 But the soup makes me feel bad. Two! Two! I'm done! She upsold us to two! The Fujianese fried skewers are making a run for it, alright? Oh! Boba and fish soup on Flushing Boys Up. A portion of this video was sponsored by CarMax. What's going on, everybody? Welcome to a very special Flushing Queens episode of Fung Bros. Food. We're out here in maybe the most densely populated Chinese area of America. And it's exciting because there is incredible food out here. And we are here with none other than Perry Stax. What's up, guys? We're here in Flushing today. We're here to show you some of the new spots. We're going to check out. Yo, Nell. Is this video exciting for you? Because you're from 626. Obviously, we know 626 has amazing Asian food. But I don't know. I think now Flushing might really... Oh! 626 Asian food versus Flushing Asian food. Let's go. Oh! I like it. A little bit of friendly competition. Yeah! Alright, so the question that we're going to try to answer today is in 2021. Is Flushing Queens the absolute overall best place to get Chinese food in America? Let's find out. A portion of this video was sponsored by CarMax. Alright, everybody. Before we get started on this walking food tour, let's talk about driving real quick. Cars and our sponsor today, CarMax. Before we moved to New York City, we had to sell our car. And that was one of the worst things about moving. We were in a rush. We didn't know if we were getting a good deal. And overall, I just wish the process was way easier. They are making things super easy and super painless. But now I get to help my parents because they are actually trying to sell their Honda CR-V in California. And of course, they ask me for help because they don't want to get gypped. Let me walk you through how this works. I put my bin number or license plate number and I answered a few questions about the car's condition. The questions are things like, did you mod your car? Do you need new tires? Did you smoke in the car? So once I did that, the quote came in less than five seconds. Shout out to CarMax for making it easy for me to be a good son. So what I really love about CarMax's instant offers now is that it's good for seven days. That means it actually gives you enough time for you to shop around and see other offers. Because at the end of the day, CarMax will buy your car even if you don't buy one of theirs. So remember, if you or your family or friends are thinking about selling their car, check out CarMax.com right now. See what locations are near you. Get a quote in two minutes. It'll help you out a lot. All right, everybody, now back to the video. Thanks to CarMax for sponsoring a portion of this video. Perry, I know we filmed on this street like five, six years ago. I don't personally buy anything off the number. And I want to say every single restaurant has turned over into something new. This whole corner is not the original restaurant. Everything is something new. So Nan Chang used to be the famous flagship holding down this block. They have since moved. First, they took on two stores and then they moved to the corner location right there, which is three times as big. Flushing is crazy because it combines the speed of New York City, how things turn over and how people innovate. But it's like all Chinese. It's incredible. We got to get into the food, guys. Enough talking. Let's go. Okay. Here we have the world famous Nan Chang Shalom Bows. Now this spot has been around and been a staple for many, many years. But what happened is in 2019, it actually closed down. And then it just recently reopened brand new look, new menu items. New menu, new items, you know, when we first made the first video, I was like, yo, you got to go in Nan Chang for the dumplings. All right, Perry. What's the first spot we got to go to on this flushing food crawl? Oh man, they got to be in Nan Chang for the soup dumplings, man. Now we got the rainbow dumplings that they have all different flavors. Here you have the green gourd, which is a vegetable. And then here you have the pork and crab. Here you have scallop. This is the classic one. This is the black truffle. And this is the chicken Shalom Bao. Shout out to Nan Chang for just innovating on the Shalom Bao, giving it a new look, giving it new flavors. I mean, I feel like in 2021, when you're talking about Shalom Bows and you want to make it Instagram-able, you got to add some color to it. You got to, you know, change it up. Yo, you're in the street wearing sneakers. Are these kind of hype-beast dumplings? Yeah. People come here to take pictures for these. But, you know, the food's good. It's not just for Instagram, you know. Until you can resell them, though, they're not really hype. World-famous Nan Chang Shalom Bao. Look at that face on them. Look at that face. Bro, this is high. It's good though, it's good though. Nah, that scallop one was fire, actually. All right, these are the three treasure Shalom Bows. So here you actually have a multi-color paneling exterior. Traction at the top looks very good. To the beginning of a very crazy flushing food haul. They're very hefty. Oh, ugh. All right, David, the red one is pork and ham hock. This is abalone. And then this is actually sea cucumber. Most valuable foods in China. The ham hock one tastes like a soup. It's good to try it once, you know. I'm still, every time I come here, I stick with the pork and crab, you know, the original one and still my favorite, you know. But I think Nan Chang Shalom Bao is the