In this episode of "babish loves sushi and gets to eat it in japan" we watch as our dear friend babish ranks everything a 7 or higher and has a lovely time. enjoy!
Considering how much misery he's subjected himself to lately, it genuinely just made me happy to see him enjoying food for real- presumably why he wanted to do this in the first place lol
@@seidon_ On the Abroad in Japan podcast, about a month or two ago, Chris specifically said he was going to work with a food youtuber and I am CERTAIN now that its Babish lol, calling it now
Well that is the proper incantation however one must place a wheel of Camembert in the middle of a circle of yellow candles before reciting it to summon Andrew.
That “peanut” flavor is actually kinako, the toasted soy powder coating the warabimochi, and it’s delicious! The fried glazed yams are “daigaku-imo” or “college yams,” said to have been a favorite of college students in Tokyo’s Kanda district in the early 20th century.
The tea is usually made at the beginning with about half of one full scoop of the powder and then mixed with the chopsticks. This is kind of important because getting your chopsticks wet prevents the wood from giving you splinters. You'll see a lot of the older generation use chopsticks to mix their miso soup before eating their meals for that reason as well.
@@Moon17ob I wasn't gonna say happy, but more carefree because this content is so much more casual. He doesn't have to include occasional witty puns or voice acting stuff for the voiceover on normal vids. I enjoy his humor even more when it's natural and sometimes crude. Everything on camera is going to be forced/stiff to some degree, but it seems it's been cut down immensely in these. There are less stakes. We're here to see reactions and interesting foods. Over reacting too much would throw the vibe off
I'd love to see babish tackle the "Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and spam" from Monty python
Sushiro is basically my default favorite of the conveyer belt sushi chains, but probably not b/c it's so much better than the others, but b/c I know their locations and I know what to expect in terms of the quality so that's why it's my go to.
The difference between yellowtail and "hybrid yellowtail" is that the former is 100% born and bred yellowtail fish. Hybrid yellowtail is basically liked the mixed race version, where one of the parents is a yellowtail but the other is a different fish, usually red-tailed snapper.
Which is also shipped to basically all European supermarkets and is already frozen at at least -18 degrees. They are currently evaluating the freezing requirement for farmed salmon since testing has shown that it is very rare for them to have any parasite at all when farmer
After this, I request a Canned Fish | Ranked with Babby PARTICULARLY if my boy Matthew Carlson (a fellow New Yorker of Canned Fish Files fame) is a guest.
Nope, nope, too happy. We 'The Comments' require misery from our YT personalities. So come home and try _American_ Conveyor Belt Sushi, so we can watch it disappoint you properly! Alternatively, a video of Andrew testing all the grades of Japanese Wagyu, while his producer (or whoever controls the money) can be heard weeping in the background.
Man i am so with you! Everything melon (icecream, candy, cocktail, whatever) needs acidity! To be fair there is an icecream place in Volterra, Italy that has a watermelon icecream that is in my opinion absolutely perfect. But that might be a bit of a detour for you lol. Anyway, fun episode, thanks!
Taste Tier should be the name. Play on "tastier" as you're trying to find the best tasting stuff, it involves a lot of eating/tasting, and you're ranking them on a tier list.
4:49 japan actually has a decent sized latin american culture scene, so ceviche in japan would make a lot of sense. there's a thing called nikkei, which is a peruvian japanese food fusion.
@@Wifibee I'd say it's likely everything being done via ipad and tracked that way so plates no longer have RFID trackers and aren't colour coded. There's also less and less staff in these places, However I have been in a hamazushi this year and at the end the plates were totted up by her. But I think it's getting rarer.
That chime in the background is the same sound you hear on the subway trains in LA and it messed with my head the whole video. So congrats on getting such quality sushi on the subway.
I had that chime as my instant message notification on my old Windows XP machine 20 years ago. I can't find it now, but I think it was either a default Windows sound, a Windows sound pack sound, or a default sound that came with Office 2003 or AOL Instant Messenger or something. It's really bugging me that I can't place it, and have tried searching UA-cam for that same sound effect.
