 Fighting. I'm so sorry. I should have showed you more attention. This is the best Malaysian chicken skewer You can get in New York City at this price. This is lobster sticky rice for $38. So this is pretty good deal I gotta get into this first man I just this is one of the long-lasting dollar dumpling spots. Whoa Chinatown cheapies part 15 If you're wondering why we're almost 200 restaurants in and there's still more to go Then it's because New York City has the largest concentration of Chinese people of any city outside of Asia Yes, that is big facts not to mention that you know all types of people love the food So in this episode we find out if this spot is the best new Malaysian food in Chinatown If Korean fried chicken really is the wave and if Chinese burgers and boba are the new combo Please hit that like button and let's go. All right starting off this episode of cheap Chinatown eats We got a brand new spot on Grand Street in the middle of a busy busy, you know intersection guys We got eye milky but the quality is top-notch and it is very interesting to keep seeing new Taiwanese brands come over here from Taiwan to open up shops here seems like it's gonna be never-ending Here we have the fresh taro milk Taros very smooth the boba is tender and juicy up next. We got the fresh mango milk Wow, that was delicious. I definitely recommend it Guys, I actually saw a comment from an old Cantonese guy one time on one of our former videos That was saying something like along the lines of hey, man I'm tired of all these Taiwanese chains from Taiwan coming into Chinatown and gentrifying Chinatown and pushing out the other Cantonese businesses and you know, I kind of got what he was saying, but I'm gonna be honest It's just kind of like the rise of boba and the rise of boba is gonna involve a lot of Taiwanese chains because this is what People want so it's a supply-and-demand situation. I'll tell you straight up. The quality is really good All right guys, you know, we do a lot of food videos. We eat a lot of food We run around the city and it can get very tiring. 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In fact, I want to just eat this piece of chicken on its own That's how good it is Perfectly cook time me not complaining bro straight up guys I don't know about the bread, but the chicken aspect is a 10 out of 10 This is burger by days half-pound Angus bacon cheese burger So actually the owner of burger by day was a former video game designer from Hong Kong He was doing Nintendo and PlayStation games and now he's doing burgers guys We got the smash burger obviously. This is very trendy right now, but they got the QP Mayo The clamshell potato bun and you know, I just think it's really cool that Asians are cooking more burgers This is something that was needed in in Chinatown, you know a place that was like, you know catering towards Asians But serving burgers Simple but delicious and those onions are charred perfectly This whole food hall kind of vibe does kind of remind me of a of a place that I've been in Singapore or Taiwan You know alright our next spot on Chinatown cheap eats is actually a Vietnamese spot. That's a classic spot that we haven't reviewed yet It's on Bowery. It's called new to though. It's been here for a while all the Chinatown heads would know this spot But I gotta say that although maybe they don't always rank the highest on any single item They have a lot of items that are very deep cut that you can't get at other viet spots I'm talking about like bun bale. They have this raw beef salad. I don't know if I'm gonna get that But maybe but anyways a lot of the dishes are under $11. Let's check it out new to though All right, the food has arrived here at new to though, and I got the full right here. This is actually under $10 This costs only 975. It's actually a really hefty bowl and then here I have the egg almond This is actually a chilled out food and because the owners are actually chilled out You know the Chinese Vietnamese they're of the diaspora, but they've been running Vietnamese restaurants for so long This is a real deep cut dish. You're not gonna find anywhere else This is only $11 the bun sale is actually very hard to find and other restaurants around here This was only $14. You got the pork belly. You got some shrimp lots of turmeric. You have your greens right here, and you have your dip I'm excited Well broth not bad. Yeah, kind of kind of sweet actually I think a lot of people are gonna like that the beef looks good. I'm just gonna try the flank steak right here Barely cooked as you know a little bit red and I don't use sriracha when I'm eating my food to be honest I'm kind of against it because I know sriracha is not very traditional Underrated man. A lot of people don't talk about new to though. They've been business for a while I mean look how murky that broth is