I spoke Chinese at Vietnam's border with China and this happened 🇻🇳🇨🇳

🇻🇳🇨🇳 Welcome to Lao Cai, a small border city in northwest Vietnam. Borders are always strange regions in a country. An "imaginary" line separates peoples of two cultures, who speak different languages, and have different personalities, interests, and lives. Border cities, however, are even stranger. They often have mixing of peoples from both sides of this line. And so here in Lao Cai, we went in search of Chinese food, to enjoy a different cuisine, and also to speak Chinese. But we found something I was not quite expecting. Hope you enjoy this confusing video.
Restaurant Information:
Ăn Vặt Quán
13 Lý Công Uẩn, TP Lào Cai
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#Vietnam #China

[@TypeSly]

I speak both Mandarin and Vietnamese. Your Mandarin is very good, but your Vietnamese is out of this world! I can't believe how you get all of the tones right, and you compose sentences and know more words than I do... and I was born there 🤭

[@Archmage1809]

As a Native Vietnamese, I can confirm Chris's Vietnamese is near-Native (closer to the native on the spectrum). To show an Asian criticizes everything, there are some critics: 1. His word of choice is still not very natural, this is probably an English-native thing because Vietnamese usually use really specific words that usually got cut out on translation. 2. His pronunciation and grammar are still a little bit off sometimes for being a native. His stressing sometimes applies the stressing from English. Probably from the IPA but still. 9.8/10 for Chris's Vietnamese (10/10 is native).

[@jamiet9956]

Chris speaks with the northern Vietnamese accent. I’m so impressed.

[@ghostland8646]

I speak 3 different Chinese language ( mandarin , canto and hokkie ) and I learn Vietnamese a long time ago

[@netlehien]

@@Archmage1809 he’s absolutely a language genius

[@frankfei9130]

His Chinese is unreal too, truly 字正腔圆 (authentic Chinese with the proper tones).

[@allenjshaw]

Both of you guys are so cultured and open minded. Love the content, keep up the great work!

[@TrungDung2k5]

Wow 2 bạn tới thành phố mình ở rồi,tiếc quá ko có cơ hội gặp trực tiếp hai bạn 😁 mình xem tất cả video của Chris ở VN rồi?luôn ủng hộ hai bạn khám phá đất nước VN

[@Prince-ko1yg]

Vietnam is nice country, i see.. And also people😊

[@Prince-ko1yg]

@Bối Bối Warm welcome.. I hope one day i visit your country.. love & Vietnam😊😉

[@thanhhev5869]

@@Prince-ko1yg where are you from

[@Prince-ko1yg]

@@thanhhev5869 I am from Pakistan 😊

[@Prince-ko1yg]

@Bối Bối Thanks beautiful friend😊 ... Sincere smile😃

[@rtduc8633]

Mình cảm thấy rất là vui khi bạn chọn việt nam là nơi sinh sống và làm việc. Đất nước việt nam luôn chào đón những con người như bạn

[@huanhoahong_6943]

chú ko thích chào đón cháu ơi

[@Ringkasandrama123]

When he is speak, i know he is Indonesian, because he accent, really sound like Indonesia english accent😂 and proud for him because he still proud being indonesian in other countries 😁

[@justineloydan8477]

First thanks for the amazing work, you're showing many aspects of Vietnam and it's really interesting. Honestly, I'm really glad to have found your channel because I wanted to go study there, learn the language, etc but with the covid crisis, I had dropped this idea...But the language sounds so good, It makes me want to study it! and the people seem so nice! I really like your exchanges with the locals. You inspired me, maybe I'll try to do my internship here

[@cindywong7589]

So impressed with different languages Chris can speak and so well too!

[@bathmulangwarjri1627]

You deserve a million subscribers brother!!! I hope and pray that,soon and very soon, you reach 1 mil subs!!

[@pmwizard48]

I enjoy your enthusiasm when going to different stores and having conversations with everyone there.

[@vutran1160]

cuộc hội thoại này thật là thú zị , giống như hồi mình đi học , nói chuyện với tụi nhật bằng tiếng nhật xong rồi bọn nước khác bằng tiếng anh rồi kết quả là cuối cùng mình loạn cmn tùm lum luôn :))

[@warriorwoman777]

Great video!!! Maxs title of video was better. Love how you guys interact with the staff and owner. Socializing and connecting with people. It means more to people than you think.

