SHANGHAI FOOD TOUR: What to Eat in Shanghai, China (Street Food to Haidilao Hot Pot)
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This video takes viewers on a food tour of Shanghai, China, showcasing a variety of delicious and affordable dishes, from street food to a meal at the famous Haidilao hot pot restaurant. The host samples local specialties and highlights the city's vibrant culinary scene.
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Thank you. Do you want some? I So, this is our first meal here in Shanghai and we're on our way to a different coffee shop and we just needed to eat. This is a Japanese ramen place. I don't know what the exact name. We're going to have to translate. I think we can see on that. We'll We'll translate ourselves, but here tonkatsu ramen. So, we're going to try it without spicy. And so, I guess this would be Osaka style gyoza. style gyoza. With the onion. Delicious. Mhm. Mhm. So, this one was called jiro pork ramen. So, I Got to get to the noodles. Look at
this really good. Delicious. You guys got to come to China if you want to eat good and not pay so much money to eat good. So, we're here still in Shanghai and we were walking through the Yu Yuan Gardens. So, I cannot tell you exactly where we are, but this place is called Xiao Yang. Xiao Yang. And we just picked yeah, we just picked a random place to get these very big noodles that we eat in every video cuz they're so delicious. Look at this. So, I know we had ramen earlier, but now we have this so it smells amazing. 50 times so we can probably find it
cheaper somewhere, but whatever. And we keep putting for this with WeChat Pay. Awful. You hungry? Awful. You hungry? Do you like it? And they have some plum drink. I hope I don't spill this. Hopefully I don't spill it. I don't know what to do. What am I going to do with that? There we go. All right. All right. There we go. Look at that. Squeeze this in there. in there. All right. Mhm. Mhm. Delicious. So, we have KFC in China. in China. So, KFC is very different because they have all kinds of crazy stuff on the menu. If I can open this. So, this is a
sparkling sparkling pink lemonade. pink lemonade. My wife got a beer and then but the main event right now is this fried squid. They open. It looks Perfect sound. It's also good. How does it taste, fried? All right, All right, it's delicious. Wait. Wait. Bite some more. Bite some more. I make a mess. I didn't get I didn't get any squid. any squid. You didn't get any squid? It is like chicken. Mhm. So, try your lemonade. So cute. Mhm. Mhm. It's really nice, not too sweet. Oh, we got fries. Actually, this looks way better than what we get in America. Mhm.
Mhm. And we got And we got ginger. ginger. Mhm. Mhm. Is it spicy? Is it spicy? Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. Oh, yeah, this is spicy and delicious. It does also It does also look some real. Sweet. Sweet. So, we are here at Saigon Mama. And we are on the level B1, basement one in the food plaza of I actually I don't know the name of the mall, but we're in the Jing'an area. So, there's signs that will take you to the Jing'an Temple. Oh. Mhm, thank you. Mhm, thank you. So, we're going to add some lime. So, I know we're in China, but we could be eating Chinese food, but I
I do not care. I want something delicious. So, I'm going to put the lettuce in here. here. Got our chopsticks. Got our chopsticks. Let's mix this. Okay. Okay. So good. Now, we're going to switch. Going to hit the old switcheroo. Oh, yeah, we did it. Oh, yeah. Squeeze more lime. more lime. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. I would not be able to tell you the names of these dishes. Just know that they are good. So, we are here at I don't know exactly where, but apparently there's an Anpanman street pop-up bakery. So, if you're a fan of Anpanman, come to Shanghai. But,
uh we just got some lemon right. I don't know what it is. We waited a long time for this. time for this. Seems like it's popular here. What is nice lemonade? Not too sweet. And I think there's some cucumber inside, too. This is supposed to be ice cream, but it also has some rice inside. And it's lychee lychee lychee. Also refreshing and delicious. Ooh, this one is so good. Mhm. They are so different. Mhm. All right. So, we are here in People's Square in Shanghai. We're on a food plaza. I don't know the name of the building, but it just said food plaza.
