these are my favorite Japanese street
food Hidden Gem spots in Kyoto's
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arashiyama so I'm back here in Kyoto
arashiyama I've actually haven't done a
video at this spot for several years so
I thought it was time to do a new video
there's so many street food spots here
that some of them are just hidden in
plain sight so I wanted to show you
these hidden gems can't wait to show you
now
so arashiyama is located in the western
part of Kyoto City about 20 to 30
minutes by train from Kyoto station and
it's undoubtedly one of the areas's most
scenic spots with Timeless picturesque
views throughout the season making it a
go-to spot for many Japanese families
and couples alike over time it's
developed into a street food lovers
Paradise stretching from toitsu Kio
bridge to arashiyama station and today
I'm sharing with you my latest favorite
hidden street food gem assassins hiding
like ninjas in plain sight among the
countless shops in the area this is the
perfect weather it's about 23° right now
and it's kind of like mid October so if
you are planning to come here this is
probably like the best time just because
you know it's not too hot it's not too
cold the sun's out it's just so nice
number one fried Yuba skewers from Yuba
cheese homeo this spot has been in
arashiyama for 70 years now and let me
show you why it has that staying power
this must try food shop is on the togetu
K Bridge side and they serve a variety
of hot fried fish cakes made by
traditional Japanese chefs using the
freshest of fish infused with Kyoto
specialty ingredients it's egg and Flow
Free so it's very kid and Halal friendly
first you select your skewer of choice
at the ticketing machine and then hand
the ticket to the lady at the counter
she'll expertly fry your skewer on the
spot and just a few moments later you'll
be served that freshly fried good good I
got the bagg of of goodies I threw down
on two of their hard hitters Yuba cheese
and the spicy cuttlefish and leak Okay
so this video wouldn't be complete if I
didn't have some fried loveliness this
is the Yuba and cheese you can just see
how precious this thing looks look at
this little fried bubbles right here
around the Yuba cheese let just take a
bite I just can't wait for this
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one that crispy outer shell of the Yuba
and then it just contains all of that
soft melty cheese in the middle this is
perfect not quite sure what kind of
cheese that is but it's cheese
nonetheless and it is
delicious this is so good WBY you want
to try
this m yeah want more one more you ate
all of Daddy's so this one here is a
fish cake with leak and it's spicy at
the same time and you know I love spicy
food as you can tell from this shirt
obviously you guys can get this shirt
poo from Tokyo premium nauty hot
sauce coming in you can get it at the
merch shop let's take good bite of
this m that is good the fish cake itself
has kind of like a nice sweetness to it
there's a lot of Nita in here but it's
not like too strong just a little bit
spicy I actually would prefer it to be a
little bit more spicy for those that
like a mellow spiciness then this is
perfect okay so let me just throw a
little bit of my Palo from Tokyo hot
sauce on here always got to shake it up
a a little bit just like that ooh one
more drop there we
go that is a fire that I was looking for
you know bring it along wherever you go
throw it in to anything you want and it
just adds that fire inami it matches
perfectly with this fried fish cake
obviously you can get the hot sauce at
Paulo from tokyohot sauce.com so
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this place right here is pretty cool
we're right just by the station which is
right here and these little poles just
surrounding me actually light up at
night so if you are here at night you
might want to check this spot out for
just kind of like a picturesque moment
number two Dongo from Terra Coya hoo so
this spot has some unique Dongo flavors
let me show you this spot is aochi rice
ball and rice cracker specialty shop
located inside of the akoia shopping
facility it offers fun and colorful Moi
balls on a stick called Dongo and it
always has fun seasonal items so you can
enjoy their unique balls all throughout
the
year look at all the variety that we
have you don't see this everywhere so
right here the first one with a green
underbelly Yogi Dango and then Yaki
imemo Dango which is a roasted sweet
potato finally we have the Hanami Dongo
which is four different flavors let's go
one with the one in the middle right
here let's say
goodby wow you can taste that roasted
sweet potato what's nice about it it has
