The French-Australian couple got cut! Since I'm French, I can provide an answer about Japanese food in France. Sushi are popular and pretty widespread, and instant ramens can easily be found in grocery stores, but you can also find specialised restaurants in big cities. In Paris, there's a Japanese-Korean district, with a street full of restaurants solely proposing ramens (and one also having okonomiyaki on the menu). It's pretty nice and fun to tour the restaurants to decide which one you like the most! And personally, I have a bias towards butter ramen, miso ramen and shio ramen. Basically all those good Hokkaido flavours lol. And I plan to tour Japan one day, and will probably do it on the theme of food because that's a good way to have a feel for a different culture. Of course, I can also cheat with a Japanese friend who's a very good cook too haha. I don't like having people in my kitchen, but I'd entrust him with it without batting an eye. As for my favourite food? I'm French Catalan (Northern Catalonia is on the French side), so my favourite are Catalan, rather than French. Simple stuff like an escalivade (grilled peppers and eggplant prepared in a fresh salad with anchovies) are the best, and I like grilled seafood and fish (grilled on a planxa of course). I also like local wines, both from the Spanish and French sides of the border - they tend to be fresh and fruity... And can be way stronger than their taste let you believe, so they have to be drunk with moderation. Overall, I really like dishes with fresh veggies and fish, so it's not really surprising that I have a soft spot for Japanese food.
I'm from Japan. I didn't know Northern Catalonia belonged to France. Do people there speak Catalan language at home ? I have lived in Switzerland before and often visited Alsace region. I have to say the houses and the city landscape in Alsace are the same as Germany. They eat half French half German food. Only complete difference is that people speak French. As for food in Paris, I didn't find cheap French restaurants that good for high reputation of French cuisine. You have to pay at least 15 Euro for a good lunch. Probably the most reason Ramen are popular in Paris is its relatively cheap price.
Instagram-worthy food is never hard to find in Japan. The food variety in the basement of most Japanese department stores will make you dizzy from all the fabulous choices. I have been fortunate enough to try Matsusakagyu sushi in Osaka. I love ichigo daifukus. Tonkotsu ramen is my fave kind of ramen. Totally have to go back to Kurumon market for the fresh seafood and street food. I still have not scratched eating at Tsukiji Market off of my bucket list...
I live in Oregon on the west coast of the United States. Afuri ramen has location in a city called Portland. This is Afuri's only location outside of Japan. The food is very good! I am hoping to visit Japan in the next year and look forward to enjoying all kinds of food I've seen on TH-cam that people have posted videos of during their trips. I'm 6'7" and may find it difficult to fit in some of the Japanese restaurants but I'm willing to sacrifice comfort for great food!
I was lucky enough to try most of what was listed here last year. My favorite: Japanese Udon. The chewiness of the noodles and how it blends with the toppings is simply marvelous. The most unique: It's an izakaya chain, but eating at Hanbey, just try it if you ever travel there. I'm saving my nattou virginity for a Japanese host that deserves my reaction and finds that kind of thing amusing, though.
It might be that I haven't been to Japan to try real sushi, ramen and so on, but I haven't really had anything japanese in the US that has blown me away, like a lot of people say they feel like when they tried japanese food.
triky5384 have you been to big cities in CA or NYC? They tend to have more authentic stuff. Nothing quite like Japan but I've had ramen that comes very close.
Jay I live 10 minutes from Nyc and yes, I've tried a lot of the top reviewed places and found most of them "ok" or "good" but like I said, nothing extraordinary like some people describe japanese food. I might travel to Japan in a few months and then I'll see if the authentic is really that good.
You actually found some Hoosiers (people from Indiana)! Being an inland state with a smaller population means it's often more difficult to find international cuisine, but thankfully that's been rapidly improving throughout the entire U.S. Anyway, much love from Indiana!
That's a super cute outfit! There is quite a bit of interesting Japanese food out there. Some things I loved to eat on my trip were gyudon, curry and melon bread (wish I had any of those here). Also, melon fanta is literally the best soda there is. I'm still trying to figure out how to smuggle a life time supply back to my country.
In california san diego specifically there are two ramen franchises from japan there. (Nishiki and Menya Ultra) and a few other US only ramen shops. There's also a coco's curry in Los Angeles but its no where near as good as japan.
