 Over the past five episodes of this cheap eats series We've eaten out more than 70 different Chinatown establishments and in this video. We visit another 27 more So yeah, this is epic it is informative it is long and it is indeed very deep cut So sit back relax play it at twice the speed if you need to because we're hitting the hundred mark on this one And one last thing if you want this series to continue I need you to hit that like button right now part 6 New York Let's go Chinatown cheap eats part 6 everybody is going down And of course you have to lead off with a banger the mom and poppiest of mom and pops Xu Jiao dumpling guys this spot was closed for a long time during the pandemic But recently it reopened you can get food here It's one of the most well-known dollar dumpling spots in the Chinatown extended area here on Eldridge and broom to the Riri grand opening of Xu Jiao dumpling Andrew you're looking at pork and chive dumplings for 40 cents a pop You get 10 of them for four dollars Man here we go. We got the sauce. It would not be Chinatown cheap eats if we were not eating outside in the chilly weather By the way guys, that's tax included Andrew individual hands made every single one of these pork and chive Look at that. You can see the chive coming in from the from the background see through the skin That's how thin it is. These are well-made Shrediao boiled dumplings. There's nothing weird or funky about that for 40 cents guys Let me tell you this Xu Jiao Andrew has like 2,500 Yelp reviews for a reason Still solid Xu Jiao was back got the Fujinese Ba Mian This is a sesame almost like peanut butter wheat noodle It looks like egg noodles the Cantonese style visually, but it is not this is made out of wheat It's just pressed into the same form Fujinese one tons now these Fujinese one tons are not like the traditional Cantonese or Hong Kong style These are a lot smaller, but they are still packing a lot of flavor These are both $2 and 75 cents look how much Ba Mian you got look how many one tons you get look at this thin silky skin right here You guys if you like peanut butter you guys know sesame. It's also a seed ground up. It tastes like peanut butter I think it's better. I think this is better than peanut butter guys This is not bad at all us and it might not pack quite the amount of meat or shrimp that the Traditional Cantonese ones do but let me tell you this if you're into textures and just a little bit of meat And you want some hot soup. This is a good pick They came through with the cleanliness the bond man. Let's go Must get all right guys last dish at the grand opening of Fuzhou these are the Meat clumps. Yeah, I believe they're like beef balls, but in a different shape, right? So these are beef balls, but they just didn't even have the time to put them into a ball So they're like guys you want me? Boom hand-squeezed people Oh Lot of vinegar Andrew, you know, I've had Fujianese food in New York I've had Fujianese food in LA and let me tell you this I can unequivocally say that it is absolutely better than you think and you need to try it guys Don't be afraid. Take a step by step shu jiao Fuzhou dumplings is now open. So come here. Check it out It's super cheap. It is a great entry point Andrew in Chinese. It says Fuzhou Xiao Chi guys What better spot to start off Chinatown she beats part six with Andrew we are standing in front of Chinatown's perhaps biggest hidden best-kept secret Enoodle group and here's why it's hidden because literally it is hard to see from the street. There is a scaffolding There's tense. There's it's on a small street here called Catherine over in Chinatown So it is hard to find so the reason that the food is really interesting here is because the owners only started this restaurant group Five years ago. Enoodle group you guys they got both iPhones They got all types of stuff. Come on. They attached the hands of the chicken to The duck that's a dog. That's a dog. That's a duck with gigantic Claws attached to it, bro. I'm not gonna lie. That looks like the kawaii Leonard logo That's a wild analogy, I know All right, you guys check it out. They got this stir-fried silver noodle right here. This is like the pin noodles Definitely get that definitely get this this deep cut dish dad used to make this my goodness Oh Okay, I had to get the raw egg in the middle. I saw that on one of them Another one is satay. Maybe don't am I? No, I go high man. Oh, so okay hot pot. Oh, it's a hot pot Sounded really funny here. So I didn't come in She's really trying to help us get the right order. That's what I appreciate what makes it so good your recipe This Hong Kong style that's why it's so good Yo, this is this looks crazy because you know what it's funny David These are it's it's all canto food But these dishes are a little bit different than what we're used to having Oh, because they're very very kind of elevated HK 2020 style Like we said the owners kind of just came from Hong Kong not too long ago So they're I guess they have their own image. This is the pin noodles with a raw egg on top sir We got two different levels of cooked egg in here and the pin noodles the pin noodles are also something you can see From Vietnamese people and then certain other Southeast Asian dishes stir-fried pin noodles with raw egg Dude David, what do you think? It's like dad made it. Yeah, what do you think about the pin noodle texture? It's kind of like a gooey texture and they kind of look like worms, but they're really good All right, Andrew We are taking a look at two of the signature dishes here by the way guys still pretty much around the $10 mark You will not find a better deal both iPhone and I'll not haul Yeah, I've got to say Andrew that the food here is pretty close to Hong Kong When they said that was a special soy sauce they weren't getting the soy sauce that you're supposed to put on boats I found that's how a lot more elements put into it. Therefore. It's a little bit sweeter less salty I would not be surprised if he noodle has the best boats I found in New York And we're onto two noodle dishes that I've never seen at the restaurant before and if we've got a spicy Hand-torn noodle that I'm really more had from Taiwanese instant noodle