20 MICHELIN Eats UNDER $16! Michelin CHEAP EATS in Atlanta Georgia

[Music] hey guys this Mike Chen just got off the plank here in Atlanta about to go on a Michelin food tour and I'm hitting to a Chinese a Vietnamese a Le ocean Michelin restaurant but first I am at this neighborhood called IM and park and this area it's just full of food stalls restaurants and right behind me is Croc Street a factory converted to a food Hall and my Atlanta Michelin food tour starts right here [Music] there is so much food options here there's a pizza place that looks really good place that serves bow and noodles there's schwarma there's F oh that smells great oh here we are this is what I'm here for Fred's meat and bread okay so this place I wanted every single thing on their menu I mean listen to this tuna melt hero oyster PoBoy shroom sh cheese steak burger stack there's garlic fries there's Old Bay fries I wanted so much um but have to control myself so just got three things oh my gosh this bag smells so good the garlic parmesan fries is what I'm smelling so what I got is their burger stack which this is the reason why I'm here the burger stack but they told me I had to try the best they said this is the best sandwich in the world the Korean cheese steak who might argue and of course had to get some fries they recommended the garlic parmesan fries let's get to the food holy moly especially these fries are just smelling incredible wow look at that this looks like a beautiful beautiful plate of fries oh yeah these are nice and toasty on the outside this is what I'm smelling the chunks of garlic let's just try one of these right away m these things taste just as good as they look and as they smell a super crunchy on the outside nice and big and fat soft and fluffy on the inside they kind of remind me of British chips just by how big they are and that's pretty much where the resemblant ends this thing is just pure flavor the texture is absolutely perfect it's Herby is ridiculously garlicky and they gave me some ranch to dip the fries in although honestly really don't need it but this Ranch looks like it's been leveled up as well I haven't even got to my burger and cheese steak and this is already captivating me some of the best fries I've ever had right here oh it's ridiculous oh man especially the pieas with a lot of garlic on them oh once you eat these fries if a vampire even happens to glance in your direction explode immediately all right let's get to the Burger the burger is piping hot hot I'm so excited for this ooh Sesame bun cheese two good size meat patties pickles on top looks like mayonnaise on the bottom all right I am so excited for this burger yeah this is a take one butt and still your food loving heart away kind of burger this burger it looks like a pretty straightforward classic burger meat patties cheese mayonnaise pickles but this thing is absolutely captivating and it goes so well with the garlic bres finished half already it's one of those food items where I took a couple bites I want to talk about it but I feel my hand just keeps shoving this in my face it's a beautiful toasted sesame bun sandwiching some of the beefiest juiciest absolutely cooked to Perfection beef patties in the land and all that rich juicy beefy flavor is enhanced by that melty cheese the Patty is tender is scrumptious and is really nicely balanced by the crunchy pickle which they make in house wow just looking at this in my mouth just automatically starts water this is a rich fatty beef No Frills never apologize for how good it tastes kind of burger yeah this is a classic burger to the fullest extent done perfectly so again came for the burger stayed for the cheese steak this is their best seller the Korean cheese steak inside thin slices of riby it looks slight there's mushrooms in here as well cooked with their goou JN there's garlic AOL on the bottom their scallion and their housemade candied jalapenos this look like a juicy juicy cheese steak this is not for playing around tender slices a RI love the scallion gives it an extra bit of aromatic flavor the goou Jan sauce mixed with the aoli it's creamy it's Rich there's so much heat in here especially when you bite into the Candi jalapenos you get a burst of sweetness and then just pure diabolical heat which is making me sweat but it's making me so happy at the same time the heat goes perfectly with the sandwich I am sweating so much right now what an explosive start to this Atlanta food [Music] day next place I'm at araia and I am here for this this is the biggest most loaded Ora I have ever seen and it's definitely the juicest there's caramelized onions there's shredded beef that's cooked for 12 hours there's cumin there's King sugar and it comes with a side of Thai chilies oh my gosh there was a leak on the bottom and a river of juice just float out this lower half of the Ora is completely soaked with this beef juice oh man this looks intense this's definitely the beefiest juiciest most intense ARA I think I've ever had so when you bite into it you get that slight toasty crunch subtly sweet from the corn the caramelized onions and the sugar can combines with a beautiful Crunch and Sweetness in the beef is just so tender and juicy going to add some of that's tied chili on here that is so interesting on the one hand i'm tasting a very traditional ven raen sandwich at the same time with the added spice that is distinctively tied that spice is perfect though something as rich and as Savory and juicy as this sandwich it's just so good with a spicy spark which the tide chilies definitely provide and besides being absolutely delicious again this thing is just