The one motto I will always remember from my childhood is "If Yan can cook, so can you!". The man is a legend.

@dylanhammerstein3059

7 ай бұрын

Amen to that shit 😃

@GMBMXProductions

7 ай бұрын

That and "Now we add ginger! I loooooove ginger!" whenever he adds ginger to a dish.

@user-oe9mj5ej5o

7 ай бұрын

Better than jamie oliver

@spudbono5747

7 ай бұрын

And the chopping! He was so entertaining...never missed an episode. He came to our small county fair one year and was so dang nice.

@trublgrl

7 ай бұрын

I liked "Looook at this damn thing!"

Yan cooking wasn't the only good thing about him, his personality and how entertaining he is as well

@agiammarco94

7 ай бұрын

I think that’s something I miss about cooking shows from around this time. It’s probably nostalgic but I miss the sets and the audience interactions. Like my favourite growing up was Pasquale’s Kitchen Express as an Italian

@thepastmaster5643

7 ай бұрын

Also one of the few celebrities from the 90's who hasn't turned out to be a complete bastard.

@patrickfreeman205

7 ай бұрын

@@agiammarco94 Was Pasquale the one who made a salad by ripping some lettuce in half? Always had a boiling pot on the stove?

@lilymarinovic1644

7 ай бұрын

​@thepastmaster5643 aah you've jinxed it now! 😝

@Jingling-MelO

7 ай бұрын

"If Yan can cook, so can you!" Was such a catchy slogan/phrase.

It's amazing that this chef still has his PBS show today at age 74! He's never stopped cooking and inspiring people and that's truly admirable and remarkable. Mad respect

@tashray633

5 ай бұрын

Heck yea! Yan the man. That's great, he made lots of memories for people. Like when my mom tried to do his recipe for this....😂. Good times. We had Round Table Pizza that night.

@robertschmidt9584

4 ай бұрын

He’s still on? I gotta check this out!

@215ILLicit

4 ай бұрын

Does he?! I’ll have to check it out.

@jaredconnor

2 ай бұрын

​@@tashray633man I love roundtable haha!

Saturday mornings, after cartoons were done, PBS time and it was Martin Yan, Justin Wilson, and Julia Child exposing my tiny rural Indiana brain to culture and flavor. His skill with a knife and his positive, affirming voice were mesmerizing. That szying "If Yan can cook, you can too!" Was burned into my brain and inspired me to try tasting and cooking food from cultures I had no experience with. It led to a lifelong love of cooking and an openness to new things that would lead me out of my little rural town and into a much wider world. Legend almost seems to humble.

@ruth80809

7 ай бұрын

I also watched them after the cartoons as well! Absolute nostalgia 😊

@shellyboggs9093

6 ай бұрын

I miss Saturday mornings cooking shows

@HAHb-zc2dp

5 ай бұрын

Yan Can Cook is a Chinese oriented cooking show starring Chef Martin Yan that featured recipes for stir fried foods and an assortment of various other traditional Chinese meals and cooking techniques. The series first aired in Calgary, Alberta, Canada (CFAC-TV) in 1978

@HAHb-zc2dp

5 ай бұрын

Here in Canada, where the show is from, this was on around 1:30-2 in the afternoon on week days

Yan didn't cook to show off his skills, he cooked to inspire us. A legend

@robg1004

7 ай бұрын

True Story Jhpak. I really loved the way he went through the cooking of the dish and then brought us the place where the dish may have come from. True legend

@sarojgurung4521

7 ай бұрын

He inspired me to be a Chef from a very early age. Currently, I'm a professional Chef.

@allenwenduwesun8609

7 ай бұрын

Uncle Roger just became itachi😂😂

@user-yn7ll3qz1p

7 ай бұрын

Mission accomplished.

@downdownleftright4646

7 ай бұрын

THIS!

Martin Yan introduced the world that Chinese food wasn’t just fried rice and chow mein. Martin Yan is a legend and the only person on tv with an Asian face in the 80’s and 90’s.

@arrowghost

7 ай бұрын

Stephen Yan is another with Wok with Yan, another cooking show I watch. But they're not related.

@challenger516

7 ай бұрын

World? You mean the United States and Canada.

