Derk: I’m so full. I can’t eat any more. Also Derk: I’m finishing off the rest of the dumplings.

The lady that served and prepare your Malatang’s is so nice.

The boss is such a active and extrovert lady, it's so comfort having a small talk to person with that personality

I am a German living in Australia and to see a German and an Australian in China is so wholesome xD It’s especially funny when you know all three cultures yourself.

Derk adds a real nice dimension to the vlogs! His comment about how can food be this good and so cheap is really worth thinking about though. Cost of living differences aside, I think it's strange that all of us have been conditioned to think that good food needs to be expensive.

you cant imagine how many times i come back for this video!!!!!!! Mid summer night, pouring rain, lovely couple, warm family style shops. its like a Chinese version of 'A Rainy Day in New York' or we should call it 'A Rainy Day in Changchun'? Such a vibe i love it so so much.

Amy and Derk are the perfect couple, because Derk is left-handed, so they both eat a bowl of food together with chopsticks and seem to be in harmony😋

Your boyfriend is very affectionate with his love for you. I have never seen a German so expressive with PDA.

I love Derk's reactions 😂, I wish Amy could take him on more food adventures and 多撒狗粮.

Hope Derk can appear regularly on this channel. He would be a natural addition for 2nd-opinion on the content!

This is not even a standard restaurant but the lady boss service level and passion for food is on another level. Put this place to my to-visit list for next adventure back to China

The main difference is that Malatang is like buffet that you can choose different ingredients as many as you want with sesame source added. Mixian is that you eat whatever chef makes for you, and it definitely has rice noddle in it, where Malatang doesn't have to.

Congratulations on successfully making Derk a Chinese food lover. 😁

He's good.. he's a keeper!! He learns fast too!!

It's impressive how you slip into Chinese accents and German and then back to east coast Aussie. My mouth was watering when you described the flavour of the dish. The family at the restaurant was so lovely.

you can easily tell that Amy is much much more happier when she is sharing the food with her boyfriend ❤️

Goodness, Amy, that man is a keeper. Down to earth, and very respectful. Hope you both will be happy always!

Derk is such a lovely and genuinely nice guy! And I love how he reacted to the food, he's very open-minded and adventurous. Love you two together, and Amy, you just couldn't stop smiling when you're with Derk, and I don't think anyone can blame you for that, I mean what a great guy! Thanks for a great video, and stay safe!

wow, this guy has a great sense of humor. really brought smiles to my face. hope you two enjoy life in changchun.

You and Derk together are super synergistic! Love that Derk is open to trying anything and everything. He should try Chongqing spicy hot pot as the Spice King

"wherever I go with you, the food is awesome" - life goals

Derk: I'm too full. I'll have ONE bite of the dumplings. Also Derk: *(proceeds to eat most of the basket)* 🤣🤣🤣

when you see so many pictures of streets in his cellphone you can tell Derk is in a new comer exploration phase 😄

It’s so sweet how every location you visit has wholesome nice welcoming people that show you the culture

Lol he's so adorable when he smiles and is speaking Chinese and trying so hard, then goes right back to eating. lol you guys are so cute together I hope you have a very happy life together forever and ever! :)

Would love to see more videos of Derk learning and speaking Chinese.

It was such a warm experience. I'm really happy you enjoyed it. Northeasterners treasure rainy days, especially when you paying a visit to some place or someone. It carries two meanings, 1. 洗尘 meaning "dust off and get rid of the tiredness " 2. 留客天 meaning "God/fate wants you to stay longer (to enjoy the hospitality of the hosts)". There is a wording game regarding the 2nd meaning. Try adding punctuations in the following sentence "下雨天留客天留我不留", then you will get very different meanings, such as 1.下雨天留客，天留我不留。 2.下雨天留客，天留我？不留。 3.下雨天留客，天留我不？留。 4.下雨，天留客；天留我不留！ 5.下雨天，留客天，留我？不留。 6.下雨天，留客天，留我不？留。 7.下雨天，留客天，留我不留？

Watching Derk try to speak Chinese made me feel so much more confident that I, who speak very little Chinese as well, could try to visit China and be just FINE :D Thanks Amy for the video! This was so fun. The conversation about seeing the two of you tomorrow with the restaurant people was so cute.