can't even see through that. That's how you know It's got a lot of like the parts of the beef all melted into the broth I want to say their noodles are a little bit bigger than other spots too guys I got to give the fun man to be honest straight up. I haven't been here in a while Give it a 4 out of 5 This one is for the bun sale Oh Okay, okay, that's what I want to make sure thank you the Vietnamese egg roll wrapped in lettuce or the bun sale wrapped in lettuce It's actually one of my favorite things to eat. I love it. It's like crispy. It's fatty It's a little fried, but it's got meat and just the freshness from the lettuce It's got everything in this bite. I am genuinely enjoying this you guys got to come here and get the bun sale That's delicious and last but not least for under $11. We got a dish that really reminds me of the 626 because there's so many Chiljiao restaurants in the 626, but not as much out here. We have this egg omelet chiljiao style It's got the taro cake in there. Thank God, you know Mmm guys new to though has been in the game for a while. Do not forget about them Do not sleep on them. The fo is way above average. I'm really liking this and with the fresh ben sale guys It's hard to beat man. Definitely check out new to though if you're looking for Vietnamese food in Chinatown Man, it should be on the list and you know what? I've been going to my usual spots I know we all have our usual spots But I might have to break off from the norm more because I'm so glad I came back here and was reminded Why new to though has been in the game so long Next up on Chinatown cheap eats man. It's a brand new spot called curry house. It's Malaysian and Thai But it's mostly Malaysian food here. They have some deep cut dishes This is the curry beef brisket over me and the me is like the thick egg noodles Man, I'm pretty excited to try this. They also have stingray. We're about to try that So man, let me tell you this is pretty cool to have Malaysian spots that are serving things like stingray Even though that's not my favorite dish. It's just cool to see Curry beef brisket me They call this spot curry house because the curry is fire This is one of the best Malaysian curries you can get in Chinatown Guys, I think it's really cool that this spot is serving Malaysian Anti-food because those two cuisines are actually technically part of the India sphere influenced by India That's why they have a lot of curries and the curry is really really good if you've never had Malaysian curry This spot is called curry house. So they have curry skate wings and skate wings are essentially like small stingrays It's a very popular food to eat in Southeast Asia particularly Singapore and Malaysia. I had it out there They serve it all the time at the hawker stall Fried here pretty good I say it's a good way to try it if stingray usually sounds very intimidating to you because you're like I don't want to look at the whole skate wing the whole steak Try it in this form. It's a lot easier to eat Those skate wing is considered more of a throwaway fish in America Even Koreans actually eat a sizable amount too. Look, you can see it. I pulled that meat right off the bone How does it taste? It kind of tastes like a cod Type fish. Of course, you know, we have chicken rice, you know in the Singaporean Malaysian style Finely sliced with a little bit of sweet soy sauce on top here because there's a lot of Chinese in Malaysia They give you the ginger scallion the guangchong But they also give you more of the Thai version, which is a little bit spicy here. So let's take a look at this Uh-huh nice little piece Nice yellow rice. That's how you know it's flavored. Let me put it in the red sauce first Mmm for me, I actually love all chicken rices cow moon guys the high non chicken But I do prefer ginger scallion all my chicken. I think it's a great pairing. So I'm glad they serve it here Mmm. This is the most authentic ice chendol. I've seen in New York City, man It looks like it straight out the hawker stall Now the owners are from people that is a city that's in between Penang and Kuala Lumpur Let's take a look at it. Wow, dude, that looks super authentic. They got grass jelly. You have the green jelly I believe this is more made out of pandan and then you have the red bean and you have corn all with some condensed milk at the bottom Mmm. Oh, that's pretty good I know Malaysians know about some cold desserts because it can get super hot out there guys We are looking at a authentic Lamboa drink, which is just yellow pumpkin. I never even had that before In my entire life. All right, you guys, we got the ayam sate skewers Ayam in bahasa Malay is chicken We are going to be taking the house-made sate sauce drizzling it on top Of course more how you would do it in the hawker stall, but you like rotate it around like a pig in a mud With a little