In 2019 I stayed in Japan for a month during my summer break. And let me tell you, their frozen foods are better than half of Japanese restaurants that were in my state.
You need to go to an aisan market to get good stuff. If you can't read most of the stuff on the labels, then it is good. aisan markets are hard to find outside of the city tho. (I live near Philly in PA
I really appreciate how much you respect your wife's privacy, and I also love that she is still in the videos in a meaningful way. This channel is really amazing.
Hi You Yeah, similar to if you have asthma, just breathe, if you have depression just be happy... if you don’t like your country, just move...😑 Yeah...it’s that easy...😱
i hate cooking but currently live in japan... the frozen food is delicious, and convenience stores have ready-to-eat meals that are way healthier than cooking healthy back home >.> so.. i just pack the freezer lol
Me: I'm proud of today's dinne-- UA-cam recommendations: _Just in case you were feeling nice about the dinner you cooked today, here's a video of Japanese frozen food that looks 10x better than what you can make_
@@xraydoge5430 They're good about their trash system. But I'm wondering where the recycled goods go. What they are remade as. The amount of plastic they use is insane, but I'm not seeing signs they're recycled plastics.
sometimes i wonder why western countries are considered superior when asia has stuff like THIS edit: can y’all please stop getting historical and political in the comments... i just wanted to make a joke because i thought this was really cool
I’m guessing it’s because western countries tend to have overall happier people. A lot of East Asian countries have tons of people working too much for too little, focusing less on mental health, even though the suicide rates are sky high. Western countries focus more on well being, and fewer people live a life where you never seem to catch a break. There’s probably a reason why Scandinavia overall are some of the best countries to live in
Blep Blop well, between 2014 and 2018, japan’s suicide rate dramatically decreased from 19.5 to 16.5. in the united states it’s only increasing, from 13.4 in 2014 to 14.0 in 2017. so i would say japan is doing something right. and you mentioned scandinavia, but sweden has a fairly high suicide rate of 12-13 (seems to be fluctuating).
I think it depends on where you shop. You can go to a fraiser farms/ whole foods type grocery store and find some pretty tasty, not too bad for you, frozen food items and meals. For all we know, Greg & his family shops at a whole foods/ organic type grocery store.
Not entirely correct..... Sure they probably boil and steam more meat products than us, but they also grill things a lot (just look at all the Japanese dishes that contain the word "yaki" which translates into grilled) they also deep fry a lot of food just like the west
I like the mom's trick using 2 chopsticks to squeeze the last of the stuff out of that envelope. I usually fold it in half and squeeze with my thumb and fingers, which is not that good.
@ Sarah Swailes That my dear, is the tip of the month! Like somebody else said, "Why didn't I think of that"? Thank you so much! Cheetos are the worst offender but really you could do that with greasy popcorn, stuff like that.
The microwave oven you guys have makes such satisfying clicking sounds when you press the buttons. Now in comparison to mine in America, the buttons - particularly the start button - makes such a loud, obnoxious, shrill beep.
Bruhhh, especially when u get hungry at 3am and you know there be some evil watching you so u have to be precise before that timer hits 0 because itd wake up the whole neighborhood.
The hamburguer(7:09) seems to be a meatball who has cheese inside..it doesn't seem very healthy. Anyways, procesed food is procesed food, no matter how "healthy" it looks.
Store bought tofu isn't good here in the west. Here in Italy it's considered hippie food, but me and my family like to eat it every now and then as substitute for meat and as diet food. We always make our own. It's actually pretty easy if you have the right materials, tastes way better too
in japan kids love healthy stuff^^ in western world we usually hate brocoli as kids japanese kids usually love it and would choose da broc instead of choc
It tastes really gud tho, especially if u used to be a kid that is genuinely ok with eating vegetables and doesn’t make a fuss and act like ppl are trying to poison u by making u eat them. Like come on- they’re just crops.
I absolutely LOVE your channel!! My grand children and I watch together. They think it is so interesting to see how kids from other countries live, go to school, eat, etc. Thank you keep up the great videos!! I just HAD to laugh at my grand son. When he saw the frozen fried rice he said, "Wow Nona( grandchildren's name for me) you never let us have frozen fried rice! We always have to wait 2 days for it!" Lol The 2 day wait is because I cook the rice today for fried rice tomorrow. Lol
Yeah, me too! One thing Lisa Kaye what I really love this because of the kids looks so cute and adorable and one thing you know that Japanese food looks super yummy...Tasty! 😃😊
I watch his videos all the time. I just realized I'm not subscribed. Fixed that real quick! I'm studying Japanese language, my first year, so I love these videos because I learn a lot.
Restaurant trick I learned in Taiwan. Make rice with less water than you usually do and you won't have to wait (so instead of 1 part rice to 1.25 part water, I do 1 part rice to 1 part water). The rice will be dry and perfect for making fried rice!
not really, I'm from Thailand alot of things are pretty fresh that might also be due to the fact that I own a farm? Despite that veggies and meat are still quite fresh here...
I was disappointed with the lack of affordable fruit when I was in Japan. I live in amish country so I eat tons of cheap fruit in the US and going to Japan it was just so much more expensive
JESSICA KHAN fruits are extremely good for you the reason why crops are expensive in Japan is because Japan is not an agriculture-based country it has little arable land so the supply of vegetables and fruit is low while demand is high so suppliers raise prices to compensate
Can I request the topic on Waste Management? I'm into Zero Waste and was amazed by Japanese on how each household doing with garbage (categorised garbage) I want to know how they do it. Hi thank you for many comments. Just FYI I actually know that Japan is not a zero waste country and actually love packaging.. (I also know a lot of japan stuff but some may not in that much detail, thank you manga for those knowledge) but the garbage categorisation is still a good example you can learn from in your household. It's kinda sad when the old Japan (after WW2) they were kinda like zero waste (yes they were) until somebody created Plastic.
