Funny story - the colon was quite chewy and stringy. It got stuck in my teeth and I could not get it out. So, all through the rest of the meal and until I could get home and floss, all I could think about was the piece of colon flopping around in my mouth 😂
@connieslchan3 жыл бұрын
You are so BRAVO to eat offal as a westerner. Good try but offal is not good for health as it is high colesterol, on the contrary, the sea cumcumber is good for health with low colesterol
@zoelittle46283 жыл бұрын
Happen to me every time when I eat colon 🥴
@alfredoxu79263 жыл бұрын
Unfortunate English translation.
@debbietan86573 жыл бұрын
Flapping colon description is 😂
@zeflute45863 жыл бұрын
I love these details it feels so 亲切
@hardrockyodeling26293 жыл бұрын
Your mum is so well-educated and elegant!
@BlondieinChina3 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@georginahuang79483 жыл бұрын
She’s so calm
@junweihe82293 жыл бұрын
well like daughter like mom
@kenl58573 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@laichow74453 жыл бұрын
@@BlondieinChina =
@Johnwalkstheworld3 жыл бұрын
I loved this challenge, some parts more than others!! Haha. Beer in a bag ..... winner!! 🤪
@connieslchan3 жыл бұрын
Good try, bravo to take up the challenge.
@lindyralph87923 жыл бұрын
when I first went to Thailand in the early nineties, the street vendors would tip a bottle of soft drink into a bag, stick a straw in and seal it with a rubber band. They kept the bottles to use again.
@MrApololing3 жыл бұрын
Let’s try Johnnie Walker in a bag😝
@guangwu37683 жыл бұрын
Dad so cute ! lol
@zoelittle46283 жыл бұрын
I get you I absolutely hate sea cucumber 🤮🤢🤢
@liaaaaaaaah3 жыл бұрын
I love how Garen silently shovels food into his mouth whenever Amy didn’t ask him to introduce the dishes. So far my fav guest! You can tell he truly enjoys his food hahah
@BlondieinChina3 жыл бұрын
Garen is awesome!!! Loves his food and knows so much about it - was a pleasure to make this video with him!
Maybe I'm too emotional recently. But when your mother tell the story about her father, I’m so touched that have tears in my eyes. Through your mother’s words I saw a really interesting gentleman smiling at me.
@blondiesmum76603 жыл бұрын
Thank you for such a beautiful comment. My father really was a beautiful soul, and a true gentleman 😊
@BlondieinChina3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much
@esperanzaliang76023 жыл бұрын
@@blondiesmum7660 Really looking forward to more stories about him. I believe his life must be a really interesting adventure.
@Lmohhhh3 жыл бұрын
Garen is a charismatic guy! I was totally swooned by him in this video 😂
@amethystorgan42932 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@timmyg10153 жыл бұрын
I grow up in Qingdao, I can tell you that drinking beer directly from the bag with a straw is a new thing, started probably from less than 15 or 10 years ago, originally it's just a way to take beer home. As almost all of us in Qingdao prefer to drink fresh beer from keg which "expires" very quickly, a whole keg is too much for a family to finish in time, so the most convinient way to have some fresh ice cold keg beeris to buy it from a restaurant on your way back home after work, but you need a container, and the plastic bags are cheap and easy to hook on a scale, and when you get home you pour the beer out into glasses, not drinking it with straws. I think this straw drinking method was made to attract more attention and interest to the beer and the city for tourists
@sog80743 жыл бұрын
+1
@user-mt5fd8ih5w3 жыл бұрын
从塑料袋里倒酒到杯子里是个技术活,我特别擅长😏
@wheelbarrowviva89783 жыл бұрын
Xiaoge, I have to say you are wrong about the beer in a plastic bag. This tradition started in the early 90s. Maybe you are not old enough to realise that.
@sog80743 жыл бұрын
@@wheelbarrowviva8978 haha..xiaoge, it should be around mid of 90s. I still remember we used 罐头瓶子 to drink as 站碗儿 in early of 90s.
@wheelbarrowviva89783 жыл бұрын
@@sog8074 True. This tradition didn't start 15 years ago but way back earlier.
OMG! I was always wondering about the spelling of Tsingtao! That was awesome. Huge win for the Qingdao beer experience at the restaurant.
@compassion30003 жыл бұрын
Amazing feedback from one of You Tube community’s favourites
@JohnThomasAbroad3 жыл бұрын
@@compassion3000 Your comments make my day every time!
@davidw.27913 жыл бұрын
Same reason behind Pekin/Peking vs Beijing.
@BlondieinChina3 жыл бұрын
Yay!!! Thank you!! I'm glad the explanation made sense
@JohnThomasAbroad3 жыл бұрын
@@BlondieinChina Totally made sense!!