@maklogetrich2378

7 ай бұрын

​@@challenger516they still part of the world

@acatnamedm4529

7 ай бұрын

And now, Uncle Roger show us that we need to go back to fried rice basics.

@alphabetsoup6681

7 ай бұрын

We also had Pat Morita.

We need a Yan/Roger collab more than ever... I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed this show growing up.

@boitmecklyn4995

6 ай бұрын

@@teacher_ps I think they know this video is not a collab. maybe read the sentence first.

@gprime10

6 ай бұрын

Dumb comment don't ever post again @@teacher_ps

@ChibiPanda8888

5 ай бұрын

Is Martin Yan even still doing stuff? Guess I gotta Google it....

@chrisreyes7479

5 ай бұрын

@@teacher_ps and you're not a teacher with that poor reading comprehension, good lawd

Little did we know, nearly 40 years ago, Martin Yan was going to reveal what Uncle Rogers ex- wife was going to look like.

I was lucky enough to meet and interview Mr. Yan back in the 2000s. He's a friend's Uncle (really) and he was gracious enough to let us bother him for a couple of hours. Mr. Yan was an incredible guy - nice, knowledgeable, and a force of nature. I was really impressed at his breadth of knowledge - from production, to business, to cooking. One of the highlights of my career.

@jep9092

7 ай бұрын

That's so cool

@MrTobi013

7 ай бұрын

Waa.. that's so awesome!!

@naturalharmoniagropius4486

7 ай бұрын

Fuiyoh! You're a lucky dude

@janesays1278

7 ай бұрын

That’s wonderful! They say not to meet your heroes, and Martin Yan seemed like the nicest guy on tv. So glad to hear that was the case in real life too! He was my favorite cooking personality on PBS when I’d watch with my mom in the 90’s.

@jaredconnor

2 ай бұрын

What a thrill to be able to speak to a legend like chef Yan! 😮

I met him last year (2022) for a cooking demo. hes still as sharp and witty as ever.

@MIKEK3NT

7 ай бұрын

Uncle Roger needs to meet him

@simonbook1587

7 ай бұрын

That's awesome!

@janellepas

7 ай бұрын

I hope to meet him one day.

The best thing I heard of Martin Yan is that he was awarded the James Beard Life time achievement award in 2022. Many Americans have forgotten about the legend but his peers have not.

@HAHb-zc2dp

3 ай бұрын

Martin yan was from Canada though the show started in Canada

@OrAngeAnArchy

3 ай бұрын

@@HAHb-zc2dp You mean his show started in Canada? As far as I know he's mainland China born and moved to Canada and then the US for further culinary education.

@HAHb-zc2dp

3 ай бұрын

@@OrAngeAnArchy I mean he was Canadian.

Martin Yan was the man who introduced me to cooking and enjoying great food. I remember buying his book and trying as many recipes as I could. The man is a legend and great entertainer.

@Banthisyoutube-zs6sx

3 ай бұрын

He was definitly a good memory from my childhood as well.

Martin Yan was the inspiration for me becoming a chef, such an amazing man and chef. I remember the episode after his son was born they carried him on to the set in a giant wok so Martin could introduce him to the world.

@steveleeart

7 ай бұрын

You ever watch Stephan Yan?

@jessenorris1672

7 ай бұрын

I have not

@Mr-fe5ng

7 ай бұрын

source: trust me bro

@Pumpk1n__Pi3

6 ай бұрын

@@Mr-fe5ngHe did tho, there is proof

@Bnick2009

6 ай бұрын

And no one knows you or which buffet you "cook" for

Was born in 1971. Martin Yan is awesome and a life saver. Moved to Alaska in 1982, was one of the few shows that we got. When i joined the Army in 1989, used to watch his show when stationed in Korea. He fostered an enjoyment in cooking and learning about dishes that has helped me to this day. Awesome episode, he is one of the OGs.

@arrowghost

7 ай бұрын

Stephen Yan is another with Wok with Yan, another cooking show I watch. But they're not related.

@markchan2512

7 ай бұрын

m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/goie2baildTOerw.html Weird that Uncle Loger doesnt mention him

@pbabiesinspace6112

7 ай бұрын

I was born in 1981. My mom watched cooking shows all the time and I never saw this guy.

