STEAK For Breakfast & GREASY Diner Food!

I traveled back to my old college town of Kirksville Missouri, home of Truman State University to eat at a diner called pancake city which I used to eat at a lot when I went to school here.
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[@bellesogne]

I'm Asian and my job takes me all over Kansas, Texas, Missouri, and the South. Asian stare happens occasionally but definitely not as much as 15-20 years ago. Most people are generally polite and gracious, especially in the Midwest. There was one time a few years ago, though, when I was on the way to Atlanta from Macon and stopped off in Lithonia for some Gladys Knights Chicken & Waffles. The lady at the table next to me gave me the stare but then asked me if I was Chinese or Japanese (I'm Chinese). I looked her right in the eyes and, with a straight face, I started speaking to her in Italian.

[@九-f7c]

bellesogne absolutely blasphemous, i like it

[@monkeygirl243]

bellesogne I would do the same but I would start speaking Russian or Hebrew 😂😂 people would be so confused

[@willtravel4food446]

you could always just answer her and say youre chinese. maybe she would be interested in ur culture

[@xxx6555]

Well done!

[@SuzyGrowsMyBiz]

Lmfaoo

[@jolenewandersee7047]

I'm white and have gone to small town greasy spoon restaurants. I also have been stared at. I think it's the locals wondering who the new person is.

[@OnePurplePrincess]

I didn't know you were in my hometown!!!! My grandfather worked at the Stockyards and I've been going to Cattleman's for 55 years now. My whole life.

[@SidewaysInTraffic]

Mike it wasn't the Asian Stare, they were just trying to figure out if you were Jackie Chan.

[@mysteryreadertheoriginal2145]

XD could be.

[@future2757]

SidewaysInTraffic Haha...You made my Day dude

[@nicholausbuthmann1421]

He already knows that I'm sure.

[@nicholausbuthmann1421]

Dude, this is a Foodie Post.........Take you Race Baiting and Fascism elsewhere.......

[@nicholausbuthmann1421]

I told you this a "FOODIE ONLY CHANNEL". Take your racist Alt-Right attitude SOMEWHERE ELSE! ......You're NOT WELCOMED HERE!..........

[@glfrjack]

Mike, I grew up about 60-70 miles southeast of Kirksville and seeing the clips of you driving on those country roads made me feel nostalgic for my childhood. In high school, we would go to the university there (back then it was just called Northeast Missouri State) for various competitions and would always have to stop into to Paglia's Pizza. I'm glad I discovered your channels (props to Sean Evans) and happy to find another KZbin'r who brings a positive outlook on the world. Thanks!

[@jellosapiens7261]

Steak and eggs is actually pretty common for breakfast. It's still awesome that they had the full menu for breakfast, though.

[@scruffybob42088]

I've eaten at both places, both incredible food! Thank you for knowing about biscuits n gravy, greasy yes, but sooo good!

[@peternt2008]

Breakfast of champions lol. Keep up the good work Mike, these obscure eateries on your journey are really good to see.

[@lynbabysusu]

Cattlemen's Ranch?? As like the one in Fresh of the Boat? XD

[@luismanalastas2719]

lynbabysusu lol i was waiting for this comment HAHAHA

[@Reqiume]

Same

[@islandneni1829]

😂 exactly what I was thinking!

[@NicoleTheeHomebody]

Lol those clouds are how you know he's not lying, the sky has been looking like that for the past week here in Missouri😂

[@Lawyerman]

Truman State would be the LAST place I would have guessed where you were an alum.

[@mindysmom6132]

Your comment about the "Asian Stare," cracked me up, and brought back so many memories! I remember visiting my boyfriends' family in Wisconsin, back in the mid 80's, and walking into restaurants, grocery stores, etc., and people literally craning their necks to get a look at me. 😂

[@RickyG225]

that must make you feel like a celebrity!

[@jeanettewaverly2590]

Thanks for being our guide on the Cholesterol Tour! I've eaten food like that all my life and I'm still going strong at 67. (If I die tomorrow, it was worth it!)

