well hello hello so it is lunchtime here in Takayama it is a very rainy day yeah
welcome to the city with a torrential downpour and it hasn't really stopped
yeah there was actually a thunderstorm last night and there was a weather
warning yeah yeah it was flooding we got our feet so applause yeah but anyways we
are going out for lunch today and we have read about something called some
Sansai Ryori - 山菜 and apparently this is like wild edible plant yep and shoots and
roots and blooms so we think we have found a restaurant that specializes in
this and yeah we're gonna go eat wild stuff other place wild mountain
vegetables
so we have to take our shoes off for this restaurant and they also have
towels isn't surfeit are symptoms it's like so we are checking out the menu at
the moment well I think we've got our eyes on these two sets
yeah it's a long Japanese but bigger picture is presentation the color above
an idea what we're getting herself into yeah
food has arrived check out this variety I have so many
like little dishes and even on my big plate I have so many like little mounds
of your like shoots and greens and the roots like this looks amazing
so what we're having today apparently it's a Sansai 山菜 which means Mountain
vegetables and the whole idea with this is that they're foraged as opposed to
grown in a farm so you kind of have to like and go out and collect it um and
yeah honestly I can probably identify five things on my plate tops but
everything looks wonderful so I'm gonna give you a little tour of my tree got my
chopsticks so look at this I believe this is for resting my chopsticks when
they're not in use how cute is that so this I recognize
because we've been having it for a Japanese breakfast quite often so it
looks like soft tofu with a bit of ginger on top then we've got some greens
going on over here let's just let's just start trying things it tastes like
something that grows in water more more little shoots over here that's nice it
just tastes like really juicy and fresh I've got something that looks a bit
crunchy over here I'm sweet like a radish maybe over here
I recognize the Lotus lotus root that's very distinct has a very distinct shape
that's easy to identify this looks like bamboo shoots yeah mm-hmm I've got a
little potato happening here you're doing a little better identify these
this looks like um like a tofu spongy thing tofu skin mm-hmm tofu skin oh my
gosh that's what we've been eating a Nico for like four days and this also
looks kind of spongy not seen under his tofu tofu in a different shape this also
looks like tofu but like with little black sesame seeds mmm mmm more tofu
that's like four kinds of tofu already let's see what this is that's kind of
tingly in the mouth it looks like some kind of pickled vegetable but not
entirely sure about more stuff going on over here
turning in touch this
yeah pickled stuff of course I also have a bowl with the white rice that's good
my despair is some kind of jelly thing which is challenging to pick up with the
chopsticks you might be wait radish you guys I'm just gonna use my hand for this
one it's like a really slippery mmm that tastes a little bit like lemongrass
that's like a very familiar Thai flavor I know it doesn't look like lemongrass
what about the soup I've got my miso it's nice it's got a little bit of
parsley and these mini mushrooms actually I don't think this isn't even
me so this is just a clear bra mmm have I tried everything that's going on in my
plate definitely enjoyed that this talked about it
that is good that's like sitting in a broth a salty broth and then you've got
the chopped and ginger on top that is really good give a favorite so for us I
kind of like this mystery thing this created some interesting sensations in
my mouth it has a very distinct flavor and also all the tofu that I picked four
varieties of tofu mm-hmm yeah it's pretty good I'm really curious to see
what your trays all about yeah me too Samuel also looks a vegetarian friends
except for the one fish yeah there's fish pescetarian pescetarian for sure
yeah there's no other kinds of meat that's for yeah I don't think anyways
unless this is me but it might be actually you want to give us a tour
call it a bento box as you can see it is has the different compartments so these
are this is the largest compartment and then there's two smaller ones over here
I also have I think what appears to be the same suit as yours
yeah it's something really neat about my races look there's no but then of course
I have the silken tofu as well ginger is good yeah let's just try this okay I
think we do have some similar dishes in a tree yeah hundred to four skins really
good like little black sesame seeds hmm so good it's been soaked in a really
nice sauce that's a little bit sweet is this a hard one
mm-hmm you know what I think that is water no a water chestnut here what
