The one motto I will always remember from my childhood is "If Yan can cook, so can you!". The man is a legend.

https://youtu.be/3lnoYesgWbQ Part 2

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Amen to that shit 😃

That and "Now we add ginger! I loooooove ginger!" whenever he adds ginger to a dish.

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Yan didn't cook to show off his skills, he cooked to inspire us. A legend

True Story Jhpak. I really loved the way he went through the cooking of the dish and then brought us the place where the dish may have come from. True legend

He inspired me to be a Chef from a very early age. Currently, I'm a professional Chef.

Uncle Roger just became itachi😂😂

Mission accomplished.

Thank you for featuring Martin Yan. I grew up watching him in the 80s in Trinidad. So many people don't know this awesome man. You've inspired me to go back and watch his old episodes.

Oi I live in Trinidad

South posse here lol

Me too! My parents definitely know his name and reputation, and they have a few of his cookbooks!

Martin Yan was the inspiration for me becoming a chef, such an amazing man and chef. I remember the episode after his son was born they carried him on to the set in a giant wok so Martin could introduce him to the world.

Martin Yan had the skills and charisma to make me watch a cooking show as a 10 year old. Martin Yan is indeed the OG.

Exactly! 😄

This guy inspired so many children across the world to learn how to cook. Simply marvelous seeing and hearing clips from his show!

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Yan cooking wasn't the only good thing about him, his personality and how entertaining he is as well

Link of the clip - I met uncle https://youtu.be/3lnoYesgWbQ

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I think that’s something I miss about cooking shows from around this time. It’s probably nostalgic but I miss the sets and the audience interactions. Like my favourite growing up was Pasquale’s Kitchen Express as an Italian

Also one of the few celebrities from the 90's who hasn't turned out to be a complete bastard.

@ARGiammarco 27 Was Pasquale the one who made a salad by ripping some lettuce in half? Always had a boiling pot on the stove?

As a Taiwanese, I get satisfied easily just to hear Uncle Roger mention Taiwan in his weejio💕😳

not a rreal coutnry :P

Haiyaa you not in real country. (This is a joke btw, I have some very nice friends in Taiwan)

Uncle Roger should consider cooking Taiwanese beef noodle soup, but he also needs to consider how that would impact his social credit score.

@deanzaZZRFuiyoooooh! Taiwanese beef noodle soup is so shiok!

This is so sweet; Uncle Roger giving it up to the OG! 🙏🏽

I watched this show religiously growing up. I thought Martin Yan was one of the coolest persons I've ever seen and he absolutely was a big reason why I got into cooking. So cool seeing Uncle Roger doing an episode on him.

There were 3 TV shows that you did NOT bother Grandma when she was watching them. General Hospital, Bob Ross, and Yan Can Cook. To this day I can remember one of his plays on words. He said "Whistle while you wok". I thought that was the greatest saying ever. Thanks for conjuring so many happy memories of my childhood with this episode.

You FINALLY review my culinary hero. His iconic line "If Yan can cook, so can you!" Gave me inspiration as a kid

Martin Yan introduced the world that Chinese food wasn’t just fried rice and chow mein. Martin Yan is a legend and the only person on tv with an Asian face in the 80’s and 90’s.

Stephen Yan is another with Wok with Yan, another cooking show I watch. But they're not related.

World? You mean the United States and Canada.

​@Patrick Yipthey still part of the world

And now, Uncle Roger show us that we need to go back to fried rice basics.

We also had Pat Morita.

I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Martin Yan when I was helping teach at a high school last year. He's still just as witty and charismatic as he has always been. He even took a picture with me. Nice guy, he was showing a variety of students how to make various dishes and adding a bit of his own pizazz to it.

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YanCanCook was the first cooking show I watched. It was in my childhood but still fresh in my memory, YAN coming to the show in a limosin was the intro of the show. I used to watch it with my mom. Now that I think of it, this show is the og show which inspired me to watch food based contents all my life. I love this show. the rhythmic chopping sound still invokes strong nostalgia from my childhood.

Super - entertaining chef with a winning personality you'd just want to be around. And I love that he used ordinary ingredients in a simple way, taking so much of the pressure and expense of finding odd ingredients off. Notice how he didn't even tell you what cut of beef or how to cut it. No wild goose chases for ingredients maybe the ordinary person couldn't afford or wouldn't bother with.

What a great tribute. I always enjoyed Martin Yan when I was trying to grasp basic cooking skills, and he always held a special place in my heart. His fantastic technique along with his you can do it delivery really resonated with me. He’s a master.

