Hey guys this Victor and Charlie for Yummy Japan and today we are out here in Ueno station
Yes we're out here to try T's Tantan, which is a restaurant very popular with the vegan and vegetarian community.
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Yes, this place is very popular especially with their shop over in Tokyo Station and over in Jiyugaoka as well
So this place is very hot and why is it hot?
It's super hot because they serve some spicy noodles. It's tantanmen
which is kind of like a spicy version of ramen technically spicy noodles and
And it's delicious
I can't wait to try it
Awesome and the cool thing about this new place this location right here is gonna
be in a Ueno station
And they're actually introducing more items on the menu and we get to try some of them so without further ado
But let's get in the kitchen and see what this is all about
Let's go
Okay, so the first item on the menu is actually a veggie pork saute, but it's actually not pork
This is actually shogayaki, and this is the first time that it's being introduced here in Japan
So it comes with like a nice bowl of rice
Some potato salad I guess and a soup, and so how much is that?
This is a total of 1080 yen
Oh it's pretty cheap. Yeah, so you get like a full set and is delicious
So how about we go ahead and try it one each? So, here
You did all the filming behind the scenes, so you go ahead and try one
Yay, okay. If you want I can share my chopsticks
No
Okay, let's try it. Do you want to do like Japanese TV? Wanna bidubidubidu. Oh, yeah, yeah, let's go ahead and let's hold it up. Okay
Boom
Higher
Too high. This is what it takes to show you guys
Japanese food
Okay, let's try it
Oh wow
Wow
I'm mind blown.
I could swear this was po-, this was pork actually--
Really?
--If you hadn't said anything
and you can taste, actually, the shoga
Really?
It's very flavorful and that sauce is really, really nice like kind of caramelized.
Mmhmm
Very tasty. I don't want to keep you waiting
Alright. Well, I don't really want to share the shame-- same-- shame platter
Don't share shame schopsticks
Let's give this a shot
What.
It's good, right?
WHAT?!
Well you got to be kidding me that that can that can not be pork
That tastes amazing. This sauce is very flavorful very succulent
And using new words here. I'm there with you the taste is amazing
Very flavorful has the nice saltiness to it. I cannot believe
I can not believe this is not real pork.
Same
They have-- they have mayonnaise here, and you can't really see it. It's up close
This does not use any milk or eggs, and it tastes better than the real thing
Actually, I don't think you use milk in mayonnaise, Victor
So hands down. I definitely give this a nine out of 10. This is very delicious
It definitely met and went beyond my expectations.
Usually, when it comes to vegan food, when they try to copy something that's like meat or something, they usually kind of hit or miss.
This is perfect, right on the spot. I highly recommend it
But actually on the menu they also have-- so, what the shop is famous for. It's the tantanmen
So they have three different varieties here and actually I want to try all of them
I am game for trying one of them as well
Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's go back to the kitchen
All right, so thank you Charles for getting all the behind the scenes footage all this delicious tantanmen
And this looks amazing
We were blessed enough to actually be able to try out all three of their main tantanmen today
So we have their signature here, which is the white sesame tantanmen
We have here the Gold
Get in getting close on that Charles, and then we also have black sesame tantanmen
It's really hot. It's really hot
So now the main part over here is that they have some soy meat in the middle. They have some greens as well
They have some water sprouts as well and the main thing is the sesame as you can see right here
There's a lot of sesame seeds up in here
And it looks and it smells delicious.
Smells delicious
So, how do we eat tantanmen? Because I'm one of those guys that I see this and I'll just go to town
But how-- what's the proper way to actually eat this?
So, you mentioned there's some meat right in the middle
Soy meat, yeah
So actually this is the-- kind of like the base of the tantanmen. So what you do is to mix it first---
Ah, okay
---before eating it. That way it will release like all the spices in it and all the flavors. Okay, all right
So we're mixing it up a bit here. I'm looking around the room making sure we get the look of approval
'Cause I don't know if I'm messing up anything or not. I think it's okay, yeah.