brands a shot noodle But they give you a side of Oxtail curry. Yeah, if you guys you want to put it on I think for me. I'm gonna just more dip it like a superman Like some soup. I don't even know if that's how you supposed to eat it but here I got the stir-fried rice rolls a mixture of Pork fried onions. I think it's funny cuz a lot of people do the beef chow fun or like, you know chow fun where it's stir-fried Rice noodles, but these are stir-fried rice in the rolls this dried hand-torn noodle Andrew with this Oxtail curry is a 10 out of 10 banger. I gotta give a shout out to the fried rice rolls This is actually a really highly underrated dish last but not least David. We got the Samping font aka the three-choice rice She said to you know that these are some of the best roast meats you can get in Chinatown, but let's see Guys is a chashu. It's dark and it's red. Look at that I think the thing that stands out to me the most right now is this lap yoke this shield yoke or fall yoke It's this roasted pork. It's got all the layers. You can really see the whole gradient Wow, actually this one looks really good and the skin is not too thick, which I do enjoy But you can see how it's seasoned at the bottom and it gets lighter That's really well done the darkest always Doc was good Honestly guys everything at e-noodle was good if I had to recommend something I would say the boats I found the pin noodles and then this spicy noodle right here I agree guys e-noodle is one of those hidden gems. This is my first time here I've barely ever seen it because it's covered by a whole bunch of stuff. This is a top five spot We've been to in Chinatown. Yeah, I don't know if I put it number one But this is a must-go to all right, so you're saying easily top 10 percent out 90th percentile enough Easily top five spots. We've filmed that of all these videos guys and It's really still affordable. So and real quick. I got to say that they are cooking dim sum inside of that makeup store right there I gotta go explore. She's she's putting her hand. Look look. She's she's inviting us look look look She's being very nice very friendly. I'm falling for it. She's got me. So this used to be a more a makeup And now they are making fresh dim sum so I'm gonna go inside guys It looks like a pop-up shop right now and it's so funny that we're right next to it Oh, this is the Golden Unicorn restaurant. That's upstairs. It is famous for dim sum If you grew up in Chinatown, you definitely went there and I haven't even been there But they're bringing it downstairs so that they can sell it because of course being on the second floor They don't have outdoor dining. You know this lobster dumpling one swan dumpling Okay, see so that I'm getting some of the more fancier stuff I know that it's a little bit more expensive seven dollars. I'm not gonna lie. That's not a cheap eat for dim sum This is a mince seafood and handmade wheat wrapper. Yeah, I like the banter You know, they really brought that like dim sum banter and like cart lady attitude downstairs So it's like it's like I'm just like she throwing stuff at me. I'm like now. I want that I want that Okay, all right Golden Unicorn dim sum man. It was a friend. No no no no. That's not Golden Unicorn That's a golden unicorn pop up Makeup store below. Yeah, Andrew you said that this is $7. All right I this is not a cheap eat for dim sum, but I had to try the lobster roll because you know I mean we never get the lobster dumpling open-faced lobster dumpling not bad what I pay seven I don't know. All right. This is the swan dumpling. David. This is a hand-rolled seafood In a dumpling kind of looking like a hot cow. It's not a hot cow. It's not a hot cow No, this is a swan dumpling. This is also $7. Let's get it This is everything's been cool so far Everything has been cool, but I hesitate to use fire and in previous videos We had a controversial battle between Gongsik Tong and Ta-ta-ntang for the battle of the best Ta-ta-ntang So hey guys, I can only make my decision based off what happened in that round We said CCT in that round for those dishes at that moment beat KST now guys Because we're trying to be technical guys guys. We're trying to be anyway guys. Let's everybody's this round Okay, everybody else is watching around the world. That's confused right now Let's just say this the people take their Hong Kong cafes very seriously in Chinatown And there is actually a much cheaper tier of Hong Kong cafe that is also very good And that's what S1 represents guys There's a few of these spots, but S1 is one of the premier very small very cheap and very traditional Hong Kong cafes It's not necessarily high-end It's not necessarily, you know made to be the coolest, but it's made to give you what you need S1 As you can see everything on the menu is like $7 max everything's super cheap right now This is just one of those places that no tourists come here people from other parts of New York may or may not know This is like locals only, you know, I mean, this is like Chinatown L.E.A All right, you guys S1 super cheap guys everything we ordered a less than 20 bucks I'll be trying it right here on this stoop Here I have the egg sandwich Hong Kong style. Oh, you got your wheat here, too Oh my gosh my milky wheat and you're you're looking at your favorite on the left here But actually on the right I have the most classic lunch. You see older people eat in Chinatown for lunch You just see people eat a chow mein A chow mein with the Dao Tai which is a bean sprouts S1 cafe. Yeah, so cheap. Oh, that's really good Sides cut off super soft bread on the inside not much else going on just butter egg and ham sort of like mom and pop I give this chow mein Maybe a 4.5 out of 5. I just kept eating it and you know that to me and if I've learned anything after doing 1,400 food videos if I just keep eating it. I must bump the rating guys egg sandwich I give this a 4.5 out of 5. This is a must-get if you like the egg sandwich Wow All right, you guys we are looking at things that literally cost like $5 It is so good It's literally like if you made it at home But even better than if you made it at home because let's be realistic You don't got the hot ovens at your house. You don't