$3 Chicken Vs. $62 Chicken • Taiwan

the value of Taiwan is back worth it

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yes, I know it's a rooster that's a chicken is that a chicken no, it's a pigeon here at the Tainan Garden Night Market we just picked up our chicken delicacies tomorrow the trip begins we are going to go to three cities for three chicken acts that will end in a chicken ending like you've never seen before bok bok bish lego mmm it's like a pancake today I'm worth it let's try three chicken dishes at three drastically different prices to find out which one is worth the most for its price, so we're having chicken, but our first chicken is actually a soup.

I know we just finished a soup video, but that's how many soups there are here. To escape the soup, we're going to see the Chen family at Walking Sioux, where we're going to try their sesame oil chicken, what's that with tangerine, Inca mayonnaise? Tell us how this business started. This looks amazing. We have a couple of extra accessories here: the Thai basil sauce, the spicy fermented bean paste and the sticky rice, okay, let's try the chicken broth with sesame oil, the delicious nutty flavor of this sesame oil, yeah , super nutty. I have this hearty feeling oh yes, this is delicious, how is that?

Oh, it's incredibly juicy and tender and I'm going to smell the Thai basil because that's our specialty here, it smells like pesto, yeah, how amazing, it's like a salad dressing. To dip your soup in Adam you have to try the Thai Basil Chicken. I'm going to try some rice. Oh yeah, chicken Steven. The thing that continues to surprise me in Taiwan. I go to eat expecting one thing and then there's always all this. extra things that just exceed my expectations, yeah, I mean, even when they started this restaurant, this was an extra dish, this one is crazy, so a lot of herbs are added to this soup, it tastes like an elixir that just washes away.

All the pain in your body hurts your back I have a soup for those tired eyes soup for that my foot hurts pour some soup there it's all the same soup it's very convenient Adam do you want to get some of this soup I'm pretending like Adam's over here, although he's there, so our next chicken location is in Taipei, but first we're going to take a detour through the countryside, yes, that's right, we're going to a scallion farm in Ilan and we're going to make our own. chive pancakes not just cook them let's pick them ourselves chives yes it's a chicken episode it's a soup episode and now it's a pancake episode what you see in front of you here is a chive pancake but go back three hours what did we do ?

We are in this unique valley where there are winds of different temperatures at different times of the day, which creates a perfect and pleasant humidity for growing chives, so today we picked a bunch of chives, cleaned them, cut them, cried a little and then we learned how. to make scallion pancakes and here we have the spoils of our work, regards, oh no, mmm, okay, this is one of the best things I have eaten so far, you know what time it is time for a fact about the Taiwan food, the meaning of the xiaochu concept. Small meals are popular in Taiwan, it basically means snacking throughout the day, often on street food in between meals, of course, yes, in Taiwan, if you only eat three meals in a day, you're just doing it wrong, actually We're on our way to a sandwich shop. next pinko where are we going uh chuza let's go see reebok and julia and try their fried chicken what makes a perfect fried chicken for you this is not what I expected ready stephen I'm ready this is called al fresco dining, so we've ordered the recommended sparkling wine apparently you only order by the bottle here I like it we're going at high speed cheers how amazing is this it's a riviera we have to eat this while it's hot so come on oh it's so fragrant garlic. the onion this basil the meat inside is so soft it was very nice very nice like a marshmallow bruleed seriously oh man that's wild I thought the kufu was great for the meatballs you're so soft it's almost like a nugget of chicken, do you know what's crazy about this?

We've had fried chicken in Minneapolis where the restaurant thought you know what's really the best drink to have with fried chicken sparkling wine and here we are in Taiwan and at this restaurant I had the same idea. I see if there is a restaurant on each side. The world doing the same thing must be great. I'm afraid to eat this because I'm afraid of how much I like it. Pork knuckle and radish pie. Whoa, oh man, watch out, they're going to push me off the stool. What I take is a plastic dim sum plate. I have eaten this every time I go out.

You know, they bring the box in like they're all steamed. It's still hot, but it doesn't have that crispy texture. Maybe you can compare it to a potato pancake? It's so good it's crazy. How should we eat pork knuckle hand in hand like an apple? mm-hmm, okay, it looks like a donut, oh, yours, mine, cheers, oh my god. This is like a pork donut, wow, so it's actually cartilage, but it feels that way with how soft the gelatin is, oh the gelatin in this pork donut, right? and to accompany it with sparkling wine, oh, thank God for this, how incredible is this. thank you this is really good we are at the regent hotel where they serve a boba croissant yes you heard me write boba croissant we have the matcha tiramisu and the milk tea which one do you want?

