The Thriving Himalayan Cuisine In USA's Most Diverse Neighborhood: Jackson Heights - MOFAD

In recent years, the Queens neighborhood of Jackson Heights has become home to a flourishing Himalayan community. Tibetans, Nepalese, and Bhutanese all congregate here, bringing with them their varied food traditions. The Museum of Food and Drink, along with the Eater team, set out to sample the dishes - from spicy curries and doughy momos to steaming soups and teas - this neighborhood has to offer.
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[@evanthomas3778]

Eater. Well done. The correct way of doing sponsored videos. Not offensive. No overt, cringeworthy references to the product.

[@PandoraKyss]

Dear Indian, Nepali, and Tibetan immigrants. Please bring your food and culture to Philadelphia. I'd give anything for a community like this in my own city, where I could not only eat and try new foods but also learn and meet people from lands and cultures I'm in love with. I think I speak for most of my city when I say you stand invited; Philly is lonely without you.

[@appleby]

i really appreciate that these videos are narrated by people who are part of these communities who give context to the food and diaspora and not some white person framing it as some exotic next big thing.

[@Kamath.venkat]

I was thinking the same. But Anthony Bourdain was a class apart.

[@VoLCoMzYaDiGG]

Jackson Heights is like the epicenter of immigrants in NYC. Indians, Pakistanis, Mexicans, Guatemalans, Ecuadorians, Chinese etc., etc. But I never knew Tibetans to live in the area. Pretty cool.

[@John77Doe]

John Doe I am John Doe and I endorse this message. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@thakuriraja8746]

John Doe what you didnt know is they are nepalese

[@John77Doe]

More exotic Nepalese and Tibetan foods please. 😍

[@danielscake8390]

Great way to show how beautiful diversity is. I wish more Americans would understand how well Queens operates and the beautiful rich cultures that all migrants bring.

[@Jay-mc7vq]

MUH CULTURAL ENRICHMENT

[@kalsangdrolkar]

Who are these masses of "wanna-bees" that you are referring to? I live in New York - in Jackson Heights as a matter of fact - but I grew up in Philadelphia and have lived in a number of different places in the US and EVERYWHERE I have been ALL of the immigrants that I've known work their A**ES OFF!!! They have ALL been just like the people you see in this video -- and the people I know and meet EVERY SINGLE DAY in my city. I totally do not understand where this myth of the "lazy immigrant" comes from. I am a second generation citizen of this nation -- my grandparent came from Ireland and Italy respectively -- and they had to work their a**s off too - to gain the same foothold in this country that all recent immigrants that I know and meet each day in my city work SO SO HARD to do, too. Each group of immigrants does this to make a better life for their children and their families. I have never met anyone new to this nation who wasn't working incredibly hard to achieve their dream of making a success of their life in their new home-land. I really wish people would stop maligning one of the hardest working group of people in our nation. It is simply NOT TRUE!!!

[@rsingh2083]

Not all migrants are as peaceful. Some would et swayed by religion even if they are PhD's or highly educated. Everyones loves diversity but they want sharia even for the upcoming Lunar township.

[@ravindrathagunna5778]

@@rsingh2083 yup and many American Christians as well. Religions are stupid.

[@LukaDonesnitch]

I thought y'all guys online said diversity is bad? Its da kulcha

[@cloudridermrbliss7085]

Rest of the America should take notes .They all in such harmony and peace.Everyone is happy when they are around each other whether be it Nepali Indian bengali tibetan korean chinese etc etc

[@brandonyu9602]

I think what's sad is profit margins being so small. You go to some fancy place and they just throw some microgreens and charge a crapload.

[@lightyagamis]

Nepali MOMO are best and healthy !! Specially those Jhol MOMO !! I LOVE NEPAL !! JAI NEPAL !! AND THAKALI SET is also best and dont forget the taste of Choyela and other nepali cuisine !!