Ramen and Sushi are Japanese fast food. Soba or Udon is also so. If you have enough time and money, you can be eaten genuine Japanese cuisine in a place called Kappoh. There you can also enjoy a meal called Kaiseki.
Authentic ramen is slowly becoming more available in America, but for the most part restaurants that serve it have been located in California or New York, because of the high amount of culture and visitor traffic.
Response to the first 2 American girls: curry, not "curey" hehe. But that's okay grrrrl. Side note: you CAN find authentic Japanese ramen restaurants in the US. Some of them are in the bigger cities but even a suburb I used to live in in Texas had a ramen shop. Anyway. Yeah, I think Japanese food in Japan is delicious. Sushi is probably my favorite thing to eat here. As for American food, I think TexMex is outstanding. I love tacos and enchiladas, fajitas...also, food from New Orleans is delicious. Rich, heavy flavors that pair really well together. Also, you can't go wrong with a real, gourmet burger in the US (not the fast food kind).
Best food in my country, for me, is old fashioned soups. Like green beans and potatoes and (not sweet) pancakes in it. It's rather thick and of course the ingredients have to be fresh. But I highly doubt that anybody would think of this kind of food when they hear about my country. :-) In my perception, Japan is famous for the freshness and high-quality standards of it's food. It's also seen as very healthy. And even industrialized food often is arranged with love for details.
Might be totally different from this video, but I just remembered your video where you compared the average height and weight fron USA and Japan. So i thought maybe you could compare USA, Japans, and Denmark average height and weight 💜
Instant Ramen is the staple of many college students, and bachelors here in the U. S. I ate enough of it to last a lifetime...now, it`s just gross. Green Chile Cheeseburger in New Mexico.
There should be ramen places in more bigger, well known cities in the US with a bigger Asian population like Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, etc. just to name a few. To find authentic Asian cuisine you should find an Asian friend that could show you where all the good, authentic, places are because only they would know what true Asian cuisine is since they are Asian themselves. You shouldn't ask an American person that comes from the mid-west, the mid-east, &/or any remote/secluded area what authentic Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc. cuisine is because most likely they won't really know because there is no Asian influence/population living in that part of the area of the US so people there would of course be more easily fascinated about Asian culture & think of it as exotic &/or something new to experience because they are basically in the middle of nowhere. If you live in or near bigger cities in the US Asians &/or Asian culture is just about everywhere. You just got to know where to look or have an Asian local show you where all the best spots are. I'm Chinese & live on the east coast where there are many Asian cultures around me so of coarse I know where all the good, authentic places to go for Asian cuisine are.
And the first couple. I reside in Lafayette indiana there are Ramen joints that have decent ramen. Indy has then as well. You just have to look for.then
Tastiest food in my country? That's difficult. I've always been partial to classic deli food. I guess that maybe it's a toss up between a tongue sandwich, cold and center cut vs hot pastrami with a touch of mustard. Maybe I'd put in roast beef with russian as an entry too. All on rye bread with a crusty crust, none of that soft rye stuff they sell in supermarkets. Half-sour pickle on the side to help cleanse your palate. And some black cherry soda. Ok, now I'm getting hungry. But if the deli food isn't available then the gods of chocolate suggest a blackout layer cake. Usually it's got layers of heavy black chocolate cake with thick pudding like chocolate icing between. Did I mention chocolate? They put chocolate cake crumbs on the outside icing and I'm pretty sure I've seen the cake decorated with chocolate shavings. Chocolate. Yes, I did mention chocolate. I also have to admit that breakfast is a favorite of mine. Eggs, any style you want, although my preference is scrambled. Sausage, I prefer links to patties. Toast, I prefer rye to white or wheat. Home fries, maybe. A short stack with real maple syrup. And a nice cup of coffee light size medium. But of course,, since I live in a country where hunger doesn't whet the appetite, even this gets boring, and then it's time for a trip to the local Mexican, Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Italian or Afghani place. Travel further afield and you can get almost anything you wanted and discover a few places that you didn't realize had unique cuisines.