@revtoyota

7 ай бұрын

@@pbabiesinspace6112 If she didn't watch PBS then you probably didn't see him. PBS back then was worth watching....

@terrybradford3727

7 ай бұрын

@@pbabiesinspace6112 it was pre cable days on PBS.

As a former Vietnamese kid, his show was such a hit here. We barely understand English back then but we all known the phrase "Yan can cook". I dont even remember the content now but still remember his chopping

I love how Nigel casually insults the Chinese government with the credit score and Taiwan stab 😂 such an underrated move!

@shmekelfreckles8157

7 ай бұрын

Wow, so slick, nobody else does it, totally not a low hanging fruit

@SmashFaux

7 ай бұрын

@@shmekelfreckles8157🤡

@LateLater1

7 ай бұрын

@@ICantHandleLife+100 social credit

@VVVan95

7 ай бұрын

​@@ICantHandleLifetrue dude

@richardrobertson1886

7 ай бұрын

Taiwan is the real China. The PRC isn’t a real country.

I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Martin Yan when I was helping teach at a high school last year. He's still just as witty and charismatic as he has always been. He even took a picture with me. Nice guy, he was showing a variety of students how to make various dishes and adding a bit of his own pizazz to it.

@briandoan3837

7 ай бұрын

Yan graduate of UC Davis in the 1970s. Great person.

@DeltaDrifter2201

7 ай бұрын

Not to be a bummer but a lot of those great people are getting old and leaving us. Eventually we will be left with nothing to remind us of the good old times. I was born on the year 2000 but grew up watching a bunch of the old movies and shows that were available. The more I think of this the more I realize we don't have those same kind of amazing people to teach us some of the most important things in life. KZread is the closest that comes to it these days but it doesn't have the same kind of atmosphere and like you said "pizzaz" to it.

@NotDeinut

7 ай бұрын

​@DeltaDrifter2201 who hurt you bro it'll get better 😢

@bunnymcfoo8650

6 ай бұрын

Oh man, i am so jealous!

@gachackies38

6 ай бұрын

I love this! My dad graduated from UC Davis and yan Can Cook was our Fave cooking shows growing up in the Bay Aea . I love hearing he was so nice in person!

Martin Yan's knife skills were always above and beyond all the other chefs on TV at the time. The way he would count along with every slice getting faster and faster. Crazy skills.

@qrowacheron230

7 ай бұрын

Saw that man butcher a chicken in 30 seconds once, timed it to be sure and yup, 30 seconds

@prehistoricturtlesaurus5309

7 ай бұрын

Watch. Cut. Cut. Cut. Flip. See? So easy! Cut. Cut. Cut. Done!

@paulwagner688

7 ай бұрын

@@qrowacheron230 Yan's knife skills are truly amazing, but I've seen Pepin butcher a chicken in 30 seconds too. Technique and practice.

I've had the pleasure of watching Martin Yan cook in person. He's even more awesome in person! He's also hilarious. It's almost like watching a comedy team cook where his "partner" is the food. If you want to see something REALLY hilarious, dig up the episode of "Emerald Live" where Emeril cooks alongside Martin Yan. Yan constantly makes fun of Emeril's (lack of) technique through the whole show.

I grew up watching Martin Yan alongside Julia Childs. He always made me feel like I could legitimately make Chinese food (like Bob Ross made me feel like I could paint) and I never could, but I thank him for the inspiration. Uncle Martin Fuiyoh!

Thank you for featuring Martin Yan. I grew up watching him in the 80s in Trinidad. So many people don't know this awesome man. You've inspired me to go back and watch his old episodes.

@wolfiemelody209

7 ай бұрын

Oi I live in Trinidad

@trinitunerboy

7 ай бұрын

South posse here lol

@verentyee5413

7 ай бұрын

Me too! My parents definitely know his name and reputation, and they have a few of his cookbooks!

@steveleeart

7 ай бұрын

You ever watch Stephen Yan? The OG Yan!

@fozziebear786

6 ай бұрын

@@steveleeart Absolutely!!!! I was just thinking of him yesterday. Growing up, the only chefs I saw on TV were Martin Yan, Stephen Yan and Julia Child. Legends all of them!

OMG, I grew up watching Martin Yan! Thank you so much for this Uncle Roger! Because of Yan can cook, I always found it weird that TV chefs/cooks never shared their food with the audience after the show, haha!

