In Malaysia, we may called it either "Yin Yong" or Cham, which is Cantonese for mix. I think this novel idea of mixing the two beverages together originated from HK. If they don't sell Yin Yong, just order a local black coffee and a tea with milk. Take one sip of each into your mouth without swallowing and mix them up in your mouth, you would then have your own Yin Yong. hahaa
Amy, in Mandarin, it’s call “yuan yang” (both 1st tone) 鴛鴦; it is very common; of course, they would in no way use expensive tea or coffee for this purpose. I am used to being served the hot combo beverage and the condensed milk separately, so one can adjust the taste to their liking.
Damian Rhea Yes. I have this yuan-yang coffee-tea 鴛鴦（奶）茶 only in the ubiquitous Hong Kong-style “tea restaurant 茶餐廳”. In the tea restaurant I go to, they use “yuan yang” as an euphemism for traditional dishes that incorporate 2 similar ingredients for an added complexity to flavour, texture, etc.; i.e.: a traditional dish that is called straightforwardly “stir fried rice vermicelli with shredded chicken meat and anchovy 鹹魚雞粒炒米粉 ”, when added styrofoam noodle 綠豆澱粉絲 in lieu of half the starch, which is ordinarily all rice vermicelli, is “yuan yang stir fried starch noodle with shredded chicken meat and anchovy 鴛鴦鹹魚雞粒炒粉” - it is DELICIOUS !
Amy, so happy heard u gonna back to Aus for relaxing, but I am a little bit sad as I need to back to China from SYD 😂when u have chance, Welcome to my hometown of China named shenyang. I am ur big fan😋 enjoy ur holiday.
That Canto-Viet term seems like gibberish, and would be more correctly rendered in *proper Vietnamese* as *"bạch tiểu"* , which is simply *half-and-half Vietnamese coffee and sweetened condensed milk.*
Singapore has them too. It started out in the various Hong Kong styled cafés, but now you can find them in quite a few places that sell local coffee or tea.
just wanted to say I've been binging your videos for the last week! I've been to china once through a student exchange and really fell in love with the country and the people and I love that you share all that here on youtube!!!!
Akin Khoo But technically HK isn’t in China... Yes, coffee tea exists in other countries in Asia; I like the Malaysian version as well. But for me, I always think of HK when coffee tea is mentioned, sorry.
HK has tea coffee, Singapore has Hainanese Coffee special brew, Malaysia has White Coffee and Vietnam, Indonesia and around nearby regions have palm civet coffee.
Yuan Yang in Mandarin but Yin Yeong in Cantonese.. it's got nothing to do with yin and yang which means darkness and light. Yin Yeong means mismatch. Just like the Mandarin ducks where the male is colorful and the female duck's color is dull. Wearing "yin yeong" socks means you have put on 2 different socks.
Occasionally found your channel, Now, addicted to all your videos, like your altitude, sharing, and personality, Most like the video where you attend the dating show. Keep stunning and have a great day.
Wow I can't believe he's lived there and never heard of it! I love it. The macaroni breakfasts are the best. a nice fried egg and ham with toast is super comforting
The taste can vary a bit between cafes, this is due to differences in Hong Kong milk tea used. Every cafe has their own blend/recipe to make milk tea and of course the coffee used can vary. I don't think yuan yang should be super sweet, especially the hot one; you can often add your own sugar to sweeten it. Yuan yang is my favorite drink because it has smoothness and sweetness of milk tea with bold flavor and caffeine from coffee. I'm not a Hong Kong local but I really liked Lan Fong Yuen when I visited and I think it's supposed to be famous. I think it's worthwhile to try the cafe's milk tea alone too, if their milk tea (though probably not a problem in HK) isn't very good then they can't make a good yuan yang. Milk tea and yuan yang goes well with HK baked treats like pineapple buns and egg tarts.
awesome! thanks for sharing! The one I had was definitely very sweet, you wouldn't want to add any more sweetener to it! I guess I've got to try more of it when I visit HK style restaurants
In Slovenia we have 'potratna potica' which is a cake stuffed with two different cakes. And it's not a joke, it takes about 2 days to make and it's delicious. The Irish have coffee with whiskey, Tibetans have tea with butter and salt etc. So I guess people have always tried to combine things that don't seem to mix well. I'd like to try the Honk-Kong tea-coffee!
In Jogjakarta Indonesia, there's a popular drink called 'kopi jos'. It's black coffee served with burning charcoal. You should definitely come and try someday Amy!
I had Thai-Coffee in Orange County, CA. Only one place carried it that I knew of, but ever since, I've been mixing milk tea, green milk tea, and thai tea with coffee. It's a game changer.
