- Oh.
I'm so tempted just to bite the straw.
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This is a hit.
You would never find this in America,
at Starbucks at least.
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What's up guys, I'm Q,
and today I'm gonna be showing you
the US versus Japan Starbucks.
I'm start with this one,
I think this is the Peppermint Mocha.
I'm not sure how I feel about that,
like peppermint with anything is not a good thing to me.
Ew.
Okay, let's see.
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See, here's the thing.
I feel like the specialty drinks from places
are always a little weird,
like Pumpkin Spice, Peppermint Mocha.
This is a little strange to me,
I feel like I'm drinking a mint,
and that's not a good thing.
I mean, it's tasty I guess,
but it leaves like a really funny aftertaste in my mouth
I'm not really feeling.
This is already a strike against US already.
I feel like Japan...
I feel like Tokyo wouldn't do that.
They're not gonna put weird mints in your drink.
I don't know, I don't know.
But, this is definitely a strike for the US,
this is weird.
I don't really like this.
I'm drinking it though,
so that says something.
All right, so I officially made it to Japan,
I'm in my capsule hotel right now.
People are sleeping on both sides of me,
so I'm trying to keep it kind of quiet.
Let's do what I do.
Some Matcha White Chocolate Latte.
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Pretty sure it's basically just green tea,
but the white chocolate is fire.
Has kind of like a tea flavor,
like the green tea latte wasn't that good.
This is a smash.
Matcha is a huge thing here,
and I feel like now it's spread everywhere.
Let's see what this one is.
Green Tea Latte, that actually sounds pretty delicious.
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Oh (beep), can we get a close up on that?
That looks disgusting.
Taste all right, just don't open the top,
don't open the can.
This seems like something you could get in Japan.
I feel like it has a green mint, green something,,
oh like matcha, like matcha flavor.
Green Tea Latte, like to be honest,
it looks a little funny.
It tastes okay,
but it smells like the sea.
Not bad.
Okay, this is the Sanataboots Frappuccino,
chocolate frappuccino.
With a cookie straw.
That's pretty tight.
When the US thinks of Christmas,
they put peppermint.
Japan thinks of cookies and chocolate.
That makes more sense.
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So this also has potato chips in it
and chocolate balls.
This is crazy,
this is good though.
It's so tempting just to bite the straw.
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This gets a thumbs up.
This is way more Christmasy than peppermint.
Peppermint drinks are disgusting, I'm sorry.
All right, let's dive into this thing.
We're in LA right now,
and this is like a LA thing I feel like.
Everybody drinks this,
I don't know what the hell it is.
It's called a Dragon Drink,
and I'm guessing it's dragon fruit in here?
Oh, it's like little chunks of it in there, let's see.
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That's pretty (beep) good.
I see the hype now, damn.
This is a hit.
This is good for several reason.
This is good because it tastes good,
it looks good,
and imagine the Instagram photo you can take
with this pink drink.
Like hashtag Dragon Drink has to be a thing.
All right, so apparently it's a lot of (beep) in here.
It's like mango, passion fruit, love, strawberries.
The ingredients go (beep) deep man.
This is good,
but this is a smash.
The US just finally got on the board.
This is a shrimp and broccoli sandwich.
Garlic bread outside.
So shrimp, broccoli inside,
garlic bread outside.
It smells so good,
definitely super unique.
You would never find this in America,
at Starbucks at least.
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I mean, I'm not surprised that it's good,
but it's really good.
My go to in the US is the sausage cheddar biscuit.
I mean, I can't say I'd pick this over it every time,
because it is shrimp.
It's garlic as a smell,
so on the daily basis I'd probably get a sausage biscuit.
If I want something that's good and tasty.
Let's get this something over here.
I know about this,
this is a Iced Lemon Load.
This (beep) is fire,
like I order this every week
at least three to four times,
because it's so good.
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Like the icing on top is honestly too much,
but it's just the perfect amount for me.
I feel like Tokyo isn't gonna have anything like this.
What would Tokyo have for dessert?
Probably little munchy balls
or some (beep) like that, you know?
This is American,
this is some American bull (beep).
You on the board,
this is also a half court shot, swish.
US is coming back
USA, USA.
This is called Strawberry Discovery, oh wow
This is definitely a mile.
Looks pretty sticky and messy,
which isn't amity.
But pink, strawberry, my favorite.
I need a fork for this.
It looks delicious.
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It's really good.
This is amazing.
I'm no food expert,
but the inside seems like moose,
the outside's like Jim.
I don't know who that is,
but it's good.
Savage mode.
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Double Smoked Bacon Sandwich.
This looks pretty appealing to me,
like I would buy this.
The bacon looks pretty solid,
the cheese looks pretty hard.
But it's probably because, oh...
I won't take that against them.
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Yeah, this is good.
This is just like a classic American breakfast,
you know what I'm saying?
You got some eggs,
you got some bacon,
you got some carbs.
And look at the top of that bad boy.
You see that?
That's beautiful.
Imagine the Instagram photo from the top,
you know with the coffee right there, boom.
Minimum 50 likes, you know depending on your page.
