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They serve meat too, I'm saying they have vegan options. and vegetarian. to be honest it's the only place I know of that serves vegetarian Chinese food and is half decent flavor, me I'll eat both, though I hate tofu .
Well not exactly. It's knowing the dishes. I've ordered the good dishes speaking English just describing what I want. It probably helps to look very Chinese
CookinginRussia I love you for that. I worked at a food court and Asian people ran the cactus grill(Mexican) Mexican people ran the golden work(Chinese) Mexican people ran the Sbarro (Italian) Black people ran the Loco Taco (Mexican) White people ran the Wendy's
It is false that “ALL” Chinese restaurants in the US have a Chinese menu. Only restaurants catering to Chinese clientele will have a Chinese menu and they may specialize in a specific cuisine (Sichuan, Xi’an, Cantonese). However, it doesn’t hurt to ask but don’t be an asshole when they say they don’t have one.
Very few restaurants in northeast US have such "secret menu," but independent places in particular will usually cook what you ask for. Four out of five we've tried tend to enjoy cooking more-authentic. Leaving the right gratuity means we get treated well next time too.
I'm able to get "secret stash" hot oil. Not hot sauce, but genuine, home-made hot oil from a local place. I can order "off menu," and eat what the staff eats. Maybe it's because I speak a little Chinese, or that I can play mahjong at Honk Kong street game speeds, but it is a completely different experience.
Does anyone have experiences with this specifically in the South East? I want to ask but I'm not sure if a Chinese secret menu is as much of a thing here. I only know of one Mexican restraunt that had a secret menu and the waitress legit rolled her eyes at me when I asked for one as well. I asked politely in Spanish too lol
Instead of asking for a "secret menu" ... research for a dish that would be in that secret menu and ask if they have that dish. If they have it, then you could ask what else they have. Also, if they are good at it, people will talk about it and post it online. A quick search for common dishes such as Dim Sum or Dan Dan noodles + Miami I got the following results: www.yelp.com/biz_photos/kon-chau-restaurant-miami and www.yelp.com/biz_photos/cy-chinese-restaurant-north-miami-beach
as someone who works at a Chinese restaurant I can safely say that we do not have a “secret menu”. seldom do we get Chinese customers, but when we do they always order “American” Chinese food. that being said, everything in our restaurant is made fresh, i can’t speak for other restaurants but we can modify any dish. though it technically isn’t a dish we can tell the chefs to add chicken to the flat rice noodles and/or whatever else a customer wants. so just keep in mind that even if a restaurant doesn’t have a secret menu you can always ask to modify a dish to get an “authentic” Chinese one. (also in case anyone wanted to know, most of the time the employees don’t eat the “American” Chinese food and they make authentic food instead. so even if you don’t see Chinese customers, the employees most likely are cooking themselves authentic food which means they have the ingredients in the kitchen to make something for you! but coming from someone who has dealt with their fair share of rude customers, please always be nice to the waiters/who ever answers the phone! and if they tell you they can not modify something, please do not argue with them.)
I tired of trying to order custom dishes at the places around here in Germany because there seems to be such a high chance with Asia places of getting things wrong. Hell, some can't even make a somewhat logically structured menu. My favorite place (that was still frustrating to deal with) closed down and then I found one place that had appealing food which seemed kinda fresh and natural and authentic, but they had appalling service and put the same veggies in every meal, which of course didn't match their menu, but that was clumsily copied from another restaurant anyway. Then I discovered a place offering healthy, organic local food, but that had summer vacation and then closed indefinitely for personal reasons.
I think as a general rule, never be rude to the person you're ordering from on the phone. That's how you end up with spit in your food. (I'm totally joking about the spit, mostly, -ish, but seriously, they deal with enough belligerence on a daily basis, no need to add to it)
I work at a Chinese restaurant as well. What we eat for breakfast and lunch is definitely not on the menu. We have tons of vegetables and meats that are not served to customers. Anyone who asked for a traditional Cantonese meal could get one. 冬瓜湯,白切雞,鳯爪, we got it son...
@@vosk6481 Not all of them do. The good places list the Chinese dishes along with the westernized "chinese" food (which usually means they get a decent Chinese clientele), much like a proper Japanese place doesn't limit itself to sushi only... then there are the ones that carry a secret menu, and then there are the complete charlatans... Sadly Chinese aren't the only nationality that hide excellent food. Many middle-eastern places in my area do it too... usually by selling pizza instead of actual food :( it's sad really, i'd give an arm and a leg for an actual Turkish-owned place that actually serves Turkish food and not just pizza (and isn't located in Bazar Vest in århus) :D
This is a bit misleading. I'm from the Endicott, NY area and Moon Star is not your typical American Chinese takeout or a Chinese buffet (like the clips you showed). Those clips of the buffet Chinese food aren't even from their restaurant. They serve very authentic, high-quality Chinese food. All these alternatives you're trying are on their regular menu, not some secret menu. The book the owner was holding at the end is the menu everyone gets and it has everything you guys tried. I doubt you can get this quality if you went to your average American Chinese takeout.
Yup, I live in the area as well. I agree that this video is misleading. Moon star is not a Chinese take out place or a Chinese buffet. (I thought I was going crazy when I saw the shots of the buffet dishes. Has it been that long since I last went there) There’s no secret menu. It’s the regular menu that everyone gets. There are authentic Chinese restaurants in the US you know. This is one of them. He needs to go to Panda Express. See how that works out.
@@terryballzak9997 The majority of the videos these days are clickbait. But he is generally stating facts that are true to him. Bias's and descrimination that he faces in China. Just like MSM in the USA has bias's and shit on Trump for 24/7.
This is so true. My mom will walk into places we never even been to before and request something not on the menu. Except she doesn’t use English. It made me feel like it was some kind of secret club member thing, known only to other Chinese immigrants, lol.
It isn't just Chinese restaurants. I've walked into a Malaysian restaurant, and asked if they can make Assam Laksa. They did, and the most surprising thing is, there was nothing on their menu with Mackerel, so I totally expected them to say it's impossible. Maybe they sent a runner off to the nearby fish market. XD
The only reason is that CN ppl would like to taste some authentic CN food if went to a CN restaurant, otherwise there's no point going to a CN restaurant.
danceofmasks sometimes its actually a regular thing if they have a passionate or creative chef, they often sometimes just send someone for an ingredient or 2 at the local shop/market, instead of turning away someones custom.
