$188 High-end Fried Rice - Hong Kong

[@coreymuirhead3582]

I was thinking that it doesn't seem nearly worth the price until it said $26 USD at the end and I realized $188 was HKD. Definitely would pay $26 for that, spring onion puree in rice is a beautiful idea

[@qawiemmt]

i think that spring onion puree makes the rice green is really a brilliant idea! professional chef, very clean and hygienic

[@Cool-lu6ie]

US$26 for a plate of fried rice ? Out of your mind. Crazy. Hotel /fried rice, majority is below US$20

[@qawiemmt]

@@Cool-lu6iewell its a 5 star hotel, if you cant afford and appreciate it, someone else will

[@leonard3826]

man, a mundane lunch in midtown NYC is already close to this price...

[@GDIGhostStalker]

@@leonard3826I paid $14 for a chicken over rice at a halal cart for lunch yesterday in downtown Manhattan over by my office, and $10 for a chicken leg and crispy roast pig over rice in Chinatown today. It’s def getting up there.

[@JerBuster77]

Before anyone freaks out, that is $188 HKD. USD conversion is $26.

[@olewetdog6254]

Still too much.

[@darkcnight]

no one is freaking out though

[@ScaroMK]

@@olewetdog6254 Look at the view at the settting... stick to your big mac peasant

[@superdupertroy]

@@darkcnight I set my house on fire and drove my car through it when I saw the title.

[@bobfromaccounting93]

Still $22 over what It should be lol.

[@Tennisisreallyfun]

For 188 HKD you get crab, scallops, a big lump of caviar, AND that spectacular view??? Now that’s what I call good value😉

[@paulngan4750]

Worth the price of the flight from the US to get all that ossetra caviar for only $26 USD.

[@Tennisisreallyfun]

@@paulngan4750 And the thing is, here in the US at a high-end restaurant, such a dish actually would cost $188 dollars, but US dollars! I mean, yes those are expensive ingredients, but that’s just too much. I’d be willing to pay more US dollars for this dish (say $50), so to see it priced so reasonably and in such a nice setting, I was impressed!

[@hobbes3]

Ya, I was like for USD$200, I better be getting sea cucumber, abalone, lobster, caviar, truffles, stone crab, etc. for that lmao.

[@ksham.]

I blame the video title. Should remove the "$" in front of 188.

[@mtv565]

That is kind of cheap to be honest! I would eat it too at that price!

[@woodysmith2681]

One of the more interesting preparations. Pureed spring onions as a onion-tasting green food dye is worth remembering. Also, the method for wok-cooking crab meat and scallops for inclusion into fried rice was very interesting.

[@arapaimagold8088]

It was inspired by hokkien fried rice

[@wolfgeralt]

It's very common to include scallop in fried rice around Asia..

[@andylau1600]

Yes scallops are common in fried rice but the OP’s comment was that the method for cooking crab and scallops was very interesting. I believe the comment was in relation to the scallops being of a wet texture. This is the Hokkien inspired method, i.e, Hokkien fried rice is served with a layer of sauce.

[@MrEagleeye58]

@@andylau1600Still notice the rice has NO WOK HEI like it is supposed to be in a normal Wok street food.

[@snipelite94]

You just need a rocket engine, and a hob top where you can just pour water on the side without looking for a sink That's FAST jet-powered preparation, hombre

[@sebjake3793]

Wow, look how clean the kitchen is!!!

[@akmalfahmimdamin-250]

the amount of water used in making this fried rice.. make my aunt in Village cry...

[@kannathequeen2845]

Le son,les couleurs, l'ambiance,le décor,un cadre agréable, merci pour le partage.

[@SpongyBus]

These are the videos that got me through my boring classes

[@Dalamain]

One of the most unspectacular fried rice videos ever ... the build up had me excited... the final result was a huge disappointment.

[@Oc603]

His skills are not good tbh

[@cafebean]

food at "high-end" restaurants is usually less a meal and more an experience

[@LuckayKK]

caviar? metal tweezers and spoon???

[@drewflanagan4296]

That stove set up is a thing of dreams

[@cpcxgsr]

standard in a chinese restaurant. would love to incorporate that in a home kitchen!

[@frankyu553]

FYI: $188 HKD = $24 USD lol

[@inyourears2596]

It's nothing to very rich people

[@Kwijiboi]

Considering ingredients and portion size, I feel title is fair.

