 I learned that the ladies in the back are actually from Tsoi San And Tsoi San, to say Ho-sik is Ho-hek Ho-hek Ho-hek Two or three bottles of hair, half of it, half of it, half of it Okay That's okay Welcome everybody to part five of our Chinatown Cheap Beats Hidden Gems series And just when you thought you'd seen it all We celebrate the reopening of our favorite restaurant Witness a fierce battle on dollar dumpling corner Debate over Hong Kong cafes Chase an elusive chicken mushroom dish Attempt to crown a new roast meat king And maybe we finally explain in depth on why we filmed this series Once again, most of this food is under eight dollars So part five, New York, let's go Alright everybody, before we continue with that video We gotta let you know that we are partnering with YAMMYBuy.com On a crazy big Snackathon giveaway livestream On November 9th at 5pm Pacific on their YouTube channel If you guys know about YAMMYBuy.com It is the premier location to get Asian snacks and products, kitchen appliances online We're doing crazy giveaways such as a year long's worth of snacks Giving away kitchen appliances, beauty products, and there's even instant discounts during the livestream All you gotta do is get registered for an account at YAMMYBuy.com To be eligible for these giveaways, listen guys, in life There's a lot of things that you can not control But you can control whether you are there for this livestream and winning things November 9th, 5pm Pacific on their YouTube channel And we are standing in front of the legendary Bokey Yo, they came back after being closed for a few months during the pandemic But let me tell you this, people were waiting for this spot to reopen It's an incredible value, like per dollar ratio People write articles about this spot Bokey on Bayard, let's go And you gotta let him know You can choose, I'll tell you The classic one ton egg noodle that's wine Okay, so now Of course it's vegetables Vegetables, should I give it or should I give it He said get a vegetable, get a mustard green They go out of my yow-toe It's really good here, it's good here Even the vegetables I got out of my yow-toe You know what I love about the older generation? It's like, you're like, yo, what else should I get? And he's like, come on man, stop it You already ordered enough You ordered all the good stuff But I just don't want you to order anymore This is a cheap eat legend Man, everything on this table is under $10 It's actually under $9, except mine is the half duck That was $13 But you can get a quarter duck for $8 Gotta start with the duck Country stew duck This is probably the most flavorful duck You can get in Chinatown almost You know, the skin's not gonna be crispy But it's gonna be flavorful That is so good I'm gonna take one more piece That's it Honestly, I would say the duck is a five out of five That's how good the country stew duck You must get it Andrew, I think you need to go with this Fall with chicken broth I'll probably go with the fish noodle then Wow, this one never seen this dish before Actually, this meat looks incredible The tendon is looking tender Little lemon on top That looks like the whole fun You can't even tell the difference between the tendon and the noodle Like I said, guys, they're basically taking like a gigantic fish cake And made noodle out of it I think this is better than I expected Man, that's really good It's really light I'm always excited when I get to try something new And we are looking at a satay pork chop and pin noodle So that goes on top of this Man, sometimes when you order pork chops They're not as flavorful And they're a little bit too dry This is not any one of those, man It is so good, super flavorful Very thin, but juicy still The pin noodles are more seen in Southeast Asian noodles These definitely have a more organic look than other noodles This is choline dry Yeah, that's called the special combination Because as you can look at the meat, it is the special meat Now, David, there's a soup on the side over here That you can eat it with The noodles are always super al dente So they're not too soft Andra, I always said Out of the taste buds of an 80-year-old Cantonese man Andra, I don't normally do it But for you guys, I'm going, I'm just kidding, slice You win it, I'm going now The fact, I'm going to do this liver piece too I like liver more than kidney That's my opinion I agree with you, bro Kidneys over livers But I don't like either of them Yo, I'm not going to lie I just had to wash it down with a piece of duck All right, here we have the Cambodian Houti When Chujang people went into Cambodia Their culture is mixed with the local culture It's different So this is more of a Cambodian style That's what makes this restaurant so interesting You cannot really box this food in To any one type of cuisine Here we have some appetizers We have the legendary shrimp rolls It's kind of like a thin tofu skin Wrapped around some ground-up shrimp balls Sweet chili sauce on the side They really look a lot like the time we need chicken rolls All this stuff is under $10 Very affordable You could come here and have a feast Appreciate the culture for like under 50 bucks I love everything here I cannot do intestines It's very