 I never thought I would be sitting here talking about how good a can of sardines was is the flaming peaking duck The drug is the best restaurant in financial dishing. Oh A flaming peaking duck ube longer Nisa burger fancy loud and vibey Thai food This is the trendy Asian food scene out in New York City always creating always innovating always showing you something You've never seen before hit that like button and let's go Everybody we are outside of the newest Filipino fast casual restaurant out in the Lower East sideman This is a really hip neighborhood on Broom Street about to check out what they got. Let's go. Uh, what do we look at here? So these are the cheese aren't you? Whoa These are the pork lung anisa ube slider. Wow ube bread. These are the ube pow Wow super soft, and we have the chicken wings in a song So these are the pork marbeque skewers. It is marinated in banana ketchup Soy sauce and garlic what you're looking at is two things one You're looking at some very dull Filipino art that is actually on sale And you are also looking at the first ube breaded longer Nisa slider. I have never seen this before man This is just all the traditional Filipino flavors in a one bite Actually between the long anisa and the ube bread because I've never really seen a ube bun before and I thought that was really creative I mean, that's what they want to do here Akolia is just Combine and just really show people all the traditional Filipino flavors in like a very like common format You know a more like accessible format that everybody's familiar with. All right here. You got your chicken wings It looks like a bunch of buffalo wings. This has endosol sauce and that's what makes it different man Little sour cake, but spice your sweetness in there. Okay, and here we have their version of an arancini ball guys Oh, this is a Filipino arancini. Never seen that before Tons of cheese tons of pesto That's good. All right here. You got your pork barbecue skewers, man I've had these at all different levels. I've had them at dollar hits over in LA Which we just grilled ourselves right in front of the restaurant and then you know You can go to all different types of levels of spots Oh This is some of the best Pickle vegetables I've had For dessert last but not least we got the ube-pao Obviously inspired by the pao and it's super soft. It's super sweet. It's dripping with like coconut syrup. Look at the inside Guys, there's not a lot of buns out of this soft that ube-pao is melting in my mouth What I think is cool about kalye is that this is like the next level of fusion where it's actually done by people Like from Asia from the Philippines But they are weaving in different formats and in different ways of doing things and what they're able to do Is actually deliver a lot of that like authentic Filipino flavor except just in a different format Come to kalye All right, you guys next up on brand new asian concepts here in new york city We got shishito peppers pepperoni and sausage here at kid brother But the Italians come out of me. We got the sources of peppers on a pizza doesn't get better than that. Oh my goodness How there's sausage pep, but then the shishitos the shishito is such a unique flavor I'll be honest. It really amplifies the slice because you know, you got your pepperoni You got your salt. We're used to eating that and he's on the shishito peppers This is amazing All right guys our next new asian concept in new york city has the one and only Hard to find flaming peaking duck. We're here. I wish in the financial district. Let's go check it out Look at my little duck hanging out there in the closet by himself About to get eaten. All right. I'm here with the owner kevin Uh, first of all, how do you say the name? Is it wish? Um, it's a wish. It's a golden wish Oh golden wish awesome. What type of uh, chinese food would you say that you guys serve here? Oh, we're selling like new fashion Fusion chinese fusion. Okay. What what do you hope to bring that's new to the new york chinese food landscape? Um, I hope to you know, have people have american people to try our like southern chinese food Okay, hold up. Oh ho That Is the flaming peaking duck All right you guys we are looking at a feast here at golden wish This is the flaming peaking duck the reason they put the alcohol on the duck and light it on fire is to make sure that it's Extra, you know, additionally crispy right before it reaches your plate. Um, this is obviously not our first time having peaking duck But i'm glad to see that it's more ubiquitous around new york because you used to only be able to find out like One two spots. I think you might be able to find out like 20 spots now And this peaking duck is a little bit different because it's kind of a little bit like the cantonese sue op Which is the roast duck so it's spiced more like that but it's cooked like peaking duck So the skin is super crispy. Yeah, he said that this is southern chinese style peaking duck mmm I definitely taste more Almost like maybe star anise a little bit more than you would on like a northern peaking duck The best peaking duck in new york right now If you like peaking duck you need to come to golden wish If you guys know anything about chinese restaurants in 2022 andrew and we are at a new one They're way more pan asian but still like in an authentic way, right? You know, they're like incorporating some western chinese dishes for example the yang pae This is almost like a xinjiang more like xian dish Of course, we got some fried shrimp right here. This is going to be from a more coastal region I love that you can come to a spot get peaking duck get some southern cantonese hong kong style dishes And also get a really good lamb uh rib man spiced up nice with the cumin and everything Hmm I'm not gonna lie. This