90 yr old Sushi Chef tries American Sushi for the First Time 

Japan

Never tried japanese sushi, but american sushi is my 2nd favorite food.

i like both, but i like Japanese more.

Most of the American sushi restaurants are run by Korean. The only thing Japanese about that California roll is it's sold in a Japanese restaurants (run by Korean.) And I'm Korean American and I don't go to Japanese restaurants and order those rolls. I'd put my money on what's worth my $, raw fish and rice.

@@joo02 I think Americans would not go for how Koreans eat raw fish. Like a live shrimp / octopus. Or fermented raw squid and oysters... My mother in law sent me aged kimchi with whole sides of raw fish sitting in it. Fermented Un-refrigerated. Now that’s hardcore.

I completely agree with you about the elderly chef. He seems like a great and kind person. However. When half the people don’t like something and you work in a professional kitchen then I think the recipe needs to be reevaluated and tested/improved. Please don’t see this as something negative. It’s just my opinion 😊

@@user-xb2jx9zx1k if half the customers like something it doesn't mean the other half don't like it it could imply that they just don't mind it or maybe like getting something else a little more I would not say I don't like chicken pot pie I just don't mind it and also what happens if you reevaluate the food and now suddenly less people like it because you changed it.

The hosts kept trying to encourage him to be more negative, which I thought was annoying.

@@user-xb2jx9zx1k Japanese restaurants tend to focus on a small handful of dishes (or small handful of ingredients) as their specialties with other options being more drinking companions or snacks/sides for people who don't enjoy the specialties, so it's a fairly honest assessment. He's saying more like "if 8/10 like this other dish and only 5 like this dish, then you're probably fine keeping it on the menu as an option."

He's a Japanese chef, not a European one 😂

I am sure it helps that their towns are more walkable than us towns. As you age, if you stop walking it's very hard to pick it up again; regular light exercise does wonders

@@lucam8758 True...a lot of people who were very active start to deteriorate once they retire. That's why it's very important to still stay active.

It's not just "stay active". That activity has to be built in to daily life. They walk to stores. They walk to the train station. They walk to temples and the homes of friends and family. The vast majority of those trips would be in a car in North America.

Stop eating so much meat. Look up the Okinawa diet, mostly plant based

Stop eating so much sugar

100%

There were a few times I got the distinct impression that he didn’t want to insult the work of another chef, even if he didn’t like the food that much. I respect that.

Respectful yes,cute AYOOO

He was adorable 😋

@@Phonoa123 we get it ur below the age of 13

@@Phonoa123 Grandpa I’d Love to Feed sushi

The people who made this video are fucking dumb though. They don’t even know what fake wasabi/horse radish is and they are trying to lecture people on sushi history

In general, yeah. If it were me I would honestly state my opinion without making a huge fuss. But I'm not a typical italian in this 😅

Ironically, Italian pizza as we know it was made premium and a source of national pride as a reaction to the success of the Pizzas popularized by Italian-American pizza.

@@rangergxi why ironically? Italians immigrated in the us, the us came to love pizza and made it extra popular. I can only be happy that more people get to know about pizza. :)

I've seen some reactions of Italians to pineapple on pizza. It was.... almost violent.

He did say that one of the things he values in sushi is variety. Variety means accepting the strange and the foreign, as long as it matches well.

👍 And I think wrapping sashimi (raw fish) in a shiso leaf (Japanese mint) is also for the same antibacterial reasons.

Agreed, lots of people score too low when they say its average

I think there are two main schools of thought on rating things. Personally, I think a score below 50% means that I would have preferred not to have the experience at all. However, I find most foods I eat to be at least somewhat rewarding, so my average rating is around 70%. For something to be below 50% I'd have to actually dislike it.

A 5 to 6 typically means would not eat by choice. 7 to 8 is usually how people feel about food they actually like and would eat again without it being gourmet. Below 5 and 6 means something is severely wrong.

50 to 60 percent of a full score in asia is a failing grade. Remember that. When Asians refer to a 5 or 6 out of 10 that's a pretty shit score, especially if he's already trying to be nice and over score a little.

