First Time Eating Dumplings
About this video
In this Tribal People Try video the tribe meet chinese food for the first time. Most of them had never seen it before the camera started, so the first minute is questions — what is it, what's in it, how do you eat it — and then the plates go round.
What is chinese food?
Chinese food as the world eats it: sweet and sour chicken, fried rice, dumplings, spring rolls, chow mein, hot pot. Pakistani-Chinese restaurant food is its own established cuisine, so some dishes are familiar in name.
What to watch for
Chinese food has been on Pakistani wedding menus for fifty years, so chow mein, fried rice and chicken corn soup are old friends. Real dumplings, tofu and anything sweet-and-sour are where the reactions come from.
The comparison they always make
Pakistani-Chinese — chilli chicken, egg fried rice, manchurian — is the reference point, and it is spicier and heavier than the original. Authentic Chinese food often seems bland by comparison.
This episode
It's the tribe's 9th chinese food video out of 10. They first tried it in February 2022 ("Tribal People Try Dumplings For the First Time"). The most-watched chinese food episode is "Tribal People Try Chinese Food For the First Time" (300.3K views). The video runs about 10 minutes and went up in June 2024.
Frequently asked
Who are the people in Tribal People Try?
Villagers from rural Punjab, Pakistan. They're families from the same area, not actors, and they've been part of the channel for years.
What is chinese food?
Chinese food as the world eats it: sweet and sour chicken, fried rice, dumplings, spring rolls, chow mein, hot pot. Pakistani-Chinese restaurant food is its own established cuisine, so some dishes are familiar in name.
Did the tribe like the chinese food?
Watch to the end — nothing is scripted, and when something doesn't suit them they say so. Pakistani-Chinese — chilli chicken, egg fried rice, manchurian — is the reference point, and it is spicier and heavier than the original. Authentic Chinese food often seems bland by comparison.
Have they tried chinese food before?
Yes — this is the 9th of 10 chinese food videos. The first was "Tribal People Try Dumplings For the First Time" in February 2022.
Where was this video filmed?
In rural Punjab, Pakistan, where the participants live. The videos are recorded in the village rather than in a studio.