hey guys today we're in Shinjuku in the
heart of Tokyo one of the busiest
districts of one of the busiest cities
in the world
Shinjuku is filled with neon lights sky
high buildings hotels and upscale
restaurants this is one of the first
stops everyone makes on their first trip
to Japan hey everyone good morning it's
Michaela I'm actually in Tokyo today I'm
at Shinjuku Station Maya which is a
department store directly connected to
Shinjuku Station and I'm on the 13th
floor where they have this gorgeous
garden terrace and you can see the whole
city for a lot of people who come to
Japan for the first time Tokyo is there
first off their first entryway into
Japan and it can be a little bit
overwhelming because there's so much to
do here there's so much to see there's
so much to experience and one of the
things that I think a lot of people
might have a little difficulty with is
finding the right things to eat so today
at MSA myosins they have over 30
restaurants here in the department store
we're gonna pick five places to
introduce to you today with different
Japanese foods that you can try and
order for yourself when you make your
trip to Japan at Takashimaya Times
Square restaurant park there are over 30
restaurants spread out about two floors
showcasing some of the finest in
Japanese cuisine if you're looking for
an English friendly upscale Japanese
dining experience to mark a special
occasion date night or you just want to
treat yourself the restaurant floor
offers amazing meals while overlooking
the Shinjuku district our first stop is
Akasaka kooky Nikki a restaurant that
specializes in one of japan's most
beloved traditional meals unagi or
broiled eel once upon a time eel is
plentiful in Japan but as the population
is decreased this meal is now considered
a special occasion delicate
and the unique flavor is quite difficult
to replicate outside of Japan eating
unagi or ill is something that I really
recommend it is something that you can't
have anywhere else
it's a rare delicacy it's not something
that people can afford to have every day
as an idea is quite expensive these days
but they say that it's really good for
fighting summer fatigue if you feel
tired during the summer it's good for
energy I'm gonna order it heats umeboshi
which is eaten a very particular way and
I'll show you how to eat it right now
pepsin baba she allows you to discover
the joy of eating the doggie by breaking
it down into three steps the first is to
enjoy the broiled eel over rice as is so
you can familiarize yourself with the
flavors and textures eel itself isn't
too fishy and the broad sauce is sweet
and salty around 2 you want to add some
of these flavorings dried seaweed green
onion asabi adding the seaweed as a
flavouring on top gives it more of a sea
salty taste really interesting how the
flavor of the unagi kind of takes to the
seasonings finally for step three what
we're gonna do is we're gonna add some
dashi and we're gonna make a eel
porridge by pouring the hot atashi over
the rice and we've added wasabi green
onion and seaweed on top as well this is
definitely one of my favorite ways to
enjoy and the fact that you can enjoy
this dish three ways makes it versatile
and exciting every time to try it once
you've tried the Onaga all three ways
you can finish your meal however you'd
like
using the flavorings on your tray to
customize it to your own tastes the next
food I want to introduce to you is
sukiyaki
the quintessential Japanese food
sukiyaki is a japanese-style sweet and
salty hot pot filled with veggies and
served with strips of Japanese beef
dipped in raw egg but don't worry if
you're not comfortable eating raw egg
you can ask to replace the egg with
dipping sauce instead a Takashimaya they
use high-grade slices of domestic Wagyu
and serve you a carefully crafted course
from the host bori Prefecture Colonel
Augie
the good stuff the good stuff and it's
been dipped in raw egg there we go UMass
the beef is super good quality that just
melts such a fall apart it's falling
apart even my chopsticks as I try to
lift it up here sukiyaki soup is a
sugary soy so it's sweet but it's also
salty and the egg makes it really creamy
it's delicious the good thing about
eating here and talk by Shin Maya's you
actually don't have to know how to eat
sukiyaki because the staff will prepare
it right in front of you serving by
serving as more ingredients are added to
the soup taste the umami dense flavoring
can be detected in each bite this pairs
amazingly with Japanese sake which of
course is also on the menu oh it's very
easy to drink
very smooth going down very sweet has a
very like floral fruity aftertaste this
is really nice sukiyaki is so much fun
especially here because of course by
course by course it just keeps up
evolving and now finally for the final
course of the meal we have scrambled egg
in the sukiyaki sauce topped with 1500
which is a spring vegetable and it's
just like the perfect way to end a
perfect meal this is great and what trip
to Japan is complete without a trip to a
sushi bar freshly pressed sushi enjoyed
at the counter of a real Japanese sushi
restaurant is one of my personal top
recommendations for dining in Japan so
