WONTON NOODLES! Indian Chinese Street Food in CHINATOWN Kolkata India

Hmm Hey guys today, I'm getting a really head start on the day Well, I have to if I ever want to have a chance of eating any food here because every day at around five o'clock Vendors gathered to sell everything from fish balls that soups to freshly made dumplings So I know it's early, but you know early worm gets the bird. I mean early. Let's just go eat. Oh Look at this Fish dumpling. Oh great. Look at that. It's fresh Love my dumplings in the morning. First thing you notice it doesn't really look like a traditionally shaped dumpling It kind of looks like a cross between a shumai and you know, just just a little food mountain. Let me cut into this Wow, okay. So this is literally a Pretty solid fish ball just wrapped in dough and the vendors actually saying that they make everything fresh including fish cake here itself It comes with a little bit of spice Doesn't really taste just like a fish cake or a fish ball. It's not very bouncy. It's actually quite dense Actually, wow that fish cake feelings got a lot of flavor What I like about this is the dough is really not that thick This thing is like 90% filling a couple of these will definitely fill you up Thank you, sir, this is a fried momo first time I'm ever eating this at a food side stall This is a pretty traditional Tibetan dumpling The dough is much stickier on this dumpling this part right here It's actually quite thick and I wish it was a little thinner But the filling itself looks like some cabbage some minced pork meat. That's favorite quite. Well, there's a That's you that's quite a good dumpling. The filling yourself is good in the skin around the filling That's pretty nice and thin. I think this would have been really really really awesome right outside the fryer But for now, I'm just gonna eat it like like that Alright one more thing I want to try here. Thank you. Look at this freshly steamed Chow Chow Bao, so you call this red meatball. Oh That is piping hot Wow, I think I want to call this a red meat bun as well because man even this is like bloody red I love the texture of the dough the bun superbly fresh and bouncy and fluffy and look at this Like a little bun trampoline. I wish there was more of a Filling to dough ratio, but the pork is savory and sweet goes well with a slightly sweet flavor of the bun Also, I love the spicy sauce to give you on the side. Not a bad start to this morning. Let's see. What else they got here All right this place they sell fish ball soup and pork ball soup Everything smells really subtle Like there's really not much spices. This guy's putting some spice in his soup. So It's gonna do the same I actually kind of really welcome a little subtle flavor because everything I've eaten so far It's I mean, I love my flavor, but it's good to have just a bit of a break sometimes Oh Yeah, it has a bit of a vinegary and a lot of spice element to this That actually made this really really good and the fish ball. Ooh Wow, okay. This thing is ridiculously bouncy I mean, I'm barely it's like cutting trying to cut through like a little rubber band ball right now. Ah I didn't expect that to be this bouncy and good It's almost like borderline a mochi ball tons of nice pork flavor and with the soup Hmm I Think what they did here They mixed the meat together with some sort of really bouncy flour You can see bits of vegetables throughout this meatball here I mean I when I was cutting into I knew this thing was gonna be bouncy and when I bit into it I thought it may be break apart just a little bit Wow I think it's bouncy down to the last bite really good meatball the fish ball same subtle broth add a little spice Magically transformed the fish ball itself again cut through really bouncy texture The fish ball is not as elastic key as the pork ball. I mean, it's good It's got a nice bounce got a nice shoe like a nice mouthfeel to it. I Like to clean fresh flavor, but as I'm eating this my mind is still on the pork ball I mean, I kind of can't get this thing out of my mind right now. We have something going on here That's good. That's that's pretty special. So if I had to choose my hearts for the pork ball All right, one last thing. I got to try I Didn't want to do this this early in the morning But I saw it and I couldn't resist a bowl of what looks like pork organ soup We definitely need to help with the chilies here right now. So inside you got the pork intestine one of my favorites You got the small intestine not one of my favorites because this thing usually packs a really pungent odor Because it's really hard to completely clean this. Oh It's like a little pork intestine pasta noodle if they clean this really well, this will be really good tasting if not Let's just hope they cleaned it. Well, I can't really I Can only make out a little bit of the of the odor from the intestine when