we're in Tokyo, Japan the food culture here is incredible and we are so excited
to be filming a bunch of food videos let's get food hunting
if you're a
seafood lover Tokyo is the city for you we want to show you how to eat a seafood
feast like the locals do, seafood that is fresh and delicious for under $40 you
don't want to miss this video get ready for some mouth-watering food
I'm Thomas and I'm Sheena and we're Chasing a Plate
we hope you're hungry, let's eat!
this video is all about seafood, when you're in Japan that's what
you want to be eating- fresh seafood and so we have hunted down a restaurant
which is local, it's really affordable and they serve fresh and tasty seafood
let's go and eat
they do a great deal here where you can get these wooden bowls full of sashimi
for a really really good price, I love this place already because it's got a
very good local feel, it's packed with people after work having a beer having
some seafood we have ordered those bowls we ordered some drinks we've ordered
some other seafood side dishes as well
thank you very much
our seafood feast has arrived and oh my gosh it looks so good
so let me talk you through what we've got so at the
front here we've got the bowls that Thomas was talking about this one here is
filled with tuna sashimi so maguro with a bit of wasabi on the side, these
are some gunkan sushi so there's some salmon eggs and also uni and then in this bowl
here we've got some shelled crab and there's some scallops back here we've got minced tuna
with natto and then our final dish is octopus with some wasabi, seaweed and
spring onion
this looks like an incredible feast so I'm gonna grab some
soy sauce ohhh the lid is hard to open so a little bit of soy in my dish and I think
I have to start with this tuna it looks unreal, these huge slices of tuna so of
course a nice dab of wasabi on there grab a slice, ohhh look at the colour of that
I'm gonna give it a very very light touch in the soy
oh that's beautiful
beautiful and really really good texture and temperature
it's not too cold so it's got a lot of flavour
pretty sure I've got soy sauce all over me so it just had a tiny bit of saltiness
cause I didn't add too much soy, the wasabi, just that beautiful sharp kick you
get with wasabi but there wasn't enough there to really get up my nose so it
didn't overtake all the other flavours that's really nice, it's super
fresh, great taste of the fish oh and I love the texture oh that is a really good first
mouthful
I love the selection we've got here it's crazy how much different
seafood we have for the price it's absolutely incredible I'm gonna try the ikura
sushi so this is salmon roe or salmon eggs and look how big and plump they
look, they should really pop in my mouth there's some cucumber hiding in there
and then obviously rice and the and the seaweed wrap around the outside so once
again I'm gonna get a nice chunk of wasabi just pop that on top, a very light
dip in the soy I don't want to overtake and of course with sushi
one go
whoa
that is good
it's definitely not
the most flavoursome salmon roe I've ever had, it's not packed with flavour it wasn't
actually that poppy in my mouth, often they're like little water balloons popping
in your teeth, they didn't do that so much but they do have a nice little
saltiness to them but overall a pretty mild flavor for what they are but really
good I love how they're piled up high and then the rice is just perfect and
there's lots of cucumber in there so there's a really good crunch from all
the cucumber
I want to dive in on this crab, now I love crab when it's in its
shell and cracking it open yourself and chomping on the shell to get into that
meat is super satisfying but it's so luxurious when you have it done for you
and this pile is looking really good so you've got the pile of the shredded, pile
of shredded crab and then this brown stuff here that's crab liver so I'm
gonna get a bite which has got a bit of both all right that's looking real good
mmmmm, mmmm
that's really tasty, the crab has got quite a strong seafood flavour but it's still very sweet
and then that crab
liver it's um quite intense in flavour it's almost a little bit bitter but
quite creamy hmm that's a good bite
now it's time to get into the uni, uni is
one of my favourite things to eat when we're in Japan, so uni is sea urchin
it's the gonads of the sea urchin and in this case it's in sushi form so I'm just
going to get one of the pieces, make sure I've got oooo I'm gonna get that extra
bit of uni that's just fallen down and pile that on top all right so
there's the rice and then also some cucumber batons in there and then I'm
just going to dab a little bit of soy sauce on top of the uni, actually
grab some wasabi as well swipe that on top and then one go
mmmm, mmmm, mmmmm, mm, mmm!
oh I got that down oh that was an amazing bite, the uni is really creamy
it's almost like custard it hits your tongue and then it starts to dissolve
it's got like a slightly bitter, sometimes the faintest metallic tinge, that's such a
unique flavour, if you ever get a chance to eat it you have to try it it's just so
unique tasting but I think what I love the most about it is the texture of
it, it just is so creamy
this cold beer is going down a treat with this meal so next up
I'm gonna try the octopus so this is a raw octopus dish it's got some greens on
there actually some finely cut spring onions and it's got wasabi in it as
well so lets just get a bit of whoa everything, that's a massive piece of
greens, hang on let's just get, alright a bit of everything
mmmmm
oh yeah mmmm, mmmm
oh that is good, ohhhh it's got a great wasabi kick, right up my nose
the octopus is a
beautiful texture it's not chewy at all, octopus can sometimes be really chewy
it's super soft and that green I think Sheena said it was some seaweed
at the start, but actually it's a leafy green so that's really nice
it's actually kind of crunchy like the stalk is still really crunchy and the
wasabi flavour in this is strong, really strong which I love it goes straight up your
nose, really clears your sinuses it's a beautiful taste the octopus not
too strong tasting, the wasabi is definitely the biggest flavour there
it was really nice, has a great seafood-y flavour, the wasabi, that is good that's
really really tasty, now I think it's time for a scallop, I love scallops and
these are calling out my name, look at the size of these things absolutely huge
so I think a little dip in the soy just straight in like that
mmmmm, mmmm
mmmm, ohhhh
beautiful flavour of the ocean, oh that is good, a little bit chewy on the outside and then really
soft flesh on the inner bit, the main fleshy bit and a beautiful
ocean taste like I said, just a little almost essence of the sea in that, that is a really good mouthful
I'm so intrigued by this next dish so it's minced tuna it comes with a blob
of wasabi some sprinkling of spring onions and then natto, so natto is
fermented soybean and it's like a superfood it's packed with probiotics
and you can see if I pick it up, can you see how sticky it is? So if you mix natto up it becomes all
sticky and people sort of liken it to smelling like smelly socks or stinky
blue cheese I think it's sort of a love-hate type of food so what I'm gonna do is just
get a huge bite of this tuna with a bit of the wasabi some spring onions and
then a healthy dollop of that natto on top, all right
mmmmm ohhhh that is good!
the maguro or the tuna
is very creamy, it's a little bit fatty and it just, it's just got a
beautiful flavour and then that natto it's really earthy, a little bit gluggy and sticky
it adds just another dimension to that bite
and then that wasabi of course has a bit of a hit
goes up your nose, and fresh spring onions
I'm gonna go again because it's just a really delicious
flavour combination okay what I might do is actually dip
a bit of it in the soy sauce
okay
mmmm did you see that sticky string?
mmmmm, mmm!
ohhhh it's really good there are not many varying textures in
that it's all sort of like mushy but the flavours are really tasty it's really
fresh tasting, that tuna is top notch
we are gonna knock back our drinks now probably order some more get into all
this seafood so now that we've tried everything I can't wait to
dive in and really start devouring all this food it's such a great spread for
the price, this is really really good
that was such a great seafood meal for under $40 so the drinks were a little
bit more on top, the under 40 bucks was just the seafood itself but that
was such a spread, I'm totally chock a block full it was really really good, really
enjoyable, really fresh and super tasty remember to hit that subscribe button
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