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  • George: From calorie count to portion sizes,

  • we wanted to find out the biggest differences

  • between Subway in Japan and the US.

  • This is "Food Wars."

  • In Japan, our sandwiches come in three sizes.

  • This one is regular,

  • and here we've got foot-long sub,

  • and this one right here is party tray.

  • This is party tray A,

  • which is three regular sandwiches

  • cut into 12 pieces,

  • or we can also get a party tray

  • that's three foot-long subs.

  • In the US, you have three sizes:

  • 6-inch, foot-long, and the party tray.

  • This is five foot-longs cut into three sections,

  • giving us 15 sandwiches.

  • Not enough party in that party platter?

  • Subway's got you covered.

  • Here in the US, you can also get a 3-foot party sub.

  • Whoa!

  • Yes.

  • Yes! ♪

  • Time to give this sandwich an exam.

  • Dude, are you kidding me?

  • Look at this.

  • I'm seeing ham. I'm seeing turkey. I'm seeing cheese.

  • And also we have a giant sub.

  • Let me show you.

  • [grunts]

  • I got this.

  • And this is what it looks like.

  • This is too big.

  • In Japan, our fountain drinks come in three sizes.

  • This one is small,

  • and medium,

  • and large.

  • Here in the US Subway, the website says there's a small,

  • but I talked to the Subway manager,

  • and they assured me they don't have a small,

  • so apparently our fountain drinks are just two sizes.

  • Medium, which makes no sense 'cause there's no small,

  • and large.

  • At Subway, I had to fill up, myself,

  • the fountain drinks, which of course I don't mind.

  • So any inaccuracies rest on my shoulders

  • and my shoulders alone.

  • Ooh!

  • 40 what? Not even close.

  • And that was like, I filled this up to the brim.

  • I'm looking through this, and I'm seeing 33, maybe.

  • We'll be generous. We'll give them 34.

  • They still missed it by 6.

  • 6 fluid ounces you guys are skimping on us?

  • You get a good shot of that.

  • Is that really 6 missing ounces?

  • Do we think that's 6 ounces of fluid we're missing there?

  • You better believe I'm on a high horse right now.

  • This is infuriating!

  • I'm really hungry, that has a lot to do with it too.

  • On the surface, both countries' sandwiches look the same,

  • but we wanted to get a closer look.

  • Here we have a foot-long on white turkey with lettuce,

  • tomato, black olives, and onions.

  • All right, I have got the same one,

  • so I'm going to weigh this.

  • Joe: Wow, so pretty close.

  • Scientific accuracy is really important in "Food Wars," so.

  • George: Now let's open it up and see what's inside.

  • Joe: Huh, only a 10-gram difference,

  • but ours had a lot more turkey and a lot less vegetables.

  • Hm.

  • So, here are all the Subway menu items

  • you can get in Japan but not in the US.

  • And here is everything you can get at US Subway

  • you cannot get in Japan.

  • So, let's start with new exclusive sandwiches.

  • So, here we've got tandoori chicken sandwich.

  • Mm!

  • The chicken itself is tender.

  • 9 out of 10.

  • Congrats.

  • So, next one, we've got tokumori tandoori chicken sandwich.

  • Tokumori means extra large,

  • so extra-large tandoori chicken sandwich.

  • We've got spicy egg shrimp.

  • So, next one, we've got

  • chōkatsu chicken and cheese sandwich.

  • This is not good.

  • It doesn't have any taste.

  • Man, what the fudge?

  • So, first thing, I have this huge pile of sandwiches here.

  • I'll just try and do some hits.

  • Here is, of course, steak and cheese.

  • Buffalo chicken.

  • Yeah, I don't know.

  • Maybe it's 'cause they put all the veggies on here too.

  • They kind of just did the standard ones.

  • I don't think this looks very good.

  • Ooh, the Cali turkey.

  • Looks like there's spinach on here.

  • Oh, and bacon! Yeah, OK.

  • Not bad.

  • They ruined it with the cucumbers.

  • The cold cut combo.

  • This is, like, the sandwich, right?

  • If we were playing "Family Feud"

  • and the category was Subway sandwiches,

  • I feel like the cold cut combo would be No. 1, right?

  • Ooh, the Baja steak, everybody!

  • Straight from Baja California.

  • You know their blast, now try their steak.

  • Everyone in the room just groaned. [laughs]

  • [sighs]

  • I have to know, how far is that bathroom from here?

  • They really load it with the vegetables.

  • Again, why would you want all these gross veggies on ... ?

  • I want the meatball, and I want the sauce and the cheese.

  • I don't want cucumbers.

  • My meatball sandwich is ruined!

  • I'm sneaking a meatball.

  • Mm, mm, mm, mm.

  • Yeah, the Italian BMT.

  • Come on, this is, like, the most popular one.

  • See, you got the meat there. Nice-looking meat, right?

  • Nice-looking meat?

  • Then you lift up the meat, boo!

  • Boo!

  • Who ruined this sandwich with vegetables?

  • It is the spicy Italian.

  • Looks a lot like the BMT.

  • But yeah, dude, in Subway's defense,

  • these sandwiches were made,

  • what, three hours ago at this point?

  • So, here are Japan's exclusive regular menu items.

  • So let's start with this pizza bacon Italiana.

  • Itadakimasu!

  • I will rate this 7 out of 10.

  • Molto bene!

  • So, next one, we've got prosciutto mascarpone.

  • Shrimp avocado.

  • And I love avocado.

  • Next, we've got turkey, bacon, egg.

  • Turkey;

  • as you can see, bacon, right here;

  • and egg paste.

  • It's not that great.

  • And next, we've got chili chicken sandwich.

  • This is terrible.

  • Subway, how dare you?

  • [crying]

  • OK, I'm getting full, but let's keep going.

  • Here we've got avocado vegetables.

  • Mm!

  • Next, we've got egg sandwich.

  • All right, one thing I have to mention is that

  • most of these sandwiches can be a salad.

  • So if you like salad, go ahead.

  • But Joe wouldn't get this for sure.

  • What, did Subway get a panini press or something?

  • Like, look at these. They just took these sandwiches

  • and grilled them or whatever.

  • OK, this one right here is the BMT.

  • So, I'm just guessing for the melts,

  • they do it on the white bread,

  • and they add a bunch of cheese,

  • and they just grill it, right?

  • I mean, I can't even open this.

  • Like, it's locked.

  • Buffalo chicken melt.

  • Maybe there's less vegetables in it,

  • so maybe I do want this and I don't realize it.

  • Steak and cheese.

  • A Philly cheesesteak, right?

  • Blech. I know this one.

  • I know this one!

  • Tuna melt.

  • Turkey melt. Yeah, I guess.