All restaurants are CLOSED in Beijing?!?

[@tonehawke]

Amy your neighbours are the best. Love seeing them treat you like family

[@back_to_the_future9187]

typish Beijinger, so nice and cool🤠

[@madisonmelvin8817]

Your neighbors make my heart burst. Please more content with them!! Have them make you meals and teach you how to cook more since you cant go many places. I think a lot of people would enjoy that! Love you Auntie and Uncle!

[@songbird7]

it gives me great joy that you spend such a lovely time with your neighbours.

[@mmeb7250]

We appreciate your efforts during a challenging time, Amy! Also, I enjoy using google translate to see what people say in Mandarin - I like that people comment in multiple languages on your videos. I have really nice memories of visiting Beijing several years ago. Your neighbours are precious. I also loved what you said about meeting new people in the park.You are a great ambassador between cultures, and you share those stories in your videos in an endearing way.

[@sileilong5487]

很开心北京之行让您拥有了美好的记忆:)Welcome to China again!

[@vitaminbff4047]

Your neighbors must be so happy, its like they have a daughter by their side

[@taotao98103]

it's cute that the auntie is being super skeptical about the uncle's promise about wanting to cook for auntie for a change now that he's retired.

[@davidlazarus67]

It looks like the food was toned down for the local palates. That might be a series of videos in itself. How different are the Beijing versions from what you have experienced in the actual regions.

[@back_to_the_future9187]

but still funny to taste them in BJ version 😉

[@NeoNack]

Got to be one of your best episodes because it's just shows honest side of covid lockdowns and how you and your neighbors live. Stay safe and keep up the great content. Miss Beijing too😭

[@Jaded29]

Hi Blondie, I have to say, your optimistic, upbeat attitude makes this video very comforting to watch. Way to go Amy, hope the situation there improves soon.

[@ssavictoria]

It's so wholesome that your neighbours are like your Chinese parents!

[@lauragrt]

I love your video so much, it’s so real, as a Beijing local who can’t go back home for over 3 years, this really makes me homesick….and your neighbours remind me of my childhood when we always had meals with neighbours together…

[@CC-zx5vu]

By far, one of my favorite videos you’ve ever made! I enjoy watching the food and culture, but it’s your interaction with everyday Chinese people that keeps me coming back again and again.

[@MrTripsJ]

That’s nice people come up to talk in china. In Tokyo it’s extremely lonely, a lot of people don’t like to talk with foreigners

[@doraemonyoung]

As soon as Amy said 3 bowls of noodles, mukbang immediately came to my mind 😂. Very nice of you thinking about your neighbors and they seem to be a very lovely couple. Take care everyone and Your content is still amazing despite the current situation in BeiJing.

[@enchantedmindmeditation]

Im studying Traditional Chinese Medicine in the States and I got really happy when you started talking about Jing, clearing heat and generating fluids. So cool!

[@wutongtaiwa]

牛逼

[@MeredithP1878]

Thank you for your content, Amy. Your videos inspire me to be more adventurous, learn more Chinese, and try the many foods this country has to offer. Prayers for your family during time. Sending love from Shanghai.

[@Z3N1T4]

You are so adorable I love how you are just hanging out and cooking in an old Chinese couples home it really is the cutest thing.

[@condorheroes7728]

It's not the quantity of interesting things you're experiencing but the quality of your content that keeps us coming back! Another wholesome video. Love watching the bonds of friendship that you've formed with your neighbors and the locals. That's really what matters and probably what you'll always treasure the most. Cheers✌

[@JoelBergmark]

Awesome video, laugh a lot watching it, thats something the world need more of these days, hope some Emericans can find your vids and cool off with them too

[@cameronpepper6638]

i’m obsessed w your channel, have been watching your videos for years as i’ve been to china and am an australian learning chinese. always waiting for more videos

[@dali_wawa]

Thanks!

[@dali_wawa]

Showing some support to my favorite Aussie at this hard time. Be safe, Amy.

[@onlywei]

I want to see your neighbors reactions to non-Chinese foods!

[@royizhang23]

Oh so do I !!!

[@johnnykwon8173]

Bring them vegemite!

[@Ermude10]

@@johnnykwon8173 Oh god, hahaha

[@designqq8905]

I am really impressed with Amy's Mandarin! How is it possible to improve so much in such a short time. It doesn't look like she has to think about it first in English and make a translation into Chinese.