Right? I know!!! I went in mind blowing mode forever!!!!! I've always have tried to do that with my fingers and then it would get in them and I don't like it but now I'm thinking "how the heck haven't I thought about this???"
Back in Canada, and my memory is very fuzzy from five years ago, I'd say lasagna, perogies, and Breyers ice cream were probably some of the top stuff in our family freezer, besides things like frozen meats. What are the top three things in your freezer?
I wonder how Aiko and Shin are when they have english exams at school. They must be crushing them and students and teachers at their school must be like super impressed by them
Well they are essentially gaijin for "pure" japanese, so it's expected for them to know English well. And if they stay in Japan they will live with stigma of being "hafu" in extremely xenophobic japanese society for the rest of their lives.
We're already of that Andrei. But that's mostly stereotypes, there are changing atitudes coming in rapidly over being "hafu" and being accepted as Japanese due to athletes and celebrities
They're probably doing mediocre depending on where they're going, I've seen a lot of Japanese people that I work with who have indistinguishable accents when speaking English as if they grew up in the West, but speak Japanese and grew up in Japan and had no foreign parents. I mean they're alright but you can very quickly tell their accents lack proper annunciation.
My country is very much like Japan in this regard, whenever I'm out of it and I go to a supermarket I think to myself: "man, these people really eat unhealthy food"
I've been wondering recently. In the US (or at least New York), plastic packaging for snacks, instant, and frozen foods can't be recycled because they say that the plastic is lined with stuff that helps preserve the food. But in Japan, all these packaging go under the same category of "pura", for "plastic". How does Japan manage to recycle all sorts of plastic food wrappers but the US can't do it?
I'm from the Pacific Northwest region of the us. Grocery stores have big plastic recycling bins in front of them. Any kind of plastic material can be put in there. We keep a bag at home and collect plastic food wrappers to take to the grocery store. There is also local bulk food sections that help to keep down waist and buying meat from the counter instead of the frozen section helps.
@@amandagaskill7609 they can be recycled, just not in your residential bin. They have plastic bag bins at my area Giant. Idk what they're doing in NYC.
I left Okinawa 2 years ago after living there as expat family from almost 4 years, I am crying watching this video😢 I am in London now, I miss Japanese frozen food
Everything seems like MUCH higher quality in Japan than in America. I don’t know why, but I suspect it’s because a lot of Americans just don’t seem to care much about the quality of their food. I’ve seen people eating a McDonald’s hamburger that’s been sitting under a heat lamp for hours and is all dried out and they are saying “mmmm” like it’s the greatest thing ever. Don’t get me wrong, I like McDonald’s on occasion when it’s FRESH, but when it’s all dried out it’s so nasty. In convenience stores in the U.S., I feel very lucky if I run across one with some fresh sandwiches or fruit, because most of them just have those roller hot dogs and junk food, at best. And don’t get me started on how horrible frozen meals are in the U.S. It’s very, very rare for me to find a frozen meal I really like. Some of the Boston Market frozen meals are pretty good. Stouffer’s stuffed peppers are good. A couple of the Lean Cuisine meals are decent, although they’ve recently changed my favorite Butternut Squash Ravioli and totally ruined it. It’s very frustrating. And food cost SO MUCH to prepare it fresh here.
Winter Horizon Not everybody can afford better restaurants. Besides, the point is people in Japan can get QUALITY food at conveniences stores, the frozen section, cheaper restaurants, etc. So why should Americans have to go to more expensive places to get better food? We should have decent food at affordable prices in more convenient locations, too. If other countries can do it, America should be able to.
@@tarabooartarmy3654 there are plenty of good frozen food in the states. Also I was wrong about having to spend more money to get better food. There are actually a lot of good restaurants here that are affordable and arent fast food America's advantage over japan is its diversity In japan you will only find mostly Japanese food
Winter Horizon Perhaps you and I have different ideas of what “affordable” means. In Japan, you can get an onigiri from a convenience store for about 100 yen, or about a dollar. In the USA, our comparison would be a sandwich, which in the convenience stores in my area are $2.99-$5.99, or 3-6 times the price. And I get a lot more full and stay full longer on rice/filling than I do a basic sandwich/filling. We do have some affordable choices in America, of course. For example, Burger King has 10 nuggets for $1 at the moment. But it’s not healthy. It’s empty calories for the most part. There’s no vitamins. Maybe a bit of protein at best. At least there is some nutrition in a lot of inexpensive Japanese foods.
I’m also referring more to price vs. quality, not just price. Of course we do have some inexpensive foods, but they are not as healthy as comparable Japanese options, nor are they typically nearly as high quality in the price range.
to be honest it's western food that are too big, these portions are normal in Asia. But then the body constitution between us are different as well. ^^"
Abeer unfortunately that’s true Not a week passes without this happening to me Then my throws her shoes at me And I’m like “mom come on I burning here”
I love how Aiko differentiates between real food and these frozen dishes when Greg asks if she would be able to make them herself. Like, "Do you mean real food or this frozen fakes?".
Well, the frozen ones generally have cheap fillings and stuff and little to no volume besides wheat (like pasta) or rice (like fried vice). Like, the Wontons my family make at home won't be the cheap and tiny ones you get frozen. Like we actually mix the ground pork with other ingredients, put as much filling as you want in each wonton skin...... same with every other frozen vs homemade dish we do at home.
