Wow.
[M]: Picnic time in the park!!
[S]: When we first came to Japan we didn't know how amazing the bakeries would be here
[S]: I remember our first memory [M]: Oh right.
[S]: Of when we were in Ikebukuro many years ago
And we had that bakery right beside us
We had no idea what to expect because we didn't have great experiences of bakeries in Asia.
And we were just overwhelmed by how delicious it was.
And I realized so we didn't actually show the amazing things you can find in a bakery
We just picked up some stuff at our favorite like local bakery, basic things
Everything was between a dollar to like $2.50
It's nothing that's like ~fancy food~
[M]: Curry bread? So popular. [S]: Oh my gosh. [M]: Everywhere you go. It was actually one of the first snacks
We ever had in Japan when we moved here, I know
[S]: I just, my stomach is - I know we got to get B shots but - ohh look at this
Can you smell that sweet butter glaze on - Don't smack it at me girl!
Smell that What do you smell
I smell happiness and oil and savory.
[M]: Okay, let's break it in half slowly. [S]: Let's show you what's inside.
[S]: Let's show you what's inside.
[S]: Here you go girl. [M]: Did I get like the really good version
[S]: I don't know
[S]: I gave you the better part because I love you the most.
[M]: I see how this is.
There are all different flavors that we have
All over Japan and you know we got cheese ones and chicken ones and vegetable ones.
This is just a default curry bun
[S]: Oh my gosh [M]: I'm actually salivating, are you?
Here we go
[M]: Oh my god.
Mmm. This one tastes like Coco curry stuffed inside of a bun
The thing about Japanese curry is it's savory,
[S]: Yeah [M]:but it's also quite sweet.
[S]: Yeah. [M]: It has a lot of nutmeg and cinnamon
Oh my god.
The contrast in texture
Look how fluffy that bread is to the creamy sweet meatiness of Japanese curry
This is one of my favorite snacks I have in Japan
So this one is a beef curry bun
And they don't usually do like this chunky of a beef one. Oh my I've got carrots in mine. Oh my gosh
It's like a meal on the go
Look, I even have a caramelized onion
I think it's the stewed carrots and caramelized onions
that give it the sweetness as well
Right, because onions and carrots in Japan are quite sweet
The breakfast of champions had well after lunch almost into dinner
[M]: The dinner of breakfast and lunch of champions!!! [S]: The dinner of breakfast
Do not be afraid
Of curry buns when you come to Japan
You'll be sorely missing out if you don't try this
But be afraid of the giant crows with their giant muscle arms
that are slowly surrounding us
Come at me crow!
[M]: Simon gets beat up. [S]: I would.
Those - those crows are jacked up.
I also loved the little crusty crunch they have on top
because you have the creaminess of the inside, the fluffiness of the bread and then it's almost like a tempura crunch on top
[M]: Exactly what I was gonna say
If you're visiting and you're on a budget just have curry buns
[S]: Over and over again
Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Just like curry bun! curry bun! curry bun!
[M]: I think that's it for the video. [S]: That's it. [M]: Bye everyone, I'm full, see ya.
Yeah
NAhh, I have many more exciting pastries to try.
Okay, what's next on the list
First up some milk because I'm thirsty
Oh, are you gonna be an adult and are you gonna be able to open it by yourself?
Is it childproof?
[S}: Look at that big doggy
[M]: It's a big doggy
[S]: I really hope we can get a doggy in this video
[M]: It's fine
[Martina grunts]
I opened it, like an adult.
Now what are you gonna drink there like an adult?
Could you get me a straw?
I want to let you know, Martina, my sweet ducky
Even though we've been married for 10 years
I still find you so endearing
And you melt my heart with your cuteness all the time
Not many people fumble with the carton as you do
Or, do you all fumble with your milk cartons?
I'm not sure
And if you, don't show Simon because he might think you're adorable
AND THEN I'LL HAVE TO KILL YOU.
