Foodie Reacts to: Uncle Roger Review UGLIEST DUMPLINGS EVER ft. Strictly Dumpling

hey everyone welcome or welcome back to my channel 
my name is stephanie aka stefanos i’m a bay area  
based blogger and i like to blog about food travel 
and culture and i also like to do reaction videos  
that are either related to food or asian culture 
so uncle roger blew up on social media last year i  
have done a few uncle roger reaction videos and he 
just came out with a new video featuring one of my  
favorite food vloggers mike chen aka strictly 
dumpling and if you watch my reaction videos  
before i like to sprinkle in cultural knowledge 
as well you should also watch my reaction videos  
because i’m the only reaction youtuber whose hair 
matches uncle roger’s iconic shirt all right let’s  
begin and that’s schumann again with the ugliest 
shoe my this guy is like dim sum terrorist it’s  
great this looks like shumai that uncle roger 
looked like jackson wang he looks cute hello  
niece and nephew it’s uncle roger today uncle 
roger gonna watch this video i’d be curious how to  
make every dumpling and i have special guest today 
he knows so much about dumpling and he gonna react  
with me please welcome nephew mike from yay hi 
uncle roger it’s mike from strictly dumpling where  
i talk about food and travel and more food but i 
just want to say from one of your favorite nephews  
you’re all that in dim sum uncle roger 
so we foodies really admire mike chen  

he’s one of my favorite food vloggers and i aspire
to be like him you know vlogging about food and
travel around the world particularly in asia so
i’m really excited to have him on this episode
today and all that in dim sum is like one of my
new favorite catchphrases so i think this is going
to be a good video oh thank you thank you this
nephew so nice make uncle roger feel so special
niece and nephew smack like button now and go
subscribe to my channel and now we start wijo
i’m king vajanaka and i’m a chef you know a
lot of westerners use the word dumpling as
kind of a catch-all phrase for all dumplings
but i do want to note that in asian culture
particularly in chinese cuisine you know the word
dumpling doesn’t do justice to all the different
kinds of dumplings out there and this video is
going to touch on a few different examples but
just wanted to put that out there instructor at
the institute of culinary education and today
i’m going to show you how to fold every single
dumpling the best vehicle to use not every single
in my experience i used to use a bamboo steamer
basket the steam coming up goes right through here
and kind of heats the whole thing you’re also
imparting the flavor of this basket the bamboo
you’re also imparting the flavor of this basket
the bamboo no no no you don’t use bamboo because
import flavor of bamboo right uncle roger usually
we use bamboo steamers not for the flavor but
because it soaks up a lot of moisture so whatever
we’re steaming is not too moist correct correct
why you want them i’ve never really checked
out epicurus before but based on this one video
they hired a total amateur so already not off
to a good start sampling tastes like bamboo are
you making dumpling for human of a panda what
i like to do is line it and this is the best
thing to line it with these are banana leaves
no we don’t usually use banana leaves to steam
dumplings typically we’ll use some lettuce or just
some parchment paper i think epicurus thinking how
do i make this video even more asian i know
we use random asian leaf maybe he’s using the
yeah we also don’t use banana leaf usually i
use the parchment paper with the holes in it
it just doesn’t seem like it would steam
properly if you use a banana leaf banana leave to
you know impart the banana flavor hi so now
his dumpling tastes like bamboo and banana
who want to eat that that is weirdest
combination of flavor ever bamboo and banana
uncle roger rather get covered so i don’t have
to taste this let’s start folding some dumplings
this is zhao zee what he’s
uh it’s pronounced jouts i’m not even chinese
and even i know that so this guy freaking sucks
say what’d he say this is jowzy josie what is this
white people pronunciation right uncle roger it
should be pronounced jealousy correct why he’s so
white he’s not even white but he speaks so white
hi i think this guy whiter than jamie oliver just
kidding jamie oliver don’t have restaurant anymore
when you’re rolling we’re working the gluten here
in the flour as well you want to go thin wow the
way he’s using the rolling pin that’s not the most
efficient way to roll dumpling wrappers in between
you want it to fit in your hand because you’re
going to be full you can see the dumpling wrappers
sticking to the board there’s too much water in
the dough and the way he’s rolling it kind of
reminds me of how i was rolling it back when i
was you know a kid yeah seriously i’ll take him
like two hours to make six dumplings and that one
dough probably took like an hour i think by the
time he finished rolling my unborn baby graduate
