Trying LARGEST AMISH BUFFET | Amish Country FOOD TOUR in Lancaster Pennsylvania

My first food trip to Amish country in Lancaster Pennsylvania. Just exploring on my own so im sure I missed some good spots. But wanted to come here because I heard about this amazing buffet or Smorgasbord.
Restaurants I went to:
Shady Maple Smorgasbord
129 Toddy Dr, East Earl, PA 17519
Bird in Hand Bakeshop
542 Gibbons Rd, Bird in Hand, PA 17505
Immergut Hand-Rolled Soft Pretzels
3537 Old Philadelphia Pike, Intercourse, PA 17534
**MORE EXCLUSIVE Content on Instagram**
✩ instagr.am/Mikexingchen
➔ Get tickets to the best show on earth!!! bit.ly/2gu7REI
✸ Strictly Dumpling T-Shirts HERE: bit.ly/2IVM2ts
➣ Subscribe for MORE videos about food! bit.ly/1hsxh41
➣ Subscribe to my Vlog Channel! bit.ly/2FJOGo1
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
★↓FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA!↓★
Facebook Show Page: / strictlydumpling
Facebook Mike Fan Page: / mikeychenx
Twitter: / mikexingchen
◈ Equipment I use for filming◈ :
Sony RX100 Mark V: go.magik.ly/ml/cgc5/
PANASONIC LUMIX G85: go.magik.ly/ml/cgcd/
Wide Angle Lens: go.magik.ly/ml/cgck/
Camera Mic: go.magik.ly/ml/cgcn/
Camera Lights: go.magik.ly/ml/cgcq/
Handheld Audio Recorder: go.magik.ly/ml/cgcr/
Tripod: go.magik.ly/ml/cgcu/
Drone: go.magik.ly/ml/cgcx/
My Favorite Cookware！
wok/pan amzn.to/2f5G0up
Also this pan amzn.to/2f5Qnyi
Pressure pan amzn.to/2wJIS7u
Nonstick pot amzn.to/2wHRgq1
-------------------------------------
♫ Music from: Epidemic Sound
www.epidemicsound.com

[@maryannpayne6271]

"They are just changing from breakfast to lunch", buffet 101, always go when the meals are transitioning from one to another! Well played Mike, well played.

[@willowravenwright5518]

Used to use this trick in college; classes were timed for me in such a way to where I could go, pay one price for breakfast. I would get a plate, and as long as I stayed in the dining area, I could have another lunch plate later.

[@OntopRob]

Buffet 101 go when they are busy so you get fresh food but sheep are scared of the flu

[@yongwoo1020]

That only works if you can eat a lot.

[@silbertatzeneu]

Go right before they close sometimes they give you some leftovers

[@judyjohnson9610]

@@yongwoo1020 I'm thinking Mike has a spare tank hidden somewhere. He can sure pack it away

[@oakenshield3116]

What you called a heart attack on a plate, is literally the same breakfast my grandparents ate everyday of their lives. Still going strong at 91 and 84!!

[@CaliD0LL]

It’s all in the genes my friend lol. You see professional soccer players give out during a game because of a heart attack.

[@misterpoe1196]

@@CaliD0LL I'd have a heart attack too if I made my living flopping like I was shot.

[@georgebarnessr5472]

Breakfast was big, dinner was bigger and supper was a light meal. Dairy farm days were sunup to sundown. Some time after dark if work needed to be done before rain or other events. Great life. Wouldn't change a thing.

[@MrGary10k]

@@georgebarnessr5472 My Grandpa's family had a few cows they'd milk in the morning. They only had 80 acres, so my Dad growing up raised bulls, they had chickens and geese as well. I lived on that farm as a little guy. I think at 5 was when the farm got sold. I can remember a lot of it. I wouldnt change a thing either, friend.

[@cookeeee1962]

Hard physical WORK

[@jennifershappyplace6938]

I love that a "diet" for Mike means eating an entire apple pie by himself but not putting ice cream on it

[@bobjersey]

🤣

[@rhiannonchiacchiaro6352]

Normal people on a diet: I'll get the salad with no croutons please. Mike on a diet: I'm only going to eat enough baked goods for a family of 6. No ice cream.

[@millsykooksy4863]

Lmaooooo

[@mistergrendel32]

Who eats pie from the pie plate? 🤔

[@nette9836]

Thank you for bringing attention to the diversity of Pennsylvania Dutch/German-American cuisine and cultural richness. It is often overlooked or thought of negatively. An important thing to bear in mind is that Pennsylvania farmers are a huge backbone of the U.S. agricultural industry and this type of food is plentiful, affordable, often seasonal, and provides plenty of energy for those working backbreaking jobs. You ever want to take a spin around the Polish-American food scene in Pennsylvania, I'd love to give you a tour. 😊

[@ednahenrich3627]

Absolutely! No one works as hard as a PA farmer, especially putting up hay! Mike should do a pierogi tour of Pittsburgh!!

[@woody7155]

Yessss thank you!!!!

