Japan Airline BUSINESS CLASS Food Review BEST FOOD Hong Kong to Seattle

Hey guys, hello from Hong Kong, I'm in the Sai Kung area right now. So this area is really known for their fresh seafood. Oh and the blood, I don't know if you guys can see there's a blood moon right now. So people come here for the fresh seafood, it's kind of touristy but I wanted to try it out. And the street in front of me is Khoi Sing Gai, Khoi Sing Gai, Khoi, Khoi, Khoi, Khoi Sing Gai, Seafood Street, so festive, I love it. And sadly this is my last meal here in Hong Kong, so try and make it good. And just a quick shout out to Square Space who sponsored this video, thank you so much, we'll talk more about them later. Now let's go eat some seafood. Oh look at that, holy cow, it's like a squid. The ladies here, they're gonna negotiate, me and Ben, just gonna hang out in the back. Yeah we're gonna pretend we don't know anything, which pretty much is the situation, I don't know much. Look at the size of these king crabs, that looks like crab royalty, for sure. Oh that's a huge abalone, check out this monster abalone. So this place, as soon as you walk into Seafood Street, or anywhere around here, like vendors will just come up to you trying to drag you into their stores. So you gotta resist the temptation and find the best one, so I'm gonna try to find the best one for you guys. This one, like for the- They're the experts, they're from here, so I don't wanna get in the way. Aiko's like asking people right now whether it's good or not. This is like some personal investigation stuff we're doing. Yeah he said, well this is the only one that he would go to. Oh wow, that's impressive. Alright let's go. What the heck is that? It's the prawn that they cut off. It's a minted shrimp, it's a minted shrimp. Uncover the crab please. Okay, the crab is there. That looks really good. Shrimp paste. This one has shrimp paste? Yeah. Mmm, look at that. Shrimp paste inside. I love the minted shrimp. I'm gonna try this, Mike. Oh man, that minted shrimp is awesome. Did you guys know, minted shrimp has the fastest punch of any creature, mightiest punch of any creature on earth. This thing could have smacked me in the face and broke my nose, but too bad it's already cooked. Oh. Mmm. Do you have a reaction face, Ben? Food reaction face? Let's see it, buddy. It is good. Why are you making fun of Ben? Extra juice on the scallops and bourbon chili noodles. Garlicy. I'm gonna get more of that sauce. This is all roasted garlic. Garlic is good. Mmm. That is a tender scallop. Oh, that is really tender scallop. It's good clam, just a little sandy. The scallop is really good. The scallop is really tender. Hey, I didn't know I was at this restaurant already. Good to know. Uh, J-A-L. Alright, the plan is, I'm flying to Seattle right now to look for an apartment. I don't have a place to live yet. And I only have about one and a half days to find an apartment. So, as soon as I get to Seattle, hit the ground running, gotta start looking at as many as I can, and basically make a decision. Because that's all I have. If not, I'm moving to Seattle, I have no place to live. I will be flying back on J-A-L, Japan Airlines. I think I flew on them a couple times in the past in business class, but let's see if the food's good. Food in the lounge so far, not the best. So, the flight connection is in Arita. Let's see what's on the menu today. As always, all the Japanese airlines, J-A-L or A-N-A, they provide two different types of courses. One is Japanese, of course, and one is Western. And I usually get the Japanese option because we're on the Japanese airline, so I get the Japanese option. So, April, steamed sea bream with seaweed sauce, grilled chicken miso sauce. And then, of course, a little box of small yeats. And the Western is basically a beef tenderloin. So, we're gonna go for the Japanese option, as always. I don't say this a lot, but these veggies are so good. Japanese meals are so intricately designed. This looks like a really pretty mental box, except for it tastes much, much, much better. Shrimp and egg. This just tastes like really, I think this is tofu. A little too gooey for me. Little squid. Oh, that squid was so good. It's fish tofu. It's chicken with sea bream. This is a little pack of rice. Tastes a little salty in this as well. The sea bream on the other hand is a little dry. But this chicken is great. Usually, it's the other way around. I'm gonna eat and take a nap. I just slept maybe two, three hours last night. See you in a few months, Japan. The thing is that I have to go with the Japanese menu. The first time I ever chose something, I was overriding it. They have these, like, whenever you want kind of dishes. And they change it up. So, now, there's curry, soy meat, fajita. Japanese suta ramen. The suta ramen is a Michelin star ramen place in Japan. That's gonna be amazing. Hot udon. Salmon bagel. Pork cutlet sandwich. Of course, Haagen-Dazs. I love these anytime you wish things. Thank you so much. Every time I come to Japan, even though it's a layover, like, it hurts me a bit, you know? Because I want to stay just a few more months. I'll be back for a long time. So, the JAL business class. It's got the dimming windows. It's really nice. And you get this little walkway here. Kind of this little cabin by myself. But there's, like, a neighbor. After you take off, you can put up the separation. You get a lot of privacy. Little table thing here. Because I have tons of stuff. And the screen is massive. So, usually, what I do to record videos on the airplane, I need a microphone. This way, with this thing, I don't actually talk all that loud. Like, you can barely hear me. If you're sitting next to me, you won't be able to hear me with