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The chef was so chill about it, he probably hates the fact he has to make that weird lunch and no one eats it they just film it in a media piece, he looked genuinely happy that James had eaten it.
@@WhiteCourtain < This guy chef's No but seriously chefs are always happy when their meal is eaten and appreciated, not when used as a media tool and chucked in the trash.
Its a strange obsession we have as chefs, but nothing makes us happier than actually seeing our guests eat and love the food that we have been trained to make for many years. To the point where we can see it in customers eyes how much they are enjoying themselves.
@@thrand6760 this isn't a strange obsession at all. You best believe I'd be happy if people appreciated my hard work, instead of wasting my time and effort. You guys are absolutely in the right here!
Apologized to the whole train, the chef feels bad and gives him food to eat. Proceeds to passive-aggressively ask if he can eat every bite and even drink the wine. Lol, this is the most British thing ever.
“The chef took pity and gave me some edible lunch” That chef was so chill. He looks fed up with throwing out cold food that nobody is allowed to eat haha
Well in fact there are two men who hates James, who are addressed by James as "Blithering Idiots" and they go by the name of: Richard Hammond And Jeremy Clarkson Perhaps you can ask them 😊
yeah seems weird that they didn't want to make a fresh set of food for every media person so they can also taste it? "The food looked delicious. No clue how it tasted tho. 5/10"
Japan doesn't have the resources available to compete on quantity.. Of anything really. Beef, steel, electronics, manufacturing. So they compete on quality. Likely they had made a selection of the absolute best quality ingredients to make an art piece for photographing, and later you'd get a meal for eating. Similar to the food for advertising. You wouldn't actually want to eat that exact one, because it's airbrushed or whatever. It's just that in Japan it's all real.
Honestly, if they had not wanted him to eat it, they should have planned the press allowance better. If your sitting at a table, someone brings food, they watch you unravel a napkin and pick up utensils, they should have said something then. Your interpreter is at fault here.
@Pink Alien Well, I mean it's pretty simple either he's allowed to eat it or he isn't. Clearly from May's reaction to the _revelation_ that he shouldn't eat it (unless he's feigning ignorance) he didn't know....hence it wasn't explained to him, at least not well enough anyway.
@@carlhartwell7978 You'd think this would be obvious, but of course *some people* can't think like normal people and assume that the OP has knowledge that we don't.
I think James doesn't get why people that live the 'high life' have to act different, believe he said something about it himself about a year ago in a documentary.
There is no language barrier here, if someone sits at a table with utensils and all that, and you put food in front of them, that means they can eat it. _You_ need to tell him otherwise if it's a prank.
I like how he slowly unfolds the napkin, puts it on his lap and they still say NOTHING, lol. That lady should have spoken up well before he stabbed it with a fork and put it in his mouth.
Considering how mnay people take 100 pictures of their food for ig before eating, I wouldn't be surrised if someone made a food prop restaurant where you can pretend to be eating fancy things without actually eating anything
@@emperorsascharoni9577 So that's 9 courses of gourmet food, over 4 straight days? I'm pretty sure that is incorrect. They're not telling us the whole story on the food situation.
@@matthewsims7817 and the fact is that it was trash: Go in any restaurant in Italy, France, Spain or another place. They have more quantity and more quality.
@@TrioLOLGamers Hey don't insult the food like that. Food is food, wether it's expensive, cheap, or in between, as long as it's edible and not harmful to your body.
@muhammad wafri thats what you get from a rich lifestyle. For normal people, a slice of salmon will cost idk $10? But when you are at a expensive restaurant, a glass of water will cost you $15
What gets me is that they are looking at him the entire time (with their eyes and through multiple cameras) and only after he puts the bit of food in his mouth, does she yell at him to stop.
@@CryptoDatabase not really, they told him when the food was on his fork on the way to his mouth. His did not manage to brake to the red light, so he went through :D
Or that the "other media" could not be on time... Imagine if they just.. got up and walked out saying "then we will delete this footage and ignore this ever happened and leave". Sounds more of a Jeremey stunt then James.
