I don't know whether people know this, but unagi can be purchased frozen. It's already cooked and just needs to be reheated. In my understanding, this is exactly what restaurants do -- they're not cooking it from scratch since it's a very specialized skill to prepare eel. They just heat it up and add a bit more unagi sauce (which can also be easily bought at a store). Plus, when bought at a market, it costs about half what you would pay at a restaurant! It's so much easier than you would think and it's exactly the same as unagi from a restaurant.
yes!! I recently found frozen unagi in my local hypermarket, the package says to just cook it for 15 minutes in pre-heated oven. I served it over some multicooker rice and it was simply majestic!
If you ever go to a Japanese place and see ochazuke, I'd recommend trying it. It's a comforting dish of tea/broth poured over rice and topped with nori and pickles/preserved fish/etc. The kind of dish that's basically a warm hug from the inside
I bought some instant ochazuke to have when I was sick, and when I got a cold, it was the most delicious thing ever! It was more savory than I expected. I'd love to try a fresher restaurant or homecooked (by someone besides myself who really knows what they're doing) version someday.
Ochazuke is at home food. Granted, I've never been to Japan, but I've never seen it in a restaurant in the US. I imagine it's a bit like oatmeal or cream of wheat. It's not that it is never at a restaurant, but even people who don't cook can make it easily. I learned to make on UA-cam.
@@jackieknits61 I've had it in eateries in both my home country and in Japan, but I can see why it's not found in US restaurants. It's not something that's exotic or exciting or big on flavours, those are usually the kind of dishes that do well when the diners are unfamiliar with the cuisine
@@LadyCynthiana it's hard to mess up Ochazuke, you could flake up and fry some left over baked salmon to serve on top and you can use any furikake really!
one of my personal favourite japanese dishes is nikujaga (meat and potato stew). it’s flavoured with dashi broth and makes such a beautiful warming winter dish with slow cooked meat, japanese sweet potatoes, daikon, carrots and peas, served with sticky rive and a fried/softboiled egg ❤
It's so good, we used to have Japanese homestay students before covid happened....one of them gave a recipe for nikujaga to my mom, she's a great cook. Really delicious and then when she made it for other students afterwards they said that it reminded them of home.
I used to go to intercultural dinners with my university. There was this one woman from just outside of Kyoto who would bring in a HUGE slow-cooker of nikujaga for the dinners. It tastes like a warm hug.
One item I see on a lot of Japanese restaurant menus that I feel is overlooked is tempura udon. It's basically udon noodles in broth, and it comes with tempura fried shrimp and veggies. Kids go absolutely nuts for it.
it's very popular in indonesia, most indonesian don't really like raw fish so when we go to Japanese restaurant many of us just order anything that looks safe and tampura udon is our favorite choice
@@GenevaCat oh, interesting, the places I've tried it, serve it in separate bowls: noodles in broth, and then the fried bits separately, and then some sauce. So you combine or not, as you see fit.
Japanese food certainly has a lot of variety apart from it just being sashimi, sushi and katsu. We appreciate your hard work and effort. May God bless you.
This was so informative! My son is obsessed with everything Japan and I think this video will really help us navigate Japanese cuisine better! Thanks as always for such great content Beryl! 👌🏼
If you're looking for simple authentic Japanese cooking videos, check out the Tokyo Kitchen channel! They're made by the sweetest Japanese lady and her videos are always very easy to follow along with. Her channel is small and the production value isn't quite the same as someone with a history in video like Beryl and Babish or a big team like Josh Weisman or Claire Saffitz but she is clearly passionate and she puts out multiple videos a week. I've made several of her recipes and they were very good!
All of those dishes looked delicious! Sometimes when I am missing Japan I’ll make rice with nori and egg, a piece of grilled fish with teriyaki sauce and some miso soup & green tea for breakfast. It always takes me back to Tokyo and the Ryokan we stayed at near Sensoji Temple. The fish you had would be a perfect breakfast item!!
please do vietnamese food sometime! just for starters, bun bo hue > pho by a long shot if done well and more authentic (if it has blood cakes in it, that is a good start. its like irony tofu). i dont know how authentic and far the restaurants in NY will go, but there are a TON of dishes that is just great, but most restaurants wont make because it would require a person dedicated to that station. would be awesome if you can find banh khot, which are little creamy bite sized pancakey bites with shimp and/or pork.