[@parbatichapain8265]

I love nepali food....it is delicious...❤❤

[@jeffward1106]

This channel is so diverse and awesome. Many different chefs and ideas presented. This channel maybe the paradigm for KZbin. Monday I get a recipe, Tuesday I get a lesson. Fantastic.

[@ricardo950535]

Blowing up my neighborhood, yeah! Momo fan fo' life. Nepalese and Tibetans have flocked here in droves in the past 10 yrs. Good ppl. Great neighbors. So different from Chinese.

[@ItsJayCross319]

I WANT SOME MOMOS

[@alexlove6144]

Wow! I need to add this to my list of places that I must visit!

[@prairiehorse6168]

Momos are life. ❤❤

[@abelcampos4400]

Beautiful simply beautiful!! People and food!!!

[@michellepechie55]

Wonderful content, more please!!!

[@sallyms1858]

i live in Astoria and yes once a week i venture around Jackson heights. to me Andos kitchen has the best momos in the neighborhood. :)

[@tosht2515]

Very interesting video. Love momos! 👍

[@belugaabs]

don't worry eater, i still watch your ad, because who doesn't love food ad???

[@br0wnsugarxoxo]

Whenever I go to NY I always go to Jackson Heights and China Town just to eat. New York has the best food!

[@rahulranka9516]

Tibet will rise again

[@angelaanaconda55]

Half Tibetan and I love this!

[@nicknamean]

I lived in Queens most of my life, and used to always hang out in Jackson Heights eating all sorts of yummy shit...boy how I miss the food diversity you get in NYC 😿

[@ytsshwetabhatt8116]

Nepalese momo are the best

[@tombahma]

yeah if you dont care what you eat... nepali momos are known to use bad cuts of meat and add msg. where as tibetan momos are rich with beefy goodness.

[@cloudridermrbliss7085]

Tommy Bracanti Do not lie you stupid I live in jackson height and no one uses Msg period whether it be Nepali Indian or tibetan momo

[@tombahma]

MonkGoneGamer okay, so you personally know what each and every restaurants puts in their momo then. it is a well known fact that the neapali variety of momo contains all sorts of spice including ajinamoto (msg). and with a name like that you shouldn't be going around calling people stupid.

[@kpoplover3066]

Tommy Bracanti My mum cooks the best momo, I've tried different types and hers stands out, she uses no MSG and only uses fresh ingredients. (I'm Nepali). BTW, have u gone to every Nepali restaurant and checked they all used MSG😂.

[@tombahma]

Army & Blink lol your rite I shouldn't say all Nepali Momos... but most varieties of nepali Momo's do... that's why nepali Momos are very spicy ( full of spices, not hot,) and tibetan Momo's are very plain and more importance is given to the meat.

[@PandoraKyss]

Also, the opening song of this video is "Lhasa Groove." It was featured in the video game 'Sleeping Dogs,' and is one of my favorite songs!

[@asminamalla2147]

aayyy.. where my Nepalese at

[@rbsnmrjn]

Nepal!!!

[@Byronic_Man]

lovely

[@tinaarzana3977]

Seen all these so many times

[@paulson2008]

Love ❤️ MOMOS

[@sanchariguha4368]

momos😍😍😍.. we indians love momos.... and in indian we have 25 languages officially,unofficially it is more then 35... so... am not surprised.. it's always good to see the diversity :)

[@kushalkarki6261]

Then you may come Nepal to try more than 10 types of momos ....

[@ThulungRai95]

Momos are also famous nepalese dish and probably same as the tibetan ones.

[@LanceElot]

Nope. Tibetian ones are really plain. Nothing quite has the zing of an authentic Nepali momo :D

[@tombahma]

yes nepali momos are very spicy (as in filled with spice not hot).tibetan momos are plain meat flavored. i personally prefer the richness and the meatiness of the tibetan ones.

[@lobatenzin]

I tried Nepali curry momos.. In Kathmandu.. Omg.. I get dehhiria at least week...