I'm smelling it Let's start with what I'm more comfortable with. I Love the pork intestine, which is very snappy and crunchy and that piece cling perfectly no pungentness to it whatsoever All right. Here we go. It's a moment of truth. This will either make or ruin my breakfast They did good this intestine is cleaned really really well, seriously, you can't taste any foulness to it whatsoever It's just a beautiful chewy slightly crunchy of the intestine. You know, what's gonna make this better Let's invite the meatball to the party. We'll mix in a little bit add a little piece of the stomach lining That's a good part, like I said, this is really clean tasting this can be awesome and it's gonna make my breakfast I absolutely love that. Some of you might not really be into organs or intestine. I love this thing All right, here's the thing this market is supposed to be pretty good on Sundays today there wasn't that many food vendors So last thing I got is is a piece of fried dough or Chinese We call it youtiao and that is the Indian variation. Look, it's really small I mean, but in Chinese breakfast, you gotta have one of these things This tastes like a much denser cousin of the Chinese youtiao, but the Chinese fried dough is fluffier, but this has the same flavor It's still delicious. I think this market is probably the most laid-back market I've been to in India so far I don't know whether it's because it's on a weekday. There's not that many people. It's pretty wide It's pretty spread out a lot of people selling vegetables flowers. The people are really chilled pretty friendly The air smells like food. It's a shame I wish I was here when more food vendors are here. But as of right now, I'm gonna eat my youtiao and We're gonna go look for more food Getting a coconut and this guy asked me if I want one that's sweeter or one that has more flesh And he can tell by just tapping on it This guy's the coconut whisperer Thank you Refreshing guys, this is really interesting. At first I was drinking this and I thought you know it's coconut water a little slightly bitter a little sour, but Then I realized it's fizziness. This is like a coconut soda. This is awesome Coconut soda without being a soda That's like everyone's dream All right, we ended up grabbing some beef curry and mutton liver Actually, I might a couple of my friends that we just met today's place. This is John and Sandra They're shy so it's just gonna be us. Yes. Oh Tandoori roti beef curry. Oh Wow first time the chili took me by surprise in India, this might be the spiciest curry I've had in India Wow this It's like a volcano and this is the first time I'm having beef in India really good I like the smoothness of the beans, but wow that heat factor man. This is I mean, I've had spicy food in India I haven't had one yet that really really lingers in your throat, you know that kind of heat It's pretty awesome though beside the tandoori roti and got some puri which are these little crispy flaky little things Oh, man, look at these little air pockets That on its own is awesome without flaky and crispy just slightly chewy their spices on the inside as well This is really good on its own already I think this works even better than the roti because the crispy and flakiness of this thing It's just perfect for this curry. I think I found the source of the heat Look how many little chilies are on this just one little serving of beef curry. There are all these little chilies It's nice, that's my type of curry and this is the mutton liver curry That is extremely organic. Look at this. I think this is like a massive piece of liver It's awesome despite the way it does it takes the bad Organic flavor of that liver almost completely away just left with that subtle flavor of liver By the same time like when you're chewing it the liver breaks down and you're getting all that different spices That's that's in there and then spices and liver it goes hand-in-hand, by the way This is ridiculous. And what I also like about this is that you can kind of you know It's like a little spaceship right kind of open the top Then what we're gonna do build it on the spaceship. Take a piece of liver welcome that on board close it up. That's crazy Oh, yeah, you got a nice taste of the beef beautiful spices the heat then you got this amazing piece of liver right there Not bad for breakfast and what's great is that we're just getting started today. So more food more foods are coming All right. The next place we're going to is for some wonton noodle soup I haven't had wontons in a while and I haven't had noodle soup in a while So this is pretty exciting now going there It's kind of hard to hard to find like I had to go through this big construction area Oh, and by the way, I had a little accident hit my head I think actually a dumpling bit me because I'm growing a bun right here like the size of it. Anyway, let's