@@kat8034 le gasp!!! I would normally argue for equality, but I once had extra vitamins added to my bun rieu and I'm still a little traumatized... Somebody had dropped an entire half eggshell that ended in my bowl. I only wonder if the other half was elsewhere. Crunchiest bun of my life... 😭
My husband fell in love with hamachi collar at the itzakaya near us. It’s also really easy to make at home. Simple, delicious and great with beer, rice and simple veggies like edamame or corn, and potato salad! Now I want to have some for dinner. Mmmm
I marinated Hamachi collar in shoyu, garlic, calamansi, & ground black pepper overnight. Then broiled it. It was soooooo good. I've had everything ordered. Some times at restaurants but most times I make myself since they're not available. Also going to recommend broiled/grilled saba(mackerel) and other tsukemono. I could just have these two with rice & miso soup & be satisfied.
There's so much variety in Japanese cuisine, I don't think I could ever get bored of it. Whenever I go to Japan, I have to plan carefully to make sure I get to eat everything I like. Rarely am I there long enough to have a repeat dish
Nice, good to educate people that japanese cuisine is more than sushi, ramen and gyoza. And from the get go, I love takoyaki! I actually pretty much always order it if I see it on the menu :)
I won't say sushi is overrated because I don't think it is, but Japanese cuisine that is not sushi is SO GOOD. I've been dreaming about going to Japan for years and the food is definitely one of the main draws for me.
I've never had this for takeout so maybe it doesn't do well, but a shame that chawanmushi wasn't featured. It's japanese steamed egg, and the custard-like texture of the eggs is phenomenal. Plus, it's savory so you can enjoy it for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
Hamachi Kama is so delicious and I also love seaweed in all forms (that I've had, anyway!) There is something really special about the flavors in Japanese cuisine. It's unique, yet balanced. Delightful. I wish everyone who wants to try these things could. They are hard to get in a lot of areas and I always feel lucky when I get to try a new Japanese dish.
I'm surprised okonomiyaki wasn't on the list (sooo good and easy to make!), but I definitely want to try some of the things from this video that I haven't had before!
yes!!!!!! i'm living for this!!!! more asian food, and yes there is more than sushi or ramen; but honestly as a asian i tend to go towards sushi or sashimi. i've tasted a lot of different Japanese food, so this is getting me hungry; but i love all of these!!! thank you for showcasing it!!!! EDIT: i thought this was going to continue for a long time, please tell me this is only season one; and will have more in the future!!!!
Unagi is one of my moms favorite dishes. It was a treat for her and she never had to worry about getting some for me cause I was a picky kid who didn't like many things. Now, I love it a lot. I don't know why I didn't like it before.
I encourage everyone to try octopus, it's delicious! My 5-year-old daughter loves it, especially combined in a salad with potatoes (a traditional dish in Italy)
I am in the UK (admittedly not a large city) but have never seen unagi/eel on a menu here. But when I went to Bulgaria the first time, it was on the menu in a sushi restaurant and I had to try it. It was absolutely my favourite, so silky and smooth, delicate but oh my goodness, I NEED to try this. I was fortunate to visit one of my best friends when she moved to Vancouver, and try some outstanding sushi and Japanese food, tried Takoyaki and fell in love. The stuff here pales in comparison. I always have to try cuisines that are new to me when I visit London or larger cities but I also need to remember to explore the cuisines I do know too!
UNAGI DON!!!!! the ultimate food, Japanese or otherwise 😍 i first discovered it when i tried an eel roll and was like, "i need just the inside of this, wtf" and now whenever i go out for "sushi", i just always end up ordering good ol' unagi donburi and totally confusing my family and friends 😂
I love unagi don. So good. I would also suggest something called Saba Shioiaki, if you love fish. It's grilled mackerel with rice. It is so good as the fish almost taste like butter at times.
Oooh.... hamachi kama is absolutely delicious. It's not always in the menu but if you order it at a Japanese restaurants, it's quite expensive. And hamachi kama isn't a food trend the Japanese people are just now discovering and eating. Japanese cooking rarely wastes anything, you'll be surprised that you can ask for fried shrimp heads from your shrimp sushi you ordered at some restaurants. They'll even fry the head and fishbone of the aji you ordered, and you can eat the head and the fish bone like it's a crackling. 😂 I'm Filipino but I regularly make nabitashi, nikujaga, tamago and agedashi tofu more so than Filipino dishes. 😂
In the old days, Soldiers knew a lot about German food and Marines knew a lot about Japanese food (from serving on Okinawa). Tempura was a big thing for my USMC Brother Rats . . . .
