Chinese Kids try American School Lunch for the First Time!

[@CantoMando]

Fyi Cherry did NOT eat the ham for the lunchables - we had her try only the cracker and cheese

[@lin1736]

the girl next to the red shirt boy gotta cut down on the calories

[@lgl75982]

get a life man its a kid ​@@lin1736

[@Janse440]

thats messed up bro

[@vanessaland5090]

@@lin1736 unfortunately sometimes it's genetics and not necessarily having the best gut health, less to do with calories and more to do with what you eat.

[@idyllicaxiom2818]

I thought lunchables was usually Turkey and cheese ? That is the one that is in my area and the most popular except for nachos lunchables

[@yinilim8165]

Why is no one commenting on how the boy in red jumper was such a little gentleman? He had been serving and pouring orange juice to the girl beside her (while the rest had to be served by adults). He also did not complain or snatch the chips from the girl beside when she tried to get all, and when told they can bring more chips back home later, he shook his head. But we clearly know he loves it. And he has the most positive attitude! He tried to convince the girl to try new things, that means to him, most of it should be new and weird for him too but he ate them nonetheless.

[@notviadoll]

When Tuesday's burger came out, the first thing the kids asked "wheres the vegatables". thats when you know they grew up eating vegatables and have healthy meals!

[@s.k.853]

don't forget the comment of one of the kids. he said that foods considered as snacks in china (and the rest of the world) are served as meals (he said staple food but that's what he means). this is so true.

[@Mochiplayz-x4d]

Yeeeeeeeee frrrrr

[@YT_Blitzshorts]

yeah pretty much but I grew up in the United States but my parents are Chinese so at home I eat average Chinese food (noodles, steamed buns, dumplings and more) but school food sucks

[@freshavocado727]

It's really interesting to see how cultures vary, I grew up in a south american household and exotic (as well as regular) fruits and vegetables were obligatory in my and many others' meal plans, in salads or as snacks with dips and whatnot there were so many presentations. It came as a culture shock when i saw that for so many people from different continents this was not the case and their meals (most lacking in healthy food options) in a way made me uncomfortbable since so many of us got yelled at for not finishing our fruits and vegetables 😂

[@Unpos_sible]

It’s mostly because China burgers almost always use beef, a chicken sandwich is very rare. Lettuce and tomato is usually put on beef burgers

[@bidisha_online]

The boy in the red and girl in the grey have the loveliest personalities and manners

[@N0N4M30]

This!

[@lcc726]

These kids are so adorable 🥰 Really like the girl in the gray sweatshirt... She's so cute when she smiles More of this please 😁

[@JaysTD]

the girl in gray is so respectful, she has a good future ahead of her

[@marvlessmarvin]

5:31 Lol them gassing up Andy to try the food is hilarious. We definitely love seeing Andy try our food even if its not the best quality haha

[@ElectricPansies]

It’s so funny how much he refused to try the foods, but then took a small bite and was like 🤔 not bad

[@misanthropicsophist]

LMAO the mom in the door frame and a picture of mao in the background hahahaha.

[@Twisted_Logic]

Eating cheeseburgers, PB&J, and Lunchables in front of a framed picture of Mao. Total American cultural victory

[@Oggyoggy2833]

That Mao frame picture and Chinese red knot seems to be placed there intentionally just for "being stereotypical“... but in reality few Chinese people do that nowadays.

[@theywillnevercatchme]

@@Oggyoggy2833 …no I think it was just decoration for the vid

[@everlasting-hate]

That shit is like having a picture of Hitler on in your wall when eating jewish food lmao

[@doglover4336]

Frrrrrr

[@xzxasxadxas]

Great video, lads! I love how respectful you guys are, removing the pork from that sandwich for that girl. Keep up the great content, guys.

[@BlazeMiskulin]

I know that there are a lot of Muslims in China (they have some of the best restaurants--and so many of them have the *exact* same "marquee" out front showing lambs in a pasture), but I didn't know about the Hui.

[@charlietian4023]

Did they let her eat the ham lunchable though?

