0:05 Welcome back to Careful Boys. Today we are picking the Mount Rushmore of Asian foods. [laughter] >> What the ████ >> The Mount Rushmore. >> That means the top of the top of the top. The top four. The creme de creme. What? What? What? What? What would you >> I think we're going to agree. >> What goes on the mountain? Well, that's what we have to >> That's the hardest part. >> So, there's only four. >> Can we Can we do groups first? Can we do like >> and then boil it down from ethnic groups? >> You can do it however you want, but you have to pick four. >> Okay. Hands down, one of my favorite Asian foods in the whole ████ universe. I don't give a ████ what anyone says. I really love katsu. >> Oh, thank god. That's good. >> Katu. I thought you say sticky tofu. >> Oh, sticky tofu. >> Oh, that's nasty, dude. That's nastic thing. I know other people >> katu like goes on the mountain then. To me it does because to me it's like one of to me it's one of those like universally loved you know it's
0:56 something's good when you don't have to be in the mood for it. >> You know some food you're like oh it's kind of heavy. I like you have to kind of gear yourself up. >> I feel like katu it's one of those it's just blank slate. Oh what do you guys want to eat? Someone throws out someone brings katu in. You'll just go oh let me see. >> Is it is it really is it really Asian though? I'm going to throw in I'mma throw in the technicality right here. I think it's a schnitle. >> Oh. cultures. Everybody has the same version. So, are we going Are we going pure Asian? Are we going Everybody has the same version. >> But if you do, if you like a chicken katu curry, >> I love katu, man. >> Chicken katu. So, I think that's cool. That one's They did a yucky. That's white meat. I like dark I like [laughter] dark meat. Dark meat katsu. >> I like chicken. >> That looks like ono Hawaiian girl. >> Oh, but yeah, but that's pretty much it. I love katu. >> You like chicken katu more than pork katu? >> All right. You can't change it.
1:46 >> I feel like katu should be pork. If it's chicken thighs, I like chicken thighs. Great debate. >> Great [snorts] debate. >> I think so. >> That's That's my take. >> I'm thinking of a lot right now. >> That's Bart's number one. Rushmore. That's one of them. One of the four. >> Is that Washington for you? >> I'm just throwing one of them. That might be Teddy Roosevelt. I don't know. [laughter] >> I'm just throwing it out there. We could throw other. I mean, people like sushi. Is sushi one of them for you guys or no? >> Shaboo's got to be one of them for me. >> Shaboo. Dude, >> I can't I can't live without Shabu, dude. >> You got to, bro. >> More than Korean barbecue. >> You got to put Korean barbecue. Yeah. >> How often you eat Shaboo a week? >> I like how both is cook your own ████ food. >> I I mean we see Shaboo as kind of it's kind of like a luxury a little bit because it's a little more expensive. So we we try to maybe get it once every two weeks or so >> cuz it's not you can't find a $10 Shaboo. >> Nah. Yeah. And and there's no point cuz
2:36 that the quality won't even hit. So yeah, >> you know, I never went to a Shaboo restaurant until like later in life. I didn't even know they existed. Dude, >> I just we just had it at home >> because I feel like back back until recently, it was always like a hot spot. It was a Chinese style and those are always like deep in SGV and they may not be as like, "Oh, let's all go." But then after for whatever reason, it became like a hot thing. >> Yeah. I think more people started to find out about it and then you had more like Buzzfeed type people going there. >> I never even heard of it till we all went to Shinsenumi and you guys were all ordering that. >> Those were the days. >> Yeah. >> Every single week we went. It's so healthy. So good. >> It's just ████ thin sliced meat, >> water boiled, and then you dip it in a sesame or a ponza sauce and that's it, baby. >> I think it's the meat quality is so good.