Totally agree with all of these selections. I was fortunate enough to travel to Hiroshima in 2010. I took the shinkansen to Tokyo and bought unagi don as a meal for the trip. It came with SO much unagi. I had a lot of great meals in Japan, but that train station meal was certainly the most memorable.
I'd love to see you do a Korean food episode! I spent a lot of time with my Korean stepmother as a kid, and had the opportunity to eat amazing and diverse food
I'm so excited! I'm going to have dinner at a bistro for my birthday today (even though my birthday isn't until Sunday). My Mum said she might be coming down with something yesterday so cancelled but says she is fine today! I'm not sure what I'll order yet maybe the roast pork, or a pizza, or a steak, or a chicken parma! lol the mind boggles!
The yellow pickled radish you had with the eel is called danmuji in Korean (not sure what it's called in Japanese), and they make a great side dish with rice and meats!
Beryl, so glad you are doing this adventure in food. Something I would have loved to have done with my life; I love food, especially international dishes. Thank you for introducing me to even more cuisines.
Best way to eat Hamachi Kama - with your fingers! Get it there and suck the meat off of the bones and fin. I "discovered" Hamachi Kama at a restaurant near me almost 10 years ago and have since recommended it to all my friends and family. At the time it cost less than $10 and was difficult to find; now that it has become popular, it is more widely available but the price has soared to almost $20!
When I lived in Japan I used to go a whole block out of my way to avoid the unagi (eel) restaurant on my daily walk to the train station, because it stank to me of burnt fishy sugar. I've eaten eel in other ways, but it was the sauce and how it was grilled that turned my stomach. Gak.
The green 'wakame' salad that is found in most Japanese restaurants is not the real quality authentic wakame. The real one is flatter in shape and darker green in colour. Often the bright green strips that is found commonly labelled as wakame seaweed salads in restaurants around the world is made from another type of cheap seaweed or the base of wakame seaweed plant that has been cut and coloured bright green. It's full of preservatives and colourings. If you want the pure seaweed for the benefits use the dark green wakame (that looks black when dried) and when soaked in water turns into flat pieces.
As someone highly allergic to fish, i love miso glazed eggplants. Apparently it is similar to glazed eel. Can someone recomend fish free fishes? Most of the time there are hidden bonitoflakes in dishes
@9:37 when Beryl took her big pause and had that glint in her eye I was expecting her to make a pun and say something like "it's truly... D'eelightful"
Aww no soba, my favorite Japanese noodles is soba. They make awesome soup dishes. But I do love unagi. And the yellowtail grilled fish looked so yummy!
Eel has the same fishy flavor like anchovies. I loved the sauce when I lived in Japan, but the fishy flavor wasn't something my American brain couldn't get passed. I wish I did like fishier fish (if that's a good explanation), but I just keep thinking it's rotten or old fish.
Omg now I’m starving!!!! I lived in Japan for a bit and these foods (and more) came back with me in my heart!!! I subsequently married a Chinese American man!! Our son (who’s autistic) graduated university with a degree in Japanese language and culture. He speaks Japanese as well. All of these foods need to be tried by everyone. Don’t be put off. They’re all wonderful. Itadakimasu!!!!!! (Let’s eat)
I have a new idea for you, “What is your favorite candy and why” I’ll go first… circus peanuts, reminds of being 6 y/o and going to circus for the first time. To this day I smell the circus peanuts and am taken back to seeing the elephants.
I’d be interested to find out more about how you decide which restaurant you choose, because I’ve definitely encountered many non authentic ones 😢😢😢 also brocolli on oyakodon?? 😅
when my mom and dad were in san Francisco for their masters (in the 60s), they could literally pick out salmon collars from buckets at the asian market for free.
I love that you are expanding our ideas of takeout. So many delicious Japanese dishes to try! One thing that your viewers might not realize is that unlike much seafood we eat, the octopus is a very intelligent species which shows emotional states, exhibits curiosity, solves complicated puzzles, etc. If you don't want to eat food that has recognizable consciousness, you might want to pass on that particular item.