Hey Amy, I’ve been browsing traveling and food tour Vlog for China for a long time and so far you and Trevor James (the food ranger) are my favorite. I’m also a northeast Chinese reside in Melbourne for the rest of my life. When I got homesick I would watch your videos with a lots of laugh with myself. Wondering if you are planning to go back to China again after having some rest at home here in Australia, and if yes, where would you travel to? Cheers
Most dishes in HK can either have rice or pasta (usually spaghetti) as choice for side dish. They like to cover the sauce with cheese and bake it with the rice/pasta underneath.
I actually had this in a Cantonese/Macau restaurant in Xi'an, but I totally forgot about it until I just saw this video. Recently Starbucks in China has also been offering a black tea latte with coffee, which is basically a standard black tea latte with a shot of espresso. I tried that a week or two ago and it wasn't bad. Another odd coffee beverage I found in a few supermarkets here recently is a mix of coffee and coke (no idea about the brand, not a famous one), and while it sounds very weird, I think it tastes great! Cheers.
@@BlondieinChina with lemonade? That sounds odd indeed! After watching your video I made my own coffee and tea mix at home. It wasn't bad. I made a cup of black tea, then added a pack of 3 in one (which I usually don't like, but I tried it anyway). Next time I'll try black coffee with black tea, but I think this probably tastes better with milk or cream in it. 🙃🙃
as a person who is born in hong kong and grew up in Toronto, Canada, i never thought yinyeung was a foreign concept as it is super duper common 🤣 ... drank it most of my life in HK AND canada
Next time when you are in Hong Kong you should also try Hong Kong milk tea without the coffee. You should be able to get that at any of the HK cafes. The tea is usually from a mix of several types of black tea leaves and uses evaporated milk. It has a distinct flavor and very yummy. I will be in HK at the end of October and I am so excited!!!
Yuen Yeung mean whole lots of things: 1.) Circle consist of two black & white commas symbols with two dots in upper/lower center-balance of good and evil. 2.) Baked or Fried Rice top with meats in tomato sauce/seafood in cream sauce. 3.) This type of drink-coffee milk tea.
finally ..u know what is Tea+coffee !! I drink it everyday .. as it is summer time, drink the cool tea+coffee is ok .. but..the hot one is much better ..try again in winner .. by the way, the best thing in those small HongKong style cafe (茶餐廳) is ..all are tailor-made , so u can tell the waiter u want less sweet or less ice or less spice ...
Coffee Tea is also common in Guangdong province. the tea in "Yuan Yang" is actually tea powder, stronger than normal tea bags. Served with condensed milk is heavenly.
Yuenyeung (鸳鸯) is a type of bird, aka Mandarin Duck. 鸳 presents male Mandarin Duck and 鸯 describes female Mandarin Duck. 鸳鸯 also means an affectionate couple, and they are monogamous. When you go to a hot-pot restaurant, you can find 鸳鸯锅 on menu, which provides you two-flavour soup containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other..
Yuan Yang will probably be on the menu of any respectable Hong Kong eatery/food establishment and you can probably find it in the more metropolitan areas in Australian cities.
I made them everyday Tea and coffee, 1 teaspoon on instance Moccona Espresso and 2 tea bag Lipton tea bag, minimum sugar and full cream milk or full cream power,
The drink is called 鸳鸯because it's a combination of two different drinks. In Chinese culture, mandarin ducks are symbols for love because these birds are monogamous and mate for life, and they also symbolize the union of the Ying and the yang. Thus in Chinese idiom, whenever you are blending two things together that are very befitting of one another, we call it 鸳鸯. You might have also noticed when you go eat hotpot, there's a 鸳鸯锅, where the hotpot is split down the middle with a divide into a spicy half and a none spicy half to accommodate different palates. Just a little Chinese language lesson that also gives you some insight into the culture. Also a little side lesson about Chinese idioms similar to 鸳鸯would be 龙凤。They are used very differently, but the idea of describing something that is of a pair is somewhat similar. For example, a set of fraternal twins of the opposite sex would be called 龙凤胎. 龙would be the boy and 凤would be the girl. You picking up on the Ying yang trend here? A lot of these in Chinese idioms.
As a 3rd generation from HK, I would say you just choose a very wrong time visiting HK - since there are 'masked cockroach' everywhere. I am so lucky that my father has an appartment in Shenzhen and I have stayed there since 1/6. If you still in HK I will suggest you return mainland as soon as possible - those 'masked cockroach' are planning to disable HK subway and highway.
@@esitu5655 "Hong Kong should have pushed for independence prior to 1999" Thats not an option. In the 1980s, China threatened to invade British HK if Britain didnt return HK back to them.