[@Myha.Cherie]

This place looks great! Love that you can pick your own choices

[@jeffreywhite4091]

That mural behind you guys was veryyyyy nice

[@vu648]

chris is amazing and so crazy this reastaurant ! 知识的力量Mình là người Trung,mình đang học tiếng Việt mà Chris đồng thời nói 3 ngôn ngữ .Mai sau mình cũng muốn co thể nói như thế, như một native speaker

[@AnhKim-gf1pd]

Giờ mọi người sử dụng Tiktok cũng nhiều, hai anh cũng có thể làm clip ngắn đăng lên tiktok để nhiều người biết đến hơn. Luôn ủng hộ anh trong hành trình khám phá Việt Nam😃😃

[@thaison2366]

Cám ơn Em đã quay lại những video ,thực tế về cuộc sống văn hóa , mọi vùng miền tại việt nam, theo dõi kênh của em từ lâu mà chưa bao giờ bình luận, hôm nay xem thấy em lại nói tiếng trung nói chuẩn những gì mà đã được học, được trải nghiệm thực tế , anh là người Hà Nội cũng nói được tốt tiếng Trung ,cuộc sống xung quanh hằng ngày vẫn giao tiếp và nói chuyện cùng các bạn bè Trung Quốc, mặc giù hiện nay sống tại TPHCM, điều đó có thể nói lên cuộc sống con người là không có biên giới, chỉ có ngôn ngữ sẽ giúp con Người gần nhau hơn,( cũng như Anh chủ quán), theo dõi những video của Em cùng, Max McFarlin, Anh thấy được suy nghĩ và thay đổi rất lớn khi bọn Em đã đến và chọn Việt Nam ,( như Quê hương của mình) . Từ những ngày đầu Bọn em đã cảm nhận và chia sẻ những điều thực tế nhất trong cuộc sống , lịch sử ,văn hóa du lịch ẩm thực, Cho các bạn bè Thế Giới biết về đất nước Việt Nam vô cùng xinh đẹp. Chúc Em cùng Max McFarlin, luôn mạnh khỏe , đi đến mọi miền trên đất nước Việt Nam. quay lại những hình ảnh sinh động thực tế cho khán giả thưởng thức , chúc kênh của em càng ngày càng phát triển tốt đẹp.

[@DarkSeraphim]

I love how open minded and Talented Chris is. Max seems to be more of an introvert...lol but still love both youtubers.😍

[@m.ritter9028]

No, it's just because this Channel ist Chris his

[@Headhunter_212]

Max is quieter when he’s on another person’s channel.

[@CR7_QURESHI]

Caption should be "Confusing restaurant" 😁 I always enjoy your videos Chris 🤟

[@AmNhacAmThuc]

Chris biết 3 thứ tiếng= tiếng Việt, tiếng Anh, tiếng Trung nên rất dễ giao tiếp. Và rất thân thiện nữa chứ.

[@Aydada8346]

Hình như ấn độ nữa

[@LohGuangRong]

Batam is visible from Singapore, right across the Singapore Strait. There is a huge Chinese diaspora in Indonesia. And they are conversing in the Hokkien dialect at the end.

[@MaCal9591]

Is Hokkien closer to Cantonese?

[@LohGuangRong]

@@MaCal9591 no. Hokkien is closer to the Teochew dialect, which are both part of the Southern Min dialect group.

[@watermainz]

Max always smiles in his own videos.

[@deadredeyes]

He looks really grumpy, and imo, just looks like he's in a bad mood. Chris tho, seems absolutely genuine AF.

[@tungvu]

Amazed, Chris, of your grip on other languages.

[@Myha.Cherie]

Absolutely impressed with your language and sweet social skills Chris every time :) ultimate ambassador from the west

[@topsuperseven7910]

His thumbnail is him and his fake 'Grab driver' sneering down at a little 'baby man' local who is WHATT ME BABY CONFWUSED as he looks up at the great ginger godman who can speak in his language! It's nearly the worst 'ambassadorring' you could hope for. I was in Ireland and a lot of Vietnamese spoke English, some very well and some almost perfectly if they were setting it up for a video made to show how well they speak English. So far as I know, none are posting videos where Goof Irish Natives are Baby-Men utterly WHATTT?!?! and cannot BELIEVE this Vietnamese guy spoke in fluent English with them.