@Sqooshyfroog

7 ай бұрын

@@Covid-19-is-awesomeoh cool now I don’t have to jump off my building

@user-ht6ch5tl2l

7 ай бұрын

out of context but you have a really cool pfp!

@user-ht6ch5tl2l

7 ай бұрын

@@DontReadMyProfilePicture.104 shut up bro,its not funny

@CricketEngland

7 ай бұрын

They shared it with the crew

@silververnallbells191

7 ай бұрын

Emeril Lagasse used to.

This guy is like the Chinese version of Justin Wilson of The Cajun Cook fame. Down to earth, personable, likeable, well beloved by his fans, and an excellent cook!

@Banthisyoutube-zs6sx

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I could not for the life of me remember that guys name or the big bearded french cook.

When I was young all the cooking shows were on PBS. It was Julia Child, Galloping Gourmet and Yan Can Cook. Martin was my favorite. I was fascinated by how great he chopped and how funny he was. 25 years later I got to assist Martin for a whole day of cooking demos, and even got to show him how I taught myself how to chop like him with a Chinese cleaver. He gifted me a signature cleaver and I got an autographed Martin Yan cookbook and lots of pics. One of the best days of my cooking career

@HAHb-zc2dp

5 ай бұрын

Yan Can Cook is a Chinese oriented cooking show starring Chef Martin Yan that featured recipes for stir fried foods and an assortment of various other traditional Chinese meals and cooking techniques. The series first aired in Calgary, Alberta, Canada (CFAC-TV) in 1978

@Banthisyoutube-zs6sx

3 ай бұрын

At OP thats pretty damn awesome my guy......a little jelly not gonna lie.

I watched him as a kid in the 80s on PBS. Every Saturday morning. I even taped his shows on my VCR so I could rewatch them. He is the single reason I love Asian food and culture so much as an adult. Almost 50 years old now.

I lived in Myanmar, a third-world country with a strict connection with the rest of the world. Yet I still remember his catch phrase "If Yan can cook, so can you". Legend!

I used to volunteer as a kid on the public station in Sacramento, CA, in the mid/late 80s and got to mee him!!! He was one of the nicest, most fun people EVER!!!! I ADORE HIM, and I'm so glad that you finally got around to him. Thank uou Uncle Roger for bringing back a wonderful childhood memory!

If you want a REAL OG Uncle…about a decade before Martin Yan, there was Stephen Yan (no relation). I loved watching reruns of his show Wok with Yan, growing up. He was incredibly entertaining, silly, and always wore aprons with ever changing “wok” puns. I highly recommend checking him out!

@mendonesiac

3 ай бұрын

Wok with Yan inspired me to start cooking when I was 13. His cleaver skills were incredible! I'll always remember him as the o.g. as well

Uncle Roger really went from (sort of) generic youtube react content to a serious food chanel for homecooks (with a laugh) and actually giving great advise about asian cooking. I think you motivated a lot of people (like me) to cook asian food as correct as possible. I even got a rice cooker. I loved the video you did with guga and josh, and you actually kept up compared to josh his cooking. Great direction this channel is heading towards.

@revinaque1342

7 ай бұрын

You got a rice cooker? Fuiyoh! 😀

@winkle1983

7 ай бұрын

No lie…I got a rice cooker bc of Uncle Roger as well…I could hear him in my head as I made gloopy rice in a sauce pan and it hurt my heart!

@stever456

7 ай бұрын

Same here, I have been learning before I came across UR but I follow this methodology. My Gurkha and Nepali friends are really happy I will only cook their homelands food right, likes I say to them I done want to upset Asian ancestors do i? White people messed up other countries enough so its only fair I do how they do it 😉👍

@MarkDeSade100

7 ай бұрын

I also bought a rice cooker because of Uncle Roger. Was going to get a Zojirushi but they're pretty expensive, so I did some research and got a Korean brand (Cuckoo) which is almost as good at a lower price.

@kentholle2166

7 ай бұрын

I got one because of Uncle Roger and my ex-Auntie used one. And then I had to move before I could use it and it’s gone into storage. Can’t wait to finally try the sucker out.