[@ayzse06]

@@charlietian4023some are not really strict on that, same here

[@ayeron6576]

@ayzse06ok but clearly her family is when she knew one of the other ones was pork she said she couldn’t eat it so they changed it

[@WholeHeartily]

@@charlietian4023no they said she only had cheese and crackers

[@hammon9670]

Fun fact, American school lunches are less nutritious than American prison food

[@luna498-h5z]

Sadly true. A lot of the companies that supply food to prisons in America are the same companies that supply school cafeteria food as well. I remember that Congress passed a bill many years ago that declared pizzas as a vegetable because it has tomato sauce. Corporate profits > children's health

[@Luv-sic-]

@@luna498-h5z you can for sure make pizza healthy... you can thank Michelle Obama for that.

[@juanitachanmi5364]

Been to jail and that is not true

[@vihaanbhaskar6980]

fun fact, literally no one on this god damn planet asked

[@Muzui]

@@juanitachanmi5364 🤣😂

[@sammyhuang6416]

I love how brutally honest they are

[@AnonV1997]

The chubby little girl is so cute. 😂😆 She wants everything is larger portions 😂🤣 same girl same

[@LazyEggys]

same lol i love food

[@N0N4M30]

What cute about obesity at such a young age ? You realize she’ll have a lot of avoidable health problems later on in life

[@leonYoong]

They smuggled in an American :D

[@AriSheesh]

This was so fun to watch. Looking forward to future videos!

[@ey8296]

The boy in blue is too funny!!! The boy that asked for extra snacks at the other video 😂😂😂😂

[@luia3911]

The Chinese kids are so adorable and chatty 🙂❤️ great kids 👍🙂

[@juliag8100]

1:31 Love this kid and his no nonsense attitude 🤣 Please keep this series going! So entertaining

[@NyanCat-r1b]

"things that are considered snacks in china are part of the lunch in the US" - kind of true

[@NavyAng]

The boy in red is an absolute delight! The girl in ethnic clothing and the girl in grey are so cute!

[@Minal6794]

As a Muslim thank you for respecting her 11:14

[@vanessaland5090]

I love this. They are so cute and they have a great little sense of humour too- so hilarious! They were so happy and respectful too! =)

[@vanessaland5090]

Hope to see more of these kids in the future! ^_^

[@nikaswords17]

I like the boy in red's and girl in grey's personality the most :) 他们很可爱，行为也很乖 🤍

[@McDiddykins]

What the fuck

[@cee_el]

Same! They are both my faves. One is very mature and one is super cute

[@noneyourbusiness3939]

Ikr! how come such a small kids already have really good mannerism

[@zeflute4586]

6:50 that guy will go to graduate school for sure, maybe even persue his career as a researcher 😂

[@meangus-mp2xq]

The parents are looking at the kids😂😂

[@s.k.853]

it's the same for american kids too; parents are with the kids during shooting.

[@annbower6278]

11:45 cute kid 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 putting the bread slice & potato chip together.....lmao!!

[@MarianaGtrz]

I love how Andy and the girl in grey are so honest

[@TheNamesRyan]

That one kid who just discovered raw celery is gonna be snacking on that the rest of his life now lol

[@kevinerose]

All these kids are so sweet. They all have some big opinions about their food. lol

[@user-ov5lb2nl7s]

These kids are absolutely adorable ❤❤❤ Thanks for the video.

[@teslaacademy4736]

The children are darling, little Miss Cherry is so adorable, her smile is wonderful

[@ngyuxiang9232]

As a non American and non china chinese, I feel that chinese kids are more well mannered these days

[@lumisl1877]

um hello!? there lunches where WAYYYYY better then the stuff I ate. I wish I ate that good from what the kids described.

[@LagoonKnight]

Let's be honest from what I have seen over the years. Kids eat better in other countries. The US is always taking Money funds from the schools.

[@vanessaland5090]

Pure capitalism. Always taking from the public to make the rich richer and poor poorer unfortunately, financially and healthwise.

