Death of Street Food in Hong Kong!!! Protests, Pigeons, Dai Pai Dong!

Are you a wing guy or a dramatic guy? I'm going to try to go for the progressive. I mean, okay, I'm going to go for the drum. Well, I bet you could eat the whole head. You do that all over Asia, from India to Korea. an attraction that attracts people of all backgrounds, oh my goodness, we have llamas coming straight towards the camera, but we don't mind feeding the hearts and bellies of locals and travelers alike, a tsunami of flavor. I'm talking about Jai, is she yelling at him? I No, but in major cities across the continent true

street

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is becoming a thing of the past as municipalities attempt to clear their sidewalks and roads in pursuit of what they see as more modern work due to regulation so that you can't get out. everything behind you should look exactly as it did before entering Hong Kong, a city of more than 7 million people.

Hello sir, did I know that a city that was once saturated with

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stalls now only has 24 and the clock is ticking, it is a dying breed today Hong The food expert from Kong, Virginia, and I will try to explore the world of the fast fading street food in Hong Kong, to teach 100% like McDonald's, maybe McDonald's stole it from here, who is serving the most delicious, that is, a lot of garlic. We won't make new friends, but we will be immune to vampires. The most unique food you will find anywhere in the city. This is a monster like the joint between this and this.

The only challenge facing the current Hong Kong

protests

. The

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that began to emerge. The intensity increased as soon as we landed here this morning, we reached the area where they have the high dive dome, the only problem is that today the employees did not show up because the city is closed at the moment, no one can even come. work, we have a good breakfast here, I have some rice eggs, they look exactly like McDonald's little sausages. Breakfast is possibly the most important meal in Hong Kong, fuel for the day, like these Instant Noodles with a Pork Chop with Fried Egg and Using Spiced Pork or my White Rice with Fried Eggs and Sausage Burgers I 100% Be McDonald's , we don't want to offend you and you made an Egg and Sausage McMuffin, this is literally the same thing, sweet, delicious pork sausage for breakfast, all that perfect, what you have there, I have instant noodles have you ever had instant noodles in breakfast?

No, do they make me feel so bad? It's so good, although I like my instant noodles hard, but some people like them soaked in the broth. Like, I'm on the Hard side we're also eating at one of the last remaining PI Dome, an old traditional outdoor food stall, what is it? I have a high dome, it means a large licensed restaurant. There are only about two dozen type items left in Hong Kong. They open early for breakfast, but the real show happens at night, as soon as dusk hits these bustling sidewalk restaurants come to life, captured by all five senses, flashes of gas flames, sizzles of hot, burning walks, cuisine executed with precision, like a dance that has been performed a thousand times. before and once the aroma takes over you it's over you have to present that it is dyed almost every day but not today around very early in the morning I received a call from the owners at the time they don't have I'm saying that they weren't going to open today because many of their workers could not reach the restaurants because the MGR line is cut due to the escalation of the protest situation today on the night of July 21, when the anti-government protesters were exercising for more than six months, protesters have been taking to the streets after growing concern over an extradition bill that was introduced in February.

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ers feared the legislation would subject residents and visitors to the jurisdiction and legal system of mainland China. In September, that same bill was officially withdrawn, but what began as a protest over the legislation has now become a movement for something much bigger, a fight against democracy. For a time, protests were held as planned. scheduled, they generally took place on weekends since we landed, all bets are that our tourists won't be attacked in any way, um, no. I don't think tourists are being targeted in any way, none of the protest areas or attractions have been liked, but their travel plans could be effective, so for example today, if the EM president doesn't is working, it was difficult for us to get a taxi or even the uber.

