When I was in Japan, I was also surprised that KFC was a popular choice for Christmas dinner. The reserving in advance was also jaw dropping. Honestly, KFC tiramisu and lasagne is also an eye opener. Merry Christmas!
I actually live in Kentucky in the Untied States and we don't have KFC Buckets like that here!! I'm totally jealous!!! I love watching your videos and learning as much as I can about Japan and the culture! Thank you and Happy Holidays!!
Other countries are elevating American chains…. 7Elevan are amazing in other Asian countries. And this bucket is amazing, but it will probably cost $50 or more - chicken, pasta and cake.
Congrats to you and hubby's first Christmas together. Wishing you all the best for the new year. I'll be heading to Tokyo over the new year, but only for a short trip. Was hoping to book a tour, but will do that for the next time I'm up.
I teach Japanese students online and was fascinated when they told me about this tradition. Thanks to TH-cam I get to see videos like this that show how amazing KFC looks in Japan. In Australia it's really greasy and salty and doesn't look that appetising. Merry Christmas!
You're right. Kentucky Fried Chicken in Australia used to be awesome (we were the first country outside the US to have it), now KFC is utter rubbish. Few people here eat it anymore.
@idanceforpennies281 Yes I agree. Everything from the quality of the chicken and cheaper ingredients., very bad. The Canadian dollar is pretty much the same exchange rate as Australia. A three piece meal for me costs $28 at KFC. The chicken is small in soggy old grease. With less then a handful of fries. The gravy has more water then anything else. Unless you can travel to another country, home cooking is back in style 😄
Have you heard of this tradition before?! 🍗 Even though it’s a tradition amongst Japanese people, I never had the chance to try KFC for Christmas! 😂 So I thought I’d try it for the first time for this channel! This will be the last video I put out before Christmas so… Merry Christmas everyone!! 🎄 I hope that you will have a wonderful time ☺️ I am planning to make a New Year’s video next year, so stay tuned! See you! Sarah 🌸
Yes from U.S. Service members coming home from Japan and in documentaries about Japan. We thought it was a joke. But now I can see how it happened. I spent one Thanks giving on base in Okinawa. It was a sad day for I missed home and family. I can see why KFC helped. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Happy New Year and best wishes.
I heard about this in the late 1990s when I was working together with colleagues from DoCoMo, and I've been curious ever since. I figured there must have been fresh ground for KFC to strike like this, but I didn't know about the expat aspect. Thank you for doing the research! From a Finnish perspective it is a very exotic tradition indeed. My other exotic Japan-related Christmas memory is when I was there in December, and a TV campaign was reminding people to send their new year cards on the 25th of December at the latest. That really stopped me, because a) in Finland they'd be Christmas cards, and b) the 25th of December is never ever a deadline for anything. Nobody could care less what you put in the postbox on Dec 25th. 🙂 Merry Christmas from a new subscriber!
I love the video and it is cool to see what you can get over there for the xmas meal. I stopped doing xmas cause it is a pegan holiday. We still get together for a family meal but that is it.
Merry Christmas Sarah! Now that you mentioned the Colonel Sanders' tie looking like his body, I cannot un see. That meal set actually looks pretty good . I'm sure they inflate the price due to the "tradition". It did look genuine that you enjoyed the meal. 🎄🍗
It will now be my 2nd time I celebrate KFC for X-mas; I am american, but a real admire of Japan culture. 2:10 for the taste in the US; it's really deep fired, not really skinless. This was a great video; keep up with the great work, and have a happy early new year. 🥰😍🤩😍🥰
I live in Kentucky and I have never had fried chicken and lasagna in the same meal. They don't sell tiramasu (sp?) or lasagna at KFC here, but sometimes KFC and Taco Bell are together.
Here in the South (southern states of US) we had a tradition of eating chicken, usually KFC, after church. It was something my grandmother insisted on. Did anyone else have a KFC tradition in your family? I guess coleslaw isn't a thing in Japan. It's necessary with KFC here.