[@user-kw8es7cs5t]

@@topsuperseven7910 So... For you the title of a book is more important than its content? And someone being surprised by me speaking their language would make me super happy, I'll take it as a complement. The title of worst ambassador belongs to you.

[@topsuperseven7910]

@@user-kw8es7cs5t If the cover of the book is that thumbnail then that cover is part of the book and indeed it was one of the most careful, pre-planned deliberate of things he could do when free from any social retribution at the time. There is something wrong with you if you'd be super happy to pull a 'prank' and humiliated some little man by shocking him with your superiority. You shouldn't take it. Sometimes I'm surprised when someone speaks my language. But by 'surprised' I don't become a flabbergasted caveman "HUH WHAT HIS MAGIC GODLIKE POWER HERDERRR!?" and if the person took my surprise by hovering over me and sneering "phht...look at this fool in awe of me hehehh" then I'd be very disappointed.

[@yenlawong6605]

You guys have chemistry together. As my knowledge, the glass noodles are making from sweet potatoes or mung beans.

[@tedvu1426]

You two are such fun travelling buddies. Lao Cai is interesting but I think big cities such as HaNoi or Saigon have more variety of dishes. Have a fun and safe trip!

[@nochamchampagne7992]

they have lived for years in either one of those 2 big cities

[@quockhanhnguyen4261]

Bạn làm cho nhiều người rất ấn tượng, học tiếng rất giỏi là tấm gương tốt cho lớp trẻ , cảm ơn bạn , chúc bạn luôn có nhứng Video hay nhé.

[@huyli1419]

Chao Chris! chi dang song o Colorado, rat vui khi xem clip cua em, va rat vui khi em noi tieng Viet giong bac.

[@belladonna131]

That was NEAT! You were really intrigued by the proprietor who spoke many languages and had a fusion restuarant. I liked it a lot. And Max knew what "glass noodles" were which was cool. I always thought they were made by diakon? A vegetable, and those are rubbery and stretchy. They really have no flavor except for the sauce that is put on them in cooking. My dad has a hang over story about those noodles and about rum and coca-cola, but this isn't my channel. Back to the restaurant. It's a fusion restaurant. I like how you get to chose your ingredients and it's it's cooked in a hot pot with noodles. I could hear the ingredients being cooked when you pulled up front. I like this place. They were very interested after a while when you were friendly and asked questions and "ribbed" them a little. Good advertisement for them. A little hard to find, but a nice place. ❤❤❤🌸🌹👍

[@turgutbelen6374]

Once I had a chance to chat in four languages with 4 tourists at the same time . My brain was on fire, and I felt a rush, like speed and great joy at the same time. This effect was like my brain was switching stations on an old style radio and on fast, serial conversations, between my responses, I could feel some sort of static buzzing of my ¿neurons? in my head. 🤯

[@vincenttpham5818]

Mostly glass noodle is made from mung bean, its name in Vietnamese is "miếng", this noodle is considered a healthy noodle which contains low carb comparing to traditional pasta.

[@Pixlanta]

Wow Chris you’re so talented, can speak Vietnamese and Chinese fluently❤❤❤

[@ThanhNguyen-sx4hj]

quán này hay ghê, có dịp lên Lào Cai nhất định sẽ ghé thử, cảm ơn Chris

[@colorfullife1021]

Được đi nhiều nơi và thưởng thức nhiều món ngon. Review nhiều cảnh đẹp đó là điều ước của nhiều người. Được đi đây đi đó. Chúc các bạn có những chuyến đi vui vẻ và thú vị🥰

[@vandunghoang6521]

Xin chào chris và max Tôi rất ngưỡng mộ hai bạn đã làm nhiều video ẩm thực con người đất nước việt nam rất đáng trân trọng tuyệt vời chúc 2 bạn đi khắp đất việt sẽ được người giúp đỡ người việt rất thân thiện

[@marie-thereseveyrier7631]

Well done Chris . Love your videos . I m not watching regularly but the content is very interesting , learning a lot about my own country ! Congratulations you speak my mother tongue beautifully avec l accent du Nord du pays . Awesome ....Bonne continuation . Bless you dear boy .

