Pearl's certainly hits the spot. The burger was a killer! It's hard to believe that you could've eaten the Filipino heavy street food after your burger ++ stop!
You want REAL southern food, go to Dooky Chase's in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nowhere better. The former owner and chef, Leah Chase, was the inspiration for Tiana in Disney's The Princess & The Frog.
Hey Mike! If you are still in the Dallas area, have you tried Sushi Sake in Richardson? You have reviewed some cool spots in the DFW area, but have not seen this one show up on your list.
When he eats asian food he talks about how Asians cook this or that it’s Asian owned white about Jewish/Black/Hispanic/Mexican owned and how they love hot oil etc in detail but her never mentions other races food or their style of cooking or history behind it.
It’s cause he doesn’t actually know. He also thinks he can speak on other/all asian cultures but is sometimes wrong. He would get a larger audience if he had the owner or chef talk abt their background or just by doing research
@@macintoshhjball4686 Its not hard to know if something is owned by a different race just look it up? Ever watched Brennen Taylor he looks up everything and talks about the history before and sometimes during eating the food I been watching Mike since i was a minor, he can definitely change it up talk about the reviews and etc. Tho its his video and i’m not telling him what to do just saying what would make it different
@@Ty_spacely I don’t think it’s hard either. Honestly i think his video quality has gone down and he’s just spewing out content without putting in effort
Hello Mike I really enjoy video that you post to show where to dine. If you are coming back to Singapore I hope you should try this place ( Lad&Dad ) they sell the best fish&chips and they were from a hawker centre last time
Wow that burger at the end I ordered my first ever taco from a food truck or something on Uber and I got it and it was cubes of chicken swimming in ranch! I had to throw it out ffs! That! That is a taco! I mean I assume because it looked like how I thought it would.
First off, that Soul Food had me drooling and I have a meat allergy and probably couldn't eat hardly any of it, but man that look so delicious. Wow. Secondly, I was watching it at 3 am and that is not the time to watch and start craving food you cannot have.
So when are you going to make a trip back to Quincy for a visit Mikey? You should open a good restaurant here, and give these restaurants here a run for their money! Come show this town what a good place to eat is like!
We need some Filipino restaurants in Fort Smith Arkansas. We have some that try to pass themselves off as such. But that's like calling taco bell Mexican. Oh and we need Red Horse beer too.
As much as i like your asisn food related vlogs ..your American food videos are waaaay better to watch in my personal opinion always looks like more variety of foods and not like the 10000 same noodle dish ..even i love noodles can't see them anymore now 😅.great job Mikey keep it up . Much love from Bosnia
Just when I thought I was getting tired of buffets…bam this is everything. southern comfort food buffet makes so much sense
Miss my mom. Southern soul food every day. RIP. Never seen a burger like that. Wow. A must try.❤❤😊😅
6:28 The dog in the background
I've watched his videos for awhile now. The whole buffet part I didn't see him season his food once. That a plus for me.
"My heart is just fluttering." You sure you just ain't having a heart attack, Mike?
It definitely ain't from years upon years of his eating habits,style and quantity isn't it?
When I was growing up in the south, we didn't call it soul food. We just called it food. It was always delicious and wonderful. My grandmother had 10 kids. She pretty much, cooked from sunup to sundown. I learned to cook from her and my mother.
They probably call it soul food because if they called it southern cuisine nobody in Chicago would want to eat it. You're right. That's just average southern food for people of all races in the south.
Right?! It's just food!
Only a few people insist on "soul food". Trying to make it only theirs.
@@ndb_1982 🙄
When I was growing up in India we didnt call it Indian food,just food?if u ant from that play you gota call it something
Every nationally loves soul food and has their own twist on it . I love humans
CAALI FLOWEUR
Lol
Came to the comments just to see what people were saying about Mike’s pronunciation of cauliflower 😁
I couldn't tell if it was just because i'm Australian that it sounded wrong. We pronounce it like "Colly-flower"
same!! 🤣
Cali-flower😅
Came to comments to see what I should watch out for… 6:04
Khal-flower
This looks amazing and delicious as usual you made a wonderful video and toured us been a fan from day one in all your creative channel I love you forever ❤️ your smart funny gentlemen Sweet ❤️ and amazing food and culture is a plus thanks 🙏 for taking us virtually everywhere.. love you so much you're beautiful inside and out Godbless you and Everything you love 💕
Looks delicious A good down home meal. A real man's buffet.
That every person can afford.
Cant beat soul food. Buffet aswell ❤ talk about heaven
OMG I love it when you visit my 2nd home. All the food looks delicious. Great video as always. Stay safe out there!
