Alright guys so the food adventures continues.
Today we are bringing you to Ameya-Yokochō (アメヤ横丁) another market here in Tokyo.
Apparently this one is known as Candy Seller Alley (ameyoko - アメ横) and they sell a lot of sweets.
I've read that after the war this was kind of like the black market where you could come
to buy your sweet potatoes and your sugar.
You know kind of luxury items at the time.
But we've been walking around here and we're seeing lots of clothes, lots of shoes.
We've seen a few sweets.
I'm hoping we stumble upon more.
But yeah it should be a fun and tasty video.
So join us.
So much for talk about sweets and desserts.
Our first dish is actually savory.
We found a stand that was serving up Takoyaki (たこ焼き) which are the little balls pancake balls
with octopus.
And this is something we ate a lot in Osaka.
This is actually where the dish originates.
So yeah we're just going to be dressing this putting on some condiments and digging in.
So here we go.
We put some of that barbecue flavored sauce, some mayo, some bonito flakes.
This looks like parsley as well.
And yeah going in.
Oh that is so hot.
Wow.
That is steaming.
Super hot huh?
They are making them in front of me.
Yeah.
I can feel the steam coming at me from the stand.
You can see it rising.
See it rising yeah.
But very good.
Very good.
It is a very doughy.
Does it taste different from the ones we had in Osaka.
Um not really.
So if you looks inside like the pancake is kind of crispy and brown on the outside and
then gooey on the inside.
So yeah it is pretty tasty.
Nice little street snack.
Oh and how much was it?
We paid 200 Yen for this little tray that comes with four Takoyaki (たこ焼き).
So it is really exciting for me to be trying Takoyaki (たこ焼き) again I have to admit that
is probably my favorite street food snack when we were in Osaka.
And we haven't had it since we've been in Tokyo so it is so nice.
And I like that we got to dress these ourselves.
Yes.
This was pretty fun.
You decide how much sauce you want on there.
Mmmm.
Oh my gosh those are so good.
So savory and yet sweet at the same time.
I love the contrast between the cripsiness on the outside and gooeiness in the middle
too.
Such a nice treat man.
This is just awesome Japanese street food.
So I have a choice of different condiments here.
So I think I'll try some cheddar cheese sauce.
And it has already been coated in like a coconut sugar.
Look at that.
Pouring that over.
And why not try another one.
I'll try some ketchup.
This looks good.
A little ketchup.
A little bit of chili sauce.
And some cheese mustard for the win.
Second food item and we still haven't gotten anything sweet.
No.
We've gone for Korean street food now.
Yeah this one caught our eye and this one is called they sell Arirang Hot Dogs.
The name of the business.
And they sell different kinds of breaded hot dogs and the one that I think I ordered is
going to have cheddar.
Is going to be a cheddar cheese hot dog.
And then I went and grabbed some condiments.
I grabbed cheese sauce, I grabbed spicy mustard, I grabbed chili sauce.
So it is fully jacked.
That sounds like an interesting combination.
Yeah.
Oh and the price is 430 Yen so about $4 US dollars.
Trying this for the first time it is a giant.
It is a behemoth.
Let me try this.
Alright let's see how you do.
Oh wow.
The first thing I'm noticing is it is sweet and crunchy on the outside and as you bite
into it you get the hot dog and then you get the artificial cheese in the middle.
It is quite an interesting combination.
We've had something similar to this in Korea but I've never had one quite this big and
large before.
I am not convinced.
Like the first thing I smell is the coconut flakes and I'm not sure why that is on a hotdog.
Well, I asked for that.
It wasn't yeah that was as per my request.
What do you think?
I feel like if it had a sweet filling if it were like a brownie or a churro or something
inside.
Then you'd like it.
Then the coconut would make sense.
Yeah.
But it is just weird.
Just not feeling it.
The whole thing is weird.
Haha.
You didn't like it so much.
I knew I was getting into something weird when I ordered it.
But when I started eating it I just wasn't into it and I definitely passed up on coconut
sugar.
Yeah.
So something that I find really interesting is that there is a temple here like right
in the middle of the market.
You can see it just over my shoulder.
And we could here drumming a few moments ago.
