I can't believe that I didn't want this before

#shorts #squidgame

[@Doobydobap]

What did your parents pack for lunch? 🍱

[@Doobydobap]

Recipe for Myeolchi Bokkeum 1 cup fine anchovies ½ cup walnuts 1 tsp soy sauce 1 tbsp honey / sugar ½ tbsp chili oil 1 tbsp sesame seeds Chili oil adds a nice sheen and subtle kick to the anchovies! 1. Heat large skillet on medium 2. Roast the anchovies and walnuts so that the excess moisture evaporates and umami flavors are accentuated! 3. Add the sauce in. Stir fry for 1 minute or less or it will burn! Toss to combine 4. Spread the myeolchi bokkum on a baking tray so that it doesn't stick to each other and excess moisture can evaporate!

[@TheGlamorousLifeofNae]

Usually, I would take leftovers to school! 😊 or a sandwich, not a boring one though! 😂

[@cmbuenaobra1490]

hotdogs and rice, chicken nuggets and rice, etc 😆

[@emotionalfish1181]

I want one of those little boxes

[@vergil004]

monggo w/ fish sauce lol

[@jerkfaceoo1]

Are we going going to ignore the fact she’s throwin it in a circle doing a one hand handstand and shaking the lunch at the same time? That’s talent

[@ranggasaktibudiputra1547]

Throw me off guard there ngl 🤣

[@RatedFforFUGlenda]

It made the video for me. She’s funny

[@asmaminhas5717]

and twerking at the same time 🤣

[@omniamullavoice-over9664]

That was epic🤣😂😂🤣

[@hoseoksleftkidney6652]

@@asmaminhas5717 that’s what “throwin it in a circle” means

[@michellenguyen9988]

I remember being ashamed of my lunches too, glad that the newer generation isn’t putting up with others shaming other cultures foods.

[@michellenguyen9988]

@Potato really? The ones that I meet face to face are usually really respectful (I’m taking consideration with their age so I know they’re gonna behave the way that they are)

[@Iburn247]

It's not shaming other culture's food. It's kids being kids. It still happens by the way. It's an age group thing

[@babydoc_reels6801]

She's so funny. Everything she does signals my brain. But hey!!! SIMP alert 🤣🤣🤣

[@c.o.r.n.]

Culture is amazing

[@blewyd]

@Potato you sound like an old man complaining about kids because you're jealous of the fact that they are young and happy while you aren't. They're no where near as bad as previous generations.

[@clairekwon9260]

My parents always packed me Korean style lunches and everyone at my table loved it. Oh the times have changed

[@Simon-oy7kf]

You're comparing one group of kids to another random group of kids, it has nothing to do with the times or how they've changed

[@amuslimbackagainalhamdullillah]

Wow dude that's so cool. Even my parents gave me healthy food like idlis (a fermented rice cake) or a dosa

[@Mochi-re8cv]

@@Simon-oy7kf exactly

[@guillermoromero8041]

My dad made me three bologna sandwich’s every day, two to sell and one to trade for whatever I liked. Also a bag of Cheetos but I always ate that before school

[@justaperson471]

@@Simon-oy7kftheyre just saying something theyre happy about/grateful for lol

[@Nana-km4gw]

I remember being the only kid in class that had a healthy lunch packed, always had veggies and whole wheat toast that my dad prepared for me every morning and I hated it because the other kids always had snacks and chocolate. In retrospect, I’m honestly so grateful, I think it helped making me obsessed with veggies later in life and I really love that for me

[@thisaintnotea6029]

Sis we not finna ignore that wall twerk for the bento box lunch😂😂😂😂

[@name-mr7ke]

no

[@kingvape504]

It turned me on 😈

[@prehistoricguy2007]

That ass☠️

[@veryyousful90]

I had to watch that twice just to make sure my eyes weren’t playin with me

[@beulaho]

I thought I was seeing things 😂

[@rhysc-t8495]

“I used to be self conscious about the food I brought to school” - proceeds to twerk on video against a wall

[@mathnaharoub4276]

I think the key words to remember here is “used to.” 😂 she’s not self conscious no more

[@zerocool497]

Stay in school

[@tooeasy55]

women

[@gggf4766]

@@benchoflemons398 sexist lol why

[@drdrty]

Well most “content creators” a narcissistic attention seekers, so what do you expect?

[@MIOPUDDING]

I will never forget the bullying and racism I experienced in school for simply having a lunch unlike theirs

[@Emma92.]

I remember in 2nd grade my classmate brought in a dish ( I forgot wut it was) and the “pick me girls” were complaining it smelled so they made him move his desk to the corner and he ate his lunch there 😢

[@gabrielleelliott2487]

Wow thats mean 😢

[@wigglemelon8807]

If that were my child, I would have been UP IN THAT SCHOOL SO FAST 😩 everyone would have lost their jobs that day

[@madabouthollyoaks411]

Were they actually pick me’s, do you know what that means, and what does that have to do with them being rude ?

[@medusaboyfriend]

@@madabouthollyoaks411 are you seriously getting riled up over some degenerates being called pick me girls

[@madabouthollyoaks411]

@@medusaboyfriend who’s getting riled up I asked a question 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@Beebo]

i remember i would have school-made lunches cos my mum wanted to expose me to western food, instead of just eating rice all the time

[@trinswurld]

Was your school food even remotely good? Across the 7-ish schools I went to up until 6th grade+ the two middle schools I went to, only one had decent food. I rarely ate food at my highschool (I’d usually eat at home after school) However, in middle school I used to have a friend that originally lived in Thailand and we used to share dishes with eachother, sometimes I’d pack my own lunch in middle school (he would too) and I got to learn a lot about his culture through his food. It was super cool :)

[@kseniachevenard839]

Get out of our western countries and go back to your communism loving shithole.

[@tamalesftw]

@@kseniachevenard839 yooo

[@s0l4r47]

@@kseniachevenard839 hmm ok if you think that way, then throw out half of the things in your house. You know what? All of them. Since you don’t like any other countries except “western countries” then you don’t have to eat bananas or have cotton. :)

[@s0l4r47]

@@kseniachevenard839 its related, do you think some pieces of cotton will come magically flying toward you? these people you dislike are working their asses off for you to enjoy your air conditioned home with hot food

[@Miumiu0404]

I was never ashamed of my school lunches. In fact, I was so proud of it because my classmates would sometimes ask if they can have a little because it was so good. I am so grateful that my mom made those efforts to cook and pack lunches for me and my younger sister.

