Same for Indian food, there are way too many varieties and cuisines to be lumped into one. India is literally a subcontinent with so much diversity.

@Pratchettgaiman

3 ай бұрын

My family was doing the “if you only got to eat one country/culture’s food, what would it be?” And I picked Indian. My sister was surprised, thinking it’d get boring, and my response was “it’s an entire subcontinent, it’s not going to get boring”

@ArnyBoy

3 ай бұрын

​@@Pratchettgaiman you're so right. I lived in India for ten years growing up and I think I've only cracked like 15% of the cuisine

@dhribbler7303

3 ай бұрын

Exactly categories like Chinese or Indian are better understood as macro cuisines containing wide diversity within while maybe sharing certain common threads, still differ a fair bit internally.

@roop128

3 ай бұрын

In the UK it's unversally known as 'curry' not to mention that over 90% of Indian restaurants are run by the Bangladeshi community serving up varying combinations of curry, rice and naan which is a far cry from authentic regional Indian cuisine. You very rarely see pani puri, masala dosa, dohkla, thepla, khichidi, chole bhature, idli etc. on any menus here.

@GL-iv4rw

3 ай бұрын

@@dhribbler7303 Not so or else the same standard/logic applies to language, we still say "Chinese language" and not "Sinitic languages/food". Likewise, we still say "China" and not "Mandarin Empire" or "Sinitic Federation" depending on the political system.

you should look at Chinese Peruvian food. the history of that is crazy, and the food is held in high regard in Peru and part of the national fabric, unlike traditional American Chinese food that is seen as greedy and quick, and no one would say American Chinese food is a cornerstone of American national culture. Great video as always, can't wait to see more

I beg to differ when you said “Congee” is for kids, elder and sick. It is a comfort food eaten by any age at anytime. And the variety of choices what goes into congee is huge.

@jyy9624

3 ай бұрын

Adults are either congee eaters or not congee eaters

@asdkotable

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, I feel like congee for the sick is like a Korean thing?

@ishouldbedoingmyhomeworkno535

2 ай бұрын

Wait I thought congee is just porridge. Like what the difference btw them?

@jyy9624

2 ай бұрын

@@ishouldbedoingmyhomeworkno535 congee is rice porridge

@carlossiu888

4 күн бұрын

There are 24 hour zhou or congee places in China. There are also regional variations.

Great video mate. Maybe down the line you could cover Chinese Diasporic Cuisine ( ex. Chinese x Indonesia 🇮🇩 🇨🇳 ).

This dude will go on about how diverse Chinese food is while also denying Taiwanese food could fall under the Chinese food umbrella lmao.

Your channel has some of the best content out there man

Watching these sorts of videos I would expect at least hundreds of thousands of subscribers because of how well the video was produced but I’m surprised by how small your channel is. keep it up! I love learning more about my country

One thing that really interesting is Mongolian/Chinese Food especially with the Shear Reach of the Mongolian Empire influences all the way from Europe to Japan. The cooking bring done in Mongolia was a eye opener on how effortlessly adaptable food culture can be

Awesome work -- keep it up man!

Another incredible episode. Well done. One food that’s not mentioned was Hakka cuisine. Is it considered Cantonese as well? I find is so unique and different than the other south China cuisines.

@Col3Jaeger

2 ай бұрын

Hakka cuisine is considered to be in the category of Cantonese cuisine. I think

@takonoko1743

4 күн бұрын

​@@Col3Jaeger Hakka food is its own category. Also Hakka people are not only in Guangdong, but they have large populations in west Fujian, south Hunan, and is even the second largest ancestry of Taiwanese people (I'm part Hakka from Malaysia btw) This makes Hakka food one of the most diverse yet distinct from the rest of Chinese food, and not just a sub category of Cantonese.

Sichuanese and Hunanese cuisine is to die for 😋 my mouth is watering just thinking about it.