perfect place to start our flushing food haul because it just kind of shows you the innovation in the mindset of where flushing is at. They're moving up. All right, everybody, that was a crazy start to our flushing food haul 2021. But we got to keep it moving. Uh-oh, guys, I see a competitor for Nan Chang right here. You know. Hold on. Guys, a lot of people are trying to do the color Shalom Bao. Different flavors, two-tone colorways. It's crazy. All right, you guys, we have arrived at Taiwan number one Xing Fu Tong. Harry, what has caused this almost looks like a, just some, a sneaker drop or people are just admiring puppies through a window. What's going on? So what they're known for, they made the boba fresh in front of you and they cook it right here. In Taiwan, it's the same thing. I saw this in Taipei. You know, it was a long line. Everyone's watching them make the boba, you know, the brown sugar. I'm from Seattle too. This is my first time here, but it's so busy and obviously there's a lot of, like, really good Asian spots here. It does feel very similar to Asia. I mean, I've been to Japan and it does have a similar vibe. It's like the OG, like, Korean and Chinese food that makes flushing clean pretty much. Yeah, I would definitely say, like, flushing gives off its own, like, unique culture vibe. It's very, like, familial and, like, traditional in a lot of senses. All right, you guys, we are at Xing Fu Tang. This is the hypest boba shop I've actually personally ever seen in my life. In the world. Guys, in the world. I feel like maybe it's not only a boba shop. This is just serving high quality everything. We are eating it behind the bar because, Perry, you had the plug? No, you know. This is the first for me, the ice cream. I usually come here for the boba tea. You know, there's always a line, but, you know, let's dig in. Little tea ice cream. Immaculate. You know, a lot of people are doing this flavor in 2021, but it don't taste like Xing Fu Tang. All right, we are finally going to try the world-famous Xing Fu Tang milk tea. And you eat brown sugar flavor. You know what really strikes me about this place? Is that all their drinks, when it comes out, it looks like the photo. Xing Fu Tang bobas. Wow, man. That's the recipe for success. The bobas are a really good quality. Like soft, chewy. Xing Fu Tang five out of five. Check it out, flushing. All right, Perry, we picked a crazy day. The lines for everything are out the door. Where we at? So, this is the skewer spa I come to sometimes. They defry everything instead of traditionally on the grill. Right. So, you pick what you want, and then they fry it right there in the pot. Hey, what is this place in China? Which way is it from? It's from Dai Lin, right? I think it's from Jiamen. Jiamen? All right, so they're from Fujian, from Shaman. They said these fried skewers is a Shaman style. All right, you guys, we are inside of a boba shop slash mala fish spa. Perry, is this spot kind of new? It was recently started serving the fish. Boba and fish soup? I would have never thought that coming. All right, all right. That might have six to six feet. Flushing real estate is expensive, so, you know, they're probably splitting the store, you know, doing half fish. So, this is a chain from Sichuan, China. Slades, let's check it out. All right, you guys, we are taking a look at two concerts we've never seen before, the fried skewers from Shaman. And then, of course, the swathes are you to go in a boba shop. Deep fried skewers. It's hot. It's different. It's different. That's a good way to put it. You know, the usual skewer spots, you know, it's made on a grill and flushing, you know, this spot, they deep fry everything. It's probably not as healthy, but, you know, I like that crunch. Wayne was cool. Cleaned it out. You got this in the six to six? Oh. Hey, bro, I think the Fujianese fried skewers are making a run for it, all right? Watch out, guys. You might see this as a trend. We are looking at this suey juyu, which is from a fast food boba shop. So this is already a concept I've never seen before because normally you have to go in a restaurant, spend $30, $40 for a gigantic bowl of this. It comes with a lot of fish. Look at the liver. I mean, that is a ton of fish fillets in there. It's pretty good. Pretty solid. Solid, solid. No, I'm not going to lie. The six to six does not have this concept, right? Yeah, it does. Oh, my God. To go? Yeah, to go. They have these up at H Marts, bro. You know what? I'm the decider. I'm the judge. I'm going to give Flushing half a point. So we're going to go 1.5 to 1 so far. Flushing boys up. All right, our next location is Playdate. So we featured this spot six months ago during the pandemic, but they're still going strong and they have a bunch of new items. It is owned and started by Chinese Americans from the six to six. Nelson, let's go. We are in Playdate. Perry, I got to say it's popping right now. They got new drinks, new sandwiches. It's dope to see. They really adapted. They changed their whole thing up. Love to see it. What a stimulating Asian business. All right, you guys, I'm going into the Taiwanese pork chop sandwich. It's got some coleslaw in it. You guys are going to go in on the chicken. Playdate sandwiches. It's pretty good. That is nicely done. That pork chop was juicy, spiced well. Overall, very easy to eat. Chicken sandwich is fire. Is this a point for Flushing or half a point? I already gave the dub already. The Flushing already. I already