I like how when the girl is talking to him he completely spaces out and looks into space with his dead eyes completely devoid of any interest of what she is talking about. This video encapsulates the quote "If only you knew how bad things really were"
Sometimes people get too obsessed with eating "authentic" food. I lived in China for 3 years, Japan for 4 years, Korean for 3 years and various parts of Europe and NA and South/South East Asia for the other 25 years but I still frequently crave an "American" Chinese hot & sour soup (and I have almost definitely eaten many more "interesting" foods than laowhy86). Just because it is authentic doesn't mean it is better. Be happy with the food that makes you comfortable. If you like egg rolls and egg drop soup then eat that. American Chinese food also has a very rich tradition behind it that a lot of people these days try to dismiss.
That's fine, and I do love American style hot and sour soup. But for the other things I really want to try authentic. Much of the American Chinese adaptations are way too sugary!
I just try to use local ingredients with """authentic""" methods of preparation and spices. I agree, however: eat what you want, it comes out the same way regardless :)
Next time I go to a Chinese restaurant I'm going to go up to order and say Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start Then they'll give me the secret menu. I wonder it they have it in the UK
Maybe I grew up in a different region, but egg drop soup is not that rare in China. It may contain different ingredients, and it generally has a thinner consistency than most common Western variants.
Chinese secret menu include dogs, cats and rats. Avoid all Chinese restraunt they use rats and cats. Go eat in a proper American eaterieand support real Americans.
@@williamsmith8164 All white people are naturally bigoted. It's impossible to have a white nation that doesn't hate everyone in the world. If all white nations were sealed up and contained this would be a great world.
I'm really glad she said that she wants more Americans to try real Chinese food. That makes me feel way more comfortable going in and asking for it, knowing there's a good chance that they'll be cool with it.
In your opinion/experience, what’s the best way for a non-Chinese speaker to ask for authentic Chinese dishes without confusing or insulting the restaurant? Also it seems odd that the host says she wants more Americans to try real Chinese food, yet the real Chinese menu is a secret. Why not give customers both menus and then more of us would try it? I certainly would!
I agree! I am married to a woman who grew up in Laos she loves to cook! as we work together and eat lunch together, its amazing how many people want to try her authentic food and just love it.
Don't know much about America, I live in Australia, and agree with Perfect Irony on his assessment (with respect to Australia though). I think we've probably progressed a little more here in Australia, though I'm unfortunately a poor representation of an average Australian, since I'm so involved in the Chinese community here (Chinese wife). I will say that here in Melbourne, where I live, there is a Chinese restaurant near my house, which we wont go to because we know it serves western style Chinese food. My wife asked the boss one day, and he told her she wouldn't like the food! However, one suburb closer to the city, and we can find authentic dishes, and things get better the closer you get to the city (and as the Chinese population increases). The place we live is on the outskirts of Melbourne - literally a 2 minute drive before you see farmland.
merinsan i here you, I have visited China a few times now but live about 45mins from the city of Perth. Since my travels to China I find it very hard to find a Chinese restaurant that I enjoy eating at. I have been to a few in Canberra with mates, found the food a little better and cheaper then what we can get in Perth but still not the same as what I have eaten in China.
Sifu KT Here in Melbourne, there are a lot of options, especially in areas with large Chinese populations, like Box Hill and Glen Waverly. City is also good. Having Chinese friends helps a lot too, since they share information about good restaurants on wechat. Although having said that, the last place we went to was terrible, but my friend said it depends on the chef for the day, so maybe we had the bad chef. I desperately want to go back to China. Haven't been for a few years now. Just really difficult for us at the moment since my son is in his final year of high school.
merinsan thanks man, if I manage to get access that way again i’ll have to checkout those areas, I’ve been to a few in the cbd around little burke st. Wechat is certainly a useful app at times.
Well, not every chinese restaurant, but that's to be expected. My family is in the chinese (american) restaurant business and you certainly CANNOT get some of these options. This Secret menu applies to the "mixed" restaurants, where both Americans and immigrants frequent. The Chinese American restaurants my family and some others operate strictly cater to Americans so we stock for your conventional Chinese takeout dishes. So while you can ask for Lotus root and he fun, we either don't have enough (meant for our own meals) or not at all because we simply don't utilize the more exotic ingredients for the restaurant's Mongolian beef and whatnot. While we do get the occasional Asian American coming into the takeout place for real chinese food, the restaurant has to make do with broccoli and lomein to mimic some of that authentic flavor, to varying degrees of success. Don't be discouraged on your hunt for the secret menu! But your neighborhood See through or Mandarin Garden might not also cater to the chinese community but is instead strictly American, and therfore not carry some of the more Chinese ingredients. It's always a good idea to ask, and even if they don't have the pancakes and whatnot, they might whip something else up with what they have!
Chinese secret menu include dogs, cats and rats. Avoid all Chinese restraunt they use rats and cats. Go eat in a proper American eaterieand support real Americans.
A Chinese restaurant here in Plano Texas was recently busted for having a secret menu that included Shark Fin Soup. Despite the owner getting arrested the restaurant remains open.
Shark Fin soup is illegal for a reason, they tend to catch the shark, hack their dorsal fin off then dump the still live shark back in the water to either bleed or starve to death as it can no longer swim.
You know what, as a translator I can understand, most of Chinese dishes are notoriously difficult to translate, some that might be written in 3 Chinese characters need to be translated into half a paragraph in English. Most restaurants don't have either the capacity to translate themselves, or the money to hire a translator. I mean, I charge 20 cents per words, but imagine would charge at least 50 for menu...
It takes time and effort to educate the public, I think. Honestly, it's not a secret at all. It is there all the time. The owner is here just afraid you guys hate it, and she loses business.
W W in America we have pickled eggs and pigs feet. Idk why you would think that so many people would look at a Chinese menu and be like “ewww gross yucky foreign food”
It's interesting that YueXing had a printed authentic menu. My experience has been that the menu is usually hand-written on posterboard and taped to the wall. While you were in China, did you go to that restaurant "Fortune Cookie" in Shanghai? It is a restaurant serving American Chinese food (I assume high-quality) in China.
