BRAND NEW Cheap Eats In Chinatown Pt. 23

Oh, I'm going to show you guys the cute way to eat this. Ready? Wow. Is her chopstick skills. Oh my god. I don't know what part of the beef that it's called, but I don't like it. You like the Chinese baddies that come here? I do. I do. I do. I love like the jasmine. It's not too strong on the stomach. First thing I notice is the roast. It's got some nice roast that you don't see in jasmine tea a lot. And I could make an exception today. Right. And your dad's from Hong Kong, so you should love Jango, right? All right, what do we got? What are you starting with? Chinatown goes by many names. Tongyangai, Tangan, Bario Chino, Koti, Chukugai, Chinatown. But no matter the country or province that it's in, it's usually hardworking immigrants overd delivering value. So this series never seems to stop because New York never seems to stop and Chinese people never stop working. Along with the help of my fun, eclectic group of friends, I explore the new Chinatown culture or the everchanging Chinatown scene. Hit that like button and let's go. Chinatown cheap eats. Anyways, uh our first spot is Dimum Sam. Just recently opened on Bowery. They have another location by Union Square. These people do Hong Kong food. Okay, so upon entering Dim Sam. Yo, it's kind of crazy in here and it's very packed. But Steph, what do you see? It looks like there's like two different restaurants. Like there's a bakery and then there's like your order counter. have your frozen uh dumplings. You can buy like frozen dim sum. All right, everybody. This is a packed dim sum Sam. Honestly, the vibes are very Hong Kong, man. How cramped it is, it feels like Hong Kong. I think this is the only weakness of the spot because I think the food's going to be good, but I think it's a small spot. So, there's really nowhere to sit. All this was $22, though, which is a pretty good deal. $11 for this squiggly rice walls. Here we go. All right. What do we got? What are you starting with? Three treasure rice here. Let's try the scallion chicken. Scallion chicken got a lot of flavor. Nah, that's crazy. That duck looks insane. Hey everybody, I know this video is about Asian food, but what about Asian inspired mattresses? My Plank mattress that I've been snoozing on for the past 2 months is similar to the firm mattresses in Asia, but possibly even better. I'll tell you why. It comes with a 120 night sleep trial, but honestly, I'm just keeping it. It's been amazing. It's firm, supportive, it's flippable. It has two sides, so it's almost like having two mattresses in one, in my opinion, and there is a slightly softer, cushiony side if you want. So, it really just fits your needs. The versatility of flipping the mattress is so cool. It's almost like having a reversible jacket. 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The rice roll relatively was a little bit even better than the three treasure rice. Yes, I'm eating it with a fork. I know. I [Music] know. Really good. Has a lot of flavor. Very soft, gelatinous. Little oily. Got a little bit of kick, too, actually. [Music] Oh, I'm going to show you guys the cute way to eat this. Ready? Wow. Okay, I'm just kidding. There's no cute way to eat this. I don't know. I always like bone in my meat. Yo, yo, I took my [Music] samp right here. New bite. New bite. [Music] That was so good. Wow, that was fire. That was fire. I think Dim Sum is a great new addition to Chinatown. It also joins the likes of Dim Sum Palace on Division Street. We got House of Joy on Pel Street. You have a couple other spots coming up on Ma Street. So, let me tell you this. Cantonese dim sum food is back in Chinatown, baby. Our next spot is Lanzo Moria or Lanzo beef noodles. This is my new best friend over here. Pulling the noodles. Got a lot of dough. Oh, look. There's a little candy, too. Let's go. All right. We're here with Nina. Nina, you work here? Hi. Yeah, I'm working over here. Tell us tell us about the smart 1915 Lo beef noodle. This is really good. Come here. Okay. Oh, okay. What should we order? Just like one of the most popular. Uh, this is our number one. Number two, number three. This What do you personally like, Nina? Oh, this is my love. Okay. We get the signature Lonzo Nur. It's very traditional way. It's a very smell. It's so good. Okay. All right. Let's get it. Let's get it. Um, and then also, what does 1915 mean? Oh, 1915 in China in London is a small town but it's a very very have a long history about the culture about the noodle is the number one cause the make food and this langel hand p noodles in lango is in 1950 is the first shop ah yes the long