Shaxian: The Chinese snack capital you’ve never heard of
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ส.ค. 2024
- I finally visited Shaxian 沙县! The birthplace of the Shaxian Delicacies 沙县小吃 snack chain, and oh boy, did I eat a lot of snacks
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Amy is absolutely the best ambassador to Chinese cuisine. Thank you
She gets paid by the Chinese government to promote china... So people forget about the Muslim genocide happening in Xinjiang
@@hkay3127 U idol. Genocide has only happened in dirty western world. Where have those American Indians been?
看amy的视频真是享受，外国人这么熟悉和弘扬中国饮食文化，作为中国人真的很感谢amy做出的杰出贡献，中国抛开政治，饮食文化真的博大精深，很高兴中餐吸引了amy的胃。
Derk is so natural in front of the camera and a wonderful addition to your videos. HOWEVER, when I saw you with Mengzai and how free and easy you were able to converse together in Chinese I can totally understand why you need to do your own thing once in awhile and that the best thing about your videos is when you converse naturally with the locals. You two looked like you had so much fun. Please feature her again! Also out of every kind of food you’ve featured, this looks THE MOST appetizing. Hope you go back and try more dishes.
Stumbled upon your tiktok months ago and now I can't stop watching your videos, love the energy❤️
Ahhh thank you so much!!!
Banmian is one of my most favorite things in the world. As a Chinese (Fujianese) American, I grew up eating banmian rather than PB&J.
You can make it at home with peanut butter, water, soy sauce and sesame oil!
same although im hokkien
Banmian bianrou are the most famous snacks in Fuzhou. Glad Amy enjoyed them
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wtf is fujianese,,,
Okay, let's put it this way....I was a really big fan, a faithful follower, from a very very far far continent (Africa/Morocco)....but now that you brought the Star Wars, Han Solo kinda stuff....I LOVE YOU EVEN MORE !!!!!!!!!
I love these vids on such interesting Chinese foods. I’m a Malaysian Chinese and these foods are totallly new and unique to me too!
China is huge, different provinces have different cuisine.
No need visas for malaysians... Yayyyyyy❤❤
World will be so peaceful when we respect each other and enjoy live together… thank you for sharing
Your videos always make me want to live in China again. I loved living there!
Absolutely love your videos Amy! I'm of distant Chinese descent and I feel like I learn as much about Chinese food and culture from you as my own parents! Much love from back home in Sydney!
Love your Sydney food videos too, keep up the great work!
Amy I hate you for bringing all these amazing food into my life while I'm stuck in my country eating same food every day 🤣🤣🤣. Looking forward to your next video👍
You've become my favourite travel & food content creator! Your energy is so infectious. Keep up the great work!
I said it before I will say it again, love those time travel videos.
I'm so excited - Amy you even found the small-ish city of Sanming, where I had a lot of childhood memories! You're really exploring China!👏👍Taro dumplings are my favourite!😍
Being a fujianese American who is far from home watching your video make me miss home cuz literally Bianruo banmian is every fujianese kids childhood go to snack. I literally make them every other day in my own kitchen
Hey, Amy, you should really live in southern China. Food is great and cheap. The night life is more vibrant. By the way, I always love when you have a cohort in your show. I don't know how you met and where you met. They all have great personalities. Congrats! Another enjoyable episode! I enjoy watching every episode you put out on youtube!
Yes! having a comrade mate is enjoyable.
Hi Amy, there is also a Shaxian snack opened in Eastwood around 2 years ago. I am from Fujian and feel it quite authentic. You can try next time when you are back to Australia.
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!! Your Mandarin is so on point. Puts an ABC like me to shame!!! Keep sharing!
I regret not eating at the Shaxian chain when I was in China so much now. Now that I'm overseas there's no way to get it. It's really good that you get to experience all these foods while you're in China. I can't help but think that maybe I took all the cheap, delicious foods for granted as a Chinese. Once you get out of China you realize how good the Chinese have it. Any decent Chinese food is going to cost you a fortune in the west.
