Las Vegas is a Destination for Chinese | No Passport Required with Marcus Samuelsson | Full Episode

[@skizztrizz4453]

PBS is so underrated. Marcus and Aaron are taking it to another level. Keep it up 💯

[@JohnDoe-xu2vx]

Its government subsidised

[@ProducedbyEricka]

Shows on PBS require underwriting too- this show feels like it's got some 💵 💵 supporting it

[@skizztrizz4453]

@@ProducedbyEricka 🤔 I agree 👍🏾

[@HowdIEvenGetHere]

@@JohnDoe-xu2vxso? So is the oil, auto, banking industries…

[@vnxdragon]

mediocre content with subpar host, i want my tax money back

[@ot7stan207]

PBS is the backbone of america

[@richardando7081]

PBS is a national treasure.

[@thoughtdujour]

Ok... I've fought against watching this show for a long time because who can replace Mr. Bourdain and his insights into food and culture, but maybe, just maybe...Chef Marcus is hitting all the right notes and empty pauses for me. "Thank you" for putting together such a wonderful episode that hit the spot for someone who lived in Vegas. I'm "liking and subscribing" and looking forward to visiting the older content.

[@kamdong8483]

Marcus, I applaud this wonderful segment on the evolving and sophisticated Chinese culinary scene in Las Vegas. It is well known within the Chinese American community that some of the best Chinese chefs are working in Las Vegas making the city one of the premier destinations for authentic Chinese food. Your segment and the production staff deserve praise for providing both historical and cultural context to this exploration to help viewers understand how immigrants have always found a place in America through their food. As you correctly stated food is a way to convey one's culture both tangible and intangible and a place where people can find common ground. You bring great energy to your show and convey knowledge and understanding of culinary exploration with sensitivity, authenticity and genuine admiration. Masterfully done and looking forward to future installments!

[@jacquelinegibson7420]

Love everything about this series, but particularly appreciated Marcus's clothes in this one...love his style.

[@Tonyhouse1168]

Marcus has the best energy out there; I can’t be the only one that wants to be his best friend

[@caffeevid]

Marcus is an exceptional host. And his Chinese accent when saying tofu and 乾杯 is pretty good! 👍

[@JoieDeVivre35]

Chef Marcus is doing a phenomenal job showcasing ethnic cuisine.

[@bencheng4540]

You being a non-Chinese, I am amazed your comments and understanding of the Chinese food culture is spot on! 👍

[@jeff-crankyxer1931]

No Passport Required is one of my favorite shows and I get surprised on occasion. I always knew there was a Middle Eastern presence in Detroit, Vietnamese in New Orleans, Armenians in LA. Before I saw this episode I had absolutely no idea there was a huge Chinese presence in Vegas. Next time I'm there I want to go to the Chinatown Plaza and try all the different restaurants.

[@hiphipjorge5755]

Vegas native here! I grew up near the Chinatown in Las Vegas, right in the heart near the bank that has Mandarin and Cantonese available. The main Asian representation in Vegas is Filipino for sure, but a good number of Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Thai also live here. More Indians are moving here as well but we really haven't seen that food scene blow up.

[@bossmanmce5599]

fabulous Marcus -hats off to all the restaurants

[@samjones4327]

Once again a huge thanks to Chef Samuelsson and PBS Food network for another great showcase on great food! This episode is near and dear because I love Chinese food and I love learning about other foods that I had no Idea existed! Cheers!!

[@sheilaannsanders2619]

The kind and honorable Chinese people with great determination and endurance, plus the commitment to each other, sustained them through many injustices, still.

[@prettyprettysmart]

Glad to see that Marcus covered the role that taishanese immigrants have played in Chinese American history!

[@CBD7069..]

I remember going to Vegas as a child and there was limited Asian food. It is awesome to see how much the Asian food scene has developed exponentially! Do an episode on the local Hawaiian culture and food scene please!

