NYC's Hidden Chinese Food You Need To Try with @xiaomanyc!!

I'll have a Hong Kong style tea and an egg fried rice. Egg fried rice? Yes, egg fried rice. Do you want to order? Do you speak Tagalog? No, I don't. I know, this is the dumbest thing to do. It was some of the best Chinese food I've ever had. Join me for a Chinese cultural, historical, and food travel experience in New York City. And here we are in Flushing with my boy, Xiaoma NYC. Hey, what's up Dave? How you doing? Good, man. I know, a little bit. Yeah, there you go. Alright. So what are we doing today? I don't know. I was going to ask you. Well, okay. So, I mean, Flushing is like Chinatown on crack. It's just really the best Chinatown in North America, in my opinion. And lots of great Chinese food here. Lots of Chinese people and culture. But yeah, what do you want to do first? I think we start off right here, right? This iconic spot, Xing Fu Tang. Let's go. Get some bubble tea. Yeah, so I was here like 18 months ago. I love this spot. I've been to Chinatown in San Francisco. I've been to the one in Manhattan. But I think this is the most authentic, for me, the feeling I get, right? You know what? It really is. It's the most similar place in New York City to China that you can be in. You're basically in China and NYC. That's great. So this place does boba tea, right? So that is tapioca balls. You can see it right here. Look, she's doing it right now. Hi. Hey. You want a boba? Boba tea? This one is the best. That one's the best? Yeah. I guess I'll go with the brown sugar boba milk. Okay. This is the most popular one, right? Medium or large? I'll take a medium. Medium. It's fine. How's your cooking? Medium size, yes. Do I just... Is it tap or... Yeah, just drink and tap. Oh, yeah? It's his first time trying bubble tea. So he's very excited. So 45? 14? Yeah. 14. Yeah, right. Wow. Look at that. 18 times the lucky number, right? It's beautiful, huh? It looks gorgeous. Look at that. So she just nuked the top. Almost like creme brulee, right? So we gotta stir it 18 times. Mix it in there. So tapioca balls, I think they started up in the West Coast, right? Like as a phenomenon in the U.S., not... In the U.S., yeah. I was about to ask that. It's ultra sweet. Pure brown sugar. I'm telling you, man. This is like a sugar rush. This is a sugar rush. This is what I need. Thank you. Forget the coffee. Forget the coffee, no. It's a pretty awesome spot. Right outside, you can see them doing tapioca balls. So they get this huge... It's like a sheet of tapioca. They put it in this little machine. They mix the balls, mix the sugar. Then they... That's sugar flour. Then they put it here and like really condense it, right? And after that, they put it into your drink on the very bottom. Mine is a milkshake. It's a straight up bomb. Can I try a little sniggle of this? Try it, man. This has got to be like 700 calories. For real? So good. That's incredible. Second time flushing. Yeah, I love flushing. Do you want to get some Tahiti? On this block, I don't know if you've ever had green tea smoked duck. I've had tea smoked duck, yes, the past few days. Duck in general is like my favorite. Oh, is it? The best place for smoked duck is right here. Full bang. Amazing. Thank you so much, bro. Thank you. Thank you for taking your time just to flushing here. This is one of flushing's many street markets. I mean, I really love it here for the... Just like the diversity of stuff that you can buy and experience. And all kinds of like little treats. Yeah, like Chinese snacks, Asian snacks. You know, you got like bread. You got really all the things that you would need to live a life as an Asian person here. Or even just someone who appreciates Asian culture. So here we have a cooked salty duck egg. Why are we trying this? Both cooked and salty. I mean, there you go. So how do we try this? I mean, just open it right here. Look at this. My gosh. It's $1.50 each. All right, here we go. Oh my gosh. That is a duck egg. Why am I doing this, bro? Go for it, man. You know, Chinese food has a different taste, man. Nicely salty. I actually like it. Compared to a regular hard-boiled egg. Look at that. What is this, bro? It's just duck. Smells salty. It's super salty. I'll pass. So what do we got here? We got some nice roasty chestnuts. Very popular Chinese street snack. Roast them right here in the street. You got quite a few vendors in Flushing. And you can just see it right there. It's like the swirly roastiness. The