I know this is gonna come up with this video so...in regards to Xi'an Famous Foods in NYC, I think their "burgers" are ok but everything else is very subpar. MUCH better noodles and Liang Pi elsewhere. New York Food Court and New World Mall just to name a few...

"Unfortunately, they only had hot oil here." Something I never thought I would hear on this channel.

Mike, after watching your video I told my friend to cancel all his plans the next day so we could try Joojak. It did not disappoint. We loved everything we tried! The owner admitted that business picked up a lot and at first they didn't know why. But people have been telling her, it is because you recommended it. Thanks so much!

That moment when you lived in Vancouver your whole life but still need Mike Chen to teach you where to eat....

Mike, I love how proud you are of your heritage and it's local cuisine. Keep doing what you're doing man. Huge fan.

Dude, we went to Joojak restaurant tonight and they were packed to the point were they had to turn people away. It looks like they've never been that busy before. Good job. Everyone in there was talking about your video about the restaurant haha. I even got the same seat as you with the cool background.

Hi Dumpling, I have lived in Vancouver for the last nine yrs, and I only heard the joojak restaurant until I watched your video! Shame on me. We went to the restaurant today, just as you expected, it was packed! The poor lady/owner was keeping saying sorry to the lined up customers and saying she didn't expect this at all! Then some guy mentioned that you posted this video here, then almost every other customer was nodding their head! Looks like they need to hire some helpers soon, currently the place is just a tiny family operation without any waiters, mamma pappa place not ready for the volume that your video pulled in. Food is authentic, lamb soup and koushui chicken were so good, we had to take the sauce back home! Thanks for your recommendation. Next time come to Vancouver, you should give us some opportunity to show our appreciation!:)

Joojak is definitely not very well known and you can easily drive by it without noticing it at all but it is a cut above the rest. The owner really knows her stuff and is very friendly and it definitely shows that she cares about her food. Glad you enjoyed Joojak Mike and welcome to Vancouver.

5:56 "Let's integrate the spice" That made me laugh so fricken hard😂😂😂 He looks so happy

u can clearly see that the last bun had the best quality

Your favorite food will always be the food that you grow up with. In this case, Mile loves and eats Xian all the time.

We went to Joojak Restaurant today (the last restaurant in your video) and it was fantastic! The food (we ordered everything you ordered) was great and the service was amazingly friendly. The owner and her daughter chatted with us a lot, luckily the restaurant wasn't too busy when we went. Thank you so much for the recommendation!

credits to the cameraman. somebody give this dude a food

I love how enthusiastic and passionate you are about food, especially food that's a part of your heritage. I'm Costa Rican myself and I can't tell you how much I relate to this with finding and analyzing claimed authentic food to see if it's truly Central American. Keep it up with the awesome videos :D

mike looks genuinely excited... like a kid on Christmas morning... he always loves food but... sparkle in the eyes with this video!!!

I have been eating at Xi’an cuisine for more than 10 yrs, and it’s my go-to every time I want to grab a bite. The owner even knows us!

I am eating here right now! Cumin lamb burger and cold noodles. Yummy orange soda.

I love when they're generous with their meat, too...

Thanks Mike! For reasons I won't disclose I experienced mid to late stage starvation in my early years. Now I can't get enough food. The weirder and wilder the better! Some day I hope to follow in at least some of your footsteps experiencing culinary bliss.

I live in San Diego. I went out of my way to find a Xian Restaurant here and it is now my favorite food, it is so good, so comforting. Thank you Mikey Chen!!!

So you may never see this because your videos are so popular, but if you could interview/question the chefs when you go out that would be awesome. Love the content keep it up

Anyone else live in Vancouver?

This place has lots of people now ever since you uploaded the video. I talked to the family and they're very happy and blessed for you uploading the video.

I Have been in many many cities all over the world, but I think Xi'an is probably the most beautiful I have EVER seen!

Oh you're from Xi'an, so that's where your love for spicy food comes from :D I once tried yangroupaomuo in xi'an, and it was such a huge bowl, and I could just eat half of it, and I normally eat a lot...

man you rock i started with you on beyond science, only just realized you have a food channel. a bro after my own heart spice always wins. 1000 thumbs up!