When im studying late night I like to get cozy and make instant udon noodle with added pepper, its the best!! You could probably order some online since it's all pre-packaged ♡
Everything seemed "fine" to Aiko ! Lol ! The kids are growing so fast !!! I remember the first video I watched from your channel was Aiko showing her house bathroom ! This video was amazing ! Thanks for acknowledging me different cultures life style, foods and more !!! Love you guys 💓💓💓
I love your videos! This types of mundane and daily-life routines and curiosities from different parts of the world are so interesting to me :) I’m specially curious about anything related to food! Also your videos are relaxing to watch :) good job! In my country, frozen wise, you’ll get lots of frozen codfish dishes, oven rice with duck or meats, full crabs filled with crab pate and the normal fast foods as well.
Fun video ! I used to eat those frozen meals quite often when I lived in Japan. My tiny apartment only had limited cooking facilities in a cramped space, so often meals just involved reheating frozen foods, or other foods such as salads that required minimal preparation. I laughed when you talked about the small servings of desserts and the limited calories. That presupposes you only eat one, normally I would eat at least two !!
when i was a kid you'd be lucky to get a chocolate bar or an ice cream once a week. It was really a luxury item. Funny how marketing has changed things.
AussieTV when I was a kid bejams had just opened in the UK, stores that sold nothing but frozen food and everyone had a freezer big enough to hide a body in, frozen food seems to be reducing now, not sure why even Iceland the shop that took over from bejams is reducing the amount of freezers
*Their frozen foods looks like fresh and healthier than my normal foods.*
in my country， people who eat frozen food often have diabetes
Not really and putting it in the microwave just gives you even more cancer lil by lil we will all die of cancer and won't live past60
@Lexis La' why you think we live less every year lady all the food you eat has chemicals in it
@Lexis La' read what you eat and investigate
@Lexis La' even McDonald's put signings that their food my cause cancer and how do you think microwaves work, stupid
The way japanese can make instant food look as good as restaurant food is just admirable.
I think they have better ways to make it.
uhhh.. no they dont x_x
@@SilverishKitten people have their own opinion too you know?
@@crystaljoy4226
No they don't
@@SilverishKitten lol, what an intellectual reply from an actual intellectual person.
i’m so intrigued by the sound their microwave makes
ISOHaven i love it though! it’s so cute
much better than the smoke Alarm noise my microwave makes.
Hey youuuuu
Same
webhead s I’d be dancing like my food is ready get excited.
This microwave gently and happily lets you know it's done while mine gives me a heart attack every time
Lol
Ohh dear, I died😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
Same
Likewise 😂
@@SurasmitaMeher-ch3lo p
when frozen food looks better than your dinner...
damn that's true man
Hanzo Main exactly!😂😂
AHHHHHHAAAAAAAHAAAAA!!!!!
Well dem thats true 😂😂😂
Ummm, no.
This fridge has more food than the grocery store near my house🙄
Haha Haha.......
Same...
And I Oop-
Oo, tea...
hahaha
i love this youtube episode!! grocery items and trying them out!!
This is kinda like Shinnosuke's house where her mom keeps all the frozen food in the fridge for months together and they finally get expired.
Your children are so soft spoken and polite. They're so cuuuuute
Come on be honest, they are not cute
FBI OPEN UP
@@jw7653 how are they not cute
Polite is a strong word haha
@@sunflower7874 because he jealous of that kids... Maybe he look sooooo ugly that's make him angry to see cute kids...
"6:30"
2 types of eater.
- The one that blow their food before eating to cool it down
- OR just Hshjshjhshshshj in your mouth
😂 I felt the hshjhshsjjhs lmao
Was looking for someone to say this the second I saw it in the vid 🤣😂
@@lifeofgy7636 was looking for someone to say the exact same line you told 😂
I am the second one,, I look like i'm getting possessed when eating ngl
Look. I first blow my food... and THEN I will Hshjshjhshshsshj
I can't believe I'm getting hungry from frozen food.
Wish I had this in my country.
Ni , it's no good
Local food in restaurants and street food are much better and not that much more expensive
@@MillennialTravelConfessions can't beat the convinience of frozen foods though. I can get these in the middle of the night if I wanted.
Jane Baker japan is a busy country,so they have many fast serve food ofc
i know right??
american frozen food makes me lose my appetite lol
Japanese frozen food: Actually edible
British frozen food: tastes like salt and chemicals. Not like food fml
Haha lmao
Americans arent even good just full of chemicals
So do Indian frozen food. Not that good!
Japanese frozen food isn’t taste that good for me idk
It’s full of msg tho 😷
In 2019 I stayed in Japan for a month during my summer break. And let me tell you, their frozen foods are better than half of Japanese restaurants that were in my state.
Unless you're on the west coast or NYC, then, duh.
@@nicksincredibleopinion I live in FL
You need to go to an aisan market to get good stuff. If you can't read most of the stuff on the labels, then it is good. aisan markets are hard to find outside of the city tho. (I live near Philly in PA
@@mrrgb4954 I know a really good Japanese supermarket in Jersey! It even has a food court that serves actual Japanese food and it’s amazing
@@linx5932 doesn’t Florida have notoriously awful Asian restaurants? Like hilariously bad quality?
Japan's frozen section is healthier than America's "healthy" section.
Bwahahaha🤣wow
Yeah and more interesting and of wider variety.
I am proud to not be American since all the stuff happening there makes it look bad. (Sure it's not that bad but, I like where I live)
😂😂
@@dotdankory me too lol,im planning to study abroad but america is not my option.its crazy in there
I really appreciate how much you respect your wife's privacy, and I also love that she is still in the videos in a meaningful way. This channel is really amazing.
@Null Ledge lol! Why are you so angry that I appreciate him respecting his wife's privacy because she asked him to?!?
It was an odd comment to be honest@@joshuamichael2421
@@rosebush2880 i agree with him tho
@Rose Bush I politely disagree. Nothing odd about it.
wished i lived in a country that cared about my health
Exactly!!! Here in America it's corporations over human life. People are disposable here.
