So we are in Kyoto and we are here at Hana Kushiage
which is like a deep fried magic izakaya
I love deep fried food. I feel like in America you joke about people having "Deep fried Ice cream" and "Deep fried Snicker bar"
This deep fries everything for you.
They got deep fried cheese here
They got deep fried bacon!
I mean...
[S] You're just gonna eat everything fried [M] We're gonna eat everything
If you come here, there is a like a dipping sauce. But the rule is, you can only dip once
And they actually will charge you money if you dip twice. So no double dipping, okay?
But I dont think that they trust us, so they are keeping the sauce far away from us
[M] The safety sauce... [S] but we get our own so that's fine
[S] I'm so hungry... [M] No
No! I could do this for hours
Kushiage is literally just deep fried things on a stick
and some places will do a couple of versions of it
But this place has a massive, massive menu
Not only do they have a massive menu, they are rated extremely highly in the neighborhood
So we are going to like one of THE best places we could possibly go to
Is it going to burn? Is it going to be molten lava hot?
[S] No, no
[M] Okay
[M] Mmm [S] That is a perfect batter!
That is so crispy!
It's not greasy!
I don't know how they made this not greasy. This is awesome!
Some batter that you bite into you can just feel the oil coating your teeth.
But this is just a beautiful cracker! oh my gosh
I'm covered in sauce and I don't even care
you can really, really screw up frying if you don't do it right and this place does it right
[S] Oh~ [M] Right?
I'm going to eat every [baeee] stick in this house! every [baeee] stick!
No wait! don't eat all of it!
Save.. Look, I saved you an egg. Here's an egg. Give me the chicken
This is the last piece left in the whole place
Ducky! you can't do this to me.
[M] You know who came here before us? [S] Who?
[M] The Hound! [S] The Hound~ oh no~
This right here - this is Mochi cheese. Can you see the little cheese that has bursted through the side?
Bursted! 'Bursted' is a word!
Mochi cheese. This is pounded rice cake that's chewy with cheese, white goopy low quality.
[M] Oh~~~
This is amazing! Unbelievable!
You have to have a bite.
I will~
of your own
Oh!
I've had lots of pan-fried gyoza but an all over deep fried gyoza?
That is a nice idea!
Nice idea!
And then we got tomatoes. Who ordered this shit? [M] I did!
Who ordered this shit? [M] It was me!
I want everything fried
you don't come to a fried place and order fresh tomatoes [M] My nose is mayonnaise (?)
That's an embarrassment everything has got to be fried!
If it ain't battered and fried, it ain't right!
Put those tomatoes back in the fryer. That's how we gotta do this!
[M] My new favorite Japanese word: 'Ho-Ta-te.' It's for scallops and I learned it when I was eating okonomiyaki.
[S] Scallops! [M] Damn right. Scallops
Look at that juicing all over your hand
So sweet! The outside is savory. Oh man!
You know what's weird? I'm like a greedy kid at Christmas, I've already had a whole bunch of sticks but whenever I see someone else eat a stick I'm like 'But I want that one too!'
Temperature is fine
Uhm, quick question. Did Simon just press deep fried shrimp onto his face? [S] I didn't press it, you just hover it above
[S] You're like... 'cause your face... [M] is this like the baby milk when you're like...
[S] well yeah, because your face skin sensitive as well and you can see [M] but why would you stick it on your face?!
[M] what if it was scalding hot?
[S] Because I can smell it at the same time
[M] you'd just have a huge line
[S] you get a 2 for 1, you get a thermometer and you can lick it at the same time, see?
[M] y'all please let me know on the comment section below. That was a terrible idea was it not?
What? Hang on? If it was scalding hot? He would have a huge burn up here [S] I don't put shit on my face
I hover it on my face!
[M] Anyways [S] You're an amateur
Martina had the shrimp last time and this is going to be my version of the shrimp
You think I didn't see you doing that, girl?
Isn't that nice?
[S] oh man! [M] It's sweet. It's not like the normal shrimp that's like flavorless, bland shrimp in North America, unfortunately
oh yeah those curly frozen things you get in the bag that are just like texture?
[M] this is like bright red and sweet tasting and the outside of it has the light crunchy batter
We asked them and it is a Panko crust. So it's egg and panko crust and it just cooked to perfection
But they know the temperature. They know how to deep fry it so that, because some people think deep fried food it bad for you but actually if you deep fry it at the right temperature none of the oil actually gets into it.
It's when you deep fry it at a bad temperature that everything gets greasy and soggy
Well this was a lovely, unhealthy meal.
Fantastic!
Just the kind of slightly greasy, not so greasy counter balance of things you drink.
[S] Oh! [M] You know what I liked a lot about it?
Everything!
[M] Everything. But it didn't feel like there was a lot of pressure. Some places you go to its like "Get in! Get out! Get lost!"
This felt kind of like a slow moving place where you can just order, drink, and munch on...
What are we doing right now?
[M] I don't know. This is the dance. [S] We're groovin', girl~
[M] This is the Kushiage dance. [S] we're groovin', girl~
[M] Groovin~ [S] This is nice. Kyoto, I like your food, Kyoto. [M] I like your style, Kyoto
Nicely done~
I'm gonna go Kushiage-outta here~
Look at us white people drunk dancing~ [M] I'm not drunk!
White people x3.... Go White people (oh Simon...)
[S] This can't make the video. [M[ It's gonna make the video, Simon