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Cole, so many other players in the NBA wearing Puma right now. And I love everything about this shoe. I think that J. Cole's main mission is just to show people that you can achieve your dreams. If you work hard, you focus, and he's trying to do it in a cool way to let everybody know, man, you can be a dreamer too. This Puma R.S. Dreamer colorway is out right now. You can buy it at this link right here in men's and kids' sizes. So check them out, guys, but we gotta get some barbecue and we gotta meet up with Marco. Let's go. All right, you guys, we are joined by our New York friend, Marco. We are in front of Mighty Queens, which is one of the most renowned and highly regarded authentic barbecue spots in New York City. Guys, they started out of Smorgasburg, out in Brooklyn, and now they have seven different locations. So you know it's popping. All right, their style here is actually a mixture between Texas and North Carolina-style barbecue, which they call it Texas Lina. Now, Marco, growing up in New York City, what do you know about barbecue, southern barbecue, anything? I'll be honest, not much. Just because growing up, there was only Dallas BBQs. Nothing was really authentic. But as of recent, you have new spots like Mighty Queens. You have more of a North Carolina, Kansas, and Texas-type of barbecue spots that aren't really New York City, but they're coming here now. We're about to order everything at Mighty Queens. Let's go. All right, you guys, we're in Manhattan, New York City right now, but they did such a good job of replicating North Carolina or Texas in terms of a smokehouse. Crazy. We're here. We have everything here at Mighty Queens. We have the entire menu. We spent $150 plus tip, okay? I have all the sides. We have all the drinks. There are four major styles of barbecue in America. There's Carolina, Texas, Kansas, Memphis. Mighty Queens is a mixture between the first two. The Carolina's both North Carolina and South Carolina, as well as Texas. So the Texas style is more low, slow, black pepper rubs, but then the Carolina style has more of like a sweet, spicy vinegar, tangy sauce on it. Guys, of course, the number one thing you gotta try at any barbecue spot is the brisket. Well, I can tell it's so tender already that it's so hard to actually lift with the fork. It is. You know what? We might all have to do caveman style. Literally, when I try to pick it up, it just falls. I can't pinch it any harder, or else the meat is gonna fall apart. Brisket. Wow. That's solid right there. North Carolina barbecue focuses on always having kind of like a sweet vinegar-based sauce on the side. This is good. Wow. I'm gonna go ahead and give it a four out of five. Just because for me, I'm like a fatty brisket guy and it was good, though. I'm gonna give it a 4.5 out of five. Yo, solid. I gotta give it 3.5. 3.5 out of five. Just cause drive-up isn't my thing. I love a lot of sauce on it. Next up, one of their most signature items is the Brontosaurus rib. This is a beef rib. Trust me, pork ribs, they don't get this big. Look at this thing, man. Guys, that's when you know that it's tender because I can cut it with a plastic knife. Wow. And you know, this is Texas-style low and slow. Low heat in a self-contained unit and that way the smoke actually cooks it. I'm sorry, guys. You're undressing the Brontosaurus rib. Oh! It's naked. The rib is naked. Brontosaurus beef rib. Oh my gosh! Bro. Yo, that is mad good. Yo, straight up the Brontosaurus rib? No. $35, but it was a five out of five. All right, coming up for round three, guys. I'm gonna hand you your buns and we're gonna make a pulled pork sandwich of any style. So here you have the pulled pork right here. Here you have the burnt ends, which is actually beef brisket burnt ends mixed with sauce. We have fries, we have pork ribs. We have a beef brisket sausage here. I'm gonna go here. Here we go. We're saucing up the pulled pork right now. Wow, I'm not mad at you. I got a little ranch. I'm going a whacked out pulled pork sandwich. Guess you are. I'm gonna put some ranch on mine. I might like that. Wow. Pulled pork sandwich. And everything else. It's really, really, really good, I mean. This looks like an actual sandwich you can get. As far as my sandwich goes, I'm gonna give it a 4.5 out of five pork rib. And I'll be honest, I never had pork rib from like an actual authentic barbecue spot because I only eat them at Chinese takeout. I can tell right now this has more of the dry rub. It's not gonna have that kind of like candy glaze that you know the Chinese takeout spots are gonna have. All right guys, pork ribs. Oh my God. Mighty Quinn's is killing it. I'm gonna give it a 4.5 out of five too. I'm gonna give that pork rib a four out of five. Yeah, I'm gonna give it a five out of five because that smokiness was amazing. I never had anything like that before. Next up, we got the beef brisket sausage. As you guys know, most sausages are traditionally made with pork, but this one's only made with beef brisket. Brisket sausage. Beef. That was a sleeper. That was a nice accompaniment. Very fatty. Wow, whoa, that was good. It sort of reminded me of like a Dominican sausage for breakfast I usually get. See, it's actually just like that. You guys, one of the most interesting things about filming this, you know, barbecue video has been so many people walking by and yelling out their commentary. It's almost like a constant running Yelp review. Some people go, best in the city, overrated, mediocre, amazing. I love the brisket. It's just like a running Yelp review as people walk by. Last two things, we have burnt ends, which is burnt ends of the brisket. It's a little bit leaner meat, but it's soaking in barbecue sauce. And then here we have two types of wings. They're fired up fresh. We have the spicy one and the regular one. Guys, mighty quins, burnt ends. These burnt ends are really good. I would say the sauce makes up for the actual meat in there. I'm just gonna make a quick little sandwich here with the burnt