so in this video I'm gonna show you my
top 10 convenience store food in Japan
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how's travelers coming to Japan I know
people want to go to all these different
cool restaurants and shops and go out
but sometimes you just want to stay in
the hotel or maybe the Airbnb and just
have a snack as a local I'm gonna show
you my favorite can be any food that I
buy when I go home and just want to
chill all right let's get started
it's come on curry pan number 10 fried
curry bun from daily pon means bread and
Japanese daily is owned by a big bakery
company called Yamazaki usually
convenient store sell pre-made packaged
bread but daily does it with a freshness
so I just heated it up a little bit put
it on the toaster it's actually got a
little bit burned a little bit still
freaking ready to go let's just open
this bad boy up now there's a strong
strong curry smell it's a little bit
oily like you can tell us well it's
coming from my fingers I just know that
it's been fried and pride and for I want
enough it's amazing it's almost like
like a donut really really crispy fried
donut with curry inside and if you like
fried food and you like hurry then
you're definitely gonna love this thing
no need to haul in the oneness I'll clip
it on there like I can hear how crispy
it is super super crispy like a thin
crust you would think this is really
heavy cuz like fried it is oily but it's
super light curry is really good serious
you're like a sweet Japanese curry which
I really like look look look for divine
on that what about it I get it didn't
you go hmm number nine eat CUDA onigiri
from Lawson what I like about Lawson is
that they also have a health-conscious
line of food and check out these healthy
packaged side dishes and Lawson farm
vegetables yes they have their own farm
so there's so many types of onigiri in
all the different companies this one is
actually Michael's favorite I'm not much
of an onigiri fan because she
recommended it this is gonna make our
top 10 list now this in fact is one of
those more premium ones and there's 100
in Tony giddy this one is 162 yen which
is kind of like a great above it comes
in a spring in package what else can you
ask for it little insider tip this line
of onigiri usually uses koshihikari rice
from Niigata it's like the rice version
of Wagyu beef there's so much you could
in here gonna take one half and eat it
and give the other half to Mike on let's
take a bite of this look at that I love
how the equator just like pops in your
mouth and then all of that the juices
and the flavor just like burst and
explode a little like saltiness of the
equitable you would think that the rice
and the seaweed would like really be bad
but still pretty fresh so usually the
seaweed wraps and rice are packaged
separately to keep it crisp like this I
guess this is why like in Japan people
love on EGD you know if you need a snack
you just pick up annointing idiot so you
like put it in your pocket put it in
your bag and then like an hour later
when you get hungry just like eat it
it's like the one of the most convenient
foods here in Japan it's like better
than should I say a sandwich so this is
my favorite it's like go-to and I don't
know what to get mm-hmm good up it's not
really like put your pudgy but um it's
really like mild
I think it's marinated it's really mild
and like this rich base it's like soaked
into the rice it's just so good a lot of
like different company does sell it we
don't get it but this place is the best
one and this premium package makes me
feel better
number eight side dishes from Family
Mart Family Mart is my comfort
convenience
it always has something I want their hot
deli always shows up plus they're known
for unique side dish is called okaasan
shokudo which means Mama's kitchen all
right what's also cool about convenience
stores is you don't need to get you know
the full meal deal you can actually get
some little
Kaiser's for just snacking and maybe
even drinking I wanted to show you my
favorite this is spicy iike which is
spicy squid and this is now coarser
yucky
look at that it's its own freaking tray
it's amazing so ingenious but it
wouldn't be complete without a beer
the thing is right now I'm not really
drinking so much so I wanted to tell you
guys about my little secret Suntory all
free hmm I've tried other non-alcoholic
drinks this one is my favorite so if you
ever come to Japan and you're looking
for a non-alcoholic beverage
Suntory all free is the freakin bomb mmm
look you can see the cartilage there's
like some meat there - oh the cartilage
I love cartilage it chewy crunchy right
it's like one of those really salty
salty snack so they put the peppers it
with the salt and it just goes well with
the freaking beer and then let's try the
squid
mmm really soft and they've added kind