@pufferfish23172 жыл бұрын
When Garen speaks, his voice commands respect. What a manly voice.
@cavemanabc3 жыл бұрын
My Chinese food adventures these days are going to Costco to get the latest instant noodles and frozen har gow . :( P.S. Your dad's facial expressions to the food descriptions are so cute!
@malcolmsoh56483 жыл бұрын
You should be a bit more adventurous and pick up some Siew Mai as well. :)
@mbuck2533 жыл бұрын
Your parents are amazing, I can see where you get it from!
@liaosanke3 жыл бұрын
Historically Shandong Food (Lu cai) was actually the cuisine that mainly served in ancient royal families, specialised in their cooking techiniques like braise, stir fry or deep fry. This kind of cuisine mainly focus on the tempreture control (火候) instead of flavours (味道), 火候 is a bit a challange to the chef's experience rather than one specialty area like chopping or flavouring. The characteristic of Lu Cai is the reflection of confusious philosophycal idea(confusious was born in Shandong):中庸. Not too strong, not too bland, only in the middle.
@imscct3 жыл бұрын
Amy: 大腸對身體好嗎? 朋友:no~~~~~ 笑死我了
@kusobala23812 жыл бұрын
差点就喷出来了
@ryanlu67113 жыл бұрын
I'm so jealous that you have such diverse Chinese cuisine in Sydney!! The States just doesnt compare
@lina-mi4yl2 жыл бұрын
California is super diverse as well. :)
@jimmylee27452 жыл бұрын
L.a and New York city is very diverse and have alot of good Chinese restaurants. Even in canada , they have alot of good Chinese food, more so in Vancouver and Toronto. The funny part is, in both cities the best area to get Chinese food is called Richmond. Little off topic but in Richmond b.c , you can live there without speakinf english. They have everything you need in Chinese to the point in Richmond , British Columbia, locals who were born and riased in the community were complaining that the local Chinese bussiness need to put up English signage so they can read it and know what kinda bussiness it is. Also they can't even read 80% of the mail they get becasue it's In chinese and complain that it should be in English also. Which I agree. Anyways , to say Sydney have more diverse or better chinese food then the states is kinda flase, it just depends what city your located.
@dbrzy89893 жыл бұрын
I think the cantonese style: deep fried colon is easier for first timers. You dip it in a sweet red sauce, only a tiny bit. Its also dyed red in restaurants for a better look but ppl at home do not colour it.
@user-wl5ro7jj6q2 ай бұрын
Your parents are so charming! My parents are also unusually open to new things and they are still that way in their '80s. We are lucky to have such support. I'm sure they are happy when you are!
@canadiandude52973 жыл бұрын
I'm so impressed with how adventurous you and your parents are. So cool. Always love your channel! So much energy and puts a smile on my face.
@BlondieinChina3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!!
@b0chen3 жыл бұрын
This video was amazing, I really like the format, commentary, experiences, etc.! I am from Shandong (Yantai), and this video honestly made my day!!
@BlondieinChina3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!!
@manalin69173 жыл бұрын
Mum has such an adventrous palet, I like her!
@bhaskarsubba99613 жыл бұрын
Your parents are really amazing. Love your channel. Keep delighting us with your videos.
@vividmuseum34043 жыл бұрын
I am a 100% Tsingtao local person. And yes this is how we drink beer. It kind reminds me my childhood. By the way the more authentic way to drink this beer is you use a needle punch a hole on the plastic bag. Let the beer flow out and you use a glasses to catch the liquid. When you need to drink other just punch other hold over and over. Hahah
@tttw85833 жыл бұрын
鲁菜的口味是咸+鲜,要突出食材本身的味道, 而且饮食讲究比较多, 每个座位, 茶和酒的满度都有讲究
@femaletrouble2 жыл бұрын
Hope we see Garen again. He's an absolute doll. And what a fun video this was. Your parents are the best.
@relaxwhc3 жыл бұрын
You friend Garen is a top class tour guide for shandong food
@BlondieinChina3 жыл бұрын
Garen has such awesome food knowledge, would love to have him in more of my future videos!!!
@jjohn13883 жыл бұрын
This Chinese guy is very confident, I thought he was the owner of the restaurant
@vieworama81882 жыл бұрын
Garen is so charismatic, I can imagine him in ktv and Thai disco
My family is from Shandong. You guys are very brave trying all the food. I have never had most of the dishes you guys are trying! Thanks for sharing this experience!
@MrWillypanda883 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how different we sees offal food between cultures. While some people in the west might sees offal as icky, I grew up always thought it more as luxury items you only eat on special occassions.