smell. It's like the whole block smells nice and roasty. And chestnutty, you know? So if you can't see it, you can definitely smell it. Right? That's amazing. So it's 15 for a pound. I mean, we're just going to try a little bit, right? The hard thing is we need the little opener, right? They have it here? Oh, she is going to bring it. Thank you. Oh my God. It smells so good. Wow. You got to try this, man. Nice. These are super soft, right? Incredible. Nice roastiness. It's funny. I've had this on the streets of many countries. Wow, look at that. It's good. I love how soft it is. And it's got that kind of roasty chestnut sweet flavor. It's got a slight sweetness to it. In Italy, they make bread out of this, right? Like cake? Yeah. So I had this. I feel like you have it everywhere. Like in India, Pakistan. It's all the streets, right? Yeah. It's a very easy snack. It's very filling. One pound for 15 U.S.? You're going to really fall for that, right? Yeah, I could eat chestnuts all day long. It's good. Good flavor. I love it. So here you're saying there's a lot of good street food. Do you know what? This is actually the biggest intersection in all of New York City. Apparently. In terms of foot traffic, yeah. That one? Yeah, second to Times Square. So what is it? Main and Roosevelt? Is that what it is? Yeah. These are all like small little spots, huh? Yeah. Oh, wow. What do we got? Sausages. Sausage. They got noodles. More noodles. Lots of types of noodles. They actually have different words for noodles in Chinese. Like they have words for rice noodles, words for wheat noodles, words for thick wheat noodles, words for skinny rice. It's a very noodle eating culture. So I guess what's your favorite? Like what do you like? I want to see what he likes. I know what I like. Do you want to get noodles right now? I mean. They have dumplings too. Oh, they have dumplings? And also buns. I think buns might be better. Let's do a bun. Yeah, yeah. Oh, xiaolongbao. Soup dumpling, guys. Soup dumpling. I don't know if they have. He's making me eat alone. No, but it's going to be multiple. It's going to be multiple. So I had in Shanghai, I had a xiaolongbao this big. Wow. Oh, you know what? I know that place. They put a straw in it and you suck it out. Yeah. It's cool. Oh, you know what? Also this one, that's youtiao. Oh, youtiao. That's a breakfast thing, right? You want a youtiao? Maybe we should wait, right? Do you want a youtiao? You know what? Bring one. Let's do it. It's so big though. It's like pure dough, right? Yes. But it's delicious. That's it. Xiaolongbao. Look at that. This sauce also. Look at that. You see that? So very spicy? No, probably not. Probably not. Not for you. Not for you, man. No, man. It just looks like pure chili flakes. So here we have xiaolongbao. Xiaolongbao is a Shanghai dish. Soup dumpling, right? Yes. And what do we have on the side here? We got vinegar. Classic xiaolongbao condiment. We also have some really dank spicy sauce. And then we have your spicy sauce, which we are going to try as well. Oh, it's good. So grab. So we don't want it to... Yeah, these are kind of... Actually, these are not really xiaolongbao. No, right? These are more like meat dumplings. So what you got to do is just... Yeah, get some of that good vinegar in there. Beautiful. Good vinegar. Vinegar. And put some of that David's hot sauce in there. It's like... It's dripping. Yeah, it's dripping. You know that... All that juiciness, that good juice. Your hot sauce is also very tasty. I personally don't love the vinegar. Personal taste, right? But with the spice, it's nice. Super soft. Love the starching. Sweat hands. I'll get some of this. I used to love these in China. The one over there. Yeah. Like a great snack in the morning. You got a little vendor. Sell a little meat buns. Go in. Get some meat buns. Delicious. Yeah, and that's not spicy. Yeah, it's kind of like... Light. Really crisp sauce. Kind of just drizzles. Yeah, just be careful. Don't put too much of this chili all over. You will feel that tomorrow. Seriously. It's got such a umami flavor, you know? Love the meat. Super soft too. Wow. I feel like I got a little bit of heat. Maybe I had too much flakes. They usually aren't supposed to be so spicy. Yeah, they're not. They give you like a little umami crispness. Yeah. It's like crispy chili flakes, right? Wow. And what's next to us? This other thing. We got a youtiao. Youtiao. I mean, this is like classic Chinese breakfast. It's a