Crossing The Bridge Noodle Soup

[@jameshalleluyah8133]

Watching this guy eat is my new past time, I know I'm weird!

[@strictlydumpling]

+James Halleluyah haha aint nothing wrong with that

[@starrysky1984]

+James Halleluyah I do that all the time. When I can't sleep, yeah.

[@jeanne_shang]

+James Halleluyah you know what, mee too!!!

[@Theonefrombeyon]

+Stahrie Nite I do the same Lmao that's how I found him

[@Scameron44]

+James Halleluyah your weird

[@kanzenchowa9868]

I keep clicking back to see this once every few months. This noodle looks so tempting.

[@taichisuzuki1207]

I keep coming back to this episode from time to time. Dunno why I do, but I really like it.

[@rebeccabarna8512]

I lived in Yunnan for a while and Over the bridge rice noodle soup is among the best dishes ever.

[@johokeen1]

Hi Mikey. Just to let you know, my daughter was in New York over the New Year with her best friend. Based on my recommendation to your site, she went to the 'Hole in the wall' place where they had the most delicious and decently priced take-out char-siow rice. She can't wait to get back there (from London!) with me, to try all a yr other recommendations 😆. It's a joy to watch your videos. Mucho gracias! 👍

[@boxofasians]

my family owns a restaurant in Melbourne Australia which specialises in this dish, next time you have a bowl I recommend tasting the soup before adding hot oil and vinegar

[@airicaxoxo]

It's the original pho lol. During this video I had to see if Vietnamese people came from Yunnan and YUP. I was intrigued when I saw that this soup was so similar to pho from the ingredients to the way it's prepared. It's very cool to see how dishes evolved from one country to the next.

[@MasterExploder61]

You want some soup with your hot oil?

[@neilsmith8839]

That’s what I’m saying! I thought he’d stop after the 4th or 5th scoop but nope! 😂

[@siegejay6364]

ahahaha that made literally chuckle ahahahha

[@InvertedWorldDeux]

lol I know. I wanted to see him try it straight first

[@matthewtay9641]

He literally ruined the delicate flavour of the soup OMG

[@krmalana.2790]

On one hand I love watching his videos, seeing all the authentic foods and places he goes to. On the other hand, with each video where he just automatically dumps a ton of hot oil into it regardless of the dish...

[@RobynHarris]

And what happened then? Well, in Brooklyn they say, That Mikey's hot oil spoon grew three sizes that day. And then, the true meaning of spicy came through, Mikey found the strength of ten KZbinrs, plus two! (I love a story with a happy ending.)

[@life2livealways]

Crying tears of spice! I love it! He makes me hungry even though I already had dinner and dessert. Love watching his food reviews.

[@SuntzuDragon]

life2livealways we have the same N Paul is not

[@rachelmadura8050]

In japan they have summer noodles and they are cold noodles!! They are so good!!😍😍

[@AsM0Edeus]

I spent two weeks in China on a school trip a few years ago and the corssing the bridge soup was my absolute favourite meal. Thinking about it still makes my mouth water. altho I actually didn't learn what it was called until a year or so after the trip

[@SunWeiC]

This noodle soup is my absolute favorite, I go to my usual restaurant every wednesday to get it and they already know me on a first-name basis. Also how much do you need to work out to keep looking that good after eating that much food??

[@thefuumanchuu]

Oh man I've been there once before when I used to live on 10th ave! I think about it sometimes though I live in flushing now.

[@yankyLOVE22]

This dish closely resembles a Central Vietnamese noodle dish called bun bo hue (spicy beef noodle soup). It's my favourite!!! So much more better than pho.... You should definitely try it some time ;)

[@TurresaaDo]

That's what I was thinking! If you like hot chili oil, definitely try Vietnamese bun bo hue. It's right up your alley Mike! Strictly Dumpling

[@strictlydumpling]

TurresaaDo okie!

[@Ealsante]

Anne D I wouldn't be surprised at all if the dishes are actually related - Yunnan is right next to Vietnam! (Northern Vietnam, though.)

[@xXmeimiXx]

Anne D That's what I was thinking. But some person said we stole it and called it Pho and it ticked me off.