He wasn't sure: how far he could take us to this place. Nobody. I'll finish my noodles first and then that will give me enough energy to think about what's next. Okay, we'll figure it out. Yes that's fine. We do it all over the city, we see evidence of protests that recently conveyed destruction that has been patched up or temporarily hidden. Usually I would say that TV news in the states and over sensationalizes the events of the day, but on this day the images that had only been seen on TV or online were unfolding right in front of us and this is right now I want to get out of here man quick don't stop for God's sake oh don't go man no it was happening right now break the glasses so you can hit me car hello I would get out of this intersection if I were you we didn't come here for the protest but It came to us regardless of the fact that we are now heading to a restaurant and people are already stopping traffic. throwing debris and random things at the intersection that's a lot this is very good although a little shaken we arrived at our next destination intact this is what we have about four days left in this city I'm not sure what's going to happen I think we'll go be fine.

I mean, it's a city with millions and millions of people. I don't think anyone is targeting tourists making food videos, but still my top priority is keeping the team safe. My second priority is to make these videos. Well, no. I don't know, I don't know what's going to happen. You're on this corner, just a couple of miles from our recent encounter. You would never suspect that something important is happening in this city. I'm Sue Choi Long. What are the latest? Write Id Dome in Hong Kong sir, thank you very much, thank you, it is an honor to be here to meet the boss, Mr.

Phi 2nd generation and director of operations, although his uncle is the real license holder. I don't mean literally a large licensing position, these licenses cannot be passed on and when the license holder passes away, so does his restaurant. For me, it's clear the guy doesn't. It's a really special part of the culture in Hong Kong, but what do you think is the future for Dyfodol? the coordination of the government whether or not the government will want them to continue doing it, so look, you have my support, it doesn't make sense, but it's symbolic, thank you, thank you, you're welcome guys, we're drinking beer because we're doing it.

Dive into the high dome, this is when the adults come out and do adult things. What I'm saying is you all are dancing, explain to me what's going on here. We're in a Python thigh, so what they like to do is just order all these dishes. take your bowl of rice and then you just dig into it shiny, so this is a chicken cartilage, but it's chicken knees. I try to sell it as popcorn chicken. I like that you have to sell it. This chicken knee cartilage is dredged in cornstarch and then deep. -fried in hot oil after frying sautéed with chilies and other spices it's like a pea sized ball it's very hard cartilage but you can still reach it it would be the same it's like popcorn shrimp as hard as everything else is fried, It's just that inside there is knee cartilage.

I love them, so this one here on the menu says fish with noodles, but in Chinese it translates to fish with white rice and it goes very well with starchy rice, fried and then imitation stir-fried. butter and chemicals, movie quality powdered cheese, it's amazing with fish noodles and beer. Oh, super fried reunion and it has that weird kind of cheap movie cheese after processed cheese flavor. I don't feel bones or anything, although this is pretty incredible. when you say like Oh, fry a whole fish, eat it whole, I thought it might have fish, it doesn't have fish at all, oh that's really nice, we talked to the owner before, it seems like most businesses in general are getting a bang. broken shoe Choi Wong is a huge die PI

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in sharm true pol we were supposed to follow your staff to the market today but last night because of the protests they didn't sell enough food to justify the trip the protests happening here is such a complicated issue What can business owners do? to help themselves or, hey, boss, he wants to stay expensive to a minimum in terms of staff and all that, and this is actually pretty good.

I can think that for the owner there is a small decrease, that is incredible. You know, sympathize with what's happening but also think about the long term despite these difficult times. CEO Choi Wong is still focused on what he brought them here in the first place: providing a wide variety of high-quality, fresh foods to hungry customers. This is my absolute favorite and these. it's razors it's that garlic on top that's a lot of garlic we're not going to make new friends but we'll be immune against vampires for the next 24 hours that was good oh god I'm so good oh yeah, it's really good, it's the best thing ever, it's nice , firm, almost like a scallop and then just tons of greasy, buttery garlic that has been saturated into these noodles, if it's like fresh seafood like this, we always separate it very simply, steam it for a fresh flavor. really good Oh mmm, that's my Jim, this is Kenneth Lee, full time manager from Oman, he sang deep.

I don't know, yesterday they were forced to close because staff members couldn't travel to work. Today they are open, that means a trip to a nearby place. wet market to pick up fresh food for the day here we are we are at the market what are you picking here comes your fish seafood and full of so many people not going out to eat right now how do you come to the market and do they know how much food to buy oh that antenna of game that they review at the end of the night sold, will stock up on the left and then place this order in the morning so that they can have a lot of things that they have.