I love how they let james on the train for the promo and now no one would ever want to go on it because it looks like the most uncomfortable experience ever
@Jalinco TV Honestly... I must be agree with Bruce Lee... paying that much money to "relax" and find out that you must stay alert of what are you doing all 4 days to keep a nice ambient around you seems odd to me. Ceremonies even out of the train gosh.
3:19 Excuse you, lady. It's not his fault. If they didn't want James to eat it, the crew and interpreter should've told him before the food was brought to him. But I guess this "mistake" made the episode more entertaining.
The most English thing ever. Profusely and politely apologize and then proceed with discrete sarcastic mockery because he shouldn't have had to apologize for it.
Hammond: Well James, you angered the media very much and they seem to hate you. Plus there probably going to make bad articles about you. No James, your not coming on.
@@nissangtr6357 Hammond, being approached by a legal team and PR member: I'm sorry, what was that? .... Ah, it appears they would like to have you visit them again as the publicity from your Japan trip has increased their book rates, so that is a yes.
You're saying this is a luxury travel business and they only had a single plate of that dish for all the media teams? Seems like the whole operation is just wrapped in a gold foil and sent out to masquerade as a cornerless luxury business.
Exactly. I don't think he should have had to apologise at all, It was whomever's fault for not letting them know. They should be the ones apologising both the chef and James.
@@alansmithee419 "Bim, guess what?! Did you know the Berlin Wall, also known as the iron curtain, was taken down in November 1991?" -Robohon, in Berlin but nowhere near the Berlin wall monument.
They have it filmed it’s just a matter of editing it. Clarkson says they have 1000 hours of footage for one episode so it takes a while to edit it all down
The plan inside James' 5000IQ brain: - "accidentally" eat the lunch - Apologize profusely - Chef takes pity - ??? - Sit down in the most expensive train in the world and eat a full course meal prepared by a Michellin chef.
I love how he had the courtesy to thank them in their own language. And how pleased they were at him doing that. It must be rare for foreigners to bother to do that
There wasn't that much. How long could it take to prepare a sliver of fish and some garnish? Surely there was enough from the fish to feed the rest of the train with a similarly sized portion.
I refuse to eat anywhere that maintains that ‘the more expensive the food, the smaller the portion’. If I’m paying a fortune, I better be full afterwards. Tapas are a big scam.
@@Patmanduu Clearly you've never been to one. The point is not to eat 20 full plates of food but 1 full meal of 20 different things. That's how you can enjoy that many different things. Otherwise you'd be full by the second plate. It's not just smaller because its more expensive. If someone tried serving just that as a meal you'd be 100 percent correct.
I hope James does another season of this. Or at least I hope Amazon wants to do more James May-presented things because they’re all really enjoyable. Even something like “The Reassembler” would be great.
I really want James May to do a full show for unpimp my ride. Where instead of short videos when he replaces a non stock visor. He takes a fully modded car or bike, and replaces all the mods with oem parts.
If I was invited to an event like this and then was told I couldnt eat the food, Id just leave and then call my agent to ask him if it was an out of season april fools joke.
Is this coming from a westerner..? What you call ''inability to see funny side of life'' is what we would call ''professionalism'', in the context of the matter. Please. Look at the current state of your entertainment media before claiming such weird things about Japan.
@@arionell I must say I would rather you do not equate the USA Entertainment industry which claim to be news networks with other serious networks from Europe.
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Will there be more series of James travelling? Or even to Japan again? Loved this show
I love you Prime Video
why didn't they just tell him before?
Just a tip.. you might want to mention the show title in the actual title.
Pl
Kkkop
“Can I drink this wine or does the New York Times want to take a photograph of it”
Absolute legend for that statement
"I was now too nervous to eat it" awwwww, you gotta feel bad for him after that
That was the line that made me burst out laughing.
i read that as he said it 😳
Oh wow we saw the same video
"I ate your food. I'm sorry and you're welcome." - James May
Welcome for the lack of hospitality and not giving the fellow a decent meal !
Best line ever 😂😂😂
The chef was so chill about it, he probably hates the fact he has to make that weird lunch and no one eats it they just film it in a media piece, he looked genuinely happy that James had eaten it.