7:35 I believe Chinese immigrants used to speak in Cantonese so"chow min"and"low min"is actually the pronunciation of "炒麵（fried noodles）"and"撈麵（mixed noodles）" instead of the Mandarin version which the girl spoke.(im from Hong Kong and this is my thoughts of the names please correct me if I've made a mistake)
I actually like egg rolls, we have egg rolls in my neighborhood. They even have egg rolls in Philipines. I actually like hot and sour soup, we actually have to go to a larger restaurant to get hot and sour soup. Interestingly enough, both General Tso's chicken and three cups chicken are from Taiwan. I agree Lo mein and Chow Mein are both pretty bad in America.
i think many Chinese restaurants in the west combine their dishes with other Asian dishes and Westernize it so it's more in style with what Western people eat. In my country almost every Chinese restaurant is mixed Indonesian dishes. Most of the CHinese restaurants are also called "Chinese Indonesian restaurant" but everyone just says "Let's go to the Chinese".
are you an Indonesian? I know Indonesia has the largest population of ethnic Chinese outside of China. I actually like their Chinese food because they taste like very classic Chinese food. But I didn't know Indo people would say Let's go to Chinese. I thought Chinese food there are already assimilated into their culture.
I'm not Indonesian, I'm from the Netherlands. No idea if they would say "let's go to the chinese" as well, but most dutch people would refer to such restaurants as "The Chinese". I don't know the history either when it comes to food and the mixture of Chinese and Indonesian food. We have a lot of Indonesians in my country due to our Colonial history so i thought that was the reason why we see so many Chinese-Indonesian restaurants here. Loving their Saté tho! Don't know the english name for it (if it's not the same, like we don't call Egg Rolls, Egg rols but Loempia's).
Lumpia is also a common name for Egg rolls, but they are usually used in South East Asia. The name is originally from southern Fujian province of China which is also where most of the Chinese in Indo are from. Since you're Dutch, I'd like to ask you this. I was told that The Indonesian anti-Chinese riots were due to the fact that during the colonial time, the Dutch were using some kind of caste system, Dutch upper class, Chinese middle glass, and Indonesian as the lower class. After they gain independence, they hated the Chinese who used to be a higher class than them.
Oh really? I was in Taipei and didn't try them. I was on a quest to find the best breakfast and the best Xaio Long Bao. lol I have been to Singapore and ate a seafood mixed noodle dish....with flat noodle sand shrimp, maybe sausage? I can't remember what it was called.
I am glad you posted this. I did the same thing with Indian food when I was in Iraq. The mess halls are mostly run by civilian contractors from India. So you are mostly eating their version of American food. Which mostly sucked because they never really had it before. They let me try what the make for them selves. 1000 times better.
@@stephenolan5539 Fortune cookies and chop suey is still Chinese food but made in America. What's your point, would you be more comfortable if people say Chinese people making Chinese American food.
Actually I think that’s bc you lived in Guangdong so you are used to Cantonese food? Egg rolls are usually spring rolls (春捲） for us。egg drop soup is like what mama makes (蛋花湯）
I found this at a Chinese restaurant once. We went in & they thought we were Chinese so they gave us the Chinese menu & said we should use that one. Good to know anyone can request it.
Croaker Outdoors they need to research the history of Chinese food in America! They are very one sided and are not explaining the different Chinese cuisines!
Cxero Annuki I’ll make it more clear for you. A pretentious attitude is showing an attitude of superiority. Western Chinese food like the many different American styles of pizza, they are derivative of its original source, but that is now our cultural take. I learned a lot, but the attitudes of laughing at what hard working people cook and millions of Americans eat was grating to say the least.
Hot-n-sour and egg-drop soup are Taiwanese street food. A little bit history, there were several waves of Chinese immigrants: in the 60's, many Chinese immigrants were from Hong Kong. In the late 70's, many Taiwanese came to the US and the since many Taiwanese were second generation "mainlanders" they brought a modified version of Chinese food as well. The original versions of the soups were more watery and less starchy. Egg-drop soup were sometimes cooked with tomatoes, seaweed, tofu, or cabbage. They are still popular in Taiwan today.
True. I worked for a Chinese doctor and he would order from a Chinese restaurant across the street...totally different food and good from what's on the menu. Sometimes I would go there and ask for the secret menu...hehe.
Reminds me when I first came back to the USA after being in china for 3 years and came to a chinese restaurant and ordered in mandarin, then asked what the spice levels are and the waiter said 'for white people or for chinese?" lmaoo he literally had a 'no spice' 'medium spice' spicy' then for chinese he had 'true spicy' and 'will burn your tongue' haha
I wonder if that is why he had such poor food in Chengdu. We went to a restaurant in a fairly busy area, probably a bit touristy (we didn't know the area), and ordered gong bao ji ding. I am by no means a master of eating spicy food, so I was expecting to struggle with it, but I didn't even break a sweat. It was the worst one I've ever had, up until last week. This happened even though my wife (Chinese) ordered. Ironically, one of the best Sichuan dishes I had was here in Melbourne, where we had beef with chillies. My mouth was on fire from the chilli, numbed from the pepper, but it was delicious!!
I know what you mean, you'd expect china to have an extreme spice tolerance, (Slight western stereotype but not exactly false) but its never anything super crazy. I can't find it anywhere in USA but when i was living overseas we use to have long green beans with these tiny red peppers that would quite literally numb your tongue and I forgot the name of them but I wish wish wish I could get them in the US. I haven't been to Melbourne but Australia is definitely on the list. Also thats ironic it was Chengdu because that's in the Sichuan province.
Exactly....We went to Sichuan expecting something spicy, and were disappointed. At least we know some good Sichuan restaurants in Beijing, where my wife is originally from and we frequently travel to.
None of my local Chinese places even ask about spice. The Chinese food I know is basically spice-less. The Thai food though... 1-5 spice level. 4 sets my tongue on fire, haven't dared to try 5.