For me the favorite food was the classic southern food. Beautiful greens, smothered this, that, and the other, with love. Corn bread and fried chicken, delicious any day of the week. ✌️❤🍽🥂❤ cheers and bon appetite 😋
Yeah, but he's in Chicago 😂😂😂😂
that soul food looked sooooo good. I want some of that mac and cheese and smothered steak.
SC born and raised. Sorry no one can do true southern comfort food like us. Come to SC Mike.
Shout out to my southern grandmothers for teaching me how to bang togetha them pots ‘n pans 💜
That burger looks heavenly!
I was getting food withdrawals just like gambling pangs . I think I need rehab after watching that soup egg tofu.
🥚 🥚 🐣 🥚 😆
😂😂😂 u must be high
Some HOH SAUU ON DEH CHICKEN JOOSH
That adobo burrito looks amazing! I love when my husband pulls out his grandmother's recipes and adobo chicken is one of the best.
Wish I knew about these places when I was in Chicago! And I thought it was better to eat burgers like those upside down lol, since the top bun isn't as saturated.
Louisiana hot sauce and southern food is to die for
I gottah try out that Buffet Place!!!
That husky was drooling at the window
Fried chicken and the burger looked awesome
Califlower
There used to be a place like this in/near Atlanta that was great!
I would arrive at where I was unloading during the night & catch some sleep.
They would wake me up & I would start to unload garments.
It sucked, but I was a lot younger & didn't realize it.😉😆
Then lunchtime hit & they told me about this joint a couple of blocks away..
Damn that food was good!😋
Would love to see you go to Chicago more!! This is Awesome!!!😊😊
Yo try the local cuisine in englewood 😂
Yes , you was not that far from me, I would have loved to meet you Mike, they have good food!!!
Yes!
Your video had my mouth watering throughout! 🥹
I haven't had a good pork chop in so long. My favorite fried chicken place closed in 2019. Quite a few of my favorite places have closed over the past 5 years or so. 4 of them because the owners retired. One do to fire. It is sad, but I understand.
Everything looks delicious ,Especially the mac and cheese ! Yum! Had to edit because that burger 😲
You Know the kitchen staff did something to that burger if you're the person who showed up at 651 n they stop serving it at 7...
I feel like Mike enjoying himself feels like hes back lol
Thank you for your yummy delicious videos 🙂
All you can eat soul food buffet that pearls that my 😅
2:38 look at all the spices and char on that pork chop 😊
All of that is making me hungry 😂
Hello from Nicaragua 🇳🇮, Mikey
Well, Pearl's certainly hits the spot. The burger was a killer! It's hard to believe that you could've eaten the Filipino heavy street food after your burger ++ stop!
Hard to believe indeed lol
Of course he didn’t. Why would you believe so ? Remember that the videos are all edited and these people can play very well. Nothing is as it seems.
When we checked Flip and out burger, it said closed now in and out. Is that right
Bon apetitos en comer bufé o buffeto.
06:27 thought it was an ape staring in the right mirror just above the husky 😂
Oh yessss I miss southern food such comfort food them fried chicken collard green Mac n Cheese are calling my huuungry belly
As usual, you’re the man
Sir.... There is a reason your heart is fluttery. But the food looks fab.
Prob has something to do with the food he's eating and his eating habits
looks like flip sigi closed down in chicago just 6 days ago
You want REAL southern food, go to Dooky Chase's in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nowhere better. The former owner and chef, Leah Chase, was the inspiration for Tiana in Disney's The Princess & The Frog.
Hey Mike! If you are still in the Dallas area, have you tried Sushi Sake in Richardson? You have reviewed some cool spots in the DFW area, but have not seen this one show up on your list.
that was the shortest buffe i have ever seen in mikes videos
When he eats asian food he talks about how Asians cook this or that it’s Asian owned white about Jewish/Black/Hispanic/Mexican owned and how they love hot oil etc in detail but her never mentions other races food or their style of cooking or history behind it.
It’s cause he doesn’t actually know. He also thinks he can speak on other/all asian cultures but is sometimes wrong. He would get a larger audience if he had the owner or chef talk abt their background or just by doing research
@@macintoshhjball4686 Its not hard to know if something is owned by a different race just look it up? Ever watched Brennen Taylor he looks up everything and talks about the history before and sometimes during eating the food I been watching Mike since i was a minor, he can definitely change it up talk about the reviews and etc. Tho its his video and i’m not telling him what to do just saying what would make it different
@@macintoshhjball4686 Is that Mexican soul food/ Black ppl soul food/ Asian Soul food
@@Ty_spacely I don’t think it’s hard either. Honestly i think his video quality has gone down and he’s just spewing out content without putting in effort
Cajun chef is hands down one of the best hot sauces. Perfect balance.
