in this video I'm gonna show you guys my
top five and cheapies acai is in Tokyo
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so a lot of you guys have asked me which
is a Caius are my favorite and which
ones are really cheap and in this video
I wanted to show you guys my top 5 but
before we get started you just got to
know something about eASIC ayahs in
Japan some of them are open for 24 hours
and the cool thing is some of them have
actual all-you-can-eat and
all-you-can-drink options which we'll
cover in this video and because the
places are really cheap there's usually
a younger crowd so in this video I'm
gonna try to go to these acai it's a
little bit earlier so it won't be as
crowded but be prepared to have crowds
and crowds of people and wait so one
thing that you guys just gotta know is
that they're kind of loud so if you want
to have a peaceful conversation then it
might be difficult because there's just
so many people there also it could be
really smoky so if you or any family
members that don't like smoke then you
might want to avoid these places because
smoking is allowed and if you want to
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below all right let's do this number one
on my favorite cheap yakiniku place the
kanji in their name literally reads as
cheap cheap need i say any more so what
I love about this place the most is that
it's like the cheapest place to have a
Yankee because at least for me and get
like a lot of food for a decent value
you can order one dish at a time or get
one of their all-you-can-eat courses so
they have courses that start at 1700 yen
and go up to all the way to 3200 yen and
then for an extra 1200 yen you can get
all you could drink
pretty cool all right and look at this
beer so it's not the biggest fear in the
world but it's like it's actually you
know gets a decent size your average
size nothing like a fresh beer this is
one of my favorites its honcho and it's
actually beef tongue but it's so
delicious like I just like this really
nice texture this is why I love this
place
the funny thing is I never go here with
Michael because he really doesn't like
it because he thinks the meat is really
cheap which is like it's really fair
because it it doesn't mean it's cheap
but I just love meat in general so it's
really good to me and this is cantata
it's one of my favorite is pork it's
like really really fatty but it just
literally pops when you eat it coolest
thing is the food is cooked right in
front of you and you can see the smoke
like it's all going up into the exhaust
fan but man you're definitely gonna
smell like smoke after this so you know
if you are gonna go out or if you have
like people to meet after this then this
is probably not the place to go but if
you just want to have like a nice beer
hang out with some friends
if you doing like barbecue up some meat
like this is the spot oh and we're
getting one of my favorite pieces
that is a party garlic cooked to
perfection and you want to have some
vegetables you should definitely try the
kimchi money LSA which is like a kimchi
assortment my favorite is like the
pickled ones I just like can't stop
eating that kimchi and they have a
tablet here too which means they have an
English menu
number two eso mutters Suisan if you're
looking for some seafood and this is the
place to go let me show you what's
inside what I love about this place it
has like this nice beach house kind of
feel like you're like in this fisherman
stand over here
and just like the other user kaya's this
place has a touch panel which makes
ordering so easy does they also have an
English menu in fact they have English
Korean and Chinese here I'm a proponent
of pictures on the menu as it makes
ordering easy also at this place the
pictures are pretty spot-on to what you
actually get easy like Taco Tuesday all
right look I got the beer looks like a
lot of beer but it's actually not that
much I feel like I can drink this like
in one gulp oh there that like three
gulps and it's almost gone this is one
of the ways that they make money here
just to sell these drinks but what I
like about this place but is that
there's no like one drink minimum here
thinking yourself water and then like
not even order anything else which is
super nice but unfortunately there's no
all you can drink here so you're gonna
have to order your beers and you're a
few guys one at a time look at how we
got the whole table day you cook it
yourself so this is a Chaya specializes
in grilled shellfish Hama goodie which
is like a giant clam is my go-to once
the show opens about two centimeters you
simply cut it with the scissors
I love the clam juices feel you still
get all of that clam flavor let's peel
that up that's all good
or else can you cook your own seafood at
a restaurant it's like you're part of
the entire experience this is Connie
miso Cora which is a crab butter oh so
delicious
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it's so delicious for some reason when
I'm eating the cutting meat so it just
like there's a lot of oil feels like
there so it's almost like eating
something very very unhealthy like kind
of junky but it's so good
this is Chima Zhu Shi Michael's favorite
it's a local delicacy of an island in
Japan called Hachi Dojima so what I love
about this is that the rice is pre
season as well as a fish you can see
that it's actually a mustard in here
instead of a wasabi which is pretty
interesting and when you take that first
bite you can like heal the mustard kick
it's amazing
this is hooking a type of mackerel that
makes my heart sing look at that me
there's not as good as your how to say
like skeezy fish but it's still pretty
tender which is nice you still feel like
the moisture in the fish number three
toady Hisoka toady kazoku is my favorite
yakitori is a kind of chain during those
times when I'm struggling to make a
dollar out of 15 cents and even if I
could make it rain I love this places
everything on the menu is 298 yen and of
course they have a touch panel in
English
tody Kazoku even has an all you can eat
and drink course or two thousand nine
hundred eighty yen for groups of eight
or more my beer just came look how big
it is this is a regular beer and this
Gansu in beer and this is 298 yet three
