It is peak apple season where I live. Our favorite orchard has twenty varieties awailable, as well a non alcoholic cider, apple dumplings, apple butter, and apple cider smoothies. When you drive by, you can smell the apple butter being made.
Man, an apple pie tour is sheer genius! It's peak apple season here in the States, and fresh apple cider and an apple pie sounds really good right now!
Thought it was cool that you posted this right before Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year when we traditionally eat apples with honey. The apple pies and cider all looked so good! It’s interesting how sometimes your ferry rooms are more spacious than your hotel rooms, even for comparable prices. I laughed really hard at your battle with your camera focus.
@@eatlikealocal .. Calvin was a semi regular on the Tonight Show and among the first to be a traveling foodie, which I only realized years later. His books are still out there and I'm glad you know him too.
I watched your voyage to the mainland and looked with glee to see you order two meals even though you had dinner. Your “apple quest” was very compelling with me getting moist in my mouth over your apple pastries. Then apple cider. Was it sparkling, I could not tell. Your other meals had me microwaving some chicken curry and aloo gobhi, leftover from tonight’s dinner. I laughed when you said you were full and was just looking at the ice cream….as a small container is shown in your hand. All in all, this was a terrific video with me drooling through most if it. I have been watching you for most of this year when you go on your ferry voyages. I came to that although it was intriguing to see your various accommodations, I always enjoyed your meals the best. I look forward to many more of your entries. Cheers from Colin.
I don't think that there's any culture that can truly compete with Japan's fascination towards and excellence in the culinary world. The French absolutely do come close when it comes to the richness and the extent of their culinary history, but at least in my personal opinion, the average Japanese WAY out-fervors them and combines that with near-insane quality control among businesses in order to satisfy them. I mean, just think about it: I can go to a relatively-small city like Hirosaki and eat my way through dozens of extremely high-quality Japanese patisserie-style apple pies. In my much larger American hometown of Raleigh, I would be lucky if I could point out two or three places that make apple pies at the same quality level. Now, Raleigh is a fantastic city in its own way, but I just wish that the citizens could look their friends in the Far East to understand the importance of marketing and emphasizing the culinary culture.
All the food looked great . . .however did you have to eat the two apple pies in front of us? The first one was plated beautifully, the second was the one I'm used to. You had a very nice hotel room for 8500 yen. Enjoyed the food tour. Will definitely be with you on the next one. Take care, be safe.
That apple pie guide map at 8:31 looked like a lot of fun! It would be great to spend a few days there and explore more of them! It's great when an area specializes in and promotes things like this. Great fun as a tourist! Thanks for making great videos!
Looked like a nice trip and delicious food! Thanks for reminding me that I need to stop at my local apple orchard to see what varieties are available! 😁🍎😋
I guess this part of Japan are where my favorite Mutsu apples come from!! ❤ I would love to see more videos from Hokkaido, Sapporo, etc. if you ever get a chance.
I remember Aomori mainly because of it being the birthplace for Nyango Star, so I suppose the mascot's efforts to promote Aomori as the place for apples in Japan is paying off. Never knew it's also the place for scallops though, because that's a lot of scallop in the miso soup, goodness. About the wasabi question, I do like my wasabi, just in small amounts. And only with sushi
One of the main varieties of apples in the US is the Fuji apple. Although the ones you find in the US are domestically grown, the cultivar is actually named after the town of Fujisaki, which happens to be right next door to Hirosaki. The majority of Fuji apples grown and sold in Japan are in orchards surrounding Hirosaki and the Aomori countryside. They honestly have a legitimate reason to promote their apples in such a fervent way.
I did get hungry and had an apple fritter while watching you. Thank you for sharing this and I'm very happy you got "just one more" with the ice cream. Always get the ice cream :)
The best video ever. I would love to try all kinds of apple desserts sooner and visit some places u traveled to. It makes me hungry when u introduced one by one all kinds of apple pies. Hope u will introduce more foods that's famous in every city for preference in the future. Have a good day.
A place that has its own apple pie map is exactly the kind of place I want to visit. I'm glad I was eating while watching this video, because I would have gotten hungry. As it is, I really want some apple pie now
Wow, one video and some things make me fell like home - Apple Pies (i'm from Poland, we love Apples here), and some look like from another Galaxy, like this Scallop - Egg - Miso Soup.
