hey guys this is mike chen i am in the
downtown boring area of osaka often
considered the heart and soul of the
city
look around it's just bustling right now
along the dalton borigawa canal there
are tons of shops
theaters and of course food and that's
what brings me here today so
let's go exploring
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first food item of the night takoyaki
this is famous in osaka because this
city is where this popular dish
originated
and this particular stall is really
popular because supposedly they still
utilize the traditional method of making
these awesome octopus balls
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you know the first time i had takoyaki i
i thought this the stuff on top
was still alive i didn't realize it was
slices of dried fish i thought you know
i heard octopus
i just thought it was alive that seemed
really stupid but yeah i was kind of
stupid
oh
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i give this octopus ball eight thumbs up
oh that satisfying i can definitely
taste the green onions and the pickled
ginger inside and on the outside you got
a little bit of mayo
takoyaki sauce which tastes kind of like
worcester sauce so i guess you could
kind of say it's a big
fluffy shiny green sauce covered hush
puppy with
surprise inside i saw this on facebook
these ginormous uh cotton candies and
i don't know the kid in me really wanted
one since i'm grown up now and i have my
own money i can actually get one without
asking my parents and them saying no
also what's intriguing is normally
cotton candy to me just tastes like
cotton candy it's just kind of sweet and
cotton e but this supposedly has three
different flavors the top one is mostly
grape
middle is supposed to be lemon and the
bottom is supposed to be cider let's
start with whatever doesn't collapse
this whole cotton candy
cider huh
that's pretty yummy i want to yet i also
don't want to just shove my face into it
this middle part is supposed to be lemon
it's quite lemony
am i missing out or have i just always
gotten like
regular flavor cotton candy in my life
this is actually kind of fun i haven't
had cotton candy like 10 years and i
forgot that you can kind of pretend
you're eating like pieces of cotton and
somehow the cotton is melting in your
mouth
imagine this is the most famous
kushikatsu place
in this area look at the line that
that's not the line
this is the line here now if you're not
familiar kushikatsu are skewers of
meats and vegetables that are deep fried
and they are different than tempura the
tempura is usually covered with
water blaze flour and eggs and
kushikatsu is usually covered with
breadcrumbs also there's a really
interesting way an etiquette of how to
eat this so i'm going to show you guys
that inside
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they situated me upstairs when i first
came in here i thought people were
smoking everywhere because
there's smoke everywhere but that's just
smoke from the oil frying up all the
goodies so here's the etiquette of
eating kushikatsu
they're gonna give you dipping sauce and
the dipping sauce is gonna be kamino so
it's usually sitting on your table and
what you don't do is
you do not double dip you don't double
dip you don't triple dip
you don't quite drupal dip you dip only
once but in case you're a horrible
dipper and you made your first attendant
you realize you didn't get enough sauce
well that's what the cabbage is for you
can use this as a spoon to spoon more
sauce on your kushikatsu and after
you're done eat it because it helps with
your digestion
this is the combo i got because it looks
like it literally has
everything all right this is so exciting
he he went over
what everything is of course they all
kind of look the same to me i don't mean
to be a
katsu is but yeah literally they're all
breaded and kind of look the same to me
except
i know this is shrimp and i know this is
sausage and recipes i'm just gonna taste
my way through them let's start with
this beautiful looking thing
that was mochi the sauce is very
vinegary
the sauce works very well with the mochi
because the mochi is so
thick and dense and then it's fried in
oil so the sauce does a lot to cut
through all that
next up no idea what this is but there's
two of them i
i think they might be eggs
this is awesome oh man
fried foil eggs the fried breadcrumb
shell was so
nice and crispy and the egg of course
soft and tender that's just such a
nice contrast i have no clue what this
is i'm
i'm guessing asparagus green beans okra
asparagus oh that is great i'm in love
with that nice crispy shell
it gives a superb crunch then you break
through it and you get that tender bite
of whatever is inside and i'm really
excited about this next item this is a
cheese stick this is a fried cheese
stick let's dunk this thing in the sauce
oh that was the most insane cheese stick
ever
that was so beautiful and melty i was