Mixian is actually rice noodles in Chinese, so it’s mainly noodles in the dish. But Malatang means boiling all sorts of things in numbing, spicy flavour. So there might be noodles inside as well as all sorts of other things, like veggies, toufu,etc. That’s to say in Malatang noodles is just 1/10 of the dish.

every time after a long day, come home and watch Amy's new video, it just brings me all the happiness!!!

Glad you love Northeast Malatang. I grown up in Dongbei. So, maybe I will say something about the difference between Malatang and Mixian. Noodles in Malatang made of wheat, but Mixian made of rice. Mixian means rice noodles. Actually, neither Mixian or Malatang born in Dongbei. Malatang came from Sichuan province and Mixian came from Yunnan province. But they have some special Dongbei local taste after they come here. For Dongbei malatang, they put many many many sesame paste in it. For Dongbei Mixian, the soup is more salty than yunnan version. In my opinion, Yunnan Mixian is more like light diet to extrude the delicate flavor of food itself（like mushrooms). Anyway, the food in Dongbei is more slaty, because people need it against cold winter. So sad I just leave Changchun, or I could take you guys more local food. Sorry for my poor English. Love your videos. Peace out

Seeing two people being so happy be be in the other's company is so sweet and refreshing. It's clear yall bring the best in each other and makes the already good video better. Happy for u amy!

You know the food is good when you cannot stop eating despite feeling full👍👍👍

Gotta love the spontaneity of going from filling up on noodles and then to a plate of dumplings. I guess the rain allowed for adequate digestion time between pit stops because that seemed like too much in one sitting.

OMG! Derk is a mad foodie! And he drinks chili like beer. You've got a serious challenger here Amy.

Amy’s boyfriend is such a decent guy, who can speak Mandarin perfectly without accent, amazing.🤭

I love how the people in the shop are so hospitable and friendly ! I can’t wait to visit China already :)

Derk is so lovely. Amy, it is so nice to see you both again. I have been to Changchun, 40 yrs ago. It was heavily polluted, a densely industrialized city. I did not like it much. Through your lens I can see the huge change. I hope you ＆Derk both enjoy your stay there. I love your saying 'Peace out'. Love you both. Stay blessed 🙌

The differentiating factor for malatang is the sesame sauce that’s added, also in general malatang uses less soup and has a thicker consistency

Life is just amazing that I am living in Munich seeing you bring your German boyfriend visiting my hometown Changchun. P.S. The name of Changchun is actually a beautiful wish because winter is too long and too cold there, hehehehe

So cute to see you and Derk on this first food-venture together and the malatang looks so delicious! Can't wait to see where you will take him to next? Maybe some bingfen.. ..??? ;)

Aww. I can't stop laughing when I watch this video. You guys are so lovely.

I think Germans also like heavy flavoured food, a bit similar to people in some areas of China, including Northeast. And most Chinese would like German food, such as sausages, sauerkraut, and pork shanks. It will be intersting to see Derk’s reaction on Northeast prickled cabbage （东北酸菜）if Derk has yet got the chance to try it.

Derk is a trooper! He was so full, but yet devoured the dumplings! He's a keeper haha

Hi Amy and Derk!🙋🏻‍♀️ You guys are such a sweet lovebirds!🐶🍝🐱💕☺️😆 Those malatang 🍲 and dumplings 🥟 looked so good! Awesome to know that Derk also love eating spicy food!😜🌶👍🏻 Can’t wait to see your next food adventure!! Is it gonna be… bingfen?😂😂👋🏻

Loving seeing you both together. I don’t know about you, but I love being the tour guide for visiting friends and family. Seeing them experience something for the first time brings me a special kind of joy and this is what your last two videos have provided.

