REAL SHANGHAINESE FOOD w/ JIMMY O YANG! (Beyond Soup Dumplings) | Fung Bros

Yo, what's going on everybody welcome to a special episode of phone bros food We are here out in the six to six and we are about to be covering a type of Chinese food that we have not Yet talked about this is the biggest city in China Shanghai and you know that we cannot cover authentic shanghainese food without a shanghainese superstar Jimmy oh yeah I brought the Jesus piece that we bought last time It's last episode we introduce you as Hong Kong superstar. That's right, but then you're actually shanghainese very multicultural We are at the most shanghainese spot right now because the name of the restaurant It's just Q38 noodle, and we are here with Shanghai native Bell This is a very Shanghai round one this egg roll first of all you dip it in vinegar, right? It's sauteed cabbage and pork strips in there check out this crunch Cantonese one the one that you get at dim sum yeah that has like shrimp little carrots and stuff America's all about pork belly right now Asians been eating pork belly for a long time the sauce is so thick It's almost look like mozzarella cheese Yes, that's all fat on top, but it's good for you according to my dad good for your skin It's collagen right You cut through the fat, but it's not really like greasy. You gotta bite it this way so you get meat fat collagen right there That's good. No It doesn't feel too fatty too greasy because I know sometimes you're looking at this big block of pork fat It almost feels more like a tendon. This is probably the most famous shanghainese dish of all time the shalong bao Ironically is made famously by ding typhoon a taiwanese joint. That's inspired by shanghainese cuisine Well the main thing you can't get here in the shalong bao is the real crab meat from doodah Ha you don't really eat the meat you eat the roll the orange and the red part of it that you put in the shalong This is like very delicate the soup is inside like the meat is very special That's what people call me in high school small delicate the meats very special So this one is social back row with there's not much fat in this compared to other meat So it's like tiny riblets that you're eating shanghainese stuff. These are the shanghai one time one day They say it's a shanghai big one time. There's a certain type of vegetable called cheetah So it's like cilantro II but like not as pungent, but you put seaweed in there That's where you get all your MSG and flavor basic and this is a toss toss. It will toss you there It's it's a fried chopped up eel It's like rubbery that means it's frozen it's no good This is good as a person who does not even like unagi that much that was actually really easy to eat So round two I got the crystal shrimp ching-chong hooning a very bouncy meat They brought it with like bacon soda Shanghainese people love incorporating baking soda into their food That's what makes it shiny because you said all shanghainese dishes are shiny Sanjian Bao or in shanghainese the sanji bao which literally means raw fried buns I gotta warn you there is juice inside danger And it could be hotter than the xiao long bao juice because it's insulated better than a xiao long bao is Her watch me pour out the soup Came through trip trip trip. Oh look at how perfectly this thing is and it's just pure pork It's like putting the brain back. Oh, yeah, they spiral the bottom Weird or this is very very good. This is it's it's bean curd, right? The hook got the pork strips cut in the same shape as the bean curd strip Which is more or less the same shape with the big green onion strip You know what? I like about that dish the different textures and tastes that you got Which means that you just put the shrimp in like a boiling oil and then you fry it Best part is when you suck the head see that little orange you kind of roll right here in the head. That's the good stuff Really yeah, but you spit it out though No, I know eating the shell a lot of people not used to it I get it, but you just chew it a little bit more. That's like a little All right, we got the next round coming up and in this round Jimmy we have your arch nemesis of Shanghai It's smoked fish and it's cold and there's bones in it, dude. It looks like a piece of fish jerky Yeah, you know what I Think I might like it because this is like a cold dish. So it comes to court of your warm food is here Hey, everybody hates this This is Marinated in wine, but my beef lays in that this is using American chicken. You see how yellow the skin is This is good small chicken. This is steroid KFC chicken, look at how pale this is. Nobody wants to eat this. Yo, Jimmy. Have you even gone in on a heckler this bad? I feel like Chicken right it like first. Let's go with the wine That's really good. Yeah, nobody took it so good. That's so dang good. Very juicy. Very juicy salty plump wine It might actually get you drunk if