I think if you're talking about America's best foods you'd stereotypically associate with us, you're probably thinking of burgers, steaks, and fried chicken. There are a ton of places here that do those very well. Personally my favorite food is one that's pretty polarizing in America, and even not well known at all -- Cincinnati Skyline Chili. If you know about it, you tend to have a strong opinion about it (love it or hate it.) But most likely if you don't live along I-75 between Lima and Florida, you've never heard of it.
I like Japan it's history culture and tradition. But food not really an big fan .But I did try Japanese food while in Japan. I prefer Chinese and Indian Lebanese food.
@@janpeternelj2309 pretty sure it was a woman.. some women have deeper/masculine voices 🤷♀️ heck.. in one class I had, for the longest time I thought one classmate was a guy.. looked the part and sounded the part. I was thankful I never had to refer to her 😬 (I only found out by accident by overhearing a convo).
You will starve as a vegeterian in Japan. All jokes aside, it is quite hard to get across the food that doesn't have meat in it. They always have to put a little bit of pork in it.
Inari sushi,vegetable kakiage,agedashi dofu,chawan mushi.Most traditional (ancient) Japanese food was vegetarian anyway.A lot of great dishes-like okonomiyaki and tempura-can be ordered without meat.Kitsune soba or udon are vegan.
broth of beef flavor, shrimp flavor (or chicken flavor), and noodle with nothing else in a bowl ... those seem more particular to typical chinese noodles. i guess cooks (or owners) of such "ramen restaurants" are chinese. ramen noodle in japanese style is fairy different from original chinese ones such as suzhou noodles. WATCH OUT! many chinese under the guise of japanese run "ramen restaurant" in NY city or LA.
There's real ramen places here in Austin Texas too. But speaking of ramen in NYC, in 2015 I went to this tucked away, small ramen place fairly close to Columbus Square and it was SO amazing. Edit--It was close to Columbus Circle, not the Square. The place is called Terakawa Ramen. SO good.
Nah, Columbus Ohio has ramen shops, they're talking about Columbus Indiana, which is a much smaller city (just under 50k population versus Columbus Ohio's ~900k.)
Some doctors restrict your diet while pregnant and that includes tuna and oily fish, and also salmon very very rarely comes with parasitic worms but while pregnant you want to reduce the odds to a 0% chance, better safe than sorry.
They're also concerned about the mercury content-tuna in particular.What wouldn't be harmful to most could complicate pregnancy or cause birth defects.
Is japanese food good? I would say maybe, japanese food is just not my kind of food. After spend my whole life eating padang dish, japanese food taste bland for me
The French-Australian couple got cut! Since I'm French, I can provide an answer about Japanese food in France. Sushi are popular and pretty widespread, and instant ramens can easily be found in grocery stores, but you can also find specialised restaurants in big cities. In Paris, there's a Japanese-Korean district, with a street full of restaurants solely proposing ramens (and one also having okonomiyaki on the menu). It's pretty nice and fun to tour the restaurants to decide which one you like the most!
And personally, I have a bias towards butter ramen, miso ramen and shio ramen. Basically all those good Hokkaido flavours lol. And I plan to tour Japan one day, and will probably do it on the theme of food because that's a good way to have a feel for a different culture. Of course, I can also cheat with a Japanese friend who's a very good cook too haha. I don't like having people in my kitchen, but I'd entrust him with it without batting an eye.
As for my favourite food? I'm French Catalan (Northern Catalonia is on the French side), so my favourite are Catalan, rather than French. Simple stuff like an escalivade (grilled peppers and eggplant prepared in a fresh salad with anchovies) are the best, and I like grilled seafood and fish (grilled on a planxa of course). I also like local wines, both from the Spanish and French sides of the border - they tend to be fresh and fruity... And can be way stronger than their taste let you believe, so they have to be drunk with moderation. Overall, I really like dishes with fresh veggies and fish, so it's not really surprising that I have a soft spot for Japanese food.
I'm from Japan. I didn't know Northern Catalonia belonged to France. Do people there speak Catalan language at home ? I have lived in Switzerland before and often visited Alsace region. I have to say the houses and the city landscape in Alsace are the same as Germany. They eat half French half German food. Only complete difference is that people speak French.
