Hidden Japanese Street Food Tour Tokyo Azabu Juban

These are my hidden
spots in Azabu Juban

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I'm back with another food video,

this time I'm in Azabu Juban

and I'm showing you my favorite spots

and some of them are actually

hidden spots that
I haven't shared before

If you guys have never
been to Azabu Juban,

then it has kinda its own atmosphere

It kind of has this mix of

a Japanese and European Western vibe

Which is so unique on its own

and it's one of the first
neighborhoods I discovered

when I came to Japan and I wanted to

share with you some
of my favorite spots

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let's get our food on!

Azabu Juban is located right next to

Roppongi with Namboku and Oedo lines

running to the area,

making it fairly easy to access

An affluent area since the Edo period,

Azabu Juban is known for its high-end

residential spaces with a mixture of
a retro and modern atmosphere

Of course, the main attraction here is

Azabu Juban shotenkai
which has more than 300 shops

and I love how you can find shops with

over 100 years of history sitting next
to a trendy international gourmet shop,

but don't sleep on the side streets!

I mean, yeah I guess don't sleep there,

but also you should visit the side streets

#1: New New York Club

this is the go-to custom bagel
sandwich shop in the area

It got popular for its rainbow bagels,

but don't get blinded by the trendy flash

They make excellent bagel sandwiches

that will have you singing,
"Hold me, hold me!"

And if you're not about that custom life

you can pick up from one of
their set bagel configurations

from savory to sweet;
they even got a vegan option!

I couldn't actually decide today,

so I got two of the bagels

First of all we're gonna start
with the dessert because

that's how I like to roll

This one is their 'Oreo Monster',

you can see the cookie

It has some blueberry cream cheese,

it has some Oreo cookie,

and then I got the unicorn bagel

Let me just take a bite

I feel so guilty eating this

The bagel itself is super fresh

It's a little on the chewy side,

but has a nice kind of chewy texture to it

Cannot go wrong with this

What a stupendous meal,

look at that

That is some junk in your trunk

and let me show you the second dealio

This one is the 'Beef 'n' Cheese Brisket'

Look how thick that meat is right there

There's quite a lot of flavor coming

from that brisket paired with the cheese

the sauce itself is a little bit sweet,

but not too sweet

Cheese is just melty and melty,

just how I like it

This one is quite on the heavy side so

even just eating like just a few bites

you feel like this one
will fill your stomach

I got the cheese bagel,
I thought it'd go really well

with the brisket and the cheese

At the end of the day,

you can have whatever
bagel combination

you want in this place, so have fun

If you want a little piece of the US

a little piece of New York,

come to this spot

#2: Tsukishimaya

With more than 70 years
of history under its spell

this shop is beloved by
locals for its 'Imagawayaki'

Oh okay!
Has life started?

I don't even know what I'm saying,

but I feel like today
is gonna be a good day

because I have these
two pockets of joy in my hand

I've got cheese and I've got custard

First of all I personally like
to start off with the cheese

because it feels more
kind of like a real deal meal

It's like two flat biscuits
smashed together

What's really nice
about the outer shell

is that they added some black sugar to it

to give it that soft texture

It looks like it would be
hard and crunchy,

but it has this nice kind of
playful bouncy mochi texture

that a lot of other pastries
like this don't have

And then when you take a bite
it's not just cheese,

it almost tastes like

there's a mayonnaise flavor to it
or a buttery flavor to it

More than a dessert,
it feels like I'm having

kind of like pancakes with cheese
and mayonnaise on top of it

And now for dessert we have the custard

Wow! Whoa!
Don't lose the custard!

You can see it just steaming,

perfect for a fall day like this
when it's a little bit chilly

leaves are turning brown,
they're falling on the ground

you just need something to warm up
and this is the perfect treat

the custard itself it has
that kind of that eggy taste to it

I can see like this shop
has been around for 70 years

and you know a shop to last
that long it has to be good

But anyways,
let's move on to the next spot

Let me show you one spot real quick

that beats the airport souvenir shops

Look at all these beans

I think they have more than
100 different beans here

It's kind of like the perfect place

if you wanna bring back
some souvenirs for family

There's just so many different types that

I think you'll be able to find
something for someone

3: Tonkatsu Miyako

This spot is one of those
"if you know then you know" shops

Ultra popular amongst locals
for its tonkatsu pork cutlets,

the meat is carefully selected every day

from Kanagawa and Gunma prefectures

guaranteeing superior quality
and that fresh fresh

The meat is sliced only after you order

Just sitting at the counter
it feels like I'm at a sushi restaurant

The meat itself is deep fried twice.

in a low heat and then
a high heat rapeseed oil.

