- We are here in the beautiful city of Kyoto, Japan,
taking pictures of cherry blossoms
and eating our way through this city.
We've had okonomiyaki, udon, soba,
but we have yet to try the one place
that arguably has the best food in all of Japan.
7-Eleven baby.
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So there's a reason why these convenient stores,
or "konbini" as they're called, are so popular.
One, they are everywhere.
I mean there was three within walking distance of our hotel.
Two, they are incredibly cheap.
And three, is food quality is super high
and the packaging is really dope.
We've got $100 of BuzzFeed's money
and it's lunch time.
I have an Apple watch.
Let's do this.
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(bell dinging)
- This is the most excited I have ever been
for a taste test.
Lets also address the fact that I
look like Elizabeth Holmes is this video,
and I know those are gonna be in the top comments,
so lets just get it out of the way now.
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Behind the counter food at 7-Eleven in America
is disgusting. - Yeah.
It's like corndogs and nachos.
This already like, looks better.
- Mm way better.
- That is good.
This is like, when you have had a could of sake's
and you just need to run in and grab somethings quick.
Grab one or two of these and you'd be good to go.
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Should we do it together?
- Is that how we're?
Okay - Yeah.
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- It's a little--
- Wet.
- Yeah.
- Pizza without hard crust.
Like if the crust was just kinda
wet.
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Oh damn! - Oh!
Damn, damn.
Da--
(electronic beeping)
Mmm - Oh!
- Holy (bleep)
- Are you kidding me?
- Looks like someone came on your face.
- I'm okay with it man.
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- That was fun.
Oh! - Oh!
- This is good for any age.
You're a kid, you like this,
you're a old lady with no teeth, you like this.
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Look how fun this is...ooh!
Ooh - Ooh
- Now it's a plate.
- Japan!
Oh man!
Right?
- That could pass in any street market.
- Right, even though it's a packaged item.
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This is the first thing I feel like I've had that's stale.
Womp!
- Hold on, run again.
(electronic beeping)
Womp! - Womp!
Now this is eggs that you can put in your ramen,
but they're so perfect that you can just
eat them on your own too.
- Oh good luck with that.
Oh damn!
- She's white, but she can use chopsticks.
It tastes like ramen.
- Yeah.
- Like whatever sauce that's in.
Perfect center.
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It comes with sauce taped to the front.
(tape tearing)
Team work makes the dream work,
that's why we're a good couple.
If it was crispy it would be perfect.
- Yeah.
Womp! - Womp!
Coco-Cola with lemon and vitamin?
I weirdly taste the vitamin.
(laughing)
Like a Flinstone chalky vitamin.
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So funny, we weren't planning on getting wasted
for this video, but as any Kelsey Darragh
BuzzFeed video goes!
- Kanpai friendship mother (bleep)
- Beer in a can.
- That's beer.
(burping)
- Thank you.
These look really good.
- Oh it's so soft.
- Yeah, it's mochi.
- Wha? Oh.
- You got the powdered sugar texture,
you got the mochi texture,
then you got the red bean texture.
- Oh man, that's good.
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- Mmm.
- I don't mind that at all.
- I'm not feeling it.
That's gonna be no for me dog,
or as Elizabeth Holmes would say
that's going to be a no from me dog.
That looks like some (bleep) you'd get
in America at 7-Eleven.
(sighing)
- Ready?
Womp! - Womp!
Shout out to Mike Chen, Strictly Dumpling.
He's the one who introduced me to all this
7-Eleven goodness.
Oh! - Ooh!
(slurping)
- If you were comparing this to cup noodles--
- It's the best cup of noodles I've had.
- It's next level.
- Can you compare it to like, your one star
Yelp reviewed ramen place?
Like no, I still think that would be better than this.
Gotta love a good kimchi.
Mmm, mmm, mmm.
♪ I'm a Kimchi Ho ♪
You eat kimchi when you go have Korean barbecue.
- I think
- Just no?
Okay.
They've sort of coagulated into like,
a caterpillar like dumpling.
They're not crispy.
- Nope.
It's aspiring to be good for sure.
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(slurping)
- There is goes.
- Ah!
(slurping)
I gotta be honest, these noodles,
I would take over the Michelin rated ramen any day.
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Very popular item in the 7-Eleven,
so you (bleep) be eating this just all over the streets.
Sorry, I don't know why I said it that way.
Pull one.
Pull two.
- Oh yeah, I really (bleep) this one up.
- We're not from here.
- It's kind of a, just filler.
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(slurping)
- It's really (bleep) good.
Best vanilla flavor I've ever had.
- Damn that's a bold claim.
(mumbles and coughing)
I like that.
- And then if you aren't finished!
- Japan!
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- If you like matcha.
Can you hear that?
It's like, dense.
- [Steven] How could I hear density?
(laughing)
- They look like cubed fruits
which confused us, which is why we bought them.
Pure apple flavored gummy bear.
I'm gonna throw this in your mouth.
- Oh that was straight in!
- One more for luck.
(cheering)
- Nice.
Ooh! - Oh my God!
Mmm fluffy, but chewy.
This is the best I have ever had including sex.
- Alright guys, well it's been good--
- No stay.
Let's get in one of these mother f-ing sandwiches.
Mm! - Mm.
- That cutlet is thick.
- T-H-I-C-C cutlet.
- So not only is there like a whipped cream,
there's a custard in there too,
and those strawberries!
- Oh my God!
- How is it that fresh?
- I feel like someone just made this pastry.
I'm gonna save this.
- I'm gonna eat that when--
- No you won't.
You better not be mouthing to the camera
that you're gonna eat it.
- Nope.
- You better not be mouthing yes.
- Nope!
- The moment you've all been waiting for,
the egg salad 7-Eleven mother(bleep) switch.
(choir singing)
We know what all the comments are gonna say.
"Lawson's egg salad sandwich is so much better
than 7-Eleven's."
Don't worry, we gotcha covered baby.
This is a bonus round.
- [Voiceover] Bonus round.
- [Kelsey] We're going to blind taste test
both of the egg salad sandwiches,
and we can finally put rest the debate
who has a better egg salad sandwich,
Lawson's or 7-Eleven.
- [DJ] Eyes are closed.
- [Steven] Go ahead and open your eyes.
- Whoa, that do look identical.
- They good exactly the same.
- Okay, I need to cleanse my palate.
Insert fancy music here please.
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So we're gonna try the left side first.
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- Mmhmm.
Very nice balance of chunk of egg white
and the bread.
- It's soft.
- Cleanse my palate again.
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Here we go, number two.
It's a little more uneven.
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The consistency --
- Consistency is like, we got chunks
and smooth evenly distributed.
- We're gonna pick our favorites in three, two, one.
Canter?
- Your favorite one
was the 7-Eleven one.
- OH! - Oh wow!
- They pulled through.
- 7-Eleven this whole taste test was about you
and you came out on top.
Alright guys, we ate our way through
the entire Kyoto 7-Eleven.
Thank you so much Japan.
Everything about you is better than us.
Where do you want us to see next?
Maybe go to another country and try more 7-Elevens?
Alright, I gotta lay down.
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I will pay any amount of money,
get any BuzzFeed fan in Japan
to (mumbles) and they can ship 'em to me in America.