gave the dub already. We're going to have to go half point because the owners are from six to six. I was just going to say that. You got to credit the six to six at the owner from six to six. So half point for the six. All right, we'll give you that. All right, so we got some drinks here. I had the lychee lime green tea. It's looking like a mojito. I got like a sparkling lychee with your coat. This is sort of like a soda lychee. Cheers. This is delivering a feeling and like a type of food and fun that like a lot of other spots in Flushing don't do. So big shout out to them. That means you should give another half point to the six to six thing. I think that's for Flushing. They got to be one. Too much, too much calculating guys. Come on, it's getting too mathematical and complicated. I don't know, Perry, do you feel comfortable eating this? They got cooked salty eggs for 150. I mean, a lot of people buy the food off the streets but I usually don't. One, one, one, one, one. Two, two, two. Two, two, two. She upsold us to two. All right, Rose. Me and you are the only brave souls that want to do this, but really there's nothing to be scared about. I think. No, you're not doing it. Nah. We're gonna use my J. Okay. Salted egg. I don't know if you're supposed to just eat it straight up. I like it. All right, right next to Shing Foo Tong is a spot that caught my eye called the Visu. Perry, tell us about it. So this is a chain from Japan. They opened up about six months ago. They carry a lot of Japanese snacks. A lot of imported Japanese items, beauty products. They're opening a few months ago. Items, beauty products. They're opening a few and flushing. A lot of people want Japanese products. So, you know, this is a cheaper way to bring it instead of flying all the way to Japan. This reminds me of Shibuya. Jenny, you're from Shing Foo Tong. You've never been here, though. Yeah, I've never been here. No, I noticed something that you are going to relate to in the window. This is about to go super safe. Aren't you guys, we're inside of a Visu right now. Pretty cool. Like, it reminds me of, I don't know, it reminds me more of Japan than like a typical Mitsuha or something. Have you been at Don Quixote in Japan? I've heard of it. I know what you're talking about. It's like a big department store in Japan where everyone grabs all the snacks. You know, I usually bring it back from Japan every time I come. But now, you find everything here, like, for you to source locally. And you know what I like about this is because the way they describe this story, they call it a life store, and that is exactly what it is. I like how the definition and the translation is very straightforward. It's for your life. Aren't you guys, we have just exited a Visu snack store. I have cheese in rice crackers. I know that the rice cracker game has been very innovative in the past few years. A lot of people are doing a lot of savory flavors, so this is a cheese rice cracker. Yo, these chips are Ebiyuzu. Ebiyuzu, I believe, is shrimp, unless I'm reading that wrong. That's shrimp and yuzu. Yeah. I got the Kit Kat wafer snacks bag. It has chocolate and little wafer cubes, and some nuts. All right, Jenny, what'd you get? Seaweed fries, I think. Okay, yeah. Seaweed fries. Let's get it. Ebis snacks. Bro, that texture is wild. The shrimp user ones are weird. This is Ferrero Rocher broken down into three pieces. Guys, it is amazing to me to have eaten so many Asian snacks over the years and still be finding new ones. We are entering Landmark Quest Mall. It's a really small, like, food stall area, right? Yeah, we're right on Roosevelt and Main Street. It's a busy intersection. They have a bunch of food. Clutching has a lot of compact places where they have a bunch of food stalls. It's a shared space. A lot of different restaurants here. Do it, guys. This is actually pretty exciting. It feels a lot like China. You may have to make a stop here because this is called Shandong Time Honor Grand. But this is Shandong food right here. And I'm also Shandong, so we got to check it out. So, David, they call this the Shandong Robein, aka the Shandong Meat Pie. Yeah. All right, you guys, just go for it, man. Just try the bite. It's leaking. Perry, you ever had this? Nope. Wow. I love this because flushing is a very fast-paced area. A lot of people are walking the streets and this is one of those foods that you can just come in, pick up and keep walking with. This is something I would buy again. All right, our next spot here is cup of tea. Perry, what are they doing here? So, it's like a cha cha tang kind of stuff. They have Hong Kong teas and they have the bowl of baozi with their butter and everything. It says Hong Kong-inspired. That's very, very on point. Me coming from Hong Kong, you know, we got to check it out. Oh, guys. True, we're at cup of tea. This spot is pretty much brand new, right? Yeah. Opened recently a few months ago. Now you got your fruit tea. Pineapple's good for you. For specific reasons. Ha ha ha. What do you call pineapple in Cantonese? Bolo. Bolo. Oh, and speaking of bolo, I got the Bolo Yao. This is a very, very popular like Hong Kong cafe food where you just put a slice of butter in between a clamshell cut style of a pineapple bun and it's warm. Andrew, this is a lemon tea at Dongling tea. This is the signature Lai cha, the milk tea. You know, I had to rock the Hong Kong kicks right here. Right. Hey. Yo, this is a photo op right here. And of course, we have the Hong Kong