This time we head to Osaka
it's the center of the Kansai region and Japan's second-biggest city
it's also full of really exciting things to do
like eat! In this episode
we will focus on DOTONBORI and if you're hungry , this is the place to be
Right!t Well, here we are in DOTONBORI in Osaka
OSAKA is known as Japan's kitchen DOTONBORI is famous for its
cheap and really good food! And joining me
for this report is Kevin Reilly who's been in OSAKA for what? Eighteen-year. 18years!!!
What can you tell me about DOTONBORI? Well, DOTONBORI is kinda
like the... and always has been entertainment center of OSAKA
Right! So it's a fun place to come at night and day
we have lots of cheap fast-food! Right
There's a word that I learned that's very famous with DOTONBORI
which means a
like eat until you drop. Yeah, or pop
Which is what we're gonna be doing today We are gonna go up and down DOTONBORI
very famous for its street food and see what we can find starting with this
RAMEN from KINRYU RAMEN, yeah!
ITADAKI-MASU (bon apetit!)
Let the eating marathon begin Kevin quickly discovers a place serving fantastic
street food cheap
GYOZA! (dumplings) but what's Osaka Gyoza?
Not too sure what this is all I've never heard this OSAKA DUMPLING before
well the most important difference is that it's made in Osaka
of course that makes it better. Each Gyoza Dumpllings is made fast.
they also make a lot of them DOTONBORI can get crowded
and customer start lining up before dark especially on a Friday night
they need a big pile up of GYOZA to keep
every customer happy until closing. 6 GYOZA for 200yen
that's a steal!!
"TARE" sauce is available inside with chopsticks
eat inside or out. At DOTONBORI,
its all good
oh yeah! hot, real hot!
DOTONBORI is like an amusement park of food
Iits over-the-top amazing
You could smell it!! food !!! DOTONBORI, yeah!
my mission here was to find OSAKA's most popular Street snack
You never know what you're going to find on the way.Like this character
oh! takoyaki! C'mon!
TAKOYAKI!
This is TAKOYAKI, probably the most famous street food in all of Japan
done best in Osaka. Making TAKOYAKI requires a lot of movements
left speed it up
Batter, octopus tentacle bits, TEMPURA bits, green NEGI (onions)
and a little red ginger add some color to it all! It takes 10 to 15 minutes to
make each one
so you have to prepare a lot of them. Keep turning
those gas grills are hot
even at normal speed
the hand movements are fast
I don't know about you but I'm getting hungry
the basic TAKOYAKI is only 450yen
It's steaming hot
it's a good idea to wait a few minutes before taking a bite
make sure you have some water with you to put out those flames
if not, be prepared to suffer the consequences
Oh ha ha hot!
each one has Octopus. It wouldn't be TAKOYAKI without it
this shop has several ways to prepare it like this
half boiled egg with green NEGI(onion) smothered in mayonaise and sauce
it's the most popular and the most bizarre
The taste, pure awesomeness
See that big moving crab? it's for KANI DORAKU
a popular restaurant chain with the shop right by Evisu Bashi (bridge)
you can smell the sea food grilling
check that out
oh wow, it's got that char-coal taste
crab legs, chopsticks it's a real challenge. what else they got?
KANI MISO or crab brains for 500 yen
YUM
It's got that flavor from the sea
It's a little matured
time for those brains to meet Davey's locker down the hatch
all of it
kevin has found another popular food
KUSHI-KATSU!
Oh hey, here's an OSAKA especially you gotta try
he orders from the menu below the register.Prices in red for each stick
order a bunch of them KUSHI KATSU is skewered
dipped in batter, breaded
and then deep fried
each one costs between eighty and 200 yen
so here in osaka
what we doing here, we dip our KUSHI-KATSU in sauce, but there is a big rule
only dip once
two times, AKAN!(not allowed)
A bin of sauce is always on the table
or near the register. It's the final flavor to bring the KUSHI-KATSU
into perfection
the perfect ending to the afternoon KUSHI-KATSU on DOTONBORI
the whole NAMBA area is loaded with street stands
so there's really no end in sight to this food paradise
DOTONBORI is a place to bust your gut
if it's not enough just keep going
and make sure you wear elastic pants you're gonna need it