I have no issue with the rules, but in my experience, when restaurants do this so aggressively, the owner is often a bit of a jerk and the food usually not all that good.
Yeah, I can see that. Boss hasn't worked a kitchen himself AND are a jerk, so every chef they find leaves as soon as they can. Meaning you get mid food and most likely high prices for what you're getting.
Wierdly in my country its the other way round, the more of a jerk the chef/person is, the nicer the food usually is, the reasoning is because they can afford to be mean to their customers because their good food will make up for it and the customers will come back again.
Yeah, no. I'm discreetly blowing my nose into a napkin and leaving it on my plate when I'm done. I'm not just paying for the food, I'm paying for a service, which includes cleaning up my table when I'm done (not that i leave a big mess).
@@Vesperad0 Yep. I've left many 1 or 2 star reviews for mediocre service and unpleasant atmosphere at restaurants. If the restaurant has a decent food quality to wait time ratio, that might bump it up to 3 star.
I noticed a lot of restaurants in bigger cities in Japan are like that. They want you to eat your food and go so they can get more people in. Especially in small, hole-in-the-wall style restaurants with less than a dozen seats, there's usually a line out the door. They want you to order, eat, leave 😂
honestly those rules aren’t so bad except for the to-go box one. literally benefitting nobody, and the restaurant has to waste its own food because of the weather.
@@lactofermentationThen that's a failing of the law not the act of taking out. Fringe cases where people might get sick/sue shouldn't hinder takeaways/giving away food to reduce food waste.
My guess is maybe it’s because they don’t want to be associated with people walking around with stinky or unappetizing food. Or possibly littering. It typically isn’t socially acceptable to eat and walk in Japan.
@@lactofermentation I assume it is more concern about paying for and disposal of to-go containers. Maybe people were littering with them in the neighborhood. Or they are environmentally conscious and know they aren't recyclable.
Togo boxes weren't really a thing in Japan before covid. You ate all your food or you just let it go to waste. A lot of smaller restaurants still don't have them.
Either way, its not the best idea to treat everyone the same in the one business thats 1000% customer service based, specially if youre a small business serving slop 😆
@@The021 Many places where i live are just chill af and quite lively to be in unless you hate noise i guess so i definitely don't share the sentiment of this owner for sure haha. But its not a bad place though if I am honest.
@The021 actually it's the opposite, it's when you're customer based, and you have so many variables, you HAVE to have policies, rules, standard operating procedures. That's how successful restaurants are run, that's how you establish standards, consistency, and from this you can build a foundation and strive for excellence
"If you blow your nose in a tissue, throw it away yourself ". Does that imply people expect waitstaff to throw they're sjotty tissues away? That's disgusting.
As a former waiter, yes. After eating, people here will throw their used tissue or used paper napkin into their empty plate and the waiter will clear the whole thing. I'm guessing it's not the case everywhere, but it's absolutely the norm here. I've always found it a bit gross, but it's so normalised here that you'd be seen as the weird one if you point it out.
Same here I always thought it was normal to put used tissues on your empty plate as putting it on the table or in an empty glass would be considered extremely rude 🤷♂️
@@Kratos-eg7ez The rest seem unnecessary like the leaving snot rags around which should be common sense. Put "don't shit in your hand and throw it" on there while you're at it for the people who don't know. Also that ONE rule about takeout butchers this place in my mind.
Yeah, I'm all for restaurant rules and codes of conduct, but the dining experience and food has to match the same standard. This place looks too bland and basic to warrant being dining Nazis.
This is British Chinese curry, invented by Hong Kong immigrants. The British Navy inspired Japanese curry and this is the British Chinese version on it (actual Hong Kong curry is similar but not as thick). It’s made by cooking vegetables and spices in oil before draining then cooking flour and curry powder into the oil. After a few hours it’s portioned into a wok, mixed with water and corn starch to thicken
If this restaurant was in the US being run by some white woman, people would call her karen and refuse to eat there. But since it's in Japan, we just accept it.