🙌 and imagine billionaires & millionaires that can end world poverty
lane aloha what’s gives you the idea millionaire and billionaire can end poverty?
cookie22100 if you don’t like America just leave don’t sit here and complain
Hi You Yeah, similar to if you have asthma, just breathe, if you have depression just be happy... if you don’t like your country, just move...😑 Yeah...it’s that easy...😱
That microwave making some good music compared to mine 😂
Yeah, mine beeps at me loudly like GET - HERE - NOW! xD
beep boop scoot toot ding dong ur food= ready. let me sing u a song
Everybody Gangsta' till' the bomb starts rapping
@@Widestone001 I mod it so it can play song
This is a heaven for someone who lazy to cook but still dont want to go outside for a meal
College students as well
i hate cooking but currently live in japan... the frozen food is delicious, and convenience stores have ready-to-eat meals that are way healthier than cooking healthy back home >.> so.. i just pack the freezer lol
@@Nezumi-- I'm jealous
LOL at the cat trying to steal the food off the table 🤣
Cooking With Ty she feels like she's in heaven
the cat was dinner
@@robertvanravenswaaij6639 lmao
The cat was hangrey
perhaps the cat is the dinner... *dim sims*
Even their frozen food looks so much better. Damn it japan
Me: I'm proud of today's dinne--
UA-cam recommendations: _Just in case you were feeling nice about the dinner you cooked today, here's a video of Japanese frozen food that looks 10x better than what you can make_
Lol so true
The good thing is that the food is factory made, not human. So u can be proud lol.
Damn me too bro, even it's just another instant food.. It's diffrent..
Ugh, painful truth
@@neilbenedictgueta3822 yeah, i can't stop staring at it
japanese frozen food: very accurate to real thing
me: *cries in frozen burrito*
*Gordon ramsay has left the chat*
Not only has Gordon left the chat, he has left the building!
wiper nut lol
Llmaoooo
You dont say?
when he spent an hour to cook one dish, and they only need not even 10 minutes to make a full course japanese dinner.
The cat was like “this is on the table therefore it’s mine. I shall take this”
🤣🤣🤣
And then just walks away in fancy
@@wlhmina cat : alright that's enough of my whole body for you
AIGHT IMMA HEAD OUT
Cats are full of Swag😎😎😎🕶️🕶️
Feels like Japan is 10-20 years ahead in everything :)
Except in plastic :(
Except in women and work and maternity etc eyc
They aren’t. By far. Lol I live in Japan.
They're really good about recycling though. If you dont recycle properly, they will literally not take your trash.
@@xraydoge5430 They're good about their trash system. But I'm wondering where the recycled goods go. What they are remade as. The amount of plastic they use is insane, but I'm not seeing signs they're recycled plastics.
sometimes i wonder why western countries are considered superior when asia has stuff like THIS
edit: can y’all please stop getting historical and political in the comments... i just wanted to make a joke because i thought this was really cool
I’m guessing it’s because western countries tend to have overall happier people. A lot of East Asian countries have tons of people working too much for too little, focusing less on mental health, even though the suicide rates are sky high.
Western countries focus more on well being, and fewer people live a life where you never seem to catch a break.
There’s probably a reason why Scandinavia overall are some of the best countries to live in
Blep Blop it..... it was a joke...... but thanks for the insight???
Oh oki. It’s just that people often fetishize Asia, especially japan, so it’s difficult to tell if someone’s joking or not
Blep Blop well, between 2014 and 2018, japan’s suicide rate dramatically decreased from 19.5 to 16.5. in the united states it’s only increasing, from 13.4 in 2014 to 14.0 in 2017. so i would say japan is doing something right. and you mentioned scandinavia, but sweden has a fairly high suicide rate of 12-13 (seems to be fluctuating).
Blep Blop focus more on well-being? well in Europe probably, but US? nah, you healthcare's gonna kill your finances someday,.
OKAY UA-cam I FINALLY WATCHED IT. NOW LEAVE ME ALONE.
😂😂
you have the option to say you're 'not interested'
@@phucanhell r/woosh
Kylo Ren ikr
This vid haunted me for months haha
And the sad thing is even though they’re instant frozen meals they’re 10 times healthier than the ones in North America
and don't forget delivery for pizza is expensive as compared to America
I think it depends on where you shop. You can go to a fraiser farms/ whole foods type grocery store and find some pretty tasty, not too bad for you, frozen food items and meals. For all we know, Greg & his family shops at a whole foods/ organic type grocery store.
@James Franko also frozen aisle food is cheap in america. probably a dollar or about the same price as Asia family mart/7-11 prices.
Processed food is NEVER good for health.
@@princess_moonbeam no they don't, he showed a pretty typical japanese supermarket
Unlike yours,my microwave is shy and doesn't make any sound
maybe you should take it to a therapy, he might have a social phobia
Lucky. It's a really good microwave when you want to cook a frozen food in 3 am
Well at least you get to stuff your face at midnight when your parents are sleep without waking em up
I laugh so hardd
@@yacineser5322 "He" ??? Did you assume the microwave's gender.
Most of their food is boiled which is healthy. I’m just interested in the microwave it’s nice lol
Not entirely correct..... Sure they probably boil and steam more meat products than us, but they also grill things a lot (just look at all the Japanese dishes that contain the word "yaki" which translates into grilled) they also deep fry a lot of food just like the west
9:45 that's so much respect. You waited until the beep goes off. Not gonna happen with mine.
I show my microwave the same amount it shows me which is close to none
If my microwave sung like that, I'd wait lol
And mine will burn my hand if i touch the plate like that
@michikira me
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH TRUE
The cat's like..."I will eat these bags...give them to me."
