DANGEROUS Chinatown Hotpot & Wonton BREAKFAST NOODLES | Exploring LARGEST CHINATOWN in New York

Good morning here in Flushing, New York. This is the place I got for my first and I'm the first person to spend the night here. Ah, it's too much sun in my face. Let's go have breakfast. This is new. Spicy, not spicy. Yeah, spicy, spicy please. Thank you. Good tamale? Yes, sir. I'm excited. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Have a good day. There's a couple really good steamed rice noodle places in Flushing. This is another one. My favorite thing to get here is the curry fish ball. You ever had a fish ball before? You need a fish ball in your life. Tamale, rice noodle, and a black pepper beef pancake all before 9 a.m. I love Flushing. Challenging thing is, uh, where am I gonna go and eat this? I also want some soup dumplings and my friend Danny owns this place so hope he doesn't mind. I brought some other food with me. That's my go-to dumpling basket now. All right, I didn't really need two tamales. I'm about to eat dumplings. I got rice noodles. I got a big pancake. I'm about to eat a hot pot. Hot pot head. There you go. Get the shirt down below. Before my dumplings get here, snack on my tamale and my rice rolls. I love this place. If you think fish balls for breakfast doesn't work, you can come and try this. Peanut sauce, sesame, chilies, and just luxuriously silky and soft steamed noodles. And bouncy fish balls soaked right in with a hint of white pepper. The guy was wrong. This is not a good tamale. It's a fantastic tamale. Sweet aromatic corn come to my mouth. Good idea. Soak this already amazing tamale in some peanut and chili sauce. This crossover needs to happen professionally. Oh, it's so good. I'm excited to try this. This is a new place. So this is the black pepper shao bing. Shao means like roasted, toasted. Bing is like a pancake. And this is a really popular street food in China. People will be on the side of the road. They would have these like brick or mud ovens and they would just be cooking these shao bing. Oh yeah. These kind of taste like the black pepper buns you get in Taiwan. Look how flaky this is. Do not ever count on this thing for important stuff, okay? Because just way too flaky. Don't depend on it. Meat, onions, black pepper, just a massive beef filling. It is as beautiful on the inside as it is on the outside. I mean, look at this. Look how big the filling is. Look at the overstuffed bun. I'm gonna dip this in the sauce too. Three dollars. Come on. Rather spend three bucks on a McMuffin or this baby right here. That's the right answer. Swipe right on that. Super like this thing. I wish there's like fruit tender. I really do. Now I'm just waiting for my dumplings. Turnip puffs. Get this when you come here. Crunchy radish and meat inside. A little bit of shrimp too. I was saying how flaky the last pancake was. This thing will forget to show up in its own wedding. This is the sweet version, the red bean. This thing tastes like your mama and my mama. Warm and sweet. It melts your heart. All right, got my dumplings. What I love about this place is that the dumplings come out perfectly plump every single time. Sometimes you open soup dumplings up, they crumble, they shrivel up. Not these babies. First of all, I started with a peanutty wonton. A little vinegar in the hot oil with ginger. Start off the regular soup dumpling. Well, you don't have to do it this way. I like enjoying my soup before I munch on the dumplings. Hey buddy, have a little vinegar and chilies and now I get to eat you. All right, now that I've had a couple of pork dumplings in my system, I can move on to the veggie one. Don't think I could have started with this one though. When it gets a little cooler, I like to just put the whole thing in my mouth. Just get that great porky burst. Yeah, let's see you do that Skittles. Would you prefer to eat a bunch of candy that sticks to your teeth for the next week or this? The real taste of rainbow. And probably my favorite, the truffle soup dumpling. As soon as you open this up, the alluring aroma of the truffles just it's a little too much. That's my favorite. I love truffles. Right now, I think I'm ready to go eat hot pot. So all the hot pot places in New York, they're doing the outdoor seating and Haidilao is the number one most famous hot pot chain in the world. And look what they're doing here. It's like a tent city. So you're just eating outside. It's a hot day too. You got to really love hot pot if you want to get in on a hot summer's day. And I do. I love it that much. All right, let's see what they have. So they're known for their like four different sections of soup base, but they don't have that today because we're sitting outside. Everything's modified for COVID. Got the classic spicy mala. Ooh, mala hot pot looks good. Pepper tornado. I think we need pepper tornado. Mushroom. I got a lot. Okay. Pepper tornado and the mala, I think were the classics, but this one's more expensive. So I think it's better. I don't know. I haven't, I haven't eaten here since the Try Guy episode of 2018. They usually have the four flavors, but they don't, they don't have that anymore. So they do have the double. Confirm soup base. Whoa. Oh, you can add numbness. All right. Time for order some food. Whoa. Some delicacies. Spicy river snail, pork feets, braised pork intestine, spicy bullfrog. Wow. Signature tofu. Yeah, let's get some signature tofu. Signature