[@SandraNelson063]

Yes, in the west lots of folks want steak and eggs and/ or biscuits and gravy for breakfast. Actually, in parts of the states, biscuits and gravy are necessary sustenance at any time during the day. And this is a tradition older than the USA itself. Folks have been eating some sort of hard tack, twice baked "cookie" with meat drippings since the pilgrims tottered up the shoreline. It's only in the last couple of hundred years that a fluffy soft bread dumpling has been used, along with a white rue sauce. Check out the youtube site Jas. Townsend and sons to get the facts.

[@sassypolkadots6446]

Wow, u actually drove cross country from SF to NY!!!!!! Awesome Mikey!!!!!!👌🏾☀️

[@teacupterrier783]

That second breakfast looked AMAZING, and that giant root beer float! If i had that first breakfast with the steak though I think I'd fall right back asleep after. My favorite non typical breakfast I've ever had was the big lunch plate of loco moco from the rainbow drive in. I'd get it whenever i was on my way to the north shore for Romi's garlic shrimp: two scoops rice, two hamburger patties, gravy, two eggs, and mac salad on the side. And I've had a similar stare go down when i stopped in a random Wendy's in Maine while on a small road trip. The whole place stopped and stared, but continued to look for the entire time i was there. I'm not asian or black, i just obviously look non white.

[@annainspain5176]

I'm sitting here eating a salad and tea eggs, thanks to YOU, Mike Chen!! I am now addicted to tea eggs. Tea eggs and rice, tea eggs and salad, tea egg in a wrap...mmmm.

[@whiskeyjohnston]

The real Asian Stare is when you are like me, Taiwanese but adopted and grown up in america and have a completely American name and accent. You can really catch some people off guard lol especially at job interviews.

[@cee_el]

Not really, there are lots of Asian Americans, born and raised. We’re the minority but NOT that minor (depends on the city you go to of course)

[@weiwang516]

Hi Miley love your vlogs! Tell us more about your college experience, what you studied and what clubs you were involved in

[@sapporobysunrise3787]

Much love from Oklahoma Mikey! Thanks for stopping by.

[@godisgoodallthetime7622]

Nothing wrong with steak for breakfast. Steak and eggs are good.

[@waaywavyme]

Godisgood Allthetime man😍

[@ngatiramona]

Steakhouse for breakfast, and coconut pie ,now that is just too fabulousness. Asain stare, I get browngirl side eye, but Id risk it all for that icecream float! Bless everything you do, Mike. Best part of my week getting to travel with you.😚😊❤

[@monarch9365]

Hey Mikey...Would You Tell that what job you used To do Before KZbin.... I mean I was just curious about your Life....

[@CandycaneBeyond]

I believe he does some kind of accounting. I think he mentioned it once. it was the reason for one of his trips.

[@strange7s545]

he work for publishers like dc and marvel!

[@MultiKwolf]

El capitane is right. he talked about it on one of his vlog. its really awesome !

[@cuongbui9708]

He was an actor...have you not seen rush hour?

[@enderwarrior008]

cuong bui 😂😂😂😂😂

[@pdelmercado]

This is fun! Thank you for taking us along.

[@MikeDelphi1]

A city boy who understands how to properly eat biscuit and gravy. I knew there was a reason I watched your channel. ;)

[@silviapinamonjaras9175]

Love the country its so peaceful and not a lot people like the city pushing you out of the way, bumping into you there is just too much hussle and bustle in the city....

[@masayapyro-lionignacio2515]

my #1on my bucket list is to DRIVE across our BEAUTIFUL country AMERICA! to see the BAUTY of it ALL. i HAVE always been a nature outdoor girl. i love watching "wild America" and anything American National Parks! ahhhhh i wish i had a lot of money!

[@innervisions100]

I am in a state of disbelief right now. I've been watching you all this time AND HAD NO IDEA YOU WERE A BULLDOG!!!! I can barely find anyone who's even heard of Truman State! This is SOOO cool!

