It's very unusual for a Japanese person to have a view like that, in my experience. The Japanese are, on the whole, VERY particular about the way things are done, and about one generation learning to do a skill exactly as the previous generation did it.
The American mentality is the issue. We're all humans. Anything you see another person do you can do yourself. You just need to work to get there. Nobody is talented off the start. Practice makes perfect
Haha. Nah when I do real long form I’ll let you know. I do 2-3 minute videos all the time I just have to cut them down 60 seconds for shorts, this one I decided to test out a full upload.
@@EatingWithRobert i would love to see long video where you go to a city or part of a city and put a bunch of these shorter videos together in one cohesive short film!
We need more of this! I know the shorts are your “bread n butter” but bring back the 5-15 min videos… remember always start with “I LIKE THIS PLACE” and make merch with that saying and the names of some of the restaurants in the back.
Man you are really one of the best TH-camrs coming up currently and I mean that sincerely. This style of content is so beautiful the way you capture people and share their stories is just amazing.
@@EatingWithRobert definitivamente amigo! This is A1 food content bro. Your genuineness shines through. Uncle Sushi Maker bustin your balls was off the chain hahah😂
@@EatingWithRobertwas just thinking- this channel is giving me life. So there’s no part two to this I suppose. He had of cranky grandpa no-nonsense energy- so I suppose not. I know you paid that $25 too 😂
@@EatingWithRobert I connect with you well , you're behaving in a similar manner to how I would. But I get to travel with you when its not an option to move from where I am , at least for the moment. Good content . Videographers often try to explain too much whats going on and they take a piece of the experience away .
I had to read the comments to formulate what makes your channel so pleasant and compelling. The sushi chef hints at it, too: food as the work of craftsmen and craftswomen, taught by their fathers and mothers or through hard work and trial and error like this sushi chef. Maybe some of these cooks you showcase put in hours at French Laundry or Chez Panisse or some other frou frou place, but they're making food with their own low-key, deep-rooted sensibility. It reminds me of Anthony Bourdain's criticism of Alice Water's penchant for fetishizing food, invoking the example of cooking eggs over wood fire. So many channels here are foodpohrn, and every bite needs to have rare components made with novel technique. There has to be a point where fatigue settles in and all you want is a solid slice of pizza.
As always, thank you for a great video Rob. To my casual eyes, the interview seems to have been more difficult than previous ones, in that it was hard to get straight answers. How was it for you? Also, I may be jumping the gun, but does this mean you will be exploring DC food scene soon? If you are, I hope Baltimore is not too far down on your list!
Hey - yes this whole week will be DC content 🙏🏻. I didn’t make it to Baltimore but I’d like to, feels like I just scratched the surface of the DMV. In terms of the interview - yes a bit difficult. But that tension is what makes it good I think 👍🏻
@@EatingWithRobert absolutely, I think some people just have different ways of illustrating their passion. Looking forward to more DC content this week and possibly DMV content in the near future. Cheers!
@@EatingWithRobert exactly! And your interview style allows him to be himself. This is real slice of life journalism that our hearts and souls crave my man. Do you have a patreon?
What a joy to stumble upon your channel. I feel the love these men and women have for their craft without it being pretentious. Keep elevating the OGs and making your art.
Thanks for giving the activity space to breathe, showing each step, and leaving enough time for the interviewee to finish their answer. There's something meditative about the way you record and edit these, and the lack of music or frenetic pace. Genuinely lovely videos.
Hey Rob, didn't know where to put this. Im Central Jersey born, Philly raised and family in DC. Covering these gems as you do is vital. Keeping it real, showing love, while not putting on a place in a way that could lead to it losing its charm takes an artful approach and you are doing. Wanted to say thanks and mention that organizing your playlists section is something slept on by creators on the platform. It makes it so easy for us viewers to just focus in on a area. Really appreciate seeing I can find all your videos, from say North Jersey, in one spot. Keep up what your doing and continue to let your heart lead your work. Its doing you and the communities you visit well.
robert, please go to park in the woods , they are the best deli in the world. the owner will always serve you with a smile and can’t stop about his mothers recipes.
The way he’s cutting that fish, he’s no craftsman for sure. Ask anyone who is an expert in cutting fish. You can definitely tell he did not have a teacher.
