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  • It's no cheese.

  • It has cheese.

  • Ches ways.

  • Togo.

  • What's going on?

  • Everybody.

  • First we feast.

  • I'm Sean Evans coming at you from Decoy Red Farm in the West Village, where I'm joined by the Chinese hip hop sensation Higher Brothers.

  • You know them from hits like Nomadic and made in China, and they just wrapped their first ever North American tour.

  • And that brings us to New York City, where Chinese food.

  • It's a genre unto itself, from the Cuban Chinese joints on the Upper West Side to the hole in the wall spots where you can get chicken wing combos and spare ribs.

  • So today, what we're gonna be doing is rolling out iconic New York City dishes to see if they stack up to the higher brothers, highest of high bars.

  • And before we get started, I know that you guys are just finishing up the North American tour.

  • You guys had a chance to eat Chinese food in America, and if so, what do you think?

  • We're tryingto Ito Chinese foot and wait difference.

  • It's okay is okay.

  • But not like a real Chinese.

  • Food is like America way Chinese.

  • The Chinese food just looked like Chinese inside This difference We're making the way from Shang do.

  • But I know that New York hip hop was very important to you.

  • Guys is influential.

  • Can you talk about the role that guys like 50 Cent Jay Z Naz?

  • What they meant to you guys growing up?

  • Me?

  • Listen for descent and I watch Hayes movie Get rich or die trying That's my first time.

  • Understand the canister culture?

  • What's the connection is against that waist hip hop music.

  • I love hip hop to change your life.

  • Listen, Big ages I was a film about a piggy in Chinese.

  • I wash this.

  • I know it's a legendary shit is a story made a lot of things I want to do something like big So I tried to write some lyrics.

  • I made it.

  • Congratulations.

  • Are you guys ready for the first day?

  • Yeah.

  • All right, let's bring out some wings.

  • Wag es like the reveal.

  • Oh, slow haul Our first up We have the famous chunking chicken wings from Mission Chinese The wings air spiced with the mixture of Sichuan peppers Cumin seeds.

  • You have some mushroom powder.

  • The dish also has Ah honey comb Tripe.

  • These are not your average wings sending you guys are coming from Chengdu, which has a reputation for being on a regional level, place to eat very, very spicy food.

  • How big a deal is Spicy food is so important, just like just like Chinese eating rice.

  • Chengdu Chandu Knees eating spicy through every day.

  • So we try these wings because these air a little spicy too spicy.

  • Only way Hold the table.

  • Is it too spicy?

  • Is it not spicy enough?

  • Visit just right for me.

  • It's a spicy for me too.

  • Are these spicier than what?

  • The wings you get in such one?

  • So John is more or other tastes not only spicy, but you keep going in.

  • Is that because you're hungry?

  • Isn't e J just like that?

  • You can't eat it too much, but you can stop right at the end.

  • Everybody's hassle so badly, but you can't stop your lips end up hot in your mouth really high.

  • And then it is just so delicious that you keep going back and back and back, even though it hurts more and more and more and more just like it.

  • Love it, just like love.

  • Well, you know, I saw on the road the other day that you guys were eating Popeye's.

  • So I guess this is how we'll deliver a verdict.

  • Would you rather have the Chongqing famous chicken wings for Mission Chinese or Popeye's?

  • Think?

  • Sign it, seal it, stamp it, mail it on to the next dish.

  • Bring in more, more.

  • All right.

  • Very excited for this one.

  • Right here.

  • This is the General Tso's chicken and waffles from sweet Chicken.

  • Brooklyn Fried chicken cost sweet general so sauce and then laid on a rice and broccoli waffle.

  • Fun fact this spot that we got this from its co owned by Nuts by Nasty.

  • Yeah, and I feel like you guys are already a fan.

  • Yeah, as my family wait.

  • American break first.

  • You could house.

  • Does that taste like ice cream?

  • I don't want to speak.

  • I kind of take the chicken.

  • The chicken's a little much.

  • No, I mean solace.

  • A little too much sauce on the chicken.

  • Like when a dish gives you two options so that if one of the bricks you always that one that can save your You know what I love Chicken batch.

  • It is not you.