Yeah on the internet I see people using the term “mediocre” and “decent” interchangeably, and the words overrated and underrated are thrown around like a food fight, his ratings are definitely legit

It kind of reminds me of seeing an American Chinese restaurant in Taiwan. Some people missed their General Tso's Chicken and Beef and Broccoli. This tickles me especially so because I grew up in an American Chinese restaurant, and I remember explaining to some stunned customers that no, the food we served is not what we or people in Asia eat. Don't get me wrong, I love American Chinese food, and if I lived in Taiwan I'm sure I'd go to this restaurant when I get cravings.

Yeah 😅 I hate most American style foods because of that. I never get American style mustard, mayo, ketchup, sausages, etc. Only stuff I like are traditional like bourbon, jerky, brisket, corn beef, etc.

@@konstantinosntelirabakas7340 I say this as someone who unapologetically has a palate addicted to the US sugary/sweet versions of foods and drinks: you have the right idea there. We definitely have some great foods (whether its one of our types of southern BBQ, cajun food, New England seafood dishes, etc) that people from most any culture can enjoy, most of our mass produced stuff does not tend to transfer well to foreign palates.

or too salty. My Korean friend couldn't eat anything lol

@@YangSunWoo I haven't heard that one before but I certainly don't doubt it. We certainly do love our sodium over here

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Well it makes sense as it validates why the American sushi is still very popular for many people’s tastebuds. Reminds me of real Chinese people rating Panda Express pretty generously while the American Chinese folks were super snobbish about it.

@@slantize lol i remember that old video too. their parents and grandparents said it's good and taste the same back home meanwhile the kids were like the food is fake🤣🤣

Japanese do not like openly saying hostile things. they prefer to keep their feelings hidden

I think it also shows that he’s respectful and a really good guy

"Where's the cheese? I'm Italian and this is hurting me" ☝️🤓

yeah can confirm I'm italian ahah, this man was super super nice!

italians be drama queens 😂

I feel that's because outside of some of the wildest combos mentioned by the chef too, american-japanese food while non-traditional at the very least still abides to some basic rules of ingredient combinations that still work, at least in the context of the recipes used(note the sweetness thing he mentioned and the different usage of soy sauce) Whilst with italian-american foods, the combinations are more often wrong or the plates served as "actual italian/of italian descent" rather than their own thing as is instead the case with american sushi, whilst tye actual supposed "real Italian" recipes tend to often be mere pale imitations that just don't make the cut. That said there are some recipes from italian-american cuisine that actually would work well in italy too, with some small adjustments, i.e. in the meatball size or the pasta format chosen, meatball pasta would have no issues working in italy, and there's also other recipes too that would work in italy but that ironically aren't very popular in the us, where the us tends to prefer flavor that are generally looked down upon or outright seen as insane in italy(the pineapple on pizza thing for example, the problem there isn't pineapple on umami dough, the problem is fruit with cooked tomato sauce and cheese, as i.e. melon(sweet) and prosciutto crudo(salty) is a common combo in italy, but fruit with acidic foods+a cheese is definitely a no-no over here. Same applies to many other dishes of course and how in italy we generally don't like garlic and butter anywhere near as much as americans do, seeing how much they put in of those(although that might just be because american garlic lacks in taste? Or so i heard anyway) Overall if presented with respect there's no issue with "hereditary cuisines" that don't follow the originals goals, it's just that said respect at least on a very barebone basic level seems to be present wih jp-american food, but not italo-american, at least, that's my perspective from the outside anyway.

@@iota-09"American sushi" is presented as genuinely Japanese here in America

The facts aren't right about the California roll origin. Just like Hawaiian pizza being Canadian. Most things invented with a regional name are to associate with a region while being outside of that region.

Really? Then if not Canada, where? ​@@k_afka

@@k_afka Hawaiian pizza is actually named after the canned pineapple brand the original pizza used, so it wasn't really done to do spotlight a region in that sense

Poor man haha

:v

Asians have a sauce problem.

