This week Time Out ranked Xi’an Famous Foods the second-best Chinese restaurant in the US.
There are long lines out the door for $8 dishes featuring unexpected spices and tastes from the Xi’an region of China. These include spicy lamb skewers, liangpi “cold skin” noodles, and their famous hand-pulled “ripped” noodles.
With its bold and authentic regional fare, Xi’an “represents the wave of the future in Chinese food,” according to Chinese food historian and author, Andrew Coe. Anthony Bourdain is also a fan.
Here’s the story of how Jason Wang helped transform his father’s Queens, New York food stall into a culinary sensation.
Produced by Alana Kakoyiannis
Edited by Josh Wolff
————————————————–
Follow BI Video on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1oS68Zs
Follow BI Video On Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1bkB8qg
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/
————————————————–
Business Insider is the fastest growing business news site in the US. Our mission: to tell you all you need to know about the big world around you. The BI Video team focuses on technology, strategy and science with an emphasis on unique storytelling and data that appeals to the next generation of leaders – the digital generation.
37 Comments
pf changs
I just returned from china – worst food ive had in the country of origin. Its as if the locals taste buds are fried (PEK area). Ill stick to chow mein and chop suey from a can any day. 🙂
I did even know Chinese Food Historian is a job!?!
RIP Anthony Bourdain
Dad be saying in chinese : why no Nummbaaa waaaaaaaaannn?!
I look at the comments and they’re all Chinese stereotype jokes :((
the truth is that Anthony Bordain maked the restaurant great. not the father or the son.
Chinese who live in the outside of China is most likely to do the food business
the background music was distracting af. shit sucks
Legend has it that the son has been disowned from the family because the restaurant is only #2
This is the American dream!
I’d love to eat there if I ever get back to
NYC.
10 or 11?
Is he kidding me?
How uninvolved is he?
Not to be rude but Usa does not like china invention but love the food
sadly, whats the price of keeping prices low? how things are done.. how animals are grown, how environmentally friendly things are grown, how fair salary people have gotten. cheaper is not better
I no go to No.2 restaurant. I go to No:1 China restaurant. Always
For those who played 3 kingdom dynasty, Xinan is the Chengnan 2k years ago in China in the game .
Starts selling pizza in china
Further proof Asians don’t raisin
Wow he is so young for this level of success
1:34
That's a great color to use for France
according to the map shown on 1.29 Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan are part of China! This is unacceptable!!!!
1:25
When did Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan get annexed by China?
Only in New York..
Please please please open up a Xian Famous Foods in LA !
does the son cook? doesnt seem to be
Present human intelligence cannot think beyond 20 to thirty years for constructive work and not beyond 1 second for any destructive work
When ever humans would destroy a coronalike Messiah will settle scores with them will emerge to overcome the inhuman evil.
God blinks and humans spin around the earth like the devil satellites encircling
The Chinese food historian is the type of guy to call asian women exotic.
Hi
i have a new Channel. you can learn some thing from it as marocain kitchen. don't Forget to visit me
Awesome Son leaves dad proud and happy. Bravo, Cheers.
overhyped, not worth it….
There are many ways to lose weight, they unite many methods of losing weight that make you feel hungry, and I opened the Internet and researched this topic a lot and found the best solution to losing weight the fastest way.
1_ https://oke.io/y24e
2_ https://oke.io/NG5R
3_ https://oke.io/kPK7TH9
Who’s number 1??
The food cost in NY is much cheaper than LA.
This place got too big, and now they don't even make the noodles by hand, instead delivering machine-made noodles from a central location. Pathetic and disappointing, really