 Oh Yo, what's going on everybody welcome to a special episode of phone bro's food We are here out in the six to six and we're about to be covering a type of Chinese food that we have not yet talked about This is the biggest city in China Shanghai and you know that we cannot cover authentic shanghai needs food without a shanghai needs superstar Jimmy oh I brought Jesus piece that we bought last time Last episode we introduced you as Hong Kong superstar. That's right, but then there's a very multi-culture We are the most shanghai need spot right now because the name of the restaurant It's just Q38 noodle and we are here with Shanghai native Bell This is a very Shanghai round one this egg roll first of all you dip it in vinegar Right is saute cabbage and pork strips in there. Check out this crunch Cantonese one the one that you get at dim sum. Yeah, that has like shrimp little carrots and stuff America's all about pork belly right now. Asians been eating pork belly for a long time. The sauce is so thick It's almost look like mozzarella cheese Yes, that's all fat on top, but it's good for you according to my dad It's good for your skin so girls eat it so they don't really get wrinkled. It's collagen, right? You cut through the fat, but it's not really like greasy. You gotta bite it this way so you get meat fat collagen right there That's good. No, I doesn't feel too fatty too greasy because I know sometimes you're looking at this big block of pork fat I almost feels more like a tendon This is probably the most famous shanghai needs dish of all time the Shaolong Bao ironically is made famously by Ding Tai Fung a Taiwanese joint that's inspired by Shanghai needs cuisine Well, the main thing you can't get here in the Shaolong Bao is the real crap made from a do that ha You don't really eat the meat You eat the roll the orange and the red part of it that you put in the Shaolong Shaolong Bao This is like very delicate the soup is inside like the meat is very special That's what people call me in high school. Small delicate the meat is very special So this one is home-sour Shaolong Bao, but there's not much fat in this compared to other meat So it's like tiny riblets that you're eating in Shanghai these days These are the Shanghai wontons They say it's a Shanghai big wonton. There's a certain type of vegetable called jitai So it's like cilantro-y but like not as pungent but you put seaweed in there That's where you get all your MSG and flavor base and this is a tozu tozu It's it's a fried chopped up eels. It's like a little bit chewy, which means it's like rubbery That means it's frozen. Oh good. This is good. There's a person who does not even like unagi that much That was actually really easy to eat. So round two. I got the crystal shrimp Qingtao Huni. It's a very bouncy meat They brined it with like bacon soda Shanghai's people love incorporating baking soda into their food That's what makes it shiny because you said all Shanghai's dishes are shiny Sanchian bao or in Shanghainese the sanchi bao Sanchi bao literally means raw fried buns. I gotta warn you There is juice inside and it could be hotter than the Shaolong bao juice because it's insulated better than a Shaolong bao is Did you see that? Did we catch that? Here, watch me pour out the soup guys Came to drip it, drip it. Oh drip drip. Oh look at how perfectly this thing is and it's just pure pork Just like putting the brain back in Oh yeah, the spiral the bottom! The spiral is on the bottom for this one. Weird! This is very very good. This is it's bean curd, right? The uke. Got the pork strips cut in the same shape as the bean curd strip Which is more or less the same shape with the big green onion strips You know what I like about that dish? The different textures and taste that you got Here we have your bohu, which means that you just put the shrimp in like a boiling oil and then you fry it The best part is when you suck the head See that little orangey kind of roll right here in the head? That's the good stuff Really? Yeah But you spit it out though No I know eating the Shaolong bao, a lot of people are not used to it, I get it But you just chew it a little bit more, it adds like a little extra crispiness I'm not down for it I feel like I'm gonna be choking on this Shaolong bao Alright, we got the next round coming up And in this round, Jimmy, we have your arch nemesis of Shanghainese dishes It's smoked fish and it's cold And there's bones in it, dude It looks like a piece of fish jerky Zai Xing Y'all, you know what? I think I might like it because this is like a cold dish, so it comes to the core of your warm food is here Hey, everybody hates this Zai Xing This one is Pateci and I think that one's Tsuji This is marinated in wine But my beef lays in that this is using American chicken You see how yellow the skin is? This is good smart chicken This is steroid KFC chicken Look at how pale this is, nobody wants to eat this Jimmy, have you even gone in on a heckler this bad? I feel like you're filling that chicken right in First, let's go with the wine one Oh, that's really good, man, that wine chicken is so good That's so dang good Very juicy, very