Jamaican-Chinese Chef Craig Wong Spices Up Chicken Chow Mein Caribbean Style
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ส.ค. 2024
- How do you bring chicken fried noodles to the next level? By giving it a Caribbean twist. To celebrate his Jamaican-Chinese heritage, chef Craig Wong came up with his version of jerk chicken chow mein, a crispy deep-fried noodle topped with smoked chicken marinated with Caribbean spices.
Shop address: Patois, 794 Dundas Street West, Toronto ON M6J 1V1, Canada
Craig Wong's TH-cam channel: / @chefcraigwong
This video is part of our latest “Mean Street Gourmet” series about mom-and-pop stores opened by the Chinese diaspora.
0:00 What is jerk paste?
02:00 Spicing up chicken chow mein
03:58 Moving from Jamaica to Canada
06:00 Telling his personal story
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What are some Chinese fusion cuisines we should cover next🥢?
Lots of Chinese people in Latin America. I ate Peruvian Chinese food in LA without even realizing it was fusion.
Chifa
Chinese Latino fusion 😋😉
The Mexican Chinese food found near the border with California and Arizona is very unique and mostly found only there.
Indo-Chinese obviously. Now its a part of Indian cuisine for more than 50 years.
I am Chinese American and I recently discovered Jamaican food. For the past year I been having at least twice a month Jerk chicken, jerk pork, curry goat. I love the island dishes and when I really sat down and thought about the dishes its not all that different from Asian cuisine. Amazing story here thank you!
Same with me. First time eating Jamaican oxtail blew my mind
Agreed, some of the food is very similar. Our base ingredients in Jamaica are ginger, scallions,garlic,onions and peppers.
Caribbean-Asian dishes are insanely good, glad to see more people get into it. Japanese-Dominican food was a good one i tried a while back, same for Trinidadian food with its South Asian recipes
I am from Trinidad and we LOVE our Trini-Chinese brothers and sisters and their FOOD!!!
Am from Jamaica and I had a Chinese Trinidadian friend called chiny , remember when he came to Jamaica,how surprised he was at the Amount of Chinese here.,he asked 'weh iz di dreadz and Dem,' 😂🇯🇲🇹🇹❤️
but aint there a whole issue with some indians and black ppl and prejudice?
@@njnasir4021 wtf on a food vid bro?
@@miguelhackett4352 on a food vid bro? wtf ??nah its not on a food vid bro lol its a response asking a question... try reading the question again 🤦🏾♂
@@njnasir4021 you're absolutely correct, brilliant response. I am sorry for engaging not certain what else I expected from someone that would type "but aint there a whole issue with some indians and black ppl and prejudice?" On a vid entitled "Jamaican-Chinese Chef Craig Wong Spices Up Chicken Chow Mein Caribbean Style" but I do see the error in my ways thank you sir
If I ever come to Toronto, I will definitely go to this restaurant!! One love!! Jamaica 🇯🇲
This series continues to be excellent. And, this profile of Chef Craig Wong was wonderful. Jamaican food is so good. And, Chinese food is so good. So, the joining of those two forces is potent. I mean, that jerk chicken chow mein is an inspired dish...the combination of pimentos, allspice, nutmeg, thyme, scotch bonnet peppers, scallions, ginger, soy sauce, and oyster sauce! Wow. Plus, the chef is also French influenced too. What other amazing dishes are on his menu?
Plus some our foods are Chinese influenced
What's the French influence?
@@siablo14 In the video, Chef Wong explains that he went to live in France and that he cooked French cuisine at fine dining restaurants. That's how he got his start. So, that's what I meant by saying that he was "French influenced." I wondered if his French culinary training and his experience cooking French food shows up at his own restaurant now. But, I would think not. Because he's probably just focused on Jamaican and Chinese flavors.
A true yardie! My mom would grow vegetables in Jamaica when I was young and one of the veggies was bok choy. We pronounce in pop-chow in patois. Delicious!
Chinese Guynese mix here. Great grandmother came from China. - last to speak Chinese too. Love love Pakchoy. And I so respect your parents for forcing you to learn another language. My parents moved to Venezuela when I’m as young for work and I’m so grateful I am fluent in another language because of it and it has so helped me professionally.
His parents came to Canada in the 70’s and still have a Jamaican an accent and my mom came here in the 80’s and pretty much lost the accent ( well until she’s mad at something). That’s wild
Lmao
I think Goldthrad does such a great job in showing the diversity of the Chinese culture around the world. I find your channel so inspirational.👍
this so real us Caribbean chinese and mixed carib chinese are so special 🇭🇰🇯🇲
Thank you !!! This story is so REAL !!! I live in Los Angeles now. ~35 years ago, my Hong Kong Chinese/Cantonese landlady in San Francisco was born in Costa Rica and went back to Guangdong, China when she was 4 then, to Hong Kong after the Chinese Revolution. She grew up in Hong Kong. There was a vibrant expat Chinese community in Central and South America ~80 years ago. Now in LA, I met Jews from Costa Rica telling me fondly about their lots of ethnic-Chinese friends and neighbors there and eating Chinese food regularly there. Also, now ~1/10 of the population in Peru has Chinese ancestry.
