Higher Brothers and Sean Evans Review NYC Chinese Food | Sean in the Wild

New York City Chinese food is a genre unto itself. But how do some of the city’s most popular, Chinese-inspired dishes taste to China’s biggest hip-hop group? Straight out of Chengdu, Sichuan, 88rising’s Higher Brothers are here to help Sean Evans rate the merits and faults of items like mapo tofu chili cheese fries and General Tso’s chicken and waffles. Will these untraditional Chinese meals remind MaSiWei, DZknow, Melo, and Psy.P of the cooking back home, or feel as disappointingly inauthentic as a “Gucci Gang” remix? Find out the answers to these important questions-and more!-on an all new episode of Sean in the Wild.
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Season 2
Episode 4
First We Feast videos offer an iconoclastic view into the culinary world, taking you behind-the-scenes with some of the country's best chefs and finding the unexpected places where food and pop culture intersect.

[@Amm17ar]

The fact that he can make a interview so seemless with guys who dont speak english as a first language is amazing. Sean Evans = GOAT

[@geensloth911]

Ammar Hafeez seriously he had to carry the whole conversation..😂

[@rockytokyo]

You mean Nardwuar*

[@PretzelThePrince]

Thats what people who are doing interviews are supposed to do.

[@SanJose408Alex]

seamless

[@ShowTheOreo]

It's weird because sometimes he's the most talkative

[@cobyparty]

Psy.p had me crying when he ate the chicken lmao he wasn’t having it

[@kakarroto007]

He totally spit it out in his napkin. I thought he was going to get ill.

[@jamietung178]

psy.p then said in chinese what the fuck is this shit lmao

[@lanre2432]

I love Gucci Gang. but this is the *Gucci Gang Remix* - What an analogy😂

[@vinh_em]

This is my favorite type of video where the personalities of Sean and the guests all come naturally. This video feels like it's five friends that are just going out to eat. Sean is definitely becoming the master of the vibe and of the interview.

[@KeiW_]

Vinh Em if you could have a dream about me winning the lotto, that'd be great too.

[@AustiuNoMatterWho]

I like how they all copied his hand motions it was funny as hell. Plus if you really read the body language you know what the actual ratings were

[@Theiwillsurviveguy]

Austin Thompson i thought they where ridiculing his hand motions

[@dutchhiphopfan050]

Copying hand motions is what people unconsciouscly do when they like someone else and/or are trying to fit in.

[@zachnephew6553]

Yea they love the Santain horns

[@vinnyvidivici]

Zach Nephew What the fuck is a santain?

[@joshshin6819]

Not surprised. They dont know American body lingo so they naturally as you and I do. Mimic in the moment.

[@beevil2764]

I like how they are all complaining about the spicy wings but the THICC Boi does not even give two shits he’s going in on those wing

[@miso4030]

Beevil thicc boi aisbsisnaaishr nono is just hella cute

[@wheelchairgamingoffical]

Dzknow is like that

[@art7046]

Knowknow is the legend

[@addledhead]

Dude in the blue shirt dropped a story about biggie and then didn't speak a word after, my dude

[@MikedaddyO]

addledhead I think it’s because of the language barrier, you can tell he tried but he just stopped

[@Potheadmcgee14]

addledhead he said a few things

[@SuperDonuts1234]

He was too bust smackin

[@ChaseAHansen]

He goes ham in the nardwaur interview

[@rrowhe4d]

He said something about an octopus near the end... XD

[@sDeezyeazy]

Never heard of these guys until now but I like how First We Feast is bringing light to a lot of the eastern rap/hip-hop artists like Joji, Kris Wu, and Rich Brian

[@KingAce77769]

look up 88rising they are all signed there

[@THEREAL_GZUS]

William Boyle fuck joji everyone else im down with

[@beepbeeprichie2545]

88 rising works a lot with complex that's why we see soany collabs

[@samlava3026]

why are u mad at joji ? and why 5 people agree with u ?

[@punkchris]

Lazyass Indigo Cause his songs are ass

[@MrPatlikescorn]

These guys are super charismatic and funny and their English is great. Respect to Chinese Migos

[@jennifernguyen99]

88rising and First We Feast are homies

[@gorth419]

Real recognize real

[@jeffersuhn]

+Rohit Joshi 88 rising under complex? Nope.

