Hi everyone! We are here in Tokyo. Today we are doing something really special
we're here in Shinjuku and we're gonna go on a full-blown food tour! I hope
you're hungry because we are gonna eat some of the best things that Tokyo has
to offer. So I'm really excited to take you guys on this food tour and our first
stop is Shin Udon, which is my personal favorite udon place in the whole
world, so I can't wait to show you guys. Let's go!
Okay so I just got in line for Shin Udon. There's already a bunch of people
here. I came here around 10:45 and it opens at 11, so 15 minutes before opening.
There is already a pretty decent line. I say that because they only have like 10
or 14 seats in there, and when you're in line, they hand you a menu so that you
can just look it over and they actually take your order while you're still in
line. That way when you're seated in the restaurant they can bring the udon to you
as fast as possible because this place always has a pretty, pretty long line
Okay so my food just came and oh my God, it looks beautiful!
So what I got is the cold udon on a bamboo tray with
shrimp tempura, fish cake tempura and chicken tempura. And I
also got a soft-boiled egg on the side. So they told me that I pour this in here
and then I dip the udon in here, as well as put the egg in here. Okay so let's dip
some of this udon in. Oh my gosh, these are so slippery. They're out of control.
I'm making a mess. Okay, ready?
Oh my God
This is by far the best udon I've ever had in my life. Do you see how
long each noodle is? It's like when you slurp up two noodles, half of the bowl is
gone because they're so long. And the sauce, it's kind of like a soy sauce but
it's very light and it complements the udon so well. It just holds onto
those strands of noodles as you're slurping them. The noodles have such a
great bounce to them and they're very springy. Oh my God, this is like literally
heaven in a bowl. Alright let's try some of the tempura. We got to start with
a classic, one of my favorites, shrimp tempura.
Mmm. Oh my God! The shrimp is cooked perfectly.
It has such a nice, light battering on there,
not heavy at all. Perfectly crispy, perfect batter, and it contrasts the
chewiness and softness of the udon. Just a perfect pair.
I'm gonna add some more udon noodles in here.
And then I'm gonna add the soft-boiled egg.
Oh my God. It's so runny, so perfect. Have you seen such a perfect egg in your life?
I don't think so. Let's mix it in.
The yolk adds such a beautiful creaminess to it. I love me some runny
yolk, so this just made this udon like ten times better. Well, I don't know if it
made it ten times better. I don't know if that's even possible, but it made it a lot better.
Okay so I finally got a seat,
and it took about 30 to 35 minutes, that includes a line outside and the line inside.
And when you get inside, you actually pay this machine where you
just insert your money and then you choose which one you want. And then it'll
give you a ticket, and you give them the ticket. So here I got the special dipping
ramen. So it comes with some noodles and they ask you if you want the medium or
the large size noodles. So I went with the medium sized noodles, since I had udon
right before this. This is my second lunch. And then they also have the
dipping broth. Oh my gosh, it smells so strong. It's really fragrant. I can't
wait to dig in. So this restaurant also has regular ramen, but they're actually
known for their dipping ramen, so I definitely recommend that you get that
when you come here. And basically if you've never had dipping ramen before,
they separate the noodles from the broth, and you dip the noodles into the broth.
And it basically gets coated in that really nice, thick, flavorful broth
and then you just slurp it up
Oh yeah. It's super flavorful. You got that strong flavor of bonito in there, and it
always amazes me whenever I eat dipping ramen --
whenever I eat GOOD dipping ramen --
how the broth can stick onto the noodles so well, and the noodles stay so
chewy. I could slurp these noodles all day.
And in here we also have some bamboo shoots,
so let's try some.
Mmm, mmm. Adds such a nice crunch and of course has that
strong, flavorful broth coating it.
Oh my God, it's amazing.
It also comes with a soft-boiled egg.
Ooh, I love soft-boiled eggs in my ramen, so let's try it
Just look at that beautiful yolk. It's not quite as runny as I
usually like it, but the yolk is so rich and creamy, and the yolks in Japan
are like very orange. Mmm, so good.
Okay so I just had those two noodles back-to-back. I'm getting really, really
full, but I think we can take a break from the noodles. So I'm gonna take you
guys to a sushi spot, because you know your girl loves her sushi! So we're
heading to the third stop of the food tour. And I'm gonna try to make some
stomach space, so let's go to the third stop!