loaded it's like they try to stuff as much of a cow as they could into the sandwich they're just so much meat there's so much of everything so much meat so much juice I really like the AR aromatic flavor and the slight acidity from the cilantro sauce on this as well this is just an overwhelmingly delicious sandwich with so much flavor especially with the addition of these chilies think I definitely need a bubble tea after [Music] this there's a lot of bubble tea places here in Atlanta this one is supposed to be really good rebel Tea House mango tea with aloe vera sugar levels perfect very refreshing and all the cartoon characters the anime that's on point it's really nice to go to a city eat some grap food and just find a bubble te place where there's table outside and it's nice and cool to just sit around and enjoy the breeze 12 seconds later I think it's dinner time the next Michelin spot I'm going to I'm so proud of this it's a Shian restaurant a Michelin Shian restaurant inside a supermarket [Music] that's pretty adorable oh my gosh wag you soup dumplings from XO holy moly I already know that's good I got to look for this when I get back home I love eating inside Chinese supermarkets and so they have a food Plaza here and that's where the Shian restaurant is so let Place bubble tea barbecue there's Taiwanese food wo Mala Shang here we go shiang anytime I'm about to eat food from my hometown so excited and right across the way there's this little Japanese Market with a bunch of toys food ice cream snacks drinks let's get a drink oh I like this tea and a YY there's so many places I want to eat at at this food court I eat at the malach play there's so many there's like ramen restaurants there's claw machines this is such a fun place in Atlanta fing I'm already impressed there's so many different restaurants food trucks food stalls food courts and there's more opening up all the time there's an exploding Asian population I got to come here more often oh I am so happy right now y know more lamp soup y PE cold wheat noodles beon beond noodles this will have to be eaten first and of course I got two buns the lamb but also real about the pork bun bi noodles this is a staple of Shian food the most popular Nole dish in shansi let see how this and as you can see this thing is just covered in chilies and garlic there's scallions there Sprouts some lettuce and the oil has already been splashed onto the chili so I can smell all that delicious spicy Aroma right now give it a good mix so the noodles touches the sauce that's underneath which is really just some soy sauce and vinegar and look that how scrumptious this is so buum noodle really just one super long noodle grabs onto the spices the garlic the seasoning really really well mhm that is exactly what I'm looking for when it comes to B noodles the amazing springy chew check incredible heat from the chilies check garlic scanion the aroma the overall Savory wami filed flavor check check and double check course beautiful crunch from the sprouts and the veg like I mentioned you can't continue to slurp on this noodle because it is just one giant noodle so if you just slurp the whole thing it'll just never end so you have to bite down at some point but you really don't want to because that's how good it is you never want to stop slurping these noodles this is perfectly done look at the thickness of these noodles it's white but also the thickness is very even every single strand is grabbing onto the chilies I think there's some cumin in here as well this is about as good of a bowl of a bambon noodle as I've ever had yeah they definitely add a cumin in there which is not a traditional ingredient but it works so well so well these are my favorite kind of noodles in the world and they knocked it out of the park at this place all right y J pork bun first of all it's loaded with pork if there was a maximum weight limit on these buns it has been surpassed by the amount of pork that was shoved in here beautiful brown spots on the outside of the bun and inside look at this look at all that skin and Juice soaked into the inside of the Buns I make a food prediction this is going to be good mhm this is so legitimately authentic I think because it's wrapped in aluminum foil the outside of bun it's a little less toasty but there is no denying the authentic flavor of the pork there is a generous mix of both fat and lean pork all stewed until it's melt in your mouth it's Porky it's Savory it's so satisfyingly fatty this is awesome and I'm going to save the other half to eat with my cold noodles which is a must but before that let's get to this baby this is the other popular bun oh my gosh do they just care nothing about the weight limit of these buns they're both stuffed full of meat look at this the top of this bun it's soaked in chilies and spices and oils the lamb very tender hovered in chilies and spices not the best lamburger I've had but pretty solid this is my second most favorite noodle dish the L cold wheat noodles cucumbers on top these strips that look like uh tof Fu these are gluten strips some uh chili oil give this a good mix because there's going to be some vinegar and soy sauce on the bottom oh man there's some Sprouts on the bottom too they definitely give you a lot of food when you're mixing it a good bowl of Lon PE you should be able to start smelling the Chinese vinegar just like the Bambam noodles each strand of noodles here is clutching the spices and the [Music] sauce yeah that's good really chewy noodles and these noodles when you're eating it is not just satisfying it's also really refreshing as well and they're meant to be eaten