初来日観光客が初めて食べる日本食にうっとり

It's so nice to meet you! Nice to meet you too! My name is Irina. I'm from Germany. I'm 31 and I'm a teacher. I'm Dimitri. I'm 33 and I'm working in the industry. First time in Japan? Yes. How long have you been in Japan so far? Four days. How do you like Japan so far? It's great. People are very nice and it's very special everywhere. The people, the rules, I like them. But you haven't tried many Japanese food yet, right? So today I'm going to show you a bunch of Japanese food that you never tried before. I'm excited. Excited? Okay, let's go and see what it's like. This is the restaurant we're going to today. Okay, so this is the wet towel that you wash your hands. Oh, it's warm. It's warm and nice. Such a good feeling. What I love in Japanese is that the kitchen is open. Yeah, right. Everything is open for you. So you need to show us everything. Yes. It's the same as in Germany. Yes, you take the... like that. So we are ready. Yeah, you're ready to try. You're ready to try Japanese food? I love Japanese food. You love Japanese food? I eat a lot of sushi in Germany. And I'm very excited how does it taste here. Yeah. Actually, this is welcome food for us. Why? You need to tell us. First of all, I want to taste the rice. It's just plain rice, but I want you to taste the rice quality. It's one of the best brands in Japan from Niigata Prefecture. And they make the rice with the water from Niigata Prefecture. From Kado Island. It's very good. And it's not salty or spicy. No, it's just rice. But it's very good. And the temperature, it's not too hot, not too cold. It's very pleasant to enjoy. It's very sticky. It's very sticky? Yes, Japanese rice is actually sticky. Not like Indian rice. I love it. I love sticky. And second, please enjoy that rice wine. This is actually Japanese rice wine. Sake? You know sake, right? Japanese rice wine from Niigata Prefecture. Do we need to drink it at once? No, we don't drink. It's not a shot. We just sip it little by little. Kanpai! A little bit like white wine. Taste has not so much alcohol. Have you tried sake before? You never tried it before? No, this is my first time. Speaking of drink, what do you feel like drinking today? Okay. Something from Japan? Yes. Yeah. Absolutely. Yes. Have you tried plum wine before? Plum wine. Plum alcohol for you. Thank you. And this is Japanese beer. Let's make a toast together. Glass is very cute for us Germans. It's small glass. Oh yeah, German glass is bigger? Yes, very big. Half liter or one liter. Wow, it's very sweet. It's very thick. Delicious. It's so pretty, right? Summer. Cold. It's perfect. German food. Yeah! It was on the first place on our bucket list. Oh, really? To Japan, yes. Okay. And this year we thought, okay, let's do it. I love the culture. I love the car culture and mangas. Now you are in Japan. Yes. For three weeks. It's a long run to stay in Japan. Tomorrow we go to Kyoto. Are you going to Kyoto tomorrow? For other four days, Osaka. And then we travel to Okinawa. That's an amazing place to be. I'm very happy to be in Japan. It's my first time to see Japan's science. People in Germany don't see Japan, or not often. Japanese people. Of course, very kind people, very nice people. They try to help you where they can. For example, at the travel station or somewhere in the shop. So you meet nice people. Crazy, right? The toilet, you know? Yes. Yes! You can choose private if you want to. And it's also very clean everywhere. In the street, at the toilet, in the bus, in the train, and in the hotel, too. Of course, it is very compact. Sorry if we are a little bit nervous. Because I can't tell you are nervous, though. You're good. Thank you. No worries. Today we just have fun eating lots of good Japanese food. Is there any Japanese food that you want to eat? You want to try? For me, everything. From A to Z. Just everything. In Germany, we know only sushi and ramen and mochi. It's the only option that you can get in Germany. We have not many options. Wow, it looks great. Art. It looks like art. Yes. Authentic Japanese tempura noodles. This is tempura. It's anago. Anago? And you eat this tempura with this broth. Can you see how juicy it is? Wow. It's so fluffy and melts in your mouth. Okay, please enjoy your anago. It's very tasty. Oh my god. Very crunchy. Yes, very. Very good. It's great. Crunchy, fluffy, juicy. Wow, wow, wow, wow. Really, really tasty. The plates are very beautiful. It was very delicious. Fantastic. Explosion in my mouth. And it was very warm and crunchy. The best fish I have ever tried. Do you know what it is? No. It's a fish bone. Ah, wow. The fish bone. We tried. Oh my god. Anago. The fish is so long. Very fishy. Thicker. Yes. And Japanese more like German people. It's very accurate. It's all on time. Interesting that you mentioned that Japanese people and German people are similar. Also, it's a culture shock. When you come here, for me, it was a little bit normal. Ah. Yes, but I think that German people are trying to speak to each other. Japanese people don't like to... To disturb. Yes, to disturb, yes. If you are doing something wrong, they won't tell you what are