happy new year everyone we are back at
mykos hometown and I Chi we actually did
a video here last year it but yeah we're
completely back we're in her living room
and today I'm bringing you guys as
something as super special we're getting
a $1,000 bento box which is kind of more
than I've ever spent on any food in my
entire life you wanted to kind of start
this new year off right
I guess spending a lot of money maybe
that's probably not the best way to
start the new year zone but I just
wanted to show you guys what's inside
all right let's do this and open this
osechi bento box yeah this is actually
pretty heavy it is properly wrapped in
cloth it wouldn't be complete if I don't
have my coat to join with me so yeah
let's get might go involved might go can
you come here we can open this together
and ring in the New Year oh one thing
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subscribe so why did we do $1,000 bento
oh yes I wanted to see it okay so like
I'm born and raised in Japan and I never
gotten this like huge osechi like my
family don't invite that many like
people in a house for New Year's was
beat how to say you know the main house
in that family tree so I'm so excited to
open this thing yeah let's open this up
let's do it
nice box a nice Bowl yeah nice look it's
actually the level so these boxes that
are actually called them bento box I'm
this whole thing is called Chi because
it's like for the new year but each box
is actually called a shoe buckle soju
itself means
like the pile on top of each other oh
look at that I actually thought it was a
bamboo stick it's weird because it's
actually it's funny like this box maybe
this is like the serving chopsticks
basically I think this is probably just
for serving pretty cool and on top it
has this fern it's called cheetah I see
this like little shrine like when you
put orange yeah Wow first thing I notice
is the shrimp in there that's probably
one of the more expensive pieces I think
right
what do you mean that's expensive
it's actually supposed to be fish eggs
from a mullet fish not really sure I'm
like the only mullets I really know how
to people don't wear a mullet you don't
know what mullets are bullets no the
mullets are like when you grow hair in
the back of your head it's really
showcase usually right that really salty
you didn't put it in like a pasta and
like make it sauce but soo the strong
taste like been you jinx Sachi we can
take a little bit of weight though
before we get into like the details of
like what's in every box let me just
show you the different layers we have
ready happy birth at so cool chickens
colorful
yeah check it out in this one actually
has equal ax right here you have equator
which is a salmon roe they've used an
orange peel as a bowl which is pretty
cool yeah
in Japan Breton white yeah it's like
like a New Year thing and they have red
in my hair right in my hair that's cute
oh and you know he says cool it's new to
me yeah this year's animal they got the
rats
that's a nice Mouse you're the mouse all
right off to the next third and final
layer of this $1,000 surprise okay oh my
favorite what's my favorite they did
save the best for last this layer is the
darkest color
yeah it's but it's it's meaty it's more
meeting than other one so it looks like
everything's in the surface but actually
if you look into it there's like more on
the bottom like Oh is there stuff
underneath with these flowers in this
yeah it's multi-layered so way back in
the day or said she was used to
celebrate and mark the transition
between five different seasons and New
Year's in Japan each time giving thanks
to the gods for bountiful crops but
eventually I said she was only served
during the New Year's I guess maybe
having six Thanksgiving dinners in one
year was way too much to stomach
oh and using fire and knives or taboo
during the New Year's so said she was
prepared in advance and set out during
the first three days hence the reason I
said she is served cold like my dad's
family no no they never have this box
but instead if they have like huge bowl
of life is like a little dishes because
they have like but so many visitors this
is not enough right but this is about
five six people so yeah they have like
big bowl like laying around on a table
so I think it really depends on the
family or like the size of family you
have we're just good and like people
come by have drinks they don't have like
big plates they just like kind of use it
as so mommy they're like snacks things
like $1,000 but I mean I could probably
eat that's a lot of okay so let's eat
some of this I don't think we're gonna
like go through everything thank you you
guys are missing one box all right you
know what I know it's not proper we
should be using these to serve each
other but I think we're gonna
go just a little bit more a style and
just use our own chopsticks and pick
them out I think it's gonna be faster
one of the things that was kind of
interesting to me was the fried chicken
so really Adam and all of this do you
choose fried chicken so got some fried
chicken right there that's I mean I'm
just gonna have a first bite of that
well I was interesting I was expecting a
lot better fried chicken it was okay
it's not like fresh hot piping fried
chicken so maybe fried chicken wasn't
the best one to start with because it's
not like you just made it like five
minutes ago that's just for the people
like you like your kids this is like
such a grown-up food you know like very
traditional and the kids would be like I
don't want this that won't fry chicken
or curry fried chicken what are you
gonna try the thing is this came from
like super famous deal day ago yeah yeah
did you see this it's like a bowl so
pretty it almost looks like an ornament
from a Christmas tree yeah yeah
I've actually had those like candy balls
it looks kind of like that what is that
expect a fish cake
oh boy I wanna try one mm-hmm it's
almost like mochi yeah kind of sticky
but like no basket case
and it almost sounds like a citrus taste
to it oh it's probably cuz it's probably
this that's it just from there I know
I'm gonna fancy so this one
looks like salmon wrapped around with
fish cake which is pretty interesting
right hmm
so I think if Simon has actually been
marinated a little bit and maybe kind of
like a vinegar sauce really very it
tastes almost kind of a little bit like