[@khuenhunguyen01]

Video hay quá Chris và Max ơi!

[@vinhtrinhthi4155]

Chúc các con nhiều sức khỏe và luôn thành công nhé.

[@Quangkhac2024]

Lâu lắm rồi mới thấy anh về vn chúc anh cuộc sống đầy niềm vui trong hàng ngày

[@paulamello3333]

Thanks for letting us see your travels!

[@kushal809]

Awesome video 🔥🔥👍❤️

[@mattroidangdong]

Rất mong Chris ghé thăm thành phố Huế ( kinh thành huế nói riêng), ở đó phong cảnh nên thơ thêm các cung điện đền đài lăng tẩm rất trầm tư, tựa như cố đô Kyoto của Nhật vậy. Bạn mà đến đó chắc chắn sẽ có nhiều trải nhiệm thú vị lắm

[@dreamteam69]

Haha Mình biết đến video bạn từ chú xem ôn người huế Và đã xem hết từng video một Chúc 2 bạn sức khỏe

[@kazenoshinigami1501]

Rất thích khi chris trổ tài ngoại ngữ 🤣

[@thanhhoavedephoitu]

video làm quá hay sinh động bổ ích nhiều giá trị cảm ơn 2 em trai đẹp !

[@hungtran5839]

Miến được làm từ nguyên liệu là củ dong riềng bạn nhé, rất vui khi bạn trở lại Việt Nam.

[@Macoi24]

我在北京

[@nguyenphulam]

Đại ca

[@Ragnar-ld6kl]

Raid boss, max

[@marumaru1699]

You look kinda tired here

[@luukienquoc1251]

Watch out. Vietnamese people are racist so they can judge you cuz you’re a Chinese. And before judge me, I’m Vietnamese myself so I know. (I MEAN NOT ALL VIETNAMESE)

[@macongmuoi6787]

Max nhìn lãng tử phết, còn Chris thì giỏi ngôn ngữ 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@rogerliu1182]

Good morning, it's really exciting to know, not only this border town, but also Max s knowledge of Malaysia n Indonesia Batam kind of geography n culture n food. Lewis s Chinese is really good. Thank you . .

[@KhaiNguyen-rk5ww]

Bạn thật giỏi nói được cả mấy thứ tiếng 👍👍👍

[@thao5224]

Glad to see you back to VN, Chris. You guys make me hungry 😋

[@andyngocuocsongmy2716]

Wow, Chris your Chinese mandarin is so fluent. You are amazing Chris 👏 ❤️

[@thend4427]

The wall art is amazing

[@hoaithu2702]

Chris và Max đều nói tiếng Việt rất giỏi. Đặc biệt là Chris tiếng Việt của bạn thật là tuyệt. Nếu ko nhìn mặt chỉ nghe giọng nói ko ai nghĩ bạn là người nước ngoài. Thích xem video của bạn làm về Việt Nam của chúng tôi. Ngoài món ăn ra bạn có thể làm video giới thiệu cảnh đẹp của các Tỉnh thành khác nhau ở Việt Nam chắc sẽ rất tuyệt vời

[@legolas199x]

Có lẽ đây là video thú vị nhất của kênh luôn đấy 😄😄😄

[@thanhtrungnguyen4543]

Biết nhiều ngôn ngữ làm cho Chrit dễ thương quá! 💖💖💖

[@ahmedmanajid]

16:03 looks just like what we have for dipping or pouring called finadene. It's vinegar, soy sauce and then you can add peppers, green or white onions.

[@taroshibuya7011]

Came from Max's channel! You're cool! Subbed

[@lesilky1309]

You always have a great video. Amazingly the all informations you are provided and speak very good Vietnamese. So impressed! . I’m subscribing your channel. How many languages can you speak?!

[@tranucbinh468]

i am so impressed how many languages you can speak. it inspires me to learn English

[@nguyenverano559]

Hope you enjoy your moment at the important economic junction - Lao Cai in the North West. If you have the chance, I would recommend you to go to Sa Pa to enjoy the local culture of the ethnic minorities and breath-taking scenery.