The cat was like, "Am I in Heaven? Soo much free food! "
I'm the bag. Bite me!
I like the mom's trick using 2 chopsticks to squeeze the last of the stuff out of that envelope. I usually fold it in half and squeeze with my thumb and fingers, which is not that good.
Going to copy that next time
Yeah i'm using this technique from now on. It's one of those things; "Why the hell didn't I think of this before?!"
SAME !
Another life hack is use your chop sticks to eat Cheetos so you don’t get Cheeto dust all over your fingers! Thanks me later!
@ Sarah Swailes
That my dear, is the tip of the month! Like somebody else said, "Why didn't I think of that"?
Thank you so much! Cheetos are the worst offender but really you could do that with greasy popcorn, stuff like that.
That little boy dug into that rice like he hadn’t eaten in five months I’ve never seen a kid diving the food that fast
It's bloody weird to eat plain rice like that. Maybe Japanese rice is different, in Southeast Asia you pair rice with other dishes.
@@potatoeskimos its the best rice ive evrr tastd
Watch dragon balls ull see in every episode
@@potatoeskimos They were pairing it with soup and shumai
@@potatoeskimos Yeah bro...I guess that's a bit sweet or something and that's sticky japanese rice not the normal ones.
The microwave oven you guys have makes such satisfying clicking sounds when you press the buttons. Now in comparison to mine in America, the buttons - particularly the start button - makes such a loud, obnoxious, shrill beep.
Bruhhh, especially when u get hungry at 3am and you know there be some evil watching you so u have to be precise before that timer hits 0 because itd wake up the whole neighborhood.
Huh, no wonder why my cousin sounds so angry in the morning when I called him once
heyitskristie even Japan's microwaves are better than Americas. Man, I hate this place.
@@vianca9468 Most microwaves have silent modes
LOL....even Japanese Frozen food looks healthier than those from the west. OMG...that cat was like, i want my fish and chips.
Right. (I'm from US tho but totally agree)
Enviotonin85 no the cat was like “GIMME THE BAG”
The hamburguer(7:09) seems to be a meatball who has cheese inside..it doesn't seem very healthy.
Anyways, procesed food is procesed food, no matter how "healthy" it looks.
Enviotonin85 you’re just delusional. They’re full of preservatives and chemicals just like all other frozen foods.
U can buy good frozen food in america. U just have to goto the right grocery stores
6:27 I love the constrast between the girl and the boy eating, I am not supposed to be laughing this way at 3:50 AM but it was hilarious 😂
Me too i can't stop laughing at the boy 😂
Finally I found this comment. It made me laugh too HAHAHAHAHAHA
and here i am 4.30am laughing at the boy
I couldn’t stop either I’m glad you guys also found it hilarious
I thought he suffers from mental illnesses 😶
Soo much better than the frozen food here in America.
That's so not true. The vegan frozen food is just as healthy and good looking.
@@CyberMachine that's becoz its vegan foods, here in japan normal frozen foods are healthy
@@jm6565-p9j no guys, No matter what food it is, it's still look much better than a normal frozen food
Frozen vegan food is absolutely disgusting to normal people
just go to the asian grocery/ supermarkets and it will be good. Thank you globalization
rest in piece to whoever has a japanese microwave and wants to make food at the middle of the night R.I.P
what?
@@ShiroAisan u.s
microwaves are not that loud and don't have that much sound, bu t the microwave here will wake up the whole neighborhood
T0M they have a setting with no noise
Shia Kazee they have a setting with no noise
The misspelling ruined everything.
Japan is the only country in world that sells the exact same thing that is shown in commercials
Even their vending machines have good meal foods
That microwave is a musical instrument it makes so many cool soundsbbetter than ones here in UK 🇬🇧
dumbass lol
Hannah Plumley Myvloggingaddiction In the US ours is loud and obnoxious. *BEEEEEEPPP*
Agreed. There are many times where I have the urge to fight my microwave - 5am ear piercing beeps 🙃
Someone needs to make a music vid of it
@@priscillajimenez27 OH MY GOSH YES!!!! make this happen please some one
6:30 the boys inner demon just woke up
That boy's expression when he ate that hot dumpling is just epic😂 it was one of the best in the video😂
It's a girl btw
@@xelloss what! That kid is a girl🤐 i thought she was a cute boy.my bad😅
@@got7ornothing452 lmao the one you were talking about WAS a boy. 🤔
He’s actually a girl and looks like a boy
im pretty sure that's her little brother
The kid's face at 6:28 HAHAHAHA
That's why you wait for hot food to cool down! 😂
Ina Tizon i laughed for a solid three minutes 😂
xd
I know right! Shin is so funny!
That actually made me laugh!
Oml I'm dead 😂
For a frozen food, they all look really good
Agree way better than crap we get from American grocery
The most hardworking person in the kitchen: "Chef Mike"
😂 #KitchenNightmares
**Chef Mike = microwave
@SpangeBab 🤨 you okay?
Why does everything look so much cooler in Japan?
*i mean it looks cooler too but like
Ikr ?
Because it is
japan is the most advanced country that’s why
KillR Dem_n bahahahaha. Don’t use their internet sites
The fact that the children chose tofu and spinach over other things👏🏻
Tofu in Japan vs tofu in USA taste like 2 completely different dish
Store bought tofu isn't good here in the west.
Here in Italy it's considered hippie food, but me and my family like to eat it every now and then as substitute for meat and as diet food. We always make our own. It's actually pretty easy if you have the right materials, tastes way better too
the tofu and spinach there tastes better so...
in japan kids love healthy stuff^^ in western world we usually hate brocoli as kids japanese kids usually love it and would choose da broc instead of choc
It tastes really gud tho, especially if u used to be a kid that is genuinely ok with eating vegetables and doesn’t make a fuss and act like ppl are trying to poison u by making u eat them. Like come on- they’re just crops.