[@malak.3853]

Me too! I would always bring my moms cooking if traditional Arab foods and i love those foods! It’s my culture and I was proud of it :)

[@janb.7760]

Yeah I'm so proud of my mom because my friends are jealous of how good my meals are hehe

[@shenyiyang6507]

My family is Chinese and I have always loved taking leftovers from dinner for my school lunch!...until my school got rid of microwaves cuz some idiots microwaved some paper towels and set them on fire. After that I couldn't bring leftovers anymore cuz they taste bad cold :(

[@allornic7434]

One kid brought dried salted seaweed, and I was intrigued so I asked for a slice. It is now one of my favorite snacks

[@-Marry]

the only thing good at my school was there chilly and there Vanilla milk

[@GustavoSilva-ny8jc]

The "twerk" part was hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂. Didn't know you could do that!!!!

[@Mr-meowsslay]

As a Canadian/Korean i was bullied about the food I brought so whenever my mom was trying to pack korean food I would always say to make something “more American “ but after middle school I noticed I’m special and unique and that I should never judge myself and other people culture

[@MariaElisabethKoster]

Every time I bring an Asian dish to my school, my friends want to eat the whole thing it’s so funny how people now love Asian culture and dishes!

[@Doobydobap]

Makes me so happy, wasn't the same 15 years ago. (Don't try and guess my age )

[@rejikrejik]

@@Doobydobap seriously you don't look a gen y kid

[@ToaNyroc]

@@Doobydobap haha fr makes me so glad aapi kids these days dont have to live with the same anxiety towards their lunches that kids did in the aughts.

[@thedestroyasystem]

@@Jequarius67 that seems more out of ignorance than malice. Not good, obviously, but it’s a mistake I would’ve made as a kid and I love Asian food.

[@Iburn247]

@@Doobydobap you look 20 but I'm going to say 28 just going by the "15 years ago" comment. How's my aim? Edit I took "don't try and guess" as "please try and guess". 😁

[@Delvaney.IS.THE.ORIGINAL1]

I remember in 1st grade my best friend was Asian and whenever she was nervous to bring her own food everyone thought she was so cool and she stopped being ashamed of her culture. you should never be afraid to be yourself❤️

[@sophiak.0106]

I am Korean and when I was in kindergarten, I was sitting at my table during lunch and I was so excited to eat gimbap but one boy pointed my food out, laughed, and called it stinky dog food. He also said to keep my stinky lunches at home. After that, I ate what Americans think of normal for school lunch. Needless to say, I was traumatized and mentally scarred.

[@mykamoon-nv4oc]

​@@sophiak.0106 I'm sorry that happened to you well I hope maybe in the future you can eat the food from your culture without feeling like you should hide it. And that kid sounded like a total douche bag

[@Elena-nh9qw]

It is terrible some people are embarrassed by their food. It is not nice from the child. However I also think it is common sense to avoid super harsh smells when brining food from home to public places . One time I was on a train and this Italian woman started feeding her daughter avocado pasta (already weird for us) and it was full of garlic! They were right behind me and it made me feel bad the whole time. Another time I was on the tube and this British girl takes out the most revolting sour cream and chives crisps, I wanted to throw up. In some trains there is a sign that asks people to avoid strong smell foods because there may be pregnant people or other sensitive people who may throw up. For example, the durian is a popular Cambodian fruit who smells so intensely it is prohibited to consume it in hotel hallways and trains. There is a sign that says “no durian”. So the point I am trying to make is I would never want anyone to be ashamed for their food, but also reduce garlic, fermented and smelly foods when you pack for a trip or send your kid to school. Gimbap can be made not smelly, now I am not saying yours was smelly and probably the kid would have said it even if it was just veggies and rice, which is not ok, but parents can take small decisions to reduce the problem.

[@baileerose2457]

That looks so good😊

[@RadenWA]

I packed Natto for lunch once and everyone avoided me like a plague 😂 (no offense it’s just stinky they said)

[@stitchedmitch]

A Korean classmate of mine in elementary brought homemade sushi for lunch one day, and she let me try a piece. I had never tried any before and it was so good. Sushi is still one of my favorite foods up to this day

[@Hermionee-Jean-Granger]

u sure that was sushi? could've been gimbap, though that's just my assumption, it's not like Koreans can't bring sushi to school

[@user-ph2yf9rx1b]

스시는 일본음식입니다. 한국인이라면 김밥이 맞습니다.

[@stitchedmitch]

@@Hermionee-Jean-Granger I did a quick Google search and turns out that's what it was! I knew that sushi was a Japanese dish but I figured her parents just wanted to make Japanese food. My mom is Filipino and she makes non-Filipino Asian dishes all the time

[@mailinglist2451]

One definitive way to determine whether it was Korean gimbap or japanese sushi is how the rice was flavored. The rice in gimbap is typically seasoned with sesame oil and salt, whereas sushi rice is seasoned with vinegar and sugar…

[@ChrisAp-vc8zz]

​@@user-ph2yf9rx1bno gimbap is Japanese you Koreans just like taking sushi and making it

[@neftana8]

Had a Korean friend in middle school that would bring her lunch she'd split it with me. My first introduction to Korean food. In hindsight, realized this may have stemmed from a problem I didn't realize until years laterr

[@srutibhagavatula6059]

I didn’t understand what you meant by the last sentence but I’m curious: what problem stemmed from where? Is the introduction the problem? (I may be completely reading it wrong cuz no one else seems to be confused and you have 70 likes 😅)

[@neftana8]

@@srutibhagavatula6059 lol, it's chill folks probably weren't curious. I found out years later when we started college that she had an eating disorder. I think it started in middle school cause she would split her lunch with me. Now even thinking about it, its weird she would eat in class instead of during lunch. She was very skinny, but she always had a round face so I think that messed with her self image. Also didn't help the school we went to the girls that were popular were extremely skinny. Used to mess with my self image of myself luckily I switched schools and leave that environment

[@srutibhagavatula6059]

@@neftana8 thanks for explaining!! That is so rough and really sad if that’s the reason she split her food. 😔 That environment is so dangerous at a young age and it’s so great that you got out.