@@yerri5567 HK is so strong and has strong royal army, why so scare and failed being independent at that time? Why royal government dropped off within a month but count more on Singapore? HK was colony and now part of China so where does invade comes from?
Hong Kong, you're in the best place to try 涼茶(not cool tea) and 糖水(not sugar water) girl. It would definitely be a better treat and trade off of the Starbucks you have after you've fast-food. Since you've living in China for quite some time now, I believe you'd understand what 上火(or Cantonese called it 熱氣) means, 涼茶(herb drinks) are basically the Chinese way ( mainly the South) of detoxing from all the of fries, deep fries food or any kind of unhealthy fast-food you've ate. And 糖水 are 廣東甜品/desserts. Don't miss it, if you have never try them before.
haha good tips! And yes, I definitely know the concept of 上火 my chinese roommates are always telling me to eat less of this or more of that to keep my body in balance hahaha
Actually there is a coffee tea combined beverage in every Starbucks in mainland China called '红茶鸳鸯拿铁' which I think is inspired by the original Hong Kong Yuenyeung milk tea.
@@mocuishle3519 I don't think there's a written word for "cham". It's rather a Malaysian lingual referring to coffee mixed with tea. You can read it here: says.com/my/lifestyle/ordering-your-drinks-at-a-malaysian-kopitiam
Wooi Hao Tan Ok, I’ve read it. Thank you. Lots in drink category from Malaysia are interesting to learn. I think to my understanding, Cham is a Malay word, not from Chinese. Although I heard to almost every country in the world, people use similar pronunciation of “Cha” to call tea related stuff.
@@mocuishle3519 Cham is Hokkien. It means mix. If you go to a Malay or Indian restaurant in Malaysia you can tell them "campur" which is the Malay word for mix. If you're worried they might not understand you, maybe you can say, "kopi campur teh," which means coffee mixed with tea.
Coffee tea is a British army exercise standard, simply because the insulated bulk hot beverage containers never get washed out properly. If you're really unlucky you can sample the coffee tea soup variety.
I speak Cantonese so this drink didn't surprise me, haha. This is a very fun Yin and Yang-ish video...we have tea and coffee, hot and cold, male and female ducks, you and Jonathan. I'm hoping you didn't go to Hong Kong just to try two drinks. Part 2, 3, 4...?
In Canada, it's very popular with the Chinese community (Hong Kongers). I don't know about mainland Chinese people if they like it. Like you said, a cold drink in the summer and hot drink in the winter. Also, people like the Pineapple bun with butter, served warm. Pretty tasty.
We have this here in Vancouver in many places, well, Vancouver is often called Honcouver anyhow. I don't like anything related to tea, a little bizarre for a British person as I am. However, I absolutely adore Hong Kong style coffee, warm by especially iced - nectar of the gods.
From Malaysia and we called it "Cham" which mean mix in most Southern Chinese dialects. The concept of YuenYeung could be said similar to Surf 'n' turf.
For some reason, I grew up thinking it means Yin & Yang even though I always pronounced it "YinYern" lolol ABC brain. thx, I learned something new here today :)
Yuan Yang is common in HK cafe aboard. But I think the flavour is slightly different (off.) Most people find a cafe they like and they'll stick to that spot location for many years!
We have that too here in Malaysia. If you planning to come malaysia, you should try this drink. We call it NES-LO (Nescafe + Milo). Also u can try the Tea with ginger at Indian Muslim shop. Some add more spices like sweet cumin seeds.
Great. So I say this in advance. ‘Welcome to Penang’ ☺️ Hope to see you making a video of my hometown. Penang are one of the world heritage sites. You gonna love it since you like the chinese culture. Here you can see how the Chinese live together with Malays and Indians. Experience the chinese food which has influenced by Malay and Indian. Not only that our very own Penang laksa ranked TOP 10 in the worlds best food. Here also have tropical fruits and you have to try our durian.
OMG 👍 Amy, I love coffee and tea, but I never thought of a combination of these two. Thank you so much for the video, now I need to find some yuenyueng 😁
And maybe the next time you're in town you could also try that that dessert made of milk and ginger but it's kinda frozen like a pudding. In Chinese we call it 薑汁燉奶 and while I think they are available in China I still think the ones in Hong Kong are the best.
I had some brew of cold coffee and ice cold tea which I originally made hot mix them together and they taste good Better Together than separate and yes the one I had was really cheap
very interesting combination !! I have a question, in Hong Kong are you most likely to speak mandarin or English, I’m sorry if it’s a stupid question thoo ..