[@kirawoodling1399]

I love living in PA and passing all of our farms, I don't live far from Lancaster and I love all the delicious food 😋

[@longvy12]

I'm so glad that you give places like Shady Maple recognition. As someone who lives around the area, this is so heartwarming to see.

[@sparkyclue6700]

ok but who asked?

[@Dat1AsianKid07]

What's that pecan thinggy

[@laura121684]

As someone who lives on the other side of the state, I'm just super happy to see somewhere other than Philly get some recognition.

[@donnalawrence9054]

I live in the area too. For restaurant inspections, they used to be written up alot. Dieners buy far is the best. Yoders has really great food. I stopped eating at Shady Maple about a decade ago. Yoders. food tastes about the same as SM. and. not too far from them if still open

[@blktauna]

@@donnalawrence9054 See I prefer Shady Maple to Yoders. I wish I could remember the name of the big PA Dutch diner I used to go to in the 90's. The food was awesome.

[@ashleestutzman1368]

I actually live in Lancaster. The funny part is when mike is having the soft pretzel, he says “if you want a soft pretzel don’t go to auntie Anne’s, go to intercourse pa”. Fun fact: The family that founded auntie Anne’s is actually from Lancaster/ Gap PA area. Lol

[@midnightok3er]

Amish mafia yo.

[@dhersh1386]

@@argonwheatbelly637 lol, It hurt me too.

[@Magnum_Express]

@@argonwheatbelly637 everyone outside pa says "lan caster" . Everyone in pa says "lank uh stir" . At least in central pa , that's how we say it.

[@shanerowe8604]

I’m in Lancaster as well! Also the guy who founded Annie Ann’s was a crappy tipper and pretty rude. I would deliver them pizza back in the day. I’m talkin .50cents on a 80$ order if I was lucky lol

[@goofygal27]

@@argonwheatbelly637 Shit on a shingle, for me...

[@NikoChanth]

I grew up in the area and worked just down the road from Bird in Hand and Intercourse. The food is legit. This coming from an Asian restaurant owner. Amish/Mennonite cooking is a must try for any foodie, especially the baked goods. As Mike stated, it's not for those looking to shed a few pounds but worth the extra 2 hours in the gym that you'll need to counter the calories.

[@85LaMort]

I live in Lancaster and it's an amazing place for food. Several great buffets like Shady Maple including Bird in Hand and Yoders. What's even better is you can find Amish families that host meals at their house and it's amazing. On several occasions they brought their kids out and they sang a few songs. They also typically have quilts and other goods there to buy. Not for those on a diet lol

[@gtabora]

The pie is called Shoo-Fly, because the pie is very sugary and when they used to leave the pie on the window sill to cool, they'd have to shoo the flies away.

[@bkbk4003]

and then you are eating fly poo pie.

[@erinbell7224]

Love this factoid!!!!

[@hubbival7325]

@@bkbk4003 😂

[@abbyiswatching2046]

Thank you. M y grandmother used to make something similar and I couldn't renember what it was called. I kinda like the name Mike gave it!

[@glennzanotti3346]

@@abbyiswatching2046 It is also called molasses crumb cake/pie. I grew up eating it -- my mom is from near Lancaster County. She's not Amish, but she grew up with it, too.

[@tammydee9700]

I bought a clothes basket from an Amish store, and I kid you not...I still have it 30 yrs later. The craftsmanship is outstanding. The food is amazing as well. So need to go back up soon.

[@aritrosan7698]

things that never happened, it unhappened the things that happened

[@chaotic_m1nd288]

@@aritrosan7698 ?

[@qrowacheron230]

@@venom5809 then how do they make those heaters you don't have to plug in?!? Are the amish now wizards??

[@tammydee9700]

@@venom5809 i so agree

[@KatyWatson173]

He missed out on the frosted raisin bread!

[@shaniakellenberger4047]

Love that you came to my hometown it’s definitely nothing fancy but I’m glad you can see why it’s so special

[@frenchieg6620]

Thank you for recognizing Pennsylvania! I’m a native New Yorker and I moved to Pennsylvania in 2004. Best decision ever❤️

[@bwdus7571]

Thats what I admire about the US: Amish (German Immigrants) which provide a smargasbord (swedish) presented by somebody with asian heritage!

[@Cat-ik1wo]

I love that twist too.

[@batkat0]

That's because a lot of the Amish were Swiss German so their traditions and language were not strictly Germany the way we think. Germany as we know it didn't exist when many PA dutch/ Amish came over

[@thegreatest3371]

He's Asian American

[@linajurgensen4698]

@@batkat0 that’s not entirely true, amish mostly come from Germany, Austria and small parts of Switzerland while Mennonites came from Northern Germany and small parts of the Netherlands.

[@daryltaylor8977]

Mikey walks into a tent at a Fair and cleans every plate put in front of him, then looks surprised when everybody stands up and starts cheering as he's announce the winner of the competitive eating contest! "What?!?! I thought that this was the buffet tent!"