you eat too much of it. I'm not even gonna try I'm boycotting. Okay, that's better. That's skin color ain't right, man I don't want to judge a chicken by the color of its skin. I want to judge it by the content of the tainted and We it's not bad man. No Yeah, cuz the sauce is good The chicken is just bland and the soy sauce doing all the heavy lifting this soy sauce It's like LeBron James and that's like the Cleveland Cavs Carrying the whole team That's really good Cabbage is a great taste when you cook it that way cabbage. I feel like it's actually the MVP of the cabbage Also, I gotta point out. It's different. There's a Chinese cabbage. It's longer. There's more flavor and soaks up flavor better With the rice cakes, it doesn't really like So this is a bit it's a salty pork that's been preserved It just gives good flavor and you can just smell the aroma and if it's cooked, right? It's kind of like Persian rice like the tatty on the bottom. This is not right. It's just steamed in the pot Are you saying this is not fried rice? This is not fried. Are you sure this is not fried? There's not a fried rice it's a mixed rice Very good, so that brings out All the flavor comes from salt. Yeah, and it also comes from the leaves because for the vegetables They kind of marinate it in the salt before they cook it So it soaks out all the water and that's why it's not very gooey It's not a Liang Mi Wang. Liang Mi Wang means that both sides are yellow That means they pan fry this. So these are thicker noodles They deep fry and then they pour the sauce and gravy over it. Why do you give me the burnt piece, dawg? What's up with that, man? That's the more authentic piece I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. Yeah, I'll tell you these noodles are really toasted. It tastes like a like bread It's like a Chicago deep dish. When I travel around Shanghai, I always speak Shanghainese Also, I feel like people always like treat you better if you speak it But it's a secret language that gets you to open doors, right? It's like going to New York speaking with that New York accent. Now we have a little segment We call it the identity portion. The Shanghainese identity also starring Matt Damon. How do you guys feel about the Shanghainese identity? Potentially disappearing in the future. I think the pride will keep us alive for a while The language might slowly disappear. But for me, I want my kids to be Shanghainese Also, pride is very big and I think Shanghainese people are recognizing that Shanghainese is disappearing So they're doing everything that they can to incorporate the language into their kids. What is one essential Shanghainese phrase? It means like little shit like it means that they they love you and you're their kid, but you're also it's like some tough love Yeah, simple version. It's like tuna. It's just like ah, it's like Shanghainese men are good at business, but they're soft and weak on their women stereotype It's Shanghai these women are very strong. It's a more matriarchal in the relationship. Like the woman is dominant. Yes Holy What if we order this we did we did it took him a while to cook it this is All the Shanghainese restaurants around your service. It's like if this is the special occasion special occasion You see how soft and tenders it just pulls apart. I took him like an hour to make this You know, it just comes apart a bone out. It's like pulled pork. Ah, oh Yeah Oh my lord It's like a Shanghainese slow pull pork, they don't see they don't over season so you just eaten the porky pig flavor What is it about Shanghainese men that are really good at business? So they're good at making money But they don't mind being bossed around by the woman and just Shanghainese women are known to be like one of the most beautiful women In China, so we just kind of put up with it and that they're also known to be like fierce and like strong Which is good. I like that. Hang on. These people are very wily and good at business and like sort of like cunning It's like Cantonese people. It's like Hong Kong people we're like such the economic hub and heart of China because all the commerce passes through Shanghai because it's by the River they fast-talking they good very a wolf of Wall Street. Very that that's more like it Why don't you say pitch some of the things you're open to endorsing in China? No, man, I'll endorse anything if they pay me man, even the smoked fish. They pay me enough I'll eat some smoked fish and love it. It's smoked fish and it's very very good Like a true Shanghainese Was it weird going up Shanghainese in hot in Cantonese dominated Hong Kong Oh, absolutely because Hong Kong people are very elitist. Also, they look down at the mainland people So they call my dad like so I know that means like the the Shanghainese dude or something and and and they kind of made fun Of him and I didn't have an accent when I spoke Cantonese, but my dad