@@WhiteCourtain < This guy chef's
No but seriously chefs are always happy when their meal is eaten and appreciated, not when used as a media tool and chucked in the trash.
Its a strange obsession we have as chefs, but nothing makes us happier than actually seeing our guests eat and love the food that we have been trained to make for many years.
To the point where we can see it in customers eyes how much they are enjoying themselves.
@@thrand6760 this isn't a strange obsession at all. You best believe I'd be happy if people appreciated my hard work, instead of wasting my time and effort. You guys are absolutely in the right here!
A chef is an artist and their is meant to be consumed.
@@elirien4264 wow. Perfectly captures what I meant. Brilliant!
Apologized to the whole train, the chef feels bad and gives him food to eat. Proceeds to passive-aggressively ask if he can eat every bite and even drink the wine. Lol, this is the most British thing ever.
"Well, I wouldn't want to offend you by not asking first if I can eat the food your waiter sets in front of me."
I would hardly call itt passive aggressive and more paranoia if anything and it was very much justified.
I would have done the same thing to be honest
“The chef took pity and gave me some edible lunch”
That chef was so chill. He looks fed up with throwing out cold food that nobody is allowed to eat haha
“Why don’t they get their own bloody lunch?” 😆
Patmanduu uh come back to ur comment u got 1.2k likes..
But he is right
Lol
Because the new york times is socialist and socialists dont have food.
Tanvir! 'o' Its James May’s comment strictly.
Make a fuss about eating a bite sized salmon, but since he said sorry, they gave James a full meal...that's a win
it's not about the food but the principle and respect as the crew promised to let everyone film it first but instead he ate it.
@@chiefbosnmate salmon is Way better than any steak.
@@jackal2568 i would too
@@szechanchan nah
he made millions a year, dont you think he want to eat a full meal after being imbarrassed ?
£8,000 a ticket, lunch not included.
oh wow? cheaper than I thought. I would guess at least £50, but for £8.000 even I could pay for it!
There are enough passengers.
rather, "Lunch not permitted"
May should do these for every country
thats how you make money XD
I don’t like that blame atmosphere, that media lady hadn’t prepared James before the shot.
Pretty sure it was intentional. Spice things up a bit.
Japan in a nutshell.
@@treeriders yo, I was going to say the exact same thing
"Can I have that glass of wine or does the New York Times want to take a photo of it?"
Love James May.
Imagine if it was Jeremy Clarkson, he'd have just continued eating.
Or punched them in the face.
right. :D
@@allamericandude15 that's what I thought
@@allamericandude15 no hot food!
why else do you think it wasn't Clarkson doing the show?
How can you not love James may?
As you know it is Bim!
Because I get told I look like him.
Well in fact there are two men who hates James, who are addressed by James as "Blithering Idiots" and they go by the name of:
Richard Hammond
And
Jeremy Clarkson
Perhaps you can ask them 😊
Quite easily?
Obviously if your Richard hammond or Jeremy Clarkson
The chef and the rest of the staff don't really seem to be bothered by it at all.
Just the media people making a fuss about nothing
Huh what a surprise 😂
The media being the media
You are all morons. This was pre taped months ago.
@@andrewroy6376 ??? How is that related to any of the previous comments at all?
@@hebn. because bananas are yellow. Duh!
honestly this is more of an embarrassment for the train that they didn't let him eat the food, I mean, it's not like they can't afford it right?
the question is if that is food
yeah seems weird that they didn't want to make a fresh set of food for every media person so they can also taste it? "The food looked delicious. No clue how it tasted tho. 5/10"
Japan doesn't have the resources available to compete on quantity.. Of anything really. Beef, steel, electronics, manufacturing. So they compete on quality. Likely they had made a selection of the absolute best quality ingredients to make an art piece for photographing, and later you'd get a meal for eating.
Similar to the food for advertising. You wouldn't actually want to eat that exact one, because it's airbrushed or whatever. It's just that in Japan it's all real.
@@Tysca_ "Japan doesn't have the resources available to compete on quantity" Toyota and Sony would like to have a word...
