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These are my hidden spots in Azabu Juban
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I'm back with another food video,
this time I'm in Azabu Juban
and I'm showing you my favorite spots
and some of them are actually
hidden spots that I haven't shared before
If you guys have never been to Azabu Juban,
then it has kinda its own atmosphere
It kind of has this mix of
a Japanese and European Western vibe
Which is so unique on its own
and it's one of the first neighborhoods I discovered
when I came to Japan and I wanted to
share with you some of my favorite spots
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Azabu Juban is located right next to
Roppongi with Namboku and Oedo lines
running to the area,
making it fairly easy to access
An affluent area since the Edo period,
Azabu Juban is known for its high-end
residential spaces with a mixture of a retro and modern atmosphere
Of course, the main attraction here is
Azabu Juban shotenkai which has more than 300 shops
and I love how you can find shops with
over 100 years of history sitting next to a trendy international gourmet shop,
but don't sleep on the side streets!
I mean, yeah I guess don't sleep there,
but also you should visit the side streets
#1: New New York Club
this is the go-to custom bagel sandwich shop in the area
It got popular for its rainbow bagels,
but don't get blinded by the trendy flash
They make excellent bagel sandwiches
that will have you singing, "Hold me, hold me!"
And if you're not about that custom life
you can pick up from one of their set bagel configurations
from savory to sweet; they even got a vegan option!
I couldn't actually decide today,
so I got two of the bagels
First of all we're gonna start with the dessert because
that's how I like to roll
This one is their 'Oreo Monster',
you can see the cookie
It has some blueberry cream cheese,
it has some Oreo cookie,
and then I got the unicorn bagel
Let me just take a bite
I feel so guilty eating this
The bagel itself is super fresh
It's a little on the chewy side,
but has a nice kind of chewy texture to it
Cannot go wrong with this
What a stupendous meal,
look at that
That is some junk in your trunk
and let me show you the second dealio
This one is the 'Beef 'n' Cheese Brisket'
Look how thick that meat is right there
There's quite a lot of flavor coming
from that brisket paired with the cheese
the sauce itself is a little bit sweet,
but not too sweet
Cheese is just melty and melty,
just how I like it
This one is quite on the heavy side so
even just eating like just a few bites
you feel like this one will fill your stomach
I got the cheese bagel, I thought it'd go really well
with the brisket and the cheese
At the end of the day,
you can have whatever bagel combination
you want in this place, so have fun
If you want a little piece of the US
a little piece of New York,
come to this spot
#2: Tsukishimaya
With more than 70 years of history under its spell
this shop is beloved by locals for its 'Imagawayaki'
Oh okay! Has life started?
I don't even know what i'm saying but
i feel like today is gonna be a good day
because i have these
two pockets of joy in my hand i've got
cheese and i've got custard first of all
i
personally like to start off with the
cheese because it feels more kind of
like a real
deal meal
it's like two flat biscuits smashed
together what's really nice about the
outer shell
is that they added some black sugar to
it to give it that soft texture
it looks like it would be like hard and
crunchy but it has this nice
kind of playful bouncy mochi texture
that
a lot of other pastries like this don't
have and then when you take a bite
it's not just cheese it almost tastes
like there's like a mayonnaise
flavor to it like a buttery flavor to it
more than a dessert
it feels like i'm having kind of like
pancakes with cheese and mayonnaise on
top of it
and now for dessert we have the custard
wow whoa don't lose the custard
you can see it just steaming perfect for
a fall
day like this when it's a little bit
chilly the leaves are turning brown
they're falling on the ground
you just need something to warm you up
and this is the perfect treat
the custard itself it has that kind of
that eggy taste to it i can see like
this shop has been around for 70 years
and you know a shop to last
that long it has to be good but anyways
let's move on to the next spot
let me show you one spot real quick that
beats the airport souvenir shops
look at all these beans i think they
have more than 100
different beans here it's like kind of
like the perfect place if you want to
bring back some souvenirs for some
family there's just
so many different types that i think
you'll be able to find something for
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someone
number three tonkatsu miyako this spot
is one of those
if you know then you know shops ultra
popular amongst locals for its tonkatsu
pork collets
the meat is carefully selected every day
from kanagawa and guma prefectures
guaranteeing superior quality and that
fresh fresh the meat is sliced
only after you order just sitting at the
counter it feels like i'm at a sushi
restaurant the meat itself is deep fried
twice in a low heat and then a high heat
rapeseed oil producing an
extra crispy shell my mouth is already
watering
i got the tofu hidekatsu look at how
crispy
the outside is i'm gonna dip it in the
first house from this restaurant like
that
oh i mean just look at it you know why
this is this special dish
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oh that's one of the best pieces of meat
i've ever tasted that's golden crispy on
the outside and that
meat is so tender and flavorful
oh and that sauce the sweet side add
that little sesame there adds a little
bit more texture to it
i am so happy coming to this spot
they offer a special tonkatsu sauce
dashi soy two kinds of salt
sancho pepper and wait for that good old
canadian maple syrup
and let me dip it in some canadian maple
syrup
look at that dripping maple syrup
surprisingly that pairs it really well
together there's no other
place i know where you can get maple
syrup and katsu
together and then also you can throw
some salt on it