Yay! Another video where you eat things besides vending machine cuisine! Thank you Babish! Looking forward to more videos of you travelling and reviewing!
@@xcmledder3420 a small amount of sauce does not overpower the fish, but compliments and brightens the natural flavors. You're essentially asking "why prepare different meats if you're just putting salt on all of it?"
@@xcmledder3420adding a hint of shoyu(soy sauce) not only adds a certain amount of saltiness but makes more depth of umami and sweetness onto the fish!
its adorable that there was a effort put in to have some background music but it just gets drown by the background noise and in the background noise is music going also xD
Warabi mochi and some other mochi tend to be flavored with kinako powder/dust (which is kinda redundant in that the 'ko' in kinako refers to powder) which is, from wikipedia, described as "roasted soybean flour, used in Japanese cuisine." Mostly or exclusively for desserts and Japanese snacks/desserts, I might add. I have never had it in anything else.
Warabimochi is covered in toasted Soybean powder but youd be forgiven for thinking peanuts. Without any other frame of reference its got a distinctly PB2 vibe. One of my favorites.
Man every video makes me want to go to Japan more and more. That outro made me giggle. Real question. When do we get a babish and future canoe collab video??
If you're looking to go somewhere exclusively for food the only place I've heard be compared as better than Japan is Georgia, obviously would probably leave it to cool of for a bit first but would be pretty interesting to see a big creator go there.
The sound constantly ringing in the background is exactly the same as the tax office call sign in my country. Gave me a rush of panic because my brain goes "is that my number?!!". It added a new layer of anxiety to this video 🤣
18:06 I believe the brown powder is roasted soybean powder I have heard it tastes like peanut butter I know it is used on dongo with either sweat soy sauce or rice syrup.😅
Visit The Netherlands for raw herring with raw onions eaten by holding the fish by its tail and dangling it over your face. We also have great pancake houses, waffles, poffertjes, Vietnamese eggroles, Indonesian restaurants (cause Indonesia was once our colony), oliebollen (deepfried donut balls) and many more great stuff to try like mashed potatoes (including your vegetables of choice) with smoked sausage as an example for a traditional Dutch dinner. Visit a weekly market in any town for the greatest cheeses you will ever try (most cheese vendors actually have bowls with little cubes of the cheeses in question, for you to try)
Andrew *waves hands* "9"
Editor of exceptional taste "nah that's a 10"
In this episode of "babish loves sushi and gets to eat it in japan" we watch as our dear friend babish ranks everything a 7 or higher and has a lovely time.
enjoy!
It's kind of a breath of fresh air honestly.
It’s difficult to find bad sushi over there. These scores don’t surprise me at all.
@@omgyeti2049 my sister is currently on vacation in japan and she confirms, even gas station sushi there is better than established restaurants here.
Considering how much misery he's subjected himself to lately, it genuinely just made me happy to see him enjoying food for real- presumably why he wanted to do this in the first place lol
The Japanese will scream. Look at the way he eats. They don't even use soy sauce...
Once again fully expecting Chris Broad to miraculously appear when Andrew said the word Camembert.
im sure Chris said not long ago he was setting up a collab with someone he hasnt worked with before. would be incredible if it was Babish lol
As much as I want Chris to show up, he probably removed himself once Babish decided to review 7/11 instead of Family Mart.
That was my first thought when i heard the word Camembert
@@seidon_ On the Abroad in Japan podcast, about a month or two ago, Chris specifically said he was going to work with a food youtuber and I am CERTAIN now that its Babish lol, calling it now
Well that is the proper incantation however one must place a wheel of Camembert in the middle of a circle of yellow candles before reciting it to summon Andrew.
That “peanut” flavor is actually kinako, the toasted soy powder coating the warabimochi, and it’s delicious! The fried glazed yams are “daigaku-imo” or “college yams,” said to have been a favorite of college students in Tokyo’s Kanda district in the early 20th century.
