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Hey guys it's me Cathy Cat. If you don't speak German don't forget
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to switch on the subtitles because today I am gonna talk in my native language.
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Okay let's go!
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Sushi is known all across the world but Japan has some special delicacies
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that you need to try as well. That's why today...
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Today I will tell you 5 of my favourite Japanese foods that are NOT sushi!
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Number 5 is Gyuudon.
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It's simply Japanese rice and on top of that...
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comes fried, thinly sliced beef.
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It's one of the cheapest budget foods you can eat in Japan...
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When I don't have much cash I love going to eat Gyuudon.
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The trick to it is...
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There is flavor... uh taste, there is lots of rice and you will definitely feel full afterwards.
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I pay less than 500 Yen for it so it's super cheap too.
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One of my YouTuber friends was VERY shocked to hear I visit Gyuudon places alone...
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cause usually you see all business men sitting there alone in a row...
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shoveling their gyuudon quickly before they have to go back to work...
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I do however visit those places in my complete... armor so to speak.
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I will sit down and get my gyuudon.
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Yeah well the people will look at me surprised but I know how I like my gyuudon.
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I ask for "Tsuyudaku" and that means .... wait that was English...
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So I can recommend you "Tsuyudaku" which means...
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With the rice is a bit more of the sauce they use to fry the meat...
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and if you order "Tsuyudaku" people will be like ...
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"That girl knows what she's talking about and has been eating Gyuudon before."
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I love that. Then you get so much more flavor with the rice. It's cheap and tasty.
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Number 4. I would like to introduce you to two types of noodles that you cannot
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easily get in Germany and similar. One is Soba noodles and the other is Udon.
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Soba is buckwheat noodles. They look dark and are supposed to be healthy
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You can tell from the color it has to be some kind of healthy.
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They are gray, sometimes brownish...
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Those noodles are a lot more healthy than others.
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And Udon are thick white noodles and they are a little "squishy"...
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"Squishy".... I don't remember what that word is in German...
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They are thicker and have a "bounce" to it... damn that's and English word again....
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(in Japanese) Give me a sec...
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Well then the noodles have a little bounce to it!
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Both soba and udon you can order either with cold or
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warm soup. These two types are seen are more healthy foods...
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some of them have less calories than other foods here in Japan.
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And both can go well with fresh Tempura, if you like fried foods.
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Another interesting thing is that generally the soup base of udon and soba is
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without meat but with fish instead. So those who don't like meat,
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this might be better for you (depending on the restaurant)
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Especially in summer when it's very hot in Japan, a cold soba or udon soup is great.
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It's great to cool down and when you're not feeling that hungry.
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Yes
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Number 3
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I love Sukiyaki and Shabu Shabu!
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For both of those dishes you get a large pot that sits in the middle of the table...
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This is great for parties with friends by the way.
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You sit around the pot and take thinly sliced pork, beef or
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sometimes chicken or lamb...
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Take it on your chopsticks...
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"Shabu-Shabu" is the sound the meat does, the onomatopoeia
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when you swing the meat around in the boiling soup.
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Because the meat is sliced so thinly...
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It gets done really quickly so you can eat it. It's a little bit like....
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Fondue!
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Just that it's not little cubes and you eat them from chopsticks instead
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The difference between shabushabu and sukiyaki is that...
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Sukiyaki the soup has a rather strong flavor...
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and then you dip the food into raw eggs.
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Don't worry in Japan raw eggs are generally save to eat. I have never heard of a case
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of someone having problems with that. So dip it into the raw egg...
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and then eat the meat like that.
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That's the Sukiyaki way. With ShabuShabu you do...
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you have different sauces and you dip the meat afterwards into different sauces.
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They are similar but also different. The first time I came to Japan...
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I ate more than my entire host family...
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Because I liked it so much. Fresh meat...
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fresh vegetables..
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cooked right there and you can eat as much of whatever you personally like...
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And you don't have to worry to much about other's foods and how much there is left on the plate
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I love these dishes!
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Number 2
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Ramen and Tsukemen!
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Ramen many of you have heard before. It's a Japanese take on a noodle soup...
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it doesn't originally come from Japan actually...
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but Japanese people took the receipes and made their own thing with it...
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The different between ramen and tsukemen?
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Tsukemen noodles are thicker than ramen noodles and the soup...
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and the noodles are separated!
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The soup is also a lot stronger.
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It's almost too thick to drink it like that.
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When having Tsukemen, you pick the noodles and dip them a little
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in the super rich soup.
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Then you slurp it like that. With ramen you already have everything in one dish
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Noodles are in the soup together with other things, like an egg and similar.
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These dishes are super popular. Ramen might also exist where you live.
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I was once in Duesseldorf and had Ramen there too.
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However Tsukemen hasn't really made it's way to other countries and that is my
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definite recommendation! If you you have seen my Instagram account...
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Then you know!