go This is a very hard way to get to some wonton noodles. We are going to Chinatown So some of the doors the houses they do look like things you might find in China and guys, this is my buddy David David you grew up here, right? And you're you told me we have to go try these noodles Yeah, and you you direct me down Indiana Jones's path all the way Is this the easiest way to get here, yeah the one that is the way that I showed you yeah It's a long way, so what worry what is this place and what are we eating? So this is a loom and they've known for that and it's a pork wonton noodles You know how long it's been since I have any sorts of noodles. I'm so excited. All right, this is the wonton So it's not a wonton. Well, it is a wonton noodle soup, but the soup is on the side We haven't gotten the soup yet pork on top the wontons is some sky it looks like very simple full of oh Thank you. What is this? It's like a mixture of organs pork organs and liver and I think Underneath there's noodles underneath here as well. It's it's another noodle dish. Okay. All right So should we try sweet mixes or is there any sauce that goes on? Okay, you know what I'm gonna mix this I'm gonna just taste it on its own first I'm kind of expecting because this is my experience in India Whatever a dish looks kind of like it doesn't have that much sauce on them. It's actually filled with flavor. So Yep This is really buttery They use butter on this It's full block. Oh, it's pork fat. Oh, here's here's your soup my friend Wow, no wonder you told me to add some chili you need some you need some chili in here It's tasty, but it's a little fatty That looks good, that's looks and smells ridiculously good Yeah, no, yeah with the chili the one time I Love that one time that one time Even a skin because it's the skin is like kind of in contact with the pork fat The skin is already pretty delicious. You got that nice pork filling on the inside. That's really good Hmm love this with the chili, it's a heavy portion noodles though. This is actually a half me It's half a plate. Yeah, so they have a bigger version Okay, I can't wait to try this smell so ridiculous My man, this thing's got such a huge garlic flavor Hmm a little sweet slightly crunchy on the outside. Is this more a haka food the noodles? Yeah So it's really spicy and it's mostly fried yeah, I noticed that a lot of the Chinese foods What Chinese inspired foods here it basically the heat is up and the seasoning is up and you guys get a lot of organs here This is the liver and there's noodles on the inside. I Organs here, but look at that. Look at the fat. I love the pieces of fat. This is great Fantastic take some of the noodles that's been sitting in this gravy as well You know what else I I like about the organs in this country they clean it really well Yeah, actually, you know, yeah He boils it before So you don't get the aftertaste no really I mean, this is a pure as you can get when it comes to organ meat got to invite the chili sauce to the party Little chicken with a wonton a little kidney and fat This is our last dish and this compared to this this definitely got a tan. What is this? It's full gamian It's basically a soy sauce noodles I'm a little afraid of this because this looks like it's not only like cooked in soy sauce It took a bath in a sauna in soy sauce. Okay. I mean they look appetizing but That's awesome Wow get that beautiful smoke flavor from the from the wok the soy sauce makes it just a tad sweet It's got such a you know, nice roasted flavor. That's delicious. I feel like Everything we ordered today like if we just ate all of it, we don't need to eat again for the week I just take a nap afterwards Well, let's get some of that a little spice to it Hmm I feel like it's kind of like eating up a pint of ice cream We're like like a juicy burger like, you know afterwards, you're not gonna feel that good about it But you just can't stop eating it. I mean It's so addictive this flavor. So how often do you come and eat this? Mostly on the weekends weekends and we usually come and have it for breakfast for breakfast. Hey, man, you know what? I love noodles for breakfast who says you can't have noodles and fried chicken for breakfast But we got more food coming up. What we're going next golden joy golden joy. It sounds very joyous I don't know. I feel happy listening to the name, but we're gonna wrap this up and more food coming up So this area here, this is the main street of Chinatown, right although I don't really see a lot of Chinese people here There's not that many shop. Is this kind of like it's pretty small. All right, we're going to our next restaurant. Let's go So the restaurant is still far pretty far away, yeah, so Daniel says we'll get some rickshaws. I've never been on one. But sure Ben's actually sitting in front of us It's not not our idea the rickshaw driver Insisted on Ben