university already he really shouldn’t be rolling
it like i don’t know betty crocker just you
need to grab it with one hand and spin and roll
like a true dumpling professional that is
true i never see anyone rolling something
like that he rolling dumpling like he’s scared of
rolling pin i think his mom used to beat him with
rolling pin before i just put okay so i love
hate all these beating jokes that uncle roger
is making and unfortunately it is true i think
in the old days we were beat by our parents when
they didn’t approve of how we were behaving it’s
not something that i personally like about asian
culture and i hope that it’s not the case anymore
but ugh all this childhood trauma is coming back
flower that what you see on my hands it’s
just flour that’s just so the dough is not
super sticky our filling here it’s a basic feeling
no no no why so little feeling are you trying to
rip your customer off do you hate having business
that’s right uncle roger i feel like the filling
to do ratio is making the spirit of my grandmother
cry and the wrapper is just way too thick might as
well eat flour why bother putting any meat in
yeah so the dough is way too thick and there’s
not enough filling definitely if this were to
be served in a restaurant i would probably go
full asian karen and like demand my money back or
something because that is an atrocity to dumplings
this dumpling skin so thick remind me of my
ex-wife auntie helen one with just a little more
basic like two pleats on top and that’s the glz oh
my freaking god that is like the ugliest pleading
i’ve ever seen i think i could do a better job
than that just that jiaofu looks disgusting
what the hell what the hell this must be
the ugliest shelter uncle roger ever see hi
i think he should just start over not this
rejo but cooking school these do remind me of
dumplings that we used to make as kids and usually
whatever dumplings you make you have to eat your
own dumplings if they look weird so i guess you’ll
have to eat these himself correct you don’t feed
ugly dumpling to your grandma your grandma will
beat you up if you make ugly dumpling you eat your
own dumpling yeah just like how if you have ugly
children you eat your children yeah that makes
sense no i wanted to say you still take care of
it this nephew mike’s so weird he eat children
what’s your channel about do you eat human flesh
nephew mike not every family sustained uncle roger
i think uncle roger doing collab with psy this is
one time you want them also pretty much bite size
you know when you’re eating a soup i feel that
what you could fit in your soup spoon should be
able to fit into you what do you think of this
feeling uncle roger again this is too little
filling if i was peeling at a restaurant i’d want
to punch the chef that is workplace abuse uncle
roger can get behind so we have our crescent right
there and basically we’re just going to take that
and fold the ends in and that’s one time
no no that is not one ton one tongue don’t
look like this wontons are one of my favorite
types of dumplings and i would not touch that
the way he folded it he was kind
of on the right track but no cigar
the skin for one time should be so thin it almost
fall apart as translates as it hits the water i
mean it it looks like an overseas coating it’s
the canada goose of wontons this one tons so thick
it looks like it’s gonna do collapse with lizzle
one ton don’t look round and curvy one time
not supposed to arouse uncle roger like this
sorry children this is hakao so har gao is
one of my favorite things to eat when i’m at
a dim sum restaurant that ain’t har gal but let’s
follow through with this atrocity anyway hagaw is
typically served in dim sum basically we’re going
to fold that in so the first fold is in there
and then basically we’re going to the folding so
awkward fold and pinch so it’s also called shrimp
bonnet you can see the camera guy trying to
hide his awkward folding with bad camera and
and that’s ha-gao no no no it’s not uncle roger’s
so upset i put my leg down from chad this is the
ugliest hot girl i’ve ever seen so on the right
that is what it’s supposed to look like that is
what you’re going to see when you order from a
restaurant on the left i don’t know what the hell
that atrocity is i thought the first few dumplings
already pretty bad but this one ugliest one i’ve
seen so far who made this dumpling helen keller
it looked like he making dumpling with play-doh hi
exactly not supposed to look like tuma you know
what they look like they look like someone’s been
wrestling a little too long and their years
kind of got the california are you so bad hi
yeah this hawk i’ll look like it need jesus oh you
know uncle roger these kind of remind me of what
i saw in the history books when women used to bind
their feet oh correct this is so disgusting why he
can’t just go buy dumpling wrapper from store why
he insists making it himself uh you can get hagal
wrapper from the store the best ones are handmade
and they’re very very very thin and again when you