dancing noodles. Rib eye. Kobe beef belly. Premium fatty beef. New Zealand lamb shoulder. Pork shoulder. Cuddle fish paste. Interesting. Brains. God knows I need some, but not today. I still remember the last time I ordered brains. Just dropped it on the floor. A mind is a terrible thing to waste. And I did it. Pretty nice. There's a tent. There's some mood lighting. You got airflow, even though it's like a hot summer day. It feels pretty cool. Businesses are really trying to do what they can during this crazy pandemic. So I prefer eating outdoors than I do indoors. Some of you guys, you don't like the smell of hot pot on your body. I don't know why, but some of you do not. Here, you won't. I think after this ends and it will end, I think we should keep some aspects of outside dining. This is a magnificent. Do you agree? She's nodding. That's Sophie. What's up Soph? That's great. The green pepper one. I asked for extra numbness. They delivered. Oh my God. There is a lot of peppercorn in here. That is pure hot oil. Wow. That is spicy. Oh my gosh. That looks like good quality meat. Lamb. Wow. Look how red this is. It's really spicy and really numb. If you just love Sichuan spices, that's your thing. But it is. Wow. Did you just see that? See what? I swear two little hobbits came by and threw a ring in here. One ring to rule them all. I can't eat this until I have something else in my stomach. It's too oily. The pepper one is way better. I told you, the green pepper. It's way better. This is like almost too much for me. Maybe don't recommend this. This is like, seriously, borderline not edible. Wow. I mean, it's pretty, but this thing will definitely light you up. There's a little too much peppercorn here. I can handle the spice, but the peppercorn is just, wow. It's very numbing. It's very numbing. One bite of this, you can watch any tearjerker movie. You can sit through The Lion King, not drop a tear. If you're about to break up with your significant other or do anything emotional, take a couple bites of this. You'll be numb to anything. But baby, I thought we're going to be together forever. I don't feel anything. Perfect for winter though. I think if you come here, sub-arctic temperature. Wait till the next time like New York City has a wind chill of negative 20 or something. Order that. This is one of the craziest, spiciest, numbiest soup bases I've ever had. Don't do this. Kids, we need to put a warning sticker on this thing. Adults, if you can't at least get past that three times spicy instant noodle, don't know what it is. Wow. The tomato broth is really good. The spicy one, it's not just about the spice. I feel like I've had spicier, but I've never had numbier than that. If you don't know what it is, try biting into a Sichuan peppercorn. It was like that multiplied by about a million. But definitely recommend this green pepper broth and also tomato broth. All right, now that my nose stopped running, let's eat. Besides food, so when you go upstairs, there's a children's playroom. Wow. I guess kids don't need no hot pot. The hot pot tent city. This is, oh, so this is chargers for your phones. Let me show you the bathroom. This is like an airline. They actually give you razors and, oh, blue de Chanel. Toothbrush, combs, what is this? Wet wipes, toothpicks. The next day. Things kind of spiraled out of control a little bit after the hot pot meal. Like I was saying, that was the numbiest hot pot broth I think I've ever tasted. And I'm used to eating really spicy hot pot broth. There used to be a place in Manhattan called is one of the first all-you-can-eat hot pot places that popped up in New York City. And I love that place. I go there all the time. But the thing is with that place is that as good as it is, the broth, if you order the spiciest, it's so spicy that I know for the rest of the night and way into the next day, it'll be like Mount Mordor in my stomach. So even during filming this hot pot, I feel it. I feel this thing having that effect on me. Maybe even more so than the other hot pot place. So I went home, curled up in a fetal position, and that's pretty much where I remain till now. So yeah, if you ever go to Haidilao, it's good. I mean the broth is good. Get the tomato, get the green pepper. Maybe stay away from that crazy spicy numbing broth. I think finally my stomach is at a point where I actually feel hunger. So it's about 10 a.m. or so right now. So I want to put some stuff in my stomach. The other strategy of getting over like a really spicy dish, at least for me, is I like to eat a lot more. So it kind of pushes the chili out. You'll suffer a little bit, but once you push that super hot food baby out of there, all happiness. Let's go. All right, this is where I wanted to go to. I've never been here before. This is a fairly new wonton noodle shop, and the locals absolutely love it. Let's give it a try. What's your name? Larry. Larry, what's good here? They're kind of like dumplings, but this is pork and shrimp. Dumplings and pork and shrimp? What about the noodles? The noodles are good too. So I should get wonton noodles and dumplings? Yeah. I'm buying frozen to bring home and then take out. Okay, well this guy is satisfying his needs now and later. And the owner's very good. Owner's very good? Okay. I'm excited now. This guy got me all excited. I got the two dumplings, the beef stew, and then the jjajangmyeon. Gotcha, gotcha. Okay. Are you Maxi? I'm Maxi. This is