natural sweetness it doesn't taste like
they've added like a whole bunch of
sugar to it it is sweet nonetheless but
it's not like super super sweet like wow
where do all the sugar come from it's
that natural sweetness of the potato I
like how the top right here they have
these little pieces of the sweet potato
and they have the sweet potato mashed on
top that is delicious the mooji is
cooked perfectly and these are all
obviously it's served cold even though
you know they roast it these are
actually all all chilled let's talk
about these lovely green Joys right here
you would think that this looks like
matcha but it's actually not this is Yi
the translation says wormwood I don't
even know if that's right yeah wormwood
this is just take a
bite Yogi is actually not too strong it
Blends really well and the anko it's not
strong either it's like not a strong
sweetness so it's just a very rounded
and even taste I got a little helper
coming he's going to let me know what he
thinks you like it yeah yeah he's too
young to eat the Mochi but he loves the
anko so now H Dango it's Chestnut
roasted sweet potato and black sesame
and it even has little beads on here
little Pearls of Wisdom but probably
more like
sugar
oh that Chestnut is really nice wow so
that's all natural and like you know
they say Chestnut and stuff but it's all
mixed in with anko and then you do get
the little crunchy sugar pieces in there
as well the one I'm really excited for
here is a
sesame
M I really like the black sesame it is a
little bit sweeter and what's nice about
the Sesame too is that you can see that
there's a little bits of sesame seeds in
there that you can just enjoy the
texture what a
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treat this next spot is just over the
bridge number three Kyoto pudding from
fukushi so this Hidden Gem just behind
me has been around since only this
February but they have them ping hitters
let me show you it's located next to
arashi dama park on the southide they
make a unique pudding using white bean
paste with Kyoto specialty ingredients
it's so unique I had to include it they
have seven kinds of pudding all assigned
to their own God called shii fukuin
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also the shop adds their toppings only
after you place the order so you know
you're getting that fresh fresh okay so
here we go I'm so pumped for this one
see this sauce they have all sorts of
different sauces basically they have
like your regular pudding with caramel
but they also have all these different
flavors they have three kinds of cheese
roasted M and orange cherry sauce and
pistachio TBA black bean soybean flour
and fig and today I got the strawberry
and candied green beans look at this it
comes in this sweet little case all
homemade and all let me just take the
first scoop
oh look at that there you
go that's intense I love the strawberry
flavor right there it's like an nice
strong Jam taste and then the puding
itself is quite interesting because it's
a little different than the pudding that
you have it's usually like super smooth
whereas this one has a lot of texture to
it this one is like on the opposite side
almost has like a really smooth mashed
potato texture
M it has a mellow sweetness so a very
very Japanese taste and then this little
green guy right here this candied green
bean that's really sweet that's really
sweet and this one is a k matcha and
Yuzu let's take a bite of this
this wow it is so interesting that'll
knock your matcha in the dirt that is a
strong matcha flavor if you want to go
deep along the Japanese senses then this
is it for Western people like there's
may be a little bit too much I will have
to say they even have the Yuzu peel in
here like give it like additional
bitterness this is like very very
Japanese bit like this is the bitterness
if you like this one this is like how
you know someone loves Japan I think the
sweetness goes well with a bitterness
you have to have kind of like a little
bit of the the bitterness here and then
like most of the
pudding and I think the more I have it
the more I like it hey so before we
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website number four gelato from shinachi
cha this spot is an Italian gelato shop
but it has Japanese flavors which is
quite interesting so I had to show you
let me take you inside on a hot day like
this what better way to cool down than
with some Japanese gelato what what so
this shop has won multiple gelato Awards
in Italy but they're pulling it all out
here in arashiyama basically they've
taken two Italian gelato and Infuse it
with Japanese ingredients and flavors
making it all of their own good
so I got the Sakura moochi which is kind