[@rinse2clean]

$ = $

[@mohamedabdelazez91]

It's literally 3 spoons so it's still exp

[@wmercer7234]

24 for fried rice is still crazy

[@wemcal]

Great video and looks delicious

[@ydocmit]

Wonderful to watch such expertise. A master.

[@bendavis911]

Master of rice?? 😂

[@ydocmit]

@@bendavis911 Yes! The spring onion is genius and the incorporation of the seafood very clever

[@MoChua]

I've been going to HK since I was 11 in 1979 every year until 1993 and sporadically after. I have never set foot in any expensive place there as my late uncle always brought me to the traditional places and the food was heavenly and will never cost you an arm or leg.

[@jyw003]

You are missing out on some great cuisine then…

[@MoChua]

@@jyw003 Nah. I've eaten in several Michelin starred places there. They're good, but nothing beats the ordinary day to day food of the locals.

[@markcruz359]

we've got a list of what was prepped on the bench. But what was he adding from the side of the wok?

[@SimonCU]

Do you need to pay Gratuity in HK? I thought only US pay gratuity.

[@robinkumbarayuda7882]

You can eat the jumbo size like two plate of rice with fried meat or chicken and egg for just 3 dollar and absolutely delicious near my home or at jakarta street food.. if that an art why fried rice with that ingredient?? We can buy at traditional market.. They can cock more expensive ingredient with that 188 HKD, i think thats not worth with that price

[@jackjhmc820]

Average price for fried price for a few people is like 14 usd in normal dim sum restaurants. ( 5x the portion here with normal ingredients )

[@cal7080]

Here in Indonesia less than $1 usd.

[@jackjhmc820]

@@cal7080 thanks. cheapest one person portion in hong kong fast food restaurant is at least 4 usd.

[@davidlui1880]

Look How good it is empty table that’s how good it is😂😂😂😂😂😂 And what’s the big deal the way he cook? I could even do this.

[@medeliworld]

The price is reasonable as it's reflected in the ingredients, caviar and crab meat. Some other hotels use wagyu beef and foie gras and charge even more like HKD 385.

[@wendyshoowaiching4161]

Fried Rice! It's not the carviar. Fried red chinese sausage, fresh oyster, crab meat, prawns & scallops. Fried garlic

[@samwang5831]

188hkd=24USD, the price is fine as the restaurant is in the financial district. The food looks good, probably tastes good too.

[@dt3688]

Uncle roger has to review this

[@jostallman8526]

I came looking for this comment

[@sankuma4513]

Uncle roger say, all fxxkup😂 Just a little rice, use the right amount, not the white amount, haiyaa！

[@txhwxng]

No wok hei and no msg… haiyahhh

[@colingee6687]

Uncle Roger is a complete idiot!

[@conocosz]

that scoop of caviar in some backwater UK alleyway would cost more than $26. You get crab and fried rice too? That's a steal.

[@kaosaechao3602]

That one clean kitchen

[@jenntwithlove1603]

What's so high-end?

[@michae1601]

who is left in HK to enjoy this.

[@txhwxng]

7 million people

[@mwbwyatt]

while crab and scallops are delicious and making a spring onion puree for the rice is a cool concept...this is not a fried rice id wanna really try tbh. seems more like steamed rice owo im sure its still tasty but. id stick to traditional for this one. xD

[@arapaimagold8088]

Try hokkien fried rice

[@Greatboogersandwich]

This is technically fried rice WITH caviar and seafood. But it's a version of a Hokkien fried rice in a high-end setting. That scallion paste is interesting and something i never thought of. I may give that a try.

[@ItsAnDeex3]

Basically paid for the caviar.

[@hallcrash]

Is @Mrnigelng gonna review this?

[@CineParaSso]

Man Wah is the Chinese restaurant inside the Mandarin Oriental hotel. That explains a lot! 😁

[@will5989]

Never realised they went “nouveau cuisine”. I’d stick to the regular menu with a bowl of plain rice.

[@dandanthedandan7558]

I was about to complain about the caviar bloating up the price then I read the comments and found the title was in HKD

[@crystalborne8315]

Defeats the purpose of frying the rice when you add so much sauce from the crab & scallops mixture.

