Chinese Chefs Are The Real Heroes - Jimmy O. Yang

[@nooodles939]

I worked in a Chinese restaurant from the age of 15 to 18 as a busboy, and this is the most accurate impression i have ever seen a comedian do.

[@jflow5601]

I agree. The only thing I would add is that the cigarette dangling from the chef mouth would sometimes drop ashes into the fried rice. Tasted great.

[@taylorthetunafish5737]

@noodles Jimmy's not wrong. I worked under a Cantonese chef for some years. We smoked cigarettes, and sometimes joints, while out of customer view in the back doing prep a few feet from customers, but the hood vents took care of that. The lead cook was super laid back, and smoked while cooking as long as people weren't inside. What makes many asian cooking styles so fast is that everything is cut to bite size pieces so that it cooks fast and so that you don't need a knife, considered a tool of violence, at the table. I might be rambling. . .

[@lukmanpelu8135]

ahhh maybe because he is chinese ??

[@jianzhang3393]

I am a Chinese takeaway chef, not smoking though. I am the younger generation, I do most swear in English, when the shop getting really busy and mistakes were made, I began to swear in mandarin or my hometown dialect 😂😂

[@nooodles939]

​@@jianzhang3393My favorite cook i worked with was named Lim (everyone called him Dale) and I would watch this dude whip up half a dozen meals all the while studying the sheets for the upcoming horse races at Emerald Downs and smoking a cigarette. He is still to this day one of the coolest, most interesting people I've ever met and it's been 25 years since I last saw him.

[@j.silver]

As a guy who works at a Chinese restaurant, I can vouch for how real this really is 😂😂😂

[@ko-kf2nu]

hello,are u a professional chef?Im thinking of becoming a chef.But long hours and low pays stops me

[@j.silver]

@@ko-kf2nu nope, Im just in grade12 working as a kitchen hand. Not all chefs have low pays though and it depends on where you work, but hey, if you're really passionate about being one, ain't bad to give it a go.

[@pakkagewa4591]

@@ko-kf2nu this is the problem with society, they don't know how hard it is to cook! they thought cooking just like flipping burgers! from which country are you?

[@edison7300037]

@@ko-kf2nu if only life is that easy....

[@candykitty1]

​@@ko-kf2nuif you're a chef in a fancy restaurant, the pay is decent

[@icanduo]

This is literally very true. Their uncle or oldest brother can turn into a chef, a builder or gardener instantly on the 2nd day they come to US.

[@AgentPrimus]

Ah yes, chinese immigrant males of the older brother or uncle types have a special ability to change character class on the fly

[@AgentDanielCross]

​@@AgentPrimus truly, the most OP characters in history

[@AgentPrimus]

@@AgentDanielCross fax

[@user-M2CE]

@@AgentPrimusThey can re-spec their skill trees

[@AgentPrimus]

@@user-M2CE thats broken af

[@leilanynazariocanales4664]

He said he's not even a chef he just someone's uncle from Hong Kong, im dead!!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@joalee5668]

Uncle Roger?

[@yuanvirlykaja8677]

@@joalee5668 uncle roger is from malaysia i think

[@uhhsmile1746]

​@@yuanvirlykaja8677 yea he's Malaysia

[@rainelwy]

Not referring to any comedians, just generalising people who work in Chinese restaurant kitchens are not professionally trained chefs.

[@mark11tz]

@@rainelwy But they give better dishes.

[@macs2015]

I may be biased because I’m Chinese. But this is absolutely 10000% accurate

[@alexthomson6430]

what does he say in cantonese when he's swearing / cussing ?

[@ngbrian1295]

It's like fk Ur mom or sth like that 😂👌🏻

[@sean11lee]

@@alexthomson6430 basically means "f your mum", very commonly used phrase in cantonese.

[@arthurzhu2920]

@@alexthomson6430”屌你” in Cantonese, means “fuck you” or “fuck”

[@mark11tz]

@@alexthomson6430 He greeted your mother(s).

[@karlsteffen7804]

Bro asian people are for real. I worked at a thai restaurant work only two cooks. Both Lao. Not trained at all. Just immigrants from laos. Best damn cooks I've ever seen. They were beasts in the kitchen.

[@guillaumesandmayer7053]

This is hysterically true, as a Frenchman who absolutely adores all of the Chinese cuisines, I never fail to be amazed at how so much deliciousness comes out of a restaurant kitchen in so little time. Speaks volumes over your casual bistro who seem to take an eternity to toss a salad together.