fried breadstick. And you pair this with soy milk. Yeah, you could dip it in soy milk. You could eat it plain. You could add vinegar if you want to. I don't think people really do that, to be honest. Then we won't do that. So just take it? Yeah, yeah, just go for it. So it's basically just like another doughy. Crunchy, crispity. Like the elephant ears, man. Oh, yeah. Just like the saltiness, chewiness. Yeah, this is way more savory. Not sweet. I love the savory. It's missing sugar. I guess you shouldn't put some of this, but whatever. Oh, you could do that. It tastes so good with the crispy chili flakes. I love the texture of the bun. A little oily outside, doughy in the middle. You open it up, pour some stuff inside. Whatever you want. Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of the vinegar. So we'll, you know, we'll toss it. So I had this in Shanghai. Dip it, like I said, in soy milk. That's a traditional breakfast, right? A little bit bitter. Yeah, this and soy milk. And maybe a meat bun. We just had ourselves a nice traditional Chinese breakfast. I don't know. And that's how it is just like in certain parts of China, like Shanghai? Different parts have different things, but this is pretty common all over China. All over China. Yeah. Some places they have noodles in the morning. Some places buns. Some places actually basically bread. Yeah. But, you know, this is pretty universal. Yeah, for me, I'm all about the buns. China, I think pork buns. You know, a little sweet inside. Super, super fluffy. You know what? I'm Jewish, so I'm not supposed to eat them, but I will say. Hahaha. You know, I speak three languages, but I don't understand this one at all. At all. Nate, how are you doing? That's the minimum. The minimum, bro. Amazing. Delicious, guys. I love this neighborhood, bro. No, New York's the best, man. New York's the best. So we have a few different places to get massages. By the way, this is one of the best massages in New York right here. This guy gets like his back broken every day. Yeah, I do. It's cupping, it's facials, it's like hot stones. All kinds of like acupuncture. There's eye treatments, like going in the ears, like in the eyes and the nose. I don't know about nose, but, you know, just like my point is like a lot of different interesting things that you can get done to yourself in China or Chinese neighborhoods. A very interesting thing in China called spicy, I don't know how to call it in English, it's really like spicy duck parts. Like just all, every part of the duck, but just like spicified and you can kind of gnaw on it. You got the gizzards, you got the legs, the wings, the head, the neck. And the place is called Mala Siblings, is that what it is? Yeah, it's called Mala, Mala. Siblings. Mala Shuang something. Mala Shuang. It's a hot spicy pot. Yeah. Because we go there. But is it Szechuan or is it not Szechuan? It's Szechuan spices, it's called Mala, anything in Chinese is Mala. So Mala is like bad? No, Mala is good. Well, to Chinese people it's good. Well, in Spanish it's bad. Sorry, sorry. We're jaywalking, by the way. Guys, don't do this. Follow the rules here. You can't tell people to follow the rules as you're breaking the rules. I'm just following his lead, guys. I'm not involved. He thought about it, he was like, do I cross here? Wow, you got the gizzards. Look at this. It's a lotus root, bean curd bamboo, duck wings, duck neck, pig feet, beef, duck head. I might go with tongue. What about you? You know what? You'll skip this one? Yeah. Well, no, I don't eat pig ears, as I said. Okay. You know, get whatever you want and then we could share. Again, this is like such a really popular street food in China. You just get a bunch of these and kind of gnaw on them and you're going to the movies. Perfect. I think for sure I want to try the tongue. I like tongue because it's easy to eat. You know, anything with bones, I'd say let's stay away from. But, I mean, you said you wanted to try duck head? Yeah, duck head, duck neck is another really popular one. Oh, duck neck. