Oodles of Noodles | Yan Can Cook | KQED

How many different ways can Martin Yan make noodles? In this episode of Yan Can Cook, follow along as Martin makes everyday noodle soup, glass noodles with peanut sauce, and an eight treasure noodle dish. To make Shanghai chow mein, Martin enlists special guest Chef Tenfu Wang to show us how to make hand-pulled noodles. An audience member also tries his hand at pulling noodles and, well, let's just say it's not a sport for beginners.
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Yan Can Cook, Episode 306, 1988
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About Yan Can Cook:
After receiving his formal restaurant training in Hong Kong, Chef Martin Yan immigrated to Calgary, Canada where he was asked to appear in a daytime news program to demonstrate Chinese cooking. The rest, as they say, is television history. In 1978, he launched the groundbreaking Chinese cooking series 'Yan Can Cook' on public television. Infused with Martin's signature humor and energy, Yan Can Cook has gone on to become a global phenomenon and has won multiple James Beard Awards.
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[@jameeselah9728]

Hahaha my brother and I always joke about "more flour more flour" and I knew it was from this show but I couldn't remember which episode. This made me laugh all over again. This is a great memory.

[@saram9883]

Yan Can Cook was part of my childhood...i used to watch his show from television with my family together...

[@independentthoughtsnotthot9030]

I as well

[@zepptar]

Yup, Saturday mornings/afternoons if I remember

[@GodWeenSatan]

Everyday after school!

[@mayhem035]

same here In Montreal, later wkrp in Cincinnati show.. earlier Mash...that was good tv!

[@missmoxie9188]

Mine too!!!

[@tajnarabota]

He is so proud and happy to share his culture. Loved watching this show as a kid.

[@bobbydigital3407]

23:16 Martin Yan-"That was so f**kin' fun!" LOL

[@macrick]

Arh, god bless the censorship back then. LoL!

[@jonathanmatthew1263]

WOW thank you for that timestamp, I love him so much more now. A real Chef.

[@andrewps84]

He’s one of the chefs who inspired my passion for cooking and I’ve subsequently made some of his dishes at home. And I may very well be doing more of them.

[@kqed]

That is awesome! Thanks for watching.

[@vincentperratore4395]

Good for you, my friend! Enjoy!

[@SohanaHaider]

More people need to see this wholesomeness

[@jedialpha2]

8:30 Chef Yan got jokes for miles 😂 And he was right.. the person at home was smiling. 😄

[@reemeroma2156]

While all the other kids were on Nickolodeon and Cartoon Network, I was watching this. Grateful we never wasted money on cable or satellite back in the day.

[@KonaFocus]

This show, along with other cooking shows on my local PBS station, as well as Californias Gold and a few others was my childhood tv of choice. None of the “kids” shows for me, when I wasnt outside or doing homework that is. 😄 cable was too expensive. Playing outside with friends was pretty much free.

[@titiung]

@@KonaFocus AND better for your health too, rather than watching cartoon all day.

[@sigrid714]

I remember seeing this episode with my mom in the 1980s and was mesmerized by how beating dough against a table made it split into noodles (at least that's how my childhood brain interpreted it). Recently I've been trying to learn to make hand pulled noodles and have been going through KZbin tutorials, and I ended up finding this and went down nostalgia lane watching this for the first time in decades. I made Martin Yan's "Laughing Donuts" for my class's potluck in 1992. Good memories.

[@bitandbob1167]

Modern tv is missing this sort of educational entertainment. The stretching of the noodles is remarkable. Such talent. Things like that are needed nowadays on tv to inspire kids and young adults about all the sorts of talents they could develop. Artisanal noodle maker? Tick!

[@ask230]

Really ahead of his time sharing hand-pulled noodle techniques with North American audiences.

[@samuelbrutting4349]

This is the best cooking show and nothing can change my mind

[@kaleiapuno]

This show brings back so many memories. I loved watching Martin Yan in the 80s-90s

[@sayon1602]

Love Chef Yan...such lovely memories of watching him as a youngster

[@2rodcampedison648]

My favorite cook show growing up

[@g2theb584]

"If Yan can cook, so can you".... odd how that saying stuck with me through all these years. 😆

[@ryckgarcia9297]

Thanks for uploading. Wow, I was 15 when this aired... 49 now, and this episode is timeless

[@madfishmonger403]

I absolutely loved watching his shows as a kit. I love his knife skills, it was the first time I'd seen anyone so that and it was amazing.

[@servicarrider]

Martin was my first mentor in Chinese / Asian cuisine. So many memories. He is still one of my favorite people.

[@BruceConnors2029]

What a classic. I remember watching Martin Yan on PBS in the 90’s. A true Masterchef! Hilarious as well 😂👌🏼

[@thesmithsonian6378]

I watched this as a child on pbs. I’ve been looking for this same episode for probably 15 years and finally found it. Thanks This was hilarious and I never forgot it after all this time.

