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- My name is Amina Almas, I'm 21-years-old
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and I'm from London.
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I always have a YouTube channel where I just blog.
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- Hey I'm Emi I work at Let's Feed Japan as a designer.
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I currently live in Tokyo for about 20 years now.
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- I don't consciously think about what I eat,
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I do know I snack a lot.
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- Hopefully this week I get to show you guys
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what a 20-something-year-old eats during the week.
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- Lets go, lets start.
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- Usually I have work today
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but my family and I are going to some Japanese hot springs.
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The cicadas are so loud.
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But before we do that,
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I am going to our local bakery
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and getting us some bread.
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So, I'm eating (speaks in foreign language)
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bread stuffed with curry.
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- We're at the park,
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I don't know if you can see the park.
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There's an ice cream on every corner.
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Having a big family picnic for lunch
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and we have a bunch of food here.
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We have fajitas, burritos, fruit, crisp, chocolate,
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just a bunch of things.
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(train running)
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- [Emi] This is my lunch.
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It's a bento (speaks in foreign language),
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just a variety of things.
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- [Amina] Is it normal to have dinner at 10 PM?
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I don't actually know but it's rice
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with a little bit of salad and some cold water
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because it's like 30 degrees in London right now.
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- [Emi] It's pretty common when you go
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to a resort with hot springs
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to have this elaborate meal for dinner.
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Pretty much a 10 course meal but miniature size.
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For a main dish we had Shabu shabu,
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where you have raw meat
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and swish it around in hot broth until it's cooked.
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We were served this elaborate
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traditional Japanese breakfast.
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We have some fish, rice, egg custard and some warm tofu.
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- I didn't have breakfast this morning.
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So for lunch, it's fish burger chips.
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So, basically in the UK
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this specific fast food chain restaurant
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isn't [Indistinct] so I have to get a fish burger.
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Uploading a video
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and eating marshmallows mixed with caramel
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and then white chocolate.
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But it's just so good.
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So I've decided that I need to stop being unhealthy
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and I've got water, grapes
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and I'm just plenty watering.
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- I'm back in my apartment just snacking on these.
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They have like little cute koala prints on them.
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- My dinner is a wrap and salad and juice.
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I tried to be slightly healthy cauliflower,
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potato and broccoli.
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This does not look appetizing at all.
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- [Eli] Tonight, I am making
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a type of spaghetti dish that's called napolitan.
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And it's basically tomato sauce, onion, green pepper,
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bacon or sausage, simple spaghetti dish
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for a quiet evening.
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For breakfast, just a bowl of rice with natto,
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which is fermented soy beans,
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sounds gross but it is delicious.
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- Just had breakfast
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just beans on toast with chocolate milk.
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I don't think it's normal
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to have chocolate milk with everything.
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I just don't drink tea.
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Beans on toast, British stereotype, very true,
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tea with everything, British stereotype, very true.
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- I'm going to be making goya champuru.
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This vegetable with tofu, eggs and some bacon.
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- [Amina] The pink holes are kind of a vibe.
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- Welcome to my crib.
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(laughs)
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- [Amina] She's having a burger with chips.
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She's got poached eggs.
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She's got french toast.
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- [Woman] No tell them I've got avocado.
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- Oh and avocado, sorry. - Thanks.
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- Oh my god thank you. - Thank you.
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- [Emi] Today's dinner is nikujaga
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which literally translates to meat, potatoes.
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All right, (foreign language)
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- For dinner we just had roast chicken.
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In the UK that's a single worst dinner.
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We didn't have that
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but it's just a thing to have chicken on Sundays.
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So we just had it with chips.
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Yes, it's the second time I'm having chips today.
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And now I'm just having an ice cream because desert.
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- I'm eating this ichigo daifuku right now.
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I was grocery shopping
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and on my way back I saw the store
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that was selling dango and daifuku
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and like other Japanese sweets,
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it's really good.
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(laughs)
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- It is seven o'clock I'm just eating cereal,
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nothing special.