[@aviramlenka175]

Please give subtitles/ list of ingredients used.

[@GhilenPeek]

10 dollars went to the caviar... What does caviar taste like?

[@Lyaagato]

this high end fried rice would one shot any dungeon raid boss!

[@mayasamsara]

😂 Has to include a couple of beers and a taxi ride back to the hotel..

[@ami156]

No kidding 😂

[@harveyscottz]

You cheap@$$ brokeback dumb@$$. It's HKD not USD, so that's like 25$

[@Sleepizgudd]

😂😂

[@senkoskipper]

Everything was good until the caviar at the end. That's like going to an Italian restaurant and asking for French dressing.

[@orczy351]

...does it taste good?

[@davechow704]

The total HK$188 should be figured like this : 100 goes to the rent, 40 goes to the labor and others, the food itself is around 25 - 30.

[@sroc3]

that's $188 USD.

[@bipolar-tiger]

​@@sroc3it is hkd...

[@oodo2908]

USD, not HKD?

[@1khs883]

The Mandarin Oriental… love it

[@mrgreen4688]

HK at a high end restaurant friend rice can be $50 or more. it’s not necessarily about the dish itself (although usually uses better ingredients) but it’s just that there’s a lot of expensive restaurants in HK being one of the most expensive cities in the world. No different than paying $40 for a salad at a high end place in the states.

[@Nafets-C]

i think the priced he posted is in hongkong dollars. The usd price is 26 as converted at the last video

[@mrgreen4688]

@@Nafets-C thanks. yes i know. there’s many places in hk with rice at HK$400 or more (US$50+).

[@madcowking]

USD 26 for a small plate of fried rice is a bit pricy, but well, this is a hotel place I guess, so it makes sense.

[@bobboberson2024]

This was fascinating. And expensive..

[@WorldwideFoodFinds]

Why these rice are so expensive?

[@davechow704]

Because HK$100 out of the HK$188 goes to the landlord's pocket.

[@bullkicksbear5400]

U call it fired rice?

[@suhasurubail3846]

If I had seen one, never would have guessed it as fried rice

[@Omikoshi78]

So about $24 us dollars? Not too bad.

[@sdaiwepm]

I'm not sure Uncle Roger would recognize this creation.

[@txhwxng]

No wok hei and no msg… haiyah

[@arapaimagold8088]

The shove him a plate of hokkien fried rice

[@txhwxng]

@@arapaimagold8088 as long as it’s not Jamie Oliver fried rice 😂

[@myfortezza]

Good work skills and the char is worth all that. Non asians wouldn’t understand the effort gone to making a good fried rice imagine if Jamie cooks using Chili jam and coriander along with garlic aioli as a side dish 😂 in asia the Chinese fried rice is as good as a main dish after all that greasy roasted meats and it’s a meal by itself. Fluffy omelette rice , yum 😂

[@harukrentz435]

im asian and i dont understand how tf a fried rice could cost 180 bucks!

[@boj1719]

Why no egg ?

[@valentino1486]

No offense, just wanna inform you that you can get indonesian fried rice for less than $1 with a chicken and big portion

[@alexlim7751]

I feel this guy uses so much water for 1 dish o.o

[@daljeet4586]

😅😅I'm never making it coz I will hv to wash d wok so many times I dislike washing big utensils😅😅😅

[@hana26z]

It’s my style rice but won’t call it FR😂后边行过既哥哥几得意哦！

[@DavidPerez-oj2dv]

VERY CLEAN

[@SKRUBL0RD]

those scallops are RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW

[@TheMobster450]

Uncle Rodger need to see this.

[@digitpmedia]

what is that??

[@RvlLeader]

its good for experience, but i prefer the regular one, you can get more veggies and meat

[@RvlLeader]

and rice

[@deelo2281]

Why don’t these woks ever have handles?? You’d be a lot less likely of burning your hand. Instead you have to have a towel lol

[@maplebroa]

i feel like the entire essence of what fried rice is, is lost if you have to spend that much for it.

[@ayan1495]

where is the fried rice ??? where is the food???

[@paoc3699]

If that's the price of Man Wah, it will definitely be worth it, but just ordering one item may not satisfy my belly

[@markkrell7845]

Man Wah = Mandarin Oriental 文華東方

[@raishmamaraj9019]

Uncle Roger will love this

[@heheheheh356]

I bet it tastes meh. The ones you can get from a hole in the wall place for $6 can be incredible if you know where to find a good one.

