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Gotta love a Chinese feast and I sure do.

Your parents so sweet. They are so open-minded, loving, and good-hearted.

Amy's mom is so fashion...

The "Century Egg" English term must be something lost in translation. It does not reflect any of the Chinese meaning. In China, it is called “皮蛋” as slang (Skin Egg)， but formally as: “松花蛋” translated as "Pine Flower Egg" due to the Pine Flower like grain looking on the Egg skin surface area. There was a legend about the origin of the "Pine Flower Egg". About 400 years ago, during the Ming Dynasty, in WuJiang County, JiangSu province, there was a small tea house. The owner always threw out the tea waste into the places for tea stove ash. The owner had a bunch of ducks. By accident, one day the owner found out a batch of duck eggs in the pile of tea stove ash. He opened the eggs and found out the eggs had dark transparent skin with pine flower grains on surface. Food was precious. The owner did not want to throw the eggs out. He tasted it. It was edible and delicious. Hence the discovering of the "Pine Flower Egg". There were some chemicals particular in the Tea waste and ash that pickled the eggs into the "Pine Flower Egg". The Pine Flower Eggs in China are usually ate by dipping with soy sauce and/or vinegar.

Your parents are the cutest sweetest peeps and you've definitely gotten those traits as well and to see you so enthusiastic about Chinese culture and food (your parents as well) just amazing, I've been binge watching your most recent content last night and I'm just drawn in

I really enjoy all of your food adventure videos with your parents. What your dad said towards the end is so true about trying new things. They are so open about trying new foods. They are lucky to have you show them things they otherwise would never get to try! Food does bring people together! In the end, we are all more alike than different!

Absolutely love the century egg!! Like you said century eggs are usually served with no flavor in those "foreigner try" videos, which we never do. There are so many century egg dishes all around China, maybe you can make a video about different century egg dishes.

I love how you and your parents are so open to new foods!! Keep up the great videos 👍🏻

Yeah!! I love watching your food videos with your entire family there - they are my favourite videos please do more family outings! XOX

Yo you should try 'three color steamed eggs' (三色蒸蛋), which's steamed eggs, century egg, & salted egg all in one dish. But yeah, that dish you guys tried is really really good, probably might actually be my personal favorite way to eat century egg. It's quite good in congee too, but compared to the 擂椒皮蛋 it definitely kinda slides into the background.

being Jiangnanese, my favourite style of century egg is pretty simple. diced century eggs, diced tofu, pickled toon shoots(香椿頭) finely diced, a tiny bit of mashed/grated ginger, small sprinkle of salt and generous sprinkle of sesame oil. it's one of my favourite appetizers ever.

Congee with Century Egg and Pork Mince when I'm feeling a little sick. Otherwise, straight-up century egg with pickled ginger. That tart vinegary and spicy taste of the pickled ginger cuts right through the ammonia so you get to enjoy the creaminess of the egg.

Great video as always Amy! Can't wait to see the videos you'll make when you are back in China.

So glad to hear that u're gonna go to China again! Really hope that u'll join the members of KZfaq Community in China (like Barrett, Gweilo, Jayoe Nation)! Looking forward to it !!!!XD

Thank you for appreciating our delicacy, I love to host your parents whenever they visit Hunan for a true authentic Hunan dishes 🧑‍🍳

ur dad just drink too much 白酒...look at his face HAHA!!

You have wonderful parents...

Happy Holidays to you and your family, Amy.

Love Amy's parents. Merry Christmas ☃️🎄

LOVE your videos. Have always wanted to try luosifen and discovered the existence of instant luosifen through watching your videos, and have bought them at the local Chinese grocery store since. Also, love your parents. Your mom is cool and your dad is cute.

You need to have a crawfish boil in the states! Down south it's HUGE! And now Asian (Vietnamese specifically, but there are others) centric flavored boils are getting really popular.

The Xiaolongxia looks so delicious. Other pi dan dishes? Try congee with pork and pi dan it's an old favourite Cantonese comfort food. Wishing you and your family a safe and merry Christmas

merry Christmas Amy ! I like watch u parents eating, lovely family.

Amy, you are such a Chinese ambassador seriously. You correct the common mistakes when people call everything dumplings when it's supposed to be Baozi, for example. Keep up with the good work. Love ya :)

Its always wonderful to see you and your family exploring new food

coco lee 怎么跑到澳洲开馆子了😄😄😄

I forgot to wish you and your family earlier, Merry belated Christmas!! 🎅👼☃️❄️🌟All the best and a prosperous 2021.

The American Southern style crawfish is served with Cajun Sauce and is spicy. Not that bad.