I haven't had KFC chicken in a while, but the chicken in your video doesn't look as greasy as it is here (Canada). Kentucky Christmas is a quirky tradition, I'd definitely try it, if only for the packaging haha. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Turn it around the other way: Do you have Turkey in Japan? Turkey is always associated with Christmas in the West, but we actually do eat it all year round on sandwiches etc.
That’s Wild that Plain ole KFC is. Japanese tradition… all that here in US would be 60-70$ … just a bucket with 8 pieces, 2 family sides , 4 biscuits is over 40$…
Nothing says Christmas more than KFC well not in the UK 🇬🇧 😅 this all seems kind of random for me but I suppose it’s just what a Japanese 🇯🇵 Christmas looks like
In the oven right now is a 20lb turkey, ham, stuffing and a green bean casserole, on the stove are mashed potatoes, corn, and gravy, we also have pecan, apple and pumpkin pie and vanilla ice cream and whip cream, plus more...should have about 20 family members visiting today, merry Christmas from Texas 🎅🎄
I’m from Canada and was just in Japan this past summer. I was hoping to try the KFC while I was there but didn’t get a chance. In Canada a Korean chicken joint opened up downtown and I would get the spicy chicken bout every month. Within months they opened a KFC the next street over to compete. Personally I prefer the Korean fried chicken with the spicy sauce. I think it’s call gouchujang! Happy Holidays!
Japan just owns Christmas now with the KFC tradition and Christmas decorations going up well before December 25th. Even here in the US we take a break for Thanksgiving before being bombarded by Christmas. 🤣🎅🎄 Merry Christmas!
There’s a supposed curse of Colonel Sanders that has its own wiki entry. Fans of the Hanshin Tigers threw a statue of Colonel Sanders into a river (Dōtonbori?) and then the team had bad luck for 18 years. The statue was finally recovered in 2009 and the curse was said to be over in 2023 when the Tigers won the Japan Series. The statue was buried in 2024 due to its deteriorating condition.
When we were kids, KFC was always a treat for the family. But today, KFC is slowly going away(I haven't eaten there in years). Lasagna? That's a new one. Usually, it's mashed potato(with gravy), coleslaw, biscuits, corn on the cob. I wonder if there is anywhere in Japan to get a traditional(American) Turkey Meal(with all the fixings)?.
Thank you for the video. I am a staffer at an anime convention in America and want to share this with other people I work with. Yes a whole convention for Japan's TV shows and anime. Turkey is always served at Thanksgiving in November and often at Christmas. The plate may be from the tradition of leaving cookies and milk out for Santa. I'm glad the year is on it. We eat KFC during the year. The company also owns Taco Bell which is Mexican food. People get both. KFC does not sell lasagna nor tiramisu cake which are Italian in origin, in the USA. That is so funny about the arms and legs. As a kid I grew up with Col. Sanders, the man on the bucket who started and owned KFC, and his distinctive Western black bow tie. Yes the bow tie around his neck is western even though Fried chicken is a southern dish or southern cooking. To think of the bow as "arms and legs" is funny. I now see it and can not forget it. You gave me something. Please share more. One year I will come to Japan for Christmas KFC. Thank you.
I mean, it was really called Kentucky Fried Chicken, and just officially rebranded it to KFC in the 90s in their restaurants and packaging. It was easier to say as well.
Weird, in America, you would not eat KFC without the mashed potatoes and gravy. Doesn't look like you have those addons in the menu - just the hotcakes? Whatever those round things are. And most likely you'd have the biscuits and coleslaw. Huge culture shock seeing the lasagna, although with my extended family a baked pasta dish was almost always part of Christmas dinner. Ham is also popular.
I would prefer fried chicken over turkey any day. KFC's cole slaw and mashed potatoes (which I don't believe Japan has) are quite good. Happy Holidays!
