Another great clip, TripDressings. And thank you for showing that many foods in Japan can be both delicious and very affordable. Yoshinoya is very good and the take away option is great, although I personally favor Matsuya. The stuffed shitake looks very good. The salted, grilled fish is what I want for breakfast! Have had some superb okonomiyaki in Hiroshima, especially with oysters, but it should really come straight from the hot iron plate. Hmmm, regarding the home bar set, I never knew that German food was popular as party food, never came across that during my years in Japan. I know that Italian/Japanese food is called itameshi, but what is German/Japanese food called? Hotto Motto is a very good chain. We had one close to where we lived in Nakasu, Fukuoka, by the Kawabata shopping arcade. We often bought bentos in Hotto Motto and ate in the small Reisen Park. And shared a piece of katsu or smtg with some loose dog, asking the owner first ofc. Hotto Motto is all over Japan and is recommended for pick-nicks in parks etc, good quality, easy to order and quite cheap. Yes, oysters are seasonal. In the cold seasons we used to go to Itoshima and other places and grill oysters, other shells and squid in the tents on the quais. And buy some stuff to bring home too. Arigato!
Matsuya is great! I'll review it next time! In Japan, party food is mainly Western food, not Japanese food, and fried chicken, pizza, sausages, etc. are spread out on the table and shared by everyone. This month is Christmas, so there is a particular demand. Please let me know what you have experienced and what was popular locally!
@@TripDressings Looking forward to a Matsuya review, we had one very close by and I was there once a week or so. Hmm, we ate and cooked mainly Japanese food in our years in Japan. My gf is Japanese and quite conservative regarding food when in Japan, but not when she is in Europe. She does not cook, I did the cooking. Often sashimi rice bowls with uni and ofc mentaiko, I used to shop towards 7 pm at half prices, also broken mentaiko at a third of the price, we were in Fukuoka after all. Also tonkatsu, chicken nabes and light motsu nabe with cabbage and yam - yamaimo gratins, very good. For a few weeks in springtime tempura with fiddlehead fern, ramson etc. Yes, German sausages could appear at BBQs with friends on a beach or in a park, but not much more. At parties or weddings etc it was mostly Japanese and Chinese foods. Pizza in Japan was almost every time disappointing, either just bad or too small, once I had a very small Marguerita with one single, small anchovy! This at 1200 yen. In restaurants we mainly enjoyed yakitori, we had a perfect one in our quarter, very varied, not only chicken and only salarymen and locals as guests. Also eel - unagi/anago places plus fish places near the fish and seafood market. Also good Korean places with BBQ in the table, Korea is close to Fukuoka. Plus kaiseki kitchen in ryokans off big holidays etc in Kyushu. A tip to tourists is to contact a travel agency to find cheap stays at ryokans off busy holidays, it does not have to be expensive if your schedule is flexible. A bit funny story which says something about Japanese quality: I am Swedish and visited IKEA in Fukuoka once and had the Swedish meatballs. In the rest of the world these are frozen and made more of flour than meat. In Japan they were pure meat and hand rolled, then fried. We learned that IKEA decided that Japanese customers would not accept the bad ones. :-))
Subbed. I love this kind of content and I like that you went to places other than 7/11, lawson, and family mart 🙌
*The home bar set and the oyster bento looked so dang good AAAAAAAA*
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Another great clip, TripDressings. And thank you for showing that many foods in Japan can be both delicious and very affordable. Yoshinoya is very good and the take away option is great, although I personally favor Matsuya. The stuffed shitake looks very good. The salted, grilled fish is what I want for breakfast! Have had some superb okonomiyaki in Hiroshima, especially with oysters, but it should really come straight from the hot iron plate. Hmmm, regarding the home bar set, I never knew that German food was popular as party food, never came across that during my years in Japan. I know that Italian/Japanese food is called itameshi, but what is German/Japanese food called? Hotto Motto is a very good chain. We had one close to where we lived in Nakasu, Fukuoka, by the Kawabata shopping arcade. We often bought bentos in Hotto Motto and ate in the small Reisen Park. And shared a piece of katsu or smtg with some loose dog, asking the owner first ofc. Hotto Motto is all over Japan and is recommended for pick-nicks in parks etc, good quality, easy to order and quite cheap. Yes, oysters are seasonal. In the cold seasons we used to go to Itoshima and other places and grill oysters, other shells and squid in the tents on the quais. And buy some stuff to bring home too. Arigato!
Matsuya is great! I'll review it next time! In Japan, party food is mainly Western food, not Japanese food, and fried chicken, pizza, sausages, etc. are spread out on the table and shared by everyone. This month is Christmas, so there is a particular demand. Please let me know what you have experienced and what was popular locally!
@@TripDressings Looking forward to a Matsuya review, we had one very close by and I was there once a week or so. Hmm, we ate and cooked mainly Japanese food in our years in Japan. My gf is Japanese and quite conservative regarding food when in Japan, but not when she is in Europe. She does not cook, I did the cooking. Often sashimi rice bowls with uni and ofc mentaiko, I used to shop towards 7 pm at half prices, also broken mentaiko at a third of the price, we were in Fukuoka after all. Also tonkatsu, chicken nabes and light motsu nabe with cabbage and yam - yamaimo gratins, very good. For a few weeks in springtime tempura with fiddlehead fern, ramson etc. Yes, German sausages could appear at BBQs with friends on a beach or in a park, but not much more. At parties or weddings etc it was mostly Japanese and Chinese foods. Pizza in Japan was almost every time disappointing, either just bad or too small, once I had a very small Marguerita with one single, small anchovy! This at 1200 yen. In restaurants we mainly enjoyed yakitori, we had a perfect one in our quarter, very varied, not only chicken and only salarymen and locals as guests. Also eel - unagi/anago places plus fish places near the fish and seafood market. Also good Korean places with BBQ in the table, Korea is close to Fukuoka. Plus kaiseki kitchen in ryokans off big holidays etc in Kyushu. A tip to tourists is to contact a travel agency to find cheap stays at ryokans off busy holidays, it does not have to be expensive if your schedule is flexible. A bit funny story which says something about Japanese quality: I am Swedish and visited IKEA in Fukuoka once and had the Swedish meatballs. In the rest of the world these are frozen and made more of flour than meat. In Japan they were pure meat and hand rolled, then fried. We learned that IKEA decided that Japanese customers would not accept the bad ones. :-))
I vote the stuffed mushrooms for best dish of video 🎉