in this video I'm gonna show you guys my
top 10 Street food at Kagurazaka alright
guys the typhoon has cleared and it's a
sweltering hot again here in Tokyo and
today I wanted to show you my top 10
Street food I could go to Sokka
so this place is known to be like a
little Kyoto if you walk around you'll
see like a mix of the old and new and
some crazy like little back streets
which I'm actually in right now this
place that I'm standing here right now
it's called a hide-n-seek alley the
reason it's called hide and seek is they
used to have a lot of bars and
restaurants here where all of the
geishas would go and men that we're
cheating on their wives would come here
and hide with the geishas away from
their family or I could have just made
up that shady Park but it's still an
interesting story for calling it
hide-and-seek alley well anyway so let
me just take you guys on to some of the
food spots man I'm sweating
alright let's go on the futon in this
super hot Tokyo weather man I really
feel like I'm in Kyoto right now with
all of these like little tiny streets
and guess who's here to help me out
today Michael and if you guys like my
samurai shirt check it out in the link
below some people say it's very similar
to Paris because you can find incredible
French and Italian restaurant but I
liken it more to Kyoto a simple walk to
the main street from Kagurazaka station
to eat a bossy Jason is pretty
incredible but don't forget to check out
the hidden back streets to feel like
you've transported back in the time
maybe this is why they say I didn't see
Wow look how small this entrance is all
right let's get our food on number ten
chiffon cake from chick Alicia's New
York
Amory's chica licious is a dessert bar
in New York owned by a Japanese
participate she cut Illman they offer
several japan-only sweets that you can
get at the original New York shop
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check out this nama cream chiffon cake
it looks like it's really heavy but it's
actually not that heavy but it's so big
it's like as big as my head then it
smells so good I like the top itself
it's just like super fluffy and you have
like a powder to sugar on top look at
that cream
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that is heaven that's actually one of
the lightest creams I've ever had it's
like the Michael Jordan of chiffon cakes
so much air it is a really milky I feel
like I'm actually drinking milk it's so
creamy and the cake is delicious it's
super soft and it's not too sweet like I
feel like I can eat maybe five of these
and still be okay it's so light oh my
love seafoam cake
mr. bum cake first got popular in Japan
was like when I was in elementary school
my mom made for me now so I got bullied
a bit
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ha oh well they still did cream is good
but those Polish part is really good too
it's like we just mounds know what I
don't get it that you just forget about
talking number 9 I you know to put a
Monica from by cutting look at behind me
absolutely making it right in front of
us by kata is a local Lagasse shop
established in 1935
they're beautiful wagashi is made by
hand one by one next to those full-on
traditional or gushy they have cute in
playful Monica like cat and rabbit
Monica's blanketing the shelves and I
threw down on their all-time bestseller
I you know tempura Monica the outer
shell is crispy fried with rice oil and
rapeseed oil and stuffed with handmade
red bean paste all right my about Gashi
fans and check it out it's in the shape
of an eye you fish so they call this IU
tempura but it's actually Monica which
has I can uncle inside
all right smells so fresh let me just
like break it in front of you guys
look at that oh so this is like a really
silky type of uncle so I generally like
something that has like a little more
consistency and has more texture where
this one is like silky smooth but let's
see how it tastes
oh damn that's like really sweet I
didn't actually expect it to be that
sweet but bread itself it's almost like
a waffle cone but it's a lot lighter
you guys love well gosh if you love unko
then definitely worth a try
in fact the store has like all sorts of
different products and it's pretty cool
just to like walk in and see them making
all that stuff a sweet little treat for
today
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he is gonna take a lot of uh Monica is
really crispy but this is like a soft
and fluffy type so Monica is made we're
what you call me which is sticky rice so
that's maybe right second what you would
see if x4b it's from kyoto this is frag
and rice I got this pram your really
thick like good boy like my little
sachet bees stop number eight me come on
from go jubilant I love they're insanely
massive nikuman of course it's not just
enormous it's also stuff with their
succulent and mouth-watering ingredients
aren't so hot it's like hot potato but
hot and you come on but you got a hot
piping steaming gomoku nee come on it's
like it's heavy
look how big this is maybe two or three
of my fist that's how big it is look at
that so Momoko means like it actually
has a five different kinds and then it
just means like assorted so let me just
open this up right in front of the
