Meet Mike Chen, the YouTube food star who just moved to this Dallas suburb
‘Mikey’ Chen grew up working in his parents’ Chinese buffet restaurants all around the country. Now he calls Allen home.
Mike Chen is a YouTube food vlogger who recently moved to Allen. He serves his millions of YouTube subscribers fun, educational, videos about small restaurants around the world.(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
“You get hungry every day, so you might as well film it.”
That’s the attitude of Mike Chen, whose full-time job is to post videos on YouTube from his food adventures all over the world. His videos many that eclipse 1 million views each will highlight Dallas-area business more than ever, now that Chen has relocated from Seattle to the Dallas suburb of Allen.
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Lancaster County has a rich culinary history that attracts tourists every year. Last week, a Youtuber by the name of Strictly Dumpling, who has over 3.6 million subscribers, paid a visit to the county in search of a great Amish buffet.
Strictly Dumpling dedicates his channel to showcasing the best restaurants he eats at across the country. From buffets in Las Vegas to steak buffets in New York, Strictly Dumpling has a vast archive of eating experiences that he documents.
In his search for an Amish buffet in Lancaster County, he stumbled upon Shady Maple Smorgasbord in East Earl. In a 22 minute video, Strictly Dumpling documents what it s like to eat at Shady Maple, as well as two other eateries in the county, Bird in Hand Bakeshop and Immergut Hand-Rolled Soft Pretzels.