I hope as you continue this path that you remain true to yourself and intentions, and that you'll meet many more wonderful people who will change your life for the better❤ thank you for sharing these stories, its the type of stuff that makes me want to get out and talk to a stranger, like ppl still value simple and honest conversation
yeah that was a ignorant comment by someone that obviously knows nothing about American craftsmen because there are tons of them in the area I live in and thats just a small town, its just the hip thing to do to shit on USA nowdays
You gotta remember; English isn’t his first language. I don’t he literally meant, there are no craftsman; he was more trying to convey that in the US we don’t focus on APPRENTICESHIP. Actually being taught in the field, in the trenches- old style. We get shove into college courses, that actually depersonalize the love and experience of learning on the job in certain ways and building yourself into expertise by investing long amounts of time into the craft as opposed to sitting in school, learning nothing that is associated with the actual job you want.
you have an incredible talent for making this videos. no yapping, no annoying music or memes, and you always find very interesting places and people. pls go on forever
His sashimi technique is less artful refinement (from someone like, say, Masayoshi); more powerful precision. A Viking swordsman more than a Samurai. And look at that shichirin. I need to make a point to eat here nice time I’m in the city.
I like longer videos. Such interesting characters and places and such a chill overall vibe. Love it! I get short form but it doesn't do it justice sometimes
I like this chef a lot and believe he’s got good ideas about living life well. But you’ve got to find what makes you excited to get up and go to work every day before you can become a true craftsperson, and sadly many people never find that, whether they are in the US, Japan, Italy, wherever. It would be wonderful if we could take time to explore our options when we are young, but that’s getting harder and harder to do as the cost of living rises higher and higher. We are all stuck with more and more bills to pay and fewer opportunities to find our passions. I’m lucky in that I did find a profession I enjoy, but I would not say it makes my heart beat faster just thinking about it. But I’m satisfied with a good life.
Yeah but learning from others, especially from their mistakes, helps you get there faster and stay their longer. Why spend 20 years to figure out something someone can teach you in one hour, even if that thing takes a couple of years to master. Far better than the 20 years. If we used his logic on school there wouldn't be much progress.
Hey bro just found your channel and am loving the videos, especially the shorts. Could you do a video on the best Moroccan restaurants in your area if there are any? Keep up the great work 😎
Lol this guy seems full of it. I doubt he is completely self-taught and never had anyone show him anything. And then he goes on a complete tangent to insult americans if they have more than one job in a lifetime? Ok Mr. Frank Sinatra.
Lol, this. The dude is stereotyping / romanticizing Italy and Japan like there are no regular people there who are not master of a craft, and like there are no Americans who are master craftsmen.
It would be nigh on impossible for him to be completely or even mostly self-taught. I also found his manner kind of unnecessarily rude (I'm not American either, so am not biased r.e. the America bashing). Maybe he's one of those guys you have to spend a bit of time around before you click with him, though. It's a short video, so who's to say.
When you come to Detroit you will find some good food! Why? We have a neighborhood with everything from restaurants to holes in the wall for all the great styles of food that matter!
As a matter of fact I am a African-American woman straight from the hood my grandfather he told me how to fish make a knife a homemade knife a homemade gun you can go to school for fishing no disrespect but that was very ignorant
I’ve taught my children since they were young that college is a complete waste of money unless you know 100% what you want to do for a living for the rest of your life requires a degree. Go into trades, make money, and use that to live a life that you want instead of living to work to work to live. Apprentice. Etc.
Please when your reference American people say some not all my grandfather taught me how to fish and how to gut and how to cut I didn't learn that from no school and I'm from the Jersey shore right across the street from the beach
Hmm New York is a big place. Don’t skip queens. I’d maybe take the 7 to Bolivian Llama Party to try a salteña, then continue to 74th street and go to Angel for dinner for mind blowing Indian food. More Manhattan side - hamburger America. In Brooklyn go to commodore for the hot chicken sandwich.
I'm not even American, but the way this guy overgeneralized Americans shows his ignorance. He also disrespected craftsmen out there who actually learned from school.
It’s so refreshing to hear him talk about craftsman and developing skills independently.
It's very unusual for a Japanese person to have a view like that, in my experience. The Japanese are, on the whole, VERY particular about the way things are done, and about one generation learning to do a skill exactly as the previous generation did it.
It’s too bad experience isn’t valued the same anymore these days.
he has such an east asian dad energy “what do you mean teach you, you just do it”
The American mentality is the issue.
We're all humans. Anything you see another person do you can do yourself. You just need to work to get there. Nobody is talented off the start.
Practice makes perfect
The long awaited long form content
Haha. Nah when I do real long form I’ll let you know. I do 2-3 minute videos all the time I just have to cut them down 60 seconds for shorts, this one I decided to test out a full upload.