Looks like frozen meals are much higher quality than in the States.
human talking about different -yaki
*cat interrupting the recording* MEOW
human: "... and a cat-yaki" lol
I absolutely LOVE your channel!! My grand children and I watch together. They think it is so interesting to see how kids from other countries live, go to school, eat, etc. Thank you keep up the great videos!! I just HAD to laugh at my grand son. When he saw the frozen fried rice he said, "Wow Nona( grandchildren's name for me) you never let us have frozen fried rice! We always have to wait 2 days for it!" Lol The 2 day wait is because I cook the rice today for fried rice tomorrow. Lol
lol but that's the correct way to make fried rice though, you need 2 days!
Yeah, me too! One thing Lisa Kaye what I really love this because of the kids looks so cute and adorable and one thing you know that Japanese food looks super yummy...Tasty! 😃😊
we Filipinos wait for tomorrow too
I watch his videos all the time. I just realized I'm not subscribed. Fixed that real quick! I'm studying Japanese language, my first year, so I love these videos because I learn a lot.
Restaurant trick I learned in Taiwan. Make rice with less water than you usually do and you won't have to wait (so instead of 1 part rice to 1.25 part water, I do 1 part rice to 1 part water). The rice will be dry and perfect for making fried rice!
Their frozen veges and meats are fresher than the fresh ones in your country lol
they are probably fast frozen to keep the freshness...
@Music Lover 2 even the Japanese radiation is better then other part of the world lol
Not so sure about that because i came from vietnam and everyone know how fresh we eat
not really, I'm from Thailand alot of things are pretty fresh
that might also be due to the fact that I own a farm?
Despite that veggies and meat are still quite fresh here...
Basically eastern Asia lol
i would move to japan for the food alone.
I'm dead serious, like I 100% would
Maxwell Kat yes
Do it then
And the healthcare dude. It is the best.
My brother did 18 years ago. Met a nice girl and has a son and daughter...which is why this channel makes me chuckle.
Lez go dude, I'm sick of my country. 😂
So you're saying that us, United States: the land of frozen TV dinners, lost in food even in the frozen section???!!
What is the "diet" button on the microwave for?
Maybe it just burns your meal and you have to fast?
@@SumovomTurmOriginal lmao good idea
Sumo vom Turm 😂😂😂
@@SumovomTurmOriginal 😂😂I've never laughed out SOOOO loud 😂
@Sumo vom Turm omg I died HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
I love how raw and uncut the voiceover is😃
Yeah like the cat meowing in the background lol
Meeeooooowww
Jesus christ when are we gonna get there
Im so hungry !!
You are almost everywhere
BL4CK DRAGON I really like kind of food channels 👍 yummy 🤤 🤤
we are though lmao, go to your local walmart, crazy high quality frozen meals
Getting where?
6:28 when the drug kicks in.
😂😂
Lol🤣🤣
LMFAO HIS FACEE
I do that face when I eat something very spicy
I can't imagine the world without japan
Lovely XZAQ I mean, Japan was terrible, but after the nukes- something changed and it’s alright now.
saydah saeed yea but barely anyone knows.. about that because it’s not “ trendy “
I'm Blac from the hood. I wouldn't of survived my childhood without the Kamehameha.
True .. no anime ,ramen and nissan gtr.
No anime is a true nightmare
The cat was like "feed me or ill eat the food " lol my cats do that sometimes
living in Japan must be an aesthetic for sure,lmao.
Its extremely lonely above all.
@@dokhtarefarda are you living in Japan?
Mona Akhlaghi won’t be lonely If you have someone
basic sweetheart Japan itself is an aesthetic.
Yeah beside the Suicide forest
The only product I know is "henz tomato ketchup"..love from India..😊
dude, thanks to our mothers, we didn't have to eat that, tasteless looking food
Tasteless ? Have you ever eaten japanese food, it has bursts of flavours and its spicy too you dumbo bumbo jumbo
@@arshbirsingh6375 well i haven't tried, but by the looks of it does look quite dull, now i have to try it
Try it broo, amazing
Order from a good restaurant
6:29 his face is expressive,he can be an actor
Lol I was saying the same
LoL, he's really cute n funny
It's hot xD
@@ying5798 the child fetish jumped out
Land I hope you're joking. They were referring to the food ew tf 😂
Japanese people are very lucky, they have the best food on earth
I was disappointed with the lack of affordable fruit when I was in Japan. I live in amish country so I eat tons of cheap fruit in the US and going to Japan it was just so much more expensive
JESSICA KHAN are u dumb
JESSICA KHAN fruits are extremely good for you the reason why crops are expensive in Japan is because Japan is not an agriculture-based country it has little arable land so the supply of vegetables and fruit is low while demand is high so suppliers raise prices to compensate
Your opinion
Sorry that’s Mexico
Can I request the topic on Waste Management? I'm into Zero Waste and was amazed by Japanese on how each household doing with garbage (categorised garbage) I want to know how they do it.
Hi thank you for many comments. Just FYI I actually know that Japan is not a zero waste country and actually love packaging.. (I also know a lot of japan stuff but some may not in that much detail, thank you manga for those knowledge) but the garbage categorisation is still a good example you can learn from in your household. It's kinda sad when the old Japan (after WW2) they were kinda like zero waste (yes they were) until somebody created Plastic.
Me too
They already did 2 years ago.
ua-cam.com/video/OafCWKqwgpY/v-deo.html
Not trying to advertise another channel's stuff but here's a story on a village in Japan that does zero waste: ua-cam.com/video/OS9uhASKyjA/v-deo.html
Oh Thank you!
oh thank you
9:46 sneaking to the kitchen at 3am to microwave snacks must be too noisy
they have a night mode
@@cheesse9yearsand
They really thought of everything
8:07 this was a life-changing technique for me haha, thank you!
