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INSIDE A SUPERMARKET IN SHANGHAI, CHINA: Most Surprising Finds! (China Vlog 2019 上海)
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How different is a Chinese supermarket from what you know at home? If you have never been to Wallmart China, watch this video to find out!
If you are unsure what to do in Shanghai, a China supermarket tour is a great place to start - you'll discover a bunch of interesting things you won't find at your usual local supermarket and will get a better feel for Shanghai China! Shanghai travel has been one of the highlights of our China trip 2019 so far - if you want to learn more things to do in Shanghai, make sure to watch our China playlist.
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@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Hands up if you want some MEAT JUICE?! Thank you for watching this video, we appreciate that you are here. If you want to see more of Shanghai and China, please make sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on tomorrow's $1 street food tour of Shanghai! See you in the next one?
@maximilianlee2042 4 жыл бұрын
Naick & Kim hhhhh that’s not meat juice that’s snacks made by soy beans,, it’s just tast little bit like meat so...
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Yes people told us afterwards. They had us fooled haha.
@Wendy-je6se 4 жыл бұрын
You guys are so funny. Don't try those weird snacks, even me,as chinese,don't like them. Maybe new generation like?
@darkknight3274 4 жыл бұрын
MEAT JUICE actully is 豆干。it is just like bean product~~~
@jamesjian 4 жыл бұрын
Naick & Kim For the river crab , that is the best way to store the live crab and keep them healthy without fighting. If you keep them in the water. The ammonia Toxin will kill themselve
@katkrist6409 4 жыл бұрын
Those small packages, i think they are snacks made of soy beans, like dry Tofu. And those squids in the plastic bag are for cook.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Oh really? They fooled us haha.
@cliffleung5950 4 жыл бұрын
@@NaickKim yes
@xiaobai7069 4 жыл бұрын
@@NaickKim they are made of tofu with different flavors.
@tianniu4053 3 жыл бұрын
“素牛排 Vegetable Beef” is made by dry noodles.
@drxuinnz 4 жыл бұрын
Hi Naick and Kim, those turtles are not like the one you found in the sea. Those are growing in a pond, raised my farmers.
@anonnymouz6826 2 жыл бұрын
So wat????
@shmwmlam3953 11 ай бұрын
So it makes it ok?
@Nickywkd 21 күн бұрын
But why are they tied up? That is so cruel
@jeanneng8320 4 жыл бұрын
3:45 - fish heads sold separately. In Guangdong they make a soup with some Chinese herbs and the fish head. It is said to cure headache. 3:50 - that's called Softshell turtles. In Shanghai and Jiangsu province, what they do is steam it on top of sticky rice, with ginger、spring onion to take off the fishy smell. Unlike the normal turtle, the shell is soft and edible. 5:30 - In Guangdong we use the carrot to make soup - often 2 red carrots paired with 1 green carrot. 7:50 - that's dried bean curd with spice. 9:45 - In Guandong we cut the dried squid into smaller pieces and use it for cooking soup or steam it with minced pork. 12:00 - it is made from a plant called konjac. Because the texture resembles jellyfish, it is often used to replace jellyfish dishes for vegetarians. 12:20 - that's fried gluten. Anyway, it was fun watching you video and I'm glad you tried different Chinese snacks!
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Oh thanks a lot! Very useful :) Great guide! We were just joking about the carrots though haha. China is one of our favourite countries and really like the food. We are actually in Taiwan right now. How are you doing in Guangdong?
@jeanneng8320 4 жыл бұрын
@@NaickKim I am from HK. Yeah, I saw your latest vid. about having to stay quarantined in TW for 14 days. Hope you enjoy your trip in TW, and stay healthy. If you don't have a mask with you, avoid crowded places and cover your nose and mouth with a scarf of something similar to avoid being infected. Wash hands frequently esp. before you eat. Avoid touching or rubbing your nose, eyes, ears before washing your hands. One thing we learned in HK is to cover your toilet with the lid before you flush your toilet. Here in HK we have a couple of infections from people living on diff. floors from the same storey. Reports said the disease might have spread via the toilet when you make the flush, causing a swirl of air surrounding it, carrying tiny contaminated droplets from the toilet bowl to fly and float in the air.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Stay safe out there in HK! Thanks for the tips!
@anhaoblahblahhh9747 4 жыл бұрын
You guys are so cute! I can’t believe you successfully made a Chinese person watched a foreign couple shopping in Shanghai supermarket from start to the end, and smiling like all the time.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Hahaha thank you!
