 You need a tiktok guy with a broccoli cut and earrings maybe one day if I get a billion dollars I'll just open up a bunch of harm and she changed using a shotgun being in the OC to be in a dad to wipe the tables to make in films and commercials as you can see on the sign no beef up that the tomato bait expand your kanji power you got pandan cream on top of a watermelon soy sauce dip the 626 holds a special place in our heart and represents a unique place in America from Chinese Korean Chowkow to Hanoi Fuga to Gamjitang to Chengdu Bing fund straight from New York there are always new spots opening up in the 626 so keep an eye out for trends that might come to your city in a few years all right you guys the very first spot on our brand-new summer 626 food crawl is Kyoto Gyo Katsu straight from Kyoto Japan we're talking about fried beef katsu no man throw that thing on right now look at that thing sizzle aren't you guys so we have a sizzling metal plate right here we've got premium beef that has been like shallow fried very quickly man telling you it cooks quick yeah I actually burned my finger touching this stone grill so very be very careful this thing is hot this piece is like even more well done than I need I've got a wasabi mayo right here I'm gonna dip it with this like yuzu ponzu right here Kyoto Gyo Katsu honestly no that is like seriously like whipped cream on top of dudes yeah it's very different I've got to say like there's not a lot of these restaurants honestly there are a lot of fun things going on all at one time Gyo Katsu is just expanding out of Japan and other parts of Asia like more recently so it's pretty cool that the first spot they picked in LA was Alhambra hey man we in Kyoto style in Alhambra and it's pretty cheap too this was like 44 bucks wasabi on beef here I got the spicy noodle and I think it's really funny because this one actually kind of tastes like a budae jigae or like an army stew you know from the Korean side so and there is actually a lot of like what seems to be spicy kimchi in here mmm 6-2-6 feels like Asia this was amazing I'm sure we're gonna try like 45 different things here but we got to go on to the next spot let's go all right our next brand new concept in the 6-2-6 is actually coming from the OC the Vietnamese stronghold we got pho dial cow they specialize in pho guy chicken pho as you can see on the sign no beef pho yo now are you excited about this man they're bringing all these chance of the OSEA they might bring Cafe Lu up here all right let's go get some pho guys here we have the pho guy you know pho guy this style is actually more from the north but the owners of this spot are from the south so they got their own style on it here we have the wide noodles very soft you have the chicken on the side here I have my pho guy dip and then here you got the dry pho and the soy sauce dip which I've never had before so I'm looking forward to trying that you poured it on let's go in man all right I'm gonna dip this chicken in huh mmm ooh that broth so good it's super clean although I've had dried chicken foot not quite like this with how many onions are on top you got white and green onions and you got the pho at the bottom I chicken pho from the dial cow region soy sauce dip mmm the grilled chicken really good and one of the beautiful things about the 626 is that you know as much as it pulls from the people who move here that want to start businesses they're actually pulling a lot of chains from outside whether that's OC or Asia or Japan or Thailand wherever it is man that's why the 626 might have some of the best food in the nation I'm just excited man I just like 626 being just so so pan-asian plenty of peppers in that mmm we're ramen concept in Tokyo Japan specialized in a tofu pork broth we cook in house for about 24 hours original things are number one seller here the spicy one is actually my personal favorite it's like a mild spicy nothing right finally we got our food here ramen again I'm excited I have the red king look at this man it's beautifully crafted back there I got the thin noodles Nelson what do you got I got the green king which is a basil pesto base so this is kind of a fusion ramen it's supposed to be a little bit Italian influenced and you know there's a lot of Japanese and Italian fusion all the time so I'm very interested about bacon pieces you got pork slices red king this is Jimmy's personal favorite brought this delicious super porky and very spicy mmm for 1450 a high quality bowl of ramen this is a steel and you know what I love about this spot is that they really do not take shortcuts everything here takes time the broth takes 24 hours this egg is marinated for 12 hours look at that beautiful it's like a basil pesto ramen I've never had this before this is incredible I recommend all ramen heads try this one this is unlike any ramen you've had before all right going in on the karaage which is their personal mayo sauce all dark meat made that's actually an egg sandwich mayo sauce how is it with the egg mayo it's good with the balance of house with the honey glaze on the top probably one of the best chicken karaage arranged especially with the dark meat oh man aren't you guys this is the original I love it when chains come over from Japan because I really feel like it's just the next evolution