Right? I know!!! I went in mind blowing mode forever!!!!! I've always have tried to do that with my fingers and then it would get in them and I don't like it but now I'm thinking "how the heck haven't I thought about this???"
i thought the same thing!
Becareful tho, the chopsticks could get dirty.
@@katzomatzo7448 ? Then you can always wash them
@@danielarodrigues4577 r/whoosh
Back in Canada, and my memory is very fuzzy from five years ago, I'd say lasagna, perogies, and Breyers ice cream were probably some of the top stuff in our family freezer, besides things like frozen meats. What are the top three things in your freezer?
Ice cream, hot pockets, and chicken nuggets
Mämmi (traditional Finnish Easter dessert), french fries and fish fingers.
my mom's frozen home cooking.... a lot of them...
Top three here in our home in Florida would be Lemon Outshine fruit bars, egg rolls and Southern biscuits.
Frozen berries for smoothies and frozen meatballs in the States, and all kinds of frozen dim sums in Hong Kong ;)
6:29
The boy is me when I am broke.
That's a girl lol 😂
Little Bi Girl they’re talking about Aiko’s bother Shin! (a boy)
He is a trap, you foool
2:18 uhhm, that "frozen" meal is still moving.
LMAO
Where?
@@nabila6401 the cat
@@livingtrashbag1077 ahh LMAO
noooo 😂😂😂😂 thats cruel
idk what.. this video was about warming frozen food,, but your family relationship was far warmer and cozy...
1:05 first time hearing a kid wants spinich
Ayhan Abdinov lol
normal in Japan (and other Asian countries)
If you cook Spinach right, it's not bad. In many Asian countries there is a thing called "Water Spinach". Many Asians loved them.
i think there was a mistake, sounds to me like she says seaweed
Ting Zhang water spinach is the best! It tastes really good with sautéd garlic!
I wonder how Aiko and Shin are when they have english exams at school. They must be crushing them and students and teachers at their school must be like super impressed by them
They probably are haha.
Well they are essentially gaijin for "pure" japanese, so it's expected for them to know English well. And if they stay in Japan they will live with stigma of being "hafu" in extremely xenophobic japanese society for the rest of their lives.
We're already of that Andrei. But that's mostly stereotypes, there are changing atitudes coming in rapidly over being "hafu" and being accepted as Japanese due to athletes and celebrities
They're probably doing mediocre depending on where they're going, I've seen a lot of Japanese people that I work with who have indistinguishable accents when speaking English as if they grew up in the West, but speak Japanese and grew up in Japan and had no foreign parents. I mean they're alright but you can very quickly tell their accents lack proper annunciation.
Reading and writing it is probably harder for them than speaking it.
I really wanna live in japan. I love how they give importance to vegetables.
My country is very much like Japan in this regard, whenever I'm out of it and I go to a supermarket I think to myself: "man, these people really eat unhealthy food"
Damn Japan. Doing everything better than the rest of the world ^^
They’re super consumerist. This is horrible & not sustainable at all.
@@safir2241 Facts.
they arent at making kids
Safir bruh you stuck in the 1940s?
CHEESSE 9 years and yeah and the only reason most countries have growing population is because of foreigners
I've been wondering recently. In the US (or at least New York), plastic packaging for snacks, instant, and frozen foods can't be recycled because they say that the plastic is lined with stuff that helps preserve the food. But in Japan, all these packaging go under the same category of "pura", for "plastic". How does Japan manage to recycle all sorts of plastic food wrappers but the US can't do it?
I'm from the Pacific Northwest region of the us. Grocery stores have big plastic recycling bins in front of them. Any kind of plastic material can be put in there. We keep a bag at home and collect plastic food wrappers to take to the grocery store. There is also local bulk food sections that help to keep down waist and buying meat from the counter instead of the frozen section helps.
Ive never heard of that? Maryland you can recycle any plastic unless its plastic grocery bags..those cant be.
@@amandagaskill7609 they can be recycled, just not in your residential bin. They have plastic bag bins at my area Giant. Idk what they're doing in NYC.
That's so weird, in Sweden all plastics go in the same recycle bin like in Japan.
NY is weird
is it just me or watching these videos make me relaxed
I left Okinawa 2 years ago after living there as expat family from almost 4 years, I am crying watching this video😢 I am in London now, I miss Japanese frozen food
Aiko (feeling like a food connoisseur) : Tastes like Banana and Caramel
Dad : Ofcourse, that's the name
Frozen food in America:
Pizza
Burgers
Pancakes
French fries
Cinammon rolls
Fried Chicken
TV dinners
waffles
etc
707
That’s very narrow minded, you obviously never been to America lol.
@@Goprof150 I'm an American myself, i'm joking because of all the stereotypes
It is rare to find people that played the game at the commentaries if the video is not about Mystic Messenger xD
@@fernandafernandez1897 well surprise surprise
japanese frozen foods are really advanced. i think most advanced in the world. they often has techniques from the space programs like NASA.
I bet that cat thinks she has scored seeing all the hooman food on the table 😸
Everything seems like MUCH higher quality in Japan than in America. I don’t know why, but I suspect it’s because a lot of Americans just don’t seem to care much about the quality of their food. I’ve seen people eating a McDonald’s hamburger that’s been sitting under a heat lamp for hours and is all dried out and they are saying “mmmm” like it’s the greatest thing ever. Don’t get me wrong, I like McDonald’s on occasion when it’s FRESH, but when it’s all dried out it’s so nasty. In convenience stores in the U.S., I feel very lucky if I run across one with some fresh sandwiches or fruit, because most of them just have those roller hot dogs and junk food, at best.