bit of onion. I'm telling you this is the best Malaysian chicken skewer you can get in New York City at this price Like we said Malaysian is a very interesting culture because it's part of the indiosphere But it's also part of the cymosphere and obviously it's got its own local Malay culture. This is a roti kanai This is more from the indian side But this curry is kind of a hybrid of all the cultures that make up that region because it's not going to fully taste like an Indian curry All right, you guys, we're looking at bakate, which obviously is a pork medicinal mushroom soup From that region, it's more from the Chinese side. What I'm gonna do is take one of these pieces of pork I'm going to dip it in this house-made chili sauce That's really Really really good. It is very difficult to find this bakate dish here in New York City You know when I was growing up I just really thought that Chinese people only came from like Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing In Taiwan, but then it actually really opened it up. Once I got older I realized there are like millions and millions of Chinese people in Southeast Asia And they've been there for like hundreds of years So their culture is really a unique mix of a lot of different layers and I think that makes it really cool Ta-da fried chicken. It is a brand new Korean concept right in the heart of Chinatown here on Bayard And that is significant. It shows how, uh, you know Chinatown is changing and becoming more Pan-Asian We love this spot though. It's from the same people that did tofu tofu on Bowery. Let's go check it out All right. So here at Ta-da, they try to make it fun They got a lot of cool drinks that you would have maybe in Korea. So this is a green tea Mandarin, um Lemonade and then this is a ginger hot tea lemonade And then this is a mango smoothie with a piece of fresh ripe mango right on the side Oh, you could come here share with friends. This is a fun drink. It's really good too Have all the popular modern Korean snacks guys, you know the things that you've seen in k dramas and k-pop Videos and this is the army stew, of course. It's got oh look at that bacon. You got hot dogs You got plenty of kimchi. You got some cheese and you get the fresh ramen Let's try it HSBC army ramen Between drinks like this and dishes like this no wonder korean restaurants are so fun Here's their shrimp fry rice with the egg on top that put a little bit of sesame seeds I really like how it looks and I like how they even left the little tails on the shrimp. That's how you know It's fresh. Let's try it Light egg So now we have the tada fried chicken. These are the premier items I saw them each individual lathered with the sauce. So, um kelly, can you tell us more about the chicken? Oh easy to eat not too spicy. Yeah, it's not spicy at all. So sweet and spicy This is goddamn spicy. This is the the bottom level spicy and then this is not spicy. Okay Tada is going to be the premier fried chicken house in chinatown guys Freshly fried not fried already sitting there and then refried. We're talking about freshly fried every time you order Fighting Guys, this is a big old drumstick of the soy garlic freshly fried individually lathered up Wow, there are all types of people like Korean fried chicken guys. It's not just Koreans. It's not just asians It's everybody because I think honestly everybody can love fried chicken And of course you guys know the history of Korean fried chicken It does come, you know influence and inspired by the american army that was in korea that brought, you know Southern american style fried chicken over first, but man koreans have done their own thing with it and check out this new way to Eat this wing Let's see how spicy this is. This is the second level spicy That had a nice little gochujang kick, but this is the goddamn spicy the spiciest Like fried chicken, you know one of the most important aspects is that it's freshly cooked and tada is doing it and you know Sometimes when there's only like one type of restaurant in an area of that kind You kind of question like is it the best or is it just getting by because it's just the only one of its kind But no tada is very very high quality and the chicken is delicious I remember one of the things that really drew me to the san gabriel or like roland heights area Initially was how pan asian it was you could get great fud You could get great thai food Korean food and of course chinese food in that zone And I feel like that's the future of china towns around america as well pan asian towns But with a lot of respect and love for each other and boy, am I glad that it's moving in that direction Okay, so they don't just have like korean dishes. They also have the pork katsu right here That is freshly fried. Look at that Very juicy very crispy and then they also have this cold bibin nam yang This is