Nah, for real though,
this is some classic, American (beep).
I'm for it.
This is the American waffle.
I'm not gonna lie, this one's fire.
I thought it was kind of funny,
in America we eat Belgium waffles,
everyone's like, "Oh, they're so good."
And here they have American waffles,
so I thought that was funny.
Let's see how it tastes.
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It's okay, I feel like
if it had butter and syrup on it,
it would be good.
Right now it's just plain.
I guess if I'm comparing it to like US desserts,
yeah this is solid,
like it's definitely up there, for sure.
Comparing it to just a waffle period?
This is whatever.
This is the Iced Salted Caramel Mocha.
Again, this sounds so (beep) typical,
like LA bull (beep).
What's a macchiato?
That's my question,
what the hell is a macchiato,
that's what I want.
I feel like my bosses boss orders macchiato's,
you know what I'm saying?
Oh, that's a lot.
That's really sweet, but good.
Caramel isn't my go to thing to eat or drink.
It's like sweet and salty,
yeah salted caramel.
Yeah, that's good.
This is really good if you have a sweet tooth,
or just want something
that tastes like a dessert for breakfast.
But, yeah right now this is a lot for me.
But I feel like this is universal,
like I'm sure they have these in every Starbucks
around the world.
This is just classic iced coffee.
This is the Nutty White Chocolate.
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Whoa, this is amazing.
So it has white chocolate obviously.
There are also gold coated roasted almonds,
which is pretty tight.
This is good.
For a sugar rush,
this is like...
Right now it's Christmas time,
Japan understands Christmas.
They understand how to do Christmas flavored drinks,
and theme stuff.
The US takes it immediately to peppermints,
like is that all you got?
This is fire.
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire.
White Chocolate Mocha.
This sounds really good,
everybody loves white chocolate.
Let's look at it though.
This smells like the last thing I (beep) drink.
Let's see.
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Okay I get it.
Okay, so the White Chocolate Mocha is good,
and it tastes like the other one I had before,
but a lot more subtle.
This is for somebody who wants a little taste of something,
but not too much.
This is it.
So this is good,
this is like me.
This is what I want.
A sweet, but not like super sweet.
You know at first taste,
I'm like it doesn't taste like anything,
which is like for some people a good thing.
So, this is solid,
and it sounds fancy, you know?
I'm drinking a White Chocolate Mocha.
So we got a cinnamon roll.
I'm not sure how it's gonna taste,
but they made sure to make it look amazing.
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I mean, it's all right.
If you don't have a huge sweet tooth,
this is for you.
I like mine to have a whole bunch of icing,
just be super sweet.
This is super light,
which isn't bad.
But, it depends on your preference,
so it's good.
But I may need like a side of icing,
not bad though.
Like I keep saying,
right now this isn't a comparison of just this,
versus the US,
this would be the top thing.
I'm guessing this is a Cake Pop.
This is what I'm about.
I love cupcakes,
I like cake in general.
And this is the perfect size.
I'll get two of these,
and be good for the day.
And it's real cute,
like again come on now.
Can somebody take a Instagram photo for me?
Anybody?
Raj?
This would be a good ass Instagram photo,
that's all I'm saying.
All right, let's see how it tastes though.
Looks can be deceiving.
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Looks might've been deceiving,
this is kind of nasty.
Maybe nasty is the wrong word.
This is not what I thought it was gonna be.
Well, it looked good,
and that's the thing.
Instagram photo would be lit.
75 likes minimum.
But yeah, it's okay.
It looks a lot better than it tastes.
The outer part,
I'm not sure what I thought it was gonna taste like,
but it didn't taste like that.
It should taste like strawberry, right?
And it does not.
Cranberry Bliss Bar.
Again, I feel like no matter what it tastes like,
they made sure to make it look fire.
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Tastes very mediocre.
So basically to me,
it tastes like a graham cracker cheesecake,
like cream cheese,
and then cranberries on top.
Not bad, it's not one of my favorite things
I've had so far,
but I mean it's pretty good.
And I'll say it again,
we're comparing this blow for blow.
With the US and this would again be somewhere on top.
The US to me only have the Iced Lemon Cake.
They got options,
hella options.
It's pretty good.
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If I go back to Starbucks in Japan,
that's something I can definitely get for sure.
Well, I feel like that would go well with some coffee.
Starbucks US, I'm not mad at what I had.
We had some highlights.
The pink drink, fire.
The lemon loaf, fire.
This, classic.
And the drinks,
I mean I would say this is pretty good,
the White Mocha.
The green tea was a little weird,
but this is also good.
So I mean overall,
what we had this is a pretty good mix of stuff.
All right, that was it.
We finished it up.
After trying everything in the US,
comparing it to everything in Japan,
I have to say that Japan wins this one easily.
The drinks are better,
the food is better,
pretty much all around Starbucks in Japan won.
They understand Christmas,
they got way more desserts,
way more food.
Clearly Starbucks is a thing here.
And actually when you go to Starbucks
at like 8:00 A.M,
it's packed.
Japan wins this won,
US Starbucks step your game up.
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