[@neftana8]

@@srutibhagavatula6059 ur very welcome, and thank u. It really is. U don't even realize it's happening in that moment. Looking back at photos I realize I was quite small. I had a little stomach but it wasn't bad as I thought (as someone MUCH bigger now I see the difference is drastic lol). I wish more kids didn't feel that way about themselves

[@sourdoughsavant22]

The Indian kids at my school did this too 😢 it's probably my favorite cuisine to this day, but definitely the hardest to master with all the spice layering 😂

[@maid3685]

When I was younger my best friend was from Korea, everyday she’d bring these amazing lunches with different kinds of fish (I think? I was like 8) everytime I smell something similar it reminds me of her. I miss her a lot so I’m really happy to see Koreans showing their food with pride as they should!

[@ilovelucyy1]

What happened between y’all if you don’t mind me asking

[@canadianno3606]

I also had a best friend from Korea when I was little! She would always pack extra food for me because I never got any of my own. I used to absolutely love the dishes, but I'm kind of scared now that I won't anymore. She ended up switching schools when I was in about grade 3, so I haven't had Korean food since as to not ruin her memory.

[@thewatcher9546]

I miss her too

[@donkeykong3628]

@@canadianno3606 your parents didn't used to pack lunch for you? :(

[@canadianno3606]

@@donkeykong3628 They did but the food was old and it was usually 2 things, not enough to sustain a child! So she fed me instead.

[@carlplayz__yt728]

KZbin tutorial: *"mix it all thoroughly"* Doobydobap:

[@randied603]

Uh uh 400 likes with no replies. Welp, not on my watch

[@savannah4439]

I can assure you I also think “ugh” when I think about Italian anchovies and caviar 😂😂

[@katesclabassi3857]

I remember wishing my mom WOULD pack me lunch. I wanted to eat her food all the time and i hated getting cafeteria food. I used to "lose" my lunch cards so id have to bring home lunch.

[@celina8o1]

I was never ashamed or refused to bring home cooked meals to school, everyone always told me "your parents must love you a lot", it was so odd for me hearing that until I started noticing that everyone else would bring a sandwich at much or buy from the store, I'm so grateful to my grandma for loving me that much, and thanks to her I grew up to enjoy cooking, there's much more joy in cooking your food and eating it than buying from a store c:

[@celinafam1450]

Your name is Celina too my name is Celina Yang

[@celina8o1]

@@celinafam1450 Oh, hi~ nice to meet you. I've only met one Celina in my whole life, it's nice seeing we're not alone 😂

[@queenmamabear5812]

Awwwwww you had the good lunches, You are LOVED!!!! My mom would pack me sandwiches usually pb&j or ham n cheese..... I LOVE THESE Lunchboxes so amazing!!!!! You were lucky!!!! My grandmas would pack me good stuff egg salad sandwiches and tuna or chicken salad I loved when my grandmas made my lunch!!!!!🥰😍🥰😍🥰😍🥰😍

[@celina8o1]

@@queenmamabear5812 Moms are sometimes too busy, but at least she tried to pack you something, still not very healthy or hearty ; -;) And yeah, grandmas are always good cooks~ and they always worry that you eat your whole full meals everyday 😆 my grandma would chase my mom to feed her since she was always a bad eater with little appetite, I was the same until I moved in with my grandma 😂

[@el.---]

Your name is Celina Me too, ive never met another Celina in my life

[@JustWhattaRuLookinAt]

My mom used to tell me how egg wasn’t as easily affordable to buy in Korea when she was young and that she was extremely happy and grateful when she did, on some rare occasions, get her lunchbox packed with a fried egg on top of her rice.

[@choilive]

same thing with my Korean grandma, she was very happy to have an extra egg for her birthday when she was a kid. :)

[@ToniaAlex13]

Wow, really! Is egg now affordable there?

[@Reflection554]

@@ToniaAlex13 yes the economy of korea has flourished alot. After decades of being poor and literally having to eat bark from trees as the main source of food, korean in the last couple of decades has returned to a good economy and have plenty of resources.

[@ToniaAlex13]

@@Reflection554,👍🏽

[@Lost_Hwasal]

My mom told stories about how halmeoni would fry an egg and they would split it up and each kid would get a piece.

[@gertiegrace6500]

Hearing "it's 2021" tripped me tf out 😅

[@_Chocolate_123]

"It's 2021" damn that hit hard. Time is flying by so fast. Life was so easier back then. I am going to get out of school this year and life is not going great

[@willl5659]

I’m blessed to have elementary and middle school friends who were more mesmerized by my mom’s cooking rather than disgusted. My 엄마 always had to pack a little extra so I could share with my curious friends. Great times

[@_LostInTheEkko]

People don't understand how bomb it is if someone from a different culture offers you food. Found my favorite dishes by dabbling in different cultures their dishes lol

[@mydior333]

Sorry, accidentally clicked dislike

[@rii158]

that is so cuteeeee

[@iimuffinsaur]

Aww.

[@kkachi95]

Me too! My friends loved it whenever mom packed 김밥 for lunch. My first year in the US was a very fun experience

[@deskye2626]

Honestly I wish I could’ve had these types of lunches growing up

[@IcyCapalot]

Fr, the only lunch my mom packed me was air

[@monique_eksteen]

Fr, Exept my bag can't even fit an apple. Literally once i brought one and when i opened my bag it fell out in class

[@customerservice1323]

@@offsewingdragons9142 cool.

[@ninoslanguagejourney6002]

So true! I never understood ho apparently in the US there is a stigma against asian lunches at school. I heard about it before and it's so freaking weird. Asian food tastes delicious and I would have envied to even habe someone do lunch for me as most days my brother qnd me did our own simple lunch like some eggs or hot dogs or a sandwich

[@meri8431]

same, all I ever got was blueberry bagels, untoasted.

[@LeifTheOne]

In middle school (7th grade to be specific), a Japanese girl had moved to America at the beginning of 6th grade, and the next year in 7th, I befriended her. This girl and I would always eat lunch at the same table/desk/bench, sometimes the smell coming from the bento container that she opened at lunch would cause me to make a face, but her food always looked so good, she usually had rice balls to accompany the other really good looking food. I am sure I annoyed her by asking what each new thing (new to me) was, but she always explained as best as she could. I was very proud of her ability to speak English just after a year and 1/4 of living in America. (I had 1st hour with her the previous year, in 6th grade, and that was the shortest class of the day, so we didn’t ever talk the year before, but I was still able to watch the improvement, beginning to end.) And yes, this girl and I are still friends to this day, and I admire everything about her.