Okay now this next one is definitely the memory that I have from Ikebukuro
Oh yes
So we were living in Korea, still
And we were just visiting Japan. The first thing we had was a quiche
and we were really worried that it was gonna be like super gross
and filled with like surprise objects like sweet potato and corn
And we would be like this isn't savory at all!
Turns out Japan really likes quiche culture
I was never into quiches in Korea, never into quiches in Canada,
But the way that Japan does quiches
It's so magnificent
I think what's different is that Japan is very heavily influenced by France
and Europe
So a lot of the food here is buttery and flaky and soft
Because it's more of a European influence
Let's just stop this conversation
Too many things are happening
Okay, let's break this open and show you what's inside
OHhhh Lordy
This is a three type of mushroom plus bacon quiche
The word bacon in Japan is used quite differently than I'm used to
Bacon is
This is rEAlly thick
That's a thick slab of meat
That's a big boy bacon, and that's the only thing on top the rest of it is filled with onions
I can see already onions
But just look at how moist that egg is [M]: Chantilly mushrooms. I know
It's not like a really hard, tough egg.
MoiST EgG
You feel the pastry do you feel how not dry this is?
You can see the flakes of the pastry on the outside
This is much better when you warm it up
but because we are sitting in a park,
the best I can do is this
[M]: It's warm. [S]: Okay here we go, let's do this
[M]: Oh man. [S]: Oh my god.
The mushrooms really steal the show here
Wow those are so juicy!
[M]: This is like an 80% mushroom quiche
It's a very juicy mushroomy mushroom
I think there's like button mushrooms in here
The chantilly mushrooms, and then another one from the looks of it
It's just a mouthful of mushrooms,
and there's actually no bacon on the inside.
[S]: No [M]: The bacon is solely on the top part, like wow
[S]: We're kind of false advertising by calling it a bacon quiche,
but I just had that piece of bacon. It's not crispy, but it's so
smoked, and salty
[M]: Where's - where's my bacon?
[S]: You didn't have your piece of bacon in there?
[M]: Where's my bacon?
[S]: Did you drop your bacon girl? [M]: No, I
[S]: Where did your bacon go?
[M]: Did you eat my bacon?
[S]: No, there are two slices of bacon
[M]: Did you eat my bacon?
[S]: I might have had your bacon
[M]: *gasp* You ate my bacon???
You just reached over and took my bacon?
[S]: No we split it in half!
We're gonna need to like rewind the footage to figure out what just happened
No, what just happened??
No, I had a piece of bacon on top of mine
I took it off to show everybody
[S]: Didn't you eat it after you showed it?
[S]: Did you put it back on it? [M]: No, I think I put it down
and I think you just picked it up and ate it
[S]: NO I did NOT, I did not, I did not eat your bacon
[M]: Quietly, people think we're fighting
[M]: You ate my bacon x2
[S]: I love you babe, I love you
[~love is the momennnnt~]
You're a bacon thief!
Where'd you put your bacon?
No, I think you ate my bacon
There's no conclusive evidence here
The jury is still out.
If only there was video evidence of Simon eating two pieces of bacon
Beyond the shadow of a reasonable doubt
There's no way you can say for sure for sure
Oh man
Oh my God
Viewers, remember this
Vengeance will be mine
Oh, yes, I will get my revenge on her
Point is, that was a bombastic quiche
Can you tell me about how delicious the quiche was, go
Simon ate my bacon
I'd like to report lost bacon.
It's about this big and quite thick.
Did you drop it down your shirt into your bountiful bosoms?
I'll check
Let me check for you.
Don't worry. I'm the Baconboob inspector
No, we need the revenue from YouTube!
This is a safe, happy video!
We can sing a nursery rhyme.
*sings songs* ~be yourself~
*sings Twinkle Twinkle Little Star*
[S]: Advertisers dont be scared~
[M]: Please stay with us nothing happened here
[S]; We're a wholesome married couple
What do you think is in this one?
