Name: How to EAT JAPAN | 10 Must Know Food Tips No One Tells You
Uploaded: 2019-11-26T04:04:44.000Z
Duration: 10 min 27 s
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in this video I'm gonna share with you guys my top 10 things to know when

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eating in Japan Japanese food is pretty awesome as you guys already know from

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watching some of my previous videos but in this video I wanted to share with you

guys some Japanese restaurant and Japanese eating tips if you guys think

any of these are weird disagree or agree let me know in the comments section oh

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I'll leave a link in the description of the video alright let's do this so let's

talk about sharing food in Japan so Japan has kind of a weird standard when

it comes to sharing food so it really depends on the situation in some

situations it's not okay to share while other situations it's okay to share and

in some other situations you're expected to share it yeah it's really confusing

right first of all it's not okay to share here are some examples so ramen

shops with limited counter space is it generally not okay to share the reason

why it's not okay is one they have limited space and two they usually have

a high turnover rate for customers and they want to get customers in and out

and that one seat is really important for them to be able to make money on so

if you take up one of those seats and you don't buy a ramen bowl that's one

seat wasted for them but this just doesn't only apply to ramen shops

generally if a restaurant has a set meal places that also have limited spaces or

whatever when there's actually a long line and people are trying to get get in

especially during lunchtime and you're probably gonna not want to share oh and

even nicer sushi restaurants expect you to order your own meal on the

other hand where it's okay to share your food is place is like fast food

restaurants family restaurants and cafes so coming from the u.s. it is generally

expected when you go to a restaurant with friends that you go there and you

order your own meal at the end of the meal you just pay for what you ordered

but in Japan it's quite the opposite when you go to a drinking restaurant

also known as an Izakaya, they expect you to share your food and at the

end everyone just splits the bill or person of the

most money sometimes pay if you're lucky now if you have children it gets a

little bit more tricky it's okay to eat in the places that I mentioned above but

again you have to really consider what the restaurant thinks my friends with

kids what they do is they actually call in advance to the restaurant to see if

it's okay to share maybe that's gonna be a little bit harder if you don't speak

Japanese but that's what Japanese people do so if you don't speak Japanese then

you're just gonna have to go into the shop and ask when you arrive basically

it's rude to go to a restaurant order food and not finish most of it not

finishing sides you get a pass but it's considered extremely rude to not finish

the main course there is some gray area here so for example if you eat a ramen

bowl take down a lot of it and you're super cool but there's still quite a bit

left might be considered rude because it's still the appearance of not eating

that much food on your plate but if you're concerned with not being able to

finish your meal you can ask them to reduce the portion size whether it be

reducing the noodles or the rice and they're happy to do it

it's completely fine oh and one nice thing though is if you can't finish all

your food this is one time it's okay to share the food just as long as the person

you're with also ordered their own meal what do you guys think Japan is too

strict all right so let's talk about a Western pastime customizing your meal at

a restaurant customizing a meal in Japan is not very common like requesting

no meat in your dish or to take out all of the onions in general Japanese people

tend to not request changes to their meal because they think they'll offend

the chef but if you have an allergy you should definitely tell them don't

say allergy they won't understand say ah-re-ru-gi and then what you're allergic to

The reality of it it's difficult to do it in Japanese as well so my

Japanese friend who doesn't eat any meat she always has trouble at restaurants

for example she asks a server whether or not the dish has any meat in it if it

does she tries to ask if they're willing to take it out the first problem is the

server doesn't really know what's in the menu when it comes to a lot of the

ingredients so they'll have to ask the person who's making the food people that

are making the food are often just regular workers so they're not able to

change the menu up is so easily they just follow one recipe for that

particular dish as you can see just going back and forth

between the server the cook and yourself and just trying to figure out what's in

the meal what they can actually change is a lot of work just in Japanese so if

you're gonna try to do this in English then you're gonna be fighting an uphill

battle and even though they agree to give my friend what she wants or what

she ordered when the dish comes it's actually not what she wanted and there's

meat inside so all in all you can try to customize your meal but more than likely

you're gonna have issues just like my Japanese friend one caveat if you go to

the really nice restaurants like for example a nice sushi restaurant and when

you place your order with a server they will ask you whether or not you have any

allergies or if there's anything you can't eat so maybe another option is just

paying a little bit more and going to a restaurant that will accommodate your

allergies or your diet all right now here's some tips for my vegan fans just

so you guys know many Japanese dishes use broth that include meat or fish even

some veggie dishes use broth that has a meat or fish there are restaurants

though that do advertise a vegan menu and those are the ones you should

definitely look for otherwise if it's not advertised then more likely they're

gonna have broth with meat or fish although kind of a funny thing I've gone

to restaurants with my vegan friend and he's told him that he's vegan and it

actually asked him if fish was okay the thing is Japanese just don't have a lot

of education when it comes to vegetarians many are unfamiliar or

simply don't understand Western diets my best suggestion for you is to do your

research before going to any restaurants the information is out there what do you

say before a meal in all of the streets videos people are always asking what is

she's saying  it-ta-da-ki-masu which literally translates into receiving so

basically Japanese people say this when they're receiving the food for the first

time before they eat the thing is Japanese people are not saying it for

any spiritual reason or they're really thankful that they're receiving the food

they just say it because that's what they've always done that's what they

were taught when they were kids and it's just the thing to do so if you want to

be more like a local in Japan then say itadakimasu before you eat all

right let's talk about the unwritten drinking rule in Japan so when you go to

a restaurant especially at dinner they actually expect you to order a drink

whether it be alcohol soda or even tea so when you go to a restaurant and you

order water it might be a little bit surprised although it's not the worst

thing in the world it's just kind of weird

in fact when I go to restaurants sometimes I just order a water when I