your noodle shop? This is my shop. I'm excited to try it. Oh yeah? Can you bring me out some of your favorites after a table clears out? Yes, just give me a minute. Yeah, no worries. I have no idea what I want to eat. What should I eat? Definitely try the three topping. Three topping? But it's a little hot, so you might want to try the low meat. Okay. So what, do I need to try the soup though? I'm a big fan of soup. You're gonna get the soup, but the soup is served on the side. Good. Okay, so I get a little taste of both? Yeah. Nice, nice. I like how you do things. Okay, what else? Anything else I should get? So the most popular, are you a fish guy or are you a beef guy? Both. Both? I like it when my beef eats some fish and I get to eat a steak. But yeah, I love both. Okay, so the most ordered three topping is the wonton dumpling fishball or the wonton dumpling beef stew. Wait, so there's a fish soup and there's a beef soup, right? It's really just one kind of broth, but when you add the beef stew sauce, it turns into just like a whole other thing. Can you put the beef thing on the side so I can dump it in after I taste it? Yes. Great. Thank you so much. No problem. Wow. Those are some jumbo dumplings. Yeah. And fishball. Fishball. Oh, that's great. Wow. These are some giant sized dumplings and wonton. Fish skin. So how we like to do it, I'm sure you know already. Dip this in the soup, in and out, and then you're good. All right. Not in Japan, but in the spirit. Itadakimasu. Oh, this is the biggest fishball I've ever seen. Look at scallions inside as well. Oh, that's a squishy, bouncy fishball. You want your fishballs to be like your tennis balls. Bouncy. This is the dumpling. That is a giant dumpling. It's so pretty. It looks like the dumpling is getting marinated and the dress is just dragging behind her. Finally, the wontons. What I like about this place already, I'll tell you what I already like. It's just the ginormous size of everything. Crispy fish skin. Oh, that's a darn good looking chip. And the braised beef. And it looks like these are flanks, which are the best for beef noodle soup. I love using this part of the cow to braise because this meat has good tendon and cartilage inside as well. And last but not least, bed of egg noodles. Let's try this. Fish skin dipped into the wonton soup, which is only natural. Fish just wants to go swimming. I love it more than chicken skin chips. Love fish skin chips. It's good for you too. Nice protein. That's good broth. Oh, you taste the shrimp in here. The little bit subtle crunch from the spring onions. You know how much this weighs? Wonton. Hot oil. I'm gonna go ahead and put that into the noodles. A little rain and hot oil action. This is my version of making it rain. No dollar bills, but I think better stuff's coming down. That fish ball is delicious. Sign of a good fish ball, the bounciness. You could bounce a quarter off his butt. Subtle fish flavor. Light little crunch from the spring onions. Oh, this is great. I would buy a pack of this to take home with me. Juicy tons of shrimp inside. Doesn't even need to be dunked into the wonton soup, but that's where it belongs. And dumplings, just as good. And also, what's great about this is the skin is so light and brouncy. So at no point are you ever feeling like it's too doughy. That doesn't happen. I love adding a little white pepper into my soup. Love that. That hits the spot. Them are some elastic noodles. You want your noodles to be bouncy. You want to be able to bungee jump off a bridge with them. I'm dunking this one into the beef broth. Yeah, baby. There you go. A little hot oil in there. Soak up some of that beef broth. I'm in love with that. This is some amazing wontons, noodles, and dumplings. Dude, I'm not even sure if I'm supposed to do this, but I think I'm supposed to pour this into this. Yeah, baby. I think that's how it's supposed to be done. Surf and turf soup. After this, I've got a secret dumpling meeting. I'm working on a secret dumpling project. Can't tell anyone yet. Today's the first talk. Only thing I can tell you is that I'll be eating strictly dumpling for a while. So this is what I was talking about. I mean, I know outdoor dining is the necessity right now during COVID. And of course, all the restaurants where I'd rather have all the patrons inside and fill it up. But I'm just talking about this atmosphere. Just walking around here, you're walking past people cooking food, cooking the Korean barbecues, barbecuing outside, people just sitting around. This is very much like an Asian night market atmosphere. So I hope after this whole thing is over, and I hope that comes as soon as possible, we keep some of this. Can you imagine like going outside in the middle of October? It's nice and chilly, but you got a beautiful flaming Korean barbecue or a hot bus sitting in front of you. I think eating here is fantastic. Eating outside is just fantastic. Great eating environment. Point is, hope they keep outdoor dining even after this whole thing is over. Sophie really loves this place. What are we getting? Brown sugar boba ice. Why? Are you into this whole craze of the brown sugar boba craze? No, I'm not into the craze, but this ice is really good. You excited? It used to be bubble tea after hot pot, now it's like shaved ice and ice cream. With the bubbles. I feel like Asian desserts has been constantly upgrading us up. Happy? Thanks so much for watching guys. See you later.