@slightlyoffthebeatentrack7322 4 жыл бұрын
I really like going to supermarkets in other countries - for this reason. You learn so much! The first time I went to a supermarket in China I couldn't believe my eyes with half the things we found!
@billlau1788 4 жыл бұрын
As Chinese, now studying in Australia, I find the vegetables like potato, eggplant are quite big in China while the leaf vegatable is quite small in China, I think that should be the little difference in species of plant. Only genetic modified cotton and papaya are allowed to be plant in China, rice and corn are under experiment, soy bean, corn, cotton, beet and conola oil these 5 GM plant are allowed to be imported into China. Most those need to be weighted snacks are made by soy bean in chilli oil. The dry squid, some people use that for soup, since just need a small part can provide huge umami. Hope tihis can answer some of your questions and Have a nice trip in China~
@katkrist6409 4 жыл бұрын
Hi Naick and Kim, the turtle in the video is a farmed Trionyx sinensis. It is a kind of soft-shelled turtle. Trionyx sinensis becoming a farmed animal in China can be traced to the last Century. In 1975, the queen of the Netherlands needed 2 tons of soft-shelled turtles for a big dinner, and a small town located in Hunan Provience where you have been to provided the turtles to Netherlands. And since then, that small town has started to develop this business. I have read this story from somewhere, I don't know if it is true or not. But i think it is interesting to share.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Very interesting! We've never had turtle before. 2 tons of turtles, wow haha!
@katkrist6409 4 жыл бұрын
@@NaickKim Turtle soup used to be popular in America and the world. But now they are rarely showing up on the dining table because they've eaten too many. A 2016 article analyzed why Turtle soup disappeared. I was surprised to know that, although i live in America and have been to other countries, i 've never seen turtle dish.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
I've never seen turtle dishes anywhere in the world. Would be curious to know about the taste though!
@chjin1796 4 жыл бұрын
@@NaickKim kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mcCAf9dh1MvYiaM.html This video show you how to cook it.
@MadyshoneTristene 2 жыл бұрын
@@NaickKim That's not a turtle, not a turtle. It's a turtle. Crustaceans. The shell is soft, not hard.
@colinyuan5404 4 жыл бұрын
when i went abroad, i also like to visit local supermarket, because i think that's the most fastest way to know how local people enjoy their normal life.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, we really love it. Just wandering around, marvelling at the strange things you find.
@tigerking1974 4 жыл бұрын
This couple is really having a whale of a time in China. Lives are much enriched by seeing a different culture. Enjoy.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@xiaoyo8200 4 жыл бұрын
Chinese in Belgium watching your video now; really missing the food and everything 😭😭
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Oh haha I can imagine that. The Chinese food in Belgium is nowhere near what they have here. Where do you live in Belgium?
@xiaoyo8200 4 жыл бұрын
Naick & Kim Leuven. Studying here now ☺️
@hvvy4834 4 жыл бұрын
The crabs with strings are actually famous Shanghai Crab called Dazhaxie(大闸蟹), it’s the season for it and maybe you can try the restaurants which famous for Dazhaxie:) ( but I really agree it’s sad to see them cannot move:( ... There are also some great Vegan restaurants! Btw the speaker is talking about “The milk is on sale! Buy one and one for free” 😆 The little packages you guys bought are mainly made from Soybeans (Similar as Tofu )
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the translation! Should've gotten ourselves a great deal on milk! We'll try to find a good crab restaurant ;) We're not vegan or vegetarian, we just thought it was a bit sad to see them tied up like that. It seems a bit unnecessary in our opinion.
@AmbientWalking 4 жыл бұрын
2:02 Dried salted fish is used quite a lot in different dishes; you need to first chop it up into small parts and then soak them overnight so that they rehydrate. It is then used in stir fry dishes, the most famous one being with bean sprouts. It's a pretty Chinese classic dish. You can also use them in soups, and in all situations where you need a bit of a fishy taste to something. If I'm not wrong, the fish you're holding is not only dried, but also heavily salted.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Oh wow thank you for the info! Yes it looked so white that I think it may have been salted too. I don't think we've had any dishes with that type of dried, salted fish in them but I would like to try one :) does it still taste very salty once it has been rehydrated? I guess so
@AmbientWalking 4 жыл бұрын
@@NaickKim Yes. You can never ever get rid of the salty taste and that's why you never need to add salt to any dish with preserved fish or vegetables or shrimp and the reason why it's used in soup stocks so much is precisely because the combined taste of salt + something else brings a new flavour to the stock.
