Today, we're going to take you to Torikizoku
one of our favourite chains in Tokyo,
and what's amazing about this place is it got great food, and great drinks
all, ¥280.
I'm gonna eat
EVERY F***ING THING ON THIS MENU!
LET'S DO THIS
LET'S DO THISSSS
[dramatic music]
Now if you come here hungry, like I did because
I'm freaking starving right now,
you always want to start with the speed menu.
Because this place is so busy right now,
if you order stuff from the regular menu it's gonna take a lot longer.
This stuff will come in like under 5 minutes, you can start eating right away.
These eggs, are awesome.
This cucumber is amazing.
Kimchi?
[S] I'm not getting kimchi in Japan. [M] I don't trust it.
I don't trust you Japan, with your kimchi.
Well we're gonna get some stuff right here [coughs].
I'm droolin'
Bing bong the bell, let's order.
Let's go.
[Martina bing bongs the bell]
Oh yess!!
Oh by the way,
there's only one pair of chopsticks.
[S] WHAT?!
[S] Nonononononono.
[M] Uh oh. [S] Nonono.
[M] Uh oh. [S] Oh no.
[S] Oh no.
I'm going next- I'm going to the place here to get chopsticks.
Luckily this place is open
Aha!
I could've waited,
but you would've eaten everything.
[M] Everything.
That would've been a bad idea.
Aww yes.
[S] I can't begin to tell you, how much I love
Japanese cucumber.
These things,
[chews]
Covered in their,
[salavates]
chili oil
[salavates more]
and, sometimes sesame seeds.
I eat these every breakfast.
Nothing makes me, as happy, as these right here.
This is one of my favourite things eaten, all in Japan.
I love it!
I love it more than noodles!
[M] If you love it so much, why don't you marry it?
[Wedding March plays]
[Wedding March plays] [M] Nooooo.
[M] Now this is one of the most basic things on the menu, so you gotta try it when you come here.
You got either chicken thigh or chicken breast.
And it's got green onion,
and you can choose four different ways to have it:
Salted, with sauce.
You can have it spicy
and then sometimes they have additional new things on the menu,
like right now it has some kind of curry powder one.
We personally prefer salted and sauce.
But you know what?
With ¥280,
try one sauce
try one salted.
Just make sure you try it.
Mmm.
Barbeque magic.
Soft and tender.
Look at that crispy.
Mmh!
Ohh.
[S] Ohhh baby.
Japan,
has made me appreciate eggs in a way I've never thought about before.
The way Japan has perfected the egg.
They way they boil it,
the way they keep the inside creamy and gooey.
It just,
so much love and perfection.
You could taste, 10 thousand years of history, in this one perfect egg.
[M] Alright, calm down.
Gudetama
nooooooooo!
[S] Mmh!
I will never love eggs, as much as I love them in Japan.
Now although this place is based on the name, "chicken"
they do have a little bit of beef on the menu
and I really recommend, this kind of magical..
It's not like a teriyaki, what would you explain it as Ducky?
[S] I dunno, just like.. [M] Magic sauced, beef.
And it's super, super soft.
And so when you're having like,
chickenchickenchicken
You kind of get bored after a while.
You gotta go for this beef.
Mmm.
Oh my god.
It's like summer time barbeque,
It's almost like a kebab.
It tastes like lamb.
It's just,
fantastic!
I wish I had a tiny little bun, that I could just put it in like,
slide it off.
[S] OH MY GOD, that'd be perfect!
Wouldn't that be amazing?!
[S] This right here,
is one of the main reasons I love this place.
They have seasonal items and for this season,
they have Buttermilk ranch salad.
RANCH
at a Japanese izakaya.
"This is my best dream..." (Stawski, 2016), put together all in one.
[M] Your BEST dream?
[S] My best dream.
You shut it you.
[M] How long have you been living overseas for?
Your English so suck!
[omg finally, a break from typing]
[S] This right here is one of my favourite things on the menu to get,
and it's vegetarian.
This is Mochi mochi cheese.
It's just like mochi,
grilled and covered in cheese, and seaweed.
And it's just so
[takes bite to demonstrate stretchiness]
It's like,
a savoury marshmallow.
Mochi's a pounded rice cake.
and it just,
it pounds my heart.
[M] Oh you're the worst.
You need to work for like a,
card company.
Oh yeah!
It's covered in a sweet barbeque sauce.
This is so wonderful.
[Wolfs down the rest of the stick]
Uh!
I'm so happy right now.
MMMH!
[M] Now when you think about Japan,
you probably don't really think about potato salad as being a thing, but it's pretty big here.
And the mayonnaise is amazing,
and they cover it in shaved,
BONITO FLAKES
I'm yelling because it's so loud here!
Stop having fun!
Look at this,
onions and potato and mayo.
How do I even?
[S] Put it all in your mouth girl!!
Mmmh
Mmmh x2
Mmmh x3
Mmmmh x4
Now I'm not sure if you can hear this,
but we actually have to yell to talk
and I know a lot of people are like,
"Oh you have to be careful, because Japan's so quiet."
This place is NOT quiet.
We are some of the quietest people here right now.
Everyone around us, is noisy,
this place is bumpin'
It's about a good vibe.
Stop thinking that Japan is all whisper quiet, full of
"Ooh be quiet."
No it's not!
This is fun! This is bumpin'
This is energetic,
this place has great energy.
[happy place dancing]
[potato salad break]
[continues dancing]
Potato salad
POTATO SALADDD MY LOVE
[M] If you like potato salad so much, why don't you marry it?
[Wedding march plays]
[Wedding march plays] [M] Nooo Ducky!!
[M] Noooo
don't marry it.
This is the kind of thing you want to order as soon as you get in.
This is kind of like a little hotpot with rice and ham and onions and carrots in it.
But it actually boils on your table from scratch,
so it's kind of like pre-cooked rice but it's not quite ready so if you're really hungry,
this kind of thing you gotta wait for, so order it in advance,
let that boil on your table,
and then when you're ready to move on with your meal and actually have some carbs,
this is what's up.
But I mean,
you don't have to,
you can just stick to chicken all night, that's what I'm saying right?
[S] (mouthing) That was so good!
So that's it for our Food Adventure Program For Awesome People.
If you want to find out how to find these places, they're pretty much everywhere.
You just gotta like,
[S] Look up [M] Look up
[M] exactly what was gonna say
[S] They're never on the ground floor
look up, you'll find them,
and you'll love 'em.
[M] So make sure you keep your eyes peeled for the gigantic yellow sign,
with the weird red font that looks like "Chicken Fire, Chicken man".
[S] You'll love it.
[M] You're gonna love it guys.
[S] It's great!
[M] Zuku.
no
Torizuku
wait no,
[S] To ri ki zo ku, it's right- the sign's right there.
[M] Well you're reading it, that's cheating.
[S] wel- oh that's winning.
[M] Zukuuuu
Fire god!
It's chicken,
it all makes sense! [S] His name's Zuko
Shhh
don't caree..