Are you just using the sticks for scooping the food up as if it was a skinny spoon…? Or are you pinching the food up, as supposed to… 🤔😅 Food looks great I wish we were able to order that kind of food here, but where I live I’m lucky to have a place to pick up sushi…
Beryl could you please do me a favor? Would you please ask your 3 subscribers about a seaweed dish with small smoked or dried scallops, I was honored to taste it at a private party years ago and haven't found a recipe for it. The story is funny. The extended family, from from Japan tasted my "cowboy caviar" and snatched up the bowl. I had to hunt down my bowl at the end of the night. They were polishing it off. They loved it so I gave them the recipe. They let me taste what they were snacking on, the seaweed scallop dish. Fabulous
Tell me about it. I'd love to see at least one restaurant serve as close to a Japanese menu as possible and not have just sushi, ramen, or even hibachi
@@skyydancer67 Where I live, it's pretty much sushi and donburi, and maybe terrible ramen. There's one teppanyaki place and one sukiyaki place. Only in the last couple years have ramen shops popped up, and the ones I've tried weren't good. The sukiyaki place is owned by an actual Japanese chef, and it's the only place that has decent broth and chashu.
beryl mentioning a great big story is giving me flashbacks! it used to be my go-to whenever i need to watch something to boost my appetite when eating. and now i'm also watching this video while eating to feel like i'm eating with someone 😆
Around here, all Japanese food is pretty stereotypical... Hibachi (more American tastes, though), sushi, teriyaki, sushi, tonkatsu, and very similar, and because Americans often lump all Asian food together, some overlap items like shumai, etc. are kind of generic. Thanks for posting this, because you're right, there's more to Japanese food!
I don't know whether people know this, but unagi can be purchased frozen. It's already cooked and just needs to be reheated. In my understanding, this is exactly what restaurants do -- they're not cooking it from scratch since it's a very specialized skill to prepare eel. They just heat it up and add a bit more unagi sauce (which can also be easily bought at a store). Plus, when bought at a market, it costs about half what you would pay at a restaurant! It's so much easier than you would think and it's exactly the same as unagi from a restaurant.
Unagi don is my daughter's favorite thing to order from Japanese restaurants. If it's on the menu, we're getting it.
what stores can I find it at?
I've had unagi sushi in restaurants but unagi don only when my mom makes it. Never thought to order it at a restaurant.
yes!! I recently found frozen unagi in my local hypermarket, the package says to just cook it for 15 minutes in pre-heated oven. I served it over some multicooker rice and it was simply majestic!
I worked at a Japanese restaurant I can second this
If you ever go to a Japanese place and see ochazuke, I'd recommend trying it. It's a comforting dish of tea/broth poured over rice and topped with nori and pickles/preserved fish/etc. The kind of dish that's basically a warm hug from the inside
I bought some instant ochazuke to have when I was sick, and when I got a cold, it was the most delicious thing ever! It was more savory than I expected. I'd love to try a fresher restaurant or homecooked (by someone besides myself who really knows what they're doing) version someday.
Ochazuke is at home food. Granted, I've never been to Japan, but I've never seen it in a restaurant in the US. I imagine it's a bit like oatmeal or cream of wheat. It's not that it is never at a restaurant, but even people who don't cook can make it easily. I learned to make on UA-cam.
@@jackieknits61 I've had it in eateries in both my home country and in Japan, but I can see why it's not found in US restaurants. It's not something that's exotic or exciting or big on flavours, those are usually the kind of dishes that do well when the diners are unfamiliar with the cuisine
@@LadyCynthiana it's hard to mess up Ochazuke, you could flake up and fry some left over baked salmon to serve on top and you can use any furikake really!
@@jackieknits61 Izakaya places serve it usually. They upscale it with fancier toppings and broth.
one of my personal favourite japanese dishes is nikujaga (meat and potato stew). it’s flavoured with dashi broth and makes such a beautiful warming winter dish with slow cooked meat, japanese sweet potatoes, daikon, carrots and peas, served with sticky rive and a fried/softboiled egg ❤
It's so good, we used to have Japanese homestay students before covid happened....one of them gave a recipe for nikujaga to my mom, she's a great cook. Really delicious and then when she made it for other students afterwards they said that it reminded them of home.
Yes!!!! My partner makes it for me all the time, its one of my favorites and is such a a warming and comforting dish
I’ll make this for my kid in winter 😊
I used to go to intercultural dinners with my university. There was this one woman from just outside of Kyoto who would bring in a HUGE slow-cooker of nikujaga for the dinners. It tastes like a warm hug.
One item I see on a lot of Japanese restaurant menus that I feel is overlooked is tempura udon. It's basically udon noodles in broth, and it comes with tempura fried shrimp and veggies. Kids go absolutely nuts for it.
it's very popular in indonesia, most indonesian don't really like raw fish so when we go to Japanese restaurant many of us just order anything that looks safe and tampura udon is our favorite choice
I've tried this but isn't a big fan of it. I like my udon and tempura separate. Curry Udon is amazing though 😋
@@GenevaCat oh, interesting, the places I've tried it, serve it in separate bowls: noodles in broth, and then the fried bits separately, and then some sauce. So you combine or not, as you see fit.
