I Made a Gourmet Dish from a Japanese Convenience Store 

Aki is like that one friend that would make your day better

As a culinary student this video just makes my day. Love seeing people cooking just because they like too cook not too show off fancy stuff

happy to see aki be comfortable posting whatever the heck she wants, her personality is why i’m watching anyway.

It would only be a crime if you didn't cook for fun.

Aki should create a “cooking with aki” series, correct me if she already has one

Cdawg, The Anime Man and Abroad In Japan: *Drinking alcohol and eating high cholesterol foods* Aki: I'm somewhat of a chef myself

watching joey eating Akis food from her perspective is like watching an unlocked scene from a dating sim

"I feel bad for anyone who's lactose intolerant" *Cries in Japanese.*

My little sister is lactose intolerant and she told one of her friends while they were in the kitchen so her friend goes "Oh, I'm so sorry you can't eat cheese". My sister just looked at her and said "Why are you sorry? You think that's gonna stop me from eating cheese? I will suffer to eat some cheese. I ate 27 slices of cheese today alone and I'm not stopping there." And she fucking did too lmfao

after all of the sh!t the bois have been eating lately seeing Aki with a bag of spinach is kinda refreshing

This reminds me of Food Wars S5 where they actually had to make a gourmet dish from items you get from a convenience store and the judge would literally pay you for what they think it's worth 😍

Honestly, the hard thing to do is make gourmet food out of the shit that convenience stores sell here in America. That would be a challenge and a half.

just cause we’re lactose intolerant, doesn’t mean that stops us from eating milk products xD. literally every lactose intolerant person you will meet (unless they’re deathly allergic) will have eaten cheese at least once recently lol

Joey mind when he looked down: *Let me come up with a lie that sounds believable so it doesn’t hurt her feelings...* His mouth: “Umai!”

In German, if you accidentally oversalt food, in my experience someone will ask you/the chef if you’re/they’re in love😂

anyone else crying cause youve been here since they were just a ship and now they live together in japan and make eachother food,, ITS JUST SO CUTE AHHHJBDSHBIFBIFBW

joey saying "it's kind of moosh, it's good mush though" is so supportive and make me smile because aki has such a great BF and the "....Umai"is also very funny

OMG, my heart just melted when Joey says to Aki that she's is too hard on herself, that's a support we all need 🥺💕💕💕💕

The end result is what id imagine chicken stuffed with mozzarella wrapped in parma ham with a side of homemade mash would look like

Joey is so soft around aki 🥺

I absolutely love to see Aki and Joey's shenanigans together, they're such a cute couple

You're so lucky, 7-Eleven in Japan looks so much healthier and has affordable healthy food options. I'm in USA, 7-Eleven is close to me but there's lots of junk food, along with cup noodles or bowl noodles, slurrpee drinks, precooked hotdogs and wraps, and most lunch food there are pre-prepared in plastic containers, but since I live in a city, lot of those food I consider as junk-snack or quick lunch, not something I can cook for dinner, and they're also pretty expensive. I have to go to a food stores like Market Basket, Trader's Joe, etc. to buy ingredients to cook for healthy lunch/dinner. I'd love to cook dinner for $3 as mentioned in the video. I say 7-Eleven in Japan has more healthier food options than in my area lol.

Aki over apologizing about the salt is so cute 😭

Most J-Vloggers - "Beauitful sights of Japan" Aki: - "I made chicken dinner out of kombini food" I want more of this, it's amazing.

Man, Aki with a ponytail and glasses just hits different.

Aki is somewhat becoming like a our mom...?

Honestly, this reminded me of a scene in the movie Weathering with you when Hodaka went to Hina's house and then Hina asked him if he has eaten yet and he said no. Then Hina noticed there was some food he brought from the convenient store so she asked him if she could use some of it to make lunch for both of them. The meal surprisingly turned out to be really good.

"I feel bad for anyone who's lactose intolerant" Haha jokes on you Aki, most of us that are still consume dairy and just suffer because the product outweighs the consequences

Did Aki just watch the food wars episode where they cook with stuff bought from a convenience store? Lol

Aki: “that’s a little hack, you can just use dental floss!” Me: *looks at cabinet, and sees only mint flavored floss* maaaaaaaaaybe not....

The convenience of Japanese convenience stores shall never cease to amaze me

Just a tip: for searing to work the meat has to be dry or at least not have excess water on it. Preheat the pan and use oil (!). You also have to be watching it all the time when you do it cause it doesn't take a lot of time.