wow the salt just itself with the katsu
is it brilliant let me just
throw some more maple syrup on here
and then go back to the miyako special
sauce and then throw it back with some
more salt
i love how you can taste all the
different flavors here
this is their tonjito right here and
what i love about it
is if you kind of dig down deep huge
chunks of meat inside
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none of the scraps go to waste here now
if you're into a traditional tonkatsu
with a thicker breading i
also gotta give a shout out to muranaka
they serve a delicious sangen butter
pork from hirata farm
and it's a mouth-watering pleasure that
won't break the bank
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food spot
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number 4 dalian so
this is another little secret spot that
i wanted to share with all of y'all
if you're looking for a kind of like a
beer and some
gyoza spot then this is where i would
recommend to go i mean if you just look
around it is kind of like has that
izakaya atmosphere you come here to
drink and eat maybe just like hang out
with some friends
i've got my beer right here and i got
these awesome dumplings you can see the
top of it it's all kind of
fried together they call it like putty
putty like
crunchy and hear that crunch when you
break it
juices just dripping from the gyoza
first i gotta have a beer though
that's nice for my little sauce here
vinegar soy sauce and some chili oil
dip it in like that look at all the
juice coming from that dumpling it's
just dripping
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that is so crunchy that pork is so
flavorful
all of the oils and the meat juices are
coming from that gyoza
it's amazing first thing is the crunch
and then the next thing
is the explosion in your mouth
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it's spritzing everywhere you can see
how juicy the insides are you see the
onions in there you can see that pork
has a little bit of a sweetness to it
just a little bit maybe coming from the
onions
the gyoza is just amazing but then to
wash it
down with the beer is just job done
i'm so satisfied so before we continue
on i wanted to show you
this little spot it's kind of like a
little train station
let me show you
number five rakuman kuroke ever been
like
hey i want to eat an award-winning
koroke well
welcome to the next spot this shop's
fried goodies are just like my bracelets
in elementary school
all handmade they use a kitakati potato
from hokkaido nisiko
which are known for their strong
sweetness instead of sauce
they recommend using their original
rausu kombu salt to brighten up the
taste of its ingredients
i got the goodies look at this
this is a wagyu croquet it should have
some potatoes in there
crispy panko golden fried
sesame seeds on the top can't beat it
and take the first
bite
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wow that is a piping hot you can
actually get
the ones that they've already made or if
you wait five minutes they will
freshly fry it for you and that's what
we've done and that is
ultra piping hot right there and you
have these really really thick
pieces of wagyu beef they say tapi
meaning there's just like a whole
lot of wagyu in there and they give you
some white powder
as well it's actually salt throw some
salt up in there look at that sprinkle a
little bit on
just like so wow
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wow the potatoes itself gives off a nice
sweetness and the wagyu beef gives the
umami just to round out the flavor
and i just love how crunchy this is let
me just share with you how crunchy this
is
and i'm all done i should probably have
ordered more
luckily i didn't just order the koroke i
ordered also their menchikatsu look at
that let me just take a quick bite
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dude super hot just like the croquet the
meat juices
are on point but i think you just need a
little bit more flavor and that's why
they give you
this salt and then you just gotta like
throw a little bit of the salt on to
accentuate that flavor and to kind of
bring it all out
so you got all the salt flakes on there
right there
and it's just so crispy you can see it
just flakes off
getting all over my pants make sure to
have your napkins ready probably have it
all over my face as usual but
it's just so good definitely another
local spot that i'm showing you all
today but that said
let's move on to the next mod and number
six
amanoya this japanese style cafe goes
all the way back to 1927 in osaka
originally gained its popularity from
serving egg sandwiches in bite-sized
form to mostly women entering the
workforce
who also appreciated being able to take
their food with them while working
outside or visiting the theater
i got the baggies of goodies
we got the boxes of all boxes this is
probably the happiest
box i'll get today the wrapping is just
insane in japan i feel like christmas
where you have to just
get through all the wrapping to get your
present
and bam look at
this premium oh my god this
is a lot of egg sandwich
wow this is for like a small family
look at this one two three four five
six six healthy egg
sandwiches if you split that in half
that is a
12 full pieces well if you split that in
half i guess that's not a full piece
this is the real deal egg sandwich
oh you can smell the mayonnaise
wow that is amazing
that is an egg sandwich that will kick
you in the junk
this is awesome you can see all of the
moistness coming
from that egg the texture of the egg is
quite solid like some of the eggs i've
had are really really fluffy where this
one is quite dense
wow you could really taste that i think
it has some mustard in it but it almost
tastes like a wasabi or like a mix of
both there's just so much flavor and
that dashi
is really really strong
literally if i got this as a present
wrapped in a box like this
i would be happy i would say thank you
very much can i please have another one
i really just can't get enough i am so
happy this puts a smile on my face
winner winner egg dinner so those are my
top food spots in the zaba juban if you
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