obviously a korean dish, but it's uh, not the soupy one that most people are used to having So let me try this. This is bibin nam yang without the soup great for cooling off after you eat some fried chicken Mm guys, this is our freshly fried pork katsu. I'm just gonna dip it in like that To have this diversity of dishes here in a spot like this. It's very cool And I'm glad to see it shout out to kelly and the team It's chinatown changes and there's more pan asian non-chinese concepts coming here You know, there's also a lot of chinese restaurants opening up an east village and even midtown by korea town So, you know, all these kind of like asian enclaves or asian neighborhoods Are probably going to be exchanging a lot more in the future and I could see it happening, but I don't know. It's cool to see All right, everybody our next spot in cheap chinatown eats is a gem called round k buy salt shout out to han here on canal Guys, they have some new items on the menu for 15 bucks. You get this shrimp burger with air fried chips You've got this chicken sandwich with uh, with the pickled cabbage on it for 15 dollars And then here you got this espresso martini and during happy hour. This is only 10 dollars down from 16 dollars So that's a good deal. And then you have this purple Ube, uh, roll cake right here, which is obviously what they're known for So let me try this espresso martini get it going the espresso nice All right, so for 15 dollars you might be like, okay That's not the cheapest chicken sandwich you can get in china town But it is cheap considering the quality of ingredients and the amount of work that these ladies put in So let me try this chicken man. It looks a little different. It's definitely got some different seasoning on there. So let's try it I'm tasting some korean spices, especially some gochujang in there. That chicken is super juicy The bread is nice Everything's coming together really well. Here's the shrimps burger With the kimchi ranch right here Lots of greens That's how you notice the hit. It's so messy. I'm enjoying myself It's actually multiple fried shrimp instead of a shrimp patty I think that makes it taste honestly a lot better and you get more of that pure shrimp flavor A cream roll cake with yuzu jam on the inside. Let's take a look at that oh very aesthetically forward and uh delicious Looking at the prices. Maybe round k isn't the absolute cheapest thing you can get in china town But it is like the cheapest elevated hipster thing you can get in china town All right, so I had to tell you about soul k's night menu here I have a soul mule with jinro soju and then I have the double fried Korean popcorn chicken. I'm very excited about this. Let's check this out Oh crispy. Wow double fried This is the grandpa soju Super smoky All right, this has oak bitters in jinro 24. Han, what were you trying to do with this drink? Why'd you call it grandpa so? Because it's a smoky and then it tastes like a like old-fashioned. So that's why we named it grandpa soju All right grandpa soju I feel like i'm in a In a forest fire right now That's real kalbi That's a real kalbi skewer that she's about to put in the drink Wow I don't know. Let me just take it off. Yeah, do it Whoa, that's a true kalbi cocktail right there guys If it doesn't taste like Korean barbecue or not, are we at jongro with jinro? What what's going on? It doesn't taste like jongro. Honestly, if I had to compare it to a korean barbecue, it'd be more like cold Wow And honestly, this is one of the best inventive cocktails I've ever had in my life guys I mean you've got a gigantic piece of kalbi. They've seared it It tastes good on its own and then of course like you said the drink has some like sesame oil in it The first time I have ever seen a true Roasted meat skewer cocktail guys. This is high quality sous vide kalbi right here This is delicious. You guys got to come to round k because they're doing some crazy things over here on canal street Okay, next up on chinatown cheap eats. We got a brand new pizza shop here on baxter. It is called baxter street pizza Um, you know, there's not a lot of slice spots in chinatown In fact, this might be the first one and I got to go check it out because it is asian All right, I got two slices of pizza and garlic knots all for about 14 dollars after tax Lots of garlic on top. I like to see that. This is the bodkin slice. This was recommended Cheese is gooey. Okay, and then we got the fungi slice. Okay, let's peep the mushrooms Okay, nice and cooked maybe pre-cooked before as well. So that that that's a good sign Sauce um Right off the bat the garlic knots are hidden They're very fluffy Tons of garlic flavor Honestly, I would give those garlic knots right off the gate Like a 4.5 out of 5 that's some of the best garlic knots you can get in in the area to be honest and the sauce is very Spiced