Came to find this. I have a container of it in my cupboard. I was so happy to find it locally.
I too came looking for the comment about the soy powder. As soon as he said it's peanut i was like no it's not. 😂
The tea is usually made at the beginning with about half of one full scoop of the powder and then mixed with the chopsticks. This is kind of important because getting your chopsticks wet prevents the wood from giving you splinters.
You'll see a lot of the older generation use chopsticks to mix their miso soup before eating their meals for that reason as well.
That's an awesome tip!
It's also rude to rub your chopsticks together because it looks like you this the establishment doesn't have quality chopsticks
Half a scoop? We always do 2...
I'm ranking 'Ranked by Babish' and I give this episode a 7. If he had said "Coulda fooled me!" in Japanese at 09:02, I'd have given it a 9.
Completely missing any mention of Gator-wine®, which also knocked off a point
😂❤
The babish ranking era has unironically been my favourite- WHY. I'm not truely sure, but it's the best.
You'd think this many years in a UA-camr's channel couldn't keep getting better, but Babish has been on a tear recently.
I think it’s because he seems genuinely happy. He seems to truly enjoy this kind of content
because you like slop
@@Moon17ob I wasn't gonna say happy, but more carefree because this content is so much more casual. He doesn't have to include occasional witty puns or voice acting stuff for the voiceover on normal vids. I enjoy his humor even more when it's natural and sometimes crude.
Everything on camera is going to be forced/stiff to some degree, but it seems it's been cut down immensely in these. There are less stakes. We're here to see reactions and interesting foods. Over reacting too much would throw the vibe off
I miss the cooking era.
I am a Japanese viewer living in Tokyo!
Sushi should be eaten with soy sauce!😂 Most sushi is served with soy sauce🍣
Enjoy your Japanese meal!
What kind of punishment is it that you don't use wasabi or soy sauce? I think that's a really unbelievable way to eat it.
Also with the tempura...there's a bunch of sauces on the table for that purpose....
I'd love to see babish tackle the "Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and spam" from Monty python
I don't like SPAM!
No soy sauce for this was a wild choice.
That’s what I said. It kind of bothered me lol
I can’t do dry sushi! 😂
Right I’m like noooo when he said I’m just gonna raw dog it 😂😅
Day 26 of asking for a video called "Botched by fans" where Andrew tries to fix the suggestions the fans made in "Ranking your strange recipes"
Perfect timing my Chick-fil-A just got here
Update it got delivered to the wrong address and they ate my food
Just finished mine 😢
I can't believe NyaP2489 ate furiousdestroyer2.050's food 🗿🗿🗿
Truly this world can be cruel
Oh that’s funny some chick-fil-a randomly appeared at my house a few hours ago it was delicious
I'm so sorry that's awful
7:21 "Salmon Basil Camembert"
Surprised Chris Broad didn't do a drive-by devouring at the mere mention of his Cheese Wife™.
😂 Cheese wife
Thank you for trying the rare fried potato sushi. We know it can be a jarring experience. Your bravery shall not go unnoticed.
Lemon functions as a pallet cleanser that you take in between the sushi. That's why you only get it with the raw and seared sushi.
Favorite moment: when referring to the flavors playing in your mouth, and you tell them, "You kids go crazy in there."
"We're gonna shoot this episode in 20 minutes"
Well he wasn't wrong.
🤖🔊アリガトコ゚ザイマス
Fun little fact: Robot voices in Japanese video games and manga are often written in Katakana to make it look less human-like.
その通りです！w
素敵な豆知識をありがとうございます！
They often also use a different typeface, squarer font
Nice shout out to Samurai Gourmet, loved that show!
Sushiro is basically my default favorite of the conveyer belt sushi chains, but probably not b/c it's so much better than the others, but b/c I know their locations and I know what to expect in terms of the quality so that's why it's my go to.