@peekaboopeekaboo1165

3 ай бұрын

Food ... not "cuisine" . That's why Indian, Japanese, Filipinos...lumped their different ethnic food as a singular cuisine .

Very informative - thanks for making this to allow us to understand origins of food.. fantastic...

Great video man

I highly recommend visiting China and eat in each province. You won’t find the variety, quality and deliciousness outside of China.

You could say the same about any large, multicultural country in the world. “Chinese food” is the sum of its parts, and I doubt most people outside of China would recognize these regional cuisines by name. Also, these regions share history, culture and languages - often influencing each other and their cuisines. Your argument ignores their commonalities and is akin to a “cuisine Balkanization”.

@railpressureflip

3 ай бұрын

THANK YOU! Exactly what I was thinking too.

@peekaboopeekaboo1165

3 ай бұрын

​@@railpressureflip True . I personally suspect Matthew Li is either a closet self-hater or cajoled/coerced to disparage/marginalize on Chinese cultural identity .

Congee is similar to "Kanjee" in South India and Sri Lanka it is rice porridge usually people have for breakfast or during the time of Sickness.

@peekaboopeekaboo1165

3 ай бұрын

Chinese have their own name for rice porridge .

@parker4406

3 ай бұрын

Well Portuguese introduced kanji to China, when they traveled from Tamil Nadu to the South China sea

@peekaboopeekaboo1165

3 ай бұрын

@@parker4406 Ancient Han-Chinese cooked rice similar to porridge .

@parker4406

3 ай бұрын

@@peekaboopeekaboo1165 But the word Kanji and the cooking style is derived from India (TN state). We know this through historical records.

@hongqi5734

3 ай бұрын

​​@@parker4406 Rice porridge was introduced to Southern India by Chinese Admiral Zhenghe and his 28,000-strong crew during their stay in India. The Indians named it Kanjee and we Chinese called it Chuk.

Love that you talked about uyghur cuisine which is one of my favourites. Yunnan cuisine is also pretty special. They even have their own types of cheese which is not seen in other parts of China!

Macanese food & culture shan't be ignored, especially since those are hidden gems in their own right & the history behind it even more so including the art scenery & has plenty of stuff to check out

Note that Hangzhou is in Zhejiang province, so its categorization as Jiangsu cuisine is a little debatable.

You forgot to mention Malaysian "nasi ayam" which is a Malay variation of Hainanese chicken rice. The rice is cooked with cinnamon sticks, star anise and cardamom, a part from the usuals and sometimes lemongrass tooand has a yellower tint due to the use of turmeric. Its served with chicken fried instead of roasted (one of the ways chicken is cooked for hcr, other than steamed/boiled) but with similar marinade, the dish served with salads/lettuce and tomatoes alongside the usual condiments (soy sauce & chili sambal) and sometimes topped with fried shallots and coriander leaves.

As other have said, any cuisine of a large area with many internal variations will have immense regional diversity. That doesn't mean there are some overarching similarities, like the use of certain techniques or ingredients that form a commonality between the foods of these regions vs. others.

@peekaboopeekaboo1165

3 ай бұрын

In the case of Chinese cuisine ... Chopsticks, stir-frying and steaming are use throughout Mainland China .

the food in 7.47 we call it "葱油饼" in china ， it is a delicious food in chinese

Can you please make a video on Indo-Chinese food? There is so much fascinating history of cultures mixing together, and sometimes food having little to do with China proper For instance an Indian restaurant favourite called Chicken Manchurian has little to do with the region of Manchuria and was invented in india but its a popular Indo Chinese dish

Great video! I wish all my non-Chinese friends could watch this... One thing, though; I encourage you to do a deeper dive into the origin of Dim Sum. It actually originated in Shanghai. Ritzy folks there wanted to mirror the cafe bite-size dishes in European cities; something the Europeans would have with their coffee became something the Shanghainese would have with their specialty tea. (Your Cantonese parents would tell you that Dim Sum is also referred to as Yum Cha, which means "to drink tea" in Cantonese.)