It smells savory-er
Remember what it said?
But that's sugar on top isn't it?
That's sugar on top
No. I think this is sweet um
I don't know what it was
Oh, it could be something with pumpkin or cream or
I have no idea [S]: No idea
[M]: Let's just try it out [S]: All right
So this to me
looks like a sweet cheese-filled thing. [M]: Hello?
Is that cheese in there?
I don't know what this is.
[S]: This just looks, I don't even think there's anything here.
[M]: Let's stop investigating and let's take a bite
Wow, the outside is super
buttery and yummy like a pretzel meets croissant
Oh my god, this is amazing.
Is this filled with butter?
I think this is just a butter roll
See, Martina and I have different opinions on this
she loves croissants
I don't really like the outside of croissants.
I like the inside though.
This is filled with a piece of butter
I thought this was cheese on the inside, but it's actually just - [S]: Just butter
[M]: They're like what should we put inside this bun?
And someone's like
I don't know... butter?
This is not a croissant as well, by the way
How dare you, fine sir
It's like a croissant roll
But the bread tastes more like
Like savory baguette bread
I mean I'd like to finish this, but we have more to go
So I'm just gonna roll mine up and keep it.
I think it's time for us to do a dedicated sweet dessert.
Oh man I just got the nub filled with all the butter!
You missed out
Did I?
That end nub?
Was just like
A tablespoon of salted butter,
lovingly placed inside the tube
where it gathered with a delicious crunch
[M]: You missed out [S]: I did
For our next one we have
CASUTADO, or custard
and there's a little description here just in case you didn't know
"This taste warms the cockles of the heart."
What's a cockle?
Isn't a cockle something you find on a clam?
I would imagine you give this to somebody
who's like really bitchy
You'd be like, "Here. I'll warm up your
Heart Cockles."
Warm your heart cockles you -
*sing wholesome songs*
I see this custard hole right there
I mean, this is surprising to me
because it looks like a whole wheat bun
It feels a little rice floury to me
Oh my gosh
Look at those vanilla beans in there.
Wow I did not see that coming
[M]: I did not expect this
[S]: I know, like to actually see the vanilla bean flecks in here
[M]: Yeah. [S]: They're called flecks right?
[S]: Speckles? Sparkles? Yeah flecks
[M]: Go flex *both sing*
[S]: No we can't sing that
[M]: Time for vanilla creamed buns
We were singing a totally not
inappropriate song
This looks like real good custard here.
I definitely think that this is right side.
This is a lot like spongier? [M]: Fluffier, yeah?
But it's not as aerated as the other ones
Oh, you're just going for it girl, damn!
Go on.
Japan does custard really well.
That's some good custard boy
I don't think the bread matches it whatsoever
This bread tastes way too healthy.
[S]: It does. [M]: It's got like a whole wheat
I think it's trying to trick yourself into like
justifying eating this much custard.
Custard things in Japan, they use really
Intensely creamy custard that is not overly sweet.
Japan does custard right
If you see those little puddings in a convenient store,
GET THAT STUFF
That is satisfying
Did not like the bread around that, but wow
I didn't like the bread.
But just rip it open, watch the custard spread
and dig into the custard by yourself
Oh my gosh
Oh this is so good.
Can I just say I love my life. I love my job.
I mean I'm here in Kichijoji,
having great baked goods and my beautiful wife to the left of me
this is
Have I died? I might have died? I'm not sure if this
It's all gone whoa-oh
oh-oh, there's more!
What a happy little doggy
there's a tiniest little wiener dog
he's not walking like this, he's walking like this
He's gonna come into the video. We have to spread out
Go to the right go to left, ducky so everyone can see it
What a cute doggy
That's a beautiful dog
[S]: Hello!
[M]: Kawaii!
Hello!
[Lady]: He's old.
[S]: Oh, he's old?
[Lady]: 14 years old.
[S]: 14 - my dog also, he's 14, yeah
[Lady]: What kind of dog? [S]: Pekingese
[Lady]: Oh, Pekingese.