[@bobdyllan5206]

Hell yah

[@percyliu4322]

When they was eating the first dish, psy.p Was saying 啥子jb东西哦？in Chengdu dialect which means what the fk is this? Lol hhhhhhhh

[@vickyoey7169]

That is so spicyy

[@NhuNgoc-yz5je]

Heard that jb means d*ck 🤣

[@larrywang4194]

确实 我听得可清楚了23333

[@fernfractal]

you're the VIP. cuz i was like WTF ? what he said didn't make sense 🤣🤣🤣

[@malmada3781]

They’re all improving in their English.

[@PyroNinja713]

furanshisu 火災 Well that is how learning works. It would be pretty weird if they somehow got worse.

[@malmada3781]

PyroNinja713 your comment is pretty weird. I was complementing them. And it’s so random to say that it would be strange if they got worse. Wtf?

[@PyroNinja713]

Yeah, I know. I'm just being a smartass. It's not that weird, especially on KZbin...

[@Bamkuhen]

PyroNinja713 wadefa

[@KeiW_]

PyroNinja713 hilarious lml

[@Tonymontana-ks3uz]

Masiwei's English getting good

[@user-jj5eb8ds2u]

Ethan Mesa pretty sure he went to college here or in canada so he probably picked up english there to

[@zhenghaohe4727]

Masiwei went to an university(成都理工大学) in Chengdu tf you talking about bruh

[@baofengzhou4806]

He has an American girl tutoring him, as I noticed in another video.

[@Therealfakemaxgoldberg]

Baofeng Zhou That would be Lana, she’s part of their crew & travels with them on tour

[@baofengzhou4806]

Thanks for letting me know that!

[@mypal1990]

Lesson learned: *Don't watch this on an empty stomach.*

[@diondre3027]

Emmanuel Alejandro and i just started too. thank you bruh, ur a life saver

[@LordBufu]

I had this with the previous one as well, this time i still have to have dinner so im good this time ;)

[@Sketa23]

I just did and got drowned in my own saliva.

[@smokersama666]

Emmanuel Alejandro o bien mochisote

[@RKFCGSBGK]

I was about to then made something to eat before I started the video :D

[@blackoutkk6816]

Cheese with tofu....wtf 😂😂

[@TradeWithYT]

Kristin B thought I was the only one that instantly died when he said that lol 💀

[@jenniferyu2828]

same lmao

[@Jeruman11]

It's actually pretty good.

[@user-dx5bn4yk4f]

Kooch man not good, to die for!!!

[@tonysavath6491]

Wuddufug

[@matthewdanfulani6099]

Psy P is just raw expression 😂

[@ThomasHartII]

I love watching them mimic the Sean hand moves 6:00

[@cobeybrian726]

Thomas Hart II I

[@Lucas-hl7lr]

wtf i love how they mock sean's gestures... dying

[@keanucarson]

not mocking but adding to their own repertoire. These dudes have made a career off putting their own spin on contemporary american culture. Not hating! thats just what they do

[@Lucas-hl7lr]

I don't hate on it... I actually love it

[@Lucas-hl7lr]

the "dying" at the end means, that I'm dying of laughter

[@Lucas-hl7lr]

yes

[@fruitspunchsamurai1796]

The thing about spicy food that westwners don't understand is that there is a wide variety of taste and flavour in spicy food. It's just not spicy and non spicy , it depends on the ingredients and masalas used. That's why they had a hard time with the wings, cuz American spicy is spicy for the sake of being spicy

[@peachy_cxlt69]

Yea that's what i noticed also

[@aerickajm9298]

true, most spicy Asian dishes are the ones that are spicy, but you can't stop eating it because it's also sweet and salty and stuffandsomeshit, depends on the dish but real good.

[@pt2542]

I wouldn’t say westerners I Would say white Americans

[@kaleidoscope_adventures]

You've clearly never had southern food.

[@briantongvan6752]

Alexis Henry BAHAHA WHAT?! Fucking cumin? Lmao gay ass cayenne pepper? BAHAHAHA

[@Discokid9876]

7:12 I like the gucci gang, but the gucci gang remix, nahhhhh LMAOOOOOOOOOOO

[@1036911242]

I think most of remix are better than the original one. Especially the diss editions

[@basementbats]

It’s dope they’re getting to the point of being able to make quick jokes like this in English now haha

[@malmada3781]

5:59 THE WAY THEY ALL COPIED HIS HAND GESTURES 😂

[@Loserbait]

The copying of Sean's hand gestures. So good!

