Im loving the creativity and enthusiasm of the vegan options showcased in this video! Ill definitely be sharing this with my friends who are looking for more plant-based inspiration - come explore the world of vegan cuisine with me
China is not only the world's largest vegetable producer, accounting for more than 50% of the world's vegetable production. Specifically, China's vegetable planting area and output account for 43% and 49% of the world's total respectively, ranking first in the world. The average annual vegetable consumption in China is 515 kg, 3.4 times the world average. In addition, China's annual trade surplus in vegetables exceeds 10 billion US dollars, making it the largest export volume of China's agricultural products for many years. So you can eat vegetarian food all your life in China.
I first tasted the Changsha black stinky tofu in my 2023 China travel. I agree with your assessment on its taste and texture. It had a unique briny taste on top of the spicy hot flavor, and light and soft on the inside.
This channel makes me so happy- I've always wanted to visit or work in China, but there was so little content on being vegan in China !!! I'm so excited to watch all your videos 🩷 and I hope to be able to visit or work after I finish my degree 💓😊
I was surprised too that nobody was really doing this! Thanks for your support and hope these videos can keep you excited about China for a trip after graduation :)
4:34 娭毑, it's a special vocabulary in the Changsha local dialect , it's pronounced as "ngai ji" (in IPA: ŋai tɕi) The meaning of this word is the same as 奶奶（grandma / father's mother ), so 五娭毑 exactly means Grandma Five
im not a vegan but is there a place where all the food places are just listed or is every place just as good!!?? i really fancy a tang huo lu or dou hua or double skinned milk after watching a few videos lol... jesus im bloody hungry now its 3am!!!!
Chinese sweets and puddings need to be promoted more!! although i think tang huo lu is sort of maybe trending?? Chinese sweets are virtually unknown and underrated!!! healthy and fresh and naturally sweet!!! not really super processed stuff... all made in front of you
You can get it all year round, but tanghulu is definitely more of a winter treat (especially the classic hawthorn). I'm a savoury girl, but you're right that there's lots of fun Chinese sweets to discover!
Eventually I think I may move to Canada. I found all Canadians are super friendly. I love your personality as well as your choice of food. Where would I find you if I travel to China?
In fact, China has the most unique vegetarian dishes in the world, which we call "斋菜". It vividly imitates the taste and appearance of various ingredients, such as chicken, fish, and pork. It will definitely make people taste it for the first time shocked and speechless, but you need a friend who is familiar with the local area to find restaurants that offer these
斋菜 is great, and we are planning to film some of these types of restaurants! However sometimes I feel like they lack the variety of vegetable dishes that traditional restaurants offer, which is why I only eat in them occasionally.
I am still on beginner level of learning Mandarin, but the interaction at 3:02 was really strange, where he meant "shi" but he said "si". As a Westerner learning Mandarin, it's really hard to be able to distinguish some of the Chinese pinyin letters, but the difference between shi and si is quite obvious, even to us i would say. But then i see native speakers often pronounce words wayyy off like in this case, i start to think the correct pronunciation doesn't matter that much at all, as even native speakers seem to identify meaning more over context than by the actual sound. Is it really like that?
Hahaha, I sometimes feel the exact same way 😂 One thing you might notice is that 10 (shí) is second tone, and 4 (sì) is fourth tone, so that's how I knew he meant ten. But you're right, people in China have all sorts of pronunciations (the most surprising one I noticed in Changsha is that older locals pronounce their own province "Hunan" as "Funan"). The standardization of Mandarin (putonghua) was introduced fairly recently considering China's long history, and has only been pushed more strictly since the People's Republic was founded. Many people (especially older generation) still confuse Mandarin with their local dialects, so even Chinese people can have difficulty understanding each other. You'll notice this more in the South because Standard Mandarin is based on the northern dialect. Overall, I would say learning the standard pronunciation is definitely important, but in practice don't beat yourself up too much over it!
1:19 so much cross contamination with meat....the oil has deep fried meat, that cooking surface has cooked meat, etc. If you have a vegan stomach that's sensitive to meat proteins, this will probably make you sick after eating it. I know for a fact that my vegan wife will not be able to handle this level of cross contamination.