history since 1915 they've been stretching all right let's move see so what you can see is like clearly His delts and his back muscles are very, very strong because he's got to be lifting it with his shoulders, right? Oh my gosh, look at that. I bet he could do mad pull-ups. No, that's a huge That's a lot of dough. Oh my Oh my gosh. I want him to do this with my hair. Like, look how pretty the braid is. Yo, Steph, you've been saying some real suggestive stuff lately, man. I don't know what you're thinking or where your head's at, but you You're just hanging out. Kids are watching this. All right. What he's doing right now is pulling the prism noodle. If you stare here, there's seven different types of noodles that you can choose from. And I asked for the prism noodle cuz she said Lonzo, that's very special. So, I don't know if I've ever had it. Maybe I have, maybe I haven't. So, I just got to I just got to wait until I see it, man. But I will tell you this, that man has a lot of everyday strength. You know, you want to talk about calisthenics, like rock climbing strength. Do you see his forearms? She peep the fork. Oh my god. All right. So, for $14.99, we have a traditional Lonzo beef noodle soup. And the cool thing about Lonzo beef noodle soup is it's defined by five different colors. So, this is how you know it's authentic. You have the beef, you have the clear broth, you have the chili oil, you have the white radish, you have the green uh leaks and cilantro and uh onions, and then yellow noodles right here. We got the prism noodles. The prism meaning what is kind of like square cut or something almost like a diamond. Let's try it. M. The noodles are perfect. Super um not super chewy actually, just chewy enough. the the Q. There's still a softness to it that I think that is key. So, the beef is sliced really thin. So good. They got so many other stuff on the menu, too. But I just can't order it cuz I'm just I can only eat so much. But Oh, I think if you like fur and you can take a little bit more spice, you got to check out Lonzo Lamia. And the noodles, it's actually like triangular shaped. So then all the broth can like get stuck in all the grooves in here. Oh my god, look how long that is. Wow. Very flavorful. Doesn't look I thought it was just going to taste like chili oil, but it tastes really flavorful. You can tell it's very beefy broth. Delicious. I want to try this beef. Yummy. What I will say this about lamian, I mean this lamzo uh lamian, I think it's the next beef noodle soup. And I know it's been popular for some years now, but now that when you see restaurants that specialize in it in Chinatown, that's when you know, you know, it's next level because there have always been spots that specialize in it, but there actually hasn't been a lot of Lonzo Lamian spots around Chinatown. You know, Nina, you got to explain what what's what about this dish. The handmade brazed beef noodle is really good. Is very traditional way. And the beef is very very best beef. And uh uh we do the color and the noodle. Just one noodle. We do the one noodle cost. So this is one noodle. Yeah. One noodle. One noodle. All right. One noodle challenge. Can Steph find the end of the noodle? Pick it all up without it dropping. Big noodle. How good is her chopstick skills? Oh my gosh. Don't drop it. This is crazy. This looks fake. Oh my gosh. Yo, how many carbs are you about to consume today? That's crazy. You don't have to eat the whole thing except you do not have to eat the whole bowl in one shot. I'm carving. Yes. It's different, right? Yeah. Every seven different because our chef can do the 12 different kind of different. So the thing is about this thick ribbon noodles. It's so it's very tasty but it's very dense like this. I don't know. I think like this is not like a soft noodle. This is a very very um dense noodle. beef right here. This bowl of noodles is very, very tasty. I love the amount of ginger and spices that are in this. But I'm not going to lie, these noodles, it's like it's like eating a resistance band. Like you could really get a workout in just because this so dense and just it just stretches. Like it's not going to break, guys. Like I don't know how how tall we have to to do it, but you could you could work out with this. Wait, I thought this was funny. Fresh now or regret later. Basically, they're telling you that the noodles are going to cool and harden after 15 minutes, so you better eat it as soon as possible. He said if not, dining in is convenient. So, if you're taking it out, please eat your meal as soon as possible to preserve its quality or come another day to