Such a humble man. He didn't bashed the American Chinese food since it was made to adapt to the country.
@bvbxiong5791
3 ай бұрын
Italians on the other hand...
@chasebowman9815
3 ай бұрын
I’d love to see an Italian react to st Luis style pizza (or what Chicago style pizza was which was a thin almost cracker crust before deep dish took over the meaning the only difference being that for st Luis style has provel which is so processed I know they’ll have a fit)
@万恶共匪毒害中华
3 ай бұрын
If he said anything offensive, haters will leave negative reviews on his restaurant. So probably he didn't give his real opinions, as he already said he dare not give a low score.
@qidongxu7339
3 ай бұрын
Of course American Chinese food is more for American than Chinese. As long as Americans like it, doesn't matter
@ns645
3 ай бұрын
It makes sense. Hong Kong food is also the same. It is a fusion kind of cuisine. So I think fusion and adaptation is something HKers are used to :)
@djmiggy1778
3 ай бұрын
I love how open minded he was. I want to try his food.
@kevwwong
3 ай бұрын
I think the fact that he does HK-style fast food helps him keep an open mind. That's already an adapted version of Cantonese cooking, and probably helps inform his opinion of Americanized Chinese food.
@nullakjg767
2 ай бұрын
as long as you arent claiming its authentic you get a lot of lee way.
@Shadow-dd1qp
3 ай бұрын
"3 dishes 14.99$" is such a chinese thing to say
@li_tsz_fung
3 ай бұрын
It translates to "Entertainment not included in the price. You can barely buy anything with 15 buck anywhere."
@jinze.s2514
3 ай бұрын
I want to see Chef Wang Gang react to these dishes
@Shadow-dd1qp
3 ай бұрын
@@jinze.s2514 fr
@guojames9269
3 ай бұрын
@@user-bh9vf2zu1r He said entertainment not environment, here's a ticket back to elementary school for you to learn the difference between words, and here's another ticket back to kindergarten so you learn how to control your malding
@user-bh9vf2zu1r
3 ай бұрын
@@guojames9269 Learn how to use commas before professing to be an educational expert. Writing a run on sentence is just embarrassing.
@anthonyfong4922
2 ай бұрын
Amazing chef. His candour, open mindedness and diplomacy was truly admirable.
@MegaMiquelon
3 ай бұрын
He has an incredibly fair assessment. “Survival, you gotta adapt to local taste”.
@nullakjg767
2 ай бұрын
not just tastes but ingrediants. we eat what we eat because its whats available. coastal cities have seafood, ranchlands have cattle and pork, if all you have is beans and corn, all you cook is beans and corn. its only until very recently did things become available outside of their origins
@DeadBeatDex
13 күн бұрын
@@nullakjg767 You got that right. Hell, even fresh farm meat is still a relatively recent thing for the common people. It really wasn't until the late 1800s that the average person could eat chicken regularly(varies anywhere from once or twice a month to a few times a year), and that's just in the West.
@HugotheBrainwasher
12 күн бұрын
It’s not just America. Chinese food is also changed and adapted to local tastes in Japan. Different from Chinese American food
@yty1941
11 күн бұрын
alternatively, people didn't look for "authentic" dishes (technically some may also argue spicy foods are not part of the "OG" Chinese food) but rather foods they enjoy
@mmosm
8 күн бұрын
Means its bad
@mic_s21
3 ай бұрын
I do really appreciate when he said "You need to adapt to the local conditions" very few chefs or KZitemr will accept that there are variations if not some adaptations that are made to accommodate the population as a whole. Of course authenticity is valued but if you do that it'll be hard to please everyone's palate. Like one of the best Chef KZitemr "Marion's Kitchen" said it quite often and is rightfully so: "there's always method to the madness"
@honeytgb
2 ай бұрын
@Made with Lau rightly stated: "The food may not be *traditional* as you're far away from the old country, but it is still *authentic* as it is made by the same people but had to adapt to local ingredients"
@yong9613
2 ай бұрын
@@honeytgbYou're playing around with semantics and vocabulary, it's an either or, not both can apply and it boils down to preferences, unless your immediate survival is at stake and there's simply no alternative
@saldiven2009
3 ай бұрын
Here's one to try: Take an Italian person (as in someone born and raised in Italy) to a small, local "Italian" restaurant in a city in any East Asian country. Watch that Italian person have a meltdown because they put cream in the carbonara.
@serenity9932
3 ай бұрын
Italians do the same shit in their own Asian restaurant. And plus Asian have more sweets everywhere in their dessert
@waltersimmons9512
3 ай бұрын
Most 'Italian' food here in Asia are chain Restaurants and usually made like a fast food.. that's why they use cream not eggs.
@saldiven2009
3 ай бұрын
@@waltersimmons9512 So? The point is that various ethnic foods from one region of the world are done "wrong" in other parts of the world. Often times, the people complaining about it being "wrong" ignore the historical and practical reasons for the changes. They just get hung up on stuff like, "OMFG, orange chicken isn't _real_ Chinese food."
