in this video I'm gonna show you guys my
top food at ameyoko so I'm a yoko is
known as one of the popular food spots
here in tokyo what you guys might be
surprised is that it has a lot of
foreign and ethnic food shops which
we're gonna go deep into by that you
might find some japanese food shops but
he'll also find a lot of Chinese shops
Korean shops in this area oh and one
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leave a link below it's super cold
outside today so I'm gonna put on my
jacket again it's a cold anyways let's
go
amia yokocho AKA i'm a vehicle as locals
call it here's a vibrant open-air street
market crammed with shops you'll see a
fresh seafood shop next to a discounted
bag store and next to that you'll find a
delicious Chinese food song yeah it's
quite a unique and beautiful mix of
randomness it runs underneath the jr
train track of a win oh and Okajima tea
station from either station it's only a
few minutes walk I filmed this video on
a weekday
so it looks a bit empty which is
perfectly fine with me but I'm a yokel
is usually packed on the weekend so I
recommend going on the weekday mornings
when shops are just opening to avoid the
crowds but let me know if you've been
here on the weekend and what your
experience was like alright let's get
the party started with my favorite
Chinese shop number one Oden at
coochie-coochie-coo yeah all right so
we're right at the entrance
and one of the shops were going to visit
right now is a Chinese shop in fact
there's a lot of Chinese shops on the
street you might be kind of surprised
that's what makes this place is so cool
this Chinese shop right now has one of
my favorite Odense so we're gonna go in
and have some Chinese okay let's go
inside after handing them the plate of
audience sticks you selected they cook
the ingredients in a metal hot pot with
a spicy broth I'm loving how I can
already smell the flavors of the Oden
from our table so this place has an Odin
but it's like a Chinese on it you can
see the Sheep itself isn't very very
spicy water red oils anise it's very
flavorful basically it has that the
strong meat sense but I asked him like
what's actually in here but they said at
this you could broth eater so you don't
really know but it tastes pretty good
this is a karaage
the first thing is you get that pink of
this spiciness or the broth itself and I
kiss the back of your throat it's like
really crunchy it almost sounds like a
slimy taste to it
there's a really nice texture hmm
that is just so good but this is tripe
it's just like a beef stomach lining in
its failure you don't see a lot of it
again in Japan and flat since it's like
a Chinese restaurant then you see tripe
well I love how it just soaks up the
flavor of the spicy broth and itself
like the picture a little bit more chewy
it has kind of like a soft texture to it
you almost also get like a meaty texture
you see like it has like a base layer of
like meat and then it has kind of like a
flowery skin almost on the outside
that's actually pretty good so this is
like the super recommended fish dango
which is like a fish cake and just like
took it into the bra
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you'd definitely taste the fish in this
but almost like they've taken a can of
tuna and mash it all up and put it in a
ball but definitely good with the broth
and the more you eat it like you can
just taste like it has this this
sweetness about it I just love the
flavors it's like this really pops out
especially like mixed in with the broth
this is the heavier Dongo and that means
it has that like pieces of shrimp in
there nice texture is very very similar
to the fish cake but you have the shrimp
flavor I just love this stuff
overall it's very much like hotpot if
you ever had a Chinese hot pot is it
very very similar and super delicious
number two showed on Dumbo at Taiwan
pump out alright let's go and get some
Taiwanese dumplings Taiwan Tumbo is a
Japanese franchise from post and from
Osaka area and it opened quite recently
unlike the other Chinese restaurants
this spot keeps it simple and focused
which may be a relief for first-timers
they do offer of a variety of should on
dump out on their menu but I think just
starting off with their most popular
item that Taiwan's our own tempo so this
is kind of like a dumpling with a pork
inside thing I loved about it is when
you eat it and you break it open it
still has the juices inside and like
that's the best part when you eat it you
use one of these spoons and you put it
on just like this looking bad and put
some little bit of vinegar some soy
sauce and then I've also put some hot
spicy sauce on there
that's insanely good doesn't love the
texture of this thing what's interesting
is like there's not a lot of juices like
I've had before but like the umami
flavors are so strong and in fact it's a
little bit sweet which is nice and the
skin itself it's kind of like sticky
once there's a nice like a steamy hot
dumpling on a cold day like this is
perfectly number three fresh seafood at
fukusa there are many seafood merchants
in America and who'll kusa is one of the
few merchants where you can enjoy their
food and sake right on the spot
check out this crab succulent pieces of
crab
then had some green onions on top
freshly steamed this is like quite a bit
of crab and it's nice like for having it
in alcohol let me just get this piece
right there hopefully I don't drop it
cuz that would be such a shame oh yeah
look at that piece right there I'm like
how it's like just so easy to take off
the shell you days like it's been
flavored a little bit but it's still
like fresh
I like the texture it's a bit chewy it's
super cold though so so don't be
surprised if it's cold like this is how
like it's prepared alright so let's get
it from like the fist of the the legs
just like grab some of that look at that
look at all that crab
look at all that crab that's amazing
what's nice about this is feel like it's
been marinated a little bit or it has
some flavor to it it's but almost tastes
like they've taken out the crab
marinated it and then put it back in
like its rightful location because just
like comes out so easily or they just
put some sauce on it
but the show but one of the nice things
about the shop even though I'm not doing
it is you're gonna have suck it while
you're eating fresh fish like crab
oysters Unni I just love how there's
such big pieces of crab there look at
that
what a wonderful day
we do believe difficult as you can see
from my fire number four