Who would have ever that combining both Chinese and Jamaican would Spark ✨ that kind of magic!! Chinese food is already 1 of my favorites!! But if you give it a little twist with a Caribbean style I might not be able to stop eating!! I love this Chef prisana on life and food!! I would love 💘 to taste his Cooking!! Great Video and Thanks for Sharing💜💜💜
This is what the future looks like. I love to see it. Two cultures coming into one
Jamaican & Chinese fusion. Now that is a restaurant I'd love to visit! As for other fusion - obscure and relatively unknown - Pondicherry- Indian meets French influence. Another secret winner.
I genuinely respect how Wong's parent's choice to make him go french school was indeed a VERY wise decision, as an indian, and thus an asian myself my parents were never easy but they have only taken good steps on my journey, which have always paid me back for all the hellish effort i had to put in, be it my life or education.
So cool! Thanks for sharing Chef Wong's story. I'll make sure to try out his restaurant next time I visit Toronto. 😁
I'm looking forward to seeing more stories from Canada in your Mean Street Gourmet series.
Why am I watching this at 10pm, now I want catch a flight to Toronto to try this awesome looking food........definitely on my to do list.....
I love Jamaican and Asian food - would love to try this fusion cuisine!
I love this. Been to Jamaica twice and spent most of my time outside the hotel/resorts. I was really surprised to find out not only were there native Jamaicans but white, Chinese and Indian Jamaicans all with the beautiful Jamaican accent and fusion food cultures.
Just beautiful
especially Indian Jamaican.. I've met with one
What a super down to earth Chef. Not to mention his dishes looks phenomenal ..
I can attest to the yumminess of the jerk chicken chow mein at Patois. Craig had another restaurant on Spadina and it was amazing too.
wow i love his parents' voices
My mouth is just Watering, Im literally thinking about making some Jerk Chicken Fried Rice and Spicy Jerk Chicken Egg Rolls 🤤🔥💯
You're a very good story teller. I was hooked listening to it all. 😊
I run by this place a lot and it's been on my to go to list for some time
Great stuff. I love fusion food and the life story behind it.
glad to see a channel putting Toronto on the map 🙌 will definitely stop by here
This guy looks like Laughing Face Buddha in Chinese culture. Love his backstory and food philosophy.
Awesome story and delicious looking food. Thanks for sharing 😃
Heiya Rasta man, Craig Wong well done.
Jah Rastafari 🇯🇲🌶️🇯🇲🦞🇯🇲🥥🇯🇲🍍🇯🇲🐙🇯🇲🦐🇯🇲
Quality videos as always. Everything always looks so good
Wishing you the best of luck. Next time I'm in Toronto I'll have to check in at your restaurant 🤞👍
Agree, I remembered that era,many Chinese and others went to Canada.
The big unit has game. Love it 🤟
I'm literally going to Toronto just to try this food!
Thank you....
Good for you man.
Would love to try this. Looks great
Um yeah sooo ill be definitely passing through this joint! As soon as I come back to Canada.😎
Yes broski that's a great idea ,I hope it picks on....mum was beautiful.
They're a lot of Chinese Jamaicans in Canada, and surprisingly quite a few in Florida
It's a natural match in ways because Jamaicans love Chinese food
We need this in Australia! 🙌
Well, I'll never get up there to Toronto, so would you consider opening a second location here in Phoenix, Arizona, say, tomorrow? That food looks soooo dang good.
Am Jamaican and my I have full Chinese in my family
The Biggest Point is Don't be Shy with Spice 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
The first couple of seconds of this video i relate to so hard
Going here this weekend
U just made my day this is amazing love from he 🇬🇧 uk whole shop sell off
Looks amaze
Im desperately looking for a jamaican chinese curry chicken recipe lol used to love the curry chicken from golden gates restaurant in Kingston.
Looks delicious 😋
I am a Jamaican Chinese too
Goldthread,
We need a restaurant in Az Phoenix or Tucson asap.
Yo his mom definitely has a Jamaican accent lol
It's no big deal. There are 100,000 Chinese people in Jamaica. It's just a big deal to people who haven't travelled much.
I live in markham gotta reach down soon
Craig..congrats
ah sheeet here we go again, road trip to TO soon
I will be coming to Toronto Canada soon I will find you for shore
I just wanna hear him say “Bombaclaart” just one time 😅
I'll go there 😀
*A Nuff Chiney People From Jamaica 🇯🇲*
*My Cusin Is Chinese Jamaican*
*I got Another Cusin and Auntie That Indian and Trini (Coolie)*
*I got another from Panama 🇵🇦 Who's Jamaican And Panamanian*
*Then The ones From Belize 🇧🇿*
*I'm Pretty Sure Sean Paul Is Jamaican Chinese Too*
no mixed jewish portugese with white and chinese ancestory sean paul francis HENRIQUES is his full name and in jamaica mixed black and indian is what we also call coolie... we generally dont call indians that much as its a derogatory world to call an actual indian person... when you say jamiacan and chinese are you saying black and asian chinese or jamaican as in the country as if youre born there youre just jamaican unless youre refering to their race?