5:22 Prosciutto reminds me of when Joey played Mogeko Castle

12:35 her "I had a heart attack" sounded so cute ^^

We got Detective Aki and now Chef Aki!! I AM LOVING THIS!!! This turned out great. You make me smile every time I see you post. 🥰

Coming here at the speed of light I'm running to get here, left and right Watching this video in the middle of the night I just tried to make this rhyme, yes I realize it's trash-

I’ve some how convinced my mom to start watching Aki videos with me even tho she’s not an anime fan.She says Aki is a cutie and this video proves it

I always get excited when aki uploads, it's like when the cool aunt comes over to bring you a random gift

A technique I've seen chefs use for dishes that are wrapped (like beef wellington) is to wrap up the thing you're wrapping in meat or whatever you're using, with plastic food wrap and then twist the ends like a taffy candy and make it as tight as you can. Then they leave it in the fridge for about 10 minutes to chill and then you take it out and bake it (or however the recipe says to cook it) after you unwrap it. I hope this helps if you make a dish that needs this in the future! I'd love to see more cooking from you Aki! I think people would like it a lot!

I got my studio Ghibli museum tickets at Lawson's as well. Had to navigate unintelligible japanese kanji, but somehow got it to work.

up-scaling cheap foods to looks and taste fancier is something I did a ton of when i was living in dorms and i call it college gourmet. it's fancy foods for a college student lifestyle.

In this video aki cosplays as cooking mama! Top tier cosplay!

This was a really fun and down to Earth cooking video, And not just because it was all convenience store food, lol. I honestly don't watch your videos that often Aki, partially just because of how many channels I try to watch at once and some slip through the cracks a lot. But I really enjoyed this one.

Hope y’all had a great day today :D

make sure to put a lid on the pan while cooking to avoid some burning while sealing; also helps when trying to make sure food doesnt stick to the pan.

"Welcome to episode 1 of Cooking with Aki!"

Aki: Loves cheese Me: I hate cheese, any kind, but like pizza

This is a cool concept for a video series. I really like the thought process behind the meal. Looks like it turned out restaurant quality and Joey approved! I hope to see more of these videos in the future ~

has aki realized that we'll watch pretty much anything she does at this point

"Oh god, everything's a freaking mess!" then the background is absolutely cleaner than the diner's kitchen in my town

Joey is so sweet! I love how he did the - "I have to get a bit of everything!" It was super kind and loving. I loved this episode!

I love how she pronounces prosciutto, it's one of my favourite foods🥺

Hey Aki, love the content, been watching you for idk how long already. Here are some tips to enhance your dish a little: 1. The blended spinach is only clumpy because you have no medium to carry and smoothen it. What you can do is add a little liquid like cream, gives it a nice contrast in color and consistency since you stuffed the chicken with spinach as well! 2. You just made a little oopsie on the presentation because no one usually does things differently for home but what do you is shift the main part (potato + chicken) more into the center (not directly into the center!) and serve the purreed spinach as a crescent arc. 3. If you had smaller tomatoes, you would get a beautiful color contrast for your dish while not overly fill your plate! Cut them in half or quarters and arrange with the spinach puree to make it a beautiful, alternating pattern!

every1's posting about food 😂

Aw Joey is so sweet. Even if it's all conbini items, it's still better then anything I could ever do. I once made a brick cake out of a boxed cake mix and another time I also set off all the smoke alarms in the house...I should not be allowed to cook basically lol.

I missed watching you I haven’t in three years 😫

"I don't know cooking terminology that well, I just like to cook for fun. Is that a crime?" 👏👏 That statement is actually really good. Sometimes people like to criticise/judge where is doesn't matter, namely at people just doing something for fun or as a hobby.

trash taste highlights channel and aki uploading at same time?? 😱😱

I think for puree u can add lemon juice and oil slowly to make it smooth. The Prosciutto dental floss hack sounds smart if it wasn't flavored, I recommend plastic wrap to tighten the meat to pack it. Also instant mashed potatoes are dried potato flakes

Cooking with Aki needs to be a new series! Let’s gooo!!

If she ends up making this into a series than I feel like it should be called "Convinient Gourmet"

i need a relationship like aki and joey 😢💜

AHAHA I SEE AKI BINGING ON THE POTATOES AFTER SHE FOUND OUT IT CAN TURN INTO MASHED POTATOES

I really love her, but when she's so insecure about cooking she reminds me of that guy that tried to make flapjacks and said: "Okay well.. i started making them..... Had a mental breakdown.... Bon appétit!" Love her hahahahahah🤣🤣❤

OMG, I love prosciutto, but it's so expensive. I get prosciutto wrapped cheese at Walmart and there's only like 6 in the package and it's like $7, so yeah, I'd love to be able to pop down to circle k and get it for that cheap lol 😄 great job Aki, I've made that many times and you did great. ;)

One couple on RU-vid: eats from the worst rated restaurant in the city. This couple: makes quality food with conbini food.

If you're looking for a mashed potato chip recipe, Sam the Cooking Guy has a recent video he put out with Lay's chips.