I'm not saving it for tomorrow, so they'll do an estimate and just have lessons on DNA. Yes, for the restaurant everything is fresh every day, so whatever is left at the end of the night maybe they give it to the workers to eat or stay behind. Businesses are being hit hard across Hong Kong, but right now their only option is to keep fighting and wait out these difficult times. We managed to get the first dish out of the kitchen. This is a special moment. Normally people wouldn't stand up. They would sit down, enjoy some beer with their food, heavy food, especially greasy, like this, the first course of the night.

Crispy bird fried in hot oil. I love that the skin has turned crispy. Oh shit, okay, yes, delicious spice. I took a drop off this wing, try it, oh that's super delicious, but usually the best paloma I've ever had is pre-marinated, you can taste the seasoning inside, that's what it's like to start a nice city. I think the enemies of the stars are the secret season, sometimes it's you. People like Worcester sauce to remove fat and oil and you need it. I want the ribbon oil. Look how greasy and juicy it is and then just sweep it away.

I must say I am very impressed, it is decadent and delicious. I love it. Okay, I'm at Sang, it's an institution, the license has been held by Kenneth Lee's grandmother since 1956, even as she reaches 90 years old, she keeps an eagle eye on the day to day operations. This is considered the least developed part of the city, but still. people flee their five-star hotels and their expensive buffets to sit on a stool here our final immersion experience in the high dome here we can see the flame kissing your cheek right now because there are so many stir-fries there are so many walking face to foot that It's the walk, hey, we talked about including these duck talks, fried duck tongue after frying, it's a walk mixed with garlic, red chilies, scallions, salt, sugar and chili oil with more fried garlic and cashews.

I am more feminine. Can I use mine? Oh yeah. keep doing that it's like making out with a garbage can did you know there was going to be a bone in there yes friends have bones maybe it's hard to eat that comment is delicious this is like classic drinking food oh my god the skin has claw ? fatty oily a beautiful mix of spices there spicy boy a little chili oil mmm he told me in the mouth a little fire but it makes you want more beer than wine when I come with my gasoline we don't order because that's always scares them, it's incredibly enormous.

Didn't count on me, yes, earlier in the day, these ham hocks burn, burning off the remaining hair on the legs, thenblanch for two hours in Chinese five spice and soy sauce upon ordering. popped in a very hot wok along with onions and black pepper sighs super oily gelatinous skin on the outside oh wow it's super soft, it's tremendous to find oh my everything in someone's grip oh that pepper powder that's fascinating it's so bad and Robust at night you guys dip it in sauce there's onions I'm going to make some of that but my goodness that's so big and medium oh no kidding that sauce is so good it just makes me so happy to go to places like this where this guy moves with ease, he's been doing this for a long time, it's so fast, it's so natural to him, everything he does comes out perfect like the recipes here and you can tell that within Ten years this may no longer exist while I'm still here.

These owners continue to prove their worth night after night, perhaps a change in government legislation will influence this fate, but for now the pi domos are an endangered species, so within 10 years, unless we have some people with excellent health. there's a chance all this is disappearing, it's an endangered species and hopefully maybe the laws will change, who knows, in 10 years because it's something very iconic in Hong Kong, a younger generation is fighting for its future while an older generation is fighting to preserve it. What took a lifetime to build every worthy cause has its victims, but only time will tell if the Hong Kongers who helped build this city can withstand the pressure before the difficulties become irreversible.

I am a very positive person, no, I feel like there is a light. at the end of the tunnel, but what that looks like, I don't think anyone really knows. I'm hopeful and I hope everyone else is hopeful too. Hong Kong, there is no doubt that history is being made right now in Hong Kong. If you plan to visit the city, I suggest you enlist the help of Virginia and her tour company, Human with A Chance of Fish Balls, to make the most of your time, from food tours to private tours, and everything you need to navigate the city. the city, from research to photography.

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