producing an extra crispy shell

My mouth is already watering

i got the tofu hidekatsu look at how

crispy

the outside is i'm gonna dip it in the

first house from this restaurant like

that

oh i mean just look at it you know why

this is this special dish

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oh that's one of the best pieces of meat

i've ever tasted that's golden crispy on

the outside and that

meat is so tender and flavorful

oh and that sauce the sweet side add

that little sesame there adds a little

bit more texture to it

i am so happy coming to this spot

they offer a special tonkatsu sauce

dashi soy two kinds of salt

sancho pepper and wait for that good old

canadian maple syrup

and let me dip it in some canadian maple

syrup

look at that dripping maple syrup

surprisingly that pairs it really well

together there's no other

place i know where you can get maple

syrup and katsu

together and then also you can throw

some salt on it

wow the salt just itself with the katsu

is it brilliant let me just

throw some more maple syrup on here

and then go back to the miyako special

sauce and then throw it back with some

more salt

i love how you can taste all the

different flavors here

this is their tonjito right here and

what i love about it

is if you kind of dig down deep huge

chunks of meat inside

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none of the scraps go to waste here now

if you're into a traditional tonkatsu

with a thicker breading i

also gotta give a shout out to muranaka

they serve a delicious sangen butter

pork from hirata farm

and it's a mouth-watering pleasure that

won't break the bank

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food spot

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number 4 dalian so

this is another little secret spot that

i wanted to share with all of y'all

if you're looking for a kind of like a

beer and some

gyoza spot then this is where i would

recommend to go i mean if you just look

around it is kind of like has that

izakaya atmosphere you come here to

drink and eat maybe just like hang out

with some friends

i've got my beer right here and i got

these awesome dumplings you can see the

top of it it's all kind of

fried together they call it like putty

putty like

crunchy and hear that crunch when you

break it

juices just dripping from the gyoza

first i gotta have a beer though

that's nice for my little sauce here

vinegar soy sauce and some chili oil

dip it in like that look at all the

juice coming from that dumpling it's

just dripping

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that is so crunchy that pork is so

flavorful

all of the oils and the meat juices are

coming from that gyoza

it's amazing first thing is the crunch

and then the next thing

is the explosion in your mouth

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it's spritzing everywhere you can see

how juicy the insides are you see the

onions in there you can see that pork

has a little bit of a sweetness to it

just a little bit maybe coming from the

onions

the gyoza is just amazing but then to

wash it

down with the beer is just job done

i'm so satisfied so before we continue

on i wanted to show you

this little spot it's kind of like a

little train station

let me show you

number five rakuman kuroke ever been

like

hey i want to eat an award-winning

koroke well

welcome to the next spot this shop's

fried goodies are just like my bracelets

in elementary school

all handmade they use a kitakati potato

from hokkaido nisiko

which are known for their strong

sweetness instead of sauce

they recommend using their original

rausu kombu salt to brighten up the

taste of its ingredients

i got the goodies look at this

this is a wagyu croquet it should have

some potatoes in there

crispy panko golden fried

sesame seeds on the top can't beat it

and take the first

bite

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wow that is a piping hot you can

actually get

the ones that they've already made or if

you wait five minutes they will

freshly fry it for you and that's what

we've done and that is

ultra piping hot right there and you

have these really really thick

pieces of wagyu beef they say tapi

meaning there's just like a whole

lot of wagyu in there and they give you

some white powder

as well it's actually salt throw some

salt up in there look at that sprinkle a

little bit on

just like so wow

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wow the potatoes itself gives off a nice

sweetness and the wagyu beef gives the

umami just to round out the flavor

and i just love how crunchy this is let

me just share with you how crunchy this

is

and i'm all done i should probably have

ordered more

luckily i didn't just order the koroke i

ordered also their menchikatsu look at

that let me just take a quick bite

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dude super hot just like the croquet the

meat juices

are on point but i think you just need a

little bit more flavor and that's why

they give you

this salt and then you just gotta like

throw a little bit of the salt on to

accentuate that flavor and to kind of

bring it all out

so you got all the salt flakes on there

right there

and it's just so crispy you can see it

just flakes off

getting all over my pants make sure to

have your napkins ready probably have it

all over my face as usual but

it's just so good definitely another

local spot that i'm showing you all

today but that said

let's move on to the next mod and number

six

amanoya this japanese style cafe goes

all the way back to 1927 in osaka

originally gained its popularity from

serving egg sandwiches in bite-sized

form to mostly women entering the

workforce

who also appreciated being able to take

their food with them while working

outside or visiting the theater

i got the baggies of goodies

we got the boxes of all boxes this is

probably the happiest

box i'll get today the wrapping is just

insane in japan i feel like christmas

where you have to just

get through all the wrapping to get your

present

and bam look at

this premium oh my god this

is a lot of egg sandwich

wow this is for like a small family

look at this one two three four five

six six healthy egg

sandwiches if you split that in half

that is a

12 full pieces well if you split that in

half i guess that's not a full piece

this is the real deal egg sandwich

oh you can smell the mayonnaise

wow that is amazing

that is an egg sandwich that will kick

you in the junk

this is awesome you can see all of the

moistness coming

from that egg the texture of the egg is

quite solid like some of the eggs i've

had are really really fluffy where this

one is quite dense

wow you could really taste that i think

it has some mustard in it but it almost

tastes like a wasabi or like a mix of

both there's just so much flavor and

that dashi

is really really strong

literally if i got this as a present

wrapped in a box like this

i would be happy i would say thank you

very much can i please have another one

i really just can't get enough i am so

happy this puts a smile on my face

winner winner egg dinner so those are my

top food spots in the zaba juban if you

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