we've got squid to
and salmon and these are so cute they're
shaped like roses and you cook them get
a little bit of a tricky fish if you're
not really used to sushi because of its
part chewy texture but I love Iike as
long as it's fresh because fresh Minka
always has a chewy consistency but nice
kind of delicate sweetness to it so if
you're gonna try eat them for the first
time making sure that you dry it
somewhere or where you're having it
absolutely as fresh as can be it's not
spring earning at the best quality and
the best flavor so this restaurant here
is actually said to have been the
founder of Tamaki City they invented my
sushi and now you can find Kay McKie
sushi at sushi restaurants all across
Japan so that's pretty cool so if you
want to have it right you want to have
it the way that they intended it you
ought to eat it here there we go
Hey
they service nice thank you
this is Sookie my girl this is my girl
that has already been marinated in a soy
sauce so it has flavor you don't need to
put it into soy sauce or season it with
wasabi and it's got yuzu on top and a
white wasabi so this one it has already
been flavored you just have to eat it as
is
ordering sushi in Japan can be a little
bit intimidating because it's a lot
different than what we're used to in the
West but this restaurant is English
friendly the chef speaks English and the
menu is really easy to understand check
it out the view from this window you can
see the station and the rest of the city
our YouTube name is tamas ushi so it's
31 in Australia is Tokyo so if you came
to Japan just come to my restaurant
thank you for a light easy to digest
meal that contains all of the exciting
elements of a traditional Japanese
dining experience but doesn't have any
overbearing flavors one of my favourite
foods to eat is soba Japanese style
buckwheat noodles here at KU mutton that
experience is elevated by its atmosphere
this is probably my favorite interior
and my favorite window side view that
I've seen at Takashimaya the menu is in
English it's very easy to understand and
for what you get the prices are very
reasonable as well and for those who
want a full and satisfying meal ordering
a chorus ensures you get all the
embellishments of a fine dining
experience with carefully crafted
appetizers and unique menu items that
amplify the delicate raw flavor of each
ingredient you have a carbonara pasta
made with buckwheat noodles
so it's soba noodles they're very thick
and then we also have a Sai
of Silva bread which is also made from
buckwheat so it's completely all
syllabus with a creative menu that fuses
modern day dishes with japanese-style
ingredients each course brings something
new and exciting to the table the Wagyu
is drizzled with a Caixa sauce of tamati
meeting and sugar and served with a wine
carefully paired to bring out the best
of the Japanese flavors
next comes the common companion to any
Silva meal a mixture of seasonal
vegetable tempura served with some large
shrimp the main dish is jus Eddie Silva
the purest buckwheat soba you can get
which gives the noodles an earthy chewy
texture to enjoy Japanese Silva mix some
onion and wasabi into your dipping sauce
and flavor it to your liking then dip
the noodles in and enjoy it's as simple
as that to finish off your meal
pour soba water into your dipping sauce
and make a savory soup so perfect
by the way if you get the chance to try
their soba ice cream I totally recommend
it finally for something a little
different we're heading to the Japanese
western-style Hamburg restaurant tsubame
grill for some comfort food so now we're
at tsubame Grill on the 13th floor and
this place specializes in a hamburger
and a while hamburger isn't uniquely
Japanese in itself sometimes when we're
traveling and we're introducing
ourselves to a lot of different foods at
once we find ourselves really craving
stuff that we can get back home and so
when you want to have dinner out but
you're not looking for anything too
different that's when a restaurant like
this can come in handy
oh my goodness look at that sauce you
see it bubbling and tastic
look at how tender this meat just falls
apart today they're using a Kumamoto
steak from Kumamoto but depending on the
day they source beef from all across
very dense dairy flavor very chewy for a
Japanese take on american-style comfort
food that sabaha grill is a cultural
experience in its own come for the
familiarity but also enjoy the Japanese
spin including Japanese sourced
ingredients and the pub style atmosphere
okay guys I have eaten so much food that
the past couple of days and I've had a
great time but I hope that you found
this video useful and good inspo for
when you're planning your future travels
through Tokyo through Japan in general
and for those of you who have been in
Japan if you have any suggestions for
must try Japanese food please leave a
comment below so you can help other
travelers when they plan their trips
alright guys I really appreciate you
watching these videos all the time thank
you so much I'm gonna go lie down and
have a nap and process puppets thank you
and I'll
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