[@cindeedreams]

I love bun bo hue more than pho! It's sooo good!

[@kaixings8892]

"I'm crying tears of spice" is now my catchphrase

[@AbsoluteXero]

The funny thing about watching Mike spooning the hot oil is that I'm thinking to myself, "He's probably going to stop right about now" and instead Mike continues on for another 8 spoonfuls.

[@nwong4594]

I love how you're soo passionate about food! When you eat, you make it look sooooo delicious!!! I shouldn't be watching this at 2:30am on an empty stomach... you're making me hungry!!

[@treblehead79]

Yunnanise is one of my favorite foods. That, and Sichuan. Totally my favorite. Vinegar, hot oil, soooo gooood.

[@hyena280]

I love dry noodles - that's what I would get. I love how you tell us the background and your descriptions are detailed.

[@MrKongNYC]

Tried this place this past week, crossing bridge soup was ridiculously good. The hot and sour dumpling was A+ too. Are you gonna try more brooklyn spots?

[@strictlydumpling]

Kong NYC those were only good place I found...don't get to go more often

[@MrKongNYC]

Are you trying place to place or getting recommendation on the shops?

[@gilbertogranados3018]

Watching this guy makes hungry ....every time !!!!

[@lulebay6584]

my mouth watering everytime i watched ur video OMG all the food look so awesome

[@SocialAlexNYC]

I swear you've got the best channel on KZbin

[@briancco8751]

im a simple asian. i see chinese food, i click like

[@JennalynnFung]

ive never related to a youtube comment more in my life

[@BeastOrGod]

I'm a simple Eskimo, I see food, I click like.

[@maybeimchau2102]

but that's a Vietnamese disk called Bun Bo which literally translated into Beef Noodles...

[@redvelvet9472]

I see some asians, then i watch hentai

[@philippmaqs8799]

#IndoPride

[@Nahdli00]

"Its the sacrifices I make... by eating a lot of food" Yeah that's a lot of sacrifices right there lol

[@br-it991]

yay!! So glad to find your channel. great that you not only share food but also about culture. much love from an ABC in LA

[@GS-st9ns]

This is the best soap. Why do I watch these videos at midnight !

[@jessiej5308]

Thanks Mike. I had been wondering about where to get this. Keep up with the good work.

[@Ralphie_Boy]

*Pointing the death finger, I should have been done 45 years ago but as love and God has it I'm still watching you Mike........OH NO........thumbs up brother another heart stopper!LOL*

[@Xcorgi]

Whenever I have a cold in the winter, Yat Ka Mein is THE dish I go for! I don't know what it is but there must some kind of medicinal property to it. Even if you aren't sick, when you eat this dish, it just wakes you up and makes you feel so alive and of course, the flavor is amazing!

[@MaZEEZaM]

I looked that up since you mentioned yat Ka mein, blizzard food seems to be half healthy ingredients but also a load of processed commercial noodle flavourings. Interesting anyhow, thanks for mentioning it.

[@MaZEEZaM]

Bloody auto word thing. The word Blizzard should have been Bizarre.

[@qrsthatsme4030]

Started watching one of your videos while I was eating my dinner. Dinner was finished 30 minutes ago and am still watching your videos. Damn it must resist and study for a final now...

[@jnj7179]

..."only asians will go to an isolated island to study..." 🤣

[@The_NPC20]

JNJ XOXO Japan is basically an Island.

[@richardbouska1504]

Love this guy's appetite! Dude you are doing your God given talent eating and making video's! Please give this guy his own T.V show the world needs to know who Mike Chen is!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@aries5425]

Wow!!! I'm soooo happy I found someone who likes hot, spicy and sour noodle soup! Yes!!! Its the best!

[@coolestcasper]

In 3 years I see how much you have changed! Great work

[@juneyang1671]

过桥米线 ＝ Crossing the bridge noodle soup 😂😂😂 such a simple and direct translation😂

[@raymonddobos8896]

The monks of England used the outer Hebrides for study as well,isolated till the boat came,different on spices yet some similar..

[@eck0799]

I'm super jealous of what is being presented on this video & it only made me wish I could have some rice noodles right now.