I love Sichuan food. The (numbing) spice that you're referring to is Sichuan Peppercorn (花椒). Ask for the Hot Oil (辣椒油) if you wanna spice it up. Although, a lot of places don't seem to have it and just bring out chili garlic sauce. :(
So one of the first jobs I ever had was a Chinese restaurant as a server. I was run by my Korean mom's Korean friends, and we actually had a secret Korean menu! For a while, we were the only place that served jajangmyeun in my area, but it was a tight knit secret. Still, our honey walnut chicken was to die for! I miss it so much.... they retired about 5 years ago.
Not if you make it at home. It is a common dinner at my place and (which is rare for me) mine is vegetarian with black mushrooms taking the place of meat.
Yo...please go read an article on MSG. It's not the devil you guys like to think it is. Unless you are allergic to it, there is no reason to avoid it. Educate yourself today. Here's just one random article of google: www.sciencefriday.com/articles/is-msg-bad-for-your-health/
westernized chinese food is disgusting. As a Chinese descendant, I refuse to even touch it 🤢. It‘s an insult to the culture and the real thing. And, as part Indonesian, I‘m a noodle snob anyways.
I've noticed that's true for most ethnic cuisine (ie, if I want good Mexican food I go to the place where all the Mexicans go), however particularly here in the southeast US there's just not that many Asians around. About the only Chinese people I ever see are the ones running Chinese restaurants.
One of the best Chinese meals I had was in a Chinese supermarket in South London in their cafe. No one but Chinese people in there; the menu wasn't in English. Asked for the same dish some people were eating in the place. Fantastic stuff.
They may look Chinese, but maybe they are not, or maybe they are banana. If I walk in and ask in Chinese, chances are they'll give me that menu, if I walk in behaving like Grant from Mythbusters, then eggroll and crab rangoon it is.
I didn't know about this 2nd menu, you just saved me hours of WeChat searching for real Chinese restaurants. I will defiantly give this a try the next time I'm back in the States.
Yes yes and yes. Real authentic Chinese din din, 油條油條油條，喔！My mouth is watering…… Mrs. 老外is fortunate to marry one who also enjoy different cuisine and actually knew a lot. Unlike the 老外of mine of 50 golden years who couldn’t and can’t still Chinese food or cooking. 😢
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Princess garden in Kansas city has vegan.
They serve meat too, I'm saying they have vegan options. and vegetarian. to be honest it's the only place I know of that serves vegetarian Chinese food and is half decent flavor, me I'll eat both, though I hate tofu .
I thought I saw this earlier but I went and watched other stuff first, came back and it was gone.
It was in my favorites then booooom disappeared.
I was thinking I watched it before, but I couldn't tell for sure and it was so good I just watched it again lol. Good work.
Yeah the secret menu is called speaking Chinese
Lmfaoooo. That's what I was saying.
Well not exactly. It's knowing the dishes. I've ordered the good dishes speaking English just describing what I want.
It probably helps to look very Chinese
"有中文菜单吗?"
"没有"
Well fuck...
@@appa609 it does, I work at a Chinese restaurant and you need two things
1) look Chinese or Asian
2) speak canto or mandarin
How do i order authentic Uighur Muslim body parts from my local Chinese restaurant?
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5:24 THEY EXPECT ONE OF US IN THE WRECKAGE BROTHER
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Tried this at Panda Express and the cook gave me a taco and a burrito. He said that those were his nation's specialties.
Great channel, man.
Burrito is not a thing in Mexico.
Make sure everyone inside is chinese and that the kitchen has a wok
Burritos are not from Mexico! And they are not Mexico's specialty.
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I love you for that.
I worked at a food court and Asian people ran the cactus grill(Mexican)
Mexican people ran the golden work(Chinese)
Mexican people ran the Sbarro (Italian)
Black people ran the Loco Taco (Mexican)
White people ran the Wendy's
5:24 - When you struggle to remember the name of the previous owner of the feed and seed store.
5:24 the picture is uncannily accurate
Just came here because of it. I wonder if they know they're a meme.
Rob Kino Same.
Rorschach which meme?
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Steam the rice, pay the price.
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5:24 you came here for this
There's a secret meme in this video. I can't tell you because the FBI are monitoring me.
THEY’RE IN THE WALLS
Good meme, very bug, came here for that exact scene.
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His smile and optimism, gone
She's absolutely subhuman lol
It is false that “ALL” Chinese restaurants in the US have a Chinese menu. Only restaurants catering to Chinese clientele will have a Chinese menu and they may specialize in a specific cuisine (Sichuan, Xi’an, Cantonese). However, it doesn’t hurt to ask but don’t be an asshole when they say they don’t have one.
Very few restaurants in northeast US have such "secret menu," but independent places in particular will usually cook what you ask for. Four out of five we've tried tend to enjoy cooking more-authentic. Leaving the right gratuity means we get treated well next time too.
I'm able to get "secret stash" hot oil. Not hot sauce, but genuine, home-made hot oil from a local place. I can order "off menu," and eat what the staff eats. Maybe it's because I speak a little Chinese, or that I can play mahjong at Honk Kong street game speeds, but it is a completely different experience.
Does anyone have experiences with this specifically in the South East? I want to ask but I'm not sure if a Chinese secret menu is as much of a thing here. I only know of one Mexican restraunt that had a secret menu and the waitress legit rolled her eyes at me when I asked for one as well. I asked politely in Spanish too lol
Instead of asking for a "secret menu" ... research for a dish that would be in that secret menu and ask if they have that dish. If they have it, then you could ask what else they have. Also, if they are good at it, people will talk about it and post it online. A quick search for common dishes such as Dim Sum or Dan Dan noodles + Miami I got the following results: www.yelp.com/biz_photos/kon-chau-restaurant-miami and www.yelp.com/biz_photos/cy-chinese-restaurant-north-miami-beach
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So, that infamous drawing comes from this video LMAO
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That's why I'm here LOL
Kyle B. Stiff what meme?