[@AkodoNoEyes]

I hope this series keeps going and going. Back in 2013 when I moved into my recently deceased grandmother’s house, I couldn’t afford cable and back then you could get digital channels (around 15/16) and one of them was PBS. The programs on that channel got me through a rough year. Mind of the Chef was spectacular and this show reminds me of the first few seasons but better as it Doesn’t have a Chen in it 😂😅. Jokes aside, PBS is an essential and excellent thing. Thank you.

[@vellabella1]

PBS is Anazing. I have been watching since I was 4 years old. I am 36 now

[@echan275]

10:23, JK Restaurant, the owners are from ToiShan. For those who are interested, in the 1970s and back, most of the Chinese in the Americas were from ToiShan, there are more ToiShan folks outside China than in China. They (I am a ToiShanese) contributed to the Americas than any other people from China. They paved the road for Asians in the US and Canada. It used to more in Mexico as well. One of my great grandfather was in Cuba. We have been in the US for 180 years. There were2 Chines served the Civil War.

[@ttaycher]

As a Las Vegas local, this was perfect.

[@HowdIEvenGetHere]

PBS really knows where to head to for great ethic food!

[@Filiku]

I love this series and appreciate all the knowledge AND THE FOOD! Plz send chef Marcus here to Utah to share about the Polynesian culture here and the largest Polynesian population in America (outside of Hawaii) thanks for sharing!

[@linhluu5749]

I like your video is very technical,clear, and professional filming. Thank you for filming all authentic Chinese food. Chinese food is always number one in the whole world.

[@ahc1230]

Love this! Please have more episodes like this

[@docvideo93]

I was in Vegas last July and I made an unplanned stop by a noodle shop in a Chinatown mall. Best noodles I ever had!!

[@willchorhotsoi]

whoever pick the soundtracks for this episode. Big Up , thank you!

[@gailsiangco5599]

Awesome Vlog !!!! Marcus & Aaron thank you for sharing !!!

[@IPANoah]

Nice glad to find this- watched this on tv when it first aired. I really like this series.

[@indaybadiday8884]

Another amazing episode, chef! Thank you for featuring Las Vegas and the Chinese-American community. Love ❤️ this show!

[@marketads1]

I had Hainan chicken in Singapore and can’t get it out of my mind.

[@ot7stan207]

its quite easy to make at home actually u should try

[@hiphipjorge5755]

Las Vegas may not have the BEST of any cuisine, but it has solid examples of many cuisines, from Mexican to Chinese to Filipino to Ethiopian to Salvadoran to Vietnamese. Cubans are also rapidly growing here and a few top notch Cuban spots have opened. And nowhere else apart from Hawaii has the quality of Hawaiian food that we have. I'm a Vegas native who travels a lot and I always tell people that Vegas has a solid offering of many different foods.

[@d_e_r_i_v_a_t_i_v_e]

cubanidad is awesome, where's Ur fav cuban in town

[@WakeUpSmellTheCoffee]

Agreed. Also a Vegas native. We didn’t know how good we had it in the food scene here till we moved away after living in Vegas for 30 years. The food has gotten so solid, I hadn’t felt the urgency to travel to Cali for good food in the past 5 or 6 years.

[@MolotovZav]

Cubans have actually always been here, the casinos needed staff who were experienced and early on, like the 60s, imported floor workers from Cuba. Since then its been a "uncommon" but not weird destination for Cubans. Its only now people are noticing it. I wrote a lot of papers in college on the history of Vegas (i've lived here for 25 years) and the groups it brought in and I was honestly shocked at how long Cubans have had a presence in Vegas.

[@christinegarcia7943]

Love this episode!

[@freddyrod2948]

Mott 32 is really expensive. You can find food that taste just as well and not as expensive in Vegas’s China town.

[@PickpocketJones]

I was unimpressed with the place honestly. We did the duck and it was super dry. There were definitely some good things on the menu but I've been to plenty of better places in Vegas if you are going to spend that much. Very cool atmosphere though.

[@prst99]

It’s about impressing your hot date.