camera look at that look at all the
steam coming from there know how it
smells so good
can you guys see the egg it's right
there and it even has a pink some
chicken
that's all good there's just so much
flavor packed into here like taste the
shrimp you can taste some mushrooms and
it's nice because you get like a crunchy
texture with the bamboo shoots the bond
itself it's actually quite thick but I
think they make it so thick so that they
can hold all the contents I prefer like
not so much bread but this like will
definitely fill you up if you like have
this alone look at that fresh pieces of
seafood in there unless they even have
Joshu pork in here it's almost like
Halloween bag filled with candy from all
the nights trick-or-treating it says
many it's definitely smaller than
Paolo's but this is actually like a
regular space you like with the ones you
get in the company but is it worth money
the bread soaks up the meat juice it's
so good it's not that sweet a lot of NIC
one's really sweet but this is more like
really savory we just went in this like
back alley and check out right there
there's a modern jazz bar and just over
there there's a wine bar is a yakitori
place it's just small little alley and
Kagurazaka it's so hidden number seven
senbei ice cream from Cole gets it go
get to is one of the best Japanese ice
cream sandwiches I've ever had and I
want to show you guys and they also have
something Tommy seats inside so you
don't have to eat on the street Koga 2
is a Kyoto born oh gosh I shop there
well Gashi is more similar to Western
sweets as they calmly use butter in
their products one of their top sellers
is send you senbei and what better way
to enjoy it then by using it to send
with some delicious ice cream
check it out I got a cookie send that
ice cream and it was so nice if you
actually eat inside of the shop they'll
give you some free tea and she gave you
another cookie just like I won already
it smells so good it is a cookie ice
cream Japanese style it almost looks
like a Lay's potato chip that's really
soft I love it the shell itself it's
it's almost like a mix between a bread
and a cookie and it's just all so good
after that the cookie there's like a
layer in between that's like a hard
layer it gives it a little crunch so you
can see is actually there's like the ice
cream Center here and then it also has
like kind of like a whipped cream just
like all these different textures in one
delicious Japanese ice cream sandwich I
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think I'm eating your piece pretty girl
number six car again from voyage ino
karaage so this is my fried chicken spot
in Kagurazaka it's actually a bento shop
but if you ask you can actually get the
fried chicken to go they'll put it on a
stick so you can walk with it pretty
awesome I just got some fried chicken
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it's not as hard as this rickety fried
chicken so there's so many different
versions of fried chicken at the shop
they had like Tula fried chicken they
had chicken breast they had five I can't
guess what my favorite by me because who
doesn't love dark meat
oh it's so good it doesn't need any
sauce at all the meat itself is still
tender you can tell this is marinated
it's quite salty and savory already I
just really love the way they've
seasoned it the juices are just
exploding in my mouth right now
number five arancini from Dolce Vita
what I really love about this place is
they have an awesome selection of wine
but they also have all these cheese's
that you can try yourself have all these
samples everywhere so if you don't know
what cheese you like you can actually go
inside and try some cheese but they also
have a fried cheese surprise that I'm
gonna show you too let's go inside and
check out this store our soda stop look
at all this cheese
so if you could you to do a wine tasting
here before you buy look at all the
different wine bottles that they have
don't Suzumiya I'm just a terrible luck
buddy sitting on the sofa
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check out this hot auntie knee it's a
rice croquette filled with gorgonzola
and look at that lovely goodness can see
inside of the crispy brown layer there's
some rice it's like a rice pilaf almost
and then it has a gargons Ola cheese
looking back no how it's so strong oh
jeez Laver is so strong it's like pink
and moldy and so good the gorgonzola is
so strong it's like TRT gargons Ola the
rice itself is quite sticky does taste
like a rice pilaf or like a risotto and
I just love that krispity krunch at each
lecture it's not that like think of a
shell actually pretty light shelling but
it's still pretty crunchy the texture
it's so gooey in here like a cheesy rice
ecoo that's yellow
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hmm Oh guys it just started to rain and
so now it's gonna be a little bit more
challenging to film the rest of this
video because they're trying to do a
street food video but anyways let's keep
going because you guys need the top ten
number four Unni pudding from chicha
kite wool might've they have an awesome
beer selection you can use some wine and
they have some great seafood including