"If yan can cook so can you" - what a inspiring quote from Martin yan . Didn't know he was the one who inspired Uncle Roger's love for cooking and also his side hustle of roasting chefs . 😜

@matthew1182

7 ай бұрын

IF YAN CAN COOK YOU CAN COOK

@2thecartoonsimp1

7 ай бұрын

Reminds me of if the scatman can do it so can you

@FightingTorque411

7 ай бұрын

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@2thecartoonsimp1

7 ай бұрын

@@FightingTorque411 IM THE SCAT QMN SKIBIDIBI DA PA BOP

Grew up watching Martin Yan, Julia Child, Jacques Pepin, Jeff Smith, Justin Wilson, and so many other great chefs, the 80s were a great time to learn to cook!

Mr. Yan was definitely my cooking inspiration. Best cooking show on TV. So much passion, so many laughs. Love it!

Oh man. I miss Yan can cook show.

@dovely.

7 ай бұрын

these bots wild 💀

@wilburtroutner6417

7 ай бұрын

Agreed. I used to watch it all the time.

@Joshtubeofficial

7 ай бұрын

3 Bots in a row. How is that possible 💀💀😭💀😭😭

@the_guesser-ln4bk

7 ай бұрын

How is this comment 13 minutes ago whilst the video is 12 minutes old

@loucasad1598

7 ай бұрын

We all miss yan can cook show

Martin Yan had the skills and charisma to make me watch a cooking show as a 10 year old. Martin Yan is indeed the OG.

@ssettev9361

7 ай бұрын

Exactly! 😄

I love how at 5:05 he continues the joke for the people then quickly switches back to cooking mode; man's a legend ✌🏼

Love Mr. Yan! Coolest guy EVER. When I was 9 or 10 he had dinner at our house, he loved my mother's Chicken Prosciutto recipe. And yes, he smiles all of the time just like he does on his show 😂

Yan can cook was an absolute classic. When we were kids we'd watch the whole show just waiting for "If Yan can cook, so can you!"

If we got a Martin Yan and Uncle Roger collab, I would lose my goddamn mind and probably would be able to die happy

7:03 Look good, Uncle Roger would eat that. Audience: That's what he said.

There was an afternoon cooking show out of Vancouver, BC in the late 70's-early 80's called Wok With Yan featuring Stephen Yan (who owned several restaurants around Vancouver) that introduced a LOT of people to Asian cooking. And although they weren't related, Martin Yan and Yan Can Cook sounds like it was very similar, just in a larger market. Both were fantastic ambassadors for Asian food and also showed that making it at home was not that difficult. And you know that you've had an impact when it was before the internet but people remember you fondly 40+ years later.

@mendonesiac

3 ай бұрын

I loved watching Wok With Yan as a California kid! I didn't know he was broadcasting from the great white north

As a very white kid growing up in very white suburbia Yan Can Cook was a look into a different way to approach food. One of the first things I did once I was on my own was get a wok and find an Asian grocery. Eventually I became a professional chef, not really because of Martin Yan but he certainly helped, and now that I have moved on to a profession that doesn't involve being on my feet all day I still love cooking recreationally and I'm still exploring the cuisines of the world. PBS producing these cooking shows really opened the world to a lot of people.

@inspiration356

7 ай бұрын

Meanwhile I can’t even find a job

I met Martin Yan at my culinary school’s graduation ceremony. Such a good human being. He even told me the secret to a delicious Xiao Ling Bao. Just the Best! I hope Martin and Uncle Roger can do a collaboration.

@liuj88

7 ай бұрын

What's the secret?

@rainie22rs

7 ай бұрын

@@liuj88cold, gelatinous pork stock mixed with the ground meat filling

@liuj88

7 ай бұрын

@@rainie22rs Thanks!

As a youth I watched Graham Kerr, the Galloping Gourmet. In the early days of Food Network I thoroughly enjoyed Justin Wilson, the Cajun Chef (I Gah-ron-tee) and it was Yan who inspired me to start learning basics. I still have some video tapes of his shows that I recorded.

I grew watching him and had the extreme pleasure of cooking for him in my chef career! He's a culinary legend!! FUIYOH!!!