really reminds me of like a hong kong hotels Sort of like, uh, you know the restaurant. Oh, yeah, but elevated version for 2022 man. This is a barbecue pork Mmm, I got to say this was fascinating Because there was actually some elements of it being like western pork Except it does have a gong chong ginger scallion sauce on top. So it's not quite chashu. It's not as sweet It doesn't have that red candy flavor, but man, that's delicious. No, that's that's burger Most people eat gong chong gai, which is like a ginger scallion chicken. This was gong chong juyuk pork All right guys here. We have another one of their premier items. This is the steam chilean sea bass Oh my guys and if you know anything about cantonese cooking in particular, they love steam fish This is what I grew up on man. Not exactly chilean sea bass. David Warren eating that at home We're eating more salmon and uh other fish, but yes Listen guys, I'm telling you every dish here has been high quality. I was really impressed You know, sometimes when you go to these spots in a neighborhood like faida You don't know what to expect and or is it doesn't have the guai lo menu with orange chicken Let me tell you this day authentic with these mushrooms this special mushroom This is not for the guai lo's. No, no, no, this is I've only the other time I've seen this is when we're eating our uh mid-autumn fest This is the special mushroom right here probably from the mountains of yunnan china. Mmm Ooh, what? That's a fragrant mushroom. That's a magic mushroom All right, you guys we're finishing up our meal But I got to tell you and or even this like duck bone milk broth that they made was fire I think the quality is amazing and this is the best restaurant in financial district You know if you're trying to take a business meeting or whatever and you want some good chinese food You have to come here guys. I know what this looks like literally they lit this piece of cinnamon on fire I'm drunk. This is a sipping Buddha. Ooh mezcal. I also have sauce on my switch. It was a good meal All right, you guys there are only two lao focused restaurants in all of manhattan one of them is kio The other one is dom as you can see right here. This is the kao niao This is the sticky rice inside of the bamboo wicker basket. Let's check it out All right, you guys, I never thought that I would find deep cut lao dishes here in manhattan here in the Ill east village. Uh, forgive me for the pronunciation. This is jaymaku This is a pounded eggplant with a little bit of beef. Of course, we've got the raw cabbage wrap dip If you guys know about lao food, obviously it's very similar to the isan region of thailand which is more northern thailand This is a beef skewer That's a beef skewer has been charred perfectly. It's hanger steak. That's one of the best ones I've ever had here at dom lao food one. Of course, we got this chicken skewer I'm telling you guys, it looks hilarious sort of just this shape. It almost looks like a mini chicken But man, it looks good These are some of the best skewers I've ever had in new york city any spot any here at dom the lao food kao niao Right, the last dish we have here is the sardines with tomatoes. This is a kwakka pasai maknen Sorry, I try to say it, but um, this is spanish sardines topped with charred tomato sauce. Let's get it Mmm, it is a can of sardines Look at that I'm not gonna lie that tastes way better than I thought it was going to I never thought I would be sitting here talking about how good a can of sardines was Shout out to dom We are on fire inside of here at lao jea right now. Okay, uh, not only do you have the fire But you got the fire pot right here the hawkua. Uh guys, we're here at lao jea This is one of the premier all you can eat hot pot brands in new york city And let me tell you this this originates from brooklyn and they still got brooklyn prices All you can eat hot pot for 35 dollars and if you want unlimited skewers, it's only 42 dollars. That's the deal All right guys as i'm throwing in the food you'll notice that decor wise This is actually really meant to be kind of like a 1950s 1970s like back alley of shanghai lao jea literally means old street Jeremy lin and a whole bunch of other celebrities used to go to the the Location in brooklyn so you know it is a well-known brand because there's a lot of expensive hot pot spots around new york city But for an all-you-can-eat spot for this price lao jea is delivering some of the best quality no joke As much as there is always a space for expensive chinese hot pot chains from china I really think it's cool that lao jea is from brooklyn and it really fits in china town because brooklyn's china town 8th af sunset park is kind of similar still to minhatten's china town as far as pricing wise So it's still a really good deal It might even fall under potentially a china town cheap eat as far as all you can eat hot pot party's good onion cilantro garlic chili oil boom peanut sauce, you know sacha Gotta have a lot of sacha Honestly as an abc american born chinese this is kind of how we grew up eating hot pot It was a lot of all you can eat and you know buffets were a lot bigger of a thing when we were growing up So it's kind of cool to just come back to another all-you-can-eat spot But as traditional as it is they do have a lot of like fried chicken wings and french fries here And you know to be honest, I do think a lot of people in china do like these kinds of foods too So diffuse it in with the old school hot pot with the new school kind of fried snacks. It's kind of cool As cool as it is to also be eating where the full art thigh are eating It's also cool to just be eating where pong zai would like to be Pong zai, you know being a big hungry chinese guy Oh, man, we had all the meats. This is beef tongue