As the Chinese saying goes:
''Do it yourself so you will want for no food or clothing.'' 自己动手 丰衣足食
Learn to cook Chinese, it's even easier if you can read Chinese recipes.
It's the same everywhere. I watched on TV that beef from the United States and Australia is very cheap and can be bought often. I live in China. I'm Chinese. We eat beef every half a month. Beef in China is about 60 / 500g
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Always excited and waiting for your exciting vlogs/video/s..✨
I absolutely love your videos 😄 especially the food kind
Shaxian kept me alive back in the uni😂
Cheap, flavorful, and right on the way from my dom to downtown😂
Love the transition across time and space!!! super impressive! LOL love how you tried the authentic one and then compare it with other places.
I really wanna try the local ones in Shaxian now~~ especially the restaurant where you had dinner! that place is like snacks HEAVEN!!!
Derk looked so comfy in that hammock LOL oh wait, he can't try the banmian then coz he's allergic to nuts (or he's ok with peanut sauce?
Anyways! can't wait for more food videos coming our way! thanks Amy!!!
I can't help giggle when watching your video. such energy and joy you bring to your audience. love your work.
三明 is so amazing place! it is my good friend's home town! I wish I can visit there in future to try local food and see the beautiful scenery!
It's super pretty there!
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Thank you so much, what an excellent snacks video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Your eating companion is so sweet. Really nice dynamic between the two of you. Would love to see more of her!
Another great eating adventure. Keep them coming.
As someone who was born and raised in Sanming city (三明市) till I was 10, and lived in Sydney ever since, it’s such a delight to see you make this video, Amy!
Hundun (馄炖) and peanut sauced banmian (拌面) down at the local stall used to be a staple part of my breakfast before starting school. It may sound a bit weird but we used to add some white vinegar to the banmian to add some extra flavour!
Nowadays it’s the norm to see so many dishes, but back then it was really mainly those two, with some odd appearances of taro dumplings (芋饺), stired rice noodles (拌粿条), and hundun in peanut sauce (拌馄炖).
Feeing very nostalgic now and thanks for the video!
My parents are from Fujian so hah, I’ve heard of Shaxian! 🙂 We actually have a Shaxian Delicacies here in Chinatown, Philadelphia. I’ve only eaten there once. I wonder if it’s the same franchise.
No you never heard of it, the title said so 🤣
Banmian, bianrou, and fried taro cake are my go-to items for Fujian food
Ohhh Amy, you are making me drooling….I’ve been to several 沙縣小吃 when in Shanghai, but always wanted to go to the real 沙縣, on my list, one day! Tried the 沙縣小吃in Eastwood, next to the rice paper place you took your Mom Dad for breakfast in one of your videos, but it is nowhere to compare…please have an extra bite for us🤤🤤🤤…..Thank you for your adventures as always!
哇，看完正宗的沙县小吃我瞬间觉得我在外面吃的所有沙县小吃都是不正宗的，必须去一趟福建的沙县去品尝一下正宗的沙县小吃
I want to travel more and more eat more in China but my job doesn’t allow me to leave Shanghai because of COVID-19 😭😭 So I’m traveling and eating vicariously through you!
Though you can’t leave Shanghai, Shanghai have every food you can imagine, just explore the city. Shanghai really really big 😉. But for me, the best cheap street food usually close to university 😂
@@justgado2772 I’m sooo lucky to live in such a wonderful city with so much to see, do, and eat!
Hi Amy and Derk!!🙋🏻♀️
OMG… I really want to tag along with you guys to this foodie paradise!🤩🥟🍹 Looking forward to seeing more food adventure.😍🍜🥢
hi Amy, I think I met you once in Chemist Warehouse at Manly a few years ago! You helped me and my friend chose what vitamins to buy and you mentioned you were studying in Tsinghua at that time hahaha.
Really enjoy your video. You are a happy foodie. Looking forward to your next video 😊
I love how you can stomach all the food in a day! Wow! And thanks for showing us the local food in China. Can't wait to visit China again.
6:25 LOL at the analogy! Hans Solo: "Oh. I thought they smelled bad on the 'outside'."
hahahahhaha!
