so i'm back with another food tour this time we're  in daikon yama so daikon yama is just outside of  

shibuya station in fact if you wanted to you  can walk here but there's also a train daikon  

yama station and what a lot of people don't  know is that it has some of the best hidden  

food gems in all of tokyo and i'm going to take  you on a personal tour around this area and if  

you've ever been to daikon yama then you know  just right behind me is tea site which is one  

of the most popular spots that people go to  here in daikon yama there's a bunch of stores  

here there's a style bookstore and there's  even a starbucks which makes it a perfect  

place to chill but since it's the most popular  spot then a lot of people come here so there's  

not a lot of hidden food spots so instead i'm  gonna take you on a tour through this whole  

daikonyama station area and show you my hidden  food spots but before i start like always if you  

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daikon yum is a residential area with  a unique blend of style and culture  

popular among celebrities and locals alike for its  trendy cafes gourmet foods fashion and artsy shops  

and unlike shibuya and ibisu express trains  don't stop at daikon yama station so there's  

a lot less foot traffic here helping to create  its laid-back vibe kind of my speed these days  

number one tempura moto yoshi emo this  tempura soft cream specialty shop is  

one of the hottest spots in daikon yama right  now it opened last year by a high-end tempura  

restaurant in minami aoyama moto yoshi it's  located right by the station and offers an  

amazing salt soft cream paired with a  japanese sweet potato tempura called  

shiosoft mataju and it's finished off with a  sprinkling of bamboo charcoal salt and tempura  

flakes the word mataju itself is from a secret  language used only by tempura chefs meaning  

sweet potato i guess the secret's out now so  look at this beautiful creation this is just  

made right on the spot so this is freshly fried  in tempura so you should eat the tempura fried a  

sweet potato right away or it gets too cold you  want it to still be crispy take a bite of this

that is a nice fried sweet potato you  can also see that there's some tempura  

flakes right there just to make it extra crispy  

the salt soft cream has a perfect  amount of saltiness to complement the  

sticky sweetness of the tempura fried sweet  potato it pairs so well with that ice cream

number two meet yazawa black cows this shop is  a crazy popular steak and hamburger restaurant  

originally from the gotanda area they only  offer 100 real deal purouge wangu beef and  

it's served to perfection damn my mouth is  watering already oh okay take the mask off  

look at that comes in like a premium box  packaging what's interesting about this place  

is that they not only have burgers but they  also have these bento box where you can get  

steaks or like hamburg which is  pretty awesome oh that smells so good

look at that bacon egg burger  and it is premium vlog you  

a5 i'm just looking inside you can have like  this toasty sesame bun see the egg right there  

the bacon you have a super nice  vlog you like a bite of this

oh that's so good i gotta take a second bite that  has prim written all over it you have the wagyu  

a5 hamburger that's so tender and then when you  take that first bite you notice that the bun  

itself is lightly toasted so it has like a crispy  texture to it bacon itself is tender it's not  

like super super crispy like it's really really  meaty you can see the barbecue sauce coming out  

the back they're kind of like special mayonnaise  onions and relish pairs so well with a crispy bun  

when you order it it takes about 10 to 15  minutes because they make it on the spot it is  

ultra fresh and what's also interesting  about this place is depending on the day  

they have wagyu shipped from different places  all throughout japan so this next spot is a  

new addition to daikanyama and it's literally my  favorite sushi spot in this area let me take you  

now number three maguro and delhi karohachi just  opened this last september karohachi is a takeout  

fish shop that offers high quality and ultra fresh  fish sushi hot deli and bento boxes at reasonable  

tokyo prices here you can even mix and match to  make your own sashimi platter personally i love  

how you can get sashimi to order but today i  wanted to share with you one of my favorites  

alright so we are taking street food to the next  level sushi street food but you all know how  

it is for the life of me i can never pronounce  this milfue milfie but check it out anyway that  

is some layered tuna you have the otoro and  naokami so you have like the super super  

fatty tuna and then just the less fatty tuna  and it's just layered in this little sushi  

roll oh let me just take a bite out  of this got some soy sauce on there

just melts in your mouth that is some buttery tuna  i would just eat this today i would be completely  

satisfied but since the show must go  on let me take you to the next spot

number four hachiya from the outside hajiya  looks like a chic japanese restaurant but  

hidden behind the stylish doors is a fantastic  t-stand that offers a new way to enjoy  

japanese tea after you order the shop prepares  the tea one by one with delicate care just look  

at how gently the staff whisks the tea i  can't wait but i need to wait i can't wait  

okay i'm gonna wait so i got the hojicha  affogato soft syrup you can smell the hojicha

wow i love when you take that bite you get all  of that hojita it goes kind of through your  

senses and it just kind of like cleanses you  what i love about hojicha it has kind of like  

this burnt tea taste but it's not bitter almost  like a sweetness to it and since it's affogato  

they've made the hojicha super thick kind of  like espresso when they pour it on you get a  

really really concentrated version of the hojicha  oh and michael usually orders their latte this is  

essentia latte with a creamy milk foam poured  on top this place is truly unique and one of a  

kind so if you love matcha if you love green tea  and you love hojicha come to this spot before we  

