well good morning from Takayama the rains finally appeared to have stopped
even if it's temporarily so we decided let's go out and make a street food
video as you already know Takayama is known for its Hida beef so a lot of the
streets whose going to be featuring that beef but we're also curious to see what
else we can find so we're going to take you over to the market it's actually
more like a street the morning market is gone but yeah they have lots of tasty
bites so let's go eat
all right so we're starting off with something sweet ice cream to be exact
and inside this package is what is it was advertised as chestnut ice cream and
as you can see there are two of them shaped like chestnuts so I'm gonna see
if I can actually break it apart oh I can look at that so inside it appears
I'm not sure if it's vanilla or chestnut ice cream so I'll let you know in a
second here and we paid 216 yen for the two little ice cream wafers vanilla ice
cream inside of um that's not saved I guess outer layer this seems to ghosts
though I mean a loses a lot of vanilla ice cream in there it's pretty good
alright guys it is now my turn we're gonna be sampling the Hida beef bun
and it basically it looks like a steamed bun it's stuffed with Hida beef which
we've already had a taste of when we went to the ramen shop
it feels very plump very full try to digging it into that uh-huh
it's a Hida beef comes from we've mentioned this in another video but it
comes from the black-haired cows of this particular Prefecture and yeah it's very
very cold there's a bit of beef okay I feel like
there's some bamboo shoots in there oh I mean the meat is so tender mmm how much
was that I forgot to ask very good question 4:30 I think yeah that's what
it was and what makes this this team bought a lot more expensive than other
ones is the Hida beef that brings up the price a lot ok beep costs a fortune
yeah like it's really tasty but you pay a premium price for it and Sam here is
also gonna get a taste of the beef thanks for leaving me a little bit yeah
mmm all around hello about its good I think we need to
go in search of more Hida beef Street food mm-hmm
I also want to have more steamed buns maybe some sweet ones later
okay so this is just perfect after eating our last little snack we
found a vendor directly across who specializes in HIDA beef oh we got three
different Hida beef food items you know this first one is a croquette yeah
with mashed potato and HIDA beef then we also got a Hida beef skewer which he
grilled right in front of us and this one it kind of reminds me of the
takoyaki so I feel like it's gonna be the same dough but stuffed with heeta
beef instead of octopus so it also easy to be super excited to try it
morcilla okay so Sam it's going to try the croquettes I need to try that I'm
gonna break it in half and this one was 119 so it's the cheapest thing we've got
so far oh look you can see a lot of potato in there it's very thick amount
of potato I think they're just probably just a scant amount of the Hida beef
yeah that's what we keep the price low
hoo-yeah gospel a gun super crunchy on the outside and then in the middle in
the inside it's basically like a mashed potato consistency I'm not tasting a lot
of the beef I can see little fragments of it here me but the piece is very
there the beef is very sparingly put in put inside of it yeah there's mostly
just potato mash but I'm thanks really good oh that's just so nice because it's
a little bit chilly today I'm starving it's a warm potato mash
yeah starchy so this was our most expensive food item right here this is a
skewer with HIDA beef and we paid 450 yen that's like a little under four
dollars and fifty cents for a few little bites of me yeah but we've got like one
two three four five six many little pieces so we can all try it
how's that
yeah that is really good tender rock it's like a little bit fatty
because it's kind of like released the juices over the meat okay so you kind of
have like a little bit of fat coating at all then it has pepper on top
yummy man it's just surprisingly tender for beef it sounds so good it's really
good I think you need to have a little bite so you know what you're missing out
on I will try that Hida beef is going fast guys it's because it's good
we have to move it oh my gosh this is so juicy I know I love the pepper mmm I
know it very simple flavors right there's a bit of smokiness now I'm super
delicious I mean it's not cheap but it's worth trying that's the sad part the
price because I'd love to get a few more skewers yeah if it was if it was half
the price or something I'd probably get like four
yeah I've skewers of these for like ten bucks yeah but because it's Knobble no
moving on yes moving on to Hida beef and crispy ball form all right like I
had already mentioned it does look a lot like what something we've had yeah oh
yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah and we paid 350 yen for this yeah I'm gonna actually
see if I can break it mmm hopefully dissection time oh yeah look at that oh
