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so i'm back with another food tour this time we're in daikon yama so daikon yama is just outside of
shibuya station in fact if you wanted to you can walk here but there's also a train daikon
yama station and what a lot of people don't know is that it has some of the best hidden
food gems in all of tokyo and i'm going to take you on a personal tour around this area and if
you've ever been to daikon yama then you know just right behind me is tea site which is one
of the most popular spots that people go to here in daikon yama there's a bunch of stores
here there's a style bookstore and there's even a starbucks which makes it a perfect
place to chill but since it's the most popular spot then a lot of people come here so there's
not a lot of hidden food spots so instead i'm gonna take you on a tour through this whole
daikonyama station area and show you my hidden food spots but before i start like always if you
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daikon yum is a residential area with a unique blend of style and culture
popular among celebrities and locals alike for its trendy cafes gourmet foods fashion and artsy shops
and unlike shibuya and ibisu express trains don't stop at daikon yama station so there's
a lot less foot traffic here helping to create its laid-back vibe kind of my speed these days
number one tempura moto yoshi emo this tempura soft cream specialty shop is
one of the hottest spots in daikon yama right now it opened last year by a high-end tempura
restaurant in minami aoyama moto yoshi it's located right by the station and offers an
amazing salt soft cream paired with a japanese sweet potato tempura called
shiosoft mataju and it's finished off with a sprinkling of bamboo charcoal salt and tempura
flakes the word mataju itself is from a secret language used only by tempura chefs meaning
sweet potato i guess the secret's out now so look at this beautiful creation this is just
made right on the spot so this is freshly fried in tempura so you should eat the tempura fried a
sweet potato right away or it gets too cold you want it to still be crispy take a bite of this
that is a nice fried sweet potato you can also see that there's some tempura
flakes right there just to make it extra crispy
the salt soft cream has a perfect amount of saltiness to complement the
sticky sweetness of the tempura fried sweet potato it pairs so well with that ice cream
number two meet yazawa black cows this shop is a crazy popular steak and hamburger restaurant
originally from the gotanda area they only offer 100 real deal purouge wangu beef and
it's served to perfection damn my mouth is watering already oh okay take the mask off
look at that comes in like a premium box packaging what's interesting about this place
is that they not only have burgers but they also have these bento box where you can get
steaks or like hamburg which is pretty awesome oh that smells so good
look at that bacon egg burger and it is premium vlog you
a5 i'm just looking inside you can have like this toasty sesame bun see the egg right there
the bacon you have a super nice vlog you like a bite of this
oh that's so good i gotta take a second bite that has prim written all over it you have the wagyu
a5 hamburger that's so tender and then when you take that first bite you notice that the bun
itself is lightly toasted so it has like a crispy texture to it bacon itself is tender it's not
like super super crispy like it's really really meaty you can see the barbecue sauce coming out
the back they're kind of like special mayonnaise onions and relish pairs so well with a crispy bun
when you order it it takes about 10 to 15 minutes because they make it on the spot it is
ultra fresh and what's also interesting about this place is depending on the day
they have wagyu shipped from different places all throughout japan so this next spot is a
new addition to daikanyama and it's literally my favorite sushi spot in this area let me take you
now number three maguro and delhi karohachi just opened this last september karohachi is a takeout
fish shop that offers high quality and ultra fresh fish sushi hot deli and bento boxes at reasonable
tokyo prices here you can even mix and match to make your own sashimi platter personally i love
how you can get sashimi to order but today i wanted to share with you one of my favorites
alright so we are taking street food to the next level sushi street food but you all know how
it is for the life of me i can never pronounce this milfue milfie but check it out anyway that
is some layered tuna you have the otoro and naokami so you have like the super super
fatty tuna and then just the less fatty tuna and it's just layered in this little sushi
roll oh let me just take a bite out of this got some soy sauce on there
just melts in your mouth that is some buttery tuna i would just eat this today i would be completely
satisfied but since the show must go on let me take you to the next spot
number four hachiya from the outside hajiya looks like a chic japanese restaurant but
hidden behind the stylish doors is a fantastic t-stand that offers a new way to enjoy
japanese tea after you order the shop prepares the tea one by one with delicate care just look
at how gently the staff whisks the tea i can't wait but i need to wait i can't wait
okay i'm gonna wait so i got the hojicha affogato soft syrup you can smell the hojicha
wow i love when you take that bite you get all of that hojita it goes kind of through your
senses and it just kind of like cleanses you what i love about hojicha it has kind of like
this burnt tea taste but it's not bitter almost like a sweetness to it and since it's affogato
they've made the hojicha super thick kind of like espresso when they pour it on you get a