[@Herocoldfinger]

04:02 that eye roll is devious 🤣

[@dijiawang]

Good eye!! Haha

[@31coccole71]

Fr 😂

[@stephhughh010]

Got to say I have been lovinggg the content! Keep it up!!

[@alexip9857]

Hi Guys, I have been following your videos for about a year, and always love them. I was born and grew up in Belgium and recently came to China to work there are so many differences in food culture haha. Being a banana also permits you to see the best and worst from both sides. If anytime you are in Shanghai and want to try traditional restaurant or need good locations, I do have a few of them and would love to share them with you! Cheers guys and keep up the amazing work!

[@brooketaylor102]

Needed some ranch for those carrots! Every American is required to love ranch.

[@cee_el]

You got ranch dressing in school lunches? I def didn't

[@WholeHeartily]

@@cee_eloh noooo! I’m sorry for you lol. That’s half the experience!

[@Kalidreamine]

LOL ANDY’s reactions are so fun!!!

[@cw4608]

The little girl in the orange shirt and vest is cute and a character

[@lukewenberg4271]

American kids try Chinese school lunches for the first time?!

[@Mrsaucedpotato]

I dont think chinese schools serve lunch as stated by the kids in the vid

[@geesela512]

@@Mrsaucedpotatothey do sounds unbelievable that tells you how dystopian western lunches are

[@vanessaland5090]

nah I already know they're gonna turn their nose up at it and say it's stinky or weird cos western kids are closeminded and too busy chasing 'being cool' instead of being curious and open minded like these kids.

[@roro-v3z]

@@Mrsaucedpotato chinese school meals are soo delicious!

[@Mrsaucedpotato]

@@roro-v3z ye ik but why did they say their schools don’t serve lunch?

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Me: “You should try new things.” Also Me: “No!”

[@Elephantbaby1]

5:01

[@calichan3245]

A kid sums it well "what we considered are snacks here became the main entree in America" 🤣Cannot agree more!

[@kaylahutzky3189]

These kids eat better school lunches than I ever had that's why I always brought my own lunch. I've noticed that all the vegetables are always cooked in some kind of sauce though that's why they're not used to the raw stuff. The roster is also a lot harder on your digestive tract if you're not used to it

[@ZombieQueen]

The schools I would say we always had two options a day. We also had a salad bar. I never had peanut butter and jelly sandwich at school. They didn’t serve it because of peanut allergy.

[@hilltopjennie1925]

I love these kids!! What characters!!

[@smoothtwink69]

this is SO adorable... chinese and american people should be more exposed about each other's culture and this is the stepping stone for that. GREAT WORK YALL ARE DOING!!!

[@mag_overdrive]

SHOUT OUT TO COMRAD MAO ON THE WALL! gotta love this guy

[@lely328]

The red boy eats with all with appetite 😊❤ The yellow boy hard to convince him to give a try. The rest of kids tried everything 😊. All the them are good 👍

[@BryceButchman]

Andy is so cuteee❤❤

[@Ihold8stars]

Also most schools don’t allow peanut butter in school. Not even if brought from home. Due to peanut allergy accidents.

[@sammyhuang6416]

11:30 Adorable moment

[@aglis_]

Dude these kids are funny, they have so much personality. Just one thing that I find unacceptable, where's the Rectangular Pizza on Friday?

[@nottheoneyourelookingfor0504]

Right? I’m surprised they didn’t do pizza.

[@Meowchiz]

What a lovely video! Keep it up 😊

[@WholeHeartily]

Andy is so cute and handsome when he tries new foods!

[@anti_cheat2148]

I was about to agree that raw celery plus carrots are best 😂. I don’t like fast food, cheese, fat meat, oily foods, chips, and random things. I love hot sauce and vegetables and lean meat!