When I went to Xi'an, I ate at a place called 'First Noodle Under The Sun'. Their spinach noodle dish and biang biang noodle (not sure on spelling) were incredible!

Tf?? Did he just say "unfortunately, they only have hot oil"???? How ironic 🤔😂

3:58 probably the first time mike has ever used the words "unfortunately" and "hot oil" in the same sentence?

Are you going to visit any other authentic chinese restaurants in Vancouver? i moved here a few years ago but i haven't really explored the chinese food restaurants here xD;;

been waiting all day for this

Sometimes it's those little out of the way places that just leap up with the quality. I remember, oh it is almost 35 years ago when we moved to Victoria, we were told to go to this one particular place in China town. Yes, even Victoria has a China Town. The place looked like a little greasy spoon joint. Dull, drab. Old beat up furniture, dull beat up floor. Everything was clean, just blah. Then the food hit the table and we understood. Every penny went into making the best meal possible. We had the same experience years later at a place called Chez Nam in Ottawa. It was in a dingy basement,it was furnished in tasteless garage sale. Again, everything was clean, the staff were friendly and quick. The food was an explosion of freshness and yumminess. We would sit back at the end of a meal and just grin and pat our tummies.

LOVE YOUR VIDEOS 🌚 the way you eat is so satisfying😂

I've learned to watch mike only when I'm eating. This vid no exception.

I love this entire series! Also loving Mike Chen's personal channel. As a Eurasian, I'm immensely enjoying all these videos.

omg, watching your videos while being hungry is just a freaking torture! haha, love your videos X

Thanks for showing us Joojak restaurant! We are packing that place with Filipino people now! Delicious!

Before watching your videos, I thought I was doing a good job getting of my comfort zone. Damn was I wrong! I love trying different types of Chinese food but I've yet to try what you've shown in your video. Thanks for introducing us all this delicious food! I'll hit up these places soon! I'm only a stones throw away from Canada and go up on a frequent basis. 👍🏼

my first trip abroad was to Shanghai, we took a side trip to xi'an. It was awesome, so much delicious food, went to the muslin market, had great food for super cheap. was a great first abroad trip for me. Wish i knew mike was there before so i could get some insight, granted i had a great trip regardless

This is literally my favorite channel on KZfaq. Keep it up Mikey!

Just went to joojak for lunch; the food is superb and the service was amazing! So delicious. My friend and I had the same thing you had, and my god, so much flavour! I'm already looking forward to going there again. Thanks mike for the wonderful recommendation. What a great discovery!

you know its sichuan dish when its redder than an actual chili and literally swimming in it xD

I got all happy when I heard that crunch from that third joint. 😄

Mike, youre the only person I know that can enjoyably scarf down large quantities of food and still lust for more. So much love

i want someone who loves me as much as mike loves food 😂😂😂👏

Why am I watching this at 1 o'clock in the morning, I'm getting hungry

Love watching Mikey Chen. Added bonus ,watching his videos instantly calms my anxiety.

Have probably seen 200 or so of your videos. This has to be your best so far......a great comparative job of exceptional authentic food, rounded out by your close knowledge of Xi'an local dishes. Thanks!

I feel so full just watching this Mike's stomach is literally a bottomless pit

I saw you at Aberdeen centre!! I wanted to say hi but I didn't wanna interrupt you while u were filming.

I'm so jealous of u!!! How do u stuff so much and still be in shape!!! ENVY U IN Every WAY!!!

Mike looks so happy in this video

Went to Joojak restaurant yesterday, noodle and burgers were all sold out😂 But I tried the chilli chicken. It was amazing. And the owner was really friendly!

"Unfortunately, they only had hot oil here" hahaha unfortunately...good one

Those dishes, especially those at the last place looked absolutely DELICIOUS!

i love this guys vids man. hes just a genuine down to earth guy who loves food. what more can you ask for

Do a meet and greet in vancouver one day!

I just ate a big dinner (I eat late dinner) and now I'm hungry 😋

My mouth is watering! Couldn't believe I've never been to those places while I'm actually in Vancouver all the time!

Ever since I was a little kid, my favourite place to eat was at the Xi’An cuisine! The owners recognize us every time we go 😊

I miss your japan videos. When i watch it i feel like im experiexng japan myself. Superb content!!