cold you're going to have a nice refreshing crunch from the sprouts and the Cucumber I like some extra vinegar in my L PE always because Chinese black vinegar is not very acidic it's got such a great wami to it and that just goes so well with these wheat noodles all right let's try it now mhm perfect acidity wonderful mommy refreshing crunch from the veg and a nice chew from the gluten and here's where it gets really fun usually when you order this bowl noodles you always get the pork burger because the pork burger is going to be fatty and Rich it's just a great compliment to these bow noodles and what you do is you dunk it into the sauce There You Go let that bun suck the sauce up and Chase it with the noodles oh I missed that every time I have a masterful of bamb noodles or L PE or the pork burger everybody just brings me back to my childhood in Shian China we used to get out of school at around 11:30 and you don't have to be at school till 2:30 usually go home grab some lunch grab a nap me and my friends will go to the corner noodle stall grab a bamb noodle or grab a lum PE in a in a pork burger it's cheap it's delicious and eating this definitely conjures up those memories for me all right one last item to try this is the other famous dish in Xian Cuisine this is the Lamb pea soup pea bread cut up into cubes there's wood ear there's coping noodles pieces of lamb in the broth is lamb broth usually we eat this with a lot of chilies and pickled garlic oh yeah this is a taste of home right here oh this super so good deliciously Lammy no gaming this though and the P has been soaked in the soup for at least 10 minutes now still retains this wonderful chew obviously you don't do it outside of China but when you're in Shian what would happened was the restaurants would give you a bun pretty much the size of the the pork burger or the lamburger and you would just break it off into little tiny pieces about half the size of your of your pinky nail smaller the better and they would take that and pour soup and lamb and and all these ingredients over it and that's how we would Yano Palo so it's a labor of love you you spend some time energy crafting your own Bowl depending on how big and thick you want your peita to be and sometimes that' be hard for the kids so the adults will help just be like a family affair this the soup is delicious the p is perfect the lamb is as tender as can be this place incredibly authentic bamb Bell noodle might be my favorite thing here this is also incredibly good the L is good the pork Burger's good I always felt Shian food has always lacked a recognition that it deserves because Sean food is mainly known for his street food so it's not fancy but it's just pure comfort food and I'm so happy to be able to go come to Atlanta and see a Shian restaurant on the Michelin guide well deserved all right I got to eat everything before it gets soggy Michelin food tour continues [Music] tomorrow good morning it's breakfast time and I'm here at a Michelin Vietnamese restaurant for some Michelin fun all right this is arguably the most popular dish here the shake and beef and this does look spectacular glistening chunks of it looks like very tender beef onions tomatoes Water Press some fried rice on the side and you can tell right away this is fresh out of the walk you can smell deake from this that's unreal there it is is just an explosive amount of flavor in the beef each piece is covered in that thick Savory slightly sweet mamy filed sauce the pieces are lean and just so so so soft barely need to chew that and as you chew the umamin the flavors from the sauce the oyster sauce the W just start releasing all over your taste buds I haven't tried the other elements of this dish yet but the beef is it's just tremendous love the crunch from the veg brought over lme salt and pepper to dip the beef [Music] in even better a little Citrus mixing with that Ultra Rich Savory Saucy beef yeah this is so so good all right I got the special foot there's a lot of meat in here there's brisket some scallions beef balls beef tendon tripe all The Usual Suspects are here M soup is light yet Rich very beefy I think though this is a very thick piece of beef wow oh man not really really thick I think a little thinner this would be much better need those are nice and chewy brisket that's nice and tender for me though I personally love Tri and tendon and my F this next dish is called B chin this is a very popular street food dish in Vietnam I don't think I've tried this before so it's rice cakes cubed rice cakes and it's fried to Golden crispy Brown on the outside on the top there's an omelette with some scallion little pickled veggies on the side you get a little dipping sauce with do as well so you take the rice case look at this very soft and tender on the inside the outside just looks so beautifully golden dunk it in the sauce oh this is yummy The Pickled veggies very much needed for this dish this thing light and crispy on the outside the inside texture is very very very soft almost creamy which provides a beautiful col contrast with that subtle crunch on the outside try a little bit with The Omelette the parts with the egg is even better because you're getting some additional richness from the yolk and a nice little crunch from the scallions it's almost like eating a fried rice pudding and as you chew you do get a very subtle sweet flavor from the rice and I love the little crunch on the outside I think here the CL is excellent but this dish is really unique and the shakeing beef is just out of this world I think out of the three dishes I have had today I like the chicken beef the most but