@@irun_monwait ramen
Japanese food certainly has a lot of variety apart from it just being sashimi, sushi and katsu. We appreciate your hard work and effort. May God bless you.
Japanese people just know how to do seafood right. Top 5 greatest cuisine for seafood.
I loved the "Mmm, radish! *crunch crunch* Daikon? *crunch crunch crunch* What is this? *crunch crunch crunch* It's good, very crunchy"
Funnier bc daikon is a radish
🤣🤣🤣 Daikon is one of my favourite pickles
It is called Takuan, a yellow daikon pickle. Mildly sweet and very crunchy.
This was so informative! My son is obsessed with everything Japan and I think this video will really help us navigate Japanese cuisine better! Thanks as always for such great content Beryl! 👌🏼
If you're looking for simple authentic Japanese cooking videos, check out the Tokyo Kitchen channel! They're made by the sweetest Japanese lady and her videos are always very easy to follow along with. Her channel is small and the production value isn't quite the same as someone with a history in video like Beryl and Babish or a big team like Josh Weisman or Claire Saffitz but she is clearly passionate and she puts out multiple videos a week. I've made several of her recipes and they were very good!
All of those dishes looked delicious! Sometimes when I am missing Japan I’ll make rice with nori and egg, a piece of grilled fish with teriyaki sauce and some miso soup & green tea for breakfast. It always takes me back to Tokyo and the Ryokan we stayed at near Sensoji Temple. The fish you had would be a perfect breakfast item!!
As a Japanese native, I’m so happy you tried underrated Japanese food😍😍😍😍😍
please do vietnamese food sometime! just for starters, bun bo hue > pho by a long shot if done well and more authentic (if it has blood cakes in it, that is a good start. its like irony tofu). i dont know how authentic and far the restaurants in NY will go, but there are a TON of dishes that is just great, but most restaurants wont make because it would require a person dedicated to that station. would be awesome if you can find banh khot, which are little creamy bite sized pancakey bites with shimp and/or pork.
bun rieu > bun bo hue 😸
@@kat8034 le gasp!!! I would normally argue for equality, but I once had extra vitamins added to my bun rieu and I'm still a little traumatized... Somebody had dropped an entire half eggshell that ended in my bowl. I only wonder if the other half was elsewhere. Crunchiest bun of my life... 😭
Irony tofu sounds really funny🤣
She already did a video about Viet food in this series
@@prettyprettysmart homie, my comment was from 6m ago...............
Beryl single-handedly changes my day from 😾 to 😽
My husband fell in love with hamachi collar at the itzakaya near us. It’s also really easy to make at home. Simple, delicious and great with beer, rice and simple veggies like edamame or corn, and potato salad! Now I want to have some for dinner. Mmmm
I loved your face when crunching on the “radish” haha I’m the same with unfamiliar garnishes lol If it’s on my plate it’s def going down the hatch 😋
It's takuan, which is a pickled daikon. It's delicious. Japan does absolutely excellent pickles in an amazing variety.
Unagi Don was definitely the highlight, I love eel. But all of that was really good choices.
I marinated Hamachi collar in shoyu, garlic, calamansi, & ground black pepper overnight. Then broiled it. It was soooooo good.
I've had everything ordered. Some times at restaurants but most times I make myself since they're not available. Also going to recommend broiled/grilled saba(mackerel) and other tsukemono. I could just have these two with rice & miso soup & be satisfied.
There's so much variety in Japanese cuisine, I don't think I could ever get bored of it. Whenever I go to Japan, I have to plan carefully to make sure I get to eat everything I like. Rarely am I there long enough to have a repeat dish
Hijiki is one of my favorites. I love broiled salted fish especially saba ( mackeral). You could try kimpira or kiribushi as well. Love them.
As long as you can find dried hijiki, the salad is super simple to make at home. Just One Cookbook has a great recipe for it.
Nice, good to educate people that japanese cuisine is more than sushi, ramen and gyoza. And from the get go, I love takoyaki! I actually pretty much always order it if I see it on the menu :)
My personal favorite is sukiyaki 😍 this all looked so tasty though!!
I had sukiyaki last weekend. It's one of those dishes I always crave as soon as winter hits
I read “no sushi allowed” in the title and thought this was somehow a pregnancy announcement 😳
I won't say sushi is overrated because I don't think it is, but Japanese cuisine that is not sushi is SO GOOD. I've been dreaming about going to Japan for years and the food is definitely one of the main draws for me.