The same thing applies to so-called "Indian" cuisine - The food of say, Kerala and Kashmir is so wildly different that its insanely reductive to call it one cuisine.

I love the cuisine from Xinjiang. Its flavors are refreshing.

@peekaboopeekaboo1165

3 ай бұрын

It's oily too .

@parker4406

3 ай бұрын

cumin mutton skewers from uyghur restaurants are famous

@mrjourney4347

3 ай бұрын

@@parker4406 those are fire🔥

I've never had tomato with scrambled eggs. Never heard of it until I saw several KZreadrs. I was born here in America 🇺🇸 😊 Late parents were originally from Hoisan.

Great video! Surprised that you didn't talk about Macanese food! Food from Harbin, the Manchu’s.

@peekaboopeekaboo1165

3 ай бұрын

Chinese cuisine is what they're all are . Chinese is the nationality . Even the Mongol Man-chu rulers recognized this fact .

@peekaboopeekaboo1165

3 ай бұрын

Kudos to you for calling it "food" and not a separate cuisine .👍

@parker4406

3 ай бұрын

You should check Manchurian food which is wildly popular in India

@peekaboopeekaboo1165

3 ай бұрын

@@parker4406 It's fake "Manchurian food" .

@parker4406

3 ай бұрын

@@peekaboopeekaboo1165 probably not authentic but the cuisine was invented by Chinese immigrants like the famous Celebrity Chef Nelson Wang who is Indian Chinese.

You know i have this funny story from my mother. So back when she was either a teenager or young adult. She was hanging out with her friend for a whole day and they decided to visit one of her friends's house to eat. Her friend's mom whom if i remember correctly, is a Shanghaiese. And she have said that Shanghaiese tend to have a small appetite so their dishes tend to be on the smaller side. Ok so when the mom is done preparing the meal. It was a bunch of small dishes up against a bunch of starving teen/young adult since the friend's mother thought that was enough to fill them up. Everyone both agree in secret that once they done eating, they gonna just to eat out. Although I am curious what you mean by unsure if china is safe to visit. I just visited Chongqing a few weeks ago and it is still as normal and safe as it always has been

I never heard anyone call it Singapore chicken rice, it’s always been called hainanese chicken rice even in Singapore.

Ok, now make it a tier list

When i visiting Beijing with my whole family , i was very fortunate enough to ever encountered a Yunnan cuisine which not something very mainstream even in my country , I must say its not very typical mainstream Chinese cuz its has influence of South East Asia cuisine , particularly Thai or Lao style cuisine

@peekaboopeekaboo1165

3 ай бұрын

Yunnan food isn't "Southeast Asia cuisine" . Origin of several Indo-Chinese tribes emigrated from China in prehistoric time .

FYI it's pronounced "tsong (the o is pronounced closer to the o in "sombre") yoh bing" By the way, you missed out on a lot of Northern Chinese food, like so many versions of wheat noodles, Northeastern sauerkraut, dumplings, roujiamo from Shaanxi, Northeastern goubaorou, liangpi, mantou, etc

You've just landed the next idea for your new video on how indian food doesn't really 'exist' Basically Punjabi=Sichuan (in terms of popularity)

@mylesjude233

3 ай бұрын

Any specific regional indian cuisine you enjoy/familiar with

@parker4406

3 ай бұрын

@@mylesjude233 Honestly Maharashtrian food is the best(from the western province of India)

Henan cuisine should be mentioned, hui Mian (lamb noodle soup) is kino

As a Singaporean, I've never heard anyone call it Singaporean chicken rice. Here it's called Hainanese chicken rice, based on Wenchang chicken (文昌雞) from Hainan. Good job on the rest of the food history thoughbased on

Curious about Hunan. And Sichuan i see or possibly tried.

Here's where I disagree with you. When people talk about Chinese Food, they aren't usually referring to the food in China, but rather Chinese-American cuisine, which is based off of a mix of some of these actually-Chinese cuisines, and then modified again to meet American palates. So "Chinese Food" isn't a bad name for what Americans eat.