Uncle Roger really went from (sort of) generic youtube react content to a serious food chanel for homecooks (with a laugh) and actually giving great advise about asian cooking. I think you motivated a lot of people (like me) to cook asian food as correct as possible. I even got a rice cooker. I loved the video you did with guga and josh, and you actually kept up compared to josh his cooking. Great direction this channel is heading towards.

You got a rice cooker? Fuiyoh! 😀

No lie…I got a rice cooker bc of Uncle Roger as well…I could hear him in my head as I made gloopy rice in a sauce pan and it hurt my heart!

I also bought a rice cooker because of Uncle Roger. Was going to get a Zojirushi but they're pretty expensive, so I did some research and got a Korean brand (Cuckoo) which is almost as good at a lower price.

I got one because of Uncle Roger and my ex-Auntie used one. And then I had to move before I could use it and it’s gone into storage. Can’t wait to finally try the sucker out.

I watched him back in the 80s and 90s. I was entertained to no end. Martin is definitely a classic!

I remember watching his show "Wok with Yan" and the word wok was pronounced like they were saying "walk" as he would walk you through the steps to make some of the most delicious food. I was young when his show first came out on cable, and I would watch for hours. I think it's why I love Chinese food so much.

Different Yan (Stephan), but still a great show

Gyat dayum. Now that's a blast from the past. I remember watching him back in late 80's early 90's. Martin Yan is the sole reason i love cooking and eating good food. A really inspiring man. And remember guys, IF YAN CAN COOK SO CAN YOU!

I loved watching Martin Yan on PBS in the eighties. I enjoyed his humor and how he did the food. He made it look less alien and is a good reason for Asian food making mainstream wayback in the day. I still have his cookbook; The Yan Can Cook Book.

Watching it as a kid in the 80s, and watching Uncle Roger's earthy reaction decades later, really reminds me how much time has passed. Culturally. In a good way.

I was lucky enough to meet and interview Mr. Yan back in the 2000s. He's a friend's Uncle (really) and he was gracious enough to let us bother him for a couple of hours. Mr. Yan was an incredible guy - nice, knowledgeable, and a force of nature. I was really impressed at his breadth of knowledge - from production, to business, to cooking. One of the highlights of my career.

That's so cool

Waa.. that's so awesome!!

Fuiyoh! You're a lucky dude

That’s wonderful! They say not to meet your heroes, and Martin Yan seemed like the nicest guy on tv. So glad to hear that was the case in real life too! He was my favorite cooking personality on PBS when I’d watch with my mom in the 90’s.

I remember watching him cook with my dad, and always remembered "If Yan can cook, so can you!" Made me want to be a chef but never followed through with it.

Game recognizes game. Love this level of respect toward Uncle Yan. Such groundbreaking stuff. Awesome.

Thank you uncle roger for not only making cooking funny and entertaining..but showing me how to properly prepare my fav kind of food the right way 😊 truly an inspiration and comedian.. one of a kind

I teared up. I watched him to learn how to cook in general. He was so straightforward about the ease of cooking. Loved his show.

I had the oportunity to assist chef Martin Yan when he did a cooking demo here in manila he was very nice even gave us some of his left over ingredients that are very rare and expensive here in the philipines he even tought me how to cook the hk style baked porkchop 😊😊😊

Martin Yan's knife skills were always above and beyond all the other chefs on TV at the time. The way he would count along with every slice getting faster and faster. Crazy skills.

Saw that man butcher a chicken in 30 seconds once, timed it to be sure and yup, 30 seconds

Link of the clip - I met uncle https://youtu.be/3lnoYesgWbQ

Watch. Cut. Cut. Cut. Flip. See? So easy! Cut. Cut. Cut. Done!

@Qrow Acheron Yan's knife skills are truly amazing, but I've seen Pepin butcher a chicken in 30 seconds too. Technique and practice.

Yan Can Cook is LEGENDARY! My dad and I used to watch this show all the time. He's gotta be the Uncle of all Uncles!

Met Martin purely by random chance my first week of Culinary School in San Francisco. He was recording a special at one of the cooking stores. He was the nicest person you could imagine. Let my friends and I hang out and watch the shoot. At the end he gave us some great tips and advice.

I met this man a few months ago at a culinary conference. Was such a pleasure. He taught me so much.

I love the way you worked the product placement into other parts of the video, not so much that it was annoying, but enough that it would give people who skipped it FOMO and make them want to go back to see what they missed xD Never seen anybody do that before, hats off to you. And thanks for another brilliant video. Hope Uncle Yan sees this!