enjoy it on site. Guys, here at Lonzo 1915, it's on site. It's on site if you eat it. You have to eat it on site or it's not going to give you the prime ideal, you know, circumstances and the time and everything to eat it. So, the noodles are best if you eat it here. All right, everybody. For my next spot on Cheap Chinatown Eats, I am joined by content creator and New York native representing Indonesia, Oliver Pros. What's up? What's up, bro? Yo, just fresh back from Jakarta. You're about to go back soon, but of course, you got to make the pit stop in Chinatown. Check out the new spots. It's One Ton Noodle 1978. This is unrelated to any other Chinatown business. They're new to Chinatown. Hi. Thank you. Shout out Shout out to the fans. We got to take a picture together next time. They're serving up some $10 one ton noodles. Beef brisket noodles. Oo, dude. I've never made $10. Come on. Looks fantastic. Yo, let's try. $10. Is that almost Jakarta price? I mean, it's pretty cheap. It's pretty cheap. Not Jakarta price, but let's go. All right, Oliver, tell me what you're feeling right now. Like the decor. What? Brand new. How does this feel? Very modern. Definitely not something I'm used to growing up in Chinatown. It's definitely much more clean. I It's brand new. It's a brand new buildout. Here, guys. They have alam hun for $10. Okay. I got to try some of the $10 stuff. Okay. I'm going to try uh yoko alam hunam. Okay. And then uh what else should we try? One other thing that you guys recommend. We can try the one tan noodle. One tan noodle is one noodle soup. So for $10. Yeah. Okay. $10 each. Right everybody. The food has arrived. This is my beef brisket with alam. Dude, that looks good. Hall fun for $10. What do you got? Yo, I got wanton noodle soup. Classic. You can't go wrong. Okay. What do you What do you look for in a good one? Good wantton. I look for amazing delicious texture. And with the broth, I don't like it too salty. So, I'm really hoping that it's subtle on the palette. More subtle. Okay. What I like about this one is like, yo, the amount of ginger. Like look at that big piece of ginger. That's when you know it's got a lot of flavor. And obviously for the tendon, it's got to be gel gelatinous, well cooked, tender, and everything. You know, some small would be really great with this, man. You know what's crazy? I forgot it. So that's that's insane for me. But I am low on inventory. So please go on the website. But that means it's popular and in demand. So if you guys haven't tried it already, you guys need to check out Smala Sauce. The hottest sauce in town. Thanks for the plug. I got you. I'll pay you later. Oh my gosh. All right. Let me just show you what I got. This is like that little um white part that's almost like a I don't want to say what the I don't know what part of the beef that is called, but I don't like it. You like it? I like it. That's not for me, but that's for y'all. Okay. Rice noodle fun right here. Beefy, gingery. You got to give me the breakdown of your one ton noodle soup. texture is the perfect amount of not crisp but you feel that slight crunch you know what I mean in the shrimp and it's absolutely it's not insanely hot you know when you put a dumpling in your mouth or wanton and you're like you want to spit back out cuz it's way too hot when it's way too fresh it's perfect temperature the way it's cooked it's very very tasty I absolutely love it I would say for $10 no I'm keeping it for $10 it is totally worth it spot is new usually are blasting pop music but I I actually asked them to turn it down cuz it was too loud. But they're going to turn it up after this. But honestly, this was very much worth it. I recommend it, guys. And also, for $12, you could have gotten one tons in here. Yeah, definitely. It's not weird, right? Here you go, bro. Bro, my hand's getting wet. Put it on the spoon, bro. That's how you know your boys. That's how you know your boys. All right, everybody. Our next spot on Cheap Chinatown Eats is a brand new cafe right here at Confucious Plaza called Cafe DM. Oliver, you you grew up in New York City, but what do you know about Confucious Plaza? I'd be lying to you if I said I knew a lot about Confucious Plaza, only that it's a historic building, and it's been here for many, many, many years. Yeah, it's actually a housing um building that was actually designed mostly for the Chinese community uh for a very long time, hence the name Confucious Plaza. But I always thought it was funny that Confucious is heavy out here cuz he he got a whole plaza. There's actually a really affordable florist there, guys. If you need cheap