Your love for Chinese food comes through in all your videos. It's good to see your happiness coming through with your boyfriend as well. He seems like a very genuine and nice person. Looks like he will challenge you to see who can eat the spiciest meal.

Derk is amazing to have on your channel. So friendly and likeable! Look forward to seeing more videos of you both in your adventures.

麻辣烫 is traditionally a hotpot that’s cooked for you with sauce. The word 烫 is a verb in the name not an adjective. In 东北 they’ve just made it their own. 米线 on the other hand is often cooked in little pots in the southwest and that’s probably why they cook it that way

It's a bless that having a friend who is a foodie 🤣

Amy is already quite famous in China and now Derk joins the ranks. Love it!

when Derk said the mushroom as "see you tomorrow mushroom" and explained you will see them twice made me giggling stupidly...

That massive bowl of malatang ? is terrific value and so many healthy ingredients, I love the idea of adding all your own ingredients and spices. I could see myself using that friendly family eatery many times a week if I was a local. ❤️

It's a blessing to have someone you can share your food and live with...

It is so fun and lovely to watch you two together! I am amazed how typically german Derk is and how charming that is. Being german myself I never considered that a good thing before. Please a lot more content like that, Susi & Strolch!🥰

Derk is very handsome!! So happy to see you guys being happy and that Derk is enjoying himself as much as you. Wishing both of you all happiness and continue to spread joy with your videos!

So great to see you guys adventuring together in China!

Really like it! Derk added so many flavors to your video. Now it’s even more tasty!

You and FangFang should collab, she knows all the amazing food places in Changchun

so sweet and lovely to see you guys enjoying a fun time in a local no frills eatery - agreat support to locals who are hardworking ordinary ppl :)

Derk is a wonderful foodie partner.

Malatang has no specific staple food,this is its greatest feature.

9:51 Changchun - Besides naming a place/person for what it is, it's also usual for Chinese culture to give names as a wish, hope or an aspiration, So in Changchun's case, it could be a wish that it has longer springs as oppose to reality where it has short springs being in the frigid Northeast region. Hence its also common to find in Chinese names for people to contain positive attributes like strong, brave, bright, clever, healthy, peace, prosperous, pretty, etc.

What a lovely couple! I can't stopping smiling watching you guys eating the noodles together..

Derk is a great addition to Amy's food adventure videos! Now this video just made me so hungry. Excuse me while I go grab something to eat 😆

Derk seems like a chill dude, a nice addition to the videos! have fun exploring China you two

哈尔滨人看了这期视频表示非常亲切，已经三年没有回国了，非常想念你吃的这几样东西，甚至吃出了我最爱的气氛，谢谢你！看了之后很开心🥳

I'm reeally happy to see you being reunited with your boyfriend, and you guys are so cool!!! I pretty like the scene when you sitting in a small restaurant with the one you love, and trying something you never eat before. I can tell that Derk's appearance makes you so happy, especially when you see that donkey dumpling restaurant on the street and tell Derk how much you wanna try it with that big smiling face. Wish you two spend a wonderful time in China together!!😉

Malatang is a way of cooking snack dishes. Guoqiaomixian is a dish itself. Derk 是我见过最纯真最可爱最有爱的大男孩❤

So happy for your reunion! You look perfect together ❤️. And so excited to see you take Derk to try new food. He is a great guest host 😄. Best of luck for his career in Changchun!

Derk is so friendly even though it was his first time to come to China! Keep it and you will enjoy your life in China.

You've made 东北人 living in South China missing 麻辣烫and 米线 so much! They taste very different in the South.

米线is actually the vermicelli itself - noodle made of rice; whereas 麻辣烫is more a description of the dish - hot, spicy and numbing. Homesick food for me 100%.