3:7 ratio? Quite doubtful anyone is going to measure that when prepare this “yuan yang”. In Malaysia where I come from, it's just call "mix" or 掺 (chān). Just go to any coffee shop and say "chān" and you will have it. I have actually seen how they prepare it. They just prepare a normal cup of milk tea, then add a wee bit of coffee in it and there you have a cup of delicious coffee-tea!
Of course, I had coffee and milk tea together before. But never had it iced. It's been exported to the US and similar in other countries. Will we see videos in Australia?
Hi Amy, what is the name of this mini hotel? You said it is cheap, maybe I can book it next time I come to Hong Kong. Would you be interested to learn Cantonese or other Chinese dialects?
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In Malaysia, we may called it either "Yin Yong" or Cham, which is Cantonese for mix. I think this novel idea of mixing the two beverages together originated from HK. If they don't sell Yin Yong, just order a local black coffee and a tea with milk. Take one sip of each into your mouth without swallowing and mix them up in your mouth, you would then have your own Yin Yong. hahaa
Amy, in Mandarin, it’s call “yuan yang” (both 1st tone) 鴛鴦; it is very common; of course, they would in no way use expensive tea or coffee for this purpose. I am used to being served the hot combo beverage and the condensed milk separately, so one can adjust the taste to their liking.
Damian Rhea Yes. I have this yuan-yang coffee-tea 鴛鴦（奶）茶 only in the ubiquitous Hong Kong-style “tea restaurant 茶餐廳”. In the tea restaurant I go to, they use “yuan yang” as an euphemism for traditional dishes that incorporate 2 similar ingredients for an added complexity to flavour, texture, etc.; i.e.: a traditional dish that is called straightforwardly “stir fried rice vermicelli with shredded chicken meat and anchovy 鹹魚雞粒炒米粉 ”, when added styrofoam noodle 綠豆澱粉絲 in lieu of half the starch, which is ordinarily all rice vermicelli, is “yuan yang stir fried starch noodle with shredded chicken meat and anchovy 鴛鴦鹹魚雞粒炒粉” - it is DELICIOUS !
I thought it was super tasty! And thanks for helping me with my cantonese pronunciation, gosh that language is haaaaard!
Amy, so happy heard u gonna back to Aus for relaxing, but I am a little bit sad as I need to back to China from SYD 😂when u have chance, Welcome to my hometown of China named shenyang. I am ur big fan😋 enjoy ur holiday.
Blondie in China Cantonese is a crap dialect of Chinese!Never learn that!It is very bad-sounding!
@@ideology8230 please respect Chinese culture. Cantonese is a beautiful language rich in heritage.
Lol, actually, u can get this in Cantonese restaurants in Sydney or Melbourne, easy😂
awesome!
@@BlondieinChina Hong Kong Restaurant in Eastwood has the best yuanyang in Australia
@@browseyoutube5569 drop the name 👀👀
In Vietnam, I drink black coffee mixed with condensed milk. We call that "Pạc xỉu" which is a word from Chinese too
V Dog It must be sweet，right？
Vietnamese coffee is awesome. Especially ca phe sua da. Had it at a local viet restaurant and now make my coffees the same way, hot or cold.
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That Canto-Viet term seems like gibberish, and would be more correctly rendered in *proper Vietnamese* as *"bạch tiểu"* , which is simply *half-and-half Vietnamese coffee and sweetened condensed milk.*
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Singapore has them too. It started out in the various Hong Kong styled cafés, but now you can find them in quite a few places that sell local coffee or tea.
just wanted to say I've been binging your videos for the last week! I've been to china once through a student exchange and really fell in love with the country and the people and I love that you share all that here on youtube!!!!
I saw the title, and I immediately asked myself “Is she in HK?” Lol.
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Mexicana Guapa Why HK was the first place that came to mind? Because HK is well-known for their coffee tea beverage.
Akin Khoo But technically HK isn’t in China... Yes, coffee tea exists in other countries in Asia; I like the Malaysian version as well. But for me, I always think of HK when coffee tea is mentioned, sorry.
@@b0rtie technically??, so technically barcelona is not in spain too??
HK has tea coffee, Singapore has Hainanese Coffee special brew, Malaysia has White Coffee and Vietnam, Indonesia and around nearby regions have palm civet coffee.
Yuan Yang in Mandarin but Yin Yeong in Cantonese.. it's got nothing to do with yin and yang which means darkness and light. Yin Yeong means mismatch. Just like the Mandarin ducks where the male is colorful and the female duck's color is dull. Wearing "yin yeong" socks means you have put on 2 different socks.
