yess masterchef australia stands apart its like its a breeding program for luxury restaurant chefs, so sophisticated, nothing compared to the overly produced, drama filled, american version
Cutter is in the top 4. He is constantly getting shit by the judges but the producers love him bc he is content. Now he could market himself as top 4 master chef when he no where as good. And I watched the Australian mc and the quality is world apart.
so true 😂 i can't watch US masterchef because i watched masterchef australia first and it's all about teaching the home cooks and refining their skills. they're so talented. the US version is mediocre cooking + unnecessary drama
She did some research. I have seen some poisoning victims who did not die. Some people even lost their underwear. Behaviors such as kissing dogs on the tongue. Report to the police that there are ghosts in their house or something similar.
As a Kunming native who’s lived abroad for over a decade and consistently missed mushroom seasons for years now, this just feel so extra nostalgic, thank you for making the series!
A big Thank you to Amy! She has definitely inspired me to travel to China, experience the cuisine and enjoy the "outside of my comfort zone". I just came back from Da Li a week ago and the mountain range that skirts the city and the lake (er hai) is phenomenal. To all Blondies fans old and new, a must to visit. Yunnan is chill, easy going and yearning for more visitors.
Please have Alice as a regular! At her availability, of course. 😊 We need to see more of her! Fortunately for us, there are 2 more videos with Alice! Definitely looking forward to the Ham and Cheese episodes!
Thanks Amy for all that you do! Seriously, your videos are amazing! I was drawn in by your short form content and stayed for these 20-30 minute gems! Learned so much in this one and love that it's all about food/culture. I really appreciate your approach and I can't wait for more of your adventures!
you and Alice are such a great combo! y'all did an amazing job learning from the locals, imparting your newfound knowledge to the viewers, and sharing these delicious dishes to us
While other foriegn food vlogers are introducing Chinese food to western people, Amy has already envolved to the food vloger who introduce Chinese food to Chinese people.
I'm genuinely learning a lot about my own culinary culture through Amy's channel. She really really loves food. I wish I could start a channel just like this but I doubt if I'll be half as good lol
Yunnan hosptial is known for treating food poison. In some Yunnan mushroom hotpot restaurants, the waiter will not give you utensils to prevent you from eating not welldone mushrooms.
Thanks, Amy and Alice, for sharing your mushroom experiences. It's one of your best videos . Now, you can cook mushroom dishes safely for your in-laws.
No one does vlogs quite like Amy. She shows us the most breathtaking sights, delicious food, as well as cultural backgrounds behind the places she's visiting. PROPS TO YOU!!
You did it again, Amy....Last time it was the town of rice noodles, as I can't eat wheat, and this time it's mushrooms....I love mushrooms! I have since I was a little kid(kind of unusual), and now a whole video on all those beautiful fungi. I'm so wishing I was there. Thanks......
Ohhh I would so love to visit this fungi market! I absolutely love eating and studying mushrooms. I’ve recently gotten into foraging and identifying them. I’ve also read about a special mushroom from Yunnan called “xiao ren ren” which makes you see little people after eaten😅! And you’re right Amy, some mushrooms are psychoactive when eaten raw/dried. After cooking though, the psychoactive compounds are gone. The teeny tiniest bite of a raw one won’t make you see anything though. It’s much too small of an amount to have any effects, so don’t worry! Not sure if you’ve heard of her, but if you could do a collab with Dianxi Xiaoge, she is incredible at mushroom foraging and is from Yunnan! She’s a wonderful cook as well😊
Wow this video was absolutely amazing!!! I love when you do deep dive videos like this bcs of how informational they are. In this vid, all the experts, like Alice, Rocco and the guys at the mushroom farm, were soooooo interesting!! And I loved the variety shown of the mushroom industry, it felt so expansive! I can't wait to see the other videos in this series 💕
haha, great video! ever since I introduced the mystifying world of the mushrooms to my veggie friends, they have gone completely mad and will not stop trying to find Yunnan mushrooms.
Fascinating look into the Yunnan mushroom industry ! Nice to meet Alice too, she's certainly achieved a lot ! High school Amy doesn't look that different !