"You can try and debunk it if you want" sounds like a job for Food Theory, also what kind of kettle is that??? I've never seen one with such a narrow spout

i dont know how to cook and for that reason i respect people that cook... i would starve to death😅😂

"It's good mosh though." 🤣🤣 Awww, Joey is so sweet.

Hello Aki! ~Kero~

Something I've learned when going from electric to a gas stove. I cook everything on a small flame. Easy way to practice is cheap steaks. I've been cooking one for myself every week for the past few months. Everything I've picked up from coming steaks has carried over to more expensive streaks as well as other meat.

Aki, Do the case of junko furuta for the next on the case episode that would be super interesting plsss

My mother does those alot but pork version, the best way to do it is in the oven and the cured ham/presunto becomes crispy, and has a portuguese and neighboor of spain, that presunto kinda was very pale pink, if you can get your hands on Iberian Peninsula presunto Joe will kneel on you, they are more of a deep red color and very tasty! we always get a presunto leg for christmas and it's the best thing ever :D

" 9:44" Welcome to cooking with mama todoroki

It actually looks really good for being "cheap" ingredients! Only thing is searing only takes about 1-2 minutes if your pan is hot enough. Its purely for colour. And I always see puree from a bpender but idk

I mean, compared to Connor and Garnt, Joey has more durable taste buds. I feel like he's the type of person that would be very difficult to hate most food. Even if the dish didn't turn out as good, he would still like it.

I bet the Chicken just stuffed with the cheese would be pretty bomb, since I'm not a spinach person. IDK about the prosciutto since I've never had that before, but I am a fan of ham.

THEY'RE. SO. CUTE. IM DYINGGG >w< also the potato sticks were already super seasoned so that made the entire thing all the more salty, i think

5:01 Bold of you to assume that we dont just eat it anyway and deal with the consequences later

her put it in to a boul also her : put on plat

In the nice Time ❤️

Prosciutto is really tricky to cook with sometime because it's so salty - I think it's more likely that the "saltiness" came from the amount of prosciutto used, rather than your seasoning, Aki! So if you make this again, try adding a thinner layer of prosciutto & it should be fine.

She said “lactose intolerant”, Me: allergic to milk itself and lactose 🥲

Good idea and content :) Some thoughts from a guy who likes to cook for fun as well: If the prosciutto burned after 3-4 minutes, it was a ittle bit too hot, I'd recommend medium heat :) You had the right idea with adding water to the spinach to puree it, perhaps some fried egg or garlic powder for taste. As for the potatoes, Pringles and those fries are basically just dehydrated potato flakes, instant mash should be pretty much the same thing :) I'd add some milk or butter to make it creamier.

Aki and Joey are my OTP in real life 🥰

A tip if u are gonna make it next time, brown it on each side then low heat put a lid over and let it warm for 3 - 5 min, looks good and hope u will try more cooking recipes

Wow! I'm horrible at cooking, I need to try this! I live in Japan and the conbini is right down the road so I'll be sure to pick this stuff up! And that mashed potato hack blew my mind! You can't find mashed potatoes anywhere in Japan and I've been wanting to make them! Thank you Aki!!!

Yes 👏 more 👏 I loved the whole vibe of this video, like it was genuinely nice watching you try something a little outside your comfort zone. My other half is a professional chef and I ABSOLUTELY HATE cooking for him in fear he will go full Gordan Ramsey on my ass (he never has) I'm a super bad cook like, bang the chicken nugs in the oven or stick it in the slow cooker for 6 hours and make a stew kinda cook but this was genuinely nice and entertaining to watch, and absolutely wholesome watching you two sweet hearts eat your meal together ❤️

yea adding water to potato is basic potato science... yes I've done it before and its actually good just try it

I like this, I LOVE making food and trying new things, been thinking of making a channel dedicated to just trying out different kind of dishes just to try and learn myself and other.

The potato snack hack works because if I'm not mistaken, it's close to potato crisps, which are like, dehydrated mashed potato

I absolutely love this video, and would very much enjoy it if Aki did more videos like this!! Not to mention Joey and Aki are so sweet together it warms my heart!

god Joey is such a sweetheart

2:30 OMGGG I always get those and I season them a bit! Legandary

tip for next time: the thiccer the meat (hehe) the longer it takes to cook, so the ham is gonna cook 10x faster than the chicken and thats why it burned. Try pre-cooking the thiccer meat (hehe) halfway before wrapping thinner meat around it.

I eat a lot of savoury snacks so when I moved to Japan I litterally bought like a ton of candy, soda, random magazines and a TON of snacks. Best day EVER

Not me watching this in midnight and getting hungry

"Cooking with Aki" Can we make it happen guys? :D

I really love this. I love how creative this dish is and the potato chip hack is so cool! I just love when Aki does food related videos.