[@yaphehhairskin-shiphrah4498]

These lessons be so amazing and educational thank you so so so much❤️💯

[@bruddahgabe]

Thanks for this video. In Hawaii, we have a unique interpretation of Cantonese Chinese food. Now, I live in the ninth island of Las Vegas and miss my hometown Chinese restaurant. Im inspired to try cooking them myself.

[@Ekcmd]

Chef Marcus is a wonderful host 😊👏👏👏 I really appreciate how the many episodes illuminate the often less well known dishes of so many cultures. Thanks so much to Marcus and the production team for the hard work! I hope there will be more episodes 😊

[@SoPiPz]

I never heard of C Pop. But in the 90’s they were called Chinese Melodies. Those were great music.

[@JPH0922]

I love this!!! Next time you feature Vegas visit all the amazing Hawaiian and Filipino restaurants here. It’s considered the 9th Island with all the Hawaiian ‘refugees’ now living here.

[@MarksmanSpecialist]

omg i came across these places here before when I went to LV, however to hear and understand the history is a surprise

[@lisajayasekera6430]

Marcus, please do an episode about the Sri Lankan community in New York. I know that in New York and in New Jersey and also the greater Los Angeles area in which I live in. We are such a little known culture incredible as well as very very different than Indian food. I would really love to see your PBS show provide a educational culinary demonstration of Sri Lankan food. Sri Lanka has been colonized by the Dutch, Portuguese and❤❤ British,and how our religious beliefs, culture and heritage and most importantly food has been directly affected. But importantly, I would like the rest of the world to see the actual indigenous food. think about cinnamon and about all the other ingredients native to Sri Lanka and they are vast and so complex, the cuisine it’s beautiful, please take into consideration thank you so much Marcus I have been following in your career since college, I’m 40 now. You are so inspirational you’re an incredible human being. Thank you so much for everything you do, and provide to the rest of us.

[@jz5748]

chef alan is an amazing chef...

[@deedeeR123]

Great series!!!

[@israelgregoriojr.7425]

MARCUS , THANKS FOR THE CHINESE FOOD VIDEO, VERY GOOD VIDEO, I LIKE IT.

[@ismaelhall3990]

lovely food , lovely culture

[@EmilyMDong]

I speak Cantonese actually in California and mostly I am surprised that Marcus learned how to speak it perfectly well!! Way to go Marcus!! If you want to learn more Cantonese I am your guide lol.

[@ivysn13]

i'm teochew chinese so southern chinese also has so much variations. and when he went to eat taiwanese food and the oyster pancakes, that is within teochew and hokkien cuisine which is the majority of people who escaped to taiwan. oyster pancake is my favorite ua lak. i hope samuel gets someone to tell him this so he knows this! cantonese has more stir fries while teochews are more on steamed dishes with ingredients like chestnuts are very teochew chinese. i hope u learn about hainanese cuisine and variety within a variant of a region

[@sonnyvan2759]

Gagi-nang, happy to see a fellow Teochew

[@ivysn13]

@@sonnyvan2759 hey cousin 😭😹

[@sonnyvan2759]

@@ivysn13 wait is that really you? Ivy from SD?I didn’t even realize it 😂

[@phoso1]

Crazy, did not know the Chinese immigrants settled in Vegas since 1860. BTW, best Chinese food in Vegas is Ping Pang Pong (inside Gold Coast Casino). I will try all the little shops in this video.

[@swicheroo1]

How is uniformity possible in Chinese restaurants across the country? Because there are two centralized hubs where all chefs get hired--San Francisco and New York--and they are administered by a restaurant association. You are assessed by your ability to make a standard repertoire, and the more items you can make, the more you get paid. You are never hired face to face by the owner (who might be in Juneau or Des Moines). They just phone it in. And request someone with that specific range of repertoire. BTW: When unemployed, chefs high tail it back to those cities and learn more skills from other unemployed chefs--and mentors--to rise up the pay scale.

[@itsatrap4986]

Whack! What a back handed compliment and the comments are eating it up like it's something positive.

[@NotaPizzaGRL]

Where's the back handed compliment?