Or maybe it's that some parts of Asia is actually so freaking sterile, u could even eat certain animals raw out there & it still be fine. Not so much the case out here.
Aww man just when I was about to go to this restaurant to film the restaurant, order the lunch special on a hot day to play with the turntables and ask to them to put my leftovers in a to go box while asking for the bill at my table to afterwards have a long loud conversation at my table with someone on the phone while asking a stranger to throw away my tissue I just blew my nose with man what a bummer 😢
Telling people to throw away their own snotty tissues is awesome. Telling people they can't have a conversation with and after their meal is just silly.
To be fair based on my recent research (including several Japanese RU-vid channels that focus on food/recipes), using S&B curry box mix isn't as uncommon in Japan as it would seem.
I feel like I would love the gloopy curry in the winter. All that extra starch making it sit even heavier in your stomach means the food coma is going to hit you HARD. Perfect for cuddling up under a warm blanket
Actually food coma is frowned upon in Japan. Or well your'e not supposed to eat until your'e completely full. It's more like a healthy cultural habit though. People aren't going to get angry at you. Food coma's are just not super great for your body.
Real, I kinda expect some world class stuff or insanely unique foods at first. Not that the rules are unreasonable but I have never been in a restaurant that even has rules, just not being a dick is the same unwritten common rule that everyone already knew.
@@oanhienlong7264Sometimes the specifics of "dont be a dick" have to be written down formally to eliminate any ambiguity/arguments of "well I didnt know"
@@oanhienlong7264 "Not being a dick is the same uncommon rule everybody knew" Definitely not. I imagine these rules came about because Chinese tourists, or American tourists, or both.
I'm curious. If it's for tourists (let's be real tourists are going to proper places not that shack) then why's it all in Japanese? I think those rules are more so for the none locals of that neighborhood
@@geshkigal That could be. I do know Chinese restaurants in the US are more likely to use corn starch to thicken soups, gravies, etc. But corn is probably cheaper here than potatoes, unlike in Asia.
@@yeezuschrist420 I have never once had the urge to bring soup home after dining in at a restaurant. Who are all these people taking a few sips and taking off with soup? Shut up, lol.
@@Lost_n_Found_1 People that aren't you that also happen to have different tastes, opinions and culture 💀. Stop acting like its weird and shaming other people for not being like you.
Depends. A lot of these places have as much rice as you want to go along with the meal, then to watch customers box up a ton of "leftover" is like 2 meals for one... It's a good rule, only order as much as you can eat.
It's one thing to encourage people to act politely, it's another to make a printed rule. It feels like there's gonna be someone staring me down, waiting for me to slip. It makes me want to be rowdy when I normally wouldn't
@@1stCallipostleit's easy to see how it wouldn't be a rule of people respected it. Sure that list of rules would make me uneasy but I can't imagine being the one who got those rules made in the first place
@@Vesperad0 It makes me wonder though like Was there some repeat disturbances that really caused the rules Or is it like a cranky old owner who gets very personally offended about things.
Many restaurants with Japanese food don't allow takeout to 1. seem more exclusive 2. Because the quality dips when reheated, they don't want it to reflect their food.
Actually if you eaten at any restaurant in Japan you will notice that they also have a lot of rules just most are not listed. Most Japanese people tend to know them as they are common sense, culturally related, or learned from living in Japan. But don't worry for foreign people the staff tend to be very helpful and forgiving in any mistakes or rule breaking. For example Americans are used to filming but most restaurants you need to ask permission first and not film guests or staff without permission. Makes sense but in Japan the respect your privacy. In fact being on your phone or playing loud music or talking loudly is pretty much frowned upon which seems to me that it might not be Japanese but maybe Chinese or other customers that eat there. Then again maybe just some rude Japanese but it does seem to cater to a certain ethnic group.
