Name: Must-Try Japanese Street Food Hidden Gems in Tokyo Asakusa
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These are my new secret Japanese street food spots in Asakusa So I'm back in Tokyo's Asakusa area to take you on a street food tour of all my favorite places and secret spots that I've never shared with anyone before but before we start if you guys want to help support the channel then definitely check out the Tokyo merch as well as my From Tokyo hot sauce and if you guys have any questions about Japan or your Japan travels Then definitely check out my discord community.

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That said let me take you on this hidden gem adventure Asakusa is a traditional style downtown area of Tokyo known to Japanese as a Stamachi with its nostalgic Edo period vibe the main area can be a bit touristy But there are many local hidden gems in the back streets some in plain sight But buried between the countless shops, it's hard to know from the outside looking in what are the real deal Holyfields?

So I thought it's time to share with you my recent heavyweight Asakusa food hitters Let's start this one in the Hana Yashiki area.

Okay, so we are kind of in the back streets right now It is a beautiful day, but it is super hot.

It's probably like 36 degrees out right now 37 I don't know.

It's still pretty hot Number 1 age big sweet potato from emo peepee So if you're looking for the sweetest baked potato in Asakusa Then look no further than this spot this shop uniquely serves a three-month aged Japanese sweet potatoes Which creates an undeniable natural sweetness further enhanced with a slow three-hour bake producing a taste unlike any other potato I've ever had sweeter than a home-cooked meal waiting for you after a long day of work I Got that baked sweet potato Look at this What does that remind you guys of it looks like to me like an abalone you can see that they have little Granulars of sugar.

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Can't wait to take a bite of this Wow the sweet heavens have parted with this So what they've actually done here is they put custard cream on the sweet baked potato and then they flame Broiled it bruleed it and made it just crystallized into this candied little sugar coatings It's kind of like a luxurious cream tastes quite expensive like the most expensive cream you've ever tasted in your life You do get like some of that sweet potato taste to it But if you scoop towards the sides right here, you have some of that baked potato right there Their sweet potatoes here have been matured to a point where that 50% of the sweet potato is actually sugar content, which is quite high And let's taste this kind of brown brown skin what color do you guys think this is red purple Hmm yeah skin also sweet.

This is kind of like the Jeff Bezos of sweet potatoes It's rich Okay, so at this next spot is hidden and behind this small alleyway that I'm entering in right now And if Tony the tiger had a saying for this place, it would be it's great Number two matcha tiramisu crepe from kotobuki Say on this shop is hidden in the way back of the back streets and is quite difficult to find But if you're a matcha lover, then you've got to risk it all for this spot My tip is to look for the cat painted cheddar and then you'll know you're just one turn away from a crepe shop Unlike many others in the area as it uses a premium Uji matcha crafted solely in Kyoto So first of all, you gotta buy your ticket right here.

I Got the Osaka crepe, which is their standard matcha tiramisu crepe with a matcha powder sprinkled on top.

This is beautiful This is like the matcha moon if a moon was made out of matcha This is what the surface would look like take a bite of this Mmm Wow, that is good.

So creamy Oh The matcha is strong in this one But it has the matcha flakes on top and more matcha inside Just like from the first bite can see how much cream there is The crepe is made right in the store.

The matcha is quite bitter It actually brings out the sweetness of all the other ingredients.

So like the mascarpone has this gentle sweetness.

So sorry I just realized we shouldn't probably be where we were.

It is street food We are just on the run here what's interesting about this place is that the owner is originally from Kyoto all of the menu items have oh We're just right next to you even move closer to the amusement park.

So there might be some roller coaster noise in the background So sorry apologies for that and all of the menu items that they have here They're all names of its cities in a Kyoto So this has some mascarpone inside sponge cake matcha cream black beans and lemon jam Oh, it's supposed to have lemon jam.

Oh Hmm the black bean also has kind of like a gentle sweetness to it But more so like the texture is quite interesting has a mic resistance to your bite You know, you expect like a mushy bean taste but it's actually more of like a dry wafery taste Let's just taste the bottom side of it Mmm, that's where the lemon jam has been hiding had to go all the way to the bottom and get the lemon jam And it is such a beautiful day I love just being able to walk around and take you through these areas have kind of a street food adventure This is awesome.

Number three curry pot from Komugi no Dorae So this spot has a curry pond with an unbelievable captain crunch Let me show you so this shop is already quite popular and can be found throughout Japan's countryside areas But since they recently opened up a shop here right behind Hana Yashiki and their crispy fried curry bread is just so damn delicious I had to make an exception and include it in this street food video This shop is famous for their crispy fried curry bread This is the only place you can get their custom curry bread That looks delicious too Today we have a crispy fried curry bread Thank you Look I got the curry bread.

Let me just take it out Oh This is one of the crispiest crunchiest curry ponds I've ever had in my life.

Let's take the first bite Here on the outside the first thing you taste is these little crouton things that make it so so crispy Almost like the level of potato chip crunchy where you just like every bite is just so Crispy, but let me just do like the real opening Look at all of that curry in there.

