Fukuoka my first full day here. This morning today was pretty
uneventful. I ate at McDonalds and I passed out. That's basically my entire day. Tonight
I wanted to go try Street food in Fukuoka, but I heard it's really touristy is overpriced. It's not that good.
So I'm looking for a seafood restaurant here that is supposed to be just
spectacular and hopefully, I'm hoping I can actually get a seat because like I said, it's Friday night
And I don't have a reservation. This this is the whole restaurant the entire building. It's just a massive seafood restaurant freaking is
Absolutely gorgeous by the way
Bonsai trees on the outside. Look at this place. This is more like a hotel in a restaurant
Wow, right away
Yeah, this is a seafood restaurant
I've never seen a squid tank in my life. Oh, man
This place is awesome is literally the coolest restaurant setup for seafood restaurant
In the middle and you sit all around the different fish tanks, all the servers are wearing kimonos
It seemed like a really traditional seafood place. I am so excited about dinner tonight
I mean this is gonna be like the opposite of how I felt about McDonald's this morning. All right, so
obviously
the most
Popular ones that are seasonal dishes here. They tell me that looks great
I mean if you love sashimi, there's all looks absolutely fantastic. And this is a
Really really fresh, but for me they do have a ton of grilled fish
Which I think is what I'm gonna go for grilled fish and marinated fish got bunch of fried dishes here tempura
Got some soups. All right. So most people here they're getting sashimi and these tanks they're not just for display
They are literally getting the fish or squid out of these tanks and they're cooking it. So this is as fresh as you can get
My first dish has arrived
I
Gotta say this place the sashimi
looks
Amazing. I mean I don't eat raw stuff. But yeah, I'm almost tempted. I'm almost converted tonight
So my first course, I don't think I mean, I think I'm gonna have to use some raw stuff tonight just a little bit
It's a little piece of uni sitting on top. I looks like some sort of some sort of jelly. Never been a fan of uni
Don't know really actually that one was a little better than ones I had before I mean that tasted like the ocean but
Did you like a better part of the ocean and this I gotta try it and this is a Pollock fish roe
This is a Fukuoka specialty just like Kobe has its beef
Fukuoka has this Mentaiko fish roe and it's a fermented and salt just a little bit
This is supposed to be like I said, really really really popular here and again fish eggs. Not my favorite thing
Even I gotta admit
That's some good stuff
Wow
If I tell you that's good, you better believe it because I don't love raw stuff. I don't love fish eggs
I'm caught I'm falling for that a little bit. It's spicy and when you put it in your mouth it
Doesn't taste like fish eggs like at all from zero fishiness. There's actually it tastes like dozens of little crispy crystals
It's not slimy. This thing is pretty darn amazing. This is so good. I'm gonna add it on my little
little roll here
So you can eat this fish roe on top of whatever on rice whatever you want
Actually, I can't really stop eating it
It's pretty amazing for me. I think this is like a block of
Fish eggs or some sort it's kind of heavy looking. It's kind of heavy. It's a little bouncy
That tastes like miniature secret that was literally the crispiest fish eggs I've ever had in my life
That's I mean, it's it's so crunchy. It's like it's like a fish egg chip almost
Fantastic fantastic first plate. I gotta say pretty darn delicious next course. Oh look at that
This looks like a a steamed rockfish
Wow, oh man, this is a prettiest soup I've ever seen in my life
Look at his most adorable little piece of greens ever
And this looks like a fish cake Wow, prettier fish cake, by the way when you drink soup in Japan
You don't really use a spoon. Oh
This is a nice nice bowl of seafood soup
Is that you can taste all the best things about an ocean, you know
That just might be the most tender piece of fish cake I've ever had actually there weren't any left
Tell me exactly what fish this is. But look how amazing and tender this is
Have you guys seen this
Oh
Man
Look how easily the skin is removed on own. This might be the easiest I ever
Seen a fish skin come off of any fish that ever eaten
Yes, oh I know you're seeing this we can all effortlessly the chops is going into this fish that's all that juice is coming up
All right, let's take it oh man look at this, you know, this is gonna be a good buy, right
The seafood here not only is it so fresh
Everything just tastes ridiculously clean. I've ate so many pieces of seafood so far
Haven't tasted a fishy flavor in any one of them and I am in love with this piece of fish right here
Actually in love might be an understatement. This thing might be the love of my life right now
I'm gonna find out for you guys what this is
Do you
Need to get this if you come here. Holy smokes
Let's dip this in the little sauce a little bit here
Yeah, there we go