I used to fake being sick so i could stay home from school to watch Yan can cook. Best episode ever is when he put his kids into a (cold) wok and said "Look! They're Wok-ing" OG for sure

As a mongolian i can say that this dish is pretty similar to something we call "khorkhog" which is meat veggies and rocks inside a pressure cook in which we cook on top of campfire it comes out really good and we keep the rocks in our hands until it becomes cool its a really cool tradition we do

@JokeswithMitochondria

7 ай бұрын

Funny that you mention it cuz I’m in the process of making a video about Mongolia

@retroatx

7 ай бұрын

Oh wow, I love this comment.

@szewei85

7 ай бұрын

Haha Mongol is awesome Oriental desert better than Arab desert

@BrooklyKnight

7 ай бұрын

I'm planning to go to Mongolia for a vacation once I save up enough - khorkhog and tsuivan are definitely 2 things I really wanna try, as well as khuushuur.

@gebageba7869

7 ай бұрын

@@BrooklyKnight try "банштай цай"

Met Martin Yan at the 1989 pork expo. After his show in the expo, my family and I talked to him for hours. Such a nice guy, and he let us eat his food he cooked. He didn't have any forks or chopsticks so we ate it with toothpicks. Memory I will never forget. So delicious.

When he said, “Zai Jian!” At the end. I got a lil nostalgic being raised on 80s TV and of my old Chinese class. Plus the joy he said it in. Just warmed my heart. 💗

Met Martin purely by random chance my first week of Culinary School in San Francisco. He was recording a special at one of the cooking stores. He was the nicest person you could imagine. Let my friends and I hang out and watch the shoot. At the end he gave us some great tips and advice.

Love Chef Yan!!! He’s my hero too!! I was lucky enough to score a seat at one of his cooking demonstrations in Hong Kong 10 years ago. He made his own version of creamed corn fish fillet, and his cooking was legit. It tasted truly authentic too! He also demonstrated how to butcher a chicken in 30 seconds. Super impressive! I remember having a brief chat with him after and he was as enthusiastic and nice as he was on TV. ❤

Yan, along with the rest of the line up in the 80's was the peak of quality and wholesome shows that no only entertained you but was just as informational as well. I wish life was that simple still. I can still remember watching hours of shows on PBS laying in my grandmothers floor on a quilt that she made, taking a break from riding my bike around the neighborhood in the summers heat.

When I was a kid the local PBS channel (WTTW 11 Chicago) used to show Yan Can Cook followed by Justin Wilson the Cajun Cook every Saturday. The two of them were both so funny. Still to this day my favorite cooking shows.

When I was in culinary school, I had the pleasure of working and learning from this awesome chef. A memory I will never forget.

I teared up. I watched him to learn how to cook in general. He was so straightforward about the ease of cooking. Loved his show.

I like seeing a review of this older content once in a while. It's interesting to see how things have changed.

bro thank you for covering the OG!!! Uncle Martin blessed us with only basic channels!

I loved watching Uncle Martin Yan on tv. I got to meet him at an event in Pasadena, California, and he autographed his cooking book and gave it to me. He is so sweet and awesome. His twin sons were so adorable.

There were 3 TV shows that you did NOT bother Grandma when she was watching them. General Hospital, Bob Ross, and Yan Can Cook. To this day I can remember one of his plays on words. He said "Whistle while you wok". I thought that was the greatest saying ever. Thanks for conjuring so many happy memories of my childhood with this episode.

I loved watching his show as a kid. Earlier this year, I found that lot of the episodes are available on KZread. So much to learn from his techniques.

Real talk, as a kid born in the 80s, Yan Can Cook was one of my favorite shows on PBS because the food looked so good and Martin Yan could "julienne" vegetables like a MF.

8:09 😂😂😂

In the 1980s, on PBS, there was a line-up of very good cooking shows. My parents and I would watch them all with great attention, and Yan Can Cook was one of our favorites. Another of his catch phrases was "nice and golden-brown". We enjoyed his show very, very much!

@PhoenixHealing

7 ай бұрын

Did you watch the "Frugal Gourmet," too?

@MrRezRising

7 ай бұрын

Great Chefs was a classic. I remember being an unemployed line cook in nyc in the 90s watching all those shows. I still occasionally watch them on yt.

@SirBowie

7 ай бұрын

Two Fat Ladies was another good one!