juicy, salty, plump It's wine, it probably actually gets you drunk if you eat too much of it I'm not even gonna try it, I refuse I'm boycotting That skin color ain't right, man I don't want to judge a chicken by the color of its skin I want to judge it by the content of the taste Eat it and weep It's not bad, man No, it's not bad Yeah, because the sauce is good The chicken is just bland and the soy sauce is doing all the heavy lifting This soy sauce is like Lebron James and that's like the Cleveland Caps It's carrying the whole team So this is like a rice cake with a cabbage It's so good That's really good Cabbage is a great taste when you cook it that way Cabbage, I feel like it's actually the MVP of that dish Cabbage also, I gotta point out, it's different It's a Chinese cabbage, it's longer It has more flavor and it soaks up flavor better So this one's very juicy, so when paired with the rice cakes It doesn't really like make your throat close So this is Teve It's a salty pork that's been preserved And it just gives good flavor And you can just smell the aroma And if it's cooked right, it's kind of like Persian rice Like the tatty on the bottom This is not fried, it's just steamed in the pot Are you saying this is not fried rice? This is not fried Are you sure? This is not fried Fried rice is always something that has like an egg Okay, this is not fried rice, it's a mixed rice Teve This dish is to have some really good salted pork And this one has a very strong flavor Very good So that brings out the entire dish All the flavor comes from the salted pork Yeah, and it also comes from the leaves Because for the vegetables, they kind of marinate it in salt Before they cook it, so it soaks out all the water And that's why it's not very gooey It's called Liao Mi Wang Liao Mi Wang means both sides are yellow That means they fry this So these are thicker noodles, they deep fry it And then they pour the sauce and gravy over it Why give me the burnt piece, dawg? What's up with that, man? That's the more authentic piece No, no, I'm good, I'm good I'll tell you, these noodles are really toasted Tastes like bread It's like a Chicago deep dish When I travel around Shanghai, I always speak Shanghaiese No, also I feel like people always like Treat you better and you speak it It's a secret language that gets you To open doors, right? It's like going to New York Speaking with that New York accent Now we have a little segment We call it the identity portion The Shanghaiese identity also starring Matt Damon How do you guys feel about the Shanghaiese identity Potentially disappearing in the future? I think the pride will keep us alive for a while The language might slowly disappear But for me, I want my kids to be Shanghaiese also Pride is very big and I think Shanghaiese people are recognizing that Shanghaiese is disappearing So they're doing everything that they can To incorporate the language into their kids What is one essential Shanghaiese phrase? It means like little sh** It means that they love you And you're their kid, but you're also It's like some tough love Simple version, it's like Tuna It's like sh** Shanghaiese men are good at business But they're soft and weak on their will The stereotype is Shanghaiese women Are strong and tough It's a more matriarchal in the relationship Like the woman is dominant Yes Like the guy makes the money and they Hand it to their wives and the wife keeps it Holy Whoa What Wait, we ordered this? We did, we did It took them a while to cook it This is the justice Like all the Shanghaiese restaurants around here Serve this This is the special occasion You see how soft and tender It just pulled apart It took them like an hour to make this Yo, it just comes apart Pull the bone out It's like pulled pork Oh my goodness Oh my lord It's like a Shanghaiese slow pulled pork They don't see it, they don't over season So you're just eating the porky pig flavor What is it about Shanghaiese men That are really good at business So they're good at making money But they don't mind being bossed around By the woman And just Shanghaiese women are known To be like one of the most beautiful women In China So we just kind of put up with it We're also known to be like fierce And like strong Which is good, I like that Shanghaiese people are very Wily and good at business In like sort of like cunning people It's like Cantonese people And it's like Hong Kong people We're like such the economic hub And heart of China Because all the commerce passes through Shanghai Because it's by the river They're fast talking They're good Very Wolf of Wall Street That's more like it Why don't you say Pitch some of the things you're open to Endorsing in China Man, I'll endorse anything If they're paving, man Even the smoked fish They pay me enough I'll eat some smoked fish And love it It's smoked fish And it's very, very good Brought to you by Science Like a true Shanghaiese Was it weird going up Shanghaiese in Cantonese Dominated in Hong Kong? Oh absolutely Because Hong Kong people are very Elite It's also they look down At the mainland people So they call my dad Like Shangholo That means like the Shanghaiese