Awkwafina joins JOLLY for Chinese-Texan barbecue in London

Triple-cooked pork belly earns a personal accolade, while Sichuan short ribs bring heat to Josh and Ollie's meal with the actor.

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We tried Chinese-Texan BBQ (ft. Awkwafina)

The pork belly gets an unusually specific compliment. "This is actually top three pork bellies I've ever had in my life," Awkwafina tells Josh and Ollie, midway through a Chinese-Texan barbecue feast at Hon's London restaurant.

JOLLY's "We tried Chinese-Texan BBQ (ft. Awkwafina)" has drawn roughly 466,000 views in nine hours. The attraction is a table where Texas-style smoking meets duck pancakes, Taiwanese glaze and Sichuan pepper, with a guest who has her own family restaurant history to share.

Chef Hon, introduced as a former poker player turned barbecue pitmaster, starts with smoked duck pancakes and their classic accompaniments. Triple-cooked pork belly follows, complete with crackling, before beef short ribs arrive dressed with chilli crisp and Sichuan pepper. There is beef broth with grilled daikon, beef-fat rice and Asian-spiced ox cheeks, too. Awkwafina's verdict on the underlying barbecue is straightforward: "Everything tastes like it was genuinely smoked in Texas."

She also tells the hosts about her great-grandfather opening a Cantonese restaurant in New York. That family connection sits alongside her own exploration of Asian-American cuisine in Awkwafina: The Unlikely Cook, which the description lists for November 6 on Apple TV. The episode includes a separate sponsored clothing segment for Quince.

Away from the plates, Ollie's whistling gets its own audience discussion, including a viewer whose sleeping cat apparently looked up to locate the bird. Others pick out the hosts' gifts: Korean rice cakes and a British first edition of Charles Bukowski's Post Office. The book produces a delighted double take from Awkwafina: "No way, dude. Are you serious?"

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The numbers

The episode's viewing total so far covers its opening nine hours, rather than a full day.

subscribers

5,470,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

3,204,910,267

views per day

1,125,010

typical day: 2,581,805

the video

views

465,596

likes

11,302

comments

437

days online

1

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5,450,000

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5,120,000

As of November 1, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.