@melenatorr

7 ай бұрын

@@PhoenixHealing I don't think so. As I remember, the line-up was (sort of): Yan Can Cook Jacques Pepin, and also the iteration with Julia Child There was a fun chocolate show featuring Jacques Torres America's Test Kitchen (with Christopher Kimball before he left for Milk Street) Lydia Bastianich, who was called "The Italian Lady" in our house Even longer ago, there was "The Galloping Gourmet", and though he was never a regular watch in our house, I remember that my sister enjoyed him.

@melenatorr

7 ай бұрын

@@SirBowie Yes, they were fun!

What a great video. I didn’t know about Yan but it was interesting to see his cooking skills, his personality, and his ability to make it entertaining. I’m going to make this dish for sure

Made me tear up seeing this. Good memories.

I’m so glad Uncle Roger made a video about Yan. As a white girl who grew up watching him, my love for cooking and Asian food came from him. Plus, Uncle Roger is the perfect person to make a video about him.

5:33 You hear sizzling, I hear all the OGs exicting in happiness.

Wok with Yan was such a beautiful thing to watch as a kid in the 90s. His apron sayings were amazing! "Over wok, under paid" "Woks new pussycat" "Wok on the wild side" "Wok the heck" "All wokked up" "Wok goes in must come out"

I used to watch this on pbs. Was one of my favorites

Wow. Major flashbacks. Glad that Yan is getting his due. In an era of primarily "Italian" food chefs on TV, Yan was a welcome antidote to the endless parade of bland pasta dishes. Thank you.

Yan can cook was my moms favorite show, we were poor, and she checked his book out 5 times in a row from the library, until she hand copied every recipe. I still remember him showing how to make bacon out of thinly sliced tofu and liquid smoke. TLT was a family favorite for years. We weren't vegetarian, just poor. She watched his show religiously. Have to add, Corn starch & MSG gives you a Foodgasm, it's a better thing.

@inspiration356

7 ай бұрын

1:37

He was my hero growing up, and one of the reasons I still love to cook. ❤

Uncle Martin and on PBS in the 80s kept me engaged in the kitchen as a kid. I never got too deep into chinese cooking, but it made the kitchen a fun place to cook whatever I was making. I'm nowhere near a chef, but I've been able to consistently make tasty things without poisoning myself all my life, so thats a win.

As a Taiwanese, I get satisfied easily just to hear Uncle Roger mention Taiwan in his weejio💕😳

@adrijenie4105

7 ай бұрын

not a rreal coutnry :P

@alyxleaf

7 ай бұрын

Haiyaa you not in real country. (This is a joke btw, I have some very nice friends in Taiwan)

@deanzaZZR

7 ай бұрын

Uncle Roger should consider cooking Taiwanese beef noodle soup, but he also needs to consider how that would impact his social credit score.

@andrewpatterson9042

7 ай бұрын

@@deanzaZZRFuiyoooooh! Taiwanese beef noodle soup is so shiok!

@ZijunTan

7 ай бұрын

Satisfied? Maybe u mean Orgasm 😂

My mother loved (and still loves) Martin Yan! She watched his show all of the time and his catchphrase of "If Yan can cook, so can you." is embedded in my childhood memories. Quite a few of the dishes she's cooked and continues to cook were inspired by his simple recipes (like dredging meat in oyster sauce instead of beaten egg before coating with breadcrumbs).

I love this... I used to watch Yan Can Cook all the time when I was a kid. Uncle Yan is the best.

Martin Yan is one of the people i watched as a kid that made me love cooking. I remember watching him and hearing. "Remember if Yan can cook, So can YOU!"

Wow, this brought me back to my teenage years. Ahh...the 80's - people who had cooking shows that really knew how to cook.

@madtabby66

7 ай бұрын

“Celebrity Chef” wasn’t really a thing back then. I mean they existed, but they were more chef than celebrity.

4-5 year old me never missed a chance to see Yan when he came on, on my local PBS station he was right after Seasame Street and at first my mom would try to change it over to some other kids' show but I always threw a fit, I LOVED Yan Can Cook. I didn't grow up to be a professional chef like I wanted, but he helped me to be a pretty good home cook!

I watched him many years ago. Love him!

Thank you for the memories, and a really excellent incorporation of your sponsor, Express VPN. I didn't fast forward a second!