you doing wrong. Yeah. But they maybe can show you how you do it better. It was different from your imagination. That people are very friendly and that they are very helpful. I didn't expect that so many women's clothes are so different. Ah. Yeah, right? Every woman has her own style. It's not the same. So, have you tried Wagyu beef before? What is it? Wagyu. I know. It's on my bucket list. Yeah? Okay. Now. You know Wagyu beef, right? Yes, he told me about it. You never tried? No. I want to try in Osaka near Kobe. Oh, why don't you try Wagyu beef today in this restaurant? Why not? My dream. Your dream? My dream. His dream to try. Yes. It's Wagyu beef from Saga prefecture. We call this Imari beef. Beautiful. You see the fat inside of the pork. It's color. Enjoy. So smooth. I just forget all the words. It's too hard to describe it. It's very good. It's really better than normal beef. Once you know Wagyu beef, you cannot go back to normal beef. Just salt. For fat meat, you don't need anything. Just salt. It's very good. I think, at the first time, it's a little bit a legend that's really better. Because many people eat and say, okay, that's expensive and it must be good. Yeah. But it's really good. It's really good. Right? It's no other legend. It's really good. So good. It's the best beef that I eat. Really? If he says something about the food, that is the truth. We have in Germany many, many beef. Very good. But that's the next level. It's really the next level. Oh my god. Oh, wow. It's very beautiful plate. We call it Nodoguro. Nodoguro. So today is our highlight evening with Japanese food. Of course, you only know just ramen, sushi, and maybe one or two dishes. But you told us, and not even every Japanese can eat it every day and everywhere. Okay, please enjoy your Nodoguro. Thank you. You're welcome. Beef. Wow. It's really tasty. Really? Yes. Unexpectedly tasty. Really? And a bit bitter, but tasty too. So sweet. Very, very, very, very good. I love Japanese food. Okay, the other fish, it's not on the first place. Now it's at... I like the sweet and salty combination. I love it. It's really the Kobe beef or the value beef of the fishes. That's a good expression. I must say, I'm not a big fish fan. Now I need the translation of the fish. Yeah, right? I eat in Germany. Nodoguro, let me see it in German. So I search Nodoguro in German, and they said Nodoguro. Yes. Wow. Good translation. Thank you. Good translation. But we never come to mind that we try Nodoguro. Nodoguro. We have to say, we don't know it, we don't try it. So you need a local person to tell you everything. Yes. And the location is very nice. I will eat it to the end. In Germany, do you guys eat fish? Yes. Well, not so tasty as in Japan. I think just with the sauce, it has a very special taste. Yeah. I think that the preparation of the fish is deeper. Great, great, great, great. This is Wagyu beef again. Okay. Looks good. Looks very sexy. More beef for you. Wow. Is this your dream? Oh. Juicy and bloody. That's what you like, right? That's what I like. Good. Yeah. Great. It's not good, it's great. Let's eat it with wasabi. Japanese people eat beef with wasabi. It's very good with wasabi. It's the first time that I eat wasabi. Really? Yes. I like the combination. Meat, grilled meat, wasabi, a little bit salty. I love it that you grill so fast. I think it's better for the meat. I'm so happy you like it. We are very happy too. We knew that it would be great, but I didn't expect that it would taste so good. Highlight for the meal. So good. It's the fish you just had, nodoguro. This is crab meat. And salmon roe. Have you eaten salmon roe? Yes. That's what we eat every year at Christmas time. Do you like it? Yes. We love it. The nodoguro. Do you remember? Yes. Do you like it? Yes. It's very good. So, with your rice, please enjoy the miso soup too. Here you go. Thank you. Mmm. I've enjoyed it. It's like warm sushi. It's very, very tasty. So many different... Ingredients inside. Yes, yes. You have in every corner other taste. Just melt in your mouth. Melt in your mouth? Is it good? I love sticky rice. It's so easy to eat. I don't know what was the best dish today. Everything was perfect. I have never eaten in a warm... Ah, rice. Yes. We eat it to breakfast with bread. It was very good. Very tasty. Just fantastic. It was fantastic. Sorry. Perfect. I have no words. I have no words anymore. You are going to try Japanese sweets. It's actually rice wine cake. Rice wine? Yeah. And you eat it with ice cream, which is melon flavor. Enjoy. It's sweet. It's very tasty. Like a real cold melon. Very good. So you tried everything today. I said I like fish in this way. I'm not a big fish fan. My highlight from Tokyo and the restaurant is great. The location is very good and the food tastes really, really delicious. I just enjoyed it. Yeah. Thank you very much. No, thank you so much. It was a big, very, very big pleasure. Thank you very much. You guys are so sweet. Arigato. Thank you so much. The rice you just had. Oh, our food. Yeah, please eat it. For the breakfast. Thank you. You guys are so cute. Let's take a... Yes. I'm a very emotional person.