Amazing you could communicate with the black pudding lady using the phone. The lady actually spoke Mandarin with a heavy local accent. Really surprised the phone could still recognize what she was saying and translate it correctly

not sure what to make out of this. If you aware that Alipay might not work sometimes. Why don't you have a couple of hundred cash just in case? Instead of making fusses and getting for free out of kindness. These are small businesses, hardworking and kind people. I think you know there will be issues, and the locals are kind people

😅🤣The little boy is very polite and wants to take pictures with you. Too bad you don't understand.

I discovered your channel through Backpacker Ben and have been thoroughly enjoying it. It is great watching you guys enjoy everything and each other whilst inhaling so much good food. Gets ya right in the feels. Safe travels!

Some vendors do not accept Alipay bound to foreign cards. Most do but not all. Some foreigners would ask a local friend (or hotel front desk) to transfer some RMB into the main Alipay RMB Wallet (you just give them the equivalent cash).

The communication is awesome. Amazing to know Scottish eat pig blood sausage. They said Europeans don't eat blood and organs. This is probably the meaning of travel and sharing.

When you eat red dragon fruit for the first time, you should pay attention. Some people may experience red color in the toilet after eating red dragon fruit. Don't worry, this is a normal phenomenon.

Hello Alan and Shannon: I absolutely love your food adventures. Two thumbs up. I hope to see more food adventures from China. You two are brave... stinky tofu is definitely not for every palate, in a similar manner Blue Cheese or Durian isn't.

Maybe in the future you guys should pay first before the vendor starts cooking, just so that you can be sure the payment will go through. The vendors make a hard living, and they should get paid, especially when you are actually making money from the videos with the vendors in them

You guys are always fun to watch.

Really enjoying your videos and adventures, travelling out on Thursday and excited to see some black pudding in the mix :) As an older guy from Dundee great to see you both doing Scotland proud :)

25:45 The Chinese character for number 10 is 十. So the Chinese use two index finger crossing to represent 10. Similarly, number 6 in Chinese is 六. The gesture is make fist with thumb and little finger out. Numer 8 is 八. The gesture is thumb and index finger up like mimiting a pistol.

I really recommend you bringing some cash with you just in case alipay not working sometimes. It’s illegal to deny cash so paying cash should be fine in China.

The leaves are perilla leaves. They’re common in Asian BBQ places. Common in Korean BBQ places and if you ever make it to Dongbei in China their BBQ has it too. So they’ll grill the meat and you eat it wrapped in perilla leaves or lettuce. Do not deep dry lol :)

Love your accent 🥹 and thanks for this glimpse into a city I have yet to see!

My translation app is called "話語翻譯師" (don't know what is it in English). The screen is divided into upper half and lower half. The upper half is inverted (clever design). The lower half accept what you say in many language such as English and Cantonese. The translation is show in the INVERTED upper half both in Simplify Characters and Spoken. The upper half also accepts what is said in Mandarin. Super convenient. I am a Hongkonger, sometimes I need it to translate Cantonese to Mandarin.

Stinky tofu is definitely an acquired taste. You guys are brave to try it.

Think of blue cheese when you eat stinky tofu. Its basically a similar idea, except one is made from fermenting milk solids and one is made from fermenting tofu. It is an acquired taste. However different street vendors make it differently so maybe this version didn't taste so good. There is also different types of stinky tofu and personally i prefer the puffier versions because they have a nice crunch when friend and have a nice fluffy center. In China, the best tasting places usually have massive lines :D

you can go to Xishuangbnana in Yunnan province, it got biggest night market in China, it's like in Thailand.

Glad you guys ended the night with that nice crispy pork belly! Seems very tasty. 9:07 That little kid in red finally garnered the courage to ask for a photo with you, but got "rejected", lol.

What a food adventure 😍😍

Omg, I’m salivating

In China if we eat too much deep fried food, we will drink some herbal tea to “ 下火”，it means clear the internal heat caused by the food. So, it would be very interesting if you guys try to drink some berbal tea and react. It’s easy to find in Guangdong and Guangxi Provinces.

pork blood sausage (black pudding) is a common food in the northeast of China. I think a lot of places share similar food concepts due to similarities of climate and stuff, I always find it very interesting when different cultures share similar concepts

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You should have tried the food stand right next to pork leaves, the one with yellow lighting~~~that is the icon food originally from nanning.

lol I was just there miss you guys

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hi friends, if your Internet in China is not so good, maybe you can exchange some more cash, so as to avoid the embarrassment of being unable to pay! Just a few suggestions. Have fun

You 2 lovely young people

wow, you two went to Nanning, seems you are getting used to “communicate” with locals now😂😂

If you Alipay were not working, get CASH with you ! They are just doing small business. Don’t take it for granted.

interesting

The translation app looks cool - what app is this?

You should come to Sweden. Black pudding, potato cakes, bacon and lingonberry jam. Best thing there is!

Yay, a fellow Canadian! I just love how adventurous you two are. Mmmmmmmm stinky tofu……you went for the strongest version….

Now this is an interesting and entertaining video about food culture in China in sharp contrast to shots of empty dormitories and disused farms. Good job 😊

南宁夜市的蒜蓉生蚝也很好吃的 还可以尝试一下路边随处可见的 南宁老友粉、 柳州螺蛳粉、桂林米粉 臭豆腐在中国各地也有不同的口味, 苏州的应该是最温和的版本, 臭豆腐炸至金黄色, 不加任何其他辅料, 沾一点平望辣酱即可

Alipay can't be used, maybe it's the phone card, because you didn't buy a phone card from Chinese mainland. China's calling card is to verify the identity of China people. But it can be used briefly for a few months. It is suggested to buy Hongkong or Macau cards in China, and some vendors selling calling cards can consult. Have some cash on you in case of emergency.

