LEGENDARY Lechon! BRONX Night Market & REAL Little Italy of New York | ULTIMATE BRONX Food Tour!

Good morning. You know, throughout the years, I've done videos all around New York, New Jersey, but there are actually two boroughs in New York I've never done videos in. So if you guys don't know, there are five boroughs that make up New York City. There's Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island. I've actually never filmed videos in Staten Island or in the Bronx. And I've always heard about this amazing food scene in the Bronx. So I started doing my research and guess what I found? There is a night market in the Bronx. Also, a lechon place that only opens Saturday and Sunday. So today I'm going to go get some lechon, going to go get some chopped cheese, which is something else I've never had. And then go into a night market. First stop of the day, my first chopped cheese sandwich. I really can't believe I lived in New York so long. I never had a chopped cheese sandwich before. Where have I been? Seriously. So what I know about the sandwich is that it's kind of like New York's answer to the Philly cheesesteak. And there's a lot of versions of where it actually came from. But most people agree it came from right there. That's where it all started. Let's go. All right. Chopped cheese time. Jessie is here with her sister, Michelle. Hi. All of us never had chopped cheese ever. Let's try this out. I asked one with everything. So it's got hot sauce, mayo, and of course, on a delightfully looking hero. This looks good. Ready? Take a bite. How did I live in New York all these years and not have one? So this is what really makes it makes us different than like a Philly cheesesteak. It's ground beef inside. It's like they diced up maybe even a burger. I think that's actually one of the stories of how I got started. It was someone, you know, chopped up a burger and put it in here. I wish there was more hot sauce in this because I could use more spice and more acid. Other than that, it's so cheesy, so meaty. The bread is absolutely delicious. Crunch from the lettuce is nice. The slight juice from the tomatoes is awesome. The hero is awesome. The sesame on top of that. Nice and toasty on the outside, super soft inside. I could do one a day on this. I know how to make this better. I'll be right back. All right, let's get some hot sauce for us. Louisiana hot sauce. This is what's so great about New York City. There's a bodega in every single corner. If you need some hot sauce, buy some hot sauce. That's awesome. Oh, this is really good. I think next time we could have just asked for like extra hot sauce on the sandwich itself. That probably would have saved a lot more time and effort. All right, once we're done eating our next food place, right across the street, check this out right there. That's where we're getting the lechon. Hello. Wow. Angel, nice to meet you, man. You're making empanadas right now? Yeah. OK. I'm going to give you a little bit to try, OK? OK, I would love to. Thank you. You're going to see. And then you talk, OK? OK, I'll talk. All right. You're very famous. Oh, my God. Look, look. What is that? Oh, that's garlic? Yeah. Oh, my goodness. Look at this. Here, try. Wait, this is shrimp? Wait, this is chicken and garlic? Yes. Holy cheese. Oh, my gosh. OK. All right. This looks amazing. Oh, my God. Angel, you sent from heaven, right? You sent from heaven, right? Oh, man. It's incredible. Love it. Shrimp is tender, chicken is tender, the garlic. It's like Emeril Lagasse came and blessed this plate. That's how much garlic there is in here. There's like a triple bam going into this dish. So good. And it just burns you in all the right places. Here, Jessie, try this. Oh, Jessie, you might die. It's spicy? It's really spicy. I wish we still had that chopped cheese so we could dip it in there. That would have been the best thing to do. Chopped cheese into the sauce. This might be an unexpected, but probably fantastic New York City Union. This calls for a celebration because this marriage just produced something beautiful. Masterpiece. But a different style. Check. This is what you guys do in the South Bronx, right? That's how we do it in the South Bronx. You put garlic and hot sauce on everything. Different hot sauce. Different hot sauce? Different hot sauce. And this is what Angel just gave me. Empanada with garlic and hot sauce. I mean, tons of garlic, tons of hot sauce. Too good. That could be the last thing I eat today. I'm good. That is so good. That is seriously, that is a good empanada. That thing is so crusty and meaty with that amazing garlic and hot sauce. Mm, so garlicky. That crust though. That crust, right? Michelle's never had a lechon. You don't even know what lechon is. You, I wish I could be you right now to be able to taste it again for the first time. I'm excited. We're waiting for the lechon. And I just want to say, this guy's, Angel, the nicest guy. There's people coming by and he's just passing out empanadas to people waiting in line. So basically anybody who's stopping by wanting empanadas, he gives them empanadas. This is a good man right here. We're going to the pig now. I can smell the pig. Oh, that smells