Our American Wives Try South Asian Street Food in NYC's Little India

We're in Jackson Heights, New York, a neighborhood packed with food from all around the world. This area is especially known for its street food, its vendors, and its shops. So let's take you along and show you everything we eat. Right behind me is Everest Center. This is a local Nepali restaurant. Here we're going to get some chapati and pani puri. So let's go. Pani puri. Okay. You remember me or no? You remember us? Yeah. Yeah. I'm from Nepal. I was in Nepal. You know it. Were you? Yeah, we love your chapati. I don't know if it's like technically Nepali pani puri. Cheers. My mouth is drooling right now. Pani is a little tangy. It's a little different than what Indian pani puri is but I really love it. No way. Cheers. Let's go. Look at this. He's being extra generous. Thank you. Thank you. This is good. Hindi is Nepali too. Yeah, yeah, Ram Ruchu. My two Nepali friends. So what we're eating now, it's called chapate, kind of like Indian chaat. It has puffed rice, cucumber, tomato, onions, cilantro, and some masala. This is really good. It can be spicy. See how actually spicy it's going to be. He usually asks how much spicy you want. This can make you sweat. Yeah, we don't know how spicy this is going to be, but you guys will like it. You'll love it. Oh, they have also crushed wayway. So yeah, that's like Nepali style maggi. Yeah, we have to eat it fresh so it's crunchy. Okay, let's go. I'm scared. Oh, he gave us a lot. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. That is so good. Oh, my god. I love it. I'm gonna carb load on this. It doesn't do anything, do you? Because, you know, it'll go through your system really quick. It's really light, too. Really light. Sour. You can taste, like, the lime in it. It's so good. When we went to Daman on the beach, and they were giving out chaat, this tastes just like that. He's also bringing cold chai. I told him sugar. Make it sweet. It does. I remember Sukedu telling me it won't. There's a good dressing man here. Mm-hmm. I like spicy food. It makes me sweat, but I still eat it. Very good. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, this is very hot. Smells good, though. Thank you for watching. So it was lovely trying some Nepali food and now we are headed to this fuchka spot. So it's Bengali style pani puri. Time to give it a try. This right here is the original spot. They have a few more but this is where we come to. We made it to one of my favorite spots. This is the fuchka house. What they sell is Bengali fuchka. So excited to try it. I have not tried it in over a year. So you can see how excited I am. With egg please. Thank you. Whoa, look at that. Okay, you guys try, let's switch. Spicy. So good. Can I pour yours? Sure. Okay. That sounds good. There you go. All right. So excited. Haven't tried one in like a year. Cheers. That is good. That is tasty. I'm a big fan. How do you guys like it? I actually liked Everest Center a lot. Yeah, I would agree with that. I think what we got from Everest Center was really good because it was, what was it called? The chatpati was the highlight. I love chatpati. Yeah, that was the highlight for me. This was a really close second though. Very good. Now that we have had two savory dishes, I think it's time to get something fresh. So, let's head there. You want sugarcane juice? Yes. Two sugarcane ice. I think I've had sugarcane juice in a long time but this hits especially after all the savory food. All right guys the sugarcane juice was amazing. It was refreshing. It's everything that we needed. Let's see what we eat next. They have a Patel Brothers right on the street. Let's go check what's inside. You guys want to go to Patel Brothers? Let's go! So at Patel Brothers they sell Indian cakes and that's what we love but I don't think they have it here. I think this location sells them. They're so good. And that's what we were looking forward to eat. So Kethu is looking for Parleji. Oh I need ginger too. Maybe even milk. Did you bring Parleji from home? Yes I did. Of course I did. What do you think I am? I used to be so obsessed with Good Day that I would buy like a box 20 times the size of this. And then she found out what's inside Good Day and then she... Yeah. Oh no! Yeah. What's inside? Bad chemicals. You guys like any snacks? What's your favorite Indian snack? It'd be down this way, I think. Let's go explore. I like chukli. Chukli? You like chukli? Yeah, chukli is good. I like aloo bhujia too, the thin one. Holy crap! Dude! My freaking god! So how are you gonna buy that? Holy crap! I'm gonna get this. This is $7.99. Do I look similar? It's my brother. Wait, I think it's a woman. It's our sister. They all have more subji here, like so much subji than a regular grocery store. Everything is fresh and it's about $1 a pound for most things. I smell the curry leaves and they're so strong. The dill is smelling good too. Are you buying ginger, ma'am? I am. What is it for? For tea. Would you like some ginger? So ladies and gentlemen, she's buying ginger for chai. All right, so we are about to walk out with our lady. We didn't find any cakes so that is it. We spotted some fans. Aliens repeat too. So sweet. There was no cake but we ended up buying some stuff that worked out. We should make a cake out of farleji. Yeah, let's make a farleji cake with ginger in it. Yeah, that'd be tasty. That'd be great. There's no way that we could just not leave without cake. I know, you have to get some cake. Now you guys have talked about it so much. Yeah, there's got to be a cake. How about we try that Bengali dessert? Matka. Matka, the matka dessert. Yeah, we can do that. Okay, let's go. Last stop of the day is it to be garden and grill. Perfect. All right, these two places you can get the Bengali dessert I was talking about. So when in Jackson Heights, we always come to Ittadi. They sell these madka kulfis or yogurt dessert and it's a must try when you are here. Two quay madka we're gonna get, so let's go. Let's go. My favorite, oh my gosh. Alright, I'm so excited for you guys to try this. Smells good, it smells like mango lassi. Does it? Yeah. Let me look at it. Looks like it. Yeah. You have had this before? It's really good. It's really good. Mmm. Mmm. It's like a thick mango lassi, I feel like. It's so good. It's like a thick mango lassi. Yeah. Like mango lassi yogurt. It's the same thing. Thank you. So good. So good. It hits every time and it's only $2.50 a pop. And it was $5 for two of them. It's amazing. All right guys that concludes our food tour here in Jackson Heights. It's one of our favorite places here in New York City to get Asian food. You can see we had so many recommendations today and we had two amazing guests with us to try all this food. Let us know down below if you want them in our next vlog. Thank you so much for watching. Like and subscribe and we'll see you in the next one. Free bus to LaGuardia. Good morning everybody. We're out here in uh what is it Central Parks right there. I'm walking here. How do you like it? Does it taste like nutty alpani? That's too forced. You guys know we had to get the truck. Of course. Oh my god, it's hot. Sorry. It's very hot. I will not be able to drink this for a while. Yeah. Let's go. First time ever trying sugarcane juice. The next stop is back to Roosevelt Avenue. Stand clear of the closing doors.