I’d recommend century egg cooked with soft tofu and ‘Zha Cai’, and it’s also a cold dish.

琳达绝对是一个迷人的小妖精😆

Such an amazing video sister. Keep it up. Chinese food is amazing and best in the world ❤️❤️❤️.

Hey, Amy, I've been following you for quite a while now. You make such amazing videos! I used to study in USYD and the little Hunan was a place I absolutely loved! I am now working as an English teacher in Changsha, so let me know if you need anything around here when you visit China again. I'd be more than glad to help and maybe point you to a few lesser-known authentic restaurants!

Lol, this video reminds me my first time having xiaolongxia in HuNan, and your dad’s reaction to BaiJiu are cute!

finally, little lobsters! my favorite! and it's so glad to hear you are coming back to china!

OMG that smashed chili & eggplant with century egg is making my mouth water now....Happy holiday Amy and your family! Since ur dad has a KZfaq account making comments, you should probably talk your mom into this too 😂

哈哈哈哈 艾米的爸妈活了一辈子 然后这个女儿每次都在刷新他们的三观 也算是一种幸福的晚年生活吧

Amy this is real chinese food, the UK needs restaurants like this. Delicious 😋😋

That century egg dish is new to me. Cannot wait to try it! I really jelous that there are so many Chinese restaurants in Australian.

This dish actually started its popularity in Qianjiang, Hubei. There is an area called Wuqi(五七）in Qianjiang where it all started.

皮蛋瘦肉粥 or congee with preserved egg ('century egg') and pork is a very common dish and often available at Yumcha. There's also century egg with cold silken tofu with a sauce/dressing (sesame oil, chilli, garlic, vinegar, soy sauce etc).

Linda looks so much like Chinese pop star Coco Li.

We used to catch freshwater crayfish from creeks and dams in central Qld and they look like that. Great campfire food and keeps the kids busy all day.

小龙虾 is in fact Louisiana Crawfish. It first spread to Japan then was brought to China during WWII. Now it's a much loved delicacy all over China!

wow, great video, good job, Bloodie :) Last but most important, you are stunning, love from Shenzhen

Here we love having congee with century eggs and pickled leeks. Sometimes we add a little minced pork into the congee. Actually nobody eats century eggs straight. It's always with something spicy and sour. I think it wasn't made to be eaten by itself by the way.

FINALLY! Someone doing century eggs right! Love your videos!!! 😀

Have a great Christmas and wonderful new year to you and family

xiaolongxia and crawfish or mudbug are the same thing, u can also find shrimps cooked in the same way. basically its just like louisiana seafood boils, with same crawfish or shrimp and similar spicy seasonings, but instead of boiled in water, we stir fried them

The one you tried is my favorite century egg dish and it is easy to make at home. Cook century egg with napa cabbage and ham is also very delicious. Of course put it in congee or tofu salad are good too.

I tried 小龙虾 when I was in China! It was amazing! And 皮蛋豆腐，really nice way to have century egg! 😁

Such a great video. Really like the Chinese translation--- 一口闷. LOL. Did you do the subtitles by yourself? Great job.

I like century egg just straight up with pickled ginger on the side, or with some soy sauce. I also like it with congee or as a side to fruit rojak.

I've had crayfish before but I'm guessing your dish tastes better. And your parents are so out of the box. Always love your vlogs. I've told my friends about your channel and hoping they'd subscribe, too. 😀👍🦞

Century egg congee is the best! You can get it next time you go to yum cha

sooooo love your families . the best in KZfaq

Hope you guys stay safe in Sydney with this new outbreak. Maybe a delivery feast would be good for your next video.

the only time I had it when i was in China was in Ma'anshan in Anhui province. I was doing a product inspection and the factory was so remote there were no restaurants any where close by so the owner turned an apartment in to his own private seafood restaurant with his own chef. they were just delicious!

Love it! Merry Christmas from Canada

I like your dad very much. Every video of him is very humorous.

Finally, someone gets the century eggs. They are not supposed to be served alone!

皮蛋瘦肉粥，Century egg with pork slices rice porridge, that's my favourite.

I honestly just cut the century egg into slices and dip them in some vinegar before downing them. So tasty. If you want to get fancy, mix it up with some boiled tofu, scallions, vinegar, soy sauce and some sesame oil.

Come try it in the US one day!! Vietnamese cajun style is amazing too.

i get excited whenever i see your little food adventure videos with your family! I am so glad you now like century egg too! Whenever i see youtube videos about century egg not prepared properly therefore ruining the experience for the person trying it, it really annoys me. Much like those vegemite videos where people don't eat vegemite properly annoy me hahahaha. There's actually a really nice tofu and century egg with chilli cold dish which is also amazing for summer. So good with served with rice.