[M]: This is him.
[M]: And my cat.
[S]: Hello.
[M]: Hi! [S]: What's -
[S]: Chan-mei?
[M]: Oh, Chan-mei?
[Lady]: Chan-mei Chan-mei.
[S]: Chan-mei.
[M]: Chan-mei.
[M]: Very nice to meet you. [S]: Nice to meet you.
What were we doing again?
Yeah, we were eating oh, we were eating
We just played with a dog
now, we're gonna eat, uhh
It's supposed to be a cat
*laughs*
I mean, it's supposed to be cat bread [S]: Who hurt you?
I don't know why there's cat bread for sale
It's said it's Kichijoji like, the area's special?
so I don't know
because we have cat cafes and they're building that new one also
that looks like a Ghibli movie like I think this is why
This is pretty
terrifying looking
Okay, so I say let's break his face open and see what's inside
Look
I'm a cat bread
Also I want to let you know that the longer we spend here,
the colder is getting cause
the sun's setting and my nipples
are just getting more and more erect.
Well, you are a nasty woman.
I am a nasty woman
[M]: So nasty [S]: Nasty woman
Okay here we go
[M]: No, Mr. Kitty, nooo
Oh gosh we just killed him.
It's terrifying.
[S]: What is this? chocolate beans?
[M]: Chocolate or beans? We'll find out
[S]: So this is definitely that same kind of like, rice dough
It's a lot denser bubbles and really like fluffy.
I still prefer like traditional flour as opposed to rice flour.
[M] So this is one of those things where we're like "Is it chocolate?"
"Or is it beans?"
[S]: We can't tell
[M]: Who knows? [S]: Here we go
[S]: That's chocolate pudding. [M]: Oh man.
That is chocolate pudding.
Woahh
This is the first time I had pudding in bread!
I had bread pudding, but this is pudding in bread!
Whoa
This steals the show
I was gonna be like, "This is gonna be the worst one of all."
I was ready for this to suck
Oh my god. Oh my god
I don't like chocolate flavored things, as you know
But I thought this is gonna be like chocolate flavored cream
This was like pudding, like chocolate pudding,
like a lava cake
[S]: Yes [M]: This tastes like a lava cake
We didn't eat the ears
I took a bite of it, didn't really like it
Hold this for me
See
Little kitty ears
*gasp*
I trusted you
You shouldn't have.
You should have learned by now, what are you doing?
What's wrong with you?
Are you trying to confess that you ate my bacon?
No, I'm not
What I want to confess is this
A lot of these things that we order today
We had no idea what they were, and we just bought them
We tried them out, and we had a wonderful experience
So if you're worried about the things you're gonna eat.
Just try it out
[M]: Yep. [S]: Who knows? It might be amazing it might not be amazing
Either way you're gonna
have a fun story to tell
Hopefully we've inspired you to try out the fun and interesting things in Japanese bakeries
I also think that when you come to Japan
and you're exploring and you're on a bit of a budget
You don't have to go to like high-end restaurants.
You can just pop into different bakeries
Yep, if you're here for a week, every day
you could have a different bakery and a different baked good,
but it's a nice way to get to know Japanese bakery culture
uh-huh I mean Wow
Hopefully next time, we'll be able to take you to my favorite bakery in Japan,
Patisserie, it's amazing.
But for now, I hope you enjoyed this video
Let us know in the comments section below what your favorite baked good is
and if you have come to Japan,
Let us know what you tried
that you really really liked
so we can share it with other people
Um, I think it's time to go play with every dog that's surrounding us.
Oh, because the dog party's over there!
Remember we did a dog party video. It's right there. It's right
Let's go find the dogs. I'm so happy. I'm happy too
Let's find out what happened to the bacon
Bacon thief! You're like a hobbit who took my bacon ring
Bacon ring?
Gollum Gollum
Dirty Simon hobbitses