I've been to Xi'An for a school expedition before and I have to say, those noodles are soooo good that I've been making them at home to get a taste of what I had there. A fun fact bout the noodles is that the slapping action in the making makes the sound "biang", so the noodles were named after that, called "biang biang noodles". It's also the most difficult Chinese character to write, with 56 strokes, which became the challenge between my friends to write the word and actually remember how to write it :p
I can confirm that these noodles are incredibly delicious but BRUTALLY spicy. The hard part is being in pain and refusing to stop eating because it's so good. Bit of culinary masochism involved
Ahhhh I remember when this was a small stall in New York China town. Me and my dad used to go there, sit down and share a bowl since I was 7 at the time. Good memories. Then the father passed it down to the son and he expanded it so much and I love seeing how the franchise grew up as I did. It holds a special place in my heart.
I love this man's attitude about "authentic" food. Everyone has their own definition of "what is an authentic xxxxx". And especially in China, to be able to make authentic local food is a basic requirement yet the hardest part for a chief (known as "众口难调"). Sometimes it makes me think that being "authentic" is too over weighted in our food culture that it stops the revolution of the food. But anyway, all of it is just about to make people happy, some of us just like a great tasting experience, and others are having a special memory of certain foods. It is not about right or wrong, and I'm happy to experience all the varieties and then find "authentic" one for myself.
I love these 2 guys, one is super serious and is super interested in what you have to say and the other is just there and happy to participate and it really balance them out nicely.
Fred Fonacier III their original stall in the Golden Mall basement is closed because they could only serve so much in such a small spot. Their main Flushing location is now where Biang used to be.
craziii3 they weren't as of 2 months ago when I went to eat at Tianjin Dumpling House the next stall over in the Golden Mall basement, their original location has been closed for a while.
Mostly, yeah. It's fascinating. I basically started watching him because Muslim Chinese food is rarely showcased and the way he connected to the people there is amazing, given that he knows how to speak their language.
At first I liked him, but constant uuuh-aaaahing every bite made me so annoyed so I stopped watching him, same with Mark Wein who might roll his eyes stupidly even he tastes piss.
I used to go to their restaurant(s) in New York as a child all the time and my dad would speak with his dad in Xi An dialect. Very interesting!! Their food was so good
I’m Chinese and I haven’t tried Xi’an food before. The food in every part of China is very different. Where my ancestors came from it is more of a coastal region in the south therefore the main staple is rice and the food tends to be lighter tasting and there is more seafood. Xi’an is pretty much inland and in the north therefore the main staple is maize & wheat, the food is hearty & spicy and more red meat (lamb, beef etc.) is used instead.
@@jW-kr5xn Not true, Sichuan is not exactly the North and it is the capital of spicy Chinese food. Viet and Thai are in the south the food also gets spicy. Food in Beijing is not known to be spicy.
Vision33r the exact should be “the more northern u get, the heavier the taste profile becomes”. It doesn’t have to spicy, it could be salt. Southern region usually have a lighter, more elegant taste that u can find on other cuisine like Japanese and French. They developed a focus a balancing savory, spice and sweet, and put heavy emphasis on the form of presentation. They are elegant, precisely well balanced,and look beautiful. The northern region have a more emphasis on “feast”, where foods presentation no longer has a artistic fine dining pursuits, but more focus on sharing and having a good time with friends. Northern region, north east in particular, have less natural resources for agriculture than the abundant south, therefore foods are pickled and preserved and people develop a saltier taste. Stuffs from casual barbecue kebab to high end Peking duck have more spirit similar to American and Korean foods, they taste good and they are plenty.
Now a fast popularized RUclips channel based in Toronto, Canada specialised in wheat-based Silk Road Chinese cuisine is by a Chinese Canadian woman who came originally from Xi'an. The channel is in Mandarin Chinese and even Chinese from other parts of the world find her food and teaching fascinating and excellent.
goddamn i know this guy. he used to help his dad run a little hole in the wall noodle shop in main street down in a basement kind of thing. I gotta go back to NY and check out his place, i miss his food.
im from where this noodle dish is famous in china, honestly, the noodle dish is a fusion in terms of the meat topping that goes in it (in other words, not exactly the same as the ones sold back home in china) but it still looks good with some pieces of meat like that tho. cucumber side dish is pretty close to authentic ones judging by the look of it. by the way, im making this noodle tonite, cant wait to eat it! so hungry!!