[@Boxer1250RT]

I would not pay $18 for that meal.

[@neo69121]

its 188 hong kong dollars so around 24 USD :)

[@Jimmy-Legs]

Nobody asking you to.

[@Boxer1250RT]

@@Jimmy-Legs Same to you!

[@Jimmy-Legs]

@@Boxer1250RT I said it first bro.

[@StephenAndrew777]

Brilliant!

[@Saayan_ide]

$3 max

[@lilycalir6515]

But the customers there won’t be saying oh it’s so cheap because in the US it would be $24

[@blindsoldier]

The amount of water waste to make this dish in a country that has serious drinking water issues…it’s just insane!!

[@tylerwmbass]

At 188$ better not be using vegetable oil lol, I want some wagyu tallow or luxury ghee or something.

[@loooopeytunes]

I'm asian and you don't cook an asian fried rice with olive oil.

[@Yezhidze]

188 HKD, not US

[@magyoe3471]

Yep, so true!👌🏼 For US$26 fried rice, shud use natural pork lard or olive oil and NOT some cheap unhealthy palm oil or worse...some GMO commercialised oil like canola, corn & soybean oil!!!

[@jasonlu2150]

Who would wear a watch while working with a flaming wok, its both damaging the watch and breaching heath protocols.

[@sysodmincheg]

i have another deal. Fly to Vietnam for 400$ and have same meal in local food for this 188$ total for 1 month everyday)))

[@eriklee9462]

I 'll go for the $8 fried rice any day

[@Agentsmith212]

I was gonna say for 188 USD That rice better have been made of gold...

[@badasmichael]

💪1st nice bro

[@orpheusl8777]

where is fried rice?

[@Sleepizgudd]

Is this sample, where’s the main course 😂😂

[@JohnnyGification]

They'll also make you a glass of water for $25.

[@tytytyty88]

Aden, come over to my place. I can make a better one for you

[@christelle7484]

Gosh, People are not eating food anymore. They eat concepts Ideas, fantasies. This happens when one doesn't know what else to do with his / her money. With $10 you can eat a very delicious, healthy and complete meal.

[@mwantonzy348]

Is it that good(delicious) of a rice to be so expensive... Lol

[@amasterfuldesktop4935]

Aden never said it was HKD

[@aaron-604]

uncle roger:“no MSG??? hhhhaaaiiiiiyyyyaaaa~~~~~”

[@AzaJabar]

Green fri rice with slime and fish egg? haiyaaa fri rice has only 3 ingredient 1-Egg, 2-Fry and 3-Rice

[@adanrodriguez8895]

Looks good

[@aroundandround]

The serving size is for a mouse.

[@aroundandround]

The best part of traditional fried rice is how crispy it is, not wet and gooey.

[@SukottoSama]

i rather have fried rice cooked from street gutter oil than pay 206 dollars for green undercooked rice and crab that looked like it came from a can.

[@david49ers]

Never know rice could cost so much like I got 70LB of it on hand hahaha

[@margarettam12]

188 is hong kong dollar, around 23 usd

[@david49ers]

@@margarettam12 after read comment you are right still high cost for such little rice at 26 buck hahaha

[@MOBAJOBG]

Just a small portion of food, it’s not enough to satisfy my hunger.

[@cpcxgsr]

this is also a chinese restaurant. you eat family style. dishes are meant to be shared. or in this case, you're having a set menu with 6+ dishes.

[@recapbaba007]

I thought he was seasoning the pan I didn't believed untill I saw his assistant doing the plating loll this hotel ripped his off by this hey come to India it is less than 1 dollar bro here u will more than that

[@binoddangol3364]

Definitely don't want to try this😅

[@kartik_adhia]

that's like one spoon of food in the dish man.

[@BE-ht2ql]

Cheffing so fun

[@yanwidhiono]

Aight how do I tag uncle roger here

[@2225_collection]

Orang kaya paling mudah diporotin, 188 HKD cuma buat nasi goreng 😂

[@RayOnTheRun]

It cost more in natural gas to make this dish than the actual ingredients 😂

[@bipolar-tiger]

Took him less than 5mins on the stove. Much more efficient than an average homecook with an electric at home.