really really concentrated version of the hojicha oh and michael usually orders their latte this is
essentia latte with a creamy milk foam poured on top this place is truly unique and one of a
kind so if you love matcha if you love green tea and you love hojicha come to this spot before we
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number five spring valley brewery what time is it beer o'clock so hidden away just a few minutes
from daikon yama station is a full-on japanese brewery serving craft beer brewed on site yeah
in the middle of tokyo so svb is located just inside of log road where you can enjoy
an assortment of craft beers and pair it with food directly sourced from farms and producers
alright so we're here in spring valley brewery he has an actual brewery here in
daikanyama there's not a lot of stations that have breweries so i definitely had to take you
to this spot and you can see that i have a full flight of beers here to sample they have just
so many beers on tap and this you can actually sample all the different ones they have 496
copeland after dark on the cloud daydream and jazzberry just to start this is pretty awesome
right and it's actually quite affordable it's only 1300 yen it's not the biggest beer in the world
it's just like here is the beer and here is my iphone actually one of the ones that i
really like is the jasberry it's almost kind of like a wine cooler it has that very taste to it
wow that's interesting so this daydream has hints of
sancho and yuzu it's really really interesting so if any of you ever do come here and try this
flight tag me on instagram and let me know which one is your favorite
number six grand premium gram is a souffle pancake shop inside of the address building and today
we're going with a treasured treat their take out pancake style cream sandwich look how fluffy these
pancakes are oh i got them fluffy puffy hillary duffy cakes so this spot is hidden in the address
you might have seen this one already on my uber eats video i did let me just take a bite
that is so creamy and delicious the first thing is when you take a bite in this you can feel just
how soft the bread is it's just a perfect texture nice and soft fluffy but has a nice density to it
it definitely does taste like a pancake in fact i can probably eat two or three of these
so this one is for my organic and vegan viewers let's go inside and let me show you number seven
hatana daikanyama hatena is a vegan organic cafe but with a twist that even puts a smile on my meat
eating face their shop is popular for organic junk food yeah you heard me but it's organic and vegan
so it must be good for you right so this is your organic and vegan surprise for this video this is
tatsage supposed to be fried chicken but it's actually using some soy meat but in fact that's
the only thing that's not organic in here but everything else is organic and vegan
it has the donut top to it nice and fried let me just try to kill this right now
for a vegan creation that's not bad first of all the tatsu again itself is pretty nice and
crispy definitely is not chicken but it almost tastes like chicken look at that you can almost
see like the little striations in the meat it's heavily doused in like a teriyaki sauce
this white sauce right here it's kind of like a like a sourness to it pretty simple but done
pretty well and it's all vegan um i think the winner is the bun here like the donut
bun is really really nice one thing about this shop is that they not only have fast
food but they also have kind of like a lot of desserts so you can get not only kind of
like a tatsuya or teriyaki chicken or something like that you can get some sweets here as well
now that we have our organic and vegan fix let's move on to the next spot
and number eight surprise nippon this modern style
onigiri sandwich shop is produced by a food designer
it even uses a special machine to create the better bryce used to craft the sandwich-like
sushi rolls at the shop known to many japanese as onigirazu but the shop calls them omusando
i am so excited for this one surprise surprise i've got a big piece of meat from
surprise these are thick pieces of beef katsu look at that you can see it's still a little bit rare
on the inside but crispy on the outside they fried it right when i ordered it they're using ishigaki
beef and this is like this right here is beef cuts but let me just take a bite real quick
wow this sings to my inner soul that is literally so beautiful oh it's nice and tender and look
at that you have the seaweed wrapping everything around with rice so you got two pieces of
ishigaki beef katsu and you have their tonkatsu sauce in here which is a little bit sweet but like
the winner winner right now is this beef just a little bit you can still see the meat juices
coming from it oh that's beautiful i love the crunchiness also of the lettuce you know the
shredded lettuce in there it gives it a nice texture i love just the fact that the red meat
itself in here the center of the meat it's not too oily which makes it just a pleasure to eat
and what i love about it the most is that it's cooked perfectly you don't get it too uncooked you
don't get it like overcooked it's just prepared how it should be nice and crispy on the outside
in a center juicy inside this place also has some other healthier options like this one
is just straight like the kimchi namuru basically you have all of like the pickled vegetables you
have like a spicy kimchi in here and it's just right on top of an egg on the leaf it's very
similar to shisha and look it doesn't it's leaking right now you can see it's a dripping of all of
that kimchi juice all right so that concludes a video of my hidden spots here in daikanyama if
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