[@Crosshill]

he's like a leisurely matt stonie

[@TheRealWitchHazel3]

Takes me back to my childhood, every year on the way to our family reunion in Georgia, we would stop there. Our entire family would eat big meals together at long wooden tables. It was a very fond memory of mine

[@tarrantsb]

The “gravy” you couldn’t identify is creamed chip beef commonly called “Sh*t on a shingle” it’s delicious when made properly 😋

[@kenzianna2014]

As a PA native, this place is the BOMBBBBB. It’s about 2 hours from me and well worth the trip!!!!

[@mark351]

As a PA transplant I second that.

[@ann6854]

Yes I've eaten here several times! PA native too! Love it!

[@starboia-ron2275]

Shady maple?

[@supremeetnel7707]

How much is the food.

[@mark351]

@@supremeetnel7707 varies breakfast lunch and dinner with some nights having speciasl and being a few dollars more. Figure $20-$25 for the dinner menus and cheaper for breakfast and lunch.

[@sack943]

The way mike fills the square footage of a plate at a buffet is pure genius

[@UltimateGamerCC]

Mikey learned all the tricks of the trade back in College, since you had very little food money and a bottomless appetite. lol

[@tablescissors67]

Hashtag FACTS

[@sack943]

@@UltimateGamerCC same here I lived off of the cheapest ramen noodles I could find and cold pizza and loved when relative's came to visit and gave me leftovers

[@rudeboystu69]

Mike is to buffet plates as Oshiya are to Japanese subway cars.

[@juicebox3216]

Guys guys, it's because he's Asian. Asians use everything to its worth. So when it comes to buffets, you must expect there to be heaping plates.

[@metalgearsolidsnake6978]

The best is that they use local produced food, nice place ,it tastes good and the people are very friendly

[@MJ-my9sg]

Have eaten here. Let me tell you those ladies know how to cook!! Absolutely scrumptious food. No diets allowed.

[@mareeclair]

I had my wedding reception at Shady Maple back in 2008. One of the reasons why the building is so huge is due to the many "conference rooms" which are separate huge dining halls.

[@lizziehmusic638]

That is a really good idea

[@victoriashevlin8587]

Did they cater?

[@LetMeTellYouSomething144]

The layout looks like a movie theater

[@emilystaudte5314]

@@LetMeTellYouSomething144 it's gigantic, like a warehouse or airplane hanger

[@Lori_L]

There was another place similar to this in Lancaster' we used to go to for our family reunions

[@MrsJShepherd1]

I’m an Aussie and I’ve never been to this area of the US, but the food looks so warm and hearty, and the people were so lovely.

[@jlynnc]

Please come. You will NOT be disappointed

[@camerona.4683]

I love Shady Maple. Though they have really high prices. I know a buffet that is smaller but tastes ten times better and is like only $13 a person compared to Shady Maple's prices. This buffet is called Dienner's Dinner. It is like 20 minutes away from Shady Maple but is definitely worth the drive. This buffet is definitely worth trying!!!!! It is right up the road from Dutch Wonderland. It has the best food ever!!!!!!!! And by the way, it is Amish/ Dutch food.

[@johnsevertson3473]

We ate at Deinners Diner twice on a recent trip to Lancaster. Loved it!!!

[@doralevitt2879]

Thanks for the info, I have to check it out, are they also a shmorgasboard too or a regular restaurant?

[@camerona.4683]

They are a buffet. A small scale smorgasbord. Worth the time and the money.

[@a.j.4661]

I’ve been to both. They are both good. Shady Maple has more variety and is bigger. But Dienner’s is more small scale and locals. You know your getting good true Amish food. They both have their benefits. Usually hit both up on a trip.

[@56squadron]

Agreed. Shady maple is where the tourists go. Dienners is where the locals go. Always eat where the locals do.

[@Chich8058]

I’m from Lancaster,PA. I call myself Puerto Rican Dutch 😂 I’m not lol. But since I eat Shoefly pie, love making chicken an dumpling 😍Shepherds Pie. Etc….. take a horse and buggy ride as well. You make me want to bake a peach cobbler pie and pumpkin rolls 🥰 btw it’s molasses in the shoe fly pie.

[@gregavant1992]

Ok, amish buffet... two words I never really expected to see together.

[@chayabruyning9307]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@francismeowgannou5322]

But it somehow sounds really appetizing.

[@Kallynthehuntress]

Omg, Shady Maple is amazing but it is just one of several local Amish style buffets. Definitely on the blander side but still warm and filling and delicious.

[@prgsim]

@@Kallynthehuntress lol u lost me at bland

[@Alrucards]

@@prgsim been to Shady maples once over a decade ago. Area might be bland but the food isn’t.

[@Shardalon]

"I'm on a diet" *Eats a loaf of banana bread a whole pie and slab of sticky buns*

[@ikill4cookies173]

Brother

[@woeisme3018]

Varvalian

[@Sethonious]

And two whoopie pies!

[@mustafasheikh3363]

At least the banana bread isn't that bad hahaha

[@starwing0]

It’s the see food diet

[@daintydame3082]

Currently sitting in Shady Maple eating all the things. Two hour trip from Baltimore for my Anniversary weekend and got to check this off the bucket list. Thanks for always making videos that makes me hungry Mike lol.

