- That is definitely a clam.
It definitely looks a lot better
than it tastes.
This looks fire.
Beef and shrimp plate.
I don't know if I've ever eaten eel.
(record scratching)
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What's up guys?
I'm Q and today I'm going to be trying
Yoshinoya in the US and comparing it
to Yoshinoya in Japan.
Yoshinoya actually originated in Japan
so I think this is gonna be an easy win
but who knows?
This should be interesting to see.
Now, first time trying both
so I come in with no bias.
This is gonna be really interesting.
I don't know where to start.
Well since this is the closest to me,
I'll start here.
I'm pretty sure this is the chicken teriyaki bowl.
Looks pretty standard, just some rice,
some chicken on top, like some soy sauce,
sesame type of sauce.
Looks really good.
Can't lie, it looks pretty solid.
Looks like an un-healthy healthy meal.
I mean off the bat this is smelling good.
Yeah, it smells hot.
The rice is really sticky.
It definitely looks a lot better
than it tastes.
That just looks really good, it tastes okay.
Like the sauce doesn't really
have like a real flavor.
It's not bad but...
It looks really good, it tastes okay.
If I ate it I would feel healthy eating it
so I guess that's like a plus
but that one didn't really wow me.
I made it to Japan.
I'm in Tokyo right now at the 9hours Capsule Hotel
with my Yoshinoya right in front of me
so let's see what Japan has to offer
as far as Yoshinoya.
The cool thing already about the Yoshinoya in Japan
is that it's open 24 hours.
Super jet lagged 'cause I woke up at like three.
So right now it's five am
and I'm like "Yo, let me just see
if something's open" and of course,
Yoshinoya is open at three am, 24 hours.
So, I got a bunch of stuff here.
I'm gonna start off with the chicken curry.
I will say it did look way better online.
He okay.
Right so, I'm gonna put ginger.
- [Raj] Try putting ginger.
- Oh, got a request from the producer in the back.
(calm music)
Try with ginger.
Changes the game.
(crinkling)
And it did last time.
(crinkling)
Feel like I did the same thing last time.
(dramatic music)
It definitely helps.
It's pretty good.
I like this, this is already
like a step above US Yoshinoya.
I feel like this is kinda unfair
'cause Yoshinoya originated here so,
of course they're gonna have better food
but we'll keep calm, we'll see.
Ooh.
This is good.
So this is the beef and shrimp plate.
I like the shrimp from Panda Express.
And that shit is good.
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Tastes a'ight but...
The beef is really interesting
it's like thinly cut beef, you know.
I wish there was like some sauce on it here.
I think that's what it's missing is like,
the beef sauce on top.
Hopefully y'all taking notes.
Yoshinoya.
Beef and rice.
(upbeat music)
So these need to be mixed together.
That's pretty good.
The meat is like sweet but still like savory
which is interesting for beef to be sweet
but this is exactly what that is.
I would buy this.
The shrimp, it's a'ight.
A'ight meaning like, a'ight.
(laughs)
The pork with cheese.
This looks fire!
Oh my goodness.
So we got some pork, we got some cheese,
we got some rice.
And it tastes good too.
It's not surprising but, even I feel bad
for the US on this one.
This is good.
See now I know why this place is open 24 hours,
'cause this is like early morning, hungover food.
The meat is really juicy.
I wouldn't mind it to be a little cooked more
to be honest but...
Got some onions in there, some type of sauce.
This is good.
If somebody made me this as like a appetizer
at like a fancy restaurant, I wouldn't question anything.
The cheese.
Kind of afraid to go for this clam chowder.
Here's my question:
Why is Yoshinoya serving clam chowder?
And of all clam chowder, like New England clam chowder.
Like, what the hell are we doing?
Oh if y'all could smell this, ooh.
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It tastes good.
That was kind of dramatic but,
it actually tastes really good, damn.
They did a pretty good job.
If you need some soup, Yoshinoya is around,
go for it.
We have some clam soup.
(gulping)
It's a very acquired taste.
(clearing throat)
Not bad but...
It's definitely got little pieces in there.
That is definitely a clam.
(slurping)
It's chewy,
or like, gummy.
It's pretty good.
Honestly, I would take the clam chowder over this.
Ah, no wonder they tried to do clam chowder.
Duh.
Miso soup, feel like I had this
several times already in Japan.
It's pretty good.
To me it kind of smells like tea.
I feel like miso soup is served
in almost every place I've ever been to in Japan.
It's like a staple here for sure.
I'm not an expert but I'm pretty sure that's a fact.
All right so this is the six piece,
Asian barbecue wings.
They basically look like boneless wings,
they smell really good.
Have some sesame seeds on top.
I can't lie, this looks really good.
This is something that I will order
from anywhere, any restaurant.
Smell good.
(upbeat drum music)
Ooh it's spicy.
It's good, I'm down for this.
It's okay.
It's pretty good, it's okay, it's okay.
If you've got some extra money
to just try some (beep), yes.
