I saw him in one of the episodes in Netflix~ that one super hilarious too! And now saw this video and I’m moved to HK now~ really have to go visit his shop one day haha
@@coquitlamfalcons3976 that shop is in Fa Yuen Street ( garden street ) nest to east mong kok station !! He is right, as we go there , we just look for the traditional cakes , not the moncha ...... , so they just focus on their strength is fine !! But I don't know why he didn't mention " siu pand " ( fried sticky rice cake ) , people always line up for " siu pand" , and " kai jai pand " ( kai ( chicken ) Jai (son) pand ( cake ) , all together means chicks cake !! HAHA ! ) , very traditional cake but a bit oily , very popular since 30's I think !! I hope u could try if you go there or try other shop if they have it !! Taiwan got a lot of traditional cake shop , much more than HK , especially the traditional cake shop !! U could find anywhere in Taiwan and very popular, maybe , taiwanese like the traditional cakes better than HKers !! That's true !! Try if u would visit Taiwan !!
Not to mention he studied overseas and earned college degree. He went home to cont. family business. He is so easy going and focus on carry on the family business.人情味＝human kindness?
The Dutch use the word 'Ambachtelijk' quite a lot which literally translates to "Artisanal". I guess that's not really a marketing term in English. I would say the most understood translation, especially on food, would probably be "Made by hand", so people know it's not a concoction of machinery pumping out millions.
"Rustic, Artisanal, and Handmade" are probably the rough equivalents in English to "人情味" for marketing purposes. If I were to describe the food item, there's no precise machinery churning/mass producing these pastries. There's a soul/human to each of the items that are made.
im gonna stick to the other origin stories like when the man's wife sells herself to buy medicine and he invents these pastries to make enough money to buy her back cause that one sounded funky
My auntie literally lives next to this street where the store is located and every time my family go to Hong Kong and we stay with her or visit her we always go to this place and get the pastries there. Always my favourite place to go.
Learned how to make these and other Cantonese pastries as a kid. Never did get a good explanation of the name. As with most pastries, they are best fresh when they are flakey. After an hour or two, they can get soggy.
I haven’t eaten a 老婆饼 in so long but I feel like my tastebuds still remembers how it tastes like. I don’t remember the last time I ate one from a Chinese bakery but my mom tried to make some I think during 2020 she really experimented with making Chinese baked goods. All from the internet btw😂
This shop must be doing something right, so it's lucrative enough to send the son overseas to study, cos it cost a fortune to study overseas. All the pastries look sooo good.
wife cake, my favourite chinese pastry.... still can remember its texture, sweetness from my early childhood... 2nd is chicken biscuits, the crunchy and savoury taste from the nam yue.... so nice
Thank you for making content that is relevant, authentic, and relatable. I know that because of cultural differences it's hard for China to break into the mainstream unless it's about politics or tech. I'm not Chinese but I think you guys did a good job in highlighting these little nuggets of joy that are usually overlooked lol. Keep doing you.
You're right. I usually get ones with little candied wintermelon chunks, sometimes almond paste or white sesame seeds. Maybe those are the secret ingredients?
I just LOVE this thank you everyone and I'm so happy you do not use butter and other dairy ingredients !!! Bravo bravo !!! His sentiments towards the end: "gives a sense of yun ching mei" in English would be more along the lines of hearty or sentimental feeling when it comes to food and the feels it makes us experience a nostalgia something so sentimental and whole hearted perhaps yeah ??? LOVE from Vancouver BC Canada xx
The manager a.k.a. Errand boy is very entertaining. I love traditional cakes. Hope after the world rids Covid, I would love to travel to HK and visit all the lovely food shops I found on this channel and have a great feast tour in HK. Cheers!
Man, I miss those fresh pastries from Hong Kong. Ahh, those freshly , just came out of Niven are the best. Love the egg custard tarts (don-tot) in HK. They’re so good & yummy yet, so bad for you😂😂.
This is a little random and completely unrelated but the background music is very nice! I feel like a lot of the time I find myself getting annoyed by or clicking off of a video that has really loud and brash and upbeat music but multiple times throughout this video I would catch myself vibing to the music without realizing, it's not too distracting but I feel like once you notice it you get even more relaxed unlike most videos.. thank you for the great video !!
I just spied some of these at an international market. I figure I will do a review of them and of course they probably won't even compare to the fresh ones. But they look fiiine. Think I will enjoy this one.
This Manager/Errand boy has command of language in describing his wife's cakes, very precise, yet methodical recipe...I will definitely enjoy eating every wife cake now, even if it's not from his shop...😋 Tqtq for sharing....💖💝💐
In the next day (I mean today) I have bought wife cake from Hong Kong market and enjoyed it a lot. It’s not so sweet but smoothly dough, about 120 calories each only. Really good and cheap.
