MASSIVE Noodles and Crazy Flight Story!

I always have mixed feelings when I'm about to leave a place. I'm glad that I'm going back because I'm tired I want to go I want to go home at the same time If it's a place I really like like Taiwan, it's sad, you know, it's my last day here Well, my last half a day and this lunch will be the last meal I have in Taiwan for a while So I did a lot of research and I found this place that serves Xi'an food. It's got pretty good reviews So I'm gonna go check it out for lunch. And by the way If you guys ever been to Taiwan before you gotta watch out for the little motorbikes I was almost killed no less than like 50 times as I got here I think it's saying something when I'm more afraid the little motorbikes than I am of the cars This is the place I'm talking about Qingwei Guan with a flavor of Qing. Qing is of course the first dynasty of China and Where they established Xi'an as the capital or Chang'an. It's hard to kind of look like one of those old style houses They're playing old style Shaanxi music. Shaanxi is a province that Xi'an is in A lot of people here so far so good. A little banchan. What is this? Like wonton crisps? It's like the 10 weird things we do in Shaanxi, which is all true. This one really applies to me It says as long as we have chili, we don't need anything else. Ah, this is the special Paomo, the lamb soup with bun. I try to order like eight things. They stop me at four So we'll deal with these four first and we'll see where we're at Pieces of gluten Very Taiwanese flavor Braised gluten. It's good though. Stir-fried spicy and vinegary potatoes. I did a recipe video on this and They're using traditional Shaanxi peppers. We love using these long peppers and it smells amazing Shredded potatoes Some garlic cooked only for a few minutes or retains its crispiness and it has some white vinegar here So it's gonna be spicy and again, like I said, vinegary. One of my all-time favorite dishes. This will also act as my serving of vegetables They nailed this one Nailed it. To make it truly authentically Xi'an, this thing needs to be pretty vinegary. Most people will probably taste this and say it's a little too sour Not as Xi'an people We love that thing sour. Ancient Tang Dynasty dish Really simple. Tender beef, tons of scallions, pepper, some garlic and black bean sauce The dishes are not that big. So I feel like I ordered four so far. I feel like I can keep going Pickled radish too Wow, that beef is tender. This is what I've been waiting for. Yangjiao noodles with hot oil. There's their hot oil They flash-fried some sesame so you got that beautiful aroma and this you gotta eat right away. Otherwise, the noodles gonna stick together What you're seeing here is probably just one noodle Because these things are so wide and they stretch it. This is all cut very evenly The width of the noodle is nice and uniform Looks beautiful This is so wide you can wrap up a mummy with it In Taiwanese terms, that was very cute This is lamb, I think it's fried with tons of cumin This is just chunks of lamb Crispy on the outside, really tender. A lot of cumin flavor Not that spicy. It needs a bit more salt, I feel like So I ordered something else. This is gonna be my lamb soup with bun. When you're eating this dish in Xi'an You have to break apart your bun yourself And here they make you do that. And this is really heavy because it's thick. That way it won't get soggy in the lamb soup It's pretty funny to have the carrots are cheap on this one. So you gotta break this apart It's gotta be the size of maybe like half of your pinky's finger now. Oh, it's so awesome I haven't done this in decades Like that big. That's what you want. I mean don't don't squeeze it like I did but Like that big. Maybe a little smaller than that I'm a little ashamed of myself. This is not not up to Xi'an standards I'm in kind of a hurry and my fingers are tired, so Yeah, this is a major fail. Like I would have gotten yelled at by my relatives in China Here it is. Lamb soup with the bits of buns I just broke apart. Oh, let's see what's underneath. Those are my buns. Not that much. Usually this dish will have more buns Like usually you have like two of these buns and usually the soup is a lot thicker There's tons of cabbage in here Scallions, chunks of lamb. I mean this looks and feels really tender. Usually this dish will come with two vital ingredients One is pickled garlic and the other is garlic hot sauce. This came with neither of them I wouldn't necessarily call this like 羊肉泡饃. I would just say this is lamb soup with cabbage with with bits of buns inside That's essentially what this is. This is lamb soup. They did give me some hot sauce. Let me add this in there The hot sauce is really not that spicy. Lamb looks pretty tender. Lamb is pretty tender. The lamb meat itself Not all that flavorful. I would call this a pretty mediocre adaptation. They call this a Mongolian fried milk wonton hang glider shuriken looking thing It's supposed to be milk on the inside Yeah, I don't know if you can see the milk on the inside. This is just fried dough with a ton of sugar I mean you can stuff tootsie rolls in here. It still tastes good. I heard them wrong. I guess they mean cheese on the inside It tastes like a sweet cheesy wonton That place was not that. My favorite is the potatoes. Now before you go on thinking like why is my favorite dish dish potatoes, it's just because they made it so So much like what I