[@vladokingsley297]

Was it worth the drive? I live in northern Virginia and wonder if I should eat here

[@daintydame3082]

@@vladokingsley297 I think it is. Between the buffet, gift shop and giant market across from it you have so many many tasty things to try. If you're like me and get full fast stick to the more expensive foods like the steaks to get your money's worth. The chocolate milk on tap is amazing. I'm hoping to go back and try their breakfast.

[@katrinahake1715]

The chicken and dumpling "soup" is actually what we Pennsylvania Dutch call pot pie. More like a stew than a soup made with hand rolled egg noodle dough, chicken, potatoes and veggies. I actually made it for dinner tonight!

[@georgeleinberger8670]

Thank you for calling that out. I came to the comment section to say the same thing. I live about an hour south of Lancaster and we call it slippery pot pie to distinguish it from to version with the crust. I absolutely love it!

[@PennsylvaniacookingBlogspot]

The dumpling deal you had is what we call PA Dutch pot pie. Noodles done in a pot in patches. Not to be confused with meat pie baked in the oven in a crust. Stewed tomatoes are served with macaroni and cheese. The base of a shoofly pie is actually molasses which came down from the colonial Treacle tart. I love our food and so glad you liked it too!

[@TheFXofRobbRee]

In Lancaster County we just call it Chicken pot pie.

[@pgffemt5895]

Don't forget the cream chipped beef...I mean shit on a shigle!

[@nadinehoogenboezem4798]

This is sooo cool!!

[@thatcherdonovan7305]

Bottboi (pot pie) un melassisch riwwelkuche (shoofly pie, or literally molasses streusel cake) in our language, PA Deitsch.

[@lorianderson3562]

Chicken Pot Pie is not soup!

[@caketropolis]

The food at amish buffets, grocery stores and delis is soooo good

[@mimi1568]

Amish cheese shops are the best!

[@goforbroke7598]

Wow i gotta say all these amish workers are well-endowed.

[@empaintsthesky]

I grew up in PA and love Shady Maple! This makes me miss home 🥺

[@lardchips]

Welcome to Amish Country! I live very close to there and love the buffet at Shady Maple. I'm so glad you had the opportunity to experience Lancaster. You're welcome back anytime my friend ☺️

[@Pit_Wizard]

As an Arkansan, I'm sitting here wondering if the Pennsylvania Amish are my long-lost cousins. That buffet food was all stuff we eat around here.

[@1DevelopmentMachine]

Lucky you

[@sarablyler7689]

It actually should be called Pennsylvania dutch style cooking. Pennsylvania dutch should not just include the amish but menoites, lutherans, moravanites and other individuals who immigrated from eruope in the 1600's in and around Germany who immigrated for freedom of religion.

[@SE-tc3cr]

@@sarablyler7689 lol emigtated from England, do some research., i live right next to the home of the pilgrim fathers in the towns of Retford and Gainsborough in England the pilgrims left England for Holland initially in 1604 to seek safety from religous persecution, they then salied in 1620 from Plymouth Englad to the America's to establish a colony where they could live and practice puritan religion freely, there is historical information everywhere around where i live about the pilgrims, not sayimg there wasn't other european religous communities involved there were but the english pilgrims started it all and to this day the english pilgrims are at the heart of the religous history of America.

[@becky3678]

@@SE-tc3cr they didn't say they founded the US, just that they too moved there for religious freedom. Many ppl from all over Europe have mass migrated to America over the years; pennsylvania and other areas happen to have heavy influences from the Dutch, Germans & others of that region.

[@sarablyler7689]

@@SE-tc3cr do your research on the pennsylvania dutch and why pennsylvania was founded. It was not all english and I wasnt referring to who founded the first colony or which state started the religious freedom. I was talking only about the communities of the Pennsylvania dutch. Pennsylvania did contain quakers who were mostly from england and also those called the PA dutch. Also Indiana is not an originally colony. Alot of the amish who now live in places like kentucky, indiana and other states can trace there ancestry to Pennsylvania.

[@TheSteadyOne988]

When I read “Try the Largest Amish Buffet” I immediately thought of shady maple. You should try the stewed tomatoes with some fried fish.

[@wbarcus]

Or on the roast beef.

[@HemlockRidge]

The Dutchie way to eat, is Stewed Tomatoes on Mac-n-Cheese. In south central PA, if you get mac-n-cheese you will always be offered stewed tomatoes on it.

[@NoBody-yy8rk]

Shady Maple is the best. Yummmmmmm

[@jljacobs0127]

That’s what I thought too

[@kgreen9408]

And Mac and cheese soo good

[@mirabanxx9218]

Lancaster/Ronks has always been one of my favorite places to go in PA. As a Philly native who really doesn't care for the city, I'd take the rural scene any day. The food is just...DELICIOUS and so comforting. 😋

[@karenpennington5073]

The Amish really know how to cook,excellent food!

[@Harpo.jr70]

I know this is a year later after your comment, but I want to let you know that these people that own the buffets are owned by Mennonite people. They are not Amish. They live in Pennsylvania too. Amish cook basic food . Chicken , ham , potatoes , vegetable. Believe me they don't own restaurant's.