[@phunk8607]

Been to Lao Cai trekking tour… stayed with the Black Hmong people. Sapa is way too many day tourist they kicked the local ethnic tribe out from the city and now full of Hanoi ppl noisy with karaoke, not like the Sapa from before.

[@taihoang2819]

Xin chào ban bồi Tiếng Việt giỏi quá ước gì được gặp bạn.ban đang ở Hà Nội ah

[@phunk8607]

Yayyyyyyiu guys are back in Vietnam… 2022

[@mystarlight7755]

Khi những người biết nhiều thứ tiếng gặp nhau, thật thú vị

[@edmo43]

Thanks you guys for shearing the new blog👍👍Awesome !😜😜

[@wang78739]

21:55 those clear chewy noodles are actually known as either 冬粉(dong1 fen3) or 粉絲 (fen3 si1) in Chinese, and are made from mung bean or sweet potato starch! The 米線 (mi3 xian4) you are thinking of is a different noodle entirely (though shaped the same) that is white in color and made from nonsticky rice, hence the name. Former type is usually more of a north/costal style noodle & sold dried at supermarkets, while the latter is south/central China thing and sold fresh. So you and max were both half right (you on mixian and max on "glass noodles") just mixed the two together hahaha! 😆 (Also just a heads up, the Chinese I typed is in traditional characters since that is what I normally use and it's a hassle to change settings, so will probably look different to what you are used to😅)

[@topsuperseven7910]

it all tastes the same anyway. No need to create nuclear engineering level discussions about noodles. They aren't that important, special or deep.

[@teofilol2666]

@@topsuperseven7910 it's not nuclear engineering level or scientific level, it's well known for all Chinese people who cares about food or cooking and they don't taste the same.

[@topsuperseven7910]

@@teofilol2666 Wrong, most Chinese would not be able to tell the difference in a blindfold taste test. Likewise, most Italians wouldn't be able to taste the difference in dozens of variations of Italian noodle. That's saying something because Italian noodles have more sophistication, more difference in ingredients and processing than China's less sophisticated noodle arrays.

[@trog7986]

@@topsuperseven7910 and what is your cultural background? Must be 50% Italian and 50% Chinese, and both your parents worked as chefs. Conversely, you could just be so full of yourself with a Eurocentric view of culture, that you are ignorant of other cultures variations. Is food nuclear engineering? Such a pointless and rhetorical point. Food is cultural.

[@topsuperseven7910]

@@trog7986 My cultural background is Chinese but I have the advantage of having traveled and lived around the world. This is why I can teach you these things about China and Chinese food.

[@maipty5611]

Người Lào Cai chào mừng 2 bạn đến chơi nhé ! Chúc 2 bạn có chuyến đi chơi vui vẻ !

[@bilalmateen1983]

Chris you're amazing man, even when talking to Max, you're in Chinese/Vietnamese mode, and making hmmm, or ohhhh sounds like they do = aaaannnng

[@linkkk685]

Người Mỹ ăn món Trung trên đất Việt có chủ quán là người Indo🤣Trường hợp này em gặp lần đầu luôn

[@Emmy..Emmmmm]

23:10 Did anyone notice that Chris took a sip of Max’s bubble tea?? 😂

[@JD-ff4ek]

Max's tipping style is so cool :))

[@giaoanhngo2624]

2 em đã đến quê hương anh, chúc các e có chuyến đi du lịch vui vẻ.

[@thangnguyen-re1pg]

khâm phục christ thật.ngôn ngữ giỏi quá

[@sunny37845]

You guys are the awesome I Bragg about about chris to everyone that how hes gifted and how he can speak urdu and vietnamese. LOVE YOU BOTH FROM SAN MARCOS TEXAS

[@vietphan8989]

khi những người đều biết 4 thứ tiếng nói chuyện với nhau thật thú vị

[@Melva-Tjong]

I like your facial expression, both of you, your eye balls nearly popped out. Enjoy the sunshine when you can

[@dainguyen7452]

Hai bạn làm video chuyên nghiệp quá !