@JustinLKX 4 жыл бұрын
Chinese in Singapore here. We use dried squid to cook soup. It does give the soup a really rich and nice taste as compared to soup without squid. Oh and we do cook our soup about 4-5 hours.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Wow, that is a pretty long time! When are you making the next batch of soup and what time should we be there?
@nimiaolegemide 4 жыл бұрын
no, you can have your wechat acc with out a chinese bank. The visa card is also available but can only be used for normal shops.But It is not possible to recharge your personal WeChat account. You can't transfer the money from the WeChat account to your bank acc. In the WeChat account, you are free to transfer money to individuals or businesses without any processing fees, but ordinary consumers have a daily limit. You can also exchange cash with other people without using any bank acc, and let them transfer the money to your WeChat account.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
We tried to have it, but I think it's not possible anymore. Now you cannot just activate the pay function like you used to. We tried different methods but they didn't work.
@kingofapex9493 4 жыл бұрын
Just watching your videos alone, makes me like Belgium already. You guys are really fun to watch.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
That's incredible to hear, thank you! The other Belgian people are pretty nice, too ;) you should visit Belgium sometime. We have beer, chocolate and fries. We're basically heaven :D
@joshualiuck 4 жыл бұрын
Squid dried can do it when BBQ or you can put it for one of ingredients of soup.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
cool, thanks for letting us know Joshua!
@peterzhou372 4 жыл бұрын
The first spicy jelly one you tried is called Konjac jelly, made from some kind of plants that looks like taro. Konjac jelly can be made in all different shapes and flavors in different Asian countries. The thing that Kim thought was fish was actually dried tofu or dried bean curd, which are really popular. Google translate doesn’t always work the best when using it on food packages. Make some Chinese friend who can speak good English and take them with you :p that may be a better idea.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Great idea :) We asked the hotel receptionist about some things afterwards and she explained us about some of the things.
@javiersosa3368 4 жыл бұрын
Tha would be the best thing to have, a Chinese friend to help out, but too expensive LOL. They'll would have to pay all his needings
@freedemo1115 4 жыл бұрын
Now it’s the season to eat crabs. I suggest you try to find a restaurant in Shanghai. The special thing is that there are many ways to cook it.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Oh we didnt know that. What's your favourite way?
@freedemo1115 4 жыл бұрын
@@NaickKim watch this for your better understanding kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m9SVd5NkrruvfWw.html
@freedemo1115 4 жыл бұрын
I like the way of steaming, which preserves the savory taste of crabs in the best way.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing, we'll be on the look out!
@jeanneng8320 4 жыл бұрын
3:15 - Those crabs came from the ponds around Shanghai、Suzhou、Jiangsu area. Sept and Oct are the best time for such crabs, which another name for it is "Shanghai hairy crabs". Yes, it is quite sad to know they are living, but the truth is you don't purchase once it's dead because it will develop bacteria very quickly and you may get food poisoning easily. So when we purchase these crabs even up to before we cook it, we make sure it is still alive. I know this sounds scary though...
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info! We also cook the crabs and lobsters alive in Belgium. We were just surprised to see them tied up like that.
@caryzhang9371 4 жыл бұрын
you are so cute to tried those snacks, indeed I don't eat that at all, there are many other delicious snacks in China, but not bad experience. LOL
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Agreed haha. We liked Chinese food a lot, these snacks are one of the few things that we did not really like ;)
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Thank :) The food is soooo good in China. Really miss it already!
@michaelhan8916 4 жыл бұрын
When the girl called dried grape into “might be some Chinese shrimp with no eyes” .... I was eating and Laughed hard. And then she confused carrots with eggplant ... lol ...
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, we were just joking around. Glad you enjoyed it Michael.
@darkknight3274 4 жыл бұрын
yeah ,she is so cute,when she said Chinese shrimp with no eyes...i totally confused.....it is just a dried grape......lol
@AmbientWalking 4 жыл бұрын
9:35 Dried cuttlefish is commonly used as an ingredient for soup stocks. Basically, you need to chop it up into small strips before adding it to the stock. In Southeast Asia, it is also quite popular as something you would BBQ till it's kinda crispy and you eat it as a snack. You BBQ first and cut it into strips. But I suspect that the Chinese also do eat it as a snack.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info, that makes sense!
