We're on Miyajima island- there's a beautiful torii gate, deer roaming
around and a whole heap of delicious food to sample- let's go and see what we
can find
one of the things you've got to try when you're on Miyajima Island is eel
so we've found this stall which sells steamed eel buns.
It's piping hot and
the bun is so soft so it's filled with vegetables and sea eel and we've heard it's got a
bit of spice. Mmm the bun is just really plain, simple, the eel is minced
and it's got some pickled vegetables in it. It's a very subtle flavor-I think I'm going to need
another bite. Mmmmm really really light, you can taste that little hint of spice. The pickled
vege- it's really good. Mmmm I love eel and this ticks all the boxes, it's very light
like Sheena said, eel's a pretty subtle flavor, it's got a nice fishiness just
subtle fishiness, the vege adds a little bit of crunch, there's some I
think bamboo and some cabbage maybe some onions or something the bun's really soft
really well steamed so it's just like a steamed pork bun which is one like
pretty much most people's favorite, it's just the most stunning thing this is exactly the same
principle but with this eel mixture inside so it's really good. Like a pork bun
it's got that sort of slight sauciness going on and a little bit of
sweetness I'm picking up- that's really really good
another thing to try when you're on Miyajima island or in Hiroshima in general
are oysters because Hiroshima produces about 80% of Japan's oysters. Look at how plump they
are. These are just plain grilled oysters I've added a bit of lemon. Whoooaaa.
Wow so creamy, super fresh that is epic. I really love cooked oysters as
well as raw oysters, my grandma used to always steam them in an egg
custard so I have really fond memories of cooked oysters
and that was a damn fine one. Look at the size of this thing
like it's almost as big as my hand it's absolutely incredible and like Sheena
said it 's so plump I'm going to add some lemon. Alright so just a dribble of lemon
grab a pick
Wow look at the size of that thing, it's so meaty and because it's been grilled it's
kind of holding together it's holding its shape it's not really slimy like a
fresh oyster
Wow if you're not into oysters, you wouldn't be into this because it definitely
taste like an oyster. It's so good because it's been cooked it's really
firm, not firm in a chewy way just how it holds together was really nice in the
mouth wow, I've never had an oyster like that I've never really had many cooked
oysters before to be honest we're from New Zealand and the really famous oyster
from New Zealand is the Bluff oyster which you you always have raw, well you don't
but you should always have raw because it's just heaven so really haven't had many
cooked ones. This is damn good and the fact that you can have it in a couple of
bites that shows how big this oyster is. Really really good. Arigatou gozaimasu.
Miyajima is also the birthplace of the rice scoop and they have the world's
largest rice scoop. Miyajima Island rice scoops are known for scooping up
happiness, victory and good fortune- fun fact! The most famous dessert on Miyajima
island is momiji-manju a maple leaf shaped cake with filling inside
traditionally it's red bean but you can also get custard, cheese, chocolate,
green tea all sorts I've got custard here to try
it's so nice and soft it's a sponge cake really well it feel like it.
Mmm and it's just simple custard filling, very sweet but the perfect size to
satiate your sugar craving and it's really neat because the street is just
lined with all these shops which are making the Momiji Manju in the window
so you can see the batter being poured into the press and the press going down and
it's really neat . This is great. I'm going to try the red bean version I love
red bean I think it's great it's often too sweet Very tasty- the
red bean is um quite gluggy not like the custard the custard one was really like
silky and sticky almost this is like Sheena said sponge cake, really basic
sponge cake, the red bean paste is very sweet
like tingling in my mouth sweet which I don't particularly love to be totally
honest but anything like that like this sorry is going to be like that so when it's
this size it's really good because it's kind of the right portion and it's really tasty.
And I love too how much filling there is they don't skimp on the filling you
gotta hate it when they just fill you up with sponge cake. That's a really
interesting snack. We couldn't resist this green tea one because the packaging
was so beautiful this one's from another store. Japan does presentation so well no
matter what it is it's beautiful. Green tea
hmm this is really really nice because the green tea is not too sweet and the
bitterness of the green tea works really well with the sweet sponge it's very
smooth, a little bit grainy like the red bean paste was but that's nice I think
that's probably my favorite along with the custard because anything custard is
good right? The deer are not afraid of people this one here started nibbling on my top
just before, see she's getting in. She's got my top! She's got my top hahaha. The camera! Your bag!
Hahaha I've got deer slobber all over me
Miyajima is known as the island of the gods and is really well known for its
torii gate the one behind me and at high tide it looks like the gate is floating
in the water. The gate's the entrance to the Itsukushima Shinto shrine so let's go and
check that out
we keep seeing this Miyajima beer all over the place for sale and we couldn't
not try it. The most beautiful label apparently it's local but well it has to
be local it's called Miyajima original beer and we've googled, we've asked so many
people if there's a brewery here and the answer from Google seems to be yes the
answer from locals seems to be no but we've not found anyone with very good
English so it's been a bit tricky so apparently there is a brewery somewhere
here so if anyone knows where it is or can find it let us know we just bought
this from just a little shop in the main street so it's a pale ale
super interesting. Oh wow it's really hoppy but not in a like kick you in the
back of the throat way that is a beautiful beer it's got some really good
fruit flavors coming through it looks like it's a really cloudy finish to it
so it's- it's almost unfiltered there's a lot of um sediment in the bottle that is
absolutely fantastic. I see it says Miyajima beer since 2010 so
there's got to be a brewery here somewhere. We'd love it if someone could
do. Love it if someone could. Too much beer I've had one sip- we would love it if
someone could let us know because this is so interesting and this is a really
fine beer Sheena try it
Mmmm that is delicious- it's almost gingery in taste yeah
you're right it does yeah, oh it's so good. It's the perfect ending to a really fun day
of exploring on Miyajima Island so there's just lots to see it's really
relaxed, lots of shrines and parks and gardens and little restaurants it's
a beautiful day trip from Hiroshima thank you so much for watching and we'll
see you next time we hope we've inspired you to eat and explore like a traveler, not
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