yeah I think this is a must try wow this area is so cool there's a farmers market over there I see some Vietnamese restaurants some Chinese restaurants Korean restaurants there's so many shopping centers like this little shopping centers with tons of food options Atlanta is outrageous Atlanta area sorry is outrageous when it comes to food are so when did this happen is this always the case here I I don't know but I am very very jealous anyway uh this is next place I'm going to for some Malaysia Michelin food at the food terminal this place I thought I was walking into a food court this is the whole restaurant it's ginormous there's a beautiful bar there's all these wordss hanging around that I love like drinks skewers there's noodle soup and the menu I this this is like an encyclopedia of food there's so much in here couple things that CAU my right away garlic boneo noodles there's yungu there's honees chicken I really miss Hy chicken after leaving Singapore there's Nasi Lok oh that's something else I miss there's chongin there's Curry vegetables boughs Grandma's barbecue pork there is so many things that look amazing it's going to be a tough to decision so got about three dishes first one been craving some rice needle so I got some Chun Fen crispy onions to taky mushrooms there's some minced meat here as well all right this one just okay flavor is good it's earthy I like the crunchy onions usually chumin it's springy and shoy this just kind of breaks apart like a soggy noodle yeah everything's good in here except for the chomin itself this I had to get I haven't really had hanene chicken outside of Singapore some ginger garlic [Music] sauce all right so hanen chicken I like this guy in ginger sauce but I feel the chicken itself is tender but also kind of dry at the same time let's try the chicken rice for me it's a t blend I wish there was more flavor in the chicken rice I'm extremely picky when it comes to honees chicken because this is this is one dish I ate pretty much every single day when I was in Singapore and I love it so much but here I think the dish for me just okay last dish I got garlic noodles I think this is typically a side I just asked for it and they give me a lot of garlic noodles this smells really really good mhm mhm everything is perfect texture of the noodles really really springy and chewy very buttery and scrumptious it's extremely garlicky I also love the nice Aroma from the scallions this is the type of needles that you can just hold a bowl to your mouth you'll want to just keep shoveling it in if you love really chewy L Dente noodle texture and just a but little garlic this is for you also I want to say this place people are so nice everybody we interacted with so so nice and [Music] helpful this is another shopping complex I don't even think I'm in a Asian area but even this one alone has like four Chinese restaurants I want go to there's a bun Factory over there there's a dessert place over there and I am going to ljo Ramen hey Michelin restaurant so couple things this place is known for one is their soup dumplings the other is their big plate of chicken which is one of my favorite dishes ever and it's it's here and it looks ginormous wow thank you thank you oh man this might be the biggest version of this dish I've ever seen in my life I've gotten this dish many of times I don't think it's ever been as big as this and this is a four-person serving for I think $34 so less than $9 a person this can definitely feed four people no problem it probably weighs at least with the play close to 10 lbs that's such a good price3 $4 for this Giant mountain of chicken and noodles by the way noodles are underneath let's try The souit Dumpling first some vinegar I don't know what this is I think it's maybe some dumpling sauce you got six dumplings and these are ginormous dunk it and the sauce this is awesome very very thin wrapper and the pork feeling is humongous is whenever I get soup dumplings right before it comes to the table I always think about the hungry games you know that line made the Oz be ever in your favor and here is the filling versus wrapper ratio May ever be in your favor and this definitely is that's really Porky and juicy the dough is perfect it's chewy it's thin it's soft there's plenty of juice these are excellent excellent soup dumpling chilies peppers onions on top giant chunks of chicken in every single cut is in here and underneath all this look at that hand pulled noodles on the bottom oh so these are not bean noodles this is knife cut noodles don't Shan which is just as tasty they're going to be shorter and the noodle edges are going to be more uneven and coarse but they're thick they're chewy and they they are going to be delicious there's chunks of potatoes in here as well I feel like this could feed more than four people usually when you get a dish like this for maybe a third of the size is already a minimum 25 bucks I'm so shocked by this dish everything about it the chicken looks good the potatoes looks good the noodles look really good let's try it out chicken is Tinder it's Savory there's cumin in here as well so you get that beautiful Aroma from the cumin and the chicken has definitely soaked up that rich Savory gravy on the bottom the noodles are perfect so thick and chewy with all that savory Rich sauce soaked in there's need some vinegar though for me always add vinegar in Chinese noodle dishes so I tend to be pretty generous with the Chinese vinegar because it's not just going to balance out the richness of the sauce but it's going to add a whole lot of wami this is so freaking good if I lived around Atlanta every weekend or