got everything prepped Andrew. You hate this dish Traditionally not into the macaroni soup. It looks too simple to me But of course at the end of the day my mom you did used to make this for me when I was sick growing up So, you know, it's very nostalgic chicken steak and macaroni soup like we said guys all this food was like 18 bucks It was so cheap There's actually not too much flavor in a way, but that also makes it really easy to eat So I do appreciate this right now. Do I still love macaroni soup? I don't know if I love it, but this one's solid and it really brings me back to those days I truly believe that Eswan cafe is the most homestop breakfast you can get It literally tastes like your mom just made this for you for breakfast and you live in Mayfoo, Hong Kong This is that new chicken sandwich here at Eswan. Yup. Yup. You know what it is chicken grilled chicken sandwich here at Eswan cafe Very delicious mmm David ending off our meal here at Eswan We have the bae dan saoyuk juk and then we have this milky wheat Which is essentially like oatmeal between this and the macaroni soup a lot of people would look at it and be like Yo, that's not Chinese. How is that even Asian because it is heavily derived from British food? Yo, honestly, I'm coming back to Eswan Eswan especially with that chicken steak sandwich and the chow mein man and it gives me a sense of like Certain parts of Hong Kong that haven't touched those nerves in my brain for like 15 years I mean what more can you say guys come to Eswan the prices are cheap the quality is high Amazing quality to per dollar ratio boom and one last thing. It's actually not that greasy guys taste clean And we got another competitor. Okay for the cheapest yet still good quality Hong Kong cafe Well, who could it be? It's M-star. So M-star is going to go up head to head with Eswan Mm-hmm, and I know you know, I noticed the one thing about Eswan and M-star is they're located next to gigantic Cantonese community like this is really like a Hong Kong cafe that you would eat at In Kowloon in Hong Kong like if you're just like a regular working person. Yeah, like a bus driver Yeah, or yeah, you just get done. Yeah bus driver taxi driver. They could afford to eat here you guys We are an M-star and this is actually my first time here a lot of people have always talked to me about this spot But you know, there's so many spots to go to I'm glad we finally made it here. And this is their famous Dried curl churn fun. Obviously. This is a dry old dried Hong Kong style. It's not a fresh style Yeah, these are the what we would call the pre-rolls But it has the thick peanut butter sauce that kind of like milky saucy like hoisin soy sauce just like HK, bro No, that tastes a lot Specifically, like we said like how we're inside. Let me tell you that peanut butter sauce is literally peanut butter beef sliced Joke with a raw egg cracked into it. Let's make a lot of spots when we skirt scared to sell you that just for like Like liability reasons. No fear here at M-star here. I'm looking at a sauteed beef kung-tai mean kung-tai means Instant noodle and they if ya in Hong Kong cafes, they really love to eat instant noodles By the way guys everything on the table was like four to eight dollars three seventy five to eight seventy five The sacha saute like sacha John sacha turn flavor is strong right here Dairy hop not too fatty the beef slices are actually have a really good texture And they taste pretty decent quality and of course the egg yolk does kind of add a little bit of smoothness inner This is a fried churn funny. I've never had this before this is really fascinating You guys like I said, I rarely ever come to a Hong Kong cafe and have something that I haven't had before I It's a rice roll that has a crispy exterior and it's kind of getting stuck into the crevices of my teeth right now This that's good really tasty. You know you more about the ham and egg salmon jeep or the spam and egg salmon jeep spam and egg Here in S1 it's neck and neck bro because I felt like S1 had the edge on the sandwiches But they've got the edge on the noodle and joke dishes This is the imitation shark fin soup right here obviously not with real shark fin But it kind of has like this Gelatin vermicelli kind of type like a fun sort of type thing Yeah So if you guys know a shark fin soup not only I believe is starting to become illegal and ban globally But it also was actually you could pretty much trick people with a certain type of vermicelli fun So all right, I'm going in on the on the French toast here fried French toast psychos Honestly, it tastes so much like Hong Kong. It's unbelievable. Did you try the fake shark fin soup though? I did what was your opinion? You didn't say I don't think it's the I don't think it's a must-have. Oh, I Don't think it's a must-have. I mean, I'm just Let's not even comment on it and of course there's also a corned beef and egg sandwich as well here So must I would say the corned beef is better than the spam This is the Portuguese chicken rice guys based off the Portuguese colonization of the island of Macau. Let's go Not bad kind of has like a cheesy texture to it. It's really not that spicy The food here is really solid the sandwiches were better at S1. Aren't you guys we're finishing our meal here at M Starring under these are my two favorites. It was the beef slice congee choke with the raw egg in it And then this dish I've never had before the fried XO turn fun dry style thing I'm gonna have to go with the original turn fun with peanut sauce in the sweet XO sauce And then I'm gonna go with the saute instant noodles I mean look at the flavor on that. That is deep and I got to say this I think that both here and S1 are great choices, but I think M star even beat out S1 in terms of Not necessarily like quality but in terms of like give me the Hong Kong energy But I think S1 sandwiches were better than that both was super solid. It's hard for me to pick one I so almost every street in Chinatown could be considered a food street Baxter is definitely a low-key one especially for Vietnamese and Thai food guys So what I'm gonna be doing is I'm gonna be hitting up the three main viet spots here You got Thai Sun, Na Trang and