[@hanij07]

I’m Korean and whenever my mom packs me dishes that smell, I get insecure and eat it at home when my mom isn’t there, but this helped me get more brave. (fyi, when I lived in California I wasn’t like this but moving to a place with very few Koreans and a lot of southern Asians made me become insecure)

[@naurrr]

it's sad how many people have said the same thing, that growing up they felt ashamed to bring their regular lunch to school due to racism and ignorance from their classmates. bone broth and fermented foods are becoming super trendy now among the same people who probably called kimchi gross when they were in school.

[@stopdropandroll]

Tf? What does raciam have to do with it? If it smells strong then it smells strong

[@BenjaminBox]

We never had kids growing up making fun of people for bringing foods from different cultures. If it was fishy it was another story though. Someone made fun of me for eating a tuna salad sandwich once..

[@nancy-bu5jm]

@@stopdropandroll cultural foods are apart of someone’s racial/ ethnic identity.

[@SwaggMessiah69]

It might be trendy, but it's just consideration of everyone else not to bring fish, kimchi, or other pungent smelling food in rooms regardless of culture/race, thats not a racist/ignorant thing. Never heard of bone broth or any soup be a problem though. Actually, I have never heard of any complaints other than fish and pickled/preserved food.

[@chanelc0]

@@nancy-bu5jm dont most Americans (white ppl who's ancestry isn't even from NA) lack culture

[@nieshanicole]

it’s the twerking for me lol love you Dooby 💚

[@Doobydobap]

*blushes* love you back!!!

[@ronpogi97]

Yoooo she did it 1 handed fam 🤯 shheeessshh

[@kcin4997]

Dude the twerking had me on the floor

[@monniej58]

Girl! I was like they talking about the box lunch and she just "p" popped in a handstand with one hand! 😳😅😂🤣

[@jasabella4444]

Yess that took me out 😂😂😂😂

[@AboutFaith77]

When I was in school in the 1970s (Canada) I brought 'foreign' things to school too, both Italian and Hungarian. I got teased (and bullied) a lot! Now those things are considered delicacies and everyone eats them. I can tell the same thing will happen with this amazing method of bringing lunch to school. Looks delicious. Thank you for sharing in such an amazing way.

[@NassiLove]

To be honest kids can be jerks. I was constantly bullied for “having dinner to school” (as if they don’t brag about breakfast for dinner) and fast forward three years later they all wanted “a taste” of my food and we did a “trash can” thing where if you don’t want to eat your food you’ll give it to your “trash can friend” and everyone wanted to be mine. Thankfully I hated European food more than I hated getting bullied as a kid. (All my mom could make me was bread and soggy burgers at the time so I’d rather have last nights dinner to school)

[@tahmidchowdhury1991]

I’m south Asian and I used to be really self conscious about my mom packing me food even though looking back at it I definitely had the best school lunch 😂 nice video

[@Doobydobap]

We def had the most refined palate

[@sana5123]

@Cian MacGana about you

[@mesiroy1234]

But they are hallf right fishy food are smell bad

[@zaynabzayba1032]

@@mesiroy1234 what U don't even make sense lmao just because you'll never be blessed enough to eat some don't talk about what we eat

[@zaynabzayba1032]

@Cian MacGana Lollll ur clearly one of those people

[@aysharoberts7579]

My mom is Chinese, and when I was in 6th grade my mom would pack me things like congee, egg drop soup, or other Chinese dishes. I was considered relatively popular at the time, and I hung out with two other girls that were also really popular because of their looks. I just hung out with them because I enjoyed hanging out with them. That was until I started noticing people would stay away from me a bit and it was subtle but I saw it. Turns out one of the girls was telling everyone I was eating expired rice at lunch all the time and I was absolutely heartbroken. I know I shouldn’t be ashamed of the food I eat but now all I can eat in public is generic American food in fear of being made fun of. Edit: a lot of people are really supportive in the comments and I’m super appreciative! I obviously have found better friends and people don’t treat me like an outcast anymore but there are quite a few people in the comments that think I’m being petty for eating more general food now and I think it’s unfair to try and judge another person when you don’t know what they went through. Some people may not take it to heart and keep confidently eating their food but some will feel the peer pressure a bit more and thats me. Also to clear up I wasn’t just eating rice I ate some sort of savory congee that looked a bit strange and smelled strongly of meat, and I ate it pretty regularly at the time.

[@umm_areyouokay8186]

Plzzz enjoy your food....u deserve it!!! You really are amazing ❤️❤️❤️ believe it Love...

[@naina8079]

That’s really sad but you gotta get over it, take pride in your food.

[@TV-yb2bn]

One thing I learned about bullies, is that they will find something to insult you about. If it’s not your food, it’s your looks or what you wear. So since they are going to be nasty anyway, eat what you want girl! And play it back on them by making it look extra delicious when you eat it.

[@evelynn3941]

Hi I'm chinese as well. You shouldn't be afraid of showing off our cultural food. Your older self would thank you for not caring about what others say. Your mum probably spent time making them so enjoy your meal and ignore haters, they're missing out on good food.

[@phorg6999]

Don't listen to what the generic American girls say, enjoy the delicious foods your mom packs you. They don't deserve you if they're gonna be like that. And honestly, people 6th-9th grades were overall the worst type of people, don't take their bs to heart.

[@satwikskatti]

The double standards really crack me up!! Some are okay with eating smelly foods like blue cheese, or jellied eels or dry aged meat. But make fun of someone eating curry, Kimchi or dried fish!!

[@Ippo_Makunochi0797]

The line where she said "lets not have double standards" is so true like bro so many people dont want to eat other food than the things they are used to eating because the food they are gonna try for the first time look disguting for them but for me idc if it looks disgusting or good aslong as its delicious im devouring the food

[@falali9060]

Growing up in New York, I always owned my "Asian-ness" as a kid. I never felt out of place because my classmates were of different cultural backgrounds. It's sad that children get made fun of when having their comfort foods. It's even sadder to feel the need to assimilate to the point of not knowing who you are anymore.