As for food in Paris, I didn't find cheap French restaurants that good for high reputation of French cuisine. You have to pay at least 15 Euro for a good lunch. Probably the most reason Ramen are popular in Paris is its relatively cheap price.
your interviews are tons of fun to watch, really enjoyable, keep up the good work :)
Instagram-worthy food is never hard to find in Japan.
The food variety in the basement of most Japanese department stores will make you dizzy from all the fabulous choices.
I have been fortunate enough to try Matsusakagyu sushi in Osaka.
I love ichigo daifukus.
Tonkotsu ramen is my fave kind of ramen.
Totally have to go back to Kurumon market for the fresh seafood and street food.
I still have not scratched eating at Tsukiji Market off of my bucket list...
Thanks to the guy from Hong Kong for recommendation.👍
I live in Oregon on the west coast of the United States. Afuri ramen has location in a city called Portland. This is Afuri's only location outside of Japan. The food is very good! I am hoping to visit Japan in the next year and look forward to enjoying all kinds of food I've seen on TH-cam that people have posted videos of during their trips. I'm 6'7" and may find it difficult to fit in some of the Japanese restaurants but I'm willing to sacrifice comfort for great food!
I was lucky enough to try most of what was listed here last year.
My favorite: Japanese Udon. The chewiness of the noodles and how it blends with the toppings is simply marvelous.
The most unique: It's an izakaya chain, but eating at Hanbey, just try it if you ever travel there.
I'm saving my nattou virginity for a Japanese host that deserves my reaction and finds that kind of thing amusing, though.
It might be that I haven't been to Japan to try real sushi, ramen and so on, but I haven't really had anything japanese in the US that has blown me away, like a lot of people say they feel like when they tried japanese food.
triky5384 have you been to big cities in CA or NYC? They tend to have more authentic stuff. Nothing quite like Japan but I've had ramen that comes very close.
Jay I live 10 minutes from Nyc and yes, I've tried a lot of the top reviewed places and found most of them "ok" or "good" but like I said, nothing extraordinary like some people describe japanese food. I might travel to Japan in a few months and then I'll see if the authentic is really that good.
More food challenges! hahaha
Great job!! I love your videos.
Unsure if I accidentally fast-forwarded, or you edited out the French-British couple’s answers..
You actually found some Hoosiers (people from Indiana)! Being an inland state with a smaller population means it's often more difficult to find international cuisine, but thankfully that's been rapidly improving throughout the entire U.S.
Anyway, much love from Indiana!
That's a super cute outfit!
There is quite a bit of interesting Japanese food out there. Some things I loved to eat on my trip were gyudon, curry and melon bread (wish I had any of those here).
Also, melon fanta is literally the best soda there is. I'm still trying to figure out how to smuggle a life time supply back to my country.
In california san diego specifically there are two ramen franchises from japan there. (Nishiki and Menya Ultra) and a few other US only ramen shops. There's also a coco's curry in Los Angeles but its no where near as good as japan.
Ramen and Sushi are Japanese fast food. Soba or Udon is also so.
If you have enough time and money, you can be eaten genuine Japanese cuisine in a place called Kappoh.
There you can also enjoy a meal called Kaiseki.
Authentic ramen is slowly becoming more available in America, but for the most part restaurants that serve it have been located in California or New York, because of the high amount of culture and visitor traffic.
As a russian those russians were the most awkward introverted weebs i have ever seen especially the left one lol
Thank you for having interest in japan!!
Please come and spend time in japan again！
I welcom your visit＼(^o^)／
Response to the first 2 American girls: curry, not "curey" hehe. But that's okay grrrrl. Side note: you CAN find authentic Japanese ramen restaurants in the US. Some of them are in the bigger cities but even a suburb I used to live in in Texas had a ramen shop. Anyway. Yeah, I think Japanese food in Japan is delicious. Sushi is probably my favorite thing to eat here. As for American food, I think TexMex is outstanding. I love tacos and enchiladas, fajitas...also, food from New Orleans is delicious. Rich, heavy flavors that pair really well together. Also, you can't go wrong with a real, gourmet burger in the US (not the fast food kind).
4:54 I recognize that accent and hear it everday when we have english class haha
Best food in my country, for me, is old fashioned soups. Like green beans and potatoes and (not sweet) pancakes in it. It's rather thick and of course the ingredients have to be fresh. But I highly doubt that anybody would think of this kind of food when they hear about my country. :-)
In my perception, Japan is famous for the freshness and high-quality standards of it's food. It's also seen as very healthy. And even industrialized food often is arranged with love for details.