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Most big supermarkets, you can go in,
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you can get a drink, crisps or a snack
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and a sandwich or pasta pot for three pounds.
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So that's what I'm getting for lunch.
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- Okay, so I just finished my morning meetings.
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I was thinking about takoyaki the whole time.
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So I'm just gonna go and buy some
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because that's what I'm craving.
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- [Amina] I've got a chocolate chip, no, it's not.
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It's a cookie dough, sundae with fudge pieces.
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What have you got?
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- Belgian ruffle chocolate chip, (laughs)
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with whole fudge and almond sprinkles.
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- [Eli] Okay, Monday night dinner, kept it pretty simple.
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This is called sanshoku-don.
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I use meat, beans and egg and underneath is some rice.
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I'm just accompanying it with some miso soup and green tea.
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- [Amina] Okay so today's dinner is just water and pasta
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with potatoes, lamb meat and coleslaw.
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- [Emi] Not so much of a breakfast, I wasn't super hungry
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Just some English Breakfast tea.
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- Breakfast is one toast with butter
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because I'm not hungry.
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That is the right amount of toast
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just saying any darker than this.
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- [Emi] You know it's summer in Japan
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when you have to shout over these loud cicadas.
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My lunch today, bought this at the convenience store,
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ebi tendon, deep fried shrimp with some rice.
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Gonna enjoy it with these bugs.
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- Another day another meal deal of course.
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Crisps, orange juice, a pasta pot
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and a chocolate bar.
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That is lunch.
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- Yes.
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I've ordered myself some Korean fried chicken,
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shiny.
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Oh, so good.
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- Okay, so basically throughout the UK
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there's this thing called Eat Up to Help Out
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and it's a government scheme
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where basically restaurants are 50% off everything,
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their food, for every Monday, Tuesday
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and Wednesday for the whole month.
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Just to kick start the economy
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because Corona really ruined the economy.
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Yes, I'm just waiting for my pizza that was 50% off.
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- [Eli] Hey, I have made the executive decision
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to go out and buy ice cream, no regrets.
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Today I'm just making this simple smoothy
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from frozen mangoes, frozen pineapple,
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drinkable yogurt and orange juice.
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- I'm literally gonna be late for work
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if I miss the bus that's in five minutes
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and I'm eating a banana.
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- [Eli] I have a meeting that starts in a couple of minutes
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so I'm really gonna rush.
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So I ran to the convenience store
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and bought myself some rice bowls, salmon,
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red beans, sour plum with oiled kelp.
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- I'm going to go to a different supermarket today
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and show you guys the meal deal there.
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Lunch was a tuna sandwich, crisps, banana
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and a strawberry smoothie.
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- [Eli] Okay, tonight's dinner is another pasta dish.
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Mentaiko pasta, which is spicy fish eggs
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and sea weed on top.
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- For dinner we're doing the government 50% off thing again.
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We're just making use of it.
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I'm going to a burger place.
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I think I'm gonna get a normal beef burger 50%, 50%.
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- For breakfast today, I'm having a fruit jelly cup,
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pretty self explanatory.
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Just so we're clear,
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it's definitely called jelly, not jello.
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What is jello?
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- My bus is in eight minutes, nine minutes
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so I'm having a banana.
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If I'm early, I'll go and get some pastry.
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Oh, you're in the video.
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I just got a pasta pot, fruit and a smoothie for lunch.
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And my head scarf's is falling off.
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- [Eli] We have shogayaki here.
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Of course I have to have my rice,
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miso soup and burdock salad.
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I'm gonna eat this before it gets cold.
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(train running)
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- This is not healthy
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but I promise you my dinner was healthy.
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So the week's over.
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I hope it's not too different
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to what other British people eat.
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- Hope you enjoyed the video.
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I know I did, 'cause I ate a lot of food.
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I'm eating right now, it's melting.
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- It was quite a typical week of food.
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Thanks for watching.
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- Ah, gotta finish this ice cream.
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