@FloofyMinari
3 ай бұрын
If my grandmother had wheels, she would have been a bike.
@lexluthor3145
3 ай бұрын
True. Things like Italian cheese are also very expensive, especially if you live in a 3rd world or developing countries. Often times, ingredients are also straight up not available. Guanciale? We don't have that here. You also have people who can't consume pork because of things like their beliefs.
@chriswu15
3 ай бұрын
Visiting Toronto right now and I'll check out his restaurant today! Thanks guys and keep up the great vids!!
@marcc5768
3 ай бұрын
It's in Scarborough, nearest intersection Midland and Sheppard
@cclingdev
3 ай бұрын
@CantoMando I followed your content since the beginning and I can honestly say that your content is adding so much value to the media. Keep up the great work and thank you for making contents like this.
@emergencystoppingonly
3 ай бұрын
I'm glad that you took the time to talk about the history of american vs chinese food, and then you got a chef who is at least mildly familiar with the history and respectful of american chinese for trying to innovate and eventually becoming successful. Instead of the usual "ItS NoT AuThEnTiC!!1!!" and "authentic is better" and "a chinese person will hate this" bs that everyone else does. We're all so obsessed whether or not "authentic food" is better. But one look at the comments section and there is obviously a bunch of people who clearly did not watch the video.
@ck_illust7150
3 ай бұрын
Foreign Chinese will never be Chinese. They will always be seen as Race Traitors 😤
@万恶共匪毒害中华
3 ай бұрын
I've had Chinese food in Taiwan, Hong Kong, South East Asia and even Japan, and American Chinese food is the worst
@truthful3777
3 ай бұрын
It's a Chinese behavior to adapt to customers requirements. Chinese are not hard headed to stick to tradition. What customers wants they deliver it.
@yudistiraliem135
3 ай бұрын
China is so big that I doubt anyone really understand what’s authentic or not. Some area loves “ bland” food and hates putting too much spices and orhers go mad with chilli or fermented beans. I remember an American called peas on fried rice Gweilo sh*t but it’s exactly what’s served at Oppo House where they bring the chefs and ingredients from mainland to feed their chinese employees there.
@thaddeustyc
3 ай бұрын
@@万恶共匪毒害中华 Lol use some critical thinking before comparing please. It'd made sense if you compared say the US and the UK. But Taiwan, HK have their own Chinese food and SEA and Japan are Asian countries with similar flavour profiles and also long history of Chinese ancestry in the country so they aren't going to differ much as well. American Chinese food on the other hand is an entire cuisine on its own and not the same to Chinese food, just like how Tex-mex is a cuisine on its own and not comparable to Mexican food.
@jamestaylor3805
3 ай бұрын
Canton - Wok Hai Hawaii - Pono American South - Made with love baby.
@e_eyster
2 ай бұрын
These always feel the most honest types of critiques where it boils down to "Not authentic, but its still good"
@evildrtran
3 ай бұрын
There's a very big reason why American Chinese Food diverged so much from homeland cuisine; that this youtuber FAILED to consider. Imagine yourself freshly arriving in America 170ish years ago and you want to make meals that you crave from back home in China, sadly, you have only the local ingredients available to you. American Chinese food exists because of this. How do you make bok choy and beef when you only have American broccoli in abundance versus bok choy? There's also some consideration that the main menu inmost Chinese restaurants are for the American locals, while there's sometimes a second secret menu for Chinese eaters that want a more authentic experience.
@bradkirchhoff5703
3 ай бұрын
Exactly. I know this for a fact as Im friends and was classmates w the local Chinese restaurant owner. His family has oened it for 40 years and they are Taiwanese. They simply cannot order all their ingredients from China or Taiwan.
@MichaelFeldman-i5c
2 ай бұрын
Chinese American food is just the Chinese immigrants through trial and error finding out what Americans find tasty then mixing it in a sublime blend with Chinese food
@DavidEatsLA
Ай бұрын
100% ! And this is the same all across the world .. “authentic” is regional and you can only cook what is accessible or abundant .. and as decades pass, flavor profiles and tastes evolve to what you grew up with .
@JoeStuffzAlt
5 күн бұрын
It's not just this. Chefs gathered together and invented an Americanized version to sell to Americans to make a living. The founders of Panda Express are Chinese and Hong Kong immigrants.
@JoeStuffzAlt
5 күн бұрын
McDonalds does this especially. They'll make variations to cater to the locals, even within regions of the USA
@SpeciesGohan
3 ай бұрын
Mike, I love that you’re hosting a bunch of the recent videos. Really solid job. Idk where the other 2 are rn, but you’re doing great carrying the channel.
@ZenDuex
3 ай бұрын
This video was so good! It teaches us so much about how the masters wisdom, respects the new age and how the ancient cuisine can lead us into a tasty tomorrow, and gently recommends we branch out and try new cuisine. ! thank you so much for making this video, can't wait for more!