[@lyingCloud]

As a Chinese i speak the same language and they were so funny but so cuteee

[@blueballs5150]

Dude your guys school lunches are ⭐️⭐️⭐️ compared to what we grow up with in America

[@Ryker73]

Awh they are adorable

[@Kyla21Diamond]

I’m from America 🇺🇸 and I use to eat school lunch all the time as a kid. My favorite school lunch was chicken nuggets, Mash Potatoes and brown Gray. They would also give a vegetable like green beans and we had to take fruit. I remember in High school I almost forgot a fruit and the lunch lady reminded me to grab one. Also another lunch that I liked to get was their chicken noodle soup.

[@wynnewijaya158]

These kids are so adorable and funny!!!

[@sillysenpai]

Those nuggets look good!!❤️ 👍🏻😊

[@misslilyhyun]

The boy in the red is so mature and wise.

[@pulp420]

That little girl in orange is going to be a diva. lol

[@Iausrt]

Andy catches my attention the most he’s so different 😂😂

[@badw01f23]

The Mao picture is WILD 😂

[@BakedBeanzZz219]

As an American we always put the chips on our sandwiches.he’s doing it right 😉 🥪

[@charlobulbasaur]

I’m Chinese and I love American food but this Chinese kids are making my mind blown 🤯 😅🙂🙃I like these kind of lunches though

[@janeyue7491]

More like something like… Monday: hot dog with can mixed fruits and milk Tuesday: cheeseburger, salad, and water Wednesday: Mac and cheese with green beans, an apple with chocolate milk Thursday: chicken and rice, celeries and orange juice Friday: cheese pizza, a pear and apple juice!

[@desmorado]

China's snacks is American's main food...this is just wow

[@Aaron-McDonald]

I actually see people putting potato chips on sandwiches. My mom did it growing up too. Maybe it’s a California thing, we even put fries in burritos lol

[@Shellywick456]

I’m an American and I have always eaten a lot of fruits and vegetables. I almost never have chips, cheeseburgers, pop and deep fried food. Not all Americans are the same.

[@alukachalu5838]

I LOVE THIS SERIES

[@umeshudeer1]

kid just recreated the crisp sandwich

[@PokhrajRoy.]

American Cafeterias are fun only in campus movies.

[@ReikiAwaken]

I’m learning mandarin and this is so freaking cute to watch. 😅

[@nottheoneyourelookingfor0504]

Right? It’s a very different, very difficult language to learn if you’re not surrounded by native speakers. I know few words in mandarin but most of them revolve around food, and the usual yes, no etc. so yeah it’s fun to try to pick out the words you do know in a real world situation, when you have subtitles to correct you.

[@beckers68]

Actually the kid's lunches in America don't typically include orange juice unless it is a breakfast. They are usually only given milk, but if you are lactose intolerant, they will give you apple juice as an alternative. While there are chicken nuggets and hamburgers, they don't serve peanut butter sandwiches anymore because of too many kids with peanut allergies. But I agree with the kids that the portions are too small. Maybe not for the younger kids, but they feed the same amount to the older teens and they usually come home starving.

[@sidzidour9108]

"an empty plate can earn us a snack" 😋

[@babadukk]

Adding chips to a sandwich is such an american thing to do :)

[@nottheoneyourelookingfor0504]

True, but texture is just as important in Chinese cuisine. Perfect example, my absolute favorite street breakfast jian bing guo zi. Soft thin crepe with egg on one side, salty sweet spicy sauce with crispy fresh veg (my fav are green onion, lettuce and cilantro, and Chinese pickled mustard leaves for some acidity) and either you tiao (think large Chinese churro/doughnut) or deep fried wonton sort of thing. Oh and I like the added mystery sausage. You get chewy, tender, greasy, fresh crispy, and crunchy. Dammit now I’m craving jian bing.

[@babadukk]

@nottheoneyourelookingfor0504 the combination of similar textures is likely the reason why they chose to add the chips. Just to me, it evokes a very special memory of watching my American friends put chips in their sandwich and trying it out for the first time.