[@rachel11z22]

When you hear Amy say: ' I've just went online to buy something and it will arrive in 40 minutes...'. Really makes me feel I live in the stone age here in Sydney

[@abbyabroad]

😂😂 I live in a similar neighborhood to Blondie and my favorite local foreign grocery store delivers faster than I can walk there, in less than 20 minutes 😂 (Gulou Gourmand)

[@wuhui]

I'm in Sydney metro. It varies but sometimes 45mins is doable for food. For grocery it will take 2hrs or more usually lol

[@yihgz]

@混沌先行工作室 铁子过了点哈

[@kangminliu160]

@@wuhui hmm, more like for the city or selected areas only. lots of metro station areas are not covered, unless you order Uber Eats or something, which would be expensive.

[@ZheXinYou]

@@yihgz 看店家位置还有时间段，比如离我家2公里的烧鹅店，因为他们10-15分钟就送到，一般我要先煮饭，煮到一半才点外卖，送到的时候饭刚好熟了马上就可以吃

[@jlcdrivewayramps7343]

Such a bubbly person you are and so friendly. Because of you mingling with the locals, your Chinese will improve at a 100 miles an hour.

[@abiii8462]

Blondie, take care and stay safe 🤗 I'll continue to watch your channel because I'm sure you'll continue to make great videos, 加油！🥰💪

[@andyk139]

Thanks

[@david8373]

About Gui Zhou Mansion (贵州大厦) - the building is actually owned & operated by the government of Gui Zhou province. It is a venue for people from that province to do business in Beijing. And for every province, there is a mansion similar to this. These are great places to sample food from those provinces, because the chefs are usually hired from the provinces and brought into Beijing (I think key ingredients also). So for example the Xin Jiang Mansion is a great place to get authentic lamb skewers. Another great place - it looks like you are in Dongcheng District so this is accessible for you - is the Si Chuan Mansion. It's my favorite place in Beijing for SiChuan food. Beijing is my home city and watching your videos brings back a lot of good memories. The current pandemic/lockdown situation is unfortunate. Wish you stay safe & positive & keep up the good content!

[@dividedrighful]

东城的驻京办真的好多~希望下次Amy可以去地坛西门旁边的海南大厦吃

[@yvonneyang5145]

駐京辦餐廳真的是覓食的好去處。在雲南駐京辦餐廳吃過大救駕，至今難忘。

[@tonyli564]

新疆驻京办是最棒的！

[@AliceSl]

Hi Amy!🤗 I’ve been following you since you came back to China and, together with all the other followers, I really enjoy your content! ♥️ Watching your videos I’ve been thinking that it must be quite challenging during this time in Beijing (like it is for all us). Me and my husband are expats in Beijing, I hope it doesn’t sound too odd, but we would like to invite you for dinner one day! We are in Dongcheng, probably in the near of your place:) I don’t know to cook anything Chinese, but I surely know how to cook delicious Romanian dishes 🇷🇴

[@billng6526]

Amy, all your videos are very interesting to watch even if you’re in one single city. It’s great to be able to speak mandarin and best of all, you can read it too. China is the place for you, bravo girl! As for your comment that you can easily make friends in the park, actually who wouldn’t want to talk to a beautiful girl like you!

[@glairliquid5103]

Amy: 50 cases, high alert. Me, NYC: 5000 daily, people stopped wearing mask for months What a earth

[@kaiki8490]

There are a lot of testing tents in NYC but most seem to not have anyone getting a test. I had never seen a line of people waiting to get tested anywhere. So the real cases may be a lot higher. And then there is monkeypox. Sigh

[@enriquee.m.6706]

Chinese government always lies... Never trust what they say.

[@Korolovely-1]

@@kaiki8490 nah, the policy says you can not go anywhere without 48 hrs Covid test in Beijing

[@kaiki8490]

@@Korolovely-1 Eh. I was referring to new york city. Good to know about the 48 hr limit in Beijing. Does the trains still run in Beijing for passagers that test covid negative

[@ZeroFate643]

The key is to start testing and reducing spread at 50, then you never get to 5,000. Exponential growth is so much easier to contain through proactive efforts.

[@derektoronto1]

It'll be interesting to introduce Australian food to your neighbours and see their reactions. Having said that in a city like Beijing. They may get more exposure to other nationalities food.

[@kennethl4172]

Amy, you have great neighbors. Once you leave Beijing, you will miss them. They are super.

[@antiimperialism2739]

China is incredibly diverse with all their different ethnic groups, dialects, cultures, cuisines its like a mini UN. Thanks Blondie for showing us all of these. Keep travelling and posting.

[@larrybudsock6507]

A mini UN. Nonsense

[@junxu7449]

Diverse? I don't think so.

[@Robin-hv5tv]

@@junxu7449 Just because a lot of people look Chinese dont mean they are. There are 56 ethnic groups and in almost every small town and city people have their own local culture. 2 Cities next to eachother could also have different dialects. You cant find this kind of diversity in any other country. Prove me wrong.