I was lucky enough to try Xi'an cuisine in London this year and it's now probably my favourite Chinese food with Sichuan cuisine right behind at place number 2, pulled noodles are absolutely beautiful. I can only imagine how those lamb noodles taste like... dayum...
Jaaon made a great introduction and explained well about Xi'an food. Just by the look of it, I can tell it's far better than any of the so called "Xi'an" food I've tried in Bay area.
I don't eat "authentic", I eat food which is delicious and made by people who know what can make you happy and full in a good way. This man clearly knows what he's doing. Great job
Besides the amazing noodles, food and lessons on Chinese food heritage, that Carolco logo tshirt is the bomb! I mean, I could be watching a Terminator movie and eating X'ian Famous simultaneously?!
Those are Bam Bam Noodles. I love them because when I make them and they start smashing against the table, they go BAM BAM. I'd say it's more of an iconic Chinese dish rather than a New York dish but hey, they pretty much took recipes from all over the world.
my family is from a part of china with a completely different taste profile. the first time i went to xi'an (the city, not this restaurant) the food there blew my mind.
I hope that one day Xi’an Famous Foods will become like Starbucks where I can stand outside of one and look down the street at another in any large city in the US, and pretty much every town will have one. Everyone deserves to eat food this tasty!
Not going to lie, the spicy lamb noodles are life. They’re not too spicy and loaded with cumin and garlic. But, just to warn, they are quite oily from the Szechuan pepper oil that it ladled on top once the noddles are assembled. So not every stomach can handle it. Also, don’t attempt to go between 12-2. The lines are insane!
The owner seems like a great guy. I am glad people like him are being successful. While I never tried these noodles, I kinda wish it was halal in order for it to feel truly authentic.
Food is about creating something that tastes delicious. Authenticity isn’t a factor at all. Food is a language, and to become more fluent, your creativity’s gotta match up.
Lol that’s the X’ian factory where they make and stock and ship food out to all the other X’ian Famous Foods restaurants in NYC, it’s in Woodside, Queens, also literally 3 blocks from where I live xD
Xi'an has great noodles. For real, they are outstanding. You can order whatever you want to go with them, but be aware that you're going to be picking around the other stuff to get more noodle, and then eat good chicken, lamb, beef, whatever and still feel sad that the noodles are gone. It's NYC pricing, so I can't afford to order two.
Dude gave $60,000 to the Suicide Hotline after Bourdain's death. Very nice gesture. 👍
Tosh T
I believe it was actually $73.5 thousand
Tosh T His show allowed Xi'an to flourish
+jojojaykay Very cool. I read about it the day after Bourdain died. He pledged one day of profit and estimated approx 60K.
Man, glad he did it too. Bourdain blew up his business and changed he and his family's life.
Man that's great.
These guys did a sick tribute to Bourdain a few days ago since they owed a lot of success to them, was really cool
link pls?
Google xian famous foods, it's on their insta
rizzo69ca nah, you’re just old. “Sick” is the new way people complement things to a high degree. Language evolves. It’s just how it is.
Whos bordain?
Is it the guy who hung himself on a doorknob?😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Stay Tight e how is that even possible? Is bordain in this video?
I've been to Xi'An for a school expedition before and I have to say, those noodles are soooo good that I've been making them at home to get a taste of what I had there. A fun fact bout the noodles is that the slapping action in the making makes the sound "biang", so the noodles were named after that, called "biang biang noodles". It's also the most difficult Chinese character to write, with 56 strokes, which became the challenge between my friends to write the word and actually remember how to write it :p
Yes, the word "biang" is here zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi%C3%A1ngbi%C3%A1ng%E9%9D%A2#/media/File:Bi%C3%A1ng_(xingkai).svg
HI Ashley! Can you PLEASE tell me your recipe to create the dough to make the noodles? I would love to try and make this at home.