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Maybe we do that. It all looks good. It looks freaking amazing, actually. I love the sauce that they use, you know? Gotta get stopped non-stop, non-stop. Yeah, so we're going to get like a quarter pound of duck tongue. So what are you thinking? Neck, too? That one, yeah? What do you mean? Head, head, head, head. Head, head. How many? Two, two, two, yeah. Chicken wing? I guess we'll take two of those, too. Oh, okay. That'll be good. I think that's good, right? I mean, just trying like a few things? Yeah. That's good. We're just trying some snacks. That's it? That's it. Okay. Perfect. So we spent $13.71 here to try neck, head, feet, tongue. He said it's not his favorite snacks, but we'll see. Oh, this? I mean, it's not bad. I just like, for me, it's not my preferred. Chinese people really like the mala flavors, like the spicy. Okay, no worries, no worries. Thank you. Okay. I mean, not my favorite, right? Dude, this is spicy, huh? It's spicy, spicy. No, this is the kind of thing where like I really appreciate the flavors. I think it's a very good flavor. Not my personal cup of tea, but I do think it's very well made. And it's into like spicy numbing flavors. Very good. Yeah. You should get in here and start cooling off. Particularly feet is really tough to eat. Yeah. I'll jump with something else. What's this in here? Like a neck? Toss this? I think the neck is a little bit easier to get the meat at it. Of course, you still have the neck bone, but you have meat around. This is good, huh? Mm-hmm. So much flavor here, right? So much flavor. Nice and spicy. It's very dry. You got that like dried meat feel to it. And again, the numbing spice is so different from like those like Indian spices and stuff, right? Yeah, it's a very unique flavor. The spiciest thing I ever had in my life was Szechuan rabbit head. And I had to use gloves and open the rabbit head and like suck everything out of it, including the tongue. Wow. It was good. I've never had that before. Shanghai. But we have duck head here, though. So we'll get on that, right? Yeah, get some duck head. Hey, we got a lot of meat. Very tasty. Dude, I love the savory in it. I know, right? It's nice and salty. Mm-hmm. Yeah, it's really good. So this is the head. One time I made a whole video where I took a whole bowl of like duck necks and duck head and went to Little Italy and just gave them to like random tourists, like mostly white people. Yeah, you can watch that video on YouTube. It's amazing. I'm going to watch it. Link's right here. I made that video for a Chinese audience. They were very interested to see how Americans would react to like duck necks and duck heads. And many people were shocked. I'm sure. This is the head, huh? So eyeballs right there. Not that much meat. Let's see if I can get in here. I love the spice, man. Duck is really one of the best meats that exist, I think. Yeah, you think? It's just so tasty. It's just like very nice and flavorful, very fatty. Chinese food makes very good use of duck, in my opinion. Yeah, for me it's duck in terms of poultry. And then like if I go to like meat, goat and lamb, you know. But this is great. There actually is a good amount of meat in here. You have to make your way through the skin. Got a bunch of little bones. It's getting a little tingly, a little spicy. It is getting spicy. You know what's so funny? It's like all the Chinese people walking by like reacting to foreigners eating duck heads. That's the funniest thing. It's funny to see white guys eating like duck heads and duck necks. That's what's amazing about Flushing is like you're almost eating no tourists here. That's what I love about it. Yeah, completely no tourists. No tourists. Sorry man, I'm making a disaster here, but I like it. So good. I definitely recommend anybody to come here. If you are a tourist. I always tell people like if you want to experience Chinese culture in America, then you're here in New York. Come to Flushing rather than Manhattan, Chinatown. Yeah. The food here is out of this world. And like so authentic relative to what you get in China. I mean, what about some David's? Put your hot sauce on there, David. No, it doesn't need it, bro. I'm already too numb right now. Look at my lips. Starting to tingle. Sucking the neck. I'm numb. That's how I feel right now. It's super numbing, bro. Yeah, right? You kind of get like that high. Yeah, it is a high. It's like especially on the head, like you feel that grip. You know, in China, I used to buy dry chilies. This is like a young idiot college student. I would buy dry chilies and just eat them just for the high. I know, it's the dumbest thing to do. But that's what I did when I was like a super introverted nerdy college student. It's a whole different world. And that's what the cool thing about New York City is that literally every single neighborhood, every single street, something