[@sorder6509]

@@adamproctor9315 99.99% Hans ??? Lol prove Robin wrong. It's 92% Han, they are allowed to speak their dialect, you havent watched Katherine journey to the east ?

[@adamproctor9315]

Sorry, but I've got friends from Inner Mongolia who have been refused permission to speak their dialect/language. I also have Man zhu friends who cannot speak manchu anymore. I also know Hui who are not allowed to speak their Turkic language together, and are forced to learn in Mandarin and if they speak anything else in the class they get hit....

[@alvinphk]

北京人民 真的好客人。记得 25年前 我第一次和太太 到北京旅游，在长城遇到了一位阿姨，她就邀请 我们到她家里吃午餐。

[@shuenl8529]

谢谢！

[@Pumpkinnishu]

Amy when you engage in the community I feel the happiness you felt looks from the screen

[@kaiheiwong1692]

Support you Amy. Please take care. One of your long time viewers from Sydney

[@SingYiFeng]

Your neighbors are so lovely! You’re lucky that they get to be your surrogate parents while in Beijing. Keep safe and stay healthy! Greetings from Dallas TX

[@ckeihui9085]

LOVE LOVE LOVE your neighbors! Can you film more videos with them please~

[@name...........n]

First comment!!! Amy, thanks for what you do for China. We are concerned about you and will continue to support you!

I feel you. As a documentary photographer in China, i have been travelling in my living room for the last month. A bit depressing

[@focker0000]

ca doit hyper relou d'etre enfermer.....POUR UN MOIS

[@funglee6051]

我猜你住在上海 /摸头摸头

[@kermit8112]

After watching this, it's clear that it is not the places you are that attracted me to your videos, it's the happiness, laughter that you created throughout the clip. Keep eating happily.

[@Vntoronto]

Hey Amy! Thank you for filming although all the restaurants are closed in Beijing. Love your Neighbor so much! They are lovely people. I would love to try those 冰粉 someday they look really refreshing! Looking forward to seeing your next vlog soon. Take care and stay safe.👍🏻🍜🐟🍲🧡🍮🥄😄👋🏻

[@yihgz]

那不是关门，是不能堂食，只能打包

[@agent9752]

I love your neighbors. How nice for you to have such lovely people next door.

[@scottmarcus6443]

Hi Amy, greetings from America! I LOVE your content and this video is superb! I'm perfectly content to watch videos of you getting take away and bringing it somewhere else! Please be safe!

[@the18Ting]

Glad to see that you've got nice neighbors and friend to hang out together~

[@siewbengwee4530]

Blondie your experience in the lockdown in Beijing is so different from whats portrayed elsewhere. Seems like life is pretty normal, given Covid circumstances. No screaming protests and people being hauled off in handcuffs -- and people still enjoying beautiful parks.

[@balkancherry6690]

Different people have different experiences... It happens.

[@mchang2893]

We enjoy watching your videos! Thanks for being creative with the content despite the restaurants being closed. Looking forward to your future videos!

[@swordligz]

Thanks for staying so positive through this difficult time.

[@xinyiye736]

haha you riding with ayi on her bike is so precious🥰 remind me of how i used to ride on the back of my mom's bike when i was a kid.😁 how lucky that you guys have each other as neighbors!!😍

[@Deeeepsea-j5m]

Blondie…you are indeed creative! Good to be creative during lockdown, better than complaining ! Thank you always for your up beatness!

[@Mayangone]

I gave you a thumbs up for your cheerful spirit. I have been to Australia 6 times and you are the most enthusiastic person I have never met. Cheers.

[@SassMode]

You could rate pickles and we’d still watch it Amy. Your content is Class! Don’t sweat it 🙂

[@NicoleS0913]

Love those neighbors and the water did boost your mood I think! I also subscribed to Evelyn’s channel!

[@maguire5302]

Wow! You also have Evelyn here which makes this wonderful video even better. Take care both of you. 😁

[@jerometsowinghuen]

What a pity to see that everywhere, including restaurants, are all closed. Take care of yourself, Miss Amy, I’m sure you will continue to make food vlogs after it is done.

[@abbyabroad]

They’re not closed, they’re just carry out only. Big difference

[@yewang4507]

take out only, just no dine in.

[@starkzhang1182]

That's how it looks like without the stiffling filter of Chinese top brass hammering out zero-covid policy looming over hapless Beijing people at the expense of their previous civil right!

[@Milkophile]

Thank you for sharing your positive energies in this difficult time!! Stay safe!