@@karennvuong ruclips.net/video/Dcv-MD6_4DA/видео.html
Im making tryin this recipe
good to hear that, your knowledge about Xi'an 's noodle is even more that a part of Chinese people :P
I can confirm that these noodles are incredibly delicious but BRUTALLY spicy. The hard part is being in pain and refusing to stop eating because it's so good. Bit of culinary masochism involved
I can confirm, bruh I literally enjoyed it so much I pleasured myself by basically lighting a cigarette while eating it
Culinary masochism is my favorite kind of masochism
Culinary masochism!! I love that! Best comment ever!
What a cool humble dude. Love Prime Time! Please make more weird sausages!
@@hornetgamingtv insult or compliment?
Ahhhh I remember when this was a small stall in New York China town. Me and my dad used to go there, sit down and share a bowl since I was 7 at the time. Good memories. Then the father passed it down to the son and he expanded it so much and I love seeing how the franchise grew up as I did. It holds a special place in my heart.
I love this man's attitude about "authentic" food. Everyone has their own definition of "what is an authentic xxxxx". And especially in China, to be able to make authentic local food is a basic requirement yet the hardest part for a chief (known as "众口难调"). Sometimes it makes me think that being "authentic" is too over weighted in our food culture that it stops the revolution of the food. But anyway, all of it is just about to make people happy, some of us just like a great tasting experience, and others are having a special memory of certain foods. It is not about right or wrong, and I'm happy to experience all the varieties and then find "authentic" one for myself.
Had this in 2015 and I still have dreams about this dish- it’s that good
I love these 2 guys, one is super serious and is super interested in what you have to say and the other is just there and happy to participate and it really balance them out nicely.
I love how these dudes don’t interrupt the speaker
I remember these guys back in that underground location in flushing. damn i'm old af
kongmw i think they’re still there. Its Mike Chen’s fave spot.
There's the spot near Golden Mall that using to be Biang! That location is nice right now because air conditioning! lol
Fred Fonacier III their original stall in the Golden Mall basement is closed because they could only serve so much in such a small spot. Their main Flushing location is now where Biang used to be.
they are still there :P they just opened a bunch of other locations since then.
craziii3 they weren't as of 2 months ago when I went to eat at Tianjin Dumpling House the next stall over in the Golden Mall basement, their original location has been closed for a while.
*All of it looks tasty as hell!*
you can say that again.
Trevor James of Food Ranger is covering food from this area now.
Mostly, yeah. It's fascinating. I basically started watching him because Muslim Chinese food is rarely showcased and the way he connected to the people there is amazing, given that he knows how to speak their language.
Tai Haole！！！
At first I liked him, but constant uuuh-aaaahing every bite made me so annoyed so I stopped watching him, same with Mark Wein who might roll his eyes stupidly even he tastes piss.
Trevor is mad annoying
I love this guy! He understands the past and questions it just so he can make something delicious AF! I can't wait to eat here.
I used to go to their restaurant(s) in New York as a child all the time and my dad would speak with his dad in Xi An dialect. Very interesting!! Their food was so good
I’m Chinese and I haven’t tried Xi’an food before. The food in every part of China is very different. Where my ancestors came from it is more of a coastal region in the south therefore the main staple is rice and the food tends to be lighter tasting and there is more seafood. Xi’an is pretty much inland and in the north therefore the main staple is maize & wheat, the food is hearty & spicy and more red meat (lamb, beef etc.) is used instead.
Correct
Szechuan and Guangdong?
The more north you go, the spicier the food gets
@@jW-kr5xn Not true, Sichuan is not exactly the North and it is the capital of spicy Chinese food. Viet and Thai are in the south the food also gets spicy. Food in Beijing is not known to be spicy.