Honestly, if they had not wanted him to eat it, they should have planned the press allowance better. If your sitting at a table, someone brings food, they watch you unravel a napkin and pick up utensils, they should have said something then. Your interpreter is at fault here.
Part of me thinks this was set up for comedy. Or yea they dropped the ball and did not pay attention when James was getting ready to eat.
How about they not even serve him the food while he is still sitting there ?
I imagine they told him something like "We're going to film this and then you can eat." Miscommunication.
Literally no warning... it's like they specifically waited for him to start eating and then blamed him
Agreed. if nobody actually told him not to eat it, that's on them.
she looked at me like i did not explain to you.
No you did not.
trAovm rtqaq *_oh ok_*
Ahhhhhhhhh. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh... hahahahahaahaha!
@Pink Alien Well, I mean it's pretty simple either he's allowed to eat it or he isn't. Clearly from May's reaction to the _revelation_ that he shouldn't eat it (unless he's feigning ignorance) he didn't know....hence it wasn't explained to him, at least not well enough anyway.
@@carlhartwell7978 You'd think this would be obvious, but of course *some people* can't think like normal people and assume that the OP has knowledge that we don't.
@Pink Alien there are two types of people in this world. There's the ones that can extrapolate from incomplete data.
It's like that instagram fake life "look my fancy food" but actually they can't it eat
I'm glad James May doesn't get that lame trend
I think James doesn't get why people that live the 'high life' have to act different, believe he said something about it himself about a year ago in a documentary.
@@TobiasRieper047 very interesting, he seems to be a simple man, money and fame don't seem to have gotten to him
@@Aazerka he's just a proper British bloke.
It's a media event. The whole point it to promote the train. It's not like he actually booked a ticket with the lunch included.
@@Michael_800 I think he expected that he was reviewing the food and that involves eating it.
When the food is so French you have to retreat after eating it.
Brilliant comment
Quality. Lol.
that is next level savagery! lol
comment win hahaha
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There is no language barrier here, if someone sits at a table with utensils and all that, and you put food in front of them, that means they can eat it. _You_ need to tell him otherwise if it's a prank.
I expected the "eating mistake" was going to be James eating a ball of wasabi and his reaction to it.....but I was wrong.
same. thought it would be him eating something and then regretting it horribly
Actually you’re right about expecting kinda thing. It wasn’t an eating mistake, the mistake was eating so the title is wrong I think.
No, clearly his shameful behavior was eating food that was presented to him by a waiter. What a national embarrassment this man is. s\
Although that would still have been hilarious. My Dad did that once thinking it was guacamole and it still sends my mum into hysterics 😂
You think it is Matter from cars 2 the movie 🤣
James May is so English.
Dry, witty, honest and genuine.
...and hungry!
h
@Hewis Lamilton h
@Hewis Lamilton lol your name
@@charlienorton2337 h
*James: (goes to use the restroom)*
*Woman: (running) NONONONONO!*
Now... that I really would like to see...
Surely you mean before he tries to flush, people want to take a photo first. Lol
No taking dumps in the gold plated urinal!
@@Forge17 ...until now 😁😁
Dude come on!!! It’s late at night and I’m trying to be quiet!!
To be fair James took the news about his food better then Jeremy did.
can't argue with that
Oof
Jeremy was the "the other media" that's why they were so nervous about it
I'm sure Jeremy would have finished it like the bottle of wine in season two
This comment needs more votes.
"She looked at me as if I didn't explain to you."
But lady...you didn't.
It's a pretty big joke that they won't prepare enough meals for a few Journalists.
2 freaking orders.
They didn’t wanna pay for the lunch
I mean, I get it as a matter of consistency. But you don't send out a display dish with a waiter.
The warning sign for the camera crew would have been when he picked up the knife and fork IMO...
Right? What did they think he was doing? Especially if no on told him explicitly not to eat it.
They had between 2:00 to 2:09 before he picked up the food to let him know
I like how he slowly unfolds the napkin, puts it on his lap and they still say NOTHING, lol. That lady should have spoken up well before he stabbed it with a fork and put it in his mouth.