I think the 626 is gonna be a great training ground to see if these brands from Tokyo from Fukuoka from Kyoto can make it in the US the Japanese brands are executing their North American locations like with this tier they got a good chance you've got to go with a thick noodle THICC and you've got to go with firm thick and firm all right here we go guys chashu bowl you guys over the years I've had a lot of different ramen shops in the 626 I think ramen nagi is absolutely the number one so far now you think this is the best ramen spot in 66 100% the best ramen spot that I've had in 66 all right you guys we're here with the house manager we're here at Yuan's this is Chongqing hot pot tell us about this brand because it's from China right yes I'll be the China's of the Chongqing city I said no morning as a Chongqing hot pot more and stuff more as oil and more numbing all right you guys this is a chain from Chongqing which is pretty cool which it sort of explains they got this like buffet appetizers right here all right you guys this is an incredibly authentic Chongqing experience I got the lamb of course I gotta go into the spicy broth that's what Chongqing is known for now what are you about to put the shrimp balls in pass it out like I do on the court everywhere you know that the tomato bait this is a very classy high-end crowd in here they've got the Chinese jazz playing like we said flavors straight from Chongqing I'm gonna go straight to the you'll get this is young broken a lamb shoulder slice all right going in on the lamb my own sauce you can definitely tell that quality is higher you guys saw Dalong Yi you saw Heidi Lau come in now it's for the deep cut chains from China Chongqing to come over and let me tell you this their quality is on another level the garlic the spices everything incredible guys be warned authentic Chongqing hot pot is not playing around it is a different type of spice than the Sichuan one but to the uninitiated it's just really hot either way if you eat Heidi Lau you gotta try this place right but you guys we are at tea char they got a lot of cool stuff here that's very very unique like we said again this is a yam yam style of Xinjiang barbecue that has been fused with Korean culture over the past 40 years char it's pretty good man I'm gonna dip it so usually when the skewers are you know done cooking you take them off the grill and lay it right on top so they don't get burnt are the Korean aspects that are influenced from the NBN Korean Autonomous Region we've got the steam day we got the kimchi I think it's such a dope pairing because it gives people what they want from Korean barbecue spots but it gives the fun to our experience from the Chinese side here we got the Chaoshan lamin or in Korean it's known as nem yang of course is the cold noodle for a long time people did not know places like NBN even existed or in places of like Dongbae Korean culture is really popular right now and I think that this is a blending of two cultures that you're gonna see a lot more often let's try this lung men and skewers perfect pairing late night Korean spot without some corn cheese aren't you guys I would definitely say check out Tika Bob check out these NBN Korean Chinese Chinese Korean spots and what I really like about the Chinese Korean stuff because you have all you're eating all this burnt fried spicy thing and then you have the Korean cold noodles really good way to cool it cool everything down yeah hey guys who knows what we'll see in the future village New York to the 626 now the two places we be at you guys have just opened your new shop here like what made you open in the 626 because of weather we love the weather it's all sunshine every day's warm all right here we got the Musang King durian jelly and chill man shout it to our friends from New York City that started one out new six to six man I'm so excited for them fresh durian let's go the 626 appreciates high quality durian and I'm really liking this man I really think you could go eat at all these different spots there's men there's another spot across the street there's Mao Lu Bien Bien you can come here for dessert share one of these all right man here we have a ridiculous creation you got pandan cream on top of a watermelon bingfun I'm so excited because I just think bingfun has so much potential in being more and more popular it's healthy refreshing cools you down it fights eat hay I could hear a heartbreak I don't know check out jelly and chill in San Gabriel aren't you guys we're here at Gamja top they specialize in Gamja Tong which is a Korean pork next to this is really what gives it the really unique flavors the Perilla right I think when people think about Korean food they're always thinking about you know kimchi gochujang sesame oil but do not sleep on the use of Perilla leaves Gamja Tom with Perilla leaves it's the best Gamja Tom in West 626 whoa Perilla leaf noodles here we go sticky this is very interesting you guys know how I do I'm the mixologist so I want to take some of this Perilla leaf noodle I'm gonna set it up real nice there take some of the pork neck right there mmm very unique flavor Gamja top I give it a 4 out of 5 if you're looking for Korean food in the 626 in the middle of the Chinese zone definitely check the spot out gonna be the Arbaki sausage