I'm going back to Kunming in a month after five years of being away from Yunnan, can't wait to eat all the mushrooms! Thank you for this lovely video Amy, looking forward to the ham and cheese installments!
An Asian kid, very smart, top of the class, doesn't hang out much, went to Harvard. Are you sure this is not an Asian stereotype? It is like the best dream of every Asian parent. If you ever watch Steven He, you will know this is.
Forget bee larvae, with all the beautiful flowers Amy showed in a previous video, I'm sure the wild honey in Kunming is amazing! Never knew about the porcini mushrooms 😊
Welcome back to my hometown, Yunnan! I was born and raised in Dali, and I hope you enjoy the food from my hometown! I'm really looking forward to seeing you explore the local cuisine in Dali, especially our Bai ethnic specialties, raw pork and raw pig skin!
Fun fact about the timer, I was told that they've started employing such methods because even when told very clearly to wait a set amount of time, people still get mushroom poisoning every year because they can't wait and start eating too early. Some restaurants even let you wait at the table until they boiled the mushrooms enough before they bring it out.
Mushroom hotpot sounds amazing to my, I love all kinds of mushrooms! ❤ This was a super interesting episode. I often see mushrooms from china in Germany, so it was very interesting to see the details behind it.
This is the wild mushroom from my hometown Yunnan. It usually grows from June to August, and it is also the period for picking. It is a gift from the original ecology of nature. Words can no longer describe the taste! It is really delicious! I wish you a happy journey! Away from the hustle and bustle of the city, feel a different tranquility and taste different food!😁
😮 my fav video Amy, thank you for sharing your experience and adventure into the shroom world 🎉🎉🎉...it happens to be one of my fav veggie 😋🤣...out of 2500 types of shrooms, I've only eaten abt 10 types 😢...til the next one ❤😊
wow u really show a unique perspective on the tour in Yunnan, normally people are only combine the food and the culture, but u managed to get a chef view of the food and a third foreign person who runs a local business in the area. And the most important part is we can all agree that we are viewing as a food critique of ur work ❤❤
That Rocco guy said one thing wrong... It's not that Chinese don't like Porcini (King Bolete) because of the sour aftertaste, but among all Bolete Mushrooms in the market, Chinese usually prefers Lurid Bolete, Dark Velvet Bolete, or other more poisonous yet still edible Bolete species, which are usually way tastier then Porcini... So sadly Porcini get outshined by other choices from the same mushroom family...
@@mopikozz Bolete mushrooms are called "牛肝菌/Ox Liver Mushroom" in Chinese, Porcini is commonly knows as 美味牛肝菌. If you are going there, you can try this 4 bolete mushrooms there, those are usually way more popular then Porcini... Boletus speciosus - 黃牛肝菌 Boletus brunneissimus - 黑牛肝菌 Boletus luridus - 見手青/紅牛肝菌 Boletus riegius Krombh - 白蔥菌 You can see few of them at 6:50 of the clip. You shall also try "鸡枞"(3:47), which are cultivated by wild termite. And the green one at 15:12 is called 青头菌, that is another great choice as well. And also 奶浆菌, 大红菌, 鸡油菌 and 干巴菌(4:13 taste like beef jerky).
@@mopikozz I am not a Yunan local. I have traveled to Yunnan for a while, and one of my roommates is from Yunnan, so I know a little bit about these mushrooms.
Alice.... No wonder why she looked familiar..I recognised that face from somewhere and yes it's from MasterChef LoL. Nice video!!! From Sydney Australia 🦘🌏
I think someone like Reynolds who's very creative with desserts, or Adam Liaw who won MasterChef final couple years ago, should go to China too for the chinese food adventure. I know Adam Liaw is Malaysian, married to a Japanese wife and have 2-3 children?? I forgot..... Anyways and Reynold is probably Indonesian, guess he's really very busy with the store called "koi" in Chippendale 🤔 Then yeah you have others like Luke Nguyen.... I'd be surprised if you ever met Gordan Ramsay in china lol 😜
Thank you Amy for the wonderful videos. I came over from Anming's channel after I saw you two on her channel. I really enjoy the ice fishing and Gobi desert. I was wondering if the Taklamakan has a similar city with a Cresent Lake?