[@atheanicholls2199]

hi Mickey, good morning, 😍 love the video as always, thanks for sharing your wonderful videos with us in subscribers land, God bless you always with all the good things in life that life has to offer you and we your subscribers will be watching them too, keep these videos coming, there are awesome and appreciate by all, good 👋 bye. 🍴

[@jakeparsons5501]

are you trying to get in his pants

[@ix-cacaoakasweetlibrasun3567]

And she is? What's it to you?😂

[@metalshroomy3539]

Damn the biscuits and gravy and the hash browns at the greasy spoon looks so good and made my mouth water

[@nikgarvoille4025]

Truman State?!? Just missed you, Mikey, wow! Such a weird area of the country… If you are ever back, stop by the Milkweed Mercantile in Rutledge for pizza and a bed& breakfast.

[@gspdark1]

for me, the best part is the biscuit and gravy. Love that you dumped that gravy on the biscuit, Mike.

[@Pennie123]

Lmao! "The Asian stare", I get that all the time too, regardless of what state I am in. It is a bit uncomfortable. Thanks for sharing.

[@swish007]

i've caught myself doing that.. but it was because i was in a kava bar in a town where there's almost no asians and they seemed interesting so i was just wishing i could be friends with them lol. (they also had the full-on chinese accents so i was super curious why the hell they would come all the way from china to my little town in north carolina)

[@Pennie123]

swish007 Haha, okay thanks. I have always wondered what people could possibly be thinking as I hurried along.

[@mintyjang]

I don't like to eat typical breakfast food. Steak for breakfast is heaven 😍

[@desireepowers8849]

I'm an Okie and have enjoyed MANY of Cattlemens Resturant meals even while they rustled the cattle into the stockyard! After President Bush Sr ate there, you would have a two hour wait just to go upstairs to the bar and wait another half hour to get a table. Delicious memories makes me want to move back home to OKC....😊

[@babosing]

Your vlogging style is very relaxing

[@LongWatchman]

LOL Cattleman's Ranch! If only I could go there

[@joanaefuaaggrey-fynn2154]

WHAT!!! I didn't know you had a fourth channel- beyond science. I am now a subscriber to all of your channels you look like Jackie Chan... And I like the way you say "chewy", "infused" and "juicy"... it makes me smile and hungry every time... I am a huge fan 😍😊

[@sarahko1986]

Cattlemens like fresh off the boat. Lol

[@briesulit]

I'll be very glad to wake up with that.

[@Bj-yf3im]

I got the "White Guy Stare" in Kunming! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ocs874]

Food looks amazing!!! That looks like a place that was on diners drive ins and dive? Are you almost in ny yet

[@1337superboy]

Mike, you can start a fitness channel and be the new six pack shortcuts

[@KudaroKoi]

Can anyone tell me what biscuits in America are? Isn't it the same as scones in the UK? I'm really interested in trying it with gravy :0

[@shanedenniscom]

Yeah mate. Biscuits in the Midwest and South are similar to scones in the UK. Americans have something else they call a scone but the American scone is nothing like a UK scone.

[@KudaroKoi]

Wow that's cool, sounds very yummy! I'd love to try that lol

[@bobbybroward]

KudaroKoi order canned biscuits online. bake them or fry them on super low heat. i like to stuff mine with tuna mixed with bbq sauce and a little cheese then fried. they look like empanadas but taste soooo southern.

[@swish007]

southern biscuits are hard to describe.. there ARE very dense biscuits.. but they are pretty soft and buttery and perfect for spreading lots of butter or jam or honey on them. they're almost like hardtack but if you made it soft and sumptuous. the kind i like here in NC are so dense they're kinda hard to chew by themselves. but here you wouldn't have a traditional southern meal without a basket of them on the table. you can tell i'm kinda passionate about biscuits lol. (they're really mainly just flour, salt and maybe buttermilk.. and then you cut up a lot of butter and mix it in while leaving chunks of butter in the dough. so it gives it a flakiness but nothing like say a croissant. with biscuits you don't knead the dough much at. and just enough wet ingredients to barely come together)

[@KudaroKoi]

Gosh I really want to try some biscuits here in London if I can find a place that serves them. That's so cool though, in England biscuits are referred to as cookies. Would love to try southern american food.