cheese egg rolls potato fried green beans at the she's so basil with pork belly pork belly here pork belly with asparagus okra the shishito pepper yeah I have the goma spinach it's gonna be the chicken skin covade with garlic sauce covade with palm juice sauce shrimp shiitake mushroom scallop chicken thigh with the ordinary sauce I know the mushroom with pork belly the cherry tomato with pork belly and the chicken thigh salt it's gonna be the yuzu pepper it's really popular for the skewers it's citrusy and this is the sudare it's like a vinegar so we put this on top of mix it together and dip into the skewers ok so far my favorite yakitori skewer here at Shinsengumi was this chicken thigh with spring onion I think it's really cool that this tier of yakitori was not really available prior it was only like a little Tokyo thing maybe Torrance but now the 626 they have a like a good tier skewer spot absolutely this is good spot for you to come with your friends call it a day just hang out my personal favorite has gotta be the toe baby this was delicious little mayonnaise on top right down the middle let's go all right guys here's the goma spinach it's spinach in some black sesame seed sauce never had this dish before in my life on a place like Main Street where you have like Gen BBQ your big catch you have all these different Asian and non-Asian and very Asian-American concepts you also have Shinsengumi it's a really cool place and honestly the build-outs interesting looking too so it's just a vibe listen they got photos of Sumos when you enter the building okay it's like just a regular roasted potato but let me tell you this it's done yakitori style so you know it ain't regular oh buttery well the best roasted potatoes I ever had in my life actually alright everybody we're here at magic milk and this is like a brand new boba shop here on Main Street they're talking about oat milk there is no dairy in this entire place between their cookies and their boba I got the Jasmine oak milk tea with boba here I have the strawberry milk matcha with fresh strawberries on top hey cheers all the lactose people I think what's cool about this spot one I do like the flavor of oatmeal because in a lot of the drinks when I get a chance to I always order oat milk but also I think this spot is just so Asian-American between the whole aesthetics it's I don't know I could just see it appealing to a lot of different people there's nothing really traditional about this one well cookies and with their drinks I think they're pretty good it's not too sweet kind of tasteful you know with the oatmeal maybe I like it all right our next spot is a well-known spot called afters ice cream I mean they really led the way as far as like that so cow orange County Asian-American culture inspired a lot of small businesses and they got a new item called the ube brownie let's check it out guys this is the ube brownie there are bits of brownies chopped up in there very very good ube flavor fairly sweet to my liking but overall it's pretty good no I think ube is one of the best Asian dessert flavors of the past like 20 years and obviously afters ice cream man it really embodies that so cow dance crew Asian-American vibe where you know I think a lot of Asians they want to work here or come here not to feel traditional right aren't you guys we live in New York City right now the home of all this Americana pizza culture however there are LA skateboard pizzas now that they make in funky flavors have you ever had these before I have not actually surprisingly living in LA this is new to me let's check it out and you got a perm and you haven't had skateboard pizza aren't you guys there is so much LA skateboard memorabilia around right now and the owners actually are Filipino they do have a seasick pizza but we didn't want to order the whole thing so skateboard pizza that is definitely a west coast pizza stylistically but not bad at all pretty good yeah definitely not bad I got to come back and definitely try some of the Asian flavors especially the Filipino one all right you guys you know I have a new item that meat chin noodle this is a chain from Xi'an China uh well Xi'an China based I don't think actually the chain is from Xi'an and that shit BUSSING! BUSSING! is it's like recipes from Xi'an but they're still working with what the California climate geography import export situation allows for so oh at the bottom there being fun hey yo guys man the for seven dollars the fruit is super fresh and they give you a lot this is the brand new real mango drink guys let me tell you this meat chin noodle is very very underrated they have delicious Xi'an food and actually some new delicious fruit drinks oh my gosh that's like straight up like fresh mango puree this is good this is good no suburban Asian enclave paradise is complete without 85 degrees and no 85 degrees is complete without new cultural items like the Aussie meat pie bread of course you got a Hokkaido custom milk bun that's no brina all right I got my Aussie meat pie let me see how this is goodness kriosh Hokkaido cream um you don't want to think I'll notice under 85 C over the year it's definitely adopted more western flavors yeah and I think it's working because you know what the bread is so fluffy whoa this was a five out of five yo this was already