Really enjoyed your mushroom adventure with Alice. One of your best and most interesting videos yet. Been to the mushroom market. You forgot to mention how early you have to be there, like 6am to get all the good ones
yess masterchef australia stands apart its like its a breeding program for luxury restaurant chefs, so sophisticated, nothing compared to the overly produced, drama filled, american version
Cutter is in the top 4. He is constantly getting shit by the judges but the producers love him bc he is content. Now he could market himself as top 4 master chef when he no where as good. And I watched the Australian mc and the quality is world apart.
As an Aussie, I always thought our MC was so full of drama! I can't imagine the American version if it's considered even worse 😮
The UK version is awful, full of drama queens, bad acting, and the odd mention of food.
@@rachel6843 drama? what drama lol they are all nice and supportive to each other
so true 😂 i can't watch US masterchef because i watched masterchef australia first and it's all about teaching the home cooks and refining their skills. they're so talented. the US version is mediocre cooking + unnecessary drama
That mushroom hot pot does indeed look like the most comforting soup for a cold ever
She did some research. I have seen some poisoning victims who did not die. Some people even lost their underwear. Behaviors such as kissing dogs on the tongue. Report to the police that there are ghosts in their house or something similar.
As a Kunming native who’s lived abroad for over a decade and consistently missed mushroom seasons for years now, this just feel so extra nostalgic, thank you for making the series!
Also the fungi / junzi pun in both languages 😂, kudos to the subtitle team!
I thought you Yunnan lads/lassies never leave the province!
@@mchparity😅😅😅
听说在云南，只有采来的，吃了有中毒风险的才叫菌子，棚里中的只配叫蘑菇，而且云南人看不上，这是真的吗😂😂😂
@@Half_soda_half_milk真的😂
A big Thank you to Amy! She has definitely inspired me to travel to China, experience the cuisine and enjoy the "outside of my comfort zone".
I just came back from Da Li a week ago and the mountain range that skirts the city and the lake (er hai) is phenomenal.
To all Blondies fans old and new, a must to visit. Yunnan is chill, easy going and yearning for more visitors.
被热到了吧？ 😅
@@強中國中國強 Yunnan have maybe coolest summer in China.
I'm Italian and mushrooms play a big role in my meals, thank you for giving me another reason to visit Yunnan ❤
Warm welcome from Nerazzurri in China. Forza Inter.🤣
Omg Amy! What a crossover. I love masterchef and to find you are friends and here she is?
Amazing
School mates ❤
Please have Alice as a regular! At her availability, of course. 😊
We need to see more of her! Fortunately for us, there are 2 more videos with Alice! Definitely looking forward to the Ham and Cheese episodes!
Thanks Amy for all that you do! Seriously, your videos are amazing! I was drawn in by your short form content and stayed for these 20-30 minute gems! Learned so much in this one and love that it's all about food/culture. I really appreciate your approach and I can't wait for more of your adventures!
Thank you SO MUCH!!!
You can eat any kind of mushrooms but many kinds you can eat only once.
hahahh true!
Agreed~
not yet in chinese calture after 18years you will reborn😅
some mushroom has a hallucinogenic effect
@@frankfu-q6r No, you're reborn immediately. It just takes 18 years for you to be an adult again.
thank you very mush-room for the video. it was fun, now im just going to go buy every kind of mushroom i can get my hands on and make risotto jaja
Never disappointing your viewers, Amy. Good to know Alice now.
you and Alice are such a great combo! y'all did an amazing job learning from the locals, imparting your newfound knowledge to the viewers, and sharing these delicious dishes to us
Mushrooms, ham, cheese? Sounds like a spread you'd find in Bag End. Also this Masterchef crossover came out of nowhere.
