World's Most Unbelievable City | Shanghai, China

This might be one of the most unbelievable cities in the world. This city has some of the tallest skyscrapers in the world, historic neighborhoods that feel like stepping back in time, cheap michelin street food, insane luxury shopping, and futuristic technology that feels like it's from a sci-fi movie. Today we're exploring one of the most unbelievable cities in the world, We're about to take one of the world's fastest trains. This goes up to 300 kilometers per hour. Shanghai, China. And the whole ride itself takes less than eight minutes. So let's try it out. Let's go. All right. Sit here. And the good thing is I have this whole section to myself. I don't know. This train was so fast that it honestly made me a little scared. What is up guys? Today we are going to eat at this restaurant right behind me. It is one of the most famous Shanghainese soup dumpling place and it has been serving soup dumplings for over 20 years. It has earned recognition from the Michelin Guide so we're going to try it out. They are known for their crab roe and crab meat soup dumplings and look at the line behind me. There is just so many people, tourists and locals lining up for this restaurant. Let's try the soup first, this one's so good, I'm gonna have a bite and just the look of the dumpling itself, they cut it up to be quite small, and it looks very smooth, not clumpy, it's good. It's so good. The soup is really really refreshing as well, it's super light, it tastes a little bit of saltiness to it. But it's not something that's very very flavorful. But I like that though. Thank you. You know what? This is warming me up for our main course, which is, voila, this. It's the crab and pork dumpling. Thank you. Oh, I smell it. I smell the crab. I am so excited. Let's try it. Thank you very much. It's good. That tiny little thing, there is just so much crab roe soup inside and it's this nice bright yellow color, super super vibrant so they definitely added a lot of crab in here. And just a lot of soup comes out. It's so rich in flavor. Eight soup dumplings cost 46 RMB. The soup itself was just 15. And for a ginger vinegar, this was 1 RMB. So in total, I spent 62 RMB. That is not even $10. Such a great price. All right. Honestly, this area right here is actually quite old. We're at an older... neighborhood where you have a lot of older constructed buildings. Behind me is one of the most iconic buildings in the world. It's the Shanghai Pearl Tower. And this place is called Lujiazui. You can actually see three very famous skyscrapers here. One is this, and in front of me is the other two. They're one of the world's tallest skyscrapers. They have over a hundred floors. I'm actually on top of the highway right now, and there is more things around here, as in more malls. Now I'm inside IFC right now and it's one of the nicest luxury malls here in Shanghai. They have every designer brand you can think of and it has so many floors so that is quite nice. But why am I here? Because I want to bring you guys to get a tea. My phone is almost out of battery but it's okay because at most of the shopping malls here, I realized that they always have a portable It's a battery rental system so all you need to do is scan a QR code and then it pops up like that. Thank you very much. So this is probably the most iconic bubble tea chain in China. It's called Hey Tea and now they opened a Hey Tea lab recently and they are selling shaved ice cream rolls. This is the taro and coconut one. It's interesting because you can see here they actually put some ice and then there is actually a cup within the cup. There's a base that has like tapioca I think, taro, and then the coconut shaved ice cream roll and then another layer of jello. The coconut is actually really really rich though and I think it's also kind of mixed with coconut meat. I'm walking towards Wukang Road, which is also known as the French Concession. It has a lot of Western and European influence on the building and infrastructure there. Guys I made it. I know last time I talked to you guys the sun was still up and now it's night time but behind me is one of the most famous buildings. This is the Wukang building and there's just a lot of people here. A sea of people and there's even like photographers. Asking if you want a photo in exchange for money and someone's actually gonna approach me like right now. Oh Yeah And I think they're doing some post editing right on like their iPad so So many people Shanghai feels futuristic on the outside, but what about the technology people use every day? I am at the Xiaomi store right now and they have the new 18-fold. Look at this, it's so cool. It looks very similar to the iPhone Duo, almost exactly the same in my opinion because of The shape itself and just the way it opens. You can even do it like this and horizontally. Horizontally and vertically. I'm inside the Huawei store right now. And to be honest, when I was walking outside, I really thought this was Apple. The whole design is just so Apple encoded. At first I was like, whoa, this is a gigantic iPad. And then I realized that there is this foldable part. So voila. It turns into a desktop. There is a keyboard that comes out when you press the button. Look cool. Do it like this. Like this? There is this additional thing that you can add so that when you're typing, it's like this. So cool. Good morning, guys. We're here trying one of the most famous and oldest restaurants in Shanghai for breakfast. It has been open since 1932, selling traditional Shanghainese-style pan-fried pork buns. It's known for its crispy bottom, fluffy dough, and extremely juicy pork filling. Let's go! You can basically see through this window that they are making the pan-fried pork bun which is called Shenjian. They have this huge stone pot which is really flat and they're able to put a lot of the pork buns together to cook. There's at least like two, four, six, seven people here. Wow. This is the curry beef noodle soup. There is rice noodle in here and then some beef slices. I kind of like soup that's a little bit bland but also has some sort of flavoring