[@redwingrob1036]

PROPER scran!🤤 NO processed rubbish.

[@rildank5557]

6:04 : That little spoon of corn killed me 😂😂😂

[@575MAFIA575]

💀

[@pl7868]

lmao me to

[@CraigJacobs1985]

Before I even clicked on this video I said “The only Amish buffet I know of is Shady Maple in Lancaster” damnit Mikey LOL

[@DeeM30]

Same!

[@whitneysanders6996]

Im in ohio we have tons of amish places haha.

[@SeriousGlitcher]

@@whitneysanders6996 same I live in Ohio as well plenty of amish places here, I'm more north towards cleveland

[@robinsonstegard538]

I enjoy Der Dutchman in Belleville.

[@krisatsirkael4363]

The "chicken & dumblings" we call chicken pot pie. :-) I think they call it that there strictly for the tourist. So they don't feel mislead. Shoofly Pie.. it's molasses based. -Native Lancaster Countian

[@dirthefner2034]

I have traveled to this buffet many times I love it. Whenever I'm in Lancaster I leave with shoofly pies and all types of pastries

[@bwenluck9812]

Breakfast and lunch are cheaper than supper. Their breakfast is best but I also love the brisket that you can get at the lunch seating. I used to go there a lot when my husband was living and still try to go there about four times a year. The woman who's serving him the pig stomach is Fannie, a lovely little lady who's been working there forever. If you want to come to Lancaster County for the smorgs stay at the Olde Amish Inn, or the Fulton Steamboat hotel. Dienner's is just a quarter mile down the road on Rt. 30, on the left. Shady Maple is about 25 minutes away.

[@brokensmile43]

to anyone watching: bring your ID on your birthday, you'll eat for free. LOVE IT. HOWEVER you MUST be with other people who aren't having a birthday. Odd, but eh.

[@batchagaloopytv5816]

id's are 🤫reysist 🤫

[@lime88888]

@@batchagaloopytv5816??????

[@tboller21]

Yes I use to go every year until I moved to GA. :(

[@DBRAVOGRO]

Just went

[@brokensmile43]

@@DBRAVOGROnice! how was it? what was your favorite food?

[@au_barb]

Amish food is legit some of the best home cooking you'll ever find. Wish he'd tried the chicken and noodles over the mashed potatoes. That's the ultimate Amish comfort food!

[@danielgeci4513]

Shady Maple is disgusting. I've lived here for 40+ years and this video is a lie. A complete puff piece made to Garner interest in his channel. This food is literally disgusting. Even the video couldn't make it look appetizing if you ever cooked a decent meal in your life

[@kerrischuh8000]

1st time I ever heard of chicken & noodles over mashed potatoes was in Iowa. My sister who used to live in Iowa still make it ever year for special occasions. When I lived in Kansas Chicken & Noodles over mashed potatoes was staple for School lunches.

[@gulfportflamefighter4545]

Not from the ones I have had.

[@au_barb]

@@gulfportflamefighter4545 Well then you're missing out, I guess. My grandmother grew up with Amish neighbors and learned to cook from those ladies. Homemade chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes and fried chicken all were on the table for every special occasion. The Amish restaurants in the Amish communities in Indiana where we lived always served this too. It's a very traditional Amish meal.

[@ChipsAplentyBand]

Mike, it does my heart good to see you enjoying yourself and saying "I'm so happy."

[@MoeRoxzGreen]

Omg I love shady maple!! I actually used to live in Lancaster when I was growing up. Now I’m in Meadville!!

[@conniecrawford5231]

Marsadee Basile Say hello to my beloved Allegheny College for me- got my undergrad degree in Meadville, then went to grad school at the U. Of Hawaii! Small town life to tropical Paradise!

[@The_LizzyK]

Mikey - as a Pennsylvanian who now lives in Boston, seeing you at Shady Maple brings back so many memories!! I used to live 30 min outside of Lancaster, and I would go to Shady Maple with my grandparents all the time!!! Thanks for featuring it in one of your videos!! This is amazing!

[@CaliforniaPearls77]

Shady Maple is the BEST!

[@theneonexplorer]

Can you really call yourself a south central PA resident if you haven't gone to Shady Maple for your birthday at least once? Like come on. - a York county resident.

[@dianad6090]

@@CaliforniaPearls77 I like Good n plenty more but shady maples is good too.

[@Ingothrial]

Heyyyy! Pennsylvania represent! Welcome to my neck of the woods!

[@christophersmith2871]

We call it the pipe.

[@raquelespino5088]

I just fell in love with the Amish community and their food.❤😘😍🥰👍🙏

[@chrisyourfriend59]

I love this area, it's a tradition spot with my mom and I. Absolutely adore it. Thanks for showcasing it!

[@Vxenkay]

I Live in Lancaster! This makes me feel special you came here 🥰

[@HiMyNamesAdam]

If you make it back to Lancaster you should totally hit up the Lancaster Central Market. It's Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday Morning/Afternoon. I would totally wait till after things are back to normal because it gets packed but it's all produce and fresh made foods. It's very much worth the visit.