[@RockZombieIAm]

Masiweis English was always pretty good. Its exciting to hear Melos English though We just gonna ignore Psy Ps reaction to the first dish? Dude looked pissed 😂

[@mosanso]

"You east coast?!....I far east coast!"

[@Tsunathekid]

WUH DE FUH

[@thebootlegboy]

Higher Brothers 💜8️⃣8️⃣

[@thugasaurusrex6004]

Ohshit helloooo

[@konzn7927]

Fucking wack

[@pradachains]

ayy

[@griffinmyers6618]

yo vro

[@bonclay1992]

My boiiii

[@radxavier2269]

psy p : that face when you taste your traditional food after the colonizers gentrified it

[@Rosawww]

yooo looollll

[@rarrirooster15]

Facts

[@rosew7765]

YOOOOO

[@SyMpHOny893]

HAHAHAHA

[@kanomorojele4956]

7:57.. "Hheee-heee Shhhamonahh!!" lol Michael Jackson

[@angelararara6350]

kano morojele Looooool

[@Michael-sq3nf]

GOOCH GANG

[@04_claymore]

Gucci gang chinese rip off gooch gang

[@user-tz2jn2iw2z]

buh rehmick

[@burbs1775]

your profile pic just makes the comment so much better

[@BillyButBetter]

NYC food is so extra. The plating looks unnecessarily fancy whereas real Chinese food is just simple.

[@Tydrix]

That's cause those dishes where made by non-Chinese chefs. I know cause I live in NYC and know those restaurants.

[@rudystraight1750]

Hipsters

[@AbzuLifeweaver]

They didn't get real chinatown chinese food

[@chaostears]

there’s real chinese food in manhattan chinatown and in flushing these are clearly fusion meals

[@kindergartenkiller3814]

average Chinese food usually have simple plating yes, better restaurants and chefs do have fancy platings

[@Dev_Nath]

"Where the noodle?" 😂😂😂

[@nataliefluder9824]

Love Psy.P's honesty haha he hates most of the food and his like "the sauce on the chicken is bullshit"

[@kanomorojele4956]

lol... PSY.P is Honest

[@brad6546]

kano morojele psy.p is my favorite he’s like the takeoff of the Higher Brothers

[@SelimxBradley]

4:10 DAMNNNN that was deep.

[@daffy008]

unreal

[@BusinessGoat99]

I like the chubby one

[@josephmorales652]

Goat haha me too

[@knock-knockwhosthere9933]

He doesn't complain at all

[@jerryqueer]

knowwwknowww

[@rgnzls6483]

I love how DZ is just there eating and not talking

[@roy1844]

“Sauce... bullshit” “Tofu with cheese? What the fuck?” I fckn love them

[@samanthapauling7550]

"Cheese with tofu, what the f&$%?" Crying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jonathanmulondo9206]

The Migos of China

[@ladyoctober]

Homophobic and terrible?

[@SuperHoneyOil]

yeah

[@2KGrind09]

they on a North American tour..... have Migos toured in china yet?

[@tomwitner874]

October Primavera Who cares it's only bad if white men are homophobic

[@vinnyvidivici]

The Chigos

[@pacocheung92]

the congrualation from Melo when Knowknow was talking was halirious

[@robertrivera6755]

Yo I laughed so hard at the “ mmm mmm mmm mmm mm mmmm mm”

[@kapildabi7544]

The guy with purple hair is just there to eat

[@Ripples11k]

A man after my own heart

[@yig_501]

Would be me bro

[@malte4984]

"the eggroll hit the spot for ya?" "ye"

[@d00qr25]

They are so naturally funny everything they do makes me laugh *dripping sauce*

[@ZeeNavi]

I bet homeboys had a wild weekend

[@teewaralimsuwan4891]

Sean tried to save that waffles dish so hard but the brothers be like "nah man, that ain't good"

[@ben.p]

8:35 the mmm chorus is so funny omg

[@keepXonXrockin]

dude on the far left is cute

[@BriVanessa]

keeponrockin frfr hes my fav in the group

[@bobdyllan5206]

He be melo

[@Yukke5569]

I don't really dig their music, but I can't help but like the guys

[@THEREAL_GZUS]

Yukke5569 yeah they all over hype but seem cool as fuck !!