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number five spring valley brewery what time is  it beer o'clock so hidden away just a few minutes  

from daikon yama station is a full-on japanese  brewery serving craft beer brewed on site yeah  

in the middle of tokyo so svb is located  just inside of log road where you can enjoy  

an assortment of craft beers and pair it with  food directly sourced from farms and producers  

alright so we're here in spring valley  brewery he has an actual brewery here in  

daikanyama there's not a lot of stations that  have breweries so i definitely had to take you  

to this spot and you can see that i have a full  flight of beers here to sample they have just  

so many beers on tap and this you can actually  sample all the different ones they have 496  

copeland after dark on the cloud daydream and  jazzberry just to start this is pretty awesome  

right and it's actually quite affordable it's only  1300 yen it's not the biggest beer in the world  

it's just like here is the beer and here is  my iphone actually one of the ones that i  

really like is the jasberry it's almost kind of  like a wine cooler it has that very taste to it

wow that's interesting so  this daydream has hints of  

sancho and yuzu it's really really interesting  so if any of you ever do come here and try this  

flight tag me on instagram and let  me know which one is your favorite

number six grand premium gram is a souffle pancake  shop inside of the address building and today  

we're going with a treasured treat their take out  pancake style cream sandwich look how fluffy these  

pancakes are oh i got them fluffy puffy hillary  duffy cakes so this spot is hidden in the address  

you might have seen this one already on my  uber eats video i did let me just take a bite

that is so creamy and delicious the first thing  is when you take a bite in this you can feel just  

how soft the bread is it's just a perfect texture  nice and soft fluffy but has a nice density to it  

it definitely does taste like a pancake in  fact i can probably eat two or three of these

so this one is for my organic and vegan viewers  let's go inside and let me show you number seven  

hatana daikanyama hatena is a vegan organic cafe  but with a twist that even puts a smile on my meat  

eating face their shop is popular for organic junk  food yeah you heard me but it's organic and vegan  

so it must be good for you right so this is your  organic and vegan surprise for this video this is  

tatsage supposed to be fried chicken but it's  actually using some soy meat but in fact that's  

the only thing that's not organic in here  but everything else is organic and vegan  

it has the donut top to it nice and fried  let me just try to kill this right now  

for a vegan creation that's not bad first of  all the tatsu again itself is pretty nice and  

crispy definitely is not chicken but it almost  tastes like chicken look at that you can almost  

see like the little striations in the meat  it's heavily doused in like a teriyaki sauce  

this white sauce right here it's kind of like  a like a sourness to it pretty simple but done  

pretty well and it's all vegan um i think  the winner is the bun here like the donut  

bun is really really nice one thing about  this shop is that they not only have fast  

food but they also have kind of like a lot  of desserts so you can get not only kind of  

like a tatsuya or teriyaki chicken or something  like that you can get some sweets here as well  

now that we have our organic and vegan  fix let's move on to the next spot

and number eight surprise nippon this modern style  

onigiri sandwich shop is  produced by a food designer

it even uses a special machine to create the  better bryce used to craft the sandwich-like  

sushi rolls at the shop known to many japanese  as onigirazu but the shop calls them omusando  

i am so excited for this one surprise  surprise i've got a big piece of meat from  

surprise these are thick pieces of beef katsu look  at that you can see it's still a little bit rare  

on the inside but crispy on the outside they fried  it right when i ordered it they're using ishigaki  

beef and this is like this right here is beef  cuts but let me just take a bite real quick  

wow this sings to my inner soul that is literally  so beautiful oh it's nice and tender and look  

at that you have the seaweed wrapping everything  around with rice so you got two pieces of  

ishigaki beef katsu and you have their tonkatsu  sauce in here which is a little bit sweet but like  

the winner winner right now is this beef just  a little bit you can still see the meat juices  

coming from it oh that's beautiful i love the  crunchiness also of the lettuce you know the  

shredded lettuce in there it gives it a nice  texture i love just the fact that the red meat  

itself in here the center of the meat it's not  too oily which makes it just a pleasure to eat  

and what i love about it the most is that it's  cooked perfectly you don't get it too uncooked you  

don't get it like overcooked it's just prepared  how it should be nice and crispy on the outside  

in a center juicy inside this place also has  some other healthier options like this one  

is just straight like the kimchi namuru basically  you have all of like the pickled vegetables you  

have like a spicy kimchi in here and it's just  right on top of an egg on the leaf it's very  

similar to shisha and look it doesn't it's leaking  right now you can see it's a dripping of all of  

that kimchi juice all right so that concludes a  video of my hidden spots here in daikanyama if  

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