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Indonesian restaurants in Indonesia usually make it clear which region of Indonesian food they serve. Places like Sundanese Restaurant and Padang Restaurant represent two of the most iconic regions known for their food, which has not only different menus but also different dining experiences.

Hangzhou is not in Jiangsu

Honestly, I would say this is why no "American food" exists. Texas, Maine, California, and Florida are all going to have food with basically nothing in common. Maine and California are likely the most similar despite being as far apart as... well Maine is from California.

@offthemenuyt

3 ай бұрын

Keep an eye out for a future video 👀

@offthemenuyt

3 ай бұрын

Keep an eye out for a future video 👀

Thoughts on shaanxi cuisine?

I once ate at a Shandongese restaurant in the US and was startled that the dish I got tasted almost exactly like spaghetti bolognese

Your are fine if you go to China, I hold many political view as you do, and been there multiple times. However they don't care if you are not vocal about it to Chinese people there, which is hard for you anyway, because u don't speak Mandarin or on the Chinese Social Media Plus why would you go to China and constantly think about politics, that's not something most people do, and most people just wanna live their lives. Plus keep in mind your political views can be biased, no one is above that Plus you will be interacting normal people in China, and I think you do not understand how good many people have it over there

@peekaboopeekaboo1165

3 ай бұрын

I personally suspect Matthew Li is either a closet self-hater or cajoled/coerced to be an Anti-Chinese basher .

@patryk88

3 ай бұрын

@@peekaboopeekaboo1165exactly.

Part two indo Chinese

@mylesjude233

3 ай бұрын

Yes, make that video next ❤

@parker4406

3 ай бұрын

Hell yeah..it is very underrated

@peekaboopeekaboo1165

3 ай бұрын

Many Indo-chinese people originated from today's Yunnan province ...

@parker4406

3 ай бұрын

@@peekaboopeekaboo1165 They're teochews like the current Singapore Prime minister

Do chinese diaspora cuisine Peranakan malaysia cuisine Chinese thai food Chinese indonesian food Chinese philippines food Chinese burmese food Chinese latin american food

@parker4406

3 ай бұрын

You forgot Chinese indian.. possibly the most popular chinese diaspora food (nearly one and a half billion people love it). Indians have been eating food served by teochews since 1773 :)

Matthew always looks as if he has to explain himself during a police interrogation

Sweet and sour sauce def from Jiangsu not Shandong. Shandong food is known for being not sweet.

Uighur is actually south of Xinjiang where Kashgar is. Laghman originated in China. The food you see in Kazakhstan was brought over by the Chinese Dungan people who fled China. Steppe people don't do no stirfry yo.

If you like Sichuan food, you’ll love Hunan food!

you may want to research your Hainan comments. The Hainanese immigrants in Singapore invented the “dish”. I’ve spent time in Sanya and Haikou. They have no clue.

This seems just like "Indian cuisine", each state having it's own unique cuisine. And many times different cuisines even in the same state depending on religion/ethnicity.

Lets gooooooo

...and then?

@peekaboopeekaboo1165

3 ай бұрын

Matthew Li is a secret anti-China operative . Filipino cuisine encompassed all foreign influences as it's own . Japanese cuisine encompassed Ainu and Ryukuan food . And so does Indian cuisine... Thai cuisine ... Vietnamese cuisine ...et al .

@peekaboopeekaboo1165

3 ай бұрын

It seems like Matthew want to abolish Chinese Cuisine ... Suspicious to say the least ! Here in the Philippines ... both Conservative and Liberal Pinoys recognized only Filipino Cuisine ... which encompassed all "cuisines" from different provinces and regions .

@Kivas_Fajo

3 ай бұрын

@@peekaboopeekaboo1165 ...and then?

@peekaboopeekaboo1165

3 ай бұрын

@@Kivas_Fajo I'm just saying . There's a lot Chinese persons (vloggers/content creators/ influencers) doing propaganda against their own identity .