[@BobBob-oc5jj]

It’s because they have all the sauces and ingredients prepared beforehand. Then they cook it in a wok over a jet engine

[@guillaumesandmayer7053]

@@BobBob-oc5jj outdoor wok fry over untold wok fire burn. I agree with thee in spades and then some. You just turned the local lock to be honest.

[@thejamesasher]

if it tastes good it's because it's just salt and fat, and a few green things for decoration

[@guillaumesandmayer7053]

@@thejamesasher I'm going to be a culinary bigot and agree - we're all wired for fat and salt anyway. Anyway, the fructose fascists are coming. Goodbye..

[@poluefemus]

that uncle is also just using 0.01% of his power

[@baudolino2727]

😂😂😂

[@wangmandoo859]

Bobby Flake has to use all 100% of his powers every time! Or at least that's how it looks on TV.

[@LuizCarlosAlvesdoNascimento]

Its over 9000...

[@mikehrt]

I worked 2 years kitchen help at a Chinese restaurant. Family fled Mao to Vietnam, then had to flee Vietnam. Three brothers worked the wok in shifts. One was the local light heavyweight body building champ. Coolest dudes ever.

[@ellencheng2708]

Very true. We a cook just like that ( many) and on my break , I'd have to go buy a case of beer for him.

[@gamesgames3318]

​@@yusefkhan1752and you understand how bad it gets for refugees when they're willing to risk death in discrimination than live in their fcked up country

[@vicw9223]

😂 hilarious as usual. You're one of the few comedians I would actually pay to see live.

[@lizz7805]

same, he is the only comedian i paid to see live, it was last Nov in Austin

[@vicw9223]

@@lizz7805 so jealous!

[@picilocarnal]

Me too!

[@NekoJoyT]

Me too!

[@sammartinez3752]

Saw him once he was complaining about how ghetto our city was lol

[@tylerheadrick5030]

I was a delivery driver for a local Chinese restaurant. The owner and his wife were actual Chinese immigrants. They were so nice to me God bless them but their accent was so thick I could hardly understand a word they said to me. Food was excellent and it was just the dude his wife, me, and occasionally another guy in the back to like wash dishes and mop and whatnot. Their 11 year old son would take orders at the counter.

[@BusterHimen-1202]

But was he doing his homework while working the counter at the same time?

[@Mr.TeETH78]

That kid will be your doctor someday

[@12sk8erdude]

If that kid is doing homework while taking orders you know the food hit

[@michaelstephen819]

How 'thick' is your accent when you speak Mandarin? Could they understand you? These are the answers that will add validity to your story.

[@blobmonster7870]

That food was god tier 100%

[@amandashuman]

True story, we finally got decent Sichuan food in my midsized German city about 4 years ago. The menu is amazing, my favorites are 干煸四季豆，红烧茄子，some kind of 土豆丝 and of course 麻婆豆腐。 Chef is skinny old dude in wife beater who only speaks Chinese and works like 5 pans at once, while smoking. 😂

[@liendiep3404]

He’s talking about my dad..😂😂😂😂. He was a Chinese chef for 15 years.

[@altang884884]

Hero

[@MetalSnake6199]

Amen to those kings always good food

[@cottonbomb8272]

salute to the king!

[@MuhammadNuzululAmri]

Respect hero

[@sansanfajrian3847]

King

[@vintagesoul94]

That swearing at the end was smooth as fuck. Lmao

[@ethanang3527]

And he even says Motherf like a boss. D** L** Lo Mo it means Mother f or f your mum

[@tomeu9872]

I lost it at the end when he said "f*** your mother". 😂

[@giadinius]

thank you for translating. i will take your word for it

[@jonathanmoh]

@@giadinius i can vouch for that dude. It's a common swear word in cantonese. In chinese, we usually curse a person's mother instead of the person.

[@sdaiwepm]

That's also the #1 Russian swear word.

[@koitsu2013]

He said 屌你 (diu lei) (f*** you), not 屌你媽 (diu lei ma). It's even funnier because there's no subject, just casual random cursing 😂

[@andrewng602]

DLLM haha!

[@SilminaIDV]

Thanks Jim for the laugh. I had depression right now actually, and it seems that I can't cope up with it. Your videos bring me laugh, even for a moment. It meant so much for me. Thank you. Thank you so much.

[@Anna-li8dy]

Hey there, hope you will recover soon... Also, if it's needed, seek help from professional, maybe...😊

[@pakkagewa4591]

stay strong. life is tough for everyone right now, you're not alone.

[@gentlesandladymen]

You got this, I know no one wants to hear it, but it ready does get better. Stay strong love ❤

[@HIPP13]

I feel you bro, I was once in that dark place too. I'll pray for you so you have a courage and streght to keep on livin.