used to have in China and brought up all these, you know weird feelings of sentiment and Tears, but I didn't feel the lamb soup was really worth it. Also that place that place is not cheap That was 1200 Taiwan dollars. So around 40 bucks and for Taiwan, that's fairly pricey Also, the reason I completely filled up is because I'm flying back on premium economy class and the food coming over here is any indication That yeah, I need to fill up. Also, it's my last meal. Check this out. This is let me see this. This is real. Oh this is real and Kind of kind of dangerous the shortest escalator in airport history total of like three seconds I like this airport Laza premium. Oh, there's a tea waiting lounge. This airport is so cool Haha, yep Same seat closest access to the toilet so far these two seats are empty Dinner time. I feel like all I've done today. Let's just eat best day ever. Look at that bacon It's like a salad with bacon and smoked salmon some pickles dragon fruits apple Apple watermelon. This is a three cup chicken Taiwanese signature dish. What? No one told me broccoli wasn't invited to the party. Bacon actually looks good. Potato salad too. It's just not too bad smoky sweet Here's what I've learned about food and premium economy The main dish is always gonna be the worst looking thing on your tray. It doesn't mean it tastes bad It just looks really bad. Best thing of the meal. Strawberry Häagen-Dazs ice cream Like I was saying if you just eat it, the flavor is sometimes not too bad Like that three cup chicken It's pretty good three cup chicken. Solid pieces of ginger in here a little spicy. That's some nice flavors That chicken is actually really delicious. I mean it's flavored nicely. It's got a kick And when it comes to the broccoli, I don't even like broccoli on land I'm certainly not eating this 30,000 feet up in the air I know this is kind of bad, but this might be the healthiest thing I'm eating today. White chocolate almond cookie roll It's like an almond rice cracker This will go good with some tea. Wonder Woman Some Häagen-Dazs strawberry ice cream. Lean back Let's just try to enjoy this flight. Good morning, or should I say good evening because it's About six o'clock at night in New York. The last meal of the flight. Again, three plates. Oh, wow What the heck. It was between this or I think some kind of rice noodle and I chose poorly I'm not sure what this is Like an omelette with some stuff inside. And again, what is with the broccoli? Not too bad. It's like a rectangle potato egg mixture I don't know what this is Just as I thought. Sweet potatoes. Again, we're gonna bypass the broccoli I never thought I'd say this, but that sausage is the worst thing on this plate I mean you can't go wrong with sausage, right? But this thing. Look at this. Look at this. This is a fork It's a pretty sturdy fork. Stabbing semi-hard. Like usually if this is like a sausage or a hot dog This is enough to break through. See, same strength here. Goes through. Goes through. Right here Like it goes through a little bit. Kind of give you an idea how tough this is. Oh god This is probably the worst in-flight meal of this trip. But again, it's my fault. I should have chose the rice noodles What was I thinking? Back in New York, usually I really dread customs because it takes like an hour or two hours But before I went on this trip, I got this The global entry card. There's not a sponsor or anything. I just got it and it's supposed to expedite everything Let's see how it works. Global entry is the most amazing thing. If you guys, if you guys like to travel I mean if you travel a lot, if you go out of the country a lot, I 100% recommend it. I didn't have it until this trip. So every time I come back to the US, there's always a line I always have to wait. I think on average Before I had global entry, my wait was around half an hour Also crazy story, right before the plane was about to take off, someone just kind of stepped over me and sat in the seat next To me and took his shoes off and started to rub Tiger balm all over his feet And then the flight attendant comes over and asks to see his ticket Because he wasn't actually supposed to sit there Anyway, he said he lost his ticket. That is his seat, but then he just got up and left I assume he went back to his original seat and then he comes back during dinner time while I was eating a Pretty tasty 3 cup chicken. He comes up to me. He asked me if I could grab his socks Anyway, horror story and I know I did not end up grabbing his socks I haven't had enough of Taiwan food. As soon as I get back to New York Okay, it's the only place that's open till midnight, but still So hungry. I got this dish. It's chives and ground meats and Chili peppers. It's supposed to be really spicy and chiny. And I had to get a bowl of the braised pork over rice I cannot get enough of this. Oh, look at all that grease That grease definitely reached the bottom of the rice bowl and it's like forming a pool Fatty, that's nice, but not anywhere near as flavorful as what I had in Taiwan. This is like a really famous Taiwanese restaurant in New York City Try this chive The chive dish is really good. Spicy. It's got black bean sauce, which makes everything better. It's like 10 o'clock at night right now I didn't plan on eating but this is like lunchtime for me in Taiwan. I'm starving. This is it I'm serious finally ending the video. Thanks for watching. Thanks for following along. See you later