@jungdonna
3 ай бұрын
The first time I saw chicken balls was in Toronto in the 1980's. I never saw them on an American Chinese menu before that. If you had spoken Chinese to that lady about lemon chicken, she might have answered you. She probably didn't understand you.
@harkmi3
3 ай бұрын
Isn’t orange chicken just an American Chinese thing as well? I have never seen it kind of Canada.
@noseboop4354
3 ай бұрын
@@harkmi3 Me neither, although I do see orange beef a lot in Canada.
@sinisterisrandom8537
3 ай бұрын
Seen those chicken balls you refer to before loved them. Though their not common even here in Queens one of the largest diverse boroughs of New York City.
@defjam641
3 ай бұрын
You can find Chicken balls at every single British Chinese takeaway, usually comes with sweet and sour sauce
@kevwwong
3 ай бұрын
@@harkmi3 "Isn’t orange chicken just an American Chinese thing as well? I have never seen it kind of Canada." It is an American thing. But you'll find it at a mall food court hot table like Manchu Wok.
@philipyow3452
3 ай бұрын
I thought Americanized Chinese food was disgusting until I recently watched a documentary from Canadian Chuek Kwan who has a series on Chinese restaurants on KZitem. These foods are what many of the older generations of Chinese cooked for survival and hope in their family owned restaurants. Survival is what Chef Jack said in his final thoughts. We need to support these small family owned operations.
@noseboop4354
3 ай бұрын
Very hard for a family business to survive in America these days. McDonalds and Temu prove that they'd rather buy shit as long as it's cheap and marketed to hell.
@philippkucia8442
3 ай бұрын
Except Canada does ly in America, but not in the US
@LYJManchesterUnited
2 ай бұрын
Why disgusting? Are you the type that gets offended on behalf of every race? I think it is like a simplified version so to make it more palatable for the local culture.
@MBREEZ
2 ай бұрын
@@LYJManchesterUnited those are the types, the snobby young that "think" they are authentic. see plenty of older Chinese from China liking the food.
@ThatFilmisGnarly
2 ай бұрын
@@MBREEZ agreed. there's a buzzfeed video proving just that, where younger and older chinese americans are seved panda express. the young people pretended to hate it (ocasianally admitted they eat panda express too), and the old people loved it. you can also find a bunch of american-style chinese restaurants throughout asia, so there's proof that people over there enjoy the americanized version of chinese cuisine too. its a fusion cuisine, its new, its supposed to be different, and its tasty as well.
@bidooflord8581
3 ай бұрын
I think fake is the wrong term, I consider it a different cuisine.
@hentisenti
2 ай бұрын
Because it’s called “Chinese-American” food. It’s Chinese-American culture
@hteekay
2 ай бұрын
I like this chef, he's not snobbish like some other chefs.. he doesn't gatekeep, he's open to new dish
@Takemura76
2 ай бұрын
Chinese people have settled in almost every country around the world and each time they combine local flavors with Chinese cuisine to make some of the best food. Puerto Rican Chinese food and Peruvian Chinese food are just some example I absolutely love. If I could choose one country’s cuisine to live on for the rest of my life it’d probably be Chinese. The shear variety would mean I’d almost certainly never get tired of eating it. Its influence over other Asian foods also cannot be understated. Many of my favorite Korean, Japanese, and Thai foods are heavily inspired or derived from Chinese recipes or inventions.
@Reggie2000
Ай бұрын
I don't disagree, per se, but many other cultures have as much variety or more. And those cultures when spread, also adapted to the new world. As a Geman in the Midwest, I eat tons of new world German dishes. Luke the Tendetlion sandwich, which was schnitzel. Or what is creole Jambalaya? Spanish Paella. That's what makes food so great. The never ending evolution. 🎉
@kettch777
Ай бұрын
Filipino food is also amazing, and so few people have tried it. Spanish, American, and Chinese influence are heavy in it, along with Filipinos' love of vinegar and garlic in their cooking. Sizzling sisig, garlic fried rice with a fried egg on top, crispy pata, and kare kare being some fine examples.
@Takemura76
Ай бұрын
@@kettch777 I’ve never had the pleasure but it’s always been at the top of my list of “must try”. As a Puerto Rican, the similarities I’ve noticed in the food/ingredients due to the Spanish influence has reeeeally made trying Filipino food a top priority for me haha. It always looks so delicious and I love our shared love of pig (especially whole pig over flames).
@Takemura76
Ай бұрын
@@Reggie2000 Sure. Lots of cultures have influenced others with their own food culture, but in my opinion I don’t think that they meet or exceed China’s food diversity and history of influence into other culture’s foods. Just looking at the continent of Asia and their influence over that region gives them the undisputed title on a numerical basis alone. When you add the rest of the globe that explodes. Of course, Europe as a continent is no slouch in its contributions, especially in Asia where western food and techniques are admired, hugely influential, and evolved into countless amazing creations (just look at Japan’s food for example - especially their desert and baking world). But when you take China as a country and compare it to any other single country on earth, not continent, it’s just way ahead of the pack. The only other single nation to compare is the U.S. with its vast culture exports that are themselves comprised of the “melting pot” mix of cultures that make up the United States. And size of a nation is not the only reason America and China are at the top. The French hit way above their weight in the culinary world with their techniques and recipes that have been exported and sought after the world over. That small country has contributed massively to food culture around the globe. Finally, Africa as a continent, not a nation, has influenced so much of the American continent, from the Caribbean islands to South America to the U.S. Yet no single African country can be identified as the sole source of that influence (albeit perhaps for more complicated reasons).
