🇯🇵 Ranking EVERY Restaurant in a Legendary Japanese Shopping Street [Ep. 28] 

Facts

The moment I heard the music, saw the rules, and saw the food, it was curtains.

The transition was so fucking clear cut this time I knew for sure this got an F.

Banjo Kazooie type music 💀

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And for a multitude of good reasons.

I would not have dared thinking that he had to use the F tier at all, but this was well deserved.

F in the chat

F for Frozen Foods He doesnt even crack a joke.

@@finasol1019 F

what is that song

​@@jonathankraig425 Schlatt's basement. I think it's a song from Animal Crossing.

@@Toywins oh sick I didn't know schlatt and lud made music, thanks

But did it? Japan eats dumped it all in a napkin as trash and took a clean Plate pic. He's playing us all. He's schooling us like Yoda did Luke and like all of us being in a matrix simulation, not knowing you are neo if you have free nd original thoughts. Most people you know are literal collective consciousness, matrix bots as a projection of your subconscious, while the real "ones" go along for the ride and get their emotion energy stolen and used as food and fuel. Crazy world we live in right? Much love and happy ascension

Food is food!

lol I was thinking the same thing! It was very womp womp wooOmp sounding 😂

It sounds like buzz flying on an afternoon and everything's a wreck

somehow made Arbys roast beef look good

マイクシェフ

@@nerdstop5025aww, Chef Maiku’s name has a smiley face in it😊!

Chef Denji

Look. Chef Mike is a good dude. He follows instructions. He does exactly what he's told when he's told. If you get him going just right, he can do amazing things. Rehydrate rice. Make egg custard. Defrost frozen foods so they can be finished faster in a fryer or oven... But you gotta speak his language, and understand that he works best as part of a team.

デンジシェフ

yeah, especially in kingdom hearts 3

But is it "fresh frozen"?

@@lordbezzington8435LMAOO that one chef in kitchen nightmare reference?

I mean... You should probably just LET IT GO... I will see myself out

The food is pretty great in Japan. That's not a lie. It's important to check reviews before you go, though. I personally don't ever go to a place just by random. I will also say that some chain restaurants have much better reputations than others. Ootoya, Yayoiken, the gyudon places (Sukiya/Matsuya/Yoshinoya), Torikizoku, Royal Host, Joyfull, and Tonkatsu Wako are all quite good. You probably should avoid Denny's or Saizeriya because the food is sort of poor quality there (albeit very inexpensive, at least!).

@@TheZenomeProject I can certainly relate. I’ve visited Peru a few times and treat the food there the same way. The city is enormous and packed with restaurants, and Chifa being their biggest chain Chinese place, is phenomenal on one side of town, and low quality on the other. And even the fanciest places would have good food, but not amazing food. But the small shops who only hire family members make the BEST food. I wish they had reviews for small stores in Peru, because I’d love to share their names with the world

The owners just wanted to make sure that anyone with a hope for a better future doesn't eat here.

The "Hungry Man" restaurant.

@@Chris_Sizemore😭😭😭

Well if there's smoking allowed, it's actually commendable that they dont allow pregnant women.

i assume the no pregnant women rule is because of all the cigarette smoke

Limited time .. visiting this really specific strip of restaurants at a mall in Kobe? XD

@@galliman123 I'm not exclusively talking about this particular series, obviously, the tier list for this is already there in the video. I'm talking maybe like a top 20 or just top 5 in each city he has ever been to. To answer your question, however, if it's really worth trying and I'm around this area in Kobe, then I don't see why not.

isnt this a super regional mall ud have to get out of your wall to go there?

@@TESkyrimizer I would say it's only slightly out of the way. Kobe is on a shinkansen line, between Osaka and Himeji, both of which are major tourist destinations, so many tourists pass through Kobe. If you wanted to make a short stop here, you could get off at Shin-Kobe station, take a local train to Sannomiya stattion, and this mall is a short walk away. So yeah it's not super-convenient for people just passing through, but it's not a major detour if you're already in the area, and definitely a reasonable goal for someone who's a fan of the channel.

​@@womipdefinitely not obvious to me, but that sounds like a lot of extra work you're asking him to do for the free.

Let us know how it is when you go back!

Hey wait a second, what does golden week mean? When I was in high school one year, they did this utterly insanely awesome thing they surprised us with, where when we were in assembly the first day gettint back from christmas break, they were like "ok, this year we're mixing it up, youre not taking normal classes, you make a new schedule for yourself picking from a list of japanese culture themed classes every day for a week" and I did like, kendo and anime/manga appreciation class and japanese flower arranging and other shit and it was fuckin dope. Anyway, the point is they called it golden week lol. So is that some japanese thing or something??