[@jayl8034]

Shady Maple ROCKS! Great food, great prices. The pies are home-made,(I mean home-made AMISH!) Doesn't get any better!

[@Roller324]

Shoo Fly Pie is made with a molasses cake like filling. Very delicious. I loved it growing up. Also the name I think comes from the flies being attracted to the sticky sweetness of molasses. And during the baking you definitely have to fight the flies. Thus "shoo fly pie."

[@295g295]

12:37 < shoo-fly pie

[@astridgalactic9336]

It was originally made as a fly trap. The women would make them and sit in their windows to attract the flies to keep them away from themselves and the other foods. The flies would land on the shoo fly pie and get stuck. The end. That's where the name comes from - "Shoo... fly."

[@valkyrie1066]

Shoefly pie is molassas! One kind is cakey, the other, called "wet bottom" has a later of sticky stuff on the bottom, with a cakier top crust. My favorite!

[@psychshell4644]

Breakfast

[@faithyoung5879]

I prefer the cakey type! They are so good!

[@COOLDUDERBALD]

No, it’s made from shoes and flys. 🪰

[@rudeboystu69]

Mike's over there acting like his mom isn't gonna give him grief for having apple pie for breakfast just because he's an adult.

[@strictlydumpling]

it's APPLES! I'm eating FRUIT

[@greyeaglem]

@@strictlydumpling Nice try, but I bet your mother doesn't buy that one.

[@DontBeNegativePhotography.96]

@@strictlydumpling hi ... I feel that tbh

[@jacobthecritic8181]

@@strictlydumpling where in Missouri did you live?

[@MissyCrane]

So glad that you enjoyed yourself in PA! We have so much to offer! Thank you for your amazing videos! Peace and Love🕊❤️

[@demonwarrior9870]

Shady maple is amazing I love going there when we head to Lancaster for vacation

[@susanmorrison4872]

I grew up on what we called “corn fritters” and “potato pancakes”, both usually made from leftovers. So yum! Thanks for transporting me back to my western PA youth! :)

[@janetruggles8708]

Me to, but was in Oklahoma.

[@brianmoody2549]

Food is great where the food is done from the heart,and cooked with love.that’s what makes food so great.

[@edrenajones5960]

When he spoke of his college days, I remember Da Kid telling me about his college days in Chicago: because of his multi-cultural look, he got gifted many meals (esp Mexican) by claiming it was ”just as mamá used to make.” Bless his leetle heart. He gave them the best compliment! And bless their hearts fer feedin’ Da Kid. We’ve paid it forward.

[@rachelkennedy374]

I live in Lancaster and this was so fun to see! Glad you enjoyed our town!

[@cwilliams1085]

My family & I visit Shady Maples Smorgasbord often. KEY NOTE: YOUR MEAL IS FREE IF YOU VISIT ON YOUR BIRTHDAY.

[@dbeiler5525]

Can confirm 😁

[@candilee9046]

My mom goes there every year for her birthday.

[@cwilliams1085]

@@candilee9046 that's one of the best things to do on that's special day.! Nothing beats a once a year celebration over a good meal.

[@aprilcoleman1426]

With an accompanying full paying person

[@yvonney4908]

Mike Chen saying "diet" is something I never expected to hear from him

[@turtlepowersf]

Off camera only

[@greyeaglem]

Usually he's on the seefood diet. He sees food and he eats it.

[@allanhuang8851]

His diet meals is our regular meals

[@tiarwa581]

i used to skip school, get stoned, and go to shady maple a few days a year when i was a kid. never had a better meal in my life

[@kathleenlewis6191]

You amaze me. I love watching you eat. What you ate in one meal I could eat in 3 days and still be stuffed at each meal. Hats off to you!!!

[@stephaniecioffi4562]

Have to give you big props for even attempting to eat that steak. Had all the appearance of a saddle and I'm sure it tasted like one too.

[@clarissakrigger4599]

Friendship bread is the best thing I ever ate.

[@umbraheart1]

I will not retort this comment for fear I will look like a weirdo

[@Teaniinja]

Most fun in school was passing around the starter bags lol

[@ayajade6683]

@@Teaniinja that and the starter kits for monkey bread. A very great day was bread starter kit was

[@joselyneverett197]

I definitely agree! It’s SO 😋

[@ajvot71]

Friendship bread is the best thing EVER!

[@thebluestig2654]

The Pig's Stomach is the Amish version of Scottish Haggis. The potato pancake is polish comfort food, it really needs some sour cream to go with it.

[@mlt6322]

There's an Amish market where I live in Balto, Md that serves the meatiest pork ribs. They leave the tenderloin on the rack when they cook them. If they have a condiment section I'd highly recommend buying a jar of their sauteed onion jelly and if they have a candy section ask if they have any vinegar taffy, my neighbor was from Scranton and used to make it and drove all the kids crazy when she did. Chocolate covered bacon is also a treat.

