in this video I'm gonna show you guys my
top bentos at Tokyo Station so if you
ever been to Tokyo Station you know
there's a bunch of bento shops all
around and it's just there's so much to
choose from that it's really daunting
for someone going there for the first
time the thing about the bento is in
general it's sometimes is just hit and
miss likes in fact I've had like some
bad bentos myself so in this video I
wanted to show you some my favourite
shops some of my favourite bento's so
that when you guys go there you know
which ones that you guys might like
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get started and let's go to Tokyo
Station Tokyo Station is one of the main
transportation hubs connecting local and
Shinkansen train lines but what a lot of
people don't realize is that Tokyo
Station has some of the most incredible
food shops and some of the bentos are a
must pick up before getting on a long
Shinkansen train ride trust me you'll
thank me later so let me break it down
basically there are four main vent on
shopping areas at Tokyo Station acute
chaos Street south court acute iki
Panama City and Grandpa gran says on the
basement floor while the other three are
on the first floor you can easily access
grants a shopping area from the stairs
right next to south court acute entrance
alright let's start with one of my
favorite sushi joints Tokyo waka which
is in grand style this place has all
sorts of sushi this time I got a caisson
Bowl but you can actually get like
little packages so if you're on the
train you can't eat that much it's
really perfect this is the one place
that Michael and I always go to and ride
the Shinkansen one it's close to the
entrance so it's really easy to pick up
and two it's just really fresh quality
in fact when you look at the store
they're cutting the fish right in front
of you so it's almost like yeah excuse
me market and this Kaizen bulk here has
really like Otoro tuna
it has uni which is sea urchin and that
is equator which is salmon roe also has
some egg and it has some ginger and then
it's all on top of rice and the reason I
got this one today also is because it's
a fanciest one that they have it's quite
expensive so if you don't want to get
the most
one then definitely the cheaper packages
that they have is also pretty good don't
worry about getting the most expensive I
just wanted to show you guys what you
can get for this much oh and it's quite
worth it that looks so good nice and
plump sea urchin you guys know I love
the sea urchin alright let's take a bite
it's so fresh I love it salmon roe
maybe CUDA is nice and clumpy I just
pops in your mouth so call the juices
explode look at that you can even add
some rice yeah your wasabi and you got
the big piece of tuna I love it like you
can taste the oils from the fish it's
just pouring into my mouth it's not just
the red tuna where this is like total
like you can taste all the fat and all
the coils just melting in your mouth
I'm glad we got this one definitely if
you're looking for some sushi this is
the place to go
my own you gotta taste this gonna see
more booty I never get this fancy one
when I'm traveling alone so not as fat
as I thought it's fatter but it's not
that heavy tonight Kunie yeah it's got
like a big s look at this it's amazing
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for me you get the total it's really
hard to make a comment
Oh sushi it's just either fresh or not
fresh but it is fresh it was very good
this is little bento quality I recommend
number 2 no D bayonet yeah my nobody so
this is called a naughty Ben it's
supposed to be like a cheap affordable
bento that you're supposed to be able to
like just like pick up it anywhere but
this one that we got today is more on
the premium side so if you're looking
for a higher-quality naughty Ben then
this is the place to go ingredients
itself you can tell like it's not like
the most expensive
I'm ingredients that's why I'd like no
depends are generally cheaper but this
place has the premium version
ms:i are trying today we have some
salmon chicken tempura it's like a fish
cake that's been fried in like tempura
we have some egg spinach like I think
this is a pickled daikon this is that's
like a vermicelli a little spicy and
then you have some like no D and then
it's like on a bed of rice it's quite
heavy so I was talking to the star staff
she told me this store is their third
store have one insky G and they have one
in Ginza I thought you said obaasan
which is grandma's but it's actually a
casa so a bunch of moms making this so
they can only make so many these are a
little limited quantity I can made bento
is not like enough factory or anything
it's another reason why they're so
premium got some rice got some no do I
lost my salmon chunk there you go
salmon chunk ready to eat mmm that's
really well marinated it almost sounds
like a hint of vinegar in it finally
salted the fish is nice and moist it has
like a nice consistency like you would
expect in a salmon but definitely
understand why this is a premium good
job mom's look at this alright so let's
try that chicken off this big piece
mm-hmm so the Chippewas oh it's more
like what you would expect from a
regular bento I to me it's like nothing
special it's not just battered tempura
but it also has a nutty which is seaweed
like flakes inside of the tempura which
gives it a nice like seaweed flavor so I
generally wouldn't choose this kind of
bento cuz I don't really like she'll
Jack can we just go to Chucky
it's at one way that Japanese people eat
Chucky that'd be salmon it's super salty
I don't really like it but maybe this
fancy place might have done really
nicely wow it's so soft it just breaks
luisina
it's like I can actually taste it let me