You should come to Spain and search some of those amazing dishes! I want to eat those things but... u know, they're a little too far away from me lmao

Having lived in Yanliang (just outside Xi'an) for 5 years I agree that the food is the best .......... I loved the many local & farmers dishes ....... many nights I would eat noodle & Chinese Burger, if i went to local food outlets it would be Egg & Tomatoes, Broccoli & Garlic, Small Potato and Beef stew type dish, Ma La Dou Fu, Grilled Green Peppers etc. etc. making my mouth water as i recall each dish

I love your videos! Could watch them forever!!!

Maaan, I should have seen your video before I went to Vancouver... XD I was visiting Vancouver Chinatown with my parents and at the time we got hungry we were like at the farest corner of it and there were just some really shabby Chinese restaurants... Damn, looks like I gotta go again! ^^

What I want to know is.. How the hell do you eat so much and still look so good?

Looks great dude, what about sharing?

And I'm here microwaving leftovers.😢😢

i love your videos!! they really help me to remember to eat and keep focused on it (i have several disabilities that make that very difficult). you are a good presenter/reviewer and also have such a warm energy and good sense of humor! you always review such gorgeous looking food and do awesome challenges (: i have been subscribed since u and ur bro were still on the "double chen" channel and i am still a regular watcher and fan (:

I'm a Vancouverite...and sadly..I had no idea these places existed. Thanks so much for bringing them to light!

I am hungry

How long are you going by in Vancouver Canada 🇨🇦

Wow your editing is fantastic ! Great job and now I'm driving to Vancouver to snarf. Keep up the awesome videos!

Didn't even realise my mouth watering watching how you describe your food thats how interesting and flavourful you present to us..

You’re like the Gordon Ramsey of xian

welcome to vancouver! I have tried the last two places in your video, and 朱雀坊 is defiantly the most authentic one! The other one is clean and popular, but not as authentic as 朱雀坊 :D

Every Video Of You I watch make me feeling sastified just watching u eat

Vancouver is the prettiest city ever!! 😍😍😍

I'm in Toronto, will you be coming here? I need your reviews so I know the best places to go.☺

Early dumplings ? Where they at :D

Finally a few restaurants I can get to. Thanks Mike and safe travels

Great video Mike. This is one of the best videos you've done yet and I'm not even mad that you like this better than NYC

I was eating some instant noodles while watching this and trying to pretend I was eating the noodles in the video instead. T^T

i want someone to love me like mike loves meat and spicy food

K I’m so excited these are all places near my house, and are places I can actually try! Dreams come true!

My husband and I went to visit my parents in Shanghai in 2007 and while we were there we did some traveling to Beijing and Xi‘an. By far the best food we had during our entire month in China was in Xi‘an! The flavors were amazing and fragrant! Unfortunately in Kansas City, you don't find food from this area of China. I think I might have to try my hat at making your noodle recipe. I feel fortunate to have been able to travel to your birthplace! It is a gorgeous city and we soaked up all the culture and history we could along with some pretty great meals. Thank you for this video. It brought back some wonderful food memories.

Go to china and meet trevor james for this kind of foods 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏽👍🏽

13:51 Fatty - meaty , vinegary - spicy = S O U L M A T E S

hey mike thanks for the quality content! keep up the good work!

i wanted to state this out: ever sense i have been wathcing ur videos, ive been really interested in trying more asian dishes. im not a big meat person or noddle person, but every time i watch u eat them (especially the soup dumplings) i honestly really want to try it. you sir, are helping me try foods. thank you.

IDK why I do this to myself, a month ago I started eating low carb...doing a great job except I torture myself with these videos!!! good thing video carbs don't count. haha!!

errr I don't get I blinked and there are this many comments. guy I need to be first one day

love your honesty! keep up the good work.

You always teach me proper Chinese cuisine and eating.

Better than wendy's

"Vacouver" Bro, don't be one of them, you're clearly in Richmond

So glad you discovered some authentic dishes from home! I'll check them out!

Even though I've lived in Vancouver for 9 years, this was the first time I went to Joojak, thanks to you! And I was not disappointed! Did you try their wonton soup? Probably one of the best I've ever had!

Get ur map right Taiwan is not a part of China m8

Sorry but Taiwan IS NOT China, get over it.