@kettch777
Ай бұрын
@@Takemura76 Any of those dishes I mentioned are solid picks. Other dishes to try are lumpia (kind of like an egg roll) pancit, or Filipino noodles (Pancit palabok is covered with shrimp garlic pork gravy, and absolutely divine, if not healthy) and sinigang, sour vegetable soup.
@miker7233
3 ай бұрын
A number of years ago I visited Beijing twice. I also visited Hong Kong and Xian. Yes the Chinese type food here in the states, is much different in taste and specific dishes. Unless you can find a restaurant with authentic dishes and taste. I stayed in a major hotel in Beijing. I was talking to a couple of the staff. I asked them about Chinese dishes I would normally order in the states. They were totally stumped lol.
@hermesliteratus882
3 ай бұрын
Those localized Chinese foods in the US look horrible and the Chinese chef did his very best not to throw up.
@cadenzhou5860
3 ай бұрын
@@hermesliteratus882throwing up is an exaggeration perhaps. But yeah, I still believe American Chinese food is really bad lol feel bad for those that believe it’s even close to real Chinese food. But hey if American Chinese food is what people like I can’t judge.
@handsanitizeroos5235
Ай бұрын
@@hermesliteratus882 lol what a clown. Americanized Chinese food is great and better than a ton of food you can find in China. Get out of here you nationalist shill.
@handsanitizeroos5235
Ай бұрын
@@cadenzhou5860 Get better taste buds or go to better places. Lots of traditional Chinese food taste like crap or is bland as phuck (literally all dim sum). No one cares that it's not even close to the "real thing" whatever that even means since food is ever evolving.
@handsanitizeroos5235
Ай бұрын
That's probably because most Chinese food you find in the States or the west in general tends to be Cantonese dishes. If you went to northern Chinese restaurants in the west and then to Beijing, they'll have a lot more overlap.
@victor5344
3 ай бұрын
You rated my friends restaurant Asian Fusion. I hoped you enjoyed the food and his mom! 3 dishes 14.99$$$$$$$$$
@thelonesurvivor3955
2 ай бұрын
"...and his mom!" Wut?
@dgh25
2 ай бұрын
she was rude :(
@kuronvega4085
Ай бұрын
@@dgh25she wasn’t rude
@lemonshark007
3 ай бұрын
„3 dishes 14.99$“lmao😂😂😂
@Arthur-gs2jr
3 ай бұрын
Honestly that’s a steal
@Iampatrix
3 ай бұрын
I think it's kinda unfair to call American Chinese food "fake" since it was invented by Chinese immigrants over the past almost 200 years. I'm part Chinese on my moms side, we think they got here around the Gold Rush era but our records aren't very good, but the point is they've been here awhile. My great-aunt and her husband owned a chain of Chinese buffets in California for years that served American Chinese but a few times a year they'd go back to Hong Kong to scout out potential chefs so that they could have a more authentic "secret" menu for their Chinese clients. The buffet was pretty good, not greasy like so many others, but I remember the secret menu being pretty delicious. After her husband died she sold off the restaurants and retired but a couple times each year she'd host a big family dinner at a restaurant she'd scouted for "authentic" Hong Kong Cantonese food, which was her favorite. Yes it's totally different than American Chinese, almost everything is steamed or braised with garlic, green onion, shallot, ginger and often fermented black bean. Also almost exclusively sea food. Soy sauce is just a condiment you can add if you want, other than that it's all about how fresh and quality the ingredients are. I'm older now and my Chinese side never had many kids so they're almost all gone now along with those dinners, I did prefer those over American Chinese but I still appreciate a good American Chinese restaurant. Miss those family dinners.
@jakefox3677
3 ай бұрын
Fr though no American going to eat “real” Chinese food so they gotta modify to fit what customers want still Chinese food
@WheresCupcake2124
3 ай бұрын
I ain't reading all at
@Iampatrix
3 ай бұрын
@@WheresCupcake2124 no one asked you to so foh.
@Medbread
3 ай бұрын
@@jakefox3677 Weird that Americans will happily eat authentic Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mexican, etc. food, but as soon as it's Chinese it needs to be Americanized
@qidongxu7339
3 ай бұрын
@@Medbread No really. For sure Mexican food is also Americanized. My Mexican friends told me that that is not what they eat back home. Same as Italian food. I was In Italy 2 years ago, they don't have so many toppings on their pizza, usually only tomatoes
@robetheridge4008
3 ай бұрын
Great Video! Interesting, fun, & informative! Chef Jack is wonderful! A great resource! 🥰💪🙏
@DarkHorseParatrooper
11 күн бұрын
You can enjoy tasty food regardless whether its "authentic" or not. People that think otherwise are ignorant and close minded.