of like a pepper to it by the Chili
Peppers so it's a little bit fuzzy but
not so much and this is still really
really moist up you can see it's like
dripping so I used to get this little
side dishes when I'm not that hungry but
I do have to eat something for dinner
like afterward you know we have a lot of
pepper and so sleep is perfect for
Pierre doesn't stop Christian nuggets on
it this is you can stop good like my mom
used to make the broiler for like long
hours and like the taste is like suck
picking the meat so good it's not Sophie
at all it's like yeah I see like nice
homemade kind of taste number seven oh
yeah codone from 7-eleven so 7-eleven is
definitely the largest convenient chain
in Tokyo and recently they've upped
their variety game I mean look at all
these scrumdiddlyumptious treats
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definitely smell the chicken in this one
you can also smell the no D that's nice
and kind of melted when we cooked it it
looks still pretty good it's what's nice
is like to keep the rice fresh they have
a little like this tray for just the
meat and the egg and for the sauce and
then after you cook it and you take the
toppings and then you put it on top of
the rice all right
I can eat chicken all day so no matter
what it has chicken in I'm probably
gonna love it hmm then chicken is nice
and tender it's it's not breast meat it
tastes more like thigh meat which I
really love I really love dark meat the
meat isn't dry at all
the egg is pretty nice itself man I
really like the smell of like this
Japanese home cooking kind of smell like
a mass mmm mmm I just had like a really
good bite mr. Park has a lot of yoga me
Nippon the niche niche a step on it yeah
Chiquita has a strong taste ah no wonder
like everything else was it really like
a light flavor but like that's to go
with this like strong taste chicken
which it's really good no I'm gonna buy
dinner from no no good
next give it to me Oh Dan number six
Oden from Lawson every convenience Oden
in the winter but Lawson is my favorite
because I love their selection and the
soup dashi is light yet rich one of the
things I really like about Lawson is it
has a lot of toppings that you can
actually get to it it's all free for
example you have green onions you have a
yuzu Kosho kadhai she looks like a
mustard yeah yuzu which is kind of like
a citrus taste to it
Deli sauce smoked kun say miso Tata
so I'm gonna put some musical show
what's nice is they have this lip right
here to put your sauces and then let's
put some karashi I love yakitori one of
my favorite things in your catotti is
says sette and they actually have says
Sethi at this Lawson check this off so
Sethi is actually the neck part of the
chicken and it's super good
because it's in the odor they're just
soft and tender and I also like scoonie
it's like kind of like a chicken
meatball mm-hmm it's super juicy and
then when you bite into it you can feel
like the little cartilage little crunchy
parts and so I really really love that
part of it all right let's try that with
a yuzu mmm it's good to have the user -
all right so let's taste the soup so
it's kind of like a fish broth it's very
very light so you know it's not doesn't
overpower all of the ODE in here slowly
cooks over time so all of the juices
from all the different pieces blend in
together and mixed together so you kind
of get like this interesting and
delicious wouldn't taste I also picked
up a fish cake with gobo root and Chicka
wah
a bamboo shaped fish-paste cake all
right so let's take this and dip it into
the Karachi which is a mustard get that
in there you can see mm-hmm a little
kick run the mustard really good tofu I
love it I just love how you can get all
of this food at the convenience store it
is so convenient really convenient
I'm Don Jon I missed it yeah it's like
you know the way back in the bottom I
think my favorite Gordon is daikon so
like Mesa they use not have missile
intercarrier only in Aichi cuz that's
how we eat mighty I'm for my team but
like maybe I think it's getting more
common
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honest opinion you don't like it you say
no it's good number-5 menchi-katsu from
Lawson so I love Lawson's fried food
karaagac hoon is delicious roasted
chicken hits a spot but like the kid who
sends money home I love men she cuts in
the most like of that it's just
golden-brown still warm to the touch
it's actually kind of like hefty pretty
heavy like you can feel like this is
going to be like very very filling so
crispy I'm gonna build a crunch and you
can see the juice is still flowing
inside it's like so juicy I can just
suck the juices out super soft and you
can taste this is just a little bit
sweet follow that melt
there's nobody oh wow it's super soft
usually like a mint you cut too but meat
is packed in but like it's really soft