Might be totally different from this video, but I just remembered your video where you compared the average height and weight fron USA and Japan. So i thought maybe you could compare USA, Japans, and Denmark average height and weight 💜
カティちゃん相変わら早口w でも何回も聞いて英語の勉強にします また次回も楽しみにしてますね
Instant Ramen is the staple of many college students, and bachelors here in the U. S. I ate enough of it to last a lifetime...now, it`s just gross.
Green Chile Cheeseburger in New Mexico.
Mapo tofu! Chinese dish and popular in Japan!
I am from egypt and the famous food in egypt is koshary
WHILE IN JAPAN, I ASKED FOR A T BONE STEAK BIG ENOUGH TO BE USED AS A WEAPON. NEVER GOT IT.
There should be ramen places in more bigger, well known cities in the US with a bigger Asian population like Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, etc. just to name a few. To find authentic Asian cuisine you should find an Asian friend that could show you where all the good, authentic, places are because only they would know what true Asian cuisine is since they are Asian themselves. You shouldn't ask an American person that comes from the mid-west, the mid-east, &/or any remote/secluded area what authentic Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc. cuisine is because most likely they won't really know because there is no Asian influence/population living in that part of the area of the US so people there would of course be more easily fascinated about Asian culture & think of it as exotic &/or something new to experience because they are basically in the middle of nowhere. If you live in or near bigger cities in the US Asians &/or Asian culture is just about everywhere. You just got to know where to look or have an Asian local show you where all the best spots are. I'm Chinese & live on the east coast where there are many Asian cultures around me so of coarse I know where all the good, authentic places to go for Asian cuisine are.
Kevin Wong there is just that they are usually Americanized
And the first couple. I reside in Lafayette indiana there are Ramen joints that have decent ramen. Indy has then as well. You just have to look for.then
Americanized food is not authentic. At best it's cheap & lower quality compared to the real thing.
I don't doubt you. I agree that you have to look for the good places & it takes effort to do so is what I'm saying.
Tastiest food in my country? That's difficult.
I've always been partial to classic deli food. I guess that maybe it's a toss up between a tongue sandwich, cold and center cut vs hot pastrami with a touch of mustard. Maybe I'd put in roast beef with russian as an entry too. All on rye bread with a crusty crust, none of that soft rye stuff they sell in supermarkets. Half-sour pickle on the side to help cleanse your palate. And some black cherry soda. Ok, now I'm getting hungry.
But if the deli food isn't available then the gods of chocolate suggest a blackout layer cake. Usually it's got layers of heavy black chocolate cake with thick pudding like chocolate icing between. Did I mention chocolate? They put chocolate cake crumbs on the outside icing and I'm pretty sure I've seen the cake decorated with chocolate shavings. Chocolate. Yes, I did mention chocolate.
I also have to admit that breakfast is a favorite of mine. Eggs, any style you want, although my preference is scrambled. Sausage, I prefer links to patties. Toast, I prefer rye to white or wheat. Home fries, maybe. A short stack with real maple syrup. And a nice cup of coffee light size medium.
But of course,, since I live in a country where hunger doesn't whet the appetite, even this gets boring, and then it's time for a trip to the local Mexican, Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Italian or Afghani place. Travel further afield and you can get almost anything you wanted and discover a few places that you didn't realize had unique cuisines.
wantan nudle is from Honkon!? I didnt know that!
Chivito! And Milanesas in Uruguay ^^
6:25 that posture looks incredibly uncomfortable
I think if you're talking about America's best foods you'd stereotypically associate with us, you're probably thinking of burgers, steaks, and fried chicken. There are a ton of places here that do those very well. Personally my favorite food is one that's pretty polarizing in America, and even not well known at all -- Cincinnati Skyline Chili. If you know about it, you tend to have a strong opinion about it (love it or hate it.) But most likely if you don't live along I-75 between Lima and Florida, you've never heard of it.
I like Japan it's history culture and tradition. But food not really an big fan .But I did try Japanese food while in Japan. I prefer Chinese and Indian Lebanese food.