We need this restaurant in Miami/Ft Lauderdale ✌🏾🇯🇲🇬🇧
5:41
swag
I feel like his shop should be on the boardwalk in Rocket Power
Oh my, my favorite Western food mixed with Chinese. From what I've seen, Jamaican is the only Western food that Chinese people consistently like. They're not so crazy about Italian. Oh man, what does his oxtail taste like...
You can hear their accent you can hide it and it never goes away 🇯🇲
First I've heard of soy sauce being a key ingredient of jerk seasoning.
In THAT specific recipe.
Me too
I've used soy sauce in jerk chicken without trying to make it a "fusion" dish or anything. It just tastes really similar to worcestershire sauce, except better.
Yea! Like jerk chicken is JAMAICAN man…give us that!!! Don’t know where he came from with this jerk having Chinese elements. Do you hear us saying shrimp In broccoli is ours 🙄
@@elfredawright his recipe is a fusion and he should not confuse some ppl who have no clue as soy sauce is NOT part of how jerk is made... ppl can add or do things differently but thats a different thing he should say this is what my mother or grandmother did differently... jerk is a traditional dish made before chinese and indians immigrated to jamiaca.
Mouth watering
Wish i could eat your food
Jamaican Chinese are explosive flavours.. it must be like having a party in your mouth.
Anyone knows what accent the dad has? It is so calming to listen to
He is Jamaican - Chinese Jamaican.
Jamaican
@@lucasaraujo21 lmao its not jamaican try listening to him again and you should hear its chinese- just broken english like wongs mother... sounds more like many immigrants in toronto why on earth do you thinks its jamaican?😂
its just broken english with a mild/softened chinese both sound like theyve live in toronto for a long time as apposed to black jamaicans who have. my uncle has a milder accent as its gotten milder over the decades but its very evident.
big up u bomboclaat self mr chin 😊
Sooooo, we're gonna ignore the fact he coughed directly over the pan
Not cool but it'll get cooked off. Whatever
Bring that to Washington D.C. please!!
DOPE
Fun fact: Lots of blacks and Chinese intergrated into each other’s communities…there’s lots of black Asians.
BP are not that welcomed in Asian communities. Look what happened Africans in China when the pandemic hit.
im blasian
A jamaican restaurant owner told me about Chinese in jamaicans and I was like what
Unique take on Chinese food, love it!
I know right?
Not unique to us Jamaicans lol
Where's the location in Toronto?
Looks good but, did this guy just cough over the food while cooking the noodles?? You had me bro until that point. UK stand up
🎉
Did he just give his secret ingredient to the jerk paste in this video? lol
1/2 Chinese 1/2 Jamaican 1/2 Canadian, 100% flavor
Did He Cough Over The Mixture Wok?
yeah something i know damn well any real jamaican would never do and would cus him for doing if they caught that lol
I could watch a whole series of the amalgamated stories of people from the Global South, who have been displaced by colonialism, or moved sue to hardships. The food that springs from these stories is incredibky interesting, a tasty af.
It would be my dream to travel the world recording these stories.
Asian parents are hard on their children because they love them so much. I wish I had parents who cared about me like that when I was growing up.
I wish I had parents. Don't let freedom die bro.
Asian parents can be brutal. Many of us need therapy. 😂
youre getting pretty physically big dude. youre a hair away from morbid obesity. keto omad
I was going to try this place a try and then I looked at the prices…25.50 CAD for CHOW MEIN…STOP LOL
Inflation you aren’t going to pay the same price you ate before covid lol stop living in a fantasy it’s life. Every restaurant has to increase their prices somewhat you want $10 chow mein go to some run down chinese place boi
Jerk Chicken was a 10/10. oxtail tasted like leather lol
That dude is huge!
Chef, please get on an intermittent fasting regiment ASAP. I'm sure many want to see u create joy in your kitchen for decades to come.
Wong 😂
I don’t even know there’s Chinese in Jamaica.
Huh? There's Chinese in every Caribbean country and 7 million all over Latin America.
What ..... we have chinese people everywhere
Out of many, One people
They didn't pick up the accent?
Jesus loves you.!!
Jamaica is a huge melting pot. Apart from the original settlers (Arawaks and africans) Germans, chinese, indians...such wonderful island and the food reflects that as well
I think Jamaicans would beg to differ about this whole Jamaican Chinese thing.
Explain?
Then you're are definatley not jamaican. Out Of Many, One People.
You can always trust a fat chef
3:01
The only ingredient that needs no mentioning - chef's sweat, literally.
(Noticed Chef Wong never mentioned salt in his chicken chow mien ingredients, LOL?)
Secret Chinese ingredient 🤗
Politics destroyed the infrastructure of Jamaica
It's the British that lit the fire which set ablaze in Jamaica. They only put their descendants and mixed race people in powerful positions while telling them to not include the blacks and indians. Putting up a system that made it hard for blacks to escape the poor living standards on the island that it's boiled over into full chaos. Now the people in power chose to leave with the wealth they gained from the British connection and now Jamaica is suffering from it.