Now there is some kind of music, some kind of tapping coming from the temple so we're
going to go check it out and see what it is all about.
So sometimes we arrive at markets too early.
Sometimes we arrive too late.
Today it is a Saturday at about six thirty in the evening and as you can see some of
the shops are already starting to close.
Which I find strange.
I thought it would be really busy on a weekend night.
Lots of people out eating street food.
But yeah things are starting to shutdown in certain sections.
You do still have a few restaurants to choose from.
But I think as the night progresses the food options are going to be a bit more limited.
Okay so now we are finally getting to the sweet stuff to the desserts.
We found some chocolate covered bananas with sprinkles.
Yeah.
And also chocolate covered strawberries with sprinkles.
So yeah this is what we're tucking into next.
The banana I believe was 300 Yen and the chocolate covered strawberries were 350 Yen.
Mmmm.
Is that good?
Oh, that is good.
Is it?
Mmmm.
It is just the quality of fruit in Japan is so outstanding.
Yeah.
It is expensive but it is outstanding.
The strawberries are just so juicy and sweet.
Like those are ripe strawberries.
Wow.
Time for me to try the chocolate covered banana.
This looks so good.
Look at all of those sprinkles just covered in chocolate.
Mmmm.
That is really good.
I'm going to try this one too.
See which is better.
Oh the strawberries are better.
Even better than the banana for sure.
Alright guys so this is our next meal.
We basically chose a whole bunch of skewers with meat and vegetables and now they're boiling
it in front of us in like this soup.
So it looks a bit like the oden (おでん) we had at another market a few days back but I'm
not entirely sure this does look a bit different.
It looks spicier.
Alright, so let us introduce you to the next meal basically what we did is selected 6 skewers
with meats and vegetables.
Yeah.
Put them in this oil or soup to boil and I'm digging in.
I'm going to go for the tofu since this one was my selection.
Mmmm.
Is it good?
It is good.
Do you like that?
It tastes like spicy oil basically.
Wow.
So this is the one I've been eyeing.
It is like some mushroom shoots over here.
These skinny mushrooms wrapped in bacon.
Now if that is not the definition of decadence I don't know what is.
Mmmm.
Oh yeah.
This one in particular has made up for some of the mystery meat that I tried before.
You could literally like eat just a plate of that right?
I could eat a plate of that.
If I was to order it again I would get a lot of that.
It is solid.
And you Audrey what do you think about all of this?
Well I had ordered the bacon but now it is gone thank you so maybe I'd get one of those
as well.
Thank you.
Hello two beer.
Alright man nothing like washing it all down with a beer.
Cheers.
We've been eating a lot of greasy meat so let's have a beer.
Argh.
So we decided to get some Yakitori (xxx) meat to go along with our beers.
I believe we have what is chicken and it is like doused in this sweet sauce.
We've already had a bite.
Woah!
Sam has got chicken skin.
Yours is just skin.
Oh my gosh that is chewy and rubbery but oh so delicious.
I feel like this part of it absorbs the sauce.
I don't know what I got.
Mine has like cartilage in every single bite.
Haha.
Oh it looks like you got tendon.
Yeah.
No bueno huh?
No bueno.
No good.
Hahaha.
What?
So we got two ice creams for dessert.
This is the first one.
It is Matcha Vanilla.
This one is for you Sam.
And I have some chocolate vanilla coming any second now.
What do you think of that chocolate and vanilla?
It is so good.
I know it is not very Japanese.
It is pretty ordinary.
Just vanilla and chocolate but I am more than happy to be finishing off the night with a
bit of ice cream.
Soft serve.
And how much was it?
250 Yen each.
Nice.
So about $2 US dollars.
Just over.
And you better start eating yours before it melts.
Alright let's try this Matcha and Vanilla ice cream.
We've been eating a lot of Matcha ice cream.
Oh yeah nice rich Matcha flavor.
Gotta like it.
Super sweet too.
Really really nice and a great way to be ending off the night for sure.
Alright guys so that concludes are street food video.
It turns out they don't have as many sweets and desserts as I thought they would but we
still had a good time.
Got to try some new dishes.
So I hope you enjoyed that and stick around for more Tokyo videos coming up soon.