Name: Behind the Counter at a local Japanese Okonomiyaki Restaurant
Uploaded: 2022-07-07T17:55:17.000Z
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this is behind the Canada at a local japanese Okonomiyaki restaurant.

So I'm back with another behind the counter and this time it's gonna be a hot one.

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Never seen before footage what really happens at super local mom and pop japanese restaurants.

Today we're going behind the counter at a family owned father and son, Okonomiyaki Teppanyaki restaurant called SIA in san Diego to Tokyo.

The restaurant was open 27 years ago and yusuke, the owner's son runs the shop these days with plans to carry on the family business in the future.

So this is Yusuke, the manager and main chef at the shop we're in today.

His father actually has a second Teppanyaki shop which is nearby but it's reserved for mainly V.

Guests, which the father is in charge of.

Yusuke is usually the first one to arrive at 9:30 so what time are the staff coming?

One of the first things he does is turn on the tap on grill, tip on in english meaning metal plate which is where the food is cooked on.

Apparently it takes a while for the steel tip on to warm up.

He has about half an hour before the other staff arrives.

So it makes use of this time to prepare the kitchen.

Are you from Tokyo when you were young, did you think you would be a chef?

What kind of girls now he prepares the rice for today?

He prefers to pre soaked the rice overnight all the while keeping it refrigerated to maintain the quality on average is about four kg, almost £9 of rice per day hopping.

We used koshi Hikari, one of the most popular rice brands in japan.

So you ski is 34 years old and then totally.

He's been working at the shop for about 15 years which is almost half of his entire life.

In fact he was only seven years old when his father first started the restaurant.

So it's always been very much part of his life.

The wooden sign is slipping now reads that the shop is in the middle of getting ready which still means it's closed but it will be opening soon.

It's a traditional Japanese custom where a pile of salt is placed at the front entrance to ward off bad luck.

So can I ask why did you start this restaurant back then?

Whatever restaurant he wanted to start but he decided on Teppanyaki because he thought it was the coolest japanese food.

Now you skip prepares a miso soup, traditional japanese dish, generally consisting of dashi stock and miso paste and then varies depending on the region and personal preference, often included in a typical japanese breakfast but also served at lunch and dinner such as in the shop as it complements the main dish eggs or another ingredient that the shop uses a lot.

He only uses high quality domestic eggs from places like oh cuckoo Dieron in Ibaraki and Tomoko and Fukushima.

I don't usually see shops adding eggs into the miso soup.

It's great that his own family traditions have made it into their everyday menu.

Why did you decide to work here up there?

Apparently he got this job through his mom.

Who knew your dad which allowed him to start working right after he moved to Tokyo.

I feel you gotta keep the sharp secret sauce is secret.

So what do you love most about being a Mhm Oh, your dad's back.

What do you think makes this shop stand out from the rest?

You want to share anything with the people watching?

Oh, I heard that you have a different restaurant nearby for cheesy, as I briefly mentioned before, the father runs a separate membership only V.

Teppanyaki restaurant, just a few buildings away.

I've never seen it before, so I'm excited to have a look.

Oh, it has a completely different vibe, let's be honest.

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It's 11 now, 30 minutes before the shop opens.

So yusuke starts cooking the take out dishes.

He also prepares the Osaka Yaki and Osaka style Okonomiyaki, which takes about 30 minutes to cook.

It's a popular dish that many customers order so he starts cooking it in advance to minimize customer wait times.

Okonomiyaki itself is a japanese style pancake.

It's usually made with flour, eggs, yam, cabbage and other proteins as one prefers and it's often flavored with dashi in japan.

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