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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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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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