had a Shanghainese accent when he spoke Cantonese Civil beef a lot of civil beef within China There's a stereotype that that because of their early exposure to Western civilization Earlier than other parts of China that they're more Western and more better But what does better mean right? They might be more westernized Mitch, which means in a way They're more globalized because they're a westernized city within the East That makes it more worldly. But yeah that in a way makes them better maybe well They have French parts of town that are completely I think it comes into play when you look at the language So when Shanghainese people talk about anyone else who's Chinese and not from Shanghai They just say Shaolin Shaolin, which means you're from the countryside But you know, you may be from somewhere that's not the countryside Call you Shaolin because it's like I'm from the city the perfect city and everyone else is just below me So if you're not from Shanghai, you're from the country. Yeah It's like New York with a big city. Everybody else is a peasant Shanghainese. People are not good fighters. Oh, that's completely true I would like to think we're just more refined and we use our mouth and our words and not a fist Man, I'll fight you guys Although there's a saying in northern China You got don't bang and Kai could you talk sound a bit of Beijing? Interesting, yeah, but we can buy all of them. Oh I think that Shanghai is like a really unique city compared to the rest of China and you can see things That you won't be able to see anywhere else And I think that everyone should definitely visit Shanghai and it's like a very unique culture and honestly Shanghai These people aren't that elitist. It's just it's more of us. It's just we're actually better See that that was my latest no Between Hong Kong and Shanghai you got to be one of the cockiest businessmen out there Yeah, but the sad part is in America. I'm still just a random Asian dude The last time we did interview it was before CRM. Yeah, CRM didn't come out yet I mean, it's gotta be pretty crazy since it lasted three four months It's been great and the best part about it It just serves as opening the door for more Asian and authentic diverse projects Like my agent jokingly was saying literally the next day that CRA had a big weekend that Monday three Asian pilots got greenlit that day So it's a very reactionary town which serves is is a good time for us now. So go make it go This is your chance. There's no more excuses like people want to hear your voice and and hear your creation So whatever you have in your mind, you want to share your experience your family, whatever go do it I saw an opening weekend I thought it was it was groundbreaking for me obviously and and it was amazing to see all of these faces that I've seen just Growing up like all together in one movie and it reaches not only the Asian community But everybody beyond and it sparks conversation, which is what makes it. Yeah, we gotta make it So now it's solidified and one of the things I know last time I was pulling my book here So the book is on its way of turning into a TV show Something like that, so I'm super excited about that. Like, you don't mean I thought it was crazy to see Awkwafina host SNL Oh, dude, that's like unbelievable huge. I'm just your average Asian trumpet player turned rapper turned actress very Very stereotypical. I hope now Asian people in Asian family can see this as a real career Not just a luck of the draw CRA kind of set a standard for good Asian roles Absolutely, it'll be under more scrutiny and people will be a little more picky actors and Screenwriters and producers, right? They're like no CRA was able to make money and it was good Yeah, so there's no excuse to water anything down anymore with CRA literally I'm having dinner and in Arcadia old Asian ladies and that whole family want to come up to me barely speaking English speaking Mandarin to Me asking for a picture and that felt so good to finally do something that my own people is watching I'm doing I'm doing Yes I'm doing the fantasy island reboot that's shooting in January. Yes Maybe it'll be cool to see an Asian superhero that doesn't necessarily just do kung fu all superheroes. No martial arts So it's like why is this Chinese guy? He only knows martial arts. Give him some like x-ray vision, too Thank you so much. That was by far the most Shanghainese video we've ever made. So thank you so much. You guys did an amazing job What is something we could say to the audience to take us out in Shanghainese? You're gonna teach us a Shanghainese tongue twister. Okay, no, it's a mock. No, I it's a mock. Yeah Well, what are you saying so what's what's the tongue twister what if there's a cat in the temple There's a cat outside of the temple the cat inside the temple bit the cat outside of the temple No, you don't want to let me on More you don't want a lot of more