  • All right, So what we have here is the ultimate Americanized Chinese dish.

  • No, General Tso's chicken and waffles.

  • I'm wondering, What do you guys think?

  • What's your take on this one?

  • That is good.

  • Sweet baby over here to choice while it's cool, but the south arm that change here.

  • Up next we have the mapo tofu chili cheese fries from King Noodle King Ludo.

  • King Ludo.

  • What I mean moved there.

  • A thin cut French fried topped with Sichuan pork, chile multiple scallion and tofu.

  • Tofu.

  • Which you're a big fan of this.

  • It's no cheese, Cheese, cheese with tofu.

  • What the fuck?

  • So this is the type of cultural mash up that can either go really good or really bad.

  • What's your verdict here?

  • Friends, Right things.

  • Food kiss doesn't go in Tokyo.

  • I love the cheap price, but Israel Topo is like I love the goods can.

  • But a good family makes you feel me.

  • Oh, when you have a McDonald's tattoo on your neck, how did the fries stand up for these McDonald's level fries as good?

  • Not as good, where you stand on the fries.

  • I like my Donald French fries better than this because this is code I like hot French price hot.

  • Just like there you go.

  • Little assault.

  • Crispy yacht not just mixed in with the tofu and the cheese from temperature.

  • But don't worry.

  • We have one more dish left to save our.

  • He'll bring out one more dish.

  • The last dish.

  • Let's take it home Last, but definitely not least.

  • We have the Katz's pastrami egg roll from right here at Red Farm and Decoy.

  • They stir fried cabbage, peppers, celery and oyster sauce and a walk and mix it with pastrami from cats is the century old Jewish deli on the Lower East Side.

  • And then what you do is you double fry it right here on the tempura batter to make it extra crispy.

  • And then you serve it up with the honey mustard dipping sauce.

  • That's how we do it, boys.

  • Jim been caos.

  • I'm trying to read between the lines on that thing.

  • Does that mean this is good?

  • Yeah, I mean, we can't speak for the Hard Brothers only had made a noise.

  • You listen to me.

  • That's a good sign.

  • So this is your first time eating pastrami.

  • Drummy.

  • It's the meat that you have in this gloomy.

  • So this is made with meat that's brined, seasoned, smoked and steamed.

  • Does it taste like anything that you grew up eating in China and the like Don Michele ones in China, we have a food of Lakota hungry Chauhan, Octopus, blogging about ball, some street food in jail.

  • Just like hot dog on the street.

  • Yeah, We've had four dishes today, boys.

  • Okay, but I need to know is your favorite one of the day.

  • Everybody's got to go down the line with your choice.

  • For me is the first of all the spicy chicken wing.

  • You like the mission?

  • Chinese wings?

  • Yeah, for me.

  • Love the egg roll.

  • Hit the spot for you, Isaac.

  • Number wise this I need a heart food.

  • Amazing cheese.

  • Place the cheese fries.

  • So we have the cheese fries.

  • We have the mission.

  • Chinese.

  • We have the egg rolls from Katz's.

  • And you know what?

  • I liked the chicken and waffles from sweet chick.

  • A little too much sauce.

  • But just like you, my man eye to eye on that.

  • It's my favorite meal as well.

  • I feel you.

  • I feel you same wavelength brother.

  • All right, well, there you have it.

  • The Higher brothers and Sean tasting iconic New York City Chinese dishes.

  • Did they jump over the bar?

  • Some of them.

  • Some of them slammed her head against the bar.

  • Some of them didn't reach the bar.

  • And some of them did backflips over the bar.

  • And that's why you got to try it.

  • And here we are at the end.

  • You have to check out the two E.

  • P.

  • S.

  • They're everywhere.

  • Journey to the west and tight high, the really.

  • And then if you just want that good, good New York City Chinese food, you have to come to Decoy and Red Farm.

  • That's it from Shawn.

  • That's it from the Higher brothers.

  • Thank you for coming through, my guys.

  • Thank you.

  • Thank you.

  • Till next time in the O we owe.

  • You know what's going on, bro?

  • I will finish it.

  • All right.

  • Now, believe me.

  • Chicken and waffles.

It's no cheese.

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