A cautionary tale if you may
5:24 this really says a lot about our society
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as someone who works at a Chinese restaurant I can safely say that we do not have a “secret menu”. seldom do we get Chinese customers, but when we do they always order “American” Chinese food. that being said, everything in our restaurant is made fresh, i can’t speak for other restaurants but we can modify any dish. though it technically isn’t a dish we can tell the chefs to add chicken to the flat rice noodles and/or whatever else a customer wants. so just keep in mind that even if a restaurant doesn’t have a secret menu you can always ask to modify a dish to get an “authentic” Chinese one.
(also in case anyone wanted to know, most of the time the employees don’t eat the “American” Chinese food and they make authentic food instead. so even if you don’t see Chinese customers, the employees most likely are cooking themselves authentic food which means they have the ingredients in the kitchen to make something for you! but coming from someone who has dealt with their fair share of rude customers, please always be nice to the waiters/who ever answers the phone! and if they tell you they can not modify something, please do not argue with them.)
I tired of trying to order custom dishes at the places around here in Germany because there seems to be such a high chance with Asia places of getting things wrong. Hell, some can't even make a somewhat logically structured menu. My favorite place (that was still frustrating to deal with) closed down and then I found one place that had appealing food which seemed kinda fresh and natural and authentic, but they had appalling service and put the same veggies in every meal, which of course didn't match their menu, but that was clumsily copied from another restaurant anyway. Then I discovered a place offering healthy, organic local food, but that had summer vacation and then closed indefinitely for personal reasons.
iambandtrash 1 in every Chinese restaurant I go to has a secret menu ever since.
I think as a general rule, never be rude to the person you're ordering from on the phone. That's how you end up with spit in your food. (I'm totally joking about the spit, mostly, -ish, but seriously, they deal with enough belligerence on a daily basis, no need to add to it)
I work at a Chinese restaurant as well. What we eat for breakfast and lunch is definitely not on the menu. We have tons of vegetables and meats that are not served to customers. Anyone who asked for a traditional Cantonese meal could get one. 冬瓜湯,白切雞,鳯爪, we got it son...
@@vosk6481 Not all of them do. The good places list the Chinese dishes along with the westernized "chinese" food (which usually means they get a decent Chinese clientele), much like a proper Japanese place doesn't limit itself to sushi only... then there are the ones that carry a secret menu, and then there are the complete charlatans...
Sadly Chinese aren't the only nationality that hide excellent food. Many middle-eastern places in my area do it too... usually by selling pizza instead of actual food :(
it's sad really, i'd give an arm and a leg for an actual Turkish-owned place that actually serves Turkish food and not just pizza (and isn't located in Bazar Vest in århus) :D
You all came here for 5:24 brothers.
Its just a random frame of the video wdym
@@lop1657 lmao
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5:24 "if only you knew how bad things really were..."
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stop it at 5:24
I don't know what's that funny about that
Lmao yes
Mr Nobody Why I came here
@@Fanboy1222 he doesn't know.
nullkomma 9 oh nononono....
This is a bit misleading. I'm from the Endicott, NY area and Moon Star is not your typical American Chinese takeout or a Chinese buffet (like the clips you showed). Those clips of the buffet Chinese food aren't even from their restaurant. They serve very authentic, high-quality Chinese food. All these alternatives you're trying are on their regular menu, not some secret menu. The book the owner was holding at the end is the menu everyone gets and it has everything you guys tried.
I doubt you can get this quality if you went to your average American Chinese takeout.
Yup, I live in the area as well. I agree that this video is misleading. Moon star is not a Chinese take out place or a Chinese buffet. (I thought I was going crazy when I saw the shots of the buffet dishes. Has it been that long since I last went there) There’s no secret menu. It’s the regular menu that everyone gets. There are authentic Chinese restaurants in the US you know. This is one of them.
He needs to go to Panda Express. See how that works out.
Don't believe everything You see on "TV", lol, welcome back to reality
I been ordering from the same Chinese restaurant in NYC Brooklyn, they'll make a plate if you ask for a little extra.
@@terryballzak9997 The majority of the videos these days are clickbait. But he is generally stating facts that are true to him. Bias's and descrimination that he faces in China. Just like MSM in the USA has bias's and shit on Trump for 24/7.
Movie magic.
This is so true. My mom will walk into places we never even been to before and request something not on the menu. Except she doesn’t use English. It made me feel like it was some kind of secret club member thing, known only to other Chinese immigrants, lol.
It isn't just Chinese restaurants.
I've walked into a Malaysian restaurant, and asked if they can make Assam Laksa.
They did, and the most surprising thing is, there was nothing on their menu with Mackerel, so I totally expected them to say it's impossible.
Maybe they sent a runner off to the nearby fish market. XD
The only reason is that CN ppl would like to taste some authentic CN food if went to a CN restaurant, otherwise there's no point going to a CN restaurant.
danceofmasks sometimes its actually a regular thing if they have a passionate or creative chef, they often sometimes just send someone for an ingredient or 2 at the local shop/market, instead of turning away someones custom.
Danceofmasks That's awesome
bird718 Yeah, McDonalds secrete is there no chicken in those "chicken" nuggets. Enjoy the gut rot.
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5:24 holy hell
No way 90% of comments roasting his girlfriend 😭😭😭
I like how when the girl is talking to him he completely spaces out and looks into space with his dead eyes completely devoid of any interest of what she is talking about. This video encapsulates the quote "If only you knew how bad things really were"
5:24 is iconic lmaoooo noodlef0!d moment
5:24 the meme
Mogged asf
Its over
Lmao average mongoloid foid
god damn 4chan, cannot unsee
Sometimes people get too obsessed with eating "authentic" food. I lived in China for 3 years, Japan for 4 years, Korean for 3 years and various parts of Europe and NA and South/South East Asia for the other 25 years but I still frequently crave an "American" Chinese hot & sour soup (and I have almost definitely eaten many more "interesting" foods than laowhy86). Just because it is authentic doesn't mean it is better. Be happy with the food that makes you comfortable.
If you like egg rolls and egg drop soup then eat that. American Chinese food also has a very rich tradition behind it that a lot of people these days try to dismiss.
That's fine, and I do love American style hot and sour soup. But for the other things I really want to try authentic. Much of the American Chinese adaptations are way too sugary!