hoping they had a cheese on a stick
because you're frying all sorts of
things you're frying vegetables you're
frying seafood you're frying chicken
you got a fried cheese next up i don't
know what that is that looks like a corn
dog let me mini corndog
try this out
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yeah that's what oyster honestly i don't
think this oysters
are so oceany to me i had some oysters
that were really good namely uh what i
had at the fish market in tokyo that was
remarkably awesome but this one it was
just it's just a little too fishy for me
again
mystery stick
which i love this is pork
um that is delicious that pork was so
juicy and tender that tasted like
a fancier version of a pork katsu
fancier less oily better dipping sauce
fried lollipop
that's a fried meatball i almost want to
double dip this because
this thing is dense you definitely need
more sauce hang on a second
seven skewers in excuse me guys i need
to aid my digestion a little bit
this one i know i mean this is like gift
wrapping a hammer i know this is a lotus
root
that is so crispy on the inside and wow
it's one of my favorite items so far you
get a double crunch with this the crunch
of the bread coating then the crunch off
the lotus then you get that delicious
sweet lotus flavor oh i feel like that
piece didn't really even need the sauce
at all because the lotus brings its own
sweetness to the game chicken karage
this is basically fried chicken
to be honest the chicken is a little
tough it's good
flavorful tough i mean this chicken can
whoop you in the back alley
oh this is love this is happiness this
is joy this is a festive thanksgiving
dinner and a white christmas morning all
wrapped up in one the shrimp is so
sweet and tender i feel like it's got
way more texture also
for some reason it is not as oily to me
as a tempura and that could be because
of the sauce but it just
doesn't feel and taste as oily in my
mouth finally
last one chicken nugget on a steak not
sure
i'm not exactly sure what that was it
tasted like
fish cake with cheddar cheese inside
let's go with that 15 skewers down and
i'm still
pining for more but the night is young
got a lot of food in front of me i'm
going to go ahead and nibble on this
little leftover
breadcrumb here
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oh it's so cold right now i can't
believe i just got ice cream but
i had to because there's a vendor
selling a melon bread now
melon bread contrary to the name does
not have any melons in here it just
kind of looks like a melon kind of looks
like a cantaloupe and what they do here
is scoop a ginormous amount of
ice cream in this case green tea ice
cream into your bread so
it's gonna leak because the bread is hot
i'm gonna take a bite right now
guys take a look you are staring at
beauty right now
oh look i gotta finish this because it's
dripping everywhere hang on a second
that was deeply delicious and satisfying
it does sort of taste
like the pineapple bread except for this
one is much much lighter and less flaky
on top and the little squirt pieces you
see on top they taste like a little i
don't know sweet crackers or cookies
but that food item comes with a time
limit because you got the ice cream they
got the hot bun and i think you got to
eat that in like three minutes where it
becomes a melty pile of soggy mess
i thought it tastes a great hot crunchy
bun with nice creamy ice cream on the
inside it's like a hot
ice cream sandwich i feel really good in
my stomach i'm sure you know what this
reminds me of have you guys ever seen
that anime
rama one half and there's a girl in
there that makes okonomiyakis and she
would fight with like a giant one of
these and
throw like smaller ones as shurikens so
yes in the right hands these could also
be used as weapons of death
and you get to you're eating it on the
stove top so this thing never gets cold
look at this multi
layer of awesomeness inside this we got
some scallions egg of course
pancakes shrimp pork squid and beef
tendon all
mixed together this is like the ultimate
melting pot
no prejudice here
this is just delightful
this is really just a collection of
beautiful flavors you got surf and turf
you got veggies you got
egg you got crepe i think all it's
missing is just a cherry on top this
thing is super tender on the outside
not overly seasoned so although
everything is mixed together you can
taste every single ingredient
i just asked for some chili powder i
think i'm gonna do some upgrade on my
okonomiyaki
even better even better because there's
so much eggy doughy fatty ingredients in
there i really felt like there needed to
be some sort of acid some sort of spice
to cut through all that and those chili
peppers really did the trick
and since i'm in japan i gotta get one
of these stuffed fish things
come here baby
oh this is filled with uh what tastes
like sweet potato
the biggest difference between this and