Los tacos 🌮🌯🇲🇽 Mexíco!😍
I love that-- Melon pan is passion and my profession
i have to say just seeing the dancing squid scares me have you tried it Moonie Cathy Cat?
Who's the cute russian girl with the blonde hair? She's drowning in style! 😍
I think he was a guy?
Man ur gay😂😂😂
@@janpeternelj2309 pretty sure it was a woman.. some women have deeper/masculine voices 🤷♀️ heck.. in one class I had, for the longest time I thought one classmate was a guy.. looked the part and sounded the part. I was thankful I never had to refer to her 😬 (I only found out by accident by overhearing a convo).
@@LadyTarasque aaam I'm pretty sure I saw him in another video saying he's a guy.
Do have fond memory's of the Melon Bread, lovely with marmalade.
My favorite Japanese food is definitely home cooked Japanese food.
Any vegetarian recommendations?
You will starve as a vegeterian in Japan.
All jokes aside, it is quite hard to get across the food that doesn't have meat in it. They always have to put a little bit of pork in it.
Dominik Pavičić 😂😂😂 I know
Inari sushi,vegetable kakiage,agedashi dofu,chawan mushi.Most traditional (ancient) Japanese food was vegetarian anyway.A lot of great dishes-like okonomiyaki and tempura-can be ordered without meat.Kitsune soba or udon are vegan.
Shojin Ryori Foods, looks soo yummy
exeuroweenie thank you
broth of beef flavor, shrimp flavor (or chicken flavor), and noodle with nothing else in a bowl ...
those seem more particular to typical chinese noodles.
i guess cooks (or owners) of such "ramen restaurants" are chinese.
ramen noodle in japanese style is fairy different from original chinese ones such as suzhou noodles.
WATCH OUT! many chinese under the guise of japanese run "ramen restaurant" in NY city or LA.
Any trip to Japan without trying Natto is a wasted experience ;) And raw horse sushi!
Me, a vegetarian, is going to die in Japan
There are vegan restaurants and vegi menus in Tokyo. Don't you worry.
oh that guy from Hong Kong was smoking hot
Wagyuu Shabushabu = Beste
アメリカは州によるんだよね、ラーメン屋はかなりあると思うんだけどね
Hmm definitely Ramen shops in NYC. The two ladies are relating and refering to Columbus Ohio only probably. 🤓
There's real ramen places here in Austin Texas too. But speaking of ramen in NYC, in 2015 I went to this tucked away, small ramen place fairly close to Columbus Square and it was SO amazing.
Edit--It was close to Columbus Circle, not the Square. The place is called Terakawa Ramen. SO good.
Nah, Columbus Ohio has ramen shops, they're talking about Columbus Indiana, which is a much smaller city (just under 50k population versus Columbus Ohio's ~900k.)
Good job Cathy . Sometimes 休憩したら？ 自身でサボってるとは、思うけど、、、？ 2021/Sep/03 Ps フォーミュラ１のミハエル シューマッハはクールガイ。以上
Nattou = 💩 No me gustaria probar eso Jajaja pero la comida de japon debe ser rica y saladuble
Ps: Quiero una novia Japonesa 😍
Japanese main meal become a dessert, because it's too small, too little.
mmmmm,. melonpan.. only 3 month waitn, than i am again in tokyo. wuhuu
What does being pregnant have to do with eating sushi?
Some doctors restrict your diet while pregnant and that includes tuna and oily fish, and also salmon very very rarely comes with parasitic worms but while pregnant you want to reduce the odds to a 0% chance, better safe than sorry.
They're also concerned about the mercury content-tuna in particular.What wouldn't be harmful to most could complicate pregnancy or cause birth defects.
Slow smoked hickory BBQ ribs...oh my
Is japanese food good? I would say maybe, japanese food is just not my kind of food. After spend my whole life eating padang dish, japanese food taste bland for me
Do an episode where you try whale meat.....too controversial?
Personally I think Japanese food is overrated compared to other Asian countries cuisine. It kinda lacks in flavor
Cathy cat is the most tastiest thing in japan, so hot, so yummy
*RAWMEN*
ワンタン麺！
Great job 😑😑😡😡😡😡😡😡 . Now i ak super hungry
and i just ate 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Mataste a mi padre
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