Watching Yan Can Cook was a thing we did as a family during the weekends. We loved how happy he was and how simple he made cooking Chinese dishes. Loved watching his show.

I watched him as a kid in the 80s on PBS. Every Saturday morning. I even taped his shows on my VCR so I could rewatch them. He is the single reason I love Asian food and culture so much as an adult. Almost 50 years old now.

Watching martin yen with my dad is one of my childhood memories 🥹 Dude is so uplifting, his chopping and tossing is not something you normally see at a kitchen back then. I remember just waiting for him to do something unexpected, like slipping the chopped ingredients to the plate, it's almost like magic! Truly the OG of not just asian cooking, but cooking in general

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I met Martin Yan at my culinary school’s graduation ceremony. Such a good human being. He even told me the secret to a delicious Xiao Ling Bao. Just the Best! I hope Martin and Uncle Roger can do a collaboration.

What's the secret?

@liuj88cold, gelatinous pork stock mixed with the ground meat filling

@rainie22rs Thanks!

Uncle Yan is also my hero!! In Singapore we have him dubbed in mandarin and in that language the tag line is "全部放進去！" Ahh.. just nostalgic simpler times.. 🥲

My first time seeing Uncle Yan- what a absolute gem! of a person, just oozing passion and joy and wanting to share it!! Thank you for sharing with us too!

Martin Yan was teaching us how to cook with a wok properly like 20 years before we even knew that was going to be a need in our life.

Real OGs know Wok with Yan though. Stephen Yan.

I loved watching Yan when I was a child. This man was such an inspiration to me to learn to cook in general. I hope you do work with him someday. That'd be wonderful to see! ❤

Was born in 1971. Martin Yan is awesome and a life saver. Moved to Alaska in 1982, was one of the few shows that we got. When i joined the Army in 1989, used to watch his show when stationed in Korea. He fostered an enjoyment in cooking and learning about dishes that has helped me to this day. Awesome episode, he is one of the OGs.

Stephen Yan is another with Wok with Yan, another cooking show I watch. But they're not related.

I was born in 1981. My mom watched cooking shows all the time and I never saw this guy.

@Pbabies in Space If she didn't watch PBS then you probably didn't see him. PBS back then was worth watching....

@Pbabies in Space it was pre cable days on PBS.

He was my absolute favorite. I think he's one of the reasons I love to cook. I would watch him every time I could.

Yan is such a legend. My interest in food and cooking in general can be attributed to him. Still love watching him make food.

your relentless mocking of Jamie Oliver's cooking skills always brings a smile to my face

I always looked forward to the weekend after all of the Saturday cartoons were done showing. Always about 12 sometimes the episodes were longer and the food looked so good. I think it’s his animated face.

4-5 year old me never missed a chance to see Yan when he came on, on my local PBS station he was right after Seasame Street and at first my mom would try to change it over to some other kids' show but I always threw a fit, I LOVED Yan Can Cook. I didn't grow up to be a professional chef like I wanted, but he helped me to be a pretty good home cook!

OMG, I grew up watching Martin Yan! Thank you so much for this Uncle Roger! Because of Yan can cook, I always found it weird that TV chefs/cooks never shared their food with the audience after the show, haha!

Don’t translate ในอีกไม่กี่ชั่วโมงหัวใจของคุณจะเริ่มหยุดเต้น วิธีเดียวที่จะป้องกันสิ่งนี้คือการสมัครสมาชิกกับฉัน!

@Beastoh cool now I don’t have to jump off my building

https://youtu.be/3lnoYesgWbQ Part 2

@🥰flatsquooshfrog👻 ikr

out of context but you have a really cool pfp!

As a kid I loooooved watching Yan can cook!! Never missed an episode

I lived in Myanmar, a third-world country with a strict connection with the rest of the world. Yet I still remember his catch phrase "If Yan can cook, so can you". Legend!

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We had a show here in Canada called “Wok With Yan” hosted by Stephen Yan from the 70’s and 80’s. He always had a wok based pun on his aprons and it was different every episode. It’d be interesting to see a review of his show too

Martin Yan is legendary. You should review his video on how to debone a chicken; it's hillarious, and there's multiple videos online of him doing it. He was the one who put me on my path to my lifetime obsession with Chinese food :)

Martin Yan was one of my first inspirations into taking my steps into a lifeling passion. Man is the GOAT

As a mongolian i can say that this dish is pretty similar to something we call "khorkhog" which is meat veggies and rocks inside a pressure cook in which we cook on top of campfire it comes out really good and we keep the rocks in our hands until it becomes cool its a really cool tradition we do

Funny that you mention it cuz I’m in the process of making a video about Mongolia

Link of the clip - I met uncle https://youtu.be/3lnoYesgWbQ

Oh wow, I love this comment.