[@wbwillie]

AWESOME!!!!! that's where my niece goes to college

[@eliseblair5228]

Have you seen the programme Fresh Of The Boat? It’s about the owner of a cattlemans ranch coming from China to the USA! Really funny and a true story. Eddie Hyuang (probably butchered that) has a food show too on Viceland. He’s the kid in FOTB 😊

[@MonstroGaming]

Mike you haven't been to the southern end of the east coast we have hash browns like that

[@dustout1]

Check out Szchezuan Bistro in Oklahoma City! Love their authentic Chinese food (rare for Oklahoma)

[@karminiparsan4440]

breakfast of champions 😊😊

[@nairb2693]

Yes, the east coast does have those hash browns as well.

[@cjanderson2371]

😮😮😮. My dad and grandpa both graduated from a medical school in Kirksville!

[@phone7x7]

Man that is crazy that you went to Kirksville! I live in St. Louis and I forgot you lived there.

[@redwolfjoy]

Mike, I totally agree with you on the hash browns. The home fries are not my thing when it comes to breakfast food.

[@kelmarie4477]

Yes! I'm so glad that you went to Cattlemens! It's even better for dinner

[@CBaca-ll3sd]

Safe travels bro.

[@meghan926]

I'm not eating carbs and those biscuits and gravy looked f a n t a s t i c

[@StevenGamingArmy]

no carbs at all??? whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy its so goodddddddd

[@DOMEATHOME]

Meghan B you mean you're on a diet, right?

[@dad325]

Meghan B I'm also not eating carbs. You doing the keto diet?

[@meghan926]

yes I am!

[@waaywavyme]

Same girl I'm on a diet and that pie looked sooo good😭😍

[@CDD1312]

OMG Mike I cant believe I just heard Kirksville MO from your KZbin channel. Hello from another Truman State alum!!

[@dashie07e.92]

OMGSH!! Where are you putting all that food??? I'm sick just watching you shovel it in!!! 😂😂😂

[@kylek7903]

That definitely looks like Missouri backroad driving. I've driven on them for hours.

[@botticellib]

Yuuuum!! Thanks Mike, keep the vlogs coming, love ya humor.

[@sassypolkadots6446]

Steak & eggs Mikey are regular items on any breakfast menu!!!!!!!! Dennys, COCO's, IHOP, anywhere 😊

[@Steveyoung49er]

so close! I live just five miles from there!

[@supremolicious94]

7:07 they probably thought you were Jackie Chan tho xD

[@danboyjr12345890]

you call that a country road, try coming to england where you've got people doing 70mph on a two way road that only fits 1 and a half cars width wise

[@DebraKilgore]

I've lived 30 miles from Kirksville for almost 40 years and I've never been to Pancake City. I'm going to go next time I'm in Kirksville. :-)

[@pandersonnike]

You went to Truman??? I grew up south of there, and several friends went there. I went to Mizzou myself, but I know a lot of people in the area.

[@stylish6218]

Love hash browns and biscuits! Be still my heart!!

[@LinReed_Shukla]

I get the 'white stare' when I go into an Indian grocery store here in California. I'm white married to Indian. Oh, and it happens ANYWHERE I go while in India! #happensallover Great video, Mike! Makes me want to go to Missouri (where I had ancestors)! Cheers! Safe journey east!

[@fosho894]

6am and ur eating a steak! you are my type of guy :D great video as always my man

[@williamzhu7845]

Cattleman' Ranch😆😆The restaurant's name is the same as that in Fresh off the Boat TV series

[@jbjacobs9514]

Was that like the Devil's Chair? They have one in a cemetery in Bement (near Decatur, Illinois). I refused to sit in this thing! It was creepy (of course, it was midnight too!).

[@rorytermonfils763]

Dude you can really eat

[@kong7535]

The Asian Stare! Got me. It's so true. As a minority, I feel like whenever I go to a white town, I get that stare.