@whys2016
3 ай бұрын
0:51 love the animated migration route they took to get to California 😂
@GreaterLADashcam
3 ай бұрын
It should have depicted them sailing the pacific.
@veridico84
3 ай бұрын
Hunan version of orange chicken - dried tangerine peel chicken is absolutely amazing
@jonyao76
3 ай бұрын
Know why Chinese businessmen are so succesful?, they are ablen to adapt to the conditions of their surroundings.
@wildfoodietours
26 күн бұрын
The diversity of Chinese cuisine is amazing. I grew up eating sweet and sour pork and orange chicken, and I still LOVE those dishes although more traditional Chinese dishes like clams in black bean sauce, roast duck, and saliva chicken sure hit the spot. Long live Chinese food!
@DaylenAmell
2 ай бұрын
At 6:12, I think the translation is false: he said "这个芡薄一点" or in traditional Chinese "這個芡薄一點", which means "The starch sauce should be a bit thinner". So he was actually saying that it wasn't thin enough and needed to be thinner.
@oxlip
Ай бұрын
makes a lot more sense given the context, thanks for the translation! can i ask, how did you figure it out?
@DaylenAmell
Ай бұрын
@@oxlip He was speaking Mandarin, and I know Mandarin natively.
@oxlip
Ай бұрын
@@DaylenAmell that last part is what was throwing me off, wouldn't have expected that from a guy named Daylen Amell! that's a really awesome skill to have.
@RemyMajangkim
2 күн бұрын
Fair and encouraging comment. That makes him a legend.
@eleazarchau52
3 ай бұрын
I go that spot all the time. Great people and food
@ZxkulTheManiac
2 ай бұрын
Cantonese chef +1M aura for being humble and cool
@shinykurian1810
3 ай бұрын
As an indian chinese food is one of my favourite
@jingweing
3 ай бұрын
把我们一个
@gametri-eq6lj
3 ай бұрын
yeah Uyghur food is good
@Muhammad-HarDick
3 ай бұрын
Traitor
@ktbmk
3 ай бұрын
@@Muhammad-HarDick not his fault he wants a clean dish
@Patrick-pv9pe
3 ай бұрын
Indian Chinese food is called Hakka, it was invented by Chinese people who migrated to India, not invented by Indians.
@markosterman419
2 ай бұрын
I like the idea of a “pop taste,” a food that’s designed to be like a standard well known dish but is actually very different … and people like it anyway.
@tomhedgeh503
2 ай бұрын
The Chicken Balls are usually served with Lemon Sauce, viscosity similar to sweet an sour sauce, they are popular in Canada in places where people eat a lot of deep fried food.
@lisbiology
3 ай бұрын
i don't like the word authentic... feels like gatekeeping... in my (chinese) family my father works as a chef and my mother teaches at a culinary school and they don't even agree on what is the right way to do some dishes but they are both authentic and traditional chinese cooks. Sure American Chinese food is not the same as Traditional Chinese fare but you can't say it is fake or inauthentic Chinese food, it's just Chinese Diaspora food.
@mccallosone4903
3 ай бұрын
wise words friend. i live in china, and while there are many lousy pizza restaurants, there are some pretty good ones too, that arent "fake"
@colonelfustercluck486
Ай бұрын
well, if your task is to cook Chinese food, you have to adapt to the local circumstances. Imagine getting off the boat in San Francisco in the 1800's and there was no or few Chinese ingredients available. They had to improvise with what they could get, and also to appeal to local Chinese and other citizens tastes to stay in business. OK, it may not be traditional Chinese dishes from China... but a lot of these improvised or adapted Chinese dishes are traditional for at least 150yrs in other countries. They are still authentic, as long as you realize the location, and why it is a little different to food from within China.
@carmenrosa7589
2 күн бұрын
I grew up in NYC where the chino Latino food was always available at any time and I love it. It was such a part of the culture of the neighborhood
@joannaly5246
3 ай бұрын
LOL Uncle really said survival of the fittest 😂 and "it's good as long as people like it"
@isacr4063
23 күн бұрын
Such a sweet old man....kind and warm hearted....
@smaggie
3 ай бұрын
tbh as a native Chinese I always wanna try American Chinese food Japanese Chinese food. im so curious I really wanna know how they localize it. it must be interesting
@ShubhamSharma-sk7vp
3 ай бұрын
Try Indo Chinese food once.
@yoru8815
3 ай бұрын
Eh I think the main difference is just like the European where the majority came from, american rarely ever to use variety of spice in cooking. If they bother using it's used very sparingly. They only either mostly about salt and pepper or tomato and cheese or grease. They grow up eating like that their tongues unable to tolerate so much spice. Notice even their fast food chains like KFC reflect this, fast food in us almost bland in taste compare to most in asia.