@@user-zr9hu3tf1yA basic summary is that Japan designates a period from April 29th to May 5th as Golden Week. The holidays include Showa Day (April 29, which celebrates the birthday of Emperor Showa/Hirohito. His reign encompassed many major events that shaped modern Japan and is more of a memorial day rather than a celebration of said emperor), Constitutional Memorial Day (May 3rd to celebrate the enactment of the post WW2 Constitution), Greenery Day (May 4th, which was Emperor Showa’s birthday. As you can tell, the Emperor’s birthday is a holiday during his reign. After a few alterations, they renamed it to Greenery Day, which is kinda like Earth Day, to respect the past Emperor’s love of plants without mentioning his name) and Children’s Day (May 5th, a day to celebrate children, which has a long history and many meanings over centuries). Since these holidays are so close together, it is common for most people to take a week off. Schools also have this week as a holiday as well. Note that Japanese schools are year round with smaller breaks in between compared to Western schools that usually start in Spetember and end in June with a long Summer Break. So Golden Week ends up being one of the longer holidays.

Doesn't he sell frozen food?

Fresh frozen out of a can

​@@zukodude487987yes , he does surprisingly

Prepared by Chef Mike Mike Rowave

@@zukodude487987he does lmao

Or prohibits pregnant women (obviously because of the secondhand smoke, ergo the no under-20s), but you wouldn't want to eat anywhere downwind of here either.

Actually, a lot of stores in Japan allows smoking. It's pretty normal there, especially at izakayas

Yeah but the smoke means you can't taste anything properly so why make good food?

Nah smoking in restaurants is based

@@AutoReport1 I mean if you smoke a cigarette your taste bud don't get instantly killed, you need to be a habitual smoker for I think a month or two to actually start losing your tasting ability

Since you started smoking, have you noticed an impact on your senses, especially taste and smell? What benefit does smoking give?

​​@@SewardWriterAs a smoker, it's basically an unhealthy coping mechanism that very quickly turns into addiction. You become so used to getting nicotine from cigarettes that you start to actively seek them out because if you don't have your regular dose, you become incredibly irritable and life does not feel so good. We can only hope that smokers don't forget about the inherent risks that come with smoking, though, and choose to stop some day.

@@milkymalik2628 Gotcha. It makes sense, in a horrible way. Thanks for explaining!

@SewardWriter hope you stay away from them, man. They're a guilty pleasure in that I sometimes enjoy a cigarette, but ultimately, I'd much rather have never picked it up and plan on quitting sooner rather than later

@@milkymalik2628 Oh, yeah, I stay far away. My lungs are a mess, so it's not an option. Take care, my dude.

Love Shing02 and obvious RIP Nujabes.

Lots of things: Mismanagement, lack of experience running a restaurant, cheap owners cutting corners, or the food is an afterthought because they make their money another way (alcohol sales, front for money laundering ran by organized crime, etc.)

@@VladamireD Oh no, I know how it can end up like this, but I'm always curious on a specific restaurant's situation of what their circumstances led to this. I'm interested in this specific restaurant's story.

Stained by all the nicotine

Many asian countries have smoking problem

It's rude to leave food.

At least it wasn't American-sized portions where you're stuck with a ton of what you don't like. There it seems like you just end up with a lovely variety of things you don't like.

I dont....could you fill me in or at least tell me what its called so I can look it up and see for myself?

That clock is about $300-$400 dollars imported to the US.

@@williamblackfyre4866 That looks like a "My Neighbor Totoro" themed clock. My Neighbor Totoro is the English name for a Japanese animated film by Studio Ghibli which make many popular and beloved animated films. You may have heard of one of them like "Spirited Away", "Princess Mononoke", "Howl's Moving Castle", etc. Studio Ghibli is probably comparable to classic Disney films in terms of popularity, but I assume merch especially higher quality items like a clock would be quite limited and expensive especially for anyone not in Japan.

@@anthonynguyen1289 I have heard of both Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke and headd good things but with my job and single parentdom, I watch few movies all the way through nowadays, my last one was Honor Among Thieves a few months back. I was not able to find that clock anywhere, but I found one that was similar style and quality going for $450 on ebay. I also found a cuckoo style going for $500. Both are alot, I had imagined more based on your comment but you could still be right because given I couldnt find that clock online just means it could be significantly more rare. I did have another question, when you compare My Neighbor Totoro to Disney, do you mean is popularity or business wise? I would be surprised I know so little about a company the size of Disney, when it owns global brands like ABC, ESPN, Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar...well you get it. Lastly, thanks for the info, definitely sated my curiousity.

😮 oh shit that's the explanation, they were watching kitchen nightmares without Japanese subtitles and didn't realize it's not supposed to be a tutorial

I mean, he paid a thousand yen, of course he'd eat it.

Because he was being polite.

​@@ChaddingwayOMG is that why? Do you have to do that at restaurants where you pay for the food, too? Honestly low key nightmarish, I don't think I could do it.

@@oedalis It has to do with Japanese society and not wanting to waste food, even if the meal sucks.

bro, if I'm eating something that I bought, and I paid for it, I'm eating all of it, cause I am not wasting my damn money... (but also if I'm eating something that sucks and someone else paid for it, I'm also eating all of it, cause I ain't wasting free food either 😂)

Yeah but makes sense with the allows smoking indoors thing.