egg waffle, very light, crispy, airy cup of tea. That is how our Daidang zai should be. Very light, sweet, a little eggy, not too thick. The pineapple tea was very refreshing. You got chopped up pineapples inside with fruit jellies as well. This might be the most Hong Kong spot in New York City, right? That's a legit way to do it. Pretty good. I approve. Guys, here at Young's Dessert, I didn't know what it was going to look like from the street, but it really does feel like a sea drama. I think, you know, there's a lot of different couples here. It's very cute looking. They're playing seapop music. Did you expect this? No, I didn't. You know, it's a nice little day spa. You want to bring a girl for dessert? All right, guys, I'm going to try this durian mili crepe. Harry, you don't really like durian, but this is durian mili crepe. This ain't like a raw durian. How do you feel about durian? I am indifferent on durian. Okay, well, I like durian. I've tried it, you know, I've tried it before, but I'm not a fan. All right, let's try it, because it's a mili crepe. This is the hottest style of cake. Of course, you know, popularized by Lady M. Not Lady M. Look at Nelson's face. Oh, y'all scared of durian. I was eating the salted eggs on the street. I'm going to give a shout out to Tommy right here. Yeah, yeah. From Chinatown, Chinatown, boy, I'm flushing. Young's dessert durian mili crepe. Oh, that's good. You hating on that? Yo, I've never seen Perry's face like that. It's okay, it's okay. No, it's cool, it's cool. All right, a little creamy. It's not bad cake, but still not bad. If you like durian, I think that's a good play, guys. Yo, we got Mr. Vietnam is coming from Boston. All right, you guys, we got to end off at Soup Day. Guys, I have to admit that this is probably the flyest looking soup restaurant I've ever seen in my life. I didn't know that a spot could just serve soup. Let's go in. Usually when you want soup, you know, you grab your traditional, like chicken and ginseng or like shark fin soup at like a restaurant, but to have a designated spot for like, you know, traditional like herbal soup, it's new. This is crazy because this is one of those soups that like you would really only make at home. And it's very hard to order this. And maybe if you order it, a lot of spots only have like one or two different styles of soups, but this is Soup Day. Like you just come here and only get soup. So it was right at home, man. It's something like, you know, my parents will cook. And I think this is a really dope concept for like, you know, like the younger generation kids who like, who don't live at home, you know, don't live away from their parents and they just need a nice good soup. Just come here and you just go right at home. Damn it, you're a big soup guy. What's your dog? I'm a soup guy. Listen, the chicken one was pretty solid. Very, very medicinal tasting. Honestly, in a weird way, I know that black-skinned chicken has more medicinal properties. But I kind of like the regular chicken just because it's like fattier. The black-skinned chicken is, uh, that's more for the soup. That's for medicine. Harry, you said there's a ton of new stuff that opened up on Prince Street. We're in one of these concepts that just came over from China. What is it? This is called Yin-Jing. They do rice noodles from Guangzhou. It's a little different from the traditional Hong Kong rice noodles. It's a little wider. Right, it almost looks like a mandu burrito. Guys, this whole video is kind of about how a lot of spots of Flushing are either getting makeovers or they're updating or they're coming in with a new look. And speaking of new looks, Harry, your sneaker shop image is also getting a new location and a new look. Well, we're expanding our store. We're moving on to Main Street. By the end of the year, we're going to have a new and bigger spot with a lot of new stuff. So, you know, come check us out. So just like Flushing's changing and getting more elevated. We're upgrading, too. Image NY Finest Consignment Sneaker Store in the city. This is called Yaoqiu with Cheng Fun. I didn't know rice rolls. We're going to blow up so much in the past like five years that there's really enough appetite for different styles of Cheng Fun. Not just Hong Kong style, not just this style, not just that style. All right, everybody, that does it for our Flushing food crawl. Trying all the new concepts that have opened up. So much has changed even in the last several months. Yo, big shout out to Perry from Image. Remember, they are moving locations. So follow their IG for any updates. Also follow Perry Stacks right here. Big shout out to Jenny for joining us. No, of course. Drop your social. Ad Nelly, no chat, Instagram, YouTube, group and life. You know what the deal is. I can highly recommend doing food crawls with your friends. All trying new spots that maybe some of you guys have tried. Some of you haven't tried. I don't know. Every time we do it, it's just so fun. Yeah. We saw a lot of other groups visiting from under states. You know, they were visiting doing food crawls. They saw the Flushing video. All right, you guys. Thank you so much for watching this video. Make subscribe. Turn on your notifications. Let us know in the comment section below what you thought. What is a favorite chain that should come over from Asia? And until next time, we out. Peace. Peace. You got to support real small businesses. Businesses of all sizes. I might need some mobile after this.