[@Krypt21]

i am always amazed when someone speaks many languages. such a talent. and i can tell you that everytime i hear the two chinese indonesian gentlemen speaking english, i thought they are from singapore because that's typically how singaporean speaks english... or rather singlish... hahahaha

[@topsuperseven7910]

It's not really a talent. It just takes hours and hours of time. If you think this is amazing, drop into most any part of the USA and you can find millions of people who speak English, speak Spanish and (example) a Philipino dialect. This would be normal. you'd find it everywhere. You'd find many (most?) people in his very videos speak at least 2 different languages fluently. But to the point, its not a special talent so much as it's just being willing to spend endless hours practicing. Then again, we could say having the patience, nothing else better to do and maybe some driving need for the ease and security it will bring is a kind of study talent I suppose.

[@teofilol2666]

@@topsuperseven7910 no need to start a brain science lecture on a fun video and discussion.

[@teofilol2666]

@@topsuperseven7910 Just drop to any countries in this part of the world and you can hear all the travellers are allowed to speak their native and national languages freely.

[@topsuperseven7910]

@@teofilol2666 No need to reply twice to one comment about how language acquisition is primarily practice and not 'IQ' or some sort of Rain Man autistic wonderment.

[@topsuperseven7910]

@@teofilol2666 as opposed to what other parts of the world where they aren't allowed to do such things?

[@LienTran-ry2um]

Chris is showing off his foreign language skills😍

[@trathanh6798]

Hai người giỏi quá nói tiếng Việt oke

[@TL-wu4id]

@25:09 😁. Yeah, man. Max was generous to give tips.

[@vegannguyen6699]

Nghe lời Minh Sư là đúng nhất, đừng tin quá 100% trí khôn của mình, vì một phần trí khôn là do kẻ xấu nhồi sọ.

[@victorialuu4758]

Chris giỏi quá nói nhiều thứ tiếng 👍

[@sg1dj]

Max is lost... do you need another pilot? Dude, that guy completely ignored you when you asked where the restaurant is! Sheesh... Congratulations to you learning multiple languages so fluently, impressive. A feat not attempted by most, mastered by even fewer. Why is Chinese among the most difficult live languages? I love spicy too. More Spicy = more better. The confusion you are experiencing in this video reminds me of when I visited Italy restaurants, but I always was provided more food than I could eat! LOL Those are some of my most cherished memories. Oh, what an experience to visit a foreign country! I actually did enjoy this "confusing" video very much, ty fine sir!

[@hoangnga290]

Cảm ơn Cờ ris giới thiệu quán ăn mới . Lên Lào cai sẽ vào quán đó ăn 1 lần ahhh hay ho ghê =))) ở VN nhưng vẫn phải xem kênh của bạn để khám phá =))))

[@VanMay1001]

Chào mừng em đã quay trỏe lại Việt Nsm

[@HienNguyen-tk4ll]

Bạn này có nhiều video ý nghĩa .. cảm ơn bạn .

[@havangio5278]

A interesting Video, thank for your efforts (Chris)

[@calysw91]

Hey Chris! Im a big fan of you. Gonna plan a trip up to Hanoi from Singapore with my gf. Hope to bump into u in Hanoi😂

[@bhrog]

Guys, you're awesome, i wish i had your skills and could be there with you !!

[@Mstfshaloo]

he was not lying, Batam is one of the Indonesian islands

[@TruongVu-db5qw]

Khâm phục cháu ! Cháu giỏi quá !

[@alvinpoe6670]

Hahahhaha that thumbnail pose again. It always make me smile hahaha!

[@capchilinh8818]

Hi Chris! Bạn thật dễ mến. Chúc bạn thật nhiều sức khỏe.

[@nguyentienmanh6239]

Wow that my friend’s Shop! I think u should make more video about the borders Place!

[@elenanguyen3974]

You are on point with all the languages

[@dangbichdiep2k3]

quán này mình xem 1 lần bên kênh Trai Lào Cai rồi thấy bảo cũng ngon đấy

[@nguyentho5461]

Anh mỹ trẻ noi tiếng Việt giọng bắc chuẩn luôn.Cháu rất đáng mến.

[@TienNguyen-pt6gd]

Thực sự rất thú vị vì biết nhiều ngôn ngữ . Rất hay

[@Shannon9918]

oh Batam is v close to Singapore, we usually take a ferry ride and can reach within an hour

[@chien31203]

my head is literally spinning as i listen to this eclectic mix of languages