[@kqed]

We're so glad you were able to find it here. We have Seasons 2 - 5 published on our channel. From the Yan Can Cook early days!

[@Demitry0013]

I used to love watching this as a kid I was like five or six I loved it and was super bummed when it wasn't on anymore. I'm glad I stumbled across it again. I completely forgot how funny he was.

[@dennisnelson1229]

Love him! Great memories of watching him as a kid. His personality is electric.

[@Waddamattau]

Just saw him on reruns of Hells Kitchen. He was a judge. I was so excited. Great for him. Worth 10 million. He's great!

[@daschamp]

And why would anyone down vote a cooking video from Martin Yan?

[@kqed]

Their finger must have slipped.

[@misstee101]

Or some bad bots invading the video!

[@mattnobrega6621]

The culinary Jackie Chan 🤣👍

[@Danelly112]

Hilarious episode. So fun to watch. Good try, Tom 😂

[@jameszhou8861]

Holy this is actually so fun to watch

[@missmoxie9188]

He is so charismatic and has a great sense of humor

[@opwave79]

I remember this episode because it was funny and educational. I’m fascinated by the hand pulled noodles.

[@soohoe1980]

its so much fun to watch back the classic show. including that they dont have to wash hand part, awesome!

[@deathmagnetic12085]

O loved this show as a kid. Especially loved it when he would toss things in his wok and he would exclaim "Yan can cook!". He was epic!

[@areyouquitedonemadam1328]

This is the best day of my life.

[@aliheartzuphrakonkham3005]

I love him so much I loved watching him when I was little

[@potatoid-0158]

Yan Can Cook is a phenomenal show. So glad it’s getting a resurgence in love :)

[@williamgreenough]

i used to watch this guy all the time when he was first on, he is who got me interested in oreintal cooking in the first place and for me to get my first wok ..................

[@waynehoffman456]

So many times as a kid, sick at home with the flu or whatever. Learning to love food and culture, we need more like this!

[@teej143]

what a great show and ahead of it's time

[@nonaloeffler308]

I saw him In Fresno Ca. I even have one of his signed knife and book.

[@bwzen94]

I used to watch this with my grandmother and my family.... Time flies...

[@stevenholton438]

Damn I thought he was gonna make the actual noodles! I kept watching and saw he actually did! Great stuff!

[@Scrapla1]

I use to visit family in NY every summer in the 80s and my grandma would always watch this show ugh such good memories

[@bodhi974]

I would have jumped at the chance to learn hand pulled noodles. I went to Chef Wang restaurant many a year ago. Best food ever. I want to go to one of Martin’s shows. He was in Davis last year I hear. Missed out on that one. Always funny, great recipes, really miss the older more simpler days

[@NhemLee]

His "look at dis" is so iconic lol. Loved this show as a kid

[@theaustinleeytchanneltalytc]

I'm a noodle lover and I love watching this video.

[@purplebutterfly7257]

This was a really fun episode. Tom was a really good sport.

[@szabayou]

As a Black woman, I'm truly enjoying this! I love Asian cuisine, especially Thai. This is a gem!

[@virg0_lem0nade]

LOL shoving the flour in his pockets!! hahahaha

[@rushtonsedberry4734]

Wok with yan was my favorite. This show was featured in my algebra class him counting noodles.

[@hunam1464]

7:27 His flat noodle description is hilarious. 😂

[@delisebynes6591]

Martin Yan is still the undisputed King 👑👑👑 of Food(Let's not forget about those knife 🔪🔪🔪 skills! He has introduced our palate to authentic cuisine and demystifiede the process so that anyone can do it!!! Bravo 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾!!! P.S. when is your Noodle 🍜 restaurant coming East? Enquiring minds want to know!!!

[@willowpitts6539]

And yet another great video Yan is the best ❤

[@epicfail9693]

Still my favorite cooking show of all time.

[@EnlightnMe48]

My dad wouldn't eat Chinese food, but he loved watching this show. He was always impressed with his knife skills and his amusing personality.

[@LibeliumDragonfly]

I'm curious, why wouldn't he though?

[@EnlightnMe48]

@@LibeliumDragonfly Chinese food around here is the traditional takeout style. Lots of Fried everything and chicken based. My dad had a weird thing about not liking chicken. He was ALWAYS worried about his heart with the fried stuff. *Oddly on his death bed in the hospital he ate chicken and he said it was "delicious" .😂

[@LibeliumDragonfly]

@@EnlightnMe48 Oh man, pains me everytime when somewhere out there any place's standard of Chinese food is "fried everything, especially chicken". I feel so sorry for you guys, especially when I am rolling in all this good food here in Chinese food capital Vancouver.

[@EnlightnMe48]

@@LibeliumDragonfly it's actually not so bad today. There's more variety other than fried on the menu. 🙂

[@stephenscering1776]

I love Yan! Watched him as a kid! Ooooo Wanton!