[@aa6eheia156]

@@tombahmafor outsiders, the spices in Nepali momo can be excessive but for Nepalese if the spices are little less, the momo won't taste good.. it's the result of evolution of tongue/palate/taste buds... I wouldn't mind if a foreigner tastes my favorite local dish and says it's too bad because the sense of taste is subjective

[@ketayakthumba9701]

gotta new idea for rolling momo.

[@subisays]

0:45 mmm sail roti

[@johncarlton7289]

Stuff like this is what makes America great.

[@6pmusic198]

Tibetans stand up!!

[@mrigank181192]

Thenthuk

[@jastrub]

if Infiniti wants a few high definition shots of its sedans driving on Roosevelt Avenue in exchange for sponsoring a beautiful video showcasing the diverse community in our neighborhood then I for one will accept it

[@TheFay1998]

i need to get there

[@jonherring]

Pretty interesting for a Mazda commercial

[@basantapant198]

Jackson Heights is the capital of cuisine. They have the BEST FOOD.

[@hellaBayAr3a]

i freaking LOVE momos

[@abhirupghosh806]

@2.11...I saw a store named priyojon in Bengali font???

[@phyllispetras3821]

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Empresse]

Please move to Detroit we need more diversity there.

[@TheDarwiniser]

isnt Jackson Heights where that webcam is...?

[@lenish007]

isn't momo nepali food?

[@soneelita]

nicee

[@halfvolley11]

Queens is like Scarborough.

[@Lauren_765]

Mmmmm Momos !

[@balochistanitechsupport3996]

haLLo its me at QUETTA form Balochistan i want go 2 NYC 2 learnt engLISH but am so worried NOW them people at JACKSON heights they spk no engLISH i so CONFUSE thank U v.niceLY

[@Hari-sv5og]

Balochistani Tech Support Love from India brother. You should visit France too.. Very diverse and Multicultural.. :)

[@varshun7040]

make a video on eating Indian food..

[@BrianMcNay]

Clicked away as soon as I saw the pointless Infinity vehicle 😂😂😂😂😂

[@rocketlaunch99]

I have a dream to one day live in Siberia but sadly after this refugee crisis...Russian may hate me lol. I'm not from a the middle East though. South Asia.

[@dsong2006]

how are momo's very different from Chinese dumplings? its just a regional variety of Chinese dumpling

[@resham9914]

Filliing and sauce is different...Its hars to tell..You gotta try i to know the difference

[@dsong2006]

@@resham9914 I've tried both, the filling was basically the same(dumpling filling can be anything depending on the region), but the sauce is different. To me it seems like variations of the same food

[@aa6eheia156]

@@dsong2006 yeah same as Chinese but was popularized across the Himalayas and Indian subcontinent by Newars of Kathmandu valley by using their own ingredients and spices to make the fillings, sauce and soup that suited the palate of those regions

[@aa6eheia156]

@@dsong2006 yeah the fillings can be same if both the Chinese dumpling maker and Nepali momo maker live in a town in USA where the desired spices and ingredients are not available and have to compromise with whatever they find and creating the same food but naming different as per their language

[@TanayLuthra]

If only they brought Lucas here smh.

[@karinamiatantri6504]

Lucas has actually done an episode on the momos at Lhasa Fast Food ;)

[@pssurvivor]

Momos are extremely popular in India thanks to the Tibetan refugees here too.

[@azrail911]

it's sad that all these other cultures always get highlighted in Queens, but one of the largest groups there, the Bangladeshis get ignored or unrepresented.. truly sad, literally wasn't even mentioned

[@mils2602]

It does say 'Himalayan Cuisine' so probably why it was not mentioned.

[@Hari-sv5og]

azrail911 Yeah that's sad. :( I am Indian and I love Bangladeshi food, not to mention Bengali language :)

[@joyjoyoo]

Momo is not that different from Chinese bao zi...

[@siddharthpolaris]

5$ for 8 pieces of dumplings? LOLOLOL

[@MsJavaWolf]

Now I really want to buy a Tesla.