I really enjoyed watching you and Alice in wonderland of mushrooms!🍄:D
I c what u did there 🤔🤔
Amy is the white bunny then? 😅
While other foriegn food vlogers are introducing Chinese food to western people, Amy has already envolved to the food vloger who introduce Chinese food to Chinese people.
indeed 😄
I'm genuinely learning a lot about my own culinary culture through Amy's channel. She really really loves food. I wish I could start a channel just like this but I doubt if I'll be half as good lol
她比我吃的中国美食还要多。。知道的也还要多😂😂😂😂
Love that you went out and "caught" and cooked something this time - definitely loved this style!! SO GOOD
I love the way you embrace the different cultures and histories of the cuisines. Luv uu so muchhhh!!
Loving this Blondie in China and Masterchef-Alice collaboration. More of this pls.
omg I loved this video, your videos just get better and better. so fun, funny, and wildly informative!! thanks queen
To be honest, this episode is of high quality, glad to see all the guests
What an amazing video! Can't wait for more.
16:07
"would i die?
you would.
....
....
hahaha"
i dont know why but that was really fun..
即使在云南省，每年也有很多因为吃蘑菇被毒死的例子。但另一方面，在云南吃蘑菇也相对安全，因为医院就在身边，这些医院的救助经验非常丰富。🤣🤣
云南是中国发生食物中毒第一的省份，每年有几千人死亡，但他们还是坚持吃
Yunnan hosptial is known for treating food poison. In some Yunnan mushroom hotpot restaurants, the waiter will not give you utensils to prevent you from eating not welldone mushrooms.
Amy's videos are so informative that worth everyone's time.
Thanks, Amy and Alice, for sharing your mushroom experiences. It's one of your best videos . Now, you can cook mushroom dishes safely for your in-laws.
No one does vlogs quite like Amy. She shows us the most breathtaking sights, delicious food, as well as cultural backgrounds behind the places she's visiting. PROPS TO YOU!!
Wow, Amy and Alice, Thanks so much for this wonderful video, very educational and interesting ! ❤❤❤❤
this was Incredible, Amy. what a cool series! looking forward to it.
Outstanding! I've been a fan for several years now but this episode hits it out of the park!
You did it again, Amy....Last time it was the town of rice noodles, as I can't eat wheat, and this time it's mushrooms....I love mushrooms! I have since I was a little kid(kind of unusual), and now a whole video on all those beautiful fungi. I'm so wishing I was there. Thanks......
Ohhh I would so love to visit this fungi market! I absolutely love eating and studying mushrooms. I’ve recently gotten into foraging and identifying them. I’ve also read about a special mushroom from Yunnan called “xiao ren ren” which makes you see little people after eaten😅! And you’re right Amy, some mushrooms are psychoactive when eaten raw/dried. After cooking though, the psychoactive compounds are gone. The teeny tiniest bite of a raw one won’t make you see anything though. It’s much too small of an amount to have any effects, so don’t worry!
Not sure if you’ve heard of her, but if you could do a collab with Dianxi Xiaoge, she is incredible at mushroom foraging and is from Yunnan! She’s a wonderful cook as well😊
More of Alice she is gorgeous !🥰🥰
I just came across a podcast from following Steve hsu called deus ex machina and Alice was the first guest. Impressive person! Another great video!
Wow this video was absolutely amazing!!! I love when you do deep dive videos like this bcs of how informational they are. In this vid, all the experts, like Alice, Rocco and the guys at the mushroom farm, were soooooo interesting!! And I loved the variety shown of the mushroom industry, it felt so expansive! I can't wait to see the other videos in this series 💕
Looking forward to the next episode!
Wow Amazing video this week! I like how you keep credits to the people that are with you. The whole video was very informative. Thank you!
haha, great video! ever since I introduced the mystifying world of the mushrooms to my veggie friends, they have gone completely mad and will not stop trying to find Yunnan mushrooms.
Fascinating look into the Yunnan mushroom industry ! Nice to meet Alice too, she's certainly achieved a lot ! High school Amy doesn't look that different !
I started to follow you during pandemic and fell in love with your virtual travel videos. Wow your content keeps thriving. So impressive.
The Italian guy must be very rich! Amy may not be aware, dried mushrooms are more umami than fresh mushrooms. The drying process does the magic.
exactly, and mushrooms shrank a lot after being dried, which makes them pricier. ofc, time cost is also included.