this. And the space for your leg is actually really nice and wide. So, it doesn't go, like, diagonal into a triangle like a lot of business airline flights. And I've got a pretty nice view out the window. This is sesame tofu with wasabi and beans with soy beans. I always like injecting my food with stuff. It's like a slightly mochi tofu. Great sesame flavor. This is the mushroom. Almost like a something at the top. I love the texture of this mushroom. It's like a seafood flavor to it. So pretty. I love meals where I have to unwrap. Feels like an early Christmas. With Japanese food, you always eat with your eyes first. So, we have some jellyfish with sesame, plum with seaweed. This is fish roe omelet. So pretty. Jellyfish were my most favorite food I've ever eaten in the world. It's so crunchy and beautiful. There's things soaked in sesame sauce. It's almost a little too sweet for me. It tastes like a sweet potato. Anytime mackerel is involved, it's like the wagyu beef of the sea. It just melts. It's coarse. These two dishes are not really saucy dishes. Actually, of everything, I think the soup is the best thing on this plate. Pork cutlet. Nice and thick and stuff. This is surprisingly good. And the outside of the pork actually tastes like the real deal. The noodles are chewy. They have very signature soup flavor. This is honestly excellent. It has a meaty, fatty piece of char siu. I'm basically making my way through their entire menu. This is also another dish you can get anytime you want on this flight. This is a little rack of lamb with herb buttercrumb crust, veggies, and a little mousse with oranges. This looks like a juicy piece of lamb for something cooked on it. This is the first time in my life I'm having lamb for breakfast. I like it. I better get used to flying to this airport. This is how I normally have to get on a plane in New York. I have to take my car from my house and drive it to my parents' neighborhood in Queens and park it on their street and then take an Uber to the airport. Here, I'm hoping to just go from my apartment straight to the airport. I'm staying in this area for a couple days and my sole purpose is basically, I need to find an apartment. I have two days to find a place to live and that starts right now. Okay, let's go apartment hunting. I'm in this, I guess, a suburb called Redwood. That apartment, they're full. I never even considered how the places are full. Look, it's a pretty big gym. Bike room. It's a top floor, one bedroom. This is the next apartment I'm at. This is the bedroom. There's no door. Bathroom. It's very artistic. All I want is an apartment with a shower stall. How many of you take baths? Good morning from, where am I? Bellevue, Seattle? I'm somewhere around Seattle. Last night, I wanted to go out to eat but literally got in my room about 5 o'clock. I didn't sleep for about maybe a day and a half so I just completely crashed. Woke up at midnight and fell back asleep. It's about 8 o'clock in the morning. I've got to go get some food. Let's go. Let's go. I'm going to stream today too. If you don't know, I have a Twitch channel. Link is below. Twitch.tv with Mikey. Let's go. Let's go stream. This is Pike's Market. A little donut fountain. The first thing I want is a bite of this donut. Bacon caramel donut. Trust me, you may not know it but you do want this right now. This bacon is so crispy. I love that. Breakfast, I want some barbecue. This is Pike's Place Barbecue. Heard from a fan this is amazing. So we'll see. My plate is being constructed. There's my damn hot sauce. I like how the meats have a little cap here. That's adorable. So I got some brisket and pork. Now the pork looks really juicy. Comes apart pretty easily. Looks pretty good. The brisket, the outside looks great. Beautiful smoke ring. Look at this. Kind of looks like a little brisket rainbow, right? I tell you guys right now, there's a chance this might be really dry. Five meat chili, that's always good. And the best potato salad in the damn hot sauce. Let's give this a try. That is smoky pork. Wow. This is one of those pork dishes that the flavor gets better as you chew. Oh, it gets much, much better. It's much smokier. Oh man. If you take it down deep, it gets better. That is really, really good. That actually might be the best potato salad I've had. You're not kidding about that potato salad. You know what's cheaper than this? They put bacon in here. The hot sauce looks legit. I'm gonna mix this in a little bit. Let's try it with the hot sauce. Wow. That's great hot sauce. You can still keep the flavor up there. Nice meats. Craziest smoke ring I've ever seen in a brisket. Really smoky, but it's way too dry. Potato salad. God. It's the first time something with a salad in the name becomes my favorite thing on a platter of barbecued meats. But potato salad's my favorite thing here. And then the chili and the pork thighs. These are equally good. That is just way too dry. Alright, so this is the seafood bisque. And this is the market chowder. Oh, that market chowder is so good. That'll warm you so up. I mean, creamy, obviously. But the halibut's got a nice mouthfeel to it. It's really chewy. Andouille sausage. Good lord. This thing is like Seattle meets New Orleans right here. Corn should be in every chowder. Because that's just a great textural thing. Let me eat this sausage. Oh, this is so good. There's a great smoky flavor to this. This is like... I'm sorry, much better than a barbecue. This soup is so good. This is way more fragrant. They put a great basil in here. This is definitely the chunkier version, the meatier version. But this is just more fragrant. Good morning from Flushing! Woohoo! Finally home! Top of that building kind of looks like a temple. Tonight I'm