Hello Mike I really enjoy video that you post to show where to dine. If you are coming back to Singapore I hope you should try this place ( Lad&Dad ) they sell the best fish&chips and they were from a hawker centre last time
Wow that burger at the end I ordered my first ever taco from a food truck or something on Uber and I got it and it was cubes of chicken swimming in ranch! I had to throw it out ffs! That! That is a taco! I mean I assume because it looked like how I thought it would.
All this looked delicious. But no Umami today…? 😂
american food doesnt have ooo mami,, only asian
Yes Mike, just what I needed, a cheeky little video from you with more yummy food 😊
I ATE A LUNCHABLE WATCHING THIS AND WAS THINKING IT WAS HIS FOOD THE WHOLE TIME 😂 IM SO SAD
It is what we ate all the time except chicken that was once a week on sunday
6:25 A good Boi!
Good eating
Glistening, with juice 😮
I've been to Mott St a bunch of times. Everything on the menu is great, but the burger is 🤤
0:31 GYAT 😂 I was not looking at that plate
First off, that Soul Food had me drooling and I have a meat allergy and probably couldn't eat hardly any of it, but man that look so delicious. Wow. Secondly, I was watching it at 3 am and that is not the time to watch and start craving food you cannot have.
It looked divine! Got me ready for allll the cookouts! Any vegan soul food places near you to scratch that itch?
Tried the FlipSigi in NYC, and Jersey City.
Chicago is next!
It's 6:15 am as I am watching this and drooling as you bite into that fried chicken, pork chop and Mac and cheese. No wonder I weigh 800 lbs. 🤤🤤🤤
Delicious chicken
Hey Mike, enjoy the windy city. Safe travels!
Chicken juice or oil?
Also, that Husky is staring at your food like Is For Me??
Holy crap, within 1 minute! Looks absolutely delish!!
I love a juicy waterfall of chicken juice!
Brave man, going to ghetto capital #2
At 5:48, 5:56 and 6:04. Sounded normal i think. He said it was spicy but look at all those chili peppers.
Oooo Id love the buffet!!! :O Im so hungry now haha.
ive been to flip sigi in NYC. been a long time i hope they didnt re locate to chicago.
Chicago stand up!
Been watching your vids for a while now. Love love love them. Makes me want to travel and try everything!!!!!!
mike, you are making me hungry.....lol
Damn Mike, where do you find space for all the food?!
I was hoping you'd save that miso butter. The Happy. Did you get the recipe?
Wow Mikey at Pearl’s place. I love to see it and glad you enjoyed it.
About time you went to a Southern Eatery 😊
Whats calaflower
Chicago native giving Mikey that certified badass stamp for heading to that neighborhood in the south side of Chicago ! Anything for a good bite !!!
So when are you going to make a trip back to Quincy for a visit Mikey? You should open a good restaurant here, and give these restaurants here a run for their money! Come show this town what a good place to eat is like!
Looks yummy! I’m just commenting now but watching tomorrow because I need food before I can watch this. Lol
The huskyyyyy
I enjoy this 😁
I don't remember if you got the legendary burger at Nowon in New York 12:34 12:37
We need some Filipino restaurants in Fort Smith Arkansas. We have some that try to pass themselves off as such. But that's like calling taco bell Mexican. Oh and we need Red Horse beer too.
Oo-douw.
❤ watching always From Philippines 😊
That chicken looked really dry. The second plate looked amazing tho'!
I haven't seen you do a steak sandwich for quite some time
Yummy 😋
5.48 first time hearing someone say califlower instead of cauliflower
Mike chen and Mike malak burger review together would be the best thing ever
As much as i like your asisn food related vlogs ..your American food videos are waaaay better to watch in my personal opinion always looks like more variety of foods and not like the 10000 same noodle dish ..even i love noodles can't see them anymore now 😅.great job Mikey keep it up . Much love from Bosnia
I don't think there's anything better than watching you eat.😋😋😋😋😋Of course it could be better if it was ME lol😂😂😂😂😂
The burger looks so filthy mike! Loving it!
Absolutely filthy. I need a piece 😋🤣
soggy bottom burger, rejected for best no matter the flavor profile. just like best pizza needs to not be flimsy
Youre always gonna get the Best Burger 🍔 in the Midwest 😊