We just went to Aomori in June and had our lunch at the Art Hotel. Food was fantastic. A factory is a great place to explore. Too bad that we did not have much time.
We have an Apple festival every year in my hometown. They serve “the world’s largest apple pie.” I don’t know if that’s true, but it is a pretty darn big apple pie.
The apple pie map has been on my list of things I want to do in Japan! My partner thinks I'm crazy for wanting to treat it as a check list, but I'm pretty sure with pacing I could get in 3-4 per day! :D
I knew that hotel looked familiar when I booked it! I'm staying two nights in Aomori between time in Hakodate and Akita next year. I must have had this video in my mind when I booked that hotel. Got a great deal too.
Brasserie "Le Castle"! 😂 (LE château and The CASTLE had a baby...) Thanks STJ, apple pie made with Aomori apples sure sounds _yodare ga tare-sō na_ (mouth-watering). Another slice of Only-in-Japan: I like how having a rules-following and generally respectful population means you can enjoy semi-wild patches of forest in big cities, like this Hirosaki Park in Aomori, Meiji Jingu in Tokyo, Tadasu-no-Mori Forest in Kyoto etc.
Yes, we were very, very hungry !!! Those apple pies were delicious for sure ! Specially the second one (seams more european) with whipped cream ! Wow !
Solo traveller san, a note on the meaning of “dough” in English: it is only used for the uncooked mixture. Once cooked, it can’t be called dough any longer. In the case of a pie, it becomes pastry or “pie crust”. (To describe some thing that has been cooked as “doughy” means you think it has not been fully cooked.) Of course the apple pies in this video were not only obviously fully cooked but cooked with great skill and care.
I love your videos visually but I wish you would go into more description about how things taste. Take us on the food journey with you beyond "I loved it" or "It was good". You had apple and scallop curry? I have no idea how that would taste. Many thanks and keep making more videos!
Apples here in the US are coming out to the markets just now as well. I had always wondered why the Japanese markets here always had such a large variety of apple products and I now know why. I just wish our apple pies here were presented so beautifully as the one you got!! Although, the apple you got would be considered "a la mode" as it comes with ice cream. Considering all the apple products you ate, I'm sure there were many trips to the loo too. LOL!! Knowing this is a food tour, I always eat before watching these..lol
Hi thanks for delicious looking posts. Can share which restaurants you had both the apple pies. I be in Aomori in April with a cruise, hope can taste the pies n ciders then. Thanks in advance.
7:16 We have Jonagold apples in our store. Usually they are the cheapest ones. They taste ok but I prefer the green/yellow Italian Golden Delicious apples. The second pie looked like the ones we have here too.
Hooray! It's so nice to see Aomori. I visited Aomori several times in 2004/2005 (and probably ate at Osani). Next time you go to Aomori, visit ASPAM, they have some great restaurants there.
Too bad you don't have a food tour business. Small groups of tourists you take around and introduce to local Japanese food in various cities, maybe travel around by train. I would go, if I had the time and the money and a passport.
With the low yen and the lack of tourists due to the (soon to expire) extremely restrictive COVID requirements, it's an excellent time to go to Japan at the moment. It's not always this cheap.
Apple is probably the most common seasoning for curry in Japan. Heck, one of the main brands for Japanese curry roux is House Vermont Apple Curry. It's actually an excellent combination.
“First lunch” - love a man with the right prorities!
It is peak apple season where I live. Our favorite orchard has twenty varieties awailable, as well a non alcoholic cider, apple dumplings, apple butter, and apple cider smoothies. When you drive by, you can smell the apple butter being made.
Thank you... I always enjoy watching your videos. They are actually uplifting.
Man, an apple pie tour is sheer genius! It's peak apple season here in the States, and fresh apple cider and an apple pie sounds really good right now!
Your video inspired me to visit Aomori today. I even tried the pasta at A-Factory. You were right, it was delicious!
ありがとうございます！
Thought it was cool that you posted this right before Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year when we traditionally eat apples with honey. The apple pies and cider all looked so good!