yeah Keyshia don't bow and this shop
makes the best young Keyshia don't bow
but it doesn't have a store name at
least from what I can tell it's right
next to kusa so it's not hard to find
just no sign but who needs one right
that would make too much sense
so what's funny is we're ordering at
this store as a young Keisha don't bow
but this is the same kitchen as the one
over there all right so this is yucky so
don't foul it hi this before in other
videos but it's so good definitely had
to show you guys in Chinese there's a
different name but in Japanese everyone
calls it yet each little bow
yucky means I pan-fried and then she
dumped ours I can just the idea there's
a meat inside of a dumpling but this is
like it's pan-fried that's why they call
it yucky - don't bow I love just how
there's all the juices that are inside
of this thing and it just like explodes
with flavor
mmm so good like I love how the bottom
layer is really super crunchy kind of
hard and stiff
and it gives it a nice texture when it
mixes with a soft and juicy meat I
believe it's a pork and it has some
onions in there it's kind of a little
bit sweet it has some sesame seeds on
top and just love like the crunchy
flavor of the pan-fried miss it gives it
kind of like a I got snick you know
almost like you're eating a snack like a
nice juicy meat pocket snack with all
that soup at the bottom wow that's so
sweet and delicious it's sweeter than
you would think I love it
oh really crispy
mommy is it oh I remember the skin a
really sexy crispy the meat dude
one more up from that it's good number
five Korean hot dog at Hadid um all
right so this is our second round of the
cheese dog you've had it before but
today we're gonna go to a different shop
what are the nice things about this
place is they make it really fast other
places they take quite a bit of time but
this one will get you your cheese dog
lickety-split
alright let's go check it out Arirang is
one of the most popular Korean hot dog
shops in shin-okubo Koreatown and
they've also set up a few shops in I'm a
Yoko they have all sorts of toppings
cheese mustard honey mustard cheddar
cheese garlic powder honey butter and
even cheese powder so we got another
cheese dog if you saw my other video
from shin-okubo
k-town we got the cheese dog but this
son I'm doing it a little bit different
before I got the sugar all around which
I didn't like so much so this time I got
no sugar and also inside we got cheddar
cheese and mozzarella and before we just
got mozzarella fact this place that we
just went to they just do the mozzarella
and the cheddar cheese with a regular
crust but I asked if I can get the
potato and looking I got the potato on
the outside so I got this custom so you
won't see this on the menu but maybe if
you guys ask nicely
they'll have it some garlic powder
seasoning Oh
trains kind of loud so one thing on the
OCO the street runs parallel to the
train station so you were going to get a
lot of trains here you can kind of
almost see like the crusty parts and
bits let me take a first bite
Wow the hat is amazingly good I'm so
happy we just put the ketchup and the
honey mustard and then the cheese is so
deliciously cheesy the potatoes is
identified someone's like having like
loaded potato fries oh it's so good
I'm actually liking the cheddar cheese
and mozzarella mix better than just the
mozzarella and the garlic powder that
I've added on this on top is really nice
number six takoyaki and minatoya
this seafood rice bowl shop has a
takoyaki stand just to the side of it
I'm not a big fan of seafood bowls in
America in general but their takoyaki is
a giant ball of gooey love you know I
love sauces but this place you get to as
much sauce as you want so we're gonna go
crazy on the sauce today first of all
special sauce look at that extra extra
sweet and some mayonnaise
oh no T seaweed and bonito flakes to
finish it off all right all right
takoyaki this is my takoyaki spot here
in a Mayo ko you can't see it because I
buried these things the toppings this
place has one of the biggest takoyaki
balls I've ever had and relatively
inexpensive for for taco balls it's only
200 yen which is like a miracle deal for
like people that really just want to try
out what it tastes like or if you're
hungry you can get eight balls for a 400
yen so pretty good look at that
loveliness you can still see the steam
billowing from there
naughty mayonnaise bonito flake
loveliness Oh hmm that is such a gooey
surprise in there that's so delicious
and I don't know what it is
this takoyaki has a different flavor
than a lot of the Tucker's I've had and
has that this unique gooey like richness
to it I love it
let's meet her like it does have
interesting flavor
I think absolutely tour today the you
that unique flavor beautiful and the
octopus is really meaty really me number
seven menchi-katsu at neko no o yama
it's basically a sanding bar and they
have all sorts of fried goodness but
what sets this star apart from the
others is that it's owned by a meat
wholesale company so you know you're
getting the best quality for the price
all right look at how big this is this
is a Minji is made out of Wagyu so this
like fried Beast has a Wagyu beef inside
let's just open this up and let me show
you oh it's just so oily with goodness
look at that loveliness it's like
blowing in my face
all right let's taste this
this is amazing so crunchy but this one
has a nice mixture of just like a slight
oiliness from the fried bits of the
outside but then meat and so it's really
nice and tender you have some like oil
in there that's really good wow I love
this meat you can see all of the onions
you know it's like a hint of sweetness
but it's not too sweet this one is
actually the special Wagyu beef whereas
they have another one that's a little
bit cheaper it's 200 it's like a
different kind of meat so if you guys
come here I recommend you just pay the
extra 200 yen and get the loggia cos
it's really good this is definitely the
spot to come to and it's like my
favorites but I think plus I also got
like a beer here that is so good being
here was like a little over 200 yen it's
like 2 bucks is like so cheap and it's
funny because it's mostly all like
Japanese locals you don't see a lot of
like foreigners or like travelers here
it was like a lot of just like locals
hanging out in this spot thank you on my
yoga for this treasured dessert I feel
like it's a dessert because it's just so
good alright that concludes in my top
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