Yokohama Chinatown Japanese street food spots / Japan Travel Vlog

Number 1 Chinatown, Yokohama Chinatown Samurai Junjiro Channel Hi, I'm Samurai Junjiro Born and raised in Japan In today's video we'll be introducing Yokohama Chinatown The place is considered one of the largest class Chinatowns with 20 million tourists visiting per year In such a popular tourist spot like this, we'll do a street food tour introducing nine different kinds It'll be great resource for traveling. So do not miss out until the last Now, let's get started We are here today at Ishikawa-cho station via Keihin-Tohoku line Yokohama station located just next to Ishikawa-cho is a place for the luxurious food court we introduced before There's also a ramen museum at Shin-Yokohama station You can compare and try variety of ramen. So make sure to check the place as well The details will be listed in the description box Now let's head over to the Chinatown from the Ishikawa-cho station Just walking for five minutes from the station will take you to the front gate of Chinatown You really feel the Chinatown vibe once you enter the gate There are more than 600 stores in Yokohama Chinatown The atmosphere is very cheerful that you feel excited just strolling around There I found Kiyoken famous for selling shumai dumplings for ekiben The shumai bento which you can have it to go is filled with variety of ingredients and very rich in content You can reach Chinatown from Motomachi Chukagai station too There's an information center just an eye from the gate of Motomachi Chukagai station They provide English guided maps too. So if you ever get lost, you know where to go Now on to the street food tour Let me first introduce you Houtenkaku Shuka This store's specialty is soup dumplings The place is popular for its authentic soup dumplings made from scratch by hand Let's try this freshly prepared soup dumplings We picked the one with two different flavors The white one is pork and the other green has shrimp inside It's piping hot since they are just prepared The dumpling skin is rather thick and has chewy textures The crispy skin on the bottom has nice texture change Inside is packed with soup from the fillings The texture and sweetness from the shrimp is so hearty The one with pork has overflowing soup from the meat The taste is stronger than that of shrimp You can eat it with black vinegar for more refreshing mouth feel Let's move to the next Second store to bring your attention to has four stores within Chinatown and it's called Wang Fu Chin There's so many Chinese menus to choose from but we picked out this particularly beloved one This is Fuji Albin translate to pepper rice cake a classic street food from Taiwan Fuji Albin has crispy skin from baking the flour dough in the stone stove The dough is put into many layers like milk foil. So inside is very chewy The filling is plenty of chunky pork It includes spices like peppers and star anise for its fresh aroma You really feel the Asian vibes Now on to Shou En serving Peking duck You must try the Peking duck. Although meat buns and soup dumplings are also very tempting You can get it in smaller size for street food tour, too It's perfect size for trying out variety of street food This Peking duck comes with both skin and meat. So it's quite filling The crunch from the cucumber has nice change in textures We'd also like to point out Hong Kong Dai Han Ten, too This restaurant has all you can eat Chinese course But since we are here for street food, we picked out this menu instead This is Chinese sticky rice dumpling steaming sticky rice and other ingredients in bamboo leaf The bamboo leaves put great aroma when steamed The sticky rice is seasoned with soy sauce and broth from various ingredients It has pork belly too for more depth flavor from the fat The sticky and chewy rice is wonderful The rice has really absorbed the broth. The flavor is more subtle than it looks Let's try other stores This is Sai Yu Ki Serving its specialty Hong Kong dim sums This store is really popular since it's opening in 2020 There's so many to choose from but of course, we'll pick the most favorite menu This is melon bread with pork belly The pork belly is grilled on charcoal then wrapped in sweet melon flavored bread The sweet smell from the dough is so tempting It has crispy and almost biscuit like textures on the outside Let's check the inside Inside is packed with pork belly The strong meaty flavor from the pork and the sweet bread are perfect match It's actually quite addictive We'll move to the next to introduce you this Karyu Hanten Serving Chinese menus This popular store has all you can eat course with no time limit We chose this freshly fried menu right here This is Daji Pai literally translate to big fried chicken famous street food from Taiwan The size of the chicken is massive since the meat is beaten and widened before cooked in oil It has the sweet distinct aromas from spices like star anise and cinnamon The chicken is more crispy than the normal fried chicken It's almost like snack and I could easily finish this myself despite its big appearance My appetite is raised when I bought spices for chili flavor We are here next in Kaikaro This restaurant is so popular that it's frequently aired on tv Just like any other stores. There's countless to choose from but the popular of all its soup dumpling with straw Let's try piping hot freshly steamed dumpling This is the soup dumpling with straw a number one hit It's in a palm size which is about four times the size of average dumplings You should drink the soup with the straw before you take a bite of the dumpling The flavor of the ingredients are dissolved into the soup and its flavor is so rich The soup is overflowing even i'm sucking up with the straw The outer skin is also soaking up the delicious soup Now on to the next We are now by yoseigo hosting chinese groceries Many come here for chinese groceries, but the store serving street food next to it is always crowded with people We picked the dessert which went viral on sns This is a cream bread in a shape of hedgehog The bread is fried so it has crispy finish Inside is packed with custard So sweet and heavenly The last remark is this store right here This place is called roe ishin selling adorable panda goods Here you can get steamed bun in a shape of panda There are other kinds but we picked the top seller The bun has cute panda face It's hard for me to take a bite But we must check inside The inside is packed with chocolate cream With the fluffy bun and the sweet chocolate cream pairs nicely It's both cute and delicious There's so many street food in yokohama chinatown We should visit again soon If there's a restaurant you'd like me to introduce let me know in the comments Please like and subscribe to my channel, too Well, that's it for today see you in the next video