Wow the sauce is soy sauce base a little sweet it literally cuddles the fish compliments in every single way possible
yeah, highlights the sweetness that the gentleness of the fish and just providing it just a tiny bit of umami flavoring guys this
is a masterpiece
This is seriously one of the greatest fish dishes
I've ever had. This fish they tell me is a tai or a wild sea bream. Guys, don't forget
It's a sea bream. Get this dish when you come. You will thank me
This might be the one of the best fish dishes you want to ever enjoy
You need to trust me on this and I say I got I got this
This is the fried Mentaiko. Again. Like I said the specialty of Fukuoka but cooked
Like a billion little edible
Marbles just warming my mouth around you can we I'm saying this but I think the raw version is better
I mean this version is really salty and texture wise it's not actually that's good as as chewy as the as the raw version
So I will actually recommend that when you come here
Next up. I have no idea what this looks like. I can just kind of sum this thing
Yummy the fish is really flaky and look at this. It's kind of only sliced in between here
Honestly, I mean it's good but nothing compared to that sea bream, you know
I think that sea bream might have just ruined my fish dinner tonight. My grill mackerel is here. Look at this, baby
Oh, that is a beauty. Little lemon goes on top and to eat it
She told me to take the radish and mix it with my soy sauce. Oh
Yeah
Oh, yes baby, oh you guys need a bet on this course
All right that
There's an amazing piece of grill fish
I love
this restaurant for his ability to take the fishiness out of
every single thing here and all that's not just a beautiful clean flavor of the fish just like is meant to be going into your
mouth
Up to absolute perfection
The meat is so amazingly bouncy if you like mackerel and you should because it's the magnificent fish if you want to eat this freshest
Cleanest the most beautiful piece of grilled mackerel. You may have ever had you stop right here. You come right here
This is another fish. Look, this is fried and they told me this is Kochi, Japanese flathead fish. Oh
Oh
I'm just having a great fish day today try to abso-freakin'-lutely
fection perfectly crispy on the outside
So tender and beautiful on the inside man
Is it amazing dinner fried did the other two fish as well complete the fish trifecta here?
Then you're gonna be as happy as I look right now. Oh
By the way my miso soup arrived in Japan you don't use a spoon to eat your soup take your chopstick
Swish it around mix it up a little bit. Oh
Oh
Miso love this
Wow that's got some intense miso flavor. Oh
And it's great I just think it's perfect right now
Piece of eel here
Mmm that's a great piece of eel. Seasoning and their use of wasabi. Perfect
So in love with this place right now, so it's like a little cold salad. They brought this out
This is like course 10 already is
Abalone with what looks like this is some kind of maybe miso sauce on top
The abalone, that's a great piece of abalone
Usually I find abalone the way people cook it is a little rough
a little chewy, but this abalone is so soft it probably cries during diaper commercials
Alright, I think I'm down to my last dish my last course dessert
It looks like a spork and a cross between the bat signal and the Star Wars rebels symbol, right?
Juicy melon
probably not gonna be as good as the
150 dollar melon I had before
Hmm. Wow, I feel like all melons in Japan
Might literally just like grow in some crazy
Flavor infusing
Sanctuary like a melt-uary seriously like all the melons of Japan are just by far so much juicier
Sweeter more delicious than any other melon I've had anywhere else in the world, it's not even close
Strawberry season
Strawberries are insane
Its melon strawberry, actually a fantastic dessert in this with green tea. Oh, oh
Oh
mylanta oh
I'm just letting that I just letting the spoon go and look at this
it's it's
Just sinking into this beautifully tender mochi matcha mousse looking thing. Oh, I
Wouldn't be surprised they made it in-house, but if they if they bought it from somewhere
I need to find out where that store is and get like 2,000 of those. I mean, it's just the most delicious
matcha encasing the
gentlest
Mochi shell I think this side of the world
Basically every single dish I ate here was just mind-blowing. They really elevate a seafood bite
oh so much and I hundred percent recommend if you are ever in
Fukuoka one seafood restaurant to go eat at this is the place and it's crazy because this place is loaded with fish tanks
But you don't smell anything. It's such a clean beautiful atmosphere. The servers are so attentive and nice
They don't speak like much English at all, but they're actually really really helpful to try to communicate with you
And yes, it's a little pricey, but come on, isn't all
seafood restaurants little pricey? But really, ridiculous quality. Some of the freshest most tasty seafood
you'll probably find in the city. Of course guys, all the information for this place is in my description box below
Thank you so much for watching. Until we eat again. See you later