hard for me, man Bro, come here, you all I can't do it, I can't do it I'm eating my, I'm being you You got it, you take it, you take it, man And last but not least And we have our final round here at Bokey This is the yalchoy This is just a mustard grease That mixture between a little bit of oil, soy sauce And I don't even know what else Sesame oil, so good This is the beef stew rice noodle Give me the tendon, not the intestine You can smell that kind of tomato paste in there And this was obviously has some deep Somewhat western French influence, guys This one was a sleeper This one is fire You cannot miss with that combo Beef, carrots, onion, lock it in I've received a couple of messages People are like, what is your guys's goal with the series Or how many are you gonna do Why do you keep doing these Listen to this, guys Number one, these places need business right now Just to survive and stay afloat Number two, I wanna show the interactions With the older generations That I think it's important Number three, this food is gonna go away There's a chance that it's not really going to continue Unless the kids and the younger generation take it over The fourth reason is that all these dishes They have this deep complex like domino ping pong history That I think it's fascinating to lean into Last but not least, the main reason is Just because it's delicious And I gotta eat lunch Everything here at Bokeh is fire Cheap eats under $10 Get outta here We're standing in front of a very very little known spot That I've never been to before It's called fried dumpling in English But David, the Chinese name that you can read Is Lao Shan Dong These are Shan Dong dumplings Northern style dumplings in Chinatown Are you from Shandong? I'm not the boss, I'm from Shandong Where are you from? I'm from Tianjin How many years have you been here? You've been here for 20 years? 20 years 20 years Coming in at 30 cents each You can get 17 dumplings for $5 Andrew, let me tell you this I just had one In fact, I actually had three I kept eating them and eating them I'm gonna like dumpling number five I don't even know why Pork, a tiny bit of chive A bunch of carbs Soy sauce, man That's a dollar doujiang Alright, this doujiang A little water It's not bad, it got the job done Hey, you know what this is, Andrew? This is some good government eat stuff Dollar dumplings, dollar doujiang Bro, if you need to feed yourself 17 for $5 How many fried dumplings on Moscow street? Onto our next dollar dumpling spot Is we're at Tasty Dumpling They got cheap dumplings here I'm five for 150, about 30 cents each Your boss is from Tianjin Wow, okay I learned that the ladies in the back Are actually from Tuesan In Tuesan, to say whole sick Is whole heck Whole heck Whole heck I got these five They're steaming hot Okay, I would say you got more for your money The style's more Southern These were cooked fresh I would say quality wise I think these are a little bit better Alright guys, David This is the fresh shrimp one These taste like your prototypical Chinatown dumpling Way more chives Pretty solid This noodle dish right here You have sliced cucumber Not a dish you can normally get At just like cheap dumpling spots Sesame noodles Majang is a very Beijing Tianjin thing to use That's Majangmian for real Chili oil with this would be fire though So you guys, let us know Which one you like better Tasty dumpling or fried dumpling But you got to check out both David, our next segment of this cheap eats part five Is gonna be our Hong Kong cafe battle Between the top three mid and HK cafes Which are Gongsik Tong, Cha Chantang, and Cafe HK We got three heavy hitters, Andrew KST is sort of the new kid on the block Cha Chantang has been around for like what? Eight, nine, ten years And I want to say HK cafes It's probably, you know, it's probably Also just a restaurant at this point You got Polo Yao Like Polo Tao with butter Oh, so now? Damn, they sold out of the Polo Tao You want Polo Tao? No No Polo Tao No Polo Tao Forged? No Stop No, yeah Let's go in, that's the baked onion pork chop From Cha Chantang Little onions falling off there, buddy Onion pork chop, very solid The reason I could see people buying that Over the baked pork chop with tomato sauce Is because this lets the pork chop shine Alright, this is the curry fish balls David, this looks very HK Really solid, you guys Listen, Cha Chantang Listen, they specialize in Cha Chantang food At the Cha Chantang David, what is the beauty between Polo Yao Where you just have like a piece of butter Or, you know, the spread butter on here and toasted That's it It's beautiful and it's simplicity Yo, I'll tell you this This is hitting all your sensories It's sweet, crunchy, crispy, buttery Can't beat that I might have to dip that in the curry Wow Not bad, I suggest you do it Last but not least, I have the pork I can ate the lossongtong This one's like a really savory tomato soup The free one has a little bit of meat, a little bit of pork This one is chunky, look at that I think it's fair to say, Andrew, that the borscht you get for free Comes from a different pot You're not getting this for free Look at these pieces of meat Guys, that was Cha Chantang, aka CCT This is the Hong Kong