现在amy自己吃好吃的同时也不忘让我们吃饱狗粮，真感动

Mixian is full of rice noodle. vegetables n tofu are just sides. But Malatang mainly contains vegetables meat n noodle is just part of it.

That scene is so sweet when you and Derk ate that noodle from 2 ends.

太想念宏宝莱了😭从小就喝它~~~ 关于麻辣烫和米线在东北有什么不同，这个问题非常有意思。麻辣烫源自四川，米线来自云南，不仅这两种食物，包括四川火锅重庆火锅还有各种南方食物来到北方后都会被改良和优化，这就和肯德基为了融入中国而推出皮蛋瘦肉粥、油条和各种是饭一个意思。来自不同地区的食物在经历升级和改造后的口感会更好的被当地人接受。 在东北麻辣烫也有一百个样子，米线也有海鲜版本的，这只能用“融合”这个词语来解释了~~ 驴肉还得去驴肉馆去吃啊，天上龙肉，地下驴肉，驴肉可是各种好吃啊~~~

This video was great, it's so lovely seeing you and Derk together, he seems like a lovely guy. I was so jealous of that malatang, it did look really comforting. Whenever I've had malatang in Melbourne, I've never seen the sesame sauce but I really want it now!

I love how your videos became my homesick remedy. Miss everything in Changchun. Keep shooting these please!!! I will show this video to my husband and maybe we visit the same spots next year, when hopefully we will make it back home after then-would-be 4 years.

this was suuuch a cute video!! Derk and the family are so adorable. noodles look delish too!

It could be cheap because China is a big country where most food produce comes in abundance and also the market is saturated with many sellers so price can be competitive or reasonable.

Hi，Amy and Derek, it is so good to see you in Changchun. I had been in Changchun for four years in my Uni. I love this city except for crazy taxi drivers.😅 You have to try 东北菜 （锅包肉，东北拉皮，排骨炖豆角….)just keep it in mind the size is super big😀Enjoy!!

Ha no way, Derk's handling of the Chinese 4 tones are so on point in a lot of cases. He learns quick eh? As a German born Chinese dude: tell him Alter, nicht schlecht!

I loveeeeee the videos with you and Derk, it's so cute and endearing!! Can't wait for more videos with you both in it 🥰🤩🥰

I really enjoyed watching the video and appreciate the way you make everything look so yummy! It shows by the number of views in a few days, good job girl!

I could not stop laughing from beginning through to end of the whole video. Both of you are fantastic video makers.

The shop lady looks so kind, if i could, i would also like to visit

You two are such a great couple. Derk is a nice talker and a real gentleman.

You are living your best lives! I love watching you and Der together ! Sweet ❤️ !

Ran into my neighbor this morning and he told me he's booked ticket and hotel for a Oct trip to Japan, already multiple times. I didnot suggest to have a trip to China. Super glad there are Aussies like Amy to take on adventure in China and show the true side of China. Hopefully this would offset the overwhelming negativities on the Aussie TVs. who watches the TVs nowadays anyway! LOL

A wonderful video Amy. Derk is doing very well with his chinese. Keep these coming. They are so exciting!!!

I just randomly stumbled across your vlog and subscribed. I love your enthusiasm and sense of adventure trying new food. Dive right in!

Wow, your BF is deifnately a huge plus to the channel. Perfect!

Amy, you and Derk are just darn cute together! I am soooo excited to see more vlogs of you together! It is filling the hole of missing Blondie dad and mama! 😍

You two are such a sweet couple! I love your chemistry and energy with each other 😊

Awwww, you two look so cute together. Hope there'll be more food vlog with Derk in the future.

So much happiness in this video!! Perfect break in between work! Totally feeling the need to order a malatang now!

Malatang noodle look so yummy , hope to try it sometime in China when pandemic is over.

This was so fun to watch! Looking forward to seeing more videos with you and Derk!

I love vids! I binge watching all your vids lol I can’t get enough!