@AVWUVU3 жыл бұрын
You too huh? Also grew up eating offals so it never really disgusted me as it was more seen as normal. Didn't realize just how different others saw it till I moved to the US.
@MrWillypanda883 жыл бұрын
@@AVWUVU Yes. Funny thing is, my mom consider offal as somewhat unhealthy, so you only eat it occasionally, colon for example, she considers them high in cholesterol.
Your poor Dad trying the sea cucumber and the colon. Good on you for trying different things. Oh Garen, so handsome, charming and that voice... totally swooning lol
@JourneyDestination3 жыл бұрын
I miss drinking TSINGTAO with my brother in-law. Family and I will be returning as soon as travel opens back up. Your videos are always uplifting and enjoyable to watch.
@bananasoda9023 жыл бұрын
I began to watch your video after the Qingdao video! Back then I was planning for the travel to Qingdao.
@BlondieinChina3 жыл бұрын
Omg!! That's so cool that you started watching at that video!!!
@dumbojo2 жыл бұрын
You have the wit of your dad and yelegance from your mom. A example of really good parenting, of course you’re a great individual.
@Life-oo2tr Жыл бұрын
I really love how your parents and your boyfriend are so open to trying new things and don't judge a culture's food even if it's not for them. The respect and enthusiasm you guys have for Chinese food warms my heart :)
@s.vortex3 жыл бұрын
Sea cucumber is one of the top Chinese cuisine delicacies. I ate plenty of it when I was a kid, not realising how highly it was prized...
@YummYakitori3 жыл бұрын
In Singapore we also have a dish called kway chap, sort of braised colon (but we slice it finer) and we mix with other braised meat and eggs with a bowl of flat rice noodles in herbal soup. This dish originally comes from eastern Guangdong or the Teochew region of China. You really have to clean the colons well though, it's not nice if you get grainy or smelly bits in there. It should still taste a little gamey but not smelly. And yes the colon is my favourite part of the dish
@phochoob3 жыл бұрын
Blondie’s dad is on new levels in eating ability
@syu2193 Жыл бұрын
Your parents are super cool! Garen is so fun 😜
@MrGuitar19753 жыл бұрын
I am a father and your parents are such great role models for all patents! Kudos to your whole family!
@jaydentse20943 жыл бұрын
I love that your parents are so open to trying every dish, theyre awesome!!!
@h2olilly19833 жыл бұрын
Can’t believe they went to my friend’s restaurant!! He cooks real yummy food. He is talented chef for sure!!
@BlondieinChina3 жыл бұрын
omg!!! that's such a coincidence! It was really great and will go back for sure!
@LockyLoad3 жыл бұрын
I love your use of the phrases “my one” and “mar fun”. A sure sign of your “Chineseness”. Also, your parents have a great sense of adventure.
@lilitaking3 жыл бұрын
You are amazing!
@jadecummings80933 жыл бұрын
Hi there!
@stephgraf65723 жыл бұрын
It’s very nice to filming food vlogs with your parents! Always support you!
@BlondieinChina3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Steph!!
@ryanfang90333 жыл бұрын
Ugh I love your mom, she has such an adventurous taste!
@jeffjames153 жыл бұрын
I’m from Shandong and welcome to visit my hometown again!
@catonpillow3 жыл бұрын
21:11 'And you see braised colon in brown sauce. I don't know anyone would have *the guts* to order that.' That was brilliant Amy!
@numanchoi3 жыл бұрын
When coming to cooking of colon in Hong Kong, we say it's good if we can't taste the stinky taste. Quite different from Shantong preference.
@treedillon3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the way of cooking in most areas is different from that in Shandong.
@jxtian89503 жыл бұрын
Awesome. A vlogger doing a video on cuisine from my hometown province! I'm from Jinan (provincial capital), but i have family in Qingdao too! My uncle, who lives in Qingdao, loves to drink beer. However, as someone who grew up in the UK, I notice the taste of the Qingdao beer tastes so different to that then in China. In terms of the food in Qingdao, you cannot miss out the delicious fresh seafood!
@BlondieinChina3 жыл бұрын
Would love to visit Jinan one day!!
@jxtian89503 жыл бұрын
@@BlondieinChina Fun fact, Tsingtao beer brewery was actually started by Germans following German purity laws. This was because Tsingtao was a German colony before WWI.
@compassion30003 жыл бұрын
Excellent video, thank you
@janeconrad72433 жыл бұрын
Very friendly and open-minded family, love you guys :-)
@tanjason26403 ай бұрын
You amaze me! Thanks for the introduction and your good spirits with food tasting. I am not familiar with Shandong food. From Singapore
@gruntalltimes3 жыл бұрын
Hahahahaha! I applaud your bravery in trying new things....and completing the challenge! All the best to you and your family! I look forward to each episode you put out!