[@MH_6160]

Las Vegas has an amazing China Town and it keeps getting better and better… I live in Central CA so I am 3 hours from SF and SOCAL both have amazing Asian food communities but I choose to drive to Vegas…

[@marketads1]

Great show. My mouth is going thru noodle envy. I know the mouth feel. I know it’s as good as steak but you don’t get tired of the meatiness as quickly. This is pure culinary torture!

[@reginastratton5031]

Southeast Missouri prices: 18 ct eggs, $1.74, 12 ct $1.18 Milk, whole $3.76 1/2 gal $2.05 Milk 2% gallon $3.36 1/2 gal $1.94 Coffee 40 oz $13.26 9.6 oz $4.92

[@theruralasia]

I like that!

[@thenewlevi]

Great episode! Its refreshing to see more west coast chinese videos. Too many videos on NYC Chinatown when I really believe West coast has far better Chinese food.

[@felixdaass]

“Little Ethiopia” is nearby Chef.

[@deesee3622]

yummm

[@violetviolet888]

4:24 PBS: Please correct your captions to reflect that the chef is saying "dark soy sauce" not "duck".

[@kaichen7907]

oh man, i already wrote down the places Imma be visiting the next time I'm in Vegas.

[@lazvegaz]

I saw Leo Lukidi's namecand I knew it instantly that he's Indonesian! 😅

[@joanneganon7157]

Excellent, ao many things I didn't know 😊. JO JO IN VT 💞

[@martykong3592]

:) WOW! THANKS so MUCH as I have learned SO MUCH for this! Being 2 1/2 generations removed from China, helps me piece together where we came from! Eldest Cousin says the village is gone, and nothing left :( BUT you mention the place where more than 1/2 Chinese left for America etc. ALL the BEST and Cheers! :)

[@Waeweas]

If you're in Vegas PLEASE go visit Shang Artisan Noodle on the west side of Chinatown!!!

[@chefboyartty]

Taiwan deli is LEGIT, I always make a stop there when I'm in Vegas for work.

[@christialuella6594]

In all the cities I’ve been I sought a Chinatown to shop/eat but never knew why they were there, cool!

[@janetlsackey]

Chef Marcus please visit and archive Dominican Culture in NYc. We are a big and vibrant group of people.

[@BaldManInTexas]

Too bad Flock & Fowl shutdown. It was some of the best chicken that I ate in Vegas.

[@nancydelu4061]

I'm from Hawai'i. When i was growing up, they used to say, "a Jew would starve in China ." Truely, my buddies did not starve in mainland, USA.

[@Whatisthis94]

Vegas has the best thai in the states. From restaurants to groceries to ingredients. Unsure why but this is truth

[@Sacto1654]

Given the Vegas casinos catering heavily to the Chinese community, no wonder why Chinese cuisine has taken a quantum leap forward in authenticity and quality in the last 20 years.

[@SoPiPz]

I love how Chinese people were so discriminated but still kept moving on the become better! No Victimhood mentality like some group of people that still loves to be a victim.

[@mrbungle112loser5]

Nice title !!!’ So where do I take all the blacks to??

[@hammersampson]

Las Vegas has the best Asian food outside of LA.

[@krnpowr]

Have you tried Asian food in San Fran, Vancouver, Seattle, Toronto, or NYC?

[@sirsherlockladywatson5036]

How did these restaurants make the list? So many better ones, way better.

[@BongDonky]

The Indigenous Taiwanese are progenitors of Polynesian people. The Samoans, Tongans and Maori are related to Taiwanese indigenous. Mind blown!

[@ELEKTRARE]

Flock & fowl seems to be my kinda restaurant yum 😋 period okay 👍🏼

[@onesuchasi]

I looked it up on google maps shows it is permanently closed. Checked the reviews and found the most recent one was two years ago confirming it has permanently closed.

[@SPUK868]

Hainan chicken is not from Hainan, it is a Singaporean dish. Also cheers in Mongolian is not Gan bei, that's Mandarin.

[@Camera728]

The Asian district in Vegas is the best.