[@andrewmarling]

Well it would be like going to a Korean school with a cheese sandwich instead of a box of rice, you're going to be made fun of, kids completely lack social awareness

[@GuyBradburyy]

@@andrewmarling Ehhh, many Korean street vendors make grilled sandwiches. It isn’t that uncommon in Korea.

[@DanTanzoid1]

Good. You're one of the few Asians who have a spine and not have an inferior complex.

[@artistsComplex]

@@andrewmarling bc their parents fail them lol

[@lyrebird2491]

I always own my armenianness, whenever my mom packs me Armenian food (usually lamagune) I have a field day since I love the way it tastes (also with lamagune, it’s always 130% better with lemon added, and I love eating lemons so whenever I have lamagune for lunch I also get a lemon :)) although it may be because my school is mainly armenians

[@alexandrakershner4463]

I grew up in a school that was 30% Korean, 30% White, 30% Hispanic, and 10% mixed. Growing up it SHOCKED me that people thought Korean food was gross cause we would always trade stuff in our lunches between each other and I always LOVED the stuff that the Korean kids brought. I even begged my mom to take me to Korean grocery stores near me so I could have some high value items to trade with the kids at lunch. Even though I’m white and Mexican, Korean food reminds me of my childhood 🥰

[@halfasian3306]

That’s great!

[@zackyasutake1696]

bruh my jello cups were the HIGHEST currency,they were so rare,only me and my siblings brought them and we didn’t really want to give them away

[@valentine3a]

That is such a sweet memory ☺️

[@lightwings346]

where did you grow up? i would’ve loved growing up at a place like that where POC are more common!

[@zackyasutake1696]

@@lightwings346 i live in bridgeport CT(south end),the amount of white ppl that live here is quite small,most of everybody is black or hispanic. it’s pretty ok here,trash,mild drug use and such but i never really have to deal with racism. oh also there’s a couple other minorities that hang around,one of the churches has a lot of asian members. i know i wasn’t the person you wanted a reply from but i thought i could add my pitch too

[@linguine.luvs.u]

Thank you, as a kid my classmates always said eww to the food I ate ( I’m Persian) they said it looked like shit and once this girl grabbed my food a threw it on the ground and everyone was laughing, because my English wasn’t good, ( cuz my first language is Farsi) they would always make fun of my language too so thank you for letting ppl know and be aware that ppl eat different food

[@jan_j27]

ME TOOO LIKE I WAS SO SCARED PEOPLE WOULD THINK MY LUNCH IS STINKY OR GROSS

[@Haveagreatdayandyourpretty]

Same when ever I would eat something that would smell bad I would not eat cause I was scared the others would make fun of me.

[@SweetPunky]

okay, I’ve had an Asian friend at school before and she always brought me Asian food because I always asked to try hers (her mom made the best kimchi) 😭

[@jetskiis.7477]

Probably made her and her mom really happy :>

[@SweetPunky]

@@jetskiis.7477 yess she took me over to her house before and my nose could just smell the spices~ miss u belle 🤗

[@sdn69ombolataalasa57]

Asian mom are the best. They will cook us delicious school box

[@SweetPunky]

@@sdn69ombolataalasa57 yes! I remember her delicious mochi too

[@sierravanhauwaert41]

I’m jealous, her lunch makes my mouth water

[@Hydrachaze]

Everyone: talking about their lunches Me: is no one gonna notice how she shook the lunch box?????

[@Kurayami04]

You're not alone

[@Hydrachaze]

@@Kurayami04 lol

[@SillySaurous]

😏

[@chemist7908]

A cultured man in our midst

[@Kurayami04]

@@chemist7908 very much indeed

[@moksh840]

this was the first videos i saw of tina when scrolling through the shorts (ik i'm jobless

[@triplemks]

I love bringing lunches and my mom loves making them. There’s not a day went by I missed getting lunches. My friends are the most excited ones to find out what I brought for lunch everyday 😂 ah great ole days!

[@artieshin4725]

this is like when i was in 8th grade and spent a year at canada. first, i'm so ashamed of the lunches my dad packed (we're asian, filipinos to be exact) for me but a group of older kids (i think they're in 10th grade) asked if i can share some. never felt more comfortable and happy back then, i'm the only one in 8th grade eating lunch with the 10th grade kids. they made me realize how lucky i am to have a delicious and nutritious lunch packed instead of sandwiches or so.

[@misaamane1758]

Ano binabaon mo sa school nun?

[@artieshin4725]

@@misaamane1758 Adobo, nilagang baka, etc. then palaging sinigang because we have a tamarind plant kineme sa likod ng bahay :3

[@agentbean331]

It’s great that you became confident because of those nice people

[@artieshin4725]

@@agentbean331 they were vv nice people! some of them still hangs out with me on summer breaks

[@IvanIvanov-vy7pt]

@@artieshin4725 mmmmmmmm masarap!

[@mayah2397]

it breaks my heart hearing about how ppl were ashamed of their lunches :( i was definitely seen as a nerd and wasn't popular at all when i was in elementary school but i was so lucky that the kids around me found my homemade japanese lunches fascinating. they were super intrigued by the colors, and they would crowd around me whenever i brought home lunches asking me what each thing was. i wish more kids had that kind of attitude and openness

[@drago1740]

no one asked

[@MissIt2]

@@drago1740 lol

[@polygonalfortress]

@@drago1740 lol

[@non-nativeenglishspeaker3142]

@@drago1740 bro this is literally comment section where everyone is free to talk. you can't go around saying stuff like "shut up" and "nobody asked" lmaooo

[@drago1740]

@@non-nativeenglishspeaker3142 stfu didn’t ask u anything ratio

[@De_Jos_]

I still relate to this i dont want to take kimchi to work since i am scared of the other people judging as soon as i open my lunchbox

[@iconicsage]

“So definitely check it out if u don’t eat pork” Awww this girl knows me🥹

[@rubberduckie9885]

I'm Indian, and my mom would always pack a steaming thermos of amazing rice and lentil soup. The color made people think it was boogers and it was honestly painful hearing people say I was eating boogers for lunch. It hit me very early on, however, that my food isn't weird; it just doesn't conform to American standards. There's no such thing as weird food.

[@blue2696]

Same exact thing happened to me, But my entire class humiliated me for an entire week.