like almost gooey looks good mm-hmm good
taste the onion and black pepper it's a
really flavorful I really like it I
usually don't like ride food at
conveniently it's always like really
creepy but this is a really crispy
number four carbonara from 7-eleven ah I
feel like I'm smelling a lot of cheese
and butter I'm gonna smell the bacon too
and it's kind of like that pepper bacon
ah so excited for this one when you
first bought this you look like a bunch
of cheese on pasta and now that we've
heated it up you can see that's melted
and kind of liquefied a little bit let's
take the first bite Wow look creaming
hmm when the bacon is really nice with
it too you can touch a little bit salty
but I think that's kind of accept expect
it well I just got all of myself
so I have a problem with getting all of
my choice it almost tastes like there's
just a lot of different cheeses in here
so it's like really hard to tell it's
really good and when you're at home who
my favorite have asked us us maybe just
a little bit of pepper but definitely
you can taste the calories in here this
is not the healthiest meal but still
pretty good this fellas most favorite
pasta I'm gonna eat it's a good choice
that you put the Tabasco in there a
little kick bacon no so holy
I hate oily bacon you really meaty smoky
number three men taiko carbonara who
don't from Family Mart as you guys can
see I love carving our up but this one
is a little bit different because this
is food Oh noodles which is very very
Japanese and it has some meant ICO you
can actually smell the mint ICO a little
bit but you can actually smell the
cheese even more and was super cool is
you just put that egg there's an onsen
tamago which means that it's half cooked
egg and you just drop it in there and
you mix it inside and then it creates
this like awesome master
I love how the meant ICO mixes in well
with an egg and then you have the
Carbonaro cheesy sauce and then a new
donor the thick noodles I also like the
little pieces of bacon and adds meat
flavor to it which is nice delicious
I like dieudonné especially the one at
Family Mart
it's like safe noodle - by going in New
York super cheesy I don't really do
cement back home I've been much it the
noodles out then there Alicia can taste
more maple oh hi mister - tanta that was
a really good number to get a katsu
sandwich from Family Mart here a katsu
Sando
it's really nice cuz it comes in like
this premium wrapping there was actually
two different here that cuts through the
sandwiches there was just a regular one
and this is a premium one look it inside
see the heated cuts it there's a pretty
freakin thick piece it's actually cold
to the touch it just came from the
refrigerator section so I mean it's not
super cold but you're not actually
supposed to heat this up which it says
in the package so let's take the first
bite like a big freakin vitamin
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hmm it has a layer of the country sauce
which is a little bit sweet but then you
have the bread layer which kind of not
balances out the taste and then the meat
is really thick it's not so juicy but it
is like very meaty this will fill you up
it's almost like a gut bomb
suanne your salsa coughs ah if by salsa
liked it hmm
let the sauce it's the Shires worst
worst - Cyrus off worst desire sauce
where is this entire sauce we're good
sisters oh yeah and that's really good
outer layer is like soaking back all the
sauce the cockles pretty crispy - and
number one fried chicken from daily I
love fried chicken so every community
has their own version of fried chicken
this is from daily what a lot of people
say is that bummy chicky is the best
chicken in all of the convenience stores
but my favorite is actually from daily I
would say that Fahmy chicky is actually
pretty freakin good but I kind of like
the daily fried chicken a little bit
better that daily fried food selection
is a so freaking big so when I want to
get my fried food on I go today Lee
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oh no it's and juicy it's nobody it's so
delicious it doesn't even need any sauce
they just eat it just like this it's
really good amazing paint like ten were
these okay so I don't really care about
fried chicken but all it's good right is
bad tasty outer layer you can see like
spices mixed in so that's probably like
well the flavor is coming from which is
pretty good I like it all the way to the
bone no soldiers left behind so that
wraps up my top 10 favourite combini
food now obviously it's not as healthy
and if you were to make it yourself and
it maybe you could probably make better
food on your own but if you're in a
pinch and you just want to try some
Japanese food you don't have a lot of
time and convenience store food is
pretty friggin convenient so if you like
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