dude or something And they kind of made fun of him And I didn't have an accent When I spoke Cantonese But my dad had a Shanghaiese accent When he spoke Cantonese So they're like making fun of him Civil beef A lot of civil beef within China There's a stereotype That because of their early exposure To western civilization Earlier than the other parts of China That they're more western And more better But what does better mean right? They might be more westernized Which means in a way They're more globalized Because they're a westernized city Within the east So that makes them more worldly So that in a way Makes them better maybe Well they have French parts of town That are completely westernized I think it comes into play When you look at the language So when Shanghainese people Talk about anyone else Who's Chinese and not from Shanghai They just say Xiaowen'ing Which means you're from the countryside But you know you may be from somewhere That's not the countryside But they just call you Xiaowen'ing Because it's like I'm from the city The perfect city And everyone else is just below me So if you're not from Shanghai You're from the country Yeah it's like New York With a big city Everybody else is a peasant Shanghainese people are not good fighters Oh that's completely true I would like to thank We're just more refined And we use our mouth and our words And not our fists Man I'll fight you guys though You're like hold on Hold on We're going to go outside Oh there's a saying in northern China Chinese people can fight Three Beijing people And one Beijing people Can fight Three Shanghai people Ah interesting But we can buy all of them I think that Shanghai is like a really unique city Compared to the rest of China And you can see things That you won't be able to see anywhere else And I think that everyone Should definitely visit Shanghai And it's like a very unique culture And honestly Shanghainese people aren't that elitist It's just It's more of a series We're actually better That too See that that was my elitist No all right I'm thinking about my comment section Between Hong Kong And Shanghai You gotta be one of the cockiest Businessmen out there Yeah But the sad part is In America I'm still just a random Asian dude The last time we did an interview Was before CRN Yeah CRN didn't come out yet I mean it's gotta be pretty crazy Since the last three or four months It's been great And the best part about it It just serves as opening the door For more Asian And authentic diverse projects right Like my agent jokingly was saying Literally the next day that CRA had a big weekend That Monday Three Asian pilots got greenlit that day So it's a very reactionary town Which serves is a good time for us now So go make it Go This is your chance There's no more excuses Like people want to hear your voice And hear your creation So whatever you have in your mind You want to share your experience Your family whatever Go do it I saw it on opening weekend I thought it was groundbreaking For me obviously And it was amazing to see all of these faces That I've seen just growing up Like all together in one movie And it reaches not only the Asian community But everybody beyond And it sparks conversation Which is what makes it so important Yeah We gotta make it now Yeah so now it's solidified And one of the things I know last time I was pulling my book here So the book is On it's way of turning it into a TV show So I'm writing a file for that This is the first deal Announcement As you probably see in the news Soon or something like that So I'm super excited about that Like you know what I mean I thought it was crazy to see Appafina host SNL Dude that was like unbelievable I'm just your average Asian trumpet player Turned rapper, turned actress Very stereotypical I hope now Asian people And Asian family can see this As a real career Not just a luck of the draw C.R.A. kind of set a standard For good Asian roles Absolutely It'll be under more scrutiny And people will be a little more picky Actors and screenwriters And producers right They're like no C.R.A. was able to make money And it was good It wasn't disrespectful Yeah so there's no excuse To water anything down anymore With C.R.A. literally I'm having dinner in Arcadia Old Asian ladies And their whole family Want to come up to me Barely speaking English Speaking Mandarin to me Asking for a picture And that felt so good To finally do something That my own people is watching What's the movie you'd like to see? I'm really into thrillers Oh I'm doing one You want to be the Asian Liam Neeson Yes I'm doing the Fantasy Island reboot That's shooting in January Yes Maybe it'll be cool to see an Asian superhero That doesn't necessarily just do kung fu All superheroes know martial arts So it's like why is this Chinese guy He only knows martial arts? Give him some X-ray vision too Thank you so much That was by far the most Shanghainese video we've ever made So thank you so much You guys did an amazing job What is something we can say To the audience to take us out In Shanghainese You're going to teach us A Shanghainese tongue-twister How do youivers do that to each other? How do you