Some vegans are more sensitive than others when it comes to cross-contamination, but I feel everyone is free to make their own choice. There's lots of other dishes I recommend on the channel which don't run the same risk, but unless you only frequent pure vegan restaurants it's hard to know what's really happening in the kitchen behind the scenes.
india has the best vegan food in the world healthy and soooo yummy every region has its own yummy flavours not only in cities you haved to visit villages too. Indians use all natural spices Indians are not cunning as chinese..
This channel needs to be heavily promoted!!!
Thank you for your support, it means a lot as we're starting out 🥰
Im loving the creativity and enthusiasm of the vegan options showcased in this video! Ill definitely be sharing this with my friends who are looking for more plant-based inspiration - come explore the world of vegan cuisine with me
China is the best kept secret vegan paradise! So many tasty things!
China is not only the world's largest vegetable producer, accounting for more than 50% of the world's vegetable production. Specifically, China's vegetable planting area and output account for 43% and 49% of the world's total respectively, ranking first in the world. The average annual vegetable consumption in China is 515 kg, 3.4 times the world average. In addition, China's annual trade surplus in vegetables exceeds 10 billion US dollars, making it the largest export volume of China's agricultural products for many years. So you can eat vegetarian food all your life in China.
I am not even vegan, but I love your food vlogs so much.
Thank you! My videos are for all foodies!
I first tasted the Changsha black stinky tofu in my 2023 China travel. I agree with your assessment on its taste and texture. It had a unique briny taste on top of the spicy hot flavor, and light and soft on the inside.
I see "Changsha style stinky tofu" all over China at street markets, but this one was very different. I liked it, but I did miss the pickles
Vegan food in China looks pretty healthy, lots of fruit and veg and healthy protein sources. Yum!
The biggest thing to look out for is the oil, otherwise yes, Chinese food is very balanced!
❤谢谢
I love your reactions after eating😊
Thank you! 😊
This channel makes me so happy- I've always wanted to visit or work in China, but there was so little content on being vegan in China !!! I'm so excited to watch all your videos 🩷 and I hope to be able to visit or work after I finish my degree 💓😊
I was surprised too that nobody was really doing this! Thanks for your support and hope these videos can keep you excited about China for a trip after graduation :)
thanks to your youtube my next big trip is for sure going to be China!!
Yay! Welcome!
Oh I love watching your videos. It all looks delicious and yummy
Thank you so much! Welcome to China :)
4:34 娭毑, it's a special vocabulary in the Changsha local dialect , it's pronounced as "ngai ji" (in IPA: ŋai tɕi)
The meaning of this word is the same as 奶奶（grandma / father's mother ), so 五娭毑 exactly means Grandma Five
thanks for the explanation!
Another great video, well done!!!!
👍 Salute you have Good law of Attraction Personality 👍
AMAZING VIDEO OF CS!!!
Thank you! I love Changsha!
Great video! Night life, exciting stalls, great interactions. Good camera work also 🙂
Looking forward to go to China and try these great options :-D
Thanks! 😃
03:46 台灣的臭豆腐也是這種的，通常會搭配泡菜一起吃。臭豆腐上方打開，或者直接讓其陷下去，然後在凹陷處塞入泡菜。
台湾吃鸡凑热闹，刷存在感。其实地球人都知道台湾难剥完！
China is paradise for vegans If you know where to look.🎉
Agreed! So much easier than most countries, but I do think knowing the language is helpful.
im not a vegan but is there a place where all the food places are just listed or is every place just as good!!?? i really fancy a tang huo lu or dou hua or double skinned milk after watching a few videos lol... jesus im bloody hungry now its 3am!!!!
@@antwango I use the apps 大众点评 and 小红书 to find the best places!
You'd think it is, but please keep in mind many "vegetarian" dishes are stir fried using lard.
@@Koenigg99 yes, that is common, especially in the south. However most places are happy to cook with vegetable oil on request 😊
I am so amazed by all the vegan food variations, just mind boggling.
