 my goodness gracious yo this is cold oh this is lit going on everybody welcome to a very very very special episode of feng bros food and we've eaten a lot of grilled food in our lives but we have never grilled an entire feast on rocks and before we embark on this crazy stone grill journey you know we could not do this without a harvard graduate and stand-up comedian friend sirica oh it's kato kato kato Japanese your mom's Chinese I'm so rude I've been up here for what like a minute already haven't even told you what guys what kind of Asian I am the Chinese part of me is always like oh Sierra find a nice Chinese boy to date and then the Japanese part of me is like no no no find a nice Japanese boy to date right and then the American part of me is like I don't know they're all yellow to me like just just pick one like have you ever eaten food off a stone grill I've had so he does it's heated up to like 400 degrees we're gonna be grilling a whole bunch of food and I'm hungry man this is a crazy concept only in the 626 let's go like how they hit you with the unusual imagery for like a restaurant really creepy but also there's like a Halloween there's some like club vibes yeah kind of like some freaky geeky club vibes on the owner did this mural himself this is sky the owner man he did the painting up there yeah this is an asian fusion spot designed for asian people finally get our own stuff we have our first round of appetizers this is a fruit salad but has shrimp it's interesting right why not add it on top I love it's like it's got it's got kind of a fruity look to it that is not a regular salad that you're gonna get at you know lemonade or something like that I'm just glad there's all like a lot of mayonnaise because that actually just kind of makes it good duck paté egg rolls they actually captured the essence of peeking duck inside of a spring roll these are on Kong fish livers not Hong Kong that I think Hong Kong's a type of fish and that is its liver that was cool to have that you know you know I'm not a lot for two very smart people you guys are a lot well you know it had a really nice sweet burst and it was interesting yeah you think you can get that out of a boba shop but it's actually rose petal flavored popcorn chip rose petal so this is basically fancy fried chicken rose glazed chicken in rose syrup but it's good though actually this is good it's a it's a good different it tastes a little bit like chicken and waffles wow I'm thinking they didn't have a lot of this stuff on the menu anywhere near harvard square not really everything looks like grim's fairy tale very gargoyles a lot of uh pea coats and books a lot of privilege a lot of so you were kind of like you were kind of like a fish out of water a little bit of it looks like there's a range of folks so I always found my found my people we're not fitting in with the Kavanaugh's what style would you say your humor is kind of dry talk about personal stuff or stick to your own life what material would you major in here science okay which is usually what harvard comedians major in this trip a lot of actually comedians do come out of harvard that is one thing I realized a lot of uh specifically writers writers not as much performers but still some performers Conan O'Brien yes a lot of tv writers because uh a lot from Lamping Moon a lot from other Ellen Yang Ellen Yang yeah you got advice for people who are like who are watching who want to get in hey I sent in a stand-up video it wasn't that funny this is the crab spinach soup actually this is really good it's crazy how it looks it almost looks like uh seed kelin or something like almost like wow algae algae it has this spinach crab this flavor oh my goodness gracious yo this is cold oh this is lit yo you guys these are lava stone grills and they are burning right now for the next 45 minutes they are going to be 400 degrees so we cannot touch it they refer to that as steam it's not smoke right here on the FAQ it is steam what is perceived in reference as smoke is predominantly moisture steam released when a moist uncooked product is initially seared on the heated stone probably not the steam you want to steam report that stone is 400 degrees celsius that's hot what so calculating your mind harvard how many fahrenheit's is 400 degrees celsius sorry harvard doesn't teach us okay more but you know seven 25 fahrenheit so they got black pepper and ponzu and these are both house made sauces so these lava stones stay hot for up to four hours but obviously the first 45 minutes to an hour is the hottest so that's when you want to cook all your food so we have a rib eye this is a fat piece of rib eye should we flip it now yeah absolutely so as soon as you guys get it we flip it stealing all the juices on the side i see what you did there on the side very usd a choice prime steak we don't want to ruin the steak itself you know we want all the juices all the bombness on the hot stone let it do all the talking stealing all the juices yo i learned something i did not know that you sear the side to lock in the juices because all the juices will flow out the side learn that from Gordon Ramsay guys if it's a really good kind of steak all you need is a little salt maybe no salt at all you know i am curious to see how the stone grill rib eye compares to