pickled but it's pretty good almost like
need a beer with all of this food right
oh let's see what's inside this green
thing I think it's a banana leaf maybe a
little bit cold to the touch open
oh it's like a greener mochi look at
that it's like you know this reminds me
of kind of like when I have you get like
a box of chocolates and you get like a
little different little surprises inside
I think the reason why you it looks just
so expensive is there's just so many
different types of Japanese food like
you don't get this assortment with just
like maybe if you spent like a hundred
dollars or something and it's a packed
really densely in this box so you
actually get in terms of like Japan your
money's worth for like this type of
selection so yeah it is kind of
expensive I don't think I don't think
I'll be doing it again I want a bag I'd
rather buy some wicked new lens or
something for the camera but we wanted
to show you guys share with you guys
like what kind of stuff that they do
offer in Japan kind of like part of this
entire channel
to try to have like new experiences with
you guys share them but also kind of
just enjoy you know sharing all the
stuff with you guys
Wow you know the uncle right there and
it's like it's like melting it's usually
doesn't melt like that it's really
really mmm it's like almost wow that's
crazy it's like a really liquefied uncle
oh it's okay yeah it's really really
smooth like this one is almost liquefied
to a point where it's just take it out
it just kind of melts outside of the
mochi it's a different level I've never
had it's so milky like this I've never
said no side you with sweets okay my
turn
it looks like a pump off from Cheerilee
Cheerilee yeah yeah go team go go team
go
it's shredded but the center is all kept
together like a pom pom know what I
thought it was is it pickled pickled
very light good mixture
it's like crunchy it's like a Domus like
it's so moist
it's still kind of little watery that
it's been soaked yeah I like that
pickles things in it's good skin one oh
yeah so there's actually two types of
shrimp do you have like your regular
shrimp like this then you have this
shrimp right here what's interesting
about this shrimp right here is they've
left the legs on here that's like super
long yeah yeah it's a different type and
it's at the bottom so maybe it's more
sometimes things that are smaller they
don't look very good but usually in
Japan things with spat are smaller have
a lot more flavor and taste mm-hmm this
is such a small piece
well there's a nice flavor to it it's
been marinated as well this one almost
has like a sweetness to it what's this
look at that the one looks like a fish
cake as well but it has like different
pieces of fish cake mm-hmm oh it's hard
hmm
Wow don't watch that's like a meat
flavor to it that's awesome
[Laughter]
mud lemon sounds like a turtle shell mmm
on top the littlest things the littlest
details on this let's try it
hmm
oh that's nice I don't think it hasn't
been pickled but yeah anything else so
this one I think it's pretty traditional
like pretty King Kong made with chestnut
I usually don't go for this but there's
no trouble city this is pretty
traditional city dish I usually don't go
over this because it's kind of sweet you
know like often it's not that great if
you make it at home but I just want to
try for this from a nice place thank you
mother
pretty good you know this is gelatin
things I think it's basically the
smashed version of that it's just not
bleats perfectly sweetened and it's good
this one looks like mashed potatoes I'm
not really a fan of this like mashed
potato kind of Spain beans potatoes I'm
gonna skip though and I'm gonna go for
this one it looks a little bit more
meaty to me it has some food nuggie on
the outer shell that's kind of like
wrapped around and I believe that's gobo
hmm the gobo is really strong with that
one in really taste ago but you can't
taste so much of the unagi which is you
the predominant flavor there is the gobo
this is actually just so much we can't
really try everything it almost kind of
looks like some meatloaf like fish eggs
well the orange pieces are definitely
carrots
mm-hmm really hmm it doesn't look that
good lots of pictures okay do you like
this mmm well it does have kind of like
a meaty texture to it the outside eggs
that she referred to tastes like the
kind of heart and kind of crunchy kind
of like sesame seeds almost but not
sesame seeds does have like a meatloaf
quality to it which I really like are
you guys like I feel like you guys are
gonna get more diverse like okay if you
keep going so I think this on outside is
kombu and then inside probably like a
yeah I think it's probably like some
sort of silver fish hmm not my favorite
but not bad what's cool is you can taste
the kombu and has like different layers
so kombu is actually a seaweed it's kind
of like really really hard and dense and
they've taken it and then I put it into
a little layer so when you bite through
it you can taste all the different
layers of density underneath I found
some our B this is a straight out of the
shell it's a really really like easy to
eat nicely marinated like a very mellow
it's there's a very light marination in
dashi mmm and they it has that after
days of like just a mummy pig the show
mommy okay so I'm gonna try this really
cute egg roll looking thing it's egg and
fish cake yeah nice Wow
Oh mah really sleep on my well make more
like a sponge cake roll yeah it's like
on the salty side but still in the sweet
category right what's the price and then
finally I'm gonna just try this thing
looks like I'm kind of like a plum but
it's green I've never had a green one
before it's plum it has a little bit
sourness but it has a little bit of
sweetness to it too so it's like not
really really that animal none gosh it
smells like cumin yeah it's almost like
it's really really fresh oh yeah oh good
oh it is not like I was just making like
this sour sour punch to it but not
really that's our really it's the one
that you put in a plum wine oh yeah all
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yeah thank you guys so much for being a
part of us all last year appreciate all
the support ready to start the new year
first day filming and you know this we
get to share this lovely meal with you
guys thank you and catch you guys in the
next one