Pasture I'm gonna order one of their top items from each spot. We're gonna compare them But also of course, you know, they have bokeh New York down there which we already filmed that but man There's so much food on Baxter. So let's see what happens. All right guys I have one of their premier dishes from each main Vietnamese spot on Baxter here I got Thai Sun here. I got Na Trang and here I got pasture pasture came with the lemon grass shrimp Na Trang told me to get the barbecue pork vermicelli and then Thai Sun told me to get the barbecue beef Vermicelli with egg rolls and all of these were $10 or less lemon grass shrimp from pasture Very sweet and fragrant. You can make a scented handle out of how much lemon grass is on there It's definitely a unique flavor And if you guys like lemon grass, you have to try this dish because I've you barely ever Get recommended a fully lemon grass flavor dish. It's very sweet as well So I would say man if you're if you're in the mood for fragrance, this is it All right here. We have the Na Trang barbecue pork vermicelli. David. You're pouring on the nook chom Yo guys, there's a lot of pork here. Okay for $10. So she told me to get this I like it. You have a little bit of that oil scallion right there Let me just make myself a little nice little bite Na Trang. Wow, that's pretty good David you went in for like two more bites I mean, I'm assuming if David goes in for a third bite means it's good means you like it dish from Thai Sun We have the barbecue beef with Spring rolls jazzo Looks more meaty doesn't have as much of the wood ear mushrooms or the black color ring that I would like to see in a Vietnamese egg roll, but that's just me personally. I give the egg rolls like a 3.5 out of 5 David makes a statement now. Let me tell you something especially since we bought a courthouse right now. Listen guys You're looking at somebody who clearly has been to 90% of the Vietnamese restaurants in Chinatown And let me tell you this pound for pound Thai Sun does the best job with beef the beef They wrap beefs Thai Sun has the beef game on lack David my pick for this round is Na Trang. Yeah, this is overall the best It tastes the most like the West Coast and I know the West Coast Vietnamese food being kind of the standard in America Let's be honest that in Houston, but majority of Vietnamese people live on the West Coast Yeah, you can't go wrong with either of them guys They're all very popular and they all both have their own different vibes. So check out, you know the little Vietnamese street Baxter come to Baxter try all three Vietnamese spots try the Malaysian spots the Thai spots Cambodian spots Make your own decision and we are in front of cambo bakery. This is one of the most copy heads of Bakery's in all of Chinatown. I mean they got bread boughs. They actually have a hot food section You get breakfast here. They actually have low-key a lot of food You can get foods that you do not think you could get at a bakery. Let's check it out Aren't you guys I secured it they were closing up the hot food section So they she gave it to me for just three dollars a box, bro. That's deals on deals on And we're in front of the most famous bakery in Chinatown top three I don't want to say it's number one. Now everybody's got their favorites cambo bakery and I went hit their hot food section end of day $3 Wow, you got a deal So guys here's a little lesson if you guys want super cheap food at the end of the day You can come here before they close up, but don't do that. Don't do that on purpose. Don't do that All right, guys. I have a steamed chicken and mushroom. This is one of our favorite dishes. Let's see how this Giphon is I have a yolk bang, which is a salted meat patty Very classic Cantonese toy song based dish with some preserved veggies. I've never really seen the Steamed chicken and mushroom dish Andrew with the preserved salted veggies. Mmm I'm not the biggest fan of the pork patty But I know the older generation Andrew they love this dish. They give this a 10 out of 10 for me It's more like, you know a 2.5 out of 5 for me, but for three dollars can't beat the value So so some other bakeries that have hot food items They'll serve a similar dish, but they won't have this pickled radish on it I think this actually adds a nice little bit of saltiness and a little bit of crunch Which is even maybe more valuable than you know, your stewed cabbage. Let's let's try this Mmm Mmm, I didn't spare rib solid Got a little pepper in there. You think that was the best one. It might be I think it has the most flavor Okay, guys rice bowls and new cambo gotta get them of course. These are around two to three dollars each They've got some really unique items a lot of bakeries Don't have the milik kanji and a lot of them don't have the to go bang guys What I'm about to do is a very hearty Chinese breakfast here. You have the scallion pancake. You have pumpkin milik kanji. Let's get it Mmm, this is like I'm about to go work a whole 14-hour day Skyline pancake still crispy This is actually really good. This is red bean wrap with a little cake in the middle. Oh My goodness Andrew, you are looking at a garlic covered bay feng tong Ham and egg sandwich, bro This is something I've actually never had before look how much fried garlic is packed on top of that croissant Yo, look at this and this is a breakfast sandwich with Jimmy Dean pork patties. Oh, man That's crazy. These are about two to three dollars each. There's actually some tasty mayo. That's holding all those fried Pieces of garlic together David you got to try this one this by all means you guys for 250 This is a very filling breakfast sandwich each piece was assembled Yeah, are these Jimmy Dean beef patties or whatever the non-name brand version sure, but it tastes good loot jam And we didn't even get to the don top battles It tastes like the garlic from garlic crab that you like to put over rice exactly. It's fried It's tasty. It's got a little bit of mayo on top. I mean, you know, I'm sure it's quite high in calories But it's delicious last sandwich a chicken filet sandwich Man, this is just reminds me of that sandwich that you're gonna get at like McDonald's overseas in China You know why it reminds