SAME! There's so many American style roles that I would totally eat but they just love mixing in that mayo and putting it on everything. That is, I don't like the kind of conceit from the beginning of the video. By the way, the whole thing about it's "not technically sushi". It's like that's a whole subgenre of food at this point

if my mind so much as suspects that there's mayo hidden in the food, my gag reflex is triggered... which is why i rarely have sushi

@@Drcats69 the vast majority dont tho lol

As a European I am concerned wth is wrong with the mayo in America?

My dad had his head blown off in 1992. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@@satanx-6how is that funny? Oh wait looked at your name

@@satanx-6 wtf

@@satanx-6At least he went with a bang

@@fn_flashy9101 hell yeah

Yesss. And a great concept as well

OMG, YES! A lot of people think Japanese sushi is horrible because all they've tried is low-quality stale fish. Premium fish tends to melt like butter and it has a lot of flavor to it. Just that and a dollop of mayo is more than enough. American sushi, just like you said, tends to mask the fish because they use low-quality ingredients. Of course, I'm not dissing American sushi (I can certainly appreciate it once in a while), but sometimes simplicity is all you need.

@@JCperfection I hope that my comment doesn't come off as dissing American sushi as well. American sushi is definitely a genre and culture in and of itself. Just like the sushi chef said, if 5/10 people like it, it's a success!

true

@@shortschannel6576 Everyone around the world invented the cream pie simultaneously

avocado means california

Mind blown 🤯😂❤ I was 32 yr old when I found this out today

​@@nubz8671😂😂😂😂🎉🥟🍦🥧

Dito! I thought I was crazy for disliking it, since no one seems to bat an eye about it, but it just doesn't go together for me at all. It doesn't feel comprehensive to me.

That is definitely the case and it's why people have been surprised at how come he is so impartial about it while comparing his reaction to italians reacting to Italian-american foods; if like the italians he wasn't considering thisbto be completely different kinds of food wih only a vague similarity to sushi, he would be much harsher.(And inversely if italian american food was presented more often as its own isolated thing, italians would be less harsh about it... With exceptions)

It's very common in the US too. A lot of old people get lonely and depressed not working.

Only in Japan?! Lol Not many 90 year old Japanese people work! Lol.. Where did you do your research at? On RU-vid? This video? 🤦🏻‍♀️… It’s funny when people watch a video from another country and think that whole country is just like that one person in the video. Lol. People from other countries that are over 80 and maybe well into their 90s, work or volunteer their time, not just in Japan. Lol

and he chose to work too, it's not like he's running out of money

bro sees a video on japan and instantly goes to hating. mate this was a positive video why even mention this? ever learned when to keep quiet and shut up? you wont be able to keep many friends if you just make unnecessary comments like that

No... thats really not a great thing, they should be able to enjoy retirement not slave away at their jobs and it'll only get worse with their aging population

The thing is i bet one day in their lives they woukd probably post a vid like this

He is too old for this

Probably what a pro chef eats at home anyways, cause he'd be so tired from cooking all day

scroll to find this and was about to post this too

funny bc my elderly moms body went "bye bye" from working a physically laborious job for 50 years and by the time she finally was able to retire and enjoy the last few years of her life, her body was so broken down she couldn't travel and do the things she had always dreamed of. Not everyone gets to work a cushy and fulfilling job.

Tojo has changed his story over time. There is stronger support for the claim that the California roll originated in Los Angeles, California in the 1960s as an evolving product. One of Tojo’s early claims is that he called it the Tojo Roll and that his California customer base would order it by calling it a California roll, so he renamed it. His most recent version is that it was named it the C.A. roll because of the crab and avocado, and then renamed to California roll.

He probably is just not used to the idea. In America, especially on the East Coast, there's a lot of Jewish diaspora and so lox, which is a mixture of smoked salmon and cream cheese, is a common food item. I think the Philadelphia roll is riffing off of that.

Ojiiiiiiiiiisan.