I wonder how the Italians feel when learning most of their porcinis are from China 😅
I live in China and they do nearly every kind of mushrooms in the supermarket 😁
This is like my dream food tour 😅 mushrooms are the goat 🍄 ❤
I'm going back to Kunming in a month after five years of being away from Yunnan, can't wait to eat all the mushrooms! Thank you for this lovely video Amy, looking forward to the ham and cheese installments!
Welcome back and big hugs.
Alice is lovely,great video as usual Amy❤
gosh a mushroom video AND an upcoming cheese video? Im feeling so spoiled right now!!! those are two of my faves
Paradise really does exist!
Well, Shangri-la is in Northwestern Yunnan after all~ 😊
Omgosh i’m so excited for this series!!! What a collab! 🤩 i look forward to the next video very mush!
Wow! I was so impressed by all the amazing mushroom possibilities and how incredibly healthy they are! Loved this video!
One of my favourite videos yet. So many amazing mushroom varieties! And Alice is so knowledgeable.
An Asian kid, very smart, top of the class, doesn't hang out much, went to Harvard. Are you sure this is not an Asian stereotype?
It is like the best dream of every Asian parent. If you ever watch Steven He, you will know this is.
this was the best episode.....well done Amy!
Oh, what I wouldn't do to be able to taste that amazing-looking risotto. Thanks for another fun vid!
Forget bee larvae, with all the beautiful flowers Amy showed in a previous video, I'm sure the wild honey in Kunming is amazing! Never knew about the porcini mushrooms 😊
Welcome back to my hometown, Yunnan! I was born and raised in Dali, and I hope you enjoy the food from my hometown! I'm really looking forward to seeing you explore the local cuisine in Dali, especially our Bai ethnic specialties, raw pork and raw pig skin!
Yum! Looks delicious. Love the guest house as well.
Amy, your videos are always always amazing, but you are just taking it to a next level. So so good.
Both the mushroom hot pot and the risotto looked absolutely amazing!
love your vids
Fabulous, love it!
The best episode of Blondie's I watched so far.
Fun fact about the timer, I was told that they've started employing such methods because even when told very clearly to wait a set amount of time, people still get mushroom poisoning every year because they can't wait and start eating too early. Some restaurants even let you wait at the table until they boiled the mushrooms enough before they bring it out.
The people off China 🇨🇳 are friendly enjoy your stay 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Omg no way i love masterchef australia!! The UK version is so boring in comparison so I'm glad we can wstch your version here :)
Just add yunnan in the bucket list. I'm crazy about mushroom.
Alice is cooler in like 1 day than I could be my whole life lol
Mushroom hotpot sounds amazing to my, I love all kinds of mushrooms! ❤
This was a super interesting episode. I often see mushrooms from china in Germany, so it was very interesting to see the details behind it.
This is the wild mushroom from my hometown Yunnan. It usually grows from June to August, and it is also the period for picking. It is a gift from the original ecology of nature. Words can no longer describe the taste! It is really delicious! I wish you a happy journey! Away from the hustle and bustle of the city, feel a different tranquility and taste different food!😁
best ep, loved it
i have to say that u r so lucky to have tried so many differeent Chinese foods
I knew chinese love mushrooms, but had no clue china exports so much mushrooms
😮 my fav video Amy, thank you for sharing your experience and adventure into the shroom world 🎉🎉🎉...it happens to be one of my fav veggie 😋🤣...out of 2500 types of shrooms, I've only eaten abt 10 types 😢...til the next one ❤😊
I really enjoyed this. Watched it a couple times. Thanks!
Always respect to Amy.
love yunnan so much
wow u really show a unique perspective on the tour in Yunnan, normally people are only combine the food and the culture, but u managed to get a chef view of the food and a third foreign person who runs a local business in the area. And the most important part is we can all agree that we are viewing as a food critique of ur work ❤❤
I have more respect to a chef than Harvard economic degree.
Enjoy this video so much! Super informative. Amy - when you got to “pick up” mushrooms you just say: forage mushrooms 🍄
I really enjoyed this episode. Now I'm craving for mushrooms!
Wow, There are so many types of mushrooms and textures. I'm only used to the white mushroom at the supermarkets.