[@fredtracy3931]

I know I'm not the only one who watched this video and drooled! Looks like an awesome trip, and food. 😛 Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

[@thegreatest3371]

Pennsylvania is loaded with huge buffets.

[@nadinehoogenboezem4798]

I'm jealous. That buffet had every single southern food item I've always wanted to try!! I come from and still live in South Africa. Hope to one day visit America often.

[@mistergrendel32]

The land of the red Maple leaf. 😜

[@parsvanstrom5791]

I'm so utterly impressed with your ability to eat! After that smorgasbord-frenzy a normal person would probably not continue on, eating a big pretzel and buying pies :)

[@westondecker68]

I would be even more impressed if I saw him eat absolutely everything, like a food challenge, you know.

[@Jalu3]

Gotta take Stoney here

[@TheMatthewhoffman]

How many flushes after that one or do you just hit the porta potty.

[@anneeby8146]

@@TheMatthewhoffman 8

[@mosesthunderpants1267]

This place is no joke. Insanely packed, never had anything bad here. All from local farms. You eat here for free if it’s your birthday just bring picture ID👍 . Massive country gift shop downstairs…he entered through the back of the place.

[@Andy152R]

4.5 hours away. I must.... Best restaurant I've had was an Amish one in Hutchinson Kansas when I was in the police academy called Carriage Crossing. They also had those huge cinnamon rolls among other things in their bakery and right down the road was a superb butcher shop.

[@ActuallyZee]

Biscuits and gravy purest form of soul food.

[@GenX...MCMLXV]

uh ....... no

[@BuffaloNyBornRaised]

@@GenX...MCMLXV I'm thinking cornbread right? Collard greens

[@angelnumber0723]

Amish food is easily one of my favorite kinds of American food. Last year I taught myself how to make a shoofly pie. It came out great! By the way it is the molasses that makes shoofly pie so distinctive. Just the smell of it brought back memories of a trip to Amish country from Pennsylvania to Ohio. This has inspired me to revisit that trip as an adult.

[@davidmckesey7119]

Yes i have family friends who live in Downingtown but we went to Lancaster the place and people are great and shoofly pie is one in a million

[@Chich8058]

I was hollering, IT’S MOLASSES lol.

[@LindaK726]

I live about 30 minutes from Shady Maple. I haven’t been to the smorgasbord in years, but often go to their grocery store for Amish goodies. 🤗

[@Godwinpounds4333]

Hello 👋 how’re you doing?

[@patrinaperkins1992]

This was truly beautiful!!! I thoroughly enjoyed watching this & appreciated how much you know about the Amish people & how respectful you were to them....& how much you appreciated their food!!! Much love!!!

[@abbyiswatching2046]

Amish folks can COOK. We used to drive for hours to eat in a converted 40's era school building they had turned into a restaurant and living quarters for the three or four families that ran the place. The furniture was all beautiful stuff they had made. And the food...best pot roast ever. I was absolutely addicted to it. I make awesome pot roast but I can never quite match theirs. (By the way, potato pancakes are amazing doused with either applesauce or sour cream.) Love your videos!

[@rosie6207]

Mikey: “I’m on a diet” Me: no, that’s impossible

[@mattmacon406]

Not going to shady maple

[@zhilinhe5780]

Lol yeah

[@Nonduality]

The nice thing about ice cream in the winter is that you can walk around all day with it and it won't melt.

[@ayefo7800]

I legit never knew this place existed. I love that you're always introducing us to new things!!!

[@wa2si]

Mikey: "Let's head deeper into Lancaster..." Newspaper headline: "Famous KZbinr found in vehicle in deep food coma"

[@zhilinhe5780]

Lol

[@ellenw391]

Realistically it would be more like "beloved KZbinr found living off the grid, after getting lost deep in Amish farmlands." Which reminds me of a great day when I was a young teen. My family vacationed at a Resort in Amish Country every year. Dad was an avid golfer & they had 2 courses, amazing food, nightly shows etc. But we always would go exploring & so we went for a ride into Amish farmland. I never knew & I don't think most realize how once you get off the tourist area, it becomes rural. It was stunning, rolling hillsides and pastures. Then Mom noticed there were no longer street signs, and all you could see was similar looking Amish farms. We didn't get too worried at first, until it was getting near sunset & we had no clue how to get back out. Eventually we finally spotted an Amish man walking back to his house. Dad quickly jumped out of the car, and let me tell you, he did NOT look happy or like he wanted any part of this. Thankfully my Dad could get along with anyone, and next thing you know this guy is slapping my Dad on the back, waving his arms (giving directions) and he says to wait. He went in to get his family, along with TONS of fresh produce that he gave to us and wouldn't take a dime from my Dad!! So Mom & I got out of the car, there were introductions all around. Can still see their little girl looking at my Mom's makeup and quaffed hairdo (ok it was the 70;s lol) like she was an alien. We all had a lovely visit. They wanted us to stay for dinner, but we were now rapidly losing the sun, and all felt it best we head out, as there was no streetlights and as mentioned signs. To this day I wish we stayed for dinner! And the produce included the best corn I had in my life! Don't know if anyone is still reading, but dang, I just went full blown memory lane....what a great memory I hadn't thought of in years!