you thatator because it's chicken thigh. Mmm. That's good For those people out there who don't like mayo, I don't understand you. I really do not Overall, I would go with the garlic ham last but not least. I have the don top battle here There's four different types of don top. Yes, there are that many. Okay. There's an egg white one There's a Portuguese don top. There's kind of your regular standard Hong Kong one regular That one takes me back that feeling was good crust is crunchy almost like a cheesecake Portuguese Coconut one It's actually not a egg tart egg white one. I find it hard to believe that I'm gonna like this one the most My top two is the Portuguese one and the egg white one Enter that po-tot and get a Portuguese egg tart is one of the best if not the best one I've had in Chinatown so far prove me wrong guys the po-tot here at Campbell bakery D.E. Taiyut Yo, I got the green village So one of the things that a lot of people don't know about Chinatown cheap eats Andrew is that you can actually go to these Larger seafood restaurants like a green garden or a congee village and get the lunch special for under ten dollars now These spots are normally famous for serving you king crabs snow crabs all types of different Abalone's for up to a hundred hundred fifty dollars per person. However, they need to keep busy So during the lunch they have the lunch crazy lunch specials guys Everything here was eight dollars or less. Oh, look at that crispy skin right there. Wow That's really nice clearly they've done a lot of exfoliating like we said we are here at green garden Andrew Going to the more expensive seafood restaurants and getting lunch special for under ten dollars is one of the low-key secrets You've also got another low-key secret here, bro The takeout box is the plate but honestly like if you guys like a seafood restaurant But it's kind of expensive for dinner because you want to get the seafood and everything like that Just get the lunch special because listen the reason why I got these four dishes right here These are cuts of meat that would actually be a lot more expensive, but they're all eight dollars You know, I'm gonna start with the lots of egg and shrimp. Look how look at this Look at a man the amount of shrimp. They give you is incredible. Okay I would give that dish overall a three and a half or four out of five pretty solid shrimp and egg Eight dollars guys shrimp is good quality the egg is real. That's all you can ask for this next dish here David I got eggplant and short rib you guys all know short rib from Korean barbecue It can be very expensive obviously these are maybe not the same cuts of meat But these are absolutely short ribs beef short rib eggplant a little bit of that tenderized beef flavor, but still decent David this next dish It caught my eye because it has luffa luffa is one of those dishes kind of like cucumber slash zucchini put together They're very popular at Chinese restaurants, but particularly high-end spots. Yeah, I haven't been eating it that often in my life Really look at this fish filet. This is fried sea bass three sea bass with luffa Eight dollars for eight dollars. You've got sea bass with luffa All right last and final dish here at Green Garden Village dried scallop with ginger scallion This is a popular dish also at great NY noodle town You know some people give you that for eight dollars without the dried scallops. Yes Okay, so they also give you a little bit of soup on the side on my ad Just a little bit to break up the noodles Uh-huh, okay dried scallops and ginger scallion lo mein guangchung lo mein Okay, okay You need the right bite, but it might be a cleaner taste, but there's a there's a lot like conventionally less flavor My overall take on Green Garden Village, man It's one of those spots that you got to try especially the lunch specials I mean you don't have to get the snow crab because the Laskin kin crab because they have that But it's totally worth getting these you'll get a good taste of the quality that they have here It's a very clean spot. The flavors are clean. It's not too greasy. It is actually one of the newer spots in Chinatown I believe it's only been open for like two years. I'm coming back and getting the snow crab Andrew it looks about midnight right now. It's only 4 45 p.m. But actually a lot of people do come to this next spot when it's dark So it makes sense and or we are in front of north dumpling in Chinese. It says they found what here So basically that just means northern potsticker. It's another one of your dollar dumpling spots, but it's not in the heart of Chinatown It's definitely on the outside. We're here on Essex, which pretty much once you get on the other side of Essex It's not technically Chinatown anymore. We are inside of north dumpling They are from Shenyang, which is actually Dongbei, which is actually also my favorite type of Chinese people 20 bucks All right, you guys a hipster loved north China north dumpling so much they drew them a sick t-shirt actually It's a surfing dumpling yo Andrew we are at China north. This is three dollars for ten thirty three cents a dumpling Wow Not bad. You know why that's straight bayfong style straight meat. Yeah straight roll not that much veggies You eat it with vinegar. There's a don't be a lady knows what she's doing. Come on eat ten of these you be full This is a sherbet Beijing meat pie sherbet Sherbet Yeah, this one. I was actually a really nice surprise. It might be the best thing I have I have a Port sesame to my top being too low. Okay here. I have the tachan man Not bad. Not bad at all. Wow this jajangmyeon. I gotta say it's pretty different. This is non-traditional David This is using the kind of Yunnan rice noodles. They're a little bit more chewy and bouncy I'd recommend it guys if you want a noodle dish. This is probably the one to get here And we got a tub full of kimchi in Dongbei They do we actually eat kimchi because there's so many like I guess like ethnic Koreans Chaoshan Zhu in that part of China Exactly a lot of Dongbei restaurants even in New York or LA that you go to they will serve you kimchi All right guys here I have the most expensive item of the meal which is eight dollars for this Nero