That Rocco guy said one thing wrong... It's not that Chinese don't like Porcini (King Bolete) because of the sour aftertaste, but among all Bolete Mushrooms in the market, Chinese usually prefers Lurid Bolete, Dark Velvet Bolete, or other more poisonous yet still edible Bolete species, which are usually way tastier then Porcini...
So sadly Porcini get outshined by other choices from the same mushroom family...
do you have a name in chinese for the mushroom you just mentioned? Would like to try some my next trip to Kunming
@@mopikozz Bolete mushrooms are called "牛肝菌/Ox Liver Mushroom" in Chinese, Porcini is commonly knows as 美味牛肝菌.
If you are going there, you can try this 4 bolete mushrooms there, those are usually way more popular then Porcini...
Boletus speciosus - 黃牛肝菌
Boletus brunneissimus - 黑牛肝菌
Boletus luridus - 見手青/紅牛肝菌
Boletus riegius Krombh - 白蔥菌
You can see few of them at 6:50 of the clip.
You shall also try "鸡枞"(3:47), which are cultivated by wild termite. And the green one at 15:12 is called 青头菌, that is another great choice as well.
And also 奶浆菌, 大红菌, 鸡油菌 and 干巴菌(4:13 taste like beef jerky).
@@mopikozz Here are some mushrooms that Yunnan locals think are tastier than the porcini（黄牛肝菌） mentioned in the video: 黑牛肝菌，白牛肝菌，见手青，鸡枞，红葱还有干巴菌。
@@corvo6568 好的谢谢！ are you local from Kunming Yunnan?
@@mopikozz I am not a Yunan local. I have traveled to Yunnan for a while, and one of my roommates is from Yunnan, so I know a little bit about these mushrooms.
Alice.... No wonder why she looked familiar..I recognised that face from somewhere and yes it's from MasterChef LoL.
Nice video!!!
From Sydney Australia 🦘🌏
I think someone like Reynolds who's very creative with desserts, or Adam Liaw who won MasterChef final couple years ago, should go to China too for the chinese food adventure.
I know Adam Liaw is Malaysian, married to a Japanese wife and have 2-3 children?? I forgot..... Anyways and Reynold is probably Indonesian, guess he's really very busy with the store called "koi" in Chippendale 🤔
Then yeah you have others like Luke Nguyen....
I'd be surprised if you ever met Gordan Ramsay in china lol 😜
im from germany - my dad worked in kunming for ten years and i lived there for half a year too! So cool seeing it here, brings back memories
Oh, Mushroom heaven! How wonderful! And how lucky we are to have Alice joining you as your guest!
Blondie, you're so fun to watch. I love the smaller Yunnan roast duck that you had in earlier episode.
Super interesting! I had no idea that most European porcini came from Yunnan!
Watching this video now, been a long time subscriber, and Alice is your guest, who’s just been signed to my modelling agency!! What a small world.
感觉alice真的好专业啊 用淀粉水的方式呈现意大利烩饭 很棒的idea
Love this kind of content that dives a bit deeper into the industry that makes the ingredients!! Please absolutely do more!
I love this so much. I'm sooooo excited to have more Yunnan content. ❤
The polish instincts came out with that mushroom picking. Always doing it with my dziadzek i babcia
Only time I visited Poland they suggested not to eat the field mushrooms. Guess the year.
Yunnan's mushroom cuisine is unique.
Thank you Amy for the wonderful videos. I came over from Anming's channel after I saw you two on her channel. I really enjoy the ice fishing and Gobi desert. I was wondering if the Taklamakan has a similar city with a Cresent Lake?
红伞伞，白杆杆，吃完你就躺板板
哈哈，
your videos are so calming and entertaining to sleep to!
Really enjoyed your mushroom adventure with Alice. One of your best and most interesting videos yet. Been to the mushroom market. You forgot to mention how early you have to be there, like 6am to get all the good ones
Love from Brisbane ❤❤
Thank you very mush for the video. I enjoyed watching it so much ❤
You’re videos are fantastic! Always so interesting and entertaining and fun!!
Nice video. love the new guest. she looks polite and educated just like you.
Yesss
wowww everything looks so good i love your videos amy!