This is why I can't leave! 🤭
@@veganinchina and we keep coming back every year.
I totally love your vibe 🥰👍
I'm so intrigued to know what stinky tofu smells like (and whether I would like it!) I love all things tofu so I suspect I might.
I'd start with the white one, it's a bit more mild. It's definitely an acquired taste, but I'm a huge fan as you can see 😂
great video lady vegan and vegetarian restaurants are cool China Go Green
Chinese sweets and puddings need to be promoted more!! although i think tang huo lu is sort of maybe trending?? Chinese sweets are virtually unknown and underrated!!! healthy and fresh and naturally sweet!!! not really super processed stuff... all made in front of you
You can get it all year round, but tanghulu is definitely more of a winter treat (especially the classic hawthorn). I'm a savoury girl, but you're right that there's lots of fun Chinese sweets to discover!
Eventually I think I may move to Canada. I found all Canadians are super friendly. I love your personality as well as your choice of food. Where would I find you if I travel to China?
Thank you, Canada is indeed a lovely place! I'm based in Beijing for now :)
In fact, China has the most unique vegetarian dishes in the world, which we call "斋菜". It vividly imitates the taste and appearance of various ingredients, such as chicken, fish, and pork. It will definitely make people taste it for the first time shocked and speechless, but you need a friend who is familiar with the local area to find restaurants that offer these
斋菜 is great, and we are planning to film some of these types of restaurants! However sometimes I feel like they lack the variety of vegetable dishes that traditional restaurants offer, which is why I only eat in them occasionally.
Nice, love these food.
Thank you 😋 I loved it too!
Ty. What is simmering can’t have soy?
New subscriber. Love your energy!
Yay! Thank you for your support!
Great video : )
“五娭毑”这家臭豆腐是最正宗的，他们家已经经营了几十年，欢迎来到长沙品尝更多美食🎉🎉🎉
谢谢！五娭毑的臭豆腐确实很好吃！
They look delicious, 晚上好 曼谷泰国， 7 月 8日 星期 一
台灣沒黑臭豆腐😂 黑的比白的 好 吃嗎?😅
个人感觉口感有一点点不一样，味道各有千秋，黑色的只是心里压力大一点点吧，欢迎来品尝！
我认为白臭豆腐更适合初学者。黑豆腐的味道更浓，发酵程度更高。但是我没吃过台湾的臭豆腐， 有点难比较
第一次看到能吃辣而且还是臭豆腐迷的老外😂，订阅了。
😂😂😂 谢谢你的支持！
Love you from India....
People take back a step after ordered is because they want to give the space to next customer to order ...
Maybe, but it looked like they were taking more than just the polite step back 😂
Your Chinese is very good, as well as how you can eat spicy taste. 👍
Still lots to learn! And if it's not spicy, I don't want it! haha
I am still on beginner level of learning Mandarin, but the interaction at 3:02 was really strange, where he meant "shi" but he said "si". As a Westerner learning Mandarin, it's really hard to be able to distinguish some of the Chinese pinyin letters, but the difference between shi and si is quite obvious, even to us i would say. But then i see native speakers often pronounce words wayyy off like in this case, i start to think the correct pronunciation doesn't matter that much at all, as even native speakers seem to identify meaning more over context than by the actual sound.
Is it really like that?
Hahaha, I sometimes feel the exact same way 😂
One thing you might notice is that 10 (shí) is second tone, and 4 (sì) is fourth tone, so that's how I knew he meant ten. But you're right, people in China have all sorts of pronunciations (the most surprising one I noticed in Changsha is that older locals pronounce their own province "Hunan" as "Funan"). The standardization of Mandarin (putonghua) was introduced fairly recently considering China's long history, and has only been pushed more strictly since the People's Republic was founded. Many people (especially older generation) still confuse Mandarin with their local dialects, so even Chinese people can have difficulty understanding each other. You'll notice this more in the South because Standard Mandarin is based on the northern dialect.
Overall, I would say learning the standard pronunciation is definitely important, but in practice don't beat yourself up too much over it!