so good. Oh, I can't wait to see that. Oh, that skin is nice. Take that one, you take it. Yes. You take it. Right now? That one right there. Oh my gosh. Take a bite. Look at this crispy skin. Speechless. I just want you guys to listen to this, listen to this. This guy's the real deal right here. What a happy day this has been so far. Yeah, that garlic. They're so nice here. They just brought us chairs. And this is our table. Whatever this box is, this is our table. That's what I love about this place already. It's just so much garlic everywhere. And he gave us, what is this, octopus salad? Oh. Oh my gosh. Oh, it's so good. So tender. Flavor is fantastic. Crunch is amazing. It's just amazingly tender. Oh my gosh. I love carbs with rice. Oh, this rice is great. Like, eat the rice with the octopus and all that great garlic. Just sets the tone for everything. There's a good piece of the pork. You guys got to come and get this. Take a bite of the meat and the skin, everything. Is there skin on there? Yeah. Try it, try it. Do it. Oh my gosh. Right? Oh my gosh. Right? Melts in your mouth after that crunch. This is the best lechon I've ever had in my life. Really? We waited for like two hours there. 100% worth the wait. So worth it. The meat too. Amazingly flavorful. It's just so incredibly juicy and tender. This is made in heaven by an angel. 100%. Come here and get this. Thanks so much. This was amazing. You're awesome, dude. Thanks so much. Take care. Bronx Night Market. In the daytime. Michelle has to leave. Just me and Jessie now. Okay, there's a lot of food. There's so much food. Let's do a walk around and then we'll see what we want to eat. I want some jerk chicken. How you doing? Hi, how are you? Can we get some jerk chicken? Jerk chicken, the jerkier the better. Oh, that looks so good. Barbecued jerky? Is that the sauce? Barbecued jerk. Sweet barbecue jerk and disrespectful. The disrespectful sauce. Thank you. I'm going to give this to people I don't like. Be like, I don't like you. Disrespect. Thank you. First meal of the night market. Jerk chicken. Let's get a kebab and then get a corn. Oh, look at that. Arepa? Let's get an arepa. Oh, that kebab looks so good. Round one. We got some jerk chicken. Oh, that jerk chicken looks good. Got a jerk chicken. We got some chicharrons. Got an arepa and a beef skewer. This looks so lovely. I have not had good jerk chicken in a long, long time. And this thing looks tender. It looks juicy. It smells incredible. That is a good jerk chicken. Wow. Super tender. And the skin is nice and smoky. Tons of heat. Tons of flavor. Tons of sauce. Disrespectful sauce. Disrespectful. If you're already taking a sip of water from this, that might just kill you. Yeah, I'll skip. I know people are so nice who serve this to us. Everybody in the Bronx today has been super nice to us. This is so good. The arepa. This actually looks really, really good. Toasty, sweet cornmeal, melty cheese. All right, let me go find some more stuff for us to eat. That is so good. It's like a burst of juice, first of all, from the patty. Oh, it's so juicy. Patty, meat quality, bacon. Awesome. What I got is a lobster roll. I think the best lobster roll I've had ever is still in Boston. Oh, for sure. It's still good. You can't expect a Boston lobster roll in New York. It's still good. Best thing in that round. 100% a burger. Next spot we're going to, I've never been before. I heard good things. I don't think you've had this food before. Let's go. It's just walking along and somebody offers us a taco. That never happened here before. Happened in Mexico. Never happened since I got back. Thank you. We just keep getting fed pigs today. That's really freaking good. That's really good. My favorite thing. You know, after that first pig we had this morning, I'm like, I don't even want to look at another pig because what could be better than that? This is really good. What's up, buddy? It's really good. Good choice. If these tacos are half as good as the crispy pig we just put in our mouth, this would be a tremendous treat. Oh, this is a giant taco, by the way. This is like a full... Just unhinge your jaw a little bit. This is so good. Peck to the yes. And how tender that pork meat is from the belly with the fat and the tomatoes are so sweet. I thought I couldn't eat any more pork today. The meat is just on another level of tenderness. You usually don't get tacos made with crispy pig skin. The skin is so crispy. The meat is so tender. That contrast, it just shocks you. I haven't been to any semblance of a market or a night market in such a long time. Bronx night market, all these food all together for you. I love coming to places like this because you can eat so much different things. All right, we're gonna go check out Arthur Avenue. That's another area I've been hearing so much about in the Bronx. Never been there. Ready for some ravioli? Ravioli! That's the place we're going to get sandwiches. But we're just chilling across the street, getting some coffee, some tea. And this is Arthur Avenue. Have you been to Arthur Avenue before? Never. This is really cool, right? It's so nice. Probably the biggest Little Italy in New York City. It's definitely way