up like salmon oil but it's not oily or
it's not dry it's really good
no dduba dduba today I'm not good movie
Moshe no no no no wonderful non zero at
all number three Daruma bento at a Cuban
mud city so look we've got a Daruma
bento it's so cute for this Daruma bento
is a limited only bento that's offered
in guma in the Takasaki area apparently
like this bento shop that we went to in
tokyo station sells bentos up from all
over Japan and they were able to get
this bento into that shop so luckily
like it you don't have to go all the way
to guma and get it you can go to the
Tokyo Station and get this one it's a
little bit hidden
oh I don't have it's hidden but is where
all the junior trains meet this nice is
you can use this as a coin Bank in the
future oh it smell so good in fact the
second this is one of Michael's
favorites I usually don't get this kind
of stuff because it's so vegetable II I
can see so basically what it has it has
some bamboo shoots pickled shiitake some
spinach other mushrooms
it has Kuti that's konyaku which is like
a vegetable gelatin what is this it
looks like a shrunken gumball and it has
chicken in here let's just take a bite
of this stuck in mushroom mmm that's
decent
who writes itself it looks like it's
it's really sweet so the right stuff it
looks like it's been cooked with soy
sauce it's the other Chucky call me yeah
this dougie coming going it's actually
pretty good
I'll leave you all this stuff I'm just
gonna taste the chicken cuz you don't
like the chicken so much hmm that
chicken almost tastes like if you ever
had roasted duck like had that same kind
of texture same kind of like flavors but
it is chicken it's really good I wish
they would have had more like the thing
this is perfect for people like Michaels
eyes that don't eat so much I don't
females cuz I'll be sexist okay so like
Paulo said it's actually my favorite it
does not look good to be honest it's so
like a grandma bento I was actually
scared to try out first but like my
co-workers tell me this is really good
just try it
but I tried it just really good yes a
good mom doesn't have ocean so like
everything is from Mountain mountain so
I'll start with this Kikuta yeah
deliciousness oh good we begin anew
which ingredients has its unique texture
everything is married in a different way
in the perfect way that's why it looks
ugly but good number for hamburger at
suvamay grill tsubame grill is a famous
steak and ham baaga restaurant chain but
you can find in many department stores
and shopping areas and they have a deli
shop just inside South corner cute how
bogus steak is actually served in a tin
foil at the restaurant just as it is in
this bento look at this tin foil madness
I've never seen other bentos that come
in in full wow this smells so good you
can see all the sauces there look at his
chopsticks I don't think these ones came
with it small right I'll look at this
it's a meat on meat so they have steak
on top of the hamburger I get came warm
but like the transfer from the
transition to the house it kind of got a
little bit cold let me heat this up real
quick and let me like enjoy it properly
yes I ate a bunch of food already yeah
so we didn't press record but it happens
so I guess we're just gonna start from
here you guys miss the piece of steak
that was on top and my reaction it was
quite tender the sauce itself has like a
demi-glace and sauces all right so let's
take the first bite of this which is not
our first bite any more this Hamburg is
really good it's still moist you can get
a lot of they like the juiciness in
there it's not like fully cooked and
hard you can see like the outside of it
has been like almost blackened like but
the inside is really soft and mushy you
can see the onion bits that are still in
here I'm digging this this is even like
slices of bacon inside of the meat
that's amazing that's why tasted so good
like not your traditional bento but if
you want some rice with this and
definitely you can just ask them I think
they'll charge extra for it but they do
offer rice number five
Newton bento from Riku I got some Goethe
now this one comes not actually from
like the bento market but this one comes
from a shop straight away you're gonna
need their beef tongue straight like
from their shop they serve it at the
restaurant but right in front of the
restaurant they have places where they
sell the bentos and if you're looking
for you Tong this is my recommendation
what's nice about this place is they
have several different sizes and they
also had a Newton which is kind of a
thinner version of the Agathon and it
has like the police string thing where
it would steam up and like cook it and
make it hot but this one I'm like
actually enjoy thicker pieces of you
Tong so that's like that this one I have
the six pieces of Butte on here it has
some like pickled egg spinach onion
carrots mix and then it has like a miso
like a pickled miso sauce and then also
has like another like doot on there's
kind of interesting that's okay all
right so let's try this cute on
hmm its moist for being this thick I
mean for being the snake I mean it's a
little bit chewy but that's to be
expected you can see the juices that are
like still there it's really really
moist and it's soft there's like a nice
bounce to it when you chew it's just so
flavorful like it's picked up like all
of the charcoal and all the the barbecue
it's picked it up really nicely
sometimes what people will do they'll
take this miso and they'll put it on the
heat on itself and then they'll eat it
just like that like as a combination
with the rice it gives it another like
texture and flavor I think this is like
one of the best Meudon bentos in tokyo
station number six sandwiches from
meadow hen this sandwich came from like