@hermesliteratus882
3 ай бұрын
Trust me, you don't want to do that. Those localized Chinese food in America looks horrible and tastes disgusting.
@mccallosone4903
3 ай бұрын
dont listen to the haters, american chinese food is fine, as long as you avoid the gross buffets. go to a good local restaurant. its sweeter than cantonese food, and not spicy at all, even if its labelled spicy. there are some good dishes that have been developed by chinese immigrants over the last 200 years
@SmartDumbNerdyCool
Ай бұрын
It's delicious
@wxy7119
2 ай бұрын
idk how I somehow figured out this was in Canada like a few seconds into the video but omg the Scarborough community especially has such amazing "Americanized" and also authentic Chinese food 😋the food court that the chef is sitting is has to be the most Chinese Canadian thing I've seen
@maggiejetson7904
3 ай бұрын
General Tso is real (from Taiwan), but they taste different than the one in US.
@SukKennedy
11 күн бұрын
I worked for a chinese restaurant as a summer job. What the chefs/ cooks routinely made dinner for us after closing is way better than whats regularly served!
@gloriaking2135
3 ай бұрын
Your shirt makes me feel like you are a staff works for a Chinese restaurant😂
@maximuslongrod6361
5 күн бұрын
Just discovered your vides... big fan. Subscribing now
@BackWordsJane
3 ай бұрын
Dissing Chinese immigrant cuisine is rude. Many Chinese cooks could not get authentic ingredients for their dishes during that time period so they made substitutions and came up with new dishes that made them uniquely Chinese American. Don't think of Chinese food in America as pretending to be authentic because it never was suppose to be. They had to made dishes that would appeal to American customers in their restaurants partly to broaden their customer base and partly because at that time Chinese food had a bad reputation ( cats and dogs)
@jenniferadam8052
Ай бұрын
That last dish looks so good!
@gastroalchemy4499
3 ай бұрын
What a humble chef!! 👏👏👏
@jas_bataille
9 күн бұрын
The Triad is unto you now. They want you to give the addresses of those two "not bad" restaurants right away!!! In all seriousness, I love Chinese people. They really seem curious, adaptative, hardworking. Great stuff!
@canuck21
3 ай бұрын
American Chinse food is not authentic Chinese food, but that doesn't mean it's not good. It's just different. I ate Chinese food in China and I didn't like it. I found the flavour of Northern cuisine extremely weird most of the time. I much prefer Cantonese food which is more familiar to what I usually eat in North American Chinatown restaurants.
@chowserswowsers6824
Ай бұрын
I agree with this Chef, and I am glad he was not snobby. Westernized Chinese food is in a category unto itself. It was created by the OG immigrants. Now a day you can get so much regional authentic Chinese food where I live in Vancouver but I think it is important to remember the immigrants that paved their way and had to endure so much hardship and racism.
@legendsplayground7017
3 ай бұрын
Love your content 💪👌, the dish look really nice, keep up the good work, Jesus bless.
@TheLucidDreamer12
Ай бұрын
Really wished you guys interviewed him in Cantonese rather than Mandarin. I get the feeling everything he wanted to say was right at the tip of his tongue as he pieces together what makes sense in Mandarin
@cdramabear
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the videoooo
@WolfetoneRebel1916
3 ай бұрын
What an amazing outlook on like he has. People love to bash American pizza, Chinese etc. but it does taste delicious.
@toasterfuel
3 ай бұрын
another banger from the goats
@rodolfoprochenzo9568
Ай бұрын
I love this guy. He has the perfect mentality.
@xlaws7389
3 ай бұрын
I don't think there is any problem. When food is in a place, it will be integrated into the local characteristics and needs. Only in this way can the culture be preserved. Chinese food in Japan will become Japanese Chinese food. In the United States, it will become American Chinese food. If you are interested in Chinese food, you can try real traditional Chinese food. It will be a completely different experience. There is no right or wrong.
@yong9613
2 ай бұрын
The average person on the street is not going to know (or care) and you have loud mouth people with their own agenda stirring up narrative on what's authentic and what's not. One person meat is another persons poison. As far as food is concerned, it's one of the basic representation of irreplaceable particular culture and it's in most people's vested interest to gate keep
@fion3943
Ай бұрын
This chef is so knowledgeable
@hyper_Michael
3 ай бұрын
Where Edward and sheldon
@GutsFreedom
3 ай бұрын
Going to Panda Express and expecting Chinese food is like going to Taco Bell and expecting Mexican food.