@iseeflowers 4 жыл бұрын
You usually soak the squid in water for a certain period of time and it will be soften. Then you can cut it into small pieces to stir fry with vermicelli noodles or vegetable dishes. It is mostly used in soup to make the soup more flavorful and tastier.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Sounds good 😏👍🏻
@jimtso9802 4 жыл бұрын
The package Kim held up is a snack made of soybean. The Chinese on the package says "vegetarian steak".
@devend8282 4 жыл бұрын
Welcome to China - from a Chinese student who is currently studying tourism in the UK. My hometown is in JiangSu Province, 90 minutes driving from ShangHai. Really want to be your local guide in China honestly ~
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Ow thank you, that is so kind of you! We have left China already, but maybe next time we take you up on the offer? ;)
@devend8282 4 жыл бұрын
@@NaickKim Brilliant ahhh~ enjoy your upcoming journey, love your channel so much.
@maximilianlee2042 4 жыл бұрын
those crabs tight up there are the most famous crab in china and the price is more expensive than others. and now it’s the season to eat that, the reason why tight there first is won’t hurt or lose legs, second they do have a ID card to certify and third is easy for us buy and steam it,, many people can’t handle a crab if not tight 😂
@maximilianlee2042 4 жыл бұрын
And those dried fish and seafood even that poor turtle is for boil soup🥘
@maximilianlee2042 4 жыл бұрын
All that spicy snacks made by flour, soybeans or konjac 😂😂😂
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Oh we didn't know it was a delicacy. We'll have to try it then.
@tigerlily6668 4 жыл бұрын
The dried squid is for cooking soup, or make broth.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@gemao6581 4 жыл бұрын
All the dry seafood (fish, squids) you see are used to make soup-stock.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Interesting! Too bad we didn't get a chance to try it, maybe next time we are in China 😊 thanks for watching and letting us know!
@afunguynamedkawhi7959 4 жыл бұрын
Wal-Mart is not popular in China at all. The French chain Auchan is much better but the local chains are getting more and more competitive.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Carrefour seemed to also be popular in Beijing. And much nicer than Walmart.
@tigerlily6668 4 жыл бұрын
You haven’t seen the Korean unions and cabbages (the kimchi cabbage) they are humongous, they look a bit scary 😅
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Haha, we missed those.
@user-we3wy1so4o 4 жыл бұрын
You guys are cool and positive. It is very interesting to follow your journey around the world. Thank you for the video! Good luck and good health! From Russia with love.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot Ivan! Lots of love to Russia!
@Powerfulpork 4 жыл бұрын
It’s actually interesting to see you guys tasting those snacks. The small packages with rubbery textures are compressed flavored tofu, that’s why if has flavors like meat juice or spicy. The kiss burn and the small tiny sticks are flavored glutens which snapped differently. Really enjoying your videos, keep it up and enjoy your trip in China.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info! We had no clue what it was. Seems we liked the flavored gluten best. The small sticks (weilong I think?) were pretty good. What's your favourite?
@Powerfulpork 4 жыл бұрын
Naick & Kim I grow up eating all those, I cant stop eating the kiss burn as snacks🙈🙈🙈🙈the compressed tofu I normally have it while having dinner, I make salad with it from time to time. Weilong is like a delicacy for kids growing up in the 90s, cause it might cause half of our pocket money when I was in primary school, but yeah, I love all of those, hard to pick a favorite. Oh yeah, the one jelly like stuff I think the first one you tried is Konjac pudding or konjac tofu depend on how you shape it, a lot of people say it super food cause it’s actually 0 carb, but well it’s the crunchy jelly texture that made a lot of Chinese ppl crazy about it. I am really happy to see you guy trying it.
@rtgtx 4 жыл бұрын
Bulk food items are not an uncommon idea in the US. You can find them in most grocery stores even in Whole Foods which is considered as a high-end place.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Yes that's right. It's a good way of saving on all the packaging and buying what you need.
@YuPunTangJacky 4 жыл бұрын
We use the dried squid to make soup in Guangdong.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Oh, sounds nice!
@rtgtx 4 жыл бұрын
You do not need a Chinese bank account to open a wechat account. Wechat is a social media app with a payment function and many more. You can open a Wechat account only for social media purpose. If you want to use the payment function, you can link your account with your non-Chinese credit card (note: credit card). It works the same say as Paypal.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
It's true that you can open a wechat account. But unfortunately you cannot use a foreign credit card for wechat pay.
@julioduan7130 4 жыл бұрын
Most of the snacks which you thought were meat, are made of soybean.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Oh really? We didn't know that haha. They had the same texture as meat though.