nicest sandwich shops in Tokyo session
basically they have all sorts of
sandwiches they had this like kutsu pork
sandwich but they also have like desert
sandwiches like strawberry sandwich I
think that Pete sandwiches even had a
blueberry sandwich like this is one of
my recommended shops to go to because
it's just like everything but they have
a pork sandwich and but these ones I
think they're not like mass-produced are
probably like oh I don't know but they
don't feel like the mass-produced
I mean look how thick that is that's
that's crazy how thick that is I love
how like in the Japanese sandwiches that
I cut out the crust for you and
everything you see inside they have the
pork cuts ooh lettuce in here
mayonnaise believe it there's some like
butter some something else but let's
just take a bite into this bad boy
that's crazily good nice moist tender
crust on the outside of the pork katsu
it's still crunchy this one's also had
the katsu sauce
kind of like a sweet barbecue sauce that
they put but it's a Japanese type of
barbecue sauce but yeah wow that's good
only downside to this is like after a
baby like three bites it's like almost
gone half of it so the serving size is
quite small so if you are a big eater
you might want to get like the value
pack that you might want to get like two
of these sandwiches because it goes
quickly number seven did strain bento
whoohoo at a Cuban mud city come on man
we had to get this right it's funny
because when I was getting this vent oh
there's actually a kid in front and he
was like just pointing out of the
different
desaad and the ones he's collecting and
like kids love this stuff so man I have
to just share with you guys because if
you guys have any kids then they're
gonna love this and I kind of love it
too I wanna see this is better than a
Happy Meal right look at that you don't
get a freakin train like this and they
had like this corner in the shop that's
all like kid bento so they had all the
different types of trains they even have
like some anime character bentos which
you know kids just love it's freaking
amazing let's get this party started
rollin rollin it smells so much like a
kid bender like this this reminds me of
elementary school lunch you know that
they would give you fact it looks a lot
better
oh maybe those short chopsticks I had
earlier was for this maybe it was like
the kid bento that's what it sounds like
why are these little did they know that
adult would be eating this I mean kids
are gonna love this and as like a little
mini hamburger fried chicken which is my
favorite ass fried shrimp tempura with
two fried potatoes pasta noodles with
green peas carrots and corn
it's a Japanese flag tell my book what
it looks like from fish cake fish cake
flag it's pretty dope alright let's just
taste this real quick smells okay mmm
actually not bad it's just like a kid's
meal nothing nothing to write home about
chickens quite dry like really dry I'm
surprised though you would think Japan
makes completely good fried chicken in
general why they would put dry fried
chicken in this and not like just the
regular fried chicken that's like and
generally good it's almost like like
your cheap bento at the competing like
that's like the same quality kids would
still like it anyways if they don't eat
the food they can still play with the
train and number eight keisuke bento at
a tsukino bento this shop is in the
south court acute apparently this is
three Michelin star chef Shintaro s sake
shop and all the Bentos are handmade so
this is your Keisuke bento this it has
like little mini dishes like perfect for
you know someone that wants to like try
everything
it has pickled carrots potato with
chopped cucumbers egg it has a rat
raisin pumpkin on top of this bed of
rice you have like a flaked salmon and
you have beef again I'm not really
excited about this stuff like this case
that you Ben does cuz it's not my thing
feels like I'm what like more Michael
likes yeah I'm not too excited about
this one it's so much Adam event oh okay
I'm so full but I'll try this rock side
because everything is pickles you just
labor oh my god okay oh the rice is
really good oh the fish is good let's
try egg people say then you go to the
sushi restaurant eat the egg to decide
if this check is good oh I don't like
pumpkin I don't like carrots
I don't like potatoes I don't like the
celery in the chicken my favorite but I
know girls out there love this kinda
like a little tiny dishes you know so
surprisingly like Maiko and I honestly
don't like this I don't like it so much
because it's just a lot of pickled stuff
Mike on the other hand didn't like some
of the flavors but in general this is
their number one popular bento in that
shop I almost feel like there are people
that would like this it's just not me
I'm not saying that this place is bad or
you shouldn't go to this place if you
have more of a refined that maybe even
like a old person taste then this is
probably something that you would like
like if you have more like elegant taste
so sadly enough this is a top eight
video but it should have been a top ten
but the two bentos that I got were like
the Steam version what do you actually I
have it in front of me so basically the
bento itself has a string and you pull
it out and it cooks the ingredients
inside unfortunately the ones that we
tried weren't pretty good I've actually
had other one before with some like okay
success I was really hoping these two
were gonna be really good but I just
can't include them because they're not
very good it's just a sad because I
really wanted to show you guys like
no like how delicious heated bed dough's
are I just have bad luck with them I
guess so they're not gonna be included
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