I've never had this for takeout so maybe it doesn't do well, but a shame that chawanmushi wasn't featured. It's japanese steamed egg, and the custard-like texture of the eggs is phenomenal. Plus, it's savory so you can enjoy it for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
Yes!! Chawanmushi is absolutely delicious and honestly, its pretty easy to make so I'd love to see Beryl attempt it
You see chawanmushi at nicer teishoku restaurants, it's not good if it's not fresh, so i doubt it will ever be a takeaway dish.
It takes out pretty well! It is sold repacked in Asian countries that are either warm or cold so you can warm it up at home. Super tasty!
Hamachi Kama is so delicious and I also love seaweed in all forms (that I've had, anyway!) There is something really special about the flavors in Japanese cuisine. It's unique, yet balanced. Delightful. I wish everyone who wants to try these things could. They are hard to get in a lot of areas and I always feel lucky when I get to try a new Japanese dish.
I'm surprised okonomiyaki wasn't on the list (sooo good and easy to make!), but I definitely want to try some of the things from this video that I haven't had before!
I love yellowtail collar!
The collagen makes it so rich and luxurious.
Unagi don is my restaurant go-to!! 💖 My orders would usually include: soba, okonomiyaki, agedashi tofu, and chawan mushi. ☺️
yes!!!!!! i'm living for this!!!! more asian food, and yes there is more than sushi or ramen; but honestly as a asian i tend to go towards sushi or sashimi. i've tasted a lot of different Japanese food, so this is getting me hungry; but i love all of these!!! thank you for showcasing it!!!! EDIT: i thought this was going to continue for a long time, please tell me this is only season one; and will have more in the future!!!!
I enjoyed that the food in this episode wasn't over seasoned like the nigerian food episode.
Unagi is one of my moms favorite dishes. It was a treat for her and she never had to worry about getting some for me cause I was a picky kid who didn't like many things. Now, I love it a lot. I don't know why I didn't like it before.
I encourage everyone to try octopus, it's delicious! My 5-year-old daughter loves it, especially combined in a salad with potatoes (a traditional dish in Italy)
I am in the UK (admittedly not a large city) but have never seen unagi/eel on a menu here. But when I went to Bulgaria the first time, it was on the menu in a sushi restaurant and I had to try it.
It was absolutely my favourite, so silky and smooth, delicate but oh my goodness, I NEED to try this.
I was fortunate to visit one of my best friends when she moved to Vancouver, and try some outstanding sushi and Japanese food, tried Takoyaki and fell in love.
The stuff here pales in comparison. I always have to try cuisines that are new to me when I visit London or larger cities but I also need to remember to explore the cuisines I do know too!
UNAGI DON!!!!! the ultimate food, Japanese or otherwise 😍 i first discovered it when i tried an eel roll and was like, "i need just the inside of this, wtf" and now whenever i go out for "sushi", i just always end up ordering good ol' unagi donburi and totally confusing my family and friends 😂
Takoyaki is one of my favorite foods, so I order it at every opportunity! Also love unagi don, since eel is my favorite fish 😻
A few restaurants where I live have been using fish collars in a BBQ context, like smoked, or grilled and basted over binchotan.
I love unagi don. So good. I would also suggest something called Saba Shioiaki, if you love fish. It's grilled mackerel with rice. It is so good as the fish almost taste like butter at times.
Oooh.... hamachi kama is absolutely delicious. It's not always in the menu but if you order it at a Japanese restaurants, it's quite expensive. And hamachi kama isn't a food trend the Japanese people are just now discovering and eating. Japanese cooking rarely wastes anything, you'll be surprised that you can ask for fried shrimp heads from your shrimp sushi you ordered at some restaurants. They'll even fry the head and fishbone of the aji you ordered, and you can eat the head and the fish bone like it's a crackling. 😂
I'm Filipino but I regularly make nabitashi, nikujaga, tamago and agedashi tofu more so than Filipino dishes. 😂
In the old days, Soldiers knew a lot about German food and Marines knew a lot about Japanese food (from serving on Okinawa). Tempura was a big thing for my USMC Brother Rats . . . .
I love hamachi kama, but BEWARE OF BONES! It's so tasty, and so soft, but they do have smaller bones aside from the main one
Totally agree with all of these selections. I was fortunate enough to travel to Hiroshima in 2010. I took the shinkansen to Tokyo and bought unagi don as a meal for the trip. It came with SO much unagi. I had a lot of great meals in Japan, but that train station meal was certainly the most memorable.