going to an opening for a noodle place. I'm so excited. But right now, I don't think I've eaten food in like... since that nasty sandwich I had on Delta's flight. So I'm going to go do a little streaming. And the topic of the stream will be breakfast. Breakfast time. And we're going to go check this place. I haven't been here in a while. Getting some fish for breakfast. Some buns, some pancakes. And some tofu brain soup. Literal translation, tofu brains. And it's basically just a tofu soup with wood ear. There's usually some preserved vegetables in there. It's something we eat for breakfast in China. Now this is a northern Chinese dish. Because in the south, they eat sweet tofu. In the north, we eat savory. And there's some hot oil in here. And you see it's very thick, right? It's very thick. It's a very starchy soup. And it's something we love to eat with some pancakes. This place serves one of the best tofu brains in Flushing. You know, all Chinese people are tofu zombies. That's why we love tofu brains so much. And it's so good. I really need some. Look how big this crepe is. It's... Matt, look at this. And this dough, if you look at it, it's not regular flour dough. It's actually a dough with a mix of flour and mung beans. And then you have some sweet bean sauce. Inside, you have some eggs mixed with the dough. And inside that, you have what are these like little fried fritters that are just made for this pancake. So that when you take a bite, it's savory. It's soft. At the same time, it's crunchy. And it's just such a fulfilling, beautiful pancake. It's one of the most popular street food items in China. The inside is crunchy and airy. This is basically a lot of carbs and eggs. This is hefty. So what you want to do, take a bite of pancake. Oh, man. That is so good. You guys ready for the ultimate dive? You ready for this? Should be the Olympic events. Look at that. We're going in. Look at that. Oh, man. I wish you guys could taste this. This is my favorite fish in the world. This is in Korean. It's called a hairtail fish. And this thing was probably a day old because they definitely didn't cook this this morning. But it's still okay. It's like a fish steak. There's bones on each side. There's a rib in the middle. A lot of meat. This is what a lot of northern Chinese we grew up eating. And it's amazing. You take the bone on one side out. You see that nice meat right there? Really, really good stuff. It's really easy to debone this fish. One of the tastiest fish out there. I don't know how well it goes with this. But I just wanted some of this on its own. This is only breakfast number one, by the way. Let's go to breakfast number two. So next place I'm going to is Shanghai Yu Garden. Probably my favorite Chinese restaurant in New York. Oh, yeah. Hey, guys. Guess what we're getting. This is one of my favorite places because their soup dumpling is probably the second best or third best in this entire New York. And they'll give you a free basket if you just order over $10 worth of food. You can order over $10 worth of food for sure here. So free soup dumpling, $10 worth of food. Such a good deal. I'm getting some soup dumplings. Usually soup dumplings, you just add some vinegar, some sliced ginger, and that's it. I'm going to just dump some vinegar onto this thing. I need my chili fish nice and vinegary. We have to go for some hot oil. Their hot oil is kind of weird. Give that a nice stir. My free soup dumpling is here. Some of the best soup dumplings in New York City. I kid you not. Absolutely free. Come get your free soup dumplings. This is why I don't like places like Din Tai Fung. This thing could eat a Din Tai Fung soup dumpling. It could eat two of Din Tai Fung soup dumplings. And the key of eating a soup dumpling is to not break the soup dumpling. No, it broke. Oh, I failed you. But look how much soup was in that little dumpling diaper. Dumpling has fallen. It's got spewed everywhere on this bamboo basket. This is just unwashable. Moment of silence for the fallen dumpling. That is a good soup dumpling. Especially because it's free. Makes it taste at least three times better. Three, three, three times. Come on, soup dumpling. Don't break. Okay, we see a tear. We're trying to surgically maneuver it. Lift it into the spoon. I can just go ahead and add the vinegar. A little bit of ginger. I love their wontons here. Mainly because they're made with this vegetable called Ji Cai. Which is a brave vegetable for wontons. And also, look how big the filling is. It's like this wonton swallowed another wonton. I'm gonna go for more of the oil here. Because I kind of suspect that the sauce is not what I want. I love it when my soup turns bloody. And inside of a wonton. Look at that. Pork and Ji Cai. They're one of my favorite wontons in New York. And this is great. You cut your wonton in half. You fill the other half full of soup. And they make their dumplings fresh every day here. If you guys don't know how soup goes in a soup dumpling. It's actually soup dumpling elves injecting magic. Just kidding. So they put the gelatinous stuff, the fat, in a fridge. And then they can put it into the bun. And then when they steam it, it becomes soup. But just tell your friends it's from the magic soup dumpling elves. I mean, if Keeblers can do it, we can do it, right? Finally home. I haven't been home in like a month. Finally been able to sleep in my own bed. I'm so excited to see these woods. Last time I was here, it was still freezing cold. Although I'm moving soon, it just feels so good to be here. I'm about to go play a movie and turn the volume way up. I can't do that when I move to Seattle into an apartment building. It's good to be home. 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