[@PeterLiuIsBeast]

The waterfall looks like Huangguoshu. That places has become a really touristy spot. If you go now, it's all built up with wooden platforms for viewing the falls and such. In the 90s/early 2000s there wasn't much built up there. It's still beautiful but you have to go in the rainy season (I know it rains on like 70% of the days).

[@Mopoppy]

Love your videos. Maybe you can do some summary video from your past travels, such as spicy food collection, noodles collection etc. 😋

[@pal2011]

Way to go Amy making a great food video while restaurants are closed

[@tinypanda]

I clicked so fast when I saw your new video! You make fun, tasteful content no matter where you are.😉❤️

[@eat_pray_porg8450]

Amy, I hope either you or Evelyn went back and bought that "Yalf" shirt! LOL :-D Great video, thanks for sharing with us! :-)

[@qwertyhimym]

Covid friendly video ideas as follows! (But let’s be real, I’ll click on 95% of videos you post). Cooking/ trying to recreate your favorite meals, comparing your favorite foods in other provinces to the Beijing style, more videos with your neighbors, vlogs/ day in the life/ what I ate this week, how you decorated and organized your small apartment, unique experiences as an Australian in China, FaceTime your parents and you can ask them Chinese food trivia questions, you can make a vlog and have your parents narrate it, try to find a dessert via takeout that you like more than bing fen, try more drinks may be easier on the go, also I would love to see what grocery stores in China look like! Just some random ideas hopefully you like one :)

[@maureenz1135]

Hahah you have a bit of Chinese accent/interjection here and there when you speak English now, how fun!

[@jojosanrio3966]

Love your videos , any content from you is always awesome and makes me smile and laugh 💜 from Sydney stay safe .

[@RespectOthers1]

Great job improvising with what’s available to create a great food video that is in the usual mould but with a fun twist.:D

[@EileenCY]

Hi Amy, love watching you and your neighbors cooked and enjoyed the fish dishes together. I think this is probably a good new content routine of your vblog that to try some home made Chinese food, when all the restaurants are closed. This will be interesting and actually important part of local culture. Joining your neighbors and local friends to making these food will brings more interactions and different perspectives. Good try. Keep safe and happy :)

[@graywall1835]

Thanks for another upbeat video during this difficult time. Please keep up your good work. Especially your dine out experience is amazing and delicious 😍😍🖒

[@softnest]

13:21 鸡精 also contains MSG. Many of those premixed sauce/soup packs also contain MSG and they are delicious.

[@martakorts-laur2038]

I really enjoy your KZbin channel and just wanted to thank you for all the work you put in it! It’s truly amazing!

[@Righteous1ist]

I've been looking for bingfen here in Northern California, can't find any. Bingfen looks really tasty.

[@liuxuan30]

Go to Xinjiang Mansion and try the dishes there, it's quite authentic!

[@Sion77777]

Hi Amy. As a Guizhouness I have to say, the Huaxi neitoufen was like this without red-soup. And the way that local guys eat this is drink the soup first to fast the original flavor and umami. Then we add red peppers and huajiao powder to make it spicer and have it. If you wanna to have niuroufen with red soup(spice soup), you should try An-shun niuroufen, and it is also so good.

[@chrishou741]

Nice video, Amy, as always. Stay safe and look forward to your next week's food adventure.

[@kw5737]

Her neighbors appreciate her as much as she appreciates them for sure.

[@dianefeinstein8951]

Amy: We supposedly have the second largest Chinatown in North America here; only second to the famous one in San Francisco. I am just very curious if Asian cities have a mirror opposite…a Westerntown, or North American Town, hidden somewhere in the streets of Beijing where White people operate restaurants with names like The Mad Grizzly, or The Shy Beaver, or The Reluctant Kangaroo…well, you know what I mean because over here all Chinese restaurants are either some kind of dragon, or phoenix, or lucky this or lucky that. Much love from Canada. -Diane, Vancouver, Canada. MnMA23/22. 08:43 pm

[@jianyang6281]

we have Japanese streets, Korean streets, not many west people around, so there isnt white streets.

[@yichendou4536]

Sadly, the answer is no, or very unlikely. There surely are a lot of restaurants owned by westerners, but it’s way not enough or maybe financially inefficient to be a town or an entire street. In fact, is not just in Asian cities. You might find it’s quite hard to find a Frenchtown (and it’s not even a correct word), or UStown where the immigrant residents and businesses are gathered in western. We do have a germantown nearby, but you know it’s just a name. I think one of the reasons is the tides of immigration in 20th century were mainly from east to west/NA, and having a restaurant is quite a exhausting business which the immigrants had not a lot of choices to live with.

