Hong Kong Burger at the 1964 New York World's Fair

Sixty years ago this April, millions of people came from across the globe to Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, NY for the experience of a lifetime.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:37 Eating at the World's Fair
1:06 Chung King Inn
2:43 Chung King's menu
3:18 Hong Kong Burger
5:11 The Hong Kong Pavilion
Video credits:
- • Opening and Closing of...
- • New York World's Fair ...
- • The 1964 New York Worl...
- • To The Fair! 1964 Worl...
- • 1979 Chun King "Try Ch...
- • McDonald's Big Mac Jin...
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[@TheAkel97]

I love the content here, but there seems to be an audio issue on the video. I don't know if it's the microphone or what it is, but with a little better audio production I could really see your content gain a wide audience.

[@fatteebaddee]

It's extremely noticeable with earbuds, the click noise at low level throws my equilibrium off. I'll try watching this later with cell phone speaker and hopefully I can bear it

[@AmericanChineseFoodShow]

I am so sorry!! I have been using a busted headphone that ALWAYS has the static sound so I didn't even notice my microphone also became busted haha, I have since gotten a new microphone. Thank you for letting me know.

[@StukovM1g]

Sushi, falafel and kimchi being novelty new foods at first surprised me, as they're so mainstream now, but i had to remember that 1964 was a very different time. Keep up the good work! Your subscriber and viewership count is criminally low for your quality content!

[@AmericanChineseFoodShow]

Haha, thank you. For the longest time I wasn't sure if it's because my content sucks.

[@Jae-oz1pp]

I found your channel a couple weeks ago and I am so happy to see how in-depth and well researched your videos are. You cover topics that are often neglected and a unique cuisine that is often denigrated or shamed because of its "inauthenticity" when it really shows the history and survival of groups of people in an unfamiliar and often times hostile land. I really look forward to watching your videos and I am so glad that you keep posting them!

[@AmericanChineseFoodShow]

Thank you so much for your nice comment! Let me know if there's any topics you want me to cover. ("often times" hostile might be an understatement though)

[@ramencurry6672]

The same thing is with Mexican food too. Like Tex Mex foods. I used to hate it but eventually became fascinated with it to the point that I flew to Texas to try a few items.

[@ramencurry6672]

I love her voice. I could hear her talk all day

[@AmericanChineseFoodShow]

Haha, do you mean my voice? My husband disagrees.

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[@norbertk9595]

Thanks for including the recipe! So is the bread ordinary American bread? I get something I call a "Chinese hamburger" from my favorite Asian bakery, but it's minced pork in a fabulous garlicky sauce completely enclosed in pastry.

[@hultonclint]

肉夹馍 is commonly called (however inaccurately) "Chinese hamburger" on English menus, but they are on a sort of split open bun/bread. Completely enclosed in pastry is one or another kind of 肉饼, perhaps more commonly translated as "meat pie."

[@norbertk9595]

@@hultonclint Thanks for the info.

[@AmericanChineseFoodShow]

Haha, Hulton beat me to it. It's so interesting to me rou jia mo is the one that got the name Chinese hamburgers! It only surfaced in the past decade even in the west coast here. We have a few different types of minced pork in pastry like Shanghainese pan-fried baozi, if your bakery is Cantonese or Taiwanese, it might also be something I grew up with -- meat pie (餡餅/盒子), the skin is flaky. This channel is my favorite for Chinese pastries (she's truly magical with dough). Here's the video for meat pie: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJCzY4GEp82Gg5o and Chinese hamburger: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nISaqq19l52kack

[@norbertk9595]

@@AmericanChineseFoodShow Thank you for the links. Both of those dishes look delicious. The item I call a "Chinese hamburger" has filling like that of the second dish, but looks a little more like the chive pie, albeit without the green from chives. I'll make sure to see what they call it the next time I get some!

[@norbertk9595]

@@AmericanChineseFoodShow I think the Chinese name for my so-called "Chinese hamburger" is char siu bao. The version I've been enjoying is baked.

[@danielblackred3698]

good video :D you just need to fix the audio though, but other than that, good vid

[@AmericanChineseFoodShow]

Haha, thanks for telling me. I was using a shitty headphone and didn't even realize everybody else was hearing the same static.