Deathbrewer Exactly. I’ve never seen anyone put on a napkin and NOT eat 😂
I dont know if you are familiar with a show being scripted?
Normal restaurants: "Hope you enjoy your food!" :D
High-class restaurants: "Don't eat that! It's for taking pictures!" >:(
Like on the NWN profile pic of a dwarf, nice :)
Specifically for the new generation
Welcome to resturant Instagram where you pay for food to photograph and not eating!
Considering how mnay people take 100 pictures of their food for ig before eating, I wouldn't be surrised if someone made a food prop restaurant where you can pretend to be eating fancy things without actually eating anything
"You cant eat it"... Its ok because... "I've got a Jaaaag"
lol
Noice
Can we just appreciate that their take on a 'French lunch' was raw salmon with a bit of garlic.
If you pick the right raw salmon, you don't need much else.
@@alalalala57 ideally you'd want some you know...
calories
its cured
I can appreciate Obito profile pic
The richer you are, the less you eat
"Why don't they get their own bloody lunch?"
Budget cuts ya know gotta film your food
No one paying for it, that one served is provided by the train for all press.
@@ahemjunior but the actual cost of that one appetiser is probably only $2
maybe they put some hair spray on it to make it look fresh for hours, like the food photographers do
Imagine paying 8,000 pounds just for the food to be smaller than a snack
with that kind of food, you arent eating it for pure sustenance
Do you have to pack your own lunch for this ride?
@@bughoss very true however you wouldn't normally eat 3 courses of this style for 4 days straight.
You'd lose your mind as well as 15 pounds 😂😂
With food like that you have like 9 courses
@@emperorsascharoni9577 So that's 9 courses of gourmet food, over 4 straight days?
I'm pretty sure that is incorrect.
They're not telling us the whole story on the food situation.
Not your mistake James, what did they expect you were going to do with it?
Exactly it’s not his fault. It’s called food, you normally eat it. Don’t take pictures.
@@matthewsims7817 and the fact is that it was trash: Go in any restaurant in Italy, France, Spain or another place. They have more quantity and more quality.
@@TrioLOLGamers Hey don't insult the food like that. Food is food, wether it's expensive, cheap, or in between, as long as it's edible and not harmful to your body.
@@wolfbearice hmm yes the food here is made from food
@muhammad wafri thats what you get from a rich lifestyle. For normal people, a slice of salmon will cost idk $10? But when you are at a expensive restaurant, a glass of water will cost you $15
oh no we cant have the chef make another teaspoon serving of food
This makes me miss Clarkson because he would have just eaten it and told everyone to sod off 🤣
And then punched somebody in the face.
@@janegoodall1837 Then changed company and quadrupled his salary.
@@janegoodall1837 And complain that the food was cold
@@xx-----------xx873 and made a subpar show
@@janegoodall1837 Sigma male grind
What gets me is that they are looking at him the entire time (with their eyes and through multiple cameras) and only after he puts the bit of food in his mouth, does she yell at him to stop.
They were telling him no before he put it in his mouth, he just chose to ignore them.
@@CryptoDatabase not really, they told him when the food was on his fork on the way to his mouth. His did not manage to brake to the red light, so he went through :D
@@CryptoDatabase He did not choose to ignore them, he just took time to react and could be brake in time.
couldn't*
“Why can’t they get their own bloody lunch?”
They did not pay for the ticket !
It’s a press junket Photo op. They’re not going to waste glorious food and drink on journalists.
I mean. His handler should have told him before he started eating.
Yeah, like it would be common to not eat the food you are getting served :D
Or, most likely, his handler absolutely knew and didn't tell him on purpose. Considering the people James hangs out with, that wouldn't surprise me.
@@NameMcNamely still funny :D
Handler??
@@NameMcNamely i dont think this was scripted, not everything in every tv show is scripted and u can see their genuine reactions
“You have to respect other media”
Implying it’s his fault they won’t actually make multiple plates of food
Or that the "other media" could not be on time...
Imagine if they just.. got up and walked out saying "then we will delete this footage and ignore this ever happened and leave". Sounds more of a Jeremey stunt then James.