French toast With peanut butter inside Alright, this was good That was good You have the light from both spots Here, in my left hand, I have Cha Chantang Here, I have KST You know, guys, it's not always a competition But you're making me choose between one or the other I'm going with this one We're going in to KST Baked pork chop over rice with tomato sauce It's the fusion between Western and Eastern flavors It's a new take on it, y'all There's like barely any tomato flavor Super sweet Sweet Almost tastes like a sweet sauce Like a sweet and sour sauce Alright, we're here with Ken Ken, you a local? Yep, local Alright, guys, we're trying the Cha Chantang from KST We're Ken What's your analysis, Cha Chantang? I always prefer the Cha Chantang, you say It's more silky, the one that you get from fruit carts This is a traditional HK style I know, yeah I like the flavors, the hoisin sauce, the sesame This is Ken signing off Signing off The flavor profiles at KST are pretty significantly different from Cha Chantang We have our last and final competitor, Andrew HK Cafe They have a crazy looking pork chop rice right here Yo, this looks very colorful, man Let's dive into it It's fried pork chop Everybody kind of does it different Because, for example, at KST it was grilled pork chop This is fried pork chop with tomato sauce It ain't bad It's not tomato sauce It's a sweet and sour sauce, bro There's tomatoes in there You know why I know there's tomatoes in here? Really This one and this one were very, very different But the same dish, guys Think about it Alright, David Coming up next We have the galay udon This is the curry fish balls from CHK Cafe HK Honestly, Andrew, I was looking at this from afar I had no idea what this was I thought this was a cool buck, guys More flavor because of the onions You get one more bite, guys Just because it's different I'm gonna crown the winner Still the classic Cha Chantang Okay I kind of agree Try all three spots Cha Chantang, KST, HK Cafe And decide for yourself We're trying to go to the Bayer Meat Market Dude, I saw the chicken and mushroom And I knew that that was gonna be one of the best cheapies But they sold out today We're going across here to Yewang David, this spot has been recommended By multiple insiders from the area They're not even serving any other dishes Other than their roast meats It is looking super crispy And so is the Cha Xiu Apparently the best roast meats in Chinatown Let's check it out Two, three, four, five Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten Okay Five, six, seven, eight There were certain ones You couldn't really get in the combo So I had to get a whole half of the peepod duck And I had to get a half tea-small duck So, you know, they kind of got me on the ducks How much is a... Just like one sambol font? Nine dollars for the... Nine dollars Okay, guys So it's nine dollars for one sambol font Now, nine dollars, you would say Is a little bit more expensive than other spots But let me tell you this I can tell you this right now The quality is here Immediately, we have to start with the premium meats We're talking about the stew duck A five-spice sauce Not a lot of spots carry this Guys, I'm so excited for this I'm dipping it in the Owens juice Got some of that five-spice, slightly sweet Almost like a cinnamon Yeah, that's good Premium meat Wow And we're moving on to our second premium item The peepod duck Yeah, there we go Look at this Mmm, huh? That's good I'm fine I'm gonna have to go one more piece, bro One more Look at that Look how beautiful that is That skin so dark and crispy right there Duck it in, bro This chashu is looking good All right, really super fatty, super moist As we can see, a little bit more authentic More of the brown, oranges color Versus the red color Yes, that's what I needed That's good That's good Shout out to all these spots Let's go into the soy sauce chicken Wow Everything's hitting four out of five right now In my opinion The gherngchong is crazy, too That chicken was good Pork spare ribs I don't really like spare ribs that much It's never the thing that I go for That's good, though, man Got a little bit more spice than usual This is gherngchongkai Ginger scallion chicken Like I said, everything is hitting four to 4.5 out of five So this is the regular roast duck This is a lot of people's favorite Yeah, that was pretty good, too All right, Andrew, last but not least, roast pork I think the whole presentation And the moisture and the juiciness of all the meats It's very high level Man, this is as great I like how the skin's still on Sometimes, you know, when they chop the soy sauce It all falls off I cannot say necessarily either one of these items Was the best one I've ever had, of course But actually, all of them were very, very solid And that's why I'm saying yueh wang for the consistency You guys let us know in the comments down below If you got some different opinion But, man, in my opinion, yueh wang Our next spot is an absolute staple of Chinatown Andrew, of course, we're talking about Chinatown Ice Cream Factory When it comes to Asian flavored ice cream This is the best We are talking about exotic flavors Let's get in there Do you recommend any toppings with