[@JuJu_TheMetalPipe]

As a Chinese person, I found this so funny🤣

[@Aman_Mondal]

1:29 That Kid got his priorities correct 😂 5:36 Ayo stop gaslighting the kid 😂, bro gonna start having weird dreams 😂 11:20 good to know that there are Muslim customs followers even there 12:07 Bruh kids getting more than me 😭 12:42 I resonate with that girl, she be like "FR ??? You will give me more??? 🤔"

[@Ihold8stars]

Public elementary school lunches are bad but not this bad 😂 Chicken nuggets would have come with a vegetable and milk is served with every meal. Chocolate milk is option too. The burger would have included Fries and the carrots would include Ranch dressing to dip. Also the cheese sandwich is offered if child doesn’t want or is allergic to what’s being served. It used to be given a cold cheese sandwich if a child couldn’t pay for lunch. Thankfully kids receive free lunch these days. Middle school & high school the lunches get better options.

[@gametri-eq6lj]

Americans kids should try Chinese school lunch next

[@StabfishFun]

...my school don't have that little food each time lol, I'll be hungry if I finished everything even

[@patrickmgurule]

The breakfast pizza in my age was awesome

[@subzerodragon1984]

My mind is blown about them not having cheese.... One of our favorite school lunches was the crappy Pizza that they served lol

[@nottheoneyourelookingfor0504]

Couple reasons. Cheese just wasn’t a big cultural food in China. Not many dishes use dairy. But also that lactose intolerance is rampant. Sure, things are changing because of the western influence, but just look at what they describe as their typical lunches. Steamed buns/rice as carbs. Stir fried meat/veg. They eat plenty more veg in China than in America. One thing I experienced since starting seeing my Chinese grillfiend is that having personal individual dishes is largely the exception. Family style is the way it’s done. Basically they prepare a number of dishes (eg if there’s 4 people they’d serve at very least 4 dishes plus rice and or noodles. Everyone has a chance to have a bit of each dish, so you end up with a great variety. Having main, side and drink is probably strange for the kids.

[@auranate7878]

I can say that I’ve never bought food at my high school cafeteria. Coming from an asian household, I never had a reason to lineup at my cafeteria since my parents always made food for the week or there’s leftovers in the fridge. I will always appreciate my parents for drilling the importance of healthy eating, spending money wisely, and that home cooking is superior.

[@BlazeMiskulin]

American lunches have gotten away from the very-processed foods because of FDA regulations and the requirements for receiving federal funding to subsidize school lunches. School lunches are *much* more healthy than they were when I was going to school in the 70s and 80s. HOWEVER , informal surveys of cafeteria staff indicate that about half of the food that is served ends up in the trash. The requirements--and *restrictions*--mean that school cafeterias are forced to cook food that they *know* the kids won't eat. (For a couple years, I worked for a school district in the same building as their central kitchen. Michelle Obama's food rules meant that the district had to stop buying fresh food from local farms (it couldn't be certified to meet the requirements, because the small farms couldn't afford the cost of testing), so they had to revert to processed foods from major vendors.) Ask any "lunch lady", and they'll tell you that they'd rather served a less-healthy meal that kids will actually eat than one that's super healthy, but ends up in the garbage. There are *far* too many kids who don't get good meals at home and don't understand how to eat healthy. They see something weird in the lunch line and are afraid to eat it. So... they go without *any* food. I'm happy that your parents taught you about healthy eating. I wish more parents did. But... If it's a choice between eating healthy and eating at all? Let the kids have chicken nuggets and PB&J.

[@lucwaide7131]

Hey @CantoMando How about having Chinese kids/students try dishes/snacks from your actual home country 🇨🇦 like poutine, all dressed or ketchup chips, Nanaimo bars, Montreal-style bagels and smoke meat instead of American food. Also, Sheldon seems to refrain from saying he’s American, but Mike always seems to be implying that he is American / grew up in the US the way he portrays himself when speaking to the Chinese kids/ students… the question is why??

[@s.k.853]

i could be wrong but don't canadian kids bring their own lunches? also, canadian kids eat a lot of american food too. i don't think he's trying to pass an a ABC, while he's not 100% correct, he's not completely wrong.