(laughs)
This is the eel set with rice.
When I first saw it online and in person
I thought it was salmon.
Hate to be ignorant but don't I know nothing about food,
I just eat it.
I don't know if I've ever eaten eel
outside of sushi.
I'll chop the piece off with my chopstick
that was actually pretty impressive, by the way.
(beeping)
Here we go.
For someone who's never really eaten eel
that's pretty good.
Then it has like a fishy taste
but not too fishy.
Struggling cutting this eel with this chopstick.
I'm sure somebody in the comments
will let me know how stupid I look.
I'm tryna be like kinda quiet
'cause it's still like five am.
This is like the lounge/waiting area
so there's nobody really out here
outside of like the reception.
It's not the best thing I had so far
but 100% better than everything I tried in the US.
You can't really go wrong with spring rolls,
and I think this sauce goes with 'em.
(upbeat music)
Smells kind of funny.
I don't know what kind of spring rolls these are but...
Is there more than one kind of spring roll?
(crickets chirping)
I'll give that a quick little dunk
in whatever sauce that is.
(crunching)
It's pretty good.
Let me try it without the sauce,
that was a little tangy,
made me do like this.
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This is good, I like these.
These are light, they're still like a little greasy.
If it's crunchy it's probably good.
These don't need the sauce.
I could eat like three or four of these
with like every meal.
We got some kimchi.
(popping)
not sure if you guys know who Sean is,
but Sean loves kimchi.
So me and Sean actually went
to a really good Korean barbecue spot
in Koreatown in Los Angeles
and they had some really good kimchi.
(crunching)
I think it's okay.
Kimchi is a great side.
It mixes well with like the beef
and the pork and cheese.
It kinda offsets it,
you know, kind of like a palette cleanser almost,
I would say.
This one isn't very spicy, which I like.
Most kimchis I've had have been very spicy
and I'm not a fan.
So technically I already had this.
Rice and beef but by itself.
I mean, I think this might actually be better
than the last one.
'Cause the last one didn't have enough
meat to rice ratio.
It was like some juice on the rice,
you know what I mean?
This beef is cool though.
- [Producer] That's actually a beef bowl.
- Bee's bowl?
- [AD] Beef bowl.
- VEVO?
This is the beef bowl.
Tell you what, it's pretty solid.
Again, this beef like, I'm not sure
what's going on here.
I wish I had cool words to describe food,
you know what I'm saying?
I'm just like "Ah, it's good, it's bad."
What if I said it was pungent?
Is that good?
(crickets chirping)
No?
No? Okay.
- [Raj] Try putting ginger.
- Ooh got a request from the producer in the back.
Oh yes.
That smells good as (beep).
All right so I put some ginger on here.
It's really tasty, I want to taste it by itself now.
Smart man!
If you go to Yoshinoya,
you gotta try the ginger on the food.
That's just some extra (beep)
to make it pop.
'Cause that just changed the game,
I promise you I was like, "Oh this is okay,
I'll talk nice about it, da da da."
Now it's fire.
(whooshing)
Now this is very familiar to what we had
in the US.
Beef and rice.
Except here, they give you green onions
and the egg.
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But.
(record scratching)
I am not a fan of the soft boiled egg.
But if they give it to me like that,
I'll eat it like that, whatever.
We'll see.
This might be the first L.
I mean when you mix it in you never know.
We'll wait a bit now.
It is very similar to the one back in the US.
Like the meat, is cut the same exact way.
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But you can taste that egg.
(upbeat music)
Egg is creeping me out a little bit
so I'm gonna just take a break on that but...
(creaking)
It's a'ight.
(upbeat music)
We got some cheesecake.
This is classy, this is fancy.
It came in a nice little box
and I like that.
Here's the thing though too.
This is Yoshinoya, originated in Japan.
What the (beep) is going on
with this clam chowder and this cheesecake?
- [Producer] I actually think cheesecake
is a popular dish.
- Excuse me for being ignorant.
Ooh, soft.
I'm not sure if that's a good thing
or a bad thing, but it was like...
(whooshing)
quick.
And tasty, whoa!
This is good.
Overall, I'm pretty satisfied with the US Yoshinoya.
I didn't hear that many great things
about Yoshinoya but, that beef and rice
with the ginger on top, fire.
Oh tip: if you do go here put ginger on everything.
It don't matter what it was.
That's the game changer.
This was okay, the chicken teriyaki thing.
That was like...
I could skip on that,
but like everything else was really solid.
And the shrimp.
The shrimp was like...
okay.
But everything else was like pretty good.
Overall it's been good.
Kind of hard not to give it to Tokyo
because it was made here,
like this is the original place where it was made
and there's so many good options.
Everything seems so authentic
even though it's fast food, so.
Yeah, definitely giving this one to Tokyo.
So, I'mma finish this up 'cause it's early morning
and I need some fuel and I didn't know
I had extra curry for this, so.
Yo.
I need some juice.
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