ULTIMATE Dim Sum Guide [2018]

It might be a little daunting to have dim sum if you don't know Cantonese or have never been before. Carmen & Wilson takes Dan out for yum cha and teaches him some valuable dim sum lessons. If you liked this video please help us and share it to all your friends!
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Special Thanks to Wilson Tang and Nom Wah Tea Parlor: nomwah.com/
They are the first Dim Sum place in New York, check them out if you ever visit.
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Ben from Learn Chinese Now who learnt those couple of Canto phrases on the spot: e.ntd.tv/LearnC...
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[@cindeeduong]

Ben's Cantonese is really good!

[@ShonaMcCarthy]

***** I was thinking he looked Taiwanese.

[@jaesonmok6699]

"He doesn't want anything" "You ugly! He more handsome!" LATER "VEGETABLES put it down here ! Right here!" "Okay, Handsome!"😮

[@JPZ16974]

+Jaeson Mok soo handsome!!

[@reubensusilo1304]

Haha

[@WILLIAMWWWARREN]

Jaeson Mok I

[@queenofstupid1959]

I can understand Chinese

[@cindyboy456]

Hina Battol same

[@kaixings8892]

"CAN I HAVE A GLASS OF ICE AND TEA" killed me. I'm dead.

[@juicetingaming6048]

When’s the funeral.

[@sophiapang7708]

woooooww that guy at the end! nice canto!

[@kurenzera]

yeah

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

Thanks for your feedback. It was very late at night... we shot after the restaurant closed, so this was basically after a long normal working day plus shooting till 2 am in the morning... so yeah... we weren't in the best state. But that's still no excuse to making bad videos! Next time we will do better :)

[@datdoglovesdogs]

Wow- that late

[@rikachiu]

Face palm all you want! I agree with Dan's pouring of tea into a cup of ice ;p

[@ngunhleisung5133]

*grabs chopsticks* NO WHAT why not?! *takes pictures* OH HELL NO IM EATING

[@masso172]

AHHHHAAAAHAHAHA ANyone who orders food is beautiful

[@Greenjah81]

Ahahaha white guy in the end killed it!! ROFL

[@TheCommonGentry]

*can't stop laughing* ... "can i have ice tea" "we only have hot " "can i have a glass of ice" "sure" "and some tea" ..proceeds to pour hot tea into glass of ice lololol that toooootally reminds me of my family when we first went to Chile to visit my family over there. being from Texas, ice tea is a major staple. that moment of the clip was very much my american grandmother and dad. thanks, guys. :) ..wipes the happy tears.. good times. good times ..now. let's watch the rest of this vid! (X'D

[@nickh.4311]

+TheCommonGentry 0:31 - 0:38

[@roxyndra]

LOL the ending.

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

I like 蛋散, 芝麻卷，流沙包. Although I like the jellies and puddings, I usually don't order it because I can make it at home. LOL!

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

That is true but for a novice just not being conned by the cart lady's sweet talk is already a good first step!

[@pusheenwang4020]

Your videos are always so funny! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@sacgurl916]

got some helpful hints like get the tray from the bottom, don't order the vegetables, and sit nearest to the kitchen, but it really didn't "guide" into how to order dim sum.

[@prettyreckless4931]

Lmfao

[@Hoo88846]

Wow, that Caucasian guy at the end of the video. Very good Cantonese pronunciation. Amazing.

[@jtang8685]

EvolutionismAnti-Science Lie That was Ben. He was born in H K. But apparently he speaks better Mandarin.

[@ee_vy4418]

EvolutionismAnti-Science Lie oh there all friends and do stuff

[@dabbingrron391]

EvolutionismAnti-Science Lie iiiiiiij

[@glassesvoices5097]

EvolutionismAnti-Science Lie I’m pretty sure he IS Caucasian

[@danielletara4738]

EvolutionismAnti-Science Lie

[@get2rog]

"You pay for your own $8 vegetables" lol.

[@alexchen4738]

"Taking pictures" OHH HELL NOO IM EATING

[@winterwing3000]

Now I'm craving dim sum... I love how you all make references to your other videos, especially when Carmen whips out the bamboo stick hahaha. I love fried crab claw.

[@yukyingauyeung4645]

my parents love eating dim sum on every weekend,that's a way to relax and enjoy weekends

[@rodim1]

Haha! so funny having Ben speak in Cantonese! Now I have a goal to order in Cantonese the next time I get dim sum here in Guangzhou.

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

Yes, Wilson got us a cart especially for the shoot.

[@whileyouwerereadingmyextre3161]

WOOT! Cantoneese all the way!! =D

[@elizabethhuang8450]

I liked your comment for your username. also, "NOO TACO-KUN, DON'T LEAVE ME!!"