changes, right? The story of every street has a story. That's the truth. Yeah, I come from Miami, so you don't have that. No. No, you don't. I'm sorry. So there's a bakery here? Most Chinese bakeries have coffee. Yeah, and it's a great place to get coffee because it's a similar type of coffee you get in Chinese bakeries. It's like sweet, creamy, milky, delicious, you know, Cantonese coffee, can't go wrong. That's one of the Portuguese influence, right? The Portuguese egg custard. Yeah, you got to get that. Oh, but the Hong Kong one, right? Get both. Get both? Get two, I'll have one. All right, let's do it. Hello. Hi. Ni hao. How's it? You okay? Yes. Awesome. Okay, so we're going to get one Portuguese, one Hong Kong. And bolo bao. Oh, and this one too? That one's good. Okay, and then coffee, I guess I'll just get a regular coffee, a medium. I watch you all the time. What's happening here? Thank you. What's happening? It's amazing. Cantonese classics like the coffee, the pineapple bun, the egg custard, Portuguese egg custard, Hong Kong egg custard. These are all very, like, classic Cantonese bakery things, you know? Got it. So, like, the coffee. Ooh. That's hot, man. Yeah, scorching. Asian culture, always hot. Piping hot. Also in Iran, my girl, she loves it. Yeah, yeah. I mean, all of Asia, literally, starting from the Middle East all the way over, it's all like this. So let's try one of these. Egg custard. We've got the Portuguese. We've got the Hong Kong. Hong Kong. And this one. This is the pineapple bun. Fresh. Pull it gently out of there. Ooh. It's, like, breaking as I pull it up. Look, it's, like, almost like a massive biscuit. Oh. That's beautiful. Look at that. That's good. You want a piece? Of course. Look how soft that is. Look at that. That almost breaks apart. Nice and fluffy. Oh. The, like, crispy, sweet, like, kind of crust on top. Oh my god. Sugary. It's dangerous. Yeah, you could eat that crust right there. Mm-hmm. Love the crust. You know, it's called a pineapple bun, but it's not made with any pineapple. It's supposed to, the crust is supposed to resemble a pineapple. Is that what it is? Because I was going to say there's, like, no taste of pineapple here. No, I've tried similar buns or similar type of bread made in different cultures. Even Cuban, they have something very similar. But the difference here is that crust, right? That buttery, crispy crust right there. So sweet, too. Mm-hmm. Good? Really good, yeah. Wow. This is the crust. Just like that. That's the Cuban style. Oh, yeah. Just like that. I love how the bun soaks up the coffee. Just needed to leave it for, like, 10 minutes. Xiaoma. She knows you, right? Portuguese is that one. Portuguese always has a little bit of a brownish on it. Yeah, I think it's, like, a caramel, crispy crust. So more sugar, right? Yeah, yeah. So I'm going to pull this out. All right, let's do it. Oh, yeah. Look at that. Just, like, splits apart with that creamy crust. It's, like, creamy, too. Oh, my God. Oh, yeah. Mm-hmm. That's a good one, huh? Mm-hmm. It, like, melts, right? Mm-hmm. That custard is just falling apart. I love the crust, too, on that one. Yeah, man. That's delicious. Wow. That's, like, nostalgia. That's Portugal right there, man. So when you go to Hong Kong, this is the one you have to try. Just look at that. Beautiful. Look at that. Nice, like, silky yellow. Love the crust. And then you crack it in half. Oh, yeah. Oh, you can tell. Look at the layers here. Look at that. Ooh. That's almost like a flan. Oh, it's straight. Just pop it. This one's better, bro. Really? I don't know. It's better. I feel like it's maybe fresher. Sweeter, for sure. Sweeter. Oh, I'll try it. Oh, it's nice and warm, too. Yeah. It's good. Yeah. It's good egg custard. Irene, thank you so much. Xie xie. Thank you. So, what's happening? Yeah, yeah. Xiaoma, Xiaoma. You guys, this feels like a true city in China. Just endless people everywhere. Non-stop moving. He said this is the busiest intersection in New York City. Right here. I don't know what's happening here with this bus. It's like, oh, wow. This thing is really loud. But you live here and you just get used to it. We gotta be discreet. Oh, wow. Look at the pecking duck right there. Yeah, look at that. That smells amazing. The pecking duck. So good, right? Oh, wow. It's like all dim sum. Right? Massive mall. This is a giant supermarket here. So, we're going all the way up? We kind of came in the wrong entrance. We have to go