sitting he's sitting in the where the rider should be. You okay, Ben? I feel pretty weird like sitting on like a Rickshaw where someone is pedaling because I feel kind of bad for that person because you know, I eat a lot Kind of heavy All right, so we are at Golden joy go enjoy you told me this is really known for Indian Chinese food and we got a bunch of dishes coming up All right. I'm excited. But this is the first one. This looks looks to me like an egg drop soup They call it a special soup the special soup. It looks like an egg drop drop soup with some meat some pork and And some mushrooms, it looks good Just like I expected this again is very heavy-handed with it with the seasoning at least for me for you like is this salty Not really You're used to it Yeah, thank you Wow this looks familiar so this is the first time I'm having like a lot of Steamed vegetables and I'm actually quite quite excited about this This is a very traditional Chinese cooking method some garlic a little bit of salt. That's about it That was a much-needed bite for me Whoo Drums of heaven Oh drums of heaven. Now, why do you call it drums of heaven? Is that good? It's good. It's sort of resembles a lollipop. So it's like a chicken lollipop You guys see here They basically push all the meat from this bone up to the top and then they fry like that And honestly, this is something I kind of been waiting for because a lot of people have said that I gotta try this And I haven't tried it yet. So cheers, my friend Whatever they did to this chicken it needs to be done to all chickens worldwide They just keep coming and that's the way I like it anyway So I'll say like I figure it was just it just the meat on the on the end of the drumstick And it was just still tastes like a fried chicken But this is like look at the seasoning if you guys can see the seasoning in the batter This is not just like a simple salt batter drop into the oil. No, they add a lot of spices That's where the Indian side comes from. Yeah makes it more interesting than a regular fried chicken. Oh, this is in singly interest This is like a two-hour Forrest Gump movie that I enjoy watching every Saturday. I mean No, come on. Yeah, this is a delicious piece of chicken All right. Let's try this out. What do you call this again? Try the chicken so they have noodles along with chicken and they fry it together But that's where you get to try the texture. Try that. Oh This I really feel like it should be some different sauce Right. There's not really any spices on here. So without something it's gonna be a little too ordinary I mean this looks way too good to just be ordinary Well, oh my god, this is by far the crispiest piece of chicken I've had No, I chunny. Wow. I saw these noodles I actually tried these on the streets and I loved it because this is kind of like Chinese stir-fried noodles Mmm You definitely taste the smokiness of the wok in these noodles And although they're dry you're eating it really for that fragrant great mouthfeel Of the noodle texture as a self. All right, golden shrimp. First off. These things are massive and secondly, they are crispy. Oh Yeah There's something else you need a little dip in something, what do you dip that in did that in chutney as well? Yeah, yeah green chutney. This is awesome, by the way Much much better Eating this you immediately become like Chinese beatboxers, you know, it's like I Mean that is by far the pride one of the crunchiest fried shrimp. I've had I loved it outside Oh, I love the crunch. I love the heat. I love the tenderness of the shrimp with the chutney Fantastic. Yeah, let me tell you how much I love rice in India. Like it's just so Incredibly fluffy and this one last dish. This is the what chili chicken That tastes literally It's the same flavor as the fried chili chicken, it's over there the gravy where it's good But I like the fried chili chicken better because I feel like with a little crunch. This thing is actually it's a little better Also again with the chutney this is a all-purpose chutney this is like the hot oil of India I think out of all this that's my favorite drums. I'm having that can be for me any day. That is awesome I have no one of these things. Like I said, love the convenience of eating this this drumstick. You literally you take it That's beating all the way into my heart The Indian Chinese view I feel like it's definitely on a whole different level when it comes to flavoring because there's so much liberal use Of spices, so it's really kind of has its own category almost but have lots of spices tons of flavor Drumstick of heaven what's not to love and as always guys everything I ate in this video is listed in my description box below David, thank you one more time for taking me around Chinatown, although I didn't really see any Chinese people And thank you guys so much for watching until we eat again, I'll see you later