My instinct goes towards matcha, but I go. against my gut and opted for the tiramisu, actually I knew you were going to choose that one because it has gold flakes, okay, I'll go have milk tea, very satisfying to receive applause, greetings, are you going to bite it, yes, or will you open it? up, I'm going to bite into it, these are just all the textures, it's nice, it's satisfyingly soft, I think that's a word for it qq ready for a Taiwanese food packet, Stephen, that's a food fact. Taiwan food fact, um, until the 1960s, the most.

The common Taiwanese breakfast was rice or rice soup buns. It emerged as a popular Taiwanese food in the 1960s, when American trade introduced wheat into the Taiwanese diet. Shouldn't that fact be included in the dumpling episode that we did well? It's more about breakfast. I just wanted an excuse to let's talk about kanji because it's a tasty and tasty thing to have for breakfast, this is a very good croissant, yes, I have a cake, oh my, this boba croissant is part of a boba festival bubbling up here in the region and the inca has the crown jewel of the festival and now it's time to take a little train ride don't listen to my boba wrapper yeah, how do you like your boba? yeah eat it like a cobra yeah my name is yoda yeah and i like yoga now dab never this is a trained water. bottle they sell on the tray so once we're done with this guy we'll be in Taichung and eating at our last chicken location.

We're meeting Shiraba in Mo to eat beggar's chicken, which kind of which? of us can do it I will do the hammering you do the hammer time what you automatically assume you get the hammer you both can do it yes ok ok two hammers yes ok results oh thank you regards to our final meal in Taiwan, oh. No, no, cheers, since this is our last meal in Taiwan, we're ruining it, let's do it. I saw a little preview of what's coming up, it'll blow your mind, so this is a winter melon, wow, wow, look how it's pouring out. on the head of the fish, they look too real, look at the scales on these guys, honestly every time I've seen a koi fish, I thought they look like a tasty fish, cheers, steven fish kiss, this is from the ball of dough, oh, great, this looks like a hook. when robin williams is imagining food, have you seen this movie?

Everything is like vibrant colors, do yourself a favor, watch the hook, you will have a great time, you will remember this moment. I'm going to put pink in my hair. Well, we just filmed all three episodes here, very similar to the origin myth. First, we eat like an emperor and then we go on a journey to discover that chicken food is about storytelling and flavor, but also about storytelling, oh hey, okay, what party? you guys can come up now, summer, okay, okay, steven, I'm nervous, I'm scared too one, two, three, wow, nice, it seems like the chocolate smells like earth, we just hatched our chicken dinner, it's very egg dinosaur, like um, wow, the chicken, salute, the chicken, salute, oh, that's good.

What is so soft? Some people say that chickens bore me. I would say that those people have not eaten it with fried bacon stuffed with pork and aromatics. There's pork in the chicken, yeah, so now it's just adding like a sauce, I think it's like a. oyster sauce slurry, oh that tastes like my mom's fried rice, wow, that's weird mom, do you know what this chicken is? It is a time capsule for flavor buried underground, like a normal time capsule, but it is also a dish of the main dynasty. Is there a written letter? there, like dear diary, still taste good, very mild in essence, this dish is just a really rich chicken dish, so simple, so perfect, we will take it back to the land of art now, if it's okay with you, let's do it like is.

It's happening, yeah, right now, yeah, dude, it looks like a scene from The Nightmare Before Christmas. This is too beautiful not to share. I think we should bring everyone here and take a bite. Who wants a swan? Who wants a pumpkin? God, it's a red bean. Why wow? Why not? Why is it not worth it? Beggar chicken. You know they say beggars can't be choosers, but beggars can be chicken. It was quite an experience Stephen before we got to our value on the winners. What was your favorite thing? That wasn't one of the featured meals in this episode that was worth it.

The pork knuckle at Chuja's the Southern was so good I thought about eating my own knuckles. What was your favorite thing? Honestly, the heavy rain while we were filming location two, we had a typhoon that barely brushed us, but we still got incredible heavy rain, which I love. Which chicken was worth it to you? My value as a winner. Walking Sioux Chicken with Sesame Oil. If that chicken had been in the soup episode, it would have won that episode too. Oh. comforting exciting cheap it was wonderful who's your worthy winner worth walking demand totally new experience yes if you could eat with your eyes that place would have won but since that pork knuckle was so good it's worth it the winner must go too oh the fried chicken very good choice, okay that's a summary of Taiwan, a very special thanks to the Taiwan tourist board who helped us tremendously with this trip, couldn't have been here without them, okay let's get out of here, bye bye.