I can see the pepper inside All right, everybody. I'm trying to box slice Time for the fungi one of my favorite slices in the game right now There's no meat just mushrooms Probably sauteed with some nice, you know seasoning and olive oil All right, so as far as my verdict for backstreet pizza, I gotta say guys price-wise it's solid $4 a slice, you know, that is very standard for high quality slices I feel like the cheese maybe feels a little bit less like Italian than other spots that I've been to but I'll tell you this the garlic knots are on point And I think that you know, they're just starting out and I'm glad that there's a slice spot in china town That is owned by someone of the community and I heard that maybe they are going to be able to do some Asian slices By pre-order. So, you know, maybe like a peeking duck or something like that. That's what I've heard But you know what it's their grand opening soon. So all I gotta say is just check out backstreet pizza New York City is this new spot tip Tara tie in the lower east side in the neighborhood Obviously Thai food is nothing new, but they got some new dishes here. They have a duck They got some clay pot stuff. They got some catfish stuff and here we have the first dish the basil mussels Um, uh, it's a little bit spicy very herbaceous not too sour And this is only 11 bucks guys. I think this is a steal. You got to try this Really important that you expand beyond pad cu and pad thai actually those dishes are good. I still order them from time to time but man Listen to the people who own the shop. They'll tell you what it's going to be good. They'll tell you the best stuff to get Next up on beyond pad cu and pad thai. You guys got to check out this catfish lard. It's fried. It's crispy It's very sour but a little bit sweet and it's fresh tossing like a salad form Kind of like your chicken lard that you would get but you guys got to check this out and this is only 20 bucks here So this entire dish is a steal Coconut sticky rice with a little bit of egg Um, they make it here fresh Man, this is something I've never had before. I've heard of coconut rice, of course But I've never seen a grill with egg before so this is something new new Asian food in new york city Crazy. All right. I'm gonna eat it with my grilled catfish lard. I'm gonna have to take some of this I'm gonna get some of the shallots. I'm just gonna Grab it like that. Yep. That's how we do it Like I said here at tiptara, they are not like any other thai restaurant As you can see here, you have your grilled coconut sticky rice with egg on it I've never seen this before and then you have the beautiful catfish lard I'm about to eat them together, of course because that's how you do it Let me grab it. Get my fingers dirty. It's worth it Wow Right here. I have their crispy duck Um, this is called the tiptara duck. It's from the samluk style of thai food and let's look at it, man It's smothered in a sweet and sour sauce with a lot of fresh Pineapples, I'm just gonna try it right like this. So I'm going in Guys, if you have had tom yum soup, pad siu, pad thai Already 10 15 times in your life and you have the chance to order these dishes. You have to try them What are you doing just getting those dishes? Hey pad pad thai is good But we're talking about tiptara duck right here What you guys the next up on china town cheap eats. We're at a brand new toy sound spot called grandmaster 95 I've got something off the lunch menu right here. This is dill yin jubai, which is a uh, just you know Salt and pepper pork chop nine bucks give you a lot of pieces And of course, I got something that is uh, not cheap cheap but cheap for what it is This is lobster sticky rice for 38 dollars. So this is a pretty good deal. I gotta get into this first, man I just you know, I see the lobster It calls my name Aren't you guys this dish on a lot of spots? Let's just say for example a hakasan 78 dollars 98 dollars 9 dollar salt and pepper pork chops kind of reminds me of 69 restaurant Back on bayard that is no longer there I would consider this a slight update on your classic china town toy sound spot You've got your cheap lunch menu items done very well more expensive seafood items except they got You know local micro brews in the fridge This salt and pepper pork chop is good. That's a china town cheap eat All right, everybody We're here at grandmaster and y'all I gotta tell you about this chili crisp oil that they got here Is fire ask for the laju y'all And then here I got it on some rice Look at that nice little cooked fried ginger with the sticky rice And then you got that last succulent piece of lobster i'm about to get on Andrew next up on china town cheap eats We have a unique blend between cantonese and taiwanese culture boba's taiwanese andru the mango mango spots are kanto It's like a mix. Yeah, this is a kanto owned