It’s interesting how sometimes your ferry rooms are more spacious than your hotel rooms, even for comparable prices. I laughed really hard at your battle with your camera focus.
L’Shana Tova.🎉
Yes, I enjoyed the trip today. Thank you!
Those apple pastries looked absolutely delicious!!!! Thanks for sharing
We just got our first batch of fresh apples from our local orchard! Nothing says fall like delicious apples 🤤
Everything looked appletizing . Hehehe .
It finally dawned on me that you are the Calvin Trillin of Japan.
I second that!
@@eatlikealocal .. Calvin was a semi regular on the Tonight Show and among the first to be a traveling foodie, which I only realized years later. His books are still out there and I'm glad you know him too.
This legend casually sneaking a curry in last minute. That hotel room looked awesome, I may have to look up Aomori more.
Honestly, I never even thought to add apples to curry! I'll have to try it next time I make a batch
I like these tours. 😊
You know it tastes good when he says: !!
It was a very enjoyable video!! Now I have a craving for apple pie...
Come on buttercup suck it up..... you wanted to be a TH-cam Star!!! eat that pie 🥧🥧🥧🥧🥃😎
And just as I finished watching the ferry video , up pops this one! I think my pie will have 2 small slices cut from it !! ❤️
I watched your voyage to the mainland and looked with glee to see you order two meals even though you had dinner. Your “apple quest” was very compelling with me getting moist in my mouth over your apple pastries. Then apple cider. Was it sparkling, I could not tell. Your other meals had me microwaving some chicken curry and aloo gobhi, leftover from tonight’s dinner. I laughed when you said you were full and was just looking at the ice cream….as a small container is shown in your hand. All in all, this was a terrific video with me drooling through most if it. I have been watching you for most of this year when you go on your ferry voyages. I came to that although it was intriguing to see your various accommodations, I always enjoyed your meals the best. I look forward to many more of your entries. Cheers from Colin.
I don't think that there's any culture that can truly compete with Japan's fascination towards and excellence in the culinary world. The French absolutely do come close when it comes to the richness and the extent of their culinary history, but at least in my personal opinion, the average Japanese WAY out-fervors them and combines that with near-insane quality control among businesses in order to satisfy them. I mean, just think about it: I can go to a relatively-small city like Hirosaki and eat my way through dozens of extremely high-quality Japanese patisserie-style apple pies. In my much larger American hometown of Raleigh, I would be lucky if I could point out two or three places that make apple pies at the same quality level. Now, Raleigh is a fantastic city in its own way, but I just wish that the citizens could look their friends in the Far East to understand the importance of marketing and emphasizing the culinary culture.
All the food looked great . . .however did you have to eat the two apple pies in front of us? The first one was plated beautifully, the second was the one I'm used to. You had a very nice hotel room for 8500 yen. Enjoyed the food tour. Will definitely be with you on the next one. Take care, be safe.
Why am I not surprised that Japan takes apple pie and makes it's even better. Making me hungry just watching this.
I like this channel
That apple pie guide map at 8:31 looked like a lot of fun! It would be great to spend a few days there and explore more of them! It's great when an area specializes in and promotes things like this. Great fun as a tourist! Thanks for making great videos!
I got excited when I received two notifications of your new videos!! Watching this one first!!
Me too 👍🏻
Looked like a nice trip and delicious food! Thanks for reminding me that I need to stop at my local apple orchard to see what varieties are available! 😁🍎😋
Seeing this I just had to make myself breakfast 🙂
1, 2 make it 3 Hirosaki Apple Pie to take away please! 💚
Why did I watch this when I’m hungry at 2am 😅 Everything looked so good!
Thanks for bringing us along Be safe and God Bless.
Wonderful. Thank you!
I guess this part of Japan are where my favorite Mutsu apples come from!! ❤ I would love to see more videos from Hokkaido, Sapporo, etc. if you ever get a chance.
I love the way u make the videos. This was a treat to watch
I remember Aomori mainly because of it being the birthplace for Nyango Star, so I suppose the mascot's efforts to promote Aomori as the place for apples in Japan is paying off. Never knew it's also the place for scallops though, because that's a lot of scallop in the miso soup, goodness.
