Everything We Ate in SAPPORO | Japan Food Tour

It's snowing so heavily. Today we'll be exploring Sapporo, which is known for its snow, beer and local cuisine. And if you know us, you know we'll be trying as much of the local food as possible. Come along and let's find out what this city has to offer. Okay, so we were looking for some food for lunch and we happened to come across soup curry, which is a Hakata specialty. Now neither of us actually like curry, so let's see how we go. We get the pork loin and also the soup curry with medium hot and regular. Soup curry is a watery curry based broth with some chunky ingredients like vegetables and meat. And it comes with a side of rice. Let's give it a taste and see. I think it might be a bit hot. Mmm, not bad. But I got medium hot and it's a bit spicy. Personally surprised. I think this might be the only curry that I want. I got the katsu curry, which comes with a tonkatsu and some curry and rice. Let's give it a taste. That's actually pretty good. I'm surprised because normally I don't like curry. But the crispiness from the pork, the spiciness from the curry, it's all actually pretty good. Normally I don't like curry, but I like Japanese curry because it's a bit sweeter. So I like that. And the pork is really tender. I could cover it with my spoon. So the difference between Japanese curry and other curries is that Japanese curries usually add honey, apple or pear to make the curry sweeter. So one thing I like about Japanese restaurants is how efficient they are. Some restaurants will take your order while you're in line, like this one. And by the time you get in, the meal is actually ready. For the two of us, it was about 25% ready. Pretty good. So this is Susukino. You might recognize it from earlier on in our trip when the Snow Festival was on. The road over there where all the cars are coming from, that's where the ice sculptures were. But if you want nightlife, this is where you come. Susukino is known for its bars, restaurants. Osaka has its iconic Glico Running Man, while Susukino has its iconic Nika Bearded Man. You should come check it out. But what we're here for is to find the ramen alley and some signature buttercorn ramen. Let's go. One of the famous spots is Gansō Ramen Yokocho, which translates to Ramen Alleyway. So there's this narrow alleyway that has 17 ramen shops. It's meant to be where miso ramen all started. It all originated from this alleyway. But what I want to find is a local specialty, buttercorn ramen. So let's go in and see if we can find a spot. Are you excited? Yeah. Are these all the different places? There's butter miso ramen, but it says do not enter. Why? I don't know. What does that translate to? Is that open or closed? It says they're open. Oh wait, it says open in English. So there was one place which had really professional looking posters, but that one that has a line-up. Everywhere else looks a bit dingy, but that's part of the charm here. This place has got peppero miso buttercorn ramen. That's exactly what I'm looking for. Alright, let's do it. So this is the spicy miso ramen. I'm so excited I'm going to get this tomorrow morning. I mean, it smells pretty good. It's pretty good. It's really satisfying. We couldn't resist the gyoza either, so let's try it. Pretty crispy. Actually, I think these are one of the better dumplings I've had this trip. It's super crispy. It's really meaty and fluffy. And the vinegar dipping sauce is really good too. I've been hunting for some buttercorn ramen because that's the specialty of Sapporo. And we found it in this alleyway. There's a bunch of corn here and a blob of butter. Delicious. Alright, let's see how it tastes. That's really good. Let's try my favourite part of ramen. Nicely seasoned. There's just something about experiencing ramen in a small, cosy 7-seat counter place in an alley. It's a good experience. I would definitely recommend it. I love churros and we were on our way to get some Genghis Khan and we just saw this churro shop. So I couldn't resist. It's giant. It's like this long. One of the most popular local dishes is Genghis Khan, also known as Mongolian BBQ. We're lining up in front of Daruma, one of the most popular Genghis Khan places in town. Okay, so we're still in line and this is what deep looks like now. It's snowing so heavily. Why don't you turn around and show us? Is it snowing on the back of my head too? Everywhere. I hope the camera survives. It looks like you're Santa. White eyebrows. So after waiting half an hour in line, they cut us off and told us that they're not taking in more customers because it's too full. But they have a second shop, so we're just in line there now. But this line is even longer. The line is twice as long and it looks like there's people inside waiting to be seated as well. So I don't know how we're going to go. Shouldn't we just find another Genghis Khan place? After being cut off, lining up at the second branch, we finally realised it's a very long wait. We thought we'd give this place a go, but we don't have a reservation and she said no. So what do we do? Look, I don't think we'll be getting any Genghis Khan tonight. I didn't know it was so popular. Yeah, neither. We'll have to go early next time, like an early dinner. Let's find something else for dinner. Let's just see what catches our eye. I'm so cold that my fingers are freezing. And it's like we're walking right into the snow. It's like angled right at our face. This is colder than when we were at the ski resort. I don't know why. Oh god. Let's hope we find dinner soon. We wanted to try the Hokkaido special. Luckily, we found another Japanese special. McDonald's. It smells so good. Japanese McDonald's is on another level compared to everywhere else. We've got the special Gohan burger. I think this is a shrimp Gohan burger. It's nice. Let's give it a go. It's a little good. It's a nice prawn cutlet with some nicely seasoned rice and sweet chili sauce. It's like eating a rice burger in a burger. You know, the good thing about McDonald's is we've been here for about three