regular grilled rib eye wow that was really good it definitely is like it's you can really taste the meat flavor the ponzu is really light obviously some of the acidity it cuts through so in a lot of Hong Kong cafes you can actually get a steak with black pepper sauce so this is like the elevated version you don't really taste too much char i feel like because it's not an open flame that's a good point it's very crispy but it's not burnt it's a little bit more advanced than cream barbecue but sure if you got to stay on top of the board and you know what's interesting comparing it to cream barbecue one you got a hot stone two it's actually a much smaller area that you're working with so you're actually making all these little intricate movements so you gotta be a little bit more on point we've got some lamb chops you've made it through harvard's i know computer science engineering school you can make it through this wow that was really good that is dripping this is fire guys the lamb i want to dip it in the ponds oh my goodness the lamb was incredible you'll see her great job with the lamb oh hey anytime that was your grill i got to give it to you you were in charge we've got what very much appears to be an octopus tentacle yeah that is a fat tentacle man yes it is oh so that's raw yeah and we're gonna cook it yeah oh no really good well i'm gonna have some of the scallops um yo the scallop is really good scallops is one of those things you don't want sauce a lot gigantic shrimp they almost look like um slim pineapples oh that was a killer prawn that prawn was actually cooked perfectly yeah wow that's crazy it's a little salty too what like it's whoa no that was really good holy crap that's a really really nice saltwater flavor to it so this spot scallop is the only one that has the license to the brand name stone grill and they come from australia so right now at this moment in america this is the only spot where you can get the lava stone grill a ham bro leading the way okay starting off round three we have the cone fried rice but it is smoked duck and sweet melon fried rice something i've never had before in the shape of a cone how do they engineer this engineer green by green that seems efficient it really balances out with the smoked up smoked up comes in but then you have this burst of citrus freshness that's coming in from the melon it's pretty awesome mind you like a breakfast it's like something to eat your fruit salad and your savory guys now we have the orange contru short rib contro is a liquor it's cooked for hours short rib boom this is your femur that's really good that is falling apart i really like that a lot man that liquor like makes it a little bit sweet so it's a sweet short rib but it has like that burst of fruitiness like almost like the fried rice how that had the burst of fruitiness too it was light but it still felt decadent due to the meat you know the meat is obviously very fatty the name i thought it was going to be like overly orange but i feel like it's the right amount just tastes good who are some of your like favorite stand-ups right now tiffany haddish ali wang that's so exciting that i think her network special is like one of the most popular that it's like an Asian woman is an extra bonus but she's just hilarious margaret show obviously aquafina is like i've always been a fan of mision it also helps when they're kind of like look like you a little bit and you're like okay yeah they're like then people are receptive to that kind of person then i could do this this is mango chicken pasta mango mango and a pasta mango and chicken all in a pasta yo and mango that mango smells strong bro like they didn't just chop up the mangoes and just throw them in there they cooked it with dad dad oh man i've never had anything like that before this is one of the most unique restaurants i've been to in a long time each one of you guys's reaction was whoa whoa it's like something in a way you think it wouldn't work but it totally works smells so sweet and then it's still savory yo i love how they're able to fuse like a lot of fruit flavors into a lot of these dishes if you guys like hong kong food trust me this is like straight up kowloon level kowloon side to them this is thai sauce shell crab cone rice but with a egg crepe on top yo i've never seen that egg crepe on on rice but you're this is actually a string of fresh peppercorns oh this sauce shell crab is intact i like that look at this very light i can tell that that is a hong kong interpretation versus obviously you know authentic thai style would be more thai kicking me in the face so hard so i can tell you know more muted and sort of there to fit like the cantonese palate depth oh man it's just been a whirlwind of flavors in my mind do you have a better chance getting rich doing comedy or doing computer science well different computer science i mean you make more money doing that that's if it's just about money then you ask computer science but but i don't know any computer science workers who made as much as ali wong did last year there you go when you tell other asians or asian parents that you graduated from harvard what is their reaction especially out here in california not as many harvard grads they're like oh my gosh i have a son yeah i mean well the asian folks are