better than a lot of meat pies I had in Sydney and this is a very rare taiwanese mooncake called a dungpo like dungpo grow and they've got cheese yo song you saying it has everything in it it has everything in it guys you cannot believe they got pineapples the egg yolks okay here I have a you have being that's in the circular shape and it has a pineapple yolk oh it's a pineapple it's actually a mix between taiwanese fungi and a kanto style wow everything in it I would recommend it try it but it's a little overwhelming I like the pineapple mooncake a lot I'm feeling this one Andrew this is a mochi egg tart um you know the egg tart it's got to go through more iterations right look half don't hey making everything mochi is really really popular nowadays very very trendy I like the texture but I might have to roll with the original egg tart all right you guys wear a gin tea house they have their new invention here now have you ever seen kaitansai in this on a stick no almost like a yutan you look pretty good just to show you guys it's got red bean on the inside and I think these actually have boba on the inside wow that's crazy on eight one with no boba but I like it though you guys everything is a skewer now everything is shelling six two six night market eyes and same with the Hong Kong egg puffers pause that yo now yo you eating the ball filled with balls yo aren't you guys we're at eco sizzling pot guys you know we always come here because they always got new stuff this is their elevated americanized version of huangmenji huangmenji is yellow braised chicken it is from gin on but i'm telling you this they got quail eggs in it sausages in it all types of tofu in it and of course we got the uh mala michelin what do you know about this hey when I was out in asia man we ate mala michin a lot they love it over there basically it's a spicy noodle soup during my stay in asia man went to a lot of different provinces you know try to put the different foods and I've got to say a lot of good food in asia man all right you guys this is an elevated huangmenji let's see how it fares against the ultra traditional style mala michin here we go you guys I'm such a big proponent of huangmenji maybe one day if I get a billion dollars I'll just open up a bunch of huangmenji chains or help them expand very authentic flavors man got the perfect amount of mala and spice not super spicy perfect on a cold day but and a hot day I got I got a good question for you what would you say to other like southern chinese from mcow hong kong where they're not really used to the mainland flavors what would you say to encourage them to try it get out of your comfort zone you know my dad you know he grew up in you know southern china now he loves all the northern china chinese foods man he loves mala all right everybody they got this pineapple beer drink it is not alcoholic i've never had it before they also have like their kind of chinese compote so it kind of tastes like beer because it has some of the hops in it hey you should have shot done this bro another huge trend that is making its way over from china to the us even though it was originally inspired by western french items anyway are the deluxe cake spots no they were serving slices of cake for like 10 11 12 dollars for a slice or the whole cake a slice i'm done bro like i said guys there's a lot of people from china opening up businesses they like really fruity foofy things but they're putting an asian twist on it mango grapefruit and i don't know if the french people that invented the milk crepe would have uh ever predicted this type of flavor that's yours it's good mango layer cake part is good i did not expect that because there's a tartness and a tanginess due to the grapefruit i'm gonna go ahead and give that a 4.5 out of 5 i'm gonna have to give it a 4 out of 5 for sure and you know i don't like my sweets but this is good all right our next spot that's brand new is mr champion in arcadia it's a hong kong style spot and yes i'm always glad to see new hk kanto spots opening up in the 66 because as we know there are many different sides to cantonese cuisine and different styles so upon seeing the food here we have the churng fun and we have some juke but the churng fun is actually more guangzhou style and actually the owners are from toysan so it's a little bit more mainland style here we have the pike what juke right here with preserved vegetables this is very delicious and yes it's a little bit less hong kong style but more like we said mainland cantonese style here we got the pig knuckles aka the juice so you know with some chinese broccoli did you eat this over in macaw a lot in southern china when you're there i mean this was a popular dish out there i personally didn't eat it a lot but it tastes it tastes pretty good here we have the ao lam churng fun oh it's falling apart that's when you know it's delicate it's delicate it's nice i'm going in on the dry shrimp and egg churng fun yo now what do you think about this style versus like the hong kong style which is more flat and straight i like this style more where it's easier to eat all right here we have the pike what juke and this is like a juke that maybe not all like the young kids would order because uh it has like the preserved vegetables in it but let's go in reminder