bucks that's freaking great there's so
much good stuff here but I'm gonna show
you my free of sources that you should
definitely try this is my go-to numb
Kosuke dog a bright cartilage and it's
so good I love the way it crunches what
I usually actually like doing I just a
love rubbing the chili powder around it
just like that gives it a little like
extra spice it's amazing mmm popcorn
cartilage what is kick this is Momo
kazoku yucky spices what I love about it
is they have thigh meat and then it's
sandwiched in between these Mirena
legi which is onion then they sprinkle
some extra spice on it
and it has a little bit of a kick but
like not too much not that spicy three
bucks you can beat this and what's nice
is you get two skewers out of each order
I mean I have to be honest just not the
best yakitori I've had in Japan but
still the value is just unbeatable here
so this is to Ceti is a neck part of the
chicken
mm-hmm that's hits a spot for me I like
I loved a little like texture to it it's
not just like a chicken because it had a
little bit like cartilage kind of
texture to it but it still has like a
very juicy thigh kind of meat to it
can't forget about the free cabbage
refills it's just a regular cabbage
about three refills all night so you can
just like keep on downing this the
entire time is pretty awesome so one tip
I have for you guys this is such a cheap
and inexpensive place to eat that
everyone goes here especially the
younger kids so it gets super busy so
like anytime after like 6:30 there's
gonna be a super long line so you want
to get here as early as possible but man
it's still such a great value and what I
love about this place is that there's no
a service charge or a table charge you
get what you pay for number four
kushikatsu Tanaka kushikatsu Tanaka is
one of my favorite izakayas because they
have really cheap because you got to and
they have really cheap beers let's go
inside and check it out man this place
it's like the middle of day on a
Saturday and it's still so super loud
one of the things I love is just how
like energetic the staff are and they
just like welcome you with us like
awesome greeting everyone it says
welcome to the place so cuz you got to
our fried skewers of different pieces of
meat and fish and vegetables this place
is actually originally from Osaka in
Osaka is famous for kushikatsu what's
another cool thing a performer's is in
as all-you-can-drink in which is 1308 en
they have some set torches here and even
they have all you can eat takoyaki might
be worth looking into if you will have a
family so the takoyaki is a really fun
for kids to try it's so cool that you
can actually make your own takoyaki here
if you guys really want they actually
have this dice rolling game for free
drinks but the dice rolling game is only
for whiskey and soda if you win then you
get a free drink you got to roll a
certain number i don't drink whiskey so
unfortunately i don't actually ever play
the game but actually play the dice game
to get free drinks oh man let's go
smooth I'm just a so excited look this
is one of my favorites it's a GU cut -
it's a fried meat what else could be
going wrong fried freaking meat
the one thing is you got to dip it in
the sauce you're not supposed to double
dip though look at that a suckling
morsel of meat and private goodness is
so loud
that is so delicious I'm gonna have to
have more of these so inexpensive that
you can just order tons and tons of
these kushikatsu sticks honestly who
doesn't love fried food it's a nice
texture because you have the gooeyness
with like the firm chuckle this is
shiitake mushroom look at all of that
loveliness right there even though
that's like is a really cheap izakaya
they do really well with a frog like
it's a really thin coat so it's like not
overcooked it's not undercooked just
like pretty perfect they have the frying
down to a science here and as a dessert
you can get cookies and cream Wow it is
exactly like an Oreo cookie say this
fried up freaking cookie is amazing and
number five what Tommy what Tommy is an
all around izakaya like kina CUDA and
wadda wadda you can sometimes find
individual rooms too so we're here in
what Tommy it's one of my favorite
izakayas
because it has an awesome selection of
food there's actually other izakayas
that are very similar to this by similar
like it seems the same
but this is like kind of like that happy
medium and displaces this not to
specialize in like one particular food
and a sashimi and a salad yakitori gyoza
and it even has horse meat
not that I'm condoning it and look how
big these beers are so this is like the
regular-sized beer but this is a large
beer blow the more expensive but look
how much bigger it is it's pretty
awesome so right there that's autoshi
meaning that when they come here and
they bring this to you you're gonna have
to pay a table charge and what's nice is
they have an all-you-can-drink course
here which is 1,800 yen for two hours oh
and check it out they also have an
English menu with everything so this is
one of my favorite that's called a kid a
Amiens it's like like a ray it's
actually their fin not really that
crunchy like it has like this part of
chewy texture it's almost like beef
jerky it's but it's like fish beef jerky
hmm I would say is like my favorite fish
jerky ever and this is a mess order it's
gonna chicken balls and have these like
chunky cartilage but what's really nice
it comes with a raw egg yolk that is
still dripping I always order this
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it was like eating the best chicken
nugget with like a super yogi saucy
flavor
this is she's um oh this is like the
perfect and drinking side dish which in
Japanese it's called Oh - mommy like
monster princess sometimes the actual
shisha mo has eggs in the belly and
she's gonna dip it and eat the head
right up
- check it out this one actually it has
eggs you see that it's like nice and
bitter and I've had like this nice egg
texture look at this veal was driving it
gripping it Rob that's some good Gaza
but it's not the best kids I've ever had
but still it's really good and in fact
it's a really garlicky so if you love
garlic then this is your meal ticket
all right so that concludes my top 5
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