one of my favorites and Unni pudding
let's go inside and check it out just
until the rain passes it's like one of
those rains and I think is only gonna
last for maybe an hour and then it's
gonna get really sunny again so I have a
big beer my glass of wine and we have
some oysters oh that's a lot
silky smooth right down the throat
that's so good unlevel it rains so what
I really love about a voice like this it
just like you look at the atmosphere all
around it's just like a Japanese like
beach house like the way that they
decided it just feel like you're exact
in the day this is one of those places
you go to like a drink but they have
like really interesting snacks for like
drinking but look at this beautiful sea
urchin pudding it's so good like the
lighter yellowish orange color is come I
got cha hwa with sheep so it's like a
Duchy Tom was she kind of egg and then
there is a pudding on top and all it
goes in and mixes it's so well together
the egg and the dashi is like really
savory and it just combines it can make
this masterful piece number three
shaved ice from curry : so Kagura czaka
has a lot of shaved ice places but this
shaved ice place is one of my favorites
because it's so flavorful the funny
thing is it's actually a hockey shop but
my favorite thing from the shop is the
khaki Cody let me show you how good it
is
oh look at the strawberries right there
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it's so tart and refreshing and I heart
they're like this it's just what the
doctor ordered
and it comes to mochi ice cream stuff
you've never had much ice cream and this
is the place to go it's like an outer
layer of mochi that has ice cream inside
and love this place even has like a
strawberry kind of jelly jam on the
outer coating which is like add to the
full flavor of this dessert number two
sake testing at sake bar oh do not eat
so just right behind me in and away in
the business Lord is this sake bar they
have all sorts of Japanese sake they
have food and it's just a really awesome
cool experience so a lot of people don't
know about this spot so I wanted to take
you downstairs and show you what's up
let's go inside
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ha ha ha ha
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yeah it's it is stronger it is quite
strong so this one is just like a lot
smoother a lot easier to drink whereas
the father was a bit like spicier and
then the child is actually a little bit
smoother but I would have to say that
it's actually closer to the father than
the mother like he said so the thing is
I'm actually not a sucky drinker so I
don't really know like a different
various like different flavors and
tastes but I just like the fact that I
could come here in this try all the
different sake and it's like not that
bad of a price and what's cool about
this place is that they don't actually
have an English menu per se but they do
have a list of like what your favorite
flavors are and then you can just point
to which flavor you want
are they can point you to the one that's
like most suited for your taste and it's
all like six to eight hundred yen so
it's like
has a magnetic Wow that's good
it almost tastes like a white wine it's
really good because I like being another
strong sake drinker you then you might
want to try the shell lovers it was
really easy to drink and it's super
silky smooth and number one caisson
donphan suji Han hidden in the side of
the building suji on is one of those
restaurants that serve only one menu
caisson done which is a mixed seafood
rice bowl you can choose from three
variations which makes it super easy the
restaurant only has counter seats which
has that luxurious sushi restaurant
atmosphere right after you're seated
they'll give you three pieces of sea
bream sashimi and Kimmy Joey which is
egg yolk soy sauce to use for your
caisson tone so I got the most basic
caisson done ooh man it has tuna na
karoti tuna squid herring roe shrimp
salmon roe and two kinds of shellfish
the restaurant recommends to mix wasabi
with a key me Joey and pour it over the
mountain of seafood when in Tokyo right
check out this bullet so
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it is bursting with flavor of tuna is a
so fresh it's like had a hints of niggy
Toto like the mashed up to now do you
have like really big bits of tuna then
you have the Nikki total which is really
nice and then you have like the cucumber
bits right there it's really good -
simply amazing here this has all this
different - all mixed up together and it
produces the most amazing flavors and
then here's the best part which you
don't get at most places after you
finish with a caisson don't if you ask
they will pour dashi over the rice so
after you pour the dashi soup you add
the sashimi on top looks damn good right
oil it tastes even better
it's like an all-new meal because it's a
Thai dashi the sauce that the fish came
into is kind of like a sesame kind of
sauce like a like a peanut sauce
the the dashi looks really creepy but in
fact it's quite light and really nice
but the umami flavor is just kickin like
Bruce Lee this alone is worth the thous
in the end it's that good so if you
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