these are new and Hidden Gem food spots
at skiji Market
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okay so we are starting super early in
the morning with this one I'm super
excited because I'm back here at skiji
Market a lot of people are coming back
to Japan the gates are open and people
have been asking me where are some new
spots where I can go so in this video
I'm taking you to squiji Market and
showing you some hidden food spots and
some new spots that have come along the
way quickly before we start if you guys
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Community alright let's get our food on
just a minute walk from skiji station
the skiji jogai shijou or outer Market
has maintained the title of Tokyo's
kitchen for 85 years and I'm finally
back I already shared my favorite spots
a few years ago and many of those go-to
hitters are still at it today so
definitely check out that video in those
spots but with more than 400 shops a day
I thought it was about time to add some
new shops to my list
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so this spot behind me has been around
since 1967 and they have some of the
precious onigiri let me show you from
Salmon Road to Cod bro you can row row
yourself down to this fresh stream as
they've got it all this is a specialty
fish Egg Shop serving their Delights
with pasta donburibos and onigiri and of
course I'm ordering onigiri you can find
the pre-made ones at the front but my
Hidden Gem local tip is that you can ask
them to make it fresh we're all familiar
with cold company onigiri which is also
good but that can never be a warm
freshly hand-wrapped onigiri made right
in front of you
so this one right here the salmon you
can see all of these hearty chunks you
know where you seaweed on the outside
let's just take our first bite
that salmon is a perfectly salted it's
so fresh and moist look at these chunks
of salmon look how big that is and just
that warm rice wrapped in this seaweed
in the Nori it is perfect on top of that
if you want to be a little bit dangerous
you can also get the salmon row eggs
here let's take a bite
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it just goes so well and the rice just
rounds it all out and if you're like me
and you want to get just a little bit
extra you can actually ask for some of
it on the side and if you want to get a
little bit crazy you can actually take
some of the salmon row and then you can
throw it into salmon onigiri even more
flavorful get two types of action look
at that
so this is amazing just looking around
there's all these people right now
everyone's lined up everyone is just
full of happiness because it's finally
opened just a few months ago there was
no one here but just look this is what
it's all about
number two Pepper's Cafe
okay so this next spot is a fairly new
not a lot of people know about it
because it's quite actually hard to find
you can see right here it looks like
someone's house but here's the secret
let me show you
so first of all you have to go through
this Alleyway right here this Hidden Gem
food shop is a husband and wife run Cafe
focused on Peppers as the tale goes
years ago on a trip to Cambodia the
owner fell in love with local fresh raw
peppercorns which led him to open up
this shop some time later a content
creator from Tokyo would happen upon
this very shop to also fall in love with
the peppers and well you know what
happens after that
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Japanese
sauce
and although they have a small kitchen
it's amazing how good the food is the
pizza dough itself is fermented in
advance and the pizza is tossed only at
the time it's ordered oh and to see how
it's cooked you'll have to visit
yourself because you wouldn't believe it
if I showed you
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and here there's a pizza I got some
chorizo on top and you can see all the
little Peppers right here look at that
purines look at all the Cheetos oh it
always gets a little bit messy let's see
that right there look at that drippy
drip probably from all the chorizo say
goodbye
Evan the cheese is oh so melty but the
thing that stands out the most is the
peppers here and they are so fresh
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ah these peppers have definitely a cake
it's almost like biting into like a
fresh fruit there's like so much juice
coming from the peppers it has that
skeezy easy fresh to it I can't have
enough of the peppers what's quite
interesting too is in order for them to
import it here into Japan they actually
have to Salt it a little bit so it's
almost like a super ultra duper fresh
salt and pepper combined into one also I
should mention that they have their own
handcrafted Cola using their very own
flavorful pepper that's definitely worth
a try okay so we have to go to the next
spot and luckily the next spot is just
right here
number three skiji fish burger Masa this
shop is run solely by a former mashoku
Chef who has a deep love for crafting
fish Burgers infused with a Japanese
Essence oh and quick little tip the shop
opens at 11 since the owner is working
as a fishmonger at the market before
this
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sprouts miyoga and shiso topped with a
handmade pomodoro sauce then a tartar
sauce uniquely made with curry you know
the ginger that's on the side of sushi
finally topped with a slice of red
cheddar cheese
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okay so check this out I got the fish a
burger
oh
holy ride fish burger that is some of
the crispiest fried fish I've ever had
oh that is so good and the fish is just
so fresh but I love the fact that the
bread is Fluffy but also has a sticky
texture to it so this sauce is super
interesting it has this mayonnaise
tartar sauce if you look you have the
melted cheese but then you also have
some egg on top this is one of the best
fish sandwiches you can get here
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again this is one of those newer shops
here in tsukiji and you can also get a
drink here too
number four Maru Yama noriten so quickly
I wanted to show you this list right
here it's actually a really famous
naughty seaweed spot 60 of the Michelin
sushi restaurants in Tokyo use the Nori
from this place let me show you inside
with over 160 years of History this shop
can trace its truths back to the
original nihombashi fish market almost 3
000 sushi restaurants in Tokyo purchase
Nori seaweed directly from here so yeah
they've got things online
so look you can even try the naughty or
two before you buy it
that's good
luckily you don't need to worry too much
about having to choose yourself between
all the different products this shop