@jongsonho8543 4 жыл бұрын
the best one 小面筋 you said at 12:55 is particularly popular in China, its name is 辣条 LaTiao, its taste is mix sweet, spicy and tenacity, it brings special feeling for teeth masticating. I love it very much! I had been to many countries on my business trip, I found that google translator is not very good at Chinese translation, but it's better than none, LOL
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Yes it was the best one. Google translator is not very good indeed for Chinese.
@beautifuldream108 4 жыл бұрын
This trip is to learn more as you are traveling in foreign country. Respect peoples' culture as all human should. All human is the same, some like it, others might not just because is foreign, but foreign should not think is foreign because you are just human.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
That is true!
@song74uiuc 4 жыл бұрын
I don't think China has approved many GMO crops yet, especially fresh produces
@AmbientWalking 4 жыл бұрын
6:43 These are single servings of all kind of meat products and the reason why it's so popular is because in Asia we eat a lot of instant ramen, especially Cup Noodles, and basically, you will pop one of these bags and add it to the cup noodle so that you get an upsized meal. I am of course, against all kinds of single use plastics, so yeah. Imagine the amount of these plastics that are being used in China everyday. Mind-boggling.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info! Yes, the plastic use is quite excessive here. Even getting a small piece of cake gets you a big plastic container AND a plastic bag.
@AmbientWalking 4 жыл бұрын
@@NaickKim It really is the worst thing ever. I think governments need to come together and literally agree on banning single use plastic LIKE RIGHT NOW or else there's no planet Earth in one century. The main problem with these thin strips of plastic (and especially the ones with aluminium foil on the inside) is that it cannot be recycled!
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
@@AmbientWalking very true. Europe is making some progress in that respect already but not (fast) enough I guess. But in Europe single use plastics aren't consumed nearly as much as in China. It's crazy how everything just seems to come in layers of plastic bags here...
@AmbientWalking 4 жыл бұрын
@@NaickKim I think France is banning it completely soon, and I hope everyone is going to follow. The Americans suck at this too. Just imagine the amount of packaging that goes out with the post from Amazon!
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
True! We need to find ways to make our society less wasteful.
@user-vj6jc7bl1k 4 жыл бұрын
wallmart is not running very well in china.many wallmart supermarkets have been shut down.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
I can see why, compared to some other super markets we saw, they were not as nice.
@OReeLai 4 жыл бұрын
Crabs are tied up for a reason: less movements, less weight(meat) loss..
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info.
@sdpetersun8717 4 жыл бұрын
@@NaickKim There is a small mistake. The point isn't weight loss. The yellow meat of crab(huang蟹黄) will be expended first. But some techniques of remaining the yellow meat by refrigeration is researched nowadays.
@Ivan-zm8kv 4 жыл бұрын
oh man... it's for keeping them alive. Dead crabs can't be eaten. If you want to store crabs at home for a couple of days (around 3 days) and you don't want to put them in your bathtub , you can tie them up, put them in the refrigerator and cover them with a slightly wet rag (any thin breathable cloth).
@efgabc2701 4 жыл бұрын
I really miss supermarket in China. sooo many things. in Germany there are few types of vegetables
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Yes the supermarkets are incredible here.
@allysonthomas6453 3 жыл бұрын
Loved the video and your adventurous trial of those foods
@unlostbro5694 4 жыл бұрын
That kind of Crabs is kind of land type ,so it can live without water or little water for a long time .
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Oh we didn't know that, thanks for the info.
@hollyji7866 4 жыл бұрын
you two just so adorable, hahaha , glad you had the guts to explore China~~~
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
haha thank you! That's nice to hear :)
@RuohongZhao 4 жыл бұрын
Those sizes of vegetables are perfectly normal in America, oh, sorry I forgot you guys came from Europe. Wink ;)
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Haha. Vegetables are a lot smaller in Belgium. Maybe they are just different varieties. We've never been in a supermarket in the US, so no idea what it is like there.
@user-hr7ig7qp7d 4 жыл бұрын
it's kind of dry toufu with flavor source~
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info!
@gengliu1270 4 жыл бұрын
I think most vegies and fruits are non GMO products. China only gave GMO licenses to Papaya and Cotton, and imported Soy beans. Although I don't think the carrots you saw were organic. The turtles Chinese would eat are river turtles. In my impression no one eat sea turtles. The chinese believe that it is difficult to tell dead/frozen animals like fish, crabs and turtles are edible or not, so live ones are better choices. I think all those animals come from factories instead of nature.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Interesting, thank you for sharing your insights! Yeah those carrots looked a bit too 'perfect' to be organic
@hermitzhang7073 4 жыл бұрын
that is not the turtle in the ocean, it is called water fish，they are living in the fresh water, Chinese people ate those for thousand of years.You don't know about it yet
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info!