every other day come here pick up a giant plate of dish this will definitely feed your whole family it's got noodles it's got vegetables it's got chicken it's got tons of flavor and at such a good price drumstick almost tender apart also I kept all the skin on the chicken so much good flavor I remember when I used to live in New York I'll go to Flushing every chance I get and order a big plate of chicken or a big plate of beef and I'll just sit there the whole thing by myself I haven't had this dish for at least several years forgot how much I absolutely adore this flavors texture ingredients everything tastes good I love the added cumin it's spicy it's so Saucy the noodles are so so good if you never had a biged plate of chicken before come get yourself a big plate of chicken it's dinner time last meal of the day snackbox beastro so this is a la restaurant my first encounter with uh leosan Cuisine was in Seattle when I tried a la hot pod and also the burger this restaurant serves very traditional La dishes and this is considered LA's national dish lap and you can get it for different kinds of meat like fish salmon chicken tofu I got it with pork belly and these are giant cuts of pork Bell you can see the fat you can see that nice roasted Char on the outside side it's covered in onions and cilantro scallion Chili's lime juice with crunchy bits of toasted rice on top all this is a 10 out of 10 dish in every single metric I'm so glad I got the pork belly I want to talk for every single time I take a bite of this it sends a shock W through my body thick cut of pork belly the outside is Toasty there's some pieces that are leaner some pieces that are fatter whatever piece you get leaner pie piece nice and tender the fattier pieces melts on your tongue like a dream this citrusy it's spicy you get that nice crunch from that toasted rice powder there's so much fatty Umami in the pork belly this is beyond delicious it's so juicy and tender it's so much flavor in every single bite here I'm going to add some additional crunch by adding some of the onions just freaking Beyond mind-blowing I love this so much this next one is called the Bang Bang Shrimp it's deep fried and it has spicy bang bang sauce on top little scallion cilantro this is going to have a crunchy explosive bite in every single piece oh yeah it's fried you can tell this is fried beautifully this thing you can definitely just put the whole thing in your mouth spicy crunchy explosion when you bite down on the thing it's so good I highly recommend trying that every part of it the shrimp legs the shrimp shell the shrimp tail turns into like a crispy shrimp cracker when you bite down the inside of course you get that meaty plump juicy shrimp the sauce is spicy it's creamy it's perfect with the shrimp it's just a perfect dish if you love shrimp and if you love shrimp crackers that is the perfect hybrid I think this is my most anticipated dish look at this roasted pork Knuckles roasted marinated pork knuckles look at that oh see all that beautiful collagen in tendons the beautiful golden skin the Char this push is too good I don't think I've ever had roasted big Knuckles before it's marinated in some sort of soy provides a hint of sweetness and so much Mommy when you bite into the pork knuckle you get that gelatinous skin and right under the skin so much delicious tendon and collagen you got to just get it right up in there with your teeth and ripped this apart every butt is Smokey it's sticky it's fatty oh yeah it's got that little hint of bitterness from the Char as well this is so freaking good I know some people may not be into Pig trods but if you are they do it so well you got to try this this place is blowing my mind left and right right now this is another dish I always get whenever I'm in a la restaurant jerky the flavors of this dish a pure addiction like you really don't want to stop eating this every bite as you chew the flavor just becomes more and more intense it's sweet it's Smoky a little peppercorny which is so nice with that tingle on the tip of your tongue and just an overwhelming amount of will momy in every single piece oh my gosh I mean this is also something you can just take home eat it whenever if you are a fan of jerkey forget that stuff in a bag that you get from the target checkout aisle try this it will change your jerky loving life [Music] last Savory dish I got these garlic butter clams look at this ginormous clams Chili's fried onions some herbs on top oh man this is a ginormous clamp oh my God I love the spice this is one of my favorite restaurants I've been to in Atlanta I love food in Atlanta I love it so much these past couple days has been incredible I mean this is like the firework finale I mean it is just so much flavors it's spicy it's crunchy it's got that beautiful Briny Umami from the clams the herbs give it so much Aroma this is Southeast Asian flavors on a shell I'm sad to leave Atlanta I really [Music] am I just looked over and saw they have Pam brownie with ice cream heck yes M oh that brownie is so so good toasty on the outside soft inside Ponda is aromatic it's floral a little nutty perfect with the vanilla ice cream every single bite at this restaurant I've exceeded my expectations if I lived around Atlanta I'd be here all the time I would I love this food so much so glad I on intentionally saved this for the end because I love saving the best for last this is definitely one of the best as always all place I went to list down below for you guys thank you all so much for watching until we eat again and I want to eat again very soon Atlanta because it's places Food Heaven see you later