Mian Let's take a look at it. Let's take a look at the beef pieces right here. Okay, I've got a inner a dollar fifty Sots our soup. Whoo sounds our soup is a dollar fifty. No, the hot sauce soup. It's Chinese buffet vibe But it's good Chinese buffet vibes beef pieces have a lot of flavor. They're kind of firm Overall not bad. It kind of tastes like tasty hand-pulled noodles over on Doyer Street The dumplings are solid here because you know for the namesake China north dumpling But get the two bings the sheer Bing and the to my da Bing get the two bings here David You look pretty cold You look like you might need a hot drink and it's funny enough even though we ate our China north dumpling food here Right next to us is actually a cafe that recently opened right next door to China north dumpling There is actually a new coffee shop called creme and they got all a big menu and let me tell you this For a coffee shop, it's definitely cheap It's definitely affordable given the type of products and the tier of quality. They're providing. It's affordable is well priced Serving la Colom coffee. That is one of the top coffee companies in the in the United States and not to mention this guy's last Name is fun not related, but let's go. Yeah. Yeah. So we serve la Colom coffee here We also do salsa As well. He's doing everything Yeah You saying as a Chinese person you prefer coffee over Boba Good coffee you guys we're at creme here and I'm looking at a cold brew soft serve Of course a matcha soft serve a lot of people do it, but can you execute it guys? I have a very tasty and nice smelling matcha latte for 550 here I have this black and tan which was even more foamy earlier a minute ago, but that's also 550 oatmeal matcha latte Not a bad deal you guys got to check it out. All right guys black and tan That cold brew is nice. It's like it's got like a smooth layer at the end real foamy. Mm-hmm These products are quality like I said the price is cheaper than a comparable product elsewhere That's a Chinatown cheapy creme Next up guys. We're in front of Xi'an famous foods Which is probably a new entrant to Chinatown But it's probably the most famous cheap Chinese chain in New York City period Oh, yeah, and especially for a chain that started in Flushing Queens, you know, it's gone crazy. They just came out with the book There's many many locations. They got their system down pat And I would say it was definitely a pioneer as far as spreading the Xi'an flavor to everybody All right, Andrew What are we looking at you got the top items from Xi'an famous foods like we said it started from a very stall Small stall and Flushing very very successful with non-Asian people I think because of the Western Chinese influence you start to see some more like Middle Eastern flavors But they really fuse together you can't you'll you'll see elements of a lot of different regions of the world But you can't put your finger on it. All right, Andrew This is a Liangpi a cold noodle no meat $7 right that is a very very good snack to share No meat if you want to go that route this one obviously has tons of meat. This is the spicy lamb cumin noodles This is gonna be regular spicy and it's $11 Look at those hand-ripped guys if you know me I like seeing the amount of pepper the amount of red and green peppers You see the nice pieces of lamb here. This is a good dish like all right Andrew for $10 you're looking at a sour lamb dumpling for $9 I'm looking at a pure vegetarian spinach dumpling That's a bra like dumpling bro. That's a lot of meat and that's a lot of spice the rojama Very stewie as you can see the felt is sort of congealing just with the meat almost creating a new third substance You know, it's not the style that I'm used to but totally enjoyable totally valid, especially in the winter I think Xi'an food is particularly good in the winter very bready very carby very warm Those are all the things you need to fit the geography fit the climate fit the times Aren't you guys one of the heavily requested additions to Chinatown cheap eats we've been receiving Andrew is a bakery crawl Okay guys, but you guys gotta understand there's about maybe like 45 bakeries in Chinatown There's a ton of bakery So we're not gonna be able to spend that much time in them We're gonna run in a bunch of them show you what we got and let you know how they are it's a montage Let's do it. I Think that was the best thing we had that was underrated. I'm surprised. It's a very low-key bakery You know, it doesn't have all the little decor and vibe, but it's got this one the green tea roll Yo, you guys after trying all the flavors at Cam Hing I give the butterscotch and the green tea both a five out of five I'm gonna go ahead and stick with the original Fernando got yourself a great product man. Wish you the best Are we a boiling crab right now? That is super sweet garlicky buttery I would say it's a little too sweet for me personally, but Still very good. If you want a brand new experience to shock yourself get the thousand-year-old egg pastry though One of my favorite things about doing this Chinatown cheap eat series Andrew is sort of having a reason to go to new spots like for example, this is sugar town NYC's brand new I think it opened during the pandemic. Maybe like one or two months ago sugar I'm slightly out of the age range to be getting super excited over candy spots. Yeah, especially a spot called sugar town I'm not gonna lie. We did ride past this spot But there was no inkling to be like, yo, we should go to sugar town Filming yeah, yeah, and we have to show you what it is We have to show you guys what it is We have to show you what they have under ten dollars Chinatown cheap eats. We do the work. So you don't have to Yam slices Mmm. Oh These are acting tastes crazy. These are a dick thing. All right guys. This is salted lychee No, no, I just taste like an azuki bow. I mess with this one. Yeah I taste the red bean in this but I definitely like the salted lychee. Salted lychee is a banger salted Yo, they got the snacks here at Flavortown, bro. Oh, no guys, this one's pretty solid I think this is the winner guys. You know, I don't even love like salted egg yolk that much It's not my favorite flavor, but this one's