[@richardnornhold3913]

@@ellenw391 you wouldn't happen to remember the name of the resort? It wouldn't happen to be the Host Farms, would it? I'm from Lancaster County and I had a number of family members who worked at the resort and I spent many a summer day hanging out there.

[@jreichert37]

That other gravy was "creamed chipped beef" or "sh*t on a shingle".

[@helenblakovich1622]

Thank you! Locals know it, but yea...it's teh yum.

[@lendir1]

Don't forget the toast.

[@nelsonas]

Hell yeah, and it’s the BEST

[@mikebruce17]

@@lendir1 Shingles :-)

[@padraig5335]

I love it

[@2noisy4any1]

I don’t usually enjoy watching videos like these, but your personality is so great and vibrant! The food looks delicious and I loved your reactions to all the foods

[@melw843]

Stayed at the Bird in Hand Family inn. Great place, amazing home style food and beautiful atmosphere.

[@amberamodei484]

I almost cried! Your video made me miss that place even more. That area is where I grew up.

[@trouse001]

I love going to Pennsylvania Dutch Country, I and my family usually spend the whole Day there shopping then eating. We'd go to the Dutch Farm House where they feed you till you pass out, great hospitality. Thanks for sharing your trip to Penn with us.

[@caylei9967]

It’s rlly great living in those areas bc the farmers market is 100% amazing bc they all go and sell foods

[@karenstoudt605]

Love this place. We have 3 birthdays on the same day so we all go out and enjoy. Its a great family tradition. Worth the drive.

[@RayRay002]

I grew up eating Biscuits, Gravy, sausage, eggs, sometimes with fried bologna... Never ever got tired of it...Southern breakfasts was a total delight...

[@mjrocks978]

You literally were a 2 minute walk from my house, Immergut is SO good

[@myytchannel6632]

I wi be here tomorrow. We'll, I hope I see your house. In case I habe a food coma and need somewhere to crash.

[@andrewmcgee828]

I grew up close to Amish country in Ohio and dude it’s crazy to me you have never had apple dumplings. That with ice cream is gooooood

[@andyvisser9447]

The bakery he went to in Bird-in-Hand is legit! We went there several months ago and enjoyed their rhubarb pie and their cherry pie. The people are so friendly as well.

[@matthewmarchini5517]

Thanks for posting such a fun video! I grew up a mile from Shady Maple Smorgasbord, and seeing this reminded me of all the fun breakfasts I'd have there with my friends. They give you a free breakfast on your birthday, so obviously you all take turns using that as an excuse to come in late to school. Now I have a video to show people when I'm trying to describe this to them, lol

[@tarabowman1147]

Grew up so close to there, and my elementary school was right next to Shady maple smorgasbord. Also went there many times since it's free on your birthday. Once you try the baked goods from Lancaster like pies and doughnuts, everywhere else in America seems to fall short. I agree Amish, and Mennonite cooking reminds you of grandma's cooking, depending on the grandma.

[@aprilgabrielrodriguez7158]

Pies yeah but voodoo in Oregon got the doughnuts on lock 😉

[@tarabowman1147]

@@aprilgabrielrodriguez7158 Got to try it if I am ever out that way.

[@lisacastano1064]

@@aprilgabrielrodriguez7158 Joe's in sandy is better

[@kylefrancis184]

blue ball elementary

[@tarabowman1147]

@@kylefrancis184 yup that's the one

[@robertbare1007]

I used to live in Lancaster PA, worked at TMI in the mid to late 80’s. Loved it there.

[@Investigativebean]

I grew up in Philadelphia PA. Moving to Berks county (about 20 minutes from Lancaster) made me fall in love with Pennsylvania. I thought I hated my state until I was actually able to see it better.

[@mirabanxx9218]

This is me to the T. The rural areas made me fall in love with PA. Grew up in Philly, and hardly ever go there anymore if I don't have to lol

[@pamelawebb2328]

I can’t believe how much food you can eat at one time and still drive long distances AND you still have an awesome body. I used to be that way but not anymore. Love these videos. One of my best friends is in Missouri and told me about a grocer that has an olive bar and mushroom bar. I love olives. She also referenced the Amish foods near her. Can’t wait to see another video. Here in Louisiana I don’t really hunger for flavorful foods but I would love to experience others. God bless you.

[@emmylou3735]

My Aunt and Uncle lived there for years and raised my little cousins in the Amish community. I got some awesome Amish recipes from her that I still cook to this day.

[@deejt5220]

When he said , “I know I’m going to lose ten years off my life , but I don’t even care” had me laughing so hard.🤣🤣🤣

[@edithsmom6140]

The last ten years are usually cruddy anyway.

[@danielabuchli1238]

yes me too 😂😂

[@joeymessantonio4356]

Seeing the love for shady maple is awesome. One of the best spots to go for breakfast if you go early enough.

[@tiamontiero7351]

Thank you for respecting their culture by not filming the ones who didn’t want to be filmed. So many ppl take pictures of them and don’t ever think twice about it.