Occasionally found your channel,
Now, addicted to all your videos,
like your altitude, sharing, and personality,
Most like the video where you attend the dating show.
Keep stunning and have a great day.
Wow I can't believe he's lived there and never heard of it! I love it. The macaroni breakfasts are the best. a nice fried egg and ham with toast is super comforting
The taste can vary a bit between cafes, this is due to differences in Hong Kong milk tea used. Every cafe has their own blend/recipe to make milk tea and of course the coffee used can vary. I don't think yuan yang should be super sweet, especially the hot one; you can often add your own sugar to sweeten it. Yuan yang is my favorite drink because it has smoothness and sweetness of milk tea with bold flavor and caffeine from coffee. I'm not a Hong Kong local but I really liked Lan Fong Yuen when I visited and I think it's supposed to be famous. I think it's worthwhile to try the cafe's milk tea alone too, if their milk tea (though probably not a problem in HK) isn't very good then they can't make a good yuan yang. Milk tea and yuan yang goes well with HK baked treats like pineapple buns and egg tarts.
awesome! thanks for sharing! The one I had was definitely very sweet, you wouldn't want to add any more sweetener to it! I guess I've got to try more of it when I visit HK style restaurants
Amy. I don't know why, but your videos are really fun to watch!!! You are fun to watch!! Thanks for being such a good sport!!!😘😘😘
your friend is cute :)
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In Slovenia we have 'potratna potica' which is a cake stuffed with two different cakes. And it's not a joke, it takes about 2 days to make and it's delicious. The Irish have coffee with whiskey, Tibetans have tea with butter and salt etc. So I guess people have always tried to combine things that don't seem to mix well. I'd like to try the Honk-Kong tea-coffee!
In Jogjakarta Indonesia, there's a popular drink called 'kopi jos'. It's black coffee served with burning charcoal. You should definitely come and try someday Amy!
wow that sounds amazing, I really wanna try it! Does it taste good? The burning charcoal interests me! haha
I had Thai-Coffee in Orange County, CA. Only one place carried it that I knew of, but ever since, I've been mixing milk tea, green milk tea, and thai tea with coffee. It's a game changer.
Hey Amy, I’ve been browsing traveling and food tour Vlog for China for a long time and so far you and Trevor James (the food ranger) are my favorite. I’m also a northeast Chinese reside in Melbourne for the rest of my life. When I got homesick I would watch your videos with a lots of laugh with myself. Wondering if you are planning to go back to China again after having some rest at home here in Australia, and if yes, where would you travel to? Cheers
Most dishes in HK can either have rice or pasta (usually spaghetti) as choice for side dish. They like to cover the sauce with cheese and bake it with the rice/pasta underneath.
In Singapore and Malaysia the tea and coffee mixed drink is called "cham", a Fujian dialect which means mixed.
tommytc10 never heard of. I only heard of Yuan Yang.
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I actually had this in a Cantonese/Macau restaurant in Xi'an, but I totally forgot about it until I just saw this video. Recently Starbucks in China has also been offering a black tea latte with coffee, which is basically a standard black tea latte with a shot of espresso. I tried that a week or two ago and it wasn't bad. Another odd coffee beverage I found in a few supermarkets here recently is a mix of coffee and coke (no idea about the brand, not a famous one), and while it sounds very weird, I think it tastes great! Cheers.
yeah I've tried a coffee mixed with lemonade at a Chinese 7/11, it was very... interesting! hahah
@@BlondieinChina with lemonade? That sounds odd indeed!
After watching your video I made my own coffee and tea mix at home. It wasn't bad. I made a cup of black tea, then added a pack of 3 in one (which I usually don't like, but I tried it anyway). Next time I'll try black coffee with black tea, but I think this probably tastes better with milk or cream in it. 🙃🙃
as a person who is born in hong kong and grew up in Toronto, Canada, i never thought yinyeung was a foreign concept as it is super duper common 🤣 ... drank it most of my life in HK AND canada
Next time when you are in Hong Kong you should also try Hong Kong milk tea without the coffee. You should be able to get that at any of the HK cafes. The tea is usually from a mix of several types of black tea leaves and uses evaporated milk. It has a distinct flavor and very yummy. I will be in HK at the end of October and I am so excited!!!
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u can ask for 少甜 less sugar so it doesnt taste too sweet . U could get this from asian grocery store
Yuen Yeung mean whole lots of things: 1.) Circle consist of two black & white commas symbols with two dots in upper/lower center-balance of good and evil. 2.) Baked or Fried Rice top with meats in tomato sauce/seafood in cream sauce. 3.) This type of drink-coffee milk tea.
lovely video! I especially love it when you meet up with your friends or just random people on the street :)
finally ..u know what is Tea+coffee !!