[@JackieLarose]

I remember watching him as skid. Yang is still cooking. I wonder how old is hero forever and 40

[@tonyanderson5123]

I told my two daughters that I will try to make this noodles tomorrow and the younger one said: "Dad, you still gonna clean up your own mess including the ceiling, right?"

[@pacificcoastpiper3949]

Did you succeed?

[@csun2533]

I never thought of a cooking show so funny hahaha

[@JimmyJaxJellyStax]

Such nostalgia, like time travel to the 80s

[@rogerlimtaukiat2699]

Hisbslicing skill is perfect

[@briantaulbee6452]

I remember watching this episode. Oodles of noodles.

[@alexandercalle4202]

A good entertainment. i wish i can cook chinise food. that magic for me. making noodles. haha. many years of practicing👏💪👍

[@jz5748]

i cant even fathom how a insulting chef like gordon be so popular than mr yan who is so fun loving,hilarious cook and host.Also he been doing this even before gordon..

[@independentthoughtsnotthot9030]

Insulting lol, have you seen the morons he deals with? Mfs trying to serve 3 day old chicken or cup noodles from a plastic cup lol. Have you never noticed how kind gordon is to servers? He's just honest and blunt with people who can't cook yet are supposed to be running kitchens

[@raisa_cherry35]

It's interesting to find out about the actual meaning of chowmein 😃

[@hrrproductions553]

Not gonna lie... But Martin Yan sure has some great skills on cooking in my opinion 😁😉👍

[@CobyTJay]

they don't make cooking shows like these anymore. lol

[@westernsharpie]

They don't make television like this anymore

[@alexchainey.]

Ahead of his time, NOW this hand made stretch method is the attraction at many Northern Chinese Noodles Restaurants.

[@zjchen5672]

who's still watching this in 2021?

[@jaygottdenker1558]

I have been saying "look how beautiful" for years, but I forgot where it came from, until I saw this in my KZbin feed.

[@rightyourwrong]

poor dude just keeps going with the noodles while YanMan is done with him

[@VilliageSquidiot]

You know what? I didn't get this because I was born in the mid 90s but I'm so glad I stumbled on it. Stuff like this makes me hopeful I can cook because no one ever taught me how and I'm really bad at meal prep.

[@everythingsalright1121]

Just remember if Yan can cook, so can you! ^_^

[@indrakusuma5965]

Omg when he bang the doung i laughing so much 🤣😂

[@francoisbergeron1784]

Omg me too!

[@MrBrian-fq4lr]

Everyone's saying they made a fool of Tom Walton, but honestly he made a fool of himself. 🤣

[@nyracingfan]

Almost have to believe that he was an audience plant. Why on Earth would Yan stick flour in the guy’s shirt and pants otherwise?

[@kau_chan_plays]

18:31 is always my fav part XD

[@wa2k99]

Back when gluten wasn't a curse word...

[@bloodsling]

16:06 the banging and slamming somehow stretches the gluten proteins to make pulling noodles way easier.

[@winniem1989]

i'm hungry for noodles now

[@scottbrandon6244]

Hand pulled noodles like this are hard to find in many North American cities. My city in Canada only got a hand pulled noodle place in 2016.

[@helloidharbl6753]

15:21 Yan's guest chef noodle making right here

[@triplegothic666]

Awesome tip see threw hands stretch noodle.... contest...

[@everythingsalright1121]

I get po's father vibes from this episode

[@painterpainting7056]

Amazing

[@steaksoymilk3195]

Did he put flour in all the guys pockets lmao

[@demonknight7965]

who watched him more for the antics than the recipes?

[@JThom-yh3ef]

I like this intro a lot…

[@PCS1LDV]

What is the noodle dough recipe being used here?

[@mysticgeneie4668]

I’m going to sample that mad rudiment he plays on the chopping board.

[@ZepG]

He was like Bruce Lee in sharing his secrets with us round eyes!

[@Trinity-vm7xu]

Tom's a riot

[@AutumnHutton3405]

I love it

[@stephenstorer4388]

Is this episode 306 or is Martin's Favorite Dishes episode 306?

[@remiliascarlet4412]

5:02 The subtitles should be Shaoxing wine.

[@pickler_pickler]

18:30 is that Jon Arbuckle

[@kqed]

...From Garfield? That's a deep cut.

[@wa2k99]

Funniest episode ever

[@nyracingfan]

Wasn’t there a sequel episode where he brought Tom back to try his hand at noodles again?

[@linguuno]

In asian noodle restaurants, we don’t order noodles in bowls, we order in 2exp-function.

[@Rihardololz]

🥱

[@XuyenNguyen-nw6yi]

Nice

[@springer90]

I love China food

[@siNicSiew]

I've always wondered.. was the "Yan" in the title the Cantonese word for "people"? As in "it's his name, but it also means 'people can cook' too"??

[@rogerlimtaukiat2699]

Yan is his sir name. *Yan* pronunciation is almost same as cantonese word for " people"

[@justdood7416]

The power of 2