stuff are more than happy to help you
find what you need even offering samples
of no DNT
so one of the cool things too about this
place is they have this tea where you
can just get it tea bags are made for
you to be able to put into your water
bottle just shake it up and drink as you
go so it's just super easy maybe to
bring back as gift then this is another
thing that you could probably look at
definitely check out the shop I just
wanted to show it with you guys because
a lot of people ask me where to get
souvenirs and this is a good spot to do
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number five it's Fiji Teppanyaki Juju so
if you're looking for some of that
grilled food action this is the spot let
me show you
this is a high-end A5 wagyu grilled
skewer shop that only offers that
premium good good they used to be
located in nagadori but we located here
just two years ago the wagyu beef served
that this spot is bought directly from
the local wholesaler thoroughly
inspected and only purchased if it has
that quality marble if you're not a meat
eater they also have delicious Seafood
skewers straight from the seafood
heavens of Hokkaido and toyosu Market if
you want to do just a little bit kind of
like a luxurious type of grilled meat
then you can go for the A5 wagyu that
they have here I love how they Grill it
right on the tepon look at that that is
perfectly cooked sirloin I just love to
see urchin so much I don't know about
you guys but it is so good let me just
take a bite in this right now
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that is such an extravagant combination
that sea urchin first is so silky smooth
it has that creamy texture to it and
then on top of that you get that super
super tender luscious oils from the A5
wagyu marble it is so buttery but they
also recommend putting some of this
wagyu sauce on here this just puts a
smile on my face
yeah it's so good I guess eat the sea
urchin by itself it just dropped but
that said let me take you to the next
spot
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number six koku imogashi Shimizu if
you've had too much salty food and you
want to get something a little bit sweet
and you want to do it with a Japanese
dessert then this is the spot let me
show you for this one we're going into
the back side of the market to find this
pleasure tree originally popular in
Osaka it specializes in high-end sweet
potatoes all sourced and hand-picked
from kagoshima then ripened for over 40
days to maximize its natural sweetness
and finally baked and rested overnight
sweet potatoes can't get higher end than
this this tree with 13 unique
ingredients of four different sweet
potato varieties prepared in seven
different ways it's always lizzo time
with this dessert take 30 o'clock
okay so was anyone looking for a dessert
look at this monster right here this is
what I call a joy and a treat at the
same time this is why they call it a
Japanese sweet potato specialty shop
because look at all of these different
types you get actually pretty cold to
the touch so this particular free potato
is called daigaku emo which is like a
very traditional and nostalgic sweet
potato like this is something that's
like very very common for Japanese
people and traditional for them to eat
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it was like been caramelized it's really
really quite sweet I mean the sweet
potato itself is sweet but they have the
outside like sugary layer it's really
thick and delicious let me just mix it
with this vanilla ice cream right here
this is how you would do it
that is exquisite I can go through and
explain every single sweet potato that
there is here usually there's more than
four different types of sweet potato
it's all season also depending on the
time you come here the sweet potatoes
can be different and in fact if you look
it looks like there's more than four
kinds but then they cooked it in
different ways like this one has their
mashed and this one has been fried let
me just show you this one right here
okay that I'm scooping it up like a
champion
looks like eating a banana chip it's
like sweet in itself has like a subtle
sweetness to it I think that's the best
way to eat it and this right here is
that I was trying to figure this out but
it's an apple butter chip you can see
that there's some filling in it right
there let me just dig into the heart of
this thing oh look at that you have like
these crunchy little like rice crispy
things on the side and then you have
another fried potato here
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and at the bottom you have this purple
looking potato it's called Aya Murasaki
it is
also quite sweet but just like a
different flavor of Sweet Potato man
it's like a bottomless pit of sweet
potato Heaven There you go if you're
looking for some sweets and you want to
do it Japanese style then check out this
place
and number seven
so this spot has all of that Rice Bowl
love that you'll ever need let me show
you this shop is located on the Main
Street of Shino hashidori and is an open
counter-style spot serving the freshest
Seafood rice bowls for over 25 years now
and here's my Hidden Gem local
recommendation
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what a wonderful day the sun is coming
out and we have our Maguro tuna steak
Bowl so this place is known to have all
different rice bowls all sorts of raw
fish but in fact one of their go-to's is
this grilled tuna steak basically HoHo
niku is the tuna's cheek super succulent
pieces of tuna even tuna cheek huh it
smells so good
all right
that is excellent you can really taste
like they have a strong black pepper
accent it does have nice kick to it and
the meat itself is perfectly grilled you
get the smokiness it almost looks like
steak meat but it's a lot more moist and
succulent than you would get if you were
to have like steak meat and what's also
pretty cool is that they have some
lettuce in here that gives it another
texture to it it gives it kind of like a
crunchy texture to the succulent meat
you want to add just a little bit more
spice and kick to your dish grab some of
this got some Wasabi on top try to
always scoop some rice on there some
Chopstick skills
it is so good I feel like squeegee is
starting to come alive it feels like
everyone is coming back and you guys
make it out here let me know in the
comments what you guys like also if you
guys just go to one of these places hit
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what places you guys love to go to as
well wow this is great
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okay so these were my top new Hidden Gem
spots here at tsukiji Market if you guys
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