This blonde is definitely living large and eating well in China 🥰
The way that one fellow in the restaurant was speaking reminds me of your neighbor in Beijing. That... Slow and deliberate way of annunciating combined with the hand gestures, I'm a big fan of that style!
Blondie, since you are living in Changchun now, why don't you take the chance to visit Jilin City, which is only 30 minutes away on high speed rail. It is a very beautiful city.
I agree! Or just go during the winter and take in the glorious sight of the 雾凇!
Look at this beautiful young Western woman enjoying life (and food!) in my beloved China. It really warms the heart and soul.
Omg, I am starving now. Amy you are killing me with that stuffed tofu dish!
Welcome to my province again ❤️
The city that I always wanted to see! Great stuff
Love this video and your back-and-forth with Mengzai! She appears so passionate and sincere about food, love her! Hope you can make other videos with Mengzai 🍽😁
Hey Amy, another Amy here from Sydney. Thank you heaps for show casing authentic food from Fujian. It brings so much nostalgia from my childhood. Ban Mian and Bian Rou are by far my favourite combination
Amy's reaction was the opposite of when I travelled to the south. A serving in Qingdao, my hometown, is two to three times larger than in the south, so I would complain about the small amount.
拌面 is literally one of the best food in the world
我最近好爱看你的视频，感觉每天都在期待！什么时候能再来成都啊，Amy，我愿意报名做你的成都美食探索小助理🐼，哈哈哈
Ridiculously delicious snacks at ridiculously low prices! :D
It's a small city, so the price is very cheap! In big cities, the price will be much higher!
More videos with Mengzai, Amy. The two of you are such fun together!
Your videos are the best
Fuzhou was my workplace long ago. Miss that place👍👍
Good Job and Support !
The menu of Shaxian snacks does vary from one place to another. Many items appeared on the menu at it's place of origin aren't available in the Shaxian snack restaurants in Ningbo. Shaxian snacks does have a branch in Melbourne, but I remembered it was over-priced and it was reluctant to take cards.
As a Fujian Australian... I'm pleasantly surprised you enjoyed Fujian food. I personally wouldn't have enjoyed a lot of the stuff you liked, like bamboo or taro, etc. too exotic for me. I personally prefer Cantonese and Northern Chinese.... oh hopefully you tried the Bianlao skin (did i even spell that right?) made from pork or the fish balls with meat inside. Those i like.
if u think bamboo and taro are too exotic then u dont even deserve to eat chinese food cuz theses are not even close to some of the food we eat
Imagine calling your own hometown food exotic. I'm afraid you're the only exotic one here, precious.
@@lq9734 chill brah, I'm a banana. But if it does help, my political standings is a proud wumao.
@@JH-jz1sd Taro isn't that bad, just think of it as potatoes but perhaps a tad sweeter and nuttier. 芋头扣肉 (braised pork belly with taro) is a good dish to start.
@@s._3560 Taro is also stickier than potatoes or sweet potatoes and it might give novice eaters the illusion that the mouthful is stuck in their throats. xD
this video brings back so many memories for me. my fam is from fujian. seeing shaxian snacks and foods like banmian bianrou takes me right back to childhood when I lived with my grandparents in China.
OMG! I'm getting hungry just watching your videos. Thanks, Amy!
Lol the Empire Strikes Back scene … so apt!! Hahaha
Can't believe you're in Shaxian!!! I was so addicted to 罗兰烧饼 when I was little.
Fantastic video!
nice channel and good understanding of chinese food. a couple comments: 1) i've had siguotang in xiamen many times at many different places, but have never had it with coconut milk. you may or may not prefer it with coconut milk, but having it with siguotang is neither typical nor traditional in xiamen. the way you have it here, with a clear mildly sweet sauce is the same as you would normally see it in xiamen, with or without crushed ice, 2) fujianese bianrou is traditionally made with a wrapping of pork mixed with a little flour and worked obsessively until it can be rolled to a very thin and smooth wrapper. many recipes you would see online call for a regular wonton wrapper and probably many places selling 'bianrou' would just use a regular wonton wrapper. if you want to know if it is traditional bianrou, ask how the wrapper is made, 3) shaxian delicacies is not a chain like mcdonalds or burger king, where you expect not only certain menu items, but also consistency whether it's in nanning or kansas city. i'm not sure what shaxian restaurant owners agree to when they pay for the right to use the trademark, but owners tend to regard themselves as independent and there would be a lot of variation between locations, much more so than you'd see with mcdonalds, burger king, kfc. etc.