We have the same thing in Suriname (a South-American a country above Brazil) we call it Blacka Eye (Black Eye). It was imported to Suriname by immigrants. It looks completely the same only ours is filled with red bean paste. It's really delicious. It's my favourite pastry which reminds me of my childhood.
This guy's level of English is phenomenal, considering he's lived in HK most of his life. Watching this wife cakes video, I'm reminded of that TVB drama called "Square Pegs" where I first learned about the existence of wife cakes. such a good drama!
This shop is right below my grandparents apartment - whenever I go back to HK each year, I always buy a preserved egg pastry (pei dan sou). So good .. AND I'VE SEEN WILLIAM THERE, I'VE BOUGHT PEI DAN SOU FROM HIM A WHILE BACK
I wonder if their secret ingredient is candied winter melon? As a kid, I used to eat these all the time and they would have some bits of candied winter melon which made it nice and sweet. It's weird that they never mentioned that ingredient since it's a must have in all wife cakes.
"Wife cake" sounds like such a stupid name What's wrong with just calling it lou po beng You don't call Pain au Chocolat "bread with chocolate", you don't call bratwurst "sausage with finely chopped meat", and you don't call Frutti di Mare "fruit of the sea" Calling the pastry "wife cake" just sounds so derpy
"... that just sounds wrong in English..." The guy is the best!!!
"no wives were harmed in the production of wife cakes"
Best line 🙌🏻🤣
NO IT’S NOT!!!
Love his gentle humour. These have to be the BEST and I can imagine winter melon filling-not mushy
I think a better translation would be handmade touch
This guy is hilarious. I love the jokes he worked into the interview 🤣.
Man I miss Hong Kong.
I saw him in one of the episodes in Netflix~ that one super hilarious too! And now saw this video and I’m moved to HK now~ really have to go visit his shop one day haha
“ I don’t see it...... That’s why my pastry falls apart.” LMFAOOOO!!
This guy as an absolute natural. Someone needs to get him his own channel!
No wifes were harmed...
This is china theres no guarantee
@@bribotran6121 nah this is Hong Kong, way different than China
Such a nice guy, great interview!!
I wish one day I get to go there and try a wife cake, it looked so good 😍
You must try it- such a great pastry, even though I haven't been to that particular bakery! And no, haven't found one as good outside HK.
@@coquitlamfalcons3976 There is a very good one in Vancouver ;) The owner is one of the most popular wife's cake bakery in hk
@@yujaii Just wanred to reply that Vancouver had nice wife cakes XD
@@coquitlamfalcons3976 that shop is in Fa Yuen Street ( garden street ) nest to east mong kok station !! He is right, as we go there , we just look for the traditional cakes , not the moncha ...... , so they just focus on their strength is fine !! But I don't know why he didn't mention " siu pand " ( fried sticky rice cake ) , people always line up for " siu pand" , and " kai jai pand " ( kai ( chicken ) Jai (son) pand ( cake ) , all together means chicks cake !! HAHA ! ) , very traditional cake but a bit oily , very popular since 30's I think !! I hope u could try if you go there or try other shop if they have it !! Taiwan got a lot of traditional cake shop , much more than HK , especially the traditional cake shop !! U could find anywhere in Taiwan and very popular, maybe , taiwanese like the traditional cakes better than HKers !! That's true !! Try if u would visit Taiwan !!
Not to mention he studied overseas and earned college degree. He went home to cont. family business. He is so easy going and focus on carry on the family business.人情味＝human kindness?
The Dutch use the word 'Ambachtelijk' quite a lot which literally translates to "Artisanal". I guess that's not really a marketing term in English. I would say the most understood translation, especially on food, would probably be "Made by hand", so people know it's not a concoction of machinery pumping out millions.
"Rustic, Artisanal, and Handmade" are probably the rough equivalents in English to "人情味" for marketing purposes. If I were to describe the food item, there's no precise machinery churning/mass producing these pastries. There's a soul/human to each of the items that are made.
I think it is more passion. Always makes food taste better
this guy is amazing lolol
14 people disliked because their wife left them oof xD
I grew up on these, from this shop in MK! my mum still gets them when I visit - so nice with they are warm. nomnom
"No wives are harmed during the production of wife cakes" haha
this guy deserves his own show! haha he'd be a great host!
That guy is funny. "No wife was harm in the making of wife cakes", that is always good to know. i wouldn't want to eat anyone's wife.🤣
im gonna stick to the other origin stories like when the man's wife sells herself to buy medicine and he invents these pastries to make enough money to buy her back cause that one sounded funky
I think his real aspiration is to do stand up comedies, but mom just couldnt let an errand boy go free.
Lol
I love his humility and his dry, sarcastic sense of humour! What a cutie pie.