The difference between yellowtail and "hybrid yellowtail" is that the former is 100% born and bred yellowtail fish. Hybrid yellowtail is basically liked the mixed race version, where one of the parents is a yellowtail but the other is a different fish, usually red-tailed snapper.
19:44 Editor strongly disagreed apparently
If you're eating salmon in Japan, especially Sushi grade, it's imported Norwegian salmon.
The best salmon you will find in Japan is from the United States. From Alaska.
Recently, Japan has been producing locally branded salmon in some regions, which is often consumed raw.
Which is also shipped to basically all European supermarkets and is already frozen at at least -18 degrees. They are currently evaluating the freezing requirement for farmed salmon since testing has shown that it is very rare for them to have any parasite at all when farmer
since when is salmon yellow or white?
I made the ill advised decision to watch this on my commute to work. Now I really want sushi for lunch
handy hint... flip the nigiri on its side and then pick it up so you can place it fish side on your tongue first for best tasting experience :P
Really, the guy doesn't even use soy sauce.
ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU 🗣️🗣️🗣️🫨🫨🫨
Dumbledore said calmly.
🤖🔊アリガトコ゚ザイマス
Fun little fact: Robot voices in Japanese video games and manga are often written in Katakana to make it look less human-like.
After this, I request a Canned Fish | Ranked with Babby PARTICULARLY if my boy Matthew Carlson (a fellow New Yorker of Canned Fish Files fame) is a guest.
oh yeahhhh
sardine man. never been a more qualified expert on those soggy doggies
Yes!!! 💯
I'm so happy you cited Samurai Gourmet! Great little show!
SAME. I feel...vindicated, somehow.
these ranking episodes fill me with life, thank you Andrew!
SAMURAI GOURMET MENTIONED 😩👌 literally my ultimate comfort show on Netflix. Super recommend anyone interested in a food/slice of life in Japan.
I have no Netflix so I can’t see what you are referring to but Babish gives me comfort like that❤
Babish is working his way through my bucket list in Japan
When babish posts I stop what I’m doing and I watch (I’m a air traffic controller)
You win today!
thanku for ur service
how many plane crashes happened since you started watching this video?
@@ritz2467 89
@@Scaryalligator14make that 90
Day 261 of petitioning Babish/Alvin to make the Triple Fried Egg Sandwich with Chilli Sauce and Chutney from Red Dwarf. And that all looks delicious.
this video had a 2018 vibe to it and I love it. idk maybe its the lighting or just the non scripted commentaries
You’re so right
I also love your ranked foods episodes. They are very fun because you're just a cool funny dude that's perfect for videos of this format.
9:30 - “I love interplay in my mouth…” Haha…that’s what Shiso.
When the big piece of eel came along, I was "ye, I'll have that, all of that... just a lot of that"
Nope, nope, too happy. We 'The Comments' require misery from our YT personalities. So come home and try _American_ Conveyor Belt Sushi, so we can watch it disappoint you properly!
Alternatively, a video of Andrew testing all the grades of Japanese Wagyu, while his producer (or whoever controls the money) can be heard weeping in the background.
Nothing better than a kobe steak, well done, with a healthy dose of supermarket ketchup!
@ Ah, a fellow person of culture!
He was eating it without soy sauce. can't believe it.
Man i am so with you! Everything melon (icecream, candy, cocktail, whatever) needs acidity! To be fair there is an icecream place in Volterra, Italy that has a watermelon icecream that is in my opinion absolutely perfect. But that might be a bit of a detour for you lol. Anyway, fun episode, thanks!
@6:36 If you're eating a particularly potent scallion, it might be Negi.
what’s that?
@ Kind of like a leek. Popular in Japanese cuisine.
Samurai Gourmet is one of the best things on netflix, nice shoutout, should do a watchalong at some point
That Sushiro notification sound when they deliver the sushi is forever ingrained in my head. 😂
Taste Tier should be the name.
Play on "tastier" as you're trying to find the best tasting stuff, it involves a lot of eating/tasting, and you're ranking them on a tier list.