[@n0isyturtle]

their music is complete garbage

[@Yukke5569]

eh, different strokes for different folks!

[@fumfig3262]

knowing chinese probably helps haha, i used to think it was garbage but after learning chinese i guess its pretty cool

[@EugeneSoong]

George R don't think so. I jam to their music alongside other hiphop/trap music and I can tell you their songs are gold compared to garbage like Alan Walker hell they even beat crap like Lil Pump and Lil Xan.

[@CEOBMOC]

cheese wit tofu wtf lmao

[@HangingGarden606]

Man, imagine as an English speaker learning rudimentary Mandarin and moving to China to start a rap career. That's next to impossible. big ups to these dudes

[@WillFlores1]

they seem so human, relatable, humble, respectful, silly, etc... It's refreshing

[@momomatiz]

I don't know why it's so much fun watching the brothers eat. I JUST DON'T KNOW! SEND HELP!

[@wrathian1]

Higher Bros goofy asf in this lol

[@og_sensei5428]

Yo is ur profile picture of choji or DZ, they kinda look similar.

[@wrathian1]

OG_Sensei its Choji from Naruto Shippuden lol

[@sashlynpather6287]

First We Feast killing it with Higher Brothers! Glad they're bringing in artists from different cultures around the world. Big ups!

[@bigpoppasmurf]

So happy these dudes are blowing up this big. Great personality and amazing music. Cultures blending making something just, beautiful.

[@nothin6121]

Why Sean look so pissed of in thumb nail lol ?????

[@Student-qs7ey]

thats his rapper face XD

[@TheDrFunkenstein]

He's got eternal abdominal pain.

[@aggad16]

Josh Sienkiewicz 😂😂😂

[@nuthinbutnikk17]

Probably tired of them copying his hand gesture, that's offensive in some culture

[@HappyFluegel]

Josh Sienkiewicz it’s his gangster face

[@kingsean96]

bruh i'm leaving a comment since this video is legendary

[@user-es8ss4ur9p]

this just shows how well Sean is one of the greatest interviewers ever. Somehow connects the audience with the interviewees even when there is a language barrier and cultural differences. Love it, great video!

[@naomigray6465]

THEY ARE SO CUTE WTFFF??? Love higher brothers ❤️ Thank you Sean for inviting them!!

[@ImStuckInStockton]

I DRINK IT EVEN WHEN I WAAAAAKEEE UUUUUUUUUPP

[@canimeshop9733]

Sheep Music broke ass bitches i cant feel ya

[@neilh184]

I love Sean Evans. But I gotta be straight. 90% of the time when he introduces a guest with "You know them/him/her from such things as..." I think to myself: "Whoa, whoa... I'm gonna have to stop you right there. I have no clue who this person is."

[@freezysubzero7]

Their reaction to eating the egg rolls was the best thing in the world. There is always one where everyone just shuts up and eats cause the food is so good.

[@salsabeel221]

God bless sean for keeping up with these people and not cracking up through out the whole thing, cuz I know I would’ve..

[@liayagami6884]

"It has cheese with tofu?" "Yeah" "Wut da fuc"

[@vinnyvidivici]

*Chigos* Edit: I’ve managed to offend many Chinese people with one little joke. 😂

[@fagetaboutit4968]

u win.

[@fxxkeraa1617]

LNxTCB 傻逼

[@cococ5409]

Ziho Lil 傻逼喷子 嫉妒

[@fxxkeraa1617]

Coco C 我是喷子你是什么？

[@cococ5409]

Ziho Lil 我是指说chinga的人…

[@maneater]

Man, I love Higher Brothers. They're so chill.

[@KabbaModern03]

Hahaha I love them already, them mimicking Sean was so funny 😂 He stay moving his hands and talking slower than most.

[@KerryCronic]

That looks like some of the best Chinese food I've ever seen. Good to hear their perspective on American Chinese food though.