I just try to use local ingredients with """authentic""" methods of preparation and spices. I agree, however: eat what you want, it comes out the same way regardless :)
bugmode
I came here because of the memes
Next time I go to a Chinese restaurant I'm going to go up to order and say
Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start
Then they'll give me the secret menu. I wonder it they have it in the UK
siloPIRATE and a bunch of extra lives😂
How do i order authentic Uighur Muslim body parts from my local Chinese restaurant?
@@Jsmithlovesspam are you just fing spamming this every where
Maybe I grew up in a different region, but egg drop soup is not that rare in China. It may contain different ingredients, and it generally has a thinner consistency than most common Western variants.
Chinese secret menu include dogs, cats and rats. Avoid all Chinese restraunt they use rats and cats. Go eat in a proper American eaterieand support real Americans.
@@williamsmith8164 All white people are naturally bigoted. It's impossible to have a white nation that doesn't hate everyone in the world. If all white nations were sealed up and contained this would be a great world.
Robin Bot he's trolling just stfu
Robin Bot also you are spouting some bs also. I hope you are trolling as well
William Smith you mean USA would be better without you
Damn those dead eyes
I'm really glad she said that she wants more Americans to try real Chinese food. That makes me feel way more comfortable going in and asking for it, knowing there's a good chance that they'll be cool with it.
Everyone here came for 5:24 because of the meme lmao
In your opinion/experience, what’s the best way for a non-Chinese speaker to ask for authentic Chinese dishes without confusing or insulting the restaurant?
Also it seems odd that the host says she wants more Americans to try real Chinese food, yet the real Chinese menu is a secret. Why not give customers both menus and then more of us would try it? I certainly would!
I agree! I am married to a woman who grew up in Laos she loves to cook! as we work together and eat lunch together, its amazing how many people want to try her authentic food and just love it.
Don't know much about America, I live in Australia, and agree with Perfect Irony on his assessment (with respect to Australia though). I think we've probably progressed a little more here in Australia, though I'm unfortunately a poor representation of an average Australian, since I'm so involved in the Chinese community here (Chinese wife).
I will say that here in Melbourne, where I live, there is a Chinese restaurant near my house, which we wont go to because we know it serves western style Chinese food. My wife asked the boss one day, and he told her she wouldn't like the food! However, one suburb closer to the city, and we can find authentic dishes, and things get better the closer you get to the city (and as the Chinese population increases).
The place we live is on the outskirts of Melbourne - literally a 2 minute drive before you see farmland.
merinsan i here you, I have visited China a few times now but live about 45mins from the city of Perth. Since my travels to China I find it very hard to find a Chinese restaurant that I enjoy eating at. I have been to a few in Canberra with mates, found the food a little better and cheaper then what we can get in Perth but still not the same as what I have eaten in China.
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Here in Melbourne, there are a lot of options, especially in areas with large Chinese populations, like Box Hill and Glen Waverly. City is also good.
Having Chinese friends helps a lot too, since they share information about good restaurants on wechat. Although having said that, the last place we went to was terrible, but my friend said it depends on the chef for the day, so maybe we had the bad chef.
I desperately want to go back to China. Haven't been for a few years now. Just really difficult for us at the moment since my son is in his final year of high school.
merinsan thanks man, if I manage to get access that way again i’ll have to checkout those areas, I’ve been to a few in the cbd around little burke st. Wechat is certainly a useful app at times.
5:15 priceless .
That fucking face LMAO. If I can see your right eye from the left side, someone messed up
Well, not every chinese restaurant, but that's to be expected. My family is in the chinese (american) restaurant business and you certainly CANNOT get some of these options. This Secret menu applies to the "mixed" restaurants, where both Americans and immigrants frequent. The Chinese American restaurants my family and some others operate strictly cater to Americans so we stock for your conventional Chinese takeout dishes. So while you can ask for Lotus root and he fun, we either don't have enough (meant for our own meals) or not at all because we simply don't utilize the more exotic ingredients for the restaurant's Mongolian beef and whatnot. While we do get the occasional Asian American coming into the takeout place for real chinese food, the restaurant has to make do with broccoli and lomein to mimic some of that authentic flavor, to varying degrees of success.
Don't be discouraged on your hunt for the secret menu! But your neighborhood See through or Mandarin Garden might not also cater to the chinese community but is instead strictly American, and therfore not carry some of the more Chinese ingredients.
It's always a good idea to ask, and even if they don't have the pancakes and whatnot, they might whip something else up with what they have!
Chinese secret menu include dogs, cats and rats. Avoid all Chinese restraunt they use rats and cats. Go eat in a proper American eaterieand support real Americans.
@@williamsmith8164 I can't tell if you're trying to be funny, or if you're just an asshole.
@@MrWosull same! 🧐
How do i order authentic Uighur Muslim body parts from my local Chinese restaurant?
@@Jsmithlovesspam you still here wow how many times did you copy and past this
I love the way you are kind enough to explain to your women about the various Chinese dishes. I bet she learnt a lot.
4:49 4chan lmao
No bat soup??
Bro, why do you look so sad, are you alright?
What 1 yellow pussy does to a man
I’m here from the meme
how do i order authentic uighur muslim body parts from my local chinese restuarant?
Is this what Yellow fever looks like?
you are a meme. LMAO 🤣🤣🤣
What’s the meme lol it looks so familiar but now I can’t remember what the drawing was
A Chinese restaurant here in Plano Texas was recently busted for having a secret menu that included Shark Fin Soup. Despite the owner getting arrested the restaurant remains open.
Texas go PC? what is next, turn democrats? :D
Shark Fin soup is illegal for a reason, they tend to catch the shark, hack their dorsal fin off then dump the still live shark back in the water to either bleed or starve to death as it can no longer swim.
😱😱😱 I live in Plano tx.. all I want is that fried egg roll that’s in this video
@dolofonos get educated.
Owner of restaurant fed to shark. Everyone happy.
m8 you don't look very well...
Sometimes they even put a Chinese-only menu on the wall, filled with Chinese favorites that non-Chinese would be unlikely to order.
You know what, as a translator I can understand, most of Chinese dishes are notoriously difficult to translate, some that might be written in 3 Chinese characters need to be translated into half a paragraph in English. Most restaurants don't have either the capacity to translate themselves, or the money to hire a translator. I mean, I charge 20 cents per words, but imagine would charge at least 50 for menu...