[@hksp]

absolutely no

[@dianefeinstein8951]

@William J A clown, a really old guy with glasses, and a mermaid. Chinese restaurant owners with the dragons and phoenixes and lotus flowers will be wondering, what's the deal with these White people's food establishments. Much love from Canada. -Diane, Vancouver, Canada. ThMA26/22 12:47 pm

[@mathiniv]

I hope you see this Amy - we love your content and I personally would be happy to see a few videos of you just walking around the neighborhood, a vlog of you reviewing delivery food, maybe a cooking vlog showing us what you make at home, etc. Please do not worry so much about not being able to travel or take us to restaurants. I know that is typically your content but the situation isn't under your control and we all know you are doing your best. So - stop apologizing and lamenting! We are all good.

[@zhongruili3936]

The building you went to is actually a restaurant of Guizhou zhujing ban 驻京办, every province gov has a office in Beijing to provide some service to the officer from that province, and it always has a restaurant with local taste.

[@KCtour]

you are funny.. making the best of the situation. Here is a big cheer to you!

[@sarajohanna6474]

love it! totally understand if there is not as much content to share due to being limited in travelling and covid regulations. But i love all the stuff you put out^.^ so keep it up!...I am living my asian travel dreams through you as I'm not able to travel as yet this year due to being a chicken!😆 this I a good thing! hope you can keep making content!!happy thoughts and well wishes to you!^.^

[@janewaterwatashikawaii]

I just subscribed to your channel just now, ever since I saw your video being posted in Unilad page , hahaha then I kinda like feel a little jealous how you speak Chinese fluently ..

[@angli3788]

Thank you for such a positive vlog amidst such trying times in Beijing. Stay safe Amy.

[@aptor]

北京有很多城市为名的大厦，其实是各地驻京办的下属宾馆，那里面的厨师都是从地方调过来的，甚至食材都是从当地来的。比如黑龙江大厦的东北菜，新疆驻京办的烤串，四川大厦的川菜。这些走一圈下来，确实等于旅游了全国。

[@Eyl279]

Would to see just how you’re living your every day life in Beijing during these times… it’s super interesting

[@changlong6549]

@Eyl279 in Beijing now , all restaurent closed, but you can buy foods from restaurent, take it out for eatting

[@danielho3347]

Wow I am impressed with your Chinese. Love the video. Just subscribed.

[@chuangwang5603]

There are some dish from Jiangxi (e.g. jiangxi Pottery Pot Soup) in Beijing, that is great.

[@zh7152]

There are a lot of branch offices from different provinces in Beijing, where you can find their local food. Most of them are very good.

[@amesames24]

贵州大厦is kinda like the provincial “embassy” in Beijing. There’s one for every province and all of them have a restaurant! Some are really good.

[@宮崎-d7g]

注意安全，做好安全防护工作，出门戴口罩保护自己也保护他人，等疫情好点了再大吃特吃，还有充足的时间享受生活，不急于这一时。加油！

[@jamesl9371]

Looking forward to being able to travel in China again! 😀

[@royizhang23]

Watching your video is definitely the most important thing I expect to do in every week 🥰 plz try 鲜芋仙 as well if you like冰粉 you may also like 仙草😘😘 it's a kind of taiwanese sweet

[@jeffrey5602]

I am sorry to hear that travelling is becoming restricted again, but I am sure whatever content you decide to make in the upcoming weeks we will be looking forward to watching it :)) Some ideas that come to my mind: bring back the cooking videos, maybe cook something for your lovely neighbours. Get a nice tea set and do some gongfu brewing. Mei Leaf YT channel is super great, maybe do a colab with them. Also I would love another mandarin study guide video :)

[@coderman2754]

Your positivity is admirable, I am sooo done with lockdowns and testing. Luckily my country agrees, we now live normally like in 2019.

[@tinayoga8844]

You have hit the jackpot. Great neighbors.

[@1616JZ]

I absolutely adore your neighors!!! they are so cute! and I would love to try Suan Tang Yu!

[@winterburden]

Stay safe, always good to see you! 🙆‍♀️

[@jingjianlu1126]

You were at ditan park, I live just aroung there! Sad I am stduying in Singapore. Really miss Beijing

[@个人主义-h7t]

I was in Guizhou a month ago, and I have had many beef noodle in different local restaurants and they all pretty much like the one you had, neigher oily nor spicy. I don't know ,,maybe they have different "version" of noodle? In Beijing you'll see places like "Sichuan Mansion","Yunnan mansion","Guizhou mansion",,, those are the liaisons between local and central government. Usually you don't need to question the authenticity of their food. They are good, if not the best.

[@yulik2422]

i really love your videos!take care!