3:26 >> Yeah, the meat when the meat quality is bomb. Plus, it's a it's a great way to like enjoy a good meal without overeating cuz you can't overeing shaboo doesn't really happen as easily as as Korean barbecue for >> Oh, that's true. >> Korean barbecue you always feel like I shouldn't have done that. Yeah, it's more that's more of like a gorge and then you know >> Yeah. You're like I have gout a little bit after this. >> I do that with sushi too cuz I like a lot of sushi and but then I regret it. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Oh, dude. Yeah. >> Your mercury level gets so high. [laughter] >> I got to throw f in there. It's just a >> It's just one of those like it's like rice, right? It's like it's a staple. >> If we s one of the slots for the king of Asian noodles, I think fuzz got to be >> Oh, yeah. For noodles. Yeah, >> it's the king of noodles, dude. >> Ever since Saigon Corner, I would agree with you. >> I have cuz it's one of those you don't need to be in the mood. Like, I'm a big
4:17 fan of uh beef noodle soup cuz I'm Taiwanese, obviously, >> but you still got to be in the mood for it. >> Yeah, I love ramen, too, but >> I could eat fur every day, and I won't. But I think ramen's like really rich. >> Yeah. >> Okay, so we got fur >> and katu. Katu F. >> Shaboo. This is actually really hard. >> We're almost done. >> Sushi's not in it. >> Is Shaboo for sure on there? Is it on there? Because that's his. Anyone have a >> me? But um >> yeah, it depends on who's what your Mount Rushmore is. >> Is there a second nomination? >> This is not gonna be popular. This is purely for me. But like [clears throat] in my eyes, chicken rice >> dude that's a staple. These are all >> Chinese chicken rice is is a great one to have. >> I think that's fire, dude. >> Thanks, D. I appreciate it. Like California roll, my brother. >> Come on, dog. >> Oh, with that. [laughter]
5:07 Hey, and and you know why I also think it's a Mount Rushmore food is because it saves you when like you like when you don't have money, you can still get that chicken >> and you can always make that. It's easy to make. It's a it's a comfort meal. >> Boil and you just like boiled food. >> That's not true, dude. >> That's not true. You think about it. Sushi's not even cooked. It's just the rice is cooked. Shaboo, they chop ingredients. You have to do the cooking and it's just boiled. Hainan chicken is just boiled chicken. None of these things are fancy dishes. We're just peasants. >> You said hen chicken's just boiled chicken. >> It's It's literally salt boiled chicken. >> That's how you make it. It takes 20 minutes to make. You cover the ████ chicken with salt. You boil it for 20 minutes and then you just use that chicken stock for the rice. That's all it is. >> I feel personally attached. [laughter]
5:57 >> That's why it's not on my Mount Rushmore. >> That's like boiling a hot dog. I don't. >> And a top American foods hot dog would be on that Mount Rushmore, brother. [laughter] >> Flakes on there. >> I don't Yeah. I don't know. I don't know if I fiend for that that much. But you Yeah. You fi for it every week. [clears throat] >> Yeah. Wow. >> I don't eat it though. >> You don't What the >> I don't eat it all the time. >> But it's so simple. Why wouldn't you? >> What the? >> Cuz you don't like it that much. [laughter] >> It's as far as like comfort food. As far as like what puts me in my happy place. Like when you eat that, you're that bite might be one of my favorite bites of food. So, >> it's a great >> cuz if I wasn't on a diet all the time, I would eat katu >> like three times a week every ████ week. >> Yeah. >> Dang. Really? That's your main main. >> But I just can't or else I'll be ████ 300 lb. >> I would be with Shaboo if you know like I had unlimited budget. >> Yeah. Like a family member owned it or
6:47 something? >> You know why I don't eat and chicken? >> I would abuse that so hard. >> The reason why I don't eat it all the time is because Tiff doesn't really like it. >> Katu. >> No. Hine chicken. >> Oh yeah. He doesn't like it either. Yeah, >> ████ Latin ████ They don't know ████ >> I think it's too uh >> It's not A PLAN. TAKE IT BACK. >> I THINK IT'S TOO animal for them. >> At least for Gio, it is. She doesn't like seeing like the ████ animal >> animal. [laughter] >> It's too It's too animal. >> Korean barbecue often to me is just like flavorless. >> Oh, really? >> You use the sauces though? >> You got to use the sauces. >> Yeah, I'm a spice daddy for sure. >> What about for you? What's one of your one of your favorites? Tikka masala. >> Orange chicken, brother. >> Orange chicken. Orange chicken, homie. [laughter] >> That's American food. >> Chicken deserves the top spot. >> Yeah, the top the top. Uh, fried cream cheese rangoons [laughter]