After trying KFC and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen. I find Popeyes has superior overall food quality, especially the cajun fries that are fantastic! There are Popeyes in Misawa, Okinawa and Yokosuka
Interesting!🤔 I remember when I used to eat KFC with my family, that entire bucket would literally be filled with chicken.🤣 Then mashed potatoes with gravy, mac&cheese, coleslaw, biscuits, and an Oreo cake. Good times.😋😌
It is a strange tradition at first. Imagine that we import Mos Burger and we start celebrating Christmas eating shrimp burgers. But I guess chicken from KFC is a "close enough" case for meals that could be eaten at Christmas and is simple and takes no work, so that is a plus, and I guess goes with the japanese Christmas spirit, so is OK. Merry Christmas.
I knew about the curse. The chicken being hot seemed a bit odd given the tiramisu below, especially given the lasagna was cold. I'd expect you to have to heat up both the lasagna and chicken.
Somehow you made a bucket....oops, I mean a barrel of Kentucky Fried Chicken seem like a wonderful Christmas gift! I will share that although Tokyo is home to some of the great restaurants of the world, I think the American KFC (that I hardly ever eat) looks better with the batter than what you had. In the US for chicken, Chick fil-A has surpassed KFC, and there are some fast food restaurants with what is called Nashville Hot Chicken, along with several national chains for Buffalo Wings. If you and your husband are ever in Las Vegas, where I live, and want to explore the vast amount of tasty but tragically unhealthy food at fast food restaurants, or for that matter, how Americans...or Koreans make sushi (at some of the sushi restaurants I often go to), I would be happy to do the reverse of your career, and be your guide. I had no idea that Kentucky Fried Chicken made lasagna and tiramisu. I think that is safer than getting what we call "gas station sushi", but those items to be at KFC were surprising. Sometimes you see a video that you could not have imagined would be made if you were given 100 years to guess the topic, and I would say a barrel of Kentucky Fried Chicken in Japan for Christmas, with lasagna and tiramisu likely qualifies! Wishing you and your family a wonderful Christmas.
Dammit, now I'll never be able to see Col. Saunders the same again. You've cursed me with his tiny body and huge head. No, I'd never heard of that before, and I've grown up with KFC since it was still called Kentucky Fried Chicken. I was born in Tokyo in the 1950s, long before Kentucky went to Japan, and moved to the U.S. when I was 8 in the mid-1960s, and was introduced to Kentucky Fried Chicken (and other American fast food) right away. I thought it was funny when I first learned about KFC's brilliant marketing of Fried Chicken as a Kurisumasu tradition in Japan. Thanks for doing the taste test -- I didn't know they packaged it with the extras like lasagna and cake!
Here I am cursing myself for visiting Australia for the holidays, where it's 42 degrees and KFC Christmas doesn't exist 😭 😂 But that's neither here nor there lol Anyway, I hope you guys have a great ケンタッキー Christmas! 🍗🎅🌲 Note: That dessert looks more like Bavarian Cheesecake than Tiramisu 😄
You'll be shocked if you order KFC in the US. The quality and packaging are quite bad and because of inflation, the cost of fast food here is almost unattainable for something as ordinary as fried chicken here. Japan's "neatness" for quality and presentation is on a different level compared to the rest of the World for the same product. I have been going to Tokyo for vacation for over ten years almost yearly so I know exactly the experience of purchasing food in Japan. In Japan, you get the feeling that your money goes very long way for what you get because of these qualities mentioned earlier. In the Washington, D.C. area, Popeye's Chicken (Louisiana style) is a much more popular alternative for fried chicken than KFC (Kentucky style). Talking about Japan's bizarre Christmas Tradition, for those of us who live in the US who are not of the Christian Faith, MOST restaurants and shops are closed on Christmas Days due to this religious Holiday. So for us, our bizarre tradition is to go out and eat Chinese, Japanese, or Thai food on Christmas Day because they are the only types of restaurant that are opened!
When I was in Japan, I was also surprised that KFC was a popular choice for Christmas dinner. The reserving in advance was also jaw dropping. Honestly, KFC tiramisu and lasagne is also an eye opener. Merry Christmas!