Oh it is super hot
I think we mentioned in previous videos that we have a word in Japan. It's called "nekojita"
Which means kind of like cat tongue, but you know basically you can not handle physically hot stuff
Which I cannot, so
I think you've mentioned it on every shooting, but never included in any videos.
Alright, lets go. Ready? Let's go
Oh dude that is smooth
That's delicious
The black sesame is like the soup. It's actually very creamy like it sticks to the noodles
I could have this any day basically as a ramen lover. I'm really really in utter shock
Yeah, it is so smooth and savory and the flavor of the sesame in there just really brightens up the noodles.
Veggies that are in here perfectly complement it as well. Kinda has like a sweet taste to it
Like, it's spicy but not to the point where it's spicy where kind of burns your mouth
Yeah, but spicy to the point where it really brings out the flavor
Yeah, it has a little hint of the kind of like sweetness to it and you guys you guys know me already
I love sweet stuff so this is hands down pretty friggin awesome
Yeah, this is top notch
I think, Charles, I would have to give this a hands down nine out of 10
But hey, like I think the flavors are completely-- are really different from one bowl to another, so
Alright let's try it. Take your spoon because I don't want your Charles germs
I'm gonna wait a bit here
Mmm
Oh yeah, you can taste the black sesame.That's really good, wow.
Think this one is a bit more salty
I think you hit the nail on the head
This one is a little bit more salty, this one has a little bit more of a spicy kick to it. Yeah
Quick question
Yeah
Out of these two, which one would you prefer? I think you gave this a 9 out of 10?
Yeah
I think I would give mine a 10 of 10. I think I might go for the black one, yeah
Definitely out of these two, I would definitely recommend this one
This is more along my style, but we have one more so who gets to go first?
Well, let's play a game of rock-paper-scissors. Okay, let's do it
Ready?
Rock, paper, scissors, go
I win!
All right you guys, good to see Charles in all his glory.
With two cameras
Two cameras here, 'cause you're the winner. Winner, winner, chicken dinner
Yay!
Okay, so this is the signature dish. This is really hot. We got the soy meat here again.
Alright, let's see you mix this up
Okay. let's try
It's much lighter than the one I had and lighter than yours actually, but it doesn't mean it's not good or it's like tasteless
It's really good. This is like perfectly balanced. Wow
I think for me this one is also nine out of 10, so I would definitely go for the black sesame one
Okay, nice
Black sesame team
I want to make sure that it's nice and blended here. Make sure it's not super hot
This is much creamier than the other two. I think this one's just a bit more spicier than the black sesame one
But it's a lot more creamier. A lot smoother
And the flavor is still like outstanding
So, I don't know guys. This is definitely a nine out of 10
I'll probably give the black sesame one an 8.5 out of 10
What?!
I'm sorry Charles
I like my stuff a little bit more sweet. I think this one for the spiciness factor on it
Definitely pretty good, and again, I'm very weak when it comes to super spicy stuff
But this is perfect
All right Charles, so we've went ahead and we tried the, uh, shogayaki---
Yeah
---Which is kind of like these sauteed pork
Even though it's not real pork, it tasted---
Oh, my god, it tasted insane
---Exactly like it. But we also got to try their three signature dishes. Which one is your favorite today?
For me, I would definitely pick black. What about you?
I don't know, it's really really close here, but I think I would definitely go for the gold one
Nice
The gold one definitely had that that little sweet kind of kick at the end.
Definitely worth it. Really good. Highly recommended it
So, how exactly do we get to this restaurant?
So, it's on the third floor of the Ueno station, so you actually have to go inside the station like you're taking the train on the Shinkansen
It's a perfect stop for good lunch and it's actually on the 3rd floor of the Ecute mall
Also, the cool thing about this is that for you vegans and vegetarians out there
This is the place to kind of get some of that junk food on and uh
To have something that has like-- that is full of flavor, delicious, and highly recommend it
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Wow, you're getting really good at this
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