flowers for your girl, get them there. Don't tell her where it's from. Shout out to Confucious Florence. But anyways, let's go into Cafe DM. All right, so this is what I picked up. I got a Cafe DM signature. It's actually kind of like a yin-yang essentially, which is uh a shot of espresso with some milk tea. Hong Kong style milk tea. That's good. That's good. And I I think it's really cool that Confucious Plaza has like this new cafe here because I think a lot of people typically assume Confucious Plaza very like old school kind of like a lot of old school businesses downstairs, but this this is a new school one. New school guy right here. I love this place. This place is modern and it still has some tradition behind it. And what's really great about this place, they also have a bakery, baked goods from Balthazar, which everyone knows is a very, very famous bakery here in New York. And I highly recommend that if you are in the Chinatown area, Confucious Plaza area, you need to check out this place, Capadium, New York City. All right, everybody. For my next spot, I'm here with Stephie and we're on Grand Street and this is Joy Tea. This just opened up and Steph, you have like a This holds a special place in your heart. Yes. I've only had it one time and then the the spot by my place closed down and I'm so happy there's one here. All right, Chinatown got a Joy tea. Let's go inside. All right, everybody. So, we got our drinks here at Joy. And Joy is actually a boba chain that started in Brooklyn, 8th A, and now is expanding all over the city and they do a lot of different flavors. They have a latte. Latte meaning that it's actually just a milk drink. So, I got a latte, which I usually don't usually get because I like either tea, fruit tea, or some type of coffee. I got a mango sticky rice drink. So, there's I want to know what is in here. Mango slushie, some kind of Oh, fresh milk and purple sticky rice. This was $7.75. This was $850. So, not the super cheapest drinks. Cheers. Oh my god. Wow. The sticky rice is warm and then the rest is really cold. I'm not going to lie, this drink is delicious, but it's essentially a dessert. This is a dessert right here. We're drinking dessert. Oh [ __ ] [Music] Oh my god. These drinks are decadent. Oh my god. This is like tongen but like in a drink. Yeah. Form. Like the, you know, the Chinese dessert. Yeah. the sesame ball where it's just blended up except in a bunch of milk. All right, guys. Joy on Grand Street. New drink spot. New addition milky drinks. Very tasty. This mochio sesame is like the Chinese cookies and cream. And this is like the Thai mango sticky rice in liquid form that you eat out of a straw or Yeah. Take it for what it is, guys. That's what you're getting here. It's good. And Joy also has eggy waffles with all these really cool flavors like black sesame, which we just had. And there's Biscoff mochi flavor. And this one, I want to try this seaweed pork floss. Yay. So, we got eggy waffles. This one is the biscoff mochi. And this one is the seaweed pork floss one. This is actually a very special item that Joy does offer. So, I felt like I could make an exception today. Right. And your dad's from Hong Kong, so you should love Gina now, right? Oo, chewy soft. They call it mochi because uh I can feel like the mochi inside. It's like it it's soft on the outside but a little bit more firm on the inside. Does this one have mochi in it? M. Yeah, it does. It's actually kind of good. I'm ripping off the biscoff. Here we go. Bisoff gdansai carb blow baby about to go run the half a half marathon right now. Oh. Oh, this is subtle. But I taste that biscoff almost like it feels like there's syrup in this. This one's easier to eat cuz it's more common. Like it's more fits within your palette. It's soft, chewy, and kind of sweet. A little bit cookie like. What's up, man? Peace out. What kind of monster eats it like this? You don't eat the each and you took a bite of it. How do you eat your Kit Kat bars? You just like bite them down the middle. You don't break it off. I can't even look at this. I just want people to understand me, guys. Look, look, look, look what I got. Isn't it so cute? There's peach on it. Okay, wait. This This is how Andrew eats chianga, you guys. Oh my god, I'm going to hate it already. Ready? Oh my god. Kevin, wait. Wait. What was so wrong with that? What? This is evil. Who does this? Oh my god. I just sinned. I'm not a monster. I'm not a monster. Okay. I I feel like if you can Oh my god, that's horrible. I I don't waste food like that. Okay. I think you got to eat gansai just how however it tastes good. Break it off. Sure. See