[@FMHammyJ]

I'm surprised they didn't chase Chris out of the restaurant with a Chinese cleaver!....:)Love Dim sum.....taken out to have it for the first time with my best Chinese friend 40 years ago....This gwei-lo had never seen anything like it....steaming carts everywhere....too many dishes to count.....everything so tasty.....I was hooked.....

[@dtr6875]

I forgot to mention it to them. I think I would have remembered if I saw Wilson there. They were very busy, but we didn't have too long of a wait to get seated.

[@seans767]

I went there once. So much better than my local dim sum place. Definitely try it out if in NYC

[@balljangler16]

2:29 Lesson learned, Whenever someone takes a picture of food, say OH HELL NAH

[@katom513]

This video is perfect!!! Sent it to my bf (who is European) I'm taking him out for dim sum next month

[@hedonepicurea4327]

If I eat at dimsum restaurant, I'll reference this. The lady is hilarious. Chinese businesses "are about their money. " Good to see. Reminds me of when I use to sell fish and turtles to Chinese families as a kid.

[@grampawong]

I guess it's impossible to showcase every single Dim Sum dish/basket, but maybe present the most popular/favourite ones, how to pronounce their names and how do Chinese people enjoy Dim Sum/Yum Cha? Thanks!! You guys are amazing :)

[@dragonboy718]

i looooooooooooove dim sum, especially the first thing placed on the table ("haa=chung"), that bean noodle thingy with the shrimp inside.omg!

[@jahnbon]

Shirley Dluginski is way cool. This video got me started, and now I have watched almost every OTGW video. Great stuff!

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

More and more restaurants in Asia do that too. Like the ones in HK and Macau, I guess that way they can fit more tables and employ less people.

[@coldheart520]

You guys are great! I am rewatching this! and all the other videos from this channel and the other channels that you guys are part of.

[@pyffpuffles7962]

My favorite dim sum food, you ask? Hmm...It's too hard to pick. I love them all.

[@Crinklelando]

There are a lot of Cantonese speakers in Canada and I'm proud to be one. :D

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

Wow! You recognized it!

[@TheNrodr690]

Love this vid. I grew up eating Dim Sum cuz of my pops. Have not been for awhile.

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

Couldn't agree more. Miss it :(

[@kimyea9130]

7 years later, this is just as amazing

[@hazzaha]

There's more people of Cantonese origin speaking a Cantonese region dialect, but it depends on what neighborhood you happen to be in. The Manhattan Chinatown is mainly Cantonese Chinese, while other Chinatowns are increasing in the number of non-Cantonese Chinese, mainly speaking Mandarin and non-Cantonese region dialects.

[@jayjaywong8646]

My hubby is like Dan >D Whenever, I drag him to dim sum, he orders Mongolian Beef or fried rice. And my god, that whole ice tea thing... he does that too!!! Lol.

[@juicetingaming6048]

“Fine sumai!” Subtitles: shoe mine shoe mine!

[@br1ann88]

Turnip cake (saying this in English even though I know some Chinese) and shrimp rice rolls are pretty good, the fried shrimp rolls are my all time favorite food at dim sum. Don taut (egg tart) is the best dessert

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

You can buy ramune in most Asian supermarkets. Not sure about Ginseng fruits though.

[@AB-rx8kr]

dat surprise ending tho xD

[@jackyichan4759]

my family always takes pictures of dishes at a restaurant if it looks really good. I never really thought much of it until I watched this.

[@elizabethhuang8450]

OMGOMGOMG WHENEVER I GO TO DIM SUM THE FIRST THING MY FAMILY ORDERS IS ALWAYS SHAO MAI, NIU CHANG FEN, AND LUO BO GAO. AAAAAAAH YOU PEOPLE ARE PYSHIC. PYSHIC I TELL YOU.

[@seans767]

Elizabeth H. What about ha Gao, Har cheong fan, and char Siu bao

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

EXACTLY!

[@AmbiambiSinistrous]

omg the ending when everybody in the restaurant says hi to the camera just killed me! xDDD

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

Awesome! Did you tell them we brought you there?

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

The address and name is in the description. And yes, they speak English there. :)

[@vickywu2544]

Omg they know canto finally something i can understand

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

yes it is

[@abby7481]

Fried shrimp balls and and other stuff I don't know how to spell!!! Delicious! Love dim sum

[@sweetgirl1106]

haha yep! watch by myself the first time, then watch it with friends the second time!

[@meitam2696]

This video remind me, what I have done for my friend when we go to drink tea! But if you want the best one you just have to walk ti the cart la!! Lol

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

You can try watching dramas? That's how I learnt a lot of my Chinese.

[@annwilliamson5007]

Can't believe he's in commercial now as a dentist. Good for him.

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

Wow! All 129 of them?!