About the wasabi question, I do like my wasabi, just in small amounts. And only with sushi
One of the main varieties of apples in the US is the Fuji apple. Although the ones you find in the US are domestically grown, the cultivar is actually named after the town of Fujisaki, which happens to be right next door to Hirosaki. The majority of Fuji apples grown and sold in Japan are in orchards surrounding Hirosaki and the Aomori countryside. They honestly have a legitimate reason to promote their apples in such a fervent way.
I did get hungry and had an apple fritter while watching you. Thank you for sharing this and I'm very happy you got "just one more" with the ice cream. Always get the ice cream :)
What a delicious and filling tour this was! Scallop and apple curry - a very local curry variation indeed
The best video ever. I would love to try all kinds of apple desserts sooner and visit some places u traveled to. It makes me hungry when u introduced one by one all kinds of apple pies. Hope u will introduce more foods that's famous in every city for preference in the future. Have a good day.
Loved your food tour
So many apple pies! 🍎 Another super fun video, thank you so much!
A place that has its own apple pie map is exactly the kind of place I want to visit. I'm glad I was eating while watching this video, because I would have gotten hungry. As it is, I really want some apple pie now
Hahaha! "Nothing...Just Looking...One Scoop." It is apple season here in NH USA, too!
Excited to be visiting there next year! Especially now that I know some places to eat!
Wow, one video and some things make me fell like home - Apple Pies (i'm from Poland, we love Apples here), and some look like from another Galaxy, like this Scallop - Egg - Miso Soup.
Delicious apple pies!
We just went to Aomori in June and had our lunch at the Art Hotel. Food was fantastic. A factory is a great place to explore. Too bad that we did not have much time.
We have an Apple festival every year in my hometown. They serve “the world’s largest apple pie.” I don’t know if that’s true, but it is a pretty darn big apple pie.
omg this all looks amazing!!
Apple Pies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
😋 Delicious destination! 👍🏼🍎✌🏼
👍😊❤🎉
The apple pie map has been on my list of things I want to do in Japan! My partner thinks I'm crazy for wanting to treat it as a check list, but I'm pretty sure with pacing I could get in 3-4 per day! :D
Hello👋
I need to incorporate breakfast desserts into my life.
I knew that hotel looked familiar when I booked it! I'm staying two nights in Aomori between time in Hakodate and Akita next year. I must have had this video in my mind when I booked that hotel. Got a great deal too.
Brasserie "Le Castle"! 😂
(LE château and The CASTLE had a baby...) Thanks STJ, apple pie made with Aomori apples sure sounds _yodare ga tare-sō na_ (mouth-watering).
Another slice of Only-in-Japan: I like how having a rules-following and generally respectful population means you can enjoy semi-wild patches of forest in big cities, like this Hirosaki Park in Aomori, Meiji Jingu in Tokyo, Tadasu-no-Mori Forest in Kyoto etc.
I appreciate your healthy appetite👍I always try to get my money's worth when I go to an all you can eat buffer🤤
Looking forward for more food tour also...
The Scallop Apple Curry is certainly something I’ve never seen before
I happen to be In Aomori now and Im looking to hit up some of those spots. Thanks for making these videos.
Oh gosh, this is making me crave apples! I want to go to the local orchard now.
Good tour👍
I love your food tours. You seem to enjoy eating. That’s what I love about the tours
More description! Love your videos 🎉
Yes, we were very, very hungry !!! Those apple pies were delicious for sure ! Specially the second one (seams more european) with whipped cream ! Wow !
That scallop party looked amazing.
What, Japan has comfy hotel room desk chairs? I hope that innovation spreads to the rest of the world...
I grew up in the Midwest United States. Apple pie absolutely needs a slice of sharp cheddar cheese on it. Try it. It's amazing.
I grew up in the Midwest too. Cheddar cheese on apple pie is revolting. It needs a scoop of cinnamon ice cream.
YES! And the pie should be hot, per our (California) family tradition. 🍎😊🍏
@@feverspell try it with a really good sharp cheddar, such as Wisconsin makes, and serve hot, not cold. Cinnamon ice cream works, too.
Massachusetts: 🍎 apple dumplings, with whipped cream, in The Beautiful Berkshires! 💚👍🏼😋😎
@@dianeamison-loring7204 Sorry, but no. Cheddar cheese belongs on a burger, not apple pie.