@BlondieinChina3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much lovely Terri!!
@dan-gy9tj Жыл бұрын
im not sure why, but when im extremely homesick, i always lean towards watching ur videos.
@powresitta2 жыл бұрын
the best thing about ur videos if falling into pipeline of Chinese food videos and getting inspired to cook some for myself. tnx Blondie, my stomach and tongue r satisfied
It's quite amazing that there are so many different Chinese cuisines in Sydney. 👍
@eagleeatsmonkey36213 жыл бұрын
your dad & mom are great ... love them ... they can eat anything ... thumbs up for them
@johnnylim6413 жыл бұрын
TsingTao beer - best beer in the world. I think they won several awards for their beer in an international competition and was named the best beer in the world. Taste very good too.
@kapoulei9186 Жыл бұрын
I remember when i was a child before more than 30 years⋯and i always go back to my hometown in Guang Dong!i drank the soft drink with the plastic bag and the straw by the same way
@rayh91 Жыл бұрын
Loved this! I've been to many Chinese wedding banquets and almost always will have the meat platter (some times with jelly fish) to start and sea cucumber too.
@jadecummings80933 жыл бұрын
Cool, I've never seen people drinking beer in bags before! This is great, well done miss and I hope you're safe out there!
@BlondieinChina3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jade!
@zhangxinchi66742 жыл бұрын
As a native Chinese, I don’t get to see that too! But there is a fun fact that brought up by Garen, you should always keep your boss’s or parents’ jug full of alcohol! (I know it sounds not healthy, but we LOVE to drink!)
@ononoimoko71503 жыл бұрын
Hi Blondie, you should be very grateful and be thankful to have parents so supportive of what you do.
@hermanthewong2 жыл бұрын
我欣賞妳有一家溫暖的家庭支持妳💯💯💯💯
@bouncingseal96513 жыл бұрын
OMG!! I grew up in Qingdao, this makes me miss there so much!!
@connieslchan3 жыл бұрын
I like theTsingtao beer bag as souvenir. Great vlog! Thanks Amy for taking us to this adventure!
@BlondieinChina3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!!
@RespectOthers13 жыл бұрын
‘Braised brown colons in sauce’ would have whetted the appetite even more. 😋
@BlondieinChina3 жыл бұрын
hahhahahahahahah
@cassandram30483 жыл бұрын
I've watched this video already but I just found out I won't be moving to 重庆 but instead I'm moving to 济南. So thank you for your videos even more!!
Thanks again my favourite Aussie family for the joyful entertainment which I thoroughly enjoyed.
@TheNizoubizou3 жыл бұрын
I saw sea cucumbers in fish tank in a restaurant and knew the consistency is not for me, your family is so open minded to try different dishes and wholesome.
@PandaGuzheng2 жыл бұрын
Don't know how i stumbled into this video. My heritage is Chinese but immigrated from VN and now living in BNE. Love the challenge and the food makes me hungry. Great video haha
Her parent just a good eater actually, willing to try anything. This is awesome.
@yokoliu89363 жыл бұрын
I’m big fan of your channel with your parents on it !❤️❤️❤️
@BlondieinChina3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Yoko! I love making videos with my family
@jlin43613 жыл бұрын
I appreciate that you took the time to explain the spell difference. Not even chinese knows the reason behind it. Great videos! Non-stop watching for couple hours already :P
I love the aftertaste of Tsingtao beer. The rice added to the barley by the Japanese brewery that bought out the Chinese is refreshingly delicious. Great videos with your family. Love them.
@felixluk31673 жыл бұрын
Hi Amy, we Chinese eat various kinds of colons (actually more like large intestines). We have goose intestines, duck intestines, chicken intestines, and probably a few others as well.
@mayyam12823 жыл бұрын
Blondie, I very much appreciated n respect you n your family love Chinese culture. You like to try n learn n explore, even better than a Chinese person. And also your English is so good n clear for people to listen as well as mandarin. Well done Blondie
@c.l.23822 жыл бұрын
omg thank you so much for explaining the spelling thing, and you did such a good job as well! as a Chinese living in abroad I'm really happy to see this!
@Wolverine9993 жыл бұрын
I am new to your channel, just watched 3 of your videos & I love them! They are entertaining and brilliant!!!
@zhixianxing51233 жыл бұрын
What a lovely family! What a amazing video! Thank you Amy!
@kywong92053 жыл бұрын
I love to watch your video . it is great to watch you on the video with your Mum and Dad and able to do some together with a lot of fun