{"id":190628,"date":"2021-02-28T00:57:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T21:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/generous-tipper-drops-1k-at-his-favorite-chinatown-joints\/"},"modified":"2021-02-28T00:57:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T21:57:26","slug":"generous-tipper-drops-1k-at-his-favorite-chinatown-joints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/generous-tipper-drops-1k-at-his-favorite-chinatown-joints\/","title":{"rendered":"#Generous tipper drops $1K at his favorite Chinatown joints"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Generous tipper drops $1K at his favorite Chinatown joints<\/strong>”
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As tips go, this is way<\/em> over 20 percent!<\/p>\n

A Mandarin-fluent foodie has filmed himself dropping $1,000 tips at five of his favorite, but struggling, take-out joints in Manhattan\u2019s Chinatown \u2014 and the video of his startled beneficiaries trying to give him back the money is just heartwarming.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got five thousand dollars,\u201d YouTube<\/a>r XiaoMaNYC explains in the clip before handing out the huge tips, which he stuffs into the bright red envelopes that are traditionally exchanged as gifts for Chinese New Year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to be going to five different restaurants, and giving them each a nice little \u2018hongbao,’\u201d he says, referring to the envelopes by their Mandarin name as he stuffs each with ten crisp $100 bills.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s actually a great time to do this because it\u2019s Chinese New Year,\u201d he explains of the holiday, which began Feb. 12 and ended Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just going to be going to some of my absolute favorite Chinese restaurants here in New York City,\u201d explains the three-million-fan YouTuber \u2014 a Manhattan-based video producer whose real name is Arieh Smith.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot only do they provide great food to the people in the neighborhood, but they also support a lot of employees and they\u2019re all family run,\u201d he says. \u201cThey\u2019re just really amazing and great people.\u201d <\/p>\n

One of his first stops was Spicy Village on Forsythe Street.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey work nonstop for 12 hours a day, he said of the restaurant. \u201cAnd they definitely deserve a little something.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re just hanging in there, honestly,\u201d owner \u201cWendy\u201d tells Smith, as she takes his noodles order and they chat in Mandarin about how business has been damaged by the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Not knowing she\u2019s on camera, she stuffs Smith\u2019s takeout bag full of complimentary tea and holiday candies for his wife, tells him the order comes to $15, and wishes him a happ<\/a>y New Year.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh by the way, I wanted to give you something,\u201d he says, handing over a hongbao envelope.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I don\u2019t want that!\u201d she insists, backing away.<\/p>\n

When Smith finally convinces her to take it, she looks inside and immediately tries to hand it back. The two practically tussle over the money. Smith insists, \u201cMei yo! mei yo!\u201d \u2014 \u201cNo, don\u2019t worry about it!\u201d \u2014 as she repeatedly tries to stuff the envelope back in his backpack.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre you sure? I really can\u2019t accept it!\u201d she says, nearly in tears.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just wanted to thank you guys, on Chinese New Year,\u201d Smith tells her. \u201cJust keep doing what you\u2019re doing and making great food!\u201d<\/p>\n

At other takeout windows, his red envelopes get similar reactions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is crazy that you would do this!\u201d one grateful owner tells him.<\/p>\n

\u201cToo much, dude!\u201d protests a street vendor, who Smith speaks to in fluent Cantonese. <\/p>\n

\u201cNo way!\u201d shouts another restauranteur, after handing Smith a $1.50 milk tea and getting the huge tip in return.<\/p>\n

Smith ends the clip by urging folks to support Chinatown or their own local eateries \u2014 though he concedes with a laugh, \u201cYou don\u2019t have to tip them $5,000. You could just show up at any of these great restaurants and buy something delicious.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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“#Generous tipper drops $1K at his favorite Chinatown joints” As tips go, this is way over 20 percent! A Mandarin-fluent foodie has filmed himself dropping $1,000 tips at five of his favorite, but struggling, take-out joints in Manhattan\u2019s Chinatown \u2014 and the video of his startled beneficiaries trying to give him back the money is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":190629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/chinatown-restaurant-large-tips-youtuer-1-e1614462811962.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[91165,95559,51543,70344,4952,22512],"class_list":["post-190628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-chinese-new-year","tag-2-27-21","tag-chinatown","tag-coronavirus-in-ny","tag-manhattan","tag-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}