weeks and their menu has changed within those three weeks. There's so much variety. And so much of their limited edition burgers as well. So definitely check it out. But if you like something, it disappears and never comes back again. That's true. Like the chocolate pie that we had two weeks ago. They don't have those anymore. Japan is very serious about limited edition. They're serious about it. It never comes back. Ever. We also got their spicy nuggets again. Because you liked them last time. Yes, they were delicious. So the first time we ordered it, they didn't actually give us the spicy nuggets. They just gave us two lots of normal nuggets. The second time we ordered it, it was delicious. And so this is technically the third time that we've ordered it. But only the second time we've eaten it. The second burger we got is also a Gohan burger. And I've been learning how to read Hiragana. That's Gohan. See? Learning. Did your other wrapper have this as well? Yeah, I just ignored it. Let me give it a go. I think it means to cut it, right? Or to tear it? Okay. Oh, that is cool. It's very saucy. This is their spicy chicken Gohan burger. It's quite good. So I've realised that with all the Macca sort of chicken burgers, it's always some kind of teriyaki sauce. Which means it's a bit gingery. But the texture is really good. Like super crunchy. Honestly, why is it instead of a burger bun? Huge difference. It's delicious. It's so cheap. It's only $20. $20 Australian dollars for two meals and some chicken nuggets. How good is that? So that was McDonald's. What I noticed about McDonald's in Japan is it's kind of like Starbucks. People sort of camp out with their textbooks or laptops and they just sort of study or work away. It's kind of a nice vibe. I really like it. It's cold. We're on our way home and there's one interesting thing I want to show you about Sapporo. Let's head down. We walked past this shop and it caught her eye because she loves the kind of cheese tart. So we're just waiting in line right now. All of Sapporo's major train stations are sort of connected centrally by an underground passageway. Or actually a system of underground passageways. And it's really nice because in winter it gets really cold and it gets freezing and if you need to just pop down to get somewhere else, you can do that. And there are heaps of shops and restaurants underneath as well so if you just didn't want to spend your time in the cold you could find anything you want down here. We tend to just use it to get from one interesting spot to another but occasionally we might find a gem and pop in like we just did right then. Can I have two please? The underground passageway even has a little bird square. They're so colourful. I wonder how they feed them. Someone probably comes and feeds them. Then they probably have to open up that window. How do they not fly away? For example, we just finished in Susukino and our hotel is sort of near Odori or a little bit past Odori so we just headed underground and we're just walking underneath here to our hotel instead of being in the freezing cold. Oh, right here. Yeah. How convenient. I can't believe we always forgot about our Hokkaido cheese tarts. Now I don't have high hopes. It's not as fresh or as warm as the ones we had in Nisico but let's give it a go. So not bad. It actually tastes really good. The outside's crunchy, the inside's really sweet and creamy. The only difference is that it's not like molten runny like the one we had in Nisico. But I reckon if we heated this up it'd actually be pretty good. We felt like tonkatsu and I looked up a place that was around here that had good ratings and it just happened to be in a shopping centre, third floor, in a food court. So usually food courts you don't associate with good food but in Japan that's not the case. Sometimes you get really good food in a food court. So I got the high-grade tonkatsu and Deep got the tonkatsu with black curry. It looks really crispy and it looks really fatty. Alright. That's so good. I can't believe we get something this good in a food court. It's so juicy and soft. I was really surprised by how easy it was to bite into it. My teeth just cut through it like it was nothing. Like butter. And that's with nothing. That's so tasty. With a bit of salt. That's amazing. What's the black thing you have? The black thing is some kuro curry or black curry. Let's try our tonkatsu first. Look at the crumb on that. I think we did well choosing the high-grade because it's nice and fatty. It is just curry that's black. It tastes like curry. So that was Kurobuta Tonkatsu and it's inside a shopping centre called Akaringa Terrace. It's connected to the train station. I would really recommend it if you come across this place. We're in front of the Sapporo Clock Tower which is a famous tourist spot and an icon of Sapporo. It was built in the late 1700s using American architectural style at that time because this city was built with American help. The clock is from Boston and it's still in use today and makes the chime every hour. Let's go in and check it out. We're just waiting in line to get our tickets now. It's 200 yen each. Hello. Two people? Thank you. We got our tickets. They look pretty cool. So these ancient professors were really into their drugs back then. Check this out. Describe, publish the masterpiece on weed science. This American dude. He helped them produce coke. This is cute. I like miniature things. It's just like a mini clock tower. I like mini things too. That's pretty cool. I wish I had my stamp book from last time. There's an upstairs as well. Can we take a photo? Can you hear it? Yeah. It's chime. Is that the sound of the clock tower? Yeah, I only caught the end of it. What time is it? It's 11 o'clock? Yeah. There you go. And that's it for Sapporo. We have another video showcasing the famous Sapporo Snow Festival and our quest for food if you haven't seen that one already. We also have plenty of other Japan food and travel videos. Subscribe if you want to see new ones. Otherwise, see you in the next one.