that? That's what the lines are for. Look at this. You think you're teaching me a lesson right now? You think you're schooling me on something? You think you're putting me on game? All right, everybody. For my next spot on Chief Chinatown Eats, I'm joined by local actor friend Matt Le Young. Yo Matt, how's it going? You live in Chinatown. Have you ever seen a boba shop so hyped? I haven't. And you know what? It wasn't even one year until Chicha San Chang right around the corner. You know that bubble tea with the that rope handle? Yeah. Artsy brand from Taiwan. They held the crown for less than a year. Now we got Molly T. Dude, Molly T is killing it, guys. Uh the first location in America was in Flushing. They're doing crazy numbers. And obviously the line is here. Uh very female focused, very pretty, like you know, all pink. Almost looks like uh you know, the fashion kids would like it. Yeah. What can you tell by the usual line of the people who line up that try to drink this? Let's get a closer look. All right. So, you can see uh you got the Molly store here. All right. You got some cool like Xiaoong shoe type couple there. He's got the curly hair and the perm. Uh, very small stall, no sitting room, no nothing, but kind of got the luxury logo. Kind of looks like a LV logo. Literally has the LV print. And of course, got to have the A rating to match. All right, everybody. I'm 8223. Uh, I got some ways to go. Wow. How do you feel working at the number one boba spot? Got a little spillage there. This is crazy. Look at these. They got different lanes for numbering. They're turning out so many drinks here. Oh my god. All right, Matt. We got our drinks. Uh back says Oriental Aesthetics. You guys let me know how you feel about that. Whatever. That is crazy. While you do this, also tell us about the movie that you got coming out that you're Okay. Yeah. So, we got Forage just debuted at South by Southwest. Got a stad cast. I mean, Kelly Marie Tran, she's got a lot of stuff coming out this year, including the wedding banquet. We got this movie, Forge 2, coming out. But most importantly, you're featured in the Chef Chinatown Eats part 23. Let's do that. First thing I notice is the roast. It's got some nice roast that you don't see in jasmine tea a lot. Now, jasmine tea isn't always like known as the most premium tea, but here I could definitely feel that the same effect I get from like a really good premium hoji cha, and I get that here, too. So, and it it's actually cold, too. So, don't be fooled by the uh the hot cup here. I got the pistachio white Champaka cocoa. $6 each. Is the tea worth the hype? Is it worth the hype? I'm going go ahead and say it is worth trying, but it's not necessarily mind-blowing. But what's mindblowing is the branding. Guys, come to Molly Tea. That's where all the kids are at. Look, the the most stylish boba line in history is at Molly Te. All right, our next spot is Noodle Village on M Street. And this is not the old location down on the bend of Mont Street. This is up on like the canal side. now side of M Street, newer location, bigger, still has that nice like fishy shrimp smell from the broth cuz they do really good one ton noodles here. But uh yeah, we got to check it out. I mean, you live like right next to here. Yeah. So, this is the uh other side of where I live. But my first thought is Noodle Village was always known amongst my friends for the spot to go to when everyone had different tastes. But they do they do this at a four to five level for almost every dish. Oh, you mean like they kind of have the different regional dishes, sort of. All right, everybody. We're here at Noodle Village. You got all different generations here. You have their famous shaolong pao uh here. That's super clear broth. And no, it did not break. So, shout out to them. Still keeping the quality up. Here you have the gal alam, the curry beef brisket, which is also another popular one. I like the feel of this. You know, I don't really have to look at the beef brisket. I just need to feel the beef brisket. Yeah. Yeah, that's a good one. And then here I got it with the uh side of uh basically one ton noodles, you know, which is kind of like a fishy shrimpy broth, which you can kind of smell when you hit the restaurant. So this was $15. This is $10. Is a classic. You always got to get it. Let me just try this real quick. Even with the little curry that I got on my chopsticks. Little vinegar bath real quick. Yeah. There we go. There's a lot of juice retention there. Oh man. Hold up. M cleanest shaom broth. It almost is so clean. It almost tastes like this broth. Oh, and