Okay so I just got a seat at Himawari Sushi, and they are a conveyor belt sushi
place, which I've actually never tried in Japan. But I've had it in the States and
I really like it, so I'm sure in Japan it's way better. But they handed me this
menu, and on this side you can have all these selections of choices for 150 yen,
which is really really cheap. And then on the other side, they have different
sections. This section is 200 yen, this section is 250, this section is 350,
you know so on and so forth, depends on how expensive the stuff that you get is.
So yeah I got a few expensive things and also a few of the cheaper things, so
I'm gonna start off with this hamachi. I'm gonna dip it in a little bit of soy
sauce and they already have wasabi in there of course. So I'm gonna one-biter.
Mmm, mmm.
I've never had yellowtail so tender. Recommend that one for sure,
it's super melt-in-your-mouth and it tastes really, really fresh. Alright now,
we have some expensive stuff, the uni. Usually uni is pretty expensive.
This one is 350 yen for two pieces and they are pretty generous with
that uni so let's try!
Mmm. Oh my God.
So soft, literally like butter, like the uni just melts into the rice
Oh my God. I think that changed my life. I don't even usually like uni that much,
but this one, it doesn't have that, you know, fishy, oceany taste. It
tastes so fresh, it's so buttery smooth and soft. Oh my goodness, that one
really took me by surprise.
Wow. I didn't know uni could be so good and sweet.
I don't know if anything can beat that uni but we're gonna keep going
Alright and this is the most expensive
plate that we got. This is 500 yen for these three different kinds of tuna,
so here we have tuna in the front, then we have the medium fatty tuna, and then
the really fatty tuna. Tuna usually isn't that good in the States
so whenever I'm in Japan or Asia or whatever it's so much better, so I'm
really excited. So here's the first piece, this is the tuna.
Lemme get some soy sauce. Just a little bit.
Whoa, they went heavy-handed on the wasabi.
Really good tuna. But I'm really excited for this medium fatty.
It has this beautiful gradient of pink to red, mmm.
Mmmmmm. Mmmmm!
Oh my God.
It's just so unbelievable how the only thing you're chewing, is the rice.
So smooth, so buttery soft. If that is how the medium fatty tuna tastes, I can't
even imagine how this fatty tuna is gonna taste. You can see that beautiful
marbling. Look at that. Oh my gosh, it's like looking at a piece of beef practically.
It's so beautiful. Alright, cheers!
I can't even begin to describe to you how amazing that is.
Honestly, the difference between the medium fatty and
the fatty isn't huge. They're just both really freakin good. Just skip that
first tuna nonsense, fatty and the medium fatty are where it's at. That's the best.
Oh my God. Definitely one of the best piece of tuna I've ever had in my life.
I'm so glad that I pushed through, made some room in my stomach to eat some
sushi because this seriously was amazing. Like if I didn't eat this -- I guess I
wouldn't know what I was missing out on -- but still, I would have been really sad, hypothetically.
You guys know what I'm saying. This is really really good.
Oh my gosh, okay so we just finished sushi and I'm getting so full.
But you know, what is a feed meimei food tour without dessert?
So I know of this great matcha place inside
Shinjuku Station and I love they're matcha soft-serve, so I'm gonna take you
guys with me and I can't wait to show you guys because it's so good.
Okay, let's go.
Okay so we just got our matcha soft serve and this place is literally matcha heaven.
You can get matcha latte, matcha soft serve, matcha drinks with boba,
I don't know, they sell so much matcha stuff here, so it's really matcha heaven. And I
know there's a lot of you matcha lovers out there, like me, so definitely check
this place out. And the last time I had their matcha soft serve, it was so fluffy and
creamy and good and really light, and really just unlike any other
matcha soft serve I've ever had before. It's already melting a little bit cuz
it's so hot outside, but let's dig in.
Oh my God, this is seriously unbelievable. Definitely the best matcha soft serve
I've ever had, hands-down. Nothing compares, it's so creamy,
but yet so light, almost like as light as like a whipped cream.
But it still has that really nice frozen soft serve element to it. Oh it's so good.
It has such a strong matcha flavor and it's not bitter matcha, and it's also
not too sweet. Like the soft serve itself is not too sweet.
Like I feel like anyone can like this.
Alright so that's it for this video of the Shinjuku food tour.
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