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  • Oh man. Breakfast for champions!

  • What's up everybody?

  • Welcome to another episode of Fung Bros food!

  • Today we're gonna be introducing a style of food that most of you guys have probably not had before.

  • I know I've never had it.

  • I know I have, a lot!

  • Hi, I'm Crystal. I'm a Taiwanese wannabe fob,

  • and today we're talking about Taiwanese breakfast!

  • Taiwanese breakfast.

  • Here's the spread.

  • Alright, so what can you tell us about, like, what we're looking at right now.

  • My favorite is dou jiang, mi jiang.

  • Mi jiang is a little bit sweeter but I like mi jiang more.

  • Okay, mi jiang, what's the difference?

  • It's peanut and this is soybean.

  • I'm not gonna lie, I thought that was gravy.

  • Mi jiang looks like gravy.

  • You Tiao is dragon tail.

  • It's kind of like a Chinese donut but it has less flavor

  • cuz you're using it to dip into things.

  • I feel like Taiwanese breakfast is kind of like the other Chinese breakfast.

  • In Taiwanese breakfast, we're taking the mi jiang, which is a sesame paste,

  • and we're dipping into that.

  • And it tastes a little beanie, man.

  • It was sweet, beanie, kind of like red bean like Richie said.

  • I am used to more of the soymilk.

  • Everybody bring your ladles. Come around, come gather around.

  • Can I have more soymilk madam? – like the orphan that you are.

  • Dou jiang, soymilk.

  • So what you're noticing about this soymilk is

  • it's not like the Yeo's when you get in the can.

  • That's what I was expecting.

  • Everybody in Asia was drinking soymilk before western people introduced milk.

  • There's no adjective to describe the flavor of that other than just breakfast.

  • Luo bo gao jia dan.

  • Turn up the turnips!

  • Man, one thing I learn today is Taiwanese breakfast is really eggy,

  • but I like eggs.

  • Taiwanese breakfast, eggs on eggs!

  • Eggs on eggs on eggs! Eggs on eggs on eggs!

  • What are we gonna find underneath these eggs?

  • Cong You Bing with eggs.

  • So this is the green onion pancake with eggs.

  • Okay so there's twothat's a two-faced slice. - Mhmm

  • I think it's important to know that you have a green onion pancake with a green onion egg.

  • Yo, these Taiwanese people like these little surprises, man.

  • Under the egg you would just get all these new presents.

  • Fan Ttuan.

  • So it's pretty much rice wrapped, inside there's a bunch of different stuff.

  • So inside it has You Tiao, again.

  • And then this has pork sung, eggs and pickles.

  • We added the pickles.

  • You know what I love about this one?

  • Cuz you have so many different flavors and textures going on.

  • It's kind of sweet too.

  • You got the sauce, sweet sticky rice.

  • You got the egg.

  • You got the preserved veggies.

  • You have the Chinese donut.

  • And then you have the pork sung.

  • I just feel like I'm eating Taiwanese chipotle.

  • I feel like it's like a complete meal in one bite.

  • Niu Rou Shao Bing.

  • It's like pastry, inside is egg again,

  • pickles and meat and it's very flaky.

  • Uh, so like a Taiwanese sandwich.

  • So flaky.

  • Now you'd think that this would taste just like the other dishes

  • cuz it has similar element,

  • but it actually tastes very different than Fan Tuan

  • cuz the beef is sweet.

  • I think Taiwanese people like their food pretty damn dry.

  • Like all their snacks.

  • I'm familiar with this but it looks a little bit different than how I'm used to seeing it.

  • Xiao Long Bao directly translated into English is little dragon buns,

  • but traditionally we call it, like, steamed pork dumplings.

  • I know dragons are really trendy right now, like how to train a dragon,

  • but guess what, how to train a dragon bun.

  • Gua Bao

  • The great makings of a Gua Bao are the perfect balance

  • between the crushed peanuts, the pickled vegetables, the pork belly, the cilantro,

  • and it's like you can't really have too much of any one, otherwise it will throw off the balance.

  • Xiang Gu Rou Bao.

  • So it's mushroom and meat.

  • I'm gonna take a bite and give my opinion.

  • Yo, Crystal,

  • A different flavor, different spices than everything we've been eating.

  • The mushrooms got the flavor, a little spicy!

  • I think it's interesting that a lot of the food looks similar in color and everything,

  • but actually tasted all a little bit different.

  • You can't be shallow with Taiwanese breakfast. You have to get to know it,

  • know its personal, required taste.

  • We still have another Shao Bing they gave us.

  • Check out the layers.

  • Layers!

  • You're gonna take this You Tiao.

  • Hold up!

  • I didn't make this up.

  • That is a Chinese donut hotdog.

  • It's so flaky I think I cut my mouth.

  • That's like eating a donut wrapped around a croissant.

  • That's a craziest dish to me actually.

  • The geoduck.

  • It's so crazy but yet so simple.

  • From now on it's called the geoduck Taiwanese breakfast food.

  • You're putting a stamp on that name?

  • That's it. Boom! Geoduck.

  • Guo tie

  • Potstickers

  • I think the feeling is different from the xiao long bao to the guo tie.

  • The guo tie has some vegetables in it.

  • Yeah I feel like the xiao long bao was more of a pure pork flavor.

  • The dou hua. Dou hua.

  • Dou means bean right? Hua means flower.

  • Yeah and I like how it's not too sweet.

  • I feel like Chinese people don't actually have a sweet tooth.

  • You always see, like, Chinese moms, like, drink some like sodo like even a Capris Sun and just be like

  • too sweet, too sweet.

  • Taiwanese like to keep it traditional. They like to keep it traditional with their snacks.

  • They like to keep it traditional with their breakfast.

  • Taiwanese, we keep it og!

  • Alright you guys, that's it for episode of Taiwanese breakfast.

  • Hopefully you guys got introduced to something new.

  • Make sure you leave us any more recommendations in the comment section below.

  • Till next time. We out!

  • Peace!

  • Huan ying guang lin!

  • Alright, thank you for watching that video.

  • That was Taiwanese breakfast

  • Let us know in the comments below if you've ever had it.

  • Let us know what other foods that you guys want us to review or check out and explore.

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  • You know, she's just gonna havepost a lot of food right? What do you..

  • Food, selfie

  • Food and selfies, you know, pretty standard.

  • Standard Taiwanese girl!

  • I'm drinking a big gulp of soymilk.

  • I'm almost done with mine.

Oh man. Breakfast for champions!

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