I drink it everyday ..
as it is summer time, drink the cool tea+coffee is ok ..
but..the hot one is much better ..try again in winner ..
by the way, the best thing in those small HongKong style cafe (茶餐廳) is ..all are tailor-made ,
so u can tell the waiter u want less sweet or less ice or less spice ...
mm168 mm Whenever I eat at a Cha chan tang, I love ordering “dong ling Cha”, like a lemon iced tea I think? So refreshing.
I also would love to taste both cold and hot drinks.
Here in Brazil I have never sees these combinations. Enjoy your timecwith your family.
thank you!!
Coffee Tea is also common in Guangdong province. the tea in "Yuan Yang" is actually tea powder, stronger than normal tea bags. Served with condensed milk is heavenly.
ohhh didn't realise they also had it in Guangdong.
Another cool video. Your channel is becoming one of my favorites. I love the positivity & fun !
yay! thanks Scott!
Yuenyeung (鸳鸯) is a type of bird, aka Mandarin Duck. 鸳 presents male Mandarin Duck and 鸯 describes female Mandarin Duck. 鸳鸯 also means an affectionate couple, and they are monogamous. When you go to a hot-pot restaurant, you can find 鸳鸯锅 on menu, which provides you two-flavour soup containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other..
It's quite common in Singapore. I believe this is the fujian and Cantonese creative thing
Mini Hotel in LKF is the best! There's also now a place in Sydney's Chinatown that serves coffee-tea. 😊
ooh I've gotta go check that place out, do you know the name of that place in chinatown?
@@BlondieinChina it's Dragon Espresso ☕🐉 in Sussex Centre. They even have coffee tea with condensed milk...很港式！
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Yuan Yang will probably be on the menu of any respectable Hong Kong eatery/food establishment and you can probably find it in the more metropolitan areas in Australian cities.
I made them everyday Tea and coffee, 1 teaspoon on instance Moccona Espresso and 2 tea bag Lipton tea bag, minimum sugar and full cream milk or full cream power,
You should have tried the Egg Tarts in Honolulu Cafe! They're famous!
your one of the best travel blogger I have watched..
You can get a yuanyang milk tea (鸳鸯奶茶) in wudaokou ....
Mandarin duck milk tea 哈哈
The drink is called 鸳鸯because it's a combination of two different drinks. In Chinese culture, mandarin ducks are symbols for love because these birds are monogamous and mate for life, and they also symbolize the union of the Ying and the yang. Thus in Chinese idiom, whenever you are blending two things together that are very befitting of one another, we call it 鸳鸯. You might have also noticed when you go eat hotpot, there's a 鸳鸯锅, where the hotpot is split down the middle with a divide into a spicy half and a none spicy half to accommodate different palates. Just a little Chinese language lesson that also gives you some insight into the culture.
Also a little side lesson about Chinese idioms similar to 鸳鸯would be 龙凤。They are used very differently, but the idea of describing something that is of a pair is somewhat similar. For example, a set of fraternal twins of the opposite sex would be called 龙凤胎. 龙would be the boy and 凤would be the girl. You picking up on the Ying yang trend here? A lot of these in Chinese idioms.
I tried this when I was a kid my mum told me about it but I never knew it was a big deal in HK! 😁
it's so good!
As a 3rd generation from HK, I would say you just choose a very wrong time visiting HK - since there are 'masked cockroach' everywhere. I am so lucky that my father has an appartment in Shenzhen and I have stayed there since 1/6.
If you still in HK I will suggest you return mainland as soon as possible - those 'masked cockroach' are planning to disable HK subway and highway.
Our Royal army will make sure those cuckholds dead before they move an inch to our public transportation
Wtf. God dammed communists. Hong Kong should have pushed for independence prior to 1999.
@@esitu5655 "Hong Kong should have pushed for independence prior to 1999"
Thats not an option. In the 1980s, China threatened to invade British HK if Britain didnt return HK back to them.
@KhmerD0g Different HKer have different ideas.....I really don't know what are you pretesting for at the cost of public safety.
@@yerri5567 HK is so strong and has strong royal army, why so scare and failed being independent at that time? Why royal government dropped off within a month but count more on Singapore?
HK was colony and now part of China so where does invade comes from?
