[S] Today, we are going to show you what we have for breakfast in Japan.
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[S] Now, before coming to Japan,
[S] I really didn't care that much about breakfast.
[S] I'd either have a bowl of cereal or maybe like,
[S] some toast with peanut butter and jam and that'd be it.
[S] But since coming here,
[S] I've really learned to appreciate how important a good breakfast is.
[M] Breakfast culture in Japan is pretty unique.
[S] Yeah. [M] If you go to, like, a fast food restaurant in the morning --
[M] not, like, a McDonald's, but, like, a Japanese fast food restaurant --
[M] they will serve you like, salmon and rice,
[M] and miso soup for breakfast. [S] Yeah.
[M] And that sounds weird at first,
[M] but once you taste it and get into the habit of it,
[M] it is delicious-- I don't eat bacon anymore. [S] No!
[M] I've got my salty fix with the miso...
[S] I used to crave a western breakfast.
[S] I don't crave that at all.
[S] Whenever we leave Japan, this is what I yearn for. [M] Mm-hmm.
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[M] The one thing we didn't actually show you in the video
[M] is our side dish here with pickles.
[M] These are pickled--
[M]I don't even know what. Are they radishes? [S] I don't know.
[M] I don't know. These are from "Coco Ichiban".
[M] They're our personal favorite type of side dish pickle.
[S] Yeah. [M] They're sweet and sour and crunchy,
[M] and when you add them to here,
[M] it creates that perfect-- the word "umami", is that what it is?
[S] It's the perfect harmony. [M] Yes.
[S] It's the yin and yang of food.
[M] And this is a... a pickled plum, which is quite sour,
[M] and we accidentally ate these on their own once,
[M] and that was a terrible idea,
[M] but when you kind of mix it up with the rice,
[M] you get little bits of tart plum in there, and it is fantastic.
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[M] This is a Japanese dish called "coffee."
[M] Interestingly, we are using, uh, a coffee import called,
[M, with fake accent] "Teem Hortans".
[S, with fake accent] "Teem-a Horetonnes".
[M, with fake accent] "Teem Horetones".
[Both] It's a-- [S] A luxury import brand from Canada. [M] From Canada.
[M] Yes, um, somebody sent it to us in whole bean format,
[M] and we ground it up and just finished the bag off. Um...
[M] Very difficult to get. [S] Mmm. [M] Yes.
[M] Rare in Canada, even.
[S] Le-- le Timmy Ho Ho. [M] Le Timmy-- Timmy hó hó?
[S] Timmy óh óh! [M] Is, I believe, how they pronounce it. We know because we're Canadian.
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[S] Now, Martina and I
[S] have a very different technique when it comes to eating breakfast.
[S] She likes to pick a little bit here and there,
[S] but I think, because I've lived in Korea for so long,
[S] the bibimbap culture is so huge to me,
[S] so I really like to just... [M] Ugh!
[M] Ruiner! [S] ....mix everything together.
[M] Now, I definitely prefer a more plain seasoning on my rice.
[M] I like the toasted black sesame seeds with little tiny chunks of sea salt in it.
[M] But if you get the furikake,
[M] they have different types of seasoning.
[M] Like, they have ones with little salmon bits,
[M] dehydrated tuna...
[M] And it's great to mix up, and have a great flavor change,
[M] but I really like to taste of all my flavors separately.
[S] Salmon with crispy skin on, and in the morning... [M] Mm-hmm.
[S] Oh man.
[M] And, in Japan, you can bring the bowl up your face to eat.
[M] Now, I don't have to worry about food falling over my body.
[S] But this is superior way to eat. [M] Mm-hmm!
[S] You can just, like, shovel it directly in. [M] Mm-hmm, mm-hmm!
[S] These cucumbers right here we showed you in our torikizoku video.
[S] I'm not sure if you're supposed to have them for breakfast.
[S] I just have them all day, every day, 'cause I love 'em so much.
[S] So good! [M] So good.
[M] This is another thing that Simon doesn't usually eat;
[M] I really love tofu in the morning.
[M] Uh, I put a little bit of fresh green onions on it,
[M] and then a tofu dressing,
[M] which is kind of like a ginger... soy sauce.
[M] And a little bit of bonito flakes on it. Mmm.
[M] So my question for you guys is:
[M] What do you eat for breakfast?
[M] What's something that you just normally eat every single day for breakfast?
[M] And what's something that would you eat, that would be kind of like
[M] "luxury" breakfast?
[M] Because even though this is a normal Japanese breakfast,
[M] I don't think a lot of working people
[M] have time to make this kind of thing.
[S] Because a lot of our friends in Japan that we've asked?
[S] When we say, "What do you have for breakfast?"
[M] "I don't know, sandwich?"
[S] They just have sandwiches. [Martina laughing]
[S] Like, what do you mean, why don't you have salmon and rice, and they're like,
[S] "Oh... so much work!"
[M] This takes us less than 20 minutes to make, I would say. [S] Mm-hmm.
[M] But they're like,
[M] "But you have poured cereal lately?" [S] "But--!"
[S] "You know how long it takes to make a bowl of cereal?" [Martina laughing]
[S] Or, for those of you who are more familiar with Japanese breakfast:
[S] What recommendations would you suggest we add in here?
[S] 'Cause I like to add everything.
[M] Remember we when we bought a couch?
[S] Like this decorative couch that we have behind us?
[S] We never f*cking sit on it.
[M] Well, we did in Korea, at first. [S] Yeah.
[M] And we slowly migrated to the floor.
[M] Our dog is sitting on it! Our cat is sitting on it! [S, giggling] Yeah. Our dog is sitting on it more than we do on it.
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