I can't unsee Uncle Roger insulting Jamie Oliver in first 30 second in his every video.

@kokodelnorte

7 ай бұрын

Dragged his son into it too haha

@ukchub6633

7 ай бұрын

Ridiculous Chinese attitude Malaysian Chinese comedian guy learn to be rude like some British culture. I feel sorry to him in some way

@ukchub6633

7 ай бұрын

Ohh dear the peking part uncle Roger can't you see that look like Chinese butler xD copy style from British English butler how they do things xD

@EndlessSummer888

7 ай бұрын

He's done it too much, if you ask me. It's really getting old.

@palakpatiyal8072

7 ай бұрын

Yeah. His hate for Jamie Oliver knows no bounds.😂

As a Canadian, and lover of all his shows, I wanna point out that he's one of us! Big part of a lot of our childhoods too!

@hbailie9115

7 ай бұрын

Our Yan was a different Yan.

@christopherlongair355

7 ай бұрын

@@hbailie9115 no kidding! His style is even similar, along with the love for puns.

@johnsmith-fs8xh

7 ай бұрын

Wok with Yan! Always with his punny aprons.

@joanmilton9986

7 ай бұрын

Our was called Wok with Yan. He always wore an apron with some kind of wok pun on it.

@joanmilton9986

7 ай бұрын

@@johnsmith-fs8xh Wok this way, take a wok on the wild side...

Wow! Great memories. Thanks for sharing this!

I miss this guy he was one of the best cooks to watch on television I grew up as a kid watching him taught me a lot about cooking and Chinese food

10:13 his face experiencing true luv 😂😂

Thank you so much, Uncle Roger, for bringing the awesomeness that is Martin Yan to a new generation. I grew up with him and loved him, watching this is so nostalgic. He is such a great entertainment chef. And he still is with his KZread channel!

@naturalharmoniagropius4486

7 ай бұрын

Really?

@waiyanhtetaung442

7 ай бұрын

What's Martin Yan KZread Name??

@CeruleanDragon1

7 ай бұрын

@@waiyanhtetaung442 @ChefMartinYan

Martin Yan was a big part of my childhood, love this tribute to the OG Uncle Martin.

He was awesome, great memories.

good lord, this takes me back to the old PBS cooking shows when i was little. maybe it's just the nostalgia, but Martin Yan had more talent, personality, and knowledge than a lot of hosts today.

5:12 at this point he’s just complimenting himself

Nostalgia overload! I used to watch the cooking shows on PBS on the weekends, especially Yan Can Cook. 😊

It's so matter of factly and focussed on the cooking. No BS. Love it.

My mom and I loved watching Yan Can Cook. Since he catered for an American audience, it made it easier for us to find alternatives to ingredients. It was difficult to get traditional Korean and Chinese ingredients in the 80s, in the US.

@agamersinsanity

7 ай бұрын

still hard af to get here in Sweden.. there are some, but the quality is usually a bit meh

I hadn't even watched a millisecond of this video, and immediately liked it. Why? Uncle Roger talking about Martin Yan, that's why. Martin Yan is someone who I've been watching since I was 8 years old, and have always had a fascination with him. I absolutely love his food, style, and just overall lovely demeanour. Big ups, Uncle Roger for covering this absolute legend ❤

“I cannot believe it myself” Loved watching Martin Yan as a kid

I remember Yan’s shows! In fact, my older son really remembers them and is probably why he is the main cook in his family. I had to send this - one of my Favorite Uncle Roger wideos - to him.

I loved watching Martin Yan on PBS in the eighties. I enjoyed his humor and how he did the food. He made it look less alien and is a good reason for Asian food making mainstream wayback in the day. I still have his cookbook; The Yan Can Cook Book.

@luv2bbq

7 ай бұрын

Are you sure it wasn’t Stephen yan? I think people get them confused

@bohemiansusan2897

7 ай бұрын

@@luv2bbq yes I am certain that I have the right name. It was Martin. They look NOTHING ALIKE.

I watched this show religiously growing up. I thought Martin Yan was one of the coolest persons I've ever seen and he absolutely was a big reason why I got into cooking. So cool seeing Uncle Roger doing an episode on him.

I used to watch Yan Can Cook on PBS in the 1980's. What a great show!!!

loved watching his show when I was a kid.