And don’t get me started on how horrible frozen meals are in the U.S. It’s very, very rare for me to find a frozen meal I really like. Some of the Boston Market frozen meals are pretty good. Stouffer’s stuffed peppers are good. A couple of the Lean Cuisine meals are decent, although they’ve recently changed my favorite Butternut Squash Ravioli and totally ruined it. It’s very frustrating. And food cost SO MUCH to prepare it fresh here.
If you want quality foods in the states why are you going to cheap fast food restaurants? Maybe spend more money and go to quality restaurants
Winter Horizon Not everybody can afford better restaurants. Besides, the point is people in Japan can get QUALITY food at conveniences stores, the frozen section, cheaper restaurants, etc. So why should Americans have to go to more expensive places to get better food? We should have decent food at affordable prices in more convenient locations, too. If other countries can do it, America should be able to.
@@tarabooartarmy3654 there are plenty of good frozen food in the states. Also I was wrong about having to spend more money to get better food. There are actually a lot of good restaurants here that are affordable and arent fast food
America's advantage over japan is its diversity
In japan you will only find mostly Japanese food
Winter Horizon Perhaps you and I have different ideas of what “affordable” means. In Japan, you can get an onigiri from a convenience store for about 100 yen, or about a dollar. In the USA, our comparison would be a sandwich, which in the convenience stores in my area are $2.99-$5.99, or 3-6 times the price. And I get a lot more full and stay full longer on rice/filling than I do a basic sandwich/filling.
We do have some affordable choices in America, of course. For example, Burger King has 10 nuggets for $1 at the moment. But it’s not healthy. It’s empty calories for the most part. There’s no vitamins. Maybe a bit of protein at best. At least there is some nutrition in a lot of inexpensive Japanese foods.
I’m also referring more to price vs. quality, not just price. Of course we do have some inexpensive foods, but they are not as healthy as comparable Japanese options, nor are they typically nearly as high quality in the price range.
Japanese meal portions are tiny. No wonder people are slim
to be honest it's western food that are too big, these portions are normal in Asia.
But then the body constitution between us are different as well. ^^"
kitkatsunshine95 and in America everything is extra large
Isn't this portion size normal??
This looks bigger than what I’m used to
Those are normal portions America just makes everything bigger
The difference between girls and boys 😂 6:29
Diffrence between autistic and normal
sgx_ zerg 😂
@@rory_mercury4437 This is not safe for me, I cant breathe
Abeer unfortunately that’s true
Not a week passes without this happening to me
Then my throws her shoes at me
And I’m like “mom come on I burning here”
😂😂😂
Beautiful family, bless the mother for her love and care for her children.
The food looks good but can we talk about how cute the dish sets are
1:12 i've been wrong extracting sauce from instant noodle a whole my life
Arfan Giandy Dwitama Januar me too 😂
I just want that refrigerator
You're completely right!!!
Think what you got same but empty refrigerator
Did you realize how people of the world are so curious of Japan
I love how Aiko differentiates between real food and these frozen dishes when Greg asks if she would be able to make them herself. Like, "Do you mean real food or this frozen fakes?".
Well, the frozen ones generally have cheap fillings and stuff and little to no volume besides wheat (like pasta) or rice (like fried vice). Like, the Wontons my family make at home won't be the cheap and tiny ones you get frozen. Like we actually mix the ground pork with other ingredients, put as much filling as you want in each wonton skin...... same with every other frozen vs homemade dish we do at home.
i need this foods when i reach college
*SAME!!!*
When im studying late night I like to get cozy and make instant udon noodle with added pepper, its the best!! You could probably order some online since it's all pre-packaged ♡
changki As a graduate
I’m telling you
Empty the shelves in the store
And
Go to a next store
And do the same thing
Everything seemed "fine" to Aiko ! Lol ! The kids are growing so fast !!! I remember the first video I watched from your channel was Aiko showing her house bathroom ! This video was amazing ! Thanks for acknowledging me different cultures life style, foods and more !!! Love you guys 💓💓💓
Frozen food doesn't often go far beyond "fine."
Per Mortensen
Ik but Japanese ones look so good
0:53 ti-ti-ti-ti tu-tu-tu-tuudu luv the sound
I love your videos! This types of mundane and daily-life routines and curiosities from different parts of the world are so interesting to me :) I’m specially curious about anything related to food! Also your videos are relaxing to watch :) good job! In my country, frozen wise, you’ll get lots of frozen codfish dishes, oven rice with duck or meats, full crabs filled with crab pate and the normal fast foods as well.
Fun video ! I used to eat those frozen meals quite often when I lived in Japan. My tiny apartment only had limited cooking facilities in a cramped space, so often meals just involved reheating frozen foods, or other foods such as salads that required minimal preparation. I laughed when you talked about the small servings of desserts and the limited calories. That presupposes you only eat one, normally I would eat at least two !!
That's very true. I sometimes get onto trouble and eat more than one 😀
when i was a kid you'd be lucky to get a chocolate bar or an ice cream once a week. It was really a luxury item. Funny how marketing has changed things.
AussieTV when I was a kid bejams had just opened in the UK, stores that sold nothing but frozen food and everyone had a freezer big enough to hide a body in, frozen food seems to be reducing now, not sure why even Iceland the shop that took over from bejams is reducing the amount of freezers
6:30 I really liked his expression, it was really hilarious 😂 but be more careful next time.😅
Even for a frozen food these looks super healthy.
6:27 it was at this moment the boy knew, he fvcked up 😂😂😂
Food industries are really developed in Japan.
The frozen foods actually look like they'd be good for you instead of the crap frozen we consume here in the States.