[@testing2488]

Sweet!! You guys have these sort of traditional dim sum in NYC...it's really hard to find these days in singapore...

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

The owner is like the 3rd generation operating the place lol.

[@SpringOfYuki]

Ben's canto is on point at some parts! I'm impressed :D

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

yes

[@pekkle0724]

Hahahhahaha the picture taking is HILARIOUS!!!!!!!! Can't stop laughing

[@SimonCU]

How tall is Wilson? He looks so much taller than Carmen and Dan!

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

In English it's sweet egg twists, black sesame rolls and golden lava bun (which is my favourite atm)

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

That's just what they use... I guess it's cleaner right? Cos bamboo would absorb all the moisture etc... I've seen a lot of moldy bamboo steamers before.

[@dtr6875]

I went to NomWah yesterday - food was great, especially liked the scallion pancakes and the original egg roll.

[@rmpbklyn6063]

nom wah is the greatest

[@OR0R0]

lol when Carmen pulled out the giant chopstick. She NEVER leaves home without it, especially if she's going to be around dan lolol

[@Calida]

Loved the twist at the end! Kekeke

[@ItIsPhebe]

11/10 Cantonese pronunciation 👌

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

Is this what you've been waiting for your entire life?

[@juliettaalice3588]

Would have been hilarious if that plastic cup cracked when he poured tea into it

[@paranoidude]

I really liked the format of this video. You guys should do more like this!

[@CoupedeEmily]

Sometimes Dan makes me feel better about myself. :}

[@colby_247]

bean curd skin roll is my favourite !!!

[@1bobo33254]

The dimsum we have here my dad just stands up and looks in the cart and speaks english loud and clear and and we good

[@glennredavid5741]

You guys are awesome! My in-laws always take my wife and I to incredible Dim Sum places when we are in Hong Kong. There are a few good Dim Sum places in the larger cities of the US but the meca of Dim Sum is Hong Kong!! :)

[@dozingpanda]

Ahahahaha. I often take my ABC friends to yum cha just to show off my hard-learned canton!

[@toebag4286]

I miss this channel sm

[@larrysong953]

This is really like OTGW classic clips. Short and funny and get to the point. Too bad, good stuff doesn't last long. All these casting have long gone.

[@phdtobe]

This food looks delish!

[@KongLeeD]

I finally have a chance to visit 南華. It is a very traditional Chinese style's restaurant. Interestingly, I found more 老外 than Chinese.

[@angel67881]

I'm craving some now...

[@user-fq3tv7xt1r]

LMAO the white guy knew more chinese!!! hahaha

[@collisionsc-7875]

Cantonese*

[@ee_vy4418]

Umm Cantonese That guy who ordered vegetables actually speaks mandarin

[@ee_vy4418]

L he knows mandarin (both of them) but this is cantonses Ooops

[@godoffunny3068]

Cantonese is a dialect of Mandarin and they both use the same Chinese letters so they're considered the same...FOOLS

[@havenxitx5904]

@@godoffunny3068 They are not the same idiot.

[@abbytam3244]

omigosh you guys really should be actors

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

No way! YAY!!!

[@lavendergeisha1]

The only dish I know is shu mai, and not from eating at a dim sum place. That's on my bucket list. But the sushi place near where I used to live had shu mai under appetizers.

[@andrewcho9779]

Nom Wah Tea Parlor!! That place is really awesome! Best dim sum in Chinatown NYC! Best rice rolls and lo mai gai Ive ever had so far!

[@bloodguts6786]

Do you mean Chinatown in Manhattan or Queens,I only ask because Dan lives in queens and I'd like to check the place out.Where exactly is it because I live in Manhattan,pretty much in Chinatown. Thanks.

[@andrewcho9779]

Blood Guts Yeah its close to the Canal street subway station in Manhattan

[@bloodguts6786]

Andrew Cho Hi,is that Canal street on the F line?If it is then I can definitely walk over there.

[@bloodguts6786]

Andrew Cho By the way,thanks for answering me the first time I appreciate the info.

[@foreverhobbes]

The sesame balls with bean paste are super good.

[@TENNISgal0000]

1:27 i love "chicken feet stuff"!!!!

[@tx6433]

那个斜斜的桌子我不知道是不是故意的，但真的绝了，点睛之笔！

[@markwilson593]

Carmen looks good all of the time

[@FurchtbaresGaming]

I had a good laugh on this one because i watched the "10 do's and dont's when eating dim sum" vid first ^^

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

Nom Wah actually don't use carts anymore either, they just got it for this shoot. haha

[@NTDOffTheGreatWall]

Pacific Mall in Toronto lol!

[@AngelaJonesPoetryStoriesArt]

big thumbs up for another great video

[@jeannieeyeohh]

Thank God even some of the high end dim sum places in Malaysia still uses the push cart way to serve.