you see see that Hida beef there Wow and it goes just like that so knives
crispy on the outside a little bit doughy and battery in the middle and
then you also get a little bit of the beef - yeah and it looked like you had
some onions yeah yeah that's the one you need to meet with it that's really tasty
not as good as the meat on the stick but you know what it would be hard to top
that
two more snacks to sample today so we found this little shop and they have a
stand on the street reeking by street food then inside the shop you've got
like a little table down he waited us in here because it was raining it's raining
again can you believe it um so yeah we bought these two little crackers this
one said seven seasonings yeah it smells seasoned wasabi he eats wrapped in
seaweed and there's wasabi in here as well so yeah one of them was 150 the
other one 120 yeah I think the one that will solve you won't miss the more
expensive yeah remember correctly alright you trying the seven seasoned
one super crunchy we can hear the the loud crunch like it lots of strong
flavors going on you got some fuck burn it's also really spicy so there's like
definitely some I think red chili pepper in there I'm just glancing over and I
just noticed there's a tea like burn 50 cups I think we can drink tea that's why
he meant my tea break there's actually actually to go at that
luckily I'm tea lovely I just grabbing the tea
Sam's got his little teacup there Oh Ritchie Cup let's try something a little
sip of tea oh it's cold tea yeah yeah nice and refreshing refreshing
I've already had a weight of this guy's in Turkey try another one mmm very
crispy uh-huh so when you first bite into it you notice the saltiness of the
seaweed and then as you bite into the cracker part which is really crunchy and
you get the spiciness of the Vasavi flavor
you know it's salty and spicy just a winner yeah it's a little a little trade
over here because mine has a lot of spices and it's it's absolutely yeah
you're really good but I definitely like this one the most
Hey Oh makes me a man a minute myself thank you all right Sam this is a very
interesting ice cream flavor you've collected for us super pumped to try
this this is from the same shop that we got the rice crackers from yeah take a
look down here you can see that it's ice cream but this is the number one
bestseller here has a sauce in it so we saw can you imagine no I can't so that's
it that's what ever imagine it our sushi and sashimi and he said we have to mix
it really well because the sauce is in the middle oh let's do that then lot
ground swirls that's gonna be very interesting yeah you guys check out how
sticky this is all right let's try that I'm super curious I wonder if it's gonna
be a salty ice cream kind of is it sweet dude it's like it's not that sweet and
it's also not that salty it's just good it's not like it's bland it's just like
it's got subtle flavors wow that's its frosting it's got a bit
of it it's got a bit of a nutty taste as well I know that's fine you you notice
the soy sauce the more like not when you first put it in your mouth but when
you're swallowing let it linger a bit delayed onset okay it's really
interesting very unique it's weird having the soy sauce as topping cream
topping yeah I've never had that yeah you can't close forget usual it's
unusual it's not as sweet as other ice creams I would say it's more salty than
anything yeah um I usually prefer like chocolate ice cream or ice cream with
fruits in it yeah so I'm glad I tried it because one
in Japan it would be your first choice yeah no I'm going out of my way to have
a salty ice cream on a day-to-day basis mm-hmm
this was the one thing that I knew we had to try to remake this street-food
video here because I had seen this before and this is guys Hida beef in
nigiri form yeah sushi it is not cheap for two of
these at 700 yen yeah ooh you've already had yours
I sure have and so yeah time for me to try it let's savor that slowly wow
that's so juicy yet so much yeah I expect them mm-hmm I found that like
Shepherd right from the meat just coats your whole mouth oh my gosh that's some
of the best Aguirre I've ever had yeah we can meet in City yes only this was
cheaper I don't order a whole set order dinner order a six-piece that's
definitely worth trying I know the price is high but yeah if you come all the way
to Tucker Yama you need to try this at least one this is the street food one of
the street food dishes they're known for yeah most definitely my life I really
enjoyed it ending on a high note then ending on a very high note for sure
well that is a wrap for our Japanese Street food to her here in Takayama that
was wonderful wait he really well and I'm glad we got
to try HIDA beef so many different ways that was a real highlight like that's
the dish that's the food that Takayama is known for so it only makes that so
many different forms yeah I'm actually feeling pretty full from all those
little bites we hope you guys enjoyed following along and we'll see you back
on the channel with more food and travel videos very soon