of like a cherry blossom Mochi flavor
and I have tofu flavor where else can
you get tofu this place has actually
been around since 1941 and the shop was
originally kind of like a restaurant but
then it like converted over time and now
it's become a galat shop maybe I'll go
with the sakuramochi there's a spoon
here but I don't think I need a spoon
M oh that's interesting definitely get
like that cherry blossom like Leaf taste
but also it has an interesting texture
you think it's like super smooth but in
fact it's quite grainy like the rice
texture like almost if you ever had
sakota Mochi looks like this it has kind
of like rice inside of it and you can
get that same kind of texture in this
gelato oh that's good also it's like a
little bit salted I wonder why they put
this little bear on here try this
bear oh that bear is really sugary let
me just take a bite of this
tofu oh that is amazing like it's like
real tofu but like on the sweeter side
what's also interesting about this place
is that you can actually change the
flavor of the tofu by adding soy sauce
actually have some soy sauce in the
front that you can get here is the tofu
in a cup here's the show you here poured
a little bit of the soy sauce There soy
sauce here we
go h it gives it kind of that like
mitashi Dongo taste that is actually
good like you know you think like
putting soy sauce on there it wouldn't
be good at all but it's rather delicious
it's a very Japanese flavor definitely
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recommended and number five mapo tofu
and spicy meat bun from Brother tofu so
this BT just opened this last February
and it's the only madof Fu specialty
shop in the area let me show you when
inside what a name this shop is a rising
star in the area so it's definitely a
must try it only uses K tofu a silky
smooth tofu crafted with Kyoto's natural
soft groundwater low and iron this is
the mar nikuman if you want to you can
actually take this one out and do your
street food Adventure keep on going with
what you're doing just going to do this
raw style ready
guys that is spicy and the meat is just
so succulent bun itself is it's moist
it's fluffy it has a phenomenal chewy
texture to it it has small chunks of
pork and big chunks of pork all mixed in
here has a nice and fresh sweetness you
can see there's some onions in here and
then on top you have the sauce that just
kind of infiltrates and infuses with the
meat and the bun it just gives it
another level of spiciness they have
like the Chili's like right here but
then the sunow level is like just a
little bit higher right here so you feel
more of the numbing than you do of like
the chili like spicy K this one is nice
and moist you can just see how like
playful this bun is you can probably
just eat the bun by itself and it be
good just as is wow look at all of this
food I don't even want to eat it because
it looks so beautiful but I do want to
eat it basically you have maadu you can
see how red and Luscious it is man this
is a really dark red you can see kind of
the chili oils all around and then you
have some Kujo Nei on top you have an
egg you have some mushrooms you have
some duck you have some more chili rayu
pumpkin pickles here and then we have
shrimp mayonnaise obviously you have
some rice W there's a lot of tofu in
here let me just add it with some rice
so basically I'll take some of this and
throw it onto the rice like this and
then eat it just like
that
wow M this is actually one of the better
Mau tus I've had in a long time that is
so flavor I love different flavors of
spiciness in here there's a subtle
sweetness to it I love how the onions
just kind of round out some of the
flavors there looks like some burnt
black Peppers or burnt chilies in here
as well also it kind of has like a miso
e taste so if you look and you find
these little black beans they're
actually little fermented beans called
toi sometimes maadu gets a little bit
plain and boring but you know they have
a lot of stuff you can add in here this
is actually their homemade chili oil so
I'm going to just add a little bit more
of their chili oil just to make it a
little bit more spicy going to take some
of these Chili Peppers just sprinkle it
on you can see now I have their homemade
chili oil as well as the red peppers now
I'm going to add a little bit of this
raw egg w got everything in here all in
one bite oh look at that that is
amazing that is brilliant dude I
immensely recommend that I don't know
that's some really good egg yolk
W so there you go if you want a full
meal deal then just come to this place
but that's it this is my favorite spots
in arima all right so we're going to
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