[@TheKaBLAMshow]

thanks to you, my sister and I go to dim sum and traditional chinese restaraunts as much as possible! too bad i dont live in NY, I would love to eat where you've been eating!

[@hmrhuang]

Ummm, what does the broth ORIGINALLY taste like?....=) With the amount of hot oil you put in sir, the dish has to be renamed! =)

[@strictlydumpling]

hmrhuang it originally tasted LESS awesome :P

[@hmrhuang]

LOL, OK thanks! =)

[@yangp6580]

hmrhuang The broth matters, trust me. If you have a regular soup with hot oil and vinegar, the result won't be as good as when you have these in a good broth.

[@ABrotherOfThor]

Strictly Dumpling What broth is that? What is it made out of/ how do you make the broth? I'd like to make this at home and thats the only thing I dont know yet. Thanks!

[@anthonycalia1317]

This is now my favorite restaurant, any style, any price, hands-down! Problem was whether to have the soup or the noodles with spicy pork so now I have the soup and get an order of noodles to go!

[@od2437]

Going to NYC in two days for Thanksgiving and will stay in Brooklyn. I will visit this one and the cupcake shop. Thank you!

[@weirdboyrox]

Mike watching you eat with your enthusiasm in every video is really hard not to press 'like' on each video. xD

[@Spoonfulofinsight]

Keep it up! I need more authentic Chinese places!!!! Especially the hidden non-flushing gems.

[@eaglenoimoto]

Mike, could you add the names and addresses for the restaurants you review in your videos? My gf and I are visiting NY at the end of March for a week and would love to try some of the places (especially the food court in Flushing you went with to Dan for the noodles video!). My gf is from HK and while there is great chinese food here in London, most Chinese restaurants here are Cantonese and we're really really keen to try more variety from other provinces (I went to China last year and LOVED the food in Sichuan and Guangxi).

[@mifune141]

This looks incredible! One more reason I have to get back to NY, thanks for posting this! I've never been to Lao Yunnan in Chicago but apparently they serve it there.

[@mingdamerciless1964]

Always annoys me when people season in restaurants before tasting! I love to add ground chilli and lime to my noodle soups, but always do the chef the courtesy of tasting the base dish first.

[@alucard303]

Ming Damerciless basically what I thought during half of his videos ^^

[@frontbutt1021]

Ming Damerciless I guess he's so used to Asian food that right away he just flavors it the way he likes (: but yeah I personally like to enjoy it as is then add but by bit, mostly cause I end up ruining the flavor of the broth xD

[@kaltiny1997]

Ming Damerciless wow I never took into account that that would offend the chef, ill try the base dish next time before seasoning it and eating lol

[@xtaylorxboyx]

Ming Damerciless I add hot sauce when the food tastes bland and if I ate it lots of times

[@AllenLinnenJr]

That is fru fru bs. All any self respecting chef really wants is for you to enjoy your meal, and come back again, and bring your friends and family. Any chef who gets upset because of how I wish to sauce my meal, can hit the road. Clearly, he's cooking for his pleasure, not mine.

[@ChibiQilin]

Going through old videos, and love that you make a reference to a Wuxia. Been obsessed with reading Wuxia books recently.

[@iluvlmf]

I would love to go eat with you omg I would learn so much about the dishes!

[@Ascendeus]

2018, and before Mikey learned to edit super well. This is still a pretty amazing video though! YUM.

[@noodleshead9596]

Oh man.... That dishes look so yummy. It making me hungry!

[@PrincessLelouch]

I feel like you could probably put hot oil and vinegar in hot water and he would like it... He never really mentioned anything about the broth, and I feel like the broth was not really appreciated. But to each his own, I guess.

[@snoopyshultz]

yea he basically drowns everything in hot oil/sauce etc and complains about "bland food"

[@kianastaples7492]

I have a field trip to New York soon.... Maybe I'll get to go try this place out!

[@acsnowboarder13]

Oh man that looks so good!!! Now I'm hungry

[@as932180]

Another great video. The food looks amazing. PS. Huge chilli oil fan here too!!