Or tell him NOT to eat the food like any normal human would
@@TheMikesc15 Normal Human?
@@Bretaxy "Average" better? Literally means the same in the dictionary but I guess I gotta give you the entire catalogue of the explanation :p
@@TheMikesc15 No, a normal human wouldn't work like this. Is what I'm saying
4:07 The producer feverishly asking for James' clearance to eat is the funniest thing ever
Gives James a sliver of fish. "Oh no you can't eat it. Thats for pictures!"
Me: there was hardly anything to take a picture of in the first place.
There's hardly anything to eat
@@michaelvigil5321 you know that was exactly what James thought too 😆
there's hardly anything to even touch it
use the zoom lens!
Needs a microscope.
wow he wasnt supposed to eat it.
Then how about you tell him that BEFORE you serve
I think it was aranged as well
I love how they let james on the train for the promo and now no one would ever want to go on it because it looks like the most uncomfortable experience ever
It looks like a behind the scenes than anything else. The people going on the train arent going to be worried about a comedy show essentially
To be fair, its not the train people that are making a fuss about it, it was all the media people onboard.
@Jalinco TV Honestly... I must be agree with Bruce Lee... paying that much money to "relax" and find out that you must stay alert of what are you doing all 4 days to keep a nice ambient around you seems odd to me. Ceremonies even out of the train gosh.
@Jalinco TV why are you so irritated by a comment a random person made on the internet.
@Jalinco TV I stand with Bruce Lee \^_^/
"I'm sorry, You're welcome." -- Only James can do it.
Hey uhh press shift and enter instead of doing that
*edit: if on mobile hold caps lock and press enter
3:19 Excuse you, lady. It's not his fault. If they didn't want James to eat it, the crew and interpreter should've told him before the food was brought to him. But I guess this "mistake" made the episode more entertaining.
May: *receives food on plate*
May: *eats food*
Everyone else on the train: wait, that’s illegal
I love how he mocks them for such ridiculousness. :'D
Literally. It was subtle but enjoyable watching him go, can I eat that, Am I able to drink this.
The most English thing ever. Profusely and politely apologize and then proceed with discrete sarcastic mockery because he shouldn't have had to apologize for it.
James after he eats food and people get angry: does that mean IM not coming on then
Nice GT reference
Hammond: Well James, you angered the media very much and they seem to hate you. Plus there probably going to make bad articles about you. No James, your not coming on.
@@nissangtr6357 Hammond, being approached by a legal team and PR member:
I'm sorry, what was that?
....
Ah, it appears they would like to have you visit them again as the publicity from your Japan trip has increased their book rates, so that is a yes.
If he wasn’t supposed to eat the FOOD they should probably have told him.
Everyone on the train: *doesn’t want James to eat the food*
Also everyone: *puts plate of food in front of a man expecting to eat his lunch*
Eating food? How dare you James, what's next, driving cars and wearing clothes?
I bet he dares to breathe air, too.
Yes right it's awful. What next he will walk with his legs and breathe
@French Screwdriver How has he not been arrested yet?!
Tonight, james reviews a car without driving it
Title: "my grandmother with dementia thinks shes taking a train ride"
Well, the I don't even wanna know what it was she was putting in her mouth just now.
You're saying this is a luxury travel business and they only had a single plate of that dish for all the media teams? Seems like the whole operation is just wrapped in a gold foil and sent out to masquerade as a cornerless luxury business.
Its called having a script for entertainment purposes
Theyre asians, dont expect much.
@@plummet3860 It's phoney and annoying
@@TheSuperQuail Dont watch then?
@@galaxspace1 Because reviewing food usually means eating it.
this super luxury train seems like the most stressful part of that mans day lol
Jeremy: Tonight, James reviews a car without driving it
Name of the train
2020: Shiki-Shima
2050: Snowpiercer
Hahah i got snowpiercer vibes from this too
He’s right though. They should make it more clear rather than wait until it’s served
Exactly. I don't think he should have had to apologise at all, It was whomever's fault for not letting them know. They should be the ones apologising both the chef and James.