[@lucwaide7131]

@ I’m not only talking about this video, but in general. Go watch other videos where they are having Chinese college/uni students try American snacks, Mike would say something like “these are the chips flavours WE have in America” or “in America, WE eat a lot of fast food, that’s why WE are the most obese nation on the planet”. He would say WE (Americans) as opposed to THEY (to refer to Americans). In other videos they would say they are Asian Americans / Chinese Americans . They even title their videos like “Asian Americans call their parents to say they are quitting their jobs for KZbin” etc… Even in this video, they are saying something like “the Chinese have their milk in bags, whereas we have them in cartons”. CantoMando are from Ontario where milk in bags also exist!! 😓

[@vanessaland5090]

@@lucwaide7131 we also refers to we in america now. plus if he knows that's what americans do/eat, what's wrong with passing that info on?

[@lucwaide7131]

@@vanessaland5090 Canadians will do anything to avoid being mistaken for Americans, especially in today’s political climate. But here, you have CantoMando purposely and deliberately portraying themselves as Chinese Americans instead of being who they really are, Chinese Canadians. In all these videos where they have Chinese students try different things from America, they will always make references that they are from America, the country not the continent of the Americas because they would say in Chinese 我們在美國… which means “We, in America…” and 美國 is the United States of America, they could have easily said 我們在加拿大 instead for Canada🇨🇦 or to an extend use 美洲 for the Americas if they want to reference to the American continent in general.

[@nottheoneyourelookingfor0504]

@@lucwaide7131I think it’s also a factor of not wanting to confuse them. Most non-North Americans basically think Canada has the exact same culture as the United States. Barring their love for guns and war (and much of the southern states food and hospitality) I hate to say it but we Canucks are pretty much the same. In murica, they have the Mexicans to their south. We have the Quebecers to our east(ish). Difference is, Mexican food is FAR superior to French-Canadian.

[@lovelyastridd]

Dang missing those square pizzas haha 😅

[@bluefirekin-aria]

Beautiful children! I would prefer the Chinese lunches over the American ones any day by the way.

[@FantasyImtired]

Andy handsome fr

[@ShadowLTM]

I was born in Canada and I love eating cheese and when I went to China I was craving cheese so I asked my aunt to buy some from the grocery and she did. When I took a bite it was sweet like candy which I wasn’t used to and said « why is the cheese sweet ?» and she said « isn’t cheese supposed to be sweet ? ». Then I realized that both of my parents and other people who grew up in China don’t like the taste of cheese. Might be a cultural thing.

[@yaowsers77]

I beg to differ on the PB&j. Too many peanut allergies. You're lucky if it's allowed at the elementary schools. Friday's is usually pizza.

[@ElectricPansies]

I forgot how common pizza is in western schools! We used to get rectangle ones 😅

[@gijsvandepol12]

How the hell am I that early

[@Elephantbaby1]

I do not know.

[@Oggyoggy2833]

That Mao frame picture and Chinese red knot seems to be placed there intentionally just for "being stereotypical“... but in reality few Chinese people do that nowadays. I really don't like this act.

[@nottheoneyourelookingfor0504]

I live in a Chinese household and there is absolutely no picture of Chinese Trump.. er I mean Mao… We do have some of the traditional decorations though. The red knot and door hangings. And yes, the oven is storage for pots and pans.

[@IllusionQueen4Eva]

These Chinese kids don't know what raw baby carrots look like?!?

[@kay4640]

raw carrots don't come in baby form. they are cut and sold that way in some places. apparently, china is not big on that.

[@carriec9121]

It's funny how there's mao Zhe dong. Rarely, we put one up.

[@russellfalch7570]

This looks more like jail lunch than school where were the French fries with the hamburger where was the ranch dressing to dip the carrots and celery in where was the tomato soup with the grilled cheese and where were the desserts

[@itsalltakenup]

"MY NAME IS STILL XIE YU'EN"

[@misuumisuu]

The little girl in the grey is so cute

[@DEMMusicCorp]

Cherry is so cute

[@Shay-cw5dr]

Yall forgot the ranch for the carrots and peanut butter for the celery.