Duh! Hahahahaha. We want to see the "whole" clips. Not just what you cut into shorts! @@EatingWithRobert
@@EatingWithRobert i would love to see long video where you go to a city or part of a city and put a bunch of these shorter videos together in one cohesive short film!
@@BD-zg7is That would be awesome!
We need more of this! I know the shorts are your “bread n butter” but bring back the 5-15 min videos… remember always start with “I LIKE THIS PLACE” and make merch with that saying and the names of some of the restaurants in the back.
Man you are really one of the best TH-camrs coming up currently and I mean that sincerely. This style of content is so beautiful the way you capture people and share their stories is just amazing.
Yeah, he is talented
glazinggg
Right!?
Man i absolutely loved the “i always pay” at the end… goes to show how genuine this dude is.
That's why the side left it in the video.
you’re amazing, no makes content like this anymore
Thanks so much! It's a bit different than the norm, but I'm glad people are rocking with it.
@@EatingWithRobert definitivamente amigo! This is A1 food content bro. Your genuineness shines through. Uncle Sushi Maker bustin your balls was off the chain hahah😂
@@EatingWithRobertwas just thinking- this channel is giving me life. So there’s no part two to this I suppose. He had of cranky grandpa no-nonsense energy- so I suppose not. I know you paid that $25 too 😂
@@EatingWithRobert I connect with you well , you're behaving in a similar manner to how I would. But I get to travel with you when its not an option to move from where I am , at least for the moment. Good content . Videographers often try to explain too much whats going on and they take a piece of the experience away .
You show us an honest and nostalgic side of humanity❤
I had to read the comments to formulate what makes your channel so pleasant and compelling. The sushi chef hints at it, too: food as the work of craftsmen and craftswomen, taught by their fathers and mothers or through hard work and trial and error like this sushi chef. Maybe some of these cooks you showcase put in hours at French Laundry or Chez Panisse or some other frou frou place, but they're making food with their own low-key, deep-rooted sensibility. It reminds me of Anthony Bourdain's criticism of Alice Water's penchant for fetishizing food, invoking the example of cooking eggs over wood fire. So many channels here are foodpohrn, and every bite needs to have rare components made with novel technique. There has to be a point where fatigue settles in and all you want is a solid slice of pizza.
Hmm. Thanks for this thoughtful comment. I’ll look up that Anthony Bourdain criticism, that’s interesting.
Are you a poet? This was beautiful written. Wow.
You're one of my favorite channels I've found in a while, it's amazing to see someone highlighting these great places and foods
Man, loving your interview style. Keep up the good work!
What a character 😂. Love these little short vids. Such big energy and intimacy in such a short time. Always look forward to your videos.
I love this, nothing brings me peace and faith in the internet like these videos do
I love these interviews. I wish they were slightly longer but I know how rust can be challenging.
Thanks for sharing a
so glad i found ur videos, keep up the great content :)
Thank you. Will do 🙏🏻
@@EatingWithRobert i’ll be waiting for the episodes in canada too
As always, thank you for a great video Rob.
To my casual eyes, the interview seems to have been more difficult than previous ones, in that it was hard to get straight answers. How was it for you?
Also, I may be jumping the gun, but does this mean you will be exploring DC food scene soon? If you are, I hope Baltimore is not too far down on your list!
Hey - yes this whole week will be DC content 🙏🏻. I didn’t make it to Baltimore but I’d like to, feels like I just scratched the surface of the DMV.
In terms of the interview - yes a bit difficult. But that tension is what makes it good I think 👍🏻
@@EatingWithRobert absolutely, I think some people just have different ways of illustrating their passion.
Looking forward to more DC content this week and possibly DMV content in the near future. Cheers!
@@EatingWithRobert exactly! And your interview style allows him to be himself. This is real slice of life journalism that our hearts and souls crave my man. Do you have a patreon?
The other comments say it all - these videos are unique and great!
What a joy to stumble upon your channel. I feel the love these men and women have for their craft without it being pretentious. Keep elevating the OGs and making your art.
Super relaxing videos, must be nice to taste so many great foods. Keep it up man 😁
I absolutely love how you create these videos. You manage to transfer the vibes through these.
Beautiful work
Genuine and warm, the type of thing that the internet needs more of ❤
Wouldn’t exactly characterize this as warm 😊
I like this guy. Very humble, important knowledge of the craftsman
a WISE 76y old sushi chef …
Amazing content - keep it going
Thanks so much 🙏🏻
This... this was freaking special. Thank you.
Chef Seki!! He doesn’t suffer fools easily!