[@kraken955]

Mix ? White father and Asian mother

[@victoralvarez3479]

Same but they gave me the Mexican stare which is people having their phone ready to call the pop

[@stevenjefferies1670]

The Laughing crow OOH PLEASE! No white person is afraid of a mexican!!

[@ellenarchambault8526]

you should try getting the lesbian stare. people are either over polite or ignore. I just smile, have good manners and tip.

[@pmnyc87]

Yea I think that's just the minority stare

[@shadyzbabii420]

Love you Mike. Everything you post is magically delicious lol

[@imari2305]

T-Bone steak and eggs over easy is my favorite all time breakfast!!

[@hiroueda2227]

i have not seen a physical "key" to a hotel room in over a decade...wow

[@swish007]

man eating a steak at 9am would bring my metabolism to a screeching halt. i'd have to immediately go home and sleep. i never got the steak and eggs thing either. steak in the morning would stop me the hell up lol

[@Deekity]

Wow - didn't know you went to Truman! You know you ate heaps of those golden bbq wings at Ailerons!!! Mmmm

[@aznbouncer1226]

somebody been watching fresh off the boat.

[@Phoenixspin]

I had no idea that Mike went to a small-town school, literally with cows.

[@ilbeyegetestere5782]

2 days to new home? LETS GO BRUHHH

[@McCrazey]

Yasss Joey Pecaro music at the end

[@Enoxix.]

Hey Mikey, I was wondering which song is played from 03:24 - 03:58? Thanks!

[@K1WarmWinter]

Hey Wouter ! Vexento - Never Letting Go just found it, hope you found it a year ago too :)

[@quinndallai5561]

@@K1WarmWinter ur a nice person

[@dianathedragon8766]

Oh Pancake city is amazing!

[@thedoneeye]

OMG that food looked soooo good!!!

[@VJKBorahae]

Hi Mike just subed to your new channel good luck & keep reviews coming!😀

[@janrichter5428]

This guy really likes to talk to himself, and it's pretty entertaining!

[@RickyG225]

no kidding. this guy is a pro how he is so eloquent!

[@angelsharp90]

Omg you came to my neck if the woods in okc. Love your videos.

[@dcastle6]

I really like your videos. I used to live in Oklahoma and Texas. I can so relate to this video. For me as a kid if we went out to eat it was steak, Mexican or chicken fried steak. I still love it, but it makes one feel as if they might die todayy

[@tomii9840]

For something being filmed off a phone, the quality is still pretty good!

[@sanchog5704]

This is why I have cornflakes and toast for my breakfast.

[@tomchin1562]

Always enjoy your video, drive safe.

[@midnightcobra626]

That steak was still moving a little

[@CloudandSephiroth3]

I'm watching this like 2 years after the fact, but wow i grew up in kirksville, missouri for a couple years. I didn't know other asians were in that town.

[@jodeedugger9041]

Mikey Chen I love your Vlogs 😊

[@romainleonardy9380]

DId you record this during your way back from San Francisco to New York?

[@NativeGrit]

what, no Tabasco on them biscuits and gravy?

[@FlaccidPlatypus]

lilwopaho what? Tabasco? I might try that later

[@LemoNanora]

He needs hot oil on it

[@oohdonna]

All minority's in areas that lack cultural diversity get that stare. I personally don't care until I feel a negative atmosphere/vibe. Most of the time I take it as 'people staring at the new person in the room', but it gets uncomfortable when the staring doesn't stop. 👀👁👀👁👀👀👁👀👁👀👁

[@theself5738]

When you go to a small town anywhere in the world, people stare at you. The stare is part of curiosity for people who see/do the same things. I went to a tiny village in India, and even though I’m Indian myself, people stared because they’d never seen a car before!

[@nilobeebee]

Same stare Asians get in Compton or Oakland. But that gets followed with the Asian beatdown and Asian robbed.

[@DocPabster]

Saw you the a couple weeks ago standing in front of a house on Webb Rd. Did you guys buy that house or what?

[@raigne86]

Been in the wrong parts of the East Coast. Bunch of diners here around Rochester NY have hashbrowns. :x