I actually live in Kentucky in the Untied States and we don't have KFC Buckets like that here!!
I'm totally jealous!!!
I love watching your videos and learning as much as I can about Japan and the culture!
Thank you and Happy Holidays!!
The Christmas bucket definitely felt like a treat 🥹
Merry Christmas to you too 😊🎄
Other countries are elevating American chains…. 7Elevan are amazing in other Asian countries. And this bucket is amazing, but it will probably cost $50 or more - chicken, pasta and cake.
Congrats to you and hubby's first Christmas together. Wishing you all the best for the new year.
I'll be heading to Tokyo over the new year, but only for a short trip. Was hoping to book a tour, but will do that for the next time I'm up.
Thank you very much! Wishing you a happy holidays too 😊
And thank you for considering my tour! I’ll hope to see you next time!
I teach Japanese students online and was fascinated when they told me about this tradition. Thanks to TH-cam I get to see videos like this that show how amazing KFC looks in Japan.
In Australia it's really greasy and salty and doesn't look that appetising. Merry Christmas!
Wishing you and your husband a very Merry Christmas!!!! Love from Canada
Thank you! Merry Christmas to you too! 😊🎄
Growing up KFC was awesome, but now our KFC quality has to be the worst in the world. Your KFC looks amazing.🍗🍗🐔🙂
Oh noooo 😭
I’m glad I had the “nicer” version of KFC 🤣
You're right. Kentucky Fried Chicken in Australia used to be awesome (we were the first country outside the US to have it), now KFC is utter rubbish. Few people here eat it anymore.
@idanceforpennies281 Yes I agree. Everything from the quality of the chicken and cheaper ingredients., very bad. The Canadian dollar is pretty much the same exchange rate as Australia. A three piece meal for me costs $28 at KFC. The chicken is small in soggy old grease. With less then a handful of fries. The gravy has more water then anything else. Unless you can travel to another country, home cooking is back in style 😄
Excellent christmas tradition and the food looks amazing.
Have you heard of this tradition before?! 🍗
Even though it’s a tradition amongst Japanese people, I never had the chance to try KFC for Christmas! 😂 So I thought I’d try it for the first time for this channel!
This will be the last video I put out before Christmas so… Merry Christmas everyone!! 🎄 I hope that you will have a wonderful time ☺️
I am planning to make a New Year’s video next year, so stay tuned! See you!
Sarah 🌸
Yes from U.S. Service members coming home from Japan and in documentaries about Japan.
We thought it was a joke. But now I can see how it happened. I spent one Thanks giving on base in Okinawa. It was a sad day for I missed home and family. I can see why KFC helped.
Merry Christmas to you and your family. Happy New Year and best wishes.
We have comedy game show in the UK called QI and that’s where I remember hearing about it
I heard about this in the late 1990s when I was working together with colleagues from DoCoMo, and I've been curious ever since. I figured there must have been fresh ground for KFC to strike like this, but I didn't know about the expat aspect. Thank you for doing the research! From a Finnish perspective it is a very exotic tradition indeed.
My other exotic Japan-related Christmas memory is when I was there in December, and a TV campaign was reminding people to send their new year cards on the 25th of December at the latest. That really stopped me, because a) in Finland they'd be Christmas cards, and b) the 25th of December is never ever a deadline for anything. Nobody could care less what you put in the postbox on Dec 25th. 🙂
Merry Christmas from a new subscriber!
伝統ではない。ただの企業宣伝
It all looked delicious! Thank you posting
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I love the video and it is cool to see what you can get over there for the xmas meal. I stopped doing xmas cause it is a pegan holiday. We still get together for a family meal but that is it.
Our KFCs closed in our city and surrounding cities a few months ago.
The quality was terrible. It used to be good, too.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
We just had fish tacos, and fish soup, for Christmas. I live in Louisville, Kentucky. Christmas is a time to eat your favorite foods.