中文说的很好，另外你是我见过的第一个敢正常吃辣的外国人，在中国，能吃辣的地区的姑娘通常很漂亮皮肤更好，你也是。
哈哈，您过奖了吧！湘菜是香辣的，但是我觉得我吃的菜是香的，而不是辣的。
Since you're a "Stingy Tofu" fan like me, then I hitted Subsribe for your Channel. 😁😁
Stinky tofu lovers unite!
太厉害了！臭豆腐迷！另外：你有尝试过王致和臭豆腐吗？另外一类臭豆腐。
吃过。。。但是还没习惯王致和臭豆腐的味道
Yummy 😋!!!
火宫殿的臭豆腐可以尝试一下
Fruit with spicy, crazy .. well picked bgm BTW.
Thanks! And yeah, it was so tasty!
China is the heaven for vegetarians
Agreed!
you are brave !
For the spice or for the stinky? haha
@@veganinchina stinky , not everyone like it
just wondering if you consider yourself an introvert.
Interesting question. I'm an ambivert but tend to the more extroverted side I think.
我长沙的❤
我爱你的老家！❤
being Chinese, I don't even know how to say those 2 characters lol
臭豆腐→ 黄兴步行街
Consider opening a bilibili account too chinese love foreigner that enjoy their food
Haha, already there! I'm 爱吃草的阿莲 on b站 :)
wahhh you can eat black tofu
I love it!
Who TF has your accent but says "crisps" and "go on holiday"? That is seriously laowai lingo, for a Murrikkkahn or Canadian.
A multilingual Canadian who grew up in the UK and has lived in many different countries, perhaps?
@@veganinchina I was asking ferda. Hope everything is tickety-boo.
🇨🇳中国欢迎你🎉
谢谢！中国人这么热情！
支持下
White girl spice?
😂❤🎉😂❤🎉
Don’t give me that white girl spice 😂😂😂
Story of my life in Changsha... I really didn't find the food that spicy!
只吃素吗？视频很有意思！可是你在中国只吃素？？？😅😅😅😅
是的！你看我的视频就发现中国菜很适合这样子的生活方式！
Welcome to experience the real China
1:19 so much cross contamination with meat....the oil has deep fried meat, that cooking surface has cooked meat, etc. If you have a vegan stomach that's sensitive to meat proteins, this will probably make you sick after eating it. I know for a fact that my vegan wife will not be able to handle this level of cross contamination.
Some vegans are more sensitive than others when it comes to cross-contamination, but I feel everyone is free to make their own choice. There's lots of other dishes I recommend on the channel which don't run the same risk, but unless you only frequent pure vegan restaurants it's hard to know what's really happening in the kitchen behind the scenes.
用吃素来表现你的优越吗？世界是多元的不要用你的标准要求别人，你只能要求你自己！
@@wang-rw6cd Don't get your panties in a bunch bro
见到的第一个四处寻找臭豆腐吃的外国人😅😅😅
我喜欢吃所有的豆腐！😋
@@veganinchina 北京有几家素食很有名的餐厅，很多菜品都是用豆腐做的，有机会可以试试，但是通常价格都不便宜，雍和宫路口的京兆尹就是一家不错的，另外雍和宫西门附近有很多素食自助餐价格还算合理，还有就是一些寺庙里以前有不错的素食餐厅很好吃，现在就不太知道了，北京延庆区特色有妫水豆腐宴很有名，各种豆腐做的菜品。
博主太似一位故人
哇，看你的评论就太感动了！谢谢！
中国平等的欢迎每一个吃货。
cross contamination to me is u pure no no ,, you would literally be eating animals
india has the best vegan food in the world healthy and soooo yummy every region has its own yummy flavours not only in cities you haved to visit villages too. Indians use all natural spices Indians are not cunning as chinese..
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you are showcasing how cunning Indians can be already! good job!
据我所知印度产生这个世界最多的骗子！从美国骗到中国，骗所有的人。在中国印度人的信誉比非洲人还低。
I'm not stinky stuff fan..... No thanks 🙏🏿
😮😮😮
Haha, it's definitely not for everyone, but I can't get enough of it 😋