[@randyhendrix5375]

Som Ting Wong

[@Y2Kvids]

tibetan momo = nepalese momo ?

[@tombahma]

tibetan immigrants bought momos to nepal...

[@Y2Kvids]

No < nepali traders brought dumplings to nepal from tibet and made it momo by adding the nepali flavour and chutney/pickles and spices , which is very different from tibet .

[@tombahma]

doest matter who brought it. why are you saying tibetan Momo = Nepalese momo. they're two very different dishes. Nepali Momo's are too msg ridden for me. tibetan Momo's are plain rich beefy morcels from the heavens. btw the word momo is tibetan.

[@Y2Kvids]

tibetans call it mog mog , maybe they call it momo now because the popularity of nepalese momo (came from momo-cha) , Yes indeed they are very different in taste and they way they are served.

[@tombahma]

so momo is just a bastardization of the tibetan word and the dish mogmog..

[@ChibiQilin]

Actually, Toronto is the most diverse place in the world.

[@mindyh.1192]

Sorry wrong. "Queens has been claimed the most diverse place on the planet according to the Guinness Book of World Records."

[@ChibiQilin]

A single line on Wikipedia that's unreferenced is the only thing that substantiates that claim. Even the Guinness website doesn't have any such claims. Toronto has 51% of its population born outside of Canada, has residents from over 230 different nationalities over a population of 2.6 million. Queens on the other hand is 48% foreign with a population of 2.2 million. Get the facts before you spout stuff you don't know about.

[@mindyh.1192]

Vinh Vu It's impossible for there to be 230 nationalities as there are only 196 countries. Thanks for playing.

[@ChibiQilin]

1 country =/= 1 nationality. The most prominent example is First nations, or Native Americans. There are plenty of ethnic nationalities that no longer have their own sovereign nations/countries. But nice try.

[@tqjoriam]

Toronto is just a wannabe NYC

[@jawadkhalil5110]

Plug that Infinity in every 20 seconds without context .. well done..Not

[@max50011]

Most diverse in the world ? HAHAHAHA that's cute but that title is held by Toronto!

[@tombahma]

cute ... lol Toronto is smaller than any one of our boroughs. chill out. we have more diversity in jackson heights alone.

[@slimebinder1142]

First comment

[@shayankhan5489]

Anthony can i get a cookie

[@shayankhan5489]

2nd comment

[@antagonist8629]

The listings great profile picture. Not so great comment

[@John77Doe]

The listings 2nd reply to 2nd posted comment. My Feng Shui has increased. ☯

[@D3DNS1D3]

how is the lady who has been in this country for fifteen years not speaking english? you shouldn't need to use subtitles for someone whose been here that long. immigration is not the problem. assimilation is.

[@jastrub]

[ D3DNS1D3 ] maybe she feels more comfortable speaking Nepali on film. and many people here in JH don't speak great English but we still do perfectly alright. community still thrives, the streets stay relatively clean

[@dheirloom3493]

[ D3DNS1D3 ] Why such negative? "Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive"

[@misterserf]

Tibetans assimilate quite well. She is just shy maybe because she is not fluent.

[@asiangirl477]

She isn't speaking Nepali

[@DarkStar4269]

Sorry but Toronto is the most diverse city in the world.

[@mindyh.1192]

So sorry, but wrong "Queens has been claimed the most diverse place on the planet according to the Guinness Book of World Records."

[@DarkStar4269]

Mindy H. That's one outlet. There are many, including a recent BBC study that says it's Toronto. Google it.

[@mindyh.1192]

Jon There's more than one outlet that states it, BBC is one outlet. You're not proving anything by dismissing Guinness and using the BBC.

[@Casper-tr2li]

Lmao no sorry.

[@vamsikotte]

wonder why the place looks so dirty

[@theyruinedyoutubeagain]

How dare you make sponsored content. Disgusting. *unsubscribes* (inb4 people actually say this and mean it)