Merry Christmas Sarah! Now that you mentioned the Colonel Sanders' tie looking like his body, I cannot un see. That meal set actually looks pretty good . I'm sure they inflate the price due to the "tradition". It did look genuine that you enjoyed the meal. 🎄🍗
Merry Christmas to you too!! 🎄
I’m sorry I cursed you with the logo 🤣
I hope you have a great xmas/new year Sarah 😀
Thank you! You too!
Merry Christmas, Sarah! And, yep, I knew about the "curse". 🤣🤣🤣
Merry Christmas to you too! 😊
Omg you knew about the curse 🤣🤣
Yes, I have heard of the KFC tradition in Japan but never have seen the actual bucket of chicken from Japan. Thank you for showing it.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Merry Christmas Sarah you and your husband enjoy the KFC together and with everyone else!! 🍗🍗🍗
It will now be my 2nd time I celebrate KFC for X-mas; I am american, but a real admire of Japan culture. 2:10 for the taste in the US; it's really deep fired, not really skinless. This was a great video; keep up with the great work, and have a happy early new year. 🥰😍🤩😍🥰
Thank you for the comment! Happy early new year to you too! 🎍
@@TokyoFoodieSarah You’re very welcome; thanks for responding back to my comment, and on 3:15 I honestly this was a joke too until 3 years ago. 😂😉😊😉😂
I live in Kentucky and I have never had fried chicken and lasagna in the same meal. They don't sell tiramasu (sp?) or lasagna at KFC here, but sometimes KFC and Taco Bell are together.
Here in the South (southern states of US) we had a tradition of eating chicken, usually KFC, after church. It was something my grandmother insisted on. Did anyone else have a KFC tradition in your family? I guess coleslaw isn't a thing in Japan. It's necessary with KFC here.
Oh wow that's an interesting tradition! I don't think KFC coleslaw is a thing in Japan
Happy Holidays to you both! That barrel looks so interesting (and sacrilegious) for an Italian/French/British guy like me :D
Hahaha 🤣
Happy holidays to you too!! 🎄
Great video 😊
Thanks! 😊
Cool video, thanks for sharing.👍 A pity we couldn't see your husband tho 😅 Merry Christmas to you guys!🎄
I haven't had KFC chicken in a while, but the chicken in your video doesn't look as greasy as it is here (Canada). Kentucky Christmas is a quirky tradition, I'd definitely try it, if only for the packaging haha. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Oh I didn’t know that the Japanese ones are less greasy!
Merry Christmas to you too! 🎄
Turn it around the other way: Do you have Turkey in Japan? Turkey is always associated with Christmas in the West, but we actually do eat it all year round on sandwiches etc.
Hi just found your channel and just subscribed ❤🥳😭
Welcome to the community! 😊
That’s Wild that Plain ole KFC is. Japanese tradition… all that here in US would be 60-70$ … just a bucket with 8 pieces, 2 family sides , 4 biscuits is over 40$…
That’s wild, even this barrel (about $30) isn't a cheap option for KFC in Japan
I love this video! I also did my KFC research cause i am Japanese but grew up in the States and was so confused when i saw a line for the Colonel
I’m glad you enjoyed the video! 😊
Just an fyi your sarcastic humor is hilarious. You obviously did not grow up in Japan. "smells Christmasy" about the fake tiramisu is outstanding
😂😂😂
I'm glad you appreciate my humour! 😂
Fascinating.
Glad you found it interesting!
I would translate Itadakimasu to, We gratefully receive.
That barrel dinner with the commemorative plate costs $31.84 US dollars. In case someone wanted to know.
PS: The curse is actually supposed to be like a bow tie or also called a string tie. It's an older style for a southern US gentleman.
Thanks for the conversion! 😊
Nothing says Christmas more than KFC well not in the UK 🇬🇧 😅 this all seems kind of random for me but I suppose it’s just what a Japanese 🇯🇵 Christmas looks like
Hahaha I guess KFC Japan did their marketing very well!