@fmfdocbotl4358
3 ай бұрын
ive eaten Chinese food in China and Mexican food in Mexico...ill take panda express over taco bell
@stevegabbert9626
Ай бұрын
I've got to jump in this. First, I appreciate him not instantly putting down American Chinese food. I mean, people love it, as do I. The last thing he said, is something I did in 1992. I had a friend back then who was from Hong Kong/China, so I went with him for a visit. We ate at his sister's flat one night, then to his girl friend's parents place in Macau another time, and then to an aunt and uncle's home in Guang Zhou, China. Everything I ate at those homes were nothing like I get here, including the preparations. For instance, the chicken was chopped up, bones included, into smaller bite sized pieces, so you had to "spit" the bones out. Same with the pigeon, which was my favorite meat there. There wasn't any "heavy" sauces, the soups were very unique, like the "Thousand Year Old Egg" in China. Everything was light and fresh. I miss it all, and can't get it here very often.
@philippkucia8442
3 ай бұрын
This video shows that American Chinese Food is not that bad as long it is made in Canada. You can also eat excellent Authentic Chinese Food in Hong Kong which is as good as traveling to China for a good meal. Thanks for this pretty educative and rich in taste video CantoMando!
@MBREEZ
2 ай бұрын
Chinese food in the states is good too. what are you smoking? There are plenty of great spots in LA, Vegas, New York and other metro areas. You realize real Chinese people can exist anywhere. The video literally says they migrated originally to California.
@KaitouKaiju
3 күн бұрын
Chinese food in canada is 99.9% the same shit as here in the states
@FamilyMedia-b1v
2 ай бұрын
Chicken balls are popular in Canada, served with lemon sauce, similar consistency of the sweet and sour sauce.
@w8ngr
3 ай бұрын
American Chinese food is food Chinese did use to consume, the thing was the food USA/UK was like the rich people food of the past (except for the meat cuts) but most of the dishes were not made for the poor originally, you have to remember when Chinese food came to the west in the fast food sense it was a luxury thuss why you’d see expensive dishes you wouldn’t see on menus in China (because they wanted to give the white man good quality Chinese food, even when they didn’t even eat that themselves) then over the years it’s just for bastardised the more time went on until it was it own unique thing To put it simple the Chinese /usa/uk food is food an emperor would have eaten with a lot of western influence which is why no Chinese person can recognise it because most in China especially the further you go are more poorer, but just because it’s not in their daily diet doesn’t mean you don’t know how to cook it, look at how many high ranking chefs eats crap themselves for their meals and will put a million times more effort into their work than their own cooking,,, why when you cook super high quality everyday for hours when it comes to yourself if it tastes good and fills a hole your happy
@realgrilledsushi
2 ай бұрын
2:22 there’s you answer, thank you, White man🫡
@Exceliear
3 ай бұрын
Chinese American dishes can vary in different taste and stuff. Usually fast food chains like Panda Express, they cook large portions and serve it like buffet because of how popular it is. If it’s a Chinese American family owned, it is made to order
@yesyoucan5855
3 ай бұрын
You have to try NY Chinese food
@theallseeingkats6321
12 күн бұрын
I had nyc chinese and korean dishes,not bad..
@IceKoldKilla
2 ай бұрын
Has anyone ever wondered in these types of videos how they carry the food for a while and then eat it? Isn't it soggy and not fresh anymore? Of course it's worse. Fresh is best to compare. Be fair. But yes neither is "Mexican" food in the US unless it's proper Mexican and the same with any Italian or Indian. The list goes on. It's westernized. But of course it is. It's to sell there, not in your country. It isn't being sold there. The whole point in business is to adapt the product to the market. It isn't about making westerners adapt to your culture. There's restaurants for that. Takeaway is different.
@DONALD_DADDY_TRUMP
2 ай бұрын
Panda Express is better than regular Chinese food
@JamesGaoist
3 ай бұрын
As a an immigrant from mainland, I can say American Chinese is more bussin. Cuz I went to school in America
@Bubble23428
3 ай бұрын
They‘re both really good in my experience.
@tucsonbandit
2 ай бұрын
I am from San Francisco, have many Chinese friends from traditional families, and have eaten a lot of traditional Chinese food and gone to Chinese weddings. Almost all of my Chinese friends and most of the people in their families will agree panda express is not all that traditional, but they also actually love Panda Express, for whatever that is worth.
@patrickhenigin4805
22 күн бұрын
I remember when every restaurant in SF Chinatown had a chop suey sign out front.
@BitterMooon
3 ай бұрын
Early gangs?
@aa1944-k2r
21 күн бұрын
😭😭such a humble and kind person, also very wise there is no need to pretend you hate it because it is not "real" chinese food, there is no pineapple in italian pizza but i enjoy it, there is no california roll sushi originally, but it was created and i love it. im sure american chinese food cooked nicely would be super tasty.
@dbadagna
3 ай бұрын
If the cuts (especially ones with lots of text) are left on the screen for much less than 1 second, the viewer won't be able to properly absorb them. Please take a deep breath and re-edit.
@KaitouKaiju
3 күн бұрын
Just pause the video
@alexandercampbell7903
18 күн бұрын
I am confused how this video was made. The food came from the Toronto GTA (Canada; not US); and it appears that the KZitemr was somehow able to take it to Hong Kong to interview this chef.
