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good morning guys today we're going out
for a day of food and not just any food
but hopefully something a little more
authentic the area in right now is
called me Noah it's a small stomach area
near a Saxa Vista machi or back straight
areas of Tokyo have always been my
favorite in fact I've lived out on this
side of Tokyo for the better part of 10
years if not longer but now I live on
the other side of Tokyo so today I've
stayed at a friend's Bo con called the
under yo the owner mrs. Ichi is like the
most pleasant person you'll ever meet
she runs this place with her family her
goal is to show like real more authentic
Tokyo so I figure I'll keep that as a
theme today as we're doing our food one
of the things that I love is instead of
having a buffet for breakfast they'll
actually just make you breakfast right
here we're doing so much food today that
I had to skip breakfast so sorry next
time next time all right let's get going
thank you so much
thanks for letting me stay now I have to
find the gentleman who's gonna be taking
me around for food today you see I know
the area but I never eat where I live
does that make sense I always go other
places to eat so I have someone showing
me around for the day because he knows
all the food okay so we're gonna meet
the guy yes I crypt meat the guide over
at me police station in just a bit
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so my friends run a tour company here in
Tokyo and they've assured me that they
have a guide who knows all the food and
we linked down below by the way I'm
doing good very good
Derek he know it's all the food around
here very all the pressures on I'm very
hungry
sorry to have you meet me in such a
weird space yeah yeah not got cemeteries
over there but this little road here
because of the view of the train lines
and whatnot has always been one of my
favorite spots so what's our first food
for the day the Japanese down so we're
doing japanese-style doughnut
yeah now I have not been out to Yanaka
Ginza in so long to me this is like the
real side of Tokyo Chinese Channel
neighborhood yeah it's really it's its
traditional neighborhood in Japan you
get that like you know you get a feel of
what Tokyo used to be like
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it's also a really good place to grab
straight food and you have you've
already done it you brought me to a
place I've never been yeah this is
course for ya and this is the cat cow
donut can stay in the donuts okay a lot
of different options here these ones
have a little cat feet on them look at
that that's neat
okay oh wow these look really good they
actually they all look really good
I don't know how I'm gonna choose man
and here's the most popular one yeah
this is the most popular okay I I will I
will trust you
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alright I've never had anything like
this songs to be interesting
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really soft yeah what
it's more like a soft brownie inside
than it is a donut I typically don't
like dry sweets mmm I got I don't like
cakes and don't have some stuff like
brownies are okay because they're really
moist yeah but this is really good the
sweet was good but now I want something
savory well it kind of is this chicken
on a stick
chicken on a stick yeah stick chicken
all right what did you get skin you
don't eat chicken skin yakitori yeah I I
went with Minji cuts as it right there
all right let's try yeah yeah this is
really good men's cuts is always good in
Japan Kabuki like eating and walking
isn't really popular but we can come up
to areas like nanika Ginza yeah or a
sucks ah yes there are certain places
where you can eat and walk and yeah this
is this is one of them this is it eat
and walk food if you will but that not
everywhere you can do that no not
everywhere definitely don't do it on the
train oh that was heavy
so do know about Kikuchi oh yeah those
are like those liquor shops where you
can actually drink in the shop right
yeah okay I'm game I'm game
so to paint a clearer picture inside
just like this is just a normal Japanese
liquor shop but outside there's a space
like this where you can just sit and
drink moderately popular with the people
in the area you can get beer or they
also have a selection of Japanese sake
or nihonshu right here to choose from I
think I'm going to go with a beer how
about you I already miss summer
all right I need to walk some of that
off before we eat again haven't even
eaten that much it was the beer that did
it by far one of my favorite things
about Tokyo in the back street so these
little narrow like tunnel esque roads
like this one right here Oh a hidden car
we're gonna make a brief stop at one of
my favorite little shrines here desert
shrine it's an email shrine kind of like
fushimi inari in Kyoto with the tunnel
let's just
this spot is definitely one of Tokyo's
hidden gems it's a really spacious
shrine to kind of get away from the
crowds I don't remember all the gates
being this short though I hit my head on
the first one going in all right so a
little bit of a fun fact about these
torii gates in case you already didn't
know what you might each one of these is
actually donated by somebody a lot of
them have beautiful kanji written on
them like this and actually this is
really rare I've never seen that but no
matter what is written on them they are
universally fun to walk through I'm
gonna smack my head almost guaranteed
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this entire shop specializes in Oni D or
rice balls and although there's a huge
variety of stuff I always end up getting
the same thing you have a favorite no
time in title no actually my favorite -
oh all right we're gonna get a bunch of
mint I go onigiri yeah sitting why a
little shop
I was like any human yeah for all my
time in Japan I have never been to an
onigiri only restaurant it seems they
have set now I'm almost full
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this over here is actually a pretty cute
little cafe as well I love the open
concept of it
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and we're back any thoughts for food
well we're having tried takoyaki
takoyaki a Japanese classic I don't know
what you but I'm really partial to the
idea of this mayonnaise and cheese
don't try this one yeah all right but my
cheesy sauce on the ice you ma yeah
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so you're really gonna make me eat
pretty much all of this on my own a
really quiet yeah okay yeah the thing to
watch out for with takoyaki is it'll
definitely burn your mouth so I'm in
full expectation of pain right now
okay
Oh hot it's good it's good yeah this is
just very hot good luck good luck
see I told you Eric's like god you're
just putting it on there's no way it's
that hot it's what we call karma karma
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