In the oven right now is a 20lb turkey, ham, stuffing and a green bean casserole, on the stove are mashed potatoes, corn, and gravy, we also have pecan, apple and pumpkin pie and vanilla ice cream and whip cream, plus more...should have about 20 family members visiting today, merry Christmas from Texas 🎅🎄
I’m from Canada and was just in Japan this past summer. I was hoping to try the KFC while I was there but didn’t get a chance. In Canada a Korean chicken joint opened up downtown and I would get the spicy chicken bout every month. Within months they opened a KFC the next
street over to compete. Personally I prefer the Korean fried chicken with the spicy sauce. I think it’s call gouchujang!
Happy Holidays!
Korean food is meh.
Ohhhh I love the spicy Korean fried chicken too 🤤
Happy holidays to you too!
I'll let you in a on secret. Korean food is so meh.
Japan just owns Christmas now with the KFC tradition and Christmas decorations going up well before December 25th. Even here in the US we take a break for Thanksgiving before being bombarded by Christmas. 🤣🎅🎄 Merry Christmas!
I agree, Christmas in Japan is so different and fun! 🎄
Merry Christmas to you too! 🎄
Dam that looks good 👍
Looks good.
There’s a supposed curse of Colonel Sanders that has its own wiki entry. Fans of the Hanshin Tigers threw a statue of Colonel Sanders into a river (Dōtonbori?) and then the team had bad luck for 18 years. The statue was finally recovered in 2009 and the curse was said to be over in 2023 when the Tigers won the Japan Series. The statue was buried in 2024 due to its deteriorating condition.
Oh yes we talked about that curse after we finished filming! We should have included that in the video too 😂
Great video, looks like you had fun! KFC looks so much better Japan then the ones in usa
It definitely was a treat! 🤤
When we were kids, KFC was always a treat for the family. But today, KFC is slowly going away(I haven't eaten there in years). Lasagna? That's a new one. Usually, it's mashed potato(with gravy), coleslaw, biscuits, corn on the cob. I wonder if there is anywhere in Japan to get a traditional(American) Turkey Meal(with all the fixings)?.
I LOVE JAPAN!
Thank you for the video. I am a staffer at an anime convention in America and want to share this with other people I work with. Yes a whole convention for Japan's TV shows and anime.
Turkey is always served at Thanksgiving in November and often at Christmas. The plate may be from the tradition of leaving cookies and milk out for Santa. I'm glad the year is on it.
We eat KFC during the year. The company also owns Taco Bell which is Mexican food. People get both. KFC does not sell lasagna nor tiramisu cake which are Italian in origin, in the USA.
That is so funny about the arms and legs. As a kid I grew up with Col. Sanders, the man on the bucket who started and owned KFC, and his distinctive Western black bow tie. Yes the bow tie around his neck is western even though Fried chicken is a southern dish or southern cooking. To think of the bow as "arms and legs" is funny. I now see it and can not forget it. You gave me something. Please share more. One year I will come to Japan for Christmas KFC.
Thank you.
Thanks for the kind words! I’m glad you enjoyed the video. I’m looking forward to sharing more about Japan!
And I'm sorry I cursed you with the logo 😂
@@TokyoFoodieSarah I look forward to your videos. Even mundane things are important. when they are different.
Good luck.
I mean, it was really called Kentucky Fried Chicken, and just officially rebranded it to KFC in the 90s in their restaurants and packaging. It was easier to say as well.
Weird, in America, you would not eat KFC without the mashed potatoes and gravy. Doesn't look like you have those addons in the menu - just the hotcakes? Whatever those round things are. And most likely you'd have the biscuits and coleslaw.
Huge culture shock seeing the lasagna, although with my extended family a baked pasta dish was almost always part of Christmas dinner. Ham is also popular.
I would prefer fried chicken over turkey any day. KFC's cole slaw and mashed potatoes (which I don't believe Japan has) are quite good. Happy Holidays!