@BadContentCreator193
3 ай бұрын
1:54 No it doesn’t
@drdre137
3 ай бұрын
It’s crazy why he lie about it? 搞笑
@BadContentCreator193
3 ай бұрын
@@drdre137 I am not sure about that 耸耸肩
@BubbaEscobar
3 ай бұрын
Love traditional authentic Chinese food
@doubanjiang
3 ай бұрын
I guess American Chinese food tastes different because in China fuel tankers have been used to transport cooking oil after carrying toxic chemicals without being cleaned properly between loads.
@kaiite
3 ай бұрын
So irritated they found a HK style chef and they aren't interviewing him in Cantonese
@k0n0yarr0w
3 ай бұрын
i read in the other video that this host can't speak Canto and the other host who can is away.
@kaiite
3 ай бұрын
@@k0n0yarr0w There are three who run the channel, both of the Cantonese speakers weren't around?
@CantoMando
3 ай бұрын
Unfortunately the boys weren’t around that time 😢
@kaiite
3 ай бұрын
@@CantoMando Well that's unlucky but maybe next video!
@gamejedi
3 ай бұрын
I like General Tso's chicken, regardless of where it's from.
@lidavid8056
3 ай бұрын
‘亚洲美食’ does not mean American Chinese food, it means Asian food. Can you not make up things just to prove your points?
@Turnpost2552
3 ай бұрын
He spoke very respectfully
@diegoterneus2250
11 күн бұрын
The same phenomenon occurs with Italian-American food. It has some semblance to "authentic" Italian, but with some local variances. It's all good.
@bonniediep5324
18 күн бұрын
Yeah my Dad always uses egg in his fried rice and he uses a wok...lots of wok heiy. "Ho maiy" 😂❤ Cantonese is my ❤.
@ttlam1501
3 ай бұрын
7:32 the very important skills for making Cantonese style fried rice. Fry it, not just tossing, swing the wok the whole time, especially the real Cantonese fried rice uses much less oil than other places.
@kingofherdaz
Ай бұрын
I love his attitude
@jerizzle_
2 ай бұрын
great fountain is a goated local spot here!! love to see it on your vid :)
@LionOfJudah613
2 ай бұрын
this is pretty bad. 7 this is not bad. 7 this is quite good. 7 This is my life's work. 7
@Willtripyouout
5 күн бұрын
I really enjoyed the content of this video. So much so that I’ve followed you. But some constructive feedback. If you’re going to take the time to lay text over your video, you have to afford the watcher the ability/time to actually read it. The notion of having to pause the video to read the presented text isn’t ideal. Furthermore, the pause button causes other items to display over the screen, rendering the ability to read all the text next to impossible. Outside of this, keep the good content coming. 😉
@engineerncook6138
2 ай бұрын
Yes, lots of Chinese-American buffet-style take out places around, but are still sit-down restaurants that make Chinese-American dishes to order. In California, where there is a large Chinese and Chinese-American population, we can find many restaurants that serve more "authentic" dishes than the take-out places but most of those restaurants serve the popular Chinese-American dishes like orange chicken and General Tso's to increase their customer base, just like steakhouses always offer a chicken dish or two. Restaurants are businesses not monuments to history.
@Steelin_Gainz
16 күн бұрын
I live on Long Island but I'd give anything to try a traditional pork bun. Yum
@Patrick-pv9pe
3 ай бұрын
What a surprise to see that I recognize the locations. Both locations are in Scarborough Ontario Canada (in the north eastern part of Toronto). The first restaurant where the Americanized Chinese food was bought is at Agincourt Mall near Kennedy and Sheppard. The second location is in a Chinese plaza just east of Midland and Sheppard in a Chinese food court. The restaurant behind the Chinese chef is called Great Fountain.
@Peatingtune
2 ай бұрын
I greatly enjoy both traditional and Americanized Chinese cuisine.
@appa609
Ай бұрын
He's being very polite
@ChamP10nk1ng
3 ай бұрын
Authentic Chinese food is AWESOME 👍 American/Chinese food is AWESOME 😊
@Sheppy-x6c
4 күн бұрын
As an American I can honestly say Chinese food is the best. Ive only tried a few items from their vast stockpile of recipes but the few I tried I keep coming back for more. Long live pork fried rice!
@DP-jaja
Ай бұрын
Western Chinese food may not be authentic but it can be very tasty….this humble and charitable chef just proves it.
@BeesKneesBenjamin
3 ай бұрын
When I visit my father we often go to a Chinese/Indonesian restaurant. My father used to fly out to various cities in China for his work for decades, he always told me here it differed quite a lot from the stuff he ate in China. One time he asked if she could prepare us some real traditional stuff from her hometown, it was the bomb hahaha. Now she comes with that stuff herself when she sees us and is excited for our reaction. It never fails to be anything but great, I never had imagined I'd be gladly eating shrimpheads and chicken feet simply because they're cooked up well rather than it being a challange hahahahaha. Man food is the bomb, it's a great world we live in there's so many different things to try and enjoy :-)
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