@naickberden8638 4 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite things to do in any country we visit is walking around in a local supermarket! Such an interesting experience here in China 😊👌🏻
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Definitely! Especially the meat snacks (lol) and the fresh fish department :)
@tamaradewalque7366 4 жыл бұрын
I prefer the Carrefour instead of those chinese "stuff". Next time when I recieve some stuff from my chinese colleages I know where to drop it! 🤣
@drxuinnz 4 жыл бұрын
Those are not meat snacks. Those are vegetarian meat. Made from beans, kind like dried bean curds.
@flyerzy 4 жыл бұрын
Those square snacks that look like meat are dried tofu.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
They had us fooled!
@yezhang2876 4 жыл бұрын
You are a so cute couple! I like you and hope you enjoyed your travel in China.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Aw thank you! We loved our time in Chin 😊🙏🏻
@jennyz4343 4 жыл бұрын
草，自闭了，我都不知道原来上海已经可以自助扫描了:)Thanks for sharing the self scan machine lol
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
you are welcome Jenny! Thank you for watching :)
@user-dw6pv9dp9e 4 жыл бұрын
我是平潭的，最多也就四线城市，超市也都普及自助结账了😂😂
@jennyz4343 4 жыл бұрын
@@user-dw6pv9dp9e 你们什么时候普及的呀，羡慕你们南方发展那么快，我一个北方省会城市逐渐失去姓名。)
@user-dw6pv9dp9e 4 жыл бұрын
@@jennyz4343今年 7、8月份开始的
@user-dw6pv9dp9e 4 жыл бұрын
@@jennyz4343 十几年前我这里还是贫困县😂因为离台湾近成了国家重点发展的城市，开始慢慢摆脱贫困县的称号😂
@ztan5 4 жыл бұрын
That giant dry squid can be slow cooked with pork ribs as soup and you will be amazed how delicious it is. Lol.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Squid with pork ribs? We've never seen that combination. But we would live to try it!
@user-hv8fw1hb1n 4 жыл бұрын
Some snacks are delicious, while others are terrible.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, it was good to try a few of them.
@rayvit8155 4 жыл бұрын
I barely have tried these snacks ever, most of them aren't worth to eat. Fruit is better to be snack, btw there are some air dried fruits in supermarkets, e.g. dry jack fruit, durian, can never be found in Europe.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Yes we did see the dried fruits, but we're not such a big fan of them.
@hangzeng1491 4 жыл бұрын
These tofu and gluten snacks are made to taste like meat flavour, partially because of the lack of meat supply in Chinese history, and also partially to meet the needs of some vegetarians. By the way, the Chinese people pursue fresh ingredients(including animals). No affense, I understand your compassion for these suffering animals, but that's also the price for eating so delicious Chinese food.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
We understand the need for having animals alive. We too have live lobsters and crabs in Belgium and both of us eat them too. They are just not tied up completely, but are in aquariums.
@hangzeng1491 4 жыл бұрын
@@NaickKim The crabs were tied up, just to prevent their escaping during the journey from market to the kichen, and more importantly, to prevent the isolation when they're steamed (what another sad story).
@ck5056 4 жыл бұрын
6:54 is vegan steak（素牛排 su niu pai）with cumin
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Oh really? We thought it was real meat! We did taste the cumin in it though :) thank you for letting us know!
@julioduan7130 4 жыл бұрын
Naick & Kim it is made by soybean.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
@@julioduan7130 never would have guessed, thank you!
@tsotnegurashvili Жыл бұрын
Hi, I understand that 150,000+ people enter Chinese grocery stores every month, why aren't there so few people, what caused this?
@babypandajixiao9935 4 жыл бұрын
Hah you guys should try these out.Chinese snacks are really unique
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Yes they are. The weilong (I think they are called) are really good. For the other ones, we're not that used to the flavours, so we might have to get used to them.
@jiangbo340 4 жыл бұрын
with the dry fish，you steam it or boil it
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info.