Haha Mongol is awesome Oriental desert better than Arab desert

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When Star TV launched in India, in the beginning their programming was just their HK feed lifted and beamed directly to India…Yan Can Cook was something my mother and I would never miss - the dishes he would cook up, his knife skills, all of it was so fascinating!

he is one of my childhood culinary heroes. if yan can cook so can you!

Do you know Justin Wilson (Cajun cook)? He's from the 80's/90's and I watched him, too! He's part of the reason why I measure things the way I do LMAO

Hi Uncle, amazing video as always, I didn't know this show, and as you say, it looks really friendly. In this weejio you seemed very proud and happy of Martin's show, I loved that. If you make reviews of 80s-90s cooking shows a regular thing, I absolutely support that!

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I loved watching Martin Yan as a kid. And whenever my dad made Chinese food, he'd say while he was making it, "Look at that!" 😊 Good times.

I LOVED watching Yan Can Cook! Always learned something new from him and my kids would stop playing when Martin Yang was on the tv he was so mesmerizing!

Martin Yan has such knife skills because when he started working in a restaurant, for a couple of years he was only allowed to chop vegetables. So not only did he learn to chop so fast, he also learned to cut vegetables such as carrots into decorative shapes, animals, etc.

I am always excited when Uncle Rodger is excited. So infectious

As a malaysian..i remember watching Martin Yan on tv as a child and was so amazed by his skills and his persona.

This show was the reason my cooking journey started... love this show

I met him last year (2022) for a cooking demo. hes still as sharp and witty as ever.

Uncle Roger needs to meet him

That's awesome!

Uncle Roger using a "good morning" towel warms my Filipino heart. 😂

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Martin Yan is truly the OG uncle chef!! I used to watch him on PBS back in the day.😊

I loved watching Yan Can Cook with my grandmother. Such great memories! I still imitate him when I'm cooking sometimes. "And THEN!"

Yan can cook was the first cooking show I ever watched. You can tell he loves cooking food, and sharing it with others.

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The real master ❤. Still remember when Im still a small kid mostly watching cartoon, I will never missed Martin Yan cooking show. I never focus on the dishes he make coz small kid just eat mom’s food 😅 but I always enjoy watching his chopping & cutting skill, how he smashed the garlic and ready to be used for his stir fry, how he julienne all the vege in no time, never get tired of his signature smile. Oh what a reminiscence 😊. Thank you Uncle Roger

I hadn't even watched a millisecond of this video, and immediately liked it. Why? Uncle Roger talking about Martin Yan, that's why. Martin Yan is someone who I've been watching since I was 8 years old, and have always had a fascination with him. I absolutely love his food, style, and just overall lovely demeanour. Big ups, Uncle Roger for covering this absolute legend ❤

You definitely need to bring Uncle Yan in your show!! Would be Epic!

Back in the '80s, there were two famous Chinese Cooking Shows broadcasted in the Philippines. They were "Yan Can Cook" with Martin Yan (USA) and "Wok with Yan" with Stephen Yan. (CAD). "Wok with Yan" was shown first and was more popular. I always wanted a cook-off between the two Yans. 😊

I learnt cooking chinese food from Martin Yan. His catch phrase really inspired me. Thanks uncle Yan ❤

Yan can cook and the Iron Chefs. So much passively absorbed knowledge and skills as a child that have served me well my whole life.

I still remember our whole family watch his show on TV while growing up. The man is my childhood hero.

Chef Yan was a huge part of my childhood. Chinese food plus a fun personality is a great combination. Respect.

Martin Yan is a true treasure. He lived nearby and his shows were all taped at KQED in San Francisco. We taped some promos with him for a PBS fundraiser and I worked with his long time director Katharine Russell on several other shows. He is also good friends with Larry Chu of Chef Chu's. If you ever want the best Peking Duck in the United States, come to Chef Chu's in Los Altos, CA and yes you need to order the duck 24 hours in advance. Instead of the wrap it is served on a steamed bun and it is out of this world, along with everything else served there. I think you and Martin together would be awesome. It should be a thing for a few episodes!

I miss watching Yan Can Cook (so can you!) and wishing to watch it live and front row. Cause he let people in the front taste the food after!