Vision33r the exact should be “the more northern u get, the heavier the taste profile becomes”. It doesn’t have to spicy, it could be salt. Southern region usually have a lighter, more elegant taste that u can find on other cuisine like Japanese and French. They developed a focus a balancing savory, spice and sweet, and put heavy emphasis on the form of presentation. They are elegant, precisely well balanced,and look beautiful. The northern region have a more emphasis on “feast”, where foods presentation no longer has a artistic fine dining pursuits, but more focus on sharing and having a good time with friends. Northern region, north east in particular, have less natural resources for agriculture than the abundant south, therefore foods are pickled and preserved and people develop a saltier taste. Stuffs from casual barbecue kebab to high end Peking duck have more spirit similar to American and Korean foods, they taste good and they are plenty.
Xian noodles are beautiful
Now a fast popularized RUclips channel based in Toronto, Canada specialised in wheat-based Silk Road Chinese cuisine is by a Chinese Canadian woman who came originally from Xi'an. The channel is in Mandarin Chinese and even Chinese from other parts of the world find her food and teaching fascinating and excellent.
Damian Rhea what channel is this? Yours?
Damian Rhea what scene is this is
Xi'an***
Joey Karate if you can go here or other xian restaurants, try lamb paomo. I tried it in xian and its so good, but also very oily.
goddamn i know this guy.
he used to help his dad run a little hole in the wall noodle shop in main street down in a basement kind of thing.
I gotta go back to NY and check out his place, i miss his food.
This guy share the same philosophy and spirit as Bruce Lee. The way he talks and his views come across like some spiritual successor in chef form. 😂
im from where this noodle dish is famous in china, honestly, the noodle dish is a fusion in terms of the meat topping that goes in it (in other words, not exactly the same as the ones sold back home in china) but it still looks good with some pieces of meat like that tho. cucumber side dish is pretty close to authentic ones judging by the look of it. by the way, im making this noodle tonite, cant wait to eat it! so hungry!!
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Wow you both were really great at pulling noodles.
So glad we have a restaurant in Las Vegas that specializes in the same type of food.
Going to NY in November from the UK, definitely going to be hitting this place up.
It's freaking good.
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Sometimes when you go to a restaurant you see online, it’s mega disappointing. It’s happened to me at least twice now.
Their food is freaking amazing. Can't wait to go back to New York and eat it again.
I was lucky enough to try Xi'an cuisine in London this year and it's now probably my favourite Chinese food with Sichuan cuisine right behind at place number 2, pulled noodles are absolutely beautiful. I can only imagine how those lamb noodles taste like... dayum...
Xi'an is one of best restaurants in all of NYC.
Jaaon made a great introduction and explained well about Xi'an food. Just by the look of it, I can tell it's far better than any of the so called "Xi'an" food I've tried in Bay area.
I don't eat "authentic", I eat food which is delicious and made by people who know what can make you happy and full in a good way. This man clearly knows what he's doing. Great job
Kitchen is so clean!
Bring these noodles to San Francisco!
i don't even like lamb but their lamb dishes are insanely delicious, esp these noodles
then you like lamb....
Ate here by pure chance last time in NYC and it was incredible. Can’t wait to go back!
Love how respectful the host is to the culture
Prime Time!!! Excited as hell for this one.
Love their Liang Pi and Spinach Dumplings!
Looks perfect to end a night of drinks.
after I saw this video, I've started getting food from there like twice a week for the past 3 months...
One of the best noodles I ever had, when we lived on upper east side we used to go almost every weekend
Why did it take me 5 years to find this Channel? I LOVE IT!!!!
Omg the chili oil look so delicious, I want the recipe
Subscribed just for this show!
OMG... at 12 AM... looks amazing - thanks for sharing this!
That look on their faces 6:10 😂
That menu on the wall, LEGIT! That's a place I want to eat at. Seeing this makes me want to go back to China and eat.
I love how my favorite food as a child at home is now "Iconic New York Noodle dish"
Finally something from you guys I can actually Eat here in China without having to take out another mortgage.
Those noodles look AWESOME. I live in NYC and im TOTALLY going there next!
Owner seems like a cool dude. Great that he made it.
It's such great dish, loooooooove it.
Besides the amazing noodles, food and lessons on Chinese food heritage, that Carolco logo tshirt is the bomb! I mean, I could be watching a Terminator movie and eating X'ian Famous simultaneously?!
cleanest chinese restaurant kitchen ive ever seen
going to New York just to go to this restaurant is on my bucket list
"Jason, I notice we're keeping all these nice kind of fattier bits here."