Gorgeous stuff as usual man.
Loved this craftsman ❤ and by the way he charges for the hardwork put in. Love the oldies some of them know their stuff.❤
definitely need more 3 minute cuts for sure. this one is awesome
Only just found your channel the other day, it's brilliant. No one you YT is doing content like this.
I loved what he said about craftsmen, "craftsman everything"
I watch a decent amount of food content and I think what you do is special. Keep up the great work man!
Love your videos, you definitely need to interview this guy more! I love his insight and his cheeky sense of humour
Thanks for giving the activity space to breathe, showing each step, and leaving enough time for the interviewee to finish their answer. There's something meditative about the way you record and edit these, and the lack of music or frenetic pace. Genuinely lovely videos.
This guy didn’t have a teacher and it shows!
Hey Rob, didn't know where to put this. Im Central Jersey born, Philly raised and family in DC. Covering these gems as you do is vital. Keeping it real, showing love, while not putting on a place in a way that could lead to it losing its charm takes an artful approach and you are doing.
Wanted to say thanks and mention that organizing your playlists section is something slept on by creators on the platform. It makes it so easy for us viewers to just focus in on a area. Really appreciate seeing I can find all your videos, from say North Jersey, in one spot.
Keep up what your doing and continue to let your heart lead your work. Its doing you and the communities you visit well.
No one elses videos make me smile like yours does please keep being yourself man much love.
You seem like such a symphatic man. So refreshing. Thank you for the interesting videos.
I love this guy. Love his principles and energy.
robert, please go to park in the woods , they are the best deli in the world. the owner will always serve you with a smile and can’t stop about his mothers recipes.
That's an artist at work.
Can’t deny anything the chef said at all…master craftsman
I can think of a few things that could be denied…
The way he’s cutting that fish, he’s no craftsman for sure. Ask anyone who is an expert in cutting fish. You can definitely tell he did not have a teacher.
I understand him completely. Hard work and experience.
How did I just click on your channel and see the first video uploaded in over a year 😆
I’ve been uploading a bunch of shorts the past few months 🫶🏻
My mam found a Vonnegut character behind the sushi counter. Excellent work.
I hope as you continue this path that you remain true to yourself and intentions, and that you'll meet many more wonderful people who will change your life for the better❤ thank you for sharing these stories, its the type of stuff that makes me want to get out and talk to a stranger, like ppl still value simple and honest conversation
I know many American craftsmen. Stereotypes are cross continental.
yeah that was a ignorant comment by someone that obviously knows nothing about American craftsmen because there are tons of them in the area I live in and thats just a small town, its just the hip thing to do to shit on USA nowdays
You gotta remember; English isn’t his first language. I don’t he literally meant, there are no craftsman; he was more trying to convey that in the US we don’t focus on APPRENTICESHIP. Actually being taught in the field, in the trenches- old style. We get shove into college courses, that actually depersonalize the love and experience of learning on the job in certain ways and building yourself into expertise by investing long amounts of time into the craft as opposed to sitting in school, learning nothing that is associated with the actual job you want.
you have an incredible talent for making this videos. no yapping, no annoying music or memes, and you always find very interesting places and people. pls go on forever
That guy really is dishing out some life advice out there.
Make your job your craft. Do your job, learn your craft, your job does good.
That’s a nice, hidden gem of a place. It’s one of my favorites and I live a few blocks from there.
Has Rob ever collaborated with therealsamalkhatib? I feel like they'd have fun together!
His sashimi technique is less artful refinement (from someone like, say, Masayoshi); more powerful precision. A Viking swordsman more than a Samurai. And look at that shichirin.
I need to make a point to eat here nice time I’m in the city.
He ain't lying
You can tell he is a cool mfooo 😂😂
You not gone keep badmouthing the USA pops! 😂😂😂
Humble and funny.
I like longer videos. Such interesting characters and places and such a chill overall vibe.
Love it! I get short form but it doesn't do it justice sometimes
I like this chef a lot and believe he’s got good ideas about living life well. But you’ve got to find what makes you excited to get up and go to work every day before you can become a true craftsperson, and sadly many people never find that, whether they are in the US, Japan, Italy, wherever. It would be wonderful if we could take time to explore our options when we are young, but that’s getting harder and harder to do as the cost of living rises higher and higher. We are all stuck with more and more bills to pay and fewer opportunities to find our passions.
I’m lucky in that I did find a profession I enjoy, but I would not say it makes my heart beat faster just thinking about it. But I’m satisfied with a good life.