[@SilminaIDV]

Omg, I never expect to have this many support. Thanks a lot guys. Your words means a lot for me :')

[@ChefMuk]

I am from Hong Kong and once I watched Jimmy youtube.... I laugh and cure my homesick, especially he speaks Cantonese !

[@nearsite]

You described my dad pretty well. RIP dad.

[@liendiep3404]

I have a picture of my dad in his wife beater and kung fu shoes holding the wok… 😂😂😂 also rip…

[@doddsn07]

Fact. There was this super good Chinese place in tampa area. No matter how busy, food always to 5-10 minutes. 1 guy working counter, 1 guy cooking. Amazing

[@hughmann7785]

the cantonese swearing at the end, lol

[@diogorodrigues10]

What did he say? 😂

[@takkiemon]

@@diogorodrigues10 "diu lay lo mo" which means f*** your mother and this is the most common cursing phrase in cantonese, together with just 'diu', which just means f***

[@usagi_hk]

@@diogorodrigues10 屌 [Diu] , kind of like 'Fuck' in English 😂

[@daithi007]

​@@takkiemonThanks

[@lizz7805]

i went to see the taping in austin, it was the best comedy i've seen. love jimmy, as a chinese immigrant, so many of his jokes really resonate with me

[@diamantinodias18]

That’s how you know, you have enter the right restaurant and taste real good Chinese foods

[@sunwukong1333]

My family used to say, "If you can't hear the kitchen, the food isn't any good."

[@idylledoll]

FYI for those who didn’t understand the cuss he said “fuck youuuuu” 😂 This legit was my grandfather 100% down to the cigarette. My family’s restaurant became locally famous because of his gorgeous cooking and he didn’t have a single ounce of training. He was just naturally talented and knew what worked and was completely self taught and his food was still more delicious than all those Michelin stars. Food is in our culture and just runs through the genes lol.

[@moretoknowshow1887]

I can attest this is true, I worked in a Chinese delivery place and those dudes are the warlocks of the culinary world..

[@lilithmoon3178]

The last words Diu lei Lou Mou I can't stop but agree damn true.

[@submarine1839]

灶台點煙是靈魂😂

[@陳仲源]

超細膩

[@vnrkain1169]

Right on! I have watched those guys cooking with the cigarette, in their old rumble shirts soooo many times in Vancouver. And we never saw where the ashes went. Best food.

[@kevinkuok9131]

Your comment made me slap my thigh and laughed. 😂❤

[@loriki8766]

🤣🤣🤣 Thank you Jimmy! Every time you post a video, it makes my day! Looking forward to your upcoming special!

[@victorchan4415]

This is every Hong Kong middle aged man's cuss lol

[@luv_tati124]

this is so real bro, my dad owns a restuarant and hes the only cook. Over 100 dishes in the menu as well! And he cooks it super fast

[@xinryokux]

So what you're saying is every culture has a cooking cussing chain smoking uncle with a heart a pure gold!

[@audreyharris7643]

Essentially

[@woodkey1]

😂

[@alexchop391]

It’s the great unifier

[@eewaterman]

Speaking of the real heroes, we want to see you do some more cooking Jimmy! We know you've been busy, but we know what your real love is. Give the people what they want: more Jimmy's Kitchen!!! 🙏

[@kaloulam5643]

真係好似，完全捉到晒個神枠 The casual DLLM (Diu lei lou mei) nailed it! Have to put Cantonese comment to show my respect

[@brando5103]

Yup same in the Philippines when it's some kid's birthday. The uncles become the cooks but more hardcore. They cook while smoking and shooting shots of brandy. I've been to lots of provinces and the scenario is the same: cooking uncles biting cigarettes while drinking or nearly drunk. Food is 🔥. come visit a Filipino birthday party, it never disappoints.

[@debbieflores6178]

He's the best around

[@JacknVictor]

You cannot beat a SUCCULENT CHINESE MEAL!

[@GORILLA_PIMP]

1:08 he does this TOO well lmfao

[@fardinsanil3473]

What was the cuss...? I don't speak Cantonese 😅

[@skiddchung]

@@fardinsanil3473 The cuss = "F**k your mother."

[@yan3073]

​@@fardinsanil3473just literally "fxxk you" in Cantonese😂

[@DT95]

​@@fardinsanil3473It's mean"fxxk u"

[@KennethLeung38]

@@fardinsanil3473cursing your mother. I.e. mother f***k*r the universal cross cultural insult 😆

[@martincastaneda8574]

Loved the special, please keep them coming.