when I heard you can really speak chinese, I started watching your video with glee, BUT when you did a referrence to 'Empire Strikes Back" - I immediately became a subscriber :D :D thanks for an interesting content 小姐, keep it up！😀
Lots of great Cantonese food in GZ, hope you were able to try the roasted goose
Blondie is an Aussie with the Heart, Mind and Soul of a Chinese.
Love her!!♥️😋
从b站过来居然发现有新视频！ 真的超爱Amy的视频~ 多多更新呀
Thanks for showing the world how vibrant Chinese (food) culture can be.
Blondie什么时候考虑去江西省逛一逛，毕竟来都来了隔壁，赣州欢迎您。welcome to jiangxi。
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ooh... that taro dumplings. haven't had it in so long but it's so good~ all the foods you had looks so good.
LOVE 沙县小吃 ❤
Always great to see foreign friends integrating into our way of life. lol
也来了广州呐？Looking forward to that video!
9:29 I like this shot where the owner suddenly starts talking at the back.
二十年前的沙縣只有板鴨。賣吃的不超過五家。都從外地賺到了錢。開了飯館。繁榮了家鄉
Fun vlog
I really hope you guys don’t get into lock down 🤞🏼🍀
Take care
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Amy, can't believe your mandarin is soo good, absolute almost native level~
Great video! Will make sure I visit Shaxian someday. With white shirt.
welcome to my hometown!
Hi lady simply beautiful that you have done a great job promoting chinese food for a long time.👍👍👍👏👏👏
10:35 Lanscape/city tour last no more than 2 secs, you really knows China now !
4:00 Amy if you want to get your parents to try Bianrou in Sydney, you can find a really good joint in Eastwood, in the same alley where you had malatang and also the Shunde place. It's a small place right at the entrance facing the greengrocers.
Nice shorts, Derk!!!!
Your Australian accent makes your videos equally interesting no matter if you speak English or Mandarin :P
Girl I can see a significant improvement of your mandarin! Bravo!
I always enjoy your adventures
这集好多吃的好馋哈哈哈❤芋头饺子让我想到我第一次去我男友家，他是江西九江人，那里接待客人有一种小吃叫哨子，甜口放红糖，咸口类似视频里的馅料😮金包银也一直没吃过我一直觉得和我们上海的油面筋塞肉一个口感？但是会酸辣🤔？花生酱拌面也好爱！我们夏天凉面都这么做😭好饿呀
很不错的美食之旅😋
Shaobin is one of my favourite food items, particular the meat version. Had it for a week, either for lunch, or dinner. Hope Amy does not encounter the protests, and lockdown problems on her travels. Godspeed.
LOL Amy you described the shaomai perfectly! That scene from Star Wars V ... bleurgh.. haha..
"Where is the entrance?" 😂🤣
I was internally shouting omg she needs to have bianrou and banmian together! Great cheap breakfast and it’s definitely a comfort food for us fujianese people.
沙县最出名的：鸡腿饭，鸭腿饭，拌面，各种营养汤，蒸饺…
我来的也太巧了，刚发布10秒，我就刷到了😁 第一✌️
As much as I love Army recent video ,I kind of miss the Amy and jasmin duo 😭
There will be a video with jasmine coming soon! About to meet up with her in Hangzhou!
My favorite is rice noodles mixed with peanut butter and a large slice of 豆腐皮 that is full of delicious juices
I been in China 4 years and I often see 沙县小吃but never try it!
Banmian i like it garlicky, with a lot of vinegar and a touch of soy sauce and spicy powder.
I LOVE your NICE T-shirt!!!!!!
The place that I sweat the most is my nose. I can’t even keep my sunglasses on without it trying to slide off during the summer. 😅