boba shop right here on four side guys They finally open i've seen this sign for like six months now fruit vanity. Let's go in and check it out. Look at that We're trying to get the mango mango drink that's in the window All right. I'll get a matcha avocado and we're at fruit vanity right now It's cantonese owned It's true that cantonese people do not drink as much boba as taiwanese. No, I would say cantonese people Especially hong kong knees much are more into fruit than the milk drinks or the milk teas even they even have their own Laita so actually some people in hk believe it or not. You don't drink boba. Yeah, well here I have a avocado matcha. David. You have the mango mango Yeah, I think instead of opening two concepts and why not just mix a hong kong mongol spot mango spot With a boba shop Hey guys the long awaited opening of fruit vanity. I've seen this sign for like seven months man Glad they're open to these fruits are so cocky Next up on china town cheap eats. We've got hawa smoothies and bubble tea guys This is the original location now. They've got several across the city guys It was unheard of at that time for chinese to be making fresh juices with fresh fruits But hawa set the mark All right, you guys. I just got the super crane one size ten dollars But I got it with the boba. Are these the best smoothies in china town? Yeah, yeah, she said she can verify. Yeah She's not chinese Okay, they are the best. All right, we got to confirm from the local community It's the best plus you can get boba inside of a healthy smoothie. I don't know acai blue berries cranberries and boba up in this You guys this is a china town mashup acai with boba acai flax seed boba All right as part of our late night series man, we got a late night gem And so open till 11, but it's pretty clutch for this area This is china north dumpling over on esic street in the lower east side, man This is one of the long lasting dollar dumpling spots. I mean this whole all these dumplings are only three dollars And then this was only four dollars for the bok choy and then your kimchi was only three dollars And yes, so this is chinese But obviously you can find kimchi partially just because I think everybody likes kimchi But also because the owners are from shan yang which is donbae which is really close to korea So there's a crossover there. Here you got some vinegar. I'm about to do a little bit there And that's not black vinegar. That's white vinegar here. They have their own little soy sauce mixture It's like essentially new york has its own dumpling sauce everybody does and then you douse it in this This is pretty much the way to eat it. Let's go in. These are the fried ones. They're cheaper than the steam ones that are freshly made um This is one of the best deals you can get in new york esic street a lot of hipsters eating here I think this spot feeds many many a hipster in the lower east side china north dumpling And the kimchi Dongbae kimchi chinese kimchi. I feel like the times I've had it's a little less pungent. That's a little bit toned down So this is a great accompaniment to The other greens that are not kimchi, but these are kind of like uh, they call them sauteed bok choy I think they're boiled or sauteed with a little bit of garlic a little bit of soy sauce Very great addition I don't know why I take the uh, dongbae kimchi the pow thai and uh, put it on the dumplings the jiaozi, but I just do Next up on cheap china town eats We got a brand new spot called strawberry home here on mot street They are blending ice cream with boba. It's from the same people who do misdos So, you know, the quality is there strawberry home It's homemade jiazi. David, you got brown sugar boba ice cream I have an ice cream cone and that with a special request to get mango jam on top This really looks like the ice cream cone from uh, chinese mcdonald's What do you think about people trying to bring the products like one for one from asia Like I really like that idea. I'm a huge fan of the mcdonald's shenhai mcchicken sandwich the ice cream It's a little icy, but it's very very milky has a great taste and with the mango jam It's actually pretty fire, man. It's it's not the softest soft serve, but I actually like the consistency Hey misdos, they do make good products. I have a fresh dragon fruit lemonade She took the piece of dragon fruit. She mashed it up with the lemon This is a concept that you know, I've seen more in asia So what do you guys think about china towns importing more ideas straight from asia, you know And a lot of the older china town culture or at least the china town products that were once known as china town Uh might be kind of going away or just being like aged out, you know Because obviously everything has to look very aesthetic now. Look how bright this drink is this drink like never existed before like Five years ago