@iseeflowers 4 жыл бұрын
The dry fish is salt fish. You soak them and steam it with ginger. I am not sure which type of salt fish you are holding. But some salt fish can be used in eggplant clay pot or stir fried rice. These dishes are common in Chinese Restaurants.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Don't think we have had them but then again a lot of times we're not really sure what we are ordering in China if we can't translate it 😃
@Vuri_ 4 жыл бұрын
You guys are giving me life 😂😂
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, thanks!
@shanshan-wj7of 4 жыл бұрын
So cute, mini dry shrimp
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Haha yes.
@darkknight3274 4 жыл бұрын
LOL Feel the impact of different cultures~~~~~~~~~~~enjoy it ...
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Lincoln, we enjoyed it a lot!
@rosebud6339 4 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, actually they are one of the kinds of Tofu, made of soybeans but have a similar taste of real meat because they are full of protein. It's very traditional in China and it's total vegetarian. Recently those human-made meat companies like Beyond Meat are very famous, the 'meat' they develop is very similar to this kind of tofu.
@Georgiapyro 4 жыл бұрын
The guy with the shopping in the background with a cart 9 seconds into the video 🤔
@ppphhh1594 4 жыл бұрын
6:20, That is duck wings XD
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Oh we didn't know, thanks.
@pengchengqiu5443 4 жыл бұрын
these small pack snacks are sold by weighting
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Yes the store lady weighed them all for us 😊
@roginac4796 4 жыл бұрын
The small pack is doufu. haha!
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
They fooled us haha.
@user-ig8ox2ih5r 4 жыл бұрын
I recommend you to have hot pot and Peking duck.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks. We actually did. Here is the hot pot video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hq6BeM-XsrPIlXU.html And here is the peking duck: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jZOgZNapnJizeH0.html
@joeonn7165 4 жыл бұрын
You can use wechat pay without a bank account . Just ask someone exchanged for you
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
It's not possible to activate the pay function anymore now. Or at least that is what we found.
@simongu6906 4 жыл бұрын
the crab is so sad but delicious
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Hahaha ;)
@chinaswitzerlandconnection7438 3 жыл бұрын
dried squid. put it in the microwave, slice it. it's the best!
@NaickKim 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tip!
@liangwang4448 4 жыл бұрын
I amChinese.let me explain to you about the crab alive.because it's river crab.different from the sea crab.the river crab can't eat when they are death before you cook it
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the explanation!
@DDevil53 4 жыл бұрын
those are actually tofu I think.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Yes indeed, we found out later.
@waynet8953 4 жыл бұрын
The crabs fight if untied and can pull each other "arms" off.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Makes sense then!
@yug5156 4 жыл бұрын
You don't need a chinese bank account to use wechat, at least not for transactions of smaller sums.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
We didn't manage to get it working. Since 2019 it is not possible anymore to activate Wechat pay without a Chinese bank. Or that is at least what our experience is.
@parisqs 4 жыл бұрын
Those are not meat, but artificial meat or "vegetable meat" made from beans, like tofu, only way dryer and taste like meat.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info! We indeed found out later haha.
@xianxianzhang3195 4 жыл бұрын
Explore china more，you may get more viewers. like your vedio very much.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts!!
@user-be2cb9xf2x 4 жыл бұрын
hahahahahah love u videos, make my day
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching.
@glw238 4 жыл бұрын
Welcome two to visit Zhejiang, China!
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
谢谢
@fengxia1570 4 жыл бұрын
Aww, you guys are cute❤️ home sick...
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Haha thanks 😉
@jerrygreen5360 4 жыл бұрын
welcome to China, it is a big country, i wish u adopt fast into local culture,thanks!
@Qwertyl6996 4 жыл бұрын
Dried seafoods is common all over asia.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Yes that is true! They are great for giving flavour.
@Qwertyl6996 4 жыл бұрын
@@NaickKimactually its dried with salt to preserve it.as most people didnt have refrigerator till mid 19th century.
@pengchengqiu5443 4 жыл бұрын
these are all called Mianjin, made of vegetable protein
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Interesting! We honestly believed google translate that it was meat (or meat juice 😋)
@linjin9686 4 жыл бұрын
look at this carrot, it's huge. hahahahaha
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Biggest carrot ever! Are they also this big in your supermarket?
@linjin9686 4 жыл бұрын
@@NaickKim smaller carrots are actually sweeter, seriously
@timetime8832 4 жыл бұрын
Wal-Mart is a supermarket for the elderly in China
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Hahaha ;)
@timetime8832 4 жыл бұрын
@@NaickKim Alibaba's Hema grocery supermarket ，go this one
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tip!
@xiaobai7069 4 жыл бұрын
totally wrong.
