Asian street food videos

[atikovi]

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They are way too long, but if you have some time to kill...

Not sure what to add but that if you like Asian food, not just the Americanized version, these videos show some of the real street food scenes using fresh ingredients and are literally cooked by side of the street.

 

[PontiacHO]

Szechuan Kitten is a world renowned favorite!

 

[atikovi]

Szechuan Kitten is a world renowned favorite!

I hope that's not their literal name, literally.

 

[PontiacHO]

We had a wonderful Asian restaurant close by that we frequently visited. The owner worked the front acting as the greeter and bartender. Nice guy. Our crazy neighbor asked him, “is it true that your culture eats cats and dogs?” He answered; “only eat anything that sun shines on its back”. The chicken dishes always had a texture that was different…. Good though. Just try not to think about it. The screen door around back at the kitchen was always propped open. So the cats could come in??

 

[Leo99]

My first time in China was in western China. In Chongqing. My traveling companions went on a tour and I stayed back in the hotel. Later in the morning I ventured out and wondered around the city. A watched a man on the sidewalk set up a 20 lb propane tank burner with a large pot on top. He filled it with water and started to boil it. Then he walked to a nearby market and purchased vegetables and some sort of protein at another market selling live or butchered animals. Then he make soup. I kept walking and about an hour later he was selling soup. I wanted to get some but my escort warned me against it when we arrived. And with my sensitive stomach, I wasn't going to take a gamble.

 

[Leo99]

We had a wonderful Asian restaurant close by that we frequently visited. The owner worked the front acting as the greeter and bartender. Nice guy. Our crazy neighbor asked him, “is it true that your culture eats cats and dogs?” He answered; “only eat anything that sun shines on its back”. The chicken dishes always had a texture that was different…. Good though. Just try not to think about it. The screen door around back at the kitchen was always propped open. So the cats could come in??

It's a technique called velveting that make the chicken have a different texture. I've seen dogs raised for food in China but I hear they are trying to moderate that practice.

 

[Pew]

We had a wonderful Asian restaurant close by that we frequently visited. The owner worked the front acting as the greeter and bartender. Nice guy. Our crazy neighbor asked him, “is it true that your culture eats cats and dogs?” He answered; “only eat anything that sun shines on its back”. The chicken dishes always had a texture that was different…. Good though. Just try not to think about it. The screen door around back at the kitchen was always propped open. So the cats could come in??

An old american-born chinese friend of mine has eaten some when he visited China. His remarks was that it's "like chicken" but tougher and is really only a thing in the rural areas. In many places, dogs are pests like rats and protein is protein.

 

[y_p_w]

An old american-born chinese friend of mine has eaten some when he visited China. His remarks was that it's "like chicken" but tougher and is really only a thing in the rural areas. In many places, dogs are pests like rats and protein is protein.

I’ve been on vacation in China a few times and never really saw anything all that exotic in terms of meat.

The number one meat there is pork. It was weird walking into a Walmart and seeing how customers were just grabbing pieces of meat. They were displayed loose where customers could pick them and hand over to an employee to weigh. Many use plastic bags, but quite a few just use bare hands.

 

[JohnnyG]

Ahh, brings back memories of the "wet market" videos near Wuhan several years ago.

 

[y_p_w]

Ahh, brings back memories of the "wet market" videos near Wuhan several years ago.

It's pretty gross. While it's usually on ice (or in a refrigerator) it clearly wouldn't meet safety requirements in many countries.

I've been to some Asian supermarkets in the US. They generally don't have red meat or chicken that isn't already packaged or inside a refrigerator. But the fish counter is usually open, although there's typically a sign saying to ask for help even though it's right there on the customer side. I generally see people use plastic bags anyways to get those items.

 

[97prizm]

We had a wonderful Asian restaurant close by that we frequently visited. The owner worked the front acting as the greeter and bartender. Nice guy. Our crazy neighbor asked him, “is it true that your culture eats cats and dogs?” He answered; “only eat anything that sun shines on its back”. The chicken dishes always had a texture that was different…. Good though. Just try not to think about it. The screen door around back at the kitchen was always propped open. So the cats could come in??

If you want to make beef stir fry add some cornstarch to the beef before cooking. It changes the PH level allowing it to brown and be significantly more tender. The local Japanese restaurant owner used to bring in his VW van into the local dealership where I worked. I always talked to him. Whenever I went in he always would greet me with "Welcome Mr. Volkswagen." A few times sushi rolls would show up and I'd tell them i didn't order sushi. Ahhh on the house for mr. Volkswagen.