Always get the biggest smile after watching your content. Love it. Keep it up
Yesss please more videos man! Shorts are ok for..well a short time. Your videos are so good please upload more of these longer formats :)
Sir what do you think craftsmen do with their understudies?
May have been a language issue
Would love to see if you make full, or like longer video like this, just longer duration.
I am 70 yrs young. Worked n commercial kitchens, experience was worth far more than school.
Well done bro! I just came came across your channel and it’s so well done. Good vibes good food and spirit of unconditional love 😉🫡
Craftsmanship will you something that's uniquely yours.
To say America doesn't have craftsmen is a wild statement 😅
pleasepleaseplease do more long form content like this :]
New subscriber. I love your content!
Lets make longer vide instead of just shorts.. please? 😊
Just discovered your channel. Excellent content. I like your style sir.
Salutations from Belfast Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Yeah but learning from others, especially from their mistakes, helps you get there faster and stay their longer. Why spend 20 years to figure out something someone can teach you in one hour, even if that thing takes a couple of years to master. Far better than the 20 years. If we used his logic on school there wouldn't be much progress.
Damn... man did all that work for a "wow"😂
Love your content tho hahaha
Not to undermine his skills but he is making a big generalization about craftsmanship in America.
Lookin' good Mr. Sinatra!
The chef calling himself Frank Sinatra reminded me if this one time I asked a Japanese stationmaster for his name. He replied with "James Bondu!" 😆
I loved this!
I feel the great energy. Thank you for no cringe music.
Justin Gaethje lookin foodie
Great channel
Your doing God's work.
Hey bro just found your channel and am loving the videos, especially the shorts. Could you do a video on the best Moroccan restaurants in your area if there are any? Keep up the great work 😎
I can tell he's had no teaching... Dude was destroying that fish.
@markweins yummy! And so super dedicated!
Lol this guy seems full of it. I doubt he is completely self-taught and never had anyone show him anything. And then he goes on a complete tangent to insult americans if they have more than one job in a lifetime? Ok Mr. Frank Sinatra.
Lol, this. The dude is stereotyping / romanticizing Italy and Japan like there are no regular people there who are not master of a craft, and like there are no Americans who are master craftsmen.
It would be nigh on impossible for him to be completely or even mostly self-taught. I also found his manner kind of unnecessarily rude (I'm not American either, so am not biased r.e. the America bashing). Maybe he's one of those guys you have to spend a bit of time around before you click with him, though. It's a short video, so who's to say.
When you come to Detroit you will find some good food! Why? We have a neighborhood with everything from restaurants to holes in the wall for all the great styles of food that matter!
Is the name of this channel Eating With Robert or Being Eaten By Robert ???
Just wondering ...
There was a few times this guy was bashing on America for no reason. Just saying
I'm not even American but I totally agree. Like bruh why did he have to do that? 😂😂
Unc didn’t understand the question.
Legend
As a matter of fact I am a African-American woman straight from the hood my grandfather he told me how to fish make a knife a homemade knife a homemade gun you can go to school for fishing no disrespect but that was very ignorant
I’ve taught my children since they were young that college is a complete waste of money unless you know 100% what you want to do for a living for the rest of your life requires a degree. Go into trades, make money, and use that to live a life that you want instead of living to work to work to live. Apprentice. Etc.
Please when your reference American people say some not all my grandfather taught me how to fish and how to gut and how to cut I didn't learn that from no school and I'm from the Jersey shore right across the street from the beach
Tell Uncle Frank I like try some too 😅
Whaddup cousin
I can't stand when people generalize about "Americans"
It's the same when anyone generalizes anyone based on their nationality...
Nice meeting you, Frank Sinatra.
Frank Sinatra 🤣🤣🤣, no lie though, he does it his wayyyyy😆
First of all who goes to school for fishing have to be taught from an elder
Cute man
DONT THINK YOU’LL READ..
What’s up my man! I’m coming to NYC, from ARIZONA & would like 4 great eats you got any I should choose?
Hmm New York is a big place. Don’t skip queens. I’d maybe take the 7 to Bolivian Llama Party to try a salteña, then continue to 74th street and go to Angel for dinner for mind blowing Indian food. More Manhattan side - hamburger America. In Brooklyn go to commodore for the hot chicken sandwich.
@@EatingWithRobert AMAZING
thanks bro! I’ll be out that way first week of October!!
You better pay....sick of influencers demanding free shit.
I'm not even American, but the way this guy overgeneralized Americans shows his ignorance. He also disrespected craftsmen out there who actually learned from school.