through the complex. But it's fine because it's cool. It's a cool view. The hot pot. That numbing is coming out of there. Smell that? We're not even in the restaurant, but we can smell that hot pot. It's good. Yeah, so we're in this humongous food court. There's like, I think, 30 plus little restaurants. Some of them, you can see them making dumplings. Some, they have the wok, etc. So, you can see them making incredible Asian food. Because it's not just Chinese. They also have Korean here. And we came to this spot, which I don't know how to say this. Man, you can read that? They have famous dishes from Xi'an, which is like a big city in China. Oh, I've been, by the way. You've been to Xi'an? Yeah, so it's like one of the best Muslim, Chinese Muslim communities. Great food. Amazing food. They also have an incredible wall, too. My wife's from Xi'an, also. Oh, yeah? Awesome, awesome. **** that. No, dude, it's great food. I went there in 2015. So, here we're going to get some classic noodles. I think that's what it's called. That one, right? And then they also have a Chinese burger, which I've never seen. It almost looks like burdock, man. Chinese burgers are the best, and they come from this part of China. Yeah, because the lamb, right? It's lamb burger. Yeah, lamb burgers. Of course. Right there. Perfect. This is good. What's the name of the brand? This one? Remember, xie xie means thank you. Good. This is dumplings. All kinds of dumplings. The name of this place is Chinese Korean dumplings. They got seafood, fish, pork, shrimp, more pork, chives, eggs. Looks fantastic. And you see them making it right in front of you, so you know it's fresh. Fresh and delicious. Some of the best dumplings in New York, right here. Food is ready. Let's do this. Oh, wow. That's a big plate. Xie xie. All right. Look at that. Noodles, burgers, coke. Let's go. It looks spicy. Coke? What coke? What? I meant the one. I know. This looks great. Man, that's a really nice burger, huh? Oh, yeah. This is like lots of layers of dough, and then you got the lamb inside. Yeah, so Xi'an. I went with my dad. It was an amazing city, dude. You went with your dad? I went with my dad. China? I didn't know that, man. Yeah, we did Shanghai, Beijing, and Xi'an. These are wheat noodles. This is a very famous Xi'an dish called liang pi, which means cold noodles, literally. I don't know what these are called. Are they cold? Let me see. They might be cold. I like that they're thick. Yeah. Thick noodles. Thick, I think, wheat noodles. And, yeah. Cold. Yeah, liang pi. It's a cold noodle, Xi'an specialty. Oh, wow. I love it. Yeah. Cold, a little numbing as well. I'm telling you, man, Xi'an has some of the best food in China. Oh, I know that. It really does. And they're all about lamb. Yep. The lamb, the wheat noodles. It's one of the things, like, the more west you go in China, the more they use wheat rather than rice. So, like, I'm not a huge fan of rice noodles, but you give me, like, any wheat noodles like this, like, I could eat these things all day long. Love them. Good. They're, like, silky. They're smooth. They're good. They go down so easily. It's a big dish. Look at that. Huge. So, I don't know that much about the noodle culture in China, but from my understanding, it's called nudes. But, no, you said there's, like, 20 different varieties, right? Yeah, many, many different types of noodles. You have been demonetized, sir. No, we haven't. Yeah, so you have these, like, it looks like tofu, but it's more like wheat squares, right? And it's also, like, it's not soupy, soupy, but there is, like, some... Yeah. They're good, man. I mean, the only problem is this is a full meal. You eat this, you're done for the day. I'll eat some. Oh, my God. You got it in the eye. Sorry, dude. Here, I got you. Oh, look at that. Oh, my God. It's dribbling. It's that numbing. That's a juicy burger. Big chunks of lamb. I love the bread. Flaky, crispy, lots of layers. Super savory. That's good, right? That's the best. These noodles look fantastic. Mm-hmm. Yeah. So, if you guys haven't seen my boy here, he's Xiaoma, NYC. He went to China. He studied Mandarin before, but then he went to China, he perfected it, came back and started shocking the world with his fluent Mandarin, right? So, even here, he shocks everybody. They're like, whoa, he actually speaks so great. So, I guess, like, tell me a little bit of your story. I mean, I went to China, and then I came back, and I really liked learning