Solo traveller san, a note on the meaning of “dough” in English: it is only used for the uncooked mixture. Once cooked, it can’t be called dough any longer. In the case of a pie, it becomes pastry or “pie crust”. (To describe some thing that has been cooked as “doughy” means you think it has not been fully cooked.)
Of course the apple pies in this video were not only obviously fully cooked but cooked with great skill and care.
the apple pie tour and guide were amazing! Ah, i'm so envious
These food looked so delicious
おいしそう
Love this tour❤
Apples + scallops = Good Time 🤣
Wow mouth watering...
“Nothing……just one scoop!”
😂🤣😂
Thanks for another great video. I continue to be amazed by the large variety of food in different regions of Japan.
Egg, scallop and miso looks really good.
I LOVE scallops!
Looks amazing....!
I love your videos visually but I wish you would go into more description about how things taste. Take us on the food journey with you beyond "I loved it" or "It was good". You had apple and scallop curry? I have no idea how that would taste. Many thanks and keep making more videos!
the carbonara looks very creamy and looks delicious... and of course those apple pie 😋 i don't like thick dough but that looks very delicious...
So yummy 😋😋😋😋😋😋
Nice! Given us quite a bit of idea as we will be traveling to Aomori and Hirosaki in November! 😄 Can’t wait to try those tasty Apple🍎 !😋
Apples here in the US are coming out to the markets just now as well. I had always wondered why the Japanese markets here always had such a large variety of apple products and I now know why. I just wish our apple pies here were presented so beautifully as the one you got!! Although, the apple you got would be considered "a la mode" as it comes with ice cream. Considering all the apple products you ate, I'm sure there were many trips to the loo too. LOL!! Knowing this is a food tour, I always eat before watching these..lol
Hi thanks for delicious looking posts. Can share which restaurants you had both the apple pies. I be in Aomori in April with a cruise, hope can taste the pies n ciders then. Thanks in advance.
You have given us such a great insight into Japanese food mouthwatering
'I can't eat anything else tonight... I'm just looking.... Just one scoop...' 🤣🤣🤣
7:16 We have Jonagold apples in our store. Usually they are the cheapest ones. They taste ok but I prefer the green/yellow Italian Golden Delicious apples. The second pie looked like the ones we have here too.
The best thing to do for this is have a friend’s group. Share the food so you don’t get too full too fast. ❤
Hooray! It's so nice to see Aomori. I visited Aomori several times in 2004/2005 (and probably ate at Osani). Next time you go to Aomori, visit ASPAM, they have some great restaurants there.
Great food tour! I'm ready to eat!
Hot apple pie with vanilla ice creme is a good combo
I’d come to Japan, if you could be my tour guide 😊
Too bad you don't have a food tour business. Small groups of tourists you take around and introduce to local Japanese food in various cities, maybe travel around by train. I would go, if I had the time and the money and a passport.
Me too!😉
I would come along!
I am in 🥰
Ordinary this would make me hungry before bed,but had AYCE 🍣. Still full
It's really amazing how affordable the public transportation and food is in Japan. Here in the US everything would be so much more expensive. :(
Those pies look so good! BTW, it’s no longer a dough once it’s baked; once it’s cooked, it’s now pie crust. ❤❤❤
A great tour, but next time show us the apple orchards...
Hotel room was amazing for the price! You would not find a room like that in the United States for that price.
With the low yen and the lack of tourists due to the (soon to expire) extremely restrictive COVID requirements, it's an excellent time to go to Japan at the moment. It's not always this cheap.
But how was the scallop and apple curry though? I need to know. Was it genuinely nice, or did you just finish it out of politeness?
Apple is probably the most common seasoning for curry in Japan. Heck, one of the main brands for Japanese curry roux is House Vermont Apple Curry. It's actually an excellent combination.
It wasn’t my taste.
whenever you are hungry again we need a new food tour pleeeease
Lovely food but wait a minute !
What is that beautiful birdsong at 8.08 ?
It’s helping visually changed people know where the stairs are. Thanks for watching.
@@STJfoodtour Thank you,what a simple yet brilliant idea!
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