I love your wes Anderson art in the background ☺️. Great vid as always!
I'd love to see you do a Korean food episode! I spent a lot of time with my Korean stepmother as a kid, and had the opportunity to eat amazing and diverse food
My bad, I was literally just suggested the Korean food episode after this 😅
I'm so excited! I'm going to have dinner at a bistro for my birthday today (even though my birthday isn't until Sunday). My Mum said she might be coming down with something yesterday so cancelled but says she is fine today! I'm not sure what I'll order yet maybe the roast pork, or a pizza, or a steak, or a chicken parma! lol the mind boggles!
The yellow pickled radish you had with the eel is called danmuji in Korean (not sure what it's called in Japanese), and they make a great side dish with rice and meats!
It's called takuan
Danmuji is just my favorite pickle.
Takuan in Japanese.
Yum! I really enjoy nasu dengaku when I get Japanese takeaway
Another Great Episode really enjoyed this series, thanks
I love these videos Beryl
I learn so much from every video that you post. I was wondering about latin american countries, there are great food options there too.
We should definitely visit the eel box restaurant! That would be a great episode ❤
Beryl, so glad you are doing this adventure in food. Something I would have loved to have done with my life; I love food, especially international dishes. Thank you for introducing me to even more cuisines.
Best way to eat Hamachi Kama - with your fingers! Get it there and suck the meat off of the bones and fin. I "discovered" Hamachi Kama at a restaurant near me almost 10 years ago and have since recommended it to all my friends and family. At the time it cost less than $10 and was difficult to find; now that it has become popular, it is more widely available but the price has soared to almost $20!
I have been to Japan and Ditonbori takoyaki is one of the best things I have ever put in my mouth 🤣 love it!
The yellow radish you were eating is daikon, but its pickled!! In Japanese, its called takuan ☺️ one of my favorites, I have some in my fridge rn 😂
I've waited so long, for this Video :D!
7:50 I was just about to say
Oyakodon + broccoli 😂🧐
I ALWAYS ask for extra unagi sauce! Yum.
order okonomiyaki next time! ❤
When I lived in Japan I used to go a whole block out of my way to avoid the unagi (eel) restaurant on my daily walk to the train station, because it stank to me of burnt fishy sugar. I've eaten eel in other ways, but it was the sauce and how it was grilled that turned my stomach. Gak.
The green 'wakame' salad that is found in most Japanese restaurants is not the real quality authentic wakame. The real one is flatter in shape and darker green in colour. Often the bright green strips that is found commonly labelled as wakame seaweed salads in restaurants around the world is made from another type of cheap seaweed or the base of wakame seaweed plant that has been cut and coloured bright green. It's full of preservatives and colourings. If you want the pure seaweed for the benefits use the dark green wakame (that looks black when dried) and when soaked in water turns into flat pieces.
That stuff is so sweet ick yeah I never can eat it 😵
As someone highly allergic to fish, i love miso glazed eggplants. Apparently it is similar to glazed eel.
Can someone recomend fish free fishes? Most of the time there are hidden bonitoflakes in dishes
@9:37 when Beryl took her big pause and had that glint in her eye I was expecting her to make a pun and say something like "it's truly... D'eelightful"
As a recommendation, try chirashi don or kaisen don
Excited to see two of my favorites: tako yaki and unagi don! Now I’m craving Japanese… 😅
I love Japanese cuisine it’s so good 😊
Beryl, I can't wait for you to try Colombian food someday.
Broccoli is a little strange on oyako-don. I don’t think it would be used here in Japan. But, hey, anything is fine if it tastes good.
Aww no soba, my favorite Japanese noodles is soba. They make awesome soup dishes. But I do love unagi. And the yellowtail grilled fish looked so yummy!
Wrong, wrong wrong!
If there are bones in the unagi, it is _absolutely wrong._ There should be _NO_ bones!
Here in Bangladesh, we always eat fish collar. Fish head, collar is used for different dishes like murighonto
Eel has the same fishy flavor like anchovies. I loved the sauce when I lived in Japan, but the fishy flavor wasn't something my American brain couldn't get passed. I wish I did like fishier fish (if that's a good explanation), but I just keep thinking it's rotten or old fish.
Waw the second girl looks so Korean! She looks exactly like one of my sisters
Great video, I'm really glad you did one on Japanese food! I enjoyed learning about these dishes and hope to try them myself soon
Broccoli and other veggies on oyakodon.. I hear my ancestors crying. 😭
The one Beryl made a while ago was waaayyy better and authentic.
