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This week I learned to speak Punjabi then spoke it in Indian restaurants and bazaars – people were totally shocked! India is actually one of the world’s most linguistically diverse countries – in addition to Hindi and English, hundreds of other languages are spoken, including, in a small corner of northern India, the Punjabi language. The Punjabi people live spread across both India and Pakistan and have a rich and beautiful culture with incredible food, music, and religion. And here in New York City if you head to Punjab Avenue in Queens you’ll find a small but thriving community of Punjabis, particularly Punjabi Sikhs but also Hindus, Muslims, and Christians as well. So this week I brushed up on my Punjabi and headed out there to chat with the locals, who are wonderfully encouraging when it comes to learning their language. What an experience speaking Punjabi as a foreigner!
Go to https://buyraycon.com/xiaomanyc for 15% off your order! Brought to you by Raycon. The U.S. State Department’s Foreign Service Institute ranks Arabic as one of the top 4 most difficult languages to learn for English speakers right up there with Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Plus every Arabic-speaking country has its own very different dialect of Arabic, making it even harder to learn. So recently I accepted the challenge and spent 16 hours learning a colloquial form of Gulf Arabic with a Sudanese Dubaian tutor, and then I hit the streets of New York City’s Arabic neighborhoods which contain Arabic speakers from all over the Middle East. This video is the first time I’ve ever tried speaking Arabic with people in real life, and it was an incredible experience exploring these Arabic markets and restaurants in NYC and chatting with locals. If you’d like to check out some of the markets and restaurants featured in the video, some of my favorites are:
This AMAZING Yemeni restaurant Arth Aljanatain (seriously, so good): https://www.yelp.com/biz/arth-aljanatain-bronx
Oriental Pastry & Grocery, get the baklava!!! https://www.yelp.com/biz/oriental-pastry-and-grocery-brooklyn
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The first 1000 people to click the link will get a free trial of Skillshare’s Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/xiaomanyc11201 So this week I tipped $5,000 at some of my absolute favorite Chinese takeout spots in New York City. The whole restaurant industry in New York City has been devastated by COVID and Chinese restaurants have been particularly hard-hit. So I wanted to give them a nice tip to show them how much we love and support them here at Xiaomanyc! Especially because it's Chinese New Year and it's a perfect time to give these restaurants some nice red envelopes. If you would like to get out there and support these NYC restaurants yourself, here are links to their pages on Yelp. Most are located in NYC’s Manhattan Chinatown. They are all awesome and highly recommended!
Spicy Village for utterly delicious spicy noodles: https://www.yelp.com/biz/spicy-village-new-york
S Wan Cafe for the best Cantonese / Hong Kong breakfast food in town: https://www.yelp.com/biz/s-wan-cafe-%E6%B4%8B%E7%B4%AB%E8%8D%86-new-york
Lucky House Kitchen for some seriously good old school Chinese American food: https://www.yelp.com/biz/lucky-house-kitchen-brooklyn
Teado for the best bubble milk tea and other drinks in Chinatown (and that’s saying a lot): https://www.yelp.com/biz/teado-tea-shop-new-york-6
Chang Lai Cheong Fun Cart for some superior Cantonese rice roll street food: https://www.yelp.com/biz/chang-lai-fishballs-and-noodles-new-york-5
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Get over 65% off the Kove Commuter 2 Split here: http://koveaudio.com/xm68 (code XM68). Last month my Indonesian friend Abe challenged me to learn Indonesian in three weeks and then go to NYC’s very own Indonesian Food Bazaar market for me to practice my Indonesian. I took him up on this challenge and it was an epic social experiment! We also went around ordering in Indonesian restaurants in Elmhurst, Queens which has a large Indonesian population in New York City. I definitely do not actually speak fluently but I’m able to have a real conversation in Indonesian after just 15 hours of studying, which is pretty cool!
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