can see borderline see inside it just makes the
dumpling more sexy dumpling wrapper should look
like lingerie for dumpling must be see-through
but still leave something to imagination
this is shumai one of my favorite items to order
in a dim sum restaurant this is like an open
face dumpling they’re going to go right into the
steamer that’s why you want to make sure they’re
flat you could also top it off with with fish row
and that’s shuma this is another favorite that i
like to order when i go to a dim sum restaurant
at least this one kind of resembles shumai the
outside it’s just awful it’s it’s not uniform
and you see they’re all different sizes small
medium to large they should all be uniform again
with the ugliest shoe my uncle roger ever see
this guy is like dim sum terrorist these don’t
look like show me they they kind of look like
just a messy doe cup if you think this looked like
shumai that uncle roger looked like jackson wang
these are dao zhou bao abao is a bun and
our filling today will be sweet red beans in
filipino culture we call it shopao and is filled
with a sweet roast pork so he did grow up in the
philippines but these dumpling making skills
yeah kind of sad i think that’s why he lived in
america now when he growing up he make dumplings
for his mom but he’s so bad at making dumpling
and his mom disowned him that’s why he have to
move to america that’s what happened in asian
family if you suck at making dumpling we don’t
want you anymore usually when you suck at anything
they don’t want you anymore that is true if you
get b in math or b in dumpling making it kick
you up that’s right uncle roger asian without a is
sin this is xiaolongbao another one he didn’t even
show the final product it must have been that bad
that they didn’t even want to show it but now on
to xiaolongbao xiaoming bao is my third favorite
thing that i like to order when i go get dim sum
so uh let’s see how bad it is my favorite
dumplings our filling is ground pork which a
lot of our dumplings are but also gelatinized pork
stock okay you need this for a long time so if you
don’t know what xiao long bao is it is basically
soup dumplings so once the gelatinous pork melts
as it steams then it’s going to turn into a soupy
consistency and it’s like eating a soup dumpling
really really good if you never had
xiaolongbao definitely try it out
so we have it in the middle that’s our first pinch
and now basically um ooh you’re not supposed to be
just stuffing the filling into the dough you’re
supposed to be folding with your right thumb
as well hi uh why he fingering the dumpling so
dirty this guy don’t think a dumpling it’s not
of consensual dumplings don’t look like the
other if you’re open you [ __ ] up i love
these life lessons from your uncle roger i’m
so happy you’re homeschooling me nephew mike
were you homeschooled as a kid i was uncle roger
that why are you weird food is very personal you
know i’ve seen it firsthand in my restaurant with
people i don’t know that’s what food’s all about
it’s about bringing people together correct with
your ugly dumpling you brought everybody together
and we all hate you now food definitely does bring
people together that’s one reason why i love food
and i love to vlog about food but i wouldn’t
want to go to this guy’s restaurant if he makes
dumplings like that uh no maybe he should stick to
filipino food wow look at this we’ve touched the
pond i think some of those dumplings turn red from
embarrassment all the dumplings so ugly this is
like dumpling cemetery rest in peace dumpling you
will forever live on in uncle roger uncle roger
didn’t you always tell me that it’s not just the
appearance that matters but the inside he didn’t
put anything inside also so outside and inside
both back look at this yeah we’ve touched upon
a great amount of dumplings then you know
there is no such thing as an ugly dumpling
uncle roger thought 2021 will finally be here
where people don’t mess up asian food look like
it’s not gonna be that way so uncle roger gonna
continue to be asian food police epicurious why
can’t you find one chinese chef who actually know
how to make dumplings youtube so many dumpling
making tutorials you can’t find one chef people
see this video they’re gonna think something
ugly and then they don’t want to eat something
not good for asian culture dumplings supposed to
be sexy you’re right uncle roger dumplings with
their juicy filling and thin almost see-through
skin are supposed to be very sexy every single
time you take a bite it just invokes intimate
thoughts in your head gotta say though he seemed
like a nice man and i do love his passion which
i hope is shared by every dumpling lover out
there and if you’ve never had dumplings before
go and try some and have one ton you know
of dumplings and this is just comedy ouija
don’t go attack this guy niece and
nephew go subscribe to strictly dumpling
link in description thank you so much uncle
roger stick around to watch some blooper bye
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