[@trondjacobsen1808]

Jimmy O… the more you see him! In smaller interviews especially.. you can not escape loving him!! He is really smart! He has the male Jisoo magic!!!😅🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@cottonbomb8272]

well the 30s fried rice or other simple plate are pre-prepared, its a normal thing in mainland china too, you need to do all the wash/peel/chop/marinate/stew early in the morning, it takes you so much time, many good restaurant start from 4-6 am for buying fresh meat/fish and do the preparation ... So when the ppl are coming and ordering food you can just focus on stir-frying, and thats the whole point to be a chef, you feed these hungry MF asap so they are happy to pay you.

[@EAGLEYES112]

The cigarette in his mouth and a white vest and a nonchalant attitude is the iconic Chinese chef in Malaysia, in my younger days.

[@brianchu8147]

It’s the slow cussing at the end that always gets me 😂

[@sherriv4860]

I was always wondering how they always had one person in the back cooking everything! Now, I know.😌

[@fotoeins]

And now, a request for a short but complete sketch from Jimmy with full-on Cantonese swears. 😆

[@shanshanzhang30]

Jimmy is right about the chef who is cooking the meal that is so vivid and impressed!

[@Lyla-rl5bk]

jimmy become more and more funny 😂

[@slfish86]

There was a Chinese restaurant in my home town (Salina, Ks) when I was a kid and the chef was always screaming and pans would be flying, dishes would be breaking but the food was some of the BEST Chinese food I've ever eaten. It was a little hole in the wall place too, the bench seats were ripped, there was gum all up under the tables, but the food. OMG. It was amazing. Haven't have a decent eggroll and sweet n sour sauce (not that red shit) in ages. Their sweet n sour sauce was golden in color, oh man, liquid gold and tasted like honey dipped goodness. They went under when I was around 10 yrs old. Haven't had a good Chinese dinner like that in almost 30 years now.

[@lululululucy1111]

as a hongkonger i'm so happy to hear cantonese curse words at the end XD

[@baudolino2727]

Can you please translate? 🙏

[@lululululucy1111]

@@baudolino2727 it just means motherfker

[@ReggyProduction2]

@@baudolino2727It means motherfxxker.

[@jamieyeng]

🤣😅😂😆 You are so good! Spot on with the cigarette and body posture - Your Fan from Malaysia

[@kornaxon3522]

Please do more sketches with this cook guy character! ❤😂

[@itsalltakenup]

Getting lots of Stephen Chow vibes from the Chef. Love it. Haha

[@elemercirpan]

He is so good, love him

[@kinsangshea723]

That moment see a Canto chef smiling and cursing at the same time, you know that day is a good day ~

[@mikemaloney2949]

My wife's a Thai chef. She knows all the recipes and can make yours better. She also remembers what most of the customers order. It's uncanny.

[@maryj7423]

So cool! She deserves a documentary on her

[@FireSilver25]

Some of the best food I ever had was in a smarmy Bangkok alley night market made by a sweaty pregnant Thai woman. Grilled fresh calamari with this nuclear chili sauce.

[@DESTRAKON]

As a guy that goes to Chinese restaurants, I seen that shit live

[@atiliolavoie5986]

Can’t wait to watch your new special 🤙🏽

[@Sillyyy1125]

Hello Jimmy, I am your new fan from Hong Kong! I like your show! Hope you may self identified as Hong Kongese as we embrace the Cantonese language and Hong Kong culture!

[@Tigerman1138]

I deliver for Uber Eats and showed this to the children of a Chinese restaurant during early dinner. They said they think they have seen it before and laughed and laughed. Uncle was in a beater at the time.

[@Luka1928]

Diu nei lou mei 笑咗出聲 😂😂😂😂😂

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

As a gweilo kid born and raised in HK during the 90s he is spot on. Miss the dai pai dongs around Sai Kung. Also sad to hear Pepperonis shut, end of an era.

[@hawtgarbage6664]

This never gets old I swear.

[@pyrogenetix]

When he lights the cigg on the burner man I fuckin died

[@gr1nder07]

Lighting the cigarette off the stove was hilarious

[@s4127419]

DLLM is gold

[@kristiecheung336]

Please come to Hong Kong 😂❤I wanna watch your show so bad

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

I adore one of the local Chinese food places I go to all the time and he nails every second of that atmosphere.

[@makhevz69]

it's always ready in 30 seconds when it comes to chinese restaurants.