[@abhinavdevulapalli1648]

Lol my mom used to pack me Idli’s in elementary school and i used to be so self conscious about the look and smell that at one point my brother and i started telling people “oh its just fish!” XD yeah haha

[@rubberduckie9885]

@@blue2696 I’m really sorry about that, just know that Indian food is defined by the heart and soul of how it’s made, and what it looks like matters nothing as long as you enjoyed it :)

[@rubberduckie9885]

@@abhinavdevulapalli1648 I can relate to this a lot, especially as a South Indian whose food which isn’t as cut and dry like naan and paneer which is what Indian food is known for in the States. Idli with ghee is without a doubt the best meal on earth, I hope you still enjoy eating it

[@abhinavdevulapalli1648]

@@rubberduckie9885 Lol no. I tend to prefer dosas anyways. idlis are nice but I've had them too much at this point to really enjoy them. xD They're nice when they're small tho!!

[@Mossfaerie]

THIS SONG from squidgame is SO GODDAMN CUTE. I always imagine tiny animals with drums and flutes just marching around and playing 😭

[@ellicerslavic]

For real it's like the coraline mouse circus 😂

[@ADeeSHUPA]

@@ellicerslavic coraline

[@ohtrueyeahnah]

I imagine the Animal Crossing characters performing it lol

[@solus8685]

@@ADeeSHUPAyeah, that's what they said?

[@dean3134]

Until it's revealed that this song is literally an introduction to a game that involves death

[@DolceStitches]

Girl its 5 in the morning and I haven’t sleep yet. Youre making me hungry!!!

[@n.c.pictures]

"Think about Italian anchovies" My Italian ass that hates most fish: this doesn't make it better 😀

[@reveluveydovey]

You shaking the lunchbox is hilarious! Also, my mom grew up in Hawaii so she always gave me spam and fish stuff that she used to eat as a kid (it smelled kinda odd so I used to worry people would laugh) but luckily most of my friends were Asian so they were just jealous I was confident enough to eat delicious food lol

[@user-tf6rd3gn9u]

bro if someone came to school with this as a lunch i would automatically be their friend like my parents and me myself and i ain’t even care enough to even put a cheesestick in my lunch let alone bring a lunch 😭😭 it just looked so good 👏🏽

[@blinkybli8326]

I'm fine with the anchovies, it's the Spam that's making my skin crawl.

[@naturalspringwater128]

“Think of Italian anchovies, or even caviar!” Me: still ew.

[@ElleMNOP._.]

Is anyone gonna talk about how squid game just like disappeared of the face of the earth??

[@nuancedrenditions]

That's the tragedy of all Netflix shows. It's only one season. Blame it on Netflix advertising.

[@livia8307]

@@nuancedrenditions nahhh u forgot abt shows like stranger things

[@sweetcisteen]

@@livia8307 that's different considering season 2 was actually successful and they actually released it while stranger things was still popular. eventually s2 got more popular so they had more time to make S3 and keep it trending

[@livia8307]

@@sweetcisteen they said “all Netflix shows” so I was saying that the statement was wrong considering that stranger things is very popular

[@sweetcisteen]

@@livia8307 i'm specifying that it's different, plus by all they probably mean most

[@dannysplace7]

I think anyone who says ew to stir-fried anchovies is also going to say that to Italian anchovies and caviar. I think it looks delicious though!

[@thestablepirate]

You’re right! Especially with Asian food, my eastern block tongue just can’t get used to certain flavors etc.

[@blankizaki944]

If it's crunchy, it is very delicious.

[@biancam.4052]

True. That was just a bad take (by her part)

[@justanotherhooman]

Can’t have double standards if you think all of them are disgusting lmao

[@itskindofemily]

I love orange caviar but hate how salty anchovies are 👀👀 idc where they come from lmao

[@ArmaniIntoParanormal]

Lmfao that part when she was tweaking ☠️😭😂🤣🤣

[@aimee0-1]

Me too, I used to want to always have lunchables for lunch instead of the dumplings or fried rice my mom packed, but now I’m glad.

[@hamoudiguinal7504]

I love how the four consecutive shorts that I've been recommended to is your face eating something

[@theresapebbleinmyboot]

This comment is hilarious 😂

[@neruneru9713]

When we first moved to America, I was a bit scared that people will make fun of me because of the food I eat so I mostly ate sandwiches and nuggets or fries, but happily gave up on it in favor of familiar fried rice, lumpia and pancit canton after learning that no one cares, at least nowadays. And it's not like I draw any attention in the first place. A win. Random note: the immense joy that I felt when a friend nodded approvingly when I told them about champorado (chocolate rice... porridge?) cause I thought the combination was definitely weird, as much as I loved it.

[@angiet7380]

I grew up in a Filipino household as well, and went to school in a gentrified region of la so I was embarrassed with my rice lunches as everyone had sandwiches or pasta

[@seb______]

I grew up and went to an elementary school and a middle school that was all predominantly african americans, hispanics, and pacific islanders and my brother and I were the only Asian students in both schools. I didnt really like bringing lunch cuz I would think the other students would think it’s weird since we were already getting bullied for being Asians. So we only had granolas, sandwiches, fruits or school lunches. It wasnt till high school that everything changed. There were more white and Asian people and slowly but steadily I was becoming okay with bringing lunch bags, i used to bring those brown lunch bags cuz I was embarrassed to use actual ones, and started to bring my culture of food to school.

[@Amanda-rp8fn]

We have rice porridge in Finland too (usually only eaten around christmas and sundays with cinnamon and sugar and one almond and whoever finds it gets a wish) and this type of chocolate porridge, mannapuuro, but it's made from the center of wheat, not rice! Lol sorry it's hard to explain haha! But my point is that a lot of cultures have so many great things to share and bond through and if someone doesn't get that, their life will be poorer for it!

[@hajitwilight7455]

Just dont mention the spaghetti around italians just.. Don't

[@leafsculpture]

I get made fun of at lunch for eating fucking vegetables that are cooked. FUCKING RATATOUILLE. I also get made fun of for banana chips, bay shaped ravioli, Alfredo, and salads because it looks “poorly made and disgusting”. Who’s eating the food??? I AM. NOT YOU RED HEADED ED SHEERAN. I AM. I’m American but I eat Italian food so idk if it matters race it still fucking hurts when ed sheerans disciple talks shit bout ur food

[@natanieltiglao540]

Kimchi juice flowed into my notes this semester. Just imagine how

[@Ilysmsano]

Howcome i get recommended these videos when im at the hungriest part of the day for me when i cant go downstairs to eat cause its literally 4AM

[@angelauYT]

I honestly understand. Kids are so mean. I remember bringing a different style of spaghetti (Japanese spaghetti ) and they were all like “ew” until I told them what it was.