18:05 very considerate details, and if in India, they would put their hands into the juice and stir it

OMG I am from Nanning.... And i was home for the spring festival for 10 days! I would say that this is one of thr cities that has the most night markets in China! you can find affordable food and clothes. rememver to try the famous rice noodles!

Squid with curry sauce, try it when you can get it., it's a common street food in Hong Kong.

the gesture means 10, “十” in Chinese but that lady didn't notice that foreigners can't read it. glad you got it.

23:03 It's not coals, just round black and smooth surface rock.

The stinky tofu you got was a bad one. It’s supposed to be puffy on the inside and crispy on the outside, not soggy. Just a tip, buy from stalls that specialise in only one or two things, you’ll get better food this way

Stinky tofu is from Hunan Province. The old generations also don’t like it like my dad(70s). For them, it is the new and unusual thing.

I totally agree with you: the dragon fruit with a white core is tasteless haha... However, I don't think I have ever tried one with a red core... I love the one that is yellow on the outside, and very sweet on the inside and where I live, we import them from Colombia and it is called pitaya.

you guys are awesome. I was born in China and lived 30years there and never brave enough to try stink toufu😂😂😂

WOW Wonderful.. Cheers Dears...

Shannon越看越好看

好看，爱看

Good game .

Just notice, that is the market street right opposite my apartment!!! 😂

Alipay. Are you guys using Tourist card?

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I thought you guys were from Ireland lol... By Your accent!!

香农也用起了鲨鱼夹盘发，中国女孩特色

While you eating the squid.....he small boy came over to ask whether he can take photo with you!

那个善良的阿姨 让我又对中国人又希望了

The lady is very nice to give you the free food.

U can get a dragon fruits in the UK; definitely.I live in Essex and I always get dragon fruits from greengrocery.

I eat pork like that all the time, just salt and pepper though. So good.

Hahaha you are right. Stinky tofu is actually mouldy tofu

板凳😂

those are not langoustine, they are mantis shrimps, which are very popular during the summer.

It's just like chinese trying British Vieux Boulogne 😂

Never had black pudding myself but I like chicken-duck blood soup.

How comes you guys don’t buy drinks with the food?

No chance! That is my city!!! I just been before new year😂 Now I am back to the UK, watching you eating my favourite foods…Torture 😢

You are in Guangxi. You can go to Guilin in Guangxi. Guilin, located in the northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China, is a world-famous scenic tourist city and a famous historical and cultural city. It is one of the ethnic minority settlements in China and has beautiful natural scenery.😀

I helped you pay for that shop you couldn't pay for, haha, have fun!😁

Does it remind you of haggis?

That bipolar weather can be compared to Melbourne, Australia.

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"Have you guys tried having Old Friends Rice Noodles?"老友粉

后面的 脆皮五花肉 才好吃😂😂

Actually you can try to make the payment first, that would be less anxiety than you can’t make it afterward.

You cannot forget about street food😂

How brave to tried stinky tofu,, awesome people😂

There are different Stinky tofu in various areas of China So you may enjoy it more the yellow colored fried version. I think you are in Zhongshan. Roast pork belly and shiqi pigeon are some of the famous food for foreigners in that area.

Always good to try new things and interesting

Wowww £1.5 for that much octopus ❤❤! That is good deal

You know how much would cost for the grilled octopus in the restaurants in US? At least $15 for one of these on the skewer

I am guessing your digital payment is linked to your bank card, so it's a hit and miss, probably the authentication problem on the bank card side. If you are using Chinese bank, that's another story. Chinese block chain tech is very advanced, which is why the local digital payment works in a blink of an eye.

笑死我了，买臭豆腐的那里，跟老板比大拇指，结果说不好吃 no，哈哈哈哈哈哈哈

Nice street food market

Five spice often added .

Because the international card doesn't work for like "individual business", only works for registered companies, to avoid like money laundry.

Haggis??

stinky toufu is fried and is actually good. But the fermented amaranth stem is really bad. My mom steamed it with rice once separately, but it smelled so awful that I refused to eat the rice.

I'll be in China in 2 weeks. What translation app was used here? Which app would you recommend? I also have Alipay already downloaded but I'll prepare to pay with cash too. Thanks!

It seems like your experience in night food market in Xian was the best by far. Do you agree?

why not you guys test pay before order to avoid embrasment? some street food vender use personal qr code rather than commercial qr code that is why not support your credit card which bonded to your alipay.

That carrot u thought is actually intestine with vegetable stuff into it

hahahah, Stinky tofu. You should try the ones from restaurant, maybe. it tastes better.

The stinky tofu experience 😂 at least you've tried it now 😅

Alan says he never went to a place that the temperature fluctuates up and down in a few days...I don't think he has counted Scotland, where I've experienced 4 seasons in 1 round of golf! He must have got lucky and was indoors when it happened.

Great video! Are you guys going to colab with Gweilo60 in Nanning?

Some simple personel QR code,If u scan and pay with the credit card will face failure,Solving this problem you need charge some changes into ur alipay ,the balance in your accout paying these personel accout will be no problem.The business QR code scaning with ur ID card is no problem.Hope it helps ya nice couple.Peace

you guys accent are vely vely strong, i cant understand without subtitle.