This is just so scrumptious Bread itself has is a sweet goodness It's super fluffy and airy and it kind of like mochi mochi like shokupan taste You have a very like Japanese style yellow curry and inside of the curry You have some beef and pork and then there's lots of vegetables in here.

It's not like too spicy It has maybe just a little bit of spice It's more like on the sweet side Their custom curry pond is also swinging for the fences as it's freshly fried on the spot after you choose What ingredients you want to put inside the less crispy brother from another mother?

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350 yen ramen just inside of the he's a got dirty shopping street This local shop is hidden way above its pay grade their light shoyu ramen is perfect to finish off a daytime drinking session After buying a ticket head to the guy and wait at a seat until you're called This is a 350 and that's about two dollars and 30 for this a bowl of ramen you have some onions here You got menma you got sprouts chashu.

You got the naughty have some of the broth real quick There's a lot of umami in here.

It's quite light Did you get that show you taste but you can taste like a strong pork broth in there a meaty broth?

Just taste some of these noodles right now.

This is actually a lot of noodles, especially for just a little over $2 I love the size of the noodles.

Let's see how firm it is Mmm That's like the perfect firmness the chashu itself isn't too bad It's not like the biggest chashu in the world But again, this is value the menma is pretty soft and this naughty pretty soaked in by now So I'm assuming it's gonna be pretty soft as well And it's soft.

Let me just throw a little bit of this pepper in here.

Throw some ryu in here as well bite Oh This is great But if you want do you want some kick in your ramen and that is the perfect thing and for those of you asking we're Doing all of this in one day Number five eel onigiri from Unana So if you're looking for an onigiri spot, this place is Delicious.

This spot is actually near the crepe shop, which I introduced earlier It's a relatively new in the area, but it's quickly gained in popularity so much so that it often sells out So it's the best to purchase a ticket as early as possible in the morning one thing though a success getting more strict these days For the walking and eating since there are so many tourists and food shops So it's best to eat at the shops designated eating space when possible like this one on the same Street Okay, look at this.

Like it kind of looks like my tongue Let me just take a bite Mmm Eel is just so buttery soft the juices from the unagi kind of melt all in your mouth Some meals you get like a super super crispy on the outside This one isn't that crispy it more just kind of like melts inside of your mouth The tare that they use a sauce that they use is quite sweet But it goes so well with the sansho peppers that they put on top gives it a little bit of a spicy kick and also The rice it's been grilled So it has kind of like that crispy outer shell but not like too crispy and then it is still like quite sticky compared To like, you know normal rice and you would probably eat and you can see that it is pretty soaked in you can see that The rice has all that beautiful Sweet unagi sauce as far as the preparation goes before they actually grilled the unagi They'll steam at first so that it gets nice and fluffy That's why you probably get that melty sensation when you take the first bite.

I just love unagi It is just rather expensive when you eat it.

That's like less than five bucks Number six mentai mochi okonomiyaki pancake from Tsurujiro So this spot has them hot grill hitters that I definitely need to show you This next shop is located on the east side of the Nakamise area and it's the perfect lunch spot to rest up after touring While also filling up on your typical local shita-machi food a teppanyaki grilled Japanese style crispy moist pancake Okonomiyaki, they use a dashi from chicken and vegetable cook for three days The flame boiled mentai mochi cheese, let me just break down what's going on So you have a cabbage batter mixture that's been compressed into this little Cylindrical goodness in the middle They have some cheese and they have some mochi brings it all together in the middle kind of holds it together And then on top they have mentaiko Which is flint words on the surface to give it a slightly crispy shell and then I chop it off You have the naughty seaweed.

It's just like another good flavor that adds to the whole entire package.

Let's take the first bite Oh This is what I'm talking about kind of like a nice buttery taste to it the first thing you taste is the mentaiko on top and I think it's Pollock roll has kind of like a tangy taste to it and just the richness from the mentaiko just covers it all up Mayonnaise or height in Moscow This boy see and I just confirmed it is mayonnaise in here and then you have these little bits of mochi It has a really nice like rice and stickiness little chunks all throughout kind of like a little surprises And then in terms of the texture itself, it's really airy inside So like a bite it just kind of sinks in and you don't get like a lot of bite back to it It's kind of like a light fluffy pancake But with a savory topping of the mentaiko and this place also has some other interesting menu items So if you don't want this also have some okonomiyaki with some onions on top even have a katsuobushi Okonomiyaki, which they actually just like freshly shred it just right in front of you here This is the beauty of the street food tours there's so many places in Asakusa that you can go get food and You just never know where to go And this is why I want to take you to all of my secret favorite spots because you know Sometimes you just don't know and we haven't done a video like this in quite some time So I wanted to show you my favorite spots So these are my new street food spots here in Asakusa If you guys like this video help me out and hit that like button again If you guys wanna help spread the channel check out my merch or check out my Paulo from Tokyo hot sauce You can go to Paulo from Tokyo hot sauce Calm and if you guys want to see more videos like this or anything related to Japan hit the subscribe button in the above button I'll catch you guys in the next one