7:38 >> for sure. >> More fortune cookies. [laughter] >> You're going to get all the black guy votes. [laughter] >> Guy ponds got to be on there. >> And then put on throw Beijing beef on there. [laughter] >> That's how you know it's Asian, dude. It's from Beijing. Wait, but what's the best orange chicken you've had? >> That's a good question. >> By far Panda Express. I'm not even clowning. I'm not even clowning. The greatest I've had so far is Panda Express. You know, when they just make it and it's fresh, it's brand new on >> I agree. That is pretty ████ >> Yeah, it's bomb. I'm not talking about when it's been under the lamps. I'm like, I'll wait for I'll wait if I see them tossing it back there. I'm like >> is pretty freaking OP. Yeah. >> Yeah. That whole like fake Chinatown like Chinese food is probably one of my favorite [laughter] Chinese cuz it's like you can't get that anywhere else. >> It should be one of our favorites cuz
8:29 we're the cross palette of why that's good. You know what I mean? >> I do prefer everything else at the at those Chinatown places, but the orange chicken from Panda is the one. Have >> you ever had the orange chicken from Panda in? >> I have not. >> That's that's that's what they base it on. Okay. >> So, it's the cuisine version and it's >> really really good cuz sometimes when you get authentic orange chicken, it's too orangey. >> Yeah. I like >> cuz you know they have they use like they peel. >> I don't want to see no zest. >> They zest it. They zest it. >> I don't want to see no zest in my orange chicken, brother. >> I want my ████ tasting like candy. Yeah. It's so like >> I want to taste like Sunny D. >> That's That tastes like a car freshener. >> It tastes like you're eating it like a cutie. >> Do you like lemon chicken when you go to like old school Chinese restaurants? Have you ever? >> I do. I like that. Oh, that's like orange chicken but with the lemon. >> It's like almost the same thing. Yeah, >> I do love I I will say I love I like
9:20 miso soup a lot. >> That's really good. >> I love miso soup. >> It's comfort one for me. >> A comfort food. >> You know what's >> What about dumplings? You going to put any dumplings in there? >> Not yet. But I was going to say the thing that I think you feel about chicken, this is how I feel about my dish. It's a very simple dish. It's just like a soy sauce steamed fish Chinese style. That's one of my favorite fishes ever. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> Associated with fire, dude. Steam it or deep fry it. >> What's the name of that? >> I don't even know. Like just soy sauce fish or something. But it's just steamed. It's like a slightly sweet soy sauce >> with a little bit of chilies on >> and then what they do is they put like sliced green onions on top and then after they get like a boiling hot oil and they pour it over and that's what cooks the green onion. >> My parents love that too. They get it all the time from this place called Townson. >> And that is my comfort food cuz that's what my dad used to make all the
10:10 >> Look at this. [laughter] >> Soy sauce fish >> comfort food. >> You guys remember that ████ that used to come in the sushi packets? >> Classic. >> Dude, that's funny. I know. I don't know the name of that thing, but we always get them at Chinese restaurants. And then the highlight though is like the the type of fish. >> Yeah. >> Like it's like certain fish is like really delicious and then like the old folks always knew like but we used got halibit >> is that way. >> Yeah. >> Different fishes taste different like I think one of my favorite was like a something rockf fish. That one was really >> rockfish. >> Yeah. That was really >> So I'm tracking right now. We got katu. We got fa fa. Nailed it. And we got shaboo. >> Damn. >> Really? >> You want to throw you want to throw a dumpling in there or no?