4:49 japan actually has a decent sized latin american culture scene, so ceviche in japan would make a lot of sense. there's a thing called nikkei, which is a peruvian japanese food fusion.
YAASSS!!!! I love this type of content. Everyday Sushi adventures in Japan. Thanks for this Babi!!
I just got back from Japan and absolutely loved Sushiro, it became my happy place despite the availability of more amazing sushi elsewhere 🤣
You HAVE to return the plates and play the minigame / gacha (if there's any) at the end for your video.
Sushiro got rid of that recently. Even the plates are all of the same colour now you can see the sign explaining in the background
@@owwmykneecap Oh ? Can you explain why ? Was it a noise reason ?
@@Wifibee I'd say it's likely everything being done via ipad and tracked that way so plates no longer have RFID trackers and aren't colour coded. There's also less and less staff in these places, However I have been in a hamazushi this year and at the end the plates were totted up by her. But I think it's getting rarer.
@@owwmykneecap Their population is declining so I'm not surprised places would start having less staff.
as far as I'm aware, only Kurazushi has that now, sushiro and most other chains have abandoned the colored plates and the return chutes.
Samurai Gourmet is amazing! Glad you have been having a great time over there!!
That chime in the background is the same sound you hear on the subway trains in LA and it messed with my head the whole video. So congrats on getting such quality sushi on the subway.
I had that chime as my instant message notification on my old Windows XP machine 20 years ago. I can't find it now, but I think it was either a default Windows sound, a Windows sound pack sound, or a default sound that came with Office 2003 or AOL Instant Messenger or something. It's really bugging me that I can't place it, and have tried searching UA-cam for that same sound effect.
I was thinking that same thing, that it was an old Windows notification sound.
Yay! Another video where you eat things besides vending machine cuisine! Thank you Babish! Looking forward to more videos of you travelling and reviewing!
With soy sauce plz 😭 My Asian taste buds are internally screaming when you’re not dipping any soy sauce!
What's the point of a taste test if you just dunk everything in the same sauce?
And 🫚 and the other usual accompompaments
@@xcmledder3420.... Bc everything tastes diff regardless with a sauce it's literally meant to be eaten with it 😭
@@xcmledder3420 a small amount of sauce does not overpower the fish, but compliments and brightens the natural flavors. You're essentially asking "why prepare different meats if you're just putting salt on all of it?"
@@xcmledder3420adding a hint of shoyu(soy sauce) not only adds a certain amount of saltiness but makes more depth of umami and sweetness onto the fish!
The samurai gourmet shoutout had me jumping for joy! Yes!!! And great video too! 🥳
No wasabi, no soy sauce, oh no.
18:08 its mochi with ground roasted soybean powder
its adorable that there was a effort put in to have some background music but it just gets drown by the background noise and in the background noise is music going also xD
Warabi mochi and some other mochi tend to be flavored with kinako powder/dust (which is kinda redundant in that the 'ko' in kinako refers to powder) which is, from wikipedia, described as "roasted soybean flour, used in Japanese cuisine." Mostly or exclusively for desserts and Japanese snacks/desserts, I might add. I have never had it in anything else.
Definitely need a tv show of this
Surely this is bingeing with Babish
Hopefully you can team up with Chris Abroad next! Love the Japan food vlogs, everything looks exciting!
Oh my gosh! The first place you go to is Kura Sushi! I love going to their restaurants.
Nothing like watching someone review food I never have to pass some time when I can't sleep
Glad you’re in japan! Excited for the series!
Horse clam comes up: oh no! The texture is gunna be bad.
He eats: texture is bad
😅
Those who have partaken know.
The lemon check just make sure it was a lemon and indeed was a lemon
Loving these recent travel food vlogs! Keep em coming!
I don't care for sushi but I enjoy babish. Always entertaining. Txs
Loving the ranking videos! Still love the cooking videos, but you bring such a fun atmosphere with these rankings! (Currently watching at work)
this is my favorite genre of food content right now
Makes me miss my time in Nagoya! Hama Zushi was my go to lunch spot when I wasn't on campus to fight for a plate in the cafeteria!