Chinese. Like, it was so exciting to learn Chinese and get better at it. And, of course, in China, when you speak Chinese, people, like I said, get very surprised when foreigners start speaking Chinese. I came back to New York, and I never really, like, I wasn't a YouTuber. I worked in finance. I worked in software for a while. Yeah, I tried making a video of just me, like, buying groceries in Chinese. Like, I thought it might be interesting for people to see what it's like. And at the time, I didn't really think it was so interesting, but, like, a friend was really urging me to do it. And, you know, I filmed the video. It was all, like, blurry and gross, and the camera angles weren't great. And, like, you know, I just felt like this is a dumb video, and it's so boring. Like, who really cares about me buying vegetables in Chinese? Like, it's just dumb. Like, I do this every day. Why is this exciting? And I was almost not about to post it. And at the time, I was a full-time YouTuber making no money, and I was ready to go back and try to find a job in software. But then he was just like, all right, you know what, just post this video, post this last one video, and then go look for a job in software. And I'm like, all right, fine. And so I posted it, and didn't get any views. A couple weeks later, I started prepping for the interview. And then, all of a sudden, it starts getting views, like, and a lot of views. And I was like, wow, that's really interesting that, like, Americans would be interested in watching me buy vegetables in Chinese. So then I started making more of those videos, and people really liked, you know, seeing the interactions between a foreigner and Chinese people speaking Chinese. Like, it was just very interesting to people. And so it was from that point that I started thinking, like, well, why do I have to just do this with Chinese? Like, I could... I love learning languages. That was always my passion. And I always wanted to be able to do something with that as, like, a full-time job, you know? So I tried learning other languages, and, you know, some of them, like, really worked. And so I thought, wow, this is exciting. You know, I could have a career here just on the basis of learning languages, which is, to me, I, from a young age, really what I always wanted to do. And you don't just learn languages, you teach people how to learn languages, right? You have an online course as well? Right, well, I have a whole course business now, because I teach languages to people. You know, a lot of people have bought these courses, and they really like them. It's amazing. It's exciting for me to be able to, like, spread the joy of languages. You speak three, like, fluent, and then everything else you're learning, right? Everything else is in various stages of progress. Yeah, no, it's great, man. Amazing. So what's your next adventure? Like, where else are you going to shock people? Kenya. I want to go to Kenya. I want to speak to the Maasai people in their language. OK, that's not Swahili, though, right? That's something else? That's the Maasai language. Maasai language, yeah, yeah. They speak Maa there. Yeah, so I was there. I was in Kenya in November, I think it was. Amazing country. You will love it. A lot of nyoma choma. A lot of meat. Mm-hmm. So get ready for that. He's going soon. All right. I'm very excited, man. Do you want to try some Chinese Coke? Mm-hmm. So, Shama, you said this is the Chinese version of Coca-Cola, but really... Chinese Coca-Cola, the most popular soft drink in China. The world's biggest country. Population-wise. That's it. It's a nice tea. Nice tea. It's good, right? Yeah. It's good. It's based on a very popular Chinese tea called yangcha, but it's kind of sweetened. Yeah, of course. Yeah. Sweetened. I'm not a huge tea guy. I'm more coffee, but it's good. I'll enjoy it. By the way, I don't know that much about tea, but I've been to Hangzhou, tea capital of the world. I've been to Assam, also another tea capital. Both India and China tea capitals. Yeah. Yo, David. Man. What do you think about flushing, dude? Oh, dude, I love flushing. Yeah. Flushing's amazing. Flushing is the best. Oh, man. This is like an experience here. Yeah. I'm really like, I really think it's such a place that people need to see, you know? Yeah, totally, man. It's a different New York. More people who don't live here should come here, I think. Yeah. It's wonderful. Hope you enjoy your time in New York, David. New York, New York!