Jason: THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
As a lamb lover, I think people do not appreciate lamb enough, but these people just showed the potential of lamb
Those are Bam Bam Noodles. I love them because when I make them and they start smashing against the table, they go BAM BAM. I'd say it's more of an iconic Chinese dish rather than a New York dish but hey, they pretty much took recipes from all over the world.
The guy with the cap looks like he was on his way to Atlantic city to meet his brother for a night of gambling.
Derpyderp why don’t you take a seat for me
I was thinking more like Reno, NV
Used to eat at Xian's spot in the east village all the time when I was at NYU. Some of the best meals I've ever had on those little plates.
I would really try to make those noodles, sounds really fun the stretching part.
awesome dude!
Ughhh I love Xian famous foods. I remember when it was a little dirty restaurant and then when his son took over. Still love ot
Middle of the night in Missouri... I want to walk/fly/etc to this place for that dish Right Now.
my family is from a part of china with a completely different taste profile. the first time i went to xi'an (the city, not this restaurant) the food there blew my mind.
I hope that one day Xi’an Famous Foods will become like Starbucks where I can stand outside of one and look down the street at another in any large city in the US, and pretty much every town will have one. Everyone deserves to eat food this tasty!
Top 3 favorite dish in NYC
Not going to lie, the spicy lamb noodles are life. They’re not too spicy and loaded with cumin and garlic. But, just to warn, they are quite oily from the Szechuan pepper oil that it ladled on top once the noddles are assembled. So not every stomach can handle it.
Also, don’t attempt to go between 12-2. The lines are insane!
Looks fire 🔥
That is a beautiful.. Dish.. Next time i am in NY.. I now know where to go.. Thank you.
6:05 You know this tastes bomb
Tony Bourdain put me on to these noodles but it was the lamb burger that hooked me on to this spot.
5:36 nice seal interpretation :D made me laught^^
The owner seems like a great guy. I am glad people like him are being successful. While I never tried these noodles, I kinda wish it was halal in order for it to feel truly authentic.
I literally would’ve never put noddles and lamb together. EVER
Asian cumin lamb is one of my fav dishes of all time. Need to try their version!
Well spoken young man
used to go here all the time. it's really good....
That looks seriously good
There are some dishes that you just know that they taste GOOD! This is one of them
Exciting to see they breakdown the lamb themselves!
I gotta go to China one day just for the hand-pulled chili oil noodles.
noodles look soooo good :) when i am in new york will def try
Good hand pulled noodles are so hard to find, im so glad I found an awesome place here in SATX
But is it PROFOUND?!
i like that guys mustache he looks badass
My favorite place! I love this place!
My absolute favorite restaurant!!!
Looks so good! Dang it!
It looks so beautiful I wanna eat...cry because I'm terrible with spicy food
The chili oil/sauce looks really good.
Food is about creating something that tastes delicious. Authenticity isn’t a factor at all. Food is a language, and to become more fluent, your creativity’s gotta match up.
ate this in Jan. Sooooooo good. I miss it. Open in LA please
Looks delicious
Wish they would open in southern California
Mike Chen went to a Xian restaurant in California. It wasn't part of the chain in NYC though.
Don't they have it in the 626 over there? I heard that this noodle dish is everywhere in Cali
Lol that’s the X’ian factory where they make and stock and ship food out to all the other X’ian Famous Foods restaurants in NYC, it’s in Woodside, Queens, also literally 3 blocks from where I live xD
great video guys
I almost want to book a ticket to New York to come eat those ...
In Detroit, the only Sichuan restaurant is Trizest. It’s fantastic.
AMAZING !!!!!
he is cuuuuuute
Xi'an has great noodles. For real, they are outstanding. You can order whatever you want to go with them, but be aware that you're going to be picking around the other stuff to get more noodle, and then eat good chicken, lamb, beef, whatever and still feel sad that the noodles are gone. It's NYC pricing, so I can't afford to order two.
That looks so amazing.