[@papagen00]

Any good persian restaurants in LV ?

[@jimmyfumbanks6081]

Yes ketchup is used on French fries .

[@SinCityAMG]

This episode was filmed pre-pandemic? The KJ is no longer there (moved to a casino) and the restaurant that replaced it (Lucky Cafe) is no longer in business according to Yelp. EDIT: Flock & Fowl closed in 2020.

[@pokebear]

he said "dark soy sauce" not "duck soy sauce" lol

[@fanaticforager6610]

✨☂️🈴🌻✨🙏🏼🌅 54:11

[@ckennylin717]

Video was produced by Vox Media in *2019* so I'm guessing some places mentioned are gone and there are better choices today. Also no mention of the Pandemic and the associated anti-Asian violence as that had not happened yet.

[@CC-kl4nh]

Food equals cultural community.

[@genxyears]

Too bad Flock & Fowl closed =(

[@repsolnow]

I'd have to say, Taiwanese food, is the best.

[@mellow-jello]

Blatant promo for LV. He never came by Toronto/Markham, the top veteran, regional Chinese hotspot born from immigrants. PBS should visit us for the real deal.

[@cboy0394]

Not a blatant promo. Vegas surprisingly has amazing Chinese food. This is coming from someone who’s had Chinese food in China, LA, NYC, and San Fran.

[@ngocphan-wg3ch]

It's meant to be a promo for LV, it's all about LV and Chinese food. Not about NY, L.A or Toronto

[@Devilishlybenevolent]

Saying Chinese is like saying European. While its technically true, there's more to it. For example the Cantonese are genetically the same people as Vietnamese people, only difference is they stayed in China while the Vietnamese pushed south and diverged. Every government want cohesion of even now the "Chinese" label encompasses so many different ethnic groups.

[@TheGardenMG]

9:55 is that the guy from prison break?

[@HowdIEvenGetHere]

Reminds me a bit of Mind of a Chef…

[@Mauiwowie05]

Lax looks like Hong Kong already

[@papagen00]

It's also not true that Vegas has all the shows. Classical arts are sorely missing. There's no symphony, opera or ballet. The last presenter to put on a ballet in Vegas sold only 50 tickets and went bankrupt.

[@mrpersianality6363]

They're all at UNLV

[@papagen00]

@@mrpersianality6363 that's no bueno.

[@KenMathTeacher]

"Churros looking donut"...Marcus, churros is originally from China! Look it up folks!

[@cksh4182]

that chinese girl in red was cute.

[@prst99]

I want to marry her.

[@alexander1982miller]

Food has to taste good to sell well

[@beanguyen3812]

Only the buffets are the best in Las Vegas.

[@BaldManInTexas]

They are not even close anymore. Many buffets shut down due to the pandemic have been replaced by food halls, which provide much better food. Resort World Asian food hall is one of the best in Vegas. The good buffets in Vegas are over $50 a person to eat at. I've eaten at almost all of the current Vegas buffets, and I would recommend only 3 to people who ask me: Wynn, Caesars, Palms. Wicked Spoon was overrated. Bellagio tanked in quality post-pandemic.

[@bangkok1817]

As a critical jerkwad, I have to admit this was a great episode.

[@shellystewart9023]

interestng

[@dkcchock4451]

Chef said DARK soyu sauce not DUCK soyu sauce....ha ha

[@kevinxu3892]

I wish the episode would cover not just the well known Chinese exclusion act, but also the literal riots that destroyed Salt Lakes and Denver’s China towns

[@deesee3622]

wow, will have to read up on this

[@amt7877]

It’s about Chinese food in Vegas not other cities just like when he does Vietnamese food in New Orleans so it just about viet food in New Orleans and not California or Texas two largest population of Vietnamese people

[@israelgregoriojr.7425]

YOU WOULD WANT TO TAKE YOUR HAT OFF., BROTHER WHILE EATING.; IT IS CALL TABLE MANNERS.

[@JohnDoe-xu2vx]

Chinese will own Vegas someday