Oh he's cute!!! 😘👍
Hong Kong, you're in the best place to try 涼茶(not cool tea) and 糖水(not sugar water) girl. It would definitely be a better treat and trade off of the Starbucks you have after you've fast-food. Since you've living in China for quite some time now, I believe you'd understand what 上火(or Cantonese called it 熱氣) means, 涼茶(herb drinks) are basically the Chinese way ( mainly the South) of detoxing from all the of fries, deep fries food or any kind of unhealthy fast-food you've ate. And 糖水 are 廣東甜品/desserts. Don't miss it, if you have never try them before.
haha good tips! And yes, I definitely know the concept of 上火 my chinese roommates are always telling me to eat less of this or more of that to keep my body in balance hahaha
Actually there is a coffee tea combined beverage in every Starbucks in mainland China called '红茶鸳鸯拿铁' which I think is inspired by the original Hong Kong Yuenyeung milk tea.
I'll have to try it on my next Starbucks visit!
You can buy this premixed tea coffee powder from Asian grocery stores. Just add water.
coffee/tea is very common in Chinatowns bakery stores. i'm sure you can find it in your home town. great videos!!!
As Chinese myself, I am happy to see a pretty blond fly around and explore China for me
hahaha happy to help!
Malaysia have this drink too. It's called "cham" in Cantonese (mixed of tea, coffee and condensed milk)
Wooi Hao Tan 这个字怎么写？
@@mocuishle3519 I don't think there's a written word for "cham". It's rather a Malaysian lingual referring to coffee mixed with tea. You can read it here: says.com/my/lifestyle/ordering-your-drinks-at-a-malaysian-kopitiam
Wooi Hao Tan Ok, I’ve read it. Thank you. Lots in drink category from Malaysia are interesting to learn. I think to my understanding, Cham is a Malay word, not from Chinese. Although I heard to almost every country in the world, people use similar pronunciation of “Cha” to call tea related stuff.
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@@mocuishle3519 Cham is Hokkien. It means mix. If you go to a Malay or Indian restaurant in Malaysia you can tell them "campur" which is the Malay word for mix. If you're worried they might not understand you, maybe you can say, "kopi campur teh," which means coffee mixed with tea.
Thanks for the idea. I have some Yunnan tea cakes. I should try mixing the tea with my Kona coffee.
Coffee tea is a British army exercise standard, simply because the insulated bulk hot beverage containers never get washed out properly. If you're really unlucky you can sample the coffee tea soup variety.
Really want to try the coffee tea! Will try it when i go HK. Thanks for showing this 😁
Lol, we have it to boost up for the day, super high in caffeine! Another drink is call iced lemon coffee, u can imagine how it taste.
I speak Cantonese so this drink didn't surprise me, haha.
This is a very fun Yin and Yang-ish video...we have tea and coffee, hot and cold, male and female ducks, you and Jonathan.
I'm hoping you didn't go to Hong Kong just to try two drinks. Part 2, 3, 4...?
Part 2 to come soon!!!
Tea + coffee is common in Malaysia and is called "Cham".
You shld also try Neslo which is a mix of Nescafe + Milo.
In Canada, it's very popular with the Chinese community (Hong Kongers). I don't know about mainland Chinese people if they like it. Like you said, a cold drink in the summer and hot drink in the winter. Also, people like the Pineapple bun with butter, served warm. Pretty tasty.
Coffee-tea beverage is quite common in SEA as well but relatively diverge flavours.
It's in Henan. Built on Mt Laojun. I just saw a clip on the South China Morning post on TH-cam. Looking forward to seeing your visit there. 😀
We have this here in Vancouver in many places, well, Vancouver is often called Honcouver anyhow. I don't like anything related to tea, a little bizarre for a British person as I am. However, I absolutely adore Hong Kong style coffee, warm by especially iced - nectar of the gods.
Am from Ethiopia 💚💛❤
And yeahh we have those mixes hehe
And ure AWSOME btw 😂
From Malaysia and we called it "Cham" which mean mix in most Southern Chinese dialects. The concept of YuenYeung could be said similar to Surf 'n' turf.
For some reason, I grew up thinking it means Yin & Yang even though I always pronounced it "YinYern" lolol ABC brain. thx, I learned something new here today :)
Christmas Eve in Australia is in summer lol. You would still go for the ice yuanyang haha.
Yuan Yang is common in HK cafe aboard. But I think the flavour is slightly different (off.) Most people find a cafe they like and they'll stick to that spot location for many years!
We have a drink in the U.S. called a Dirty Chai. It's a Chai Latte with a shot of espresso in it.
We have that too here in Malaysia. If you planning to come malaysia, you should try this drink. We call it NES-LO (Nescafe + Milo). Also u can try the Tea with ginger at Indian Muslim shop. Some add more spices like sweet cumin seeds.
Yum! That sounds delicious! And being a fan of both nescafe and milo, I'm keen to give that a shot!