Tickets are £8k+, the media can afford their own lunch to film for whatever reason.
Jalinco TV What are you on about?
@Jalinco TV what are you talking about?
The media didnt pay for any of it, the whole thing was free so no, they can't do whatever they want with the food
@Jalinco TV what are you on about?
"I have never seen so many rich people starving as we have today." - Famine
That train is pretty bleak, i wouldn't feel very "entertained" anyway.
About a "mistake" - that wasn't his mistake, that's a restaurant mistake. They should apologize
This is is the British thing i've seen in a while, James is truly a national treasure.
Please, we need the second season. (When coronavirus overs)
Agreed can even be a different country.
@@armoredp how would they keep the rhyme going?
Our Bim in Berlin?
@@alansmithee419 "Bim, guess what?! Did you know the Berlin Wall, also known as the iron curtain, was taken down in November 1991?" -Robohon, in Berlin but nowhere near the Berlin wall monument.
I thought this was from the "Our Man in Japan" from...like 2 years ago. Was it more recent?
EDIT: Sorry I must have misread the wiki.
They have it filmed it’s just a matter of editing it. Clarkson says they have 1000 hours of footage for one episode so it takes a while to edit it all down
The food is so expensive that you can't eat it. No wonder McDonalds is killing it.
At least you can eat more than less of a gram of food
To be honest they probably have an equal amount of protein
@@Zyrdalf no...
I love how when he found he messed up the other medias pics, he just laughed.
It was their mistake. I'd laugh at their incompetence too.
@@iwong3357 I mean they straight up watched him pick it up after preparing for the meal. I'd have just kept eating.
@@kadinconway8401 ...And maintain strong eye contact. To assert dominance.
The plan inside James' 5000IQ brain:
- "accidentally" eat the lunch
- Apologize profusely
- Chef takes pity
- ???
- Sit down in the most expensive train in the world and eat a full course meal prepared by a Michellin chef.
It's not really an accident, he meant to eat it, the only accident was that his crew didn't tell him not to eat it.
@@michaelvigil5321 Really now?
Love how they gave him free lunch to keep quiet about the ‘media lunch.’
"Can I have a glass of wine, or do the New York Times want to take a photograph of it?" >,
Welcome to the Instagram world James, we don't eat here
Well said. Photograph and forget about it.
Because showing people you enjoy something is more important than enjoying it
2:47 That's a great line to politely shift the blame onto someone else.
Hahaha I feckin love James May I literally spat my tea out when he said does the New York Times want to photograph my wine
I love how he had the courtesy to thank them in their own language. And how pleased they were at him doing that. It must be rare for foreigners to bother to do that
Dont know about that, i feel thats how you should do, right?
But nevertheless I feel that Mr May handled it correctly.
I love how James just started apologizing to everyone like I'm literally laughing out loud. goddamn
Richard, Jeremy and James must be pretty used to saying Sorry!
There wasn't that much. How long could it take to prepare a sliver of fish and some garnish?
Surely there was enough from the fish to feed the rest of the train with a similarly sized portion.
I can just go fishing and get a larger fish than that thing
Remember the fish was raw.
@@MegaStephen68 yes not even cooked
@Conservitarian 17 0 experience with higher end dining then
“I’m sorry about the salmon, can you explain please I’m sorry about the salmon “ 😂😂😂 I’m absolute in bits here like
4:08 I love how the producer asks as if James were his son or something.
The correct response is to double down and eat it after they told you
It's James May, not Conan O'brien
It's James May, not Jeremy Clarkson :P
Food made to be in a photo taken by professionals is usually covered with glue and stuff to make it look better. It probably wasn't safe to eat
He should come back to Japan again for another season. It's a missed opportunity for him not to visit Tamiya given his hobbies and interests
Agreed!
I'd love to see a full documentary about Tamiya presented by James May.
there are still lots of places and occassions he missed in Japan
Well if he was treated for his Michelin star meal this way then don’t think he’ll come back to Japan ever again .!
I really don't get why this is the most disliked comment (at the bottom). What's the wrong that he said?