look what we got here. Oh, shoot. Oh, the bullseye. I I heard that it was going to take 25 minutes, but it it got done a lot quicker. So, they express made it for us. This is the fastest bullseye phone. All right. How about the lip? Wow. That's steamed. That was Matt's call with the pywut. I probably would have got chicken. Piglet's good, too. That's the soy sauce. That's the sauce for the rice. We got some special. See, you did it right. It wasn't going to look like that if I didn't. Put some oil in there. Okay. There's some art to that. And it's still sizzling right now. Right. Sizzling on the pot. That's crazy. Okay. Okay. All right. All right. You got All right. All right. A lot going on. You got to pour the soy sauce. You got to mix it. But be careful or else the bowl's going to tip over and burn. Andrew, tell us what was going on about the clay pot deposit. I got it. I got it. I got it. There we go. I got to thank Andrew first of all for coming on board with the bullseye pond. Okay, we got For those who don't know, it's a clay pot rice. What the main attraction here is this crispy outside. Look at this right here. You hear that crinkle? All right, we got Look at that. Oh my god. Let me get the ASMR crack. Okay. All right. You get this. Those who have Korean food, you get this in sundubu clay pot rice, too. You get this here. There's a reason why they make it here. Okay. Tell me how good it is compared to what you thought. Nostalgic. My first stop. This reminds me of Is the rice getting stuck in your teeth now? Cuz you know how the crispy rice gets stuck into place. So, let me get this rice. Oh man, that's good. I'm going to go for the curry beef. This is my favorite takeout from Noodle Village. Like I said, they're good at they're pretty good at every dish. So, let's see how it is. This is called nwam, right? In Cantonese. Now, when you hear Curry, don't worry. Matt is a third generation ABC. That's why he's questioning, but he lives in China. Been in Chinatown since 2015. Mhm. I like it. It's It If you look closely, you got a lot You could tell they use the right spices, the right flavoring. The tender the tender beef, it's got still got that melt in your mouth flavor, but I'm trying to see if I think the sauce is the main feature. I think that's my favorite part about it. They really upgraded the design. The owner just told us he put a lot into the, you know, interior. What's your favorite spot in Chinatown? One of them. It's my favorite spot to go to when everyone's like, I don't know what to eat. This covers it. This is a tour of underground Chinatown, back when gangs ruled the streets in the 80s and '9s. It is the Flying Dragons former headquarters, an illegal gambling house. You can still see the holes in the floor from the slot machines. The original security cameras are still here, too. How's it going, Steph? How's it going? What'd you get? What'd you get? What'd you get? I got um premium jasmine milky 70% sugar less ice cuz they recommended it. I'm excited. 8612. That's our number. What' you guys order? We got a jazz tea and a matcha tea. Matcha. What brings you to Molly tea? Why is it looks so cool? Why is it so trendy? I don't know. I got a once in flushing. It was pretty good. So, came back. Do you like the Chinese baddies that come here? No, I got a girl. I can't say. I do. I do. I do. I do. Chinese baddies. Yeah. Yeah. Chinese batties. Yeah. Yeah. At at the designer boba. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The designer boba. It's really good. I love like the jasmine whipped team. It's really refreshing. I love the flavor. It's not too strong on the stomach. It's not as popular as Haiti. So, like the vibe, the lines aren't that long. And it's just as good. Are you sure it's not just cuz it looks good and it's designed like it tastes, you know, it looks cool. No, it tastes good too. That's what I like. Mhm. But it does look cool. It does look really cool. I love the design. All right, everybody. That's why people love Molly tea. I think it's just cuz it looks cool. I'm just kidding. It's good. Wait, you have a fan. Oh. Oh, hi. Right here. Hello. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Nice to meet you. Hi. Nice to meet you. Yeah, this is Andrew. Yeah, we just You get Molly tea. Yeah. I wasn't sure. Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's us. That's us. That is me. Okay. You should come here more often. Everyone loves you here. This is so fragrant. Super jasminey. Not very sweet, but I like it like that. Wow. It tastes like very high quality. Is that why it's called premium jasmine? Okay. Where does Molly tea stand in the boba wars? Well, I don't think it counts as boba cuz there's no boba in here. It's just milk tea. That makes sense. I It tastes really relaxed. Very like designer looking. Um I don't know. Elegant. Molly T. De Ma. Molly T. De M. Yep. So, we are at Luna Cafe cuz I saw this on Andrew's video in the past and I really wanted to try this like taro thing that he had. So, now we're here. Taro stuff. Ooh, yummy. It says pong. That means it tastes good but you won't get fat. Is that true? Is this real cow? Is that real cows? Let's get that. No. Okay. Well, at least it still tastes good, right? They're lying to us. One cool thing about Luna Cafe is they now have the kind of like steamed rices. It's almost like what you would get in a boaton in a clay pot rice except just not in a clay pot rice. You have the sausage and chicken. And ah, I actually want to eat these, but I got so much more food to go. I'm so excited. I got the taro things I chose. I'm such a tarot girl. I always get um taro milk tea. This is the matcha taro bun with matcha crust. Look how pretty that is. It's so soft. Here we go. That's so pretty. Oh my gosh. So stretchy. It's like a bow but with matcha and carro. You got to put subtitles on this. the lying bang like to eat it and you won't get fat taro cake or she said it's called non so pretty oh my god such an awkward angle oh my god so much taro paste in here I love you reassurance now I know why it's called naong cuz it's like cold which one do you like better I think I like this one wow But this one's so good. But this one lied to me, so I don't know. This is a good one. Definitely top this one. This taro road cake right here. There's like too much taro in that a little bit. It's like straight up fully solid taro. I think it's a little bit much for me. So that's why I think the matcha bun is a great balance to get both flavors in there. Green and purple. These two things together about $13. But obviously you have a whole lot of cake here to share. This matcha and terror bun is probably better than the bow in my opinion. It's so good. Whoa. Did you just say that crazy hot tank? You better chill, Steph. Better chill on that. All right. Where's the trash? Where's the trash? Here it says trash. Oh my gosh. What up? Yo. Yo, I know that dude. He on the bike. He's a good He's He's a hooper. Anyways, next spot on Cheap Chinatown Eats. We're over in kind of like Chinatown Extended. Well, it's getting taken over. It's called Dime Square. Yes, I understand for sure. This used to be really Chinatown cuz there's linky beef jerky right there. But now it's kind of like a hipster zone that they close off. Anyways, that aside, objectively speaking, it's kind of a nice vibe out here. But yeah, it's not necessarily fully my crowd, but I hang out here sometimes. Anyways, no gem is here. This used to be a Korean bowl spa called Sobach, but the owner merged with the space next to him and it became a nice Asian inspired cafe with a lot of Korean goods and a lot of the uh ceramics are from Korea. So, let's check it out. All right. Here at No Gem, what stands out to me is the Inomi Cream Espresso and then the Yuzu Espresso. Which one should I get? Oh, no. Okay. Sorry. Sorry. Which one should I get? Um, those are our two top drinks, man. Really? All right, everybody. I've just got my vegan injomi cream espresso. Okay, I'm not going to lie. It was $8, but the quality is there. Okay, so I'm going to drink it as is with the cream on top. Inomi, uh, it's it's like a soy like a ground soy powder from Korea. Really cool ingredient. I like it a lot. M. Ooh. Okay. Okay. salty soy. Has a little bit of that roasted flavor. It's the topping on top of a of a Americano. Wow. Hey guys, um I'm going to say this. They're adding something new to Dime Square. These uh people out here at Times Square, I mean Dime Square, they really need to try this because uh No Gem is providing something very different. And I enjoy that, man. I mean, look at this view. Look. Okay, it was $8, but listen, it's tasty. M espresso. Thank you so much for watching. Chinatown literally does not stop moving. Sometimes it may feel like it shrinks, then it feels like it expands, but the truth is it's always changing. I overall believe it bounced back from being a ghost town during CO, but that doesn't mean every restaurant lasted, but I bet that something took its spot. How do you feel about where Chinatown, New York, and Chinatowns in general are heading? Is the $8 boba too much? How are one ton noodles still $10 at a sitdown spot? How do you explain this sorcery? Let me know in the comments down below. Until next time, I'm