ends. Calories, because there's no bread, less calories. Spicy wings. Woo, that is hot. What I liked about the wings is that they were really small, but still juicy. Oftentimes small wings, you know, they get dry. So, shout out to mighty quins. Yo, with the chicken wings, they were flavorful. Still, they're very tenderful. That's even a word I just made up, tenderful. All right, guys, as for sides, we have baked beans. We got the sweet potato pudding, I believe. And then you have brussel sprouts and you have broccoli salad. Barbecue sides. Five out of five on this sweet, honey, walnut, sweet potato, bread mash-up. You gonna love it, David. Don't even say no more. Don't even talk to the rest of the video. Just eat it, literally. Stay silent. I don't care. Woo! This is six out of five. Six out of five, he said it. I like that. We have corn fritters and sweet bread pudding. I am a really big fan of bread pudding. Obviously, the damn pudding. I'm definitely gonna come back here tomorrow and get this for, like, dessert, Friday night dessert. You're right, David. This is amazing. Yo, I don't- This is amazing. Oh, my God. Wait, guys, real quick, maybe before we end this, it was a dreamy end of this tonight. Yeah. Was that a reach? Shout out to the Puma RS Dreamers Neon Pack out now. Check them out. All right, everybody, thank you so much for watching our segment here at Mighty Quinn's. I know we're not barbecue experts. We tried to do our research. Hopefully you learned something. Shout out to Marco for being here. Now, to finish off our barbecue video, though, we do gotta go to kind of the New York staple Dallas BBQ right down the street. All right, you guys, continuing our barbecue crawl through New York City. We just came from Mighty Quinn's, which is really obviously trying to replicate an authentic Texas Carolina style, but now we gotta go to Dallas BBQ. Tell us about it, Marco. Yo, so it's not your authentic spot like Mighty Quinn's was. This is like the staple New York City un-authentic barbecue spot. So you got like from Henny Wings to Caribbean-influenced drinks there. It's more of just like a party almost like, you know? Good times at Dallas BBQ. Dude, could you say the food here at Dallas BBQ goes straight to the Mata? We have some food from Dallas BBQ that is very symbolic of the overall restaurant. Here, you have a, just say it. We got the Kulada, we got the Henny, Henny Kulada. So we're gonna pour that sucker in. Oh, you're gonna pour it down the straw. Yes. Gosh, Miami, Marco. Aren't you guys, we have the spread here at Dallas BBQ. This is a chain I believe that is native to Bronx, New York. So this is where that was where the first Dallas BBQ was, and now I believe they have eight or nine all around the area. Hey guys, like we said, it's not supposed to be your traditional Southern BBQ. Obviously, you can see we have the pulled pork sandwich, brisket, and pulled pork with yellow rice here. Of course, you know, with the Caribbean influence here. We have a set of baby back ribs, cornbread, fries, and then you have your Henny Wings right there. The best, the best. We're gonna have fun, guys. We're gonna have fun with this. Those are strip club wings. Yo, let's go in. You guys try your respective things. All right, guys, I think it is important to note that this was only $12.99 for baby back ribs, which is very, very affordable. So of course, it's way cheaper than Mighty Quinn. The Mighty Quinn's is like Little Brother and J Cole. Dallas BBQ is like Pee Pee Pablo. Yeah, baby back ribs from Dallas BBQ. Yo, straight up, straight up, guys. I am enjoying this brisket sandwich right now. I really like their sauce here at Dallas BBQ. Really tangy, really simple. I'm a fan. And you know what? You guys can't blame me for wanting this all the time because of their sauces. They're so good. And then you go to like Mighty Quinn's, which was exceptional, but there's no sauce. It don't even need sauce than me, you know? No, I'm enjoying this brisket, maybe more than Mighty Quinn's. This is my home right here at Dallas BBQ. I love this place. These ribs are not really smoked, but they are grilled and they are tasty. So that's all I gotta say. We give this brisket sandwich here at Dallas BBQ, a 4.5 out of 5. Baby back ribs, I'm gonna give them a 3 out of 5 here at Dallas BBQ. Yo, you guys know the vibes, 5 out of 5 Hennessy wings. Come get them Dallas BBQ's. All right, you guys, thank you so much for joining us on that episode of Fung Rose Food. We did Carolina BBQ in honor of J Cole, J Cole's signature shoe, the Puma RS Dreamer. Incredibly comfortable. Marco, you got the mids on. I've got to say Andrew, this is something that, you know, I don't know if everybody thinks about it. The heel to toe transition for stepping into a jumper is incredible on this due to the curve sort of like rocker motion. So I think that this is gonna be a great outdoor shoe. I'm excited to hoop in it for the summer. I can tell you this, not all hoop shoes are this comfortable just to wear out and walk around it. I can feel that the midsole is gonna give you so much pro foam cushioning. It's got great impact protection guys. It's really stable and it's overall a super comfortable shoe. Hey guys, this neon colorway is out right now. So check out this website link down below, Puma.com, you know what it is. Man, Puma is making its name in the basketball sector. So I'm just really excited to see what else comes next. My dream to go to Mighty Quinn's. I know Andrew had been there. I had not been there today. So hey, you know, dreams can be big. They can be small. They can be micro, mid, macro. I accomplished one of my dreams today. I got to try everything at Mighty Quinn. Just thank you so much for watching big shout out to Puma and the RS Dreamers. The Neon Pack is out right now. And let us know in the comments down below what your favorite barbecue spot is that you've ever been to. It could be anywhere in the world or the US. Just name it, give it a shout out down below. All right everybody, thanks for watching and until next time, we out. Peace.