5:24 Anti-basado
If the lady in the restaurant would love to see more Americans try the real Chinese food - then why is the that menu a secret? Make it a feature!
It takes time and effort to educate the public, I think. Honestly, it's not a secret at all. It is there all the time. The owner is here just afraid you guys hate it, and she loses business.
They are afraid or believe that non-Chinese would not like the food. Some of it is an accquired taste. Shark fin soup anyone?
W W in America we have pickled eggs and pigs feet. Idk why you would think that so many people would look at a Chinese menu and be like “ewww gross yucky foreign food”
stan Greta Van Fleet ok but most americans think pickled eggs and pigs feet are gross. so moot point.
Benedikt HRO I never eat Chinese food because it’s greasy and too sweet. Good to know there’s a different side
5:24 you guys look like monk heads almao
It's a bit weird how he's always talking into the side of her face
5:15 Here's for the meme
It's interesting that YueXing had a printed authentic menu. My experience has been that the menu is usually hand-written on posterboard and taped to the wall.
While you were in China, did you go to that restaurant "Fortune Cookie" in Shanghai? It is a restaurant serving American Chinese food (I assume high-quality) in China.
7:35 I believe Chinese immigrants used to speak in Cantonese so"chow min"and"low min"is actually the pronunciation of "炒麵（fried noodles）"and"撈麵（mixed noodles）" instead of the Mandarin version which the girl spoke.(im from Hong Kong and this is my thoughts of the names please correct me if I've made a mistake)
Yeah mixed noodles makes sense
I actually like egg rolls, we have egg rolls in my neighborhood. They even have egg rolls in Philipines.
I actually like hot and sour soup, we actually have to go to a larger restaurant to get hot and sour soup.
Interestingly enough, both General Tso's chicken and three cups chicken are from Taiwan.
I agree Lo mein and Chow Mein are both pretty bad in America.
i think many Chinese restaurants in the west combine their dishes with other Asian dishes and Westernize it so it's more in style with what Western people eat. In my country almost every Chinese restaurant is mixed Indonesian dishes. Most of the CHinese restaurants are also called "Chinese Indonesian restaurant" but everyone just says "Let's go to the Chinese".
are you an Indonesian? I know Indonesia has the largest population of ethnic Chinese outside of China. I actually like their Chinese food because they taste like very classic Chinese food. But I didn't know Indo people would say Let's go to Chinese. I thought Chinese food there are already assimilated into their culture.
I'm not Indonesian, I'm from the Netherlands. No idea if they would say "let's go to the chinese" as well, but most dutch people would refer to such restaurants as "The Chinese". I don't know the history either when it comes to food and the mixture of Chinese and Indonesian food. We have a lot of Indonesians in my country due to our Colonial history so i thought that was the reason why we see so many Chinese-Indonesian restaurants here.
Loving their Saté tho! Don't know the english name for it (if it's not the same, like we don't call Egg Rolls, Egg rols but Loempia's).
Lumpia is also a common name for Egg rolls, but they are usually used in South East Asia. The name is originally from southern Fujian province of China which is also where most of the Chinese in Indo are from.
Since you're Dutch, I'd like to ask you this. I was told that The Indonesian anti-Chinese riots were due to the fact that during the colonial time, the Dutch were using some kind of caste system, Dutch upper class, Chinese middle glass, and Indonesian as the lower class. After they gain independence, they hated the Chinese who used to be a higher class than them.
Oh really? I was in Taipei and didn't try them. I was on a quest to find the best breakfast and the best Xaio Long Bao. lol I have been to Singapore and ate a seafood mixed noodle dish....with flat noodle sand shrimp, maybe sausage? I can't remember what it was called.
I am glad you posted this. I did the same thing with Indian food when I was in Iraq. The mess halls are mostly run by civilian contractors from India. So you are mostly eating their version of American food. Which mostly sucked because they never really had it before. They let me try what the make for them selves. 1000 times better.
That is the dumbest analogy ever, they are not Indians making American food they are Chinese making Chinese food.
@@MusicforMe123
Fortune cookies and chop suey are American.
And most Chinese food served in North America is more American than Asian.
@@stephenolan5539 Fortune cookies and chop suey is still Chinese food but made in America. What's your point, would you be more comfortable if people say Chinese people making Chinese American food.
Okay I'm sorry, but that is the flattest face I've ever seen.
Hot and sour soup (酸辣湯) is easy to find in Taiwan.
How do you avoid dogs and cats
Vivi's english is getting better and better with every video
Actually I think that’s bc you lived in Guangdong so you are used to Cantonese food? Egg rolls are usually spring rolls (春捲） for us。egg drop soup is like what mama makes (蛋花湯）
I found this channel last night and I literally stayed up all night binge watching your channel
Welcome amigo! Hope you have fun here!
Yellow pan face gonna make a hapa Elliot Rodger?
😭😂😂😂
CMilk thank you and your wife for providing access to these authentic Chinese dishes with your suggestions. .
Tim
This is my favorite C-Milk + Vivi video, mostly because it’s so informational (and funny!). You guys really are a cute couple. Thanks so much.
Bat, dog, cat, rats, I'm sure most are served, you just have to ask for chicken.
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I found this at a Chinese restaurant once. We went in & they thought we were Chinese so they gave us the Chinese menu & said we should use that one. Good to know anyone can request it.
Chinese food is always better the 2nd video around..... D'oh!
I went to a local Chinese restaurant and asked for Dan Dan Noodles. I was told to go "somewhere with more Asian people".
5:24 Joshi wrestling fans would start a general thread on /asp/ over this
Tried this a few years ago in a small town in western Canada. Menu came out in hand written Chinese. So so good! Everywhere has this!
what i raff i ruse?
The same in the Czech Republic: they feed all locals the universal brownish same-testing sauces while hiding their delicious real Chinese gems.
The information was interesting but the delivery came across pretentious.
Croaker Outdoors they need to research the history of Chinese food in America! They are very one sided and are not explaining the different Chinese cuisines!