It's around the third floor. So, I don't even know the name of this restaurant. restaurant. Uh Uh uh uh Li Lao Ha Dong Bay. Bay. Sorry. Hopefully I don't burn my hand. Yeah, so this is where we are and look at all this crazy Look at this stuff. So this thing is bubbling. I'm going to try this. This looks like lamb. lamb. And And now dumpling. I think the dumplings are pork and are pork and I can pick it up. Oh Oh yeah. Definitely a great restaurant. So much good food in Shanghai. Oh, delicious. All right, so we are here after a day of shopping or
shopping or near near What is this song sing road station somewhere? Well, we're not exactly near the station, but we're in that area. And we just picked this random noodle place that's open. And we just found out today that it's What is it? Labor Day? in China, so China, so Let's find out what this noodle tastes like. Okay, delicious. Okay, delicious. To be honest, I don't know what kind of meat it is. We're about to find out right now. I think it's pig's ear. Whatever it is, it's delicious, but I think it's I think they're ears, but But it's good. But
it's good. Try yours. Is it stomach? Is it stomach? I don't know. I don't know. Or is this jelly? And also this And also this Whatever is this. Whatever is this. It's a lot of fat, but I don't know. This one looks like a baby. Mhm. Mhm. Whatever this is, we're It's delicious. It's delicious. It's not really a baby. Mhm. Mhm. So, don't ask questions, just eat. It'll be delicious in China. All right, so we are here in the Lalla port mall in Shanghai. And we are eating at Naxi Xinjiang restaurant, which if you didn't know is Xinjiang style restaurant. So,
we have samsa, we have shashlik. Well, I don't know what would be called cuz that's like what, Russian? like what, Russian? I mean, shashlik. Yeah, shashlik. Then we have some pork belly. Well, this is like pork stomach, not pork belly with peppers. Then we have some nan. have some nan. We have some We have some milk drink shan roon from Xinjiang. from Xinjiang. Different two different beers. So, let's try let's try the most interesting would would be the stomach. Oh, it even has peanuts. Okay. It's delicious. Spicy. Oh. Oh. Need to cool down. All right.
All right. And the last piece we're going to try right now. Shashlik. Shashlik. I can't I can't pick it up pick it up with chopsticks. Ooh. Ooh. This is nice. Oh. Oh. We need to try some nan. Oh, it's nice and warm. Okay, we're back here uh next to Jing'an Temple. Again, I don't know the name of this food court. We'll have to investigate to uh put the name in the description, but this time we got ramen. So, let's dig in. So, this one should be the spicy ramen, if I can actually use chopsticks. Delicious Delicious and spicy. and spicy. And we got gyoza.
And what did you get? Chicken nanban. Chicken nanban. Ooh. Ooh. Fried mackerel. Fried mackerel. Fried mackerel, ooh. And what about your thingy? Yeah, I'm eating like this garbage. Chop, chop, chop. Chop, chop, chop. Thank you very much. I'll fill it afterwards. That's pretty fresh. I don't know if you can see but it's like like I taste the tea, not just Like so much sugar? No, some of them all you taste is like sugar. It's like no tea. It's like really light. Like they took the tea bag and went like this and then like And a strawberry matcha? I'm How do
you like strawberry matcha? I'm okay. I'm okay. Thank you very much. Wow, remember we tried to sell his booth for a million dollars? Pistachio Pistachio and donut. Would you like some pepper? Yeah. What? This donut was 15? Or Yeah, because I think it was 33 for two. So Wait, this is so cheap. This is like three dollars. I think one was 18 and one was 15. Yeah, one was 18 and one was 15. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Stop. Delicious. Delicious. Like Like whatever kind of lamb and then the ginger So we are at uh what's the word? It's going to like fall inside.
So we are at Haidilao here in Joy City in Shanghai in Shanghai uh just off of Qufu Road Station. And we are about to eat all kinds of crazy stuff. So we haven't started cooking yet. cooking yet. Um I think our pot is basically ready to start cooking. Do Should we just start? Yeah. Wait, we just drop it in? I'm not going to like spin on this. Do I Do I put it with the chopsticks? Or with the tongs? Where is it? How do I How What like Oh my gosh. Why are you such a baby? You're going to find this? Find it. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Wow. Wow. That was worth the dollar
for the show, really.