Are you serious do you know how loud cantonese restaurants are? They arent unspoken rules at cantonese restaurants because they aint being unspoken there
@@BJGvideos Most Chinese curry doesn't. You'll find bell peppers in Western Chinese takeout curry or like Hakka curry. If it's added at all it's partly because China really likes bell peppers. They produce half of the global supply of them. If you look at Chinese curry recipes from Chinese or Chinese American bloggers (think Woks or Lau), you'll see their curry dishes don't use bell peppers.
you should try other variations of the chinese gloopy curry, from where i'm from it's called KaliPeng and it's quite different from the one shown in the video 😁
Coco Ichibanya in LA wouldn’t let me order takeout for their katsu curry topped with egg bc they soft cook the omelet. But when I pressed them on the issue, they had me sit at a table for dine-in, served the dish on a plate and brought me a to-go container so I could promptly pack up my “leftovers” myself
Well Japan has very strict rules on takeout orders, usually needing a special permit. That and the fact that many places in Japan realize their food isn't as good after being put in a to-go box and waiting 30m-1hr for you to get home. Most restaurants didn't offer takeout before covid unlike here in the west, and many still don't or went back to not accepting them after the lockdowns. If they did it to you in LA, it probably stems from HQ rules or local food safety ordinances.
You're the one demanding to order something for takeout that isn't on the takeout menu in the first place. You're the problem, not them. You could've just ordered something else. The restaurant probably felt fed-up with you, and says to just fill it up yourself. If you don't care about the risk of salmonella, that's not the responsibility of CoCo.
About the rule on leftovers, apparently restaurants in Japan without a take-out license aren't allowed to let customers bring leftovers home. It has to do with the regulations on food safety
@@BJGvideosMy dude you should see the food waste in US kitchens. I dont doubt its similar in Japan, but seriously - work in a restaurant some time. You get numb to the food waste after a point.
@@beththegreen You ever had soggy takeout box food? It's pretty terrible compared to eating in. Contrary to popular belief in America, you shouldn't be eating soggy, room temperature/microwave reheated food
When you go to a restaurant and there's a ban on them letting you take away the food, I can say for certain that there's definitely something wrong with their "food". And it's no secret that their food is fake, well most of it. So not sure what you ate but it's was definitely not good.
Any time a place says not to record it creates an immediate air of "they're definitely doing something wrong" for me. Yeah maybe they don't want to appear online or have some weird recording phobia but goddamn how to they manage to work at a restaurant in public then. God forbid they appear in the background of a video of someone's Instagram to 100 followers 3 of who watch it and don't notice them.
@@Miss_Kisa94India was/is part of the British Commonwealth, the British got curry from India and then eventually took it over to Japan in the 1800s. And indentured labourers from India took curry over to the Caribbean in the 1800s, which is why curry is also very prominent in the West Indies.
@@Miss_Kisa94 yes, and the common denominator for why it’s in Hong Kong and Japan and the Caribbean is because it went from India to these places with the British, what are you not understanding??
I’d love to see a restaurant try to stop me from taking my leftovers. I paid for my food, I’m going to eat it… now or later, that’s my prerogative. If I want to pay to stare at my food for 30 minutes and then take my uneaten meal home and devour that shit in front of my tv, that’s my choice. I have lung cancer and often times my eyes are much bigger than my stomach so I always have leftovers and I refuse to waste food… I will eat it later. To try to tell people they can’t is insanity.
Couldn't agree more. You paid for it, so it's yours. They won't give you a take-out container? Then they can hold on a damn second while you find a 7-11 that sells Zip-Locs The nerve of these jag-whistles, I swear...
@@lumpchunker5516 I understand if it’s a Buffet or all you can eat special or something, that’s perfectly fair. But trying to stop me from taking the single meal I paid for?! That’s gonna be a problem.
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Those rules are courteous and respectful of everyone. In the rainy hot season food spoils quickly. The restaurant is protecting itself from anyone who may get sick from the carryout. Sadly it needs to be said that if someone blows their nose in a napkin, they should throw it away themselves and not leave it to the person clearing the tablt.
I used to be stationed in japan. japanese style chinese food is soooo good, its unreal. I cant explain it, there was a chinese place about 20 minute walk away from the base Id go nearly every week.