[@bigbird8592]

This looks tasty as hell dude I would 100% bring this to school for lunch I don’t even care what people would say this shit would smack 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@j0l228]

whenever one of my classmates would bring home-cooked packed lunches we would form a circle and share the food even though it's mostly eggs or hotdogs and rice lol. It was the best

[@udcaps]

simple pleasures ah

[@dewberry150]

I'll gladly say ew to both anchovies and caviar

[@gijsdekker9568]

Any kitchen that eats spam does not deserve to be in the top kitchen debate

[@Bas_Lightyear]

It's funny that - how when we're younger, depending on where we went to school, we try and suppress our cultures to fit in, but then when we're older, more sure of ourselves, and actually want to be different and stand out as individuals, we embrace those differences and cultures

[@kofola9145]

@Säker tagning Yeah, it is about exploitation. Why improve your own country, if you can move to some other and steal from the natives.

[@alisonlee4386]

@Säker tagning my brain is rotting

[@B108ds]

@Säker tagning erm there were indigenous people living in modern day america before europeans colonized it USING african slaves u thought u ate

[@ainmiky4620]

@AnPrim Ape but that doesn't mean that it's justified to do what was done to them. U have a colonizer mindset. Who gets to determine hpw another house with a whole a family inside should be? What is being done and what it means and its imapct is ALWAYS subjective. Imagine me kickong you out of ur house becasie i did not like the picture u put up in ur wall. Im the contrary what the colonizers did to the environment ruined it. The natives respected the enviroment and tried to leave it as it is because they recognized its importance. White colonizers on the other hand exploited the environment to the point we have issues with climate change.

[@DerUberGaijan]

@@ainmiky4620 I'm pretty sure the correct response to "What if I came into your house and..." is "You could try!" That's the crux of it. Throughout all of human history, humans tried their best to take what they can from other humans, if they could. Yeah, sure, it sucks being the loser in a conflict over land. Did the Native Americans seize land from other Native Americans? Absolutely, all the time. Did they enslave each other and do horrific, barbaric things to each other? Yeah, all the time. Does any of this have any modern day relevance? Almost none at all. If you peer into the annals of history, almost every people fought somebody, conquered somebody, colonized somebody. And trying to compare a pre-industrial agrarian society to a modern, industrial society when talking about pollution and the environment is just pointless. Who knows where the Native Americans would be today if they had been allowed to develop freely? Would they have been better custodians of the environment as they progressed into the modern age? Maybe, but we'll never know. Because they lost the culture clash. It is what it is.

[@CanIGetTheUhhhhh-]

STOP MAKIN’ ME HUNGRYNWKSKSBWDKDJ 😭😭

[@josephvanlangeveld2216]

lol just your demeanor is so adorable!! I love keep doing you seeing these shorts almost always brings a smile to my face!

[@123Tuxedomask]

“Its 2021” *me just watching this in 2023*👀

[@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle]

"if you think ew, think about caviar and Italian anchovies" 😂 I think those are gross too.

[@esayem7746]

Yeah, I'd try this but the anchovies are getting left out. Fish is just gross lol

[@fireiswet7809]

Seafood gross

[@sba7689]

I dont like fish in general lol i like some seafood tho like shrimps, lobster and crab

[@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle]

@@sba7689 I am semi alright with fried cab and catfish

[@sasuke3388]

Thats what I said when I heard that, your just naming nasty stuff that some people like

[@nataliesnyder6037]

When I was in elementary school there was one vietnamese girl and she would always bring in extra food and she would give small portions to her friends. I only got her food once but I can still remember how good it was. (There were about 10 people in our grade)

[@spikertek]

i remember telling my parents that these fruit gummies i wanted for school was dried fruit so they would buy it

[@noodles6871]

Yeah. Normally i don't care what peope bring with them if it can be store away until it's time to eat it. But i remember the smell of some of my foreign classmate lunches and i hated it. We didn't have a refrigerator available for a long time. So the smell of their food would just spread out the classroom for hours until it was lunch time. The absolutely worst days was the days someone brought fish or something fermented.

[@wokgod]

Congrats on 100K 💯💯💯

[@frf1670]

My boy slim doesn’t give up 😂

[@44dzll]

@@frf1670 he be like this on tiktok too 💀

[@frf1670]

@@44dzll homie can’t take a hint 😂😂😂

[@Jerry.Z]

@@44dzll what do u mean? What did slim do?

[@shubhra8028]

@@frf1670 right 😂

[@my_mel0dy415]

Thought she said “bang my mom” and not “beg my mom” 😭

[@lightyakamijarred5919]

Same 🤣

[@Kikzzy.]

It does but I think she meant beg. I hope

[@my_mel0dy415]

@@Kikzzy. Im hoping to girl..

[@tangy830]

Me too

[@shaneleigh1293]

Me too😂

[@k1llatr3]

Me making bento boxes to school even tho I'm not Asian:

[@RikoNorth]

My parents only packed me lunches for field trips xd

[@debatable98]

I’ve never judged anybody for their lunches, but anchovies terrify me.

[@deanharstad5404]

They’re good, trust me. Bit too salty depending on what type you get but good, nonetheless.

[@ironboy3245]

Try Ikan Bilis, they dont taste fishy at all when they're dried, just a massive salty umami bomb. We snack on them as a beer accompaniment sometimes over here, and its great with peanuts. Try some, in SG where I live its like a dollar for 100 grams

[@deanharstad5404]

@@ironboy3245 I’ll definitely check them out and see if I can find them here in SoCal! Thanks for the recommendation! Edit: looks like they’re from SE Asia which shouldn’t be much of a problem where I live.

[@ironboy3245]

@@deanharstad5404 SoCal has eastern shops everywhere. They're delicious. Buy a bunch to snack on, and make sure they come in a plastic bag for an authentic experience. Keep them in Tupperware in the fridge if you don't expect to use them much, they add a good crunch to just about anything

[@wnose]

@@ironboy3245 Wait, are you suggesting he eat them right out of the bag? Anchovies always have to be rinsed then fried before eating.