@ch1kusoo 4 жыл бұрын
@@timetime8832 I am going to assume Hema takes Alipay only?
@kingofapex9493 4 жыл бұрын
that squid is like beef jerky, but the squid version.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Oh really, so you do eat it just like that? Super interesting! If we would have known this then we would have bought some to try. So you just eat it straight out of the package, without anything else? Thanks for watching!! :)
@kingofapex9493 4 жыл бұрын
@@NaickKim On second thought, I'm not so sure. Because there are two kinds of it, one is like snack, another is for cooking. I guess you can tell which is which by the stuffs around it.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
@@kingofapex9493 then maybe this one was more for cooking. It wasn't really in the snack department anymore, it was in one of the other isles. I guess we'll never know in this particular case :) they did have some cuttlefish next to it that were a lot smaller, maybe those are the snacking kind?
@shine5291 4 жыл бұрын
@@NaickKim Hey, u r right, those dried squids r for cooing(it's better not try to eat them derelictly, if u don't wanna vist dentist after it😉, because they are as hard as rock and as salty as ocean before soaking in water) , most likely a part of ingredients in some soup dishes. U will find this kind of common recipe in most of southern China cities for example Guangzhou, Shenzhen when u guys next time going to there. By the way, Ur vedios r awesome! First of all Ur Pingyao Vedio has caught my eye, that is my home town😊. Love you guys, all the best have a wonderful time travelling.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Jianrui! We really loved Pingyao. So much culture and beautiful buildings there. Do you live in the old town?
@eyeofthetiger6002 4 жыл бұрын
Those vegetables definitely don't look normal size! Lol
@hermitzhang7073 4 жыл бұрын
it is not meat with juice,it is tofu products which imitate the taste of the meat
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Yes indeed. They had us fooled haha!
@billlau1788 4 жыл бұрын
THE TURTLE is Chinese softshell turtle, have to say, that's really delicious XDDDD and all these turtles are farmed just like other meat resources. I think eating sea turtles is illeagal in all countries?!
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
As far as I know, yes!
@z3020979 4 жыл бұрын
No....... Most of the fishes you see are farm animals, including turtle. These are raised by human to be eaten. They are not caught in the wild...... Just like you raise cow for beef.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
But we don't tie the cow up alive and put it in the supermarket until someone buys it, is what I was trying to say 😉
@xinliu8472 4 жыл бұрын
cute couple, nice videos!
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
thank you! :)
@cyl7934 4 жыл бұрын
Most of the snacks you picked are dry tofu not meat, lol
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Haha. If only we could read Chinese!
@onkycui 4 жыл бұрын
这种小螃蟹才好吃，吃它的黄。在上海有，最出名的蟹黄店，吃螃蟹
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
这种螃蟹是上海的特产吧？ 我们还没有尝试过
@onkycui 4 жыл бұрын
@@NaickKim ‘大闸蟹’ ----是江苏省苏州市特产，但就在上海边上，所以在上海有专门吃螃蟹的店，不要错过。这个季节是吃蟹最好的季节，挑个好一点的餐厅，享受一顿蟹黄宴吧。期待你们下次的吃螃蟹的视频 ：-)
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
@@onkycui 明天实际上将是1美元街头小吃的视频，但我们一定会在寻找那些螃蟹:)
@onkycui 4 жыл бұрын
@@NaickKim 期待你们品尝好吃的中国美食，而不是超市里面买的这些零食。
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
我们同意...
@my_vlog2 4 жыл бұрын
These crabs and turtles are ready to pick, so they need to be tied, they set low tempreture make them sleeping, so they dont feel uncomfortable, i hope.
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
We'll need to invent a crab mind reading machine for that!
@sakimori_mirai 4 жыл бұрын
in fact those are soft-shelled turtle in artificial culture，not turtle in the sea，so its different，chinese eat soft-shelled turtle，but dont eat turtle
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info! Still sad to see the little guys tied up like that at the supermarket though...
@Dawson2011H 4 жыл бұрын
You can’t find those items in Walmart here in US :)
@NaickKim 4 жыл бұрын
Oh really? We've never been to a walmary in the US before.
@Dawson2011H 4 жыл бұрын
Naick & Kim Walmart in US is a department store, food selection is relative small. Usually we go to super market to buy food where you have more choices for food.
@alexhu7939 4 жыл бұрын
Dawson Winter Walmart has a relatively new type of stores that is exactly a supermarket, and bigger ! We have one in our neighborhood.
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