the gherngchongkai? I don't really like the gherngchongkai Okay, okay You know what? Let me get the teddy grams So I got the teddy grams on the pumpkin pie Obviously, I'm trying to mimic and replicate a pumpkin pie crust First off, I had to start off with something seasonal The pumpkin pie, the teddy grams I'm trying the ginger one with coconut shreds I've never had ginger ice cream before Straight up, it tastes like pumpkin pie I've never tasted something so creamy And something so gingery at the same time They are able to imitate the flavors Incredibly accurately here at Chinatown Ice Cream Factory You know, pumpkin pie, that's not a traditional Chinese flavor But that is good Alright, I got banana I just had to try banana Because oftentimes banana tastes very artificial In kind of candier ice cream form So I'm interested I have almond cookie right here That is the classic Cantonese almond cookie Pretty dry, goes really well in ice cream Due to the dryness A lot of almond extract This banana ice cream one's really soft Pretty good Alright, Andrew, so this matcha cookie is really interesting Because the original flavor that we're trying to replicate Was not matcha, but matcha cookies And by the way, guys This ice cream will not go to waste Durian ice cream Man, I know Chinatown Ice Cream Factory They do it the best Whoa, huh Bunky, creamy I really like this a lot I'm being dead serious right now This durian ice cream is better than the durian ice cream I had in Malaysia And last but not least, Andrew You have the pandan, the pandan Pandan, you know what it is, guys Very difficult to describe It's like a creamy vanilla coconut flavor Look at that color Looks beautiful You know what's crazy? I could smell that ice cream before I ate it Everything tasted so different Check out Chinatown Ice Cream Factory Here on Bayard And try some flavors that you've never had Second day in a row, Andrew We missed the drop Bro, we struck out We're trying to get the steamed chicken and mushroom dish Next, we have some items From the nice dessert shop in Chinatown Mango mango desserts This is a mango mili crepe This stuff looked beautiful out of the box Alright, man I'm going in on the mango mili crepe Wow, I'm going to get some real mango in there, too Honestly, flavor-wise, it was almost even closer To the old-school Kanto HK wedding cakes Yeah, I know what you mean I was not expecting a mili crepe To taste like the light whipped cream cakes Here we have the durian pancakes Mixed between a crepe and a cream puff No, no That was real durian Durian pancake pillow That's why I call it I would say, listen If you're looking for some really cute desserts in Chinatown Check out Mango Mango While we were waiting for some food I bought this for $3.50 I don't even know what the English name is It just says different cup, different flavor This is something that you can usually only get at the fair Very good It's cooked well, though This spot behind us Pink lady cheese tarts Now, they are serving Japanese cheese tarts These are not based off of Cantonese Dantots, necessarily They are more like almost a cheesecake filling But I don't want to kill on cheesecake either We got to try it This is your shop? Yes Very cool Can I get one of each cheese tart? Do you want any toppings on your purple rice? Do you recommend any? Can I get purple rice on my purple rice? Do you want an more? Yeah I'm getting purple rice on my purple rice I'm going with matcha Of course This is the one that caught my eye That's the original filling cheese The original cheese, pretty good It does kind of taste like a light, sweeter, creamier version of a cheesecake Well, you keep eating it So, I don't know I mean, I'm assuming it's decent I like it Next up, I've got the blueberry Andrew, you've got the chocolate The cheese tart filling Super, super soft and airy and fluffy But then the crust here can crack on you So, it's very crispy So, you're going to try the purple rice? I'm going to try the purple Yeah, the ube You are looking at a purple rice smoothie topped with purple rice I've got the purple rice He's got ube cheesecake That's a purple vise Oh, my favorite one Ube flavored things I'm on it That's my flow Leave me alone I'm going to go I'm going to go home I'm going to eat They sold out again I'm too late Third day While filming this series We bumped into so many people on the street Who were actually following our food crawl And it's great because these videos Are not just a guide to food But a guide to people And we're so touched to see the impact It's had on business owners Who tell us that The first time they got featured in a YouTube video They were smiling and laughing Giving their best performance And we can be honest Sometimes Chinese culture seems inaccessible And introverted So much to the point where A lot of people just disengage But we continue to do our part To be a piece of that bridge That will bring the connection back So with that said Be on the lookout for part six Thank you so much I appreciate that Thank you for watching Thanks Thanks for the support Love your videos I made a joke about yesterday Uh-oh That's what's up She said I was eating churn fun yesterday See, people are doing the crawl right now