Great. So I say this in advance. ‘Welcome to Penang’ ☺️ Hope to see you making a video of my hometown. Penang are one of the world heritage sites. You gonna love it since you like the chinese culture. Here you can see how the Chinese live together with Malays and Indians. Experience the chinese food which has influenced by Malay and Indian. Not only that our very own Penang laksa ranked TOP 10 in the worlds best food. Here also have tropical fruits and you have to try our durian.
I have try this tea coffee many times it is very Refreshing
OMG 👍 Amy, I love coffee and tea, but I never thought of a combination of these two. Thank you so much for the video, now I need to find some yuenyueng 😁
yes! find it ASAP! hahah
U should try HK style Milk Tea! It’s amazing!!!
Starbucks China sells this!!! I found it in Beijing last Nov, not sure it's seasonal tho.
Zhihao Zhang omg so lucky
After a cup of 鸳鸯, I'll definitely get a sleepless night 🤣
I’m intrigued and will definitely try this next time I’m in HK or anywhere that sells Yuenyeung.
Wait how can you live and work in Hong Kong and not know about this drink. All cafes serve it
my freaking thought exactly its like if you didnt know what pineapple bun with butter is
@@corc0r the most classic breakfast or afternoon tea combination
Lol
And maybe the next time you're in town you could also try that that dessert made of milk and ginger but it's kinda frozen like a pudding. In Chinese we call it 薑汁燉奶 and while I think they are available in China I still think the ones in Hong Kong are the best.
We have similar in Malaysia, called a 'cham' (pronounced as ch-um, literally means mixed).
However, there is more coffee than tea in our version.
Amy you can this mixture in Chinese shop. It's from Malaysia
I had some brew of cold coffee and ice cold tea which I originally made hot mix them together and they taste good Better Together than separate and yes the one I had was really cheap
its been around for many years, even in Sydney is available at the Cantonese/HK eating places
This is called Yeen Yeung in Cantonese. Love this drink! 😋
Very interesting! I have been to Hong Kong and never got to try this. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻
Let me know if you try it next time you go to hong kong!
I will!👍🏻 I literally binge watched all of your videos in one day! Love your content 🙌🏻 looking forward to your next video 🙃
It actually very common especially in Singapore, my dad is 89 and he drinks this concoction every morning.
very interesting combination !! I have a question, in Hong Kong are you most likely to speak mandarin or English, I’m sorry if it’s a stupid question thoo ..
Lol I’ve already done this by myself when I was little. Tea+coffee+hot chocolate+coke
hahahaha omg how did that turn out?
Blondie in China ummm...Teaco-Choco flavour? 😂 randomly made-up word
HEY THAT'S MY HOME TOWN.
COFFE TEA AKA "Yen Yueng"
awesome!!!
They have coffee flavoured bubble tea here. Always thought it was weird lol.
Both of you are so charming and cute foodie adventurers !
I'm sure you can buy this in the shops in the UK, though it's not popular and I've never heard anyone who's tried it.
3:7 ratio? Quite doubtful anyone is going to measure that when prepare this “yuan yang”. In Malaysia where I come from, it's just call "mix" or 掺 (chān). Just go to any coffee shop and say "chān" and you will have it. I have actually seen how they prepare it. They just prepare a normal cup of milk tea, then add a wee bit of coffee in it and there you have a cup of delicious coffee-tea!
Fun fact of Mandarin: If you don't know the tones, you can always sing them out and people will understand lol (Tones are overwritten by melody)
you somehow make even some drink video so interesting!
thanks blondie!
oh, so it's called 鸳鸯 then
Your friend is so handsome, how come I never met such handsome guy in Hong Kong, poor me 😏
Maybe you should visit Australia instead :)
You can get this in sydney.
Me and my sister would mix coffee and tea out of fun never in my wildest dreams I thought it could be a traditional beverage 😂😂 It tastes good though
Of course, I had coffee and milk tea together before. But never had it iced. It's been exported to the US and similar in other countries. Will we see videos in Australia?
do you want to see videos in Australia?
@@BlondieinChina Unless you feel it doesn't match your channel name.
"im putting the link here.... Here... *Oh, Amy..* 😂"
Great video as always !!
So pretty and great videos i'm learning Beautiful Blondie Xièxiè
omg you are in HK!!! You must try 鸡蛋仔 and 夹底饼 as well!!!!
Your videos are very useful!! Thabks a lot Amy! 😘👍
Hi Amy, what is the name of this mini hotel? You said it is cheap, maybe I can book it next time I come to Hong Kong. Would you be interested to learn Cantonese or other Chinese dialects?
BTW most Chinese cafes have them if u want to have it out side of HK