[@LivesinSFBayArea]

My uncle (who passed away) was a chef at a large Chinese restaurant back in the 80s. Didn't wear the wife beater but that cigarette was always hanging from his lips like the way Jimmy showed

[@CappuccinoSquid]

Lighting the cigarette on the burner with no hands is the most real shit, my stepuncle Yi is like this (though I'm pretty sure he's Hmong, but still, it's a whole mood).

[@bigz2008]

using the stove to light a cigarette XD why is it so accurate.

[@gicoleli7261]

"Chef, table 7 wants to check on their chow mein. It's been 20 minutes" " 屌你老母 想快去食快餐吖嘛 "

[@JonBlondell]

I really dig your work, Jimmy!

[@heyitsnoreen]

I'M DONE! 😂 My step dad always said the food be done as soon as we hung up the phone when we ordered Chinese.

[@P스노우볼]

I just love you so much 😂😂😂😂😂😂 you’re amazing!!! Thank you for being born this world❤️👍🏼

[@slamdunktiger]

Chinese restaurant kid, this is so fcukin accurate

[@kclefthanded427]

When I go to a Chinese restaurant, there better be a real Chinese chef instead of Hell's Kitchen reject

[@sherriv4860]

Is it wrong that I make sure an Asian is making my food? 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@goat4523]

Still rocking in 2023 bruh ! 🤟✌️👍

[@yflegal6503]

I love this guy, so funny.

[@clayvision]

i worked for both a chinese place and high end fine dining, the only thing that was inaccurate is that he spoke mandarin instead of cantonese, but fuckin right, he makes everything in like 4 minutes somehow, he is someones uncle from hong kong, and he always wears a yellow or white wife beater, and he smokes a cigarette while and after cooking oh and the Chinese guy also wears a white paper hat while cooking

[@py_a_thon]

I had a few friends that were Haitian and worked in american kitchens at restaurants. They were absurdly competent and chill compared to the insanity you see in your reality tv shows and movies about fancy people. If you have not eaten Haitian American BBQ...I think you are missing out on something. Do you really understand what happens when immigrants with high level skills have higher level access to ingredients? Something delicious.

[@juliangouws2686]

This is the truth. My dearest longest friend is Chinese and I've spent alot of time in China town and seen this first hand 🙌🏻

[@evelynrivera8799]

Right on Jimmy ! Love ❤

[@TheNordo2]

With this cig in his mouth he looked like Bill Hicks xD

[@Updesh_k]

That is so true, they do have many items on menu and exactly that gangstar look 😂😂

[@cornflower9258]

Dude, he has gotten soooo good.

[@darcy5761]

His impression is spot on!

[@rj5529]

when he lights the cigarette off the grill aha

[@ambroseleung1222]

That last DLLM is real Hong Kong authentication 😂

[@Simplemology]

Very relate indeed Went to Europe and.. meh.. despite having very delicous meal, they can’t handle the various changes that we order. Once we got declined by a restaurant because we ordered too many menus, they can’t handeled it. Maybe also because they want to keep the quality. But still 😂

[@joaniesoprano]

As his voice cracked when he said "Hong Kong" that cemented the joke!😂

[@SV-kr9fu]

It takes one Mexican uncle to cook, one to wash dishes, and another one the fix the roof. It takes only one Chinese uncle to cook, wash dishes, and fix the roof all at the same time (while smoking a cigarette).

[@GoldenPalm24]

true 😂… I remember in the 90’s in the Bronx I used to see the Chinese in the back cooking … zero stress 😂

[@Illzy]

I went to a fusion restaurant and knew it was about to hit because I asked the chefs a question and not ONE of them spoke a lick of english

[@davidnee]

" Chan is Missing", 8:50, it's pretty much a depiction of that Chinese chef.

[@gush8445]

There is a Chinese restaurant nearby my grandparents house that I would usually visit when I lived with my grandparents. Anytime Id go there they had a school aged girl doing her homework or whatever at the register who spoke fluent Chinese and english. The food was mad cheap and it was a lot of food. She would take my order and sometimes five minutes after I sit down that shit was already being taken to my table. Steaming and hot and fresh. Only reason I wanna learn Chinese cooking is to pull that shit off on busy days

[@Mdaisydoodle]

Thank you❤ kitchen workers like that are the real heros

[@anamazinglife5628]

Jimmy Yang forever

[@brandofhero]

The cuss got me 😂😂😂😂

[@stanlore]

Jimmy ar Jimmy. Come home to perform a show. Come back to Hong Kong.

[@mattc801]

Um... perhaps not many people have an idea about how that "someone's uncle from Hong Kong" cooks like, I am sure this clip can help to explain lol. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5C3oWqMiKaHe9U

[@AtlasBlizzard]

Man, I'm really hungry for some Chinese food now.