[@strictlydumpling]

a singh nice! Thanks :-)

[@PhiLeo7973]

Mike, love your vids with your articulate and passionate food review comments. Kindly let your fans know the NAME of the flippin restaurant you're enjoying these dishes in! Lol Thx,phil

[@lakiathompson1852]

i love the crossing the bridge noodle story that's so cool

[@MaZEEZaM]

Mike PLEASE can you teach us how to cook all these foods as many of us can't get to these places.

[@MaZEEZaM]

And thats my point, recipes for those of us who cannot go to a local restaurant to eat them.

[@MaZEEZaM]

well its certainly made even more difficult without a recipe...

[@MaZEEZaM]

Hmm well wrong example to offer me, Yes I sometimes buy pizza but often I much prefer to make my own at home as it always tastes 10x better and its really quite easy actually.

[@dfallen4ngel]

Not only it's hard, it painstakingly took your time, lots of it.

[@GailMarie1972]

+MaZEEZaM It seems they are unwilling to help us out. So maybe we should look them up on Pinterest or Google it or find someone here on KZbin willing to help. I am not trying to be rude.

[@daoxiong1698]

I stay hungry watching your videos!!

[@tavoenriquez5548]

Hey mike this is the first video i watch from your food channel and letme tell you is freaking awesome , btw thanx for making me super hungry dude!! Those dishes look supergood man im gonna chek your other videos ok thanx for the good work and plis mike dont cry like a baby whent you eat spicy stuff lol jk XD!!!

[@strictlydumpling]

Gustavo Enriquez lol thanks for watching!

[@dexx13mh]

4am and I randomly wake up to click on YT.... why YT, whyyyyy! 🤤

[@42laar]

"if they point their finger at you, and you'd die" LOL

[@damiangrosso4025]

So I have watched (and enjoyed) quite a few of your videos so far and I noticed that you really love hot oil. I have a question though, how does palate distinguish between the actual taste of the broth and the spiciness of all the hot oil you add to the dish? Is you palate that advanced that you are able to separate the two and comment on both the original taste of the broth and the added heat?

[@MaZEEZaM]

He usually tries the dish before adding the hot oil.

[@santiagomoneta]

love your channel man... Love good asian food when I visita the bay área... anyway, greetings from buenos aires, argentina

[@claraderrick6089]

I loveCrossing Over The Bridge Soup.

[@roberthill6770]

doh ! mike ...why didn't you use the spoon you ate the sauce with for the hot oil.....loving your video's from england

[@charlesbreen4252]

Mikey show us how to make these fabulous soups because we will never make it to these restaurants! Thanks

[@lindalately]

Looks similar to Laotian khao piek sen. Looks so delicious!

[@ChitChatBFF]

its SUCH a bad idea watching this channel when HUNGRY

[@Rapid98k]

I've been living in this neighborhood since I was born and I've never eaten there. May try it sometime.

[@victorha9923]

Yo Mike... I tried this place today thanks to encountering this video. I got interested in your channel about a week ago, by first running into your Vegas buffet video. I'm American-born Chinese, born during the 80s, from a Cantonese family. More English than Chinese in terms of language/culture, but I've been exploring my Chinese-side the last 10 years or so.I was born in the area where this restaurant is, Sunset Park, but closer to the Hispanic area of it. Live in nearby Bay Ridge since the 90s now, close to the water.Thanks for inspiring me to try this restaurant. I know the Cantonese, Vietnamese and Malaysian restaurants on 8th avenue pretty well, but if you can recommend me more lesser-known regional restaurants on 8th Avenue, I'd really appreciate it.I tried the guo qiao mi Xian today, and the suan la Jiao. Thanks again for leading me to this inspired choice today.

[@jeff-868]

Oo i love cross bridge noodles!!! There is a really good one in Toronto

[@elisprasad5370]

Jeff - where?

[@crisibella3461]

Awesome historical story, I looked up the restaurant and I am going soon. Thanks for your videos, they r great. If you like Latino food I recommend churrasco/skirt steak it's awesome and the fatty content is like our poor version of kobe/wagyu, although no comparison, try a Brazilian churasscaria, it's meat heaven all types of bbq meat, I usually make my own, but look up little Brazil town it's near the 40's in Manhattan close to time square. It's a different food question u will enjoy for the meat lover in you😊

[@dragonrage122]

I would love to live where you grew up, I love spicey, sour, sweet foods. I am going to start looking up some of these recipes, as well as your hot oil recipe. Might be just the spice i'm looking for in terms of condiments.