"Cong" is pronounced "ts-ong", which means scallion. ("Ts" as in "cats"; not "s" as in "song".)

Most Americans are ignorant to Chinese food not by choice. My state only has a couple restaurants that are still only partially authentic and that’s how most rural states are tbh. Especially in the Midwest. If you’re lucky you live on the west or east coast where they infinite opinions for authentic food. Also Taiwanese food is so underrated our fried rice and our stir fry is better too. We also invented bubble tea your welcome 🇹🇼

Why should we just call it the "cuisines of China." The modern definition is called the _Eight Cuisines of China_ , defined by People's Daily journalist Wang Shaoquan in 1980.

It's fine. Chinese people see burgers and hotdogs as American food ALL OVER America.

All great food cultures are regional & not at all unitary. From Italy & France to India & Thailand. Great over view.

@peekaboopeekaboo1165

3 ай бұрын

Matthew wants to abolish Chinese Cuisine . He's motive is similar to that of so-called "Hongkongers" and "Taiwanese" ... that invented a faux identity .

Same for Chinese language. It’s should be Chinese languages.

No mention of Tibetan food? Thats dissapointing

the cognitive dissonance of an chinese person but pronoucing the names with completely off pronouciations haha still enjoyed the video great work!

No one cares if you made a video criticising China. It doesn't stop you from going there on holidays. Sure if you go and start protesting, promoting the downfall of the government, then you might get into trouble, but the political scaremongering of China these days is insane. You can watch videos on people travelling to China all over KZread to get an idea of it. For regular English content on Chinese food you can check out BlondieinChina, which is made by an Australia girl who lives there and makes videos mostly about food.

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This guy has no idea what he's talking about and has never even stepped foot in mainland China. For starters, Hangzhou is a part of Zhejiang province, not Jiangsu.

The same could be said for every country

@peekaboopeekaboo1165

3 ай бұрын

Matthew Li is biased against his nation's cuisine . A sign of self-hating...?

Hong Kong is China and has been like that for centuries. The culture is chinese, the language, the people. It's officially and internationally recognized as China; the time under shameful british colonial rule was just a small part of Hong Kong history. It would be a complete non sense to not include HK as China.

@robmello3245

Ай бұрын

Also, it's really sad how biased you are towards chinese. You said that you feel you wont be safe in mainland China because of your video about Taiwan when in fact there are more than 400 thousand taiwanese living in mainland China normally and safe. And why highlight Xinjiang with another color as it isnt part of China? There's no claim it isn't part of China and once more you spread western disinformation and prejudice against chinese people and it shows how "american" and "westerner" you are.

The music is very annoying . Better ditch it

Brush up on your Mandarin :)

When you outlined the map,you forgot taiwan,it’s one of China 😊

@KrasMazovHatesYourGuts

2 ай бұрын

No.

You should highlight the weird obsession in China with using MANDARIN names for regional cuisines/foods. E.g. for Uyghur cuisine, polo is called zhuafan, samsa called kao baozi, kawap/kawaplar called kao rou... like wtf is that?

@merukit

2 ай бұрын

Unlike english, mandarin isn't a language where it's easy to construct foreign words from their sounds to call them how they actually sound locally (due to not using an alphabet). So it's much easier to call things based on what they are. kao baozi=baked bun, kao rou=roasted meat. Which is what those things are, and also how similar dishes are called.

@ruedelta

2 ай бұрын

Mandarin has been the court language for a long time, so calling things by their Mandarin names is just a matter of centuries old centralization. It is traditional, by at least 500 years.

You orientals speak as if ya’ll the only ones with diverse regional cuisines. America has diverse food too. There’s Texas bbq, Kansas bbq, memphis bbq, Tennessee bbq, New York hot dogs, Chicago hot dogs etc

The only Chinese i eat and enjoy is Panda Express. Sorry i dont like weird slimey food sprinkles with tons of MSG🤢