definitely like way more excited about it i think everyone else can only all right simmer down we don't want to know we don't care in the american culture it's almost being like bad to say you're from harvard because it's almost like humble right you know what it is they don't like anything that jeopardizes the flat social class system that have been trying to push in america for 200 years in asia first of all they are not interested in the flat social system and you are shit if you ever feel like the conversation is dead and you're just like what's harder to say something i said so i graduated from harvard oh my oh wow yeah no never don't don't let me ever do that a good person you've traveled and toured around america already being stand up what are some of the funnier or more ridiculous comments you've gotten in person recently i mean there was a crowd in there basically all white in wisconsin and they're very very sweet they were like very drawn to that like oh wow you know an asian american comedian so they they were trying to relate so i think after the show they talked a little bit about um ginseng they were like oh there's a lot like ginseng root that they got missed around wisconsin i was like oh i mean i've had arizona iced tea like you know but it's uh but like okay yeah right they were trying to relate to you by bringing up the ginseng root that they yeah yeah that's a positive interaction yeah that's what do you think are the biggest issues with like why it's taken so long for asians to break through a lot of like in mainstream uh entertainment stuff there's a lot of gatekeepers and i think like the fact that they're finally able to take a chance and like diversity is hot right now and so asians are hot right now like maybe it did take sort of like a bunch of movements all at once to finally have everything collide perfectly you are half japanese and half chinese i am how do you negotiate that because those two sides generally do not historically like each other well i mean a lot of the work was done because my parents are married each other they're they're pretty far removed from like any sort of issues there like they're both their generation of course they want me to learn about our family history and like certain things that are chinese american history japanese american history but as far as like animosity we've left it in the past there's still like the idea that there's a little bit of oh well you know maybe i should have learned more of one or the other and then maybe my mom wants to take me to china town my dad wants to take me to a little tokyo more often and there's maybe a little bit more like oh this side's more interesting this side's more interesting which one do you identify with more and then at the end of the day i'm like i don't know i just become more like ah what is race okay your fourth generation are you consider whitewash or you grew up around a lot of asian americans yeah yeah i think i'm like very asian american like grew up around a lot of asian americans in southern california there's like i actually grew up around a lot of like korean americans um i would say yeah i'm probably very whitewash compared to a lot of people i kind of like that you know there's sort of this in between it's like well not white obviously i'm not asian are you basically saying the future of asian america is sierra kato i just put it out there as somebody who creates but you easily could have been like a high paid analyzer how did you develop that production mindset trying to figure out yeah maybe those things that are lacking at already out there and i think as asian americans we're already in that position so it's like also being a little bit and talk about brand it's like being a little bit self-important where you're like oh my story might actually be interesting to somebody besides myself and that takes a lot of guts to actually get to that point and it's scary but like then when you write something and you're like okay i guess i have to have the guts to then go out there and try to sell it or try to like stay it on stage that's like so rewarding when somebody responds to that whether it's negative or positive well yeah i mean you have to believe your story is worth hearing yeah and some people are right and some people are wrong what are your upcoming projects i'm always doing stand-up so if you go to my website sierra kato dot com i have my tour dates there i'm on instagram at sierra kato again uh on twitter at sierra kato if you want to follow what i do yo that was a great feast at scallish stone grill we were eating off of a 700 degree lava rock grilling octopus tentacles and soft shell crabs and prawns and lamb eating like fruit fried rice and pasta and you guys got to check out this spot because this is an extremely unique restaurant with an extremely unique person sierra kato everybody thank you so much for watching that video and definitely give this video a big thumbs up subscribe to our channel right in the comments below let us know what other cool people you would like to see us eat some very interesting food with art everybody we're out in the six two six and until next time we out peace elin yang where do you know i saw i mean i'm not like best but yeah i know 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