Love the errand boy :)
No pumpkin spice! Haha that cracked me up. He has cute sense of humour.
This guy should audition for the big screen - he's hilarious.
Guy who run the store: here's the backstory
Narrator: *Adjust glasses* Actually....
Ahhh glad to see another video of him after seeing him on Restaurants on the Edge! He is a real funny guy!
I came for the wife cake recipe and was charmed by the golden errand boy 😊 effortlessly funny
How to better describe this guy, charisma? Respect for his knowledge 👍
This guy is hilarious. Saw him on an episode of Restaurants on the Edge. Comedic timing always on point.
Can you have him host a segment for Hong Kong?
Yes, please!
my favorite is wife cake............love it very very much
My auntie literally lives next to this street where the store is located and every time my family go to Hong Kong and we stay with her or visit her we always go to this place and get the pastries there. Always my favourite place to go.
#nowivesrhardduringtheproductionofwifecakes!🤣🤣🤣🤣
Such a lovely video to watch
Yooooo I fucking love 老婆餅
aww I want to visit the shop, I miss much of the traditional chinese pastry!
These look the best...want NOW! Seriously I love his character, how “Errand Boy” explains the craft.
Learned how to make these and other Cantonese pastries as a kid. Never did get a good explanation of the name. As with most pastries, they are best fresh when they are flakey. After an hour or two, they can get soggy.
I put them in the toaster oven when I get home, because I don't like them softened up.
Dude needs a promotion to platinum, he’s awesome!
I haven’t eaten a 老婆饼 in so long but I feel like my tastebuds still remembers how it tastes like. I don’t remember the last time I ate one from a Chinese bakery but my mom tried to make some I think during 2020 she really experimented with making Chinese baked goods. All from the internet btw😂
Hi Goldenthread. It will help if you put in the Google Map link to the shop. Some foodcentric videos do that. Helps us get over there in a jiffy!
its called 奇趣餅家 its in 35 Fa Yuen St, Mong Kok, Hong Kong. hahha hope it helps, i am also a great fan of this pastry shop !
Bro wife cakes are the bomb! There is another variant I think called sun cake and the only difference is that one’s pastry thicker and one is thinner.
One of my absolute favourite pastries🤩🤩🤩 I love seeing how much work and dedication is put into making these!!
I think his real aspiration is to do stand up comedies, but mom just couldnt let an errand boy go free.
This shop must be doing something right, so it's lucrative enough to send the son overseas to study, cos it cost a fortune to study overseas. All the pastries look sooo good.
Reminds me of Hopia herein the Philippines. Same exaxt bread with wintermelon custard filling..
wife cake, my favourite chinese pastry.... still can remember its texture, sweetness from my early childhood... 2nd is chicken biscuits, the crunchy and savoury taste from the nam yue.... so nice
Hmmm, I love Chicken Thins.
Don't see them in Chinese Bakeries in London.
had to look up jan cing mei 😂 人情味. yea does sound kinda weird if translated to english lmao
Thank you for making content that is relevant, authentic, and relatable. I know that because of cultural differences it's hard for China to break into the mainstream unless it's about politics or tech. I'm not Chinese but I think you guys did a good job in highlighting these little nuggets of joy that are usually overlooked lol. Keep doing you.
“Human touch”
“That just sounds wrong in English”
Why does this guy remind me of Napoleon Dynamite?
I thought these had wintermelon paste inside o_o anyways the guy is totally a jokester 😂
You're right. I usually get ones with little candied wintermelon chunks, sometimes almond paste or white sesame seeds. Maybe those are the secret ingredients?
High-key the guy's voice is really cute
I just LOVE this thank you everyone and I'm so happy you do not use butter and other dairy ingredients !!! Bravo bravo !!! His sentiments towards the end: "gives a sense of yun ching mei" in English would be more along the lines of hearty or sentimental feeling when it comes to food and the feels it makes us experience a nostalgia something so sentimental and whole hearted perhaps yeah ??? LOVE from Vancouver BC Canada xx
They don't use butter but they use lard (which is animal fat)...one of the secrets to making the pastry super flaky
The manager a.k.a. Errand boy is very entertaining. I love traditional cakes. Hope after the world rids Covid, I would love to travel to HK and visit all the lovely food shops I found on this channel and have a great feast tour in HK.
Cheers!
This guy is HILARIOUS if he had a channel I'd watch it
Everything he mentions above is my favorite. I can't wait to get some when I visit Chicago when this craziness over.
Somehow he wants to spread that around, which is... weird. Lollollol
I watched the whole video just to admire the humble yet hilarious "errand boy", haha, smart and funny man!