Ohhh I wish I could’ve tried the coleslaw and mashed potatoes!
After trying KFC and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen. I find Popeyes has superior overall food quality, especially the cajun fries that are fantastic!
There are Popeyes in Misawa, Okinawa and Yokosuka
Interesting!🤔
I remember when I used to eat KFC with my family, that entire bucket would literally be filled with chicken.🤣
Then mashed potatoes with gravy, mac&cheese, coleslaw, biscuits, and an Oreo cake.
Good times.😋😌
I wish the entire bucket was chicken 🍗🥺
Merry Christmas, also wtf is that? Huge Lassi glass??
Also, I always thought Kernel was a weird stick figure.
Merry Christmas! It was just a normal sized glass 😂
You would never see this level of quality at a KFC in the United States, Although I guess it has been over 10 years since I last ate KFC chicken.
For it to be a true KFC Christmas dinner bucket feast... you need the mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, and biscuits. ☺
I wish we had those in Japan 😭 We have the biscuits but not the others
@@TokyoFoodieSarah Merry Christmas to you and your family! 😇🙏🏼🎄☃✨
It is a strange tradition at first. Imagine that we import Mos Burger and we start celebrating Christmas eating shrimp burgers. But I guess chicken from KFC is a "close enough" case for meals that could be eaten at Christmas and is simple and takes no work, so that is a plus, and I guess goes with the japanese Christmas spirit, so is OK. Merry Christmas.
Hahaha that’s a very good example 🤣
Merry Christmas to you too! 🎄
I knew about the curse. The chicken being hot seemed a bit odd given the tiramisu below, especially given the lasagna was cold. I'd expect you to have to heat up both the lasagna and chicken.
That’s what I thought too! Chicken, Lasagna then tiramisu would have made a bit more sense 😅
KFC here in Texas hasn't been good for a long time...your meal looked really good though🙂
It was pretty good 🤤
It’s interesting how the quality differs between countries!
Some people in America have a tradition of ordering Chinese take out on NYE so 🤷♀
Your KFC chicken looks so much better then ours in the uSA when i was a kid it was a great but now its all greasy
Somehow you made a bucket....oops, I mean a barrel of Kentucky Fried Chicken seem like a wonderful Christmas gift! I will share that although Tokyo is home to some of the great restaurants of the world, I think the American KFC (that I hardly ever eat) looks better with the batter than what you had. In the US for chicken, Chick fil-A has surpassed KFC, and there are some fast food restaurants with what is called Nashville Hot Chicken, along with several national chains for Buffalo Wings.
If you and your husband are ever in Las Vegas, where I live, and want to explore the vast amount of tasty but tragically unhealthy food at fast food restaurants, or for that matter, how Americans...or Koreans make sushi (at some of the sushi restaurants I often go to), I would be happy to do the reverse of your career, and be your guide.
I had no idea that Kentucky Fried Chicken made lasagna and tiramisu. I think that is safer than getting what we call "gas station sushi", but those items to be at KFC were surprising. Sometimes you see a video that you could not have imagined would be made if you were given 100 years to guess the topic, and I would say a barrel of Kentucky Fried Chicken in Japan for Christmas, with lasagna and tiramisu likely qualifies!
Wishing you and your family a wonderful Christmas.
Thank you for the comment! Wishing you a wonderful Christmas too ☺️
Tiramisu and Lasagna? What does Italian food have to do with Kentucky, USA?! That is such a random coupling.
Not so bizzare. I've had KFC for Christmas many years. Chicken yesterday. Chicken today. Chicken for New Years. 🐔🐔🐔🐔
Imagine Japanese guys going to HOLLAND thinking it's KFC, but INSTEAD...meet BLACK PETE..(IFYKYK) 💀
🌲🎅🧑🎄🌲
Dammit, now I'll never be able to see Col. Saunders the same again. You've cursed me with his tiny body and huge head. No, I'd never heard of that before, and I've grown up with KFC since it was still called Kentucky Fried Chicken. I was born in Tokyo in the 1950s, long before Kentucky went to Japan, and moved to the U.S. when I was 8 in the mid-1960s, and was introduced to Kentucky Fried Chicken (and other American fast food) right away. I thought it was funny when I first learned about KFC's brilliant marketing of Fried Chicken as a Kurisumasu tradition in Japan. Thanks for doing the taste test -- I didn't know they packaged it with the extras like lasagna and cake!