SO pretentious. He was fawning over the more authentic cuisine to the point of cringe.
where's the pretense? unless you're just calling somebody pretentious for knowing something you don't.
Cxero Annuki I would recommend watching the video again and read the two comments a live yours.
Cxero Annuki I’ll make it more clear for you. A pretentious attitude is showing an attitude of superiority. Western Chinese food like the many different American styles of pizza, they are derivative of its original source, but that is now our cultural take. I learned a lot, but the attitudes of laughing at what hard working people cook and millions of Americans eat was grating to say the least.
Hot-n-sour and egg-drop soup are Taiwanese street food. A little bit history, there were several waves of Chinese immigrants: in the 60's, many Chinese immigrants were from Hong Kong. In the late 70's, many Taiwanese came to the US and the since many Taiwanese were second generation "mainlanders" they brought a modified version of Chinese food as well. The original versions of the soups were more watery and less starchy. Egg-drop soup were sometimes cooked with tomatoes, seaweed, tofu, or cabbage. They are still popular in Taiwan today.
That last sounds good.
I nominate you as our Chinese cultural ambassador. Always interesting subjects. But it's been a while since we've seen the lovely Wing.
True. I worked for a Chinese doctor and he would order from a Chinese restaurant across the street...totally different food and good from what's on the menu. Sometimes I would go there and ask for the secret menu...hehe.
Reminds me when I first came back to the USA after being in china for 3 years and came to a chinese restaurant and ordered in mandarin, then asked what the spice levels are and the waiter said 'for white people or for chinese?" lmaoo he literally had a 'no spice' 'medium spice' spicy' then for chinese he had 'true spicy' and 'will burn your tongue' haha
I wonder if that is why he had such poor food in Chengdu.
We went to a restaurant in a fairly busy area, probably a bit touristy (we didn't know the area), and ordered gong bao ji ding. I am by no means a master of eating spicy food, so I was expecting to struggle with it, but I didn't even break a sweat. It was the worst one I've ever had, up until last week.
This happened even though my wife (Chinese) ordered. Ironically, one of the best Sichuan dishes I had was here in Melbourne, where we had beef with chillies. My mouth was on fire from the chilli, numbed from the pepper, but it was delicious!!
I know what you mean, you'd expect china to have an extreme spice tolerance, (Slight western stereotype but not exactly false) but its never anything super crazy. I can't find it anywhere in USA but when i was living overseas we use to have long green beans with these tiny red peppers that would quite literally numb your tongue and I forgot the name of them but I wish wish wish I could get them in the US. I haven't been to Melbourne but Australia is definitely on the list. Also thats ironic it was Chengdu because that's in the Sichuan province.
Exactly....We went to Sichuan expecting something spicy, and were disappointed. At least we know some good Sichuan restaurants in Beijing, where my wife is originally from and we frequently travel to.
None of my local Chinese places even ask about spice. The Chinese food I know is basically spice-less. The Thai food though... 1-5 spice level. 4 sets my tongue on fire, haven't dared to try 5.
I love Sichuan food. The (numbing) spice that you're referring to is Sichuan Peppercorn (花椒). Ask for the Hot Oil (辣椒油) if you wanna spice it up. Although, a lot of places don't seem to have it and just bring out chili garlic sauce. :(
So one of the first jobs I ever had was a Chinese restaurant as a server. I was run by my Korean mom's Korean friends, and we actually had a secret Korean menu! For a while, we were the only place that served jajangmyeun in my area, but it was a tight knit secret. Still, our honey walnut chicken was to die for! I miss it so much.... they retired about 5 years ago.
This guy is low key having existential crisis on the actions he has done in his life
Giving up 6000 years of proud white heritage that has advanced the human race.. for...... a little spice in his life 🤷♂️
Chinese dishes in Sweden look much like the authentic chinese food mixed with some western style chinese food.
Hay, don't knock the lo-main, that shit is great.
MSG addictive spotted .
Not if you make it at home. It is a common dinner at my place and (which is rare for me) mine is vegetarian with black mushrooms taking the place of meat.
Yo...please go read an article on MSG. It's not the devil you guys like to think it is. Unless you are allergic to it, there is no reason to avoid it. Educate yourself today. Here's just one random article of google: www.sciencefriday.com/articles/is-msg-bad-for-your-health/
Doritos,Fritos ruffles all have MSG they are labeled as monosodium glutamate or something so people aren’t as scared
westernized chinese food is disgusting. As a Chinese descendant, I refuse to even touch it 🤢. It‘s an insult to the culture and the real thing. And, as part Indonesian, I‘m a noodle snob anyways.
I love that brown slop. Especially when it comes out the other end.
Definitely agree. If you notice Chinese people going to a place, they have the secret menu.
I've noticed that's true for most ethnic cuisine (ie, if I want good Mexican food I go to the place where all the Mexicans go), however particularly here in the southeast US there's just not that many Asians around. About the only Chinese people I ever see are the ones running Chinese restaurants.
Dunno, I saw Chinese people eating the same food as me.
One of the best Chinese meals I had was in a Chinese supermarket in South London in their cafe. No one but Chinese people in there; the menu wasn't in English. Asked for the same dish some people were eating in the place. Fantastic stuff.
Well, as a Chinese Canadian, that's actually just "menu" for us.
They may look Chinese, but maybe they are not, or maybe they are banana. If I walk in and ask in Chinese, chances are they'll give me that menu, if I walk in behaving like Grant from Mythbusters, then eggroll and crab rangoon it is.
Really good video. So useful! I hope you do more of these so we can get more authentic chinese food here in America.
Your wife is gorgeous and has a beautiful personality. You are a lucky man!.
I didn't know about this 2nd menu, you just saved me hours of WeChat searching for real Chinese restaurants. I will defiantly give this a try the next time I'm back in the States.
I want the bat soup
Videos like this makes me not feel like the internet is so worthless. Good job.
Man, you had the cheat code sitting next to you, lol.
Yes yes and yes. Real authentic Chinese din din, 油條油條油條，喔！My mouth is watering……
Mrs. 老外is fortunate to marry one who also enjoy different cuisine and actually knew a lot. Unlike the 老外of mine of 50 golden years who couldn’t and can’t still Chinese food or cooking. 😢