加油🌹Yeah we foreigners in Changsha eat the whole thing too🤭

Love your videos, I think little Hunan is one of the best Chinese restaurants in Sydney, highly recommend you guys to try it, it is spicy but with extremely good taste. Remind me of my student time at UNSW.

Simply pour some vinegar with some mashed ginger on top of the cut century egg （皮蛋or松花蛋）and you will get a classic small cold dish, which we've been having since childhood in northern China.

You can also consider Century egg with sliced or minced pork congee (皮蛋瘦肉粥) , a cantonese non spicy dish, at any Tim Sum restaurant or cafe. Another way of eating century egg is to take it together with sliced ginger pickle. Very delicious. Merry Christmas and cheers. 😋🎅🥂🎄

Excellent episode!

Your parents are so cool!!!

The first time i visited Beijing, i had this crayfish on the street! The taste was over whelming! My first time to taste ma lak!! Numbing spice...super strong intense! It was simple moreish...! Never since, have i tasted anything as numbingly addictive!! 🇬🇧

In Cali, we have a chain called boiling crab that combined Vietnamese and Cajun style, it is super popular as well.

Love this channel so much.

Loved the whole meal. Crawfish is huge in the states and want to try the smashed century egg dish.

maybe you should have a video of understanding relationship btw chn and aussi since covid-19 occured. it might help to release intense from both sides, also it will be a opptunity for you as an australian

Eating Xiaolongxia requires two hands, while no free hands would be available for holding phone. Then people could concentrate on conversation, that's the magic for socialing.

Glad to learn how to enhance century eggs. Going to try mashing them with chile crisp and maybe some middle eastern baba ganoush to approximate this dish. I know, not the same, but easy and I'm guessing very flavorful.

她好像李玟

I need to go to 小湖南 tomorrow！！！ can’t wait to try the century egg

Stay safe in Sydney and Merry Christmas!

You can actually catch it all over Australia... We call it Yabbies... I tried once near Horsham Victoria

Once one grows accustomed to the taste of century egg prepared with other ingredients and flavour, try one with just lightly pickled ginger slices. It’s delicious. The ginger helps bring out the unique flavour of century egg.

Crazy to see other parts of the world eating crawfish when back in the day it was "poor mans food." They are originally from Louisiana and we have similar events where people come together and boil them full of seasoning, potatoes, sausage, corn, and more. We of course drink beer and listen to zydeco music while eating them. We don't suck the tail out, we actually pinche and pull them out and suck the head! :D

Gday Amy, wish you are safe as there is a Covid outbreak in Sydney currently. Australia does have a kind of Xiao Long Xia, called yabby. Basically, Australian yabby = Hunan Xiao Long Xia = American Cajun crawfish, and they are all tip-top, if you cook them in the right way. If you have a fishing licence, you can go and catch yabby by yourself in a remote swamp.

Thanks Amy, your video mean so much to me.

When I worked in a Canadian restaurant, there were two ways to cook lobsters. One way is to cook the lobster in boiling water and then dip the lobster meat in molten butter. The second way is to cut the lobster in half sideways and bake it in butter.

这湖南菜馆正宗，擂辣椒皮蛋是下馆子必点的凉菜。正宗的是用火烧青辣椒，把烧焦的表皮洗净和皮蛋一起放入擂钵，有的也放茄子和豇豆，只是中和辣味。

哈哈，皮蛋如果直接吃肯定不好吃的，一般最简单的吃法就是沾着酱油和醋吃，一点酱油，多一点醋，然后蘸着吃，很不错

Love lobster, crab, and shrimp but don't think I've ever tried crayfish before. Although I think it's one of the signature components of Louisiana gumbo.

Blondie's dad has the potential to be a Baijiu overlord in China. Maybe one day this idea can be tested when he comes to China and has a meal with Blondie's friends. Looking forward to it.

Ive been to that restaurant many times but never tried the century egg, now Ill have to try it.

Amy, you really should try Shandong cuisine, the first of the eight major cuisines in China.

Advertisement! Amy's done well! Brava!

Amy和家人可以尝试蒜蓉小龙虾、油焖小龙虾、清蒸小龙虾等口味，不辣或不太辣。 尤其蒜蓉小龙虾，应该一般人都能接受这个口味。

You 👏 know 👏 what 👏 I'm 👏 here 👏 for 👏 Hakka Food special request making its usual appearance!

when dad speaks , there's laugh and humor.

wow. I really missed 小龙虾~ 也太美好了

You should bring your parents to try 串串, it’s basically different kinds of food + delicacies on a stick

i like ur food video !! keepit!!