cool. You guys for three dollars and 80 cents. This is the winner Taking price in a consideration. It's a 10 out of 10 come to Flavortown. Come get some. Watch this. We go whole heck whole whole heck Yeah, I gotta let him know when choice time Chinatown cheap eats Andrew is not only about storefronts brick-and-mortar restaurants. It's also about supermarkets This is probably the least well-known Asian supermarket in Manhattan Exactly, especially in Chinatown people think of Chinese markets, but this one's actually a Thai market So, uh, I mean shout out to the not I think this is the only non-Chinese market in Chinatown Yeah, and maybe the owner is probably a Chinese Thai person and that's the connection to Chinatown Like we said Chinatowns are sort of this meeting place for many people from the Chinese diaspora Whether they're from Indonesia or Malaysia or Singapore or Thailand or Cambodia guys Bangkok Center grocery store. Let's go Okay, so they have a lot of Drive fishnacks From guys crispy grami fish. Yo, a lot of people know Manu jnobli for the Euro step, but what about Euro cake? Oh, I'm done Yo, you guys the Bangkok market in Chinatown has been open for over 40 years You guys got to check it out. I know it's not Chinese You know, we're all related in the Asian world. All right We're here on Elizabeth Street in front of deluxe food market This spot is a really deep cut and very local spot even though it's kind of in the touristy zone right below Grand Street This food market is like I want to say it's also like a half grocery store, but half food market You're selling Boris head. You can get your cold cuts by the pound You can also get your sumay your roast meats your chicken and then you can also get like straight-up meals there Lunch meals for like under $7. So everything can range like you can buy it for your business your little shop You can buy it for a party and then you can also just buy individual amounts. So this is the deluxe food market 79 Elizabeth man, let's just go in real quick. I just want to show you okay So this is one of the only spots you can buy the ginger scallion in the tub. This is about 250 worth Obviously, you can buy that for your home use it for your party. They've got all different types of roast meats here a Lot of this roast pork here is really fair price now Is it the best roast pork you can get in Chinatown? Maybe not but if you're buying a lot or you're on a budget This is the spot and then all the way down behind me. You have the rest of the market That's literally like a grocery store. So when you said deluxe food market, you know what the word deluxe mean It means everything and it's 2020 a lot of people are accustomed to Taiwanese or Asian just fried food spots in general But we had to take it into the modern times by making it air fried Well, I'm telling you everything is air everything is wireless There's Bluetooth and there's air frying you fry all behind us, which is a air frying specialist Only open up in the past month or so. So we got to check it out You've seen these spots at the mall for a long time Right like the air frying potato chips and fries and the low shaking of the can and the seasoning But to see it in Chinatown, that's different alive when I walked by and I thought it was a regular fried spot I wasn't as excited now that I know that it's air fried. Let's give it a shot No, it's actually deep-fried. Oh, it's not air fried. Is it fresh or fried? But you guys we're here at the main event, which is fry off. This is a cheddar waffle fry right here Sour cream curly fry Oh Garlic parm is good. They're frying technology is completely different. I believe it's almost like a mixture and it became a deep-fat fryer Pressure fire Last but not least Andrew. I've got you know chicken tenders chicken poppers. You've got chicken nuggets chicken wings I've got to say I did not know what to expect The fried goods here and fry off are very good. All right I'm outside of Gongcha. Of course one of the main brands of boba shops in Chinatown guys They got some new drinks here. Let's check them out. They have a creme brulee strawberry latte. They got a Oat milk tea. I'm definitely gonna get that and I'll probably get one more Let's go. All right, we secured the Gongcha across the street Taiwanese brand bought up by Koreans I believe in 2020. Yeah, uh really interesting I got oatmeal inside of a regular boba, right? Yep milk tea oatmeal, and this is a lemon winter melon with star Jelly in here. It's peach flavor, but cut into star shape. I like it with the oatmeal. I like boba's with the oatmeal And then winter melon is good. Oh my gosh. It kind of tricks you Think about it. You put the sweet milk with your oatmeal anyway You know what let me say this I was about to get oatmeal this morning I wasn't able to secure it at the cafe near our apartment. Oh I would say that this oatmeal boba is one of the coolest inventions. I've seen in boba's in like five years I like the oatmeal. It gives you that texture like you're eating some jelly or something else But it's good for you. We have the strawberry matcha latte. This is a popular drink overall to have at your boba spot The Gong Cha got it All right, you guys directly behind me is the wang lao ji Boba shop now. This is not a pop-up. This is a permanent thing Yes, wang lao ji that red cup you drink during a hot pot and like mainland Chinese spots They actually opened up a fusion hybrid boba project. We got to check it out All right, you guys we're looking at our two drinks here at the wang lao ji boba shop Okay, no, I'm you'd taste the herbal this but I feel like the tea kind of overpowers it feels like a little bit of a Tone-down version of the peep-a-gal boba I had in Singapore that one was really good though This is the chrysanthemum monk fruit monk fruit if you guys know this is the new sweetener You know by God days, you know saccharin all that other stuff sweet and low. That's out We own a monk fruit different ways to flavor things without sugar Very healthy tasting not bad at all. I give it a 3.5 out of 5 I give this about a 3.3 out of 5 But as far as the actual wang lao ji goes they gave me a little bit gift basket right here I got to give that a 4.5 out of 5 I love