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At least once a week there is a picture of me having Tsukemen in my IG stories
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Because the director and I, when we get a quick break from our shoots,
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We often go to have Tsukemen, and we have our favourite spots by now which we like.
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There are just so many flavors.
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That is my absolute favourite!
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It's a very tight race with the dish that gets first place. Let's talk about that one.
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And here comes number one of Japanese foods that you should not miss
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if you come to Japan. And that is Okonomiyaki!
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You might have wondered about the hot plates on the tables here.
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I shall now...
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Well we are right now in an Okionomiyaki restaurant and I will introduce it to you
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as a Vlog!
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Do you remember the microphone from SHURE?
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I will clip it onto my phone and make a report, vlog style.
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Ok looks like it's time for me to order so let's do this!
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I am curious about your Classic Okonomiyaki. It says there is an healthy option.
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I want to try the Avocado version!
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I saw you have a Vegetarian option and also a Vegan one? - Yes.
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Can I try the Vegan one? - There won't be egg or our flavor sauce in it. Ok?
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Yeah take it all out for me.
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I think... I think it's on the way to me!
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Sorry for the wait...
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Here is the Avocado one...
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Ok we have a normal Okonomiyaki with special toppings!
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We have cheese, avocado and tomatoes because I like that stuff!
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And over here we got...
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The Vegan Okonomiyaki. You cannot expect that to be in normal stores...
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it's super rare to find Vegan food in Japan. I am happy they have it here.
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I shall taste the taste for you.
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Let's try it.
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Okay, I don't come from the Kansai region of Japan but...
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the director comes from Kansai, which is famous for Okonomiyaki
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That's why we will leave it to the director to fry it for us.
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My favourite things about Okonomiyaki is, it's a total party food.
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You can fry it with friends, laugh at how people cut it,
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And also if you have people who are hmmm...
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very peculiar about their dislikes, you can all make your own Okonomiyaki
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To match your own tastes. It's great.
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It's like a mix of omelette and pizza.
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Hey! (Don't copy me!)
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Well that looks really good.
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And that's how it gets on the hot plate and get's spread around.
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Oh wow it smells so good.
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I am not the patient type...
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I also want the Vegan Okonomiyaki fried right now. So the director will be
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frying the Vegan Okonomiyaki right now too. Thank you!
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It looks like they use a type of sticky potato instead of the dough. Ops something just fell off the dish.
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You can see I am holding the SHURE microphone in my hand because I want to...
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really hear in detail how nicely it will sizzle on the hot plate.
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You can experience that with me now.
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Let's do it!
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Time for one of my favourite moments... the flipping? The over flipping?
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The flip of the Okonomiyaki!
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Go!
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This is great right?
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And GO!
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This is the Okonomiyaki sauce which is called... Sauce.
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That was the Sauce and next stop is the Mayonnaise.
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Director: MAYO
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Mayonnaise! Mayo-naise!
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Wow the director seems to like mayonnaise a lot!
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And next up is...
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Dried... dried seaweeds.
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Here are the extra toppings...
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So this is a finished normal Okonomiyaki.
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This is also Sauce... - What did you use earlier???
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I think it's both Sauce?
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Now even more Sauce!
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And this time we use our extra toppings too...
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Let's see how well the director can prepare that for us.
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That looks pretty good.
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Please cut me a piece director!
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Okonomiyaki also means that...
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you fry what you personally like. So when you are out with friends...
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everyone can just put in the stuff they like.
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In my case it's the Avocado here...
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It's like a perfect mix of Omelette and Pizza...
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Everyone likes it because everyone has their own tastes they can fry up.
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I often tried...
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To make Okonomiyaki in the UK and in Germany...
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But without the right type of sauce...
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Without the right hot plate... it never gets as good as when you make it in Japan.
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That was super good but I am excited to find out now...
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What the vegan okonomiyaki is like. I have NEVER tried that you see.
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Some of the ingredients are totally different too...
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For example you can't use the famous Sauce for these...
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Instead they made their own sauce. This one here
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I am very excited what this will be like.
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Well then off you go director.
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And these one here are herbs and types of grass
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herbs...
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that come from natural sources. They give the whole thing a different taste too.
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I was so curious to try this one out.
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Let's see how it will be.
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This looks very green.
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Well that does look good.
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So vegan Okonomiyaki with extra... two herb topings.
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Let's try it.
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There are different flavors coming together for this one...
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Especially the beans that are used...
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and similar things. This does taste pretty good.
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I am glad I tried it at least once.
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I think it's good. I could get used to it.
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If you are Vegan that is great but I have to be honest...
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Okonomiyaki for me personally isn't the same without the Okonomiyaki sauce...
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I need to add this extra for me personally...
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That's just for the Okonomikai flavor that I love the most...
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Those were my top 5 Japanese dishes without Sushi!
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you should try them all if you should come to Japan!
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