into it. What? It's very lightly flavored with curry. Hurry. Thank you. Looks so big. It smells, oh it smells kind of sweet. I love the dough. It's kind of dense and fluffy but also very crispy at the bottom and the pork Oh my God. there is so much juice in here. When I spit into it all the juice kind of splattered out. You can also order some traditional Chinese pastries like this pork moon cake to take home with you. When I'm just walking on the street in Shanghai, you realize that there's so many mopeds here, just a bunch of mopeds. When you're crossing the street, you just have to watch out. I am at the Bund right now and right across of the river, you actually have the Shanghai Financial Center. So that is where you have some of the world's tallest skyscrapers, really modern buildings on that side. On our side right here, this is where you have a lot of older historic buildings. But there's also a lot of fine dining experiences here as well. It is actually so nice to just be able to walk around here. I think this is a place that most people recognize from the news or just social media. The scene here is just so beautiful. There's actually a lot of photographers here and a lot of people selling their photography services. So at night time, this is where it gets really crowded. I'm currently walking around this place which is one of the best places to shop and look at this gigantic LV ship behind me. In front of me is one of the world's largest Starbucks Reserve right here. So there's a lot of people lining up right now to go inside the LV ship and inside they have a museum there where you learn about the history of LV and not only that but they actually have a little restaurant, well coffee shop, selling some pastries, food, coffee and all that and of course they have a regular LV store. Let's hit up the Starbucks Reserve. I will show you guys that one. This store is gigantic. There is just so many people over here. You can kind of see how the coffee beans are processed. They also have a lot of unique pastries that you wouldn't really see at a regular Starbucks. There is also a lot of unique drinks and a Starbucks bar. I am walking up to the second floor right now. There is just way too many people on the first floor. And there's even more seating area. Like this, casual seating, oh wow, a lot of people, oh my god, Jesus. I am at the DQ that is across from the LV ship, and this one is special because a robot is gonna be making my ice cream today. I don't know. It's only 32 RMB, and if you pay for a real human to make your ice cream, it's 31. So this robot is only one RMB more, and they actually give you a little toy. Look, they give you this because they're trying to promote this whole robot thing. But it's very cute. I will say though, the speed of this robot is like 10 times slower than a regular human. They actually said that this robot takes roughly 7 minutes to make one ice cream. And you know, one human can make this within what? 30 seconds to 1 minute, so it is so much slower. I think its speed is very slow. Because it's still in the learning process. Still in the learning process. Just like AI, it takes time to learn movements. So she said the next time I come back, it might be a little faster. So right now the robot has realized that he messed up. So right now he's trying to fix the error. That's right. It's giving me a heart sign guys. This is so cute. Thank you Robot Sharpa. And what is this? What is she doing? She's trying to calm down. Thank you. High five. Cool. But I will say it is messy and it is not as good as a real person. Look at what Robot Sharpa has done. It's so messy, you guys. This definitely wouldn't have passed in quality control and inspection if this was a real human. So I'm sorry, Robot Sharpa, I think you failed. But it's a cool experience. It's so melted because it took this robot too much time to make it. So this one was made by a human and I guess it passed. It's not melted-esque. Should be the golden standard of an ice cream. I think you did a better job. Thank you! I am only a couple blocks away from the DQ ice cream store and this place is called Mao Ming Bei Lu. Shanghai has one of the best bakery scenes. There is just so many innovative creative bakery chains. There is two here that is really famous. This one is Butterfull and Creamerous. I've made a video about this before. And right next to it is Amman Lund Bakery Town. Both are actually really unique. What's cool about it is the aesthetic, the theme. When you go into it, one of them is basically like a little city in London. There's a lot of cool things to do here. So this flavor is rice. Fermented rice. Okay, I'm trying it out. Mmm, so good. Good. Wow, this ice cream is so good. This is one of the most well-known gelato ice cream chains. They're known because all of their ice creams are made fresh. And the flavors are released at a certain time of the day. For example, like for the pistachio ice cream, it says it comes out at 2. Their osmanthus fermented rice ice cream, it says it comes out at 10.30. I think Hey Tea is kind of killing it at the game. They came out with this new store. I think it opened only a couple months ago. And they sell everything from tea to bakery, like pastries, to ice cream. That is incredible. I just, she's saying hi, but I have never seen something like that. They are known as one of those tea chains that just stay really innovative. We're at our next stop. This one is Wei Xiang Zai, which is a really famous Shanghainese sesame paste noodle shop. It's been open for over 80 years now and it's very well known amongst Shanghainese people and also tourists as well. Now this place is also famous because of how cheap the food is. So their sesame paste noodles is only 14 RMB, which is basically what, like $2? I don't know. Looks so good. This is their signature sesame paste noodles. It has this rich red and peanut butter color and I'll sprinkle up some green onions on the top. And the noodle itself looks very very thin. It looks very hard as you can see here. So I'm just gonna try to mix it. That's it. Honestly it's quite good. The sesame flavor is very very strong. The