[@50subsnovideos88]

New york city is second china

[@seanmcd5287]

50 subs no videos ummmm probably not theres like 30 other asian countries and torontos likr half asian

[@50subsnovideos88]

it was a joke calm down

[@grills273]

you have never seen actual chinese food then

[@wilsonseto1]

forreal, none of that shit even looked remotely Chinese ahha!

[@honeybear9093]

I need a woman who can look at me the way snorlax look at the pastrami at 9:03

[@samneedsnuthin]

I haven't really got to see their personalities while listening to their music but they seem so genuine and nice here

[@supernaut7946]

The "just like love" line got me lol

[@shadowrider2918]

McDonalds Tat? WTF? lol

[@bmanly542]

Aaron ANIMAL Maswei loves McD’s so much he got the golden arches on his neck lol

[@chufengfang2314]

its lit

[@mbuckhannon]

Aaron ANIMAL lol 😂🤣

[@Kyle-zf1ho]

Mc Donald’s over sea is way better and he prob only got it for the fries

[@zacco7890]

mcdonalds overseas is life changing no cap

[@Eastsidaz49]

Those smooth handshakes from Sean

[@fawkes3398]

This was amusing as hell. Sean needs to try and do more videos with them, if at all possible

[@daylopez1411]

3:50 "no no dis is delicious I like it" best part warms my heart

[@ashley-jy4xo]

LOVE MY CHENGDU BOYS also im sad Melo has a gf now :( there goes my mans

[@lilbunny9833]

ashley ag aint they break up

[@lonelykid7691]

5:59 lmfaooooo at them imitating sean

[@markleesolo9788]

i love psy.p he was quick to let it be known if he didn’t like anything

[@djjorge87]

Their English has gotten so good! I loved the higher brothers. Very sad I didn't get to see them in the US.

[@jew-tangclan8855]

Jesus I cannot understand Sean’s accent

[@fadhlanarmon3670]

Jew-Tang Clan what accent hes from chicago but i dont think he has an accent

[@Lishamisha22]

coco kane wait... he is??

[@amide.6373]

coco kane Everyone has an accent lol

[@nuclearseahorse]

I also am curious what about his accent isnt understandable. Its just a "standard american" accent to me

[@aggad16]

Jew-Tang Clan lol these guys didn’t get it

[@TheRavenouscarrot]

I would kill for some Chinese food rn

[@isisjuelz7]

Masiwei is sooooooo fine 😍😝🔥🤷🏾‍♀️😆

[@BambooAMG]

The chubby dude came here just to eat . 😂

[@josephmorales652]

Sean, you can be honest. You liked everything about the chicken and waffles.

[@a15thcenturysuitofgothicarmor]

*Higher brothers at ****5:38* "Yea that's too much sauce." *Future smiling in the background*

[@angellee9745]

Really awesome to see them blowing up and becoming successful, been there since day one! Love love love! 💕

[@tendersheep667]

It's very funny how they mimick Sean's hand movements! IDK who these guys are but I'll be checkin them l8r!

[@killerkimm]

6:01 the hands loll

[@killerkimm]

10:29 killed me

[@azhofang201]

Melo: Cheese with tofu, WDFFF XD

[@ferdinaldp.1091]

I love that wtf for the cheese tofu

[@SyMpHOny893]

“it changed your life” “yeAh!!” 🥺🥺 so cute

[@gamechanger7lol]

Sean, stop feeding your guests cold food.

[@Sk-sr1yc]

BRO JUST DO ALL OF 88RISING AT THIS POINT

[@boissons999]

I like how honest these guys are. You can't beat sichuan food period.

[@soggunnuggos982]

0:05 BAJAHHA *"cheese with tofu? Wuh da fuck."*

[@FANTASTICO1230]

Baby KnowKnow was so quiet I hope he liked the food tho 😅

[@EmiNstuff]

Melo is such a cutie 💕👌

[@kungfucooking7567]

Emi Nstuff you are cute too

[@ZOB4]

I appreciate the composition of the visual - all of you sitting on the same side of the table, with the painted background showing some distance (even though it's right behind you). Very much a The Last Supper vibe. All we need is Sean in the middle with his hands reaching out left and right and we've got a winner.

[@Meekox]

I mean i love how they dont just say that everythings good but instead say what's bad about it and whats good!