I’m sorry I cursed you with the logo 🤣🤣 it’s an interesting tradition, but it’s tasty, convenient and gives you the Christmas feels 🤣🎄
Here I am cursing myself for visiting Australia for the holidays, where it's 42 degrees and KFC Christmas doesn't exist 😭 😂
But that's neither here nor there lol
Anyway, I hope you guys have a great ケンタッキー Christmas! 🍗🎅🌲
Note: That dessert looks more like Bavarian Cheesecake than Tiramisu 😄
Oh enjoy Australia!!
And yup it did look more like Bavarian cheesecake 🤣
Did you save a couple of chicken pieces for the KFC rice cooker hack?
What's the KFC rice cooker hack?!?! (I didn't save any chicken 😢)
@ Cook rice with one or two pieces of KFC. The rice gets infused with the flavor of the chicken. When the rice is done, remove and shred the chicken.
Our family is extremely traditional so for Christmas time it is always o-sechi ryori (which I hate ... ) (>_
Oh you have osechi on Christmas?? I always have it during the new years! 😊
@@TokyoFoodieSarah dad buys it early so we end up eating during Christmas too.
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You'll be shocked if you order KFC in the US. The quality and packaging are quite bad and because of inflation, the cost of fast food here is almost unattainable for something as ordinary as fried chicken here. Japan's "neatness" for quality and presentation is on a different level compared to the rest of the World for the same product. I have been going to Tokyo for vacation for over ten years almost yearly so I know exactly the experience of purchasing food in Japan. In Japan, you get the feeling that your money goes very long way for what you get because of these qualities mentioned earlier. In the Washington, D.C. area, Popeye's Chicken (Louisiana style) is a much more popular alternative for fried chicken than KFC (Kentucky style). Talking about Japan's bizarre Christmas Tradition, for those of us who live in the US who are not of the Christian Faith, MOST restaurants and shops are closed on Christmas Days due to this religious Holiday. So for us, our bizarre tradition is to go out and eat Chinese, Japanese, or Thai food on Christmas Day because they are the only types of restaurant that are opened!
Hahaha the bizarre tradition of eating Asian food on Christmas is gold 🤣
メリークリスマスブラジルから✝️🐠🐟🧑🎄🍰🍗🦌🍨🍧🎌⛄☃️🇧🇷イエス様を祝福します!
It doesn’t come with biscuits! One of the best items from KFC.
Here's the KFC logo animated: th-cam.com/video/3fw1f414lYc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=0MnJTFm1zTqYjBWc 🤣
🇯🇵 KFC > 🇺🇸🇨🇦 KFC
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lol now i cant look at the KFC logo the same . that is funny looks like a massive head with arms and legs lol
KFC do lasagne?! lol
Apparently 😂
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I don’t know why Japan can’t just make its own KFC but call it Kyoto fried chicken
I'd buy that 😂😂
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I DO REALLY LIKE THE TASTE OF KFC IN JAPAN...
Good to hear that! 🤗
KFC? You got to try Popeyes
We don’t have it in Japan 😭
Nope... Nope, nope, nope ! 😵💫
I LOVE KFC. KFC IS MUCH BETTER THAN POPEYES.
And now I will never be able unsee his tiny body, instead of his tie.
Hahahahaha sorry I cursed you 🤣
Yes a little odd for Westerners but it's harmless and in good spirits! I suppose it's because Japan is not a Christian nation.
Hahaha yup it's odd but tasty 😂
Not bizarre in Japan
KFC in U.S is crap compare to other countries
That’s not a ribbon it’s his tie.