noodle, it's this like dense and chewy texture. Do you want a picture? Y'all proud? I'm starting to speak now. Thank you. It's only 14 RMB. You can't get this price anywhere else. It's so so cheap. I have made it to another iconic location. This place is called Xin Tian Di and this area is known for its historic architecture. There is a lot of brick buildings here and small narrow alleyways. I am walking through one of the more famous walkways and this goes towards the other side of Xin Tian Di. That side in front of me actually has more young streetwear brands. This is one of the stores inside Xin Tian Di and it is filled with a lot of streetwear brands. You have Off-White, Palm Angels, Spade, Carhartt, Stussy. All right guys, we're about to go into the most popular store in Xintiandi, Harmei. It is probably the most unique experience in Shanghai because it's basically a beauty warehouse where you can buy anything from sample size to full-size products at a great discount. They give each person this little lollipop. There's just a lot of products here, mainly beauty and upstairs they actually have perfume as well. I think overall this experience somewhat feels a little futuristic with the whole design of the place. You have these white tiles that cover the floor and the wall and they're using silver shelves to create this futuristic feel. I have no idea why you would need to buy samples but they sell a lot of samples and usually samples are things that brands give to people for free but they are actually selling it. This is where Tom Holland and Zendaya were spotted drinking their signature matcha latte, which is this one, the Lily Lamb Vanilla Bean Matcha Latte. And this shop is known for having a lot of different types of matcha lattes and also teas as well. And the unique thing is, of course, their Lily Lamb print that's on top of their matcha latte. They actually have someone whose job is to draw these sheep prints on the top. So good. So creamy and refreshing. I realized I got it wrong. I thought they were all shapes but one of them is actually a panda. I'm currently at Huaihai Zhonglu which is Huaihai Middle Road and this is a really iconic street because it's known for shopping. This brand looks quite interesting. It says it's founded by a Chinese-born brand founded by a group of creatives. This one looks quite interesting. It kind of looks like an Adidas shoe. Is it a collab? No, it's not a collab, but it has stripes. This shoe looks quite cool. It's like this satin material, and inside is really soft. It's like leather, I believe. It's cool. Would I wear this? Probably not. I don't know. We're here at Yuyuan Garden, and it was built during the Ming Dynasty, which was over 400 years ago by a government official for his aging parents. And this is the exact place where Tom Holland and Zendaya were seen shopping. Look at this. We're going to visit that exact clothing brand that he went to. There's a lot of tourists. And a lot of vendors just selling a lot of souvenirs. There's also people taking some photos with some historical outfits as well. Okay, I found it, guys. The exact same store that Tom Holland went in to buy a pair of shorts because the weather here is quite hot. Let's go inside and see if they actually have the same shorts that he bought. And I'm sure, because we're in China, they probably are marketing it as... Celebrity worn, so let's go see it. I'm in the store right now, and they have this little sign right here. It says , which means like what the celebrity wore. And it's the exact same one that Tom Holland was seen wearing. They're really good and fast at this type of marketing. It's insane. All right guys, we are at Yongkang Road. This place actually shows you a little bit about Shanghai's coffee culture. There's a lot of independent coffee shops that get creative with their coffee, particularly this one store that freezes its cups to negative 86 degrees Celsius, which is negative 122 Fahrenheit. So let's try out their dirty latte. I'm inside the coffee shop right now, and they are grabbing the frozen glass cup from inside of this refrigerator and then they pour some milk, then pour coffee on top. You can just take the cup, drink as is, and no need to stir. Okay, thank you. When finished, they keep the glass. Wow. It is so good. It has a really strong and rich creamy texture. You can also taste a really strong vanilla bean flavor. I just left the coffee shop and I'm walking around this area and I did come across this crazy building. It has bow ties on top of the building. It's called Parlor. And there is just so many people inside, there are more coffee shops, look at this one, this one's called Bubble 19, I've never heard of it before, but the interior looks almost like it's unfinished construction. Hey guys, it's night time right now which means dinner time. I'm about to go inside this restaurant which serves crab noodles and this is actually their flagship store. They sell rich golden crab roe and crab meat which is mixed together then poured on top of some dried noodles. I ordered a crab noodle set and everything was 110 RMB which is roughly 16 USD. For everything, which is crazy. It looks so good. I just poured it on top and the smell, you have that really strong crab smell. The color looks amazing. It's this rich golden color. I'm going to mix it right now and oh my god, it splattered on my shirt. Oh no. This is a white shirt guys. I shouldn't have worn this. This looks so good. This sauce looks so vibrant. I think I'm ready to dig in. The city just looks so different at night. I'm at the Bund right now where you have that beautiful view of the river and it looks so different at night. So let's go check it out. At night it just looks so different because all the buildings light up so you have this really beautiful view. Looking out at this view, it's hard to believe that everything we've explored is in the same city. From $2 noodles, incredible shopping, and historic streets, to a robot that still needs a little practice making ice cream. This city keeps surprising me. But up next, I'm going inside some of the world's most futuristic cars. So subscribe!