11:00 What's the best dumpling? >> Orange chicken does deserve a nice little spot there cuz I think American version of it. >> If like they were able to track how much you ate it, >> they would be like, "You fraud for not putting it on there." >> Oh, yeah. [laughter] >> All right. I love it. >> Like you've eaten way too much of it for that not to be there. >> I'm more I'm more beef than orange chicken. >> What's your favorite curry? [laughter] >> Mongolian beef. ████ man. I like >> fire, dude. >> I like the Thai coke. The Thai yellow curry. I like yellow curries. >> I like the Japanese curry. >> I like I like paneang curries. >> I love paneang as well. >> Yellow. >> I like the Indian like uh tikka masala or even butter chicken. >> You can't beat the >> Japanese curry is actually British curry. >> Really? >> It's not from Asia. >> Oh wow. >> It's because >> cubes >> British people learned how to make curry and then they have their own recipe and then when they were traveling to Japan,
11:51 they showed the Japanese how to make it. >> So that's why their curry is like thick. It's kind of like the one gravy the Yeah. the English used to dip their uh >> that fries in. >> Oh, so that's a thing. Curry >> cuz you know like Southeast Asia curry is more watery. >> But then it's not like that with Japanese curry. >> They use paste, don't they? >> The the Thai curries. They use like the paste and the coconut milk and that's how that's like their base for curry. >> Yeah. >> It's different than like the >> fire. >> I feel like the Japanese curry is just cubes. Penang Panang Curry turned all the way up. So good. >> Oh my god. >> We went to Lotusam. >> That place is bomb, right? >> David took us. >> Told you. >> Crazy. >> Lotusam is next ████ level. >> They closed at 10:00. They let us come eat at 9:50 >> and they served us. >> They hated you. Just so you know, they
12:41 hated you. >> Which one you guys go to? Red Rock. >> No, >> the one in Chinatown. >> Yeah. Yeah, I think so. A flamingo. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah. We're inside Vegas stuff. >> Natanya's secret kitchen. You would like that. >> That place is bomb, too. >> That one's good, too. Did you get the fried um like giant prawns or whatever? Oh my god. >> It was stupid. >> Throw that up there, >> dude. Tom Cod there is out of control. >> We had We I had We had everything there and it was just like it was next level. >> Tomy, it's good. I love >> I loved it. But I don't know something about Thai food now. Like I like the weirder ████ like Thai sausage. The sour one. >> I bet you would like that. >> Good, dude. You love that. [laughter] >> And I eat it with a little Thai chili and I suck on it too. >> Thai chilis. Come on. >> Noodles. >> Oh boy. >> So like I went from like the mainstream
13:31 Thai food to like the hardcore ████ >> Yeah. >> So are we at Katsu Fa Shaboo and Orange Chicken? [laughter] >> That kind of sounds whack. >> This is too hard, bro. That sounds whack. >> We got to do a regional or something. Like it sounds terrible. >> Too broad. I feel like like the actual foodies, they'll be like, "What the ████ are those?" >> They're all over the place. >> Soup. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> I mean, we're choosing all the peasant ████ you know? Like, it's just >> Well, yeah. No, we're being we're being honest. >> Honorable mention is guodon, bro. >> OH, >> ████ Yosha. >> Honestly, that's pretty bomb. You can eat that. >> But like comfort food. >> You can't beat on of my life here. >> Here at the ghetto. At the ghetto. spell this gu y gu yu d o u n like try it
14:21 >> gu there's this place um it's called Guushian and and I kept ordering from there on on Postmate and I'm like dude this beef bowl is freaking amazing and then so during the day I decided to go find it. I'm like yo I want to go over there and buy one. >> Yeah, that's what we're talking about. >> You know what this place ended up being? >> What? Do you know that area north of downtown Vegas where it's like >> it's the skid row of ████ Vegas? >> Oh yeah, >> that's where it is. It's in >> Is it a store that you like a restaurant? >> It's in one of these weird ghost kitchen facilities where you have to stand in this weird tiny room lobby where everyone's ordering from different people and it's they got to like come out and give it to you and that ████ is like it feels like you're in a jail commissary. Is it that one where they gave you uh bento boxes, but it's like high quality meats and ████ and then
15:11 like >> No, that's a that's a different one. The one that I ordered when he came to my house, right? >> Right by the mission. It's right by the where the homeless people are all like skid rowing at. >> So, they're making some bombass beef bowls there. Huh. >> Bomb ass. But it was I would never go back, dude. >> So, you drove by like, oh my god, >> I went in there and everything and stood in there. There's like it's just you're you're in there people coming in like it's mad like rowdy and like strange. All right. It's Katu. It's FA. It's Shabu. It's Orange Chicken.
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