bigger than Little Italy in Manhattan. My daily affogato. It's really good actually. This is the most Italian thing and Asian thing to order an affogato and then at the same time order a hot tea. Like this is just the most random thing to do. Asians, we don't want anything sweeter. We don't. We just we want it not sweet. Got some hot sausage. Got some cheddar jalapeno. Whoa, look at this. This is really cool. It's like a beautiful market. Yeah, let's go. Let's go take a look. That's a cool market. It's really crowded but that's a pretty cool little market. Yo, I really liked Arthur Avenue. This is Little Italy, you know? It's fun. This is an actual real Italian neighborhood. This is much better than Little Italy in Manhattan. Oh, this is it. This is the sandwich place. All right, line out the door for the sandwich place. I heard this is the best. All right, this is the place to get ravioli. That's the word on the street. And by street, I mean Google. We each got ravioli. I got the squid ink noodles. I got the spinach and basil noodles. Oh, pasta, sorry. Sorry. Ooh, Madonna Bakery. So we got this sandwich that everyone was raving about. Oh, it's the mozzarella cheese that was dripping. That looks so freaking good. This is a monster of a sandwich. And it's just layer upon layers. Look at that. Massive layer of fresh mozzarella. Look at that roasted pepper. Last sandwich of the day. Eat the sandwich upside down. So the top of the bread doesn't cut your mouth. Did it cut your mouth a little bit? It had the Captain Crunch effect. Maybe that's like Captain Crunch's Italian cousin. I got cut this morning by the chopped cheese a little bit. This is so freaking good. It's mozzarella. Wow, wow. We've been eating all day. Just kind of renewed my hunger for food. You know what happens when you flip it upside down? The flavor profile becomes kind of different as well. I mean, this thing is smoky. Got such a great creamy texture from the mozzarella. The pork is tender. The balsamic provides such great acidic. At the same time, like umami-esque punch. Wow. What's your favorite thing we ate today? The lechon. We had really good luck with lechons today. We had a beautiful lechon from Angel. Which is just mind-blowingly amazing. And then we weren't even gonna get it. But as we were walking down that market, they offered us the suckling pig taco. Mind-blowing as well. Also, it's so fun walking around Arthur Avenue. So many places to explore if you love Italian food. Again, Little Italy, I feel like compared to this, it's just like the trendy touristy area. But this is more like where Italians will come to. It's almost like Flushing and Manhattan chimes down. This mozzarella is so good. So good. Wanna try the cannoli? Are you a fan of cannolis? I like them. Let's see. It's really good. It's actually really good. It's really good. I think if I like cannolis in general more, this would be like mind-blowing for me. But it's really good cannoli. Even for someone who's not really into cannolis, it's a really good cannoli. I don't like things that are overly sweet. But I think this is really good. I like it a lot. I'm getting finished to like, fun day in the Bronx. There's so much to explore here. Just go to the Bronx Zoo, which is amazing. Botanical Garden. Both places I haven't been before. Well, we'll be back for that. I'll be back for that. But this is awesome. I want to come back to Arthur Avenue again and just kind of walk around, explore around. Just have more time to just hang out. Maybe without a camera. That'd be kind of fun too. Sorry, I can't take you guys everywhere. All right, I'm gonna go home. She's gonna go home. See you later at home with the ravioli. Just got home. Couldn't wait to cook up this ravioli. I put a cheddar jalapeno sausage in here as well to kind of eat with the ravioli. I don't eat Italian food all that often. I don't think you guys see many Italian videos from me. I love Italian food. I love pasta. I love ravioli. Oh, that's amazing. Anyway, I love all this stuff, but I don't eat it much because if I did, my transformation into a human dumpling would accelerate by 10 volts. But I love this food. It's missing something though. Mike's crispy garlic oil. I'm so happy. The jalapeno sausage is pure perfection, especially when it's mixed in with the cheesy ravioli. And this thing, I mean, this thing is stuffed. You eat all that with the crispy garlic chili oil. Gives it an additional burn and just a perfect compliment. This has been such a fun day. Getting to try chopped cheese for the first time. Tasting a lechon that's a perfect 10 out of 10. Going to a fun night market in the daytime. And of course, exploring Arthur Avenue just a little bit. Just a picture perfect food day if there ever was one. And I think best of all, in addition to all the great food, I was able to meet some of the most genuinely nice, wonderful people I've ever met in New York. And that just put an exclamation mark to an already pretty perfect food day. As always, I strongly encourage you guys to try out these amazing places I went to today. They are listed in the description box below for you. Thank you all so much for watching. Until we eat again, see you later.