[@alleynecarlindawirawan5869]

Oh i love 过桥米线! But the ones here in Singapore have way more ingredients than the one you had! And the soup was more milky rather than clear.

[@strictlydumpling]

Alleyne Carlinda Wirawan you lucky!

[@KELLIE115]

Damn it I shouldn't watch this late at night and now im hungry. Man im going to be dreaming of third noodles in my sleep.

[@wenkai93]

omg my hometown (where my family is from, though I didn't spend a single day of my life there) fav food!!! thanks for letting people know about it Mike!

[@coralieparker7664]

hugs for you mikey!

[@micahshafton7626]

Hey mike, when are you going to visit the Philippines?

[@andrewlin9681]

This exact restrant is one of my favorite

[@D3spairExE]

Literally down the block where I used to live.

[@anniewu4721]

When I want hot pot but don't want to pull out the hotpot set. I make a bridge noodle soup, It's the best thing ever

[@trulystephaniexx]

yay I'm glad you finally tried this noodle soup! I'm disappointed though because the restaurant you went to didn't give you the full package of dishes to put in the soup

[@strictlydumpling]

trulystephaniexx oh really? What was it missing?

[@chloep9321]

"I'm going to go walk outside without a jacket now" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@linatruong9569]

Mike, do you like Korean food? Since they have a lot of dishes known to be spicy.

[@strictlydumpling]

Lina Truong LOVE IT!

[@Aytrex87]

Lol Mike just loves food. Period. Especially spicy stuff and meat

[@linatruong9569]

its1tym4urmind Hehe, I totally agree! I've noticed that everything he tries, he says it's good. I don't think I've really heard him say something isn't good.

[@Roberttang20]

Lina Truong he did not like stinky tofu or durian

[@linatruong9569]

Robert Tang hehe, yeah that's true, that's true.

[@SailorIda3]

How common is it with nuts in the food? Im allergic but it looks so delicious :D

[@violentinstincts]

ok, i'm not chinese, but i'll give you some advice anyway. love your videos btw. i love chili oli as much as you do, but with noodle soup, i figured the best way is to drink the soup first, and savour the flavor, and leave the noodles .. and THEN pour a shitload of chili on them. maybe save just a little puddle of soup.

[@williamoconnor2807]

I lived in Kunming for over a year and went to Yunnan University, the Food in Yunnan is some of the best in the world

[@andyngocuocsongmy2716]

Amazing video Mike Chen 👏👌

[@msieee]

i really wonder how u maintain ur weight!!! like to know if u do any think to counter high eating

[@ABrotherOfThor]

So what broth is that? What is it made out of/ how do you make the broth?

[@rongfan8696]

Glad that you like my hometown food, I’m from Kunming, capital city of Yunnan

[@ginac8507]

very informative! Thanks for taking one for the team :-)

[@strictlydumpling]

Gina C im here to serve :-)

[@meredith4847]

So... did the scholar pass the exam? I kinda wanna look that up now. You left us hanging Mikey!

[@Infinity323Gaming]

I watched Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils with my dad. I love shows with the supernatural fighting, haha

[@lotusp5005]

你好 mike 我是twitter的halozhuzhu,不得不说我们的口味很久 那种云贵川渝才有的辣油真的是命根子之一 哈哈。 还有看过你的其他视频，你说自己享受独处，独自旅行。 真的不得不说太相似了！！！我们这类人其实并不怕很多人的场合，只是一个人处没有麻烦 不用分心 很舒服啊 ！！ 相似点很多，祝福你节目顺利，生活顺利，我会一直挺你们哦！

[@mailan1997]

satisfaction? :DD you just make me hungry and so jealous! but i cant stop watching._.

[@dylanforster3827]

I actually went to the restaurant and I didn't really expect to have my mouth burning when I added two teaspoons of hot oil but it's great