This brought back a memory. My late sister was a cook. She cooked at a Chinese restaurant for several years and I worked there as a server for awhile. One day I was setting up for dinner, making rice, preparing garnishes, stocking the drinks fridge. She and another cook were chopping up huge carrots into julienne with cleavers. After a few minutes of the rhythmic chopping my sister broke into song "That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang..." We all three had to stop working for a minute until we could stop laughing and get our breath. My sister went to the office to explain to the owner but the owner was still getting *her* breath back 😂

I remember watching an episode of his program where he was cooking shrimp and he cut the heads off and set them aside for later. When he got around to where he needed them, he said, "now that's cooking a head..." Loved Yan Can Cook.

If we got a Martin Yan and Uncle Roger collab, I would lose my goddamn mind and probably would be able to die happy

Loved watching him as a kid. Made cooking fun

OMG! You just took me right back to my childhood. I'd completely forgotten this show. Thank you!

Oh my gosh! I feel so old! I haven't thought about him for ages, but I loved him so much! Never missed an episode growing up! 😢 He is probably in my subconscious creating the intrusive thoughts like 'Put the hoisin sauce on the Thanksgiving turkey. Nobody does it, but it won't be wrong.' (Spoiler alert: it isn't wrong. It's good)

I stole how to prepare garlic from Martin Yan...it takes 1 sec and all he did was smash it with his cleaver...quick easy efficient and always hilarious when he was prepping. And always the "DONE!" at the end. Man is a legend.

I loved watching and learning from him. It was a honor actually :)

"If yan can cook so can you" - what a inspiring quote from Martin yan . Didn't know he was the one who inspired Uncle Roger's love for cooking and also his side hustle of roasting chefs . 😜

IF YAN CAN COOK YOU CAN COOK

Reminds me of if the scatman can do it so can you

​@the cartoon simpSCAP BAP OO BEEBLY OO BAP

@Adam L IM THE SCAT QMN SKIBIDIBI DA PA BOP

Me and my sister grew up with martin yan. He was the first tv chef I ever watched and it was great to see you give him some shine, Uncle Roger. Just remember, niece and nephew: if yan can cook, so can you. :)

My dad used to watch his show every day after he got off of work. He learned a lot of great recipes that we got to enjoy XD

Yes! I loved Yan Can Cook! It was one of the first cooking shows I remember watching on PBS when I was little. Martin Yan is amazing!

Thanks Uncle Roger. I have loved Martin Yan forever. He was not only a great cook but a great entertainer.

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This seriously made my day. My grandmother LOVED to watch Yan when I was little, anytime I got to stay home from school, it was Yan and Bob Ross in the house. She was a true lover of Chinese food, and whenever a new Asian restaurant opened in our city, she was the first one in line to give it a try. Always telling all the other old southern white women that poo-pooed at Asian food that they didn't know what they were missing out on. And if they wanted to be racist and not go, that was fine, more for her. She loved MSG to. To bad she didn't live long enough to see the birth of YouTube and Uncle Roger. She would have really loved everything Nigel does. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I think I need to go look up all the old Yan episodes and have some Chinese food tomorrow.

As a very white kid growing up in very white suburbia Yan Can Cook was a look into a different way to approach food. One of the first things I did once I was on my own was get a wok and find an Asian grocery. Eventually I became a professional chef, not really because of Martin Yan but he certainly helped, and now that I have moved on to a profession that doesn't involve being on my feet all day I still love cooking recreationally and I'm still exploring the cuisines of the world. PBS producing these cooking shows really opened the world to a lot of people.

Link of the clip - I met uncle https://youtu.be/3lnoYesgWbQ

Meanwhile I can’t even find a job

Love how he measure his ingredients with feelings

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I watched every single episode of his shows I could find on PBS as a kid. Just remember: If Yan Can Cook, SO CAN YOU!

I loved that show! I learned how to cook several dishes watching him.

I remember watching Yan Can Cook, Frugal Gourmet and Justin Wilson growing up as a kid. From watching them and later watching Alton Brown is most of where I learned to cook meals. Mom taught me how to bake pastries, but a bunch of dudes with tv shows is how I learned to make a decent meal.

I love the Golf clap after he finished the each dish 😂

Love Chef Yan!!! He’s my hero too!! I was lucky enough to score a seat at one of his cooking demonstrations in Hong Kong 10 years ago. He made his own version of creamed corn fish fillet, and his cooking was legit. It tasted truly authentic too! He also demonstrated how to butcher a chicken in 30 seconds. Super impressive! I remember having a brief chat with him after and he was as enthusiastic and nice as he was on TV. ❤

Link of the clip - I met uncle https://youtu.be/3lnoYesgWbQ