weight appeared to be I didn't have those in my drink that's exactly what it
is spicy mushrooms and believe it's beef that's been marinated
you know kind of a sweet and spicy sauce mmm
that's good that's the best part and now your fish for the fish there's a B again
this fish has been is actually more sweet than it is salty it's been like
marinated yeah it kind of has like a teriyaki kind of sauce mm-hmm some of
these are sweeter than I'd anticipated man this has been so good so far yeah
and to think like I just taking little bites yeah little nibble a lot of anyway
have a lot of everything anymore left to enjoy feels like it's such a super super
healthy meal yeah which is awesome because yeah I didn't think I've been
going out of my way to eat a lot of vegetables in the past few weeks so
there we have it no we haven't so definitely not this has been great
also you know what's kind of cool now we're the only two people in the
restaurant like beeping whispering trying not to disturb everyone because
it's so quiet me here oh we can talk a little just the two of us and yeah let's
also just talk about setting the ambiance here like check this out
fantastic gonna do a little pan so you can see what it's like super traditional
low tables to the ground pillows you can sit on it's wonderful effect for a rainy
day so there is nothing different on my plate that Audrey hasn't tried I'm sorry
vice versa vice versa your dish had all my vegetarian thing yes plus I eat and
some fish so now I'm gonna try that as well to see what I'm missing out on
exactly mm-hmm I'm gonna try it this beef first super tasty
hmm it's got a lot of flavor that is a wonderful sauce yeah
like the way it's been cooked kind of reminds me of bulgogi yeah in Korea and
it just has like a bit of a hint of lemongrass mm-hmm in the back mm-hm
and we also have some mushrooms mixed in here do some greens stuck to my
chopstick it's pretty fabulous combination of different tastes and
flavors isn't it that is really good I really like your
beef and mushrooms what else haven't you tried yeah you also have fish which I
don't have so the fish has been marinated mmm my tastes like a sweet
teriyaki sauce it has bones I can sense it has bones but they just kind of like
disintegrate they're very fine but me and I would see that beef and the
mushrooms are probably my favorite part I know all right your brace has things
in mind in it yeah what do you think I like the added
texture yeah isn't it good crunchiness in there wonderful meal huh I'm really
glad we decided to eat mountain vegetables for lunch I've got a SAN me
too nice this is just like incredible traditional Japanese food and even the
setting in here this kind of reminds me of like whenever I ever imagined like a
traditional Japanese meal in my mind it looks a lot like this oh no whispering
any marks or finally the only ones in the restaurant mm-hmm I always feel so
awkward when we sit down and there's people but they're not speaking they're
just sitting there in silence or like whispering but I feel like I need to be
hushed as well no there's no one around anyways let's enjoy the rest of this yes
so so good yeah and I feel like I'm gonna be full by the end of this oh yeah
even though it's like little gems and little roots it's surprisingly filling
it is so far and we've only put like a little dent in it
sure sure oh well well as you can see we left no place to marry against
everything we sure did anything was eaten and yeah so good it was all tasty
well like I mentioned earlier I didn't think that like little roots and leafy
greens and like just little bites like that would be enough to fill us up for
lunch the boy was whatever it was a
substantial meal cycle earlier we were thinking like
are we gonna need dessert yes or no the answer to that is no we do not need
dessert this was more than enough also we got green tea I don't even know if we
showed you guys we do need we got some wonderful there's some beautiful cups
yeah the dishes were beautiful yeah just that
the presentation was was it was on point like big time no it is time to talk
about the price so Sam's Sansai Ryori - 山菜 which had some meat and some fish was 1950 yen and mine
which was completely vegetarian Sansai Ryori - 山菜 was 1450 young so converting that into dollars
the total was 30 US dollars it's not amazing 15 per person
I'd say that's that's pretty incredible value because it was amazing but also
the setting you're like we're in such a cool restaurant radio and it's such a
unique experience like you're getting to dine with like wild indeed and honestly
I can't think of a better activity to do on a rainy day like this either like
this is just for the perfect introduction to really anime as well yes
yeah we hope you guys enjoy this video we hope you enjoyed seeing this kind of
unique meal we haven't eaten anything quite like this in Japan and yeah we'll
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