James wouldn’t have gotten himself into that situation if Jezza was there
I think we all know what Jezza's response would have been
@@nathan87 To eat the rest of it.
@@muffinmuffinmuffin971 no, he'd just throw the plate out the window.
@@alansmithee419 Even better
Remind me please, who is Jezza?
The number of times James May goose laughed in this series was innumerable.
Everything about this is so funny, but the best part is that he keeps saying "excuse me" and thinks he's saying the formal version of "sorry".
$8000 and you're fed a morsel of a meal, ah the luxurious life.
gotta love tapas (I think that's what its called)
They do like 20 courses
It's called a tasting menu the chef is showing off what they can do so they do like 20 things.
I refuse to eat anywhere that maintains that ‘the more expensive the food, the smaller the portion’. If I’m paying a fortune, I better be full afterwards. Tapas are a big scam.
not* fed
@@Patmanduu Clearly you've never been to one. The point is not to eat 20 full plates of food but 1 full meal of 20 different things. That's how you can enjoy that many different things. Otherwise you'd be full by the second plate. It's not just smaller because its more expensive. If someone tried serving just that as a meal you'd be 100 percent correct.
Hey Bim!
"Guess what?" Haha loved that episode
Shijo-Ohashi is a bridge representative of Kyoto that crosses the Kamo River over Shijo Street. It is also called Gion Bashi.
@@NikiVaghela Me too. It made me cry laughing.
😂😂😂 I swear if I ever see James I’m going to shout that at him.
Bim wouldn't have been treated like this. They would've served him TWO thin slices of fish.
I hope James does another season of this. Or at least I hope Amazon wants to do more James May-presented things because they’re all really enjoyable. Even something like “The Reassembler” would be great.
I really want James May to do a full show for unpimp my ride. Where instead of short videos when he replaces a non stock visor. He takes a fully modded car or bike, and replaces all the mods with oem parts.
Wish grantee…kinda
Amazon just released James May-Our Man In Italy
"can i have a glass of wine or does the new york times want to take a photograph of it" classic james
If I was invited to an event like this and then was told I couldnt eat the food, Id just leave and then call my agent to ask him if it was an out of season april fools joke.
3:30 i'm sorry you're welcome 😂
when james says sumimasen, my english translator said suing my sin
Same thing.
In his defence, EVERY film crew knows that a back up ‘hero’ meal ought to be ready to be brought to set if anything goes wrong.
That train comes out straight from 'The Snowpiercer'
Nah.....just nah
@@syedfarhanaziz416 it does
3:30 u don't say "Im sorry & you're welcome" 🤣🤣🤣
This is one of the most painful things about being in Japan; in the inability to see the funny side of life and not take it all so very seriously.
While japan can be beautiful and amazing
They're so strict
Is this coming from a westerner..? What you call ''inability to see funny side of life'' is what we would call ''professionalism'', in the context of the matter.
Please. Look at the current state of your entertainment media before claiming such weird things about Japan.
@@arionell I must say I would rather you do not equate the USA Entertainment industry which claim to be news networks with other serious networks from Europe.
@@arionell 100% agree with you
Dont blame you for complaining about people not being able to appreciate jokes... because these same people clearly would'nt be able to appreciate you
"Sumimasen about the salmon" lol
May went around apologizing... clarkson wouldve went around flipping everyone off.
wonder what hammond would have done.
@@hardwirecars crashed the train to leave no witnesses.
@@chaitanyarao5546 around a turn obviously
James is seriously the most polite person ever. How can anyone not like him.
"Well when my lunch gets here, let me know and we will film that."
Would have been brilliant.
Im surprised james kept his cool like he did i woulda scarfed the whole thing in one bite after hearing that “another media wants a picture”
No big deal. The portions are so small they can cook one up again in 5 minutes.
The salmon isn't even cooked
Looks like raw salmon, they could probably make one up again in about 10 seconds.
Other people on the train: Ooh, let me get a photo of this beautiful dish
James: I M U S T C O N S U M E
"Chef (sumimasen) about the salmon" 😂 I fkn love James!
2:51 I have nothing to add to that. That was on point. 🤣