Warabimochi is covered in toasted Soybean powder but youd be forgiven for thinking peanuts. Without any other frame of reference its got a distinctly PB2 vibe. One of my favorites.
Next trip, Andrew tries Brazilian Pizza in a "rodizio". Either before or after a meat / barbecue rodizio.
That little black Babish icon in landscape mode made me think I had another front camera installed... Was shook for a solid 13 seconds
Why not eating it seasoned 😮😮😮
0:22- Sushi is no joke, it fills you up. 🍣🍣
I can really tell Brad wanted Andrew to say 'could fooled me!' with them close ups
how nobody is talking about the 10:14 moment
I love the Samurai Gourmet shout out...aaaaah umai !!!!🍶
Japantown is the sequel to Halloweentown we didn't expect
Babish team: "But Babish, how will we pay for this holiday to Japan?"
Babish: "One word： スシロー"
Babish, Sushir-ro and a reference to Samurai Gourmet.
I'm happy.
You forgot to remove Connor and Takashi from the description! I was SO HYPED, then they never came in! 😭😭
Man every video makes me want to go to Japan more and more. That outro made me giggle.
Real question. When do we get a babish and future canoe collab video??
If you're looking to go somewhere exclusively for food the only place I've heard be compared as better than Japan is Georgia, obviously would probably leave it to cool of for a bit first but would be pretty interesting to see a big creator go there.
After his reaction, I want a Basics on those sweet potatoes 18:30
The sound constantly ringing in the background is exactly the same as the tax office call sign in my country. Gave me a rush of panic because my brain goes "is that my number?!!". It added a new layer of anxiety to this video 🤣
Oh Andrew… heads up, proper technique to enjoy nigiri- it goes into your mouth fish side down on your tongue.
A professional sushi was asked how to eat it and he said, "the way you like it"
So sit down and shush
Not using soy sauce for sushi is like eating pasta without boiling it.
He's trying to keep it Japanese, soy sauce is Chinese.
What are u talking
How was that NOT a "Could've fooled me" moment at the 9 minute mark
18:06 I believe the brown powder is roasted soybean powder I have heard it tastes like peanut butter I know it is used on dongo with either sweat soy sauce or rice syrup.😅
No soy sauce on any of those is like cooking a burger with no seasoning
It’s disturbing
The Japanese are going to scream.
Visit The Netherlands for raw herring with raw onions eaten by holding the fish by its tail and dangling it over your face.
We also have great pancake houses, waffles, poffertjes, Vietnamese eggroles, Indonesian restaurants (cause Indonesia was once our colony), oliebollen (deepfried donut balls) and many more great stuff to try like mashed potatoes (including your vegetables of choice) with smoked sausage as an example for a traditional Dutch dinner.
Visit a weekly market in any town for the greatest cheeses you will ever try (most cheese vendors actually have bowls with little cubes of the cheeses in question, for you to try)
Don't forget the fries carts and stroopwafel stands on markets!
I love sushi, but rarely ever eat it since it can be expensive. But, I am planning to do sushi on my birthday next month for sure!
sushiro is awesome..
Having had both kinds, I found the sushi chain restaurants to be below par and the professional sushi chef experiences to be worth all the money.
Love your channel ❤️ 💕 ♥️ 💖 💗
The seared "salmon" at 2:52 is not salmon.
What is it?
@@VeryEvilGMtuna, salmon doesn't turn white even if you torch it, it is still light orange.
It's like y'all made this video for me! I'm going to Japan in a few days, going to hit up sooo many conveyor belt sushis!!!!
warabimochi is essentially an arrowroot flour jelly covered in dried soybean powder (not peanuts!)
at least it’s a squarespace sponsorship and not a better help one.
My dad actually looks like the guy from Samurai Gourmet, but I'm more of a Midnight Diner kinda guy~