[@jenniferglenn14]

lol I know that feeling, my mom is Japanese, owns a sushi restaurant so she would pack me sushi rolls. I would beg her for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches bc kids picked on me for eating seaweed lol

[@sourdoughsavant22]

Damn so weird to think that sushi was looked down upon. Now those kids would be paying you for your lunch.... or stealing😢

[@somesunnyday9011]

THE STAIRS LOOK GREATTTT I LOVE THE IDEA

[@1992jkwj]

i started my cooking journey when I was 6, when my stepdad showed me how to cook potatoes and eggs, fast forward 24 years, im now learning korean cooking after mastering the basics of chinese cooking. there is no shame in food, only sustenance, love, and joy. people ashamed or shaming others for thier food need to stop and think about how we discovered some of our favorite ingredients, and how weird it must have been to do so

[@AD-lh3jk]

As expected of someone with the pfp of a man with many talents

[@Powow0061]

Funny, I was embarrassed too when I was younger, but all my friends were so intrigued about what I was eating. Luckily when we pack our kids korean lunches they are so excited and not embarrassed. 🤘🏼

[@arian7928]

Korean food is delicious!

[@saorise28]

I don’t have double standards, I avoid all fish equally.

[@zoeeleftheriadis1213]

Can we take a moment to appreciate how the beginning and end always meet? Makes the viewing so much nicer...

[@noebody878]

I used to be self conscious of Spanish food when I was in grade and middle school cause my classmates would poke fun at me for it. Now I look back and am ashamed that I never appreciated that my mom would have to stay up late after getting off work to make me those dishes. That looks like a delicious lunchbox. Enjoy your food!

[@texasfloodthe9370]

To be fair I think the people saying ew to anchovies would also say ew to anchovies in Italian food. Having said that.. anchovies don't taste fishy at all when you mix it in with foods. I use anchovie paste all the time. Very delicious.

[@daddy4967]

When I grew up (not liking seafood) and realized Worcestershire sauce was made with anchovies I thought my whole life was a lie. 😂 I’m still scared of seafood but I’m willing to try it, and I use fish sauce and oyster sauce on the regular.

[@texasfloodthe9370]

@@daddy4967 I'm the same. I don't particularly care for any kind of seafood really. I can tolerate some fish like salmon, halibut etc.. but I can't do any kind of shellfish. No matter how much I want to like shrimp and lobster, every time I try it, I can't even swallow it.

[@daddy4967]

@@texasfloodthe9370 crab is the one thing I’ve tried repeatedly but just can’t accept 😂. I’ve tried a few seafood dishes outside of American cuisine and I haven’t been a fan. I’m trying to branch out and try more Asian seafood because of my friends. They swear it’s nothing like American fish.

[@VanillaflavoredSora]

I can say with utter blind confidence that I dislike all anchovy dishes around the world 🌠E Q U A L L Y🌠

[@katiacleroux7376]

If only they knew what was in ceaser dressing 😜

[@laurae889]

I love fermented vegetables, used to eat these at school lunch because that’s what we usually ate in Poland.

[@Feisty_Frog7]

I’m so glad that in the time I’m growing up, if someone brings something like that for lunch, everyone says they’re cool and asks if they can try it

[@terseduck]

I like how she mentioned that there's actually non-pork meat spam one. Thank you for including us, the muslims🥺🙏💕

[@ais.t.7872]

Ikr🙂i always see this korean dishes and think how i wanna try that but I don’t eat pork

[@user-re2yp1sz9s]

Still non halal though.. if not slaughtered in islamic way

[@cemre7759]

There are halal luncheon brands

[@sharingan_god]

Even if it is non-pork but thinking of it as pork while eating is still Haram for you. Plus i don't understand the Islamic concept of eating any kind of meat out there except pork? Care to explain the logic anyone?

[@nanashi2146]

@@sharingan_god What are you talking about?

[@dx.feelgood5825]

"think about Italian anchovies or caviar" me who hates pretty much all seafood: *I'm four parallel universes ahead of you*

[@corijanexx6770]

Lammo same

[@celestialbunny]

Same. I rlly only like shrimp and basic fish like salmon.

[@mairenisoriano2508]

This was my same reaction lol

[@corijanexx6770]

@@celestialbunny lmao, i HATE that stuff. I only like tuna and battered fish

[@relativemotion]

But have you actually ever thought of why you hate seafood?

[@puzz88]

Awh me too. sometimes I would just eat a little bit or not at all so I don’t have to deal with feeling like I ate weird food or feel like an outsider

[@CharliePICKLES]

Even though I hate anchovies I love the video. You made it look so good.

[@firsteditionwhore1157]

i’ll never understand the “being ashamed of your culture’s food” thing, but maybe it’s because i grew up in a district with mainly poc families, and my parents were never able to wake up early and make me food because they worked long hours. so i just sat in the lunch room eating my disgusting public school food, wishing my mom would get home early so she could make me her special picadillo con plátano.

[@kuna3397]

It depends on how smelly the food is, especially when you’re eating in a small classroom/beside someone…

[@titob8911]

You won't understand till you experience how some people react to different food. Either your school is predominantly one culture and/or bullying is rare

[@firsteditionwhore1157]

@@titob8911 yeah, the schools i went to were predominantly black/hispanic demographic so, in a way, i grew up in a culture bubble because nobody was shamed (or at least that i know of) for their food or their traditions/culture. i would see the other hispanic kids bring food their moms made and i remember being extremely jealous lol

[@xuimod]

Really? Did you ever go through elementary school? Use a little introspection and thought.

[@2kmichaeljordan438]

Because some food smells fucking awful

[@FallingSkywardz]

I can't believe growing up I was taught spam was disgusting, and the first time I tried it I fell in love of course! It's so addicting

[@theannualantagonist5930]

_Disgustingly_ Addicting :)

[@lightwings346]

Hey you shouldn’t go around telling people that spam is addicting. i’ll be looking for this comment if it ever goes out of stock at my nearest!! 😂

[@TinyBluava]

I doubt that Ill ever run out of spam, considering Im in the town of spam.

[@FallingSkywardz]

I remember when covid first started and all the spam was gone 😰

[@Iminsideurpantry]

I remember being so ashamed of my school lunch I would just starve myself in lunch😭

[@lordofbanana6869]

That shake was the best part