the ones i have in the stages that
the outside shell here is so much
thinner a lot toastier
a lot less sweet than the ones i've had
in the states also they were selling
this little ice cream sandwich thing i'm
just gonna
crush it oh there we go
just like vanilla ice cream the ice
cream itself is not very creamy it's a
little more refreshing
actually super refreshing it's almost
like a vanilla icy
and the wafers are really creamy this is
kind of like a transformation of a wafer
called
except here every mouthful you get ice
cream in the shell simple yet
deliciously satisfying
wow what a great food day the only thing
i can say is
i love this place there's so many things
to see
so many things to do so many things to
eat i couldn't even get to everything
you guys see that huge crab right over
there yeah i wanted to eat that but that
was sold out at like five o'clock so
i'll be back tomorrow stay tuned i'm
back at don't bori it's 11
o'clock in the morning less crowded but
this place is still
bustling i told you we're gonna go eat
that guy so let's do it
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fresh leech hard grilled king crab for
breakfast
i'm ready right away i can tell this
meat is gonna be succulent
look how usually the meat is coming out
and see how juicy this thing is
oh that smell crab meat fresh from the
char grill
oh my god oh
man how did it get so juicy it's almost
like they took a syringe
and injected juice into this crab
the meat is sweet like candy i swear
this crap ate only apples his whole life
this is by far
the tenderest king crab i've ever had
and i've had a lot of king grab
in vegas all day service can grab they
serve it to you cold they steam it for
you i've even had these stir fries none
of it comes close to how tender and
sweet this
is oh look at this piece this is the
part with the legs connect there's some
good
meat in here and by far the biggest
chunk look at that
holy crap guys you might be thinking
okay i've had king crab before just okay
you never had king crab like this
fantastic char grill taste of meat
i cannot tell you how gentle silky
smooth and soft it is
in that subtle sweetness all i've got to
say is
i'll help the king i don't want to waste
a single morsel of this i'm like
standing here in public people are
staring at me i'm just
going to town there's crap absolutely
the best thing i've had here
by far i was there at 5 00 pm yesterday
and they told me everything was sold out
now i know why i'm sorry for being so
barbaric but this is indeed that
incredible
all right i think that's all of it wait
wait hang on a second
and i'm going to drop it and everybody
is staring so i'm just gonna
go about my way
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i came across this japanese sweet
champion
matari pudi purim
i don't know what a porn is i'm gonna
find out
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this looks just like a typical pudding
oh that's majestic it's a little gooey
sort of watery
when you get towards the bottom
oh that's like eating velvet you know if
velvet was sweet delicious and edible i
almost feel like i could take a straw
and suck this all up i hope didn't come
to take away my pudding because i'll
defend this with my life one thing you
can definitely taste in here is the
quality of the milk
definitely one of the softest smoothest
creamiest pudding i've ever had such a
wonderful creamy flavor and the texture
you don't even feel like you need to
swallow it just kind of runs down your
throat that's how gentle and delicate it
is and even though this is the first
time i had it
i'll know i'm going to miss this when i
leave japan
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first of all this bingi was on like a
like a 20 pound diesel this thing is
gigantic and it is heavy so here that's
the thing you got to try the
freshly baked mini cheese tart oh
takoyaki
and this all looks really really good
this is the matcha cheesecake freshly
baked
fresh they said it's still hot on the
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inside
oh that is deeply satisfying actually i
couldn't tell you the cheesecake because
i think the matcha flavor overwhelms any
cheesy flavor
that this has but it's so wonderfully
warm and gooey
on the inside that's fabulous let's try
some with
ice cream
that's insane if you guys are over here
in japan come to this place and try this
i think that's it for my time here at
don't zombori how fun
is this place there's so many things to
do and see and of course
so much food to eat i wish i could have
more time here i actually wish i could
bring a second stomach to this place
unfortunately i have to leave osaka but
in the wise words of the
terminator i'll be back also if you
enjoyed dance dance revolution and you
want to see an incredible performance
that i have in the catch here last night
go to my vlog channel the link is down
below so
until we eat again see you later