there are a lot of different kanji's out there and you should try them don't just go for the pey dan saoyuk juke only expand your kanji power um falls right off the bone wow if you're looking for this dish this is not a bad choice either with the juke too no you ain't that clean off the bone guys shout out to mr champion new kanto spot in arkadia everybody knows that this ponderine japanese donut style is in right now but you know there's so many shops putting their own asian twist on it you've got ube flavor you've got via coffee you've got tie iced tea this is the tie iced tea version of a donut via coffee guys listen it tastes like tai chi put in a ponderine donut hey via coffee doesn't say super strong like via coffee but it tastes good of course we got to give ube a shot too these pondering donut spots are so asian american i have expect there to be like a dance crew battle you know in the corner some edm playing they got some clarity remixes check it out this is asian america 2022 our next spot six through six is a new location of kim ki they are doing chill chow noodles here it's a staple there's kim kai kim ki there's but some other kims that they might be all related from the same family but they're serving chill chow noodles which is very unique to the six through six chill chow food is very very much alive in the six through six here we have the two most popular dishes of course you've got to get at any noodle spot which is the satay aoyok mean and then you have the chill chow chow mean with the soup on the side i have egg noodles and hall fun oh snap bro combo dude chill chow food lives on in six through six keep it going chill noodles for eleven dollars there's so much flavor hacking in these noodles now man the satay oh my god trust me guys i don't know if you appreciate the chill chow food out here but there's not this many chill chow restaurants and other asian spots around america and anytime i'm in a kim ki or kim kai uh a kim noodle restaurant man that makes me just want to say gagi nang the next brand new concept in the six through six is basically california texas style barbecue but executed at a very high level guys this spot has five out of five stars on yelp this is called uh craft by smoke and fire we've got the short rib right here we've got brisket potatoes now i mean um growing up there was no texas barbecue or high tier barbecue in the six through six right definitely not at all so i'm very excited to have you know crafts here in the six through six to have some texas style barbecue brisket potato skins oh that's crispy real crispy that puts tgi fridays to shame so i believe the ownership here is you know part caucasian part latino so you have got definitely some of the mexican elements here from the some of the carne asada or al pastor this is the beef short rib i really like the onion it gives a really good taste the barbecue sauce is actually kind of different from like we said guys there's this entire theme of people going to far off places learning how to do something and bringing it back to the six through six or the la area this is no different the food fusion is a good side do some do some b-bike come on why am i always here when you guys are here all right guys we're ending the video here oh my god i swear i have like another life oh bo bo mofos own little tape here we have the walnut shrimp burger this shrimp burger is actually extremely underrated potato bun very soft i'm gonna go in guys look at this just like some hapto ha new rofan you know straight from taiwan shout out to eric wing this is his family's recipe how does it compare to the new rofan you had in taiwan while you were playing basketball hey man super authentic just like it was made from taiwan you know because a lot of new rofans they have like hella sauces on the right for this one is like not too dry not too wet you know just the right amount right ending off the summer 2022 626 new asian food crawl you know we got ended off at bo bo mofo shout out to phil and eric and the whole team here and up you know what as much as throughout this video we saw a lot of great chains from japan from china but it's very important to have your homegrown 626 asian american brands and this is one of them bopo is expanding they got new locations what you got here i got the blossom fruit tea you know got tropical fruits in there all right here i got my matcha mint latte i give it to phil he always talked about building culture and building a third place for people and uh you know bopo mofo is just one of those strong brands the brand is strong to show you how like asian american they are they a lot of their drinks don't even have tea this is a watermelon oat milk it's literally watermelon juice with oat milk creamy that's a creamy watermelon being in the oc to be in a dad to wipe the tables to make him boba got it got it making films and commercials hey do you need a do you need a tiktok guy with a broccoli cut and earrings all right guys thank you so much for watching that video from the 626 uh let us know in the comments down below where else we should check out every even though i love new york every time i come back to the six so is something special about it phil's here i'm not there yeah he's phil it fills here all the time we did not set this up this is not planned