to see people experimenting doing new things trying to bring their product from a hundred years ago in the 2020 Like I said, you know what? I would say if you are a boba fanatic you owe it to yourself to come to the wang lao ji boba shop Do I think you'll come here every day and maybe pass up your favorite spot? I don't know Probably not but it deserves a shot We're in a very like a local part of Chinatown where there's very very very very few tourists VV bubble tea and it's sort of like Like a like classic of Chinatown. It's like the epitome of like I don't even know how to describe it It's just like big shout outs to them for making it beyond the borders of the enclave VV All right guys, I have this pepper salt popcorn chicken Of course, you know Taiwan is famous for it now VV has some new flavors, so I got to try this one This is the most popular pepper salt Shout it to the dark meat here at the popcorn chicken man Pepper salt pretty good overall. I like these parts right here that have no crust and then there's half crust here So this is my favorite bite at here Flaming brown sugar milk. She torches the sugar on top Let's try it. I like that Milk they use very high quality. I feel like it was whole milk It's not too sweet. That's why I appreciate all right guys here. I have the fresh matcha milk tea with egg pudding I do not get boba in this one. I personally don't think boba and matcha go together, so I never do it But egg pudding goes really well with matcha compliments it I like this one the most. This is a really good matcha You taste a little bit of that bitterness a little bit of the graininess from the matcha, but that's how you know It's real Mixed in with the good milk tea man. All right. This is my favorite drink I would say this is a must-cop at VV bubble tea if you are talking about a Chinatown cheap eat This is about as cheap as it gets while still maintaining the quality Look at these greens not overly oily and I think a good sign is that Carol was there She's gonna use a I'm just gonna use a fork right now Crispy chicken. Oh, oh the pork chop. It's the pork chop pork chop is the truth. All right Pork chop here at Carol's buns. Whoa Super juice. You know Do you like Carol's buns? Do you come here a lot? Okay, can you say bye bye Me is actually the reason why we are here at Carol's buns We saw her the other day and she was like yo you guys gotta throw that in your video and we're here All right. Thank you It's legit of course if it's salmon. I have to try it Soft shell crab guys seven dollars No, Dave that's not crap could have been in a in a spider roll that is the most affordable Soft shell crab in New York City more than likely you made me bet my money All right, last thing we have to try Dave You got to try the tomato egg and I got to try this crispy chicken You have to get the Thai sweet chili crispy chicken. That's a musket and the soft shell crab and the pork chop David tomato egg is valid It's valid, but I would say the chicken here is incredible the chicken and I heard the curry brisket You guys the cheapest of cheap Chinatown eats and the most hidden of hidden gems Carol's buns He's Broadway. All right oftentimes I think a lot of people talk about Chinatown expanding or taking parts over a little Italy But Cipillo is an Italian sandwich spot. It's right in Chinatown. So it can work the reverse way too I'm pretty excited. They got half sandwiches for eight dollars full sandwiches for like eleven twelve dollars I'm gonna be getting some house because we got to keep it under ten dollars, but I'm excited to check it out This spot is pretty new. All right, you guys we are looking at the Sandwich here from Cipillo's like I said, you know a little bit pricey half a sandwich This was about ten dollars like we said still underneath and I got to show love to any spot in Chinatown You know, it doesn't have to be a Chinese business. We got little Italy right here. I Really like it even the cheap Italian food in Chinatown is good Arch guys that does it for episode six of our cheap Chinatown eats series. Oh my goodness I think collectively over six episodes. We might have been to a hundred spots. Wow, and I'm not gonna lie We learned a lot about Chinatown David aside from trying So many restaurants and we actually didn't even cover all the restaurants in Chinatown There's so many more but Dave what was like a major takeaway that you had? My major takeaway was that there is stories behind everything You just got a look and you could really take something away from just going into that store that you pass by all the time And you have that little urge to go into but you never do Just go ahead go spend a little bit of money list of guys We're not saying you got to be like us and drop like 20 30 40 dollars a spot You know five dollars is definitely enough to get that experience I think there's such a big difference between walking past the spot and just be like, oh, this is where I get my cheap You know rice bowl Versus you talking to them and understanding where they come from and them reminding you of somebody that you might have known in Your family or your relatives or somebody from your your Childhood and you're just like wow like now I connect with this spot so much more and I appreciate it a lot more listen I'm not saying like Every spot we went to was the most delicious food I've ever had guys. That's a little bit Unrealistic to be honest at the price that we're getting it But every spot had a story and every spot brought the value and I stand by that All right, you guys thank you so much for watching our cars coming down the street Please let us know in the comment section below if we left anything out man Such a rewarding series. This has been a very rewarding series to film I don't know if this is the last episode we're gonna do But if you guys want to see more let us know in the comments down below and hit that like button and let us know With your appreciation and we won't we might pull off an episode 7 and let us know what other spots We need to go to because we get into the deep deep deep cuts. All right, you guys Thank you so much for watching again. That was cheap trying to teach you on the eats part 6 until next time We out peace