right here. We had all the veggies all the fried snacks I'm telling you you will not find a better hot pot all you can eat deal in the city Bar none. This is it loud jail Let's go over check on the fire The chinese special effects here. This is just missed in a light, but it kind of does look like flame Oh All right, you guys we're at a brand new spot called may we representing the cuisine of southern thailand A lot of people don't know so many different cuisines in southern thailand This is a yadong. They said we got to open up with a shot. You know take a mango rind You know, we don't even normally do this, but they're straight from thailand. I said, hi We've got a lot of tods here. We've got head Todd fried mushrooms shimeji mushrooms We've got pet Todd, which is fried taro. I'm gonna dip this You guys get the head Todd get the head Todd All right, you guys, this is a pock more This is a peanut dumpling with a rice crepe coconut milk garlic shavings on top We've got somehow they managed to make that peanut on the inside Tastes like meat. I'm telling you I've never had this dish before. I'm sure there's some chilled out influence Like many dishes in thailand have but this is something completely unique You guys we are looking at a pad thai hor kai. Of course pad thai is probably the most famous Thai dish in the western world, but this one has a southern flair to it Um, this is how they do things in the south of thailand man. They wrap it up in an egg I'm sure you could get this in other places because you know, Bangkok's so mixed up But i'm telling you guys some of the things they put in here very very emblematic of southern thai cooking That is one of the best pad thais i've ever had as you can see guys, they're doing things super thai Um, the story behind this spot is that they used to always hang out in their apartment And have people over and they decided to open up a restaurant and have people into their living room And this is like the uh manifestation of that These are both lemongrass drinks. Um, they have a lot of thai ingredients in them I'm telling you guys a lot of people try to do what mayri does, but they've really captured the energy here And shout out to southern thailand All right, you guys our next new thai spot. It's chomp chomp chomp chomp is actually the sound of eating It's also a compliment in thailand. That's chomp chomp. Let's go All right, you guys we're at chomp chomp. They are from bangkok They serve food from all around thailand north south central this particular one comes from central thailand This is masaman nua and actually andrew it comes from the indiosphere So this actually comes more from the indian influence part of thailand as you guys know Thailand is uh, a lot of different things obviously very very southeast asian There's a lot of chinese influence as well as a lot of indian influence This is from the indian side masaman curry nua means meat. I mean i'm sorry means beef and thai Like we said guys, they do fuse it with a lot of different things here the roti even more indian They have french fries I did not expect the rapping the masaman nua Inside of the roti was going to make that big of a difference. This is a 10 out of 10 bite right here You guys there are so many different thai restaurants and concepts in new york city And they always have something different on the menu Some more than others this happens to have a lot of like fusion cool items Another Bangkok central thailand dish we have is the kuey teo bed Which is a duck broth soup and it's very fragrant man. I can smell you know I've had a couple duck broth soups in in my day But uh, this one has a lot of smell to it, man. I like it very friggin I can smell like the five spices to start wow look at the the rice noodles in there super fat Oh Let's try it man. Let's waste no more time It definitely does have a little bit of medicinal vibes But it's a lot more sweeter and a little bit spicier than something like the malaysian baka tap that has tastes very medicinal So I'd say this cuts the difference, but overall man. I like this dish a lot This is a really good bowl of duck noodles guys I want to take a look at the roasted duck in this right now guys a lot of thai spots They're going to use the roasted duck uh like the siu op straight from like the cantonese spots But I think they do their duck themselves man because this looks a little bit different, so um I mean, you're probably wondering why we're covering so much thai food. Well, guess what there's so many new thai restaurants opening up They actually do have a lot of different sides to their cuisine guys Obviously, it's more than pad thai pad quimau pad cu as we know And I just love to see the diversity. So I think people are always searching for new thai dishes. So man Hopefully they all do well And our last dish here is the pad pong curry tale man It's stir-fried jumbo squid fish fillet egg bell peppers onion scallions with a curry sauce Um curry obviously meaning curry there. Oh man, this looks actually really good This looks like more of one of those dishes you will see actually in thailand. Let me let me show you the fish fillet Hey fish fillet of the pad pong curry tale Mmm very tender Squid kind of like calamari it's deep fried. Listen, man. There's nothing wrong with pad thai or pad cu But it kills me to see you guys still stuck on it. I get it man Maybe not all restaurants have this dish But if you come to a restaurant and it has a list of specials which this item is actually on the special side Definitely check them out, man It's definitely worth the experience and definitely worth the flavor because you're just gonna get dishes that you You just never been had before man. Trust me. There's so much dishes of thailand that are undiscovered at least unrealized to us