Yeah, I was kind of taken aback by that as well :D.
I wish the final delivery episode was about somewhere in Central or eastern Europe but I'm not getting up my hopes up haha
If you ever get a chance and they have it in the restaurant order Oden is delicious.
Omg now I’m starving!!!! I lived in Japan for a bit and these foods (and more) came back with me in my heart!!! I subsequently married a Chinese American man!! Our son (who’s autistic) graduated university with a degree in Japanese language and culture. He speaks Japanese as well. All of these foods need to be tried by everyone. Don’t be put off. They’re all wonderful. Itadakimasu!!!!!! (Let’s eat)
I have a new idea for you, “What is your favorite candy and why” I’ll go first… circus peanuts, reminds of being 6 y/o and going to circus for the first time. To this day I smell the circus peanuts and am taken back to seeing the elephants.
I can always tell you're excited when your right eye twitches! Don't ever play poker :)
I absolutely loved this. Now I can't wait for the Chinese food episode!!!
I miss GBS! The variety of topics they covered, all in under 5 minutes with great narration and visuals :')
Hopefully they're back after this covid
Where's the desert? Taiyaki, ice cream mochi, dango , etc.
I’d be interested to find out more about how you decide which restaurant you choose, because I’ve definitely encountered many non authentic ones 😢😢😢 also brocolli on oyakodon?? 😅
I send options to everyone and they look through the menus and pick which is the best!
I would like to see you try Spanish food and not the typical paella nor other typical things there is so much more
I'm gonna miss this series! Please don't let it end 😭
If craving for soup but don't feel ramen, i usually get sukiyaki.
That whole piece of eel is a dream!!!! Yum.
when my mom and dad were in san Francisco for their masters (in the 60s), they could literally pick out salmon collars from buckets at the asian market for free.
octupus tastes amazing, the only thing not to like is the slimy consistency, or that its very hard if cooked poorly
I love that you are expanding our ideas of takeout. So many delicious Japanese dishes to try! One thing that your viewers might not realize is that unlike much seafood we eat, the octopus is a very intelligent species which shows emotional states, exhibits curiosity, solves complicated puzzles, etc. If you don't want to eat food that has recognizable consciousness, you might want to pass on that particular item.
Fish collars definitely require hands as well as chop sticks. For a light lunch with rice.
Are you just using the sticks for scooping the food up as if it was a skinny spoon…?
Or are you pinching the food up, as supposed to… 🤔😅
Food looks great I wish we were able to order that kind of food here, but where I live I’m lucky to have a place to pick up sushi…
Was hoping you’d try okonomayaki that’s my favorite. Maybe next time!
Beryl could you please do me a favor? Would you please ask your 3 subscribers about a seaweed dish with small smoked or dried scallops, I was honored to taste it at a private party years ago and haven't found a recipe for it. The story is funny. The extended family, from from Japan tasted my "cowboy caviar" and snatched up the bowl. I had to hunt down my bowl at the end of the night. They were polishing it off. They loved it so I gave them the recipe. They let me taste what they were snacking on, the seaweed scallop dish. Fabulous
I still feel like japanese restaurants in america have very limited menus that are pretty much all the same except different names for the rolls.
Tell me about it. I'd love to see at least one restaurant serve as close to a Japanese menu as possible and not have just sushi, ramen, or even hibachi
@@skyydancer67 Where I live, it's pretty much sushi and donburi, and maybe terrible ramen. There's one teppanyaki place and one sukiyaki place. Only in the last couple years have ramen shops popped up, and the ones I've tried weren't good. The sukiyaki place is owned by an actual Japanese chef, and it's the only place that has decent broth and chashu.
Unagi the GOAT japanese food
beryl mentioning a great big story is giving me flashbacks! it used to be my go-to whenever i need to watch something to boost my appetite when eating. and now i'm also watching this video while eating to feel like i'm eating with someone 😆
Hamachi kama is technically a bar food but it can also be a entree as well!! Hubby' and kids favorite!!
Don is short for donburi it has a lot of variety 🥰 i really love oyakodon 🥰🥰🥰
Around here, all Japanese food is pretty stereotypical... Hibachi (more American tastes, though), sushi, teriyaki, sushi, tonkatsu, and very similar, and because Americans often lump all Asian food together, some overlap items like shumai, etc. are kind of generic. Thanks for posting this, because you're right, there's more to Japanese food!