The uneven distribution of sesame upsets me greatly
Man, I miss those fresh pastries from Hong Kong. Ahh, those freshly , just came out of Niven are the best. Love the egg custard tarts (don-tot) in HK. They’re so good & yummy yet, so bad for you😂😂.
this looks so good i want to try it! also the guys seems super funny lol
No wives were harmed during the production of wife cakes! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This cute and witty "errand boy" is a mood~
Loved this piece. I really like your channel it is so informative, fun and very well done!
First chance I get, visit HK and gonna be non stop eating.
The other cakes are poisoned...lol
A nice glimpse into Chinese culture and cuisine :)
This guy deserves his own show. He is hilarious 😂
Like hopia? It looks super good💕💕
so excited to visit Hong Kong again next year!
This is a little random and completely unrelated but the background music is very nice! I feel like a lot of the time I find myself getting annoyed by or clicking off of a video that has really loud and brash and upbeat music but multiple times throughout this video I would catch myself vibing to the music without realizing, it's not too distracting but I feel like once you notice it you get even more relaxed unlike most videos.. thank you for the great video !!
this shop is so well known in the area!!! i will always get at least a few when i'm nearby :)
Fancy name for hopia 🙄 same ol
Good thing he cleared that up, about the cakes not being made out of wives. Look much tastier than Hotteok. 😋
I personally prefer hotteok. Wintermelon paste tastes weird
this guy is funny ! LOL
wife cake = Hopia
Best comment: “Oh, you need to rub a little harder!” 🤣
I just spied some of these at an international market. I figure I will do a review of them and of course they probably won't even compare to the fresh ones. But they look fiiine. Think I will enjoy this one.
You need to rub it a little harder
His English is perfect. Even his Ls and Rs!
This Manager/Errand boy has command of language in describing his wife's cakes, very precise, yet methodical recipe...I will definitely enjoy eating every wife cake now, even if it's not from his shop...😋
Tqtq for sharing....💖💝💐
Very well spoken and articulated guy! Kudos man!!🙏🙏
I would try the cakes, except for the lard. I'm vegetarian.
In the next day (I mean today) I have bought wife cake from Hong Kong market and enjoyed it a lot. It’s not so sweet but smoothly dough, about 120 calories each only. Really good and cheap.
Wearing tank top is the trick in making the best asian pastry and of course do not forget the food enhancer to close the deal! 😳
He's a legend! I'll make him a wife cake! ; )
Ooohhh!!! All their baked goods sounds so yummy!!! I wanna see their walnut cookies next!!!
As a dude should I have eaten so many lo po biang like...... I swear I eat at least 3-5 a day when the time of the year comes around.
Lard lard lard !!!
We have the same thing in Suriname (a South-American a country above Brazil) we call it Blacka Eye (Black Eye). It was imported to Suriname by immigrants. It looks completely the same only ours is filled with red bean paste. It's really delicious. It's my favourite pastry which reminds me of my childhood.
This is other staple we have in Hong Kong too red bean filling is very common red bean pastry
This guy is great...I really wish I can go there , say hi, and try one!...one day...
My family loves Wife's Biscuits, but I never got into the taste. I prefer Ham Sui Gok more :)
This guy's level of English is phenomenal, considering he's lived in HK most of his life. Watching this wife cakes video, I'm reminded of that TVB drama called "Square Pegs" where I first learned about the existence of wife cakes. such a good drama!
This shop is right below my grandparents apartment - whenever I go back to HK each year, I always buy a preserved egg pastry (pei dan sou). So good ..
AND I'VE SEEN WILLIAM THERE, I'VE BOUGHT PEI DAN SOU FROM HIM A WHILE BACK
I hope HK is pretty much the same after the pandemic. I really want to go there to eat and enjoy the city again.
super fine love from india
Wow I'd love to go there and learn this first hand 😍 what a dream come true
omg everytime my mum and i go to mongkok we always make sure that we get something from this bakery, it's so good!!
Greetings from Malaysia 🇲🇾 I'm chinese I do like wife cake 老婆饼
This video is amazing. What type of camera/lens/stabilization is being used inside the bakery to get these shots?
I wish more people are aware that sugar and carbs are not healthy. There are more and more low-carb substitutes to address that problem.
I wonder if their secret ingredient is candied winter melon? As a kid, I used to eat these all the time and they would have some bits of candied winter melon which made it nice and sweet. It's weird that they never mentioned that ingredient since it's a must have in all wife cakes.
Wife cakes. Lol. I want husband dish.
I saw William in person when I went to Taiwan. He really does look cute. Believe me.
Wife cake
Ingridients:
1 Angry wife
flour
Eggs
Water
Sugar
"Wife cake" sounds like such a stupid name
What's wrong with just calling it lou po beng
You don't call Pain au Chocolat "bread with chocolate", you don't call bratwurst "sausage with finely chopped meat", and you don't call Frutti di Mare "fruit of the sea"
Calling the pastry "wife cake" just sounds so derpy